Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1942, Page 5

Macleish's Office To Pass on Speeches 0f Cabinet Members All Federal Executives, Agency Heads Affected By White House Request Cabinet officers and Govern- ‘ment agency heads have been requesied to clear zll future speeches through the Office of Facts and Figures, the White House announced today. The request was made by mero- randum from Stephen T. Early,| presidential secretary, several days ago. it was disclosed. At a press conference this morn- ing, Mr. Early explained that theo- retically his offics had exercised re- sponsibility since 1933 for passing on such addresses to see that state- ments of policy were kept uniform and in line with administration views. Actually, however, he said that some cabinet officials and agency heads have been scrupulous in sub- mitting speeches in advance, while others heve neglected the practice. Since the United States entered the war, it has become obviously more important that no conflicts should arise in statements of Government policies. In the face of this condition, the secretary said his office did not have personnel and facilities to review all speech texts and that he had solicit- ed the co-operation of the Office of Facts and Figures. MUSIC. Organ musicale, Washmgtom Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of | Latter Day Saints, Sixteenth street and Columbia road N.W., 8 o'clock tonight. Concert, Soldiers’ Home Band Symphony Orchestra, Stanley Hall, Scldiers’ Home Park, 5:30 o'clock tonight. : HIKE. Wolftrap Run, Gantt Hill, Va., sponsored by Wanderbirds' Hiking | Club; leave from front of National | ‘Theater, 9 a.m. tomorrow. DANCES. Junior Class of Georgetown Uni- versity, Wardman Park Hotel, 4 p.m. | today. | Florida State Society, Wardman Park Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight. | Tennessee State Society, Carlton | Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight. Catholic University homecoming, ‘Willard Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight. - Riggs National Bank, 2400 Hotel, 10:15 o'clock tonight. Hope Chapter, Order of the East- ern Star, Wardman Park Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight. Interstate Club, Almas Temple, 1315 K street N.W., 9:30 o’clock to- night. All States Club, Washington Ho— tel, 9:30 o'clock tonight. MEETINGS. Biological Society of Washington, Cosmos Club, 8 o'clock tonight. Council of Administration, United Spanish War Veterans, Department Headquarters, 921 Penusylvania ave- nue 8. E, 8 o'clock tonight. DINNERS. Phi Delta Gamma, 2400 Hotel, 6:30 o'clock tonight. Federal Schoolman’s Club, 2400 Hotel, 7 o'clock tonight. Lafayette Lodge Chapter, 2400 Ho- tel, 7 o'clock tonight. ‘Washington Board of Trade, May- flower Hotel, 6:30 o’clock tonight. FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE. Dinner, followed by entertainment, gponsored by League for Men in the | Service of First-Covenant Presby- terian Church, at Fellowship House, 3563 Massachusetts avenue N.W., 6 | o'clock tonight; transportation pro- vided from church. Connecticut avenue and N street N.W. Dance and dancing lessons, Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets N.W., 6:30 o'clock tonight. Open house, dinner and dance, Foundry Methodist Church, Letts Bullding, Sixteenth and P streets N.W., 6:30 o'clock tonight. Dance, National Catholic Commu- nity Service Club, 918 Tenth street N.W,, 9 oclock tonight. Dance, Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets N.W., 7:30 o'clock to- night. Dance, Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- rines’ Club, 1015 L street N.W., 8‘ o'clock tonight. Dance, Y. M. C. A, 1736 G street N.W,, 9 o'clock tonight. 1 Dance, Women's Battalion, De- | partmental Auditorium, *Constitu- | tion avenue between Twelfth and | Fourteenth streets N.W., 8 o'clock | tonight. Games, Church of the Pilgrims, Twenty-second and P streets N.W., B o'clock tonight. Movie, Mount Vernon Place Meth- odist Church, Eighth and Massa- chusetts avenue N.W.,, 8 o'clock to- night. Swedish monon picture “Klat Till Orabbining,” All Souls’ Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets N.W., B o'clock tonight. Sight-seeing tour, sponsored by auxiliary group, Red Cross Motor Corps; leave from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club 10 a.m. tomorrow. FOR COLORED SERVICE MEN. Open house and dance, Y. M. C. A., 1816 Twelfth street N.W., 8 o'clock tonight. Dance, Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A, 901 Rhode Island avenue N.W., 8 o'clock tonight. 