Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1942, Page 4

U. 5. Booklets ‘Bomb France With Promise Of Arms for Patriots Third Million Carries Word of America’s All-out War Effort By JOHN C. HENRY. Bringing directly to “the pa- triots” of Occupied France the assurance of President Roosevelt that the United Nations will some day furnish them the weapons for revolt against Axis oppression, Royal Air Force fly- ers have completed a second se- ries of American pamphlet bomb- ings over the Européan continent, the White House revetled today. First of these offensive operations was announced on Japuary 9 when it was said that about 2000000 leaflets had been dropped over France. Today, it was announced that an additional 1,000,000 of this initial pamphlet had since been dis- tributed and about 400,000 of a sec- ond and differently worded docu- ment has been scatteréd over six industrial and waterfront areas. Explosives for Germany Hinted. German territory proper has not been “invaded” in this fashion, it was pointed out, and it was implied further that eventual bombardment of the Reich will be by explosives rather than by words. For completion of the first “bomb- ing” operation, the American and British authorities assigned another 630.000 pamphlets to the Paris area, supplementing 1,380,000 which had been dropped there in the first series of raids. In addition, 246,000 have since been dropped in the Boumes sector and 144,000 around Dijon. Lille was intensively “bombed” on the first ‘occasion by 600.000 leaflets. For the second pamphlet, written mostly out of President Roosevelt's address to Congress on the state of the Union on January 6, officers directing the distribution assigned 12,000 to the St. Malo area, 72,000 to Brest, 6,000 to Cherbourg, 276,000 to Rennes, 13,500 to St. Nazaire and 18,000 to Guingamp-Lundeac. All are close to the Atlantic sea- homes for war workers. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5§, 1942 geles prefabricating plant. Some of this type probably will be assembled here. today are fabricated from pine, redwood, plywood and many varieties of composition board. TYPICAL DEMOUNTABLE HOMES—Housing units of the general type shown here may be ex- pected in Washington from the program calling for erection of 4,500 demountable prefabricated These houses are in a Federal Works Agency emergency project. F. W. A. recently bought 2,000 plywood demountables like the one shown here from a Los An- Demountables board strip of Occupied France. where sabotage and unrest among the French population might be turned to greater advantage of the United cause. Address Gave Figures. Presumably, the pamphlet ex- tracted from the Presidefit'’s annual message the statistical measure- ments of the American war effort— a nation's determination to produce 185.000 airplanes in 1942 and 1943, tanks in the total of 120,000 and shipping amounting to 18,000,000 deadweight tons. The latter, in- cidentally, is a figure that can well be understood by the shipping- wise populations of the areas se- lected, It was in this message, too, that the President promised the world that “we shall earry the attack against the enemy—we shall hit him and hit him again wherever and whenever we can’ rgfchfHim.” = ' For the especial interest of the Prench and others like them who now are under rule of a conqueror, the President promised in his mes- sage and again in leaflet No. 2 that: “Our overwhelming superiority of armament must be adequate to put weapons of war at the proper time into the hands of those men in the conquered nations who stand ready to seize the first opportunity to revolt against their German and Japanese aqppressors, and against the traitors in their own ranks, known by the already famous name of Quislings. As we get guns to the patriots in those lands, they too will fire shots heard ‘round the world.” Emphasize All-out Effort. In making the announcement of this second bombing, the White House pointed out that it is in- tended to bring home to the people under occupation that the United 8tates is fully in this war and to emphasize the extent of the effort we are going to make. Since both press and radio of these conquered countries is fully controlled by Axis arms, this type of information is not available through ordinary channels. In addition to the pamphlet dis- tribution, constant dissemination of short wave radio broadcasting is being directed at Norway, the Low- land countries, the Balkans, France, North