Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Colder tonight, lowest temperature near freez- ing. Temperatures today—Highest, 45, at 2:15 p.m.; lowest, 41, at 6:15 am.; 43 at 4 pm, From the United States Weather Buresu Report. Full Detalls on Page A-2. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 14. 9%0th YEAR. No. 35,695. @b L WASHINGTON, D. Fhening ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION =1 C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1942—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. MORE U.S. SHIPS ATTACKED IN ATLA Reds Announce Goldsborough 'Capture of 'Mozhaisk Steps Out of . Viereck Trial =55 " o MOSCOW, Jan. 20.—The Rus- Jurist’s Withdrawal sian high command tonight an- nounced capture of Mozhaisk. Follows Government Protest of Bias This was the first word on the | situation in Mozhaisk, 57 miles west | of Moscow, since the army news- | paper Red Star announced early (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) Justice T. Alan Goldsborough | have been reported in the Mozhaisk withdrew this afternoon as the | salient, with three divisions defend- jurist scheduled to preside in the | ing the city itself. ghting the Germans in the streets | | and that the city was in flames. | Some 100,000 crack German troops | vesterday that Red troops were pending trial at District Court of George Sylvester Viereck, in- dicted Nazi agent. His withdrawal followed protests charging he was too biased for the Government to secure a fair trial The action came before the Justice Department carried out its intention of seeking a writ requiring Justice Goldsborough to disqualify himself. Justice Goldsborough will certify the case to another District Court jurist. The trial of Viereck on charges that he failed to register fully with the State Department as a foreign agent is tentatively sched- uled for February 4. Announcement that Justice Golds- borough would not sit in the case followed a series of conferences. William E. Leahy, prominent Wash- ington attorney, acted as a friend of the court and aided in bringing about the change of plans Affidavit Recalled. Earlier it was reported that So- licitor General Charles Fahy was ready to ask the Court of Appeals for writs of prohibition and manda- mus requiring Justice Goldsborough to disqualify himself from presiding | derson today that their prices| q¢ a1 | must remain at or below the level | ean, he added. The city was the base of the last surviving German salient within a | 100-mile radius of the Soviet cap- | ital. The victory, which appeared directly to imperil the 100,000 Nazi| troops in that sector and indirectly | | to threaten the whole of the pres- | ent German central line in Russia, | was one of the most important for | Red arms since the great Soviet | counteroffensive began. Henderson Warns Gasoline Dealers Not to Raise Prices Threatens to Impose Ceilings Unless Rates Stay at Nov. 7 Level Retail dealers in all grades of | gasoline received notice from Price Administrator Leon Hen- of last November 7, or a price ceiling will be imposed. U.S. Taking War To All Fronts, President Says Roosevelt Statement Reassures China And Australia | (Earlier Story on Page A-6.) By JOHN C. HENRY. Wartime staff studies among | the United Nations involves of- fensive and defensive combat on every continent and in all the seven seas, President Roosevelt told a press conference late| today. Joint technical committees of | the united front already are | formulating and applying plans | for production of supplies, their | transportation and the assign- | ment of fighting men wherever | { action is believed likely. | One can look at a map of the | world and assume that the anti- Axis blog is doing something at vir- | tually every point, the President as- serted as questioners pressed him ! for details on operations. The Chief Executive's remarks were of a type to give reassurance to China and Australia, where some uneasiness has been reported over the possibility that American sup- | plies might go more into the battle | | against Hitler rather than into the | | fight against Japan. | U. S. Doing Its Best. | A reporter called the President’s attention to these reports and the | Chief Executive declared that he| thought nobody need have any fear | We are doing the best we The Chinese Ambassador, the| President asserted, fully understands | .