Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1942, Page 8

Nazis Holding Finns In War by Pledges To Provide Food Helsinki Minister Says Grain Is Assured Until Next Crop By PAUL GHALI Foreizn Correspondent of The Star. BERN, Jan. 26.—Togn between German pressure and her people’s longing for peace—Finland wdnyi gives definite signs that Hitler's trump cards—food and military as- sistance—are keeping the upper hand. A dispatch from Helsinki an- nounces that Finnish Minister of | Supplies Ramsay has returned home after a visit to Berlin where he con- tacted Reichsminister of Agricul- ture Walther Darre. Ramsay’s dec- | larations to the Finnish press yes- terday indicated that the results| of the Berlin conversations were satisfactory, stating that Finland's| grain supplies were “assured” until | the next crop. No figures on the amount of grain promised by Ger- | many has been disclosed. ‘ | Needs 200,000 Tons of Grain. According to figures contained in a Stockhoim dispatch to:the Bern newspaper Bund. Finland needs 200,000 tons of grain to keep up her current rations. Germany pre- viously promised 75000 tons but. confronted by her ally’s unwavering insistence, she has now presumlhlyi decided to raise that quota. An article by a Swiss professor at Perret, published in today's Tribune de Geneve, reveals that “German generosity” has further allowed 2.000,000 kilograms of butter to the Finns in order to ralse -the Feb- | ruary fat rations to 300 grams monthly. Fat rations in December had dropped to 150 grams monthly. which is about half of the severely curtailed French ration. Not speaking of military assist- ance, the above examples from neu- tral sources depict how the Germans “blackmail” the Finns for continued participation in the common Wwar against the Soviets. Two Conditions for Help. To what extent German help will keep Finland at war depends mainly on two conditions: (1) How long the Finnish troops will be able to keep up their resist- ance on the front. The highly quali- fied Finnish skiers are at their best now, as in the winter of 1940. Never- theless the latest communiques have mentioned no changes in the Lado- ga-Karelian fronts. The Finnish army is undergoing the hardest test in its history. Ac- cording to Bern observers. 16 per cent out of the 4.000.000 population of Pinland have been called to the colors of which 150.000 have been killed and disabled in both wars. Nazis Short of Potatoes. (2) How much food Germany will be able to put at the disposal of the ! Finnish government. A sidelight on this question is thrown by the Mun- chener Neueste Nachrichten (Mu- nich) speaking of the potato short-| age in German cities, the paper at-| tributes this to “lack of transport.” | Undoubtedly, Germany, if in need, | will endeavor to get all the supplies | necessary to feed herself and Fin- land. from her occupied vassal states. Should Finland. under Anglo- Saxon demands, sign a peace. it would mean the first step toward the disintegration of the anti-Com- intern pact. | Copyrisht 1941 by Chicago Daily News. Pieorl Harbor | (Continued From First Page.) and Navy Departments “is an- tiquated.” said: “It is time for one department of defense, to embrace the Army, Navy, air and all armed forces. It then would not be necessary for the vari- ous services to be consulting each other as they would work from a common plan under common juri diction. That would abolish all jealousies between the services and Stop competetive bidding for the tools of war.” | Chairman May of the House Mili- | tary Aftalrs Committee told report- | ers he thought the commission’s re- port was a “judicious, impartial resume.” Then speaking of lhr_ Te- port's references to the warnings given Admiral Kimmel and Gen. Short, Mr. May added: “The warnings should have been enough to put those two gentlemen on the alert, yet they apparently failed to collaborate. I don't think they should be excused.” Another member of the House Military Affairs Committee, Rep- resentative Short, Republican, of Missouri, asserted that “it is high time we are getting rid of these incompetents, not only in the mili- tary branches, but in all the defense agenci Adding that “ some one was certainly asleep in Hawaii,” Mr. Short declars “Those that were should not only be relieved of their commands—they should be court- martialed.” | Action “Up to Departments.” Representative Engel, Republican, of Michigan said: "It's up to the military and the Navy to take such disciplinary action as they may deem necessary: neglect of duty and failure to follow orders would seem to justify a court-martial.” | Senator Pepper. Democrat, of Florida said he thought Cngress| must leave to the Army and the | Navy the punishment of those re- sponsible for the fallure to meet the enemy attack before it reached | Parl Harbor. | Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia said the report ought to! be turned over to the Military and | Naval Affaire Committees of both houses for intensive study and any recommendations they might make | for changes in the military setup. “This report opened up a dark page, the blackest in the history of the Army and Navy,” Senator George declared. | Admiral Kimmel and Gen. Short were relieved of their commands a | few days after the Pearl Harbor attack. Another officer, Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin, was relieved of command of the Hawaiian air forces. The commission report did not mention him. | In view of the fact that the in-! vestigating board made no reference | to Gen. Martin, there was specula- tion that he might be returned to} active command. | Re a regular on the home front.! Make regular pay roll purchases of United States Defense savings bonds And stamps, | .\ EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1942. SPANISH SHIP REPORTED SUNK—A Berlin radio broadcast today reported that the 5473-ton Spanish freighter Navemar ‘ Malaya | (Continued From Fitst Page.) where intermittent artillery fire was ‘suid to be holding the invaders to {the north bank of the Mersing | River, 65 miles from Singapore. The communique added that early | this morning a Japanese convoy consisting of two merchant shi eand several warships was sighted off Endau, on the east coast of the peninsula 85 miles from here. Endau previously had been reported evacuated by the British. It was not immediately clear whether the appearance of the con- voy indicated an attempt by the Japanese to turn the British flank by landing behind the lines. The communique said a Sikh bat- talion had inflicted at least 400 cas- | ualties on the Japanese in heavy | fighting Saturday at Kluang, on the central front 50 miles from Singa- pore. Sikh casualties were said to | be light. The same battalion also ambused and routed about 200 Japanese cvclists yesterday. killing about 60, ! the bulletin declared. | Planes Attack Jap Positions. | British aircraft, which have been reported lending increasing support to the ground forces, carried out a number of attacks on Japanese posi- tions during the night, headquarters said. Severe damage was reported done to military objectives at Batu Pahat and to the airdrome at Kuala Lum- | pur in Central Malaya. Attacks also were made, the com- munique said, on shipping at the | mouth of the Muar River some 90 | miles northwest of Singapore, where one 600-ton vessel was left listing and fires were started among docks. All British planes were said to have returned safely from these raids and from attacks on Japanese columns moving along roads in the Muar and Batu Pahat sectors. | Vessels Machine Gunned. { The communique reported vessels off Psialu, an island at the mouth of the Batu Pahat River, were ma- chine gunned and damaged. A transport on the roads ‘between | Muar and Parit Jawa, 11 miles south of Muar, was machine gunned. (The Japanese reported yester- day they had captured Mersing and Parit Sulong, near Batu Pahat, taking 6.000 prisoners and killing 600 British troops.) Dispatches trom the battle zone indicated that British and Australian guerrillas, adapting the Japanese infiltration tactics to their own ends, were becoming increasingly active behind the enemy lines. While there was no inclination here to minimize the seriousness of the situation, British officers de- clared “some nasty surprises” were in store for the Japanese. Jap Drive Slowed Up. Two Australian battalions and a few Indian troops who were cut off a week ago while holding the vital Muar-Yong Peng road on the left flank of the front some 67 miles north of Singapore were credited | officially with a major part in slow- | ing up the Japanese drive. 1 Military circles sald that had the | Australians failed to hold. the Jap- | anese might easily have turned the | campaign into an utter rout.. Surrounded. battling against | heavy odds. and dependent on sup- plies dropped from the air, the “los battalions delayed the Japanese ad vance from Sunday to Thursda: when remnants began trying to fight their way back to their own lines in small parties. | Survivors still were straggling in from the jungle today to be greeted as heroes by their mates. Meanwhile, in order to combat Japanese infiltration tactics, it was disclosed that the entire Asiatic pop- | ulation had been removea from the : forward area along the east coast. It was recalled that previously the | Japanese had been able to effect advances by disguising their patrols as natives. Japanese Report Furious Battle Near Kluang (This dispatch was sent from sn gnemy country. whose motive in re- leasing news is apt (o be propagands. Axis claims should be credited only when confirmed by American or Allied sources.) | TOKIO, Jan. 26 (Official Broad- cast) (#).—A furious battle of mech- | anized forces is under way on the Malay Peninsula near Kluang, 50 miles north of Singapore, with Jap- | anese troops battering relentlessly at British-Australian defense lines, | Domei reported today in a dispatch from the front. 