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2 Jap Warships Hit During Night Atfack On Midway Dec. 7 U. S. Still Holds Island; Belated Report Reveals Heroism of 2 Marines B7 the Associated Press. United States Marine gunners, still holding Midway Island, taught the Japs that their guns could shoot just as straight in the dark as the guns on Wake shot in the dawn. The first enemy attack on the Midway post was made the night of December 7, the Navy disclosed in a belated report yesterday. The marine artillerymen awaited under a 20-minute enemy bombard- ment until the Jap warships ven- tured within 4.500 years of the shore —virtually point-blank range for the island’s batteries—before open- ing fire. Then shore searchlights flashed on the two approaching ships—a cruiser and a destroyer. The Marine batteries roared. Within the first minutes, three hits were scored on one enemy thip—two on the super- structure which put the forward gun out of commission, and a third near the waterline. The second ship got two square hits near the waterline The Jap warships immediately broke off the action and steamed out of range, one of them trailing | clouds of black smoke from the | shellholes in her side. | Midway. an island group at the| northwestern tip of the long Hawaii- | an chain, is still held by United States forces. | According to the report, the two | Japanese warships opened fire on‘ an outlying island of the Midway | group at 9:30 p.m., local time. It| was a moonlight night, ideal for the attack. Two officers were named in the report for especially heroic ncmm.1 One of them, First Lt. George H. Cannon, 26, son of Mrs. B. B. Can- non, 3d, Ann Arbor, Mich, died| {rom loss of blood apparently caused | by the fact that he refused to be removed from his command post after he had begn seriously wounded. The other was Corpl. | Harold R. Hazelwood, 21, son of | Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Hazelwood | of Stark City, Mo., switchboard op- | erator at the same command post. | In spite of shock and a compound | leg fracture when the post was hit | by a Japanese shell, Corpl. Hazel- | wood set up his damaged switch- | beard and re-established communi- cations. House Unit Study Bill On Parking Lot Fees Chairman Randolph announced today the House District Committee would give serious consideration to| a bill designed to give the Public| Utilities Commission authority te regulate the operation and fees charged by commercial garages and | parking lots whem it resimes con- sideration the latter part of this week of Washington's wartime mass transportation problems, The measure was intreduced yes- terday by Representative Dirksen of Illinois, ranking minority mem- ber of the committee. Mr. Randolph said the proposed legislation “fits” into the transpor- r LT. GEORGE H. CANNON. CORPL. HAROLD R. HAZELWOOD. e —A. P. Photos. Man, Pulled 253 Feet By Streefcar, Suffers Serious Injuries Five Others Are Hurt In Street Accidents Of Night and Morning D. C. Traffic Toll Killed in 1942 Killed in same period of 1941 Toll for all of 1941 8 3 5 1 9! A southbound streetcar knocked down a pedestrian, Willlam Wells, 67, of 1319 Spring road N.W., at Fourteenth street and Spring road shortly before 7 am. today and dragged him 253 feet, according to police measurements, before it was brought to a stop. Mr. Wells’ clothing was caught in the undercarriage of the streetcar’s front..step. He.was not.discovered until“Roy Vernoff Davis, 23, of 5719 Fourth street N.W., the motorman, heard his cries and applied the brakes, - - - 2 > Rushed to Emergency Hospital by ambulance, Mr. Wells was found to have suffered a fractured left shoul- der and several broken ribs. His condition was described as serious, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942, Hull-Henry Haye ‘Courtship’ Guards Ties With Vichy Meetings Trouble United Nations’ Diplomats, Even Younger Group Within State Department Vargas Signs Decree Breaking Off Brazilian Relations With Axis Peru-Ecuador Dispute Hits Eleventh-Hour Snag, Periling Rio Harmony B7 the Associated Press. : RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan, 28.— President Getulio Vargas today signed a decree breaking Brazil's diplomatic and commercial refations with Germany, Italy and Japan. The decree cited the fact that Brazil, “faithful to the Pan-Ameri- can tradition, never has failed in immediate fulfillment of continental decisions” and therefore was fol- lowifig the unanimous recommenda- tion of the conference of American foreign ministers recommending the 21 republics break with the Axis. ‘The 100-year-old boundary dispute between Peru and Ecuador, which settled, stumbled on 11th-hour ob- stacles once again, threatening hopes for a harmonious adjournment of the 12-day war con!erenel Announcement of a settlement, made yesterday by Brazilian For- eign Minister Oswaldo Aranha, and the Brazillan break with the Axis had been foreseen for a festive wind- up_today. Delegates of the mediator