Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news and sports are covered on Pages 1-X and 2-X of this edition of The Star, supplementing the news of the regular home delivered edition. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 11. 90th YEAR. No. 35,704. ch WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, ¢ Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION British Fall Back to Singapore After Blasting Island Causeway: Repulses New F Map_Ar'rhur Defenders Leave Malaya for Island Siege B7 the Associated Press. | SINGAPORE, Jan. 31.—The siege of Singapore began today with the withdrawal of weary British imperial soldiers to the island under cover of darkness, and the British commander in Malaya called on every man and woman in Singapore to help de- fend “this fortress until help can | come.” “Today we stand beleaguered in our island fortress,” declared a statement by Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, the British commander who rose from the ranks to command the | army defending this $400,000,000 stronghold. The British Far East command announced that the !2-mile cause- | way from the State of Johore to the | “island was breached, with the aid | The days are running out whether Singapore will be anot! the land side, where the Japane. and the world soon will know her Tobruk or another Dunkirk. Today’s dispatches revealed the British defenders had with- drawn across the Johore causeway to the island fortress. Note heavy fortifications on the seaward sides and lack of them on se are about to attack. of the Royal Navy and the Royal | Air Force, after the withdrawal of the British, Australian and Indian | soldiers had been effected last| night. The front yesterday had extended | across the peninsula roughly 18 to 40 miles above Johore Strait. Storm Saves Convoy From Jap Raid on Way to Singapore (Japanese front-line dispatches said the Mikado's armies had seized control of a mainland water reservoir serving the island of Singapore. (There seemed little imme- diate danger, however, that Singapore, like Hong Kong, would be forced to surrender be- cause of a water shortage. With dense, water-catching jungles blanketing the northwest section of the island, Singapore has two big impounding reservoirs as well B1 the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.— A tropical rainstorm saved a large convoy from a heavy Jap- anese aerial attack, Australian army authorities reported today in a broadcast picked up by the C. B. S. listening station here. “The convoy was carrying troops, planes and war supplies to Singapore,” the broadcast said, without mentioning the time of the incident. “Sixty enemy planes were circling "Bum Aim’ of U-Boat Reported by Crew 0f Torpedoed Tanker 30 Survivors Land in Norfolk After Daylight Sinking; Three Killed By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 31—A story of “bum shooting” on the | part of unusually polite German | | orays Forces on Batan ‘Frustrate’ Japs, Take Prisoners Again the hard-pressed little army of Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Batan Peninsula in the Philippines repulsed “deter- mined enemy attempts” to pene- trate its lines, a War Department ¢ommunique revealed today. | A laconic communique, dated |9:30 am., said that all such at- | tempts were “frustrated.” Some Japanese prisoners were taken. Fighting on the peninsula, where | fresh enemy troops have been ar- riving amid apparent Japanese preparations for resumption of a large-scale offensive, was said in the | communique to have been sporadic | in nature. Virtually no hostile air activity was noted. The communique follows: 1. Philippine theater. ‘There was sporadic fighting on the Batan Peninsula during the past 2¢ hours. Determined enemy at- | | tempts at infiltration through our | | lines were frustrated. Some Japa- | nese prisoners were taken. Practically no hostile air activity | was noted. | 2. There is nothing to report from other areas, | Surrender Note Ignored. Having contemptuously ignored a | demand for surrender, Gen. Mac- Arthur has held his American and Filipino troops alert for several days for a great new Japanese of- fensive. He gave no indication of where he expected the full weight | of the attack, but his statement yesterday that it was coming paral- | leled the predictions he had made on the eves of other major Batan engagements. | 1942 DO You NOTICE ANY NESS AMONG THE BOYS ON YOUR SIDE OF __THE CAPITOL? = /. DID