Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1942, Page 8

A—B8 w¥ Japs' Drive s Stalled, And Possibly Broken, In Northern Burma British Forces Bolstered | By Crack Chinese and Fresh Indian Troops By the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 9.— Crack Chinese fighters and fresh Indian troops today bolstered the British on the Salween River front, where Japan’s drive toward Rangoon and China’s last gate- way to the sea was stalled in Northern Burma and,” possibly, broken. The “reasoned optimism” which Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, the United Nations' generalissimo in the Southwest Pacific, voiced after his Just-disclosed second visit to the Burma front was reflected even more forcibly by Lt. Gen. T. J. Hutton, the British commander in Burma. ‘With the Japanese still stationary & week after capturing Moulmein and failling repeatedly to get an effective foothold across the Sal- ween or cripple Rangoon as s base by air attack, Gen. Hutton declared: “We are in s far sounder posi- tion to call a halt to the Japanese than before.” Reviewed Situation. Gen. Wavell flew from his Java headquarters in the Netherlands Indies to talk with officers and men on the Moulmein front within ear- shot of enemy cannon and reviewed the whole situation in Southeast Asia with Gen. Hutton. Much weight was attached to the presence of large Chinese forces fighting alongside Britain's im- in Burma. 8ir Archibald Clark Kerr, until recently Britain's Ambassador at Chungking, speaking over the Cal- cutta radio, predicted a “big push” by American, British and Chinese troops. His reference to American forces was not explained. Maj. Gen. Lancelot Dennis, head of the British military mission in Chungking, said “large contingents” of Chinese troops which reached Burma weeks ago “are now playing an important part in the defense of the country” and “their numbers have recently been increased and are being increased.” Except for some patrol activity near Japanese-held Paan, on the east bank of the Salween about 30 miles north of Moulmein, where the British thwarted some attempted Japanese crossings, most of the week end activity was in the air. Rangoon Bombed 3 Hours. In before-dawn bomber assaults for the fourth successive day on Rangoon yesterday, the Japanese sent waves of planes over Burma’'s ehief port for three hours at 15- minute intervals, but an R. A. F. communique reported only slight material damage. (A Tokio broadcast sald Jap- anese planes sank two ships docked at Martaban, across the wide mouth of the Salween from Moulmein, set fire to military in- stallations there and attacked trains and British troops to the north.) Maj. Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman- BSmith, Governor of Burma, acknowl- edged Rangoon’s vulnerability to air attack, but he declared there was no immediate threat to this city from the Salween front and that government offices would remain here. ‘Three Japanese spies have been eaught and shot by police, British military headquarters announced last night. Extensive Rangoon Raids Reported by Tokio (The following dispatch was sent by Trasing ews ls-iikely o be Bropagands. A5 SonRrmes by american of Afled sources.) TOKIO (from Japanese broad- easts), Feb. 9 (P —Japanese bomb- ing planes carried out extensive raids on the Rangoon airfleld early today as well as on military objec- tives at Martaban at the mouth of the Salween River, Domei dispatches reported. More than 50 planes were de- stroyed in raids over Sumatra Feb- ruary 7, additional dispatches said, when Japanese bomber and fighter formations attacked “in complete deflance of the N. E. I. airforce” at Pelembang and Pakanbaroe. “Winging their way over the sea toward Pelembang,” Domei oorre- spondents said, “Japanese raiders shot down four out of six Blenheims which attempted to intercept them over Berhala Island, 125 miles south of Singapore. “Japanese aircraft then brought down 15 Hurricanes, 2 Lockheeds and 6 Blenheims over Pelembang after which they dove down on the irfield destroying 16 Hurricanes, “Blenheims and Lockheeds on the ground. “Concentrating their bombs on 14 other planes on the ground, the raiders set fire to at least six other planes. Meanwhile, another Jap- anese squadron which swooped down on Pakanbaroe the same day de- stroyed one Lockheed and two Blenheims by machine-gun fire.” Domei, Japanese news agency, re- d today from the Burma war- t that Japanese warplanes had bombed and wiped out a large Brit- ish force retreating along the west bank of the Salween River, north of Moulmein. Domei in a dispatch from an undisclosed base reported that Jap- anese Navy planes sank “a large type eénemy vessel” yesterday in Gasper Strait, between Bangka 1sland and Billiton Island off South- east Sumatra. ‘The Tokio newspaper Miyako an- planted around memorials to Jap- anese war dead in newly occupied southern territories, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ESCAPES GUNFIRE—Delbert Richardson, 34, points to a hole in the seat of his plane made by one of & volley of shots fired as he circled near a restricted defense area in Alton, Ill. Beverly Ann Keith, 15, and Delbert Henson were passengers. The latter was critically injured. The plane was hit seven times. 