Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1942, Page 4

Arguments fo Open In Viereck Trial This Afternoon Registered Nazi Agent Seeks Particulars and Ban on Evidence As the District grand jury in- quiring into foreign propaganda in the United States swung back into action today, Justice T. Alan Golds- borough of District Court set for 3 o'clock this afternoon arguments on preliminary motions in the Viereck case. George Sylvester Viereck of New York has been indicted here on charges of failing to make a full disclosure when he registered as a Nazi agent with the State Depart- ment. Viereck has filed motions to sup- press certain evidence, which he claims was seized by authorities in New York at the time of his arrest, and he also asks for a bill of par- ticulars, requiring the Government to give him additional information to that contained in the indictment. The trial of Viereck is scheduled for Wednesday before Justice Golds- borough. At this afternoon’s ses- ston, appearing for the Govern- ment will be Special Assistants to the Attorney General William Power Maloney and Edward J. Hickey, jr. Viereck’s counsel, Daniel F. Cohalan, jr., and Emil Morosini, jr., both of New York, are also slated to attend this afternon’s hearing. The sole witness summoned be- fore -the grand jury today was Prescoft Dennett, said to be a close associate of Viereck. Mr. Dennett was also identified with isolationist graups. Malaya (Continued From Pirst Page.) sistance and despite a general air of confidence. Official quarters were silent on the question of whether air re- inforcements had come to the de- fense of Singapore, but reported that the R. A. F. had heavily at- tacked Japanese transports on roads in the Muar sector and had bombed and machine-gunned barges off the coast. During a dogfight which developed in the course of these operations, one Japanese plane was shot down, another probably was destroyed and a third was damaged, the com- munique said. Loss of three British fighters in the engagement was acknowledged. 56 Killed in Singapore. 1t was disclosed, meanwhile, that Japanese air raiders which struck a heavy blow at Singapore yesterday had killed 56 persons and injured 135—mostly civilians. For the first time the British acknowledged the raiders had done damage in the naval base area, & communique reporting that fires had been started in a fuel oil depot. Several blazes still were raging when the communique was issued. At least two raiders were shot down, five others probably were destroyed andi.,two more were damaged, the bulletin said. The raid followed a Saturday as- sault by 70 Japanese bombers which left 130 dead and 100 wounded. With - the battle lines pitched within 90 miles of Singapore at one point on the west coast additional | manpower was called to arms. All Europeans male Britons under 41 not already serving in the fighting forces were ordered to register ‘Wednesday for military duty, Heaviest Fight Near Gemas. Most Britons in Malaya already are serving in volunteer forces which have been on active duty since a week before the invasion, but some had been exempt from military duty to carry on important civilian tasks. Official reports of developments on the land front during the week end indicated that the heaviest fighting had taken place in the vi- cinity of Gemas, which is linked by |* rail with Singapore. The Japanese were reported a® tacking in that sector with artillery support, apparently in an attempt | to reach Kluang, which is situated | in the heart of Johore State, 55 miles | from -Singapore, and is- important as the junction of the East-West and | North-South raisways. British bombers blasted the rail- way yards at Gemas yesterday, and were reported to have caused heavy damage. The R. A. F. also attacked Japa- nese barges loaded with supplies off the mouth of the Muar River, some 90 miles from S$ingapore, on the south bank of which the invaders were reported to have gained a foot- hold Saturday. The Japanese made “little further progress” in this area during the week end, however, head- quarters said yesterday. A Domei broadcast from Tokio, heard in London, said Japanese ad- vance forces had reached an un- specified spot within 35 miles of Bingapore island. The Japanese