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Weather Forecast Moderately cold tonight; lowest temperature neéar 20 degrees, Temperatures today—Highest, /84, at 3:30 pm.; Jowest, 19, at 8:30 am.; 334 pm, e e g P N. Y. Markets—Sales, Pa [< 13. 90th YEAR. -No. 35,725. 31st Tanker Torpedoed Off Late News Bulletins Allied Flyers Strafe Japanese in Burma RANGOON, Burma (®—Americdn and British flyers made strong offensive sorties day, causing heavy casualties. three Japanese fighters which attempted to interfere, the Rangoon radio said, with no American losses. The Allied forces strafed Japanese troops on the ground near the Bilin River front and attacked enemy transport columns and sup- ply dumps. Dunkerque at Toulon, Vichy Told VICHY (®)—The French battleship Dunkerque, seriously damaged during the British attack at Mers-El-Kebir in 1940, has arrived at Toulon under Darlan, Vice Premier and Navy Minister, told the cabinet today. The announcement was the first indication the pow- erful battleship had been repaired. Japanese Hit Own Ship, British Say NEW YORK (#.—The British radio said today that Japa- nese planes scored a direct hit on one of their own ships at Koepang, capital of Dutch Timor. The radio added that 700 Japanese bomber and fighter the Southwest Pacific war so far. Leahy Calls on Petain VICHY (®.—United States Ambassador Admiral Willlam D. Leahy paid a late afternoon call on Chief of State Petain today under instructions from the State Department. against Japanese positions to- The Americans shot down her own power, Admiral Jean planes had been destroyed in Draft Officials to Classify Press And Radio as Essential Lines @7 the Associated Press. Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said today national selective service headquarters would soon advise local draft boards that the press and radio were viewed officially as {ndustries essential to the “national {nterest.” The selective service director noted that similar opinions already had been given as to motion pictures and organized labor leaders. Gen. Hershey stressed, however, that only local boards can decide whether any individual is a key man and therefore eligible to draft defer- ment as indispensable to an industry considered esséntial. Forty-one directives have been sent thus far to the Jocal bosrds to advise them on classifications, he told a press conferencé, with the prediction that many others were likely. “But neither the director nor any one else in the selective service system, except a local board,”, he added, “can grant deferment even | to an individual and no group or class exceptions can be made except by Congress.” “The directives are not manda- tory in any sense of the word. Their | sole purpose is to help co-ordinate local with national action.” On the ruling that newspapers | were essential, Gen. Hershey com- mented: “The age is built on up-to- the-minute news.” The selective service head an- nmounced also that the Army had decided to accept voluntary advance inductions from men up to 45 years old. He declined, however, to specu- late whether this and a proposal be- fore Congress to increase soldiers’ pay presages induction of older men with dependents. Sailor Is Killed as D. C. Truck Crashes Moving U. 3. Records An unidentified hitch-hiker in a Navy uniform was burned to death today when a Washington truck loaded with Government records burst into flame after a collision at Millwood, N. J., near New Bruns- wick, the Associated Press reported. Clarenge Turner, 31, of 1500 V street SE, the driver, smashed the windshield and crawled to safety after the gasoline tank behind his cab caught fire, according to infor- mation reaching the United States Storgge Co. here, operator of the trucl He was taken to a hospital for a blood transfusion but was un- derstood to be in good condition. The van, loaded with equipment and records of the United States Housing Authority, was struck broadside by an automobile, the driver of which was sald to have been injured. Charles E. V. Prins, director of in- formation for U. S. H. A, said he had been informed the motorist was to be charged with drunken driv- | ing. He said the truck was the first in a group of six which left here last night for Boston with effects of the agency’s Region 1, which is being shifted. “We have dispatched a mfan to Boston to check the manifest, in | order to determine what equipment and records will have to be re- placed,” Mr. Prins said. “We are confident most of the vital records can be replaced.” Raymond E. Macomber, president of the moving firm, said he had sent a man to the scene. He said the accident happened between 5 and 6am. Market Wise Wins McLennan With Typical Stretch Drive By the Azsociated Press. MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 21.