Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1942, Page 8

A—6 ssw Unanimous Rupture 0f Relations With Axis Is Predicted af Rio Argentina’s Stand Held ‘Radically Modified’ After Talks With Aranha By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 20—A unanimous break in relations with the Axis powers by the 21 American republics within two| days was predicted today by a high functionary of the Pan- American conference. The informant, who declined to be quoted by name, said Argentina’s attitude had been “radically modi- fled” after her Foreign Minister, Dr. Enrique Ruiz Guinazu. talked yes- terday with Brazil's Foreign Min- ister Oswaldo Aranha. There were high hopes that Ruiz Guinazu would abandon his isola- tionist position completely. Argen- tina and Chile have been the lone holdouts, and observers have ex- pressed the belief that Chile would follow the Argentine lead. The predition came as delegates of the United States, Brazil, Vene- zuela and Colombia emerged from a conference in Aranha’s office with Sumner Welles, United States Un- dersecretary of State and head of .the American delegation. Other Resolutions Submitted. ‘The group had been joined by Cuban delegates and by Ezequiel Padilla, Mexican Foreign Minister, and it was learned authoritatively that they were discussing the rup- ture resolution. The conference secretariat dis- elosed that additional resolutions were submitted, including one by the United States for a stabilization fund to support South American | currencies, | It followed Chile’s proposal yes- | terday calling for the joint use of | gold reserves by the American na- tions. Peru proposed, among _other things, that the conference declare itself in permanent session for the duration of the war. Another res- olution demanded the dissolution of all organizations of Axis nations— numerous in Latin America—and strict control over Axis diplomatic ‘pouches. Chile Urges Military Parley. Chile drafted a proposal calling | for a conference of the general| staffs of fighting forces of all the Americas as the conference neared its crucial decision, The proposal for a rupture with the Axis was expected to reach the full Defense Committee late today end possibly the plenary session of the conference tomorrow. Earlier, the Argentine group was reported to have asked a 24-hour delay to| make up its mind. Axis Threats Backfire. German and Italian attempts to| torpedo the conference by thinly- veiled threats aimed at the South American nations appeared, mean- while, to have backfired. ‘The conference leaders’ determina- tion to seek a showdown followed swiftly the disclosure that German and Ttalian diplomats had orally warned Aranha that should Brazil sever relations with the Axis, their governments would regard it as “a most unfriendly act.” The threat, apparently part of a widespread Axis attempt to sabotage the eonference, was cloaked in diplo- matie phraseology. An excellent source, however, declared it had sroused President Getulio Vargas of Brazil to make the grim declaration that since war had come to the Western Hemisphere his country eould no longer be neutral Aranha himself left no doubt that Brazil would support a break with the Axis, asserting his government would follow a policy of “absolute cohesion with America.” | Surther Axis Machinations Charged. | Indications of further Axis machinations came from Padilla, who declared in an interview: “We know that Axis agents are working in their well-known fashion, | which is very skillful, to keep some | American nations from breaking off | relations.” Padilla failed to elaborate, but eaid other conference leaders were tully aware of underground Axis | operations. Prior to the prediction that Ar- {munes had changed their stand, here were reports that they de- | eired to introduce a counter proposal | to the original anti-Axis resolution. | Its nature was not disclosed, but Argentina has been represented previously as ready to support a compromise calling for service re- | strictitons on activities of Axis diplo- | mats In the Americas. 100 Resolutions Offered. Seven conference committees la- | bored, meanwhile, to digest more | 4han 100 resolutions covering every | eonceivxe economic, political and | military®ituation which might re- sult from the advent of war in the Western Hemisphere. Among the proposals awakening | interest were: | 1. A resolution offered by Mexico i snd Uruguay which would have the rest of the American nations treat | the United States and her Allies as‘ non-belligerents. (This would per- mit full use of port facilities—not generally granted belligerents—by | Allied warships.) 2. A measure offered by the United States providing for strict control of subversive activities. 