Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1942, Page 1

Weather Colder. temperature scmewhat below freezing wnlght Temperatures today—Highest, 45, at 4 ; lowest, 38, at 10:30 From the United States Weawner Bureau Report, Full Detaiis on Pase A2 Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 7. 90th YEAR. No. 35,7 Forecast am. 11. Chy WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D@, == @he Zoening Sta SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1942— THIRTY PAGES. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS UP) Means Associated Press. % %% % % L THREE CENTS. CRASH SINKS U. S. SUB, ALL BUT 3 MEN LOST Army Air Fme to Reach Million Men in 1942, Two Million Later?-C DiersFy Flymg Trammg Will Be Added At West Point Expansion Expected To Bring Changes In Requirements By NELSON M. SHEPARD. 'The Army’s air forces will be expanded to a million officers and men this year and double that number later on, the War | Department announced today. Under this new expansion plan, flying instruction will be added next month to the curriculum of the United States Military Acad- emy at West Point, N. Y., for the | first time. Expansion of the air force to ap-, proximately 2,000,000 men is ex- pected to make for wide revisions in requirements for training. Air forces et present form the second-largest branch of the Army. Current plans for 1942 call for the addition of approximately 20,000 aviation cadets per month. By mid- year the air force strength will have passed the 750,000 mark and will be expanding rapidly. Marshall at West Point. | The increase in the strength of | the Army air forces followed an announcement of an expansion of the Navy forces. Secretary of Navy Knox last week | announced that the Navy would ex- pand its air arm by the training of 30,000 pilots a yeer and was taking over four colleges in different parts of the United States to school the aerial fighters. Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff, who was at West Point today, authorized the announcement regarding air force objectives The expansion in the air force is necessary to train pilots, navigators, bombardiers and specialists for the huge construction program which is to provide 60,000 planes this year and 125,000 next year. Year Will Be Saved. A number of cadets at West Point will be trained and graduated as pilots, thus saving a year which is now required after graduation for pilot training. The number to re- ceive this training was not disclosed. These young cadets will receive elementary, basic and advanced fly- ing instruction at Stewart Field. The plan involves no basic changes in| their academic training. Members of the 1944 class who desire pilot training will join classes | at civil air flelds nearest their homes | on June 3, 1944. They will com- | plete this phase of their training on August 5. The class of 1945 at West Point and all succeeding classes will un- | dergo the same training schedule | outlined for the 1944 class, but in addition every cadet will be re- quired to complete 10 hours of ob- | server training during his sopho- more summer camp. Weikert Aix Force Officer. The 1942 class in aviation will complete their elementary instruc- tion prior to their June 10 gradu- ation. On July 5, they will commence basic training and will receive their wings by November 10, Then they will be commissioned and trans- ferred to the air corps. Lt. Col. J. M. Weikert has been assigned as air force officer at West Point with a place on the academic board. Secretary of War Stimson on the eve of the war said the air forces would be enlarged to a minimum of 400,000 men by next June 30. Only Britain's Royal Air Force and Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe are credited with numbers of flyers and ground forces now projected for the United States Army, 56-Minute Air Alert Sounded at Los Angeles By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7—Los An- geles had a 56-minute air alert, ending at 12:40 am. today, after unidentified planes were reported approaching. The 4th Interceptor Command said neither lights nor radios were blacked out, It declined to com- ment. Late Races Earlier Results and Entries for Monday on Page 2-X. Hialeah Park SIXTH RACE—Purse. $5000 added; Ba- hamas Handicap; 3-year-old: Rorerican Woit. (Meade) 3010 1140 830 First Fiddle (Wall) Figgeritout, (Gilbert) 24 MJsab. Reauested. Brignt wil. | r. Bold Quetion, Sweep Swinger | 8ir ana Tncomine allow- turlongs 2.50 12 SEVENTH RACE—Purse $1.600; i -vearids end w:'7 1:24 Also Tan—OQur Boots, The Chief, Great Union, Ship Biscuit. Fair Grounds FOURTH RACE—Purse, $600; ances; 2-year-olds. Khamcia (Craig) 21.80 9.60 6.20 Shiny Penny (Shelhamer) 2060 10:40 Bumpsy (Brooks) 5.00 Time, allow- Also ' ran—M: Blue Norther, Victory Drive. Bud O.. f Li erty Eve. 1King Epithet. FIFTH _RACE—Purse $1.000: _allow- ances; 4-year-olds and up; 8 furlongs, ack Twink (George) 7.80 3.80 2.60 entown (Guerin) 380 2.60 L Kid' (Panse) 240 !snmo Gold. Pranks Boy. ‘ A ik ’ 5350 | 9.50 v Tet Rambler. {Bo Was | Anna Jean Plastil Fal and | Japs Put Losses At 3,382 Men And 26 Ships By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Feb. 7 (Japanese Broad- | cast) —Japanese Imperial headquar- ters today announced that Japanese dead and wounded in two months of | war were 3,382—not counting any | losses on the Malayan peninsula, where the fighting had been con- tinuous up to a week ago. ‘Ten Japanese transport ships were | sunk and 16 damaged, the state- | ment said, and 153 Japanese war- planes were said to have been lost. | United Nations losses were listed as follows: | | Captured: 24 military planes, 24 tanks and ored cars, 508 guns, 1,500 machine-guns; 19,300 rifles: 3,700 motor vehicles; 1,000 “railway trains” (probably meaning cars), 307 warships and merchantmen; Destroyed: 444 planes shot down, 470 planes destroyed on ground; 92 warships and merchantmen | sunk; Prisoners taken, 22,000. i United Nations soldiers 7,700. killed, Alsab Loses Bahamas To American Wolf, Rank Quisider Sabath Horse Sixth; First Fiddle Noses Out Figgeritout for Second | Br the Associated Press. i MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 7.—Alsab, the 1941 champion juvenile, was de- feated before a crowd of 16,316 at Hialeah Park in his first 3- year-old race today, finishing out of the money as Mrs. A. F. Sher- man’s American Wolf won a smashing four-length victory. | The horse that cost Albert Sabath | of Chicago $700 and won $110.600 | in his first year of racing finjshed sixth in a field of 10 in the $5000 added Bahamas Handicap. American Wolf, a rank outsider, did the 7 furlongs over a fast track in 1 minute, 2435 seconds and paid $36.10, $1140 and $6.30 across the board. First Fiddle nosed out a photo-finish victory for the place, paying $8.50 and $5.50, and Figgerit- out was third at $9.50. Alsab’s greatest rival, B. F. Whit- aker’s Requested, was hopelessly in last place, 8 lengths behind the field. | Operation Performed On F. D. Roosevelt, Jr. By the Associated Press | NEW YORK, Feb. 7—Naval Lt Franklin D, Roosevelt, jr., son of President Roosevelt, today under- went an operation for acute appen- dicitis at Brooklyn Naval Hospital, the Navy announced at noon. His | condition was said to be good. Young Roosevelt, who had been | on naval patrol duty, left Portland, | Me,, last night to come here for the | operation. | Bt oo NI O SR Helm (left) is shown today taki: Two Youths Get Life Terms in Loveless Slaying Sentence Imposed After Three-Hour Hearing at Leesburg (Earlier Story on Page A-4.) By CARTER BROOKE JONES, Star Staff Correspondent. LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 7—Life imprisonment was the penalty | | imposed in Circuit Court here ! this afternoon on Herbert Bucke Porter of Brentwood, Md., and Paul Bernard Hoback of Blue- field, W. Va., 16-year-old youths who pleaded guilty to the mur- der of Ward Loveless, Washing- ton attorney, during !he_robbery of his home near here Novem- ber 24. The boys were sentenced by Judge J. R. H. Alexander after a three- hour hearing in which the State | | proved the crime with a brief out- | line of its mass of circumstantial evidence. The defense offered no testimony. Death Penalty Asked. | Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles | F. Harrison asked the death penalty in a summation of the case. He termed the crime one of the most brutal and callous in the annals of | Loudoun County. In a brief reply, State Senator Aubrey Weaver, chief defense counsel, urged the extreme youth of the defendants as an argu- ment against the electric chair, and pointed out that the law gave the | court wide latitude, permitting any | penalty from 20 years to