—Market Wise, flying -the colors of Louis Tufano, New York contractor, today defeated 14 other high-class horses in the mile and an eighth of the McLennan Handicap at Hialeah Park. With Wendell Eads in the saddle, Market Wise finished a half-length in front of John Hay Whitney's Gramps. Get Off from the Circle M Ranch was another half-length back for third place in front of the ‘Woodvale Farm’s Our Boots. Market Wise, one of the top 3- year-olds of 1941 with a victory over Whirlaway in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and winnings of nearly $100,000, packed 124 pounds over the distance in 1:50%. He staged one of his typical stretch drives to win ‘the major share of the $10,000 purse. Eads held the son of Brokers Tip in check while Arnold Hanger’s Dit, Gramps and the lightly regarded Liberty Franc from J. U. Gratton’s stable took turns at setting the early pace. Samuel Riddle’s War Relic also never was far off the pace but only Gramps was able to keep within striking distance as Market Wise moved up fast in the stretch. Our Boots also challenged at the same time but was unable to catch the leaders. Market Wise paid $1090 for a $2 mutuel in winning his final prep for the $50,000 Widener Handicap on March 7. 3 The running of the Stagehand | Purse, secondary feature, served only to throw further confusion into the Flamingo Stakes picture. A half dozen eligibles for that fixture start- ed in the 1 mile and a furlong event and it was Mrs. S. 8. Zell’s Incoming, lightweight of the field under 102 pounds, which stole the show. The son of Ladysman, a sprint winner at Tropical Park but unable to do £0 well here prior to this afternoon, won by a length and a half in the smart time of 1:50%. He paid $12.10. L} B. F. Whitaker’s Requested, top- weight under 119 pounds, and Mrs. A. F. Sherman’s Bahamas winner, American Wolf, with 118 up, chased the victor over the wire, three lengths apart in that order. Sir War, Alohort and Sweep Swinger completed the field. American Wolf, the favorite, led by a length or more into the last furlong, with Requested next in line. Incoming, fifth at the top of the stretch, ran over the 'leaders to give Warren Mehrtens a double. The stewards suspended Jockey Leon Haskell today for the remainder of the season for grabbing the bridle of Tower Guest during the second race yesterday. Haskell's mount,| Anna A. Vish, finished eleventh, | Tower Guest fifth. Factory Blast Kills Four LONDON, Feb. 21 (#).—An ex- plosion in a war goods factory in Northeast England today killed four women, the Ministry of Supply an- nounced. The MacArthur Family In Washington Gen. Douglas MacArthur is only one member of a family prominent in Washington af- fairs for three generations. His grandfather, Justice Arthur MacArthur, was an as- sociate justice of the District. Supreme Court, while his father, Lt. Gen. Arthur Mac- Arthur, served with great dis- tinction in the Philippines. John Clagett Proctor has writ- ten of this family for The | irigs also have two sons. he - » WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening St WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1942 — THIRTY-TWO. PAGES. Ewing Convicted 0f Assault, but Escapes Death Hears Verdict Without Emotion After Jury | Deliberates 2%2 Hours By HORACE A. KNOWLES. A verdict of guilty, b\n with- out the death penalty, was re- turned today in District Court against Orman W. Ewing, former Democratic national committee- man from Utah, charged with criminally assaulting a 20-year- old Government worker, The jury of 11 men and one| woman, which deliberated two hours | and 25 minutes, did not elect to add the supreme penalty to the verdict, as the law provides it may do. With | this omission, the maximum sen- tence is 30 years imprisonment. Ewing, ashen-faced and looking very tired, took the verdict without a show of emotion. He was dressed in the dark blue suit, blue shirt and | dark tie as he has been attired | throughout the trial. Just before he was led from the courtroom, he blew a kiss toward members cf his family who were sitting in the front | row of the filled court room. One | of his daughters answered it with a like gesture. i ‘While the jury was being polled | the defendant’s wife, Mrs. Leola H. | Ewing, and one of their three daughters sobbed audibly. The Ew- | The complainant was not in the court room when the verdict was re- turned. Defense counsel said a motion for a new trial would be filed within a few days. After this has been dis- posed of, Justice James W. Morris will set a date for sentencing. Assistant United States Atforneys John W. Fihelly and Charles Murray prosecuted the case. Judge Gives §0-Minute Charge. The jury was given the case at 11:05 &.m, after 4 40-minute charge by Justice Morris, who pointed out that the defendant was as “innocent of the actusation as any one in the jury box” until the weight of evi- dence proved