nations still tried to keep the agreement, achieved in countless parleys with the disputing nations, from falling spart. United States Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles held an early morning meeting at his hotel with Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Julio Tobar Donoso and then rushed to| a conference with Alfredo Solf y Muro, Premier of Peru. The difficulties were said to have | arisen because of Ecuador’s dissatis- | faction with the text of a settle- ment protecol drafted last night. |Stolen Car Recovered— But Tires Are Missing The wave of automobile tire thefts, started by the rationing program, continued last night with | Donald B. Driscoll, 3534 Quesada | street N.W., as the victim. Mr. Driscoll's automobile was re- | ported stolen from in front of his | home and was found a few hours later by police at Twenty-eighth | and Jenifer streets NW. Four new | sidewall tires were missing. was believed last night to have been | tee. Celler Bill fo Allow Wartime Tapping 0f Telephone Wires Cutting In on Japanese Might Have Halted Attack, Says Legislator ‘The Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion and the intelligence services of the State, War and Navy Depart- ments would be given authority to | tap wires in the interest of the war program under provisions of a reso- lution introduced vesterday by Rep- resentative Celler, Demoerat, of New York. At the same time he issued a statement declaring the F. B. 1. could not effectively combat espion- age in Hawalii prior to the Japan- ese attack on Pearl Harbor because wire tapping was prohibited. Mr. Celler's resolution was refer- red to the House Judiclary Commit- “The Roberts report gives as one of the reasons for the tragedy at | Pearl Harbor the inability of .the Army and Navy intelligence services and the F. B. L. to tap wires, effec- tively used by the Japanese, par- ticularly by the Japanese Consul and consular agencies,” said Repre- sentative Celler. “In order to de- tect subversive activities and sabo- teurs, the tapping of wires and tele- phones as well as cables between Hawali and Japan should have been permitted. The prohibition against | such privilege was scandalous. | “Undoubtedly, valuable informa- would have been obtained had it been legal to tap wires, cables and telephones. Pifth column activities might have been scotched and the debacle at Pearl Harbor prevented. “In December, after Pearl Harbor, we passed the amendment to the Overman Act, which pe mitted in- terception of international cables and wires, but the prohibition still obtains against the tapping of do- mestic wires and wireless communi- cations. These restrictions against wire tapping have now been shown to be absurd and dangerous re- strictions on ‘effective counter- espionage.’” Why Not Smith or Jones? LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (/— | Bernard Willlam Butynski is tired of being ribbed about his name. He asked the Superior Court to change |1t to Bernard Willlam De Groot. Besides, he added, his present name | 1s hard to pronounce and,spell cor- | | rectly. | | Immediate development of four blood banks in Washington hos- pitals for victims of wartime inei- | dents was planned today by Dis- | trict civilian defense officials as a | first use to be made of a civilian defense fund of $70,000 or more | being raised among members of the C:emul Labor Union, A. F. L. affili- | al e Shortly after the fund campaign lw:cs h:nnouncefl by President John | r_of the C. L. U. representa- tives -of &'&uon presented to Commissioner John Russell Young, | civilian defense co-ordinator for the National Capital Metropolitan Area, a check for $5,000 from Local Union No. 26, International Brotherhood Central Labor Uni To Set Up Four Blood Banks ;)n's Fund has come to our attention. We ean make very good use of the money.” Other Bupplies Needed. ‘The money as it comes in will be spent for a wide variety of supplies and services which District O. C. D. officials say are urgently needed in the defense program. While the new blood banks will be reserved for wartime emergency service, whatever remains after the emergency will be turned over to ordinary public use, it was empha- sized by Commissioner Young. Dr. John Reed, ‘chief of emergency medical service for civilian defense, and Col. Lemuel Bolles, civilian de- fense director for this area. By HELEN LOMBARD. ‘When Ambassador Gaston Henry- Haye calls at the State Department the rumor spreads throughout the diplomatic corps and causes a flurry of uneasiness in many quarters. Cordell Hull lately has been receiving th e Vichy envoy more frequently, both officially in his office and in- formally at his residence. _ Knowledge o f these interviews has given rise to speculation among the dip- lomats repre- senting the Mr. Henry-Have. United Nations. Those countries whose interests are directly involved in the Far Eastern phase of the war feel particularly bitter towards the present French regime which turned