Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Slowly rising temperature; light rain, beginning late tonight. Temperatures today—Highest, 35, at 4 p.m.; lowest, 27, at 7:45 am. ma-m.qn-fi- Closina N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 18. .llhn Buresu :llfll’l 90th YEAR. No. 35,703. TANKER TORPEDOED; 3 MORE SUBS SIGHTED 10 P.M. Curfew Urged for Girls Employed in U. 5. Agencies Here House Member Offers Plan to Aid Efficiency Wilson Says Women Come to Work Sleepy, Without Make-up On By JAMES E. CHINN, A 10 pm. curfew for women employed in Government agen- cies in Washington as a means of increasing efficiency in the Federal service was advocated today by Representative Wilson, Republican, of Indiana, at a hearing before the House Public Buildings and Grounds Com- mittee. A member of the committee, Mr. ‘Wilson cited several alleged cases of inefficiency on the part of the Gov- ernment’s girl war workers. “We ought to have a curfew at 10 pm, for the girls in the Govern- ment agencies here so they can come to work in the morning with break- fast and their make-up on,” he said. “I think that might help improve efficiency in the Government service. “As it is now the girls come to work pretfy sleepy, go to a rest room to put their make-up on. That takes &n hour, Then it's soon time to go to lunch. When they get back they do about four hours work and go home.” Overstaffing Charged. ‘Representative Wilson also charged that too many clerks are employed by the Government, and said that in one office he had been told there were more than 100 employed while six could do the work. These clerks, he declared, were ordered to let the work pile up so the affice would ap- pear to be busy and the “boss” would have a better chance of advance- ment. A girl in the office of William 8. Knudsen, Mr. Wilson said, had to rewrite a short letter for him three times because the first two were full of mistakes. “Of course,” he xuml.sad, “she may have been a little woozy.” “Every girl who is out at night is out with some gentleman and some of these boys on Capitol Hill, don’t forget that,” Representative Hill, Republican, of Colorado, remarked. Representative Manasco, Demo- crat, of Alabama, another committee member, said he thought Govern- ment workers are wasting too much time playing horse races. “They look over the scratch sheets every morning and then place a bet,” he declared. “In the afternoon they call up to find out the results.” Civil Service Co-ordinator Quizzed. Criticism of the Government clerks came while the committee was questioning Winston B. Stephens, co-ordinator and director of training of the Civil Service Commission. He had been called before committee which is consi legislation authorizing an appropria- tion of $50,000,000 to provide needed public works in the Metropolitan Area of the District and homes for Government war workers, to discuss a report that temporary buildings might be erected near Union Sta- tion for the accommodation of per- sons coming here in search of Fed- eral jobs. Chairman Lanham held such a | plan would add to the already acute congestion. He said the commission should interrogate and determine | the qualification of prospective Gov- ernment workers in the field and | save them a trip to war-time crowded Washington. Mr. Stephens told the committe the commission does not contem- plate bringing any one to Washing- ton who is not qualified to hold a Government job. He said the Government is now recruiting Government work- ers throughout the country and had lowered entrance requirements for stenographers and typists to meet the shortage in Washington. Stenographers in Demand. “It is almost impossible to recruit enough employes, especially stenog- raphers, to meet the day-to-day de- mand,” he said. Mr. Stephens said the commission, in order to meet the demand, is experimenting with a preassign- ment training school in which per- sons appointed to stenographic jobs who are not up to the normal level of remnmments are given training. ks assigned to the training u:hool are on the Government pay roll when brought here, he ex- plained. Mr. Stephens testified that 81,000 Government workers had been em- ployed in the past 18 months, and that new ones are expected to come (See HOUSING, Page A-4) West Virginia Girl Dies When Train Hits Car BY the Associated Press. | CHARLES TOWN, W. Va,, Jan 30. —Loraine Staubbs, 19, of Bolivar, W. Va, was killed instantly today when a fast freight struck her auto- mobile on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad grade crossing at nearby Reedson, County Coroner G. P. Morison said Miss Staubbs, driving alone, had stopped at the crossing while an eastbound train crossed. When the first, train cleared the road, he said, she started across the tracks and was hit by a westbound train on another track, Mme. Bey at the ringside By the Associated Press. MORRISTOWN, N. J, Jan. 30.