Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1942, Page 2

90th YEAR. No. 35,791 Great Fires Left; Planes Back Over Channel Today B the Associated Press LONDON, April 28.—8quadrons | of heavy British bombers, main- taining destructive attacks on Cerman targets for the fifth day running, last night raided the Norwegian port of Trondheim where the Germans are bullding an Atlantic battle fleet base, the Alr Ministry announced today. Other squadrons simultaneously attacked Rhineland objectives, in- cluding Cologne; bombed the docks at Dunkerque, laid mines in waters off France and Belgium and ma- chine-gunned German airdromes. Eighteen British planes were lost, a communique said. Instead of concentrating on four German warships anchored in Trondheim Harbor, British bom- bardiers aimed their explosives at land installations, which, an Alr Ministry source sgid, “we are trying to knock down as fast as they put up.” Trying to Bulld Base, Two of the German ships at Trondheim are the 35,000-ton battle- ship Tirpitz, which took shelter there after a brush with British tor- pedo planes at sea March 13, and the 10,000-ton cruiser Prinz Eugen, which fled from Brest with the 26,- 000-ton battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst on February 13. The others were reported to be the 10,000-ton cruiser Hipper and the 10,000-ton pocket battleship Ad- 1t is known that the Germans, using Ipted Norwegian labor, are at- tempting to complete quickly a large naval base there. “There is no reason to think our forces are going especially after units of the German fleet,” one au- thority said. “It is vitglly impor- tant to destroy the usefulness of as & naval base.” Cologne Main Rhine Target. In the Rhineland raids Cologne 'was the principal target and large fires were started there during clear- weather attacks. (The German radio, claiming that 38 British planes have been shot down in the last 2¢ hours, said the raids extended from Norway to former Czecho-Slo- an A fled airdrome in German-occupled a supply ship was dam- Denmark, Almost before stragglers from the R. A. F's night foray into Germany had reached home, great British squadrons were roaring back at dawn toward the French coast. A bomber and fighter attacking force covering a square mile of sky and described as “the largest single ver to attack Occupied France” swept out toward Calais. Above the howl of a galelike wind came heavy explosions, some even | Jarring the English side of Dover Strait. White exhaust trails of the high-flying planes streaked the sky for miles from Kent almost as far as Calais. The sounds indicated the R. A. F. | was dropping explosives as heavy as | one ton on German objectives in | Northern France. Anti-aircraft guns thundered at an aerial armada (See RAIDS, Page A-6) 0'Conor Warns Enemy Will Try Terror Tactics By the Assoctated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 28 —Resi- dents of the triangular area formed by Norfolk, Washington and Balti- more can expect some attempt by the enemy to “spread havoc and terror,” in the opinion of Gov. ©O’Conor. The executive, addressing a ban- quet of the Independent Retail Food Distributors of Maryland last night, said this could be expected because of the important shipbuild- ing work at Norfolk, war industries at Baltimore and proximity of the Nation's Capital and the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Pope to Broadcast May 14 NEW YORK, April 28 (# —The Vatican radio, heard by Columbia | Broadcasting System, said today Pope Pius XII would broadcast a | message to the world on May 14 at 12:30 pm. (Eastern war time). Announcement As a contribution to the war effort the Washington News- papers will, effective next Sun- day, suspend the making of special deliveries to subscribers of both daily and Sunday edi- tions who fail to receive their papers from the regular carrier. This curtailment in service By the Associated Press. Strong reinforcements from Ma- laya, driving north and east through the Shan states, reached points only 60 miles from the Mandalay- Lashio Railroad. (Large numbers of Japanese ships were sighted today in the Bay of Bengal by Allied recon- naissance planes, informed sources In London said. The ships were believed moving reinforce- ments in men and materiel to the battle for Burma.) The American Volunteer Group of fiyers shot down 11 Japanese fighters without loss to themselves at 10 o'clock this morning when 27 Japanese bombers and 20 fighters attempted to raid an A. V. G. base in Northern Burma, dispatches from Kunming said. Thwarted at the A. V. G. base, the Japanese nevertheless swept on to 3 French Cruisers Reported Arriving At Madagascar Ships From Dakar Have Reached Diego Suarez, Australion Radio Says By thc Associsted Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 28—A report that three French cruis- ers have arrived at Madagascar from Dakar was received today b.ymthe Melbourne (Australia) T 0. In an account picked up here Columbia a at - Diego Suarez” at the north tip of the French-controlled island off East Africa. The source of the message was inaudible in the' Mel- bourne broadcast, Columbia said. Vichy Government's Purge In Madagascar Reported BOSTON, April 28 (#).