Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1942, Page 7

Fierce Battle Raging In South China With Japs on Defensive Chungking Also Reports Its Forces Increase Pressure, Kill 700 Men By the Accociated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28—A Chunking radio report of a severe battle developing over a wide area in South China was recorded by the Columbia Broadcasting System's short-wave listening station here. C. B. S. quoted the daily broad- cast from Chungking of the Chinese ‘war communigne: e “Today’s Chinese war communi- que, as released by the official news agency here, indicates that a severe battle is developing in South China in a wide area on the north bank of the East River. “The Japanese brought up some 5.000 fresh troops from Canton to Sheklung and Tseng Cheng in the course of last week. An expert drive in two columns was launched upon these two points on Sunday morn- ing. “By Monday evening the enemy | troops reached Bok Lo, to the north- west of the East River Tan. The | defenders offered stiff resistance at | every point, taking a heavy toll of | the invader, both in men and equip- ment. “Following the arrival of strong reinforcements from the rear, the Chinese command commenced a violent counterattack, forcing the enemy to retreat along the entire front by 8 o'clock yesterday morning. This fierce fighting has been con- tinuing unabated in the Bok Lo sector. i “Up north, the Chinese operating on the east Honan front are increas- | ing their pressure on the beleaguered | enemy garrisons at Kwaiyang. Last Saturday afternoon the Chinese re- captured two new points in Kwai- | yang's southern outskirts, wiping out ' an enemy detachment of some 700 men % “Yesterday afternoon seven enemy planes flew over Chengkiang in south Honan, near the Indo-China ! border. The raiders dropped no bombs, but machine-gunned briefly ! the open fields outside Mengtze. be- fore returning to their base in the French colony.” A.F. L. Jurisdictional Strike Delays Plant for Navy B the Associated Press. PONTIAC, Mich., Jan. 28—A. F. L. building trades mechanics today halted work on the new naval ord- nance plant of the Pontiac Motor Co., now 90 per cent completed. Victor C. Swearingen, State labor concillator, said he planned con- ferences later today to seek a settle- ment. The same group returned to the Job last Thursday after a two-day strike. That stoppage resulted from @ dispute over who was to handle the installation of machinery, which Is being set up as fast as sections | of the building are completed. | The A. F. L. Riggers’ Unlon and Millwrights of the A. F. L. Car- penters’ Union both claim the right to install the machinery. The com- pany has been using its own em- ployes, who are members of the rival United Automobile Workers- C. 1. O, to do the work. | Other A. F. L. unions sided in the | dispute, and today A. F. L. truck drivers also refused to enter the plant. Mississigpi Blue Laws | Upheld Despite Army Plea i By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 28—De- | spite an Army plea, Mississippi's 120-year-old Sunday blue laws re- mained on the books today. The House of Representatives vesterday voted 66-63 against a bill to legalize Sunday motion pictures and ball games. The action Kkilled the move for this biennial session. Proponents read the legislators a letter from Maj. Gen. Dan I. Sultan, division commander at Camp Shelby. urging passage as an aid to soldier morale. Opponents’ arguments closed with a plea by a minister-member, Rep- resentative J. D. Holder of Lee County. to vote negatively “for just one reason—it violates the law of Almighty God; it's morally wrong.” Stacey R. Woodward, Film Producer, Dies By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 28 —Stacey R ‘Woodward, 39, an independent mo- tion picture producer, died yester- day of a heart attack. Churchill Defended By Son in Parliament Debate on War By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 28.