Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This E 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. An Even \ wm"’mm 's" News Staff Writers, Reporters and Photographers. Closina N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 18. 90th YEAR. No. 35,701 Baif_le in Straits of Macassar Foe Landing More Troops in Subic Bay District Eight American Army bombers sank a large Japanese transport in the river at Balik Papan, an oil port in East Borneo, and scored a direct hit on a cruiser outside the harbor, a War De- partment communiue reported today in a further disclosure of the running naval and air ac- tion in the Macassar Straits. One of the eight heavy American bombers was lost in the attack, the communique added. Whether this action was separate from a similar one recounted by the United Nations high command at Batavia, in the Netherlands East Indies, was not definitely known. War Department officials said that because of time differentials, and variance in wording of the reports, they could not be sure. One authority -who based his position on timing of previous announcements gathered the impression the action reported here antedated the one told of at Batavia, but he would not say so . officially. The Batavia report was that an undisclosed number of four-motored American bombers had sunk a Jap- anese transport, set a second one afire, shot down two Japanese fighter planes which sought to interfere, straddled an enemy cruiser with bombs, and returned to base without the loss of a single bomber. In a pr 1 American Army planes sank one Japanese trans- port and set another afire during the engagement in the Macassar Straits on January 26. Land in Subic Bay Area. Meanwhile the Japanese were re- ported landing small detachments nts in the Subic Bay lippines. Fighting in the Batan Peninsula, where Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s war-weary | forces have been holding off a huge Japanese Army for weeks, was com- | paratively at a standstill yesterdny.“ The Japanese limited their air activity to reconnaissance flights | along the Batan line. - The communique ~repotted " ho other activities in other areas. ‘War Department communique No. 80, outlining military situation as of 9:30 am. today, follows: “1. Philippine theater: “There was practically no ground activity on the Batan Peninsula yes- terday. The enemy landed rela- tively few numbers in the Subic Bay area. “Enemy air activity was limited to reconnaissance flights. “2. Netherlands Indies: “Further reports of the action in the Macassar Straits disclosed that eight heavy American Army bomb- ers sank a large Japanese transport in the river at Balik Papan and scored a direct hit on a cruiser out- side of the harbor. During this attack, one of our bombers was lost. In a previous attack by our planes in this action, one enemy trans- port was sunk and another set afire, as reported on January 26. “3. There is nothing o report from other areas. Toll Boosted to 36. Pounding home Japan’s greatest naval disaster of the war, United States flyers thus boosted to at " (See FAR EAST, Page A-6.) Biddle Lauds War Work Of Atlanta Prisoners By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Jan. 28.— Attorney General Biddle told prisoners in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary today they are making a vital contribution to the “unity of purpose that makes America invincible.” ‘The cabinet prisoners who have labored night and day in a voluntary speed-up- production-for-defense program, “You have not been driven to your tasks” Mr. Biddle told the _ serious workmen. “You have been moved by the sincere belief that the defense of your country demands the unstinted effort of every one of | its sons.” Newspaper and newsreel cameras clicked as the Attorney General presented the special awards in the prison auditorium. Last April approximately 1800 riscners who run the wheels of industry in the plant asked that their work week be advanced from 40 to 62 hours. Blind 14 Years, Mother May See Her Triplefs, 11 By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Jan. 28.—Sightless 14 years, Mrs. Margaret Beedle never has seen her 1l-year-old triplets. The Newport. Wash., woman con- sulted Dr. Purman Dorman, Seattle eve specialist He began looking for a healthy cornea. Recently he was consulted by an- other woman, Mrs. John Hewitson | of Bellingham. She had a malignant tumor on a part of one eye. There was a double operation. Mrs. Hewitson’s eye was removed. The healthy cornea was trans- planted. Dr. Dorman said it will not be known for more than a week whether the operation was a success. Mrs. Beedle is the mother of 13 children. A attack in the Neth- | member presented | awards of merit to a group of | he . WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942 U. S. Planes Sink Jap Transport And Hit Cruiser In Continuing PHILIPPINES. f INDIAN OCEAN Arrow points to Macassar ships and aircraft. fortresses today again reported successes