Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Slightly cooler this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures today—Highest, 54, at 1:30 p.m.; lowest, 41, at 6:50 am.; 46 at 4 p.m. From the vnnn Stater Wwosmher wureau Report. Full Detalls on Page A-S. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 13. 90th YEAR. No. 35,774 : ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1942—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS s Assoclated Pre: THREE CENTS. ~ JAPS LAND ON CEBU, SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES Late News Bulletins Japs Press Chinese Back in Burma CHUNKGING, China (#.—Two thousand Japanese troops have been killed or wounded and many prisoners taken in a three-day battle between reinforced invaders and Ch'aese troops on Burma'’s Sittang River in the vicinity of Yedashe, a Chinese communique said tonight, but the Japanese con- tinued to advance. Heavily reinforced, the Japanese forces north of Toungoo infiltrated through advanced Chinese posi- tions northeast of Yedashe under cover of many tanks. U.S. Submarine Sinks 7,000-Ton Merchant Ship The Navy announced late today that a United States submarine had sunk a 7,000-ton enemy merchant vessel and a small vessel of the subchaser class in Far Eastern waters, and also had possibly sunk a 4,000-ton freighter. Vinson to Offer Substitute Labor Bill MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (?.—Representative Vinson, Dem- ocrat, of Georgia, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, said today he will introduce legislation for es- tablishment of a 48-hour week in war industries. The measure, which he said would be submitted to the committee Monday, would be a substitute for the Smith-Vinson labor and profit limitation bill, of which the Georgian is co-author, German Unit Reported Defeated in Crimea STOCKHOLM (#).—The Moscow correspondent of the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported today that a large detachment from a German tank division commanded by Gen. Von Appel had suffered a heavy defeat in the Crimea sector. (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) Bombs Dropped on Ruhr at Ton-a-Minute Pace LONDON (®.—“Some thousand tons of bombs” were dropped on the Ruhr Valley, the Rhineland and other parts of Western Germany in four nights of R. A. F. attack this week, the Air Ministry news service said tonight. An average of “well over a ton a minute,” the news service reported, was dropped while the attacks were on. *“This,” a bulletin added, “is heavy bombing.” (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) Apache Wins by Length and Half NEW YORK (#).—William Woodward's Apache, one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby, made a show of the Experi- mental Handicap at Jamaica today in his first 1942 start, winning by a length and a half. Mrs. Sidney Zell's Incoming was second, a length and a half in front of William Ziegler, jr’s, Wait a Bit in the field of 10 horses, 6 of whom were Derby eligibles. Apache caught the leaders at the half-mile mark and went past them as though they were standing still to win in 1:1235, fastest 6 furlongs of the meeting. V. M. I. Trackmen Defeat Maryland Maryland’s lacrosse team was leading the Baltimore A. C., 5-0, in the second period of their match at College Park this afternoon. In a track meet preceding the game Virginia Military Institute defeated the Terps, 77%; to 48%2. Winton Wins Steeplechase Opener MONKTON, Md. (#.—Stuart S. Janney, jr., rode Winton, the favorite after the scratching of Blockade, to a 25-length triumph in the 34th renewal of the My Lady’s Manor point- to-point steeplechase this afternoon. Bungtown, ridden by John Strawbridge, ran second, five lengths ahead of John E. Hughes' Field Glass. A crowd of 4,000 saw the opening event of the Maryland spring steeplechase season. Navy Wins Annual Triangular Track Meet ANNAPOLIS (#.—Navy won the annual triangular spring track meet here today by scoring 931, points, while Villanova took 46!, and Catholic University 13. The Navy Plebes de- feated Duke Freshmen, 96 to 30, in their dual meet. | picked up their lunch baskets and Pictor Thrills 18,000 to Win Closing Feature at Bowie Spectal Dispatch to The Star. | to have Pictor win. BOWIE, Md., April 11.