Africa and the Far East, it was said. First American experiment of the nature of the pamphlet distribution came in April, 1917, three weeks after the United States entered World War 1. At that time, several hundred thousand copies of Presi- dent Wilson’s address to Congress calling for acceptance of a state of war with Germany were flown over German territory by British, French end Belgian aviators, Police Supply Officer To Quffit Auxiliaries Obtaining caps size 5% and 8%, was among the problems confronting Inspector Milton D. Smith, supply officer of the Metropolitan Police Department, today as he made plans to issue equipment to auxiliary policemen Monday. Raincoats sizes 68 and 60 also were being sought. Inspector Smith said he would start passing out parts of the offi- cia] outfit Monday if Supt. Edward J. Kellv approves and if deliveries expected today arrive. Quarters in No. 3 precinct station will be used for storage. Several thousand raincoats and whistles are on hand. The auxil~ furies also are to get batons, badges and overseas caps. The caps are to serve until steel helmets can be ob- tained. Congress in Brief & TODAY. Senate: . Seems to complete congressional action on record $26,495,265,474 Navy appropriation bill. Foreign- Relations Committee hears cabinet officers .on proposed China loan. : Banking Committee considers nomination of Leon Henderson to be price administrator. House: By GEORGE WELLER, Forelgn Correspondent of The Star and Chicago Dafly News. BATAVIA, Feb. 5—An American escape aboard a freighter which was withdrew from the eastern shore of Johore Strait. he saw. He was the only American among 85 refugees crammed aboard the vessel. When three Japanese bombers dis- covered the freighter somewhere along the sea route to Java, he found, himself saving victims of the Jap air attack. Three times in two hours big two-motored bombers attacked feet. Sixteen bombs were dropped, but the only one that struck home penetrated the engine room. “A few minutes before the attack,” said the oilman, “a big blond engi- neer—a youthful, cheery fellow—had borrowed my stock of American magazines. Then a Chinese scholar, a graduate of Cambridge University, offered to change my submarine He doesn't wish to remember what | | watch from 11 o'clock onward for his later trick on deck. | “I surrendered the magazines, but kept my own watch. The next and leading the young Chinese | lifeboat, “The Chinaman kept crying in his Cambridge English: ‘I cannot see, I cannot see.’ Finally he crossed his arms before his face. The flesh had left his finger bones. The blast had black- ened as well as blinded him. “God knows how the big Dane was able to walk from the engine room after the bomb hit. He was bleed- what to sar. “I said: ‘Want a drink, Peterson?’ “He just shook his head. His yel- low hair and fresh face were burn- ed black. After the fire was ex- tinguished and he had been carried | to the lifeboat, he tried once to use | his lips. | “I couldn't make out at first what | he was saying but I finally under- stood. American Flees Singapore on Freighter, Shelled and Bombed by Japanese : | “Tt was: ‘Where have the women | been put?’ “He died in s warship's hospital. Eleven died altogether. Some weren't oilman has just arrived from Singa- | thing I was doing was cutting the | hurt badly but they cried for help: pore with a dramatic story of his shoes off the feet of the engineer | Some didn't ery at all. Two little ap- | prentice seamen never opened their shelled by Japanese artillery as it | scholar, frightfully wounded, to a! mouths. | “One was 10 years old, the other | 14. They were in the Chinese phrase —little learner pigeons.’ “The skins of some of the Chinese were peeled by flame from yellow to ghastly white. But these kids were blackened. “One little apprentice died quick- |1y, but the other tried to crawl on | his charred knees to the edge of the lifeboat. There he tried to pull him- | self over the gunwale into the water the ship from an altitude of 1,000 | g all over his body. I didn't know | —the only cool thing he could see. “Yes, we used picric acid. But both | boys died. | “How many wounded I put into | the lifeboats, I don't know. I re- | member there were four lifeboats | full of bodies spread lengthwise un- | der the thwarts. We'd lowered the | lifeboats to the water's edge when | & aquadron of warships was sighted over the horizon.” (Oopyricht, 1942, by Chicago Daily News.) Workers at Arms Plant Strike in-Pay Dispute By the Associated Press, DETROIT, Feb. 5.