Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1942, Page 4

Van Kleffens Begins Round of Talks on Dutch War Aid Foreign Minister Will See Van Mook, Australian And American Officials By BLAIR BOLLES. E.N.Van Kleffens, the Nether- lands foreign minister, arrived in Washington from London last night, heralding by his presence a showdown on the still lively question whether the Allies should make a major front of the Southwest Pacific war area. Dr. van Kleffens begins a round of talks with Hubertus van Mook, lieutenant governor general of the Netherlands Indies, and Australian and American officials. Dr. van Mook, who has been in America al- most three weeks, is a vigorous ad- vocate of large-scale naval and air allied action in the sputhwest Pa- cific. Dr. van Mook and those who think as he does are said to hope they can convince Dr. van Kleffens' of the wisdom of their point of view. The foreign minister has the ear of Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether- lands, and it is expected the queen can - persuade Prime Minister Churchill that the Far Eastern theater of operations is more im- portant at the present time than the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Are Left Unsatisfied. Mr. Churchill's speech in the House of Commons Wednesday on the war's progress explained his at- titude toward global strategy but it nevertheless left the men whose EVENING STAR, WASHINGION,, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. —Harris & Ewing Photo. interests lie with the Indies, Aus- tralia and the eastern Indian Ocean region unsatisfied. ‘The Australians and Indies men | are arguing that the war can be lost | to the Allies in the Indies, in con- | trast to the insistence of those who | follow Mr. Churchill that the war| can only be won by the Allies in| the West—in Europe and Africa. | Although the United States and Great Britain during the last 10 days have greatly increased their assistance to the Far East, more ma- terials have been urgently requested, ’ along with an improvement in the plan of supply. Point to Macassar Strait. The Far Eastern representatives stressing the immediate importance | of concentrated resistance to the | demonstration of what local naval and air superiority on the part of | the Allies can accomplish. ! Dr. Van Kleffens reached Wash- Ington by plane after a clipper cross- ing of the Atlantic. He and Dr. van | Langer Will Take Floor in Fight o Keep Senafe Seat Predicts Vindication Despite Committee’s Demand for Ouster By the Associated Press. | Nelson Tells Industry To Produce Now and Count Costs Lafer ‘Get the Stuff Moving’ By Whatever Methods, He Exhorts Executives Production Chief Donald M. Nel- Bengasi Withdrawal Followed Stubborn Defense, British Say Heavy Frontal Attacks By Superior Forces Are Described BY the Asscelated Bress. % CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 30.~The sudden sweep'of a strong Axis column around Bengasi, and heavi frontal attacks by “greatly. superior” forces compelled the Indian defenders of the Libyan port to wi w after, putting up a-stubbo) However, the Near East command sald British patrols in' the Msus area, 70 miles southeast of Bengasi, forced Axis patrols to withdraw after a brief brush. (An authoritative source in London declared all British forces were removed from Bengasi be- fore it was occupied by the Axis army, and military quarters there said most British ammunition dumps and supplies were de- stroyed before the withdrawal.) The forces of Gen. Erwin Rommel which advanced on Bengasi from the south last Wednesday consisted of two strong columns, both includ- ing tanks, the Near East command here said. Deploying “greatly superior strength in this area,” the British said, the Axis troops forced the Tth Indian Brigade to give ground despite its strong rearguard action. “In the meantime, to the east of the escarpment, an even stronger enemy force, which on January 28 had reached Regima (16 miles east of Bengasi), also pressed on and by nightfall established itself across the coast road of Bengasi,” the : communique said. “These converging attacks by greatly superior enemy forces made further withdrawal of our troops inevitable and the 4th Indian Divi- sion, which was covering Bengasi, now has been withdrawn northeast of the town.” A hot Senate fight over the seat- | son demanded in a speech last night | ing ot Senator Langer, Republican, | that American big business holding | Numerous British Prisoners Japanese and