—Eighteen thousand fans got the thrill of their | lives on Bowie's closing afternoon. ‘William L. Brann's Pictor, carrying 126 pounds, ran a mile and one-six- teenth in 1:49Ys over a heavy track to win the eighth running of the Southern Maryland Handicap. Phil Bieber's Maechance broke on top and set the pace for seven-| eighths. There Pictor, the favorite, | who had moved from last place in the seven-horse field, moved his head in front. However, George 1:15' Woolf had to use his whip freely | Ring’s Cis Marion. while his backers received $4.70. |foul. It was disallowed. top and, skipping 6 furlongs . easily won the fourth. (See BOWIE, Page 2-X) Maechance easily took the place from Gustav Pictor's victory was worth $4,450, Pictor rode Maechance close to the final 20 yards, causing Henry Mora, astride the latter, to claim a Immedi- | ately after the official sign went up the stewards ruled Mora’s claim was | burgh that the strike was unau- Indian Sun, owned by Mrs. Elmer Trueman of Washington, broke on Runyan, Hogan, Snead Shoot 34's in Masters’ Golf Meet K. the Associaled Press. AUGUSTA, Ga.. April 11.—Pint- | sized Paul Runyan, once again making up on putts and approaches | for what he lacks in length, kept himself in the front of the race for the ninth annual Augusta Masters golf championship today by post- | ing a 2-under-par 34 for the first | nine holes of his third round. He began the day’s play with a | 36-hole score of 140, five shots back | of pace-setting Byron Nelson and four higher than Sam Byrd. Ben Hogan, working on a halfway | 143, also was out in 34, as was Sam Snead. Snead slammed his way through a young gale to gain two strokes on the leaders. Coming out of the trees after a wind-hooked drive, he birdied the 525-yard par-5 second hole by pitching just short of the green. He picked up another birdie on the 350- | vard third hole with a 35-foot putt for a 3. He took a bogey 4 on the treacherous short fourth when his | drive carried over the green, but made up the stroke uphill on the 510-yard eighth, hitting the green in 2 and holing out in 2 putts, 1 | under par. Snead shot 69 yesterday for a half- way mark of 147. Nelson and Byrd, paired together for the third round, teed off about 15 minutes late with a gallery of approximately 2,000. British Report New Violence In Nazi-Dominated Lands By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 11.—Fresh re- ports of violence and unrest came today from European countries dominated by Germany. The British radio reported four Poles were sentenced to death for attacks on German military trans- ports at the border of Poland and East Prussia. Greek guerrillas, who recently wrecked a German troop train kill- ing or injuring 1,000 soldiers, were said by the B. B. C. to have taken Nazis troops as hostages. The patriots were continuing to fight in the mountains and one group re- cently raided a port, stormed the residence of the Governor, killed him and carried off his guards. Luxemburg sources at London said duchy between Germany and France “are being sentenced for anti-Ger- man activity.” B. B. C. reported also that the archbishop of Vilna, Lithuania, had been arrested by the German occu- pation army and that soon after- ward the Catholic archbishop of Kaunas—the primate of Lithuania— was wounded severely and a priest who was with him was killed. The Germans reported that “an accident took place.” All the B. B. C. reports were heard here by C. B. 8. In Lyon, unoccupied France, the first death sentence was pronounced for black market dealings in bread. The sentence was passed in absentia because the black marketers were still at more and more residents of the tiny | fi<: Ordnance Plant 'Shut by Strike, Buf Opens Again Charleston Workers Agree to Walkout Delay of Three Days | Land in Georgia | By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aprll | 11.—Operations were resumed | early this afternoon at the huge | $90,000,000 naval ordnance plant | | in South Charleston after steel | workers struck this morning, | then agreed to call off their walkout for at least three days. | The decision was reached at a| meeting of members of the Steel| | Workers' Organizing Committee, C. I 0., at which Gov. Matthew W. Neelv made a personal appeal, | backed by a telegram from C. I. O. | President Philip Murray. During the three days, grievances |are to be investigated by a Federal | labor conciliator. Further action ‘Celebrating Fall Of Bataan? Captain In Navy Asks 25 Idle By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va,, April | | 11—Capt. Roy Pfafl of the Navy stepped out to a group of about 25 idle men in front of the South Charleston naval ordnance plant today and asked: “What are you celebrating, the fall of Bataan?" The men, Capt. were not pickets, but were merely waiting to see what would develop from a brief walkout called by workers. He told them to come to work or leave tne gates. Some went in, others walked away. Capt. Pfaff said one of the men, whom