~ NEWPORT NEWS, VA.—TORPEDOED TANKER LIMPS IN shelled by an Axis submarine off the Carolina coast, stand around a gaping hole blasted in the deck by tacked the 8,208-ton ship yesterday. Five of her crew of 3¢ were killed. p TO POR o e i > T—Crew members of the S. S. Malay, a tanker torpedoed and a torpedo. The raider at- The warning was contained in a | the situation. | | general letter to producers, refiners| As for recent submarine attacks | and marketers of petroleum prod- | On shipping along the Atlantic sea- ucts clarifying price questions on | board. Mr. Roosevelt asserted that he | | petroleum and a list of specified | thought there was no connection| | petroleum products which tem- | between them and the conference of | | JUSTICE GOLDSBOROUGH. porarily are pegged at the Novem- ber 7 level. While gasoline sold at service stations, service stations and other outlets was not formally included in | the list of affected products, Mr. | Henderson's letter said: “It must be understood, however, that these prices should remain sub- \ stantially at or below November 7 levels. If they do not, a formal | ceiling order will be promulgated placing them under full control.” Tax Added Here. ‘The price of gasoline here has not | though an additional 1-cent tax at the trial. velopment apparently obviated such action. Although George Power Maloney and George E. McNulty, special as- sistant to the Attorney General, conferred with Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the Court of Appeals, no papers were filed re- questing a writ in the case. The Government, meantime, offi- cially recalled an affidavit of preju- dice’ which Mr. Maloney had filed charging Justice Goldsborough with being biased in the Viereck case. Mr. Maloney in open court before Justice Goldsborough withdrew his affidavit and urged the jurist to re- consider the previous action in set- ting the Viereck trial for tomorrow, Mr. Maloney asked for a contin- uance of the case because of “com- pelling reasons.” He added that there are several witnesses involved in the case who are scheduled to go before the grand jury later this week. | February 4 Agreed On. | Justice Goldsborough observed that he presumed the evidence of these witnesses before the grand jury might have a bearing on the Viereck case. Mr. Maloney suggested tentatively that February 2 be set for the trial and said he had planned a confer- ence with Defense Counsel Emil| Morosini, jr., of New York. here on Thursday. Then, he said, the trial date would finally be deter- mined. Justice Goldsborough said he has scheduled an anti-trust case, deal- ing with the price of bread in Wash- ington, before him on February 4./ He said that if a later date than tomorrow was set, it would be nec- | essary to set the case down before | another judge. Clerk Samuel Silverman called the attention of the court to the fact that February 2 is the last date | for the present jurv. A new jury will be drawn on February 3. | R. A. F. Cadet Escapes Death Second Time By the Associated Press. TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 20.—The | luck that brought him through a freak sky tumble six days ago worked on the ground today for R. A.F. Cadet Derek M. Sharp of York- shire, England. He was seated in his plane at an auxiliary landing field when another student flyer's plane swooped down, sheared awav a large hunk of Cadet Sharp’s plane, swung aloft and then returned, undamaged, to a perfect landing. Although the moving plane’s pro- peller missed him only by inches, Cadet Sharp emerged unhurt and smiling to declare that the narrow escape was nothing compared to his experience of last week. At that time he was tossed out of a plane flown by an instructor, landed astraddle the tail and rode safely to garth. [ ] | resentative Nichols, per gallon is 13 cents. " (See GASOLINE, Page 2-X.) House Unit Leaves Tonighl' To Probe Lombard Crash (Earlier Storv on Page A-5.) A special congressional investigat- ing committee will leave Washington tonight for Las Vegas, Nev, to try| to determine the cause of the crash of a T. W. A. transport that resulted in the death of Carole Lombard and 21 other persons, including 15 Army pilots. The investigators, headed by Rep- Democrat, of Oklahoma, were given authority by the House to inquire into 1942 commercial air mishaps. Late Bulletins R. A. F. Rgids Sicily CAIRO (».