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 $306,650.98. Checks should be made pay- able to the American Red Cross and envelopes marked “For the ‘War Pund.” Any bank will accept your contribution and forward it to District Red Cross headquar- ters, 2020 Massachusetts avenue from the experimental diving THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ON WAY TO SCENE OF SUBMARINE SINKING—Special divers unit of the Washington Navy Yard as they were rushed to the scene of the sinking of the 8-26 on a P. T. “Mosquito” boat. Left to right: C.E. Eason, gunner’s mate; George Crocker, boatswain’s mate; Forrest E. Smith, F. C. C. Halts Hearing On Press Ownership 0f Radio Stations Hard and Fast Rules Opposed by Dr. Pound, Final Witness The Federal Communications Commission hearing on whether rules should be promulgated con- cerning newspaper-radio ownership was in recess today following the appearance yesterday of the last scheduled witness for the News- paper-Radio Committee, organized to oppose restrictions against news- papers. The witness was Dr. Roscoe Pound, | dean emeritus of the Harvard Uni- versity Law School. He told the F. C. C. that it was his opinion that no “hard and fast” rules on news- paper acquisition of radios should be made. Mr. Pound contended the commis- sion should consider all factors in each application because “a general rule cannot take care of exceptions and conditions.” “There is need for individualizing,” he said. “There are more and more cases where you cannot apply a hard and fast rule.” “One-One” Cities. Asked his opinion of so-called “one-one” cities, in which the only ’dally newspaper controls the only broadcast station, Mr. Pound replied that “theoretically it looks pretty bad, but I do not think it is an actuality.” “Is there any such thing as a per- son cut off from all but the local radio station?” he® asked. Chairman James Lawrence Fly asked Mr. Pound his attitude in the case of rival applications, one by a newspaper and the other non- newspaper. Mr. Pound said he felt it proper for the commission to “take account of” newspaper ownership in such cases, but that he did not feel this should be a controlling factor in itself. “Infringement” Feared. Mr. Pound said the promulgation of rules discriminating against any class, such as newspaper owners, or any church group, would be “in- fringing considerably” on the Bill of Rights. “When you begin to encroach, the | tendency is to extend control,” he | said. “The time to resist is in the beginning.” Donald Harris, an F. C. C. attor- ney, remarked that some people felt “affirmative Government action” was necessary to safeguard freedom of speech and freedom of the press. “That,” Mr. Pound commented, “is arrant nonsense. The tendency of those who have power is to reach out for more power. Any Govern- ment control of the press is the beginnning of autocracy.” Asked by Mr. Harris whether he felt the question “before the house” involved freedom of speech and freedom of press, Mr. Pound replied: “It is distinctly a move in that direction.” Mrs. V_irginin Stevens, Friend of Gen. Lee, Dies | By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Va, Feb. 7.—Mrs. Virginia Lee Letcher Stevens, 79, daughter of a former Governor of Virginia and a friend of Gen. Robert E. Lee, died at her home here yes- terday. She was the widow of Dr. Walter Leconte Stevens, professor of physics at Washington and Lee University. Mrs. Stevens was born at Rich- mond October 26, 1862, while her father, John Letcher, was Governor of Virginia. Gen. Lee then busy with his military duties around Richmond in the War Between the States, took time out to attend the child’s christening and to stand as her godfather. Sugar (Continued From First Page.) an appropriate number of stamps detached from the front of their books. Since each stamp will be numbered for use in 28 consecutive weeks, those lacking the first few stamps will have to use up the sugar in the cupboards before getting more. Many details of the plan roughly sketched by Mr. Henderson re- mained to be filled in later. (Whitney Leary, chairman of th District Rationing Board, said today he has not recetved any in- structions from O. P. A. on the' procedure to be followed in reg- istering consumers and issuing stampbooks, but that he expected detailed information to be sup- plied within a week or 50.) A primary question, which may not be answered for several months, was how additional sugar would be doled out to housewives who wish to N.W. There are also booths in leading hotels, department stores and at Union Station. | do home canning and preserving. Because the fruit-canning season is not imminent, O. P. A. is lelvinz the question for later decision.. Anfi-Aircraft Gun Developed to Combat Stratosphere Bomber Rifle Association Is Told Of New Weapon at Annual Meeting An accurate and powerful 120-mm. anti-aircraft gun, designed as Amer- ica’s ground defense answer to strato- sphere bombing, soon will be rolling off assembly lines in quantity pro- duction, Brg. Gen. G. M. Barnes, chief of engineers for the Army Ordnance Department, disclosed last night in an address before tne | Ti1st annual directors’ meeting of the National Rifle Association at | the Mayflower Hotel. Gen. Barnes made it clear that | as the ceiling for bombers rises, so will rise the ceiling for effective anti-aircraft gunfire under a pro- | gram of constant research and de- velopment by this country’s military experts. Pointing out that the United