he did not identify, gave this answer to his ques- tion: “Yes, I certainly am cele- brating. I just got word yes- terday that my brother was killed on Bataan.” Pfaff said. | | will depend upon his efforts. | As the meeting ended. a few men | went into the plant. It was ex- | pected that the 4 p.m. shift would | report at normal strength. Vote Reported Unanimous. The Governor spoke twice at the mass meeting, from which outsiders were barred. Apparently he was forced to expend considerable ef- fort to get an agreement to return but the vote was unanimous, repre- | sentatives of the Steel Workers' Or- }gnmzmg Committee said. The men showed Gov. Neely a heavy file of grievances which they | said had gone unsettled, and charged that they were not receiving from | the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. the prevailing wage rate for their work. | A carnegie-Tllinois spokesman | said the strike involved a wage dis- pute that was “so complicated it would take an engineer to explain”| it. A union source declared the| disagreement was over a wage in- crease from $125 to $1.40 an hour demanded by some workers affiliated with the S. W. O. C. Carnegie-Illinois operates the fac- tory under lease from: the Navy. President J. L. Perry said at Pitts- | thorized as far as the company | knew. Men Told Stoppage Is Serious. | Gov. Neely said he told the men | \that the strike was “playing into the hands of labor’s enemies and | a hostile press who would destroy " (See CHARLESTON, Page 2-X.) | boats. | hours later. | was no shellfire directed at his vessel Two Ships Sunk; 54 Survivors 20 Other Crewmen Feared Lost; Sailor Dies in Lifeboat BULLETIN. KEY WEST, Fla. (®.—A small Norwegian freighter, which collided with a large Americag tanker off the Flor- ida coast several days ago, broke in the center today and was abandoned. Navy officials estimated she would sink in the next 24 hours. No enemy action was involved. No one was injured. The American tanker continued on her way. B the Associated Press. BRUNSWICK, Ga., April 11.—| Fifty-four survivors have reached this port after the submarine | sinking of two medium-, 51zed‘ merchant ships in the Atlantic. Twenty otner crewmen were miss- ing and feared lost and one died in a lifeboat en route to shore after the two ships had been torpedoed and shelled within a few minutes and a few miles of each other. All survivors were picked up within a | | few hours. The master oi one of the ships, Capt. T. P, Davenport of Port Arthur, | Tex., said he believed that 17 of his ship’s company of 37 were trapped in their quarters when a torpedo tore into the starboard side aft the en- gine room. Lifeboats Not Shelled. After three lifeboats were launched and 20 men got into them, the sub- marine surfaced and pumped 15 to 20 shots into the sinking vessel, but made no attempt to shell the life- One of the 20 died of in- juries received when the torpedo ! struck and the other 19 reached here safely. Capt. James §. Roche of New York said that one of his ship's company | of 38 was believed to have drowned | | and two others were trapped after a single torpedo struck his ship. The remaining 35 piled into two life- | boats and were picked up a few Capt. Roche said there | or lifeboats. Call to Men in Boats. C. Landley of Baton Rouge, a | crewman on this second ship, said the submarine surfaced after the torpedoing and cruised about be- tween the lifeboats, one man on the submersible’s deck calling out in broken English: “Come cver here. we'll save you.” Capt. Roche said the submarine which sank his ship was an unusu- ally large one and he believed there were two or three others in the vicinity of the dual attack. — Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, April 11 (#.— Stocks easy; offerings light. Bonds | mixed; some rails continue im- | provement. Cotton lower; week | end liquidation, local selling. hedging, CHICAGO—Wheat higher: favorable crop report. Corn about unchanged. Cattle nominally steady. Hogs steady; quotable top, $14.50. Bulgarian Premier Resigns BERLIN (From German Broad- casts) April 11 (#).—Prémier Bogdan Philoff has handed the resignation of the Bulgarian government to King Boris who has accepted it and charged Philoff with reconstituting a new cabinet, dispatches from Sofia reported today. HE TRIPLED—Catcher Warren 8 third base on a triple to center today during the exhibition game at Griff Stadium with the Nationals. received the throw from Spence in center.—Stars Staff Photo. g of the thies sndmg safely into Third Baseman Estalella | for | grounder and threw him out. Northey | | fanned. NORFOLK, VA.