Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Somewhat colder tonight. Temperatures today—Highest, 31, at midnight; lowest, 25, at 7:30 a.m.; 26 at 4 pm. Prom the Vflluflhfllult);lumn:.r' E:.re:-n'.kflwm NIGHT FINAL SPORTS eans Assoclated Press. Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he n Shar Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 16. 90th YEAR. No. 35,706. THREE CENTS. MacARTHUR SHATTERS TWO JAP DIVISI 4 FLYING F WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1942 - THIRTY-8IX PAGES. Late News B Russians Withdraw From Crimean Port MOSCOW (#.—The Russians announced tonight that So- viet troops have withdrawn from Feodosiya, eastern Crimean port on the Kerch Peninsula. General Motors Decla NEW YORK (# .—Directors of General Motors Corp. today voted a dividend of 50 cents ulletins (Earlier Story on Page A-6.) res Dividend a share on the common stock, £ ORTR One Craft Lost: Americans Raid Foe in Malaya L 3 Exchange of U.S. ‘And Axis Envoys Is Arranged ESSES DOWN 9 JAP PLANES | | » “v ONS (Story on Page A-1) ™ Senate Sends Giant Navy Bill To Conference ; reduszflon o; 50 cc:jnlt)s a sl;:relfr?m the Ipat':e;bstmade;n - Enemy Shipping Portugal Tentatively Unanimous Vote ‘:(, une, September and December last year. In the first quarter . .y of 1941 a payment of 75 cents a share was made. The dividend l“ '“dles Theater Agrees to Hundle APPI'OVES 26‘/2 BI"IOI‘\S i is payable March 12 to stockholders of record February 13. Also Attacked Return of Diplomats. For Planes and Ships ',,r Singapore Has Four Alarms Before Noon SINGAPORE (#).— Singapore Island had four air-raid alerts up to 10:30 a.m. today. of bombers gropped explosives. (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) Britain to Lend China LONDON (®.—The Foreign Office announced today that Britain would lend China up 000) for war purposes. (Earli Japs Lose 300 in Attack on Chinese CHUNGKING (®.—The raid of a Japanese mobile column In one raid a tight formation Up to $200,000,000 to 50,000,000 pounds ($200,000,~ er Story on Page A-1.) By NELSON SHEPARD. American diplomatic and con- Four American flying fort-|sular officials in countries with resses were intercepted by a large | Which the United States is at war group of Japanese fighter planes will be exchanged through Por- while en route to attack enemy | tugal and Portuguese East shipping in the Macassar Straits | a?::a h:?z; ;l:iefi‘:eusfiaflgz: today and in the ensmng fight | partment announced today. shot dowm nine of their op- | Agreement “in principle apd in ponents. A | many details” on arrangements for | One. Amerjcan,, bomber was | the exchange has been reached, the lost, a War Department com-|announcement sald, although vari- munique reported. | ous “important details remain to be (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) By J. A. O'LEARY. The Senate this afternoon passed unanimously without a roll call the biggest appropria- tion bill in history, giving the Navy $26,495,265,474 to speed the building of planes and ships for % its war on the Axis, Action came after two hours of flebnte. during which only one minor change was made in the details as reported from committee by Sen- € % ’ o t 5 . on Loyang, 60 miles west of the Peiping-Hankow raillway Air raids by small formations agreed upon. O Democral ot i?)‘};‘r; 4 2 , + : of American bombers were made | Lisbon has been agreed on as the y i Junction with the Lunghai railway in Honan Province, has | ° % %o 0 00 ® 0 b Malay | point of exchange for representa- priations Subcommittee. 3 been repulsed with 300 casualties inflicted, the Chinese re- | pe incuia "and on the east and | tives of the European end of the | b_gflme approval of the big Navy ’ ported today. i | west coasts of Borneo, Japanese | ;\uxrxrs‘ ;::mAK:énn q;l;‘cxala 1: re- | c’ongiigf;fff t;hapr;g;flfl:v::kfl;fi: (Earlier Story on Page A-4.) shipping and airfields were the | Tastiite repf;s'em“&e:‘;o:“fzi velt a $12500,000.000 supplemental =~ . . Amboi | objectives. Due to poor Visibil- | this country for United States offi- | Army bill, most of which was for Japs Claim New Landings on Amboina |ity, it was impossible to deter- | cials from Japan and from Jap- | 133,000 planes. o s TOKIO (Japanese Broadcast) (#.