3 Americans and Jap Plead Innocent fo Alien Agent Charge Four Accused of Acting As U. S. Propagandists For Tokio Government Pleas of innocent were entered by three Americans and a Japanese alien at their arraignment today before Justice T. Alan Goldsborough in District Court on charges of con- spiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act. ‘The defendants are Ralph Town- send of Lake Geneva, Wis.,. former editor and contributor to Scribner’s Commentator; David Warren Ry- der and Frederick Vincent Williams, San Francisco publicity men, and Tsutomu Obana, former secretary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco, who has been in a detention camp. Representing Mr. Ryder as coun- sel was Joseph A. Cantrel, who said that Elisha Hanson, attorney for the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, would be an associate counsel. Samuel Beach represented Mr. Williams, while Mr. Townsend had no counsel. Attorney William A. Porter told Justice Goldsborough he had been requested by San Pran- cisco attorneys to obtain counsel for Mr. Obana. ‘The three Ameflmm are at lib- erty on $5,000 bond. The Government charges that the four defendants distributed propa- ganda in this country on behalf of Japan. They are accused of work- ing in connection with Japanese Committee on Trade and Informa- tion, with headquarters in San Francisco. This committee was the agent of the Japanese consulate general in San Francisco and re- ceived more than $170,000 from the consulate, it is charged. Representing the Government are Special Assistal to the Attorney General Albert E. Arent and Arthur B. Caldwell. Food (Continued From First Page.) ing to the thousands of Polish civ- ilians who arrived in Iran from Rus- sia in dire plight. There are about 200,000 other Polish civilians in Southern Russia and negotiations are under way with Moscow to get relief to them. Many of them, it was reported, had to sell their clothing to get food. U. S. Weighs Vichy Reply On Aid Reaching Axis An explanation from Vichy of re- ports that French aid is reaching Axis forces in Africa in various forms was under consideration by the United States today. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles said at a press conference that a reply had been received from Vichy to an official inquiry made by this Government on the basis of published reports that the Axis African campaign was receiving effective assistance from the Prench. He sald, however, that he could not discuss the matter any further beyond saying that it was under consideration. British Destroyer Sunk LONDON, Feb. 9 (#)—The de- stroyer Matabele has been sunk, the Admiralty announced last night. The 1870-ton Matabele carried a normal complement of 190 and cost about $1,800,000. A. P. Wirephoto. Ingalls (Continued From First Page.) pare this country for the new order of Adolf Hitler.” He sald she was constantly in touch with Hans Thomsen, former German charge d'affaires in this country; Fritz Wiedemann, former German consul in S8an Francisco and intimate of Hitler; Fritz Wagner and his wife, Bernhardine Wagner, minor attaches of the German Em- bassy here. Intermediary Named. Often Miss Ingalls visited with the Wagners here, the prosecutor charged. Miss Julia Kraus of 2829 8 street S.E. often acted as inter- mediary between Miss Ingalls and officials of the German government, he said, and Miss Ingalls sometimes stayed at Miss Kraus' apartment in Washington and through her re- ceived money ffom the embassy. “During the time she was receiv- ing money, she was making speeches under the auspices of various organ- izations throughout the country,” said Mr. Andrews. “She would talk on whatever issue the organization was interested in, interspersing her speeches with quotations from ‘Mein Kampf” and otherwise spreading German propaganda.” Selection of the jury for the trial before Justice James W. Morris con- sumed the morning session. Both Mr. Andrews and Defense Counsel James Rellly questioned prospective jurors closely on possible connec- tion with isolationist or anti-isola- tionis organizations. Several jurors disqualified themselves with the ad- mission that they were “prejudiced” against Axis powers. Mines Bureau Urges Use 0f U. S. Manganese Ores By the Associated Press. Secretary of Interior Ickes an- nounced yesterday that the Bureau of Mines had