— Mme. Hranoush Bey, who for more than two decades housed and fed topflight boxers at her training today in All Souls’ Hospital of a heart ailment. She had been ill about six months. Mme. Bey was 59 or 60 years old, | | a son said. She came from Constan- tinople in 1898, the bride of Sidky Bey, Turkish diplomat to Washing- ton. She danced at the White House and sang in Carnegie Hall. “Then came- the World War, and her husband resigned rather than accept a transfer to Berlin, Left Capital for Farm. ‘The Beys left the gay Washington social whirl to try farming. That failed, so they accepted an offer to take over the health farm. Mme. Bey knew nothing about boxers or the training camp business flour- ished. Foreign fighters felt at home in | her place because she spoke six | languages. Among her “alumni” were Max Schmeling, Freddie Steele, Tommy Farr, Paul Berlenbach, Primo Car- nera, Lou Ambers and Gene Tunney, whom she called her ‘“polished emerald.” “It’s a wonderful life, knowing these strong boys, observing their moods and trying, unobtrusively, to e | mother them,” she once said. camp in Chatham Township, died | cooking, but she studied both, and | Che beni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n St WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942—FIFTY PAGES. «-vwi@ of her Summit (N. J.) training camp, where she offered her advice in no uncertain terms to famous fighters as well as lesser lights. —A. P. Photo. Her son, Rustem Bey, is police | chief of Chatham Township. Her husband died a few years ago. Suffered Relapse Tuesday. Mme. Bey spent two weeks in the | | hospital last fall for treatment of | the heart condition, but was released | in two weeks. She suffered a re- | lapse Tuesday. Mme. Bey’s training camp com- prises a large frame house, crammed | | with overstuffed furniture and gymnasium. On the walls hang pictures of ‘Washington soclety of other days. One shows a White House reception, with Mme. Bey standing beside President McKinley. She was happy in her role of parent and disciplinarian to boxers. Often her mezzo-soprano rolled through the camp as she sang arias of operas she used to sing for concert audiences. | Never Bet on Fight. Mme. Bey never bet on a fight. She confided that her one regret was that she never was able to make her trainers keep up their homework after she had buffed the rough edges during their stays at her camp. | Her father was Armenian and her mother, French. The funeral will be Monday at the camp with the Rev. W. O. Kinsolv- ing, pastor of Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit, officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark. | «Are you a parasite?” Presi-, dent Roosevelt asked the citizens | of Washington today. If you are, you are likely to be | asked to move out of the over- crowded Capital, he explained during a press conference discus- sion of proposals that residents not essential to the war effort should be requested to leave. For his measurement of whether individuals are parasites, the Chief Executive cited as examples per- sons are living here for social pur] and devoting full time to their enjoyments. Telling his press conference that he expected questioning on the subject, the President remarked first that if conditions are made uncomfortable for parasites are likely to leave anyhow. A | good many parasites are living in the District of Columbia, he added at this point. Reminded that there is a serious side to the problem of overtaxing District utilities and the ordinary they | President Wants ‘Parasites’ To Move Out of Washington Declares Those Living Here for Social Purposes | Should Make Room for War Workers facilities for civilian life, Mr. Roose- | | velt then suggested that a newspa- per story be written with the head- line and lead quoted above—“Are You a Parasite?” During the first World War the | President recalled that many men and women came to Washington simply to have a good time. In doing so they clogged ordinary liv- ing facilities and impeded the war effort, he continued. Referrinig to the suggestion of such removals, first made by Defense Housing Co-ordinator Charles F. Palmer before the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee yesterday, the President then em- phasized that the persons meant were those fully unessential to the war work. It was then that he gave his examples of families living here for social purposes and others here for the purpose of keeping children in school. Some of these non-es- sential family groups could be found in 20-room houses on Massachu- | setts avenue, he added. By contrast, the President cited as (See PARASITES, Page A-4) (Earlier story on Page A-1), By the Associated Press. The House paused today to pay its respects to President Roosevelt on his 60th birthday anniversary with speakers praising him as a wise leader and courageous fighter. Majority Leader McCormack of Massachusetts, declaring Mr. Roose velt was “one of the great men of over him and protect him in the trying days to come.” In the present crisis, said Repre- sentative Doughton, Democrat of North Carolina, Mr. Roosevelt has shown the “same wisdom, courage and spirit which has endeared him to the American people and never, in my opinion, have we had a more powerful leader.” ‘The Senate, not in session today, peid its birthday tributes yesterday. 