Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast ‘Warmer tod: this afternoon, gentle win tures yesterday—Highest, lowest, 68, at 6:30 a.m. From the United States Weath Full Details on Pagy with thunder showers ds. Tempera- 84, at 6 pm.; er Bureau report. e A-2. No. 1,936—No. 35,796. he WA 3 ‘WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION g un d SHINGTON, D. (. MAY 1942 —128 B ) PAG =1 ES. Allied Bombers Blast Jap Ships And Planes in Fierce Fighting; Chir)_ese;Slow Up Enemy in Burma 2 Transports Hit, 6 Aircraft Downed In the Pacific B: the Associated Press. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Sunday, May 3.—Allied planes scored a direct hit on a Japanese transport, damaged six more in fierce new action over New Britain and New Guinea yesterday, Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announced today. It was announced further that three Japanese flying boats were destroyed at Salamaua, on the northeast New Guinea coast, last ‘Thursdayy. Communique on Operations. A communique covering the operations said: “New Britain: Rabaul—Our bomb- ers attacked shipping at Rabaul, securing a direct hit on one trans- port, damaging another and cap- sizing a tender. Eight Japanese fighters intercepted and we de- stroyed two and damaged four. “New Guinea: Port Moresby—Fif- teen Zero type fighters attacked the airdrome yesterday. Our fighters intercepted successfully, destroying four enemy planes and damaging two others. “Salamaua—Detailed reports of the Allied raid April 30 reveal that our attacking planes burned and destroyed three enemy flying boats | on the water. “Solomons: raids continue. “Philippines: Corregidor — No change; Visayans. no change: Min- danao, situation static on Parang Cotabato front.” Yesterday the Allied headquarters reported that the entire region of Townsville, far north of Australia’s east coast, was put on guard against a surprise invasion or air assault as the result of the first appearance of mysterious scouting planes over that strategic area and numerous signs that the Japanese are pre- paring new blows in the Australian theater. The flight of the two suspect planes over Townsville at 30,000 | feet altitude was in good observa- | tion weather Priday. Allied anti-aircraft batterfes opened fire and interceptor planes took the air, but were unable to overhaul the strangers. ‘This first appearance of presum- ably hostile planes in the Towns- | ville area followed a warning by | Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey, the ‘Australian chief of Allied land forces in Australia, that “increased enemy activity means he has some further plan,” and reports that a considerable Japanese naval force is concentrated around Jaluit in the Marshall Islands northeast of New Guinea. Transports and supply ships also have been reported landing new forces in the New Guinea and New Britain areas in recent days. Townsville, 700 miles below the northern tip of Cape York, might well be the first objective, if the | purpose of such enemy concentra- | tions is to strike at Australia's popu- lous east coast instead of attempting a laborious and time-consuming campaign across the arid western or northern regions. The small city of Townsville is behind the great barrier reef, but if the Japanese safely penetrated the mined off-shore waters and made a landing they would find themselves on the coastal railway which reaches southward 800 miles to Brisbane and 1200 miles to Sydney. Small lines also extend in- land behind the great dividing range, opening the possibilities of flanking attacks against the eastern defenses. The fact that anti-aircraft guns opened fire on the scouting planes was taken as evidence that the Allied command is aware of the im- portance of the area. Strong air forces also are believed based near Townsville. Tulagi—Enemy air | Aid Urged for Port Moresby. Indications that the recent Japa- nese reinforcements in the New Guinea-New Britain area may have been large was seen in the warn- ing of the Port Morseby corres- pondent of the Melbourne Herald that American and Australian air- men at that base were up against heavy odds. More planes, bombs and men are urgently needed if Port Moresby is to be held, he said. Port Moresby has been the springboard of the almost daily attacks on Japanese bases at Lae, Salamau, Rabaul and Gasmata. Four Attacks on Lae. There was no official explanation of the Melbourne Herald corres- pondent’s statement on the situa- tion at Port Moresby. An analysis of headquarters communiques showed that 37 Japanese planes were claimed destroyed for certain during the past week, 20 more prob- ably destroyed, and 30 damaged in attacks on Japanese bases. On the other hand the communi- ques never described Allied losses as more than slight or negligible in the 12 Japanese attacks on Allied baseA, The Japanese were said to Set "AUSTRALIA, Page A-5) { NEW SEGIRELAND 0 mUKA hEG T PORT 5 {MORESBY = P T\ Worres Swan = Ty | Copevork OOKTOWN QUEENSLAND. AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES € SYDNEY oRIA ot ~/€qlusomm'( S 7 bR } HoBaRT S i “Tasman: Sea TI\SMANI’A The east coast of Australia, which