him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Ewing sat motionless throughout the charge, his eyes fixed on the| Jjudge. “I cannot see that there will be any verdict éxcept not guilty,” Mrs. Ewing said before the jury returned. One of Ewing’s two sons, Lowell Ewing, sat beside him and gripped his father’s hand now and then. Cautioning the jury to exercise great care in weighing the evidence because the charge was such a “heinous” one, Justice Morris em- phasized that it was not sufficient for the Government to establish “probability” that the alleged crime was committed. He also urged that the jury take into consideration whether the witnesses had any “bias or prejudice” in the case. Complaint Was Newcomer. The 55-year-old defendant was ac- cused of attacking the girl in a rooming house at 1101 Sixteenth street, N. W., in the early morning of October 26. Ewing was co-owner of the building with Miss Hester Chamberlin. The complaining witness had been in Washington only two weeks, hav- ing come here from Utah to take a stenographic position with the Government. The girl’s mother and Miss Chamberlin had been almost life-long friends, and the com- plainant came to stay with Miss Chamberlin, until she had made ar- rangements for permanent lodging. Miss Chamberlin gave the com- plainant the bedroom of her apart- ment. It was in this room that the attack is alleged to have occurred. Ewing steadfastly denied the at- tack. Miss Chamberlin, a star de- fense witness in the six-day long trial, testified that she siept in a room adjoining that of the girl and she heard no disturbance to in- dicate that an assault was taking place. The complainant testified that Ewing threatened her life if she resisted the attack. Late Races Earlier Results and Entries for Monday on Page 2-X. Hialeah Park RACE—Purse, $10,000 ded: T s, SO0 g ward: 1% m iles. t 10. .10 4.60 4 Muiket’ Wise {Eads) 10.90 510 ] Gramps _ (Meade v Get'on (Woalf AlSo” ran-—War Relic, our Beots, Dit. b Battle Colors, Ponty, Red . ird e, Thinnenise Covey, Royal Man, Wall d Chopoy 86 and 1 Liberty Frane. b Circle M. Ranch entry. dL. Tufano muy'. 1 Pield. Fair Grounds m?fl RACE—Purse, $600; claiming: 3-year-olds: 6 furlonss. Valdina Marge (Berger) 7.80 D.w 3.80 Bride's Best (Gue fl’) 5.1 ggg Cisco Miss ( % Vietory, Doubls ".l.d" Pup PFOUR' RACE—] Sunday Star. See the article ' tomorrow in Ti14 ‘Bon! iberty, 3 Bauble Lady. Pup Ten liauleg, ¥okel, " McGrath and Mrs. B. K. Garnet " {ricid. Turte ances: S.year-olds: 2 fur My Te Mbfix (Guerin) 6. | exploding in quick succession turned 18 Survivors Tell of Leaps Info Fiery Sea Lifeboats and Raft Burn Instantly After Launchings BULLETINS. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (®), —The Norwegian tanker Kongsggard was torpedoed this morning off the western point of Curacao Island, the Dutch agency, Aneta, said to- day. The ship, aflame amid- ships, was beached. 8T. LUCIA, Windward Is- lands, Feb. 20 (Delayed) (#.— A United States tanker was reported reliably today to have been torpedoed west of the French island of Mar- tinique. The crew was be- lieved saved. BY the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 21. —The sinking of the tanker Pan Massachusetts off the Atlantic coast Thursday afternoon by an enemy submarine was announced by the Navy today after the landing here of 18 survivors. They told a harrowing story of their escape and the death of 20 fellow crewmen in an inferno of burning oil. Capt. Robert E. Christy, 52-year- old sea veteran who lost the first | ship of his career, said two torpedoes | the ship into a mass of flames and | “the sea soon was afire for half a | NIGHT FINAL SPORTS UP) Means Assoclated Press. JAP CRUISER AND TWO DESTROYERS Coast, 20 Die in Inferno of Blazing Oil JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—SURVIVORS OF PAN MASSACHUSETTS — First Officer Alfred Carini (left) of New York gives the “V-for-Victory” sign to Third Officer H. L. Dodge, Baltimore, and Capt. Robert E. Christy (right) of Corpus Christi, Tex., at a hotel here after they and other sur- vivors of the torpedoed tanker Pan Massachusetts were landed. They had a harrowing escape through 'burning oil in which 20 crewmen died. mile around us as the gasoline and oll spread.” The vessel was loaded wiillh 100,000 barrels of gasoline and | oil. | Capt. Christy. of Corpus Christie, | ., sdded: “Tnree or four shells | also exploded on us after we were ablaze, but the submarine was not seen any of us—the two look- outs in the fire aboard ship, and they are the only men who might have seen it.” Following Ship Is Rescuer. The survivors were picked up by | a ship which Capt. Christy said was | about five miles behind when the Pan Massachusetts was loed. He declared the men on the rescue ship came to their assistance de- spite the danger of also being tor- pedoed, “launched boats and saved