YOU VOTE On HOW DID You THEY LOOK PLI WORE OUT. (1 CERTAIY DO! THEY GO AROUND MUMBLING HOW DID You VOTE \{’opr‘e ON PENSIONS FOR CONGRESSMEN?, Readers Prefer The Star ‘The Star’s afternoon and evening circulation is more than double that of any other Washington newspaper Its total cfrculation in Washington far exceeds that of any of its contem- poraries in the morning or on Sunday. ‘UP) Means Associated Press. THREE Curfew Sponsor To Ask Probe of Typists’ Work Letter Check Sought In U. S. Offices to See If Girls Earn Pay The number of letters typed by Government stenographers would be the subject of a check by a special investigating committee under a proposal announced to- | day by Representative Wilson, Republican, of Indiana, who yes- terday advocated a 10 p.m. cur- few for feminine Federal workers here, Mr. Wilson revealed his intention to ask such an inquiry after de- | claring the curfew suggestion al- ready had brought results in several | offices, with clear-eyed, fresh-look- ‘mz young women reporting ready | for work from the first minute He said a resolution calling for establishment of the special com- mittee would be introduced after a conference with Chairman Lanham of the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. Mr. Wilson explained the check on letters writ- ten would aid in determining CENTS. ON FORTIFYING GUAMP: HOW LETTING THE FB1 TAP TELEPHONES?; Patent Office Begins 'Capitol Hill None Too Serious In Discussing ‘Parasite’ Idea Senator Suggests Sleeping in Bath Moving Equipment To Richmond Today | whether workers were earning their salaries. He said he did not wish | it done by the Civil Service Com- mission because of that agency's close association with affairs of the workers. Favors Decentralization. The Indiana Representative also disclosed he favored mass decen- National Park Service Officials Study Further Decentralization With 12 trucks initially as- signed to the job, transfer of Pat- ent Office equipment to Rich- mond was scheduled to begin this afternoon. Officials said it prob- ably will take about two weeks to To Make Room for Defense Workers | Washington was in a hubbub today over President Roosevelt's | suggestion that “parasites”—people here just for a good time—may | be shoveled out of the city to make room for defense workers. Chairman Dies of the House Com-#——————— mittee on Un-American Activities|jeague, and all the big Pennsylvania promptly demanded that “those in| delegation of House members would authority * * * consult the lists I| pe willing to leave Washington alto- have made available from time to gether if it could conceivably help | time.” Residents linked to “sub-| versive activity” should be booted out first when the Parasite Commis- sion suggested by the Chigf Execu- defense. One Senator who would not be, quoted reported that 10 members of the Senate could give up their tralization, and urged particularly that the Agriculture Department be moved to the Midwest, where, he said, it would be in a better position to serve farmers. Mr. Wilson said an important War Department official called him to report a marked improvement in the early-morning work of girls un- der his supervision. From some feminine Government workers, how- ever, came emphatic expressions of displeasure over the curfew sugges- tion, and some girls said they were ready to resist any such plan. as hidden underground supplies.) The British said the Japanese made little effort to interfere with | the withdrawal to the island. | Battle of Singapore Started. The statement by Gen. Percival | declared “the battle of Malaya has come to an end and the battle of Singapore has started. “For nearly two months our troops have fought an enemy on the main- land who has had the advantage of | great air superiority and consider- | able freedom of movement by sea.” | The announcement continued: “Our task has been to impose losses on the enemy and gain time | to enable the forces of the Allies to be concentrated for this struggle in the Far East. “Today we stand beleaguered in our island fortress. “Our task is to hold this fortress until help can come, as assuredly it will come; this we are determrtned to do. about the convoy and were dropping their bombs when the storm broke and completely blotted out the ships.” A report received by the Brit- ish army in London said the convoy has arrived in Singa- pore. Japs Attack Amboina,; Opening Fifth Front In Battle of Indies Fighting Is ‘Raging Everywhere’ by Air And Sea, Dutch Say | U-boat crewmen was told by the | 30 survivors of the tanker Ro- chester when they were landed | | today at the Naval Operating Base here. The tanker was sunk |in broad daylight off the Vir- | ginia coast yesterday. The 6836-ton tanker, riding light, was torpedoed without warn- ing. The submarine pierced the aft portion of the ship with two tor- pedoes and fired 13 shells at the hulk. 3 | The first torpedo hit in the en- | gine room and trapped an assistant engineer and two members of the “black gang” there. Capt. A. L.