Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1942, Page 2

Roosevelt Takes Steps To Bolster Chinese And Duich Morale Chiang Notified of Loan; All Possible Speed In Indies Aid Pledged By JOHN C. HENRY. President Roosevelt took two steps yesterday to bolster the morale of the Chinese and the Dutch, fighting partners of the United Nations in the Far East and Pacific theaters of war. First of these actions was a for- mal message of encouragement and tributz to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, notifying the commander of the Chinese armies of the unani- mous and speedy action of the Con- gress in voting a $500,000,000 loan to the Chungking government. Second was the delivery of re- assurances to three ranking officials of the Netherlands government that every possible assistance was being hurried to their battlefront in the East Indies and that their govern- ment would participate to the full- est in the planning of the broad strategy for the United Nations in that sector. Expressing the belief that the half-billion dollar loan would con- tribute substantially toward off- setting China's war-time financial problems, the President remarked that the action further testifies to this Nation’s “determination to be concretely helpful to our partners in the great battle for freedom.” Gratified by Congress Action. “It is a source of great gratifica- tion to me and to the Government and people of the United States that the proposal which I made to the Congress that there be author- ized for the purpose of rendering financial aid to China in the sum of $500,000,000 was passed unanimously by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and has now be- come law.” Mr. Roosevelt told Gen. Chiang. “The unusual speed and unanim- ity with which this measure was acted upon by the Congress and the enthusiastic support which it re- ceived throughout the United States testify to the wholehearted respect and admiration which the Govern- ment and people of this country have for China. They testify also to our earnest desire and determina- tion to be concretely helpful to qur partners in the great battle for freedom. “The gallant resistance of the Chinese armies against the ruthless | invaders of your country has called | forth the highest praise from the American and all other freedom- loving peoples. “The tenacity of the Chinese peo- ple, both armed and unarmed, in the face of tremendous odds in carrying on for-almost five years a resolute defense against an enemy far superior in equipment is an in- spiration to the fighting men and all the peoples of the other United Nations, Sacrifices Praised. “The great sacrifies of the Chinese people in destroying the fruits of their #pil so that they could not be used By the predatory armies of Japan exemplify in high degree the spirit of sacrifice which is necessary on the part of all to gain the victory toward which® we are confidently striving. “It is my hope and belief that use which will be made of the funds now authorized by the Congress of the United States will contribute sub- stantially toward facilitating the efforts of the Chinese government and people to meet the economic | and financial burdens which have been thrust upon them by an armed invasion and toward solution of problems of production and procure- ment which are essential for the success of their armed resistance to what are now our common enemies. “I send you my personal greetings and best wishes. I extend to you across land and sea the hand of comradeship for the common good, the common goal, the common vic- tory that shall be ours.” Although the precise nature of the conversations with the Dutch was not disclosed by any of the par- ticipants, the three officers of the government which is now waging such a desperate defense of their rich Pacific possessions made clear their satisfaction with developments as they left the White House after a 40-minute meeting with Mr. Roosevelt. Dr. Eelco Van Kleffens, Foreign Minister, told reporters there had been a full exchange of information on battle plans and progress of the fighting thus far, adding signifi- cantly that there was “entire agree- ment” between the Dutch and American Governments on war pol- icy for that area. Machinery Seen Provisional. Questioned about Dutch participa- tion in the Pacific councils, which Mr. Roosevelt said Friday were al- ready in operation, Dr. Van Kleffens said he believer the present machin- ery to be “provisional” and that his government will be amply repre- sented in decisions vital to it. | “We are perfectly happy about our | position in this respect,” he said. | “There will be adequate machinery operating in both Washington and London to deal with the business at hand. “Our only concern is to have the machinery necessary to do the job without unnecessary red tape.” Another member of the group, Dr. Hubertus J. Van Mook, Lieutenant Governor of the Netherlands Indies, said that no concern is felt about whether administrative machinery is set up here or in London as long 8s the varicus parts of the structure are