Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news and sports are covered on Pages 1-X and 2-X of this edition of The Star, supplementing the news of the regular home delivered edition. N. Y. Markets—Sales. P 2. 90th YEAR. No. 35,780. ch W WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ASHINGTON, D. C Ambassador Leahy Called Home From Vichy for 'Consultation’; British Destroy Burma Oil Wells Envoy Expected To Leave France At Early Date By GARNETT D. HORNER. The United States today ex- pressed its displeasure with the new Laval government of France by calling Ambassador Willlam D. Leahy home for consultation. In announcing the move, Acting Secretary of State Welles indicated a statement fully outlining official American reaction to developments in Vichy which have thrown Pierre | Laval, pro-Axis French leader, into power will be forthcoming soon. Mr. Welles refused to discuss the question of whether Admiral Leahy would return to Vichy after his con- sultations in Washington. He said only that President Roosevelt had requested the Ambassador to return | for consultation in view of the events of the last few days and the fact that the new French govern- ment is composed of elements domi- nated by Laval, with all that implies. | Without an Ambassador on duty in Vichy, relations between the| United States and the Laval govern- ment will be the same as those which existed between this country and Germany for many months be- fore the United States entered the WAL, Expected to Leave Vichy Soon. Mr. Welles sald Ambassador Leahy 1s expected to leave Vichy soon, but that his departure will be delayed | for a few days by illness of Mrs. Leahy. She was operated on re- cently, but a quick convalescence 1s expected The American Embassy in Vichy will then be left in charge of Somer- ville P. Tuck, counselor of the Em- bassy, who will act as charge d'af- faires. Mr. Welles said he had no infor- mation on whether Gaston Henry- Haye, French Ambassador here, would be recalled to Vichy. While the entire future course of | American relations with Vichy are under study all previous arrange- ments for economic assistance to French North Africa and unoccu- pied France will remain suspended, Mr. Welles said. Conferred With Envoy. The Acting Secretary also told | his press conference he had in- | formed the French Ambassador at a conference last night that it was | impossible for him to accept a Vichy communication rejecting Mr. Welles' note of April 13, explaining establishment of an American con- sulate Africa. He told Mr. Henry-Haye, Mr. Welles said, that it was notorious that the French communication was submitted and approved by German officials before it was sent | to Washington, and that in these circumstances it could not be con- | sidered here. The French note re- fected Mr. Welles' statement of policy as injurious and reflecting on French honor. Mr. Welles said he informed Mr Henry-Haye that the entire incident | was one of the most amazing that | could conceivably take place in view of the more than 150 years of friendship between the American and French people His note, Mr, Welles recalled, em- phasized this traditional friendship, expressed full recognition of French difficulties under German domina- tion and announced that victory of the United Nations would restore liberty to the French people and the integrity of French possessions. Wants Pesition Understood. The calling home of Ambassador Leahy is in line with this Govern- ment’s determination not to give Laval any grounds for attempting to make the French people believe his regime Is acceptable to United States Officials here were convinced that | since Laval's personal fortunes de- pend on German victory in the war he will do everything he can to force the French people to help Germany. It remained to be seen just how far Laval will be able to move in this direction Hinging on the outcome, was the possibility of a shooting war be- tween the French and Allied navies. It was known that the United States was watching closely for Laval's first move in the sphere of grand strategy A highly com- petent source said there was evi-| dence that the swarthy man in the white tie who came back to power last Tuesday was planning to throw the French fleet into a cam- paign to recapture French posses- sions now in the hands of Free French forces hostile to Vichy Fleet Moves Seen. He would not turn the fleet over to Germany, but employ it as an independent French force in cam- paigns dove-tailing with Hitler's wishes. It was expeoted he might attempt to drive the Free French and British out of Syria, or send warships and troop transports to the African coast to try to wrest control of Equatorial Africa from the followers of Gen. Charles De Gaulle, or strengthen Vichy's hold on strategic Dakar Whatever