Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1942, Page 2

| Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news and sports are covered ‘on Pages 1-X and 3-X of this edition of ‘The Star, supplementing the news of the regular home delivered edition. Closing N. Y. Marke 90th YEAR. No. ts—Sales, Page 12. 35,700. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar WAsHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1942 ‘More U.S. Aid Coming'—Churchill; Reinforcements Sent to Malaya; Jap Battleship Sunk, Dutch Think U. S. Bombers to Join in Raids On Germany (Churchill Text, Page A-4.) By tre Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 27—Prime Min- Ister Churchill today presented Britain with a picture of growing Allied might and unity and de- manded that Parliament vote | confidence in his government. Against his frank admission | that bad news has come from | the Pacific Ocean battlefront, he told the House of Commons: United States troops which have landed in Northern Ireland are only the vanguard of more to_come; United States fighter planes will help defend Britain against air assault; United States bombers will join the R. A. F. in bombing Ger- many; Considerable rein forcements have reached the Malayan front in the last week; “We are taking many measures with the United States to in- crease the security of Australia and New Zealand, sending rein- forcements, arms and equipment by the best routes.” Demands Confidence Vote. “It is because I see the light gleaming behind the clouds and broadening upon our path,” Mr.| Churchill said at the end of his| candid report of the good and evil in Britain's war fortunes, “that I make so bold now as to demand a declaration of confidence of the| Houge of Commons as an additional | weapon in the armory of the United | Nations.” The thunderous cheers that greet- ed his one-hour-and-24-minute ac- counting left no doubt how the House of Commons will vote when 1t finally puts the question of con- fidence to a test. “We shall presently regain naval eommand of the Pacific and begin to establish effective superiority in the air,” the Prime Minister predicted. He pledged that the Malay Pen- insula and Singapore would be de- fended to the last inch and said he doubted that Japan would atempt an invasion of Australia—“a very ambitious overseas operation in the precarious and certainly limited time before the British and American navies regain, as they must regain, ultimate command of the Pacific.” No Secondary Operation. “There is no question of regarding the Pacific war as a secondary op- eration,” he agdded. “No obstacles will be placed in the way of Austrailan troops wishing to | | Churchill ‘Salutes’ | | ‘Splendid Courage’ Of MacArthur's Men BY the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 27.—To Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his command in the Philippines, Prime Minister Churchill paid this tribute in his war review to the House of Commons to- day: “I would like in the name of the House to express my tribute to the splendid courage with which the small American Army under Gen. MacArthur has resisted so brilliantly and so long the hordes of Japanese hurled against it by superior air and sea power. “Amid our own troubles, we send Gen. MacArthur, his sol- diers and the Filipino troops who are defending their native soil with vigor and courage our salute.” return to defend their own country,” he said. “The United States Navy is linked in the most intimate union with the Admiralty both in the Atlantic and Pacific.” Although Mr. Churchill said he “must confess to feeling the weight of war upon me even more than in the tremendous summer days of 1940, he spoke with obvious confi- dence and appeared to be in high good humor. Seats for the debate were at such a premium that several members had to sit on the floor of a low plat- form at one end of the chamber, Mrs. Churchill Present. ‘The Prime Minister divulged broad new plans for unifying war direc- tion, bringing in Britain’s dominions. Besides a special council for the war in the Pacific to be set up in Washington or London, he an- nounced that Britain had agreed to the requests of Australia for the right to membership in the war cab- inet and that the same rights will be accorded New Zealand, Canada and South’ Africa. Mr. Churchill also mentioned ar- rangements with President Roose- velt for a body in Washington to be called “the combined staff commit- tees” and declared that “we must also concert together in close col- laboration with Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek.” Not all that Mr. Churchill report- ed was of British reverses or of dark prospects for the future. In Libya, he said, an imperial army outnumbered two-to-one by Gen. Erwin Rommel's German- Italian forces has rewon Cirenaica. It has lost 18,000 men Kkilled, wounded or captured, he disclosed, but he declared that more than three times that number—“a highly profitable transaction”—have been lost by the Axis. He totaled enemy 'Gen. J. E. Chaney to Command U.S. Forces in B;ritish Isles Gen. Charles L. Bolte Is Chief of Staff For Marylander B the Associated Press. A NORTH IRELAND PORT, Jan. 27—Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney, rated both as a combat pilot and a combat observer by the United States Air Corps, has been thade commanding general of the United States Army forces in the British Isles, it was offi- cially announced today. Gen. Chaney’s chief of staff is Brig. Gen. Charles L. Bolte. Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle, who ar- | rived here with several thousand United States Army troops yes- terday, is the commanding gen- eral of Americin forces in Northern Ireland. The announcement said the first United States combat troops to ar- rive in the European combat zone could be regarded as the vanguard of others to take up stations in the British Isles. “A special observers’ group” aug- menting a large stafl of attaches, it reported, made a special study of British combat procedure for move- ment of United States troops in this zone, if and when it becomes ad- visable. Gen. Chaney, 56-year-old native of Maryland, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in (See CHANEY, Page A-5.) Sea-Weary Soldiers Begin Limbering Up In North Ireland By RICE YAHNER, Associated Press War Correspondent. WITH THE A.E.F.IN NORTH- | ERN IRELAND, Jan. 27.—Sea- weary United States soldiers — vanguard of a second A. E. F.— worked the kinks out of cramped muscles today in camps con- structed by American techni- I cians who have been working | here for eight months. In good spirits after an uneventful | Atlantic crossing under the protect- |ing guns of the United States and ritish Navies, the troops—several housand strong—found everything in readiness to receive them when they landed yesterday amid cheers | and martial music. The billets to which they were | whisked away by-train and motor | | transport were no makeshift af- fairs. On the contrary, their quar- | ters proved to be sturdy insulated | huts, erected of pre-fabricated parts | brought from the United States and designed especially to withstand the cold and frequent rains of Northern | Irgland. | | he construction work was carried | | out under the Lease-Lend Act. While the setting was new, the | wartime crossing of the Atlantic and | the debarkation were an old story | (See A. E. F., Page A-5) Japanese Advance Within 43 Miles Of Singapore Fight Near Senggarang Indicates 12-Mile Push Since Yesterday BY the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, Jan. 27.—Fierce- ly attacking Japanese troops pressed closer to vital Singapore on the entire Malayan front to- day, bombed the great island bas- tion and landed reinforcements above the eastern anchor line of British defenses. The invaders were within 48 miles of this stronghold on the west, where the British said “fighting is taking place about Senggarang.” This was a further penetration of 12 miles from Batu Pahat, whose fall was acknowledged yesterday. Apparently bitterly contested in the central battleground, had fallen, too, because the British acknowledged fighting south of there. Kluang is only 50 miles from Singapore. on the Central Malayan Railway . Air Battle Over Endau. “In the center south of Kluang and Ayer Hitam the enemy has sup- ported his infantry with continuous dive bombing and machine gun at- tacks against movements on roads,” the communique said. “Fighting is in progress in these areas.” Ayer Hitam is 19 miles northeast of Batu Pahat. A furious air battle was waged over Endau, 85 miles northeast of here on the east coast, and the Brit- ish shot down 12 Japanese planes, scored 12 hits on troop transports, a cruiser and a large supply dump on the beach. ‘The British said they were fight- ing this force north of Jemaluang, 10 miles southeast of Mersing. This indicated the eastern front also had been pushed back. (The Japanese claimed they shot down 39 British bombers and torpedo planes over Endau.) The British withdrew from Endau last week. Some damage was acknowledged in air raids on Singapore, the first reported in three days. The British said anti-aircraft defenses had cer- tainly shot down 60 Japanese planes in Malaya to date, and probably 21 others. The landings near Endau were effected under a heavy bombard- ment by British aircraft which scored a direct hit on a Japanese cruiser, 12 direct hits on transports and another hit on a large supply dump on the beach, the bulletin sald. Some transports—presumably ar- mored vehicles or trucks — were landed by the Japanese, together with the troops, the announcement added. Two British officets and seven (See MALAYA, Page A-5) Australian Planes Damage 3 Jap