3. A Dominican Republic sugges- tion for creation of an Inter-Ameri- ean Defense Committee. Chile Backs Unity, but Cites ‘Special Situations’ SANTIAGO. Chile. Jan. 20 (#).— In response to reports of Chilean | opposition to breaking relations with | the Axis, the Foreign Ministry last | night declared. “although America is one and indivisible in the face of | international conflict, there are spe- cial situations which each state can consider only from the point of view of its own reality.” What such a special situation | might be was not explained, but the statement sajd the Chilean delega- tion to the Rio de Janeiro Confer- ence was acting according to in- structions of “the supreme govern- ment.” Audubon Society to Meet ‘The 45th annual dinner of the Audubon Society will be held at the ‘Washington Club, 1701 K street N.W. at 8 pm. Thursday. Vernon Bailey, president, will preside, and secretary and treasuser’s reports will | William Day, | paralysis victim, aided by crutches, | 14 Killed, 12 Injured In Apartment Fire 'AtLynn, Mass. Structure Had No Outside Fire Escapes; Many Are Rescued By the Assosciated Press. LYNN, Mass,, Jan. 20.—Flames swept through a five-story apartment and rooming house here today, sending fire from | basement to roof as if it were a huge brick furnace and leaving 14 dead and 21 in hospitals, while | firemen worked through smok- ing embers in search of eight| persons still missing. The fire started in the basement and swept upward so quickly that dozens of tenants. many of them aged and infirm. were trapped on | the top floors of the structure, Mel- | vin Hall, in the center of the city. Firemen found many clinging to high ledges as flames enveloped the building. Others had jumped and lay moaning and screaming on the ground. Saw Number Fall Back. “I saw a number of persons come to the windows on the top floor and then fall back,”. sald Police Sergt. William Gillespie. ‘The fire was one of the most eostly in loss of life in the history of Lynn, and one of the worst in New England since the early 1900’s. Harry Anderson, janitor of the building, discovered the fire at 1:45 am. in a coal bin in the cellar. A half hour later a general alarm was turned in and apparatus was sum- moned from all nearby cities. Shortly thereafter, Forrest Alden, 31, told of his escape from the top floor. “] saw one woman jump from a nearby room,” he said. “She seemed to strike the wall of the building, and then was thrown across the space between the rooming house and the next building. She finally fell in a heap on the edge of the| fire net. “I hung out the window, gave | myself a little shove and let go my It was a terrible experience.” Heat Called Intense. The heat became so intense that 28-year-old infantile | net. could hardly stand on the floor even | with his shoes on. “My mother was barefooted,” he said. “I don't see how she could stand it. But she remained cool and wrapped wet towels around our faces. us over a high ladder.” Stories of pathos and heroism piled up. Miss Caroline Thornell, 63, whose sister Elsie, 56, was burned firemen. “My sister was going to be next and I expected she would jump | right after I did,” Miss Thornell said. “I never saw her again.” Three-year-old Lawrence Taylor, jr.. was found dead, clasped in his mother’s arms. One of the many heroes was El- don Taylor, 44, a contractor, who saved five persons during three trips into the flame-swept building. On one trip he reached the fourth floor, | stumbled over two bodies but man- aged to lead three survivors to safety. Firemen experienced great diffi- | culty in their search for the missing and in removing bodies, as the floors in the center of the building col- lapsed. When daylight came, how- ever, several of the dead were taken out in brown straw baskets. At the Lynn Hpspital, the groans of the injured echoed through the corridors. Almost noiselessly, the Rev. Cornelius T. H. Sherlock, curate of St. Mary's Church, moved be- tween the wards, administering the last rites of his church to those in the most serious condition. Mayor Albert T. Cole of Lynn said he would demand a State investiga- tion to determine why fire escapes were not available the tenants. There were no visil outside fire escnpe= on the building. suthentic Seath Asericen riythass of avier « TONIGHT » WMAL e 8.00 P.M. be heard. | grip. I landed on my back in the‘ The firemen finally reached | to death, told how she jumped from | the top floor at the command of | NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, LYNN, MASS.