Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1942, Page 9

45 American Refugees Flee Ship in Harbor, See It Sunk by Japs Group Tells Story After Reaching Batavia From Sumatra By GEORGE WELLER, Foreign Correspondent of The Star and | Chicago Daily News. BATAVIA, Feb. 9—Forty-five American refugees from Malaya huddled for protection on the cliffs behind the seaport of Padang on| the western coast of Sumatra, saw the Dutch motorship, on which their hopes of return to the United States depended, blasted by Jap- anese bombers a few minutes before sailing time. Tri*kling into Batavia vesterday after a week-long trip by bus and train across Sumatra, they told the story of the attack which‘ made them destitute. For several successive days Jap| photographic planes had surveyed | the port evidently calculating their prey and esnmnmz its defenses. Attacked by Qnen Bombers. ‘When the harbor roadsteads and | docks were judged to have been | reached at the amplest point, seven | bombers arrived from the east with- out fighter escort and attacked from approximately a 3,000-foot level. The Americans and 77 crewmen at | the captain’s order fled the ship and pought partial protection under the cliffs with the townspeople. Nine attacks were made from different angles by bombers arranged in an open V, the Japs taking 12 minutes to circle the barbor between attacks. Finally, tHree bombs hit the refugee ship, one on the deck, one down the funnel, the third down the hatch. Three more ships also were struck, one small freighter sinking. Flames consumed all the passen- gers’ and crews’ possessions except two trunks. Most of the passengers lost all except the clothing they wore. One destitute young widow with a child, whose husband died suddenly before the ship's departure | from Singapore, five weeks before, | lost the body en route to burial in | the United States. Ship Bombed Again. The next Jap bombers, probably based at Kuala Lumpur hardly 300 miles away, attacked again in two flights of six to eight bombers with- ou. fighter escort. Six rebombed the refugee ship which had been towed to the middle of the harbor and was still blazing. Eight went to see and attacked other vessels fleeing the harbor. An oil man, protagonist of this | story, who had been aboard another vessel sunk a few days before, was thus made destitute twice within a week. | “I saved my passport this time,” he | telephoned your correspondent tri- umphantly. Hull Scotches Rumors i Annoyed by exaggerated rumors about air raids, authorities of Hull, ‘England arranged for prompt bul- |letins of casualties and damage. (Copyright, 1942, by Chicago Daily News.) | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Payments Start for Paper Collected in School Drive Well past the halfway mark to- ul:l? ;:ery lmguuon 1s that the flow day, school children co-operating| W! greatly increased. in The Evening Star-P-T. A, Sal- | PAVMERS (0° Jantary olientisen vage for Victory campalgn are on | next few dnyn m ot the checks will their way toward their first million ge Ton Amelr way to ;.Iu various unds of salvageable paper, card- associs 0F Ve oK Doard and magasines. The gratify- | needed projects for which there is ing results so far attained, however, are only the forerunner of what promises to be accomplished. The last two weeks showed returns of better than 100,000 pounds a week Paper Collections for Tomorrow The following is the schedule for the collection of newspapers, cardboard, cartons and maga- zine: tomorrow in The Evening Star-P.-T. A. Salvage for Victory campaign, with the five leaders in the second district and their poundage to date: Garrison Wheatley _ Bunker Hill __ Burroughs . Garnet-Patterson Brookland ‘Taft Junior Woodridge Langdon Noyes Crummell mcl ‘The following is the list ol participating schools apd the amount due them for the January collections: eflerwn Junior High Buchani Kebchlm Vin Bure Amidon-!‘lhbrother Congress Heights Randle Hlxhhndx-orr Bowen-Greenleaf Randall Junior__ Van Ness Hine Junior__ Cranch-Tyler M. M. Washington Terrell Junior J. F. Cook Shaw Junior Cleveland Grimke This is a total war. Half way Langley Junior Harrison Emery Slater won't win. Go all the way each pay- day. Buy United States savings bonds and stamps! But what can poor little me do for defense ? L 4 C., Prisoners Relief Sociefy Moves fo Harpers Ferry ‘To provide more space for war activities the Prisoners Relicf Bo- clety has transferred its headquar- ters from Washington to Harpers Ferry, W. Va. The organization, for more than a quarter of a century, has occupied about 40 rooms at 1525 East Capitol street. It will retain a one-room office here. The society has bought the Hill Top Hotel at Harpers Ferry for its new headquarters. It owns a 550- | acre farm nearby, so the move will bring closer together the activities of the organization. One of its benefactors is planning to turn over to the society a 3,000- acre tract, with some buudinn and sion. Sometimes this prompt and pleas- ant precaution helps old Mother Nature to keep germs associated with colds under control so that they donot get the upper hand and give you a long siege of trouble. Tests showed that Listerine Anti- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1942. barns, aoout 12 miles from Harpers Perry. Tha. society has bought printing estal tation farm project for the District, New Training Chief Christopher O. Henderson, senior agricultural economist for the Bu- reau of Agricultural Economics, with eadquarters in Lirtie Rock, Ark., has been named chief of agricul- ture’s division of trsining in the office of personnel here. He suc- ceeds Sam Beard, who will Jo(n the mfl of the Civil Service - CATCHING COLD? septic reduced germs on mouth and throat surfaces as much as 96.7% fifteen minutes after the gargle, and up to 809, even one hour afterward. So, at the first sign of trouble—gargle full strength Listerine Antiseptic. LISTERINE-QUICK! ...LADY, HERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW! DoNT ask your laundry-routeman for special pick-up and delivery service. Laundry trucks are already overworked in this most crowded of all American cities, and every special run means added wear and tear on tires already overburdened. Cut out calls for special delivery service... and, in addition, be READY with your laundry when the laundryman pays his regular call. Don’t make him come back a second time. 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