over Indo-China to the Japanese at Nazi Germany's request and without 80 much as an apology. Vichy thus | furnished the vital base for the five- | pronged attack in the Pacific. It is well understood, of course. that the Secretary of State must be courteous to all diplomatic repre- sentatives. Both he and Mrs. Hull were careful to preserve the ameni- ties in their contacts with the am- bassadors of Emporor Hirohito. ‘The fact that Mr. Hull was patient to the last caused neither surprise nor criticism. But his violent re- | action, expressed in undiplomatic language when he found out that the Nipponese had been using the conversations as a screen, was star- tling to seasoned diplomats. It de- noted a Chamberlain-like trust | which bordered on naivete. Careful Not to Offend. Observers noting the increasing | cordiality of the Secretary of State | toward Mr. Henry-Haye are hoping | that he may not find himself calling the Vichy Ambassador undiplomatic | names in the near future. Up to date, there has been no in- dication from Ambassador William Leahy that Vichy may be getting | ready to turn toward the Allies and | | abandon the Nazi new order. There have been increasing indications, however, of State Department ten- derness as expressed by Mr. Hull | toward the Petain-Darlan govern: ment and- an increasing tendency not to do anything, even in matters involving military strategy, which might offend Vichy. The St. Pierre and Miquelon af- fair was one such incident which got into print because of Admiral Musellier’s spectacular action. It can be told now that high-ranking officers of the United States Navy knew of the presence of at least four packs of German submarines be- tween Cape Hatteras and Newfound- land and had reason to suspect that the U-boats were being supplied from the Vichy controlled islands. The Navy men were delighted at the action of the Free French. In the State Department there are two schools of thought concerning the Petain government. The younger members form a group which strongly opposes concessions. There is an older and smaller group— powerful because it is led by Mr, Hull—which believes in conciliation verging on appeasement. The young- er men point out that Mr. Hull's long years as legislator and poli- ticlan—both callings which involve the art of compromise—have ill pre- pared him to understand the un- compromising nature of the present conflict. Pursue Long-Shet Theory. Mr. Henry-Haye is making the most of Mr. Hull’s confiding nature and of his belief in reciprocal trade treaties as a cure for international ills, once the guns have been silenced. The Vichy Ambassador is encouraging the Secretary in the belief that his government, if suffic- iently nursed diplomatically, may some day contribute .toward ' the establishment of a better world on that basis. Everybody supports Mr. Hull's policy of no open break with Vichy. The theory is that even a long shot is weorth playing out provided the game is not too costly and that the line betwebn courtesy and appease- ment is sharply drawn. In recent weeks, however, there have been repeated clashes between the Secretary of State and other government agencies regarding poli- cies towards Vichy-controlled North Africa and Western Hemisphere possessions. Several have resulted in direct appeals to the White House, The Secretary of State has been over- ruled, to the great disappointment of the Prench Ambassador. (The Bell Syndicate, Ine) And in Nearby Area Affer §1,239 Holdup | Express Truck Driver One of Five Victims Of Robber; | A lookout was broadcast today by 1 police in Maryland and the District for the gunman who yesterday held up and robbed Homer Smith, 29, of 1245 Neal street NE., a driver for the American Express Co., in nearby | Maryland. ‘6unman Hunted Here‘MAaest;i Is Re-elelied £ New Orleans Mayor; Long Machine Wins Heavy Plurality Over Opponent Seen Blow At Gov. Jones B3 the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28.—The once riddled Huey P. Long political machine in Louisiana fought its way back to power in New Orleans yes- | terday with a sweeping re-election | pen to need. Lease-Lend Begins To Function in Favor Of the Unifed Stafes Multiple A. E. F.s Draw Supplies From Nations Previously Assisted Py the Associated Press. Lease-lend has gone into reverse, it was learned officially today, and America’s “6, 8 or 10” expedi- tionary forces are now drawing some supplies from nations previously on | the receiving end of the United | States aid program. In Northern Ireland and in the South Pacific particularly, officials | said, the British have been lease- | lending food, housing and some military supplies to the United States forces. The other locations are military secrets, but President Roosevelt said yesterday that the United tSates has 6, 8 or 1) such expedtions. ‘The process was explained to amount to a pooling of the resources of some of the United Nations, par- ticularly the United States and Great Britain. But legally the