| Clark said the three men were in- stantly killed by the explosion or | escaping live steam. Lifeboats Lowered. Capt. Clark, a native of West Bed- ford, Mass, was not “too amazed” or “too confused,” he said, because in the First World War two merchant day. | | yesterday, troops, directed at Tax Receipts Hurt By ‘Little Trouble’ in Batan, Official Says By the Arsociated Press. ‘WITH GEN. DOUGLAS Mac- ARTHUR ON BATAN PENIN- SULA, Luzon, Jan. 27 (Delayed). —One of the masterpieces of official understatement comes from a Batan Province official The temper of his warriors as the ' Leaf Tobacco zero hour approached was shown in | Virginia capital a communique issued late yester- air force leaflet raid of January 10 and how & new Japanese nnml] Filipino | “occasioned much mirth among the Filipino soldiers, who‘x | complete the move to the Export Building in the | _ The transfer of office furniture and It told how “Gen. MacArthur and files will be handled by the Public his troops paid no attention” to de- | mands for surrender in a Japanese | Bulldings Administration. All told. about 2,000 tons of office equipment | will be moved. The top floor of the Richmond building will be occupied first, and | this will determine the order of oving equipment and personnel | from Washington. All of the exam- |ining divisions and several other | units will be transferred to Rich- | mond. Approximately 1000 Patent Office employes are expected to make the move. Some have already gone to Richmond, and the others will leave | Washington during the next week or 0. Coe to Have Two Offices. The Economic Warfare Board, and the Office of the Co-ordinator of Inter-American Affairs, probably will take over Patent Commissioner Con- tive begins its duties, he indicated. Senator Davis, Republican, of Pennsylvania said he would be per- fectly willing to sell his home at 3012 Massachusetts avenue N.W. if !it's wanted for the war. He said he couldn't remember how ryany rooms it has. but he guessed about 12. He said he was sure he and Sen- | ator Guffey, his Democratic col-{ “He told me they came in looking fresh and rested, wide-eved, with their lipstick on, and ready to go to work,” the curfew sponsor said. “I have had other reports that en- courage me to hope that a curfew homes and sleep on cots in the Sen- ate bath. He said he would not ad- vocate it, but it would be possible to fire all congressional clerks, stop sending letters to constituents and quarter all members of Congress in their offices. Then all they would | !aW may not be necessary and that | have to do is vote, he pointed out. | the big majority of woman Govern- Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, former | ment workers will have the good -~ e | sense to adjust themselves to war (See PARASITES, Page A-2) [condmons here without being put |ul"u.‘!fl' a law ban.” “If I do introduce a curfew bill, the hour will have to be determined | after conferences as a result of a | hearing on the subject,” he ex- | plained. “If we do invoke such s |law, it must be one that will be | effective and can be enforced.” | Mr. Wilson added he intended to | watch developments and would welcome reports concerning office | conditions, including any instances | of work being permitted to pile up | to provide a show of being busy and | over-staffing. He said he would 'Wickard Goes Before Tie-up at 5 Shipyards Senators fo Explain | And Aircraft Plant iPrice Bill Policies Threatened by Strike Welders’ Strife Renewed; 720 of 1,180 Walk Out Committee Calls Closed Session Today to Get His “In carrying out this task we want the active help of every man | and woman in the fortress; there is | work for all to do. vessels were sunk under him by in the thick of a full-fledged war Starting his annual report, he B3 the Associated Press. enemy torpedoes. BATAVIA, Jan. 31.