Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1942, Page 5

Somervell, Hailed For Defense Building, Gets Oak Leaf Cluster Construction Supervisor Credited With Boosting Army’s Preparedness Brig. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, assistant chief of staff for supply in | the War Department, today wu; awarded an oak leaf cluster on his Distinguished Service Medal for out- | standing work in supervising con- struction of cantonments for the Army. The citation said Gen. Somervell had rendered ‘“exceptionally meri- torious and distinguished services in the performance of duties of great responsibility from December 11, 1940, to November 4, 1941.” During that period, the citation said, Gen. Somervell was in charge of the construction division which | was engaged in “the greatest build- | ing program of modern times due to the emergency increase in the Army and in order to provlde the neces- sary housing for our tyoops and fa- .cilities urgently needed for produc- tion of the munitions required for our Army and for other nations.” | The citation pointed out that| quarters for troops were ready in advance of requirements, and con- struction of vital defense plants and facilities was pushed to such an extent that completion was or will be in advance of schedules. Gen. Somerville, the citation added, carried out his duties “with energy and ability, and the success with which the construction division, under his leadership and inspiration, provided shelter and other needed construction in record breaking time, has contributed in a marked degree to the preparedness of the | Army and the defense of the coun- try.” L. Charles Keene Dies; Was Educated in District Lt. Charles Keene, jr, U.S.N. R., | died yesterday in the Naval Hos- | pital at League Island, Philadelphia, | after an illness of several months. A native of Hampton, Va. Lt. Keene, who was 32, lived for mme‘ time in Washington, and an.ended‘ Force Elementary School, Western | High School and Schadmann’s Pre- | paratory School. He was graduated | from Western in 1927, from Schad- mann’s in 1928, and from the Naval Academy in 1932 He resigned from the Navy in 1937 and was commissioned lieu- tenant (j.g.) in the Naval Reserve later in the same year. Later he was promoted to lieutenant. He had | been on active duty from January | 20, 1941, until the illness that caused his death. Lt. Keene, who lived in | Scarsdale. N. Y., is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Huberth Keene, | and two daughters. E. B. Mcintyre Dles Was Realty Salesman | Ervin B. MclIntyre, 56, real estate | galesman and farmer, died suddenly | of a heart ailment Thursday at his | home in Glenmont, Md. Besides his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Evans McIntyre, secretary of the Selective Service Board in Silver Spring. he is survived by two chil- dren, Ervin, of Kensington, Md., | and Phyllis, of Glenmont, and a brother, Ernest C., of Washington. | Services will be held at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow at Grace Episcopal Church in Woodside, with burial in | the church cemete Yankee (Continued From First Pa No results were noticed. Following this I made quite a few attacks on fighters. Estimate I must have made at least 10 attacks “On two of these I definitely saw &n enemy plane in flames falling out of control. Other attacks were pressed home, but due to circum- stances could not take time to ob- serve the results. Also I made one more attack on bombers from over- head. I observed the plane I was aiming at waver and am sure he| was hit with a good burst. “I would spot an enemy from above, dive on his tail and shoot. | Great superior numbers were always | present. T repeated this procedure in all my attacks on fighters and suc- ceeded in catching several” Pilot from Coronado, Calif January 23. Regarding the same air battle. “When we reached our | ceiling we singled out bombers and made an attack on them from three | directions—dead ahead on port and starboard. After several repetitions of this the lefthand plane, which I was following, fell out of formation but joined up again. Then the formation turned, one plane gave several large puffs of smoke and flame and finally went down near Satellite Field. The plane which I was following finally went down, diving after several more bursts. I was then attacked by several 97- fighters and had to break off. “After diving 3,000 feet one of the fighters broke off and climbed back on them lagging behind. I caught him just past P—— and after one burst his wing came off and down he went. Another bunch of fighters had been shooting at me so I re- turned to the fleld where I crashed due to the fact that my flaps would not come down.” Squadron leader pilot from the Navy, of Scarsdale, NY. (Copyright. 