also claimed thet their air attack on Singapore yesterday had set fire to headquarters of the British Far East command. Adriaan M. de Groot, President Painter, Dies By the Assoclated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J, Jan. 19— Adriaan M. de Groot, 71, known in art circles as the “Roosevelt painter,” died Saturday night in Christ Hospital of pneumonia. Duting his career he painted 24 portraits of Theodore Roosevelt. He also painted several portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt, although the President never posed for the Hol- land-born artist. Other Presidents portrayed by Mr. De Groot were Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, William H. Taft and Herbert Hoover. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Considers measure authorizing President to take over telephone and telegraph communications. Judiciary Committee studies om- nibus war powers bill. Joint Committee seeks compro- mise on price control bill. House: Considers Conference Committee’s ncmm?endltitm toend dispute over funds for civilian defense. Small Business Committee to hear Thurman Arnold and Guy Hol- combe. LAS VEGAS, NEV.—CRASH SCENE—Wreckage of th THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1943.- e airliner, which carried Carole Lombard and 21 others to their deaths, lies scattered on the rocky promontory of Table Mountain near here. Horseback searchers reached the wrecked T. W. A. plane late Saturday. Fifteen Air Corps ferry pilots were among the passengers of the plane which plunged mysteriously into the side of the 8,500-foot mountain after taking off from Las Vegas under clear gkies. —A. P. Wirephoto. General Spurs Aussies to Strike at Japanese, Warning That Waiting Game Won't Beat Them By C. YATES McDANIEL, Associated Press War Correspondent. ON THE SOUTHWEST MA- LAYAN FRONT, Jan. 19.—Assert- ing that the Japanese never can be defeated by playing a waiting game, Australian Maj. Gen. Gordon Ben- nett called on his men today to wrest the initiative from the in- vaders by beating them to the punch wherever they try to strike. “We've got to go out after the Japanese and get them, or else theyll get us” declared Gen. Bennett, who is directing the fight | for Southern Malaya from his head- quarters' somewhere in Johore. Full of pride in his Australians for the way they have condueted themselves in their first clashes with the Japanese, Gen. Bennett expressed confidence that his men ‘would be able to carry out his plan of action. Confident of Superiority. “In this war as in the last war,” he said, “the Australians know they are better than the enemy. The Anzacs always assume that no man’s land belongs to them, and they are out to take it from the enemy, ‘whether he’s German or Japanese.” Gen. Bennett’s confidence in his To Citizens’ Grou “What Happens During an Air Raid” will be described by Alfred H. Le Cheminant of the British Purchasing Commission before the Sixteenth Street Heights Citizens’ Association at 8 o'clock this evehing at the Northminster Presbyterian Church, Alaska avenue and Kalmia road N.W, A series of films illustrating ajr raid problems in England will be shgwn. Taking part in a panel dis- cussion following Mr. Le Chemi- nant’s talk will be Col. William H. England, chairman of the civic group’s executive defense commit- tee; C. S. Buchanan, deputy air raid warden; Harry C. Hensley, presi- dent of the citizens’ organization and senior air raid warden; K. B. Gardner, and Mrs. Fred E. Horna- day, assistant deputy wardens. Billeting officers of the Dupont Circle area are making a survey of available emergency housing. They Weather Report (Purnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Colder tonight, gentle to moderate winds. Maryland and Virginia—Light colder tonight. ‘West Virginia—Colder tonight. Revort for Last 24 Mours. Temperature Yesterday— Degrees. saturday— S88 ey 5 b ot o oaadR csom 7 92338 & b | S 83 Hamaspa 2z g 8 8 Recora for Last 24 Wours. (Prom noon yesterday to poon tot Highest, 65, at 4:20 yesterday. Year ago, Lowest. 51. st 4:20 s.in. today. Year 250, 39. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 65, on January 18. Lowest. 6, on January 11. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) mlhzlt, 63 per cent, west, 61 per cent, River Revort. Potomso and Shenandoah, Rivers clear at Harpers Ferry; Fotomac dear at Great Falls' today. (Purnished Tide Tablen, & Bufrers 9:51 am. |3§i’s'n'=i 4:34p.m. by Defense Sidelights Air-Raid Events to Be Described men and his strategy, he explained, did not blind him to the dangers and difficulties created by Japanese infiltration methods. He indicated, however, that the sharp blows al- ready dealt by the Australians, the arrival of fresh British troops in the line and increasing support from the R. A. F. had made him opti- | | mistic. Gen. Bennett's optimism was re- flected by the officers and men under him. Eve ly I met was volubly enthus c “because nows | we're taking a real crack at the | Japs.” * Saw Many Convoys. En route from Singapore to the | front T saw many convoys of trucks loaded with troops moving north- ward, and all the men were in high spirits. Many wer singing, and the | sides of their trucks were chalked with such slogans as “Tokio Ex- press.” Transport service, which won gen- eral praise even during the weeks of the British withdrawal, appeared | to be functioning smoothly. In 400 miles of driving I never was delayed more than one or two minutes by road blocks, despite the esteady streams of trucks, Bren gun car- riers and artillery rolling over the highways. » p by Britisher | are accompanied by sector air raid wardens. The zone has been vided into four sectors. Mrs, Jean Ellis is zone billeting chief. Col. Lemuel Bolles, director of civilian defense, will address a de- fense rally at 8 pm. tomorrow in Gordon Junior High School, under the auspices of the school-P. T. A. Regulations concerning schools in an air raid will be discussed. Pupils, Boy and Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and Girl Reserves will take part in the meeting. Police Sergt. John F. Ryan is learning what to do about high-ex. plosive and incendiary bombs and gases. He is a member of the civilian defense class at the Chemical War- fare School, Edgewood Arsenal, Md. { He will complete the course at the end of the week and be ready to in- struct others in the ways of bombs. A sound fillm showing first-aid rain on the coast early tonight; e one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in-the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1942. Average. Record, January 0. 3.85 .fi‘ 37 February [ March __. 3 i 4 4 7 2 7 Weather in Variews Cities. ‘Temperature. 1- Highest. h‘ifi tation. .1 .3 December Albuquerque, N. Mex _ Z Atlanta, - 0.76 021 0.25 # 32 41 Denver, lo. 20 Detroit. Mich, 35 rt. Worth, nsas City, M FBSBLTRAT2S 36 38 8 0 2 e f43 41, 38 8 B Note—Amounts of mfllbiufiofll less &lag . 0.10 inch are not Iuhgllhos Australian troops now at the front have been specially trained for jungle fighting—fighting which is radically different from that on other fronts in this war. For the most part, this campaign has been made up of a series of scattered but co-ordinated actions, spread over jungle, swamp and for- est. Frequently the opposing forces see each other for only a few min- utes at a time—and victory goes to the side which straightest. 5 Land Near Rubber Estates. A tour through western Johore disclosed that most spots the Jap- anese had picked for landing at- tempts were near rubber estates long owned by Japanese. “They ought to know their way around here,” one British planter said. “No wonder it is hard to round them up before they melt away into the jungle.” A naval officer told me the Jap- anese made their most recent land- ings on the west coast from the same type of barges they used in their first assaults on Kota Bharu on the east shore. The barges, which carry about 100 men each, apparently were moved overland by Thai railroads to Penang or some other west coast point, he said. work of the American Red Cross will be shown at a meeting sponsored by the Forest Hills Citizens’ Assoclation in Woodrow Wilson High School, Chesapeake street and Nebraska avenue N.W,, at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow. An appeal for oontributions to the Progressive Citizens’ Association of Georgetown for civilian defense is being made to members by Elizabeth Draper, secretary of the Executive Committee for Civilian Defense in the