—The Japa- | L. J. Davidson, Little Falis, N. J., | nese have opened a fifth front | the chief officer of the t'\nker, owned | way P. Coe's office on the third floor. | Mr. Coe will move into a new office on the first floor, near the search Ideas on Veto Power By the Associated Press. | introduce whatever corrective legis- | lation seemed appropriate. Criticizes “Night Life.” At Tacoma (Wash.) Yard By the Associated Press. “Any of the enemy who sets foot | in the battle of the Netherlands| by the Socony-Vacuup' Oil Co. of | on our fortress must be dealt with immediately; the enemy within our - gates must be ruthlessly weeded out. “There must be no more loose talk | Island, site of the second most | and rumor-mongering; our duty is, important naval base In this|into the port side of the stricken &re continuing their resistance with | clear; with firm resolve and fixed determination we skall win through.” The Japanese thus had driven 350 (See SINGAPORE, Page A-4) 'IZOQM.P.H:rctic Storm | Indies with a furious assault | from the sir and sea on Amboina archipelago, and the Dutch de- “raging everywhere.” “This morning at 6:20 o'clock enemy ships and aicraft were shell- 1ing and bombing the island and the Netherland Indies high command wrote: “There is a little trouble in Batan * * * which has caused some difficulty in the collection of taxes.’ | New York City, related that two life- | | boats were lowered within 6 or 7 minutes after the fi'st torpedo struck. A second torpedn was fired | battle was raging everywhere,” the | vessel a few moments later. | clared today the fighting was| Then the sub came to the surface | and hurled 13 shells, several of them | missing their target, Mr. Davidson | said, because the “Germans were bum shooters.” Sub’s Crew Polite. | loyalty, courage and resolution.” Addressed to Gen. MacArthur, the | | surrender note said in part: | “You are well aware that you are doomed. The end is near. The| question is how long you will be able | to resist. You have already cut | rations by half. I appreciate the room. He will also have an office in Richmond, dividing his time between the two cities. National Park Service officials re- vealed today that studies are being made to determine the possibility of a further decentralization of its ac- tivities. Transfer of the Park Serv- ice to Chicago was called for in the decentralization program announced by Budget Director Harold B. Smith late in December. Luray Facilities Studied. Current studies include a survey of housing facilities at Luray, Va. The curfew was advocated by Mr. Wilson at a hearing before the Pub- lic Buildings and Grounds Commit- tee. at which he indicated that night life in Washington was too much for the Government girls— Farm State Senators brushed TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 31— aside President Roosevelt's crit- More than 720 of the 1,180 icism of agricultural provisions welders employed at the Tacoma of the price-control law and yard of the Seattle-Tacoma | called on Secretary of Agricul-| Shipbuilding Corp. were idle to- | ture Wickard today for a state- day in renewed strife between | ment of his policies under the the independent welders and measure. | A. F. L. unions with which they teThe Senm'S ggzic‘gmr;v cfims‘; | have been affiliated. e SumMmMmOone retary ickal testify at a closed session this morn- | The evening shift of welders re- ing in connection with his recent | fused to work last night because statements that farm prices ought | nine of their number yhad been | not to go much over parity. dismissed for failing to pay dues that they came to work in the morning “weozy,” without break- fast and the conventional makeup, and took working time to apply cos- metics while at the office. The Buildings and Grounds Com= mittee has under consideration two bills authorizing an appropriation of $50,000,000 to relieve Washing- “Even though they couldn't, they | fighting spirit of yourself and your sure were polite,” Mr. Davidson said, | troops, who have been fighting with “for when the sub started shelling | courage. Your prestige and honor }the ship we were between the two | have been upheld. | vessels and in the line of fire. The| “However, in order to avoid need- submarine waved us away and some | less bloodshed * * * you are ad- one on her shouted in English ‘get | vised to surrender.” out of the way. We are going to (The German radio broadcast fire.’” dispatches from Tokio acknowl- Two men were slightly injured| ing that Japanase assault forces when the first torpedo struck. A| were being “held back” by Ameri- wiper was on his way down into the| can-Filipino troops manning engine room and was scalded by Damages keland Base B7 the Associated Press. HEADQUARTERS, ICELAND BASE COMMAND, Jan. 16 (De- layed).