1942, Chicago Daily News) SPECIAL NOTICES, ENERAL HAULING TRASH REMOVING. Call ME_ 1440 or 1113 2ind st n.w, 1751 Cor & UR SALESMEN LOOKING FOR SOME- ing to sell. We have been traveling in C., 8. C. Ga. Will consider anything practical, on cnmmlssmn basis, territory. Box 188-S. Star 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONEIBLE y o N acted By ps one otner. than mmu “"WALTER O. KIRK. 915 Sth n.e. 1* TLL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY deb‘\ comuued by any one other than myself. B ITCHESON, 203 North Wun(nxmn st.._Alexandria. Va. 1° 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts made by body _except _myself CHARLIE P. 3 Kenyon st. n.w. 31° ) ANNOUNCEMENT. The Chevy Chase Lake Hospital for Ani- mais, 8000 Connecticut ave.. formerly op- . _is_now_directed by D. . Dr. Seymour, Dr. clfe. Wisconsin_1000 THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- hoiders of the American Standard Life In- surance Company of Washington, for the election of trustees and the v.rlns- action of any other business that may be roperly brought before the meeting, will 1d st the office of the com lny at ) Fifteenth street n.w. Wasl on, on T Rursaay, March bth: 43, bes {Foen e hours of 12 o'clock’ noon " and 1 oclocl C. P. CROWDER. Secretary-Treasurer FREE DUMPING. | hour action on the Kalin front; 2,500 | equipment, 4 guns and 3 ammuni- | an armored car.” Reds Strike at Nazis' Broken Donets Lines, Taking 46 Villages Reds Report Victories From Lake limen to Ukrainian Front B the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Jan. 31.—Red Army troops, striking against newly- ruptured German winter lines in the Donets Basin after deep Soviet penetrations through the north and at the centel, claimed today the recapture of 46 more villages and towns. Broadcasts from Berlin warning western Europeans “what a Russian conquest would mean” shared the air waves with Moscow radio sum- maries of flanking and encircle- ment victories from Lake Iimen to Ukrainian granary gates. ‘The Soviet Informeation Bureau reported that the 46 towns newly re- captured were in the pincer zones of the central front and in the south, where the previously an- nounced drive of a Soviet spear- head to Lozovaya had placed Red Army legions only 70 miles from the big bend of the lower Dnieper River. Later, in its midday communique, the Information Bureau said Rus- sian tanks blasted what it called a “psychological attack” by the Ger- mans in fighting for the village of "K,” leaving 100 Germans dead on the battlefield. 4,400 Nazis Killed. ‘The midday report also said Red soldiers operating on the Leningrad front during the last two days de- stroyed 14 enemy blockhouses, eight enemy machine guns, and killed nearly 1,100 officers and men. “The Hiterlites lost over 800 sol- diers and officers killed” in a 48- in the conquest of Sukhinichi, in the Kirov sector 150 miles southwest of Moscow, and suffered heavy casual- ties in other snow-covered battle zones, the bureau said. Seven locomotives, 100 supply- laden cars, two tanks, more than | 100 trucks, an aerlai bomb depot and other trophies were declared to have been added at Sukhinichi to the already enormous stores of captured | German war equipment. Ski-equipped planes of the Rus- sian air force struck again and again in support of the ground troops. Stores Destroyed. “On January 29 our aviation de- | stroyed 139 trucks with supplies, 6 armored cars, over 40 carts with war tion dumps,” the information bureau | reported. “Our aviation also dis- | | persed and annihilated over a bat- | talion (600 men) of enemy infantry.” A 68-year-old collective farmer named Belichenko, an artillery vet- eran of the 1904-05 Russian-Jap- anese war, was praised officially for | his help in driving off an armored detachment which had pushed Red Army troops back at the village of Nikiforovska. “Belichenko decided to help the Red Army men And took his place at one of the guns,” a communique reported. “By direct fire he dam- aged one German tank and smashed Nazis Claim Russians Suffer Heavy Losses BERLIN (German Broadcast) Jan. 31 () —German, Italian, Ru- manian and Slovak troops co-op- erating on the eastern front have again inflicted heavy losses on the Russians, the German high com- | mand declared today. Both repulse of Soviet attacks and execution of “their own offensive” were reported in behalf of the Axis armies, “Nineteen