proposed a $38,000,000 program to utilize the low-grade, domestic manganese for America's war-time steel industry. The Nation normally imports from Southern Asia, Brazilian and Cuban ports more than 90 per cent of its manganese requirements, officials said, adding that they feared a re- duction in shipping might result in a deficiency in 1943 without ad- ditional processing of domestic ores. Pointing out that approximately 11,500,000 tons of domestic ores could be produced annually, the bureau proposed that either pri- vate industry or the Government immediately build 12 plants in elght Western and Midwestern States to apply newly-discovered processes for utilizing the domestic output. All of the plants, the bureau told Mr. Ickes, could be in opera- tion at the end of the year, and many at the end of nine months. Capt. Carlos Grevemberg Is Buried in Arlington Capt. Carlos E. Grevemberg, 52, of Rose Hill, Port Tobacco, Md., who died at Emergency Hospital Friday, was buried today in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery, following mass at 10 am. at St. Matthew's Cathedral. Capt. Grevemberg was stricken with a heart attack Friday while in a store in La Plata and was brought to the hospital here. He was an Army engineer in the First World War. Some years ago he acquired Rose Hill, ancestral home of Dr. Gustavus Brown, one of the physiclans who attended George Washington in his last {llness. Capt. Grevemberg carefully restored the estate. PUBLIC AUCTION By Catalogue Tomorrow and Every Day This Week—1 P.M. FRENGCH AND ENGLISH FURNITURE OBJETS D’ART ORIENTAL RUGS ollection of 75 "OIL ‘PAINTINGS From various sources and a S-Pc. Regency Salon Sui Needlepoint, Lovis XV Amaranth Vitrine, Bronze Staf VALUABLE SILVER CHINA | JEWELRY in 18th Century n of Rohallion by F. MacMonnies, formerly the property of the estate of the late EMIL WINTER Special Sale—Additional Collection of 35 Bullets Cripple Plane Near Defense Plant; Passenger Wounded Girl, 15, and Pilot Also Imperiled by Volley In lllinois BY the Associated Press. GRANITE CITY, Ill, Feb. 9.—A burst of gunfire ended the first air- plane ride of Delbert Henson and 15-year-old Beverly Ann Keith, leaving Mr, Henlon critically ‘wounded. A He vq given several blood trans- usions. ‘The phna was flying near the restricted defense area st Alton, 11, which houses the vast Western Cartridge Co. plant. Soldiers from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and company police patrol the area. Lt. J. A. Vilhauer, in charge of the Army guards, and company officials refused to coment. Investigation Ordered. Army authorities at Jefferson Barracks said merely that a report of the shooting had been sent to Tth Corps Area headquarters at Omaha and an investigation would be made there. Delbert Richardson, Granite City flying instructor who was piloting the plane, gave this account of the incident: Mr. Henson and Miss Keith, tak- ing their first plane ride, asked him to fly over the girl's home at Alton. He refused because he feared it was too close to the restricted area. He then turned the plane at an altitude of 1,100 feet at a point he believed was 8 or 10 miles from the restricted zone. As he banked, the first of seven shots hit the ship. One pierced Mr. Henson'’s hip and stomach. An- other penetrated the gasoline tank, forcing Mr. Richardson to switch to an emergency supply. Flies Back to Airport. Mr. Henson slumped against Miss Keith groaning. Mr. Richardson, fearing another salvo, decided against an emergency landing despite his passenger’s injuries and flew his crippled ship back to the airport. Seven of the bullets struck the plane’s under carriage, wings and fuselage. One of them pierced the pilot's chair, only an inch from Mr. Richardson’s body. Russia (Continued From First Page.) D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1042. Broad Power Given President Declared Handicap fo Defense Agency Failure Seen In American Council’s Survey of Emergency By the Associated Press. A study of “presidential powers and national emergency” made pub- lic last night by the American Coun- Missing Persons Those having information concerning persons reponted missing should communicate with the Public Relations Squad of the Police Department, Na- tional 4000. Warren Webb, 9, 4 feet 4 inches, 90° pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, scar over left eye, wearing blue and gray lumberjacket, gray trousers and black shoes, from 334 Eighth street N.E. since Saturday. Edna Ashby, 15, 5 feet 2 inches, 135 pounds, hazel eyes, blond hair, wearing brown shirt and shoes, red sweater and blue coat. Missing from 707 PFifteenth street N.E. since Sat- ¢ll on Public Affairs declared that | UFdy. the concentration of powers in Pres- ident Roosevelt’s hands during the defense emergency had