—The first strike of importance affecting war produc- tion in the Detroit area since Pearl Harbor occurred yesterday when 500 employes of the Michigan Steel Tube Products Co. walked out in protest against the refusal of the company to grant pay raises. The company makes tubes for incendiary bombs and parts for tanks. The United Automobile Workers- C.I1. O, which called the strike, im- mediately threw a picket line around the plant. “The strike was absolutely our last resort,” said Leonard F. Kluk, presi- dent of the local. “The company is trying to take advantage of the war to refuse to negotiate raises with us.” “We have been in negotiation for a new contract for 75 days, and we are asking a 15-cent hourly pay raise. The company flatly refused to give us any raise.” Baby Eats Auto Stamp INGLEWOOD, Calif. (#.—What can a poor cop do in a case like this? An unidentified woman re- ported her Federal auto tax stamp fell off the windshield and her baby ate it. Red Cross Seeks Funds for War The District Red Cross is ap- pealing for $750,000 as its quota of the American Red Cross War Fund Campaign for $50,- 000,000 to provide relief for American war victims and to carry on rapidly expanding Red Cross services for the armed forces. Today the District fund stands at $293,950.98. Checks should be made pay- able to the American Red Cross and envelopes marked “For the ‘War Fund.” Any bank will accept your contribution and forward it to District Red Cross headquar- ters, 2020 Massachusetts avenue N.W. There are also booths in leading hotels, department stores and at Union Station. Defense Stamp ‘Desserts’ PIERRE, S. Dak. (#) —Several South Dakota businessmen’s lunch- eon clubs are serving wartime des- serts. Instead of a slab of man- sized pie, waitresses present the diners with a clean plate containing a 10-cent Defense stamp. With Air Force Was Engaged to D. C. Woman Technical Sergt. Howell H. Harris, §f., of Capitel Heights, Md.- at- tached to the 20th Pursuit Squadron in the Philippines, was killed in action on January 27, the War De- partment has notified next of kin here. Sergt. Harris was a veteran of 22 years' Army service and once was attached to Army headquarters air force as mechanic. Two months ago he was transferred from Nichols Field, near Manila, to an air squad- ron fighting against numerically superior Japanese forces. The War Department gave no details on how he met death. Sergt. _Harris was engaged to marry Mrs. Ruth Olsen, 2140 N street N.W. Born .in Capitol Heights and edu- cated In public schools there, Sergt. Harris enlisted at 18, and was serv- Considers guayule rubber bill. Judieiary Committee studies -bill to hroaden-presidential war powers. Ways and - Means Compmittee ‘weighs $300,000,000 wartime compen- sation. < A ing his third tour of duty in the Phillippines. He was 40 years old. > Burviving Sergt. Harris are his father, Howell H. Harris, sr, 45 Eighth street SE; two brothers, Sergt. Howell Harris- § Capitol Heights Soldier Killed in Philippines SERGT.HOWELL H. HARRIS, Jr. Theodore Harris, 2636 Thirty-sixth street N.W., and Charles Harris, Capitol Heights, and five sisters, Miss Sarah Harris, Washington; Mrs. W. G. Bixler, Mrs. A. G. Gower, Mrs. L. 8. Croft and Mrs. C. J. Mc- Grew of MUMTL A. F. L's $571 Leads Day’s Giff fo Red Cross ‘The American Federation of Labor contributed $571, the largest gift of the day, to the District Red Cross War Fund yesterday, the local chap- ter reported. Other gifts acknowledged were: District Grocery Store Warehouse employes, $90.54; S. Kann Sons’ Em- ployes, $559.85 (previously comtrib- uted, $2,000); Fiske Co,, Inc., $100; Allies Inn, $100, employes, $25; House & Herrman, H. Darby Printing Co. $76.50; A. Kahn, Inc., $25, employes, $26. Eastern Star Chapters, $115; Wom en’s Auxiliary, B'nai B'Rith, $100; National Council of Jewish Women, $100; Washington Masonic Lodge, No. 15, $250; Purveyor's Club, $25; Quota Club of Washington, $25, and Ahepa Chapters, $30. District women have completed the Red Cross nutrition and canteen classes. The course consists of 20 hours of class work. A thousand women registered for the course last month. PFifty volunteer instructors, re- quired to have degrees in home eco- nomics and nutritionist experience, teach the classes. Canteen classes are under the direction of Mrs, Sher- man Trowbridge and Mrs. Theodore Leary is in charge of registration. Communiques U. S. Flyers Down Two Planes