—Additional troops | mine the results of these attacks. | anese-held territory will take place 4 The vast Navy supply bill now have been lande8 on Amboina Island for the assault on the One Plane Lost. ‘gfi’gfl“\‘;’:"c‘ifl Marques in Portugese 3 sl 'y \ggeih':‘ac%%egg:?d;:;hb;fi;efl&l;e < Dutch naval base, the Tokio radio said today. : e g = 500, - it The bombers returned to their | The Portuguese government, the | NEW YORK.—LET THERE BE NIGHT—Clark Griffith (right), who heads the Washington base- | 2% Jar8ely for planes. y (Earlier Story on Page A-6.) bases undamaged, except for the | department said, has been asked by s It now stands the bill provides | 1oss of one plane in the dog fight | the various nations concerned to Pall club, exchanges pleasantries with General Manager Larry MacPhail of the Brooklyn Dodgers | for 25,063 planes, of which 1,709 were ~ o near Balik Papan on the east guarantee the exchanges at both At the major league meeting here today. He let MacPhail know where he stands in the for- |in the Hnufe bill and 23.35¢ were ) Mflnlla Rotar Club Makes coast of Borneo in the Macassar | Places. | ensics over night games. Griffith, who wants the Nationals to appear 34 times under the arcs, ;f:;:nczy u;h:r:”l‘;‘fl uCO\mNgl - y Strait. | Would Have Safe Conduct. | points to a Gib Crockett cartoon in the Washington Star yesterday, in which Griff has MacPhail | tora) for avintio. :; ;z’he“e;‘m' il = - Army bombers raided Japanese German, Italian, Hungarian, Ru- | on the floor, hammering home his night-game demands. —A. P. Wirephoto. | $8,000,000,000. MacArthur Honorary Member By CLARKE LEE. Associated Press War Correspondent. WITH GEN. MacARTHUR ON THE BATAN PENINSULA, Jan. SU (Delayed) —Gen. Douglas MacAr- more was writing screen plays in Hollywood. Now as wife and co- worker of Mel Jacoby, Time corre- spondent, she’s the only woman war correspondent on the Batan penin- | airfields at Kuala Lumpur on the manian and Bulgarian representa- | west coast of Malaya about 400 miles | tives, now concentrated at White from Singapore and also staged a Sulphur Springs, W. Va., will be raid on Kuantan on the west coast | transported to Lisbon by a United of Malaya. This latter place is a States vessel which will return with | large air center which American American representatives from those bombers blasted some days ago. { countries. i Lodge Is Reappoinied3 A. B. C. Board Head thur was voted an honorary mem- | sula. Text of Communique. ber of the Manila Rotary Club to- day, when the group met in a moun- tain grove amid the rumble of heavy artillery. The general had a few duties elsewhere, however, and was unable to accept the honor personally. Hugo Miller, a civilian, presided over the fugltive dinner-clubbers | "Her wardrobe consists of two| The communique, No. 89, based on| | slack suits and one borrowed dress.| reports received here until 4 pm., | However, she never complains about | said: Japanese diplomatic and consular officials, now held in Hot Springs, Va, will be taken to Lourenco ues on an American vessel, | hardships and accompanies her hus- | band regardless of the nature of the | assignment. Like everybody else, | she is under fire from time to time. | Several hundred cases of severe | Marg “1. Southwest Pacific: | which will bring back the United “Several air raids on enemy ship- ' States representatives now in Japan ping and air fields were carried out| and Japanese occupied territories. by small formations of heavy Amer- | A Japanese ship will take them to | | ican Army bombers of the Flying | Lourenco Marques and pick up the | For Four-Year Term Plans to Draft Rules Tightening Control Fortress type. Japanese representatives there. { Of Industry Here i Eight Billion for Ships. For continuing work on surface war vessels the bill also contains approximately $8,000,000,000. The bill covers the 17-month pee riod ending in June, 1943, and con- tains some contract authorizations Reveal Boftlenecks Daily Check Shows If Any War Efforts Lacking and Where beyond that date. The Senate appointed the fol- lowing conferees to meet with a like group from the House on b ¢ changes: Senators Overton, Glass of | Virginia, Thomas of Oklahoma, Green of Rhode Isiand, Walsh of Massachusetts, Lodge of Massachu- setts and Holman of Oregon. w. . g | “Our bomvers raided the Japa- | Pointing out that th . v i 5 were reported after e sl us tl - ng a is one bill * P ;’,;‘:,lg"‘;;‘gmg’;;b&“"g,o‘:;: e ok, | Homeelkness cWete: 2opd heard s 1ESC 8 fields at Kuala Lumpur and e ,;’é‘,’,’.,‘,"seb'wm'f,.