2 House Leaders Heap Praise On President on Birthday From the Republican side of the House came a tribute, too. Repre- sentative Canfield, Republican, of New Jersey said that never before has a President carried such a bur- | den, and asserted that all America | wished him well. | Representative Cox, Democrat, of | Georgia said that “we all pledge 1 | our devotion, confidence, loyalty and | times,” asked that “the Lord watch | best service” and added: | “Fate has said to him, ‘I find thee | worthy. Do this thing for me.’” “We must follow” the President’s lead and “march solidly, honestly and fearlessly” behind him, Repre- sentative Jenkins, Republican, of Ohio said. From Representative Turkish ornaments, and 8 modern |. Democrat, of Texas came a state- ment that the President was “loved, even wonhlwefh by those writhing | because. under despotic heel M’"e- Bey, Once Socialite Here, Dies. Ran Camp for Fighters Gen. MacArthur Ignores Demand For Surrender. Leaflets Dropped Urging Filipinos to Give Up Battle (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) A War Department communi- que reported today that Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the loyal Filipinos under him had spurned a Japanese offer to stop fighting on the Batan front and surren- der to avoid further needless bloodshed. Propaganda leaflets signed by Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, commander in chief of the Japanese expedi- tionary forces, were dropped over the stoutly resisting American lines on January 10 and again today. An additional message to the Filipino soldiers, it was reported, appealed to them to surrender and build up & new Philippines. It added that “Gen. MacArthur has stupidly re- fused our proposal.” Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his troops, the communique said, ig- nored this message of the enemy which reminded them that their “prestige and honor” had been up- held. Appeal to Filipinos. ‘The first messages were dropped BENGASI CHANGES HANDS AGAIN—British soldiers raised the Union Jack over Bengasi on De- cember 24 after recapturing the Libyan port. Today London acknowledged it had fallen before the Axis counteroffensive led by Gen. Rommel's tank forces. It isthe fourth time the North African over the lines on January 10 and| DPort has changed hands. (Story on Page A-2.) now Japanese planes are redistrib- uting this leaflet, on the back of which was added an appeal to Fili- | | pino soldiers to surrender “before it is too late ” This new appeal also was signed by Gen. Homma. “Surrender at once and build your new Philippines for and by Fili- pinos,” the message concluded. resistance with loyalty, courage and resolu- tion. Reporting on information received from the commanding general of munique total number of 438 wounded in the Japanese attack of December 7 have fully recovered. These 230 men are now again on active duty. Proposed Truce Negotiations. The initial leaflets dropped on January 10 called on the American 1st and 31st Divisions and remnants of other divisions to surrender in order to avoid “needless bloodshed.” Failure to do so, Gen. Homma | warned, would cause the Japanese | to continue their offensive. The Japanese commander pro- | posed a cessation of firing during negotiations of an armistice. The text of the communique said: “1. Philippine Theater: “On January 10, 1942, Japanese airplanes dropped leaflets over our lines in the Philippines bearing the following message: ““To Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief, United States Ax}x?g‘:urm in the Far East. “‘You are well aware that you are doomed. The end is near. The question is how long will you be able to resist. You have already cut rations by half. I appreciate the fighting spirit of yourself and your troops who have been fighting with courage. Your prestige and honor have been upheld. Will Continue Drive. “ ‘However, in order to avoid need- less bloodshed and to save your 1st, 31st Divisions, and the remnants of other divisions together with your auxiliary troops, you are advised to surrender. In the meantime we shall continue our offensive as I do not wish to give you time for defense. If you decide to comply with our ad- vice send a mission as soon as pos- sible to our front line. We shall then cease firing and negotiate an armistice. Failing that our offen- sive will be continued with inexor- able force which will bring upon you only disaster. ‘“‘Hoping your wise counsel will so prevail that you will save the lives of your troops, I remain, “‘Yours very sincerely, “‘Commander in Chief, the Japa- nese Expeditionary Forces.” “Gen. MacArthur and his troops paid no attention to the message. (See MacARTHUR, Page 2-X.) Pictures Block Mennonites’ Plea To Leave U.S. B3 the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30.