enemy tanks were de- stroyed in these operations and a number of enemy fighting posi- tions were destroyed,” the high com- | mand said. A counterattack mnortheast of Kursk, a railway city 280 miles be- low Moscow, was declared to have resulted in a complete success for the German infantry and mecha- nized troops of Maj. Gen. Breith. “An eremy force of several divi- sions and armored units which had penetrated into German lines was defeated with heavy losses for the enemy and thrown back eastward.” The site of this engagement was not given. A 93-mile drive across the Donets basin which led to the capture of Lozovaya is the most spectacular of recent Soviet thrusts into winter invasion lines. Rochester (Continued From First Page.) THE EVENI STAR, WASHINGTON, BRITISH WARSHIP BLASTS AT BOMBERS—One of a number of British warships lights the sea with a blast of gunfire directed Axig lomber set afire by warship shells. at attacking Axis airmen. The fleet was attacked by about 150 Nazi Moves in Italy Seen Hinting Major Mediterranean Drive Passenger Train Service Curb Reported; Planes Are Concentrated By the Associated Press. A hint of possible Axis maneuvers to challenge British control of the Mediterranean on an unprecedented scale was contained in a third-hand report today that passenger train service will be sharply curtailed in Italy tomorrow. The report came through Ex- change Telegraph, a British news agency, from Zurich, Switzerland, and quoted Rome dispatches. Restrictions on civilian railway traffic have frequently attended large troop movements within the lands dominated by Adolf Hitler. British intelligence work already has disclosed an unusual concentra- tion of German planes in Southern taly. May Be Aimed at Malta. Mobilization aimed at knocking Malta out of the war would be a logical development of Axis strategy following the surprise successes of Field Marshal Gen. Erwin Rommel in recapturing Bengasi and driving back the British from other newly won Libyan bases. Malta, a fortified island lying be- tween Sicily and the Tripolitanian coast, has been subjected to daily alr raids for weeks. The aim of the Germans and Italians obviously is to neutralize the rock-sheltered naval and air bases of British fight- ing men there. The Germans, while officially dis- | missing Nazi withdrawals as incon- | sequential adaptations to Arctic fighting conditions, broadcast warn- ings from Berlin to Western Euro- peans on “wi Rumian conquest would melfi&“ Story May Be Ruse. A London Daily Mail dispatch from Madrid—the seat of a Spanish government co-operating passively with Berlin—said Hitler had with- drawn all his active divisiong from France, Belgium and Holland and replaced them with armies of oc- cupation made up of boys from 16 to 18 and men over 40. ‘This account, of course, may be intended to lure the Allies into making a premature invasion at- tempt from the west. Hitler proposes to use the active divisions as a nucleus of reserves for a spring campalgn, the dispatch said | * One of the attacking bombers dddenly bursts into flame, flying low over the water. The plane strikes the rater Its motors still pulling, th crippled plane starts to climb. In a comet-like swoopit plunges into the sea. D. C, {ATURDAY, JANUARY 31, eneny planes. This dramatic [ and emits a blast of black William A. Thomas, 66, Interior Decorafor, Dies William Albert Thomas, 66, interior decorator, who died yesterday at his home, 24 West Grove avenue, Alex- andria, Va., will be buried in Con- gressional Cemetery, following serv- ices this afternoon at his home. Head of the firm of W. A. Thomas, founded by his father, Mr. Thomas had charge of painting the interior of a number of legations, Govern- ment buildings, including the new House Office Building and Treasury Department, and the White House. He is survived by his widow, Mr: Marguerite T. Thomas; two daugh- ters, Alberta Thomas and Mrs. Florence Heckman, and a son, A. Roy, all of Alexandria. Tex., and Leonard A. Reierson, fire- man, Brooklyn. The two injured men are Frank McGhee, fireman, Worcester, Mass., and R. D. Jones, third mate, Provi- dence, R. I. The skipper said the tanker cap- sized when hit by the second tor- pedo, but did not sink until an hour and a half later. He said the sub remained at the scene for 20 min- utes, then headed eastward and sub- merged about a mile away at sea. Charles McDonald, radio opera- tor, was on watch at the time of the attack. He sent two S O S's and received several answers before abandoning his post. The men were in the lifeboats for two and a helf hours and they re- ported that their only thought on sighting the rescue vessel was food. They had abandoned ship just as the watch was changing and as din- ner was about to be served. Pan Maine Eluded Sub; Crew of 38 Safe in Port BY the Associated Press. BOSTON, Jan. 31.