—A broad- cast statement that the Vichy gov- ernment had completed a purge in Madagascar, in order to eliminate all French opposition there to the Axis powers, was reported today by ‘WRUL, powerful shortwave station. Station officials said they had broadcast this report as coming from “Free Prench sources in the United States” The broadcast added that three French cruisers under the control of the Laval government had arrived at Diego- Suarez from Dakar. Canada Expected to Sever Relations With Vichy VICHY, Unoccupied France, April 28 (/) —Canada is expected to break off relations with the Vichy gov- ernment, perhaps today, and au- thorized sources said it would be a most “painful” event because of Canada’s “French origins.” These sources said, however, the expected break would “not change the course of events” and drew a parailel With the rupture of rela- tions by the Union of South Africa last week which was said to confirm a de facto situation. (Prime Minister W. L. Mac- kenzie King of Canada is to make a statement in the House of Com- mons today on relations with Vichy, it was announced in Otta- wa last night. (Severance of relations by Canada, following similar action by the Union of South Africa, would cut the last tie between the British Empire and Vichy. London long since withdrew its diplomatic representation.) Pierre Laval, the pro-Nazi chief of government whose rise to pow- er prompted the United States to recall Ambassador William D. Leahy for “consultation,” called on the ad- miral at the Embassy late yesterday for 35 minutes. A few hours earlier, Ambassador Leahy had visited Marshal Petain, the aged chief of state, and received a fond “au revoir” for his departure May 1. ‘The swarthy Laval reached the that Laval called to pay his re- spects in .his capacity of foreign minister. " WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1942 xx R. A. F. Blasts Nazi Fleet Base At Trondheim; Cologne Target In Wide Raids Over Continent * Japs on Point of Cutting Off Entire Allied Force in Burma Enemy Troops, Reinforced From Malaya, 60 Miles From Mandalay-Lashio Road CHUNGKING, China, April 28.—The Japanese appeared today on the point of slamming shut the Burma back door to China and pinching off the entire British-Chinese defense forces. Lashio, where they set great fires and bombed the airdrome. So closely threatened is Lashio that essential military supplies al- ready have been moved out and many inhabitants have fled. ‘The fall of Lashio or of any point 20-Million Cut MadeinD. C. Lanham Fund House Unit Slashes 18 Millions From Portion for Homes By WILL P. KENNEDY. * The Deficiency Subcommittee of the House has slashed $20,- 500,000 from the $50,000,000 au- thorized by the Lanham Act and requested by the Budget Bureau for defense housing and related community facilities in the Dis- trict necessitated by the war emergency, reducing the fund to $29,500,000. This was disclosed by Chairman Cannon of the Appropriations Com- mmwdlynheofleredfl:rm- lution in the House. He &aid the committee will make its report to the House tomorrow. In the budget recommendations $30,000,000 was asked for the Na- tional Housing Agency to provide dormitories and housing units for Government workers brought here on the war program. The committee dry | has reduced this to $12,000,000. Lake limen Region Appears fo Be Under Control of Russians German Pockets Still Hold Out at Novgorod And Staraya Russa By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 28.—The Rus- sians appeared to have won con- trol of the entire regién around Lake Ilmen today, except for rman pockets at Novgorod and Facilities Fund Cut. The budget recommendation was for an appropriation of $20,000,000 to the Federal Works Agency to provide community facilities in the District and nearby Maryland and Virginia. The House Subcommit- tee has reduced this amount to $17.- 500,000 with a limitation of $787,500 for administrative expenses, which is about 4 per cent. Out of that expense money there is a limita- tion of $5,000 on the amount that can be spent for motor vehicles. The Cannon resolution also au- thorizes the Secretary of War, on the request of the Federal Works Administrator, to detail temporarily a commissioned officer to active duty with the Federal Works Adminis- tration to serve as chief engineer. Types to Be Designated. Chairman Cannon said that the report of the Appropriations Com- mittee to the House tomorrow will designate the amount of money to be on various types of and for the various com- munity facilities. Some members of the committee have said that the entire $12,000,000 for housing is to be spent on dormi- tories and that the committee was opposed to building housing units so that men brought here for war work could bring their families with them. Members of the committee also said that the community facilities are largely regulated to accommodate the housing, but that the amount requested for hospitals probably will not be cut, although there will be some reduction in the amounts re- mittee has not definitely decided on a location for dormitories but expects them to be within conven- ient access of the place of employ- ment. Members of the subcommit- tee were widely at variance as to what “convenient access” meant, some arguing that it meant eight blocks, while others said that schuol children sometimes walked 2 miles. Windsor Flies fo Florida, +saan | Confers With U. S. Officers Molotov, following up a note of No- vember 26 to friendly nations pro- testing asserted violations of inter- national law, declared the Germans iption “forcible Germanization” of subject ussians. R E The invaders have demanded that “several million of the choicest Rus- sian workers” be delivered imme- diately for forced labor within Ger- many, the foreign commissar Fresh Guerrilla Activity. Russian front-line dispatches, however, reported fresh guerrilla activity within the occupied zone. rs were said to be striking down huge numbers of Germans around Ordzhonikidzegrad, an in- dustrial town on the Desna River 10 miles northwest of Bryansk. ‘The Moscow radio said Red Army men killed more than 200 Germans and captured 15 blockhouses in a southwestern front battle which pitted Soviet artillery and machine guns Naszl tanks and mortars. This action presumably (See RUSSIA, Page A-3.) Mexican Tanker Torpedoed By the Associated Press. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., April 28— For the second time in less than two months, the Duke of Windsor was in Miami today for conferences on defense of the Florida-Bahamas area. The Duke arrived yesterday in a plane, accompanied only by his Scotland Yard bodyguard, Sergt. Harry Holder, and went to the Naval Air Station for confidential talks. Later he met Army Air Corps officers at Miami Beach, where he was the guest of George A. MacDonald. The customary ceremony of the Duke's arrival was omitted at his request, and not even a representa- tive of the city met him at the air- port. He was greeted by United States and British naval officers and by Vice Consuls L. A. Oates and Michael Robb. R. A. F. Cadet Convicted In ‘Blackout Murders’ Ey tbe Associated Press. LONDON, April 28— Gordon Frederick Cummirs, 28 - year -old R. A. P. cadet, was convicted today of ‘the London “blackout murders” and was senténced to death. He was charged with slaying four women, and the attemped murder of two others. The case centered on the killing of Evelyn Oatley, 25 Survivors of Sinking Landed South of Curacao By tho Associated Press. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, April 28. —Twenty-five survivors of a United Dutch island southeast of here, the Aneta news agency announced. Nazi General on Finnish Front Reported Removed by Hitler By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 38.—Adolf Hitler has cashiered the 163d German Di- by Hitler and a reshuffle of the en- tire German command in Finland was imminent. Hitler was reported angered by in the drive to To Destroyer Named for New Ship Will Be Commissioned for Duty Tomorrow The prized class ring of the late Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne, killed Shenandoah, today had & place of ggwmamm&ml« The ring was lost at the time of the crash in 1925, But 12 years later, a woman weeding her garden near Caldwell, Ohio, found the ring a mustard stalk. She | took it to a bank at Caldwell and it ) ultimately was sent to the com- mander’s widow, now Mrs. John Caswell of Washington. Commander Given Ring. Mrs, Caswell sent the ring yester- day to the commanding officer of the new destroyer. “It is with deep pleasure through whatever encounter and may to his men, ‘Let every man his toes, we’re going through to- gether’ be the watchwords that make her a happy ship. Good luck and bless you all.” Union Loses Suif fo Compel Lewis fo Reinstate Charfer EY tbe Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 28—Suit for reinstatement of its charter brought by a C. I. O.-United Mine Workers local against John L. Lewis and sev- eral co-defendants has been dis- missed in State Supreme Court. Among those named in the suit were the U, M. W. president, his daughter, Kathryn Lewis, secretary- treasurer of the union’s District 50; State. ‘The local declared in its suit that Mr. Lewis personally ordered its ouster because of the local's “dis- agreement with Mr. Lewis’ opposi- tion to the all-out war efforts of President Roosevelt and C. I O. per capita payments and refused to split up into smaller locals. Nazis Take Reprisals Against City of Rouen By the Associated Press. VICHY, April 28—German au- thorities have ordered the execu- tion by a firing squad of five host- ages and additional reprisals against the city of Rouen after the shooting of a German soldier last Friday, it was disclosed today. Bomber and 5 Missing On Atlantic Ferry Trip By the Associated Press. Montreal, April 23.—The Royal Air PForce Ferry Command an- nounced today that a Consolidated Liberator bomber being delivered to :nauhmmmmu ve, LANSDOWNE HUNT. Sponsor of the ship. Comdr. Lansdowne’s ring. Connally Consents To Delay Action on . \Plant Seizure Bill Complaints Are Heard That President’s Program Exempts Labor Senate debate on controversial labor questions was postponed indefinitely today in the light of an announcement that Sena- tor Connelly, Democrat, of Texas had agreed not to press for ac- tion now on a motion for con- sideration of a pending plant seizure bill. The announcement, by Demo- cratic Leader Barkley, however, with complaints that Presi- dent Roosevelt practically had ex- pted organized labor \Widow Gives Lansdowne’s Ring 68 Killed, 300 Injured Him As Tornado Strikes Northeast Oklahoma Pryor, War Boom Town, Hardest Hit; Property Loss Put at $2,000,000 i i & H i | i é g i | | i i i i BT H: § : i i H § [ E E i g | i } b I H : : i i g o i j g2 - i E : i i s | I i | 2 £ i s§é§§§ | i i gi& §§§ E il i I i i 2 § i il 5 ; B i E § § ; i i | i | §2 i ¥ i | % | g § | § ! fr Hg i § k E Roosevelt Talk To Nafion Set For 10 Tonight Address Will Pledge All Efforts to Keep Economy Stable 1 i il‘i? i ks i | Coal Production By the Apsociated Press. KUIBYSHEV, 1 fi;ifl i i { £ ik ) H