may be next target of Japanese bombers. Arrow points to Townsville, where scouting Jap planes have been sighted—Map revised by Star Staff Artist. Gen. (;iraud Reported In Vichy's Custody, His Fate Uncertain Nazis Exerting Pressure For Return to Military Prison He Escaped Bs the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2—Henri Honore Giraud, the elusive French officer whom Germany captured but couldn’t hold in two wars, was reported in cus- tody near Vichy tonight, the ceniter of an argument between Vichy and the Germans over his return to the Nazis after his latest spectacular escape from Koenigstein fortress. First reports from highly reliable European informants said he actu. ally had been handed over to the Germans during the day but later he was returned to detention near Vichy with his future in consider- able doubt. The Germans, who offered a 100,- 000-mark reward for his capture be- fore he made his way to unoccupied France by way of Switzerland, were said to be exerting considerable pressure in discussions under way at Vichy to regain their former captive. Discussions Hit Snag. The general was said to have left Vichy tonight in the company of two custodians, whom reliable in- formation identified as Germans. These informants said he was being taken to Paris. Later it was reported that the 63- year-old general had met with im- portant military and political per- sonages at a point outside of Vichy, but that discussions regarding his return to German custody had struck a snag. In the first World War, Gen. Gi- raud made six breaks from German prison camps, was recaptured five times but made good his sixth try. His latest escape late last month was made after one other attempt in this war, reports reaching Lon- | don said, but details were lacking. He had been in German custody since mid-May, 1940, when he wag captured on his way to take over his new headquarters as com- mander in chief of the first French army on the northern front. On his recent flight through Ger- many the general, who speaks fluent German, made his way to the Swiss border by regular train, talking dur- ing the trip with a German colonel who sat next to him. After crossing the Swiss border, Gen. Giraud identified himself and after expressing a wish to continue to unoccupied France, ‘was permit- ted to proceed. Since reaching unoccupied Prance he had been staying at a village out- side Vichy. He had hoped to see | his old comrade in arms, Chief of | State Marshal Petain, but whether the audience actually was held could not be established. Axis Sub Base Bombed' WITH THE R. A. F. IN THE ‘WESTERN DESERT (LIBYA), May 2 (®—Six R. A. F. squadrons bombed a big Axis submarine base |at Leros, in the Axis Dodecanese | |Islands, Thursday night, it was | learned tod: Radio Programs Page E-4 Complete Index Page A-2 f Defenders Repel Foe on One Front; Lose Mandalay | B the Associated Prest, | LONDON, May 2.—Mandalay | was claimed today by the in- | vading Japanese Army, which apparently was driving ever- wider wedges between the Brit- ish and Chinese defenders of I the fragment of Burma which remains in Allied hands. A late bulletin from Chinese | headquarters, however, declared | that the Japanese troops striking up the Burma Road toward China had been hurled back with heavy cas- ualties after penetrating north of Hsenwi. Hsenwi, only 45 miles from the China border, is 22 miles northeast {of Lashio, which the enemy cap- tured Wednesday to shut off the last northern link of the Burma | Road. The fall of Mandalay, 135 miles southwest of Lashio, was still not definitely conceded by the British late today, but informed sources said the city would fall soon if it had not already done so. Japs' Next Goal in Doubt. The Japanese drive northward from Lashio was regarded by some observers as an indication that the | invaders were aiming at China pri- | marily, rather than at India. Keeping the decision in doubt, | { however, was the Japanese an- | | nouncement that navy planes had | bombed Akyab, the last useful Allied | port in Burma and situated close | to the border of India. | In any case, the Japanese drives | immediately added up to an almost- | successful ‘severance of China and |India with the goal of cutting off the British and Chinese in Burma from all reinforcements. Imperial headquarters in Tokio, in one of its rare communiques on the long months of bitter battle in Burma, claimed that Mandalay was taken from the British yesterday and that the occupying forces had | destroyed . all the city’s vital mili- tary establishments. British Withdrawing, A British communique from New Delhi, India, made the plight of | the Allies gloomily evident. 