“v’fihjn‘;‘,","’, Thomas E. Lodge was reap- A system of daily progress re- | for the Navy exceeds the total public + i o Gen. MacArthur’s army hea 8| Kuantan in Malaya. On account t £ et # By all ted b il G issi rts whereby “bottlenecks” in | debt at the close of the first World and Sidney 'Huff; Maj. Carlsop | .4, nrogram dedicated to them. |of poor visibility it was impossible g‘e“fi;";_e“uo safe conduct by all| pointe y the Commissioners | i ¥ | War, Secretary LaFollette, Progres- ¢ # Rumlo and Navy Lts. E. A Baum- "5, O o om was ushered in by a | to determine the results of these gerents. this afternoon to a four-year 1'the war production program €an | sive, of Wisconsin, said this com- ¥ gardner and Warren Garwick. Jottings from a war reporter's anti-aircraft shells. At the end, the | th notebook: Six months ago Anna Lee Whit- staccato accompaniment of bursting Japanese obliged by blacking out | the commercials with artillery fire. attacks. Our planes returned to eir base undamaged. “Enemy fighter planes intercepted four of our bombers which were en route to attack Japanese shipping in the harbor of Balik Papan on the| island of Borneo. In the ensuing The State Department also said representatives of enemy govern- ments who were stationed in Latin American republics which have severed relations with the Axis may be assembled in the United States and exchanged at the same time for Girl Workers W|n House Friend,‘ R P e v & e e el | down. One of our bombers was lost. | the Axis countries. . . Daylight Saving (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) The House today formally heard the first echo of the suggestion last week of one of its members—Repre- AlsotoHelp | | week from today the clocks will be | moved ahead an hour, and what is now 10 o'clock will then be 9. “I am sure that the member has the motives in thinking ! “2. There is nothing to report from other areas.” | Henderson Fixes Prices | | | For New Automobiles ‘ Some of the Axis representatives already have arrived in the United States from Latin America and are (See DIPLOMATS, Page 2-X.) N.L.R. B. Orders $160,00 | term as chairman of the District Alcoholic Beverage Control | Board. In announcing the reappointment, Commissioner Guy Mason said he and Assistant Corporation Counsel | Vernon West, together with Mr.| Lodge, plamned to draft immedi- | | ately stricter rules governing the| District’s liquor industry. } Mr. Lodge's present term expires | | | tomorrow. His reappointment fol- ilows by a few days criticism di- | rected at him by Commissioner | Mason for acce | sever: pting free drinks on | | | | WILLIAMSPORT, PA— SOUNDED WARNING — Pvt. Joseph L. Lockard, 20, Wil- liamsport, who has been rec- ommended for citation for sounding the warning that planes were approaching Pearl Harbor. The Roberts Com- | Board, Chairman Donald M. Nel- son disclosed today. Described by Mr. Nelson as “one | of the most important steps we have | yet taken in the entire war pro- gram,” the system will keep up-to- date records on each of some 300 principal military items being pro- duced by American war industries. | It was devised by Stacy May, chief of the W, P. B. Progress Reporting Division. Compartsons Made. | be detected at a glance has been | parison gives some idea of the cost « | adopted by the War Production | °f this war. In opening the debate, however, Senator Overton said that in con- ¢ sidering the size of the bill Senators 'f should bear in mind that the nation is engaged “in total war—in a fight ¥ to the finish—against resourceful *51' and cunning opponents,” and that half-way measures will not suffice. - Senator Overton added that the ! fleet action against Japanese bases on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands Q? was only the “opening gun of the * American Navy in the great battle in which we are now engaged.” <« oied mission said his alarm was it Kt e Adraiile i , of In- | ies. ace | By the As ted Press. several occasions from certain : . 