—The R. A. F. Middle East command an- nounced tonight that a raid on the Catania (Sicily) Air- drome Sunday night caused “many explosions” and set a number of fires. A number of enemy planes were fired in an attack on Comiso, also in Sicily, the communique said. Vargas Plea Reported RIO DE JANEIRO @).— President Getulio Vargas of Brazil was reported authori- tatively tonight to be tele- phoning Acting President Ramon S. Castillo of Argen- tina in an effort to obtain an immediate Argentine decision cn breaking relations with the Axis powers. (Earlier Story on Page A-6.) New War Board Meets Chairman Donald M. Nel- son described the initial meeting of the new War Pro- duction Board as ‘“very, very successful” as the session broke up at the O. P. M. board- room late today. (Earlier Story on Page A-15.) Gonzaga Beats Devitt Gonzaga defeated Devitt, 39 to 22, in a basket ball game at Gonzaga’s gym today. Gon- zaga led at half time, 18 to 11. Nolan and Lauck starred for the winners. Tech Loses to Roosevelt Roosevelt defeated Tech, 31 to 28, in a basket ball game this afternoon at the losers’ gymnasium. Fred Redinger was high scorer for Roosevelt with 14 points. Thompson of Tech had 8. curbside pumps, marine | Would be operating along the Amer- | retail | ican coast. | | fluctuated since November 7, al-| The subsequent de-|pnas been added. Not counting the | tax, the price of regular gasoline | The total | | for full information on the status | lowed with regard to public works | though the formality of authorizing | American nations in Rio de Jnnelro.‘ | He recladde that he had prophesied | several weeks ago that subs soon | ‘The Chief Executive's generalized comment on the comprehensiveness of the united war plans was launch- |ed by questioning about official | statements that this Government considers Hitler and Nasi Germany | the really important enemy. Such/ an expressed attitude already hu" | brought criticism from certain por-| | tions of the united bloc among them | Chinese sources, who fear that it may indicate slackening of effort in other directions. Aid Rushed to Pacific. Mr. Roosevelt said that excellent progress is being made at strength- | ening United States forces in the| | southwest Pacific. Earlier in the day.f Lt. Gov. Gen. Hubertus J.| Van Mook of the Netherldnds Indies | said after a White House conference | with the President that he had found | that a very great effort is being| made to rush tools and reinforce- | ments to the Pacific sector. | Informed that there has been pub- lic questioning about whereabouts of the fleet while enemy submarines have been sinking merchant ship- | ping off the Atlantic Coast, Mr. Roosevelt said he supposed the only | | convincing answer would be to show | | the location of every American na- | | val vessel. Obviously, he added, this must not be done. | Mr. Roosevelt opened his confer- | ence by saying that he has asked of the Pacific Coast highway to Alaska. It is his present under- standing, he added, that there is a disagreement over exact location | of the proposed right of way. | The President then discussed the | advisability of breaking down the pending $900,000,000 rivers and har- bors authorization bill to put im- | mediately essential projects in one list and non-defense plans in an- other. The latter, he explained either would not be authorized at the present time or funds would not be appropriated to carry out the authorizations. The same procedure might be fol- and highway projects, he said, al- such programs would make them more quickly available for post-war application. The President said he was meeting with Army and Navy officials this week to consider the question of | continuing enlistments in the face of the expanded Selective Service program. Mr. Roosevelt would make no com- ment on the proposal of John L. Lewis for a resumption of peace ne- gotiations between the A. F. L. and C. I. O, remarking that all he knew | about the matter at present was what he had read in the papers. In response to a question, the President said he knew of no imme- | diate plans for evacugtion or removal of war industries from coastal areas. Emphasis at present, he continued, |is on selecting and developing in- land localities where there might be | future concentrations of industry. The President refused to reveal | the nature of the mission selected for Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War for part of the Hoover administra- tion, whom he has nominated to be a brigadier general. GUIDE FOR READERS Page. Page. Amusements, i Finance .