—Thtee Mennonite families reached an im- passe today in their attempt to leave their Lancaster County farms to be- gin a new life in thg Mennonite Mecca of Paraguay. They won't have their pictures takgn. It's “worldly.” Without pictures, they can’t ob-| tain passports. ‘Without passports, leave the country. Henry P. Pilgert, Paraguayan consul in Philadelphia, disclosed that the group, headed by Elmer Martin, 52, of near Brownsville, has applied for permission to join the Mennonite colony in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Chaco region. Mr. Martin said he wants to leave the Lancaster County soll seven flmfim of Martins have tilled - there's “too much - bossin’,” by the Government. they can’t L} NIGHT FINAL SPORTS eans Assoclated Press. —A. P. Wirephoto. Senafors Summon 'Wickard o Learn His Agricultural Bloc Renews Controversy Over Food Ceilings (Earlier Price-Control Story on Page A-L) By J. A. O'LEARY. While President Roosevelt was | signing the price-control bill to- | mittee announced it has called | Secretary of Agriculture Wick- | ard to a meeting at 11 a.m. to- morrow to find out what his policy will be in administering the four-point farm-price for- mula in the bill. Today's developments at the Cap- itol indicated the controversy over farm prices that marked the final drafting of the bill in conference is not entirely over. In announcing the invitation to Secretary Wickard to meet with the committee tomorrow in executive session, Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma said there was nothing antagonistic in the move, but “we simply want to find out what the farmer may expect the policy to be under the four price levels written into the bill.” Four Levels Set Up. members of the farm bloc have been by recent statements of Secretary Wickard, which, one Senator said, would have the effect of holding farm prices down below the intent of the formula in the Price-Control Act. - finally set forth four price levels that should be reachied before new citings would ‘be ‘applied under the Price Act. ‘They were: The average price as cember 15; 110 per cent of parity, or the average price level for the pe- riod, 1919 to 1929. In his annual report a few days ago, Secretary Wickard cautioned farmers that a high price policy might reach a point that would hamper the war effort, and restated parity goals in the 1938 Farm Act. | | Farm Labor Loss Feared. Scnator Thomas said today the | parity level would be 10 per cent less than one of the price floors writ- ten into the Price Control Act. The Oklahoma Senator said men are being attracted away from the farms by the wage levels being paid in war industries. Declaring that the industrial workers know whefe they stand through the labor-stand- ard laws and negotiated wage qlee ments, the Oklahoma Senator the farmer is entitled to lmrwlme he will m.nd under the price-control vnle&s the farmer’s position is safeguarded, the Senator said, the movement of farm labor into in- dustry may interfere with the flow of food supplies essential to the war effort. Mickey Cochrane Seeks Naval Commission ,| By the Associated Press. Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane, for- r and manager of the Detroit Tigezs, has ‘applied for a commission 0 the Naval Reserve, Policy on Farm Pri;es? | day theSenate Agriculture Com- | Indications at the Capitol are that | prompted to reopen the discussion | 'Henderson Says U. S. After long deliberation, the bill, of October 15; the average of De-| - his belief in the adequacy of the | “great sacrifice.” States Fleet. $260,000 a year., it said. Late News Bulletins Ecuddor Gives Peru 7,000 Square Miles RIO DE JANEIRO (.—Peru will acquire about 7,000 square miles under the terms of settlement of its long bound- ary dispute with Ecuador, Peruvian sources said today. Foreign Minister Dr. Alfredo Solf y Muro of Peru said the “solution satisfies both peoples.” Foreign Minister Julio Tobar Tonose of Ecuador, however, said his country had made a (Earlier Story on Page A-5.) President Calls In Military Advisers President Roosevelt called ranking military and naval advisers to the White House late today following a regular | cabinet meeting of nearly two hours. sultation were Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff; Lt. 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 Streetcar Token Price Argued Civic leaders and Capital Transit Co. spokesmen today argued a proposal to sell streetcar tokens at 3 for 25 cents, in a hearing before the Public Utilities Commission. The Federation of Citizens’ Associations made the proposal. Com- pany officials said the plan would cost the firm $190,000 to Red Air Force Smashes at Nazis MOSCOW, Saturday {®.—Russian troops took “a number” of populated places yesterday, the Soviet Information Bureau said early today. Soviet planes destroyed 139 motor vehicles with supplies, 6 armored cars, more than 40 wagon loads of war materials and 3 stores of materials, the communique added. A battalion of German infantry also was annihilated, (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) Summoned for con- May Rafion Coffee To Wholesalers _Expects No Change In Price Ceilings; Stock Survey Begun (Earlier Story on Page A-6.) Price Administrator Leon Hen- derson said late today that the { Governmeént may find it neces- sary to allocate wholesale coffee stocks and license imports in or- der ta prevent “maldistribution” of this commodity. the O. P. A. does not contemplate any major changes in the coffee price ceiling, but he announced an amendment which would sanction the addition of freight increases and marine and war risk insurance rates to the maximum prices as these increases actually are in- curred. g At the same time, however, de- creases in overhead cost would be expected '.o be subtracted for ceil- ing prices, he Mr. Henderwn ‘added that his office is preparing a questionnaire which will be sent to all branches of the coffee trade within the next few days to determine the volume of business handled by each firm and the stocks on hand. The obtained in this survey, he said, be used as the basis for possible import licensing and stock alloca- tions later. Sworn statements will be required to accompany the questionnaire when it is returned to the O. P. A. Mr. Henderson made it clear that | Kirby made one final desperate ef+ Automobile Tires To Be Branded Like Cattle By the Associated Press. AKRON,. Ohio, Jan. 30.