Laval may be planning —especially if his plans involve the Western Hemisphere possessions of France (Martinique, Gaudeloupe. French Guiana)—it was emphasized in high quarters here that the United States is ready for swift ac- tion and will not hesitate to act House Un;t-X;;Qes Naval Shore Funds By (be Associated Press. An $800,000,000 measure to expand naval shore facilities, including avi- | ation installations, was approved to- day by the House Naval Affairs| Committee, in Free French Equitorial | the | Army Is ‘Pretty Nearly Ready’ For Offensive, Stimson Says Attack, 'However D As Soon as Practica By the Associated Press ifficult,’ to Be Made ble, He Asserts Secretary of War Stimson said today that “so far as the Army | is concerned we are getting pretty near to the stage of being | ready for an offensive, however In a review of American military: | progress since Pearl Harbor, given | in general terms at his press con- ference, Mr. Stimson said “Things are beginning to move | and to move in the right direction.” “I am now more than ever con- vinced that we are going to get on the offensive and to do so at the earliest practicable moment,” he added. He stressed, however, that prepa- | rations for offensive warfare in a|friendly nation is holding a post | conflict which involved the entire | globe was a long and difficult proc- ess “Before we can lead this Nation |into & long-sustained offensive we | must be as sure as possible that of the American fighting forces as| (‘er(lln kfy poln(a in our armor are difficult it may be.” s~k S as safe as possibld” the War Secre- | tary said. “We must make sure that our resources and manufactories are protected against any interruption | which would hold up or damage our | | offense. “And when 1t 1z a world war with | | powerful enemies attacking us all | around the globe, our key points of \delcnu run far out into distant quarters of the world where some | | that is vital to us. That is what we | have been trying to do during these | | difficult months and the task is not yet finished.” Mr. Stimson described the morlle “superb.” Darlan Named Head 0f Vichy Forces In Laval Regime French Cabinet Quits To Clear Way for Pro-German’s Return ! By the Associated Press. | VICHY, April 17.—The Vichy | | government cleared the way for assumption of power by Plerre | Laval by submitting its mass res- | ignation today to Chief of State Petain, and at the old marshal’s request the retiring Vice Premier, | Admiral Darlan, became com- | mander in chief of land, sea and | air forces. (A Berlin radio dispatch, date- | lined Vichy, said Laval presented to Marshal Petain at noon today | an incomplete “list of persons he intends including in his govern- ment.” ‘ (The dispatch, for some unex- plained reason, stressed that | Marshal Petain rode by automo- | bile to today's cabinet session while his ministers came and de- : parted on foot. (Reuters at London heard Vichy reports through Zurich suggesting Laval would like to | maintain “friendly relations with the United States as he realizes | that a break would have a dis- astrous effect on Laval's control.” (These Vichy-Zurich reports even suggested that Laval would try mediation to re-establish peace between Germany and the United States.) Cabinet List Due Today. The communique made a point of identifying Admiral Darlan as po- litical heir-designate of the old marshal and spoke of the gravity of the country's present situation Disclosure of the composition of the new cabinet was expected this afternoon, with Laval in direct au- thority over several portfolios. Laval was expected also to mark his resumption of power at Vichy with a speech setting forth his posi- tion on Vichy's relations with the United States and Germany. Before Laval was ousted from the early Vichy government he was | both Vice Premier and Marshal Pe- tain’s heir-designate. It seemed now that regardless of the capacity in which Laval returns to the gov- ernment, Admiral Darlan will re- main next in line to Marshal Pe- tain as chief of state It appeared from today's develop- ments, that he had long since been G ‘s«’mwcs’mge A-T) Formosans Ask to Set Up Regime in Chungking Bv (he Associated Press CHUNGKING, April 17.