Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1942, Page 6

A—4 X China Loan Receives | Donald Duck F;lls Unanimous Approval 0f Senate Commitfee Increase in Deliveries Of Supplies to-Russia Urged by Pepper By the Associated Press. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee - unanimously ap- proved today a House bill au- thorizing the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to make $500,000,000 in financial aid avallable to China.’ Committee attaches announced the action while the group still was in executive session hearing the last of a half dozen witnesses, including several cabinet members. Senator Pepper, Democrat, of Florida added to the loan discus- sion an appeal for increased de- liveries of military supplies to Russia. Voicing approval of the proposed China loan, Senator Pepper told re- porters that this country also ought to do:everything it could to speed up the transfer of war materials so the Soviets would be as well pre- pared as possible for the promised Nazi spring offensive. “The Florida Senator sald he did not doubt that the necessity of rush- ing reinforcements to the South- western Pacific had interfered with the schedule of deliveries to Russia, causing the lag which has created considerable concern in some quar- ters here, Senator Pepper declared that this deficiency in shipments should be remedied as speedily as possible, Reassurance Sought. “I have no doubt that the Russian government recognizes the difficul- ties that we face,” he sald, “but we ought to let them know that we mean to keep our word and to give them what we have sald we would deliver.” Defense officials said there was no question of ignoring previous assur- ances given Moscow. On the con- trary, they asserted, the production of the promised supplies was gener- ally “on or ahead of schedule.” The abrupt heavy demands made on available shipping was the big prob- lem, they explained, but they hoped to solve this satisfactorily. Democratic Leader Barkley said that he would recommend passage of the China loan measure at onca. Republican Leader McNary said he had no personal objection to waiv- ing the Senate rule requiring that all bills lay over a day after com- mittee action, ‘Would Provide Credit. ‘The measure would authorize the Secretary of Treasury, with ap- proval to the President, to make up to $500,000,000 in credits available to the Chungking Chinese govern- ment. Chairman Connally of the For- eign Relations Committee sald it was his understanding that this su- thority would be used to stabilize the Chinese currency, to establish credit for China here and to provide supplies, arms and zounitions for the Chinese armies, Asked how these supplies would get to Chungking if the Burma road should be cut off by the Japanese, Senator Connally said it might be possible to parallel the road from India or to establish a route through Siberia. Awaiting committee action on the bill, the Senate arranged to act finally on a $26,485,265,474 naval sup- By W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr. Donald Duck is all-out to beat the Axis with taxes, and no squawk- odesty. ‘Walt Disney, here for the Wesh- ington premiere of Donald as a patriot, praised the «spirit of self- sacrifice exhibited by his protege. The war canght Donald flatfooted. He was geiting fat and Then came the call to duty. Mr. Disney, in town co%lrflnc with George Buffington, ASUry pro- moter for the sale of defense securi- tles, telephoned Donald and his studio staff to get busy on a feature to raise war funds for Uncle Sam. That was on December 16. A five-week deadline was set. Donald usually spends about six months getting ready to take another bow. ‘When somebody asked Donald if he was a duck or & drake, he blew his top. Feathers flew in the studio. A hundred artists, soores of tech- nicians worked far into the night. Clarence Nash, the artist who dubs in Donald’s voice, got a note from his wife: “Let me know if you're coming home this week.” N xt home for days, not even the By December 18 the story was taking shape. It was a drama of taxes for war production, of guns, tanks and airplanes blasting away MR. DUCK, THE PATRIOT—A fast-action camera and magnifying glass catch the . i S lous Donald racing across the country to Washington to file his income tax return. The scene is from Donald’s newest picture, “The New Spirit,” dramatizing taxes for war production. —_— e - at the sinister land, sea and sky monsters of the Axis powers. Donald gets his income tax made out in a hurry. He misses the mallman and races all the way to Washing- ton to-get his money on the line. On January 5 the first print of the flim was shown to Secretary Morgenthau. The feature opened in 50 New York and 60 Chicago theaters on January 29. It will be shown in 12000 theaters be- fore the income tax deadline on March, 15. It opened today at the Little and 0body | Earle Theaters and will be screened at numerous other theaters here be- tween now and March 15. Incidentally, Donald shows