area. The money is needed to meet necessary expenses. George- town residents are asked to send or take contributions to Miss Edna Ladson, treasurer, at 3009 Cambridge place. Harry Goodman, assistant deputy air raild warden for the North Randle area, at 8 o'clock this eve- ning will give a course of instruc- . tion on types of incendiary bombs and how to extinguish them at the Greenway Town Hall, 34251 A street SE. All wardens of the area aYe expected to attend and the public is invited. The, North Randle area is bounded by East Capitol street, Texas avenue, N street and the Anacostia River. Jap;nese Will Ration |All Kinds of Clothing , By the Associated Press. -~ LONDON, Jan. 19.—A Domel broadcast from Tokio disclosed to- day that rationing involving almost every article of clothing will*begin in Japan Februarv 1 and that all stores dealing in goods to ,be rf- tioned will be closed trom tomorrow until the end of the month. Japanese wear either the native kimono or occidentdl-style clothing which they call “foreign clothes.” Delivery of Night Final Edition The Night Final Edition of The Star, with two addi- tional pages of last-minute news, .is delivered through- out Washington and nearby suburbs, together with The Sunday Star, at 85¢ per month. ‘This edition gives the latest developments of the day - in International, Na- tional and Local news, with complete Financial Reports. Special delivery is made ‘between 6 pm. and 7:15 p.m. daily. - shoots first and | Miss Lombard's Body Among 9 Recovered From Plane Ruins Removal of 13 Others May Not Be Completed Until Tomorrow BY the Associated Press. LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 19.—~The shattered bodies of Carole Lombard and eight other persons smong 22 killed in a mountain-top plane crash PFriday night lay in a Las Vegas morgue today while men tofled through snow to bring the remaining 13 victims down from the crash scene. ! The dead included Miss Lombard and her mother and two other women, the actress’ press represen- tative and 15 Army fiyers, in addi- tion to the pilot and co-pilot. Recovered from the plane wreck- age late yesterday were the bodies of two women and seven men. ‘Wisps of blond hair “and the gen- eral contour of her face” served to enable Edgar J. Mannix, vice presi- dent of M. G. M. Studios, to identify one body as that of Miss Lombard. A three-man jury, conducting a special inquest, decided that she died of injuries sustained in “the crash ~ a T. W. A. liner en route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.” Another Inquest Planned. Another inquest will be held when all of the bodies have been recovered. Clark Gable, Miss Lombard's hus- band, who flew here on receiving word of the crash Priday night, re- mained in seclusion at a hotel. Priends said he was too numbed by the shock of the death of his wife and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, and their close friend, Studio Press Agent Otto Winkler, to talk to any one. Unable to leave his film duties, Mr. Gable last week had asked Mr. Winkler to accompany Miss Lombard to Indianapolis where she aided in a sale of Defense bonds. Spencer Tracy, a close friend of the actor, drove alone to Las Vegas Saturday and was expected to ac- company him back to Hollywood. Studio officials in Los Angeles were making arrangements for a double funeral for Miss Lombard and her mother, to be held probably Wed- nesday or Thursday. Deputy Coroner Jack Larry said 1t might not be possible to complete the task of removing the bodies from the remote peak, 35 miles southwest of here, and of identify- ing them, until tomorrow. Plane’s Nose Embedded in Rock. The plane, traveling at an alti- tude of 8,700 feet and apparently at full cruising speed, flew straight into a sheer, snow-based granite cliff and then burst into flames. It rock and its 70-foot length was tele- scoped into a 10-foot mass. o is the most completely obliterated crashed plane I have ever seen,” said- John Collings of Kansas City, T. W. A. superintend- | ent of operations. Searchers found the bodies of six soldjers thrown clear of the wreck- age, only slightly burned, frozen in the snow. The charred bodies of the other. victims Jay .in and about the ruins. Also recovered was a quantity of