—WHERE FLAMES TOOK HIGH TOLL—Only the walls were left standing after L4 flames swept the Melvin Hall President Discusses Plan o Expedite Rivers, Harbors Bill Omnibus Measure May Be Split to Speed Essential War Projects By JOHN C. HENRY. A splitting up of an omnibus | rivers and harbors bill now pending in the House in order to expedite action on projects essential to de- fense was discussed by President Roosevelt and Congressional leaders in a White House conference today. \ The legislation 18 now on the House calendar. A major project included in the measure is the St. Lawrence water- way and power plan which the President has supported through- out his administration. Senate Majority Leader Barkley, one of the .conferees today, said | there had been no decision made as | to which projects would be classified | as essential to defense, but he said he presumed the St. Lawrence un- dertaking would fall in that cate- gory. Sees Conference Agreement. ‘The Senator said the congres- sional group also had reported its expectations of reaching an agree- ment in a day or so on the price control bill now in conference. He |did not indicate what compromise agreements might be reached on the differing House and Senate versions of this legislation. Because of the emphasis on the rivers and harbors legislation, Chairman Mansfield of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee par- | ticipated in the White House meet- | ing. Others, in addition to Senator Barkley, were Vice President Wal- lace, Speaker Rayburn and House Majority Leader McCormack. War Problems Discussion. | Wartime psoblems in widely sepa- | rated world sectors also were sched- }uled for discussion at the White | House as the President arranged | separate engagements with Mexican, | Netherlands and British officials. First of these listed for a White »| House appointment was Francisco | Gaxiola, Minister of National Econ- omy, of Mexico. Later, Mr. Roosevelt was to see Dr. Loudon, Netherlands Minister, |and Lieutenant Governor General Van Mook of the Dutch East Indies. | Presumably, this conference was to deal with joint military and naval operations now being conducted by the forces of the united nations in the Southwest Pacific area. They were also to confer with Secretary of State Hull later in the day. Sir Ronald Campbell, British min- | ister, was to visit the White House later with Lord Knollys, Governor of Bermuda. Two British Trawlers Lost LONDON, Jan. 20 (#).—The Ad- miralty announced today the loss of two trawlers, the Henriette and the Irvana, but said there had been no casualties in either case. other scalp ills. that he will Johnson. Howrs apartment house in downtown toll of lives and inguring scores. Lynn early today, taking a high —A. P. Wirephoto. Firemen remove the body of a victim through a window of the burning apartment house. Committee Is Appoinfed For Red Cross Drive The Executive Committee of the Prince Georges County Red Cross war relief drive was named today, as follows: Dr. H. J. Patterson, College Park; Mrs. T. Howard Ducket, Hyattsville; Mrs. Harold Benjamin, College Park; R. Ernest Smith, Upper Marl- boro; Mrs. G. W. 8. Musgrave, Laurel; Mrs. Perry W. Browning, East Riverdale; Mrs. Kenneth Colip, Mount Rainier; Mrs. J. Enos Ray, Hyattsville, and Frank M. Stephen, University Park. Names of chairmen for the 21 county districts will be released in a few days, it was announced yes- terday by Mrs. James B. Bentley, campaign chairman. Meanwhile, contributions are being received at Red Cross headquarters in the Pro- | fessional Building in Hyattsville, | Mrs. Bentley said. Cadets of the Avondale Country School, near Laurel, have given their allowance for this month to the war relief drive, Mrs. Musgrave announced. It is not too late. You can help by | doing your share of work here at home and investing each payday in | United States Defense savings bonds and stamps. You, too, can trust your hair and scalp problems to No charge is made, for examination. Call in person or phone NA. 6(')81 for appointment. F. D. JOHNSON Hair ar 9 4.M 7P M. Saturdays T —A. P. Wirephotos. Gen. Guderian Ill, Bern Newspaper Suggests By the Associated Press. BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 20—The Tribune de Lausanne suggested to- day that Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian, commander of German tank forces on the Moscow front, was ill with pneumonia. The Berlin radio, reporting that |the deposed commander-in-chief, | Field Marshal Walter von Brauch- |itsch, had undergone an operation, said yesterday that another general |had just recovered from “inflam- mation of the lungs.” Guderian led the armored forces | attacking the Tula sector in Novem- | ber and December. It had been rumored that he was to be recalled, following the turnabout in the Rus- sian campaign. i Archaeological ' . ., Collection of 110 specimens—orii glass from Egypt. Syri | || rounding localities— | FOR SALE | On Exhibition st | HAUSLER'S | 720 17th Street N.W. SEEFD. JONNSON” +E. 0. PETERSON “l always recommend F. D. Johnson to my clients who are troubled with hair loss, dandruff, itching and I know not advise treatment unless he feels sure that it will help you.” Physical Director of PETERSON HEALTH 1d Scalp Specialist i3 P 1050-53 Shoreham Bldg., 15th and H Sts. N.W, JANUARY 20, 1942. Man Dies in Hospital Of Injuries From Traffic Mishap Woman, Seriously Hurt, Blames Streetcar for Hit-and-Run Accident D. C. Traffic Toll Killed in same period of 1941 11 ‘Toll for all of 1941 95 A District man injured in a traffic accident in Mount Rainier, Md, died at Casualty Hospital last night while police started investigating s | hit-and-run accident in which a 60-year-old woman was injured seriously. The fatally injured man was Mi- chael J. Boback, 45, 2305 Third street N.E, who was struck by an automobile Sunday night while crossing Rhode Island avenue at Thirty-seventh street with a com- panion. The companion, John F. Pikulski, 52, 3914 Twenty-first street NE., suffered lacerations on the body and leg. Prince George County police at Hyattsville listed the driver of the striking automobile as Ethan A. Fritz, 636 North Carolina avenue S.E. Mr. Fritz was released under $1,000 bond on a charge of reckless driving, before Mr. Boback died of his injuries, police said, and a hear- ing was set for February 15. Says Streetcar Hit Her. The hit-and-run victim is Beulah Pagel, Arlington, who was taken | to Emergency Hospital last night from the west end of a streetcar loading zone on the south side of | Pennsylvania avenue N.W. near | Twenty-second street. She suffered | possible concussion of the brain, a fractured right clavicle and a frac- tured rib. Police said she told them she was | hit by a streetcar. A streetcar | motorman whose car was scheduled | to pass the loading platform at| about the time the woman was struck denied striking her, police said. The motorman was to discuss | the accident at police headquarters | today. | Police said two witnesses had been | located who say they saw the acci- dent and insist it was a streetcar | that struck the woman. Four in Auto Hurt. Four passengers in an automobile were hurt, one of them seriously, when the car in which they were riding collided early today with a Capital Transit Co. bus at Connecti- cut avenue and I street N.W. Maida T. Weaver, 21, 1918 Calvert | street N.W., was admitted to Emer- gency Hospital with possible frac- tured pelvis and vertebrae. Treated at the hospital and released were Van E. Salset, 19, 2726 Thirteenth street N.W., sprained back; Anne| Frederick, 28, 1610 New Hampshire | avenue N.W., abrasions to both arms | and knees, and Neil Bullington, 21, | 1916 Sixteenth street N.W., lacera- | tions of the eyelid. William Vernon, 14, 2426 Four- Mme. Litvinoff Enjoys Party as Rome Says She Is in Prison BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 20—While Russian Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff and his wife were being entertained in Washing- ton yesterday at a large party given by Joseph E. Davies, former United States Ambassa- dor to Russia, the Rome radio declared in a shortwave broad- cast heard here by N. B. C.: “Mrs. Litvinoff is still in a prison camp in Siberia.” A. P. Photographer {Gefs fo Sumatra-After 5 Days in Lifeboat 28 of 77 on Torpedoed Ship, Suffering From Thirst, Are Landed (Another Associated Press man —this time one who covers a world at war with a camera—has been the victim of an Azxis sub- marine attack. This time it is Frank E. Noel, 37, veteran pho- tographer, who has been covering the Singapore front, who writes a first-hand story of a torpedoing off Sumatra.) By FRANK E. NOEL, Associated Press Photographer. PADANG, Sumatra, Nether- lands Indies, Jan. 20.—Suffering from thirst and the blistering of a tropical sun, 28 of us out of a ship’s company of 77 arrived here | today after a Japanese subma- rine sank our India-bound ship and spilled us into the sea five days ago. Our ship apparentiy was the first victim of Japanese submarines oper- ating in the Indian Ocean. It was attacked by torpedo and shellfire about midnight January 14 some 270 miles off the west coast of this Duteh Indies island. The shelling finished off an attack begun when a torpedo scored a di- | rect hit on the vessel's engine room, killing five and injuring four of the crew. Suffered Leg Injuries. Although I suffered leg injuries, I got overside in a lifeboat with some !of my photographic | most of it and all my personal be- | 1 longings are at the bottom of the | sea. (The Japanese, having reached the Strait of Malacca along the Malay Peninsula, across from the