—An Arctic storm which reached a velocity of 120 miles an - hour lashed Iceland yesterday for 12 hours and did as much damage to property as a squadron of Stukas No lives were lost in the American * garrison, but scores of soldiers were | treated for cuts and bruises. Every announced in a communique. ‘The high command also reported ‘!hat a Dutch warship, keeping up | the Netherlands schedule of hitting the Japanese fleet and merchant | ships at & one-a-day clip, destroyed | a Japanese submarine in Indies waters by depth charges. (Eleven Japanese planes at- tacked Bulolo and Halamaua, on the island of New Guinea, at noon, Australian War Minister | In signing the price control bill })}::?:n“:lr';?n_“'z;? c.s;?,:n::;:_‘ yesterday, President Roosevelt sald | cated that enough housing is avail- ] that there was real danger in a pro- | able at Luray to accommodate a | vision which prevents the fixing of | small group of employes. Also | Cellings on agriculture products be- | under consideration is the possibil- | 0% 110 per cent of parity, a basic ity of transferring some Washing- price calculated to give hrmersl ton personnel to the regional head- | ®quality in purchasing power with | quarters of the Park Service at Others- Richmond. | Gillette Opposes Change. The Park Service has approxi- | _Although the President said that, mately 6200 employes. Of these | if need be, Congress could be asked | ton’s acute housing shortage by building homes for Government | workers and providing the necessary of the Tacoma Welders and Burn- | public works for the newcomers. ers’ Council, said “graveyard” and Mr. Wilson said he personally be- day shift crews had voted, 579 lieved the housing shortage could to 14, to support their action. The | be alleviated if the people of Wash- midnight shift refused to work this | ington opened up their homes to morning. | the war workers. In addition, the walkout threat-' “T wouldn't feel patriotic with an ened production at five Seattle ship- | extra bedroom in my house” he yards and the huge Boeing aircraft declared to the A. F. L. Boilermakers' Union. Charles L. Brinkerhoff, secretary man'was turned out to lash and se- cure: Nissen huts and tie down sen- try boxes. Boief flerce gusts plucked the mofs off warehouses, capsized huts occupied by American and British acldiers and blew down a good-sized church. Several merchant ships were - blown onto islands in the harbor of Reykjavik. Reading at Home It is the habit of the great majority of Washington people to read The Star in their homes every evening to get the full news of the day. The Evening Star has more than double the afternoon circulation (not including noon editions) of any other ‘Washington newspaper. The circulation of The Sun- day Star is tar greater in Washington and its suburbs than that of any other Sun- day newspaper. Yesterday’s Circulation The Evening Star Friday, Jan. 30, 1942, *185,127 Friday, Jan. 31, 1941, *167,054 Increase 18,073 Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star. 2d Newspaper _ 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper *Returns from newsstands not dedueted @A'r ™o smbles included. Francis M. Forde announced. There were no further details.) Earth Is Scorched. The Dutch tersely announced that | once again they had destroyed vital points in Amboina and vicinity, carrying out ‘on another island the | declared policy of putting to the torch or blasting their riches to keep‘ them from falling to the Japanese. Similar destruction was done to oil | |and other items when the Japanese | invaded the Celebes, Tarakan Island, i off Northeast Borneo, and even be- fore the Japanese sailed against the important oil port of Balik P#pan {on the east coast of Borneo. The i Japanese also have invaded the west | | coast of Borneo, landing troops at | | Pemangkat. | The Dutch announcement re- vealed they had shadowed for sev- eral days the Japanese convoy sent | against Amboina and that on Thurs- | day it became clear just where the attack would be made. Attack Began Yesterday. “The attack began early Friday morning with air attacks,” the com- | | munique, distributed by Aneta, Dutch } | news service, continued. | “From 7:45 am. until 9:45 am. | bombers, protected by fghters, (See DUTCH, Page A-3) Quarter of Copenhagen Is Reported Burned By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 31.