___A-14 Comics . B-14-15 Editorial ..._A-8 Editorial Comment A-9 Legal Notices _,..C-5 | {Complete Index, Page A-1.) A Michael Zack, Philadelphia seaman, inspec e T $300,000,000 Asked For Workers Laid Off By Plant Changeovers President Says States’ Unemplayment Benefits Are Not Enough By the Associated Press. President R velt asked Con- gress today for a $300,000,000 appro- priation for unemployment com- pensation benefits for workers tem- porarily thrown out of work by con- version of industrial plants to war- time uses. He sent a letter to Speaker Ray- burn recommending the appropria- | tion and a plan for providing weekly benefits to qualified workers. The President said the program | should be controlled by the Social | Security Board and would supple- ment State unemployment conpen- sation programs. | During the conversion period in | plants, he said, there was bound to | be distress. Present unemployment compensation laws offer “some pro- tection” but they are not enough, Mr. Roosevelt commented. The plan would provide a maxi- mum of $24 a week for 26 weeks to an estimated 4,000.000 men. The Federal Government would con- | tribute the whole $24 where workers are not now receiving State unerg- ployment compensation. In the case | of workers who do receive such State aid, the Government will make up the difference. Workers receiving the benefits would be required to enter a 26-week ttraining course for | war industry under the plan. | Congressional leaders and Paul V. | McNutt, Social Security adminis- | trator, estimated after a White | House conference last Saturday that | the total cost to the Government (Continued on Page 2-X, Column 6) ! Markets at a Gl:nce NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (#).—Stocks steady; carriers extend advance. Bonds higher; rail loans continue climb. Cotton higher; active mill and trade demand. - Wool tops steady; trade buying. CHICAGO.—Wheat steady; in- definite status of price-fixing bill. Corn higher, in sympathy with wheat. Hogs steady to 10 lower; top, $11.75; slow trading. Cattle, the kill. (Story on Page A-1) Nick Athens of Lecompte, La., crewman, gazes through two large shell holes blown into the tanker’s side by direct hits below deck. Despite this heavy shelling the raider failed to make —A. P. Wirephotos. Ghezzi Begins Training : As Private in Army By the Associated Press. | FORT MONMOUTH, N. J, Jan.; 20.—Vic Ghezzi, 31, national Profes- sional Golfers’ Association cham- pion, began recruit training today as a private in the Army. Ghezzi, a resident of Rumson and pro at the nearby Deal Golf Club, enlisted yesterday at this Signal Corps post and was sworn in as a member of the station service unit | and assigned to the detached en-| listed men’s list. After three weeks of preliminary training, Ghezzi will be assigned to a specific task. Ghezzi flew back last week from | steers mainly weak to 25 lower; fairly liberal receipts. tournaments on the Pacific Coast to | volunteer. He is not married. | Yugoslavs Say Nazis Razed Three Towns in Reprisal ruins as the result of German at- LONDON, Jan. 20.—The Yugoslav | tacks, it was said. By the Associated Press. government-in-exile today quoted| The Germans were declared to eye-witnesses as authority for a re- | have shot hundreds of persons at port that German dive bombers and | Uzice. The bodies were thrown into artillery leveled three Yugoslav|a ditch and tanks were run over the towns in reprisal for raids by the| earth to conceal the grave, the eye- Yugoslav army of Gen. Draja Mi- | witness was quoted as saying. hailovic. These reports also said typhus was raging in Belgrade, where the food situation was “precarious,” especially because of an acute shortage of milk for children. “No livirig soul has been left” in Rudnik, 100 miles south of Belgrade, Tool Designer Dies CLEVELAND, Jan. 20 (#).