against Japanese war- | o | DAL | PALAU IS CAROLINE | | MACASSAR .';TRMT 1s. | | Straits, where American flying Hurley Named First American Minister To New Zealand Former War Secretary Believed Now at Post; Generalship Pending By JOHN C. HENRY, | inated Patrick J. Hurley, Secre- tary of War under President Hoover, to be this Government’s first Minister to New Zealand. | _The appointment came as the | United States was believed speeding | all kinds of military assistance to the Southwest Pacific, where lie the British dominions of Australia and | New Zealand, two of the most valued outposts of the United Nations. Col. Hurley, who was recently nominated to be brigadier general, is believed already to have arrived at his new post, or at least to be well on his way. The White House | had announced more than a week ago that the former cabinet officer was undertaking a special mission for this Government. | New Zealand's Envoy Named. New Zealand recently named | Walter Nash as its first Minister to the United States. The White House announced simultaneously today that Harry A. | McBride, a veteran State Depart- | ment officer who has recently been | administrator of the National Gal- lery of Art, also is about to under- take a special mission abroad for President Roosevelt. Mr. McBride was to see the Chief Executive at the White House early this after- | In another matter dealing with | the diplomatic service, the President | was scheduled to confer today with Assistant Secretary of State Breck- inridge Long. Mr. Long has been directing efforts at this end for ex- change of diplomatic missions with nations with which we are now at war. The White House said par- | ticular efforts were being made to obtain the release of Joseph C. Grew, Ambassador to Japan. Anglo-U. 8. Session Called. Ranking American and British | war officers were called to the White | House this afternoon for a confer- | ence believed to be preliminary to new joint operations of the two gov- ernments. Summoned to meet with President Roosevelt were Secretary of War | Stimson, Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff; Gen. Henry H. Arnold, deputy chief of staff for air; Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, and Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the United States Fleet. British officers also called in were | | Gen. sir John Dill, Gen. Colville Wemyss, Air Marshal A. T. Harris and Admiral Sir Charles Little. Col. Hurley takes to his New Zea- land post a varied knowledge of military matters and administrative government. ‘Was "Attorney for Choctaws. Born in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, in 1883, he obtained his law degree at National University | in this city. He was admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1908, and from 1912 to 1917 served as national | attorney for the Choctaw Nation. After serving in the volunteer militia of the Indian Territory and as a captain of the Oklahoma Na- tional Guard, he was made a major | in the American Expeditionary Force in France. He had the rank of lieutenant colonel at the close of the First World War and in the intervening years has been a col- onel in the Reserves. Nelson Tells Senafors President Roosevelt todaynom- |* | undertaken he will have Col. Hurley entered national poli- tics in the 1920's and served as an Oklahoma delegate to the Repub- lican National-Convention in 1824 A He Won't Offer Alibi If Program Fails Defends Policy of Using Knowledge and Service Of Dollar-a-Year Men - - By J.-A. OLEARY. Assuming full ' fesponsibflity for the task of procurement and production in the war effort, Donald M. Nelson, new chief of the War Production Board, told the Truman Senate Defense Committee today he will offer no alibis “now or six months from now” if it does not succeed. Mr. Nelson won the commenda- tion of Chairman Truman and other committee members when he de- clared he has ng interest in politics and realizes that in the job he has “every- thing to lose and nothing to gain.” Earlier Mr. Nelson defended the policy of utilizing the knowledge and services of dollar-a-year men, who, | he said, could not be expected to relinquish their places in the in- dustrial world to take a temporary Government job at regular salaries. Although the hearing was called primarily to discuss the dollar-a- year policy, it soon branched out into the broad question of speeding up production. Committee members and Mr. Nelson pledged full co- operation of one another in making the production effort a success. Quizzed by Brewster. Mr. Nelson’s assurance that he has no interest in politics came while Senator Brewster, Republican, of Maine was quizzing him as to how complete his authority is to direct the production:program. Senator Brewster told Mr. Nelson he has been in Washington long enough to be aware that various| different branches of Government may at times inject themselves into | a specific problem. “I would like assurance from you that the first time anything de- velops—from the legislative, execu- tive or judicial branches—that you feel might impair your effort you will 'seek the committee’s help,” Senator Brewster said. “I can assure you of one thing,” Mr. Nelson replied. “I am not in- (See DOLLAR-A-YEAR, Page A-4) New Assaults Hit Faltering Brifish LinesinMalaya Two Crack Japanese Divisions Pace Fresh Smashes By the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, Jan. 28.