—The Chinese government has been asked permission to establish here a pro- visional Formosan government whose object would be overthrow of Jap- anese rule in the island colony which Japan wrested from China in their 1894-5 war. The petition by Formosan revolu- tionaries was published by the Chungking press today with edito- rials urging that it be granted (Formosa, off the Southeast Chinese coast, has a populatiomo! about 5,500.000, nearly all racially Chinese.) A “provisional Korean govern- ment,” dedicated to freeing Korea from Japan. has been functioning in Chungkmg for some time ‘Stimson Reiferafes ‘That MacArthur Has Complete Charge Statement Follows Dutch Recognize His Control | Secretary of War Stimson said today that Gen. Douglas Mac- of the “strategic direction” of the | United Nations’ war effort in the Southwest Pacific and the “prac- tical co-ordination” of the cam- paign in that area to defeat the Japanese invaders. Secretary Stimson's statement fol- lowed by a few hours an announce- ment by the Dutch government in London that it had recognized Gen. MacArthur as in command over all Dutch forces in the Southwest Pa- cific ever since his arrival in Aus- | tralia. Mr. Stimson told his press conference that Gen. MacArthur’s authority had been fully agreed to by the Australians and the Dutch | formal directive signed April 3. Dispyte Bezan Four Days Ago. The controversy over Gen. Mac- Arthur’s status was opened four days ago when a spokesman in the lia said the general had not re- ceived precise instructions delimit- {ing and specifying his command :Mr Stimsen said today he was| “frankly surprised” at these state- ‘ ments, and he called the flurry re- | sulting from the statement a | “tempest in a teapot” Although the War Secretary said | | the question whether or not New | Zealand was In his command was | a military secret, he sought to be explicit: “From the very beginning, when | the President authorized Gen. Ma Arthur's transfer from the Pmup»' | pines to Australia, there had never been a moment’s question that he | would have overall strategic com- | mand in that area. The Australians and the Dutch have been warmly | co-operative from the beginning, but there have been details to work out.” He said Gen. MacArthur had the same type of command as exercised previously by Britain's Gen. Sir | Archibald Wavell in the Southwest Pacific and had the same general powers in the area as granted in another area in 1918 to Marshal Foch | Spokesman Clarifies Matter. | A War Department spokesman | subsequently clarified the matter by stating that Gen. MacArthur had strategic control over land, sea and ! |air operations in the Southwest Pacific. The tactics for carrying out | Gen. MacArthur's strategy are left up to commanders of the military, | air and fleet arms A London spokesman for the Neth- | erlands government said there had been no specific action by Queen Wilhelmina accepting Gen. Mac- Arthur as commander inasmuch as this was regarded as unnecessary Nazis Repo;i;:d Moving Norse From West Coast By the Associated Press LONDON, April 17. — Stockholm reports said today the Germans had ordered the withdrawal of large numbers of Norwegians from the regions of Tromsoe, Arctic Ocean port, and Molde, on the hump of Norway’s west coast, indicating con- tinuing Nazi preparations against a pnsslble Allled invasion Nans K|II 35 French Hostages In Reprisal for Attacks By the Associated Press. VICHY, Unoccupied France, April 17.—German authorities | announced today that 35 host- | | ages had been shot in Occupied l!’nnce in reprisal for attacks | against German troops. nouncement published in the news- paper Courier de Pas de Calais, pub- lished at Calais. This followed at- | tacks on railroad lines the night of | | March 25 Assertion in London They | Arthur was in complete charge | and the agreement embodied in a | general’s headquarters in Austra- | 6,000 Demolished | As Japs Hammer . At Center Front | By the Associated Press. NEW DELHI, April 17.— The | British sacrificed the rich West Burma oil field at Yenangyaung | | today to keep it out of the hands | of the Japanese, who unleashed lthe fiercest onslaught of the | | Burma campaign in a new effort | to crack the center of the Allied ‘lmP and split the Chinese 5th | and 6th Armies from the British. (London sources said 6,000 oil wells in the West Burma fields were destroyed by British en- gineers (British defense forces ad- mittedly were depleted after two months of intensive jungle fight- ing against the Japanese who were said to have poured in fresh reinforcements until their strength mounted to five divi- sions of some 75,000 men. (The battle line now extends from somewhere north of Magwe, half way from Rangoon to Chit- tagong and the Bengal road to India, southeast through Taung- dwingui to Chinese positions in the hills north of Thagaya. The positions there, where the Chi- nese have been facing their heaviest attacks, guard the way to Pyinmana up the rail line to Mandalay. From the Thagaya area the battle line angles north- east to the steeper mountains between Loikaw and the Thai- land frontier.) Infantry Falls Back. Fighting a still stubborn holding action while the destruction by | at Yenangyaung, the badly out- numbered King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry fell back to the north | | of Magwe, gateway to the oil fields, & communique announced. The