transactions are all lease-lend in both directions. Is Repayment in Kind. It answers in part, an official said, the frequent question of how lease- | lend articles were going to be paid back. From the first President Roosevelt proposed that repayment | be in kind rather than in meney,\ Whether the return payments will | come near balancing the books, | however, is something the officials | don’t know. Lease-lend cash expenditures an- | nounced thus far amount to about | $1,200,000,000, not counting a large | amount of supplies shipped from Government-owned stocks. Lease- lend appropriations amount to | about $13,000,000,000. | Lease-lend books were set up originally to show what repayments might be made from time to time, but such entries were small until the United States entered the war. Oc- casionally Britain got credit for some | | metals or other materials supplied |the United States. Now, the re- | payments are getting into sizable amounts. Method of Operation. Military secrecy prevents disclo- sure of many details, but it works something like this: Suppose Brit- ain has a surplus of ammunition clips or construction machinery that the A. E. 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LIFEBUOY HEALTH SOAP Free Lecture CHRISTIAN SCENCE LUCIA C. COULSON, C. §. B. Membér of the Board of Lee- tureship of The Mother Church, The Pirst Church of Christ, Scien- tist, in Boston, Massachusetts, &) In another instance, where the United States might be shipping lease-lend airplanes to England of a type needed by the A. E. F., the Americans over there could “bor- row” some of the planes from the British, and save the red tape of having the shipment made in two parts. Without lease-lend, the Army and Navy would have to go through all kinds of formalities to get or accept the kind of assistance they are get- ting away from home. For in- stance, it would take, literally, an act of Congress to authorize the A. E. F. in Ireland to accept a single airplane—even one made in this country—as a gift. in The Leland Jr. High School Auditorium 44th St. Between Willow Lane and Eim St., Chevy Chase, Md. Thursday, January 29, At 8 0'Clock. Under the Auspices of Christian Science Society of Chevy Chase, Md. No Collection All Welcome the ‘There will be five eclipses in 1942— three of the sun and two of the moon. | but not eritical. Vapor Obscured Victim. Pvt. T. B. Shipman of the police The school is best reached 1, 8800 block Wiseonsin Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., tation picture because its objective east on Willow Lane to 44th St. is to protect automobile owners sgainst excessive parking fees. At least $3.000 of the special fund | being donated by C. L. U. ‘wonkers | | will be spent to buy equipment and of Electrical Workers, as a first Mr. Smith had made a delivery on | payment toward the $70,000 prom- | | victory for Mayor Robert 8. Maestri, Elm street in Takoma Park and was | getting into his truck when the man | {ormer Long lieutenant. Mr. Dirksen sald when he intro- accident prevention unit said the | ised. Speaking of the fund campaign duced the bill its primary purpose is | motorman explained he did not see to prevent “profiteering” by garage Mr. Wells at the right side of the and parking lot operators. | track because steam vapor, caused Broad in scope, the measure would | by the early morning rain on the give the commission authority to|outside and heat inside the street- classify garages and parking lots, | car, covered the window except for and to fix “fair and rensomble:‘ the space cleared by the front win- charges” for each type of accommo- | dow windshield wipers. dations. Purther, it would require Mr. Wells, according to the motor- parking lot operators and garage man, did not come within the range | terested in politics. I recognize that | learn | rom childhood, just as you learn| owners to be licensed and to makel of his vision through the clear por- a bond or other security of $1,000 for | tion of the window. payment of any judgment for dam-! Mr. Davis told police he didn age to motor vehicles while in stor- | know Mr. Wells had been struck un- | for one purpose only and that is to | age !'til he heard the right front wheel The annual license fee prescribed guard of®the streettcar drop, fol- | in the bill is $10 for each capacity | lowed by Mr. Wells' cries for help.| of 25 vehicles or less, and $5 for | The streetcar, meanwhile, had trav- each additional capacity of 25 ve-|eled down hill over wet tracks for hicles or major fraction thereof. |an estimated two-thirds of s city Penalty for violation of regula- !bxock before it was stopped. tions promulgated by the P. U. C.