Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1942, Page 3

264 Billion Navy Bill Expected fo Pass Senate Tomorrow Warship Leasing Plan Modified in Biggest Appropriation Measure By J. A. O'LEARY. Senate passage of the biggest ap- propriation bill in history, giving the Navy $26,495,265474 for con- tinued expansion of its war strength during the next 18 months, is ex- pected by tomorrow night. A possible source of controversy over the leasing of warships to Al- lied nations was avoided when the Appropriations Committee, before approving the bill yesterday, modi- fled a broad leasing provision the Budget Bureau had recommended. As the bill was amended, none of the Navy's present ships could be turned over to another country, but the President could lease some of the 1,799 new ships to be built out of an emergency appropriation of $300,000,000 in this bill. The ulti- mate limit of cost on these new ships was fixed at $3,900,000,000. The original proposal would have applied to any ship, transfer of which the President deemed to be in the interest of national defense. Committee members pointed out the restriction will not interfere with use of existing naval vessels in any theater of the war, but means that they would retain their own crews and their American status. No Testimony on Leasing. Although there were reports that it had been planned to lease some existing ships to Latin American countries under the original broad provision, committee members said there was no testimony to that effect in the Senate hearings. Senator Overton, Democrat, of Louisiana, in charge of the big supply bill, said he believed the amended ship-leasing provision is satisfactory to the Budget Bureau | and the administration. The Senate Committee added $6,- 500,000,000 to the $19,900,000,000 total allowed by the House when 1t passed the bill several days ago. Most of the Senate increase is to speed up the production of planes. Congress, during the last week, gent to the President a $12,500,000,- | 000 supplemental Army supply bill, | largely to provide for 33,000 planes, so that if the Navy bill passes in | its. present form this Government | will have pledged approximately $39,000,000,000 within two weeks to | provide for its fighting forces in the war against Axis aggression. Plane Output Speeded. When the Navy bill was in the House Committee, officials testified their aim at that time was to in-| crease the output of planes for the‘ Navy from 500 to 1500 a week, or| 18,000 for a year. The Senate in- creases haye further speeded that | program, but the committee thus | far has not announced how many planes are provided, in all. : With Senate additions, the bill carries approximately $8,000,000,000 for aircraft and the ordnance to arm the planes, and about $8,000,- 000,000 for continuing the building | of surface war vessels. | Of the $26495265474 Senate | total, $23,738,865,474 is cash and the | remainder contract authorizations. 1t covers the remainder of this fiscal year, and the new year commencing July 1. Commenting on the ship-leasing question, Senator Norris, Inde- pendent, of Nebraska, said he would not favor leasing American naval vessels, even to Latin America, at this time. Patrol Plan Preferred. «I would rather that we patrolled | Latin American coasts ourselves in| co-operation with the forces of those countries,” he said. “We have made | defense of the Western Hemisphere | our responsibility.” Chairman Connally of the Foreign | Relations Committee said he would have no objection to turning de- | stroyers or other light craft over to Latin American countries, but no| major units of the fleets at Lhis‘ time. | Transfer of lease-lend matreials, | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 1, 1942. SINGAPORE.—AS BRITISH TRIED TO STEM JAP ONSLAUGHT IN MALAYA—Members of a British artillery unit struggle to move a gun into position among banana trees in a dense jungle in Malaya during the fighting withdrawal to Singapore Island. that took place before today’s This photograph was taken by Frank Noel, Associated Press photographer. —A. P. Wirephoto. Axis Forces’ Libyan \Counteroffensive Loses Impefus Enemy Patrols Withdraw After Contact Near Msus, British Say By the Azsociated Press. CAIRO, Jan. 31.