Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1942, Page 7

Hershey Puts Draft Choice Responsibility Up fo Hollywood Rules Film Industry Essential to National Health, Safety, Interest Although ruling that “the mo- tion picture industry is an activity essential in certain instances to the national, health, safety and interest and in other instances to war pro- duction,” Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Her- shey, national selective service di- rector, has lefi the responsibility for determining occupstional defe - ments in this field squarely with the industry and California local draft boards, spokesmen in his office said today. Gen. Hershey's statement of policy was made in reply to an inquiry from Lowell Mellett, co-ordinator of Government films and Government liaison officer with the film indus- try. Mr. Mellett had written that in the cases of some actors, direc- tors, writers, producers, sound men and other technicians, their services are considered indispensable at cer- tain times. Gen. Hershey agreed in effect, but added that “the responsibility of making claims for deferment is on the motion picture industry and determination of necessary men is one for local boards.” Office associates explained that national headquarters considers that educational and constructive ‘films, as well as special films produced by the industry for Government use are clearly within the scope of na- tional health, safety and interest, and, as such, constitute grounds for certain draft deferments within the industry. The Associated Press reported from Hollywood that Frank Free- man, president of the Association of Producers, issued the following com- ment on the rulings: “Determination of those men whose work is indispensable will be carefully made in each individual case.” Singapore (Continued From First Page.) in event of defeat. They had to throw the Japanese out or accept death. There was no talk of sur- render. Penetration Made Eastward. While the roar of artillery re- verberated across the island sun- scorched Australians, Indians, Brit- ish, Scottish Highlanders and hastily recruited Chinese rushed to mop up the forces which had gained a foot- hold. But it was admitted the Jap- anese jungle fighters had succeeded in making penetrations eastward. Japanese artillery, thickly planted along the opposite shore, blasted the defenders’ positions and raked the island as far as Singapore City it- self, while Japanese dive bombers patrolled the skies and strafed the roads. British artillerymen dueled with the Japanese batteries, endeavoring to knock out enemy guns. British hurricanes fought des- perate engagements in the skies with some success against the numbers of Japanese planes which sought to dominate the air. Other air raiders appeared over Bingapore City, on the southern side of the island, but these were met by British fighters which destroyed 3 planes, probably destroyed 3 more and damaged 13. Today’s air victories were said to have brought to 73 the number of Japanese planes definitely shot down over Singapore. In addition, 27 more were listed as “probably” shot down. Defenders Flee, Japs Say. The Tokio radio, relaying dis- patches which it said originated with land forces on Singapore, pic- tured the defenders as in flight along the highways leading toward the southern part of the island. One report said the first landing was signaled at 12:16 a.m. (1:16 pm., E*W. T.) yesterday with a green flare which was followed in four minutes by a red flare to sig- nify the completion of that opera- tion. The Japanese estimated the de- fending forces at 20,000 men. More trustworthy indications were that at least 60,000 men were on Singapore Island to oppose the headlong rush by the Japanese troops who had pushed the length of the Malayan mainland to Johore Strait since the start of the war in the Pacific. Barrage Protects Landing. ‘The Japanese landing was effected from boats under cover of an in- tense artillery barrgge between Sungei Kranji and Pasir Laba, west of the narrow causeway which for- merly linked Singapore with the Malayan mainland. “Our forward troops were pushed back in some places and there has been some enemy infiltration east- wards,” the Singapore communique acknowledged. There were no Indications of at- tempted invasion thrusts elsewhere along Johore Strait, but the British said Japanese bombers and fighters had been pounding their defenses everywhere since daybreak. Presumably the Japanese used in- vasion barges to cross the narrow strait, the western reaches of which are less than a mile wide in some places. Barrage Began Yesterday. ‘The assault came just 10 days after the last British forces had been withdrawn from the Malayan mainland where for six weeks they had fought a losing struggle as the