how an intelligent duck makes out an income tax return with no errors. All this in 7 minutes. Rezoning fo Permit Big Housing Project In Hillcrest Granfed 12 Proposed Changes Allowed Among 16 Up Before Commission Twelve of 16 proposed changes in permitted uses of properties, con- sidered yesterday at a public hearing at the District Building, were ap- proved by the Zoning Commissicn, with some restrictions in three of the cases. Two cases were denied and action was deferred in two others. Qver the written protests of about 200 residents and property owners in the Hillcrest area, the commission approved a change from “A” re- stricted to “A” area for a 50-acre tract near Naylor road and Thirtieth street 8.8, to permit a huge defense housing project. ‘With a stipulation that agreement is reached for a trade of six-acre tracts between the United States and the District, the commission also approved a change,from restricted to residential “A” zoning for Friend- ship, the McLean estate on Wiscon- sin avenue N.W, where another large-scale defense housing project be erected. is to Approved Cases. Approval also was given by the commission to the following changes: ply bill. Approved almost without debate yesterday by the House, the record-breaking appropriations bill would be sent to President Roose- velt on Senate adoption of a con- ference report. Leaders sought House action on & Senate-approved measure authoriz- ing the planting of 75,000 acres of ‘Western Hemisphere land in gua- yule, rubber-bearing plant. Special Jury Meeting Delayed Until Tuesday The special District grand jury, which has been inquiring into prop- aganda activities, will meet again Tuesday, Justice Department offi- cials said today. The grand jurors were scheduled to reconvene today, but as subpoenas had not been served on witnesses slated to be heard, Special Assistants to the Attorney General William Power Maloney and Edward J. Hickey, jr., decided that the grand jury should not assemble, Mrs. Byron Will Speak At Club Drive Luncheon Representative Katherine Byron of Maryland will be the guest speaker at the first report luncheon of the Metropolitan Police Boys’ Club fund campaign at 12:30 pm. tomorrow in the National Press Club suditorium. Reports will be made by three di- vision chairmen on progress of the opening phases of the drive to raise $100,000 for the five boys’ clubs and their summer camp at Scotland, Md. The annual meeting of the club’s Board of Directors will be held at 6 pm. tomorrow in the Ambassador Hotel. Qfficers will be elected. Mor- ris Cafritz now is president and chafrman of the board. Staunton Gives Pay Raises Bpeelal Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., Feb. 5.—After raising the pay of practically all city employes, City Council has adopted a 1942 budget of $459,000. City Manager W. L. Hall, who was given an annual raise of $250, esti- mated the pay increases would cost the city about $10,000 annually, From residential to first commer- clal, property at 2903-2905 Sherman avenue N.W. Prom residential to first commer- clal, property at 1121 Third street SE. and the rear part of 200-208 M street SE. From first commercial to residen- tial 40-foot “A” ares, property at 4201-4205 Grant street NE. From residential to second com- mercial 60-foot “D” area, property on the west side of Fenwick street between Capitol avenue and Gallau- det street and on the south side of Gallaudet street between Fenwick and Providence streets N.E, and change from first commercial to res- idential 40-foot “B” area, property on the northeast corner of Capitol avenue and Providence street N.E. From residential to first commer- cial, property at the rear of 830 Bla- densburg road NE. - From second commercial to indus- trial, 90-foot “D” area, entire square south of V street between First and Second streets S.W. From second commercial to resi- dential 40-foot “A” area, property at Kenilworth avenue and Foote street NE. Apartment Plea Rejected. PFrom residential “A” restricted to residential “A” semi-restricted, which permits community and semi- detached houses, but no apartments, property along west side of Riggs road near the District line, NE. Apartment zoning had been asked in this case. From industrial and second com- mercial, first commercial and resi- dential “B” area to residential 40- foot “A” area, property on the west of Nichols avenue between Howard road and the grounds of St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital S.E. From residential “B” restricted and “A” semi-restricted areas to residential “A” area, which permits apartments, property on the south side of Baker street between the right of way of the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Co. and Anacostia Park, in North- east and Southeast Washington. In this case the petitions also had sought & change from residential to first commercial of property at the northeast corner of Benning road and Anacostia avenue, but this was denied. The commission denied requests for a