Over Java The text of War Department comi- munique No. 92, outlining the mili- tary situation as of 9:30 a.m. today, Jollows: . Philippine theater: There was s lull In the battle of Batan during the last 24 hours. Combat was limited to relatively minor patrol actions, which lacked the savage character of the fighting which has been almost contin- uous during the last two weeks. ‘The Japanese troops confronting the right sector are under the command of Lt. Gen. Akira Nara, and those facing our left are un- der Lt. Gen. Naoki Kimura. ‘There was no marked activity in either sector. Netherlands Indies: Over Java a small formation of American P-40 fighting planes encountered a greatly superior force of Japa- nese bombers, escorted by pursuit aircraft. In the ensuing combat one enemy bomber and one en- emy pursuit plane were shot down, One of our planes is miss- | % ha is nothing to report from othgy areas. ‘A Edgar Morris Sales | Low Co., $75, employes, $81; Stockett- |t Inc., 56 (second contribution) ; Rufus |, M It also was announced that 557 |y Churchill fo Reveal Beaverbrook Dufies In New War Post Prime_Minister Tells Commons He Will Make Statement Shortly By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 5.—Prime Min- ister Churchill told the House of Commons today he would give it a statement at its next meeting on the duties of his Minister of War Production, Lord Beaver- i & & brook, named yesterday to that| newly ereated cabinet post. Mr. Churchill #lso said arrange- ments for the British dominions to be represented in the British war cabinet would not bring any change in the United Kingdom membership therein. ‘The Prime Minister said of the Beaverbrook sppointment, intended to set up a British counterpart of Donald M, Nelson's control of United States war production, that some minor details concerning the new Minister's relations with the Admirailty, Labor Ministry and other departments remained to be clari- Rights Exercised. He sald Sir Earle Page, Australian representative in London, for sev- eral months past actually has been exercising the rights which Aus- tralia wanted in asking for a voice in the formulation of war policy. Canada, New Zealand and the Unions of Bouth’ Africa were in- formed “the same facilities. would be available to them if they wished to take advantage of them,” the spokesman said. He added that no reply had been received from New Zealand and that Canada and the Unlon of Bouth Africa were “satisfied with existing arrangements for consulta- tion” and “do not at present wish to attach special representatives to the war cabinet.” May Seek More Funds. Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons he had “under considera- tion the possibility of taking fur- ther powers” to obtain greater fin- ancial support of the British war effort from wealthy British subjects now in the United States. The question was raised by Geof- fry L. Mander, Liberal, who asked what steps were being taken par- ticularly in regard to those living in “such places as New York, Long Island, the New England coast, Santa Barbara, Del Monte and Car- mel, Calif.” Ian Campbell Hannah interposed: “Is Hollywood deliberately or ac- cidentally omitted?” Mr. Wood said that new regula- tions “now are under consideration” and that he hoped they would be issued “very shortly.” Corto;und Corn Cobs Seen as Tin Savers By the Associated WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Feb. 5— Cotton and corn cobs could be made into containers to replace tin cans, Col. Maurice E. Barker of the Chem- ical Warfare Service suggested last night. The cotton could be formed into sheets, and the sheets bonded with plastics made of corn cobs, thereby saving tin and sheet steel, he said. Col. Barker spoke at the college of Willlam and Mary on possible new developments in chemistry. dancer protege, Mayris Chaney, "Parlor Pink" Charge Denied by Douglas In 0. C.D. Dispute Dancer, Mrs. Roosevelt's Protege, Named to Staff At $4,600 a Year Silent for two days while his name was connected variously with Com- munism and glamour on Capitol Hill, Screen Actor Melvyn Douglas, newly appointed O. C. D. arts co- ordinator, struck back today by charging that Representative Le- land Ford's “lack of knowledge is dangerous in a Congressman.” “If Mr. Ford really knew his com- | munity and the people in it,” the actor declared, “he couldn't make such irresponsible accusations. My position has been the same for the last six years, while the