death. In imposing sentence, Judge Alex- | ander said he did not believe the ends of justice required the death penalty on two 16-year- old boys who had not reached suffi- cient maturity to give them an ade- quate understanding of the conse-| quences of their acts. He then sen- tenced them to serve the rest of | their “natural lives” in the State | Penitentiary at Richmond. Mothers Cling to Boys The boys took the sentence with | impassive faces, though young Ho- | back gulped hard. As court was adjourned, the mothers of both boys rushed forward weeping and threw their arms around their sons. The mothers clung to their boys | for several minutes, and then deputy sheriffs led the boys, handcuffed to each other, back to the county jail.| The body of Mr. Loveless was found stuffed in a china closet off | a breakfast room of his country home. He had been shot four times and beaten on the head. Several| days later Porter and Hoback were | arrested at Appalachia, Va. after | they had abandoned Mr. Loveless' automobile at nearby Cumberland, Ky., and fled on foot. YOUNG SLAYERS GO TO LEARN FATE—State Trooper E. D. ng Herbert Bucke Porter (cen- ter) and Paul Bernard Hoback, 16-year-old Kkillers of Ward Loveless, from the Leesburg (Va. for the hearing that brought them life imprisonment. ) Jail to the county courthouse —Star Staff Photo. 4 ington Navy Yard in November, 0ff Canadian Coast Several Men Trapped On Ship; U-Boat's First Torpedo Missed Mark BULLETIN. ‘The Navy announced this afternoon that the Swedish ship Amerikaland has been torpedoed off the Atfhtic coast, 41 survivors arriving at New York today. ‘They said two submarines engaged in the attack. Three lifeboats escaped. The 11, all from one boat, did not know what had happened to the other two craft. (Another Submarine Story on Page A-3.) | By the Associated Press. | AN EAST COAST CANADIAN | PORT, Feb. 7.—Forty-five survi- vors reaching here in three life- | boats reported today that an | enemy submarine had sunk their coastal freighter off the Cana- dian coast. Twenty-seven crew- men were still missing. Vessels sent out from this port, meanwhile, searched for a fourth lifeboat containing some of the re- {mainder of the freighter's crew of 1 72. Survivors already here said sev- | eral men were trapped on the ship when she went down. The submarine fired two torpedoes at their vessel, the survivors said. One of them missed the ship com- pletely, but the second caused her to sink swiftly. The men reaching shore were ex- amined at an emergency hospital, but all were reported by attending physicians to be in good condition and fine spirits. They had not been in their lifeboats long. The survivors, all Britons, said the ship was sunk without warning. Two lifeboats were put out of com- mission when the torpedoes struck. Fire broke out in a ship berthed at this Canadian port shortly after midnight, and nine hours later thick smoke still poured from the hull, while the vessel listed against her dock at a 45-degree angle, her star- board deck almost awash. It was believed the crew escaped. Dutch Officials Discuss Pacific War With Roosevelt (Earlier Story on Page A-4.) Three ranking officials of the after a White House conference with President Roosevelt today that ade- quate llaison and administrative machinery for prosecuting the Pa-| cific war will soon be operating here and in London. Dr. Eelco Van Kleffens, Dutch For- eign Minister, told reporters there had been a full exchange of infor- mation on status of the Southwest Pacific: ¢onflict and that entire agreement existed between the Dutch and American governments. It wes in response’'to questioning about the Pacific councils, which the President said yesterday already were in operation, that Dr. Van Kleffens predicted the creation of effective administrative machinery. Hubertus J. van Mook, Lieutenant Governor of the Netherlands In- dies, said he was leaving here soon and was taking back to his post much information on American plans for expeditipg aid for that area. Dr. A. Loudon, Netherlands Min- ister, was the third of the Dutch officials to participate in the con- ference. Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (#).