change from second to first commercial for property bounded by Occupied Republics Soon Will Refurn fo Soviet, Kalinin Says Red Army Gets Closer Each Day to Borders of Baltic States, He Claims By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Feb. 5—President Michael Kalinin in & message to the Soviet people today proclaimed that “the hour is near when all the oc- cupied republics (of Russia) will re- turn to the family” of the Soviet Union. Closer and closer each day, he said, the Red Army is approaching the borders of White Russia, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. “Every day,” he went on, “more occupied places in the Ukraine re- turn to their country (Russia).” His message, spread across the main pages of the newspapers, sald that although the Germans were fighting for every inch of ground the Russians had driven the in« vaders back as far as 175 miles in some places. Knlfinnsdd'hamd.&rmyhnd learned much while it was being pushed back by the German offen- sive, and that it also made prepara- tions for its own counterthrust while it was withdrawing. “The Germans will never recap- ture from the Red Army the initia- tive which now has been gained,” he declared. Premier Josef Stalin’s call to the army and the people gave tremen- dous impetus to the Russian attack and seemed to double the Soviet forces, Kalinin said. The President asserted that Hit- ler had sacrificed everything in try- ing to realize his dream of occupying Moscow, and that now that dream ‘was pursuing him like a shadow. ‘The German Fuehrer paid a lot for it and will pay more, Kalinin added. “While the world awaited the fall of Moscow,” he declared, “the Red Army command laid plans to defeat him at the gates of the capital.” First of New Ships Built For Britain Wins Praise By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 5—The captain of the 7,000-ton steamship Ocean Vanguard, first vessel of her kind built for Britain in the United States, was quoted last night as say- ing he found the new ship fast enough to keep up with any convoy. The ship arrived yesterday at a British port after a stormy Atlantic crossing with a cargo of aircraft, canned goods, hides and meat. The British radio said the ship ‘was “the forerunner of a great fleet,” and that she withstood the terrific waves of the Atlantic “very well indeed.” One of the crew, a fireman, was quoted as saying “she’s as good as anything I've been in and I've been in plenty.” Justice Legion Post Giving Dance Tonight The annual reception and dance of Department of Justice American Legion Post No. 41 will be held to- night at 2437 Fifteenth street N.W, Among honor guests will be Sen- ator Mead of New York, Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed, and Col. Louis Sanders. Twenty-five per cent of the post membership is drawn frem the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Lee R. Pennington, jr., aide to J. Edgar Hoover, is gen- eral chairman of arrangements. APPROVED FOR HILLCREST—This is an architect' drawing of & new defense housing project to be erected near Naylor road and Thirtleth street 8E. The Zoning Commission approved yesterday permitting use of the property, despite the written protests of about 200 resi- changes dents of the Hillcrest area. n Walt Disney (right), creator of Mr. Duck, showing some of the drawings for the new picture to George Buffington, As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury. The film will be shown in thousands of theaters before the income tax deadline, March 15. —=Star Staff Photo. Russia __ (Continued From First Page) aging blows as one raid in which they wrecked a train, disabling five locomotives and ditching hundreds of cars. 27 Gun Positions Smashed. The “Kalinin front,” on which the Russians sald they destroyed 27 Gefman tanks, 5 cannon and 8 machine guns, presumably refers to the province which extends clear to the Latvian frontier, rather than to the immediate vicinity of the city of Kalinin. Before Leningrad, Russian units were declared to have smashed 27 German gun positions, killing more than 400 German officers and men. The midnight Soviet communique said 1,800 German soldiers and offi- cers were killed or wounded after stubborn fighting for one {ortified populated place. It was the Soviets added, when the Germans “retreated in disorder” before threatened encirclement. Nazis Dislodged Elsewhere. ‘The official report said the Ger- mans were dislodged trom another center of resistance at a cost to them of more than 1,000 officers and soldiers killed. This communique also announced the occupation of a number of un- specified populated places. The midday communique reported these actions continuing, with the six more populated places recap- tured, and told of 70 Germans being killed at one spot and 100 at another. Pressure in 3 Areas. u’l'rh“u:(l the war reports indicated e Army was exerting pressure on the Germans in three big areas— westward of Moscow toward the key city of Smolensk; in the south cen- ter between