—The Rome radio, quoting dispatches from Stockholm, said today that a quar- ter of Copenhagen, the capital of | German - occupied Denmark, had been destroyed by fire. The dispatch did not bring out whether the fire was started acci- dentally, by incendiarism or attacks of British bombers which have been ‘lidin; Danish military objectives. steam and a seaman was injured when he was thrown out of his bunk by the concussion. The skipper said he did not believe the submarine was large enough to cross the ocean, operate off the At- lantic Coast and return to its home port. He would not comment, how- ever, on the chances that a mother ship is being maintained for U-boats, Dead and Injured. ‘The 5th Naval District public re- lations office listed the dead men as: Joseph Sutherland, third assistant engineer, San Francisco; Arthur J. gflggs, ordinary seaman, Beaumont, strong positions in the Batan Peninsula mountains.) ‘War Risk Insurance Rates Cut. Along with Gen. MacArthur's staunch defense came an improved Allied naval position in the Pacific, indicated in a decision of marine underwriters to cut cargo war risk insurance rates on shipments from the United States to southern Aus- tralian ports from 7% per cent to 6 per cent, effective today. I‘ Pacific Coast cargo war risk rates were cut from three-quarters of 1 per cent to one-half of 1 per eent for the area from Puget Sound to only about 300 are in W: A further decentralization of its activities might make unnecessary the complete transfer of the agency | to Chicago. Even if present studies prove the decentralization plan to be practi cable, the policy to be followed would be subject to determination by Secretary Ickes, officials ex- plained. Ecuador Breaks With Axis QUITO, Ecuador, Jan. 31 (#).— Ecuador ysterday formally broke off '(See ROCHESTER, Page A-3) (See MACARTHUR, Page A-4) diplomatic relations with Germany, Italy and Japan. By LELAND STOWE, Foreign Correspondent of Th Chicago Daily News. RANGOON, Jan. 31 —Because one of the most decisive series of blows to the Japanese air force has been dealt by the “Flying Tigers,” the American flyers of the A. V. G. (American Volunteer Group) of the Chinese air force operating in Burma, and because these overnight veterans have hung up one of the most brilliant fighter squadron re- cords anywhere since World War II began it might interest readers at home to know how the Americans write up their own record of these engagements. Here are a few excerpts from the American pilots’ combat reports told in direct, unadorned airmen’s lan- guage and just as they were scratched out on report sheets in- side tents on home airfields here im- mediately after the pilots returned from knocking the daylights out of the Japanese. “January 8. Took off and flew, bearing to Mesoht, Thailand. M— leading s four-plane formatfia. At- and jtack made from into sun. Six planes spotted in line. Were set on fire during first three runs. Other planes were no doubt damaged but did not burn at once. There were eight burning when we left. I lost sight of M—— during the attack and never did pick him up again.| Returned at 1:30 in the afternoon.” Signed by flight leader from Waseca, Minn. Another Report on Same Attack. This refers to a daylight strafing | raid on a Jap air base just over the Thatland border, and the following report is another angle on the same operation. “The planes were lined up. I made three passes down the main line. M—— made two passes and went down. Smoke and fire from the burning craft was bad so I turned perpendicular to the line and made passes on a craft which was not ablaze. My fourth and fifth runs fired one ship off each main line not yet ablaze. My sixth and last run was on the only re- maining It was di 1 was the last to leave of Yankee Flyers’ Unadorned Reports Tell 'How They Knock Japs Out of Burma Skies action.” Pilot from Statesboro, Ga. January 9. Regarding another A. V. G. daylight raid on Tak, also a Jap airbase across the Thailand border. “I made my attack out of the sun and as I was diving I noticed tracer | bullets going past my right wing. I looked down my sight and saw a compact group of about 20 soldiers firing up at me. So I let them have a two-second burst. The last I saw they were well dispersed. I continued my dive across the fleld and raked all the tents in my line of flight. On my second attack I mistook a truck for a plane and strafed it. As I left the strafing 3one I saw two distinct fires. During the entire attack I did not see any enemy aircraft. I re- turned in company with four Toma- hawks and five Buffaloes.” The flight leader of the second A. V. G. pursuit squadron from Perth Amboy, N: J. Californian Gets ‘Several’ January 23. Regarding an air bat- tle near Rangoon. “The first attack was a head-on attack on a formation of 12 bombers. (See YANKEE, PI.'A-!.) .