Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1942, Page 5

Primary Dafes Set; IIlinois, Ballofing April 14, ls First Six States to Conclude Intra-Party Campaign On September 15 By GOULD LINCOLN. Tllinois takes the lead this year in thé list of State nominating pri- | maries and conventions for selection of candidates for Congress, with its voting set for April 14. The last primary date is Septem- ber 15, with six States balloting on that day, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey and Wisconsin. Preparations are going forward for the campaign which is to culminate in the election of an entire House, 34 Senators, 34 Governors and many State officers and Legislature mem- bers. { There has been discussion of the | possibility of avoiding a political campalgn this vear because of the | war, either by arranging for a con- | tinuance of the present Congress through agreement of the major | parties to renominate only those in | office or by calling off the elections. | Under the Constitution, however, | these elections could not be called | off. And certainly there is no dls-v position on the part of either party | to do so. Leaders Busy. Leaders of both parties, there- fore, are preparing for an active campaign. Representative Martin ol Massachusetts, chairman of the Re- publican National Committee, ror‘ example, is making two speeches this | week end in Ohio. Chairman Flynn | of the Democratic National is Just | as active. In the primaries and State nnml-‘ hating conventions the isolationist | issue may crop up. | Particular interest will center on the House elections. The Repub-! licans have been:encouraged by the | results of recent elections to fill va- | THE EVENING " BA’I'I'LESHIP SURVIVORS—-Bobbing in the water asa desbm) er came to their rescue are the heads of crew members from the sunken British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse. The STAR, WASHINGTON, British vessels were sent to the bottom off the Malayan coast by Japanese torpedo planes and bombers. —A. P. Wirephoto. (Pacific Clippers Fly {On Secret Schedules; | Service Stepped Up Important Passengers And Tons of Mail Sped to Outposts By WILLIAM CLEMMENS, | posts. bled at various west coast points, a sizgable mountain of material moves | across the ocean on the wings of | these clippers between the dusk of | one day and the dawn of another. No Festive Send-Offs. But the clippers which fly the Pa- | cific today are a far cry from the glisiening luxury liners of the air | which carried thousands of peace- | | { \ time passengers to Hawalii. the South | Sea Islands, to the Philippines and | China on the far side of the world. Gone is the bright paint and the ‘houday-spimed crowds, the clamor | for autographs of ocean-flying nota- cancies to believe that they will ain | correspondent of The Star and North ables, and the milling of news re- many seats—evi control. The Democratic majority in the’ Senate. however, is so strong that these elections won't change con- trol there. Many of the Democratic Senators coming, up for re-election are from the Solid South, where election of a Republican is virtually an impossibility. Of the 34 up for re-election, 25 are Democrats, eight are Republicans and one Independ- ent. The last is Senator Norris of Nebraska. C. Wayland Brooks of Illinois, Re- publican, is one of those up for re- election. A veteran of the last war with a Congressional Medal of Honor for exceptional brevery. Senator Brooks was a strong opnonent of the entry of the United States into the present war Primaries Listed. | The general election falls this year on November 3 The list of State nominating pri- maries follows: State. Tllinois . en capture majority | Date. April 14 American Newspaper Alliance. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30.—Swathed | ! in mottled camoufiage to blend with | the night and the clouds through | | which. they now do most of thelr’dfippfl! Every ounce of load and every foot | | of space aboard the big transports flying. the big clipper ships of the | Pacific’s peace-time air service are doing a yeoman's job of wartime transport. Although the comings and goings of the big ships are carefully veiled secrets, it is known that since the when war spread with lightning st s acress the western ocean, this pioneer airway has drawn the Pacific islands considerably closer to the mainland than ever before Flights, which were interrupted for only one brief period immediately following the attack on Pearl Har- bor, were actually trebeled in the first two weeks of the war. While no details are made avail- | able, either by the military or by Pan American Airways, the clippers | are shuttling across the long ocean | porters and cameramen. there are no festive send-offs, no | celebrated arrivals. Only those who Ihlve officlal business are permitted to visit the West Coast bases of the | are reserved for the swift movement of men and materials vital to our defense in the Pacific. Inquiries are courteously but quickly an- swered: “For the time being no res- ervations for commercial passengers are being mace.” Or, "no com- mercial ‘shipments are being ac- cepted at the present time.” Trans-Pacific clipper schedules, long a feature of the California press, are seen no more. No move- ments of the clippers are being re- vealed. The occasional and mo- mentary appearance of one of the gray transports, as it descends from the clouds to a swift landing at one of the predetermined Pacific operat- ing ports, is the only visible sign of their movement. | While no detslils of the Clippers’ From supply stores assem- | pre| Today | | | paration just in case the long |cloud mass on their important runs | expected “crisis” came to the Pa- cific. | Clippers and their crews have Indian Ocean, ‘lelrned by heart, every detail of China in touch with the outside innumerable alternate courses be- | world when all other means have | tween the mainland and thé islands. failed. | No single course is ever followed for an entire flight, and no two flights miles across the Pacific Ocean, are ever the same. }todly enabling Pan American's Departures Varied. clipper ships to render the same Departure times, though guarded by absolute secrecy, are deliberately varied. The flight plan is known only to the captains and necessary control officers. Once under way, the acutal variables of wind and weather and the Clipper's frequent change of speed, course and altitude | ecombine to make it practically im- | possible for any one to predetermine i a Clipper’s fiight path. | | Then, too, the Clippers fly “blacked- | out,” no lights, no radio, no position | reports, no weather broadcasts, no arrival or departure messages. But just as the now famous Pacmc‘ Clipper, cut off in the South Pacific . by the spread of the war on the\ North Pacific, flew home by a west- | ward course around the world, each | Clipper that leaves the United States is similarly equipped to proceed on ! orders which, if necessary, would take her across any of the seven seas. | In following this carefully-| worked-out procedure, the clippers ' are putting into practice many les- | sons learned by Pan American’s, China Co., C. N. A. C.. the partner- | ship enterprise with the China na- | tional government, which has sur- | vived four years of wariare in the | Orient. Through the hard school | BANKE P/ of experience the American and stamps. Ju Chinese pilots have learned to make BILFOLD. common enemy That it has on a new front. been successful is at its mooring in Hong Kong. Conservation of Paper Every citizen is called upon to see that not a pound of paper is wasted. Demand from every clerk that any unnecessary | | wrapping of packages or un- ry use of paper bags be dispensed with. Waste paper for paperboard is vital to the packaging of a great quantity of war equip- ment. Do not burn newspapers, but, when you have saved enough for a bundle, give them to the school children who are co- operating in the defense pro- gram with the parent-teacher organization in The Star's campaign for reclaiming old newspapers. prrency papers Pranklin D. Pehrson. Georgis mz from the interior of the continent | The captains of the flying |to the China 8ea and down to the which have kept | measure of service against the same | D. C, {FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942. Army Asks Canners. To Help in Developing New Foods for Field Packaged Rations That Are Suitable in Tropics, Arctic Especially Sought BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—The Army ‘has challenged the canning industry to perfect a ‘wide variety of new menu-material for men in the fleld and asks especially for packaged rations suitable for both tropical and Arctic operations,.: S before the National Canners Association Convention, Maj. Jesse H. White of the Quar- termaster Corpe, yesterday disclosed ploneering by canners in a dozen new food flelds for the Army and listed the things the supply depart- ment is most anxious to have de- veloped. i ‘The experiments include a pork sausage pattie, fried before can- ning; several liver combinations, in which the Army is keenly inter- ested; pork hash, corned pork and chopped ham: a concentrated soup stock or gravy, & Hungarian gou-| lash; a beef and rice combination, | and combinations of cheese and hacon or cheese and ham. | “Of considerable importance at; present is the development of a | spread for bread for use by expe- | ditionary forces, particularly to tropical countries,” he said. “This product must be able to withstand | | rather high temperatures, have a higher melting point than butter or oleomargarine and must be packed in tin, “The subsistence research labora- tory has been directed to develop a special ‘mountain ration,” suitable This formula, transported 10,000 fOF use in extreme cold, to be eat- en at times without facilities for heating, prepared from products and in containers not affected by freezing. Suggestions for such items will be gratefully received.” Suggestions also were asked for proved by the fact so far no ship canned chicken and turkey with a has been lost except the one bombed ' high broth percentage for hospital |use, a further - developed canned ! milk for field use and a method for canning eggs which