—BABY, BORN IN LIFEBOAT, LEAVES HOSPITAL—"Baby” i i Mohorovicics, who was born while 15-foot waves tossed the lifeboat which took his mother off a torpedoed ship, is shown on the first day away from the hospital with his mother and other members of his family. He was delivered by a doctor who was suffering with two broken ribs. the delivery in the crowded boat. < Nats’ Debut at Home | Wrecked by Phils, Who Win, 810 0 Jack Wilson Is Pounded As Philadelphia Pitchers Hold Griffs to Four Hits By BURTON HAWKINS, | Beaten 14 straight times by| major league teams, the Phna—\ delphia Nationals snapped that | streak at the expense of the Nats ' today at Griffith Stadium. Si Johnson and Cy Blanton limited Washington to four hits in regis- tering an 8-0 victory. The Phils pounced on Jack Wilson for 10 hits in the seven | innings he labored, producing | two runs in the second inning | and six more in the seventh. | FIRST INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Murtaugh flied | to Case. Repass went far to his left | a_brilliant stab of Waner's| WASHINGTON—May whipped out‘ Case. Spence flied to Northey. Ver- non flied to Litwhiler. SECOND INNING PHILADELPHIA—Estalella threw out Litwhiler. Etten walked. War- ren tripled off the centerfield bar- rier, scoring Etten. Bragan singled to center, scoring Warren. Bragan | took second as Repass threw out | May. Johnson fanned. Two runs. | WASHINGTON—Campbell popped | to Bragan. Early lined to Etten. | Estalella flied to L. Waner, THIRD INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Estalella threw | out Murtaugh. L. Waner singled " (See BASEBALL, Page 2-X. Box Score PHILADELPHIA. AB.R. H. 0. A E. Murtaugh, 2b L. Waner, cf_ Northey, rf__ Litwhiler, If_ Etten, 1b__ - [ S O loormrmmwnoorm Sleovmmwrrmrene Rloowmwanans wloosurmosscem mloceonossscse g sl - o =} z ] ™ »laee-—-ee-—-eee. Spence, cf_ Vernon, 1b_ Campbell, rf_ PR SO A S olseoeeoeeeo? alocowocneomen® I 5 ° NlocwmwarmSmnS Blesinncocse P gl SCORE BY INNINGS. Philadelphia - 020 000 600— 8 12 1| Washington _000 000 000— 0 4 2 A piece of canvas sheltered Held by a nurse, “Baby” has a greeting for his sister Visna, 2. —A. P. Photos. Shells Leave Scars at Corregido But Military Damage Is Slight | Side Roads Resemble No-Man's Land; Deserted Barracks Shattered by Bombs (The following dispatch from Dean Schedler was written be- Jore the fall of Bataan. Another of his stories appears on Page A-4) By DEAN SCHEDLER, Associated Press War Correspondent. CORREGIDOR FORTRESS, April | 7 (Delayed).—Side roads of this small | island fortress are a picture of no- | man’s land. Trees, stripped by ex- plosions; seem to outline a cold | winter sky. Shell craters are every- | where. Yet, there is surprisingly little | military damage. Deserted barracks and garages long since vacated have been shattered by 500-pound bombs and at other places incendiaries have started small fires, easily ex- tinguished. Japanese observation planes now | skirt the outer edges of Corregidor, wary of murderous anti-aircraft fire. ‘| Occasionally a “Zero” fighter un- loads a bomb or two. The bigger | craft—medium and heavy bombers | —have deserted us to give the Bataan front lines and rear areas a working over, and to support at- tacks against . the hard-fighting Filipino and American defenders. During a lull in activity I made an inspection trip of Corregidor with Maj. Gen. George F. Moore of College Station, Tex., and his aide, Maj, Robert Brown of Erie, Pa, Gen. 4 Moore has gained the highest re- spect as a leader. Since the start of the raids he has been one of the first to tour the bombed areas, pass- ¥ ing cheering word to men in gun positions and other vital jobs. Dive-Bombers at Work. of Chatham, N. J., who had just ob- served enemy dive-bombers at work across the bay. Two small boats under his com- mand were being attacked. “I closed my eyes in silent prayer and my men were afraid to look at | the results,” Col. Kohn related. | But the men in the boats leaped | overboard and tossed a few good- sized fish onto the decks to vary the nightly menu of corged willie. At one of the big gun positions men were busily at work, some doing | washing, others building chairs. | Battalion Comdr. Herman Hauck of | Valley Falls. Kans., climbed from atop a bombproof position to report that morale was high throughout his battery. The mess sergeant in- | vited us to remain for dinner, offer- ing as a special inducement a dash | of raisins added to the rice for | dessert. Col. Chester Elmes of San Fran- | cisco, hard-working quartermaster for the harbor defenses, deserves (See SCHEDLER, Page 2-X.) Standley Nears Moscow KUIBYSHEV, U. S. S. R.. April | 11 () —United