| Police said Mr. Davis had been would be a maximum fine of $300 or |5 motorman for eight months. They imprisonment for not more than 90 | attributed Mr. Wells’ survival to the days. Schools (Continued From First Page.) closed, are in the Southeast sec- tion, three in the Northeast and one | be_a vocational school. | Dr. Ballou said completion of the | Kramer School is essential to the | welfare of children in Anacostia. | The building was 15 per cent com- | pleted when work was halted. The superintendent pointed out that steps were taken December 24 to pave the way for completion of the school s0 it could be used as a Federal office building during the | war. but he was not officially ad- vised of the move until last Friday. “1 find it very difficult to learn the status of school proi=cis,” he said. “I learn about changes long after they happen. I want to know what changes are going to be nec- essary and whether it will be a suit- able school when completed.” “It looks to me like there’s lack of co-ordination in the District gOV- | ernment,” remarked Representative | Randolph. “In this case there was | a skx weeks’ lapse with no meeting of the minds.” “I want to know, too.” Dr. Bal- lou continued. “what it is proposed to do with the boys and girls in Anacostia.” Mr. Maxton explained that in| granting priorities, efforts are being made to provide for school buildings that are “slow burning.” rather than fireproof structures. He pointed out that Federal workers in Washington | are housed in temporary ‘“paste- board buildings” which he said would “blow away” in five years. “There's a lot of difference be- tween adults and children,” Dr. Ballou commented. “We have the responsibility for the lives of tho gands of children five hours a day. The superintendent also stressed that in denying Washington ade- quate school facilities an imposition | was being made on its young people. | “We gchool people have got to help | train men,” he declared. The Education Subcommittee was asked to give special consideration to school problems here at the re- quest of Representative Randolph. He reported out at the outset of the meeting, which was attended by a &roup of school, Federal and District A | fact the streetcar was one of the old models with a higher undercar- riage than the new streamlined cars brought into service in recent years. A number of other accidents oc- curred during the night and early morning . on_streets wetted by an n the Southwest. The other would | ;’"'"“‘h‘ rain that turned to snow n the morning rush hour. May Have Fractured Skull James R. Norfolk, jr., 22, of 1314 Massachusetts avenue , was in critical condition at Casualty Hos- pital from a possible skull fracture suffered when his motorcycle struck an automobile at Third and E streets S.W., shortly before mid- night. Edna Kellas, 23, of 2903 Cal- ton avenue N.E, passenger in the car, was treated at Providence Hos- pital for facial lacerations. Her con- dition was not serious. Police said the automobile was driven by Mil- dred A. Glahn of the Calton avenue address who was not injured. Two Hurt in Collision. Two cars collided at Illinois ave- nues and Farragut street N.W. at 10 o'clock last night, resulting in injuries to two young women. They were Louise Miller, 17, of 4703 Geor- gia avenue N.W., who suffered lace- rations of the head and knee, and Maxine Marcus, 19, of 811 Decatur street N.W., possible fractured ribs, internal injuries and wounds of both legs. The injured were rushed to Casualty Hospital. Theodore Del Borrell, 23. of 6700 block of Fairfax road, Bethesda, Md., was injured when his car crashed into the center abutment of the viaduct on New Jersey avenue SE. just south of E street. The ambulance from No. 1 rescue squad took him to Emergency Hospital where he was treated for a broken leg and throat injuries. officials, that the situation “is seri- ous,” and that “the matter of prior- ities should be looked into carefully.” “We are face to face with a con- dition that is serious,” he added. "“We have 250,000 new people coming here and that means more chil- dren. We can't let our educational system break down.” Mr. Randolph said if all 27 of the schools either projected or under construction could be completed, it might be possible to allow Gov- ernment defense agencies to use 18 of them during the war. ). generally, Commissioner Young de- clared: “This is one, of the finest evidences of public support that yet | to hire technicians for development |of the blood banks, but Commis- also climbed in and ordered him, at| The clearcut majority given Mr. the point of a gun, to drive on. Maestri by the city's Democrats ‘When they reached the Agar road near Hyattsville, the robber forced him to stop and hand over his col- | sioner Young said that perhaps this | service might need $8,000. | Dollar-a-Year (Continued From First Plg!