Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news and sports are covered on Pages 1-X and 2-X of this edition of The Star, supplementing the news of the regular home delivered edition. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 7. 90th YEAR. No. 35711 Japs Shell Singapore Suburbs; British Silence Enemy Battery; Cruiser Is Sunk by Dui'gh Navy Defenders Engage Small Nipponese Boats in Strait By the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, Feb. 7.—Japanese long-range guns today shelled residential areas of Singapore for the first time and British ar- tillery, in a thundering cannon duel, silenced a Nipponese bat- tery and engaged small enemy boats in Johore Strait. (The communique reporting the engagement of Japanese small boats did not make clear whether the Japanese were attempting to cross narrow Johore Strait, but the craft mentioned are the type which likely would bg used in an effort to land small bodies of men on the northern shore of Singapore Island.) The British Far East command, while announcing there had been some shelling of residential areas, did not state the extent of damage. At the same time, it said the Japa- nese again raided the fortified island and caused some damage by bombs. Enemy Battery Smashed. British guns trained on the coast- | line of Southern Johore state smashed an enemy battery in that area, the communique said. The British said the Japanese thelling had increased in intensity and was causing some damage in the north of the island. A few cas- ualties were reported. When the Japanese air raiders eame over the oft-bombed city for their customery morning raids, fighters of the Far East command rose to join battle and destroyed one Japanese aircraft, the Far East command said. It added that another plane prob- ably was destroyed and two dam- aged, while all the British fighters returned to their base. It was announced that during yesterday's ralds on Singapore Island one Japanese army 97 twin bomber and one single-engine bomber were destroyed in combat with British fighters. The British kept up their strong guard against any Japanese attempt ' to cross the strait. (The Vichy radio quoted a Tokio dispatch as saying the British had poured thousands of gallons of ofl in Johore Strait which would be set on fire if the Japanese launched invasion barges.) Second Week of Siege. ‘The shelling of Singapore resi- dential areas opened the second week of siege for the fortress the British have sworn to defend until help comes. It was the first time that the Japanese artillery, presumably em- placed on the shores of Johore Strait across from the northern shore of Singapore Island, had found the range beyond the coastal stretches of Johore Strait. Singapore city proper is on the | opposite end of the 14-mile-wide | island from Johore Strait, but the outskirts extend some distance to the north of the city itself. British authorities said only a few shells fell on the city's outer areas. The Japanese bombers flew at th‘edlr usual high levels in the latest raid. With the British commander of the beleaguered fortress vowing that “we will hold Singapore; there is no question about it,” authorities today ordered a compelte blackout every night for Singapore. The new rule abolished the “brown- out” regulations which heretofore permitted householders to have limited subdued lighting except during alarm periods. ‘Warnings Against 'Chutists. Singapore morning newspapers prominently displayed advertise- ments warning the populace against the possible appearance of Japa- nese parachute troops. “The Japanese may land in small parties on the coast of Singapore or by parachutes by night,” the adver- tisement said. The stout declaration that Singa- Concealed Japanese Batteries Shell U. S. Forts Enemy Artillery Fire MacArthur Awaits Reinforced Attack By the Associated Press. Concealed Japanese batteries near the southeastern shore of Manila Bay rained shells on three American forts at the bay entrance, but no material dam- age was done, the War Depart- | ment reported today. In the Netherlands Indies eight American P-40 pursuit planes, at- | tacked by a greatly superior force | of Japanese fighters and bombers near the island of Bali, shot down at least three enemy planes with a | known loss of one American plane, | a communique said. ‘War Department officials believed this action was the same as reported | in a current Batavia communique which said enemy planes raided the Island of Bali without causing ma- terial damage. Bataan Artillery Fire Heavy. Meanwhile enemy