will preserve texture, color and nutritive value EVENING PARKING AT THE CAPITAL GARAGE 5 P 6 P.H. 1 A M. Day Rates, 30c 1st Hr. 1320 N. Y. AVE, Car Care | By Ed Carl Unclaimed Animals Give | Gas on Stomach Arms Depot New Problem | _m sesean Dectors o for. Weo excess sour stoma B the Assoctated Press. BURNS CITY, Ind, Jan. Five head of livestock are roaming at large on the Naval Ammunition Depot's vast acreage and Maj. Paul | C. Marmion doesn't know what to, do ebout them. The Marine commander said they | were abandoned by farmers who had | to surrender their land to the Gov- | ernment for the depot. If the rightful owners don't claim | and identify their property within| & reasonable time, Maj. Marmion said, the animais will be disposed | of thus: ' a et e in the spring for wool for umw Sth & D Sis. N. W. AGSESSORIES, SUPPLIES INSIGNIA for all U. S. ARMED forms. | Two hogs—Ham sandwiches nnd' Mher pork delicacies. Two horses—added to the Marines’ | stables. One mule—Future uncertain. AusK —HUFNAGEL COAL CO. Better grade coals—neo higher price 2 Yards for Quick Delivery Ibs. to the ton B T R BLACK DIAMOND—Bitaminous Hard .fllrltll;ei. l':llll Smeke llt 6 MONTHS TO PAY AUTO REPAIRS FREE ESTIMATES © Complete Winterizing ® Expert Brake Work ® Factory Motor Tune up ® Body-Fender-Painting © Ignition Check-up ® Heaters- : Nut Size, $10.25, Radios-Batteries. VIRGINIA _HARD COAL 'll Sm Stove (huif Btore snd Pea)s 31000, POCAHONTAS OIL TREATED Low ash. highest grade bituminous. 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All reductions are on an Reward if Oregon and delivery of tons of United States | ships and their flight crews were Pennsylvania | highly “specialized flight techrique \mu and cargo for the island out- ' going through pnmee rounnu of 'as they moie from cloud msss to North Carolina Towa .. Maine North Dakita Oklahoma Montana __ Texas Kentucky Kansas Missouri Virginia ‘West Virginia _ Tennessee _ Arkansas Larry Allen, the A. P's veteran seagoing correspondent attached to the British Meditérranean Fleet, got back to New York on furlough a jump ahead of the story he wrote weeks ago Hescrib- ing the sinking of H. M. battle- Idaho Nebraska Ohio ‘Wyoming California Mississippi Scuth Carolina - Nevada Minnesota Vermont ‘Washington Maryland New Mexis Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire _ New York - New Jersey _ | ‘Wisconsin ‘ Georgia - H xDate to be set b\ an \ Committee. State nominating conventions will | be held in Connecticut, Delaware | and Rhode Island. on dates to be | fixed by the party committees of | east State. Hikers to Visit Virginia A 7-mile hike along Occoquan Creek in Prince William County, Va., will be taken Sunday by members of the Wanderbirds’ Hiking Club. it was announced today. Buses will leave frcm in front of the National Theater at 9 am. Missing Persons Those having information concerning persons reported missing should communicate with the Public Relations Squad of the Police Department, Na- tional 4000. Eva Marie Buckholtz, 23, 5 feet 4 inches, 120 pounds, gray eyes, blond | hair, operating 1941 light blue De Soto coupe, D. C. tags 77-658; missing from 1314 Pennsylvania avenue SE. since Monday. When | last seen she stated she was going to a hospital. Ted Page, 15. 5 feet 6 inches, 150 pounds, dark brown eyes, black hair, wearing brown trousers, darl maroon zipper leather jacket and a | black cap resembling that of a| chauffeur. Missing from Capitol Heights, Md., since Tuesday. Murray Owens, 85 to 90, colored, wearing black slouch hat, black suit with light pin stripe, carrying um- brella and red flash light; missing from 408 K street N.W. since yes- terday, ‘The strawberry had its origin in North America, traveled to Europe and finally returned home. ship Barham last November 25 by torpedoes aimed at the battleship Queen Elizabeth. from which he witnessed the attack. The story of the Barham, finally having cleared the British interval of strategy and then the censor in Egypt, arrived by cable a few hours after Mr. Allen got in. Here is the long-delayed dis- patch. (Story on Mr. Allen’s return to the United States on page A-4.) By LARRY ALLEN, Associated Press Foreign Correspondent. ABOARD THE BRITISH MEDI- Smkmg of Barham One of Most Spectucular | 'Scenes of War, Veteran Correspondent Says 1 1shaken by a series of blasts and | burst into a great mass of flame and then was enveloped by a huge | cloud of black smoke. | The air reeked with cordite | fumes. Immediately with the ex- | plosions I saw huge sheets of armor- | J plating, whole sections of the blme- | ship and the Barham's big motor |llunch flung hundreds of feet !nm | the air, falling with a loud smack | into the sea dangerously near '.his | battleship and the Valiant. The tremendous compression ol the air seemed to muffie the ex-| plosion. All I felt aboard this battle- ship, which had pulled away to about 1,000 vards distance, was a brisk {gust of air. Then black smoke qpresd over so wide an expanse of | sea that I no longer could see the | men or rafts in the water. Survivers Picked Up. | i COCKER SPANT female. 