—The 7,236-ton tanker Pan Maine, reported at- tacked by submarines January 27, is safe in an American port with her crew of 38 men. Officers of the First Naval District said last night that the original re- port resulted when Second Mate Melvin Hayes of Baltimore and John Larnowicz of South River, N. J., saw a periscope “so close that an attack was anticipated.” The periscope was lost from view, however, five minutes after it was seen and the vessel proceeded on her way through heavy weather. The Pan Maine, owned by the Pan-American Transportation Co., of New York, was built in 1936 at Kearney, N. J. The Navy first reported the Pan Maine was attacked at mid-after- noon on January 27, but later an- bric-a-brac. cinders, rocks, 8100 block Bladensburx 1d. nee. f ashes. nounced that there were indica- tions “all was well.” A Bishop SaysU 5, Vlcfory Will Save Catholic Ideals By the Associated Press. Bishop John Mark Gannon, chair- man of the National Catholic Wel- fare Conference’s press department, said in a statement yesterday that victory for the United States and its allies afforded the Catholic Church throughout the world the “best hope for survival of its ideals.” In a statement to the American Catholic press the bishop said: “It is obvious on which side in this horrible conflict Catholic ideals have the best hope for survival There is but one answer. Though alarmed with anxiety, it is the plain | duty in this crisis for our pens to! be pledged wholeheartedly to the United States. * * * “The Catholic Church is affected in many ways, notably because (a) its property has been confiscated, (b) its institutions have been sup- pressed, and (c) the apostolic au- thority of its bishops has been para- lyzed by civil interference. In other words, the Catholic Church is the innocent victim of the oppressor nations.” Australia Makes Plans To Meet Invasion By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—The Melbourne radio yesterday said plans were being made to distribute emergency food supplies to inland centers in event of an invasion of Australia by the Japanese. The station also mentioned that coal miners in New South Wales have asked peymission to form a “people’s army,” for operation as guerrilla bands. The broadcasts were received here by the C. B. S. shortwave listening station. o | the naval base, also was apparently Dutch (Continued From First Pag) | bombed and machine gunned. The Japanese succeeded in destroghg a church and school building afl in- flicted slight damage to a radg sta- | tion. No casualties were repof “An enemy transport fled was| spotted. At 1 p.m. it was seei from Amboina. “All preparatory destructon et vital points in Amboina and {cinity | were ordered and immediatey car- | ried out. “In the evening the enem’ began the real attack. At severa points along the coast cruisers, detroyers | and transport ships wen lying, | while on various places detruction was still burning.” Amboina’s Location. Amboina, about midway between | the Celebes and New Guirea, is in | the Molucca islands, akut 775 miles south of Mindanao sland in the Philippines, where he Jap- anese have a base at D#ao, and about 63¢ miles north of Darwin, Australia, site of an Jjustrallan | naval base. | The Netherlands cosmunique sald that reports from several| places in the archipelags told of Japanese air activity. The airdrome at Banjemasin, a Borneo port 300 miles natheast of Soerabaja, Java, was machine- gunned but no casualtie and no‘ damage were reported. Some bombs were dropped at | Tanjongbalai, on the northeast coast of Sumatra, at Sabjng, off the | north tip of Sumatra ani Baoebaoe, | on the island of Boetodng, off the southeast coast of Celebs. Two men and two children wete reported killed, two men and jur women seriously wounded and nany others slightly wounded. Aimed at Cutting Allied Line. Informed sources tod the Aneta news agency that the attack on Amboina, in addition to threatening aimed at cutting the Allied supply route to Australia. It was announced officially that a transport transferringf German “in- ternees from the Netherlands Indies to British territory was “subjected to Japanese action which caused a great many victims.” The transport was said to be the last of a series which was taking Nazi interned persons from these islands in accord with the war prisoners clause of