—Stocks mixed; rails recover. Bonds nar- row; prices about steady. Cotton lower; week-end uidation, hedging and mhfln“z Netherlands government predicted | SUNKEN §-26 VISITED WASHINGTON IN 1940—The 8-26, here designated as the 131 (right), during a stopover at the Wash- 1940. At the left, alongside the 45 Saved, 21 Missing I 'As Sub Sinks Vessel - dock, is the 8-30, a sister submarine. The S-26 was built be- tween 1918 and 1923 and commissioned October 15, 1923. —Star Staft Photo. The three survivors of the S-26—swept from the bridge when she sank—examine the buoy released by the trapped erew, With Capt. T. J. Doyle, in charge of rescue operations, are Lt. Rob- Hurst. La Roe Asks Stricter District Liquor Law /At Senate Hearing Pending Bill, He Suggests, May Encourage Monopoly With Advertising Bans (Earlier Story on Page B-7.) By J. A: O'LEARY. Agreeing with Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas that Washington is “a wide open city” in the sale of liquor, Wilbur La | Roe, jr., of the Washington Fed- eration of Churches suggested to a Senate subcommittee this aft- ernoon that it consider tighten- | ing liquor legislation. Mr. La Roe said the pending bill, banning price advertising and ex- tending the dry zone around | churches and schools from 400 to 600 feet, appears to be a step in the right direction, but an “utterly 'inndequabe solution.” At the same time he suggested the possibility of encouraging monopoly should be considered if tdo broad a restriction is placed on advertising. The witness, who is also a member of the District Parole Board, com- plained of the sale of bottled liquor in grocery stores and its display in drug stores, where young people go to buy ice cream sodas. He said his work on the Parole Board has en- abled him to see the extent to which liquor has figured in the cases of young men led into crime. Private Control Held Basic Evil. Mr. La Roe said he did not want to be unfair te the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, adding that Chair- man Thomas E. Lodge “has co-op- erated with us” The regulations adopted by the board have been helpful, he said. Asked by Senator Capper rer sug- gestions to improve the situation in the Distrist, Mr, La Roe said changes could be mentioned, but added, “I fear the basic evil is pri- vate control. As long as you have the profit angie you will have all the (See LIQUOR, Plg 2-X) ert E. N, Ward, Lt. Comdr, Earle C. Hawk, in command of the sub; Capt. Doyle and S8eaman Joe B. —Official United States Navy Photos. Late News Bulletins Naval Forces Combined The Navy announced in a communique late today that the combined naval forces of the Australian-New Zealand area had been placed under command of Vice Admiral Her- bert F. Leary, with the title of “commander Anzac forces.” It also announced a new naval command designating forces which formerly made up the Asiatic Fleet as the “United States Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific.” Rioting Against British Flares in Tangier TANGIER (#).—Rioting broke out here tonight with Arabs and Spaniards demonstrating against British business con- cerns. The British post office was damaged. MacArthur Decorates Two Subordinates Distinguished Service Crosses have been awarded by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to two of his right-hand men in the Philippines—one of them Maj. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain- wright, former commandant at Fort Myer, Va., who was deco~ rated for directing a delaying action against the Japanese during the early fighting on Luzon. Brig. Gen. Albert M. Jones of Quincy, Mass., the other officer decorated, figured in the same successful maneuver. 200 French Arrested in Bombing Attempt VICHY (®.—Two hundred persons nave been arrested at Rouen, in the occupied zone, for an attempt to bomb a Ger- man Army building, it was announced tonight. Other at- tacks on the Nazis were reported from Tours when an 8 p.m. curfew was ordered as punishment, and at Amiens. Three German Generals Killed in Africa LONDON (®.—A Reuters recording of the Rome radio said tonight that three German generals—Prottwitz, Som- mermann and Filkoff—had been killed in action in Africa. Reinforcements Arrive at Malta LONDON (®.—Reinforcements are continuing to arrive at much-bombed Malta, despite continued air raids. London newspapers published pictures of “cheerful troops landing from tightly packed tenders in the grand harbor” of the Cen- tral Mediterranean fortress. Packing Case Murder Confession Announced PHILADELPHIA (®.