—Temporarily at | least, Field Marshal Gen. Erwin Rommel's sudden Libyan counter- offensive seemed tonight to have | lost impetus after fanning out into | a 70-mile front from the Msus region to recapture Bengasi. Reports reaching here indicated that there had been no Axis ad- vance much beyond the twice-won and twice-lost port, and the British high command said Axis patrols withdrew after epntact with British mobile forces near Msus. Military observers said the Brit- | ish probably did not lose any large | quantity of guns and equipment in the withdrawal from Bengasi. | Some sources estimated the two | columns of the Seventh Indian Brigade which battled free from the port represented about two-thirds of the brigade's full strength. Nor- mally that would be about 1,000 men. | The R. A. F. kept strafing Gen. Rommel'’s lengthened supply lines all the way back to Tripoli in addition | to continuing what a communique | termed a “protective patrol over our forward forces.” ‘The night before, British bombers smashed at Axis motorized concen- trations around Agedabia, south of Bengasi, touching off fires which returning fliers said were visible 100 miles away. Continuing British Retreat Is Reported by Italians ROME (From Italian Broadcast), Jan. 31 (#)—The Italian high com- mand announced today that Brit- | ish forces in Libya were continuing to retreat under heavy Axis pres- | sure and declared that the scene | of battle was being steadily ex-| tended. “We are maintaining frequent | other than ships, could be made to Allied nations up to a limit of $2- 000,000,000 out of this Navy bill. Asked if he thought this bill would meet the Navy's requirements for | the remainder of this session of | Congress, Senator Overton said no | predictions could be made in a-war ‘ of this magnitude. He added his own belief that it may become nec- essary to consider enlarging the | Marine Corps, and to provide the | Navy with more blimps for patroll- ing the coasts as submarine detec- tors. Beardall Is Insfalled As Naval Academy Head By tke Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 31.—Tradition | bowed to wartime restrictions to- | day as the United States Naval Academy welcomed its 33d super- intendent in a simple ceremony last- ing less than 30 minutes. Attended only by heads of de- partments and branches, the in- stallation of Rear Admiral John R. Beardall of Orlando, Fla., as superintendent and commandant of the Severn River naval command was a routine procedure instéad of the colorful ceremony accorded his predecessors. Stepping into his new post as successor to Rear Admiral Russell ‘Willson, Admiral Beardall stood in the academic boardroom of the ad- ministraticn and briskly read or- ders relieving Capt. T. Starr King, | acting superintendent, of the acad- emy command. Officials congratu- lated Admiral Beardall, then re- sumed their duties, which have been increased by the academy’s shortened academic program. Admiral Beardall, who will be 55 next Saturday, was naval aide to President Roosevelt before his pres- ent appointment. Admiral Willson became chief of staff to Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the United States Fleet, in De- cember. United States Coast Guard re- cruiting station now open at 1300 E street NW. MONEY . FOR EVERY PURPOSE NO CO-SIGNERS BANKERS DISCOUNT 724 9th N.W. . RE. 0550 v ¢\ that Axis blasting British troop concentra- tions and communication lines. Naval -Physician l];ges Civilian Immunizafion Capt. Charles Stephenson, U.S. N., Bureau of Preventative Medi- cine, will urge mass immunization of the civilians against tetanus and typhoid in a talk at the tenth an- nual post graduate clinic of George Washington University School of Medicine to be held February 20 and 21 Captain Stephenson recently ob- served benefits of mass immuniza- tion in Britain, where thousands have been injured in the bombings. According to an advance release he will say the step should be taken here not only as a wartime measure but also because, even in peace time, 40,000 persons die annually as a result of automobile accidents, some ¢f them from tetanus, and nearly 1,000,000 receive injuries in traffic and industrial accidents. An improved tetanus toxoid provides lifetime immunity. The toxoid will be administered | to some 300 G. W. U. medical stu- dents in the next few days, accord- | ing to Dr. Walter A. Bloedorn, dean of the school. The two-day clinic will close with the sixteenth annual { University Me_dlcal Society. Tufts A_«Iumni to Meet ministrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration,, will discuss the civilian pilot training program be- fore a meeting of the Tufts College Alumni Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Army and Navy Club. OIL BURNERS Heating BOILERS FLUID HEAT Floor Demonstrators While they last. An eppertunity you ma> mot have azain for a lonk time—to secure Automatic Heat st reasonabdle cest. *On display at 139 12¢h St. N.E. L. P. Steuart & Bro,, Ine. contact with the enemy,” said a| communique, which also reported | bombers were heavily | banquet of the George Washington | Charles I. Stanton, acting ad- | Day-by-Day Story of Batan Told In Army’s Official Reports Diary Describes Repeated Jap Failures To Break Down MacArthur’s Resistance By the Associated Press. The diary to date, from official War Department reports, of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s resistance in the siege of Batan Peninsula: | January 3—American and Filipino troops consolidate in new positions | after a regrouping which thwarted | | Japanese attempts to divide north and south forces; 60 Japanese planes bombard Corregidor for five | hours; three Japanese planes shot down. January 4—Corregidor attacked again by 52 bombers; four Japanese | planes shot down, four others hit. January 5— Defenders repulse strong Japanese attack, killing 700 | Japanese; 50 Japanese planes bomb | Corregidor for four hours; at least | seven hit by United States anti- aircraft fire. January 6.