point to the course of of North Dakota, with the former | war contracts produce now without the battle of Macassar Strait in| North Dakota Governor taking the !stopping to count the cost. floor in his own behalf, was in prospect today after a declaration | by Senator Langer that he ex- of Election Committee charges. In a report yesterday, the com- | Mr. Nelson flew to New York last | night to “lay it on the line” before | | pected the Senate to vindicate him |more than 250 executives of rail- roads, heavy industry, and chemical and aviation companies at a closed Mook are the strong men of the | mittee said Senator Langer had for- ' meeting called by the National As- Netherlands, whose own government | is subjected to constant pulls be- | feited his right to become a Sen- | ator because of “continuous, con- sociation of Manufacturers. “If any of you men have war con- tween those in it who stress the war | temptuous and shameful disregard | tracts pending which are being held against the Nazis, and those who | for high concepts of public duty” ‘ up while you negotiate over terms, Taken, Italians Declare (The following two dispatches were sent from enemy countries. whose mo- tives in releasing mews are apt to be propagands. Axis claims should be credited only when confirmed by Amer- ican or Allied sources.) | ROME (From Italian Broadcasts) Jan. 30 (#).—Numerous British pris- | oners have been taken, along with ‘ considerable quantities of war sup- ‘plles, in the recapture of Bengasi ‘nnd pressure on British forces is maintained, the high command said emphasize the battle against the | and asked that he not be seated. The | or while your lawyers are ironing | today. Nazis’ Asiatic allies, Roosevelt (Continued From First Page.) on his 60th birthday anniversary | with & temperament and physique | well suited by nature and by ex-| perience. It is a temperament that | aceepts emergencies “in stride,” | group of North Dakota petitioners and related to Senator Langer's ca- reer before coming to the Senate. “I shall vigorously protect the | seat in the United States Senate 1o | which I have been fairly elected by my people,” Senator Langer sald | in a statement after the commit~ | ods, if necessary, and figure out bet- | tee's report was made public, 7 | “I have full confidence in the | Justice of my cause and, with the | original allegations were made by & | out details,” Mr. Nelson said. “get | in production now and settle the de- tails later. “To hell with stopping to count the cost. Start turning out the stuff and we can argue the terms at our leisure. “Turn it out by inefficient meth- ter ones as you go along—but get the stuff moving whatever happens.” Mr. Nelson emphasized that 1942 without panic or loss of poise; it is| knowledge of the falsity of the | 1 in the war pro- a physique endowed by family heri- | charges made against me, I confl- | qnt:,e fi;‘::uthi:um, lndustrll‘l’is?s | “During an attack on enemy posi- | tions in the Jebel area,” its com- | munique said, “an entire Indian | battalion surrendered to our troops.” | _The Axis forces of Gen. Erwin | Rommel were reported in s special | communique yesterday to have re- | gained Bengasi. Berlin Reports Dispersal | Of Enemy Columns BERLIN (From German Broad- casts), Jan. 30 (#).—British columns ght, the’ British |, ? i RUSSIANS DRIVE INTO DONETS—Moscow announced last night the recapture of Lozovaya in the Donets Basin of S8outhern Russia, after a 93-mile drive. Shaded area indicates territory re- gained from Naszls who, Moscow reported, were ordered to “stand fast for Der Fuehrer or be shot.” will be crowned with victory in the end and in that conviction we shall continue to resist the enemy with all our might. “Japanese military forces are occupying sections of the Philip- pines comprising only one-third of our territory. In the remain- ing areas constitutional govern- ment is still in operation under my authority. “I have no direct information concerning the veracity of the news broadcast from Tokio that & commission composed of some well known Filipinos has been organized in Manila to take charge of certain functions of civil government. The organi- zation of such a commission, if true, can have no political sig- nificance, not only because it is charged merely with purely ad- ministrative functions, but also because the acquiescence by its members to serve in the com- mission was evidently for the | purpose of safeguarding the wel- fare of ‘the civilian population and can in no way reflect the sentiments of the Filipino toward the enemy. Such sentiments are still those I have repeatedly ex- pressed in the past: Loyalty to | America and resolute resistance 2. There is nothing to report | against the invasion of our terri- from other areas. | tory and liberties.” | ‘There is nothing to report from other areas. Churchill and King Felicifate Roosevelt On 60th Birthday Dutch Queen and Ulster Prime Minister Also Send Congratulations By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 30.