the 1921 Treaty of Geneva forbidding the holding of prisoners in an area of combat. The entire Archipelago has been declared a zone of hostilities. Those interned were largely Ger- {Canadian Military Attache | Gives Red Cross $200 Brig. Gen. H. F. G. Letson, Mil- itary Attache of the Canadian Lega- tion, was included among Washing- ton contributors to the American Red Cross war fund yesterday with a gift of $200. Largest donation reported during | the day was $2,000 from the Hecht Co. The Lichtman theater chain | sent one of $250, apart from the | employe and individval theater col- | lections, and the Capitol Fur Shop ! contributed $190.24. The District chapter also received a number of contributions from | national and regional firms which decided to pro-rate their gifts among the communities in which they do business. These included: R. C. A. Communications, Inc., $1,100; Ross Jewelry Stores, $220; Kay Jewelry Caq, $50; Franc Jewelry Co., $290; Marx Jewelry Co., $140; E. M. Rosenthal Jewelry Co., $400, and Swope Jewelry Co., $75. .loseph B Thomas Dles, Was Hardware Firm Official | Joseph Burns Thomas, 81, retired hardware firm official, who died | Thursday at his home, 1621 Hobart street N.W., will be buried in Glen- wood Cemetery this afternoon, fol- lowing services at 2 pm. at Cham- bers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street N.W. A resident of Washington since boyhood, Mr. Thomas was with the Barber & Ross Co. for 50 years, serving for many years as vice president in charge of buying. He retired four years ago. He was a memberof the Temple-Noyes Lodge No. 32 aad the Association of Oldest Inhabitgnts of the District. Survifing Mr. Thomas are four daughters, Mrs. Edna Sheridan of Hollywod, Calif.; Mrs. Lilian Oys- | ter and Mrs, Elizabeth Prim, both of thig city, and Mrs. Charlotte Derby ) Wheaton, Md., and a son, Donn 3. Thomas of Washington. Mrs. Davidson Heads Oppprtunity House Mrs Richard Porter Davidson yes- terday was elected president of Op- portujity House at a special meet- ing of the officers and Board of Di- rectos. mans who were rounded up by the Dutch here after the Nazl 1nvulnn of Holland in May, 1940, and were kept in & camp in South S*mtn. i / Davidson, who will replace Arthir Clarendon Smith, resigned, will —A. P. Wirephotos from Movietone News. & | the car driven by Mr. Smith, car- i Virginia Leaders Sign orders were involved in the dispute. 1942, sequence of pictures shows an Two Persons Die Of Injuries Suffered In Digtrict Traffic January Toll Rises to 12; Five Hurt, Two Critically, In Three-Car Collision D. C. Traffic Toll Killed in 1942 ________ = Killed in same perigd of 1941 13 Toll for all of 1941___ __ ___95 Two pedestrians, one hit by a streetcar and the other by an auto, died last night, bringing Washing- | ton’s traffic toll to 12 for January. | One hit-and-run case was among a | series of other serious accidents re- ported. The dead were: William Wells, 67, of 1319 Spring road NW. He died in Emergency Hospital at 7:30 p.m. of injuries re- | ceived Wednesday morning when he | was struck by a streetcar on Four- teenth street near his home. Ryles Thomas, 41, colored, 118 G‘ street SW. He died in Gallinger Hospital of injuries suffered when hit by an automobile at Third and | H streets 8.W. January 22. Police said they were tracing their | clues in search for the vehicle that struck two women at Euclid street | and Ontario road N.W. last night. | ‘The women bit by the hit-and-ru car are Erma Bates, 34, of 1801 Cal- vert street NW., and Mary Jane Kirkpatrick, 20, of the 1700 block of Euclid street N.W. The elder woman was treated at Emergency Hospital | for a fractured ankle and lacera- tions, while her companion was ad- mitted for treattment of multiple contusions on her face. They were crossing Ontario road when the car whirled around the corner, they said. Portions of the car’s bright metal- work were later found on the pave- ment. Twe Critically Hurt. Pive persons were injured, two critically, in a three-car collision last night on the Baltimore boule- vard near Beltsville, according to police. Olean Prince, 18, colored, 1121 Hol- brook Terrace NE., and George Edelen, 21, colored, 1638 Montello avenue N.E., were taken to Casualty Hospital with skull fractures. Gertrude Daniels, 22, colored, 1833 Central place N.E. suffered frac- tures of both legs and multiple con- tusions to the body, while Edward Patterson, 41, colored, 1518 Montello avenue NE, who police said was | the driver of the car in which the other three were injured, suffered burns on both legs and lacerations to the