closest to the scenes of required action. He indicated that there would be such groups operating in both capitals. The Netherlands gov- ernment in exile is functioning in | London. Formation of a British-American Staff Board, composed of top officers of the armed services of these two | governments, was announced by the War Department here on Friday. For several weeks past a unified tactical command for the Southwest Pacific area, including the Dutch Indies, has been operating in that sector. Composed of British and American officers, this group is be- lieved to have its headquarters in Dutch Java. One other White House action THE SUNDAY STAR, | FROM FRIENDSHIP TO McLEAN GARDENS—Here is the archi- tect's conception of the appearance of Friendship, former McLean estate, when it is dew ments and rooms for defense workers. the foreground. Defense Homes Corp., R. F. C. subsidiary, will eloped with garden-type apart- Wisconsin avenue is in develop the property. There will be 720 housekeeping apart- This aerial view of the historic estate shows it as it now is. D. H. C. reportedly paid $1,000,000 for the property as the site of of averting rifts among members of the United Nations also was dis- closed yesterday in announcement that cabinet officers and all agency heads have been requested to clear{ | all fofmal speeches through the. | Office of Facts and Figures. It was explainéd by Stephen Early, secretary to the President, that this task has theoretically been the re- sponsibility of his office but that | he has lacked facilities to keep up with the task. In pre-war days, he | added, some cabinet members fol- | lowed this rule while others did not. Since the importance of checking | policy statements has been increased greatly by our entry into war, Mr. Early said he had asked ranking Government officers in a memoran- dum dated January 29 henceforth to submit advance texts on speeches | to the Office of Facts and Figures. :'Sound and Flash’ Units {To Train at Fort Sill Army enlisted men will begin training early next month at Fort | sill, Okla., as specialists for observa- tion battalions, used to direct the | fire of artillery, the War Depart- | ment announced yesterday. This is the first training of this | c | Fort Sill replacement center for | field artillery. Heretofore new men have been sent to existing observa- tion battalions for training. | Commonly known as “sound and flash battalions,” these units are trained and equipped to locate enemy artillery by observing the flash of their guns and also by means of sound detectors. The in- formation thus obtained is used to direct artillery counterfire, United States Coast Guard re- cruiting station now open at 1300 E street N.W. War Labor Proble Paul V. McNutt, administrator of the Federal Security Agency, will speak on “Men and Victory” in the National Radio Forum at 8 p.m. to- morrow. Arranged by The Star and broadcast over the Blue Network, the program will be heard here over Station WMAL. Mr. McNutt will discuss the war- time labor shortage and how we in- tend to meet it. He also will touch on plans for operation of a program for dealing with the problem of la- bor displacement. That is one of the most pressing of current ques- tions as the expanding military forces draw more and more men into uniform and the increasing war production program calls for more and more workers in factories. Dealing with the labor problem is the duty of Mr. McNutt, whose agency includes the Bureau of Em- ployment Security and the Federal Advisory Board for Vocational Edu- cation. Mr. McNutt is in charge of many behind-the-lines problems arising out of the war, Former Governor of Indians, he has had widespread ad- which might have an indirect effect ' b ministrative experience. Before he became Federal security adminis- 2 [Dutch Sink Warships, ‘haracter to be undertaken at the| Damage 2 Others; Admit Amboina Loss Nippon Loses Transport Off Borneo; Pontianak Occupation Confirmed BY the Asscciated Press. BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies, Feb. 7—The stout Dutch defenders of Amboina sank a Japanese cruiser and damaged another and a subma- rine before relinquishing control of that second most important air and naval base, a Netherlands Indies communique announced today. A big Japanese transport also was sunk in a separate bombing west of Borneo, the communique said. These blows, which brought to 59 the total of Japgnese warships and ships sunk or damaged by the Dutch in the 63-day war—just four fewer than the goal of one a day— fell short of breaking up the Japa- nese armada which a week ago Fri- day began landing swarms of sol- diers. Amboina, 1,100 miles northeast of | the major Indies naval base of Soe- rabaja and 600 miles northwest of | Darwin, Australia, where the Dutch | | had “stationed light warships and | planes to patrol and guard the east- | | ern passage through the Moluccas to Java and to Australia, is now in the hands of the Japanese except for a few bands of defenders which | are waging guerrilla warfare here | and there, the communique