5 3 sentative Wilson, Republican, o | of these young ladies. For the peac ( ¥ 1; ‘;ocu‘:‘ ‘str::s e vy disregarded—A. P Wirephoto. The reports, of which will t iy toesag IR diana—that Washington's girl Gov- | ernment war workers put out their lights and go to bed at 10 pm. It was favorable to the girls. In a one-minute speech on the House floor, Representative Wicker- sham, Democrat, of Oklahoma, said: “Mr. Speaker, one of our members * advanced the idea that we should 4 put the girls to bed at 10 o'clock. A" of mind, however, of the folks back | | home I want them to recall that| the girls who come here from the | states have to have good reputations | before they receive a civil service | appointment. I think they should be | allowed to go to bed when they get | ready. They will be tired enough| that they will be ready to go to bed‘ when the time comes.” son today specified the maximum ! wholesale and’ retail prices at which | new passenger cars may be sold to | eligible persons under the automo- bile rationing plan which goes into effect some time after February 26. Under the schedule, effective to- day, wholesale prices will not ex- ceed the highest prices prevailing in the period October 1-15, 1941. A feature unique in the price ceil- Back Pay in Strike BY the Associated Press. Mr. Lodge, a former president of | the Federation of Citizens' Associa- | BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 2—The|tions and a civic leader from Ameri- National Labor Relations Board to- | can University Park, was indorsed day ordered the Ontario Biscuit| for reappointment by about “a Division of the United Biscuit Co.| dozen Senators and’ 20 Representa- | of America to reinstate and pay | tives,” as well as a number of min- back wages totaling between $110,- | isters, Commissioner Mason dis- | 000 and $160,000 to 165 employes of | closed. | the concern’s Buffalo plant in a re-| The Commissioner, Mr. West and port which found the company| Mr. Lodge will draft a new regula- | Melvyn Douglas Named 0. C. . Publicity Chief By the Associated Press. (Earlier story on Page B-5). Melvyn Douglas, screen actor, will ‘become director of information for | the Office of Civilian Defense. In making this announcement to- day, James M. Landis, executive of the O. C. D, said Mr. Douglas will be in charge of O. C. D.’s relations with the press, radio, magazines, | movies and all other information outlets. There was no indication whether the actor intended to give up motion picture work, but that implication was contained in the announcement that the job was of full-time proportions. 0. C. D. did not specify when Mr. Douglas would take over his new duties. Supreme Court Denies Income Tax Review By the Associated Pr William Skidmore of Chicago, failed today to get a Supreme Court review of his conviction on charges | Kenfucky Tax Proposed |On Race Track "Winnings’ BY the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky. Feb. 2—A | proposal to tax race track winnings | 10 per cent was made by State Rep- resentative Pink G. Curd today. Mr. Curd, Calloway County Dem- ocrat, estimated that if the bill he introduced in the Kentucky House | tc impose the tax on pari-mutuels machines’ “payoffs” got final ap- proval, it would bring in 32.000.000‘ annually. | At the State Revenue Depart- | ment it was declared the $2.000.000 | estimate was ‘“rather high.” Ad-| ministration leaders would not com- | ment on the bill. Eicher Will Take Oath As D. C. Justice Tomorrow Edward C. Eicher, former chair- | man of the Securities Exchnnge‘ Commission, will be sworn in at| 10 am. tomorrow as the new chief Jjustice of District Court. | _Associate Justice William * O. | Douglas of the Supreme Court will | administer the oath. The ceremony | is to take place in the general term | room of District Court. ! | ings is a provision designed to com- pensate dealers for the expense of storing cars until they are sold by allowing the addition each month to the maximum price of 1 per cent of the factory list price, or $15, which- ever is lower. The retail price ceilings are fig- ured on the following markups from | by Regional | guilty of unfair labor practices. The board’s decision, announced Director Henry J. ‘Winters, upheld an intermediate