1 “British warplanes are frantically bombing Japanése troops in an tempt to stem the southward drive, Domei added. The news agency said the Jap- anese have swung around to the vi- cinity of Seggarang, 10 miles south of Batu Pahat, thereby cutting off ON THE AIR FOR « CAMEL - CIGARETTES | was sunk Saturday by a British submarine west of Portugal, and that the entire crew of 36 was believed lost. (Story on Page A-2.) —A. P. Wirephoto. the British retreat along the west coastal highway to Singapore. This | | maneuver was said to be threaten- | | ing the rear of British troops de- | fending Kluang. | More Enemy Planes Reach Singapore, Berlin Says (This_dispatch was sent from enemy country. whose motive in r leasing news is ot (o be propaganda Axis claims should be credited only when confirmed by American or Al- | lied sources.) BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Official Broad- cast) (#).—The Berlin radio broad- | cast a Tokio announcement last night that all British aircraft in | Malaya at the outbreak of war have | been destroyed, but it acknowledged { that “a large number of additional | planes seems to have arrived at ;Slngspore between January 15-23." | The announcement, attributed to Japanese imperial headquarters, said these reinforcements came from In- dia and the Netherlands Indies. 1t claimed destruction of 56 bomb- ers in the air and 53 bombers on the ground in Southern Malaya, and 50 planes, types unspecified, in Burma. Singapore itself was reported the | target of 28 air raids so far. Parents and 5 Children | Asphyxiated in Home B» the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26 —Frank L. | Johnson, 38-year-old paperhanger. his wife, Carrie, 34, and their five children were asphyxiated in their | Mount Washington apartment yes- terday by fumes from the clogged-up flue of a hot-water heater in the kitchen, A neighbor, going to the apart-' ment to telephone, found all seven unconscious. Doctors, firemen, police. utility company resuscitation squads and volunteers tried for hours to re- vive the victims. The children were Alvin, 13, Prank. 12, Minona, 11, Emma, 10, and Walter, 4. | 84 4 = * Venore . {(Continpued Prom First Page.) SR “Second more. Eugene Parker, messman, no ad- dress Aubrey B. Blunden, chief engi- neer. no address. Richard L. Garrett, first assistant engineer, no address. Samuel Lynwood Mitchell, second assistant engineer, no address Eldon Floyd Driver, fireman, no address. John A. Diaz, dress. Juan Garrilo. fireman. no address John J. O'Rourke, oiler, no ad- dress. William Prederick Newton, oiler, no address. Joseph Gordon Daily, oiler, address. Those Unaccounted For, The Public Relations Office re- leased this list of crewmen unac- counted for: F. Duurloo. master; Vernon W Minzey, radio operator; J. Batulis, boatswain; Oswald Wassland, quar- termaster; Walter G. Walker and William Johnson, able bodied sea- men; Johnny Austin and John E. Mahoney, ordinary seamen: Charles H. Newton. third assistant engineer: Claudio Figueras, deck engineer; Alexander Toon, Carmela Dejesus and Carmelo J. Brand. oilers: George C. Roby, William L. Davis and Ed- ward Williams, wipers; Lorenzo. Gardner, steward: William E. Oliver, chief cook; Frank S. Brown, mess- men; E. Chisholm. Courtland Verdel Aikens and S. J. Nevette, mess boys. Addresses were not available here. The Venore, & 550-foot craft. was| built in 1921 at the Bethlehem Ship- | building Co., Sparrows Point, Md. ] . - S | Cook Zeb Scott, Balti- fireman, no ad- no Learn from her how to cope with your personal figure problems, improve your appearance and health. She’ll help you just as she has helped thou- sands. Be sure to visi department while she’s here. CORSET SHOP 1105 F + NAB225 | cities, including Washington. | TALKS TODAY—Mrs. Mar- | garet Culkin Banning, the novelist, whose latest book is “Salud: A South American Journal,” was the speaker to- day at the annual luncheon of the Girl Scouts of the District, at the Willard Hotel, discuss- ing “Western Hemisphere Solidarity.” L5 LR e Dr. Roller, Former Head 0f D. C. Optometrists, Dies Dr. Harry Roller, 66, prominent in optemetric circles here, died yester- day at Doctor’s Hospital. Dr. Roller, a resident of the Dis- trict for 21 years, was a forme president of the District Optom- etric Society and a former mem- ber of the Board of Examiners in | Maryland and 4 ! P e n nsylvan! - | He also prac ticed in San Francisco and | Baltimore and | was instru- 3 mental in estab- lishing examina- tion boards for Dr. Harry Reller, the practice of optometry. | A native of Rumania, Dr. Roller came to this country when he was 12 years old. He was a member of | the Elks and Shriners. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Leona H. Roller; a daughter, Mrs. Daniel Cohn, and a grandson, Dan- | iel Cohn, jr. He made his home at the Broadmoor Apartments, Funeral services will be held at 10 am. tomorrow at Danzansky's fu- | neral home, 3501 Fourteenth street N.W. Burial will be private. | Red Cross Issues Call For More Blood Donors The American Red Cross mday: issued an appeal for additional civilian blood donors. Though the military and naval forces in war zones have some plasma, more is | needed, the Red Cross said. The appeal follows a call by Col. Charles C. Hillman, director of blood procurement for the Arm_v,’ who declared that through the use of plasma the death rate from shock has been greatly reduced. His findings were based on reports from Pearl Harbor following the Japa- nese attack. Red Cross blood donor programs are under way in 16 major | The expert consultant who gives you Scr tific Advice about Your Figure Pri on our corset . Appropriation | (Continued From First Page) of vast sums already voted for this year, it would swell the 24-month | Navy total to $24,751758471. It | dwarfed even the previous record appropriation of more than $12,500,- 000,000 for Army planes which was passed by the House only last week. Close to 50 per cent of the total appropriation will go to construct 950,000 tons of warships, plus 500 small craft and 1,799 miscellaneous naval vessels such as patrol boats {lnd swift-ranging, death-dealing | torpedo boats which already have | been authorized by Congress. As a gauge of how much the "expnm.lon will add to the punch of | Uncle Sam’'s two-ocean fleet, Rear | Admiral W. H. Blandy, chief of the | Bureau of Ordnance, told the com- mittee that 150,000 tons author- ized less than a month ago would permit construction of two aircraft | carriers, two light cruisers. 16 de- stroyers and 23 submarines. Interwoven in the testimony of | the naval chiefs were statements attesting their increasing attention to the air arm and to the job of finding a balance between fighting ships and fighting planes; of—in Ad- miral King's own words—"“making the fleet a team, of insuring team- work.” 18,000 Planes Per Year. Rear Admiral J. H. Towers, chiel of the Bureau of Aeronautics, said the Navy was increasing the num- ber of the fleet's plane carriers and auxiliary carriers and that it/ planned to speed up naval air fac-! tory production of planes from “500 | a month to 1500 a month, 18,000 a | year.” Admiral Stark testified that in-| genuity of American plane bullders had made the Navy's newest carrier fighter “equal in speed and fire- power to any land-based plane in Europe,” despite the limitations imposed. by shipboard operations. Again and again, the Navy men stressed the need for around-the- clock production by the Nation's industry. i “The thing we need,” Admiral King sald, “is to get on a 24-hour basis with our present prodhctivity And it is not on s 24-hour basis in all fields; in the ships and planes and anti-aircraft guns in par- ticular. Admiral Stark called for a 24- hour day and a 7-day week in | both Government and private ship- building yards and said that the Navy had begun a “worker morale” Australia Will Get Place on Wavell's Staff, Curfin Says Country’s Voice Must Be Heard on Councils on Strategy, He Asserts B the Associated Press, PERTH, Australia, Jan. 36.—Prime Minister John Curtin told his peo- ple today that negotiations are un- der way to give Australia a place on Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell’ Pacific war staff and said Australia’s voice must be heard effectively in councils on the war strategy. “The enemy,” he declared in a nation-wide broadcast, “thunders our very gates. Australia is now | inside the fighting lines.” Announcing an immediate regis- tration of men for the fighting front and industry, he said, “Australia is being mobilized to insure the in- tegrity of our country and the sur- tralia.” “Australia is for Australians” he asserted. “It is a white Australia. | With God's blessing we shall keep it s0.” Mr. Curtin said Australia’s views on the war had been placed plainly before Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt. “No single nation can afford to risk its future upon the infallibility of one man nor afford to submerge its right to speak for itself because of another nation’s assumed omnis- cience,” he said. His declafation followed the Australian cabinet’s dispatch yesterday of a message to London containing two points—a strong re- quest for immediate formation of an empire War Council in London and a call for an Allled War Council to direct basic strategy in the Pacific. program to increase individual and group effort. The committee summed up that phase of the program with these words: “This is & stupendous pro- gram, but the committee is assured that it can be accomplished with unbelievable dispatch through the provision of additional facilities, overtime, extra shifts and accelera- tion generalily.” Millions of dollars in the appropri- ation will go for ordnance, for re- search, and for maintenance and pay of Navy personnel. Admiral Stark said that increased ship com- missioning, arming of merchantmen and “other demands” undoubtedly would require an increase in Navy strength beyond its present author- ization of 533.000 men Secretary Knox and Admiral King agreed that the Navy should have the right to decide what type of mu- nitions should be constructed first. “It is perfectly obvious,” said Ad- miral King, “that if you build 40.