—Paced by two crack divisions, the Japa- nese invaders of Malaya hurled fresh assaults today at a waver- ing British defense line which in some places was less than 50| miles from Singapore. | The heavies: fighting was under | way on the west coast of the nar- | row peninsula, where the Japanese | imperial guards sought to crack new positions established by British, Australian and Indian troops near Senggarang, 48 miles from this great naval base, after a 12-mile retreat from Batu Pahat. Middle of Line Hammered, Too. The Japanese 5th Division, com- posed of veteran shock troops, ham- mered meanwhile at the middle of | the line between Aver Hitam and Kluang, railway center about 50 miles north of here. (British forces in Central Ma- | laya have made another slight | withdrawal and ‘“very heavy | fighting” is now going on south of Kluang, a London military commentator said today. He said the Japanese forces thrusting southward in the central area had made the closest approach of any of the invasion troops to Singa) ‘The exact distance was not given, however.) Action on the east coast was re- ported less intense, but here, too, 8 major battle appeared to be in the making as the Japanese moved up reinforcements landed yesterday at Endau from transports which took a heavy battering from the R. A. F. The British ‘lines in that Sector were anchored at Jemaluang, about 55 'miles-above Singapore and 10 miles south of the Mersing River, where the Japanese were held up for & week by concentrated artillery fire. To Straighten Lines. The withdrawal along the east coast, a British military spokesman said, was ordered to straighten out the lines after they had been bent back in the central and western sectors. Advanced Japanese patrols which crossed the Mersing River following | this withdrawal were encountered | | by British patrols yesterday on the | coastal road above Jemaluang. | Aerial activity was reported heavy | | along the entire front, with Japa- nese dive-bombers attempting to blast a path for advancing infan- | try and mechanized forces, while |the R. A. F. struck back at the invaders’ lines of communication. 27 Bombers Raid Singapore. Twenty-seven Japanese bombers, flying in a tight “V” formation, bombed a suburban area of Singa- pore today, then veered and dis- appeared in the clouds. It was the Japanese 5th Division, which gained the first foothold for the invaders in Thailand just above the Malay border at the outset of the war. The Imperial Guards first saw action in Malaya in the Muar River sector on the west coast, where they cut off portions of Australian and Indian battalions holding the British left flank and forced the Singapore defenders to fall back from their positions in Central Johore. Dutch Are Confident Singapore Can Be Held | BATAVIA, Jan. 28 (#).—Aneta reported today that Netherlands Indies officers who had returned from Malaya, where they served as official observers, sald Allied troops now were fighting the Japanese along a defense line which could be held more easily against infil- tration. They expressed confidence that the Japanese could be halted short of Singapore. Summary of | Foreign. Fresh assaults hurled at wavering British line in Malaya. Page A-1 Nazi Libyan drive now at impasse, British claim. Page A-5 Russians reported battering 250-mile Nazi defense line. Page A-6 Vichy rushes food to end disorders in South France. Page A-6 De Valera's protest has no validity, Ulster's Premier says. Page A-2 Brazil breaks off relations with Axis powers. Page A-4 Japanese sea losses thus far put at 148 ships, subs. Page A-2 British and Burmese engage Jap units east of Salween. Page A-4 Nationai. -| Jobs open for 1,300 to fill gaps in| Today’s Star | Lend-lesse program goes into re- | verse. Page A-4 | Navy reveals Midway Island still holding. Page A-4 Hull congratulates Rio de Janeiro meeting. Page A-6 Hill loses plea for retrial in perjury case. Page B-1 Part payment in Defense bonds foreseen. Page A-6 Washington and Vicinity. Police press inquiry in D. C. woman'’s mystery death. Page A-3 Man struck by streetcar and carried | 253 feet. Page A-4 House unit to consider parking: lot “profiteering.” Page A-l‘ shifted agencies. Page B-1| ) 0 ’ £a i | N \\ \a il I Al Justice Miller Quits Church Post As Result of Domicile Ruling High Court Reversal Of His Tax Decision Cited by Jurist The Supreme Court decision overruling the Court of Appeals on the domiciliary status of Fed- eral employes resident here has caused Justice Justin Miller of the appellate tribunal to resign as a vestryman