Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1942, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1942 Nelson;s First Order Puts Auto Firms on Full-Time War Basis New Chief Slated to Tell Streamlined Production Plan’s Details Today B the Associated Press. The automobile industry has| been commanded by Donald M. | Nelson to halt the $10,000,000-a- | day clink in its assembly lines by February 1 and turn its full | machine power into manufac- | ture of weapons. The War Production Board chair- | man announced this drastic order | last night. It was the first he had | issucd since his appointment Janu- ary 13, and it gave industry an ex- ample of the methods by which he | means 1o get maximum war pl’Od\lC~ | tion. i Mr. Nelson disclosed that Presi- | dent Roosevelt had approved his | | | plans for revamping and streamlin- ing the entire Federal setup con- | cerned with war production and ! said details of the plans would be | made public sometime today. | The automobile order prohibits | merich, former O. P. M. secretary, | fll manufacture of passenger cars | wij serve in a like capacity with and light trucks after midnight. | pe w. p. B. January 31—including even vehicles | ~ ), elaborating on Mr. Kanzler's for Army, Navy or lease-lend pur- | quties as chief of the automobile in- pases; |dustry conversion, Mr. Nelson said The automobile production ban |that he would receive the advice of meant that passenger cars and light |a joint management-labor commit- trucks needed by the armed services | tee already set up to study the con- must be drawn in future from the |version problem stocks “frozen” January 1 by O. P. Mr. Nelson made it clear that la- M. as a preliminary to Government | bor's ideas on ways to improve the rationing. | production program would be wel- Mr. Nelson declared the cars and |comed in the new organization. | trucks left in dealers’ hands, plus| “As long as ideas are moving in | those manufactured this month, had | one direction—maximum production permitted accumulation of a supply it the shortest possible time,” Mr. from which “all foreseeable military | Nelson emphasized, “I have never demands” could be met. The Gov- |had any concern about where they ernment already has ordered 130,000 | come from.” 3 new cars held in dealers’ storage.| Kanzler's Office in Detroit. | TYPE OF “PT” BOAT WHICH RAN JAPANESE GAUNTLET United States naval officer, used this type of “PT” torpedo boat when he and a “suicide” crew tor- pinnnga Bay, at the entrance to Subic Bay pedoed a 5,000-ton Japanese ship. This occurred in in the Philippines, the Navy said yesterday. * Navy Hails Bulkeley's Daring Exploit With Switt Torpedo Boat By CLAUDE A. MAHONEY. Night Assault on Jap Ship Undoubtedly Forerunner | prammmant, - o s come o Of Many Others +| When Lt. John D. Bulkeley was commended last night for success- fully torpedoing an enemy vessel of 5,000 tons in a nocturnal raid, it was the opening chapter in a new Navy BY the Associated Press. For a daring exploit brilliantly accomplished, the Navy today wrote a new name on the roll of its war | thriller, heroes and added one mare ship to| The fast-skimming little boats Japanese losses for the Philippine : have been practicing quick-raid tac- invasion. u;:s for two years, l:d pne;l:;&s s:‘me The name belonged to 30-year-old | Of those sent to the ve Lt. John Duncan Bulkeley of Long |Mada war records. But the Navy Island City, New York, who rocketed | 38¥8 this is the first engagement for a swift motor torpedo boat into |SUCh an American craft. enemy-held Binanga Bay and tor- | The Navy has been somewhat reti- pedoed a 5,000-ton Japanese vessel, | Cént concerning detalls of these despite & storm of enemy fire. |torpedo or “mosquito” boats, but it | Thus did the Navy's new “P. T.” ‘ is known that there are at least two boat make its spectacular debut in | the Pacific war theater and the more \Dan o feet long They were action undoubtedly heralded many similar attacks in the future. The nocturnal assault, suggesting | water-skippers up anew the steadily wider operations more than 60 knots. of Admiral Thomas S. Hart's Far From the standpoint of fire power, Eastern command, was reported by | they are the biggest little boats in the Navy Department in a com- | the world. They carry four torpedo munique last night which said Lt. | tubes and can swerve into firing po- Bulkeley ‘“has been commended for | sitions, where the torpedo stroke is ;x]e]cl{!ing his commission success- ‘ almost inevitably fatal. They mount ully. = == |of models, and that the largest one is | by e T —Lt. John D. Bulkeley, 30-year-old Success of ‘P. T.” Attack Held Vindication of ‘Suicide Fleet’ A torpedo boat from the Navy's |Of two suicide fleet” has hurled itself Into | ¢ps “geadliest classes of craft ever| ! the first combat for an American | designed from standpoint of size | and expense, They pack potential | iTER | fire