8 monihs rose st. Kensingto '“x.n T was the only correspondent to! witness the Barham's finale. I shall never forget how bravely it seemed to fight to stay afloat with four | gaping torpedo holes in her port- | side, but the great torrents of water pouring into her soon forced her | TERRANEAN FLAGSHIP QUEEN | From both sides of the Queen ELIZABETH. Nov. 25, 1941 fDela\ed\mlm”m destroyers steamed full- by Censor).—The British battleship f ;pu;egallnta ::“ os’mgee u;:' ;_"f.:::i Barham, struck by four torpedoes | ¢miSE BE SRSl tarted rm;" “"km'";“‘ 5“:',“” ';" texp:zged | picking up survivors and hunting | and sank within five minutes today | {ne sybmarine simultaneously. ofiihellinyai cors’s As the smoke drifted away, there | { huge cloud of flame and smoke in |ggrham, Within a few seconds of | one of the most spectacular scenes ] the explosion of her magazines, she | of the war. had vanished. It had happened so The blast was so great that it was | qujckly that it was difficult to believe believed the attacking submarine | ghat my own eyes had seen. may well have been destroyed by | Pive minutes previously, the Bar- concussion. ham had been steaming majestically | The fleet- was making & wide | pehind this flagship. Now she didn't westward sweep in search of AXiS | exist. convoys when a single submarine | Scores of officers and seamen of made a daring datlight penetration | the Queen Elizabeth who had rushed of the line of destroyers screening on deck from a tea-time snack stood the battleships. | helplessly as they watched the Bar- At a range cf 700 vards, the sub- | ham die i a matter of moments. marine fired its <alvo, apparently at The busy destroyvers picked up the Queen Elizabeth. Just at that about 500 of the Barham'’s 1.400 men, moment this battleship made a quick | including Vice Admiral Pridham 1 saw the Barham go down iIn a | go¢ nothing to be seen of the | 7ig-zag. and the torpedoes sped on Whippell, his secretary and 12 other. | to strike the Barham, which was fol- | officers: lowing closely in battle formation. | The submarine apparently passed In the commander’s cabin I heard | almost directly between the Barham | over on her side. Then she blew to | bits amid billows of smoke. It is also amasing, considering the | | explosion, that 500 men ecsaped | death. | found it hard to believe the Barham § was gone. When nothing but black | | smoke could be seen on the horison. | many of them remrked, “Well, wt cannot win all the tim “But it was tough to see the old Barham go that way.” thev added. “she would rather e fought it out.” Two hours after the Barham was gone, Capt. C. B. Barry of this bat- tleship told the ship’s company over the loudspeaker, “You will all be | | glad to know that approximately 500 | | were saved from the Barham, includ- | | ing the vice admiral and his ocre— tary.” | Then, as every man aboard nood silently at his action station, an < emotion-choked voice came over | the speaker: “This is the padre speaking. While \ we are thankful for those who are saved, let us not forget those who \ lost their lives, or, rather, have gone| | to & better life. . .. Let us pray. “0, Lord, nnnt those who hlve‘ {died thy peace; let thy protection | shine upen them—these men who | have given their lives for freedom. This was the simple, moving requiem for th= men of the Barham. | Their great ship, built in 1915 as a | super-dreadnaught, participated in ! the battle of Jutland in 1916. 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Execu- tive officers of the Barham ordered: “Abandon ship!” Immediately after- ‘ward a heavy list developed and the Barham blew up at 4:30. As the battleship Valiant veered away from the Barham this fia ship continued moving slowly east. | ward. The Barham was violently | Soon I could see hundreds of heads| . E | bobbing above the surface. Some | Order . . . ; Heol'lng BOILERS sailors managed to throw rubber | firing the torpedoes. | She was damaged by a German | It was s0 close inboard that thé | submarine two years ago. (The Ger- xplosion of the torpedoes forced it | mans and the French aiso said she momentarily to the surface. Some | was damaged in the Dakar battle in f the officers aboard this battleship | September, 1940.) But she survived | said they saw the conning tower bob | to carry her great battery of eight above water. | 15-inch guns into the battles of Cape Then came the tremendous ex- Matapan and Crete and numerous | plosion of the Barham's magazines, | lesser engagements before the fa- and several officers expressed belief | miliar waters of the Mediterranean | that the submarine, being #o near, | became her tomb. | must have been crushed by the un- OIL BURNERS derwater concussion. H end The General’s fi FLUID HEAT A 7 Floor Demonstrators While they last. An_ompertas re Automatic meat 5% On display at 139 12th St. N.E L. P. Stouart & Bro,, MlAJA.hCP.M. Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps Today Custom-Built GLASSES and EXAMINATION, 0 a8 plete . . . You can't .‘-y ENTIRE ?ad FLOOR OVER THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE Open Daily, 9 A.M. 0 6 PM. 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