artillery fire was heavy on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. In a fight be- tween two American fighter planes and four Japanese bombers, one enemy plane was shot down. | Most of the Japanese artillery fire | was concentrated on Fort Drum, the ! h ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Zoening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1942 in Manila Bay Heavy on Bataan; battleship-like fortification on the | islet of El Fraile, the communique said. Some siege shots were di- rected, however, against Fort Mills, on the major island of Corregidor and against nearby Fort Hughes. The fort’s guns returned the fire with undetermined results. Lt. Gen. Susumu Morioka was re- | ported in command of Japanese| shore of Manila Bay, site of the cap- tured American naval base. Surrender Plea Scorned. i Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Army | earlier had scorned the call of the embittered old Filipino rebel, Emilio Aguinaldo, for immediate surrender. The Philippine commander sent Amboina Island Virtually Lost, Indies Reports By the Associated Press. BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies, Feb. 7.—A Japanese cruiser has been sunk and another cruiser and a submarine hit by Dutch naval forces off Amboina, the Dutch high command announced today, but it acknowledged that the island, site of the second largest Netherlands Indies sea base, was virtually in enemy | forces in Manila and on the Cavite | hands. In a separate action west of Bor- neo, the Dutch added, a big Japa- nese transport also was sunk yes- terday in an air attack. These sinkings raised the Dutch | score to 59 Japanese ships sunk or word of the surrender plea as he heavily damaged since the war be- awaited attack by Japanese armies | gan in the Pacific—only four shy of | being re-inforced from nine trans- ‘ the Dutch goal of a ship-a-day—in ports which were unloading troops | (y. fret 63 days of fighting. yesterday in Lingayen Gulf. | 5 e “During the past few days Amer- As for the Indies Navy, it was de- ican and Filipino troops have been | clared officially to be “absolutely in- bombarded by the Japanese with | tact. at sea and ready for action.” radio broadcasts and pamphlets Srhe g apancsepnscdechcd urging them to surrender,” said a that two Dutch cruisers were War Department communique last | sunk, at least two others heavily ) THE MORE | THINK ABOUT IT, R SR THE MORE 1 AM PERSUADED THAT % ,}; S NEW YORK C!TY DEMANDS MY Readers Prefer The Star The Star's afternoon and evening circulation is more than double that of any other Washington newspaper: Its total circulation in Washington far exceeds that of any of its contem- poraries in the morning or on Sunday. (#) Means Associated Press. THREE CENTS. Sy | Rehey Encircled By Red Troops, London Hears Holdout Garrison Of Defense Anchor Reported Trapped By the Associated Press. Russia’s armies today were re- ported to have trapped the German hold-out garrison at Rzhev, 100 miles west of Moscow, | while both Moscow and Berlin chronicled heavy new losses along the winter-bound front. A British radio broadcast said “heavy fighting is taking place im- mediately east and west of Rzhev,” and declared the Russians had com= pletely encircled the city. Rzhev is a key German defense anchor guarding the north flank of the Nazi retreat from Moscow. Heavy Losses Inflicted. A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's fleld headquarters asserted that strong forces of two Soviet divisions had been annihilated on the cen- tral (Moscow) front and that 18,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the past two weeks. ~ N - A NN P Short and Kimmel 'Ask for Retirement To Civilian Life night. “These appeals have occasioned " (See PHILIPPINES, Page A Henderson Depends On Public Opinion o Aid Sugar Rafioning | Stamp Book System Expected to Be Ready Within Few Weeks By the Associated Press. Fear of what the neighbors| might think or say is expected to prove a powerful deterrent to sugar hoarding under the stamp rationing plan which will start in a few weeks with registration | of consumers in their neighbor- hood school houses. | The announcement by Price Ad- | ministrator Leon Henderson that school teachers would be his agents in handling the applications of con-“ sumers for stamp books—one for | every adult and child in the country —placed the sugar rationing plan, Brifish Strike Hard At Axis Spearheads sunk. Hawaii Commanders Have Been Idle Since Fifth Indies Foothold. Pearl Harbor Raid Ambonia, between Celebes and | New