handicapped the Nation’s armament program. The study found that although “specific authority originally dele- gated to the President by Congress has been sub-delegated to various agencies, ultimate control resides in the hands of the Commander in Chief, “His reluctance to relinquish au- thority and place more responsibility upon his lieutenants,” it continued, “resulted in such wide span of con- trol as to jeopardize efficiency of the defense effort.” Year’s Research Made. ‘The study was made for the coun- cil, a private research organization, by Dr. Albert Lee Sturm of the University of Michigan faculty. Dr. Sturm conducted a year's research here under a co-operative fellow- ship of Duke University and Brook- ings Institution. “Threats of economic disaster during the early years of the Roose- velt administration prompted the passage of legislation by Congress vesting broad powers in the Presi- dent,” the study said. “The outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 resulted in the delegation of additional powers to the executive for the purpose of strengthening national defense. Greatest Power Granted. “These grants, supplemented by the constitutional authority and previous delegations to the President, place more power in the hands of Franklin Delano Roosevelt than has ever been possessed by any of his predecessors in time of peace.” Dr. Sturm distinguished between what he termed “constitutional dic- tatorship” and the methods of con- temporary European dictators, but held that “s long period of ab- solutism would tend to cause the formation of new habits and render restoration of constitutional gov- ernment more difficult.” said the Rumanian captives fought German prisoners. They com- plained that the German com- manders had assured them of artil- lery and German infantry support which did not materialize. Detachment Kills 179. On the Kalinin front northwest of Moscow, a guerrilia detachment led by a “grandfather” attached a Ger- man rearguard detachment, killing 179 officers and men, capturing five anti-tank guns and other material, The Soviets claimed they cap- tured an order of the day of the 200th German infantry regiment which said: “Lately s number of instances have fic&curred showing & decline in discip! and & lowering of morale of the unit. During fighting, posi- tions are surrendered prematurely without good reason. In addition, arms are abandoned and wounded are left behind. On march, men singly and even in groups have been leaving the marching column with- out permission, abandoning their arms. Officers must put an end to this situation by all means at their disposal.” ‘The Russians were using Ameri- can-made planes against German battalions whose massed artillery has lost its sting. Operate in Various Areas. The American-made planes were said to be operating on various sec- tions of the long-snowbound front. (The British radio, heard by C. B. 8, quoted & Russian broad- cast announcing the Red Army had recaptured the town of Kras- nograd, 60 miles southwest of Kharkov and an important junc- tion of the Kharkov-Dniepero- petrovsk and Odessa Railway. ‘This report indicated another ad- vance for the Russians driving westward in the Donets area toward Dnieperopetrovsk.) The assertion that the celebrated German artlllery no longer was a factor in the Donets and Ukraine fighting came from Col. G. Nadysev, who sald the ammunition furnished each battery had been cut down until the mass fire which usually preceded an infantry attack had been eliminated. UNIFORMS ARMY 0’Coats. .....$55 & $65 Mackinaws ......$37.50 Blouses, $32.50 & $37.50 Belts to match your Blouse .........$2.50 Slacks, $12.50 to $16.50 NAVY Service Blue. .$37.50 Up Raincoats, $37.50 & $42.50 0’Coats. .....$50 & $60 Thomas McKean Dies; Author and Playwright By the Associated Press. VILLANOVA, Pa., Feb. 9.—Thom- #s McKean, 73, socially prominent suthor, playwright and descendant of Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of Independence, died Saturday at his home. One of Mr. McKean's plays, “The Main Line,”- depicted suburban Philadelphia society life. He also wrote the novels, “The Vortex,” “The Master of Influence,” “The Mercy“of Fate” and “The Wife De- cides.” Jackie Jones, 17, 5 feet 101 inches, 135 pounds, black eyes and hair, three-cornered scar on palm of right hand, wearing green corduroy jac- ket, green wool trousers, grayish green hat and dark tan shoes. He is driving a 1938 Ford coupe, Mary- land tags 495-959. Missing from Hyattsville since Saturday. Marjorie Catherine Chamberlain, 17, 5 feet 3 inches, 125 pounds, brown eyes and hair. Missing from 500 Third street N.W. since yesterday. Sarah James, 70, colored, 5 feet 4 inches, 125 pounds, gray hair, wearing long coat, missing from 816 Pirst street N.W. since Friday. Robert Wilson, 14, colored, 5 feet 6 inches, 120 pounds, wearing leather lumber jacket plaid in front, green trousers and gray cap, missing from 909 New Hampshire avenue N.W. since Saturday. Annie Wallace, 30, colored, 5 feet wearing black chinchilla coat trimmed with white fur, black dress and green hat, missing from 1221 Fourth street N.W. since Priday. Raeder Reported Balked In Seeking French Fleet B> the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 9.