war bulletin added that other British forces still were holding their positions in the Taungdwingyi area of the Pegu Yoma foothills, | midway between the British Irra- tang River front to the east. Despite the determined effort to hold the Allied front intact, the Japanese advance up the Irrawaddy already was exposing dangerously the west flank of the southernmost Chinese positions near Thagaya, 30 miles north of Toungoo. Drive Into Shan States. The Chinese front also was men- | aced from the east where a Jap- anese offensive was reported aimed | into the Shan states from the bulge of Thailand. (Observers in London openly regarded this offensive as a seri- | ous threat to Allied communica- | tions to the north, particularly the Mandalay-Lashio rail link | that was incorporated into the Northern Burma supply route to China from India when the old Burma road was cut off north of Rangoon.) The destruction of the West Burma oilfields, ‘a source of supply for China, was announced in a communique which said: “Owing to severe enemy pressure on our right flank our forces there | Oil flields at Yenangyaung have been destroyed.” Tribute to Rear Guard. For the second successive day | tribute was paid to the rear guard | action of the hard fighting “Koy- lies” | ingun, just south of Magwe. “After inflicting severe casual- | ties,” the communique said, “the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infan- try successfully withdrew by night | from Myingun and rejoined our forces. “This regiment distinguished it- | self in this gallant action with great | determination and bravery and suf- fered very little loss.” The British communique observed that “no reports have been received from the Chinese expeditionary | force headquarters” on action along | | the West Burma front. Allied planes were said to have carried out extensive and successful | reconnaissance flights over the bat- tle zone and deep into Japanese- ‘held territory. 'Italian Transport Sunk By,Sub in Mediterranean By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 17.—A British | submarine has torpedoed and sunk a large Italian transport from a convoy in the Mediterranean, the Admiralty announced today A communique said “A large Italian transport has been sunk by one of his majesty’s submarines in the Mediterranean. The ship, which was one of two transports protected by escort ves- sels, was hit by two torpedoes and sank in seven minutes.” British Sub Declared Sunk. ROME (From Italian Broadcasts) April 17 (#.—A British submarine has been sunk in the Central Medi- terranean by an Italian destroyer, the high command announced to- day. | Hopkins in Conference | ‘ With Churchill B) the Associated Press | LONDON, April 17.—Harry Hop- kins, representative of President | Roosevelt. conferred at No. 10 Down- .. FRIDAY, torch and dynamite was completed | waddy front and the Chinese Sit- | have withdrawn north of Magwe. | who covered the Mlhdrawll‘ by putting up a fierce fight at My- | APRIL 17, THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE INDAN SMOKE SIGNALS, GENERAL. A ¢ Foening %iaf 1942 T THINK THAT'S MACARTHI UR'S, WAY OF TELLING US TNI\T HES KEEPING HIS PROMISE Jo RE- TURN To TWE PHILIPPINES An Evening Newspaper With 9“10 Full my’s News LOCAL—NATIONAL—FOREIGN Associated Press and () Wirephotos, North American Newspaper Alliance, Chicago Daily News Foreign Service and The Star's Staff Writers, Reporters and Photographers. UP) Means Associated Press. THREE CENTS. ‘Total 65,000, ‘Army Reveals 16 Generals in List; No Word Received In More Than Week More than 65,000 troops and civilians, including 18 generals, | have been unreported for more | than a week on Bataan Penin- | sula and are “presumably in the | hands of the enemy,” the War -Depnrtmnm announced today. Brother of German (General Gets 5 Years As Agent of Natzis Wife Also Sentenced When Couple Admits Guilt at Louisville By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 17— | Pleadlng guilty to charges of be- |ing unregistered Nazi agents, George K. Bodenschatz, 49, and his wife Viola, 59, were sentenced |in Federal Court today to five years’ imprisonment and fined | $3,000 each The couple also received two-year | sentences and fines of $1,000 each on another count of the indictment, but the two-year terms are to run concurrently with the longer sen- tence and Judge Elwood Hamilton specified that the $1,000 fine was| not to be paid. | The Bodenschatz plea came unex- | pectedly today as both appeared in court for arguments on a general demurrer to the indictment. They were scheduled to go on trial April 27. | The couple has been at liberty under $5,000 bond each since their arraignment last month. Under the Federal indictment, the two face a maximum penalty of $15,- 000 fine or seven years' imprison- ment