said. Some Forces Evacuated. | Some of the defense forces were | | attack on Soerabaja, also were de- | | Guinea and the Solomon Islands | apore’s usefulness has been can- WASHINGTON, D..C, ments for families in 31 buildings, 1,125 single and double rooms for men and women in 9 buildings and a bullding for adminis- trative offices, a dining room and community center. two thirds of the rooms will be for women. About A temporary Gov- ernment office building, shown in the left background, probably will not be bullt. “one of several similar developments it plans for the Washington area. Work will be started soon —Photo by Fairchild Aerial Survey. successfully evacuated from the 386 square mile island, leaving the 115,- 000 population to the merey of the invader. ; 3 . 2 Purther word was being awaifedl as to whether the two Japanese warships which were hit had also been sunk. The Japanese, at the close of the second month of war, were thus mauch closer to Java, the Dutch bastion, and it was evident that an attempt at a- direct invasion | could be expected at almost any time. But the small Dutch fleet, which has dealt so many delaying blows, was declared to be still “absolutely intact at sea ang ready for action” to ward off the attack. Japanese bombers, in their latest attack on the fleet, were said to have been highly inaccurate. (The Japanese, claiming to have destroyed the Dutch fleet, said they had sunk two of the Netherlands’ three cruisers?dam- aged beyond repair a third large Dutch cruiser and the United States cruiser Marblenead and heavily damaged a fourth small- er Dutch cruiser.) Jap Bombers Ineffective. Japanese bombers, in their third | clared ineffective, scoring hits only on the cookhouse at the naval base, now doubly important in the United | Nations’ defense scheme since Sing- celed by siege. Further raids were reported on | the oil center of Palembang, in | southern Sumatra, the island of Bali, just east of Java, Macassar in southwest Celebes and other scattered objectives. Slight damage was reported in all these attacks and 24 civilian casualties at Ma- cassar. Definite information now con- firms that the Japanese have suc- | ceeded in occupying Pontianak, on | the southwest coast of Borneo, only | McNutt to Speak in Forum Federal Security Chief Will Discuss m and How to Solve It PAUL V. McNUTT. —A. P. Photo. 1939 he was High Commis- Philippines. ) trator in sioner of the 450 miles north of Batavia. Thus, with the seizure of Sarawak | | and British North Borneo, the Jap- | anesc had succeeded in working | around Borneo until they held all! vital points except those on the south coast. As viewed from Batavia, the be- ginning of the third month of the FEBRUARY 8, 1942. Harassed Nazi Armies Increase Resistance Before Smolensk Russians, However, Report Continued Advance, With More Villages Taken MOSCOW, Feb. 7.—Harassed by Red Army raids as far as 75 miles behind their lines, the German armies before Smolensk were offering flerce resistance today at the points where Adolf Hitler hopes to originate his promised spring offensive. Despite the stiffening Nazl op- positicn, marked by a thwarted counterattack ir. one sector, to- night’s Soviet communique sald Red forces continued theiradvance dur- ing the day and occupied several more villages. It listed 21 German planes destroyed yesterday against seven Soviet losses. Keenly aware of the German dg- sign, the Russians are bent on al- lowing the Nazis no opportunity of making a stand in advantageously | fortified sectors which could, in| time, be strengthened. e Nazis Intensify Efforts. In the last few days the Germans, especially on the central front, have | intensified their efforts to halt their | retreat and have even started counterattacks. | In the same period the Soviet| communiques have not announced specifically or by name the recap- ture of any additional cities—a policy which, in the circumstances, is not inconsistent with past pro- cedure. Russain military spokesmen point out that German loss of Smolensk, for one thing, would be a major military disaster at this point of Hitler’s troublous Eastern campaign. From the ancient capital of Smo- | lensk province, high above the Dnieper, German operational plans are executed. Here Hitler set up his headquarters when he assumed di- rect command of his armies. The | city is aptly situated for the direc- tion of the kind of a campaign which the Nazis have re-mapped: “to destroy the Red Army and cap- ture Moscow.” Good Communications. Smolensk possesses good means of communication in all directions, especially along the railways, which the Germans already have changed from Russian to German gauge. (Official secrecy about the posi- tion of the front east and north of Smolensk makes the size and shape of the German central front salient pretty much of a mystery. The last official an- nouncements leave a broad Ger- man wedge extending to a point some 150 miles east of Smo- lensk, but this wedge is sheared off sharply to the north and southeast, where the Russian lines are within 80 or 90 miles from the city