Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news and sports are covered on Pages 1-X and 2-X of this edition of The Star, supplementing the news of the regular home delivered edition. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 11. No. 35,697, 90th YEAR. Jap Warships Blast MacArthur; Fresh Forces Push Lines Back: Australia Speeds Home Defenses INazis, Tricked by Feint, Cut Off| Invasion Feared Losses Are Heavy On Both Sides in Batan Fighting By the Associated Press. “Heavy losses” on both sides were reported from the Philip- pines today in fierce fighting that failed to prevent the land- ing of fresh Japanese troops on the Batan Peninsula. The weary American-Filipino de- fenders, already heavily out-num- @ s For ‘Unit by Unit in Russian Drive | | Soviet Thrust Within 120 Miles of Latvia |~ Imperils Germans South of Leningrad By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Jan. 24.—Pravda declared today that the powerful Red Army thrust to Kholm, cracking the northern anchor of the Nazi “winter line,” was accomplished by a tricky feinting maneuyer which drew the Germans out of position and then smashed them unit by unit as the Russians swept westward past the Valdai Hills. The onslaught, in little more than® bered, gave way at several positions | g month carried the Russians be- | on the peninsula’s west coast and ON yo1 4 the heaawaters of the Dvina | Subic Bay, when Japanese poured | River to within 120 miles of the | ashore under the fire of their Navy's | [ atvian border, imperiled the Nazi warships. s positions south of Leningrad and at A War Department communiqueé | yyazma and Smolensk, recaptured reporting this today said that the 90300 towns and cost the Germans | tory, the Russian government through pamphlets and radio broadcasts, called on the Baltic peoples to rise against Germany. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were absorbed as republics by the As Foe Lgnds on Outer Islands B5 the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. | 2¢—Australia mobilized her home defenses and hastened the marshalling of her man power today under the urgency of an iinvasion menace as Japanese | forces, landed under the big guns | of a strong naval squadron, ap- parently were in control of Ra- baul, capital of the Australian- | mandated island of New Britain. War Minister Francis M. Forde announced that home defenses were being mustered and that the draft- | | ing of married men under the age | | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDlflflNg g Readers Prefer The Star The Star’s afternoon and evening circulation is more than double that of any other Washington newspaper: Its total circulation in Washington far exceeds that of any of its contem- poraries in the morning or on Sunday. (#) Means Associated Press. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1942 THREE CENTS. Russians Hoping BY HECK, THEY CAN ToWinin Year, Cripps Reports 9,000,000 Soviets Are Now Under Arms, Briton Declares By the Associated Press. foe was expelled from some points by fierce counterattacks, but other points remained in the enemy’s pos- session. Meanwhile the Japanese contin- ued to land reinforcements in Subic Bay and on the west coast of the rugged peninsula, increasing their | numerical superiority. American and Philippine troops were described as fatigued from continual fighting but undiminished in enthusiasm, courage and devotion. Effort to Turn Left Flank. A spokesman said the Japanese appeared to be trying to turn Gen. MacArthur’s left flank anchored on the South China Sea, while under- taking to “smother” the defenders with mass attacks elsewhere. The mounting resistance of Fili- pino patriots against the invaders of their commonwealth was dem- onstrated today by issuance of a harsh Japanese Army order impos- ing the death penalty for trivial offenses. The Capital accepted the new Japanese step as a clear indication that the Mikado's forces in the Philippines were feeling g growing sense of insecurity and were re- doubling precautions against sur- prise blows from the 16.000,000 Filipinos. A Navy's spokesman's disclosure of the liquidation of an unspecified number of enemy submarines off the Atlantic Coast offered cheering relief to the latest reports from the Western Pacific, which told of Jap- anese landings on the outer ring of islands off Australia’s northern coastline. Luzon Raid Recalled. Whether the resistance of the Filipinos to the invaders had re- sulted in a further spread of guer- rilla warfare was unknown here. Only Wednesday, however, a United States Army communique recounted how “one of Gen. MacArthur’s guerrilla bands” scored a “brilliant guccess” in a raid on a Jap airdrome In Nerthern Luzon. | The fact that Gen. MacArthur was able to send word of the stif- fened penalties for civil resistance demonstrated that a well-organized Filipino intelligence service must be functioning for him behind —and | through—the Japanese lines. 