or both. They were indicted March 5 by a Federal grand jury and were im- mediately taken into custody by Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation offi- cers at their apartment in an ex- clusive residential section. Mrs. Bodenschatz 1s a native of | (See NAZI, Page A-6.) Japs fo Cross-Examine |Former Indies Officials | By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 17—A Domei, Japanese news agency, code broadcast said last night that Lt. Gen. Hein ter Poorten, former com- | | mander in chief of the Netherlands | | Indies Army; Tjarada van Starken- borgh Stachouwer, former governor of the Indies, and 44 former Indies officials, were to be cross-examined by the Japanese for the part they | Played in the war. | ‘The broadcast, datelined from Batavia and picked up here by the Columbia Broadcasting System short-wave listening station, said the two officials “arrived here to- day by train from Bandoeng, under escort, and immediately were in- terned in a war prisoners’ camp.” “It is understood the former Netherlands East Indies leaders | were being confined at Bandoeng following capitulation of the N. E. 1. Army on March 9,” the broad- cast said. Small Gain in Oil Stocks Reported for February By the Associated Press, The Bureau of Mines today re- ported 2,691,000 barrel increase dur- ing February in total stocks of all | oils. Supplies amounted to 555,982,000 | barrels on February 28 compared with 553,291,000 barrels on Jan- uary 31. February stocks were 2,211,000 barrels less than for the same month last year Domestic production declined from 135,958,000 barrels in January to 120,918,000 barrels in February, but was 15282,000 barrels higher than the previous February. February 28 stocks of crude pe- troleum refinable in the United States totaled 260844,000 compared | with 253,581,000 on January 31 and | | 264,432,000 last January 28. The bureau reported February | motor fuel stocks at 105,395,000 com- pared with 98,291,000 barrels on | January 31 and 93,920,000 on Feb- ruary 28, 1941. Domestic motor fuel | production during February amaumed to 51.612,000 barrels. | Treasury Asks Bunks [To Transfer Funds By the Anoeuudma The Treasury has notified banks | to transfer $346,100,000 of its ac- | A second group of 20 was shot the ing street today with Prime Min- | counts to the Federal Reserve banks, | against German soldiers at Bruay, OCCUPymK‘ume day in reprisal for attacks ister Churchill following confer- | ences with Capt. Oliver Lyttelton one-half on April 20 and the other half of April 21. These deposits A first group of 15 was shot April | Mericourt and near Lens, the an- minister of state in charge of pro- | originated primarily from the sale {14, according to a German an- 7 nouncement said. X 2 | duction. | of securities. IS | arrested, he said, but some civilians | which reached him did not indicate ;atumpz to persuade Mussolini to | Rome communique called the at- | day that the first $200,000,000 of its | loan authorized by Congress re- | British destroy Western Burma oil ‘New Era War’ Is Suggested For Conflict By the Associated Press, | MELBOURNE, April 17.—An Aus- | tralian suggestion to name, and at| the same time describe, the war: New Era War. The name, which may be read horizontally or vertically, was sug- gested to Prime Minister John Cur- | tin by Miss Helen Outhwaite after | President Roosevelt's appeal for a | new designation for the conflict. She said her suggestion was based on the idea that most persons felt | the war to be a gigantic cleanup of | all mistakes of the past and prepa- ration for a world where mankind would be able to live in real free- dom. “We are all working to bring in this new era,” she wrote, “and when people realize what they are fighting for it makes their work or fight worth gréater zeal.” 30 Higillalians Re—porled i Disciplined for Peace Move B3 the Associated Press. LONDON, April 17.—A usually reliable source said today uncon- | firmed reports had been received | that 30 highly placed Italians had been disciplined or rebuked by Premier Mussolini recently for at- | tempting a movement for a separate | Italian peace with Britain. | He said he was told through con- | fidential channels that the organi- zers of that movement included Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, former commander of all Italian forces in North Africa; Marshal Pietro Ba- doglio, former chief of staff of the Italian Army: Gen. Francisco. Pri- colo, former chief of Premier Musso- lini's air forcg, and Gen. Cesare Maria Devecchi, former governor of the Dodecanese Islands. None of these was reported | were said to have been held and a dozen or so government officials were reported dismissed. This source said the information whether the movement included an “go along” with the peace move, or