Guinea in the Moluccan Sea, is = By the Associated Press. the sixth Indies foothold won by the, Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short and Japanese since the start of their in- | Rear Admiral. Husband E. Kim- vasion on January 4. mel, the commanders in Hawaii It was in this operation, the Dutch ' at the time of the Japanese at- said, that the Japanese cruiser was tack on Pearl Harbor, have ap- plied for retirement to civil life. The announcement came simul- damaged, and claimed “the vir- tual annihilation of the Dutch Navy. ‘The . communique acknowledged In Libyan Fighting Spirited Duel Is Waged By Artillery; Italians Claim Seizure of Oasis (See DUTCH, Page A-6.) Cartoonist WI; Ouit- fo Fly Killed on Burma Road By the Associated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 7.—British | > A eet et o o Feb. ¢ (De- fighter planes and bombers, |ayed).—Bert Christman, 26, on striking hard at the Axis spear- | whose drawing board the cartooned heads pushing into Eastern Libya ' air adventures of Scorchy Smith in a strong counteroffensive, on::o |wok lorén. has bel:;]x mnl:: on were “reported today to have P& over Burma while Hog Fmashed!s considerable Humber [mder the Ghinees fiag us one orthe of Axis vehicles in the forward |American v‘_’l"“‘"f S areas yesterday while Britishand _ Christman’s body, harnessed to an open parachute, was found with- dA‘,:: artillery fought a spirited in a few hours after his flight. | 'Before volunteering for service Aside from the artillery action and | here, Christman served as a United patrol activity on both sides, the | States naval pilot and‘before that British said, there was no change in | was the cartoonist who drew the land situation. Scorchy Smith for the Associated Heavy British bombers obtained | Press feature service. By the Associated Press. like that for tires and tubes, on a | successful results on a number of neighborhood basis. That fact, some officials thought, | might be as effective as the stern but hard-to-enforce legal penalties which would be invoked to prevent sugar hoarding or bootleg buying. Gossip May Help. Each householder’s knowledge that | the people next door might gossip, and that the gossip might reach the ears of the local rationing | boards which will supervise the is- suance of stamp books, might head | off any inclination to hoard sugar, these officials noted. Far from threatening consumers | that tale-bearing might take place, | however, Mr. Henderson yesterday based his appeal for co-operation solely on patriotic grounds—"for the first time every person in the coun- | try now has an opportunity to make | a direct contribution® to the war.” Other O. P. A. officials said the | temptation to hoard might disap- pear as individuals discovered they | could get along all right on 12 ounces & week and that the War | Production Board was responsible | for guaranteeing that this amount, or close to it, would be available un- | failingly in grocery stores. The person who registers for his family’s copies of “War Ration Book | No. 1” will sign an application de- pore would be held gave new |claring the amount of sugar in his strength to the island’s defenders. While firmly pledging resistance. Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, commander of Imperial land forces here, offi- cially disclosed what many in Singa- pore had known for some time— that some of the men, planes, ships and supplies had been removed from the naval base and several air fields on the island. Gen. Percival hastened to offer reassurance, however, that the with- drawal did not mean Singapore’s defenses had been weakened. “Just because we do not see so many of our aircraft overhead and our naval units about does not mean (8ee SINGAPORE, Page A-6.) — 100 Girls a Day! Where Will They Live? That’s the rate they are ar- riving in Washington for war- time jobs here. ... And there are already over 90,000 Government wom- en in the Capital. What is the Government doing to take care of them? What is being done to look after their health . . . their recreation? How the city is facing this acute problem is outlined in a special feature article appear- ing tomorrow in— The Sunday Star home. On the application form will be a reminder that making false statements to any Federal agency is a criminal offense carrying penalties up to $10,000 fine or 10 years’ im- prisonment. Those whose family supply ex- ceeds two pound per person will have (See SUGAR, Page A-3.) Jap Landing in Dutch Part Of Timor Rumored By the Associated Press. BERLIN (From German Broad- casts) Feb. 7.