—Prime Min- ister Churchill sent President Roose- velt a birthday message and the United States executive’s 60th an- niversary was widely observed in | Great Britain today. Congratulations were dispatched to Washington by King George VI | and Queen Elizabeth. Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether- 1ands also sent a congratulatory mes- | | sage, as did Prime Minister John M. Andrews .of Northern Ireland. “Ulster has given a warm-hearted | welcome to the American forces now among us,” Andrews' message | said. “Your courageous and far-see- | | ing leadership will never be forgotten here.” Greetings Breadeast. The tert of War Department com- Britain's Mrst Lord of the Ad- munique No. 83, based upon reports | miralty, A. V. Alexander, broadcast received up to 5 p.m., Eastern stand- | birthday greetings to the President ard time, yesterday, follows: | in the name of the British people. Philippine Theater: The fol- ‘\ | “Throughout this country and in | lowing message from his excel- lands overrun by a cruel enemy,| lency, Manual Quezon, President hundreds of thousands of people| of the Philippine Common- have reason to thank God for the | wealth, was transmitted by Gen. day on which you were born,” Alex- | MacArthur to the War Depart- | ander said. g ment today: i “I am especially grateful oft be- | “The determinatién df the peo- | half of the Royal Navy for the ¢o- | ple of the Philippines to con- operation of the United States Navy | tinue fighting side by side with | in the war at sea.. We rejoice in‘ the United States unfil victory the magnificent defense of Gen.! is won has in no way been Communiques Troops Remember President’s Birthday The text of War Department com- munique No. 84, outlining the mili- tary situation as of 9:30 a.m. today, follows : 1. Philippine theater: Pighting on the Batan Penin- sula was light during the past 24 hours. There was practically no enemy air activity. The rival of fresh Japanese troops at the front and movements behind the line indicate preparations by the enemy for the resumption of a large-scale offensive. Gen. MacArthur today sent the following message to the Presi- dent: “Today, January 30, the anni- versary of your birth, smoke-be- grimed men, covered with the marks of battle, rise from the | foxholes of Batan and the bat- teries of Corregidor to pray rev- erently that God may bless im- measurably the President of the United States.” The text of @ Navy Department communique yesterday said: Central Pacific: Two enemy submarines appeared off Midway Island with the intention of shelling "it. They were driven away by the artillery fire of our garrison. ' One hit was scored on one of the attacking submarines. No damage was inflicted on the Midway garrison and there were no injuries to personnel. Atlantic Area: Enemy subma- rines continued to operate off Russians Reporfed |Only 70 Miles From Dnieper Big Bend Cavalry-Paced Soviet Troops Lash Through Donets Basin BY the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Jan. 30.— Cavalry- paced Soviet troops who struck lethally through fortified posi-" tions across the Donets Basin® operated today only 70 miles from the big bend of the lower Dnieper River, menacing Ger-. man winter lines clear to the Sea of Azov. A Nestled on the west bank of the, river bend is Dnleperopetrovsk, Russia’s 11th city, which fell five months sgo to the Axis armies of Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist after the defenders had dynamited . its $100,000,000 power dam. The Soviet Information Bureau- disclosed the strategic situation in announcing the recapture of Lozo- vaya, midway between the Donets- and the Dnieper, through a 93-mile advance, in which it said 25,000 Germans were killed in 10 days of fighting. Battle Trophies Listed. Three German divisions — the | 257th, 68th and 298th—and three regiments—the 236th Anti-tank,’ the 169th Infantry and a Hungarian ¢ cavalry regiment — were officially * declared to have been ‘“utterly