} it is a business you must ny other business. I am down here put this program over if I can.” Ready to Be “Goat.” He added that if he found the pro- | gram being impaired he would seek any help he felt would prevent delay. “And you are ready to be the goat?” Senator Brewster queried. “I'm ready to be the goat,” came | the answer. “I ize that in this job I have everything to lose and nothing to gain.” Mr. Nelson previously had ex- plained to Senator Brewster that, while he expected there would be differences of opinion from time to time, “there will be no friction, because friction means delay.” Senator Brewster asked if that meant there would be decisions in such cases, and Mr. Nelson answered affirmatively. Asked for his view as to how war profits should be controiled, Mr. Nelson said he felt no one should | make an ‘“unconscionable” profit, | but as long as this country has the profit system both the worker and management should have a fair profit. He suggested that, when {t is found a certain contract is lead- re-negotiated. Has Rigid Rules. In his defense of dollar-a-year men, Mr. Nelson told the committee he has 1aid down four basic rules to govern all such appointments. One of the four, he said, is that “no person shall be employed in any position in which he will make decisions directly affecting the af- fairs of his own company.” The other three are: No person shall be appointed on a dollar-a-year basis unless he is a | man of outstanding business or| technical ability, of unimpeachable integrity, and especially qualified for | the work for which he.is chosen. No dollar-a-year man shall be appointed to any position if with lections, Mr. Smith told Prince reasonable effort s man equally | Georges County police. After direct- qualified can be found and induced | ing Mr. Smith to drive on, the man to come here to fill such position | got out and was picked up in a car, on a regular Government salary which drove away toward Wash- | basis. | ington, police were told. Thorough Investigations. | Darrell P. Aub, District manager No appointment shall be made | of the company, estimated the loss except after a thorough investiga- | at $1,239. tion of the proposed appointee by Four robberies were reported to | one of the investigatory agencies of police from Northwest Washington. the Government. Adolph Reiman, Capitol Park, Md., “All things being equal,” Mr. Nel- | night manesger at a service station son said, “these men ought to be|at Ninth and I streets N.W., was ing to excess profits, it should be | brought in to serve on a regular Gov- | ernment salary. I wish that were | possible. You can't get all the help you need of the kind you need on that basis.” Mr. Nelson pointed out that the type of men needed have been earn- ing more in private industry than the Government could pay them, ‘ and have, therefore, incurred finan- | cial obligations—life insurance or mortgages, etc.—on the basis of that income. “Furthermore,” Mr. Nelson con- | tinued, “when we bring these men {in for this war effort, we are not | offering permanent careers to them. | In the very nature of things we are | offering them temporary jobs. So, |if we did not have any provision | for dollar-a-year men, we should in |every case be forced to ask these men to sever their old connections entirely to take a temporary job ;n salaries which might not enable | them to meet their fixed obliga- tions. Choice Would Be Limited. “In practice, then, we would usual- ly get from industry only older men who were independently wealthy and who could therefore afford to make the break, or those who have al- ready retired. I do not think the Congress oould approve the prin- ciple of such an arrangement, and I do not think the Congress would like to limit the War Production Board to the ranks of the very wealthy in the selgction of per- sonnel.” Mr. Nelson said every one of the 300 dollar-a-year men now with his board came at the request of the Government, and after careful investigation by the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation or some other investigating agency. Miller (Continued From First Page.) Reed also were out of the case), said, however, that a Federal employe could not escape the tax merely by another domicile. Among the controlling factors that could | determine domiciliary status, Justice Jackson said, was the relationship of the individual to “church, clubs, lodges and investments that identify him with the District.” Conversely, Justice Jackson said, “affiliation with the professional, religious and fraternal life of the community” from which he came must be considered in determining “what bridges have been kept and what have been burned.” down by the Supreme Court, it was indicated that Justice Miller is still convinced that he and his brethren of the appellate court were right on the domiciliary issue even if they didn’t have the last say. The literal construction Justice Miller put on the decision also raised & question as to whether other mem- bers of the judiciary might not examine their afiliations here to de- termine whether their claims of domicile elsewhere might not be prejudiced. 3 Justice Miller was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1937, three years after entering the Justice De- partment as special assistant to the Attorney General. In the interim he also had had brief setvice as a member of the United States Board While following the principles laid of Tax Appeals. A ) held up by two youths early today. | One of them had a pistol, Mr. Rei- | | man told police. | ‘The bandits took about $12, locked Mr. Reiman in a room and escaped. He later forced the door open. Woman's Purse Snatched. Other victims were: Mrs. Charles Fitzgerald, 83 H street N.