Japanese drove more than 400 miles down the peninsula from the Thal border. The artillery bombardment pre- ceding the assault, in anticipation of which the British had been fe- verishly mustering every resource on the island, began at dawn yes- terday and continued unabated throughout the day and night. From guns and mortars of all calibers the Japanese rained steel on British defense positions front- ing the 35-mile-long strait. Japanese warplanes ranged over- head, unloading tons of bombs and screaming down to machine-gun every sign of movement on roads for some distance behind the front. After launching their bombard- ment the Japanese, in an apparent attempt to trick Singapore’s de- fenders out of position and pave the way for the main attack in the ‘west, feinted suddenly yesterday at the British right flank, landing troops on tiny Palau Ubin island at the eastern end of Johore Strait. Although Palau Ubin is only about 8 half mile from Singapore island &t some points, there was no indi- o°“ ) west shore of Singapore. THE EVENING STAR, WOODLANDS NAVAL BASE AREA 7 ; - . Manoar=’ NEE ;r:.'—~ SOOM . ’ S, MUNICIPAL %, WASHINGTON, D. C, Boy Scouts Honored In Special Services AtD. C. Churches Catholic- Troop Leaders Get Medals; Protestant Groups Hold Programs Spiritual celebrations of Boy Scout Week, in observance of the 32d anniversary of American scout- ing, were held in Protestant and Catholic churches here and in near- by areas yesterday as national “Boy ‘| Scout Sunday” was commemorated. RAILROADS JAPS INVADE SINGAPORE ISLAND—The Japanese invasion of Singapore Island was launched today along a 10-mile front with its right flank on Pasir Laba (1), its left flank on the Kranji River (3) and pivoting from the Berih River inlet (2), where Johore Strait is narrow and only 3 or 4 feet deep. Earlier the Japanese had occupied Palau Ubin (4), tiny island off the north- —A. P. Wirephoto. cation that the Japanese were pressing home the assault from there. Before the British retreated from the Malayan mainland Palau Ubin was a strongly garrisoned fortress, with 14-inch guns guarding the ap- proaches to the great Singapore naval base situated a few miles to the west on Johore Strait. The Japanese, however, appar- ently found Palau Ubin abandoned, for the communique announcing its occupation made no mention of re- sistance. Japanese Report. A Domei, Japanese news agency correspondent, reported from Johore Bahru today that the British de- fenders of Singapore were falling back from their outer ring of forti- fications commanding the Straits of Johore under fierce blows of Jap- anese forces on the fortress island. “Dispatches from Singapore Is- land said British troops have begun to flee down highways to Singapore in the southern part of the island,” the broadcast declared. “The Japanese full dress offensive against the mighty British Far East- ern base got under way to a thun- derous start late last night when Japanese batteries mounted on the north shore suddenly cut loose with a withering, continuous barrage pav- ing the way for the landing opera- tions. “The first indication that Japa- nese ‘troops came into contact with Singapore Island came at 12:16 am. (1:16 pm., E. W. T., yesterday) when a green flare appeared from the is- land, signaling that Japanese land- ing forces had reached the island and which was followed 4 minutes later by a red flare signifying com- pletion of landing operations. Second Unit Lands. “A reporter then said the initial landing party wes driving toward undisclosed heights. As Japanese guns blazed away without response from the enemy batteries, word came at 12:25 a.m. that a second Japanese unit closely co-operating with engi- neers also had completed 2 landing in another part of the island. “Since the early morning of Feb- ruary 5 the roar of Japanese gun- fire continued to become fiercer and flercer and reached its pitch early yesterday morning while waves of army planes roared over Singapore raining high explosives and defying an intensive enemy anti-aircraft barrage.” The reporter said that while big Japanese guns pounded the Singa- pore fortress, 28 out of 38 oil tanks were aflame, spouting columns of black smoke and spreadlng fire. Shl pping (Continued From First Page.) tor shall be guided by schedules transmitted to him by the chairman of the War Production Board pre- scribing the priority of movement of such commodities and materials.” Order Had Been Forcast. ‘The shipping executive order, which states the duties of the new agency in flve typewritten pages, has been expected in view of the Anglo-American three-point pooling program announced by the White House two weeks ago. That program provided for a combined raw ma- terials board, a munitions assign- ments board and a combined ship- ping adjustment