face. They were also taken to Casualty. Fred C. Smith, 22, of 6312 Oak Ridge avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., driver of a second car, police said, suffered lacerations to the face and contusions to both legs. He, too, was in Casualty. Police said the driver of the third car involved, Mrs. Allan Eden of Baltimore, and three other occu- pants of her car escaped injury. \ Two Drivers Charged. Police charged Mr. Patterson and | Mr. Smith with reckless drlvmg,‘ and said a preliminary investiga- | tion showed that the Patterson car | apparently collided head-on with reening off into Mrs, Eden's auto- mobile, Glass Election Petition By the Associated Press. Aides of Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia said yesterday the Sen- ator had received an election peti- tion signed by Gov. Darden, all elec- tive State officials of Virginia, all Democratic members of the Virginia Sensate and all but three Democratic members of the Virginia House. The three members, Senator Glass’ office said, did not sign because they were absent on account of illness. The petition was forwarded to Senator Glass for filing in behalf of his candidacy for renomination in the Democratic primary in Au- gust. The law requires a candidate to file a petition signed by 250 voters. Wage Dispute Se;;led At Bendix Indiana Plant By the Associated Press. The National War Labor Board yesterday announced settlement, subject to ratification by the C. I. O. United Automobile Workers, of the wage and union shop dispute at the Bendix products division of Bendix Aviation Corp. in South Bend, Ind. The board refused to reveal terms of the agreement pending the rati- fication vote by union members at South Bend, for which no date has been set. About 7,600 employes working on aircraft parts and other military 0.P. A. Puts Ceiling On Prices of Radios And Phonographs Rumors of Possible Increase in Cost Of Coffee Denied In a move to check price increases, the Office of Price Administration has fixed manufacturers’ charges for horae radio and television sets, | phonographs and radio tubes. The O. P. A. announced yesterday that the orice ceilings would be- | come effective Pebruary 9. The fac- | tories then may not charge more than the highest net price on Octo- | ber 15, 1941, or the 90-day period | immediately preceding that date. | The approval of the O. P. A. will have to be obtained to market new models after the effective date. Equipment for commercial, police or military use is excluded from the ceilings. | Price Administrator Leon Hender- son said maximum prices were set to stabilize retail charges and that| the O. P. A. would fix ceilings on‘ wholesale and retail prices, if neces- | sary. The O. P. A. today announced the | appointment of James H. Simon of | Washington as principai industrial | specialist in its consumers’ durable | goods section, with the specific job | of handling problems involving | radios, batteries and musical instru- | ments. Mr. Simon is president of the Simon Distributing Corp., which deals in radios and radio accessories. | Mr. Henderson also announced | he was prepared to allocate whole- sale coffee stocks or license imports | to prevent “maldistribution” of sup- plies. The O. P. A. chief charged that “trade quarters” in New York | have been spreading false rumors | of possible increases in coffee prices. | These rumors were described as | completely unfounded, and Mr Henderson said the O. P. A. has no intention of raising the coffee price | ceilings. He announced the O. P.| A. would send out quesuannalres to the industry within the next few | days to obtaln data which may be | used in setting up a system of wholesale allocations, if the latter | become necessary. | (Gen. Patrick Is Buried In Arlington Cemetery Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, U. S. A, retired, first chief of the Army Afr Corps, who died Thursday at Walter Reed Hospital, was buried | | today in Arlington National Ceme- | tery. Services were held at Fort| Myer chapel, with Capt. John C. W.! | Linsley officiating. Honorary pallbearers included Gen. John J. Pershing; Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff: Lt. Gen. H. H. Arnold, Air Force chief; Maj. Gens. James G. Harbord, retired: Walter R. Weaver, acting chief of the Air Corps: Hubert Harman, A.! C.; Millard F. armon, A. C.; Walter | Frank, A. C.; John A. Hull, retired; | Conger Pratt and Barton K. Yount, A. C; Brig. Gens. Henry C. New: comer, retired; Thomas H. Rees, re-‘ tired; Carl Spaatz, A. C.; Ml.r!ln ing, Engineers; Ira C. Eaker, A. C; Cols. Robert