1t said all British troops on the | Mandalay front were being with- drawn “from a position north o(l the Irrawaddy.” Significantly, Man- | | dalay is on the south bank of the river, which flows west at that point. | The British also announced de- fensive destruction of road and rail bridges across the tributary Myitnge | River and that two spans of the famous Ava bridge had been de- molished. Fighting was in progress in and around Monywa, across the Irra- waddy, some 50 miles west of Man- | dalay, indicating that the British | | withdrawal may have progressed | that far in the face of the breath- taking Japanese thrusts. | The British said nothing of their | her defense is not supposed to be a | licity in the past year, and that| 4o forces which were presumed to have been stationed east of Mandalay, | {and it was not known whether they | had been cut off. | Farther south a Chinese force was believed still holding Taunggyi, but it was possible that it, too, had been isolated by the Japanese en- veloping movement to the north. The Chinese command said its (See BURMA, Page A-3.) 280 Fishermen Mis;ing After Barbados Squalls B~ the Associated Press. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 2. —OfMficials here expressed concern | tonight for the safety of some 280 | fishermen who have not returned | since squalls swept the Flying Fish | Banks, where they were fishing Wednesday. Ninety -two fishing | smacks were reported missing. * Only five of the 120 craft which set out Wednesday had returned | here that night. A few others have | reached Port St. Vincent and St.| Lucia, messages received here said, ' and government planes are search- ing for the rest. CongresS Party : Urges Indians Not fo Fight Policy of ‘Non-Violent Non-Co-operation’ With Japs Asked E» the Associated Press, ALLAHABAD, India, May 2. The All-India Congress Party's Working Committee decided to- day to urge the masses of India not to fight if their country is invaded by Japan. With Japanese armies in Burma ready to turn toward India or China, the dominant Congress leaders threw ! their great influence with the peo- ple of India on the side of resistance only by “non-violent non-co-opera- tion.” The Congress thus returned to the ideas of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the man best known to all of India’s millions, despite the views of Jawa- | harlal Nehru and other party lead- ers who of late have declared India must fight. Gandhi in recent utter- ances has advanced his policy of The Eveni delivered in 75¢ per mo Edition and 85¢ per mon ng and Sunday Star is the city and suburbs at nth. The Night Final Sunday Morning Star at th. ® Associated Press. Ly TEN CENTS. "IF You WILL USE THESE fl’i)L‘E)g,You CAN MAKE R THE HIGHER JUMP You BETTER JUMP IT VOLUNTARILY, BOYS = ORELSE! Blasts Between Byrd And Mellett Celebrafe 0. G. R. Opening Senator Says Director Feels ‘Exhilaration of Arrogant Bureaucrat’ non-violence to the point of oppos- | g the scorched earth policy in case India is invaded. “Dictated by British.” The committee’s resolution, adopt- ed after days of debate on a new policy following failure of Sir Staf- ford Cripps’ mission, said its course was dictated by the atfitude of the British Government. “In case invasion takes place it must be resisted. Such resistance can only take the form of non- violent non-co-operation, as the British government prevented or- ganization of national defenses by the people in any other way,” the resolution said. It added that this policy must be followed even if it means death. “We may not bend the knee to an aggressor, nor obey any of his orders. | We may not look to him for favors, | nor fall to his bribes. If he wishes to take possession of our homes and | them up, even if we have to die in an effort to resist him (by non-co- operation).” “Foreign Armies” Cited. Touching upon the mission of Sir Stafford, who came from London empowered to offer India a dom- inion government after the war, but whose proposals fell flat over Indian demands for full sovereignty now, including control and direction of their own defense, the committee said: “It is significant and extraordi- nary that India’s inexhaustible manpower should remain untapped while India develops into a battle- ground between foreign armies fighting on her soil or frontiers and subject fit for popular control.” India’s leaders, among them Nehru, have contended that only self-government now could light the spark of resistance among the Indian people. The Congress party’s action, how= ever, does not mean that all Indians | will refuse to fight. The 77,000,000 Moslem minority has furnished Britain with some of its sturdiest warriors, and Dr. B. S. Moonje, veteran leader of the influential Hindu Mahasabha, has organized a school for guerrillas. Moslem Separation Rejected. At this school Indians are being trained to ride, shoot, swim and perform difficult physical feats, and are taught how to harass invaders until a regular mobile army arrives. In Bengal, whose long coastline stretches east toward Burma, home guards are being recruited by the | provincial government. They are to be armed only with batons at present, however. Besides acting on the question of | resistance, the Congress Party re- jected by a vote of 120 to 15 a reso- lution sponsored by Chakravarthi Rajagopalachariar of the Padras Provincial Party to acknowledge the Moslem League’s claim to autonomy. A counter proposal opposing any splitting of India was adopted, 97 to 17. MrurrayVWeebs ISLIWri;g Speech Revealing Split With Lewis | By the Associated Press. COKESBURG, Pa, May 2.