Ships at Rabaul BS the Assctiated Press. MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 27. —Three Japanese ships in Rabaul Harbor, New Britain, were damaged in a bombing attack last night, a Royal Australian Air Force commu- nique reported today. Two of the vessels were set on fire, the communique said, but no other details were given. All of the Australian aircraft returned safely, Rabaul, capii=i of the island of New Britain, was the first place oc- cupied by Japanese forces in their invasion of islands to the north and losses at 61,000. Now, he added, Britain’s job is to hold Cirenaica. < A northeast of the Australian conti- nent. ) i’ Kluang, rail and highway junction | Battleship Barham Sunk on Nov. 25, British Admit Loss Kept Secret for Two Months; Number of Casualties Not Given BY the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 27.—The sink- ing of the battleship Barham, 31,000-ton veteran of Britain’s November 25 was announced by the Admiralty today after it had kept the loss a secret for two| months to cheat the enemy of any profit from knowledge of its| blow. The loss of the Barham, which | the Axis long had claimed as sunk | |in the Mediterranean, cut Britain’s | capital ships to 13. She had 15 when she entered the war and since has added 3 but 5| | have been lost—the battleships | Prince of Wales, Royal Oak and | Barham and the battle cruisers Re- pulse and Hood. The Admiralty said the Barham’s commander, Capt. G. C. Cooke, was lost, but that Vice Admiral H. D. Pridham-Wippel, second in com- mand of the Mediterranean fleet, whose flag she was flying, was saved. How many others of her crew of 1,100 to 1,200 were lost was not dis- closed. One reliable report, however, said 300 of her officers and men were saved. Explaining the Admiralty’s se- crécy over the loss, the communique said: . “Next of kin of casualties were informed but loss ofythe ship was not announced, since 1t was clear at that time that the enemy did not know she had been sunk and it was important to make certain dispositions before loss of this ship was made public. “The German radio has from time to time made statements with the obvious intention of endeavoring to discover whether a battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class which they claimed to have hit with tor- pedoes had, in fact been sunk. “This information has been de- nied to the enemy for the reason given out, as they are now aware Navy, in the Mediterranean last | his that H. M. S. Barham was sunk, her loss can be announced.” American-Indies Forces Pressing Straits Attack B3 the Associated Press. The Dutch today tentatively identified as a Japanese battle- ship a heavy warship sunk in the Straits of Macassar on the first day of Japan’s disastrous effort to run the strategic straits between Borneo and Celebes in an apparent effort to invade Java. Meanwhile United States and Netherlands forces pressed relent- lessly after the savagely battered in- vasion convoy and the conflict was reported to be still going on. If the Dutch identification of the vessel as a battleship is correct it would raise Japan’s toll of capital ships to two so far. The first was the battleship Ha- runa, sunk by Capt. Colin P. Kelly, jr., of the Philippines in the first days of the war. A special Dutch communique Fri- day said a “large warship,” together with two cruisers and a transport, suffered direct hits with 660-pound bombs when Dutch flyers attacked the Japanese convoy. It is this “large warship” that now is believed to be a battleship. Recapitulation in Batavia. A recapitulation of Japanese losses in the battle of the Macassar Straits was issued by authoritative Indies sources in Batavia, who said that in three days of a running Dutch-American air and sea assault on a great Japanese convoy in the narrow waters between the islands of Borneo and Celebes 28 enemy ships were sunk or heavily dam- aged and 13 warplanes downed. Eleven of the ships were war vessels and 17 were transports, it said. The War Department in Wash- ington reported practically no ground fighting during the last 24 hours'in the Batan Peninsula, where Gen. Douglas MacArthur has been holding out against a vastly su- perior Nipponese force. The Japanese, however, claimed the capture of Balanga, principal town on the east coast of the peninsula facing Manila Bay. Jap Timetable Upset. “By now it has become clear,” informed observers told Aneta, the Netherlands Indies news agency in Batavia, “that the heavy blows struck at the enemy have certainly upset his timetable and perhaps future strategy. “Tokio will now realize how great are the risks of naval operations in this archipelago and may consider it necessary to revise its plans.” There still was no indication of | the original size of the convoy, but Batavia observers expressed belief that the Japanese must have lost a considerable