1 Nippon's Lt. Gen. Masaharu Hom- ma decreed death not only for actual rebellion, sabotage and espionage. but for a long list of minor infractions, such as tearing down a military notice, concealing fuel or clothing to avoid Jap con- fiscation, and declining to accept the worthless “shinplaster” cur- rency of the invaders. The account of the Navy's suc- eesses against hostile submarines was couched in broad—and ironic —terms by a departmental spokes- man. Without disclosing the number of victories over such craft, he ob- served that “some of the recent visitors to our territorial waters will never enjoy the return portion of their voyage.” Text of the statement follnws: “There are many rumors and un- official reports about the capture or destruction of enemy submarines. “Some of the recent visitors to our (See WAR. Page A-2.) Nazis Say Subs Sank 18 Ships Off North America (This dispatch was sent from an en- emy couniry. whose motive in releas- Ing news is apt to be propaganda. Axis claims should be credited only when confirmed by American or Allied sources.) BY tke Associated Press. BERLIN, Jan. 24 (Official Broadcast). — German subma- rines operating for the first time in North American waters were declared by the high command today to have sunk 18 merchant- men totaling 125,000 tons and two naval units in an unspeci- fied period. “Another ship and an escort ves- sel have been torpedoed,” the war bulletin declared. (8ix vessels have been torpedoed in Atlantic coastal lanes of the United States since Wednesday, January 14, but a United States Navy spokesman said only last night that some of the raiders had been destroyed. Other Axis submarines apparently are oper- ating off Canada.) “In this fighting,” the German eommunique said, “one U-boat com- manded by Capt. Hardegen dis- ed itself. It sank eight ships totaling 53,000 tons including three tankers in the immediate vicinity of New York Harbor.” Actually the closest of the sink- ings to New York was a tanker tor- south of Long Island about % miles out, ” ! of 35 and unmarried men under 45 | was being accelerated. | | He previously had announced the | landing on New Britain, an impor- tant link in the chain of outer 1slapds protecting the Australian mainland, following thrusts which gave the Japanese footholds on New Guinea to the west and at Kieta, {on the tip of the Solomon Islands | | to the east. | “Immediate action must be taken to place every unit on a war footing | at this time, when the safety of the | nation is paramount,” the War Min- | ister declared. “Individual Australians who are prepared for strong action will get it.” | Regulations were expected Mon- | day requiring aliens and refugees | to ‘register for military service and giving them two weeks in which to volunteer before being drafted. il .ALID‘IN RZIHE )\,o | New Appeal to Roosevelt. | Important decisions concerning | defense measures were reported taken following a meeting of the War Cabinet and the chiefs of staffs of the armed services today As the result of failure to receive U.S. and British Pilots Wipe Out iSlampede for Sugar Formation of 7 Jap Bombers | Four Pursuit Ships Also Shot Down Over Rangoon; Two-Day Bag Is 32 {R. A F.-Yankee defenders to 32| enemy planes downed in two days. | Yesterday they bagged 21. “What your Yanks and our boys are doing beats almost anything in the history of the battle of Britain,” a veteran R. A. F. officer commented | when yesterday’s score of 21 out of 60 raiders was tallied. “Give them better and better planes and the Japs will get sicker and sicker of this war.” The utter rout of the raiders, it BY the Assoc'ated Press. RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 24.— United States and British fighter pilots utterly wiped out a forma- tion of seven big twin-engined Japanese bombers today in a wild dog fight on the outskirts of Rangoon. Four Japanese pursuit ships also were reported shot down and all the Allied planes returned safely to base. was believed here, wouid influence The sensational action, seen by Strongly the Japanese offensive | cheering thousands at midday, 88ainst the port of Moulmein—and brought the score for the combined ' (See RANGOON, Page A-4) Forces Rationing; Plan Starts in Month Book Designs Being Drawn and Printed; Other Details Perfected B) the Associated Press. Continued heavy “runs” on sugar supplies will compel the Government to begin rationing the commodity within a month or less, Office of Price Adminis- tration sources said today. Designs for rationing books are being drawn and printed, it was learned, and details of the ration- ing machinery are nearly perfected Large industrial ‘sugar consumers REDS ENCIRCLE RZHEV—In a strategy designed to flank the German Rzhev-Vyazma-Bryansk line on the Moscow front, westward—driving Russians (black arrows) have “completely encircled” Rzhev by by-passing the German garrison, the London radio declared today. Two other thrusts—in the Kholm | replies from President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to earlier urgent appeals for strong air and naval support in the Southwestern | Pacific, further appeals were dis- patched to Washington and London. These messages, it was under- | stood, were the result of communi- cations from the armed services this Rio Resolution Asks Break in Economic Relations With Axis | already have been limited to the | same supplies of sugar they received in comparable months of 1940. and this restriction has made itself felt | for weeks at retail outlets | Many grocery stores have placed arbitrary limits on the amount sold each customer and, in places where |the “run” has been particularly | heavy, some customers have been Hull Holds Results Of Rio Conference Acceptable to U. S. Secretary of State Hull indi- cated today that the compro- area and near Orel—are shown. 