—Ad- dressing his home United Mine ‘Workers' local, Philip Murray, C. L | O. president, broke down and wept today as he brought into the open for the first time the rift develop- ing between him and John L. Lewis, U. M. W. chieftain. The gray-haired, usually reserved Mr. Murray made an unheralded, ! impassioned speech before 200 mem- bers of Local 1197 in this mining town, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh. He reported on his stewardship in the 35 years since he left the mines here to fight the battles of the coal | miner, “Anything I got out of life,” he said, his voice trembling, “T attribute to you—all of you. The miners made ( | me, the miners raised me and I hope I am given a chance to live, to jidte iy o Then his voice broke and tears streamed down his cheeks. “Mr. Murray, I don't believe any- body has a heart like you,” cried out a miner'’s wife in the rear of the | hall. ‘The C. 1. O. chief gulped at a glass | of water and continued: | “I hope I am given the chance to live and die and fight for, and with, | the miners. I have never drifted | away from the miners and so help | me God I never will.” | Mr. Murray's hope to remain with By J. A. FOX. Ushered into operation by a blistering exchange between Lowell Mellett, director of the | Office of Government Reports, {and Senator Byrd, Democrat, of }Vlrgima on the general subject |of Government “publicity,” the |new United States Information | Center, on Pennsylvania avenue at Fourteenth street N.W. to- morrow will begin answering any question any one asks about anything in Washington—or al- most anything. The $530,000 center, offspring of the O. G. R. and object of a bitter fight in Congress while under con- struction with White House author- ization, was conveived primarily to | prevent tired businessmen with war | problems from becoming even more tired wandering through endless corridors in uncertain efforts. It | will do more than that, however, | |our flelds, we must refuse to give | go. the Government scene shifts so Inpldly that even those who are a part of it orient themselves with difficulty, and part of the task of | the center will be to keep them straightened out also through the medium of some 6500 indexed cards, . which properly interpreted, show just where the contact should be made for any given matter. Preparing for the formar opening at 8:30 am. tomorrow, Mr. Mellett yesterday held a press conference to discuss the functions of the center. He prefaced it with a 400-word re- |sponse to a Senate speech Friday by Senator Byrd, in which the Vir- }gmian said that Government agen- | cies had spent $19.463470 on pub- 1$1,800,000 of this had been dis- | bursed by the O. G. R. The situa- | tion, said Senator Byrd, ardent advocate of Government economy, | borders on “scandal.” _Mr. Mellett Sums Up. Mr. Mellett summed up by de- scribing this as a “willful disregard of the truth.” As to the $13800,000 he said, “I challenge the Senator to prove that one-tenth, one-twentieth, even one- hundredth of that amount has been spent by this office on anything | that can honestly be called publicity. I challenge him to prove tbat one nickel has been spent for publicity concerning the Office of Govern- ment Reports itself—or its director.” Further, said Director Mellett, when he appeared some weeks ago " (See INPoimavAiqu'," Etage A-4) 40 Nazis Reported Killed In Wreck Near Rouen By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—Between 40 and 50 Germans have been killed in another train wreck in Occupied France, reliable reports reaching New York said tonight. German autnorities immediately made sharp reprisals and arrested a large number of hostages, accord- ing to these reports. The wreck, it was reported, occurred near Rouen, the scene of a wreck only a week ago | Shut Out Wins Derby, Sir Romeo Gold Cup Race 1 ! Shut Out drove through to a | Kentucky Derby victory at Churchill Downs vesterday to the surprise of his stable bosses as well as the public. Pride of the Greentree | establishment had been the victor’s | stable mate, Devil Diver, which | finished sixth in the field of 15.! Alsab, winter book favorite, rushed | through the stretch to take the place from Valdina Orphan of the Woodward entry. | Meanwhile, at Warrenton, Va., Sir | Romeo, owned by Mrs. A. S. Carhart, | won the Virginia Gold Cup race,! 4-mile steeplechase classic. A star- | tling event in this race was the death of Charles E. Tuttle’s Block- ade, three-time winner of the Mary- land Hunt Cup. (Details of these and other | sports events in The Star's sports section.) Traffic Relief for D. . Seen in Purchase of 400 Buses, 100 Cars R. F. C. to Finance New Equipment Ordered By Capital Transit Important relief for Wash- ington’s pressing public trans- \portation problem was assured | yesterday in an announcement by Secretary of Commerce Jones that financing is being arranged | through the Reconstruction Fi- | | nance Corp. for 400 new buses‘ |and 100 new street cars for the | | Capital Transit Co. | Three hundred of the buses already have been ordered, Edward | | D. Merrill, Capital Transit presi-| said, and deliveries are ex- | | pected to begin