part of their effective strength. . The Dutch high command, nev- ertheless, said it was believed the invaders had succeeded in occupy- | ing further points in the Kendari | region of Southeast Celebes where they had landed troops Sunday. Japanese flyers today were re- ported continuing scouting trips over New Guinea and the Solomon Is- lands. Box Score of Jap Losses. The box score of Japanese craft sunk or crippled showed: By By Dutch. U.S. Total. Warships 9 2 Transports 7 10 Planes ____ A tabulation In Washington showed & joint American-Dutch toll of 34 Japanese ships—11 as certainly sunk, at least 6 probably sunk and 17 more damaged—but the list in Batavia was only for January 23 through 25, the first three days of the five-day engagement. Japanese imperial headquarters announced that four Japanese trans- ports were lost in a battle last Pri- day during landing operations at Balik Papan, Borneo. Japanese warships escorting the transports engaged in a flerce en- counter with destroyers, submarines and aircraft and succeeded in sink- (See BATTLE, Page A-4.) School to Honor Welles RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 27 (#).— Sumner Welles, United States Un- dersecretary of State, was to receive the degree of doctor honoris causa from the University of Brazil today at a ceremony in Itamaraty Palace. Two motor torpedo boats of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's command in the Far East routed a formation of Japanese dive bombers, while two P-40" pursuit planes downed two other dive bombers and disabled a third, the War Department com- munique reported today. No casualties were reported in either engagement, according to the communique, which said that prac- tically no ground fighting had oc- curred on the Bataan peninsula dur- ing the past 24 hours. Gen. MacArthur has cited for gallantry the officers and men mak- ing up the crews of the speedy tor- pedo boats, which already have seen extensive use in the coastal waters of the Bataan peninsula, guarding the American and Filipino left flank. The unusual action between the torpedo boats and a formation of enemy dive bombers occurred two days ago, the communique reported. Officers commanding the ships ob- served two waves of enemy bombers approaching and might easily have sought cover. They ordered V. Two.U. S. Torpedo Boats Rbut Jap Dive-Bombers, Hit Three speed ahead, however, and succeed- ed in placing their craft directly in line of flight of the second wave of Japanese planes. The engagement became furious as the anti-aircraft batteries from the American craft concentrated on the second element of the Japanese formation. i ‘The Americans’ fire “dispersed the hostile aircraft,” the communique reported tersely, hitting three of the enemy planes, which when last seen were smoking and losing altitude rapidly. No location was given for the en- gagement, but it presumably took place off the Batan coast, where Japanese dive bombers have been active in support of ground attacks on Gen. MacArthur’s lines in that mountainous area. The engagement involving the two pursuit ships marked a thrill- ing high light in an otherwise quiet day on the Batan front. The two American planes shot down two of the Japanese dive bombers and dis- abled s third and escaped without i full ! injury. EDGAR.WHY DIDNT WE INTERCEPT SOME OF THOSE HAWAII? WE WERENT PERMITTED T INTERCEFT SPY MESSAGES, 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, MR PRESIDENT, CONGRESS THOUGHT MESSAGES THAT JAPANESE SPIES WERE SENDING TOKIO FROM Iy — All-Inclusive Inquiry On Pearl Harbor Is Pledged by Maas Ranking G. O. P. Member Of Naval Group Makes - Promise After Meeting By the Associated Press. A sweeping, supplementary | study of the Pearl Harbor disas- l ter “and all that led up to it” by‘ | the House Naval Affairs Com- | | mittee was promised today by | Representative Maas of Minne- | sota, World War veteran and | ranking Republican member of | the committee. Mr. Maas’ statement followed a clgsed meeting of the commit- | tee.” Chairman Vinson refused to comment. | ‘While declining to divulge what | happened at the executive session, | Mr. Maas told the newspapermen that “after conference with several | members, T can assure the country that the House Naval Affairs Com- mittee will undertake a thorough in- | | vestigation of the entire Pearl Har- | bor situation, and all that led up to it | |and will study also the Roberts re- | | port.” | | conference this morning, Senate Ma- | jority Leader Barkley said there had | been no discussion of the Roberts report on the Pear] Harbor attack. Norris Demands Unified Defense. | | 'Earlier Senator Norris, Independ- | ent, of Nebraska demanded that Army and Navy commands be uni- | fied in a single defense department. | Laying a share of the blame on | Congress for the success of the Japanese attack, Senator Norris