board. “In the discharge of his responsi- bilities,” the President said in the executive order, “the administrator shall collaborate with existing mili- tary, naval and civil departments and agencies of the Government which perform wartime functions connected with transportation over- seas, in order to secure the most effective utilization' of shipping in the prosecution of the war.” President Roosevelt issued the or- der under authority given him by the War Powers Act of December. The highlight of the tasks assigned to Admiral Land are these: He will control the operation, purchase, charter, requisition and use of all ocean vessels under the flag or control of the United States with the exception of Army, Navy and Coast Guard ships and ships in coast-wise, inter-coastal and in- land transportation. These last categories are under the control of the director of the Office of De- fense Transportation, Joseph East- man. To Deal With British. He will represent the United States Government in dealing with the British Ministry of War Transport and with similar shipping agencies of nations allied with the United States in the prosecution of the war, in matters related to the use of shipping. He will maintain current data on the avallability of shipping in existence and under construction and furnish these data on request to the War and Navy Department and other Federal agencies con- cerned with the import or export of war materials and commodities. ‘The executive order was so broadly worded, in fact, as to provide ap- parently for virtual transfer of the Maritime Commission to the War Shipping Administration for the duration of the war. i Dies fo Demand Japs Be Moved 500 Miles In From West Coast Fifth Column Awaits Tokio Order to Strike, Says ‘Yellow Paper’ . By the Associated Press. The Dies Committee, asserting that a Japanese fifth column awaits only Tokio’s orders to strike on the Pacific Coast, plans to demand that all Japanese be uprooted from West Coast States and interned at least 500 miles inland. . “Shinto temples still operate, prop- aganda outlets still disseminate propaganda material and Japanese, both alien and American cititzens, still spy for the Japanese govern- ment,” the committee says in the first draft of a “yellow paper” which it probably will make public in about two weeks. Chairman Dies said yesterday Jus- tice Department orders ousting Jap- anese from certain Pacific Coast areas of vital defense importance had not been completely effective. Under “protection of civil rights,” he said, Japanese were making ready espionage such as smoothed the way for the attack on Pearl Harbor. The committee’s tentative report says Japanese still live near oil wells, aviation plants, pipe lines, tunnels and aqueducts. It adds that during the Pearl Harbor attack Japanese blocked streets with furniture, drove trucks into military airplanes and disabled automobiles of Army and Navy officers. Figures are not available on the number of Japanese living within 500 miles of the Pacific Coast but the Justice Department estimates there are 200,000 Japanese, Ger- mans and Italians in California, Oregon. Washington, Nevada, Ari- zona, Montana, Utah and Idaho. More than half of these enemy aliens are Japanese. Parking Lot (Continued From First Page.) ployes of many Government de- partments could park their cars there.” Mr. Dirksen further suggested that a conference be sought with Secretary of Interior Ickes for ap- proval of the plan. Chairman Ran- dolph said the conference would be asked. Bill to Get Hearings. / After a protracted discussion Mr. Dirksen’s bill to give the Utilities Commission control over parking rates in garages and on parking lots was referred to the Streets and Parks Subcommittee for hear- ings. This subcommittee headed by Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana. Mr. Dirksen explained the legis- lation is needed to curtail “exces- sive” charges by some garages and parking lots. He said since intro- duction of the bill he had received many complaints of overcharges. A checkup, Mr. Dirksen declared, showed there are 333 licensed park- ing lots and garages in the District. ‘With 222,800 registered motor ve- hicles in the District, plus those coming into the city daily from |' nearby Maryland and Virginia, he said, there is an acute shortage of parking facilities. He said the pub- lic is in a position where it must pay any fee charged. Chairman Gregory Hankin of the Utilities Commission gave his in- dorsement to the “policy” of the legislation, but proposed several changes in the language. One would remove a provision to let the District Commissioners re- view and approve regulations of the commission affecting parking lots and garages. Mr. Hankin said he believed actions of a quasi-judicial agency like