States “is leading the way” in the technical development of war weapons, Gen. Barnes indicated that the 120 mm. anti-alrcraft gun is several jumps ahead of any such| weapon now at the disposal of any | other nation. | Designed for Distance. | The effective range of this gun | is a closely guarded secret, but Gen. Barnes said he was free w! state that its ‘“great power” |is designed specifically to combat | stratosphere bombing. Before the war this Nation's No. 1 anti- aircraft weapon was the 3-inch| gun, with a firing range of from 15,000 to 20,000 feet, and already it is being replaced as the standard gun for anti-aircraft batteries by a 90-mm. weapon. The $0-mm. gun | is in mass production. By way of comparison, Gen. Barnes pointed out that the Marines | on Wake Island used the 3-inch| gun with great effectiveness, and that even now the forces of Gen.| Douglas MacArthur are using it in their defense of the Bataan Pen- insula in the Philippines. Gen. Barnes said that the devel- opment of the carriage for the 120-mm. gun alone required more than 4,000 drawings. As an illustra- tion of the manner in which Amer- ican civilian industry is turning to war production, Gen. Barnes re- vealed that this part of the gun was turned out by a commercial concern which “had never seen an anti- aircraft gun before.” Gen. Barnes said the Ordnance Department stood ready to “insure that our country will surpass all others in the development of new equipment, not only for our own | eral type, the S-1, that was experi- |the American peop]e " he said, “to | Area, told the N. R. A. directors that Army but for the armies of our allies.” “It should be very gratifying to chief boatswain’s mate; John B. Griffin, carpenter’s mate; Wal- ter Squire, chief torpedoman, and Neil G. Shahan, boatswain’s mate. Newspaper correspondents who accompanied the divers can be seen in the background. —Official United States Navy Photo. Submarine (Continued From First Page.) but by persons familiar with sub- marine operation, that when a sub- marine is in surface condition, it is much more vulnerable to a collision than when ready for submersion. The blow from the colliding vessel might have hit almost anywhere, they said, except the center where the men assembled after the sink- ing and from where the buoy mes- sage was sent. When a submarine is set for sub- merging its water tight integrity is much higher than when it is operat- ing on the surface for it theh is highly compartmented with closed bulkheads. The craft was 219 feet in length and was powered by two sets of 600 B. H. P. Nelseco diesel engines. Armament carried by this type sub- marine was one four-inch gun and four 21-inch torpedo tubes. It was a submarine of this gen- | mentally fitted out to carry a small seaplane in a cylindrical tank in 1923 know of the ever-increasing flow of latest equipment to our armed serv- ices.” Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, commanding general of the 3d Corps he favored the development of a civilian marksmanship program to train youngsters, before they enfer the armed services, and others to take auxiliary police and property | guard tasks now being performed by soldiers in order “to release these uniformed men to the fighting Army.” He suggested that the 50,000 quali- fled instructors now available as a result of the joint Government-m. R. A. training program be used to teach civilian marksmanship, Vote to Suspend Matches. Earlier, the N. R. A. direstors voted to suspend their annual na- tional rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, “until such time as arms and amunition are again available.” The matches were curtailed during the First World War, The directors, at the same time, pledged the or- ganization to an active program of training “prospective members of our armed services in the safe, effi- clent and accurate use of military small arms.” ‘They also passed a resolution sup- porting the physical fitness program of the Office of Civilian Defense. National officers elected to serve during the coming year were Judge Hilliard Comstock of California, president; Thurman Randle of Texas, vice president; Gen. Reck- ord, executive vice president, who is on leave from his association duties while in active military ser- vice; C. B. Lister of Washington, secretary-treasurer, and L. Q. Brad- ley, also of Washington, assistant secretary. - Lt. Col. Nathaniel C. Nash, jr, retiring president, was elected to the board. Questions and Answers Tell How Sugar Will Be Rationed Program to Start in Books With 28 Stam By the Associated Press. | These questions and answers| show how the sugar rationing program decreed yesterday by the Office of Price Administra- tion will work: Q. When will rationing begin? A. Probably not for another three weeks or more. Q. What credentials will be needed to make purchases of sugar? A. The ordinary domestic con- sumer must have a book of sugar ration stamps; details covering ra- tioning to large industrial users, hotels, restaurants anc institutions have not