—Forty-five bombers attack Comregidor; several hit by anti-aircraft fire. | Defenders Hold Fast. | January 7—Heavy fighting with Japanese increasing precsure at all points; Jzpanese planes bomb, ma- but defenders hcld fast. ¢ January 8—Japanese move up re- inforcements for large-sca'e attack: air activity confined to reconnais- sance. January 9—Lull In fighting as| Japanese’ continue &sswalt prepa- | rations. | January 10—Intensive patrolling | and artillery duels along whole front. ‘ January 11 — Heavily reinforced Japanese troops attack right flank | with tremendous force; American and Filipino troops hurl back at- tackers, inflicting heavy losses. Cor- regidor bombed again. . | January 12—Heavy artillery battle along whole front; ground activity | increasing; widespread Japanese air | attacks. | Eleven Batteries Silenced. January 13—MacArthur’s artillery | shatters Japanese tank and armored | columns, disperses infantry con- centrations, silences 11 Japanese | tatteries in 24-hour big gun battle which proved definite superiority of defending artillerymen. January 14 — Defenders repulse two determined Japanese recon- | naisance attacks which were sup- | ported by artillery fire and aircraft, inflicting heavy losses on enemy. January 15—Nine heavy Japanese ombers attack Corregidor; two shot lown; Japanese infantry maintain pressure, attempting general in- filtration. January 16 — Japanese fighters and dive bombers maintain inces- sant attack on defenders’ front lines and artillery positions; specially trained Japanese shock troops try | infiltration at scattered points. lenemy attempts to penetrate lines. January 17—Japanese open heavy attack against defenders’ right flank; airplanes, artillery supports the attack but greatly outnumbered United States-Filipino forces resist stubbornly. Repeated Thrusts Fail. January 18—Repeated Japanese thrusts successfully parried; Jap- anese pressure definitely lessens; four Japanese planes shot down by ground fire. January 19—Desultory ground ac- | tivity. January 20—Supported by aircraft, Japanese renew ground attack, con- | centrating on center of line; three | Japanese planes shot down. January 21—United States-Filipino troops drive back Japanese by savage counterattack, inflicting heavy losses | and re-establishing original posi- | tions at center of line. | January 22—Japanese renew at- tacks with heavy fighting on left and center; Japanese land reinforce- ments in Lingayen Gulf and Subic Bay January 23—Strongly reinforced | Japanese assault troops maintain | chine-gun front lines continuously, | neavy attacks) apparently atterpt! ing to crush defenders by numerical superiority: regardless of casualties; defenders -repulse all attacks. Several Points Regained. January 24—Supported by fire of warships, Japanese troops continue heavy attacks on left flank, taking a number of positions on West Batan coast; fierce United States- Filipino counterattacks regain sev- eral points, but Japanese hold others; heavy losses on both sides; Japanese continue to land rein- forcements. January 25—Massive Japanese as- saults force defenders to give ground on beaches and in mountain passes, | but sudden, powerful counterattack | by Gen. MacArthur routs Japanese on right; American-Filipino troops charge Japanese after pounding ilines with heavy guns; hundreds of | Japanese dead left on battlefield. | January 26—Fighting dwindles to unimportant skirmishes. January 27—No ground fighting: two American P-40s shoot down two Japanese dive bompers, disable a| third. January 28—No ground fighting; small new Japanese landings in Subic Bay area. January 29—United States-Fili- pino artillery breaks up headlong enemy infantry assaults on right and left flanks; Japanese losses| heavy. | | troops and movements behind lines tion of large-scale offensive. January 31—United States de- enders again repulse determined Ecuador Seen Benefifing From Rio Trade Pact “The measures of economic soli- darity agreed upon at the recent | ccnference of foreign ministers at Rib de Janeiro ill be an important contribution toward solving the| problems confronting Ecuadorean trade,” Dr. L. Neftali Ponce, first secretary of the Ecuadorean Em- bassy. said yesterday at an embassy day luncheon at Hotel 2400. He reminded his audience that President Carlos Arroyo del Rio, in his last amnual message to the | Ecuadorgan Congress, stated that | | toward threats to continental se- | curity, but will co-operate to the best of its ability in all hemispheric defense measures.” 1,857 English Dailies Listed in U. S. in 1941 By the Associated Press. 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