17.000 in dead alone, a communique said. (The British radio reported Russian armies had “almost en- circled” Adolf Hitler's field head- quarters at Smolensk, 230 miles west of Moscow and bottled up German-held Rzhev. —A. P. Wirephoto. | | U. 8. S. R. after plebiscite in | | July, 1940, and lost in the war a | year later.) “These victories,” Pravda claimed, | “prove that the German strength | |13 waning while ours is increasing.” | Izvestia declared that the 65-mile | morning which detailed specific re- quests for equipment of various sorts, including bombers, fighting aircraft and naval units. | (A London broadcast, heard by N. B. C., said Australian troops on the island of Bougainville, where Kieta is situated, had “made contact” with the invad- | ers, but gave no hint of the di- | mise agreed upon at Rio de Janeiro will have virtually the same effect as the original pro- posal supported by this country —an outright break of relations with the Axis to be voted at the conference. While it is true that some modifications were made in the original suggestion. Mr. Hull Welles Will Summarize Results of Parley in Radio Talk Late Today BY the Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Jan. | | unable to buy sugar in any quanti- | ties. | __After the Japanese attack on Pearl | Harbor last December 7. Govern- “ ment officials said, consumer de- (See SUGAR, Page A-3) 10 Sur;ivo}s]each '(Eanada " (See RUSSIAN, Page A-8.) Australians Shell 'Japs Driving South ‘Toward Singapore Field Pieces Moved Up For Full-Scale Battle 67 Miles Above City By the Associated Press. BY the Associated Press. . CAIRO, Jan. 24.—Britain'smain| SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 —Austra- forces in Libya have engaged the | lian gunners dragging up field counterattacking German Army | pieces poured a torrent of shells (Following up the northern vic- Big Tank Battle Rages In Libyan Desert North of Agedabia Main British Forces Meeting Axis Thrust On Gulf of Sirte and a great new tank battle is| today into Japanese columns at- | said landings apparently had been raging on a “very large” battle- | tempting to drive south on the made at several places on the field skirting the Gulf of Sirte| main highway to Singapore, |island—which is part Australian and north of Agedabia, the -British reported today. A brief communique indicated that the fighting still was inconclusive, but British sources said German Gen. Edwin Rommel apparently had | thrown more than half his remain- | ing strength into the embattled tri- angle with its points at Agedabia, Saunnu, 42 miles to the east, and Antelat, 30 miles northeast of Age- | dabia. | Heavy Strength in Area. | British sources said that Lt. Gen. Neil Metheun Ritchie's 8th Army had heavy strength in that triangle, perhaps lying in wait for just the | opportunity that has come to it. | Gen. Rommel, one informant said, | has run his tank columns into a bat- | tlefield of Gen. Ritchie’s own choos- | ing, one well supplied and prepared; ‘lhererore. the British probably are | making a real effort to stop him and | erase the force he has pulled off its | base at El Agheila. | It was emphasized, however, that | it still was too early to say whether | the Axis was making a “reconnais- | sance in force” or had launched a | full-scale counteroffensive. However, from the fact that Gen. Rommel has used the bulk of his | armored forces, it was deduced that | his plans were larger than offensive | reconnaissance. Behind the brief communique, apparently, was an untold story of a (See LIBYA, Page A-3) Order of the Garter Strikes Mikado's Name From Re'l By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan, 24.—The Mi- kado was stricken today from the roll of knights of the Or- der of the Garter. His banner was removed from above his stall in the choir of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor and taken into the vaults to lie with other disgraced ban- ners, including those of King Victor Emmanuel of. Italy and the late Kaiser Wilhelm. | smashing numbers of tanks and | trucks. { This full-scale batle was going on | north of Yong Peng, about 67 miles | above Singapore. | On the British Imperial Army’s | | left flank the fighting went on with- | out decision near Batu Pahat. The | R. A. F. was battering at enemy | troops and supply trucks 20 miles beyond the Japanese forward posts. Escape of the Australian force which had been cut off on the west | coast by a Japanese landing behind | their backs was announced by Maj. | Victor Gordon Bennet, the Aus- | tralian commander in Malaya. Maj. Bennet gave credit to