Communists have jumped all over the map.” ‘The California legislator, he added, should also know that “at the time I was barking my lungs out for the Fight for Freedom Committee the Communists were picketing the White House to keep us out of war.” Comment also was expected from ! Capitol Hill on the appointment of Mayris Chaney, night club enter- tainer and Mrs. Roosevelt's protege, who will direct children’s activities in the physical fitness division of O. | C. D. at $4,600 a year. A frequent White House visitor, | Weather Repo (Purnished by the United States Weather Bureau) District of Columbta—Occasion: early tonight, not much change in temperature; fresh winds, diminishing tonight. Maryland and Virginia—Oecasional rain, ending: in west portion late this afternoon and in east portion tonight, slightly colder in west portion tonight. ‘West Virgirnia—Somewhat eolder tonight. River Report. Potomae and Shenandoah Rivers elear at Harpers Perry: Potomac slightly muddy reat Falls today. Tide Tables. United States eodetic Survey.) (Purnished Coast and Tomorrow, 5 pm. 9:34am. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1942. Average. Record. January _ 1.80 7.83 .84 R84 213 1068 10.94 1063 1441 1745 KA1 860 December ~__- TC .56 Record for Last 24 Houwrs. (Prom noon yesterday to goon today.) Highest, 42, at 4:40 p.m. Festerday. Year B'! at, 33, at 4:10 am. today. Year | ago, 41 Lowe: ago. 24 A SOLEMN PROMISE Whilst our previous shipment of English and Scotch Fabrics remain changed. No advontage will be taken of present- day conditions. If you Custom Clothes at strictly moderate prices, see Louis Brown, the only importer and English Cus- tom Tailor in Washington. Scotch Tweed Suits, $45 to measure English Worsteds, $45 up (Suit to Lonis English Custom Tailor 812 14th St. N.W., London—England—Leeds [T [ 2 T NZMHI rt al rain ending late this afternoon or i Report for Last 34 N | Yesterday— 4pm. 24 Bours. 1o noon toasy.) r Last esterday Highest, 91 per eent. at 7:30 a.m. today. (erloyest: 41 per cent. at 1:30 B, yes- erday. Temperatures In Various Cities. Tempera- Precipi- Righest Lowest. 54 s S o . 12, l¥; hrs. in. . M P: New ‘Orlea New York, Philadelph: the prices will be un- appreciate Fine English the Finest Imports Measure) Broum . RE. 1396 I PROTEGE GETS A JOB—Mrs. Roosevelt is shown here with her who has been appointed to & $4,600-a-year job with the Office of Civilian Defense. —A. P, Photo. -~ the blond dancer once introduced a new dance at a White House din- ner for cabinet members. Called “the Eleanor Glide,” the dance was dedicated to Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Chaney will report to Mrs. Roosevelt, who heads the enlarged Community and Volunteer Partici- pation Division of O. C. D. Other salaries disclosed by the O. C. D. were those of Jonathan. Daniels, Raleigh (N. C.), author and editor, who will head program plan- ning at $8,000 a year; Hugh Jackson of New York, in charge of opera- tions, also $8,000 a year, and Mary Dublin, in charge of survey work at $5,600 a year. Mr. Daniels is a son of Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, Secretary of the Navy during the first World War and former Ambassador to Mexico. He edited the Raleigh News and Observer until called to Washington. Mr. Douglas, who will be paid at the rate of $8,000 a year but only when he is working, received the press today in a small private office at the Dupont Circle headquarters of O. C. D. The outer office was filled with unoccupied desks. Before he goes back to Hollywood, in two weeks, the movie star expects to have his Arts Council set up as a clearing house for talent with four contact men in charge. While he is making his next picture, he will handle operations from a branch office to be set up in Hollywood while another branch is functioning in New York. Will Have Four Assistants. His four assistants, as yet un- named, will be liaison men between Federal agencies asking for talent and the various branches of the arts. | One will be a booking agent for writers, another for musicians, a third for actors and entertainers and a fourth for painters, cartoon- ists and photographers. He emphasized that only talent which has offered its services will be used. No one will be asked to go to work unless he has volunteered. The idea of the Arts Council, he said, was a brain child of himself and Burgess Meredith. Mr. Douglas presented it to Dean Landis without the suggestion that he should head it, although he had