States Ambassador | Admiral William H. Standley left | Kuibyshev today for Moscow to pre- | sent his credentials to the Soviet | Government and confer with Rus- sian officials. ‘We talked with Col. Joseph Kohn | Invaders Make Little Headway On Island . Navy Lists 2 Ships, | Possibly a Third, | Sunkby U.S.Sub (Earlier Story on Page A-1) Landings at several peoints on the Central Philippine Island of | Cebu have been made by the | Japanese, the War Department | disclosed late today, but the in- vaders were said to be sustaining mounting losses. A department communique said thus far little progress inland had been made by enemy troops, estie mated to number 12,000, which were | put ashore from an invasion fleet and were supported by warship guns, dive bombers and tanks At the same time, a Navy Departe ment communique revealed that s United States submarine had sunk a | 7.000-ton enemy merchant vessel and a small vessel of the sub-chaser class in Far Eastern waters. It was added that a 4.000-ton enemy freighter had been listed as pos- sibly sunk No Word on Wainright. Meanwhile, Corregidor and its nearby island forts, more than 300 miles north of Cebu, were bombed repeatedly by enemy aircraft and | the forts’ guns dueled with enemy batteries on the south shore of | Manila Bay The Army communique gave no further word on the fate of Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright's over- | whelmed army on Bataan Penin- | sula The points where landings were effected by the Japanese on the Island of Cebu included the city of Cebu itself, second only to Manila in size and commercial importance in the islands Earlier Report Clarified. The noon communique clarified a communique of a week ago and added the sinking of a Japanese destroyer and a large transport and damage to an additional cruiser to the report of that communique, which dealt with Southern Pacific and Indian Ocean areas. It also added damage to one large trans- port and eraSed the reperted dame age to two seaplane tendgrs. Both the report of the hew sink- ings today and the report of a week ago showed that the Far Eastern damage had been effected by one submarine and that all except one engagement of the Southwest Pacific and Indian Ocean expedition also had been done by a lone sub. The submarine whose new sink- ings in the Far East were reported today had returned from an extend- ed patrol in enemy waters when it reported the extent of the damages | it had made, the Navy said -up Blamed on Codes. Changing in several details com- munique No. 66, issued April 4, the Navy said that the section that de- T (See CEBU, Page 2-X» Late Races Earlier Results and Entries for Monday on Page 2-X. Bowie POURTR RACE—Purse. $1.500; 3-vear- olds: 6_furlongs Indian Sun (Remersch'd) 9.00 4.20 3.20 Blue Steel (Keiper) 340 z:E0 Pharien (Schmial) 390 Blasi. Liberty 50 Fising Relsh and Goiden’ Btors: FIFTH RACE—Purse. $5.000 added: Southern Maryland HInfllan for 3-yes olds and up: 1. mile | Bictor Wooth | Maechance (Mora Cis_Marion w\‘l(‘Cflmbfi‘ | Tyme. 1:40} | I Also ran—Trois. Pistoles. Riding Lisht and Warlock Air Master, JSIXTH RACE—Purse $1.500: and up: 1) miles Sturdy Duke (Ber 1060 ‘.(‘rnpv Mouse (Remerscheid) t-year- 370 Ko "“ ran—2Zostera, avaidina Leo and Hnl Bloend {Jamaica FIFTH RACE—Purse, Experimental Handicap Bedwell entry, £5.000 3-year-olds 5.60 3.90 510 added 6 fur- lone: Apache (Stout) Thcoming (Zufel wai in anflrl:uen me, | _ Al ran—Loeninvar. Hyacinthus. Pirst Fiddle. Flought, Azimuth, Phar Rong and | American Wolf. Narragansett Park | , FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1.000: claiming 4-year-olds and up: 6 furlongs Qne O' One (Atkinson) 22.60 10:30 Challante (Vandenberghe) 740 Ballast Reef (Brunelle) Time. 1:14 Also ran_Flamine Hixh, Valdina Jos. Ballotant and Shaheen. Keeneland Park SECOND RACE—Purse. $800: elaiming. 4-year-olds and up. 6 furlongs. Torchy (Skelly) 6.00 3.80 320 | Scarlet Insco (Eads) 480 400 Gounod (Georse) 6.00 Time. Alse, ran—star Vote, { New 1 Arrowtraction, { Field ar Back Baf Cee. Hish Discovers. Asael Home, TRed ‘Go and Bobbin: $900: claiming: 6.50 3.80 RACE—Purse. 230 Sweet Roli (Adams) 3.60 Time, 1:16. Also ' ran—First Draftee, Holly. Little Romona, Smart Daughter and Good Pate tern. GUIDE FOR READERS Page Page. Amusements, | Lost and B-16| Found Church News, Obituary B-6-10 | Radio Comics ._B-14-15| Real Estate, Editorial ____A-8 B-1-5 Editorial Society __._A-11 |~ Articles ___A-9( Sports ___A-14-15 | Finance _.__A-13| Where to Go, | Legal Notices, A9 Woman's ‘ e e \Complefe Index, Page A-2. » fi * w i%)rk.likk\iiiiifi#iifiiifi"lfil&#’é%%w% % % Eé'lé‘zz' Bl (b A% T