—The German rndio" said today there were rumors in Lisbon, neither confirmed nor de- nied officially, that Japanese troops have ‘landed in the Dutch part of the half-Portuguese island of Timor. Informed sources in Lisbon, the radio added, report that the Portu- guese government “awaits early in- formation concerning the evacua- tion of Portuguese Timor by British forces and of the arrival at the island of Portuguese soldiers on board the steamer Joao Belo.” ‘The island, which lies strategically at the eastern end of the Indies archipelago, across the Timor Sea from Northern Australia, was occu- pied by Australian and Dutch troops in mid-December as & precautionary measure. ‘The German radio reported De- cember 26 from Lisbon that 1,100 Portugueses soldiers had left Mo- zambique, East Africa, for Portu- guese Timor aboard the 6353-ton Joao Belo. | more distant targets on the Axis main lines of communication, the British said. Capture of Gialo Oasis Claimed in Rome ROME (From Italian Broadcasts), Feb. 7 (#).—The Italian high com- mand announced today that Axis troops, carrying out a counter- offensive against the British in Libya, had reached Ain El Gazaia, | 40 miles west of Tobruk, and had captured the desert oasis of Gialo. The Gialo oasis is in Southern Libya about 250 miles west of the Libyan-Egyptian border and about | the same distance southwest of Ain | El Gazala, in the Mediterranean coast area. Bert Christman, born May 31, 1915 at Fort Collins, Colo.,, began his career as a department store artist. Later he was graduated as an engineer from Colorado State College, and in 1936 went to New | York. In a few months with the Asso- ‘Wide World Features) he helped make Scorchy Smith one of the country’s leading air adventure strips. The strip, now drawn by Frank Robbins, appears on The Star's comic page. In 1938 Christman decided to act out the part he had been drawing and went to Pensacola to join the Naval Air Service. The high command said Italian | and German air formations attacked British troops and vehicle concen- | trations, damaging and setting afire some vehicles. | A Hurricane plane was reported | shot down in an air fight. ‘The Italians reported that Brit- ish bombers had raided Tripoli and Bengasi, “causing the death of eight natives and injuring several others.” Damage, however, was in- significant, the high command said. {Neysa McMein Breaks {Back in Fall at Home BY tke Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 7—Neysa Mc- Mein, magazine cover designer and portrait painter, fractured her back in a fall downstairs in her New York home last January 28, it was dis- closed last night. At St. Luke's Hospital, where she is a patient, Miss McMein's condi- tion was described as fair. Re- covery is expected to take several months. Miss McMein recently had com- pleted a poster for the American Women's Volunteer Service in which she was active. In the last war she designed posters for the United States and France. Italian Restrictions On Meat, Eggs and Cheese Extended By the Associated Press. ROME (From Italian Broad- casts), Feb. 7—Further restrict- ing the use of food, it was an- nounced today. that no meat, eggs or cheese may be served with Saturday noon, ‘Sunday noon or Sunday night meals in Italian restaurants. VICHY, Unoccupied France, Feb. 7 (®—Marshal Petain's cabinet took measures today to deal with the problem of public dissatisfaction over food short- ages and profiteering which have caused demonstrations in Southern France. The nature of the measures was not disclosed immediately. State Gua;d and Firemen To Honor Slain Soldier By the Associated Press. EASTON, Md., Feb. 7.—The local | State Guard and members of Easton | Pire Department today planned par- ticipation in funeral services for Pvt. John W. Baynard, 26-year-old | Eastonian found shot to death near | the Media (Pa.) reservoir dam, where he was stationed as a guard. The body was discovered when the guard changed. No date has been set for the funeral but Mrs. Charles Ozman, mother of the soldier, was notified by Army officials that her son’s body would arrive in Easton tomorrow. Pvt. Baynard joined the National Guard in September, 1940. He at- tended high school at Trappe, living with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roney Baynard. He was a third captain in the Easton Fire Depart- ment. Surviving are his mother and two half sisters, Eva and Harriet Ozman. iNew York Milk Producers Vote C. I. 0. Affiliation By the Associated Press. UTICA, N. Y., Felj 7—The Gen- eral Organization Committee of the Dairy Farmers’ Union, claiming a membership of 22,000 producers in’ the vast New York City milkshed— largest in the Nation—voted today to affiliate with John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers (C. 1. 