—Amid the voices raised in criticism against Prime Minister Churchill in the House of Com- mons today was one in his defense, that of his son, Ran- dolph. After listening to the long chorus of criticism of his father’s war leadership, Ran- dolph asked the House, “al- though this might not be a very good government, ought we not ask ourselves is it a very good House of Commons?” Young Churchill, a major in the army, is on leave from the Middle East. He is a Conserv- ative. THE PEREECT | this country,” | clared in discussing the role of the | civil engineers in the war. CIVIL ENGINEERS HOLD ANNUAL DINNER—Shown last night at the Washington Hotel dinner of the American Society of Civil Engineers are (left to right) E. B. Black, national president; Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold, U. 8. A,, speaker; G. A. Hathaway, president of the District branch, and Capt. Lewis B. Combs, U. 8. N, U.S. Must Mobilize Al Ifs Resources fo Win 'War, Engineers Told Army and Navy Officers Speak at Annual Dinner Of District Society Expressing the view that too much emphasis has been laid on our suc- cesses, and not enough on our re- verses, Capt. Lewis B. Combs, as- sistant chief of the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, warned last night that the United States must not underestimate the strength of its enemies. of the District of Columbia section of the American Society of Civil Engineers at the Washington Hotel, he said that a “complete, all-out mobilization” will be necessary to win victory. Pointing out that this is an “en- gineers’ war,” Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold, chief of Army engineers, declared that one of the reasons why “ultimate victory will be our is that our engineering profession is stronger, more progressive, more vigorous than that of our enemies.” Gail A. Hathaway, president of the section, presided at last night's dinner, which was attenede by about 300 persons. T. Keith Legare, | executive secretary of the National Council of State Boards of Engi- neering Examiners, was another speaker. “Representing the Rough Element” was his toplc. Engineers’ Role Discussed. | “we may as well face the fact, that, for a long time to come, there will be no ‘engineering as usual’ in Gen. Reybold de- “The demands of the war effort have taken. and must continue to take, precedence over everything else.” “Priorities are with us for the duration. There is also a priority on engineering talent, and the en- gineering talent of America is one of the greatest of our resources.” Capt. Combs outlined the func- tions of the Civil Engineer Corps in it had played in the development of the Navy. Mobile Bases Needed. Because of the changing require- | ments of modern war, it has been found necessary to provide facili- ties for the quick construction and operating of mobile bases. The Navy's Civil Engineering Corps, ‘he said, is now organizing naval con- struction battalions for this purpose. Prior to the dinner a reception was held for the national officers of the American Society of Civil Engineers. These included Ernest B. Black, president; Frederick Hall Ih addressing a dinner | NG STAR, WASHINGTON, another speaker. —Star Staff Photo. Henderson Is Granted ‘Authorify fo Rafion Retail Commodities Price-Control Measure Passed, Goes to President; Signature Expected By the Associated Press. Everything that Americans buy at the stores became liable to rationing today, and legal price fixing was only one short step away. The War Production Board dele- | | gated to Acting Price Administrator | | Leon Henderson full power to ra- tion retail commodities, only a short | time before the Senate completed congressional action yesterday on a much-amended price-control bill and sent it to President Roosevelt. Democratic leaders said they ex- | pected the Chief Executive to sign | | the measure, although some of its farm price sections wcee known to | be distasteful to him. He had asked | | for the legislation more than six { months ago, as a check against infla- tion. ‘ Living costs have risen more than 11 per cent since September, 1939, | Government economists say, and | parallel price rises have added sev- | | eral billion dollars to the cost of the Nation’s armament program. ‘ Henderson Retention Conceded. | The Capital generally conceded | that Mr. Henderson would be re- tained in the price administration | post he now holds'by virtue of an | | executive order. The added ration- | ing authority, given him by Mr. Roosevelt's approval, virtually guar- anteed that the name 'of Henderson | in the next few weeks would become a by-word in the kitchens, corner stores and offices of America. | | Further rationing, the W. P, B.