already offered his services, he said, in any capacity. Denying that he was here for “fun or glory,” the blond screen star said it was “no fun to be met by such a blast as Mr. Ford's,” who called him & “parlor pink.” Hinshaw Charges Not Mentioned. He did not mention similar charges by Representative Hinshaw of California, also a Republican, 'who went on to declare in the House yesterday, “It seems to me a farce Navy Relief Society ' Will "Hold" Another Phantom Ball Feb. 17 Imaginary Function Will Provide Funds for Family Emergencies A phantom ball, the second spon- sored by the District of Columbis Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society, will be “held” on February 17. Committees for the affair were announced, but not the time or place—since the ball will take place only in the imaginations of those who have sitended the traditional function to provide funds to help meet emergencies in the lives of Navy men and their families. Mrs. George Pettengill, president of the District Auxiliary and wife of the commandant of the Navy Yard, explained that the phantom ball is being repeated this year be- cause wartime activities would pre- vent meny ticket holders from at- tending the affair even if it wers. actually held. Officials of the society cheerfully admitted that during the ticket sale last year several prominent men willingly paid double for the privi lege of not attending a formal af« fair during a very busy season. Need for Funds Increases. In the past years the annual Navy Relief Society ball has been a high light of the social season. The huge sail loft at the Navy Yard was especially decorated and the Navy and Marine Corps Bands furnished the music. The locale of the ball this year is San Francisco, as one imagines it, possibly in & blackout. The Navy Relief Society pointed out that the necessity for relief fund expenditures has vastly expanded since this country’s entry into war. Mrs. Pettengill said the local auxil« jary acted in more than 100 cases during the first month of war. Five years ago the society was called to aid only 200 cases during an entire year. “The purchase of a ticket to the phantom ball,” said Mrs. Harold R. Stark, chairman of the Ball Commit- tee, “will mean assurance to the men on battle stations at sea that their families and loved ones will be cared for at home, no matter what happens. “Officers and enlisted men know that, as long as there are funds in the treasury, their wives and de- pendents can call on the Navy Relief Society for aid. I am sure many patriotic and public-spirited citizens will be glad to contribute in this manner to the peace of mind of those other Americans who are risking their lives at sea in defense of the flag.” $6,000 Raised Last Year. Each of the committees for the ball will operate as if the ball were to be held, with all funds to be turned over to the Navy Relief Society treasury, which last year was increased by $6,000 as & resuit of the Phantom Ball. Serving with Mrs. Stark will be Mrs. J. B. W. Waller, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Harold Bowen, chairman of the Committee on | Boxes; Mrs. C. C. Hartigan, deco- rations; Mrs. Robert Hoyt, costumes and flowers; Mrs. Harold Holcomb, | milk and refreshments; Mrs. Stan- ford C. Hooper, cigarettes; Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, ballroom decora- tions; Mrs. W. B. Woodson, tickets, and Mrs. James V. Forrestal, pub- licity Tickets to the phantom ball are on sale at the theater ticket offices of the Willard, Mayflower and, Shoreham Hotels or may be ob-' tained by writing to Mrs. Woodson, 3222 Woodley road N.W. ‘Ticket, prices, which in reality are con- tributions, range from $2.50 for floor seats to $45 for boxes. to make of the Office of Civilian Defense a pink tea party, where well-known faces of social life and the screen can obtain added pub- licity.” Mr. Douglas said he could be “more comfortable at home with my children” and said it didn't strike him that a parlor pink would make two movies—“Ninotchka” and “He Stayed for Breakfast"—which lampooned Communism and won him the title among Communists, he said, of being the Nation's No. 1 counter revolutionary. FREE PARKING When West has a Sale—it's a REAL Sale CAPITAL GARAGE Semi-Annual SALE SUITS FOR MEN “As Fine as Human Hands Can Make” 5540 Formerly 360 $65 Fr‘uhauf's, now $58 ’ $75 Fruhauf's, now $68 $85 Fruhauf’s, now $78 % DIVIDED PAYMENT CHARGE ACCOUNTS SIDNEY WEST, u I EUGENE C. GOTT, President