—The Pirestone Tire & Rubber Co, an- nounced: today it would brand au- tomobile tires with motorists’ ini- tials to help combat thefts. “While the brand of three initials may not be as picturesque as the Circle R or the Bar X brands of the cattle range, it serves the same purpose by establishing ownership,” said the concern. Its dealers and stores are being equipped with a special electrically heated iron, so designed that letters can be interchanged in a few sec- onds. The initials will go on the tire sidewalls. Georgia Tainter Wins Miami Biltmore Crown BY the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 30.—Youthful Georgia Tainter, Fargo (N. D.) high achool pupil, who started no better than third choice, won the Miami Biltmore Golf Tournament today with & surprising 6-and-5 victory over Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, the favorite. At one point in the 36-hole finals, Miss Tainter held a 7-up lead. Miss fort and won the eleventh and twelfth holes of the afternoon round, but on the thirteenth her tee shot went bad and she lost her | chance. r. | British-American lifelines. THREE CENTS. ‘u U-Boats PIaced Near Cape May, Atlanfic City Another Repérted 180 Miles From Cape Charles, Ya. BULLETIN. ‘The tanker Rochester, owned W by the Socony-Vacuum OQil <5 Co., was torpedoed by an en- emy submarine off the Atlan- tic Coast today, the Navy De- partment announced this aft- ernoon. Survivors abandoned the eraft five minutes after she was hit and are en route to Norfolk, Va., the Navy said. This is the 16th ship at- tacked off the Atlantic coasts of the United States and Can- ada since the intensive sub- marine warfare began in coastal waters two weeks ago. Fourteen of the ships were sunk. The Rochester was built in 1920 at Sparrows Point, Md. Her displacement was 6,836 gross tons. =~ By the Associated Press. NEW. YORK, Jan. 30.—Three and perhaps four Axis subma- rines were sighted today close to the Atlantic coast, the 3d Naval District headquarters announced. The announcement followed a * naval warming to all ships and shore stations of the locations where the submarines might be b ¢ found. The areas given meant the under- * sea raiders were within sight of At lantic City and Cape May, N. J. w (At the same time in Wash- ington the Navy announced that the 7236-ton tanker Pan Maine, ‘Q‘ % ;. g - N w previously reported attacked by an enemy submarine, had reached an Atlantic port safely. The port was not named nor were any details of the attack given out) One position announced today placed & U-boat at 35 miles east of - Cape May, another about 20 miles ~2% off Atlantic City. A third position put a submarine <59 about 180 miles off Cape Charles, - % Va. This section of the coast has been the graveyard for more than nine ships in Hitler’s attempt to throttle & ' w r * Naval officials said they could not comment on any action taken by <& these U-boats. They said it could be assumed that strong counter-offensive measures « ‘were being taken. &' The announcement followed a re- port from Los Angeles last night that « Army planes had sighted and Navy planes attacked an enemy submarine without learning the result of the *“ action. On Wednesday Navy planes re- ported sighting at least one and VR possibly two submarines in the Gulf of Mexico near Port Arkansas, Tex. - C. 1. 0. Asks House Leaders %z . . To Dissolve DiesGroup .. Philip Murray, president of the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions, today transmitted to House leaders the text of a resolution passed by the C. I. O. Executive Board urging discontinuance of the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities. The resolution was passed unani- mously at the recent C. I. O. board | meeting in New York City. Declaring the record of Chairman Dies has been one of the “most sor- did and reprehensible in the annals of the American Congress,” the reso- lution said the committee was used to attack and weaken bona fide labor unions, and to “interfere and harass the President of the United States. in his conduct of foreign affairs and the establishment of co-operative relations with the Allies of this Na- tion.” 1f the House believes it in the na« | tional interests to continue an in- | vestigation of un-American activi- ties, a new committee with “respon- sible and fair-minded leadership™ should be established, the resolution said. * ¥ A 0 T Sl - Two Norwegians Executed 21’ BERLIN (German Broadcast) ,’ Jan. 30 (A.—A Norwegian lawyer and an electrician have been shot ' after sentence by a military tribunal ¢ » ’ in Harstadt, a dispatch from Oslo said today. Late Races Earlier results, Rossvan’s Com- ment, other selections and entries for tomorrow on Page 2-X. 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