in either direction. (Saturday the Germans claimed the encirclement and annihilation of strong units of two Russian divisions, presum- ably somewhere within this Rea ders’d- Guide News Summary | The Sunday Star, Feb, 8, 1942, PART ONE. Foreign. Purther restrictions placed on hungry Italians. Page A-2 Nazis before Smolensk offer fierce resistance to Russians. Page A-2 Brazil faces possible Axis attack,| ‘Vargas declares. Page A-3 Axis' Libyan drive checked second | day, British indicate. Page A-5 ‘Tangier rioting follows blas: believed fatal to 25 persons. Page A-5 National. Admiral Leary named commander of naval Anzac forces. Page A-1)| 33_cie when submarine sinks in ' Panama collision. Fage A-1 Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. tomorrow. 3 Page A-1 Roosevelt moves to bolster morale of Dutch, Chinese. Page A-2 U. 8. urged to co-operate with Brazil in rubber program. in O. C. D. bill. Page A-10 District Plans "Push’: In Drive fo Salvage Valuable Maferials 200,000 Pamphlets Will Be Distributed by Citizens’ Associations The District salvage campaign is to be accelerated next week with a blaze of newspaper, radio, poster, streetcar and home pamphlet pub- licity, James E. Colliflower, general chairman of the District Salvage Committee, announced yesterday. Mr. Colliflower will make the first monthly report for his committee at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Dis- trict Building to Defense Co-ordin- tor John Russell Young and Col. Lemuel Bolles, director of civilian Page A.;;de(ense for the Metropolitan Area. Dancer-actor ban expected to remain | Since the Salvage Committee has now arranged to handle every con- Washington and Vicinity. Investigation of power financing is ordered. Page A-1 Two youths get life sentences in Loveless murder. Page A-3 Laura Ingalls case may be heard this week. Pa=> A4 Scout Week exhibits to be displayed Friday. Page A-11 House committees to act on District bills tomorrow. Page A-13 School vigil termination ordered by Dr. Ballou. Page A-13 First hearings on rent disputes are scheduled. Page A-13 Speeders allowed to forfeit—at $1 per m. p. h. Page A-13 Citizens’ Federation asks 352 more police for traffic duty. Page A-13 Further Senate study on D. C. liquor control talked. Page A-13 Woman among 34 first “grads” of Police Academy. Page A-14 Jones suggests charging for depart- ment services. Page A-14 Gen. Andrew Hero, jr., dies a# Walter Reed Hospital. Page A-18 Miscellany. Obituary. Page A-16 PART TWO. Editorial. Editorial articles. Editorials. John Clagett Proctor. Civic news. P.-T. A. news. PART THREE. Sports and Finance. Financial news. Educational. Resorts and travel. PART FOUR. Pages B-1-6 Page B-2 Page B-4 Page B-7 Page B-8 Pages C-1-5 Pages C-8-10 Pages C-6-7 Page C-6 Society. Society news. Club news. PART FIVE. Pages D-1-12 | Amusements. Theaters. Stamps. Radio programs. Cross-word puzzle. Music. Art Notes. ks. Pages E-1-3 Page E-5 Page E-4 Page E-5 Page E-6 Page E-6 Books. Page E-7 Junior Star. Page E-8 Classified advertising. PagesE-9-16 Where to Go. Page E-9 Serial Story. Page E-9 Marriage Licenses. Page E-9 Births and Deaths. Page E-9 salient.) Front line dispatches stressed the | Page D-11 | tribution from two or three pounds | to 20 tons, Mr. Coliflower explained, COMPANY | an intensive drive to increase do- nations will begin a week from to- morrow. Pamphlets to Be Distributed. About 200000 pamphlets will ke distributed to homes by citizen and civic associations which have taken over collection from small contribu=- tors. Since the dealers and charit- able organizations collecting salvag- able material can only pick up lots of 100 pounds or more, all calls from small contributors are referred to | the association in their neighbor- hood. Each association has desig- nated community collection depots at which material can be stored until 100 pounds is accumulated. More than 3,500 posters will be distributed by District Boy Scouts. The Chesapeake & Potomas Tele- | phone Co. publication, Transmitter, will be distributed to 20,000 em- | ployes with a two-page story on sal- vage. About 10,000 dealers and con- tractors will be reached by the Washington Building Congress and Building Supply dealers A speakers' bureau is being organ- | ized for radio and organization ad- dresses. Horace Walker, executive secretary of the Salvage Committee, {is planning a salvage-for-victory parade late in the month. Poster Contest Planned. In addition, a 30-day contest for a salvage poster for use in streetcars and buses will begin later this month. | - The salvage campaign already has | decreased the amount of paper, rags and metal collected by the Refuse Department, according to District officials. Nearly 500,000 pounds of paper alone, which or- | dinarily would have been collected | by the department, has been turned over to Parent-Teacher Associations by school children enlisted in The | Star’s paper-salvage campaign | The entire salvage - for - victory | campaign is being conducted here and nationally by the Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Production Board. [ SociefyTo Meet | The Eastern Shore Society of Washington will meet at 7 pm. to | morrow at the Cairo Hotel, 1615 @ street N.W. war found the Japanese executing | violence of the battles in the Smo- | six major penetrations through the| o South Seas, all of which threatened the encirclement and capture of Java. Progress of Drives. | These drives had progressed as| follows: | 1. From Indo-China. the Japanese had pushed westward through Thai- | land to the Salween River in Burma 2. The drive southward through Malaya to Johore Strait, last hurdle to Singapore. 