Kursk and Kharkov, and deep in the Donets Basin, where the Russians are driving on Dnieperopetrovsk. The Russians indicated the Ger- man air force still is hitting at Mos- cow, reporting seven German planes were brought down yesterday in the vicinity of the capital. Meanwhile, news reels from the front, shown privately in Moscow, portrayed graphically the havoc be- ing wreaked on the retreating Ger- mans—and the havoc the Germans were alleged to have visited on the Russians in some areas. Nazis Report 123 Vain 1Attacks by Russians LONDON,, Feb. 5 (4 —The Berlin radio reported today that 123 vain Russian attacks had been made against the German lines on the Leningrad front within one month and claimed that 7,000 Soviet were killed, 2,100 wounded and 979 captured. Attacks Repuised, Nazis Claim. BERLIN (From German Broad- wrapping of packages or un- nwu:o!p.whnb‘ D. C. Lawyers fo Help Spur Defense Bond Sales Organization of a speakers’ bu- reau to help promote sales here of defense savings bonds and stamps is being completed by the District Bar Association. Speakers will be provided for meetings of business and civic groups, women’s organizations, serv- ice groups, fraternal and labor bod- jes and for radio engagements, Chairman H. L. Rust, jr, of the Dilsdcflc! Defense Savings Committee, sald. The bureau is being formed by a special committee composed of John N. Littlepage, chairman; Louis B. Arnold, Al Philip Kane and James R. Kirkland, serving under a gen- eral committee consisting of James C. Rogers, chairman; Theodore Cogswell, Frederick R. Gibbs, Her- bert P. Leeman, Joseph J. Malloy, Martin F. O'Donoghue, Everett San- ders and Frank J. Wideman. Third-of-Cent-a-Mile Rate Sought for Service Men - Rallroad fares would be cut to one-third of a cent a mile for mem- bers of the armed forces traveling on leave if a bill to be introduced today by Senator Chavez, Democrat, of New Mexico, is passed by Congress. ‘The same measure 3iso directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and report to Congress on advisability of establishing a new schedule of zone fares for the gen- eral public to encourage railroad travel, in view of restrictions on tires and automobiles. Senator Chavez suggested lower rates within limited zones also would encourage workers in congested areas to live at greater distances FEBRUARY 5, 1942. Spy Roundup Sent . Alleged Leader Info Hiding, Court Told Woman Told to Flee To Japan With Defense Data, Girl Testifies By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 5—An F. B. I. roundup of German sples in the summer of 1941 was said by s wit- ness in Federal Court today to have hampered the operations of several members of another alleged espio- nage ring. One man fled to & mountain hide- out and & woman made plans to leave for Japan with information on defense industries, Army camps and the huge Douglas B-19 bomber, the witaess said. A Eighteen-year-old Lucy Boehmler, who has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the Espi- onage Act, testified for the third day at the trial of six men and one woman. Miss Boehmler testified that after the 1941 roundup—which resulted in 33 convictions—Kurt Frederick Ludwig, named by the Government as leader of the defendants now on trial, fled to a Pocono Mountain hideout. She said that she, Mrs. Helen Pauline Mayer, Hans Helmuth Pagel and Karl Mueller, defendants, and her uncle, Oscar Huttenlauch, vis- ited Ludwig there in July, 1941. Received Conflicting Cables. The witness sald that Ludwig learned from Mrs. Mayer that she had received two cablegrams from her husband, Walter Mayer, from Japan, one saying that he was seri- ously ill and for her to come to him immediately; the other, sent to a different address, informing her that he was well and believed it best for her to leave the United States. Ludwig, Miss Boehmler said, told Mrs. Mayer how to obtain a pass- port, and gave her a series of in- structions and information on de- fense industries, Army camps and Douglas bombers. “Don't write it down, try to re- member it and give it to the right people in Germany,’” the witness quoted Ludwig as saying to Mrs. Mayer. Mrs. Mayer, the witness said, told Ludwig at the time that the sit- uation was getting “too dangerous” and that she couldn't help him any more. Ludwig Seized in West. Ludwig told the group, Miss Boehmler testified, that he was going to leave shortly for the West. Ludwig was arrested by Federal agents in the State of Washington in September, 1941. On the stand yesterday, Miss Boehmler, German-born blond, tes- tified that no less an authority than Heinrich Himmler, Nazt Gestapo chief, received information on iden- tities, cargoes, origins and likely sailing plans of ships in New York Harbor as well as data on Eastern seaboard forts and plane factories. Visited Defense Centers. Ferry trips into the harbor, auto- mobile rides and excursions to the Navy Yard in Brool and a motor trip to defense cen! in Southern coastal States provided the in- formation sought