of All Souls’ Me- | [ morial Episcopal Church and terminate his membership there | to strengthen his claim for re- | | tention of domicile in Los Angeles. | In bowing to higher authority, | Justice Miller, who wrote the deci- | sion in the De Hart and Murphy District income tax cases which the Supreme Court reversed, said that his resignation from the vestry, of which he had been a member for several vears, eliminated the -one community connection that he had here, and that while the step was taken regretfully, no other course appeared open in the light of the high court opinion. He Mrs. Miller are-transfer- ring theif membershiip back to St. James’ Church, Los Angeles. Associate Justice Roberts of the Supreme Court, who did not take part in the two income tax cases—is senior warden at St. John's Church, and former Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat, who recently retired from District Court, is senior warden at 8t. Thomas’. No other members of “ JUSTICE JUSTIN MILLER. the local judiciary have official ¢on- nections in the Episcopal Church, it was said at the diocesan office to- day. Justice Roberts’ legal residence is in Pennsylvania. . { - The Court of Appeals, first in the | Sweeneéy case, and later in’ the De art and Murphy cases, held that | Federal employes, because of the nature of their employment here, could claim domicile elsewhere, and thereby escape the District income tax. The Supreme Court, in a 6-0 decision read by Justice Jackson (Chief Justice Stone and Justice (See MILLER, Page A-4.) Explosion Kill 34 Trapped in Coal Mine; Four Escape Alive Deadly Gas Impedes Work Of Rescue Crews in Colorado Disaster By the Associated Press. MOUNT HARRIS, Colo., Jan. 28.— Thirty-four miners perished in an explosion in the Victor American Fuel Co. coal mine late last night. Only four men escaped alive. Black damp, deadly carbon di- oxide gas, filled the shaft after the blast and impeded the work of rescue crews, unable to reach the victims for nearly six hours. Bill Fickle, one of the men res- cued, said the four heard a “dull thud from way back in the hole. In a second we smelled smoke and ran for the air shaft.” Thirty volunteer workers set up an improvised morgue at Liberty Hall, the old opera house at Mount Harris, to receive the bodies after they are brought to the snow- covered surface. Nearly every family in this small mining community 200 miles north- west of Denver had relatives em- ployed in the mine. Trapped 5,500 Feet Down, Mine Supt. Henry Johnson said the 34 men were trapped about 5,500 feet inside the tunnel of the mine, which slopes at an angle of about 10 degrees into Mount Harris. ‘The four who escaped were work- ing nearef the entrance. They heard the blast and fled. Rescue crews fought the suffocat- ing gas with huge blowers, forcing air into the mine and sucking the fumes out. Families Rush to Pit. The miners’ families rushed to the pit from their homes in the sur- rounding towns of Craig, Hayden and Steamboat Springs, but were advised to return to their homes. Ambulances and hearses were called from all surrounding towns, and State Mine Inspector Thomas Allen left for the scene from Den- ver immediately. 3 The four who were rescued alive were Joe Gall, Bill Fickle, Elmer Part of labor’s defense fund to go for | $2,500,000 park plan studied by coun- | Everson and Mike Atansoff. blood banks. Page A-4 Blast kills 34 trapped in Colorado mine, Page A-1 Six indicted here on Japanese propa- ganda plot charge. Page A-1 Hurley named New Zealand Min- ister. Page A-1 U. 8. and Britain map long-range strategy. £ Usé of nickel, brass shd curbed. A-2 copper in bulbs Page A-3 4 cil. Page B-1| War housing funds bill to come be- fore House. Page B-1 Stadium icemaker found bound and on fire. Page B-1 Miscellany. Page B-2 Page B-16 Page A-12 A Australia Records Quake SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 28 (#).— Strong earth shocks, believed cen- tering in the Arafura Sea between New Guinea and Australia were re- corded here at 12:36 p.m. today. The force of the shocks dismounted Page B-11[ two of eight seismographs at River- view Observatory. Admiral Andrews Cancels Parleys With Reporters, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 28 —Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, commandant of the 3d Naval District and commander of the North Atlantic coastal fron- tier—extending from Cape Hat- teras to Halifax—today discon- tinued all conferences with the press. In canceling a conference scheduled for 2:30 pm., his press officers said the admiral might later have an official statement explaining his move. At the beginning of the war he held one conference a week, changing it later to one every two weeks. 