Lt. Col. C. G. ‘W. Anderson for leading them back. The British Far East command communique announced that the | British planes dropped a number | of bombs on the road south of Labis |among vehicles and troops and | “caused damage and casualties.” Labis is on the railroad from | Singapore in tne central part of the 80-mile front. & Then the British planes turned their machine guns on the Japanese masses on the road. All British planes returned safely, it was said. Japanese tanks and cars were re- ported destroyed on the western sector. The communique said fighting was particularly fierce in the vicinity of Batu Pahat, in Western Malaya 60 miles northwest of Singapore, at P-lgh. a ml:‘nll :uluon on the rail- o running rom Singapore tr ‘ough Llhl.q‘lnd 14 miles no::h- | west of Kluang, and north of Yong Peng, 19 miles due west of Kluang. The British command said there was no change in the situation on the east coast of Malaya, where the Japanese have pushed to the Mer- (See MALAYA, Page A-3) Ship Production E;pert Named Rear Admiral Capt. Howard L. Vickery, ship production expert of the Maritime Commission, was nominated by President Roosevelt today for pro- motion to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Navy. -\ Apartment in London rection the fighting was taking.) Mr. Forde said he had been ad-! vised by the commandant at Port Moresby, New Guinea, that 11 Jap- anese merchant vessels—presum- ably transports—had entered Ra- baul harbor under the protection of three cruisers, a destrover and an aircraft carrier lying off shore. He declared there was no indi- cation that fighting now was going |on at Rabaul, but said Australian forces probably were continuing re- sistance in other parts of the island. No direct news had been received here from Rabaul since 4 pm. Thursday, when a radio flash said a fleet of Japanese vessels had been sighted 45 miles offshore. Rabaul previously had suffered two heavy | Japanese air raids. | The progress of the Japanese in- | vasion thrust against New Guinea | still was not clear, but Mr. Forde part Dutch. (Reuters News Agency reported that Japanese imperial head- quarters announced last night the landing of Japanese forces at dawn yesterday near Rabaul and at Kavieng, New Ireland.) ‘The new landings gave the Jap- anese bombing bases within 800 | miles of the Australian mainland {and ‘added grim emphasis to Mr. Forde's assertion, broadcast yester- day to the commonwealth, that the (See AUSTRALIA, Page A-8.) King and Queen fuke | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, Jan. 24.—The King and | Queen have leased a fourth-floor apartment in London's West End and will move into it in about a fortnight, the Daily Mail said today. Their decision to leave the palace was prompted by a shortage of serv- ants and their own preference for a “small intimate home,” the paper said. The apartment is in a building, part of which now is under construc- tion, and has a private entrance and elevator. The Queen supervised the deco- ration. Ration Rules Force 20 to Give Up Their Day-Old New Autas By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 24. —More than a score of Nash- ville motorists know in a way what it feels like to be king for a day. They received new automo- biles from dealers yesterday. But today, all the cars have to go back. It seems they ordered but did not receive the cars before January 1, the day of ration- ing. Dealers interpreted. the rules one way. Washington of- ficials said they were wrong. | mediate official statement. {announced, however, that he would | 1Allied»Victory in Pacific |Forecast by Alexander 24.—The Americas’ split with the Axis was widened today| when the resolution recom- | mending severance of diplomatic relations with Germany, Italy and Japan was supplemented by | a similar resolution to break off economic relations. | The first was approved last night | by the Diplomatic Committee of the Pan American Conference and the second today by the Economic Com- mittee. Even before they were brought up for sanction of the conference as a whole, five South American nations were reported ready to go ahead | at once with the break. Sumner Welles, United States un- | dersecretary of state, made no im- It was | said, similar beneficial results may be expected. He described the conference as making substantial progress in hemisphere resistance to the Axis. The Secretary described Peru’s reported action in break- ing off relations with the Axis today as a fine example of the general sentiment U. 5. Needs Spirif of '76 To Win War, Murphy Says insurec. 4 car By the Assaciated Press. | The Norwegian vessel was split in ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24.