yet been annuounced. Q. Who gets the books? A. A “war ration book No. 1” is being printed for each person in the country, regarcless of age. Q. How are they to be issued? A. One person will register for each family unit: at the time of registration he w1l be given a book of stamps for cach member of his family. ‘Where to Register. Q. Where will he register and who will have charge of the regis- tration? A. Consumers will register at local public schools, under direction of school teachers and under the gen- era] supervision of local rationing boar ds. Q. What does a “family unit” in- clude? A. Father, mother, children and wards. Other persons living in the household must register separately and receive books, except in un- usual cases such as invalids. Q. How much sugar can you buy with the stamp book? A. Each book will contain 28 stamps; each stamp is numbered and will be good for the purchase of about 12 ounces of sugar during -dul;mudveek When sugar is urchased the buyer tears out the A About 3 Weeks; ps to Be Issued proper stamp and gives it to the storekeeper. “Hoarding” Provisions. Q. What about persons with stocks of sugar on hand now? A. At the time of registration, each registrant will be required to certify as to the amount of sugar per person in his family’s posses- sion. If the amount exceeds 2 pounds per person, the excess will be classed as “hoarded” sugar and an appropriate number of stamps will immediately be removed from the family’s books. Bookholders thus will be unable to buy additional sugar until the family’s stock is used up. Q. What will prevent a registrant from making a false certification as to his family's sugar stocks? A. Each certificate signed at the time of registration will carry on its face a warning that false reports to the Government make the re- porting person liable to a fine of as high as $10,000 or 10 years im- prisonment. Q. What will prevent a bachelor, for example, who does no cooking from registering and disposing of his books to some one else? A. O. P. A officials say regula- tions covering this point are being worked out; for example, O. P. A. says it has not yet been determined whether special machinery will be devised to cover individuals eating regularly in hotels or restaurants. Q. What will be done during the canning and preserving season to help farmers’ wives and others to get additional supplies of sugar? A. This problem also is being worked out. O. P. A. says arrange- ments will be made to give such persons additional rations during the season but details covering these special cases have not been per- fected. ‘ 12 Safe, 26 Missing From Tanker Sunk Off Atlantic City India Arrow Is 17th Sent Down by Subs Near American Coast By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Feb. 7. —Their ship the 17th reported sent to the bottom by enemy submarines prowling along the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, the fate of 26 of the 38 members of the crew of the India Arrow was still unknown today. Capt. Carl S. Johnson of New Dorp, N. Y., one of those rescued yesterday by two cod fishermen, said, however, “I am doubtful if any others survived.” The captain and 11 others brought here after 36 long hours in a life- boat, battling bitter cold and an unfriendly sea, and yet able to see the lights of this shore resort, were undaunted and announced them- selves ready to ship again. Torpedoed and Shelled. ‘The 8327-ton tanker, owned by the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., was tor- pedoed and then shelled at 7 p.m. Wednesday. It sank quickly, giving rise to the belief that some of the crew were trapped aboard. The explosion tossed Capt. John- son and others into the sea. Others leaped after them. Two lifeboats were launched but Radio Operator Edward J. Shear of Port Arthur, Tex., said the ship keeled over on one, apparently crushing and sink- ing it with its occupants. The other boat barely drifted clear of the surface oil when the latter caught fire, Shear said. Those in the boat, he added, “could hear the screams of men in the water, crying for help, but couldn't see them.” Several times during the night (Wednesday) they saw ships and sent up flares. But all changed courses away from the men, appar- ently afraid of a submarine trap, Shear said. Could Feel Vibration. “I could see the conning tower of the submarine illuminated by the oil fire. Every time a shell hit the tanker we could feel the vibration in our lifeboat, but we drifted with- out attempting to row because we were afraid the sub might shell us, too. They didn't. “We could see the reflection of the seacoast, s0 we set our course to the west. Next morning we bailed out and started to oar.” The reflection of lights in Atlan- tic City and Ocean City set the course for the men. A contrary wind made their sail of little use and they were still 12 miles offshore when just before the second dawn Capt. Frank D. Marshall in his 24-foot fishing skiff sighted a flare and went to investigate. His boat was smaller than the