power many times their intrinsic | strayed from value of something like $250,000 each. = Although the Navy said nothing where Lt Bulkeley's torpedo piN, blue and white heart-st | boat had been based, it is known | that the boats are built for shore!p, | stations. | through the line of larger ships and | {try for close-up kills among enemy | attackers. {and swerve is almost the only pro- | tection for the commanding officer | and his crew of eight men. In the case of the Philippine at- tack it enabled the boat to execute its mission successfully “while under }nre of machine guns and 3-inch | shore sbatteries.” whica Binanga Bay is located, ha a narrow neck. Narrow-necked bays built in different plants, but the | were what designers thought about | 2 Elco-built models have three V-12 | when they designed the mosquito Packard engines that whip the little | boats. to something | By slowing down to nine knots, | one of the boats would have a cruis- ing range of about 2,000 miles, ex- perts say, and so this fact could' | have allowed them to come from any of several havens to the scene of attack. At faster speeds their ' range is severe| | CHOW DOG, brown maie, name “Po fiwg»onnc lltlllfl", from %407 Wis. a’ Bethesda, Md 9. Reward mmom‘fmv?. lady’s. stone: lost in vicinity . 6002._Reward | two 50-caliber machine guns in each | FR. 6 turrets that are moved by | DOG—Biack cocker alr. They are one of | §4fi1is"sgT Ridse P poc. whi ox terrier 417 R apani =7 Abacostie. Rewsrd. i tan wire-haired fox ¢ Phone 8ligo IG] 3 . | lar._ Call ME. 1164 | KEYS X q | auto. From Episcop: e tlnln!: o Colonial Village. Reward. CH. 2000, Dr. Menke a iy ped, vicinity of 15th and Argonne pl on Jan. 15. Re- ard._AD. 8700, Ext. 351 old, set with pearls and rhin ‘Their function is to dash y ith and F nw. Reward. Sligo RING. diamond platinum_engagement and wedding ring. BIG REWARD. Pbons Emerson %251 o RING (lady's). square-cui emerald baguet diamonds: $100 reward. panies’ Adjustment Burea Their abiiity to twist SINGLE STRAND OF PEARLS: vicinity Constitution Hall or the Old Airport Hot Shoppe. _Reward. HO. R696 TRUMPET—Neighborhood _of st.ne. Reward. 3601 "30th and 22d st. ne. WATCH, yellow gold. Gruen. black face: lost Friday might, vic. 115 B st. se. and | House Office Building: reward. " National 3120, Subic Bay, in enrus lost bétween trai Reward. Tost in. | Georsia 6924 after 6.30 D (R gt WRIST WATCH (lady’s). “Swiss,™ vellow Id. initials on back. “H “losi Jan. (i near Sherman Circe and Georgia ave 0. T “Reward JEeo W WRIST WATCH. lady's, gold. Benrus. lost Saturday evening, Conn. ave beiween K and Q sts._Call Hobart S48 WRIST te gold. Elgin: downtown shopping section; Tuesday after- noon. Reward. Emerson - | ZIPPER BILLFOLD AND cut. f:";“l: l""":‘;""‘ :V" Speed. | 4o 50 well. “He cracked up two . Bulkeley had eight seamen, as | ” 5 vet unidentified, in his crew, butfplme"nhh ‘::;e vins | the matter-of-fact Navy statement | SEENTS oo Orea hardly hints at the perit of their| He served on various naval craft n‘\;:: dnshl.l b:‘ reports merely that | before being assigned to the Asiatic “this smal at carried out its diffi- | v i i cult task while under fire of machine TFlest, qud i wae 'h“.‘ inithe criens guns and 3-inch shore batteries.” | that he met and married Mrs. Bulke- The greatest protection the men | ley, daughter of Capt. Cecil Robert ?x!r !w:?‘ ;;e‘s%dhz;);xz;o::g:! ‘Wood, master mariner and port sur- 3 .200- e | is capable of producing a maximum | yeyouatEmsin, Ohinn: \ of about 70 knots, or 84 miles an | hour. Besides speed there was the ele- e PRI | | | East Changes Jobs {Spain Fights Black Market | Senor Luis Perez Molinar, secre- | CHANGE PURSE | biack. $20. Reward. 317 R stnw. MI Brown and white: answers 1o name ‘Gine ger’: lost vicinily Nebraska and Oregon tary of the Spanish “anti-contra- |aves Rock Creek Park LIBERAL RE- " | WARD. Call Woodley 4774 or NA. 4506, band” service. reported that 5561 | | persons were sent to labor hattal-éffA FTTe — = |ions and fines totaling $9.000.000 FOUND were imposed in his effort to stamp | __ e 'on,fir’m’" e out food bootlegging. CoC call Franklin 0881 T “Fill Your Bin,” Says Uncle Sam “Coal in your bin, during times like these, is the best Output of heavy trucks was not af-| fected by the order, since these units | are considered essential to mdust.ry.