this summer, prob- | |ably in July. The entire lot may |be in service by “the middle of | 1943” he said, but he added that | a great deal depends on Govern- | ment allocation of critical materials | for their construction. | The new purchases amount to around $8,000,000 and the financing was arranged “at the request of the War Production Board,” Mr. Jones’ announcement said. Meet Needs Through 1943. ‘The new vehicles are expected to meet the public transportation needs of the Washington metropolitan | area through 1943, Mr. Merrill said, and no additional purchases are | contemplated at this time. | | The transit head said the com- | pany is now operating 1,605 vehicles daily and additions to this fleet | " (See BUSES, Page A-6.) | Evatt Reaches Englan LONDON, May 2 Evatt, Australian Minister of Ex- ternal Affairs and Attorney General, Individuals Sign Up For Sugar Rationing Starfing Tomorrow D.C. Hours Are 4 to 9 P.M. Quota Per Person Is Half-Pound Weekly Consumer registration for sugar rationing will begin to- morrow in Washington and throughout the country under a system by which each person will be permitted one-half pound of sugar per week. The registration will continue through Thursday. Sugar, sale of which has been forbidden for a week, will go on sale again Tuesday morning to those who have ration books or sugar certificates. The ration books will be issued to individuals at the time of registra- tion. Certificates were issued re- cently to wholesalers, institutions and other large users of sugar. The registration hours daily Washington will be from 4 pm. to 9 pm. at 121 schoolhouses throughout the city. Nearby Area Schedule Given. In nearby counties, the hours for registration in school buildings and other designated places vary, They in Data on Each Person Necessary to Obtain Sugar Ration Book When you register for sugar rationing be sure to have the following information - about each individual for whom you expect to get a ration book: Name, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, age. Also be able to give “the amount of sugar, brown and white, owned by the family on the day of registration.” Office of Price Administration officials have warned that per- sons giving false answers to any of these questions are liable to a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A list of the schools where registration will take place ap- pears on page A-T. will be Montgomery County, 2 p.m. to 7 pm.; Arlington County, 9:15 am. to 9 pm., with supplemental hours at some centers; Fairfax County, 4 pm. to 9 pm.; Alexandria, 4 pm. to6 pm. and 7pm. to9 pm, with supplementary hours on cer- tain days; Prince Georges County, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m,, with additional reg- istration 9 am, to 1 pm. at some of the larger schools for convenience of those who cannot register in the afternoon. Consumers were advised by ra- tion officials to go to the nearest school building or registration place, between areas. Every person is entitled to one June Draft Call To Include Some On Feb. 16 Rolls New Order to Boards Expected to Affect Younger Men Most FIGURES ON DEPENDENCY de- ferments asked to end confusion on draft hardships Page A-18 | By MIRIAM OTTENBERG. Local draft boards throughout the Natiofi will include some of the men who registered Febru- ary 16 in June calls for Army service at the request of the War Department An official communication from Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey yester- day advised the boards that part of those who registered in February should be among the men inducted in June, regardless of whether the available supply of 1-A men from earlier registrations is exhausted. It was assumed earlier in some quarters that previously- registered 1-A men would be inducted before those of the later registration. It has been indicated previously, however, that some February 16 men would go in June because of the scarcity of 1-A men in some communities. Youths to Feel Order Most. The order will be felt most by the 20-year-olds and those who be- came 21 after the July, 1941, reg- istration, since only about five per | cent of the 37 to 44 age group are | believed physically fit and other- wise eligible for duty. By next month, selective service officials said, the local boards are expected to have completed sub- | stantially the task of classifying the registrants of February 16. On the basis of this classification, they will learn how many men are potential 1-A material, The June calls will be based on a | ratio of the 1-A men still remaining among the two early registrations to the estimated number of 1-A men of the February 16 registration. “If the first age group (men registered in October, 1940, and in July, 1941) has been exhausted, the call should be made only upon the second age group (February 16 registrants),” Gen. Hershey in- structed. “If the first age group is not exhausted, the local board will call upon each group in proportion to the number of class 1-A registrants remaining in each.” Few 1-A Men Left on Rolls. Since most local boards have few 1 1-A men remaining from the earlier registrations, it