\W., whose purse containing $8.75 was snatched by a young col- ored man as she walked in the 700 block of First street N.W. Thomas E. Sullivan, 933 Massachu- | setts avenue N.W,, who was grabbed from behind by two men on his front steps at 12:30 am, knocked to the ground and robbed of his wallet con- taining $6. The assailants escaped. Suelee Mungo, 32, colored, 615 N street N.W., who was attacked by | five colored men in the 600 block of M street N.-W., struck over the head and robbed of $35. He was treated at Freedmen's Hospital for head in-| Juries. Brifish, Burmese Engage Japs Near Salween River B3 the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 28— British and Burmese forces engaged Japanese advance units today in a region described as east of the Sal- ween River, principal watercourse of Eastern Burma which flows south into the Gulf of Martaban at Moul- | mein. An army communique which re- ported contact with the Japanese in | that sector said a number of troops of the Burma rifies and Burma frontier force had won their way back to the defense lines from Tavoy. That port region some 180 miles down the peninsula from Moulmein had been evacuated before the Jap- anese advance. In general the communique re- ported that “the situation on the Tenasserim (Southern Burma) front remains unchanged.” +The R. A. F. chalked up its first night fighter plane victory over Rangoon last night when a veteran British pilot intercepted a forma- tion of Japanese bombers as it swept across the city and shot down one with a burst from the guns of his Hurricane. The bomber crashed with its full bomb load still in the racks. The pilot credited with the victory pre- viously had 30 air victories to his| credit in the battle of Britain. Rangoon had s short air alarm again this morning, but no enemy planes 'ur‘ sighted over the city, | challenged Gov. Sam H. Jones, chosen just two years ago on & “re- form” platform. Gov. Jones' admin- istration has been seriously crippled by political sniping at laws he spon- | sored, many of which have been | found unconstitutional. Gov. Jones had entered the city campaign to speak against “dictator- ship” and to urge the voters to un- seat Mayor Maestri, who is serving out his sixth year in the office he| won in 1936. Swept back into office with Mr. Maestri was his entire city ticket of Commission Council, judicial and | other officials. The victory was a triumph for the all-powerful old regular Democratic organization in the city and for for- mer Gov. James A. Noe, once a Huey Long intimate, who broke with the machine in 1936. In 1940, Mr. Noe threw his support to Gov. Jones, after being defeated in the first primary for Governor, to help elect the chief executive over Earl K. Long, Huey’'s brother, who was backed by Mayor Maestri. ‘The Jones-loe combination broke down some months ago with Mr. Noe denouncing Gov. Jones in the current campaign. The complete unofficial vote from the city's 262 precincts gave Mayor Maestri 75652 votes to 49,623 for Jones forces rallied. Shirley Wim- T. Knoop 789, Voters used voting machines for the first time, and the election was noteworthy for it lack of vloleve. Horthy’s Son Reported Slated to Succeed Him B the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 328.—News- paper reports from Berlin sald yes- terday that Stephan Horthy, 40- year-old son of Admiral Nicholas Horthy, regent of Hungary, has been selected as the next ruler of Hungary. They said that after the admiral's death his son, now chief of- the Hungarian State Railways, will be made chief of state of Hungary. Delivery of Night Final Edition The Night Final Edition of The 8tar, with two addi- tional pages of last-minute news, is delivered through- out Washington and nearby suburbs, together with The Sunday Star, at 85¢ per month. This edition gives the latest developments of the day in International, Na- tional and Local news, with complete Financial Reports. Special delivery is made Between 6 p.m. and 7:18 p.m. Qatly. | Herve Ravivitch, around whom the | [lEAHAN [E SAl | | berly polled 10914 votes and John | ~ KIMBALL PIANDS To Make Room for Additional Stock There’s simply no warehouse space available in Washington . . . hence we must clear our entire second floor of pianos to make way for new models coming in. Every piano in our store drastically re- duced in price for this sale—reduced as they may not be again for a long time to come. Come in and make your selection while stocks are complete! SPINETS o CONSOLETTES GRANDS A Few Pianos of Other Makes Included 519500 LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS CAMPBELL MUSIC CO. - 721 11th St. NW. NA. 3659 Prices Start at 2 DOORS NORTH OF PALAIS ROYAL 1