de- | lared that the time had come to abolish the War and Navy Depart- ments as such and to place the Army, Navy and Air Force under one | Defense Department. “Congress can’t escape its part of the blame for this thing,” the vet- eran Nebraska Senator told report- ers. “Long ago it should have streamlined our military organiza- tion. It ought now to provide for a unified command from the top down.” What was described as an en- | courgaing report on-American pro- duction and distribution of war equipment was said to have been given to a Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee yesterday by Lt. Gen. H. K. Arnold, chief of the Air Forces. While committee members refused to discuss any of the details of Gen. Arnold’s testimony on a pending $12,555,000,000 defense appropriation bill, some said they were highly gratified at the progress made not only in producing fighting and bombing planes, but in transporting them to critical military areas, such as the Orient. The pending bill, slated for com- mittee approval today, would pro- vide funds for 23,000 combat planes and 10,000 trainers for a tremendous increase in the air forces. Gen. Arnold was reported to have ex- pressed confidence that the training of new flyers would keep pace with the production of these new craft. Senator Norris, who is not a mem- ber of this committee, said it was his idea in proposing the single défense department, that the Army, Navy and Air Force should be made com- ponent branches and that there should be unified command in the field. He cited a portion of the Rob- erts report which pointed out the lack of co-operation between Army and Navy commanders at Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile it was pointed out that both Lt.'Gen. Walter C. Short and Admiral Husband E. Kimmel have suffered automatic demotion in rank on being relieved of command in Hawafl. Admiral Kimmel has be- come & rear admiral, losing the rank of full admiral, a title which went with the post of commander in chief of the fleet. Similarly, Gen. Short, who held the rank of lieu- tenant general as long as he com- manded the Hawaiian department, has again become a major general. Fostefiockwell Dies; All-American at Yale BY the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 27.—Foster Rockwell, 61, Arizona hotel man, who was named to Walter Camp’s All-America team of 1902, died Mon- day of a heart ailment. He was graduated from Yale University. Mr. 1l was & native of Vermont. A Government Notes ‘Critical Shortage’ Of Administrators The Government is short of $9,000 executives for the war agencies—and moved today to remedy this situation. Harry B. Mitchell, president of the Civil Service Commis- sion, wrote a number of high officials explaining the needs that have arisen and asking for the names of subordinates who might be transferred for the duration of the emergency. The men recommended, Mr. Mitchell said, should be quali- fied for positions paying from $5,600 to $9.000 annually. He said that a “critical short- age” exists “in all administra- tive fields, including personnel, budget and fiscal administra- tion, procurement, program planning and office manage- ment, but there is a special need for persons with experi- ence in the field of over-all ad- ministration as responsible di- rectors of the activities of sev- eral large organizations.” Hannover, Emden Targefs 0f R. A. F. During Night By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 27.—Strong forces After a White House legislative |Of R. A. F. bombers attacked Han- | nover and Emden objectives over- night, day. try as made “in force,” and other places in northwest Germany also were bombed. Another force bombed the docks at Brest. The ministry acknowl- edged that three British aircraft were missing. Bombers Penetrate to Berlin. BERLIN (From German Broad- casts), Jan. 27 (#).—British hombers penetrated Germany as far as the outer districts of Berlin during the night, it was announced officially today. | The Hannover and Emden raids were described by the Air Minis- | i Early Inaugurafion (0f 20-Cent Pickup 'By Taxicabs Forecast Hankin Says P. U. C. Likely to Give ‘Go Signal’ as Experiment Early inauguration of a taxi- cab pickup service, designed to meet in part wartime emergen- | cies in transportation, was fore- ‘cast today when spokesmen for | 14 cab associations petitioned | the Public Utilities Commission | for approval. The plan would be applied only to taxicab zones 1 and 2, for which | the fare would be 20 cents a pas- | senger during morning and evening rush hours. Gregory Hankin, chairman of the P. U. C, said it was “quite possible” that the agency would order the pickup service as an experiment without waiting for a formal hear- ing and a final decision for its per- manent use. The petition was filed by John H Royer, representing the District Taxicab