all who were alive—that is bravery.” The survivors were landed here yesterday afternoon but the Navy withheld news of their arrival and of the sinking until today, presumably as a precaution for the safety of the rescue vessel. The Pan Massachusetts was the 31st ship reported attacked in the current series of sinkings in North | Atlantic coastal “waters. It was owned by the National Bulk Car- riers, Inc. Other survivors told how some of the crew were burned to death on board before they could leap into the sea. Some died in the flaming oil that covered the water around the ship. Living Show Marks of Fire. The first nine to come ashore looked as if they hadébeen through & furnace. Their faces were seared, some were heavily bandaged, and all had blankets wrapped around their shoulders. Every man walked up the landing ramp without as- sistance and climbed into the ambu- lances that took them to a hos- pital. 5 The other nine, including Capt. Christy, PFirst Officer Alfred Ca- rini, 59, of Long Island City, N. Y., and Third Officer H. L. Dodge, 58, of Baltimore, Md., were taken to a downtown hotel. They related that the flames burned fiercely on the port side, but that a strong wind prevented their spread on the water to star- board. “The ship was enveloped in flames —everywhere I could see,” a crew- man related. “I tried to open the porthole but the side of the ship was burning also. Desperately I threw on what clothes I could and made my way to the deck. A Leap For a Clear Spot. “Men were shouting all around me. Flames were shooting high into the air and the sea was burning all around. The lifeboats and rafts were in flames. We ran about, look- ing for a place to jump. When a patch would clear for a moment, somebody would jump. “I picked my spot and leaped. Flames reared up around me, but I managed to fight my way to open water. “The water was like ice and I got numb—so numb I could hardly keep afloat * * * “Then we sighted a ship and started yelling. We didn’t think we would be seen, but we were. The ship lowered a boat and 18 were taken aboard—18 out of 38. One man was taken aboard stark naked. Some were badly burned and in great pain.” Others told how the two life- boats were burned instantly and how, when an attempt was made way, e, Nest, ke B Wikl and Valdine H & “V-for-victory” sign going back to sea.” 4 fingers and said, “I' AJ | line and oil spread. Skipper Tells How Torpedoes Fired 100,000-Barrel Oil Cargo Twenty Men Are Dead in Holocaust at Sea,” But He’s Going Back Quickly as He Can By CAPT. ROBERT E. CHRISTY, Commander of Ofl Tanker Pan Massachusetts. Written for the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 21 of hell out there and 20 fine men —~We went through three hours are dead in the sea, but I saw some real heroes on a rescue ship. I'm going back to the sea, as quickly as I can, out of respect fo risked death to save us. Two torpedoes exploded against# our sides in rapid succession, and instantly we were a mass of flames amidship. We had 50,000 barrels of gasoline and another 50,000 barrels of Diesel oil- and kerosene aboard. The sea soon was afire for half a mile or a mile around us as the gaso- ‘We had passed another ship which was about five miles back on the starboard quarter when we were tor- | pedoed and set afire. Three or four shells exploded on us after we were ablaze. The men on the ship behind us saw it all, yet they came to our rescue, launched boats and saved all who were alive. That is bravery. 1 was in my foom when the tor-| pedoes came. Instantly the doorway was framed with fire. There was no gasoline explosion, for our tanks were full and full tanks do not ex- plode. I tried to get out of a port- hole, but it was too small. I got some heavy towels, wet them and wound them around my head, face and hands. I threw open my door and made my way forward. I could see First Officer Alfred; Carini and Third Officer H. L. Dodge at the bow of the ship with the radio officer, and made my way to them. “Don’t jump overboard,” I told them. ®“You’ll burn to death.” We talked the situation over, and got a heavy mooring line which we made fast and put the end over the bow. We waited until the bow was clear of flames, then slid down the line into the sea and swam hard to get away from the ship. I thought there wasn’t a chance for life. AM our lifeboats burned. We had no idea any ship would brave a submarine attack on itself to come to our aid. But the men of that other ship came on. ‘Ten or 15-foot seas were running. The water was warm but a cold rain was falling. I was in the water about two hours before being pulled aboard a lifeboat. Dodge, my third officer, from Bal- timore, had no lifebelt. He found his clothes dragging him under so he stripped in the water, he told me later. He said the rescue ship missed him although he shouted as loud as he could. It went on about two miles. He gave himself up as lost, and then two Navy ‘planes passed over. Just after the planes passed the rescue ship turned, made directly for him, a line was thrown and he was pulled aboard. Dodge believes the Navy flyers directed his rescue, and I think he is right. Carini’s experience was about the same as mine. The 20 men who were lost didn’t have a chance. GUIDE FOR READERS r those who died and those who | Union Shop’Demand \ 0fC. 1. 