is expected that the ratio will be heavily on the side of the February 16 registrants. The ratio, however, will shift somewhat from month to month. Most dramatic shift in the ratio is expected to come with the release of a number of 3-A men as a result | of passage of the compulsory allot- | ment and allowance legislation now | pending in Congress. Although the | older February 16 registrants also have dependents, the balance will iweigh heavily on the younger, pre- | viously registered men who other- ijse are physically and otherwise | fit for military service, Of the 9,000,000 men who regis- tered February 16, approximately 1,650,000 are 20 or 21 years old. Meanwhile the Army is experi- ‘menhing with a small number of 1-B men inducted into service in an effort to release soldiers from typewriters to the trenches. Only Few 1-B Men Used. The experiment, it was said, has been confined to a few States and to only a few selectees from them. | The War Department refused to say how the experiment Was; pro= gressing or when widespread in- duction of 1-B men would begin, It was explained that the War Department asked selective service to provide some 1-B men to see whether it was practical to use them in non-combatant jobs in- stead of men fit for general mili- tary service now doing those jobs. These test calls have been of men with non-remediable defects who generally have been.able to fol- low useful vocations in civilian life. Some of the defects which have resulted in classifying these men (#)—H. V. since no boundary lines were fixed for limited service are blindness {in one eye, loss of one or both ex- ternal ears, partial deafness in both arrived tonight at a British airport ration book, but books for all mem- ears or complete deafness in one from the United States where he bers of a family may be obtained ear, had been on a special mission. " (See SUGAR, Page A-T.) hliusied to Plans Start Bfiilding ‘Arlington Women's Dormitory By HAROLD B. ROGERS. After the previous wreck, in which ! “large number” of German sol-| Plans are being rushed for | diers were killed, it was announced | the first' women’s domitory to be | officially that German occupation |erected with Lanham Act funds | authorities at Rouen had ordered on the Arlington Farms site in | the execution of 30 French hostages. | nearby Virginia, it was learned | The German authorities, to pre- |last night from Commissioner | vent further attacks on trains, an- |of Public Buildings William E. nounced that a number of French |Reynolds, in charge of construc- | civilians would be forced to ride wita | tion. ] German soldiers on all troop trains.| The Arlington building has been Rouen has been a center of anti- given the No. 1 place on the con- German intrigue and it was dis- | struction program, Commissioner | closed only five days ago that five | Reynolds said, with the dormitory ‘hoeuzes 'had been ordered executed | at Suitland, Md., second. by the Germans in reprisal for the |in the list of eight buildings will shooting of a German sentry. An-|follow as soon as possible. | other 15 Prenchmen were ordered| Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill con- Others' other funds, such as those for com- | munity facilities, and there np-: | parently was no prospect of reduc- | tion in the $12,000,000 already ear- | marked in the bill for dormitory construction. | There were prospects that a Sen- | ate Subcommittee on Deficiency Ap- | propriations might hold hearings on | the bill, which had been slashed | by the House from the $50.000,000 allotment approved by the Senate | to $29,500,000. President Roosevelt wants the | 820,500,000 restored to the bill and | is personally interested in the dorm- itory project to house personnel of | the miners apparently referred to | executed and 500 deported to East- | troversy over the size of the Lanham | the vast war machine here, reports that Mr. Lewis is planning to oust him from the vice presidency (See MURRAY, Page A-3) ¢ | ern Europe in the-event two men | Act appropriations appeared to be responsible for the shooting were | delaying final passage of the meas- not delivered by May 5. ‘ure making available dormitory | o National Housing Administrator | John B. Blandford, jr., and Commis- | "(See DORMITCRIES, Page A-5. chronic but non-contagious | skin diseases, loss of a thumb or big toe, loss of three fingers but not the thumb, and webbed fingers or toes. Head and spinal irregu- larities are also included. Reduction of eve and tooth stand- ards has already cut down the 1-B group which now includes about | |money. The controversy involved 800,000 men. Charleston Blacked Out At Coast Guard Request By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, S. C, May 2.— Charleston had an unscheduled blackout tonight at 11 o'clock. The city was plunged into dark- ness quickly. About 30 minutes earlier the Coast Guard asked Charleston radio stations to broad- cast an alert. There was no official explanation. Famous Flyer Stricken SEATTLE, May 2 (#).—Joseph Crosson, 38, famous Alaska mercy fiyer, is critically ill of an arterial ailment at Columbus Hospital, wheve rewEs T ey ago.