'De Gaullist Acts Charged To 4 Executed by Nazis BY the Associated Press. | VICHY, Unoccupied France, Jan. | 28—The Germans, announcing that four Frenchmen were shot in one group today, cited “De Gaullist ac- tivities” as one of the charges for the first time. Another Frenchman, name not given and offense not stated, was disclosed also to have died before a firing squad at Marseille. ‘The four were the largest number of men put to death at one time by German occupation authorities in France so far this year. All were residents of Paris. Accusations of Free French ac- tivity are separate from the usual “activity favoring the enemy,” which also was charged against the executed men along with illegal pos- session of firearms. At Douai, in the occupied indus- trial north, 16 alleged Communists were condemned by a special court to from two to 10 years at hard labor and at Montpellier a military court sentenced four other alleged Communists to terms ranging from one to 10 years in prison. Dutch Foreign Minister En Route to Washington By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 28.—The Nether- lands government - in - exile an- nounced today that its foreign min- ister, Eeclo van Kleffens, was en route to Washington for a month of conferences on Pacific war prob- lems. While the announcement said Van Kleffens’ visit would last a month, informed sources said he would be prepared to stay longer and probably would be the Nether- lands’ fepresentative on any war council which may- be set up by Ballou Charges U. §. Plans fo Take New Kramer School Superintendent Says He Wasn't Consulted On Proposal Supt. of Schools Frank W.| Ballou today told a House sub- | committee that plans were made without his knowledge to com- | plete the new Kramer Junior High School in Anacostia and | convert it into a Federal office building. His statement before the Educa- tion Subcommittee of the House Dis- | trica Committee charged that O. P. | M. discriminated against Washing- ton 1n its program allowing materials for schools in defense areas, and said that failure to obtain priorities has held up 27 school projects. Unless some of these projects are resumed; he said, he will be forced | to ssk emergency sppropriations to- taling hundreds of thousands of dol- lars for temporary accommodations for Washington’s swelling number of war-workers’ First Disclosure. < This was the first disclosure that the Federal Government planned to convert Kramer School Building to office use. It previously had been revealed that a similar arrangement would be made in the case of the new central Mbrary. At the District Building, Commis- sioner Young said he did not want to comment on the matter at the moment, but declared the step had the approval of the Commissioners. ‘The plan involves priority of ma- | terials for completion of the build- | ings to be used by the Federal Gov- ernment. | The new junior high school is ibeing built at Seventeenth and Q streets SE. to relieve the over- crowded Anacostia Junior-Senior High School, which has been operat- ing on double shifts for many months. The Anacostia-Benning area has been the section of the city most affected by the influx of new Federal workers. Dr. Ballou declared there is an actual need for 12 of the schools, particularly in Anacostia and other sections of Southeast Washington. “I want to know what is essential to get a priority rating for a school building,” Dr. Ballou demanded. Urges Stripping of Plans. Frank W. Maxton, chief of the project section, Government re- quirement branch, of the War Pro- duction Board, answered that “strip- ping” of plans to eliminate critical materials was one of the chief factors. “We don't want to be brutal in our decisions,” he declared. “We try to be fair. We don’t deny any- thing. We just defer it.” After a prolonged discussion of the school problems, Mr. Maxton, at the request of Chairman Ran- dolph of the District Committee and Representative Maciora, Dem- ocrat, of Connecticut, head of the Education Subcommittee, promised to review the priority schedule which stoj work on W by pped on Washington H. F. Alves of the Federal Office of Education told the subcommittee that certificates of necessity had been approved by that office for 11 schools, in addition to completion of a six-classroom addition to the Woodrow Wilson Senior High School. 8ix of the schools, Mr. Alves dis- (See SCHOOLS, Page A-4.) Gas Concentration in Sewer Imperils Downfown Akron BY ihe Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 28.—A concen- tration of gases in an interceptor sewer today caused police to warn 40 business places in downtown Akron that they could operate only at their own risk. The hazardous area contains a large department store and several restaurants. A motion picture theater, warned of the danger yesterday, refunded admittances to 1,000 patrons and closed temporarily. Two stores posted signs cautioning customers. The condition was discovered by State inspectors investigating an ex- plosion which killed three persons and injured 25 on December 11 in two restaurants in another area. Mayor George J. Harter requested help of the Federal Bureau of Mines and said that “if it appears neces- sary, we will order the evacuation of all the buildings n that ares.” UM Means Associated Press. THREE CENTS. 