Walsh, A. C.; F. Trubee Davison, A. C.; St. Clair Streett, A. | C.; Frank Besson, Engineers; Ar-| thur I. Ennis, A. C.; Edward Clif- | ford, retired, and Edward S. Gor- | rell; Majs. Leigh Wade, A. C.; Sld- ney Lanier and Richard S. Buck: Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker; Or- ville Wright, Avery D. Andrews, ' John E. Ewell, Lester Wilson, Albert ; Bassett, Earl N. Findley, Parker | Woods, Mason E. Dillard, William S. Conant and H. L. Morgan. Retired Marine, Dies Col. Charles C. Carpenter, 69, re- | tired Marine Corps officer who com- manded the 2d Marine Brigade sta- | in 1922, died in a local hospital yes- | terday. Puneral services will be| held at 3 pm. Monday at A.rnngwn l National Cemetery. Col. Carpenter, who retired in 1926 because of poor health, was | born in New Hampshire on August 31, 1872. During his career, he served in China, the Philippines and the Panama Canal Zone. His wife lives at 580 Park avenue, New York ley, also lives in New York LOST. ANTIQUE GARNET BROOCH. in taxi from Jefferson Apt. to Shoreham Hotel Shoreham Hotel back to'Jefferson Avt., eve | ot Jan, 28 Call RE. 5000. oing | BANK PASSBOOK 7 sutomobile tax | stams. Jan, USIh. Vietnidy 8000 lock Srd t. n.w. Reward. Randolph 7620. BRTEPCASE, black. containine papers ot‘ value only to owner. lost betwee !bbi Hotel and O'Donnell’s Grill Re Ted C. Hays, Ebbitt Hotel. R-e-nd COCKER SPANIEL. tan, female, 6 months old:” from 110 Glenrose st.. Kensington, Md. Reward. Phone Kensington 583-R COCKER SPANIEL. male puppy. white sad brown. green hafness: chil At- lantic 82 DOG, chow-police, black and reddish brown, male, medium size, vic. N. Cap. and H st Jan, 23: wore coilar. leash, A. No. Rew. for inform return ¢ 7: DOG, small. brlndle and white, black ears. Reward. Emerson 6783. t leading Col. Charles C. Carpenier, = tioned in the Dominican Republic | City. A sister, Mrs. John A. Ship- |!! Japs Claim Seizure Of Water Reservoir Serving Singapore No Resistance Is Met; Sinking of 6 Transports In Sumatran Port (This dispatch was sent from an enemy country, whose motive in re- leasing news is apt to be propaganda Axis claims should be credited only when confirmed by American or Allied S0uICeE. ) by the Associated Press. TOKIO (From Japanese Broad- casts), Jan. 31—A Domei dis- patch from the Malayan front today said Japanese forces mov- ing down on Johore Strait had seized control of a water reser- voir serving the island of Singa- pore from the peninsula main- land. (There are two other reser- voirs for Singapore on the island itself.) The mainland reservoir lies about | 12 miles northeast of Pontian Kechil, Six Allied Transports Claimed. No resistance was encountered by the Japanese as the British im- | perials moved back toward Johore Bahru facing Singapore Island, the Domei correspondent reported. Japanese imperial headquarters announced that six enemy trans- ports were sunk and five others were set on fire or heavily damaged Tues- day and Wednesday during a Jap- anese air attack on the port of | Padang, on the west coast of Su- matra. The Japanese report said one 10.- 000-ton ship and three 6,000-ton | vessels were set on fire, one 2,000-ton vessel was heavily damaged. and two 4,000-ton ships and four other | small vessels were sunk. In air raids on Singapore Tuesday, Japanese naval bombs were said to have destroyed five British planes on the ground and heavily damaged | one enemy vessel in port. The Japanese further said air installations were subjected to a destructive assault Borneo Position Captured. Waves of Japanese naval bombers raided Singapore Thursday, the re- port declared, destroying military objectives, hangars and railway track at seven places and causing fires. Two planes were reported | shot down in an air battle Following a successful landing at Pamangkat, on the west coast of Dutch Borneo Tuesday. the army, closely co-operating with naval units, completely occupied Sambas, 30 miles northeast. on the same day, the Japanese announced. (Pamangkat is about 85 miles north of Pontianak, chief city of the Borneo West Coast. The Dutch announced the Japanese landing Thursday.) Another Japanese column driving southward from Kuching, Japanese- occupied capital of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, captured Ledo airfield. about 15 miles southwest of Sangu, in the western part of Dutch Borneo Tuesday, the Japanesce re- port added. Mexico’'s National Railways re- cently purchased 40 American loco= motives. Phone Your Nearest Ice Cream Store or Hobart 1200 ICE CREAM It’s Delicious! 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