east coast of Sumatra, appar- ently have cut off the direct route from Singapore to India and now have put their subma- rines into the Indian Ocean to attack British shipping taking the roundabout but less-exposed route west of Sumatra.) The submarine cruised on the surface for half an hour within 100 yards of our four lifeboats, but made no attempt to shell or machine- gun us. Then it fired five shells broadside into the crippled ship and she sank by the stern. Suffered From Thirst. teenth street N.'W., was injured yes- terday when a front wheel of the| coaSter wagon in which he was roll- ing down Fourteenth street in the| 2400 block collapsed. The wagon | left the sidewalk and ran into the| path of an automobile. The boy was | admitted to Emergency Hospital| with a fractured right leg. Defense Engineer Killed In Auto Accident BOWLING GREEN, Va.. Jan. 20 | (A).—C. M. McClure, 73, of David- | sonville, Md., an engineer in the office of Defense Public Works in Richmond, Va., since July, 1941, was‘ killed yesterday in a head-on col- | lision of two automobiles on Route 2, about three miles south of Bowl- ing Green. - ’ Mr. McClure was returning to Richmond after spending the week | end at his home. Two of the life boats reached shore in the Batoe Island group, off the Sumatran coast north of here, yesterday. The other boats have not been sighted yet, but they are believed to be in the Siberut Island Area off the coast. For the first two days all four boats remained within hailing dis- tance of each other, then high winds and a rough sea separated them. The sun broiled us and we suffered from thirst since the life boat’s casks | were smashed. Natives of a small island supplied us with water, how- ever. Frank Noel is a native of Dalhart, Tex., and worked on newspapers in Kansas City, cago, and Wichita before joining the Associated Press. He had been an | Associated Press staff photographer in Buffalo, Albany, Miami and At- lanta prior to his present foreign assignment. equipment— Oklahoma City, Chn-' William E. Andrews, Former Nebraska Representafive, Dies Was District Resident Many Years; Active In Masonic Circles William E. Andrews, former Re- publican Representative from Nebraska who was active in Masonic circles here for a number of yeare, died yesterday at his home, 1225 Fairmont street N.W., after a brief illness. Funneral services will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Chambers fu- neral home, 1400 Chapin street N.-W. | He will be buried at Hastings, Nebr. | _Mr. Andrews was elected to the Fifty-fourth, Sixty-sixth and Sixt seventh Congresses, and served for | a number of years as auditor at the ‘Treasury. He was born in Iowa, December 17, 1854. Left an orphan in early youth, he was employed as a farm hand and attended country schools | in winter. He was graduated from Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, in 11874, and from Parsons College, | Fairfield, Towa, the following year. | He was elected superintendent of | schools in Ringgoid County in 1879 | and a delegate to the Republican | State convention in 1880, From 1885 to 1893 he was a mem= | ber of the faculty at Hastings Col=- | lege, in Nebraska, also serving for a | time as vice president of the college, | president of the Nebraska State | Teachers’ Association and private secretary to the Governor of Ne- braska. | Mr. Andrews served in the House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897 and from 1919 to 1923. From 1897 to 1915 he was auditor for the Treasury Department. | A 33d-degree Mason, Mr. Andrews was a Scottish Rite and York Rite Mason and a member of the Odd ,Fellows. He taught an adult Bible class at the Fourth Presbyterian Church here for 12 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. L. M. McCoy Andrews. Jap Diet to Resume Sessions Tomorrow BY the Associated Press. TOKIO, Jan. 20 (Official Broad- | cast).—The Imperial Diet prepared | today to resume its 79th session to- morrow with much war business scheduled to come before it. The Legislature has been in New Year recess since December 27. In his capacity as War Minister, Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo will give |a war review of 30 minutes to the peers and Navy Minister Admiral Shigetaro Shimada will give a re- view of five minutes. The cabinet approved for submis- |sion to the Diet a budget totaling |8.698,434,000 yen ($2,000,000,000 at |nominal prewar rates of exchange) ‘lor the 1942 fiscal year. (Parlia- | mentary approval is a foregone con- clusion.) Symphony Shifts Concert To Wilson High School The student’s concert by the Na- Ytionnl Symphony Orchestra, origi- ‘naUy scheduled to be presented at 12:30 pm. 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