Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1942, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, - Press Ownership 0f Radio Stations Dr. Frank L. Mott Tells F.C. C. Operation by Press Is ‘Natural Development’ B the Associated Press. The Federal Communications Commission, which is inyestigating newspaper-radio relationship, re- ceived testimony from a college pro- fessor yesterday that there should be no “arbitrary prohibitions” against future acquisition of broad- cast stations by newspaper interests, Dr, Frank Luther Mott, director :; was & “natural development. Dr. Mott was the second wituess presented by the Newspaper-Radio Committee, organized tq oppose pro- hibitions against newspapers enter- there had been much improvement. Recess Is Taken. i After hearing Dr. Mott, the com- mission adjourned its hearings un- til next Wednesday. Dr. Frederick S. Seibert, director of the University of of journalism, is listed tentatively as the next witness. Dr. Mott was questioned at some length by Commissiéner T. A. M. Craven who, together with Commis- sioner Norman C. Case, voted against the commission’s investiga- tion. “No, I don't,” the witnegs replied when Mr. Craven asked him whether BY the Associated Press. BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies, Jan 23.—A ruse, a patient wait and then quick shooting sank four Japa- nese ships off Sarawak and won the military Willems Order and the British Distinguished Service Order for Comdr. C. A. J. van Well Groene- veld, commandant of a Dutch sub- marine, naval authorities announced today. ‘The navy gave this eyewitness ac- count of the Christmas eve exploit: The submarine was cruising near Sarawak when a Dutch flying boat wirelessed that a Japanese cruiser, two destroyers, four large transports and a tanker were only 50 miles a guarded by twop Japanese planes. As the submarine sped to the scene the flying boat faked an at- tack, then fled with the Japanese planes in pursuit. After dark the submarine closed In and torpedoed two transports. Comdr. Groeneveld said soldiers on deck began using their flash- lights and he traced the sinking by the steady dropping of those thou- sands of pinpoints of it. PFinally all was dark. The d ers were dropping depth charges and one transport almost rammed the sub- marine. Maneuvering about, Comdr. Groeneveld soon sent a torpedo into that transport. The other ships fled, but the Dutch got in a parting shot which crashed into the tanker. Raid Chiefs, Police Told Not to Abuse Authority Commissioner John Russell Young, civilian defense co-ordinator, has warned air-raid wardens and regular and special police against abusing the authority given them under blackout regulations to enter prem- ises to extinguish lights in event of real emergency. “This authority places an ex- ceedingly great responsibility upon these services,” Mr. Young declared. “It is to be exercised only in emer- gency during the period of actual air-raid alarms—not otherwise, and then only when the circumstances are such that no other effective and prompt measure is available.” ‘Thousands of copies of the Com- missioners’ regulations, In mimeo- graphed form, were made available today and are being distributed by Civilian Defense Director Lemuel Bolles to air-raid wardens, auxil- iary police and other civilian defense ‘workers. New Zealand to Enroll All Males 18 to 65 BY the Associated Press. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 23.—A measure for compulsory en- rollment of all males between 18 and 65 in the civil defense services, ex- cepting only the unfit and those already in the military forces, was announced yesterday. ASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1942 lowa U. Leader Backs Dutch Sub’s Ruse, Patient Wait Employes of Defroif |-raeessio o e s And Quick Shots Sink 4 Ships |Delay Strike Affer U. S. Infervenes War Department Warns Walkout Would Imperil Vital War Production B the Associated Press. . DETROIT, Jan. 23—Busy buses and street cars carried war-job workers to factories as usual today with a strike threat by city employes wiped out, at least temporarily, sub- sequent to t{ntervenflmflfytmwnr Members of the City’ Employes’| work, Union (A. F. L.) voted at a meeting last night to postpone the strike, called for 4 a.m. todsy, on being of War | mended 15 Per Cent Wage Hike Asked. duced a special 90- course in Gregg Shorthand and Touch Typewriting to il meet this demand. 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