—Grand Admiral Erich Raeder recently had a secret three-hour interview with Admiral | ago. Darlan “in an attempt to gain full use of the French fleet” for Ger- many, but Admiral Darlan ‘“re- iterated Petain’s refusal,” the Daily Mail reported in a dispatch from its Madrid correspondent yesterday. The meeting occurred in & small provincial French town while Ad- miral Raeder was inspecting Ger- man bases on the coast, the cor- respondent said. Former U. S. Employe . Found Shot in Head Suffering from a gunshot wound in the right side of his head, Jacob C. Earnhart, 60, of 323 Eleventh street N.E., early today was taken to Casualty Hospital where attendants said his condition is critical. He was found by his wife, Lottie, in the bedroom of his home about 7:30 o'clock this morning, according to police, who said Mr. Earnhart formerly was a guard at the 8mith- sonian Institution and had been saffaring from & nervous brsadown, Intensive 90-Day Shorthand and Typewriting Course 00D COLLEGE 710 14th St. NW Est. 1885 101st Enemy Plane Credifed fo Americans Fighting Over Burma Wreckage of Bomber Hit By Colorado Flyer Last Week Is Found By the Associated Press. ' RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 9—The American Volunteer Group—the “flying tigers” of Burma's air de- fenses—was credited with its 101st confirmed victory over the Japanese Afr Porce today with the discovery of a wrecked bomber which Robert Keaton of Manzanola, Colo., at- tacked February 3, but was not sure he had even damaged. Keaton, former Colorado College fullback who left a naval bombing patrol assignment at San Diego to join the volunteers, had been de- tailed to the ferry service in Burma until he got the feel of the Toma- hawks which he had mot piloted previously. Tried to Save Plane. ‘When the Japanese raided the up- country fleld, Keaton jumped into the cockpit of a lone Tomahawk to attempt to save it from destruc- tion. He took it aloft and cruised for half an hour in a high altitude without helmet or oxygen equip- ment. He felt himself losing con- sciousness and began to descend. On the way down he saw the only remaining Japanese bomber 2,000 feet below apparently engaged in photographic reconnaissance. He switched on his firing mechanism and- dived at the enemy with all his guns shooting. Texan Is Killed. Bob Neale of Seattle took over command of a squadron of the A. V. G. today, succeeding R. J. 8an- dell of 8an Antonio, Tex., who was killed in an accident crash two days Sandell was killed after chalking up seven victories over the Japa- | nese, five in two days. His Toma- hawk fighter plane had been dam- aged when a Japanese flyer com- mitted suicide by diving onto the plane’s tail more than & week ago. It was parked on an airfleld at the time. The plane had been repaired and Sandell took it up for a test flight when it craghed. Let freedom ring on Uncle Sam’s cash register! Buy United States Defense bonds and stamps. Pacific War Council Will Sit in London, Curtin Declares Australia Considering Strengthening of chrqcntufion Here LONDON, Feb. 9.—The Ex- change Telegraph Agency re- ported from Canbarra today that Australian Prime Minister John Curtin announced the establish- ment in London of a Pacific war council. Mr. Curtin said Sir Earle Page, Australian representative in Lone don, would be the dominion’s meme ber for the present. Consideration is being given, he added, to strengthening Australian representation in Washington to provide an adequate link with the combined Chiefs of Staff Committee functioning there. Informed sources in London were puzzled by the meaning of Mr. Curtin’s announcement since there had been no information of the es- tablishment here of such a council. In fact, it had been understood that it would sit in Washington. His statement that Sir Earle would represent Australia tempe- rarily was taken as an indication that he might be referring to con- ferences of the British war cabinet. Mr. Curtin said the establishment of the council in London had been agreed to because of the urgency of the Allied position in the Pacific. “I am gratified to learn that Mr. Churchill has adopted a more ap- propriate title suggested by the Aus- tralian government,” he added, “and to receive the assurance from Mr. Churchill that it will deal not only with the A. B. 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