—Police Capt. William Engle said to- day that Ray Harris Du Boise, 33, unemployed cook, had ad- mitted strangling Mary “Bubbles” Burbulis, pretty blond waltress, and stuffing her body in a packing case in a mid- city alley. The officer quoted Du Boise as saying he strangled his 23-year-old sweetheart “unintentionally” during an. ar- gument. Capt. Engle said he would file a murder charge. Navy Cagers, 51; Virginia, 37 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (P—Navy's basketeers defeated Vir- ginia todly.il to 3. l ToPanama, but Aid s Futile Note Sent to Surface By Buoy Only Word From Trapped Crew By CLAUDE A. MAHONEY. The submarine S-26 was sunk in a collision with another naval vessel off Panama the night of January 24 and carried all but thY¥e of her crew down with her, the Navy Department announced today. Although the sunken submarine has been found in 301 feet of water the Navy said there was no indica- tion of life on board. The normal complement of the S-26 was four officers and 35 men, but the Navy did not say definitely that exactly this number was on board. Three Thrown Clear, Three members of the ‘crew were on the bridge and were thrown clear of the submarine and rescued. They were Lt. Comdr. Earle C. Hawk, commanding officer; Lt. Robert E. N. Ward and Seaman (first class) Joe B. Hurst. A buoy which had been ejected from a signal gun was located on the surface containing a message which revealed that the forward and after ends of the submarine which contained the compartments fitted for rescue work with the div- ing bell were flooded, and that the surviving members of the crew were in the central operating compart- ment. The Navy explained that owing to the design of the conning tower structure in this type of sub- marine, it was not possible to use the submarine rescue bell over the central compartment, even if the ship had been located in time. ‘The submarine bell was developed some years after this type of sub- marine was built. Divers Flown From D. C. Rescue operations under command of Rear Admiral Frank H. Sadler, commandant of the 15th Naval Dis- trict, and Capt. Thomas J. Doyle were begun immediately after the . sinking the Navy said. Divers were flown from Washing- ton to the Canal Zone to assist the divers already engaged in the oper- ations there. The divérs from Washington were Forrest E. Smith, chief boatswain's mate; Walter Squire, chief torpedo man; G. E. Eason, gunner’s mate; George Crocker, boatswain’s mate; John B. . Griffin, carpenter’s mate, and Neil G. Shahan, boatswain’s mate. When the Navy gave up hope of finding life on board the next of kin of the casualties were notified. Salvage operations were continued, however. Built Between 1918 and 1923. The S-26 was built by the Bethle- hem Shipbuilding Co. between 1918 and 1923. It was commissioned Oc- ™ tober 15, 1923. It had a surface displacement of 800 tons and a sub- merged displacement of 1062 tons. It is of the general type used in World War I and is of a newer design than the O-9 which sank last summer. The Navy said the col- lision which caused the sinking oc- curred while the submarine was operating on the surface. ‘While the Navy did not give de- talls of the collision, it was pointed (See SUBMARINE, Page A-3) Hotel Blaze Kills Four, Perhaps 10 By the Associated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 7. —Four persons were known to have died when fire swept the . Southern Hotel here today and Manager L. N. Roberts said “as many as 10” may have perished. ‘i Dense smoke and heat hampered w e v firemen searching the structure. Mr. Roberts said there were approximately 20 guests in the three-story building last night. The victims were tentatively identified from the hotel registry as: - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Orome, Nash« ville. Charles Demar Brooks, about 30, & Chattanoogan. W. E. Fink, believed a worker at . the Government’s TNT plant here. Mr. Roberts said he had accounted for only about 10 guests who es- caped. The four bodies were found on the third floor nearly three hours after “J¥ the fire broke out. GUIDE FOR READERS 44-room Editorial Page. Pagé, Amusements, Lost, Found.A-§ A-12-15 Radio Articles Sports _.__B-5-{ * B-12 | Obituary ..A-1¢ * Church News, Real Estate, Comics . B-1 ll S N "fl Serial Swry A-11 | Society ... A-{ Woman's Page, A-11 *