0. Denied by 'War Labor Board Phelps-Dodge Ruling Hints Government Will Fix Policy on Issue BY the Associated Press. The War Labor Board, in an important unanimous decision involving the union shop issue, today denied a $1-a-day wage in- crease and the union shop to C. 1. O. employes of Phelps-Dodge Corp., and hinted that “an au- thoritative national policy” on the union shop question might be established by the Govern- ment. The case involved demands of the C. I O. Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' Union, representing 700 workers at the company’s Douglas - (Ariz) plant. Most of the 6,000 or 7,000 employes in other Phelps- Dodge copper mines and smelters are covered under A. F. L. wage contracts, the board declared. “A Sorry Reply.” In denying the C. I. O. wage re- quest for the Douglas plant, the board asserted it did not wish to upset pay scales affecting a majority of Phelps-Dodge employes and cre- ate “artificial competition” between the two unions. Such a decision, the board said, ‘would be “a sorry reply to the pleas of our fighting men for equipment with which to defend their lives.” On the union shop issue, the deci- sion said: “The question of additional union security should be deferred to later negotiations between the parties which may be undertaken in the event an authoritative national pol- icy is enunciated respecting the matter.” Other Requests Pending. ‘Whether the board, Congress or the President might establish such for a $1-a-day increase = union shop in “Little Steel” —A. P. Wirephoto. 54 Dangerous Aliens Seized in New Raids Along Pacific Coast Italians, Germans And Japs Included In Big Roundup BY the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.—| Fifty-four enemy aliens, some of whom were members of organi- zations rooted in enemy coun- tries, were seized today by F. B. 1. agents in widespread raids in Northern California. Hundreds of local officers, sheriff’s deputies and State highway patrol- men participated in the raids, con- ducted by more than 100 F. B. I. agents. Nat Pieper, head of the San Fran- cisco office of the F. B. I, said the 54 in custody were booked as en route to the immigration depart- ment as potentially dangerous aliens. Italians and Germans Seized. Among these seized were some Italians who were members of an unnamed organization whose head- quarters are in Rome, Italy. In- vestigation by the F. B. I disclosed that they had a Fascist program. Germans taken into custody, it was learned, included members of an organization affiliated with the | German labor front under Dr. Rob- ert Ley, high-ranking Nazi. Also in custody were Japanese members of groups which, investiga- tion by the F. B, I. disclosed, assisted Japanese consulates in collection of funds reported reliably to have been used by the Imp€rial Japanese Army. Some contraband also was seized in raids which embraced the San Francisco Bay area, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Stockton, Sacramento, Mon- terey, Castroville, Salinas, Watson- | ville, Santa Rosa and Redding. Camps Are Demanded. ‘The new drive to round up enemy aliens came on the heels of a de- mand that both American-born and alien Japanese be sent to concentra- tion camps. The demand was made aftér the Army had, by executive order, been given broad new author- ity to set up areas from which any one may be ousted. A resolution urging that “enemy aliens and their dgscendants who are now disloyal, or may become disloyal, to the United States” be removed immediately from - the State’s coastal areas was adopted by directors of the Supervisors’ Associa- tion, meeting at Sacramento. “The temper of the people of the (See ALIENS, Page 2-X.) TwoD. C. Men Injfid In Fire at Fort Meade ‘Two Washington men of the 29th Division were burned today when fire destroyed the inside of the gas station belonging to the 121st En- giheers at Fort Meade, Md. Pvt. Leonard Caposello, 23, of 502 G street SW. an attendant, suf- fered second degree burns on the hands, face and body. He was taken to the cantonment hospital for - | treatment. Staff Sergt. Leroy McMullen, 20, of 703 A street N.E., received minor burns on the hands as he removed gasoline cans from the burning sheet metal building. _ Members of the 121st Engineers Motor Section extinguished the blaze before the post fire department ar- rived at the scene. 