- 000 tanks and have no ships to carry them overseas. and have no organi- zation to man them, and have no airplanes to co-operate with them the over-production of tanks can be- come a serious liability.” The Pearl Harbor attack worked wonders at one United States air- craft plant, Congress was told. Un- til then the company had been pro- ducing only 70 planes a month. In December, it delivered 101. Girl Scouts mfii éréwnies Inducted at St. Ann’s Investiture services, attended by 84 Girl Scouts and Brownies and approximately 500" of their friends and relatives, in St. Ann’s Church auditorium yesterday. marked for- mation of Troops 99 and 112 of the Scouts and Troops 151 and 132 of the Brownies. THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF THE AMERICAN ; BUSINESS MAN: THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER Defense Heads || Feeding Units District civilian defense officials, announced today that 93 out of 100 | emergency feeding units are now completely staffed and ready to operate. The feeding stations have been set up almost entirely in churches Defense Affidavits Establish 93 | Held Unnecessary in Small Municipal Cases Appellate Ruling May Change Practice throughout the city and for the most part, the feeding units are made up | of church women, it was said. | Supplies sufficient to provide coffee, soup and crackers to 500 per- sons in each area have been con- | tributed by an anonymous -donor and are already on hand, oficials Of Lower Court ‘The United States Court of Ap- peals ruled today that afidavits of defense are not required in “Class B"” cases in Municipal Court, where the amount involved is less than $500. The decision, it was believed, said. Col. Lemuel Bolles, executive di- | rector for civilian defense of the | | Metropolitan Area, said, however, that on s population basis, the Dis- | trict should have about 350 units. | He explained that the billeting | and emergency feeding programs are designed to reduce panic by im- | | mediately caring for persons made | homeless in devastated areas. Pro- | vival of Australian authority in Aus- | Vision of other housing is to be made | under the civilian defense program, | he indicated. | Meanwhile, defense officials an- nounced a steam horn intended as part of the air-raid warning system was tested in the vicinity of New Jersey avenue and K streets SE. | today. Rubber Planfed 10 Years Too Late, Wickard Says More than 2,000,000 seedling rub- ber trees have been planted in Latin America under the Agricuiture De- partment experimental program, but they cannot be counted on to ease the wartime rubber shortage, since, from 7 to 10 years are required for them to yield rubber in com- mercial quantities. Scope of the planting activity, in which Army bombers aided by car- rying seed, was revealed today by Secretary of A, ulture Wickard in his annual report. The program was started 10 years too late, Secre- tary Wickard commented. It was begun in July, 1940. The Army planes have flown seed to selected lands in 12 Latin Ameri- can nations, he reported. Federal Officers h; Plan Employes’ Recreation Approximately 100 personnel offi- cers and chief clerks responsible for employe interests in the Federal de- partments and independent offices have been invited # attend a meet- ing” at 8 pm. Wednesday in the District Building to discuss provi- sion of recreation facilities for ad- ditional thousands of workers to be brought to the Capital by the war program. The call for the session was is- sued by Commissioner Mason and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. chair- man of the Board of Education’s Recreation Committee. Mrs. Roose- velt is among those invited to at- tend. ‘The meeting will be held in the Alcohol Beverage Control Board hearifig room on the second floor of the District Building. | INSLOW | f-PAINTS Don’t neglect to black-out. Use Winslow’s BLACK-OUT PAINTS. 2 N. Y. Ave. NA. 8610 may result in revision of Municipal Court procedure. In the case on which the court ruled, Mrs. Blanche Hawkins, for-' merly a resident of Bethesda, filed in Municipal Court 2n action of 1$109.80 agairst Mr. and Mrs. Curtis. F. Shields, 4211 Jenifer sireet N.W. The respondents admitted owing Mrs. Haawkins $100, but filled a counter claim against her for $420, plus interest and costs. They agreed that her claim might be set off against theirs to the extent of $100- and demended judgment for $320. These transactions grew out of a business deal concerning furniture and equity in a house. Attorney | Orille C. Gaudette represented Mr. and Mrs. Shields, and Attorney Rob- | ert J. Hawkins, Mrs. Hawkins, his | mother. Mr. and Mrs. Shields contended | that having filed a counter claim, | they became plaintiffs in Municipal Court and it was incumbent upon Mrs. Hawkins to file an affidavit of defense and, failing this, the Shields claimed they were entitled to judg- ment under rule 16 of the court l Associate Justice Justin Miller of the appellate court, in an opinion | concurred in by Chief Justice D.- | Lawrence Groner and Associate Jus- tice Henry W. 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