the Utilities Commis- sion should not be subjected to review by a “political” agency like the Board of Commissioners. Representative Bates, Republican, of Massachusetts, opposed placing Dr. Van Mook Calls Java Good Place fo Start Drive By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9—Dr. Hubertus Van Mook, Lieutenant Governor General of the Nether- lands Indies, said yesterday that “Java offers many advantages as a starting point for the Allied ad- vance which will eventually win the war.” “We will fight for every foot of the Island of Java,” Dr. Van Mook told interviewers on his arrival from a series of Washington conferences on the war in the Pacific. “We have great resources, many fine harbors and bases, plenty of labor—everything that is needed as a base of operations. We need planes, supplies of every kind, but first of all—airplanes. “Will we hold the Indies? “Well—it will be touch and go. I hope it will be touch!” “We have known,” he said, “that it would be impossible for us, with our comparatively small forces, to hold all the islands of our archi- pelago, so we have fought for time. We have fought a delaying action, have defended each point to the limit, then have destroyed every- thing that would be of value to the enemy.” Bernardo Atfolico Dies; Italy’s Envoy at Vatican By the Associated Press. ROME (from Italian broadcasts), Feb. 9.—Bernardo Attolico, Italian Ambassador to the Vatican, died today in Rome. Attolico, 52, who replaced Dino Alfieri as Ambassador to the Vatican in 1940, was one of Italy’s seasoned diplomats and was credited with having supervised much of the pre- liminary work which resulted in Joining Rome and Berlin in the Axis. He had served as Ambassador to Moscow, provisional high commis- sioner for Danzig, Ambassador to Berlin and, at home, as commissar general for financial and economic affairs. He was intimately ac- quainted with Hitler, Goering and other leaders of the Reich and car- ried a number of personal messages from Hitler to Mussolini. Attolico visited the United States in 1919 as a delegate to the Inter- national Trade Conference in At- lantic City. Shifting of Workers Held U. S. Responsibility The A. F. L. said yesterday that the responsibility for transfer and placement of workers because of the war conversion of industries should “rest in the hands of the United States Employment Service.” Boris Shishskin, A. F. L. econo- mist, writing in the A. F. L. publica- tion, the American Federationist, also asserted that “whenever trans- fers to other localities must be made, just compensation should be pro- vided for any travel such transfers necessitate.” He also urged immediate action by the Government to provide temporary subsidies for workers made idle while factories are under- going change-overs. Searchers Lose Hope Of Finding Boy, 2 By the Associated Press. CONGRESS, Ariz, Feb. 9.— Searchers lost hope of finding 2-year-old Ronald McGee, 48 hours in the rugged desert foot- hill country. The child, dressed only in a light play suit for protection against low night desert temperatures, vanished Saturday morning while playing with two other youngsters. Despite an intensive search» by aviators, bloodhounds and foot posses, Sheriff Willis Butler said no clues had been found. If You Suffer With KIDNEY TIIOIJBLE Headache, backache, unusual thirst are parking rates control in the Utilities | Mou: Commission. He argued it was a|ME. “picayune” problem which more properly belonged to the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Schulte agreed with him. Mr. Hankin said the Utilitles Commission.had plenty of work to do, and his feelings would not be “hurt” if the job is given to the Commissioners. Fortify the roof ageinst leaks with Winslow's Dependable Roof Paints. 922 N. Y. Ave. NA. 8610 7 4 "BLONDIE* 082 1 in V. . 1062, Ponrny Singleton and Arthur Lake 904 12th St. N.W. TONIGHT WJSV—T7:30 P.M. The Catholic observance was at St. Joseph’s Church, Second and C streets N.E.,*where more than 500 scouts, relatives and friends gathered to hear the Rev. Edward A. Duff, retired chief of naval chaplains, call for all-out effort to defeat the Axis. Flag waving and sentimentality must be put aside in favor of in- creased production if ultimate vic- tory is to be achieved, he said. Before the service there was & parade of Boy Scouts, local veterans organizations, Catholic War Vet- erans, ladies’ auxillaries and the Holy Comforter Boys’ Band. Medals Are Presented. “With God as our leader, justice as our guiding virtue, charity as the shining quality of our conduct, we cannot fail. The sacrifices we are called on to make will render us a stronger and better Nation,” Father DUNT - declared. If all Christians stand behind the banner of Christ, he said, “all the powers of the dicta- tors combined