0.). “In taking this step,” a commit- tee statement said, “we have been influenced by the brilliant and fruit« ful labor statesmanship of Mr. Lewis and by the grateful recollection of help given in the past, particularly in strike times, by many labor unions within the Congress of In- dus Organization.” e independent union, organized six years ago, sponsored milk strikes in 1936, 1939 and last year for higher returns to producers. Its members sre from New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania. ciated Press Feature Service (now | | taneously today from the War and Navy Departments. Gen. Short, who commanded the Army's Hawailan Department and Admiral Kimmel, the Pacific Fleet | commander, have been without as- | signment since they were ordered | relieved from their posts by Presi- | dent Roosevelt 10 days after the sur- | prise air raid on the Pacific out- post. Both were charged with “derelic- tion of duty” in the report of the Roberts Commission which investi- gated the attack. | Secretary of War Stimson said that Gen. Short's application was now under consideration by the War | Department but gave no hint as to | what action would be taken. A commissioned officer for ap- proximately 40 years, he is eligible for retirement on his own applica- tion. The Navy said also that Admiral | Kimmel's application was under con- sideration on retiring he would re- ceive $6,000, 75 per cent of the base pay of a rear admiral. Nearly-Crippled Plane Made in U. S. Beats Jap By the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 7. —An American-made (Lockheed) bomber defeated a Jap- anese fighter over the Bismarck archipelago this week, after three members of its crew were wounded, |its tank and fuselage damaged and its navigation instruments demol- ished. Air Minister Arthur Drakeford said today the bomber, attached to the Australian Air Force, re- turned successfully to its base after badly damaging the enemy plane with a shot that exploded inside the Japanese craft. The Hudson returned on one en- gine after soaring to 20,000 feet, Australians Set Losses In Malaya at 1,187 SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 7 (#.— The Australian Imperial Forces lost 1,187 men in the battle for Malaya, it was announced officially today, including 183 killed, 645 missing and 359 wounded. Australia’s biggest blackout test so far, involving all states and the whole coast line, probably will be held next week. Hudson | Flyers' Insignia || Recalls Pursuit || | |Of Adam by Eve :smm Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. RANGOON, Feb. 7—The 1st Pur- | suit Squadron of the American Volunteer Group in Burma, led by a | A soviet communique countered with its own tale of slaughter: “Our troops drove the enemy out of two important localities and an- nihilated 600 Germans AR concentrated fire, one Soviet artil- lery unit annihilated over 1,000 en- emy men and officers . . . One of | our tank units wiped our 300 men and officers e New Advances Reported. Anonymous Calls Urge Taber fo ‘Lay 0ff' 0. C. D. Posts House Member Opposing Jobs for Dancer, Actor slender, keen-eyed, scrappy little Texan from San Antonio, like the | other American squadrons here, is chalking up a handsome record for itself. This squadron probably has one of the most unusual emblems Besieged Over Phone Repeated anonymous telephone calls, telling Representative Taber, Republican, of New York to “lay off” in his opposition to The Soviet command reported “further advances” but again men- tioned no specific gains, suggesting that Hitler’s battered' armies had stiffened against the Russian coun- teroffensive which has swept for- ward more than 175 miles in some sectors. Russian dispatches said the Red Army had reached points which anywhere in the war. It calls itself UH€ appointments of Dancer gitler planned as the jumping-off the Adam and Eve Squadron—after Mayris Chaney and Movie Star | place for his spring offensive. the first pursuit registered in the | Melvyn Douglas, and others now annals of mankind. | The Garden of Eden symbol painted below the cockpit on each of its Tomahawks is a big apple with a snake curled around it. Inside the outline of the apple are humor- | ous toothpick-like silhouettes of Adam fleeting and Eve pursuing in the complete abandon of feminine | zeal and determination. (Copyright. 