Owners’ Association, who said that some 2500 cabs were in- volved in the 14 associations. These | are the Bell, Premier, Washington, | American, Checker, Yellow, Arrow, Bison, Sun and General. As Many as Four Passengers. The pickup service would be op- erated only between 7 and 9:30 a.m. and between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Mon- days through Fridays, except holi- days, and between 7 and 9:30 am. Saturdays, except holidays. Drivers would pick up as many as four pas- | sengers en route to and from down- town sections and the rates would be: | For a trip originating in zone 1 | and ending in zone 2, 20 cents a passenger during the evening rush | period: for a trip originating in |zone 2 and ending in zone 1, 20 | cents a passenger during the morn- | civilian chairman; P) Means Associated Press. THREE CENTS. Anglo-U.S. Arms To Be Pooled; 3 Boards Set Up Most Efficient Use Of Munitions, Ships, Materials Sought (Text of White House An- nouncement, Page A-3.) By the Associated Press. The creation of three new Brit- ish-American war boards to as- sure the most efficient utilization of munitions, shipping and raw materials was announced today by the White House. ‘The arrangement contemplates pooling the “entire munition re- sources of Great Britain and the United States,” the pooling in prin- ciple of their shipping resources, and a “planned and expeditious utilization” of raw materials. ‘The heads of the boards were re- ported first in announcements from Great Britain and the Americans on the list were confirmed later at the White House. The lists follow: Munitions Assignments Board: Washington, Harry L. Hopkins, London, Lord Beaverbrook. Combined Shipping Adjustment Board: Washington, Admiral Emory S. Land; United Kingdom, Sir Are thur Salter; London, Lord Leathers. Combined War Materials Board: Washington, William L. Batt; United Kingdom, Sir Clive Bailleau; London, Lord Beaverbrook. While membership on the boards is reserved for Americans and | Britons, the new agencies are to - | collaborate with others of the | United Nations. Formation of the boards was an- nounced simultaneously here and in London. Apparently the boards grew out of the recent conversations here between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Will Interchange Data. The White House announcement said there was to be an interchange | of the “fullest information” on mu- nitions. Committees will be formed here and in London under the com- | bined chiefs of staff in a manner |similar to the Southwest Pacific agreement. “These committees,” the state- ment asserted, “will advise on all assignments both in quantity and priority, whether to Great Britain and the United States or other of | the United Nations in accordance | with strategic needs.” | Each of the two civilian chairmen will receive the assistance of a capable secretariat and have author= ‘fly to invite State Department, For- eign Office or production agency representatives to attend meetings. A combined shipping adjustment the British announced to- | Lincoln, Diplomat, Harlem, Senator, board, consisting of a representativa of this country and one from | Britain, is set up in Washington land a similar board established in London in order to “adjust and | concert in one harmonious policy the work of the British War Trans- port Ministry and United States shipping authorities. Movement of Shipping. | Executive power will be admine istered only by “the appropriate shipping agency in Washington.” presumably the Maritime Commis- sion, and by the war transport | minister in London. ‘The announcement said the entire movement of shipping now under | British control would continue to be Bombs were dropped on several ing rush period; for a trip confined | girected by the War Transport Min= towns in Northern Germany, it was| to zone 1, 20 cents a passenger dur- istry because of “the m‘?jp[zWMgnd stated, but no missiles fell in the|ing either morning or evening rush | physical facts of capital region, the announcement added. ;Knudsen, Hillman Named To W. P. B. by President By the Associated Press. By executive order, President Roosevelt has designated William S. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman as members of the new War Produc- tion Board. In the order which officially trans- ferred authority of former defense agencies, including O. P. M,, to the W. P. B, the President specifically directed that “the lieutenant gen- eral in charge of War Department production” (Mr. Knudsen) and “the director of the Labor Division of the War Production Board” should be W. P. B. members, As director of the W. P. B. Labor Division, Mr. Hillman is the head of one of six major divisions under Donald M. Nelson, W. P. B. chair- man. By naming him to the W.P. B. board the President apparently ranked Mr. Hillman above the other five W. P. B. executives. Mr. Knudsen and Mr. Hillman were co-directors of the old O. P. M. Mr. Knudsen's nomination to be a lieutenant general was approved today by the Senate Military Affairs Committee and Chairman Reynolds said he would seek Senate confirma- tion of the appointment tomorrow. period. One in Front Seat. For all other trips during rush hours the present uniform rates would apply, provided, however, that at all times when a group of two or gether, starting and ending at the same point, the total fare for such group is not to exceed the now pre- vailing rate for such a trip. ‘The pickup plan provides that no cab shall carry more than one passenger in the front seat nor more than three in the rear seat. It is provided that the first passen- ger picked up by a driver operating this special service shall determine the first destination, and that sub- sequent passengers picked up and going in the same general direction shall be picked up and discharged in their respective order, provided, however, that a later passenger shall be discharged earlier if his destina- tion lies along the direction of the passenger ahead of him. Full Committee Approves Douglas Dam Funds B3 the Associated Press. The Senate Appropriations Com- mittee by a one-vote margin ap- proved today a $30,000,000 appropri- ation for construction of the Ten- nessee Valley Authority’s Douglas Dam. Summary of Foreign. Sinking of battleship Barham Nov. 25 admitted by British. Page A-1 Peru-Ecuador dispute in spotlight at final Rio session. Page A-2 Additional villages are recaptured by advancing Russians. Page A-4 Canadian draft plan includes in- dustries and farms. Page A-9 Nationai. Maas promises sweeping inquiry into Pearl Harbor disaster. Page A-1 Sugar rationing figure nearer three- quarters pound. Page A-1 New U. 8.-British boards to push munitions, shipping. Page A-1 Senate may vote today on second war powers bill. Page A-2 Roosevelt sends birthday greetings to Gen. MacArthur. Page A-3 Henderson appeal to Senators on price bill reported. Page A-13 Today's Star Washington and Vicinity. 20-cent taxicab pickup service here forecast. Page A-1 General Federation hears Hershey in Defense Forum. Page B-1 House action blocked on housing and | _ tire theft bills. Page B-1 District employes join staggered- hours movement. Page B-1 D. C. pubiic works program approved by President. Page B-1 Parking lots feel effect of tire ra- tioning. Page B-1 11 court decisions given in rent- control cases. Page B-1 Jefferson Junior High leads in school paper salvage, Page B-9 Miscellany. Marriage Licenses, Army Orders. Births and Deaths. Nature'’s Children. - " Page B-5 Page B-6 Page B-11 Page B-18 more persons hire a taxicab to- | the situation around the British Isles.” Similarly, the appropriate authority in this | country will direct movements and | allocations of United States shipping | or shipping under this Government's | control. A “combined raw materials board™ is composed of a representative | will be composed of a representative ieath from the British and United | States governments. The statement | did not disclose where its headquar= ters would be, but it is charged with planning “the best and speediest | development, expansion and use of the raw material resources, under the jurisdiction or control of the two governments,” and making recom- mendations necessary for carrying out the plans developed. Likewise, in collaboration with others of the United Nations, the board must formulate plans and recommendations srm' the “develop- ment, expansion, purchase, or other effective use of their raw materials.” Anny-fifFials—Tske_Over Control of Moulmein BY the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 27.—An Army communique announced to- day that military authorities have taken over control of Moulmein, 100 miles east of Rangoon, “in prep- aration for future operations.” One thousand, one hundred and two persons have been killed by Jap- anese bombs in Rangoon since De= cember 23, it was announced. The Japanese air force appeared over Rangoon again last night and dropped vividly colored propaganda cartoons depicting an imaginary massacre of Burmese by British troops. Advance Continues, Japs Say. TOKIO (From Japanese Broade casts), Jan. 27 (#).—Dispatches to Nichi Nichi from Saigon, French Indo-China, declared today that Japanese forces were advancing ac- cording to plan on Moulmein, Bure ma, despite ‘errific resistance. Big Burma Developments Seen. RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 27 (NANA). — Important develop= ments in the Burma campaign against the Japanese and Thailand forces can be expected very soon. For the last four days the military communiques have been noncom- mittal regarding the activities near the Moulmein front, but there are reasons for believing that major de- cisions on strategy are being made by the Allied command. »