re- port of Trail Examiner Josef L. Hektoen who recommended on May 29, 1941 the company cease unfair labor practices and, recognize three A. F. L. unions as collective bargain- | pelled to hold cars for weeks or the manufacturer’s list price: 1, Federal excise tax: 2, the actual rail freight charge; 3, five per cent of the list price plus the transportation al- lowance, or $75, whichever is lower, and 4, the 1 per cent storage allow- ance. “O. P. A. feels it essential” the or- der said, “to protect new car buyers against exorbitant prices and at the same time recognizes the plight of automobile dealers who will be com- i ing agents. months. Today's schedule sets| maximum prices that give dealers a | reasonable profit and provides for special compensation to offset the dealers’ cost of storing cars against release to eligible buyers.” Late Races Earlier results, Rossvan's Com- ment, other selections and entries for tomorrow on Page 2-X. Hialeah Park tion tightening the control of the A. B. C. Board over the liquor deal- ers, particularly in connection with the paying of rebates. They will also draw up an amend- ment-to the District Alcoholic Bev- erage Control Act designed to cofn- pel all local retailers to deal through wholesalers and: not directly with distillers, (Story on Page A-6.) U. §. Farms Assured Ample Machinery by Secrefary Wickard Cabinet Member Says New Equipment and Parts Will Be Made By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2—Secretary of, Agriculture Wickard said to- day adequate steps have been taken - to assure farmers suffi- cient equipment and machinery to attain increased 1942 produc- tion goals, greatest in the Na- tion’s history. “Some new farm machinery will be available and plans have been made to produce the kinds most needed,” he told a meeting of the Agriculture Department'’s Mid- western War Boards in an address broadcast on the National Farm and Home Hour. Must Increase Acreage. Expressing confidence in agricul- ture’s ability to meet increased needs, the Secretary emphasized particularly the importance of oil- yielding crops—soybeans, peanuts and flax, Soybean acreage, he aaid, must be boosted from 6,000,000 to 9,000,000 acres, with the bulk of gin this week, will show the total quantity of any given weapon which must be delivered during the cur- rent month to meet the President's | requirements and, by comparison, the quantities delivered each day to show whether the program is being | met. Mr. Nelson used the following ex- ample: If the daily sheet shows that the production of M-3 tanks is behind schedule, the progress reporting di- vision is called for a breakdown re- port on tanks. The latter will show production of tank hulls, motors, tank guns, transmissions and so on. Inspection of this sheet shows that all parts are being produced on schedule except tank transmissions. ‘Thus, within approximately half an hour, the bottleneck can be de- tected and immediate steps taken to relieve it. Declared of Inestimable Value. “These reports will be of ines- timable value,” Mr. Nelson said. “They will enable us to know defi- nitely each day in the year, exactly this job. * * * We will always know | precisely where our major effort should be concentrated; we shall quickly be able to discover whether a delay is due to failure to place enough contracts, to a shortage of tools, to a labor shértage, to in- sufficiency of materials or to fail- ure by individual contractors.” Of equal importance, Mr. Nelson said, these reports will show the clear and definite responsibility of ‘each official of the W, P, B. “Alibis will be impossible,” he said. “And failure to get results will be impossible,” he added. “Any fail- ure to get results will be instantly revealed—and will be acted upon.” where we stand on all parts of} Senator Tydings, Democrat, of f Maryland won approval of an amendment removing the limit of % nine on the number of flight ad« mirals who could receive extra com« pensation for flying. Senator Tyd- * ings argued that Congress has placed no limit on the number of mgmq generals in the Army with extra pay and that the Navy should not be required to divide its flight admirals into two classes, with some drawing more than others. Senator Overton objected to