mail and luggage, much of it burned | and badly soiled. At Los Angeles, Harold N. Graves, assistant to the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, praised Miss Lombard's voluntary work in the interest of national defense and said, “she died while in the service of her country just as surely as did the soldiers who crashed with her.” The 32-year-old star was one of the most popular figures on the screen. She, recently completed a film with Jack Benny. The comedian canceled his radio program yes- terday. Communiques Enemy Patrols Active Against MacArthur The text of War Department com- munique No. 65, outlining the mili- | tary situation as of 9:30 a.m. today, Jollows: 1. Philippine theater: Ground operations during the past 24 hours were of a desultory nature. Enemy patrols were ac- tive and some incidental ekir- mishes took place, with indecisive results. Enemy air activities were con- fined to frequent reconnais- sance flights. Gen. MacArthur has been ad- vised the Filipinos in the occu- pied areas have been sum- marily dispossesseq of their means of trans) tion and other equipment. Native farm- ers have been evicted from their ‘homes and formed into, labor groups. Harvested crops and food stores have been seized by the invaders. 2. There is nothing to report from other areas._ The War Department issued the following communique, based on re- ports received up to 1 p.m. yester- day: 1. Philippine theater: Enemy pressure on American and Philippine positions in the Batan Peninsula has lessened. - Combat operations which have been very active for the past two days have largely subsided. Re- peated enemy thrusts have been parried. Several sharp skirmishes to re-establish our positions were successful. Four hostile planes were shot down by our troops during the past 24 hours. In his message to the War De- partment, Gen. MacArthur wal the troops under his command for their courage and determination. Six weeks of hard fighting have made vet- erans of the soldiers of the Phil- ippine army. Their training in the difficult school of actual com- bat and their battle experience have steadied them and developed their initiative and resourceful- ness. They exact a costly toll from each Japanese attack. . Gen, MacArthur reports that all governmental functions in the occupied areas of the Philippines have been taken over by the Jap- anese. Commonwealth offices have been closed and Filipino stituted for the self-government formerly by the people of the Philip] - 8. There is nothing to report from other areas. 3 struck with an impact so great that | | its nose was imbedded in. the solid | | JAPANESE CONTINUE SUCCESSES IN MALAYA—The British Far East command today acknowledged Japanese advances that brought pressure on the Segamat front (1) after heavy fighting in the Gemas area; and in the sector around the mouth of the Muar River (2), even after British planes had bombed Japanese troop concentrations. that the Japanese had landed at Pontian Besar (3), but this was not confirmed. British admitted damage was done to oil depots in Singapore naval base area. Broken arrow indicates Kluang, important railway center and probable objective. Newsman Will Deliver Fort Belvoir Lecture William H. Hessler, newspaperman and former American Vice Consul at Bombay, India, will lecture be- fore officers and enlisted men at Fort Belvoir, Va., Thursday as part of the course of general instruction in the international situation being given to all men in the 3d Corps Area. Among the first civilian special- ists selected by the War Department Bureau of Public Relations to am- plify the current orientation pro- gram at Fort Belvoir, Mr. Hessler is scheduled to deliver two lectures the same day—one to the 1st Army units stationed on the south side of U. 8. No. 1 and the second to the trainees of the Engineer Replacement Training Center. His subject will be “The Defense of the Americas.” ’ . 15 ‘Communists’ Sentenced VICHY, Unoccupied France, Jan. 19 (A).