1942, Chicago Daily News. Inc.) Roosevelt Orders All Army Reserves Info Active Service Recall Mostly Affects Draftees, Guardsmen Mustered Out in Fall | By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt issued an executive order today calling into active military service all Organized Reserve units of the | Army not already on duty. The order said the effective dates | for calling the units would be an- nounced later by the Secretary of War. Like those already ordered to ac- tive service, the units will serve for the duration of the war and six relief or discharge. Units not already in active service were not detailed in the order. The War Department said it did not have figures readily available, but would release them as soon as possible. The President acted under au- thority provided by law and as Commander in Chief of the Army. ‘The reservists called were mostly selective service trainees or Na- tional Guardsmen who were released last autumn after having served more than a year. By officially announced plans, 200,000 were to last autumn. Secretary of War Stimson said January 1 that the War Department had authorized the recall of all eniisted reservists “with the least delay.” Mr. Stimson said then that re- servists found to hold key industrial It is at those points, they said, on gl?e salary roll of the Office of | that the Nazis have put up their Civilian Defense were reported sternest resistance and the Russians, today at Mr. Taber’s office in the aware of what is at stake, are keep= House Office Building. | ing their drive at top pitch to pre- Mr. Taber, ki vent the Germans making a stand | member o ihe" Honse Acpuclcaf | at fortified places which could be tions Committee, took the lead in | S'Tengthened in time. the fight yesterday when the House | | voted to prevent the use of O. C. D. | p- pointees to the Volunteer Partici- De coux Reponed Agreelng pation Division of O. C. D., headed 1by Mrs. Rooseveit. RE (hoes Wi Tat oottt Admira] Jean de Coux, governor Ve rotes {come to the Capitol and talk the general of French Indo-China, has | matter over face to face—but none | 88Teed to turn over to the Japanese | in the ports and territorial waters Many Phone Calls Received. of Indo-China, it has been reported “The telephone has been busy here. | this morning with such calls,” he | = claimed to be employed in the O. ships to the Japanese are not yet |C. D. | available. It is Mr. Taber's purpose to get | Not many warships are involved | funds to pay salaries of these a To Give Vichy Ships fo Japs Mr. Taber said his office had | | had signified any intention of doing | all warships and merchant shipping 80. said. “None of those who called| Detalls of the surrender of the an amendment into the pending |in the deal. Latest information is deficiency appropriations bill, when | that only one old French cruiser it comes before the House again and a number of gunboats and Monday, to prohibit definitely the |small craft are in Indo-China. But payment of these salaries from any ' g large number of merchant ships, fund whatever. It was explained | which would be valuable to the Japs yesterday that these employes are | in pressing their South Pacific cam- paid out of money appropriated last | paign, are involved. The exact ton- | year for the Office for Emergency nage of these ships is unknown, but | Management. | it is believed to be large. Representative Faddis, Democrat, | | of Pennsylvania, who denounced the | months thereafter, subject to earlier | | have been returned to civil life | employment of Mr. Douglas and others by the O. C. D, said he had | received large numbers of telegrams | from all parts of the country ap- | proving his stand. “It looks as though the people | were aroused over this,” he said. Limitation on Funds. ‘The House vote on the O. C. D. | funds limitation yesterday came at | the close of a debate marked by | criticism of the appointments of Miss Chaney and Mr. Douglas and | others in the O. C. D. The chamber tentatively inserted in a $160,590.611 deficiency appropriation bill a pro- hibition against use of any of the $100,000,000 defense fund for “dancers, fan dancing, street shows, theatrical performances or other public entertainment.” The House also decided to elimi- nate an $80,000 allotment to pay for a Walt Disney cartoon film depict- ing the colorful Donald Duck cheer- fully filling out his income tax re- turn in this year of war. Miss Chaney was described as di- rector of the O. C. D.'s “Children’s Fitness” Division. The position