—Associate two by a torpedo blast. but there Justice Frank Murphy of the Su- | evidently were no casualties. preme Court declared last night the | :;;g schooner brought in the war effort of the United States must | It was indicated the sinkings were After Two Sinkings | B the Associated Press. | AN EAST CANADIAN PORT. Jan. 24—Two west-bound freighters of British and Norwegian registry, have been sunk in new submarine oper- |ations in the Atlantic officials dis- closed with the arrival of 70 survi- vors here last night. Two torpedoes struck the British |ship and killed three men in the stokehold, crew members said. Three of the 42 who escaped were seriously injured. A Canadian merchantman Tew sh- | summarize the results of the con- | Iécreate the epoch of the Nation's | not related. The names of the ships ference in a radio address to the | birth “when men lived plainly yet |8nd places and times of the action United States at 6:45 pm. E. S. T, | Victory for Argentina. Needing only the formal approval | of the full conference, the resolution | adopted last night represents a | major triumph for Argentina, which | balked at two previous resolutions | requiring a rupture of relations with [ the Axis. | The compromise recommends, but | does not require, a severance of re- | lations, As the delegation chiefs, one by | one, gave their approval to the toned-down resolution. ~ Foreign | Minister Alberto Guani of Uruguay | said his country would sever Axis relations, probably today, and au- thorized sources in the conference | said Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru would follow suit within a few days. | Brazil's Foreign Minister said his country virtually has broken rela- tions now, needing only formal ac- tion by his government, and there | were unconfirmed reports here that Peru already had taken definite ac- tion. | If the five nations do break rela- (See PAN-AMERICAN, Page A- BY the Associated Press. A SOUTHERN ENGLISH PORT, Jan. 24—A. V. Alexander, first lord of the Admiralty, predicted today that the combined strength of the British and United States navies would bring vietory to the ited Nations in the Pacific. In an appeal for warship funds, Mr. Alexander added: “Don’t let us hide it from our- selves that we're likely to get many bumps and many losses owing to the spread of the naval war, especially in the year we must go through while the strength gathers at sea of our American allies; but after all, in the end, the combined strength will see us straight through to victory. n"'Dtm't, make any mistake about a | allied American republics. nobly” and “rugged courage was the | prerequisite of survival.” ! Asserting arms are only a part of the requirements of victory, the jurist said the Spartan temper of the Pilgrim and ploneer again must | pervade the Nation and the best of | its talents and energy must be given | to the common effort without com- | plaint. “Particularly must we labor to| modernize and improve the machin- | | ery of government,” Mr. Murphy | said in an address delivered before | the ‘quyers' Association of Mis- souri. Argentina Suspends Pro-Axis Newspaper BY the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Jan. 24—The pro-Axis newspaper Pam- pero was suspended for two days | by the government today as & conse- quence of its editorial yesterday at- tacking the United States and other This was the second suspension | meted out to the paper for violating | the government's regulations under | the proclaimed state of siege which gives authority over the press. 1 In an extra edition yesterday the | paper proclaimed under great head- lines “Castillo saves country from ignominy of going to war without reason.” San Quentin Abandons Head Shaves for Convicts | BY the Associated Press. SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Jan. 24— The head shave—one of the humili- ations traditionally inflicted on new convicts all over the world—was abandoned yesterday as a usual practice at San Quentin Prison. Instead newly-received inmates will get & shampoo. Originally, Warden Clinton T. Duffy explained to the State Prison Board, convicts’ heads were shaved to disclose scalp scars or other iden- tifying marks. But now, the warden said. fingerprints are ample for identification. were not announced. Marine Corps Limits Reserve Officer Class The Marine Corps announced vesterday it was limiting enrollment in the officers’ candidate eclass of the Reserves to college juniors and seniors. Heretofore, the class has been open to college graduates, seniors and qualified enlisted men. Facilities for training the classes are overcrowded, it was said. Juniors and seniors accepted will be allowed to complete their college courses before being called to active duty, unless the military crisis re- quires their services. Plane Designer Killed MOSCOW, Jan. 2¢ (#.