‘ Official announcement of the ac- | tion said that Mr. Nelson had “ap-| proved a recommendation” of the | nine-member War Production Board which met for the first time late | vesterday. The wording emphasized the stipulation in President Roose- velt's executive order creating the board that Mr. was final—that the board could merely give him “advice and assist- ance.” Stoppage of automobile produc- toin, however, was of secondary im- portance at yesterdav’s session, since the meeting was called primarily to hear Mr lson’s reorganization plans for the industrial front. Nelson (Continued From First Page.) tribution, which was headed by Floyd B. Odlum. r. Nelson said. however. that Mr. Odlum would remain with his gzanization in the capacity of a special adviser in foreign and do- pircblems relating to the war. chairman said Mr. f, had recommended sion To Spread Production Joh. In this connection, Mr. Nelson had an encouraging word for smali | business. In answer to a question he said his organization wonld start out with the assumption that the war production job must be spread out in every way possible. provided the speed of the program is not hampered. “I am convinced that not as many (small businesses) are going to get a ‘squeeze-out’ as think they are,” Mr. Nelson said. “I have always felt that we must get a greater dis- | tribution of contracts. * We must do this job on a sound eco- nomic basis. so that when this thing is over we can pick up our economy with the least amount of read- Jjustment.” Mr. Nelson named as head of the civilian supply division Price Ad- ministrator Leon Henderson. Asked whether he believed Mr. Henderson would be able to handle both jobs or whether there may be some fu- ture adjustment to eliminate his dual capacity, Mr. Nelson replied: I think Leon Henderson is a man of infinite capacity, and I mean that literally.” 0. P. A, Keeps Rationing. Mr. Nelson said that rationing of | various commodities would continue to be handled by the Office of Price Administration Sidney Hiliman, associate director general of the O. P. M. was ap- pointed by Mr. Nelson to head tize labor division, and Douglas Mac- Keachie was named head of the purchases division, a post similar to that w 1 he held under O. P. M. Mr. Nelson said he wanted to see L. Gen. William S. Knudsen. for- mer O. P. M. director general, re- man a member of the W. P. B, along with Mr. Hillman. They were member ply P as co of the now-abolished of the O. P. M.. and, as Nelson's authority | up- | He said that Mr. Kanzler would set up his office and staff in De- troit, heatt of the Nation's auto- motive industry. A deputy will be located in Washington to maintain close contact with the industry op- | erations division here. J | Mr. Nelson said in answer to a | question that Mr. Kanzler will “have all the authority I've got to get the | job done " He added that any other | | industrial branch head appointed in | | future will have as much power as | | he needs to do his job. :; | ! I am going to assume that Amer- |ican industry is just as much con- | cerned with getting this job done as ! {I am,” Mr. Nelson asserted. “And {the same assumption applies to | labor.” | E | Intends to Do. Job. | | Mr. Nelson expressed confidence | | that his reorganization would be ef- fective in converting the industrial capacity of the country to all out | war effort in the quickest possible | time. “I can only assure you,” Mr. Nel- son said, “that I am going to do this job as well as any man can. If I| see I can't do it, I'm going to step ! down. before it's too late.” i He said he probably would find | | it nec ry to set up an additional | major ion within the new struc- | ture to handle the field organization | of the W. P. B., but that thus far he had not “thought out” a_.satis-| factory procedure to follow in the creation of such an agency, | Blackout 'w (Continued From First Page) | and. since this would require some | time. it was decided to prepare and | issue the much briefer and general rules adopted today. as a means of | effectuating the District Blackout | Act, adopted by Congress several weeks ago. This act, Mr. Keech has explained, is not “self-executing,” and it was { deemed wise to adopt the first set of rules so that there might be no | question of the authority of Co- ordinator Young or civilian defense workers under him or of District regular forces to handle situations as thev develon. | In his report to the Commissioners | Mr. Keech explained that the power | (of entry to extinguish lights not, | blacked out is given in section 5 of the regulations to special police | | and not to the auxiliary police, | ! which force has been developed in the civilian defense machinery to augment the regular police force. Therefore, he rstommended that the Commissioners take immediate steps to appoint auxiliary policemen as “special police.” Commissioner Young already had planned to do | this on advice that additional police with legal authority were needed. Mr. Keech added that the new regulations provide that the defense co-ordinator shall provide identify- ing insignia for police and air-raid warde while the Blackout Act and other statutes dealing with spe- cial police provide for an emblem to be provided by the Commission- er Therefore. he recommended that the necessary identifying in- signia or emblem be authorized by both the Commissioners and De- fense Co-ordinator Young. Dimout Continues. ;:rh_ automatically became mem- Commi ner Young