lifeboat, but it had a stove, and he piled all 12 aboard before taking the lifeboat in tow. He hurried to Atlantic City while his one-man crew made coffee for the shivering 12. “Some of them could barely crawl aboard,” said Capt. Marshall. Freighter Assumed Lost; Missing for Two Months The War Department announced yesterday that the steamship Cyn- thia Olsen, under charter as a freight transport, was assumed to have been lost as a result of ‘enemy action. The ship had been unre- ported since December 7, the day of the Pearl Harbor attack. A small vessel of 1,280 net tons, the steamer was en route to Hono- lulu, with 33 civilian crew members and two soldiers. All are assumed to have been lost. The vessel reported by radio on December 7 it was being attacked by a Japanese submarine, about 1200 miles west of Seattle. The attack was reported then by the White House. 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Byrd Recommends Self-Denial Example On Congress Pension Calls Civil Service On Statement; Says Clarification Promised Senator Byrd, Democnmm - t, of V{lr-tl ginia, leading the or repeal of the recently enacted pension plan for members of Congress, declared last night that “at a time like this when our peril calls for great na- tional sacrifice and self-denial, members of Congress should, I think, set the example.” ‘The Virginian also took issue with some of the data contained in a recent Civil Service Commission statement about the congressional annuity plan and said Harry B. Mitchell, president of the commis- sion, has informed him the com- mission will issue a clarifying state- ment, Byrd’s Comment. Senator Byrd's announcement read in part as follows: “An erroneous implication has been drawn from a public statement recently issued by the Civil Service Commission as to whether or not a Representative or Senator who retires, voluntarily or by defeat, on January 1, 1942, after five years of service can purchase a life pen- sion by the payment of 5 per cent of one day’s salary. “Harry B. Mitchell, president of the Civil Service Commission, in- forms me that my previous state- ment, to the effect that such a pen- sion can be obtained for life by the payment of $1.39, is accurate. “This life pension to individual Senators and Representatives will vary in accordance with the length of service from approximately $80 per month to approximately $350 per month, Can Begin at 55. “The same public statement by the Civil Service Commission further said that no pension could be paid until a Representative or Senator is 62 years of age. Mr. Mitchell now informs me that this is erroneous and that a pension can be paid to members of Congress beginning at the age of 55, although the amount would be computed on the basis of 62 years of age.” Senator Byrd said he also has learned that, under the law as passed, if a Senator or Representa- tive becomes disabled to perform his accustomed work, by certifica- tion of proper medical authorities, he at once becomes eligible for a pension, regardless of age. Senator Byrd said he thought it unfortunate that the bill went through the House without a roll call, Philippines (Continued Prom First Page.) considerable amusement for the troops. “A radio broadcast addressed to Gen. MacArthur was made by Emilio Aguinaldo from Manila. Aguinaldo, who led the revolution against the United States in 1899, is apparently being ptit forward by the Japanese as a sort of Philippine Quisling. He urged immediate sur- render. The appeal was ignored by Gen. MacArthur.” Never Learned English. A short, slight, strutting, pock- marked, 72-year-old reminder of turmoil in the islands at the turn of the century, Aguinaldo lived in feudal grandeur amid bodyguards, servants and-family retainers at his estate near Manila for 40 years, For 40 years he kept his solemn oath not to engage in subversive ac- tivities against the United States or the Philippine Commonwealth; but Manila knew he always nursed the idea of being head of an in- dependent state. He was a silent, solemn figure at such state occasions as inaugura- tions or sessions of the territorial Legislature, but took lmlu part in Ppublic life. One reason was that he spoke only Spanish and Tagalog, his na- tive dialect, refusing to learn Eng- lish. To those who asked why, Aguinaldo invariably replied: “We have been promised our freedom. If that pronuse is kept, no one need speak English Took ouu of Allegiance. Aguinaldo never forgot that when & United States warship carried him back to the Philippines from exile by the Spanish in 1898, he rallied 50,000 of his countrymen to aid American throughout the siege of Manila and to victory over the Spaniards. But when Philippine nationalist hopes were dashed by the treaty of ICE CREAM /¢’s Delicious! Methods of production_are accepted by the Council on Foods. of achRSriosn Medical Revsciation. ivern Dealers or HObart 1200 BUDGET PLAN.. fimw A [EUAR fim Gth & N. Y. Ave 3rd and H Streets N.E. “Serving the Washington EMILIO AGUINALDO. —A. P. Wirephoto. Paris which