by the ring, Miss Boehmler declared. Once collected, she said, Ludwig inscribed the data on the backs of ordinary letter papers with invisible ink and sent it to Himmler through mail “drops” in Madrid and Berlin. Miss Boehmler testified that her trip with Ludwig started from Bal- timore in 1941 and extended as far as Florida. She said they went to Fort Meade, then to the Edgewood Arsenal, from there to the Aberdeen, Md., proving grounds, then to Langley Field, Va., and on to Newport News, where a ship was being launched. At each place, Miss Boehmler asserted, Ludwig made photographs and dictated to her the name of the camp, the number of divisions there, the equipment and its exact location. List Includes Fort Myer. ‘The places visited, she said, in- cluded Camp Pendleton, Fort Myer, Fort Belvoir, Fort Bragg, Camp Croft, Fort Sumter, Fort Jackson, Camp Wheeler, Fort Benning, vari- ous other forts and airports in Ala- bama and Georgia, and the Pensa- cola Air Station in Florida. She sald they tried to get into the Pensacola Station, but failed. ANY WATCH Cleaned and All Work Overhauled Guaranteed and commute to work. Over 200,000 defense workers now wear the Navy “E” awarded for effi- clency in naval ordnance plants. Watch Crystals, 45c CREDIT JEWELERS WADE'S 615 12th St. N.W. Defense Clerk Rates Volunteer: ‘Educated, Can’t Do a Thing’ written comment on the back of the card: “Highly educated, but can’t do a thing.” U. S. Volunteer Killed Over Reich, Widow Told By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontaris, Feb. 5.—The ‘widow of Flying Officer Douglas van Buskirk of New York was informed today by the British Air Ministry that he had died at the controls of his Stirling bomber when it was shot down over Germany Novem- ber 7. Mrs. van Buskirk, the former Lilias Ahern of Ottawa, will re- port to Havergall College, Toronto, Saturday to train with the Canadian ‘Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. Mr. van Buskirk, one of the Pirst United States fiyers to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force, was posted for duty overseas only a week after he and Miss Ahearn were married. He is the son of Harold van Buskirk, New York ar- chitect, and studied law at the Uni- versity of Virginia. The cable from the Air Ministry said that Mr. van Buskirk's crew died with him. He was buried at Duesseldorf. His plane was one of 37 bombers and 15 fighters that failed to return from operations that night—one of the costliest nights of the R. A. F'. Girl Arrested for Brother's Nine Traffic Tickets By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 5—A 16-year- old high school girl, taken from her classroom to answer a charge of ignoring nine traffic tickets, spent six hours in the Women’s House of Detention last might be- fore her parents could obtain her release in $1,000 bail. Sobbing and bewildered. Dorothy Miller denied the charge and in- sisted that the car involved, al- though registered in her name, ac- tually belonged to her half-broth- er, Harry Kazen, 30. The girl said that at Mr, Kazen'’s request she had once signed a paper assuming ownership of the vehicle, but that she mever had driven it. Magistrate William E. Ringel, denq “super-smart people” who register their cars in the names of others, said, “If your brother thinks he's going to give this court the run-around, he’s badly mis- taken.” After Dorothy said she. couldn’t pay the fines on the nine tickets, the magistrate ordered her held in $1,000 bail. A family friend got her out by putting up a tenement house he owns as security. . RENT A PIANO ON OUR NEW E]IRCIIASE-BEHTAL PLAN A special plan for the many people who, if it were not for the uncertainty of their future status, would buy a piano outright at once. You can choose from any new or used spinet, grand or upright in our store, and, if later you decide to keep it, the payments you have made will apply on the purchase price. If, on the other hand, for any reason, will be charged only are unable to keep it, e usual rental rate. We also, of course, have plenty of pianos available to rent on our regular monthly rental plan. 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The automobile industry has un- dertaken contracts for $3,500,000,000 tional large orders have been placed with subcontractors and accessory manufasturers. “Including the backlog of war or= ders with which it entered the year,” the summary continued, “it appeared the industry in 1942 will be carrying war contracts of $9,- 000,000,000.” The board’s production division has put greatest pressure on ma- chine tool manufacturers, calling all the Nation's 200-odd major manu- facturers and most of the smaller manufacturers to Washington for production clinics. Delivery sched- ules have been advanced “in every instance,” the board said. “Many basic policy decisions have been made” in the last 60 days, the summary declared. “Virtually every American life will be affected by them. 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