6 Indicted Here As Propaganda Agents of Japan Americans, Nipponese Accused of Spending $175,000 in Plot Three Americans and three Japanese, who allegedly con- ducted a propaganda agency in this country for Japan previous to the war, were indicted by the District grand jury today on a charge of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The Americans named in the in- dictment are: Ralph Townsend, as- sociated with Scribner’s Commenta- tors, & publication which has figured in the inquiry into Nazi propaganda; David Warren Ryder, publisher and publicity man in San Francisco, and Frederick Vincent Williams, former newspaperman and publicity agent in San Francisco: The Japanese named are: Tsu- tomu Obana, secretary of the Japa- nese Chamber of Commerce in San Prancisco; K. Takahashi, former manager of the N. Y. K. steam- ship line in San PFrancisco, who is now in Japan, and S. Takeuchi, for- mer manager of the Mitsubishi Co,, Japanese importers. $175,000 Fund Charged. Thié indictment charges that the men were associated with the dis- tribution of propaganda in this country on behalf of Japan and that their activity was financed by the Japanese government. It was charged that the propaganda or- ganization had used more than $175,000 in its effort—a major ‘part of which was furnished directly by the Consulate General of Japan in San Prancisco. For this reason, two former Jap- anese Consuls General — Kanzo Shiosaki and Toshito Sato—were named in the indictment as co- conspirators, but were not indicted. Both have returned to Japan. The central propaganda agency, according to the indictment, was | the Japanese Committee on Trade and Information, “Jikyoku Iinkai,™ which had headquarters in San Francisco and was subsidized direct- ly and indirectly by the Japanese government. This committee, it was charged, was organized by Takahashi, Ta- keuchi, Shiosaki and other Japa- | nese nationals residing in t country. Propaganda Plan Outlined. The grand jurors said that Mr. | Williams was employed by the com- | mittee as a public relations counsel. In that capacity, he delivered lec- tures, wrote articles, drranged: radio programs and otherwise spread propaganda favorable to the Japa- nese. Numerous pamphlets were written and edited in the names of Mr. Townsend and Mr. Ryder, it was charged, containing propaganda favorable to the Japanese. These were distributed in this country without charge “in a manner which concealed the foreign political and financial interests responsible,” it was charged. | Among these were “America Has No Enemies in Asia,” “The High Cost of Hate,” “There Is No Half- !w._v Neutrality,” and a monthly pamphlet, “Far Eastern Affairs.” |~ The indictments declare that the | Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco supplied a major part of the $175,000 spent in the effort and that the balance came from Jap- anese corporations and individuals. The whole activity, it was charged, was under direction of the Japanese government, 16 Counts in Indictment. There are 16 counts in the indict= ment, which was returned as a re- sult of a month’s investigation on the West Coast by Special Assistants to the Attorney General Arthur B. Caldwell and Albert E. Arent. All six of the Americans and Jap- anese were named as conspirators. In addition, the three Americans were charged with violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Acts— because they had not made known to the State Department that they were distributing Japanese propa- ganda. It was charged that Mr. Ryder and Mr. Townsend had failed to register with the State Department as agents of the Japanese Commit~ tee on Trade and Information. Mr. Williams, it was charged, registered with the State Depart- ment as a correspondent of the Japan Times and Mail—but failed to disclose that his real job was the spreading of Japanese propaganda or that he obtained his salary—$350 (See INDICTMENTS, Page A-6.) Aussies Cripple 4 of 11 Jap Ships at Rabaul BY the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Jan. 28—Four of 11 Japanese transport ships in the harbor at Japanese-seized Rabaul on New Britain Island have been rendered useless by two Australian alr attacks, Army Minister Francis Forde announced today. He said several of the other ships had been damaged. Three transports were said to have been put out of action in the R. A. A. F. attack Monday and one was ' seen wrecked by a previous ‘bombing. ‘There was no word from Austra- lian militia reported holding out against the Japanese in the hills which jut up south of the port. Brest, Boulogne Docks Again Bombed by R. A. F. B the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 28—British air raiders blasted the oft-bombed docks at Brest and Boulogne on the Ger- man-occupled French coast again last night, the Air Ministry an- nounced today. ‘The raids were carried out withe out the loss of & single aircraft, said a terse communique.