| to correct the 110 per cent parity - | Yugoslavia in reprisal for the death | | (See PRICE CONTROL, Page A-3) Earth Tl'remor Shakes {Vancouver Buildings VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 31 (Canadian Press).—An earth tremor shook buildings in downtown and residential districts | of Vancouver last night. The tremor, in two distinct shocks, was felt about 10:47 pm. (1:47am,E. 8. T.). The first shock was mild. The sec- ond was distinct and residents re- | ported chandeliers and lights swung by the motion. There was no report of damage. 2,300 Serbs Reported Shot LONDON, Jan. 31 (#).—Reuters said it heard the Moscow radio de- clare today that 2300 Serbs had | been shot in German-dominated | {100 Volunteer Policemen | plants there. | Dave Basor, leader of the Seattle | (S8ee WELDERS, Page A-2.) On Duty Here Last Night | ‘Washington's emergency auxiliary 1 police were pressed into service last | night when more than 700 of the | volunteers took over duties of regu- | lar policemen placed on special de- tails in connection with the Presi- dent's birthday celebration. Police officials said the auxiliaries | performed efficiently in patrolling | beats and serving in precinct station houses. | Largest group of volunteers, num- | bering 175 men, was used in the | | of 23 Germans. Summary of Foreign. Nazi moves seen hinting major drive in Mediterranean. Page A-3 12th precinct. Today’s Star Somervell given award for Army| building work. Page A-2 Police investigate theft of two pay rolls. Page A-2 Hitler's paper says Fuehrer can’t be ousted. Page A-4 Roosevelt approves list of 15 to be | rear admirals. Page A-l} National. Strike threatens tie-up at shipyards and Boeing plant. A-1 price plans. Page A-1 300,000 idle as auto industry halts civilian production. Page A-2 '| Washington and Vicinity. Curfew advocate says he will act “if necessary.” Page A-1 Patent Office transfer begins to- day. Page A-1 Exhibit of naval shore art opens tomorrow. Page A-2 Senate group calls Wickard to tell| to traffic Page A-3 | Hearings continue on sale of three ; tokens for 25 cents. Page A-18 | Thousands honor President at birth- day dances here. Page A-18 Department stores urge tion to cut deliveries. Two more deaths added toll. co-opera- Page A-18 Miscellany. Army Orders. Nature’s Children. Page A-5 Page B-§ Mr. Wilson said he and his wife occupy an apartment having a com- bination bedroom and living rocm, a bath and kitchenette. Proposal Angers Some Girls. Meanwhile, the curfew proposal brought mixed reactions from Uncle Sam’s feminine employes, with the majority indicating they will resist any attempt to control their activ- itles after working hours. “What is Representative Wilson talking about,” snapped Miss Sylvia Matthews, a War Department em- ploye, on reading the newspaper ac- count. “I stay up as late as T want to (See CURFEW, Page A-2) Coal Price Boost Seen As Mining Cost Rises By the Associated Press The Bituminous Coal Division said today it had redetermined the “weighted average cost” of pro- ducing and selling soft coal, at the mine, to average $2.1947 a ton—a 10.63-cent increase—which carries with it the possibility of higher prices to consumers. The weighted average cost on which present minimum prices are based averaged $2.0884. The new cost figures were deter- | mined in a proceeding called to as- | certain changes in the industry's | costs as a basis for making appro- priate changes in the minimum | prices. Under the coal act, the minimum prices must be set so that the in- dustry will receive an income in each price area which will average as nearly as possible the average cost per ton of the coal produced, as determined by the coal division. The law requires adjustments in the minima when appropriate to reflect changes in the industry’s cost. The division said that as soon Page B-§ Page B-5 | Births and Dea! oy as possible it would open a price g. adjustment m‘eedm