—Fred- erick B. Jacobs, 62, tool designer and former editor of the trade publica- Mr. Jacobs designed tools with M and Uzice and Gornji Milanovac, 80 | which Liberty motors were built in miles south of Belgrade, also are in| the First World War. ’ ‘ 0 | Delivery. tion Abrasive Industry, died today.| L A NGHEC UP) Means Associated Press, THREE CENTS. NTIC U.S. 'E-Boat’ Sinks Jap Ship 01 5,000 Tons Torpedo Craft Makes Night Attack in Philippine Bay BULLETIN. The Navy announced to- day that enemy submar- ines operating off the At- lantic Coast had made sev- eral attacks on vessels other than the three sink- ings of tankers and one damaging already an- nounced. Vessels involved in these new attacks were not identified and no de- tails were given. The Navy also an- nounced that a motor tor- pedo boat of Admiral Thomas S. Hart's Western Pacific command had en- tered Binanga Bay, inside the entrance of Subic Bay in the Philippine Islands and had torpedoed an un- identified enemy vessel of 5,000 tons in a daring at- tack. This venture was carried out under fire of Japanese machine guns and 3-inch shore batteries and for its successful execution Lt. John D. Bulkeley of Long Island City, New York, has been officially commended. (Earlier Story on Page A-4.) By the Associated Press. A second enemy penetration ot Southern Burma was réported in London today as Japanese war- planes again smashed at the port of Sabang on the island of We, northwest of Suragtra. Netherlands air forces, mean- while, struck back with two raids on the Japanese-occupied airport at Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo. The new penetration of Burma, the Indian radio at Madras said, was be- ing made by Thali forces fighting for Japan. The border was crossed in the vicinity of Myawaddi, about 60 miles northeast of Moulmein, and fighting was reported continuing. North of First Invasion. ‘This zone is north of the previous Japanese push, which has taken the port and air base of Tavoy in the panhandle region of Burma The newly invaded sector is near the top of the Guif of Martaban, around which the Japanese would have to drive to reach Rangoon, capital and chief port of Burma and supply harbor for the Burma Road. The radio said Japanese air forces had renewed their assaults both on Rangoon and Moulmein—of whose pagodas Kipling sang—during the last 24 hours. Warplanes of the United Nations, it added, have been over enemy- occupied territory on aerial scouting missions throughout the day. ‘The Japanese airfield was dam- aged and fires were started when the Dutch struck at Kuching, the Neth- erlands report declared. Exchange Telegraph in London " (See FAR EAST, Page 2-X.) Late Races Earlier Results, Rossvan’s, Other Selections and Entries for To- morrow, Page 2-X. Hialeah Park FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1.400; allowances: 3.year-olds: 1 mile (chute) Wood Robin (Hanford) 6.20 360 Five-o-Eight (James) 880 Horn (Mehrtens) Time, 1:40:4-5. 2.30 430 3.00 Also ‘ran—nNesionian, Bayridge. On thy Pence. Raisin Bread and Catcall. % RACE—Purse. $1.500: allow= ances; 4-year-oids and upward; 1% miles g:lle Poise (Meade) 8.30 450 0 e Jest (McCreary) 0 Pet_(Atkinson) 330 Time. 1:54 1-5. Also ran—Kasidah and Jezebel II. SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.200: ing: 4-year-oids and upward; 15 mi Greedan (Mehrtens) :39.80 19.30 Robert . Lee (Schmidi) 5.70 y. claim- 5. 1i.10 440 4.90 5. xploration, Starlike, Moja, Al Au Feu, Waugh Pop and SECOND RACE—Purse. $600: claiming: 3 and 4 year olds; maidens: 1 mile and 70 yards, Winged Phariah (Guerin) 5.80 2 2.20 Liberty Cloud (Parise) Piplad_(Milligan) 0 Time, 14625 e, B . n—Bootsey Byrd. mpire Isle, Playful ‘Lass. Majestic. Golden and Ground Clioper. (Daily Double paid $618.80.) rse. THIRD RACE—Pu $600; weights: 2-year-olds, majde! 16.60 Takeaway (Fallon) Biye Northern, (Sconza) —Plying Ned. {Parm Lady, £Glen Valley, Double Brab. I, Junior Miss, Valdina Rockei and f Cotplay. 1 Pield. Ford special furlongs POURTH RACE—Purse. $600: 4-year-olds and upward: 6 Cocklebur (Barber) 13.80 Red Idol (Whiting) Miss Prakes (Guerin) Time, 1:13 3-5. Also ran—Ten Blow. Travis Me. Grill, Jean Lee. Osark, about, fBarbara A. f Field. 0 240 11.60 L. fDodge ig 1Get- 0 PFIPTH RACE—Purse, 00: claiming; 4-Teur-olds and upward: B furlongs. [l o) 12.80 gflfl ) Ko K X o o o X X % o o X% % % 6 % % ko X ) X )/ Al " X X £ » e . ) o o 6 6 K % % % 6 % O )