—The So- viet press today " announced the death in a flying accident of Vladi- mir Petliakov, who,for 25 years had been designing planes. One of his newest warplanes has played a conspicuous part in Red air op- erations. ’ Norwegian Flees Gestapo 2 Years, Joins Air Corps BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Under cloak of darkness February 1, 1940, a 21-year-old N¢ engineer- ing student fled from Oslo to escape the Gestapo. Yesterday—30,000 miles and nearly two years later—he strolled into the inter-Allied information center to enlist in the Norwegian Air Corps. He gave an admittedly fictitious name to prevent possible reprisals against his family. He had traveled through Sweden and Finland, across Russia to China, thence into India and Singapore and finally on a Norwegian motor boat to New York. He broke his back in & motor acci- dent in China and spent three months in a hospital, was arrested once for vagrancy, and watched wolves kill his horse while crossing ‘mountains into India. LONDON, Jan. 24—Sir Staf- ford Cripps, retiring British Am- bassador to Moscow, declared today the Russians hope to de- liver the final blow to Germany next fall and winter and that | the Soviets “intend to make the conquest of Germany absolutely complete and thorough.” In a lengthy press conference, the former Ambassador declared that Joseph Stalin was “10 times as strong” with his people now as he was at the start of the German in- vasion last year. In his only reference to Moscow= | Tokio relations. he declared that Russia and Japan had long standing difficulties which could never be satisfied except by force. The former Ambassador, who has just returned after 18 months in | Russia, said the Red Army now had | 8,000,000 men under arms and in the spring would have twice the strength it had at the start of the Russian- German war last June. Warns of Overconfidence. Sir Stafford, while praising the Russian successes on the eastern | front, warned “against the belief | that the German army is routed. as losses on both sides are extremely | heavy and the Germans are fighting | to the last man.” He said Russian production in the | Urals had been doubled since the German invasion and that many | factories removed piecemeal from | the front to the West now were coming into full production-again. He expressed the conviction that Rus with British and American 2id, would be able fully to equip the Red Army to resist any German at- tack during the spring and summer. “The Russians are still sending equipment to China,” he said. He efplained that Stalin was ful- filling the present agreement with the Chinese, but would not likely be able to increase the flow of muni- tions. He described Stalin as a “greal strategist” and said the Russian leader was personally directing the main strategy along the entire front, Young Men Given Chance. Much of the Russian Army's suc- cess has been due to the fact that they are giving young -generals a chance to show their mettle, Sir Stafford asserted, and are putting the older men in positions of less sponsibility. ""ps?)me other countries T know of might well follow this policy of giy- ing youth its chance.” he told t press conference, and his hearers burst into laughter. | The former Ambassador said the | Russian general staff was extremely | anxious for the British to clear Libya of the Axis forces because it believed this would be of great aid to the general war effort Except for his brief statement ex= pressing conviction that Russia and | Japan must settle their problems “py force,” Sir Stafford evaded questions regarding Moscow-Tokio relations. X The former Ambassador, who is noted for left-wing political lean- ings, said he believed it was “not the policy of the Russian govern- | ment to spread Communism over | Europe.” “The Russians do not care what kind of government European coun- tries have as long as it is not Nazi,” he added. Says Religion Is Not Suppressed. In response to a question about | the atitude of the Stalin govern- ment regarding religion, he said the “government still believes re- ligion is not good for the people and it still is being discouraged, but | not suppressed.” “Stalin’s position among the people is 10 times as strong now as it was when the war started™ he added. “The success of his strategy and his personal courage | increased his popularity.” | Sir Stafford said the greatest sin- gle factor in the Russian successes had been the spirit of the people which enabled them to carry on de- spite enormous suffering and tre- dous transportation difficulties. | “Some districts are short of food because transportation is all taken up by war needs.” he said. Suffering From Cold. Immense suffering from cold has been caused by bomb and shell | blasted windows, he explained, say- | ing that once the windows wers | broken it was impossible to heat homes in temperatures 40 degrees below zero—and even heating sys- tems froze. | Sir Stafford described the Russian | man in the street as friendly toward | the British and said the average | Russian greatly admired the United States mechanical genius. But he is not well informed on foreign affairs, Sir Stafford added. The former Ambassador, who has been prominently mentioned as a possible figure in a reorganization of the government, barred all ques- tions on domestic affairs. Fake Money to Win War Stirs Morgenthau’s Ire BY the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Jan. 24.—The United States won't print spurious money for use in any territory its forces may occupy—money like Japan is using in the Philippines. Secretary of the Treasury Mor- genthau was asked about that pos- sibility at a press conference today. “No, absolutely not,” he replied scornfully. “We're not in the coun- terfeiting business. We don't have to win any wars by stooping to this immoral, dishonest stupidity.” A