3. The operations from the South | China Sea which resulted in seizure of the northern and western peri- meter of Borneo, which itself is| only about 300 miles across the Java | Sea from Java. | 4. The drive through Macassar Straits which resulted in capture of the northern and eastern peri- meter of Borneo, as far south as Balik Papan. 5. The drive through the Moluc- | cas in which the Northern Celebes first was seized, then Kendarie in the Southern Celebes and finally Amboina. | 6. The long-range attacks on New | where the Japanese menace Aus- tralia and the communications line | to the West Coast of the United States. Maj. George Stephefis Dies in Los Angeles By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.—Maj. George Washington Stephens, 75, former president of the board of the Port of Montreal and commissioner for the Saar Valley, died yesterday after a long illness. Maj. Stephens was struck by an automobile here in March, 1941, and never fully recovered from his in- juries. The body will be cremated and the ashes taken by his widow to Montreal Tuesday for funeral services. (Furnished by the United 1Weat—her Report States Weather Bureau. Maryland—Colder today with fresh to strong winds and snow flurries District of Columbia—Colder today with fresh to strong winds. in the west portion. Virginia—Colder today with fresh flurries in mountains of west pomon,. River Report. Recerd Until 10 P.M. Saturda: hest, 46 at 1:45 pm. Yesterday at 9:45 am. Yesterday | ymperatures This Year. Highest, 65. on_January 18. Lowest, 6, on January 11. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United Etates Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Tods ‘Tomorrow. to strong winds and occasional snow Precipitation. ‘Monthl: ipitati in inches in the Capital (currehe month to date): M 1942, Avmgcu Recor 190 385 981 d 37 S1ePIRSSS 0N, Sgacemeatay Citie Highest Precipita- last 24 last 12 tion last hours. hours. 24 hours. 41 [ N. Mex. Albuquerque, Atlanta, Ua. icago, Ill Cleveland, Oh! t, Mich, ‘m. | Fort Worth, Tex. Kansas Cit¥, M uisvi 5 5 |man lines for three months, re- 9 men. nsk sector and the toughness of the German resistance, but they | said the Red Army was smashing | the Nazi counterattacks and plowing forward in the snows. | German Air Force activity re- | mained at a winter high; From Tuesday through Thursday, in-| clusive, the Russians announced the | destruction of 117 German planes. Caused Trouble to Nasis. | Typical of the tactics which are | complicating the German effort to| stand firm in the strategic center | of their line is the story of Col. B.. Biakov, whose units got 75 miles in the Nazi rear, tangled comunica- tions, wrecked roads, attacked transports, tore down telephone lines | and forced important changes in the Nazi plans. | Trying to mass soldiers at the front to meet the Red Army ad- vances, the Germans had to w'm:-' draw in one sector about 1,700 men | to garrison villages far to the rear, | where the advanced oviet unit had killed close to 1,008 Nazis. | The Army newspaper Red Star | also told of two heavy counter- attacks by fresh German reserve | troops on the central front: Both | of them repulsed by “N” detach- | ment in a strange night battle, in which vast Russian tanks, poumnnzi through the snow, were illuminated | time after time by yellow rockets | sent up by surprised Germans (The British radio broadcast & Moscow report Saturday night that vast new Russian reserves thrown into the battle on the Leningrad front have liberated 20 more villages in the last two days and in a single day killed 1,500 Germans. (This account, heard in New York by C. B. S., said the Red reinforcements launched a drive to smash the German blockade of the second Soviet city and al- ready have made big dents in the Nazi siege lines.) Found 50 Bodies. The big tanks ironed out one vil- lage and the next morning the Rus- sians found nine cannon, 31 mine- throwers, 400 pairs of trousers and overcoats and 50 bodies in the frozen streets and nearby fields. A party of 93 Soviet border guards which operated behind the Ger- cently reached Russian-held terri- tory and reported that they had | killed 1425 German officers and| They also mined roads, blew upf‘ enemy supply columns and de- stroyed 10 britiges, they told the newspaper Izvestia. They wrecked 15 miles of railway track and gave many signals to Soviet aircraft al- lowing them to bomb German troops and cars. 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