2 THREE CENTS. SUNK U. 5. Navy Adds To Toll of Army Flyers and Dutch Other Enemy Ships Pounded Off Bali In Allied Offensive (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) BY the Associated Press. United States and Dutch war- ships, aided by dive bombers and fighting planes, smashed back at Japan’s invasion hordes in a flaming sea battle off the island of Bali today, and by latest ac- counts had already blown up a Japanese cruiser, sunk two de- stroyers and inflicted damaging blows on one other cruiser, two destroyers and at least four transports. The United States Navy ane- nounced this afternoon that six American destroyers accompanied by Dutch warships sank two enemy destroyers off Bali with only slight damage to the United States vessels and minor loss of personnel. The War Department had an- nounced earlier that American bombers in a series of attacks on Japanese warships and transports off Bali shot down four Japanese planes and scored direct hits on three enemy cruisers and four transports. The Dutch had an- nounced at Batavia that United States and Dutch warships had blown up one Japanese cruiser and seriously damaged another cruiser and two destroyers in addition to transports. Exact Count Waits. It was possible some of these re- ports, especially as to damaged ships, were overlapping, but it seemed cer- tain that the toll was one enemy cruiser and two destroyers sunk and several other warships damaged. The Navy also reported that con- siderable equipment salvaged from the Cavite naval base in the Philip- pines and from other sources has been used to good advantage in the | defense of Bataan Peninsula. Rear Admiral Prancis W. Rock- well, the senior naval officer fighting | with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, re- ported that the salvaged naval equip- ment included three and four-inch guns. Stores of gasoline, Diesel oif and lubricating oil were saved and are being used in field operations. There was no elaboration of the terse Navy announcement of the sinking of the Japanese destroyers. Four U. 8. Planes Lost. Four American planes were lost, the Army reported, in the Allied attacks in the continuing action around Bali. American dive bombers were re- ported in action for the first time there and the American planes in- volved in the action represented the largest number specifically men- tioned thus far in a War Depart- ment communique. At least ten heavy bombers were in the fight off | Bali and seven dive bombers were mentioned as being accompanied by 16 fighter planes. g Heavy artillery firing continued | on Bataan, Japanese siege guns re- | sumed fire on Manila Bay forts, and | enemy planes flying frequently across MacArthur’s lines dropped incendiary bombs, the War Depart- | ment report said. | Filipinos Resist Conquerors. | A rising tide of resistance to the | Japanese invaders in the occupied areas of the Philippines also was re- ported late today by the War De- partment. A" communique said that Gen. | Douglas MacArthur had reported | that, despite harshness of Japanese military rule, “the spirit of the liberty-loving Filipinos remains un- daunted.” Many native informers have mysteriously disappeared, and a secret society known as “FFF” or | “Fighters for Freedom,” has been | formed to foster civilan resistance. |U. S. Planes’ Arrival | To Decide Fight, Dutch Say | LONDON, Feb. 21 (#)—American | warplanes will save Java or the lack of them will cost the Allies the only first class naval base left in the Southwest Pacific, a Netherlands | source declared here today. “The Japanese know Soerabaja is excellently equipped and they will fight desperately for its yards, dry- docks, steel mills and factories,” he said. “Java will fight back just as des- perately,” he pledged. “The island is bigger than England, has more people and a colonial army of at least 100,000 “But warplanes will decide the issue. It depends on how many the United States has been able to divert there. “Java, with her 40,000,000 people, is too thiekly populated for decisive | parachute invasion. Conquering troops must be sea-borne in great numbers, and one answer to great convoys moving in the narrow straits is bombers—in great num- bers. “We have pilots—excellently trained pilots. Since our rearma- ment program started stressing air defense in 1935 our pilots have drilled almost exclusively on high- altitude precision bombing. But we need bombers and more bombers, | Markets at a G|;nce NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (#)—Cot- ton quiet; March liquidation, switching. Bonds steady; some rails improve. Stocks mixed; rails resistant. CHICAGO.—Wheat easy; even- ing-up sales for holiday. Corn weak; farmers can redeem corn under loan at cheap price. Cattle nominally steady. Hogs steady: few lights up to $13. _} 2222 RS2SRRSR E DS LR % % % X X X % % X %% Xk %Ot % % - X % % % % X % X X X X R TS