| | observed, “seems inevitable.” | |~ Signature of the price fixing meas- | | ure will not necessarily mean an im- mediate flood of price-fixing order said one of Mr. Henderson's lieuten- | [ | | | | the Navy and reviewed the part that | ants, who declared that situations will be met as they arise. Relying almost entirely up to now ion voluntary arrangements and or- ders without the specific support of law, the O. P. A. has fixed price ceilings on 72 commodities ranging from washed cattle-tair hair to steel, —_— WANTED 1940 PONTIAC WILL PAY HIGH PRICE FLOOD PONTIAC 4221 Conn. Ave. WOodley 8400 Oidest Pontiac Dealer in D. C. Fowler, past president: Charles H. | Stevens, vice president; Gustav J. Requardt, director; George T. Sea- bury, secretary, and Hal Hale, Washington representative. Henrietfa Roelofs, Peace Leader, Dies By the Associated Press. NEW CANAAN, Conn,, Jan. 28— | Henrietta Roelofs, 62, president of tthe National Peace Council, mem- ber of the Y. W. C. A’s national board and writer-lecturer, died yes- TROUSERS To Match 0dd Coats EISEMAN'S—F at You'll be very happy with a living terday while she slept. | room decorated with TEXOLITE. Miss Roelofs, for 25 years a New Canaan resident, recently had re-| turned from speaking engagements in Buffalo, N. Y. | Born in Grand Rapids, Mich., she | | attended Lake Erie College and in | 1906 was employed by the Y. W. C. A. national board. During the last war, she helped direct Y. W.| |C. A. work in France. For somei | time after the war she headed the | board’s rural communities depart- ment. | She had been a director of the | | League of Nations Association, and | | helped organize the Peace and Dis- | armament Committee of the Wo- | men’s International Organization in 1931 in Geneva. | “She is survived by two sisters, | Irene Roelofs, Ashville, N. C,, and | Elbertha Roelofs.. Dalas, Tex., and a brother, Howerd Roelofs, Glendale, | Ohio. In 1941 the phonograph record 922 N. Y. 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Rommel’s Columns Stopped for Two Days, Cairo Command Says B) the Associated Press. | CAIRO, Jan. 28.—Gen. Erwin | Rommel's armored columns, which shoved the British back | 150 miles in three days, have been stopped for two days and, apparently, have come to an im- passe in their I.ibyan counter- drive, British headquarters re- ported today. ‘The communique placed the Brit- ish defenders on a 50-mile line from | Soluch, near the eastern shore of | the Gulf of Sirte, to a point just 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942. enemy columns at and about Msus itself were successfully engaged.” British Retreat Continues In Libya, Italians Say ROME (from Italian broadcast), Jan. 28 (#)—British forces are con- tinuing to retreat eastward across Libya before counterattacking Axis forces, the Italian high command said today. (The German high command made mention of further Axis advances.) Contact with the British rear- guards was maintained all day yes- terday by German and Italian armored units while Axis planes supported the advance with con- tinuous machine-gunning and | bombing assaults, the daily war bulletin said. Enlisted Man Saves and Buys $1,000 Bond BY the Associated Press. north of Msus. | FORT BLISS, Tex, Jan. 28— This was the same zone as the|Oscar A. Elizondo of San Antonio British announced Sunday, when | has a $1,000 Defense savings bond the communique said the Germans|to prove what a thrifty fellow can had pushed north and northeast of | do with his Army pay. Msus in a 40-mile advance from the | When Mr. Elizondo entered the Angelat-Agedabia-Saunnu triangle, | service he decided to salt away where a heavy tank battle was|part of his earnings. His father fought over the week end. Some British patrois still are op- lar for dollar. During each of his erating forward of that line, the first four months Mr. Elizondo re- communique said, and R. A. F.|ceived $21, but managed to put bomber and fighter forces are in-|$10 of it in the sock. He was agreed to match those savings, dol- | | Hershey, director of selective serv- flicting “great havoc” on Gen. Rom- |made a sergeant. His salary was mel's troops and equipment in day | increased to $70. He banked most and night assaults. |of it. Clear Picture of Fighting. | In due time he had $375. His “The situation generally remains 'dad contributed a similar sum. Mr Control Widespread. In all, about 35 per cent of the to- tal value of wholesale goods is al- ready under price control, as is al- most half the field of metals and | metal products. The scope of price control is en- | larged tremendously by the new | measure. Here are its principal provisions: | A single administrator s author- ized to fix price maximums on selected commodities whenever he believes prices are excessive and threaten the war production pro- gram. | unaltered and with the conclusion | Elizondo bought a bond with a of what may be the first phase of $1000 maturity value for $750. | the present operation it is now pos- His new goal: Another bond | sible to give a clear picture of the seven or eight months hence. fighting which has taken place A during the past week,” the com- - it st Death Held Suicide “For seven days highly mobile _ A certificate of suicide has been German tolumns have operated| issued by