routed.” (At full strength these would represent about 50,000 men.) Ameng the battle trophies listed - were 658 fleld guns, 40 tanks and ‘ armored cars, 843 machine guns,: | 6,013 automobiles, 438 supply trucks, * | 2400 carts and 2,800 horses. ? Following a Soviet Information | Bureau communique announcing | some 400 villages and towns were reoccupied in the advance to Lo- | zovaya. another announcement to- | day said Red Army forces operating |on the southern front liberated 30 inhabited localities in a single day. 35 Places Liberated. ‘The latest announcement also re- ported that on the Kalinin front, northwest of Moscow, “our units | liberated 35 inhabited places from | the German invaders.” Destruction of 12 enemy planes in |a fight for a large airdrome also { was announced. | Red army infantry rode even atop | tanks to the fighting zones, the government newspaper Izvestia said, | behind roving squadrons of Cossack | horsemen. As a result of the rout, | faltering German soldiers have been ordered by their commanders to stand fast or be shot, it declared. |Shriners Wil] Give | Dance Honoring Foleys The newly-elected potentate of Almas Temple, Howard P. Foley, | and Mrs. Foley will be honored at | & dance tomorrow night by the | Shriners at the temple, 1315 K street. | NW. Earl Whittier Shinn, past | potentate, will serve as master of | ceremonies. Mr. Foley is-also director of the Shrine Circus scheduled for Febru- {ary 9-14 at Uline's Arena for the | benefit of the Shrine Charities and | Activities Pund. { measures by our forces are in- tage with hardihood. | dently expect vindication on the floor of the Senate.” | He told reporters he intended to speak in his own behalf when the issue was debated. | Senator Langer was permitted to take the oath as Sepator “without | prejudice” last January pending the | committee’s investigation of charges | Today, at the age when men like most to look forward to leisure, Mr.| Roosevelt looks forward instead to his greatest cause and his hardest fight. ‘To give the chronology of a presi- dential day—even of a presidential birthday—is made difficult in these | should concentrate on this year's| production and not look ahead placidly to the big things th going to do in 1943 and 1944. The Government's production chief declared that one weapon today is worth two tomorrow and 10 next year. He reminded his audience that many of them probably have near Barce, 60 miles northeast of | Bengasi on the hump of Eastern €Y &T€ | Libya, and near Salum, Egypt, have Dutch forces have struck inthe | been dispersed by the German air | force, the high command declared today. | “In air attacks against Tobruk, :dlrect hits were scored on loading times by the fact that each span | of moral turpitude brought by North | sons in the armed services and that | installations and anti-aircraft posi- of 24 hours brings new momentous | problems, emergencies which permit | little planning in the routine sense | of the word. To say that Mr.| Roosevelt'’s day begins or ends with Dakota petitioners. | The committee contended that only a majority vote was needed to | decide the question of seating the | former Governor. Supporters of Sen- | every extra weapon they are able | to turn out now will aid their sons | to “lick the enemy.” A War Production Board spokes- man said today that among Mr. s definite hour is misieading. He | ator Langer, however, are prepared | Nojoon's hearers were representatives is on 24-hour call, if not on 24-hour duty. Today will be no different. | Rush Begins Early. | Generally speaking, Mr. Roosevelt | awakens about 8 o'clock, to be con- | fronted almost at once by breakfast, | newspapers, telephones, written re- ports and frequently personal con- ferences. For this purpose, his bed- room becomes a workshop and re- gardless of his movements through the remainder of the day he is sel- dom far from all the necessary facilities for receiving latest infor- mation and transmitting decisions. For information on military and naval operations, Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson, military aide, and Capt. John McCrea, naval aide, serve as| prineipal liaison officers to the Pres- ident. Frequently, however, he talks either in person or by tele- phone to the ranking officers of the | fighting services. Gen. Watson, who doubles as the appointment secretary, and Stephen | T. Early, his ranking adviser on public relations, meet with Mr. Roosevelt in his bedroom each morning to blueprint his day to whatever degree this can be done | in advance. Marvin McIntyre, another veteran secretary and ad- viser, frequently joins these ‘“stra- tegy” meetings. To prevent waste of time or ener- gy, the President’s daily schedules since war began have been left clear | of all but the relatively important engagements, with opportunity thus | provided for hastily arranged con- sideration of wartime problems.