said the ers of the W. P. B 7 e B SR In view of the abolition of the|Present advice given the public to O. P. M. Mr. Nelson sa'd it may Piackout or dimout any unnecessary require an amendment o hae them | Uo01S Visible from the exterior each | as W. P. B. memters, but that if D3 3 i such were nece, he intended = hipending the ssunnce or seeing that it W he official orders. However. he added, A aveta s the adoption of the blackout regula- Epect for Mr. tions by the Commissioners will end of production and I feel his services &= Ll s le on this board,” | 1 iyi: f-?r:\-‘ldm'fl#ad er <r1‘:nd close touch with Mr. Harrison’s Pro- duction Division M window lizhts er #ny other hting : i on later pointed out that | IShIng during rractice blackouts or Knursen. as chief production ! - il warnings \ 1 for the Army, would work mn he question of continuance or change in the current “dimout” of cet lights and building lights now is being Nelson said he wanted his 5 studied by C Planning Division staffed “with peo- | YCUng. the other Commissic ple who are thinking all the time a; | ¢ Civiiian Defense Policy Com- to how the preduction picture cap | itee, headed by Assis be improved.” He said this division would have no administrative capac- ity, but simply would make recom- mendations he planning agency would work in close touch with a Progress Re- porting Division, headed by Stacy May. director of the Bureau of Re- search and Statistics. Mr. May's division would report directly to the W. P. B. chairman. Mr. May also would serve as head of a Statistics Division within the new organiza- tion. O’Brian Heads Legal Staff. Other divisions within the struc- ture of the W. P. B. will include a legal staff. headed by John Lord O'Brian; adminisirative personnel, under James A. Robinson, and an information agency, headed by Robert W. Horton. Herbert Em- rn 'ommissicner Beverly C. Snow. Co-ordinator Yeung indicated action weuld be taken promptly on this question, Leonu?cflown Mfin: Hurt, In Hawaii, Back on Duty BY the Associated Press. LEONARDTOWN, Md., Jan. 21— | | Wiliam Erich Floyd, jr. U.,S. N., |who was slightly wounded in the| | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, | has returned to active duty after a | | brief visit with his family. ! Mr. Floyd. son of Game Warden | and Mrs. William E. Floyd of Locust | | Hill. was on submarine duty. After | a reunion with his wife and family | | he was called back to duty at Ports- ! ' mouth, N. H. 4 possible protection against shortage.” That is the Gov- ernment’s warning to YOU. Let us fill your bin with Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite ment of surprise in the night—sur- | | prise increased by the fact that | Imnqnga Bay, tucked away msldelrimnbur' announced yesterday the Subic Bay on Luzon Island, is far | resignation of John H. East of {from any known base of Allied | Churchville as secretary of the Vir- {operations in the Far East. The ginia Farm Bureau Federation to Japanese might reasonably have ex- | accept reappointment on the Vir- RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 21 (#.— President G. F. Holsinger of Har- —the low-ash hard coal. It's real premium coal, yet pected American submarines in that | ginia A. A. A. Committee. vicinity, but they apparently were not on guard against a lightning | attack by a lone small boat. ‘That Kind of a Man,’ 1‘ | Bulkeley's Wife Says | and Hats of every description | Cleaned or Remodeled NEW YORK, Jan. 2! (#).—"T ex-| HATS RETRIMMED pected him to do a thing like that.” All Styles a; New Hat | School, and during one summer va- cation worked his way to South | America and back on a freighter. | He was 15 then. | Later his family moved to San, Antonio, Tex. from where he was| appointed to the Naval Academy in| | 1929. On graduation he tried flying, | | at Randolph Field. Tex., but didn't Mrs. Bulkeley (left), wife of Lt. Bulkeley; their daughter, Joan Isabel, and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bulkeley. pose for the photographer at their New York home yesterday. Above them is a drawing of an insignia on a “mosquito” boat which the lieutenant formerly commanded. s this week in preparation for next week's graduation exercises. Diplomas were being prepared for 2bout 80 students at the George Washington High School in Alex- andria. At Washington-Lee High School in Arlington County 42 are to be graduated. | Special programs are being ar- ranged for both schools and will be announced later this week. Exer- cises in Arlington are to be held at 8 p.m. January 29. and the date for George Washington High School is to be announced. SAMBA - FOX TROT - WALTZ Four months’ course. Fifteen Dolla Hargrove S lroom Dancil e e e LT. JOHN D. BULKELEY. —A. P. Wirephotos. COMMERCIAL PRINTING \I \ aovermisine . BRIEFS I Never Disgpoins BYRON S. ADAMS DIsT. 8202~ 512 11TH ST. K. W. 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