Coroner A. Magruder with skill and determination over | MacDonald in the death of An- | a wide area from El Agheila to|8€lo E. Robertiello, 40, Census Bu- Msus, the main axis of the advance | Fear clerk, who was found dead in | being along & road joining these his gas-filled bedroom at 1019 E places. | street N.E. yesterday. | “During this phase, the heavy going of the road caused by abnor- | Drive Opens Tonight To Raise $100,000 For Police Boys' Club Gen. Hershey, Maj. Kelly And Ernest W. Brown Among Speakers An address by Brig. Gen. Lewis B. | ice, at the Willard Hotel tonight will mark the opening of the annual drive to collect $100,000 for the Met- ropolitan Police Boys' Club. | The District Commissioners issued | in proclamation today urging public | support of the campaign. It read in part: “The club gives to thousands of | boys of the city an opportunity 1or‘ development, mentally, morally and physically, and tends to create in them the fullest values of citizen- | ship. * * * It is a civic endeavor worthy of the support of every resi- | | dent of Washington, and we urge our | residents to contribute to the Boys Club to the end that this service to the youth of our community may be | continued.” Appearing with Gen. Hershey at tonight's rally will be Maj. Edward J. Kelly, superintendent of police; Ernest W. Brown, former police chief and leader in the boys' club move- ment, and James E. Colliflower, for- mer club president. | Morris Cafritz, president of the| club, will preside. Details of the campaign will be outlined by Ralph Goldsmith, chairman of the cam- paign committee, and L. Gordon Leech, campaign director. Dr. J. K. FREIOT, DENTIST PLATE SPECIALIST Plates Repaired While You Wait 407 7th St. NW. 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HELSINKI, Jan. 28—PFinnish shipowners, who have lost 42 per cent of their total tonnage during the war, have appealed to the Gov- ernment to protest the confiscation of Finnish vessels by the United States and Britain, it was an- nounced today. Except as to farm prices, the mal rain, together with the fluid | levels between October 1 and 15, | character of the fzhting made it | 1941, would be used as standard. | impossible for us to concentrate in Before farm prices could be limited, | any one area and the operations they could rise to 110 per cent of | resolved themselves into a series parity, the average price between | of engagements between the en- | 11919-29, or the level on October 1 | emy's columns and our own, which | | or December 15, 1941. | have fought with equal tenacity. | Farm price orders would be sub- | “Exploiting his initial success on ject to approval of the Secretary | January 21-22, when strong columns of Agriculture. The admipistrator | Penetrated our light screen and re- | also could buy and sell commodities | occupied Agedabia, the enemy re- to stimulate production and control prices, and would have the power to check profiteering and hoarding. Mass Production oiffi'IOS' Howitzer Announced ‘The Army announced yesterday that its 105-millimeter howitzer, in the process of development for sev- eral years to replace the familiar World War type 75's, is now in mass production. 2 Possessing characteristics ‘of both a gun and a howitzer, the 105 was designed as a divisional light artil- lery weapon. Mounted on a pneu- matic-tired carriage, it is highly mobile, and its firing range is ap- proximately one-third greater than the old 75. Some of the new howitzers have been in service for some time, but | this was the first announcement that quantity production had been achieved. Prices Reduced ON USED, FL gained local initiative in this area. Air Force Co-operating. ’ “Enemy troops are in Msus and our mobile columns and patrols are in touch with the enemy on | a general line from Soluch to just | northeast of Msus with patrols well | forward to the south. | “Throughout the operations the co-operation of our air forces has | been magnificent day after day and also at night a heavy toll has | been taken of enemy vehicles. | “January 26 was a particularly | successful day for our bombers anc fighters, both of which returned again and again to the attack. “Great havoc was observed among enemy mechanized transport be- | tween Antelat and Msus, where | It You Suffer With ‘ | KIDNEY TROUBLE Headache. backache unusual thirst are | symptoms that point to kidney trouble For over 30 years physicians have el dorsed Mountain Valley Mineral Water fect from famous Hot Springs. Arkansas. | Phone MEt. 1062 for free bookiet today. Mountain Valley Mineral Water | ME. 1062, 904 12th St. N.W. 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