| Lunch is usually served from a| portable steam table brought to the side of his desk in the executive office. | Some respite comes in the eve- | ning when dinner is served in the | White House proper, followed per- | haps by & moving picture and al- | most certainly by a check on late ‘war reports or even by further con- ferences. | Even when midnight comes the day is not always ended. Punctioning in the White House s a communications room, equipped with maps and facilities for receiv- Ing latest news from the fronts. Provision has been made for moving information from this center to Mr. | Roosevelt immediately, at any hour of the day or night, if develop- ments warrant. | On Admiral Ross T. McIntire, trim | and jaunty Surgeon General of the Navy and personal physician to the | President, rests the responsibility for keeping “the boss” in shape for this rigorous schedule. Strain Shows, “He is fine physically, close to his best working weight of 188 pounds, and in condition to continue on the alert,” Dr. McIntire said a day or 80 280. To say that Mr. Rosevelt has not A | work or loss of sleep. Reporters who to contend that heis now in fact a | member of the Senate and may only be removed by a two-thirds | vote required by the Constitution for | expulsion. | — —1 felt and reflected the mounting| strain of his nine momentous years in the White House would be to fly in the face of truth and to exag- gerate human endurance, He shows it today in the deep- ening of the natural darkness under his eyes and of the sallow color of his skin. He shows it in the thinner | and grayer hair. In recent weeks, the presidential dentist also has found a few signs. But a Roosevelt quality which al- ways attracted envious notice was his ability to “bounce back,” to show a revival of his spirits and his physi- cal vigor after a stretch of hard see him most often and most closely can observe this quality today—in- variably finding him refreshed and almost rollicking at his Friday morn- ing press conferences, frequently finding him slightly jaded and fa- tigued during the Tuesday afternoon | meetings. Automobile rides into nearby ,Vih‘ ginia or Maryland are infrequent these days and never publicized. Trips to the family home at Hyde Park, N. Y., where Mr. Roosevelt enjoys most his role of landed squire, also have been curtailed. But on his 60th birthday anni- versary the President is playing to the hilt and without complaint his most important role—that of com- mander in chief of a major portion | of the forces of liberty. Senate Sends Greetings. The Senate, because it is to be in | recess today, conveyed birthday | greetings to Mr. Roosevelt. | Majority Leader Barkley told the | chamber that he spoke for every | | Senator in wishing the Chief Exec- utive continued strength and many years of “peace and happiness.” | Senator McNary, the Republican | leader, said he believed he spoke for | Republicans in both houses of Con- gress in wishing “good health and | happiness to the President now and in the years to come.” And then, amid the chuckles of his colleagues, he added: “May he reign uninterruptedly from now to January, 1945.” | The presidential term expiren‘ | Keith Morgan, national cmh-nunl of the President’s birthday celebra- | tion, annotinced in New York that| approximately 12,540 parties be held | all over the Nation and that cities in Canada and in 16 South and Ceniral American nations would join in the demonstration. ‘ Only in Honolulu were plans for | s celebration postponed because of martial law and the blackout. of virtually every principal holder of war contracts for planes, tanks, guns, chemicals and other weapons. He said that Mr. Welson stressed repeatedly during his informal talk that every month must be made a | peak production month in relation to available facilities. Sifuation Near M;Jmein In Hand, British Say B' the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, British defense forces battling a Japanese invasion column east of Moulmein have “the situation well in hand,” s British headquarters communique announced today. The