recognized American Jurisdiction over the islands, he led his armies in open revolt. He was captured by Gen. Frederick Funston after two years of stubborn fighting. On April 19, 1901, he took an oath of allegiance to the United States. In recent years Aguinaldo has had little influence in politics, and it was doubtful whether his appeal would carry much weight with the Fili- pinos. ‘The Japanese, however, were backing up this apparent use of a Philippine puppet with a constant psychological campaign against American influence in occupied por- tions of the islands. The newest development of this campaign was set forth in the War Department’s night communique: “The latest pamphlet dropped by Japanese aviators over our lines de- clares that American money is rap- idly becoming valueless and that the pay the soldiers are receiving from the United States will do them no good. The pamphlet concludes by urging the Pilipino troops to sur- render. “American and Pilipino soldiers fighting on Bataan Peninsula have received frequent reports from Ma- nila about the worthless ‘invasion currency’ the Japanese are attempt- ing to circulate at the point of the bayonet. Hence this pamphlet ap- pears to them particularly ludicrous. “The text of the pamphlet follows: *“To the Filipino soldiers: *‘All banks in the city of Manila are under the regulations of the Japanese forces, and the newly is- | i sued war note is controlling more and more the financial activities of Manila day after day. For this rea- son the money you are receiving from the American forces as your salary is losing its value and will be waste paper in the near future. Take Two Women Atfacked: On Capifal Streets Early This Morning One Dragged to Lot, Another to Driveway By Assailants Two women were assaulted on. the streets before daybreak this morning and criminally at-. tacked, police reported. One was- dragged into a vacant lot and the- other into a driveway. One victim was the 32-year-old mother of two junior high school. pupils. An attractive brunette, she was waiting for a street car at 5:15 am. on the northeast corner of. Third and H streets NE. when she was seized from behind by a colored man and pulled into a driveway next’ to 731 Third street, police said. After the attack her assailant fled on foot and the woman took a cab to Casualty, where police said she was examined by Dr. Robert Owen." She was removed to Gallinger for treatment. Her children said today that she had been frightened about the pos- sibility of such an assault. A wait- ress, she was bound for a restaurant. near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. About three hours before, another young married woman, 24, was sim- ilarly grabbed from behind as she walked in the 600 block of L street N.W., on her way home from her job at a doughnut factory, police said. She was dragged into a lot adjacent to 612 L street, where her assailant, described as colored, at- tacked her. She was treated at Gallinger Hospital by Dr. Pred Wertz. The descriptions of the attackers coincided in some particulars. Each was sald to be round-faced and dark-skinned, weighing about 190 pounds. Each was reported to be wearing a dark hat and overcoat. ‘The younger woman said her assail- ant was 5 feet 9 inches tall, while the other victim described the man :lho attacked her as 6 feet in sta- ure. FOUND. SHIELD from automoble. left side. Owner call RED WHEEL probeply, Buick. mmlo R REPORT ABANDONED. STRAY ANIMAI‘ to Anlmfi ProleCN'! Association, 3900 Wheele 42 “Pri factlities 'umud w ihat class only CKET with 4 Keys. at lnm and n.w._Owner cali FR. m_to Bece Retus ond National Bask & Trust Co- Redbank. my word, you are exposing your life | N. J. in danger without any remunera- tion. There is nothing so pointless! In Manila, your countrymen enjoy life peacefully with full co-operation with the Japanese forces. Give up useless fighting. Surrender imme- diately to the Japanese forces.’ ™ Axis Planes Blast Malfa In Heavy Raid, Rome Says & "" By the Associated Press. ROME (From Italian Broadcasts), Feb. 7.—Axis planes hitting the oft- bombed British island of Malta in a heavy raid scored many direct hits on docks, workshops, airdromes, naval bases and military objectives and dropped bombs on British war- ships berthed at the island, the Italians declared today. ‘The Italian high command claimed severe fires broke out during the raid. It said the British lost four planes in fights with fighters escorting the Axis bombers, while one Italian plane did not return to its base. ‘The British announced yesterday that some civilians were killed and BAR PIN. white gold, 3 diamonds; in o cnll dept. of Lansburgh’s, Thursday aiternoo: reward. Chz:lnul 2538 BILLFOLD. brown: liberal reward. P. Johinson. 1509 N. Capitol. Phone DE. 4 BILLFOLD. in_vicinity of Social & Bldg.. Pebr 6. Reward. DOG swers Apts., Sil._Spr. TERRIER. m body with_black spots. abo N.Woodside, Md. GLASSES, between Fresential Gardens and New Bureau E. and P. 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