would melt into utter mist.” ‘The Archbishop Curley medals for distinguished Scout service were presented Capt. J. Walter McDon- ald, Medical Corps, U. 8. A, re- tired, scoutmaster of Troop 93 at Sacred Heart Church, and George H. Palmer, scoutmaster of Troop 95 at Blessed Sacrament Church. Pres- entations were made by the Rev. Aloysius E. Puller, 8. J., pastor of St. Aloysius Church. The Rev. Ron- ald J. Fannon, archdiocesan chap- plain of Catholic Scouts, was in charge of arrangements, assisted by the Right Rev. Msgr. Edward P. Mc- Adams, pastor of St. Joseph'’s. One of the Protestant church cele- brations was held last night in the Ninth Street Christian Church, Ninth and D streets NE., where more than 40 members of Theodore Roosevelt Troop 10, one of the Na- tion's oldest groups, gathered to recite the Scout oath and law. Wayne Roberts, son of the Rev. Carroll C. Roberts, pastor of the church, read the Ten Command- ments. The minister, an Eagle Scout and former scoutmaster, spoke on the “Law of Returns.” Rev. Roberts Gives Sermon. He said the.boys should apply themselves physically to serve God and their country; apply themselves in knowledge through hard work and asserted the “Law of Returns” is also true in the moral realm. Founded in 1911, there have been but six scoutmasters for the troop, and since 1929 Leonard L. Sherfey has been serving in this capacity. Robert Middleton, troop chairman, led the group in prayer. Justice Bolitha J. Laws of District Court told scouts of the Rising Sun Division that “in these days of stress, good citizenship is absolutely essen- tial” and stressed the importance of individual responsibility. The meeting was held in the Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church. 1718 Minnesota avenue S.E. The gather- ing was attended by Division Com- missioner George Skinner and the assistant commissioner, the Rev. Philip Goertz, pastor of the church. ‘The Rev. Dr. Edward O. Clark, pastor of Chevy Chase Baptist Church, gave a three-point outline for Troop 54 on what he believed President Lincoln would stand for were he here today. He would “call upon us today to stand firm for the right, for freedom, and against every tyranny both abroad and at home.” Dr. Clark added he thought Lincoln would uphold tolerance and under- standing of others and maintain his faith in God. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1942, $629.66 Tax Refund Credited MacArthur For "41 Overpayment $54,006,883 Returned To Thousands by Revenue Bureau By the Associated Press. The Bureau of Internal Revenue reported to Congress today that it has credited $620.66 to Gen. Doug- las MacArthur for overpayment of taxes for 1941, His name was buried deep in a list of thousands who received a total of $54,006,882 in refunds. The bulky document is required for in- spection by Congress. The general's check went to him as executor for the estate of Mrs. Mary P. MacAr- thur, his mother. The largest individual refund=—two checks totaling $253957—went to George P. Joneg, Chicago industrial- ist, while Arthur Curtis James, New York railroad executive, was second with $185,000, and Aldus C. Higgins, Massachusetts industrialist, third with $148,135.32. Corporation Refunds. The largest refund for income and miscellaneous taxes was turned over to the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance Co. of New York City, a total of $181436499. The New York Life Insurance Co. recovered $1,479,704.20, and the Brown and Willlamson To- bacco Co. of Louisville, Ky., and Pet- ersburg, Va., recouped $1,324407.56. Perhaps they wouldn’t have missed it, but: Heiress Doris Duke Cromwell drew $7,169.96; Marshall Field, publisher and merchant, $531.23; Edsel B. Ford, $533,73; Harvey Firestone, jr., of Akron, Ohio, $533.65; New York Banker Harvey D. Gibson, $533.65. Parts of the file read like the social register. Cornelius Vander- bilt Whitney, New York socialite, for example, got a refund of $533.82. California’s movie colony was rep- resented, too. Ina Claire was listed for a refund of $98,205. Fred As- taire drew $721 and Mary Boland $471. $1,756 to Explorer Byrd. ‘The Government sent back $1,- 756.05 to Explorer Richard E. Byrd— to Boston, rather than his South Pole address. Tom Yawkey, owner of the Boston Red Sox, got $533, which he probably would like to spend as down payment on & prom- ising young pitcher with a dozen de- pendents. A few of the others: Former Jockey Earl Sande, $1,060.19; Lease- Lend Administrator Edward R. Stettinius, $533.16; Frank G. Allen, former Governor of Massachusetts, $1,040.77; Hattie Carnegie, Inc., New York milliner, $1,749.86; Musical Comedy Star Beatrice Lillie Peel, $3,733.13; Bernard M. Baruch, jr, of New York, $1,13641, and Myron C. 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