if it was intended to overthrow him. Brifish Land Landing on Isle Repelled, Italy Claims By tht Associated Press. ROME (From Italian Broadcasts), April 17—The Italian high com- mand announced today that “an attempt of the enemy to make a landing on one of our islands south of Crete was unsuccessful.” No further details were given. (Presumably such an attempt would be made by British seaborne forces.) The Berlin radio version of the | tack an attempted “coup de main.” First $200,000,000 Shifted to Chinese By the Associated Press. The Treasury announced yester- loan to China has been turned over to the Chinese. Technically, the Treasury trans- ferred this sum to the New York| Federal Reserve Bank with instruc- tions to credit the amount to the accounts of the Central Bank of China. The remaining $300,000,000 of cently will be transferred whenever the Chinese request it. House Group Refuses Month's Delay on Profis and Labor Naval Chairman Demands Showdown by Colleagues On Work-Hour Issue By the Associated Press. The House Naval Affairs Com~ | mittee refused by a 9-to-9 vote today to suspend action for a month on legislation to limit war profits and regulate labor in war industries. By agreement later, however, the committee decided against voting on the measure until after next week, Representative Flaherty, Demo- crat, of Massachusetts, indicating he | thought the committee would reject | the legislation offered by Chairman | Vinson, offered the motion to delay action a month, saying: “We're all aware of the possibility of executive action on all phases of this legislation. “Negotiations to that end now are going on and rejection of this bill might have a bad effect on those deliberations.” Representative Shannon, Demo- crat, of Missouri, protesting that only 30 printed copies of the Vinson bill were available, said it seemed lan attempt was being made to “sneak it through” and argued that copies should be widely circulated over the Nation before the commit- tee took any action. Vinson Demands Showdown. “When you've got issues to meet, meet them,” demanded Representa- tive Vinson. “Let's not dodge them, let’s have a showdown.” In the meantime, the House Ju-| diciary Committee opened hearings on a new proposal to subject lnbor‘ unions to prosecution under the| anti-trust law and to prevent them‘ from forcing employers to hire “un- | necessary” workers. The anti-trust plan was in a bill offered by Representative Monroney, | Democrat, of Oklahoma. Unlike the | profits-labor legislation, it was de- signed to extend beyond the war as| permanent legislation. | On the Senate side, a subcommit- | tee drafted legislation giving the Government veto power over wage and salary increases and restrieting the extension of closed shop agree- ments. | Modification of Ball Measure. The measure, a modified version | of a bill by Senator Ball, Repub- lican, of Minnesota will be referred to the full Labor Committee on Monday and, if approved, placed | immediately before the Senate. Chairman Thomas said commit- tee members felt they should offer a “more constructive” bill than one by | Senator Connally, Democrat, of | Texas which provides for Govern- | ment seizure of strike-bound plants. | The revised Ball measure provides | for settlement of labor disputes by | the present conciliation service and War Labor Board plus a three-mem- ber arbitration commission to be appointed by the President. | It would authorize the commis- sion to forbid any salary increases | above $5000 a year, a provision which Subcommittee Chairman Hill | said was designed to prevent corpor- ations from holding down corporate income or excess profits taxes by | boosting the salaries of top execu- | tives. The Monroney anti-trust bill in| | the House would establish by law | that it “shall not be within the| legitimate objects” of labor, agri- culture or horticultural organiza- (See LABOR, Page A-6) Summary of Today's Star | Foreign Russians report sinking of fourth Nazi transport in week. Page A-1| flelds. Page A-1 Sinkings off Brazil linked to fifth columnists. Page A-4 | National | House committee refuses to suspend action on labor bill. Page A-1 Rel cartel hurt arms sales to Britain, Senate told. Page A-1 Henderson sees heavier taxation need to halt inflation. Page A-2| Jury here to probe Social Justice publication. Page A-16 Martin reasserts intent to keep G. O. P. post. Page B-11 Inquiry into transportation “bottle- neck” scheduled. Page B-20 Washington and Vicinity. Police seek icepick used to kill young missionagy. Page A-3 Planners approve West Potomac | American Navy bluejackets site for dormitories. Page B-1 Miscellany Nature's Children. Vital Statistics, Page B-7| Page B-14 | This figure included approxi- mately 35000 combat troops, about 5500 sick and wounded, a number of supply