pays $4,600 a year. Mr. Douglas’ job, as head of an jobs, under selective service rules, would be deferred. On Tuesday, Dean James Landis, executive head of the Office of Civilian Defense, announced the formation of an Arts Council of the 0. C. D, headed by Melvyn Douglas, as a clearing house for talent de- manded by defense agencies. As explained by Mr. Douglas at a later press conference, the Arts Council will have four contact men —for music, actors and entertain- ers, artists and writers. It will also have branch offices in New York and Hollywood, with Mr. Douglas working in the Hollywood office while he is making a movie, produc- tion &( which starts in less than two ‘weeks. Already set up to do the same job—and doing it—are: 1. The Hollywood Vijctory Com- mitt e for Stage, Screen and Radio, witl Clark Gable heading the ac- tor: end of it. This is the com- mittee which sent Carole Lombard on her defense savings tour. 2. Camp shows, Inc., of the United Service Organization, which supplies talent fer Army and Navy Camps. 3. The Office gf Facts and Figures. Its file ¢ ntains’'the names of dozens A rof writers—personal friends of O. F. F. Director Archibald MacLeish —as well as dozens of others who have volunteered by organization or individuals in the arts field. O. F. F. planned to call on these people as Federal ggencies asked for them. 5. The Army’s radio branch, for special Army demands. Get All They Need. A check-up with the Army, Navy, Red Cross, and the Treasury De- partment’s defense savings staff showed today all these agencies are getting all the talent they need with tae least possible extra motion. ‘The Hollywood Victory Committee was formed as soon as War was declared “as & means of co-ordi- nating the avalanche of requests for so-called ‘free talent’ which poured into Hollywood from every part of the country. The Victory Commit- tee functions by authenticating, checking the source and the ad- visability of fulfilling these requests for ‘free talent’ by correlating them with the policies and programs of the Government.” That is from s statement of (See O. C. D., Page A-2) Five Existing Agencies Now Doing Work Planned for Douglas’ O. C. D. Arts Council and player has signed an “enlist- ment for the duration” pledge, which includes pledging that they will refer all direct requests for appearances to the committee. The use of the commitee by Fed- eral agencies is indicated by this list of jobs under way or already accomplished: Navy Relief Fund show with Brian Donlevy and Walter Huston; “This Our America” broadcast for the Red Cross with Claudette Col- bert, Joel McCrea and Rudy Vallee; Red Cross benefit in New Orleans with Anna May Wong, Mr. Douglas himself, Michele Morgan and Merle Oberon; “Keek "Em Rolling” broad- cast for the Office of Emergency Menagement with Elizabeth Berg- ner; foreign short-wave broadcasts with Errol Fiynn and May Robson; personal appearances in Army Camps in connection with Camp Shows, Inc., Joe E. Brown, Con- stance Moore, Linda Darnell, Regi- nald Gardiner, Ann Miller, Virginia O'Brien, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Deanna Durbin, Jackie Cooper, Bob Hope, Madeleine Carrol, Hollywood’s war effort. Every star (S8ee ARTS COUNCIL, Page A-6.) ) Soupfin Shark Livers Net Skipper $25,000 | By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Feb. 7.—One of the | richest fish cargoes ever brought into a Pacific Northwest port was reported today—a soupfin shark | iver take said by Capt. Sverre Jan- | gaard to have netted $25,000. Jangaard said the catch was by two boats, his Alrita and the Lively. The current price on soupfin shark livers, in heavy demand for its vitamin content, is $6.50 a pound. Increased Circulation The circulation of The Sun- day Star, within the city and suburban area, is greater by tens of thousands than that of any other Sunday news- paper and is increasing rap- idly. The circulation of The Evening Star, in the after- noon (not including noon edi- tions), is more than double that of the afternoon circula- tion of any other Washington newspaper. Yesterday’s Circulation Friday, Feb. 6, 1942___*184,085 Friday, Feb. 7, 1941__*166,937 Increase *Returns from newsstands not deducted and no samples included. Telephone National 5000 and have The Evening and Sun- day Star delivered to your home. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. 69,349 The Evening Star_ 34,876 Second Newspaper Third Newspaper._ 26,404 Fourth Newspaper ____ 22,036 Tomorrow’s Sunday Star will be the great buying guide for Monday's shoppers. )