the whole system of extra pay for flying officers, said he would give serious consideration in a later bill to abol-« ishing the practice, and contended the Tydings motion merely multi- plies an existing error. The Tydings ¢ motion carried on a tlose standing vote, In addition to the large amounts®, for planes and ships, the bill gives the President another lease-lend au- thorization to aid the Allied Nations. % He may lease new ships to be built ° out of this bill, but none of the Navy's present warships. He a].so” may make available to the Allies other war materials up to a value, of $2,000,000,000. | Senator Overton said that “while | we make these tremendous outlays, | Congress should see to it that the & stewardship they entail is discharged by chiefs of the Army, Navy and war production agencies efficiently, | rapidly and without wasted effor in this business of winning the wnr.'fr Warns Capital and Labor, “We cannot condone delays, mis-qg takes or bungling of the war effort ° ? | or military operations. We should u ve Ny r not submit to the aggrandizemente of these colossal costs by the profi- teering of greedy capital or to the stifling of our mammoth undertak- of Federal income tax evasion. | “Previously it had been announced | , FIFTH RACE—Purse $1.300: claiming: that production in the Middle West. ing through the paralysis of sirik«* Skidmore recently was sentenced | that Mr. Eicher would be sworn in | &cAr;2lds and uoward: 8% furlongs. | “Since Pear] Harbor we have come | | | Claim British ing labor. to 30 months' imprisonment and | February 16, but he expressed a de- | Ging Beay tPof'lvlnll 5 o £70 face to face with the facts that im- aps Claim ritis “While the taxpayers of our coun, fined $5,000. |sire to assume the bench without | SP3{nue g 7ame . ports of fats and oils from the Pa- Left ‘Th ds’ of try are so generously giving to the r Federal G t was €18y | o Eot s, ol Bl | cific area may be decreased 1,000,- € ousands o prosecution of the war, we cannot The Federa: overnment wa 3,‘“'"153‘,,. il et e, 000,000 pounds,” Mr. Wickard ex- stand idly by and see the seame! granted a Supreme Court review of a decision setting aside the con- GUIDE FOR READERS SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1.500: allow- of eqinpment repairs he said there Troops in Malaya (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) r of our embattled fleets or the sol- diers of a Douglas MacArthur sacri- : 5 | Page. | Boees: Per (hichriens) ":fl'.gfidi:l 1% 00 will be plenty of parts, and added BY the Associated Press. ficed to the avarice of either laborg i ;dc:;)n :if w“mmbl? J:mson. '::i Amusements. Radio - B-14 | Of S8 Jaman) g that reports farmers throughout the TOKIO, Feb. 2 (Japanese | |or capital.” ‘} leged Chicago gambling house ope! [ g B-IS; Serial flw'r}'fibnum Nek Do e Nation were repairing their present Broadcast) —Thousands of In- As the floor debate began, the ator, and others, on income tax | Comics B-14-15| Society . tury Note, ; ¢ machinery was “good news.” dian and Malayan troops were | | Appropriations Committee mads geasion charges. ‘ Efiitfiii:i“ ret svpgfin‘ibl 5| eavmiTH BACEPyrae. 31.200; oistm e s ~ “Start your“pi;l on feed m):ltl;‘d left in the state of i:hm be- | | public the hearings e ;l:":ianéz SEVE A . $1,200: them ,” admonished the use they reached the cause- X crmms Covernment appealed from 8| Articles -9 | _page _A-13| Bretit” (ot "Fiss0 g330 90| HE STARTED SOMETHINGRepresentative Wilson, Republican, | G0t ™, M oriiyching the-enar- | | way to Singapore after the Brit- | | that, while the Navy is trving. iows’ 2l £ e I M gmnce i :-1: Where to Go, B-2 | §7 {C1i5 . WEERY) 70 2138| of Indiana is shown today looking over s stack of mail he pro- | \\o " brospective 1942 spring pig | | ish had breached it, the-Tokio | | run workshops 24 hours a day, it is ¢ r cause it was not retuned by &|/or ooy oA Hirg ol purg pras, Pashaim, | YOKed by advocating a 10 pm. curfew for Government glrls. | farrow would tax_transpart radio sald todsy. having _difficulty finding _enough Jogally consituted grand jurv, - | (Complete Index, Page A-2.)' ot "Seiiv' bo 8B Y52t "6, (Btories on peges A-1 and A-2.) —A. P. Photo, & 7, X trained men for the two mght shifie P 3 - J Y be 4 » A oS