and other non-combatant troops and some 25,000 civillans, a morning communique reported A'relatively small number of troops and all Army nurses, totaling 67, were evacuated to Corregidor from Bataan April 9, fhe communique stated. Maj. Gen. Edward P. King. jr., of Atlanta, who was left in command of the American-Filipino forces when headquarters were evacuated to Corregidor, heads the American officers who are believed to be in the hands of the enemy. Others Are Listed. The others are Maj. Gen. George M. Parker, jr., of Vancouver Bar- | racks, Wash., and Maj. Gen. Albert N. Jones of Quiney, Mass., and the following American brigadier gen- erals: Arnold J. Funk, Douglas, Ga. Maxon S. Lough, Forest Hills, Long Island, N. Y. James R. Weaver, Columbus, Ohio: Clifford Bluemel, Baltimore; William E. Brougher, Decatur, Ga.; Clinton A. Pierce, Sierra Madre, Calif, and Allan C. McBride, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Secretary of War Stimson, who made public the communique at & press conference, discredited reports that Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain- wright, commander of Americ: Filipino forces on Corregidor, had been secretly evacuated from the island fortress by the Australian- based American air force which raided the Philippines earlier this week. The War Department did not designate the actual number of Americans among the estimated 35,000 combatant troops. It was announced previously that consider- ably more than half of the troops trapped in Bataan were Filipinos and the survivors among 3,000 and marines had been evacuated to Corregidor in the final stages of the fighting in Bataan. Maj. Gen. Guillermo B. Prancisce, ranking general of the Filipino | forces in Bataan, was named among the six Filipino generals who ap- parently are prisoners of the Jap- anese. The five Filipino brigadier gen= erals included in the report were identified as Vincente Lime, Lugher B. Stevens, Mateo M. Capinpin, Fi- del V. Segundo and Simeon de Jesus. Heavy Casualities Feared. “No reports of casualties for the last few days of fighting have been received,” the communique which he read stated, “but it is probable that they were heavy on both sides.” The heavy casualties referred to were in yesterday's sharp fighting in the Island of Panay and in Mindanao. The Japanese invaded | Panay yesterday, putting men ashore near the large city of Iloilo from eight transports and met with re- sistance from Filipino scouts and commonwealth troops. Elsewhere, in Mindanao, small Filipino forces were reported still resisting the Japanese invaders. The defenders of Corregidor, who have beaten off daily air raids and withstood incessant shelling from shore batteries, were presumably still putting up a fierce resistance, although no report was received direct from Gen. Wainwright tell- ing of renewed action. The War Department listed as among the “major units in the Bataan force,” all believed to be in the hands of the enemy were the 31st United States Infantry, the Provisional Tank Group, including National Guard units; the Pro- visional Anti-Aircraft Brigade, in- cluding National Guard units, Others Designated. Other units designated were the 26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts; | the 45th Infantry, Philippine Scouts; the '57th Infantry and 1l4th En- gineer Battalion, Philippine Scouts. Among other units, undoubtedly American, were -the 3d Engineer Battalion, the 12th Medical Bat- talion, the Provisional Signal Bat- talion, 5th Interceptor Command and Motor Transport Service. In addition there were several thousand combat and supply troops | of the Philippine Army. Domei, Japanese news agency, said today 50,000 Filipino and United States troops—including 9,000 Amer- icans—had been captured on Ba- taan up to yesterday. This was 10,000 more than the Tokio radio announced Tuesday as having been captured up to last Sunday. Yesterday’s communique said Jap- anese troops landing from eight transports were engaged by Ameri- can-Filipino forces defending Iloilo and Capiz on Panay. Depend on Destroyers. It was considered likely that the Japanese were depending on de- stroyers for naval support in the landing. The Iloilo River is too shallow for vessels drawing more than 15 feet. The communique gave no details of the fighting. It was not disclosed whether Panay was the site of the air base used by the American bombing force which attacked Jap- | anese Manila installations in the flight from Australia. Meanwhile, the Navy announced tn a late communique yesterday that T, the Finch, has been lunk in enemy bombing attacks on Corregidor. There were no lives lost, the Navy said. One of the vessels formerly used to carry supplies from the island arsenal to the troops on Bataan, the vessel went down “during the past few days.” .