communique did not locate | the action more specifically. The Japanese last were reported within 30 miles of the city, which lies across the Gulf of Martaban from Rangoon. The communique said fighting also continued south of Moulmein, where small Japanese forces were reported to have been engaged yesterday. One R. A, F. plane was reported lost in operations “over enemy ter- | ritory.” Japanese Raid Rangoon. TOKIO (From Japanese Broad- casts), Jan. 30 (#)—In spite of bad weather, Japanese army aircraft raided Rangoon Airdrome last, night, Domei said today in a report broad- cast by the Tokio radio. The report | claimed five allied planes were shot down. |Morgenthau’s Son Gets 0. E. M. Housing Post BY the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Jan. 30.—Henry Morgenthau III, 25, eldest. son of the Secretary of the Treasury, has been | appointed a housing specia! * i the | Division of Housing Co-orc nation, Office of Emergency Management, and will be stationed in Cleveland, it ‘;as Mlnnom'lced last night by the | He has been connected with the | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing | Authority. | Col. J&mes A Gil_lespie, Quartermaster, Dies BY the Associated Press. FORT LEWIS, Wash,, Jan. 30.— Col. James A. Gillespie, 55, quarter- Jan. 30— | tions,” the high command said. It reported heavy bombing of | Malta airdromes, day and night. | | Berlin Radio Announces | Promotion of Rommel | LONDON, Jan. 30 (#).—The Ber- | lin radio, jubilant last night with | the announcement that the Axis forces had recaptured Bengasi, an- nounced that Adolf Hitler had ap- pointed Gen. Erwin Rommel, com- | mander of the German Africa Corps, class. Reuters heard the broadcast. | Roosevelt Biography Printed by Izvestia MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (#).—The gov- ernment newspaper Izvestia printed tribute to the American executive’s “initiative, courage and determina- tion.” Recalling an interview with Stalin | by the English novelist, H. G. Wells, Izvestia quoted Stalin as saying: “Undoubtedly of all captains of the present day capitalist world, Roose- velt is the strongest force.” Izvestia said President Roosevelt “owes his high prestige above all to | the fact that he has been guided in his activities by the finest traditions of American democracy, coln.” | MacArthur in the Philippines and weakened by the temporary re- the East Coast of the United | to the rank of field marshal, second | by the | traditions of Washington and Lin- | causing heavy damage in South | the heavy blows you and the gallant | - verses suffered by our arms. We are convinced that our sacrifices * States and are reported as far south as Florida. Counter- Macassar Strai i Paper Lauds Roosevelf." ~ Lord Beaverbrook’s Daily Express | said the birthday *“concerns the | whole of the free world and con- | quered millions,” explaining: | “Their fortune in President Roose- | | velt's 61st year and for many years to come will be moulded by thiz man's character, the work he has | done and the forces he sways.” The Times said the President had given to the masses in all countries “a clear idea not only of what they are fighting, but also of what they | are fighting for and today their wishes go out to him in gratitude and hope.” New Babies Get $5 Stamp SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30 | (#).—Every baby born to an employe | of the Douglas Aircraft Co. will re- ceive a $5 Defense stamp from the | concern . Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: In recess. Appropriations Committee con- siders $19.977,965,000 naval supply bill. Agriculture group studies com- | modity price control. i House: Routine session. Judiciary Committee considers war powers bill, ‘Wood-devouring borer beetles are | Africa. Maryland and Virgini | in east portion late tonigl tonight. Repert for Last Mrlo;'r.:‘”"m". Yesterday— Highest, 37 at 3 ago. 39, west, 24, at 7:45 am. today. Year Record Temper Highest. 65, on January 15, Lowest, €, on Janusri 11, Humidity tor Last 24 Mours. (From noon yesterday to noon todsy.) Highest, 38 per cent, at 7: Lowest, 26 per cent, at Tide Tables. (Purnished nited States Coast awd. etic Burvey.) 1 master of the th Army Corps, died | Lo yesterday. He had been ill several | [oy ‘weeks. He became corps quartermaster in February, 1941, after being trans- ferred from Fort Bragg, 23 where he was post Weather Report (Purnished by the United States Weather Buresu.) 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