—Fifteen alleged Communists were sentenced to prison today in Douai, in the occupied zone, two of them to hard labor for life and 13 others to a total of 49 years in jail, including 30 years at hard labor, it ‘was reported today. Domet also broadcast a report —A. P. Wirephoto. Washington Officers Win Navy Promotions Three Washingtonians have been approved for promotion from lieu- tenant to lieutenant commander in the Medical Corps of the Navy which announced 113 officers for advancement today. The new Heutenant commanders are Albert W. Eyer, Robert C. Boy- den and Laurence E. Bach. In addition, four leutenants (J. g) were named full lieutenants. They are Thomas M. Foley, jr.; Arthur J. Vandergrind, Shirley” A. Fuhring and Nicholas M. Musso. Alexander 8. C. Wadsworth of Washington was in a list of lieu- tenants of the Civil Engineers Corps 0 be lieutenant commanders. John G. Hammer, Takoma Park, D. C., was made a chief machinist’s mate, and Walter A. Deiter and Charles A. Heckbert, both of Washington, were advanced to aviation chief machinist’s mate. Raid Warning Aides Named MANASSAS, Va. Jan. 19 (Spe- cial) —G. K. Corder, deputy air- raid warden for Cherry Hill in Retired Tailor Held 3 In Fatal Shoofing » ¥ OfHis WifeHere - Mother of Six Wounded In Home After Attending Church . Declaring that he has confessed killing his wife, mother of six chil- dren, police today were holding iA” a ninth police precinct station cell Vincent Giovinazzo, 57, a retired tailor, AR - His wife, Mary, 45, was shot at Twelfth and D streets N.E. yester=" day morning after returning- from~ mass at St. Joseph’s Church, Shen was on her way to buy a Sunday dinner when she was shot four times. A .32-caliber revolver was found near her body. Rushed 0, Casualty Hospital, she was pro- nounced dead at 11:25 am. v One block away here husband walked up to Policeman Otha John-. son and surrendered, according tg, police. “I shot my wife,” he was quoted as saying. A daughter, Mrs. Joseph” Welling, 26, told reporters her father= had been jealous of her mother—' falsely accusing her of affection for: other men. Police said the jealousy" story was borne out by their inquiry” Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald- tentatively set an inquest for to~" morrow. 4 The daughter said both parents had been living at her home, 310 Twelfth street NE, but on New~ Year Day the father became 30~ argumentative that she asked him- to leave. Since then he had been. with ‘another married - daughter,’ police reported. They said he was &. semi-invalid, suffering from asthma. Nazis Plan Raid on U. S.. > Ex-German Officer Says . By the Associated Press. 4 | NEWARK, Ohio, Jan. 19 —Hitlers | will attack the United States as: |soon as, weather permits, Ernest’ | Winkler, former German youth, leader, asserted yesterday. in Addressing a regional labor andr educational conference here, Mrw Winkler, recently escaped from a German concentration camp, de-: clared Hitler was preparing to send: bombers across the Atlantic. - i “When the attacks come. there will be 20 bombers at a time,” he .said.. “Each will be manned by a crew of~ eight—all expert saboteurs. & “Hitler figures that half of the- |20 will be shot down. The-crews. of the remaining 10 will have or= | ders to Jand and work damage from within the country. All will speak, perfect English and it will be diffi-. cult to detect them,” he warned. Mr. Winkler is the former leadér, of the Catholic Youth movement in Germany and a former German | army officer. He said he was thrown |into prison when he, along with 12,000 other German officers refused Southern Prince William County, has named J. E. Inman and Ralph L. Cronk as special assistants. to take the cath of allegiance tp | Hitler. v Furnishings & Clothing: Reduced in Grosner’s (Stetson and Grosner Shoes Included) : A Group of the World’s Finest FA‘NC! SHIRTS. Now. ... $3.50 IMPORTED & DO- 52 65 MESTIC SHIRTINGS _. $7.50 & $8.50 HATS Famons Makes, Reduced te $225 & $2.50 PAJAMAS. § 1.89 75¢ SHORTS. $10.50 to $13.50 STETSON SHOES Not in all styles . . . Reduced $8.95t0%9.95 508 3850 35 O Cobbler Shoes Imported Fabrics Finest O’COATS 7o $55 KILDARE TWEED OVERCOATINGS from $3Q) 7 5 . Athlone, Ireland. $65 BRAEMER OVERCOATINGS by Fox of Somersworth, England. Reduced to $65 DEWMORE OVERCOATINGS by Isaac Carr of Bradford, England. $76 GOLDEN FLEECE OVERCOATINGS by Crombie of Aberdeen, Scotland. Reduced to $85 ALEXANDRIA OVERCOATINGS by Crombie of Aberdeen, Scotland. 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