Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Thundershowers late this afternoon and eve- continued rather warm. Temperatures ning; today—Highest, 78, at 4 p.m.; 6:13 am. From the United States Weather Bureau Report. Full Details on Page A-2. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales. Page 20. P0th YEAR. No. lowest, 64, at 35,808. ch WASHINGTON, ‘WITYH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. €., FRIDAY, MAY 1942 —SIXTY 15, ¢ Foening Star PAGES. ‘Washington and Suburbs THREE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS (P) Means Associated Press. Elsewhere Five Cents CENTS SUB SINKS SHIP AT MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI Late News Bulletins House Unit Votes Joint Income Tax Returns The House Ways and Means Committee voted late today to require married couples to file joint income tax returns. Chairman Doughton announced the action and said the pro- vision was almost identical with the section of last year's revenue bill which was eliminated by the House. Secretary Morgenthau has recommended mandatory joint returns, es- timating they would bring in $300,000,000. Mr. Doughton said, however, latest estimates indicated a yield of $350,000.000. (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) D. C. Heads Favor $500 Boxing Board Pay The Commissioners today recommended that the members of the District Boxing Commission be paid not more than $500 a year, or at the rate of proposed salary of $3,000 a year “too high.” Republican, of New Jersey pro- by Representative Hartley, $10 a meeting, and called the A bill sponsored vides that the Boxing Commission be paid $3,000. The House District Committee will consider the bill Monday. Boy Trapped Under Boulder Dies PORTLAND, Oreg. (#.—James Harper, 16-year-old Hill Military Academy student who was trapped beneath a 1,500- pound boulder in a cavern for 13 hours. died today. The Yakima (Wash.) boy succumbed while physicians awaited sufficient recovery from shock to permit X-rays to determine the necessity of a leg amputation. (Earlier Story on Page A-3) Nazis Bomb Russians Fleeing Kerch BERLIN (From German Broadcasts) ¢ —German war- planes are inflicting heavy losses on Russian soldiers driven into a narrow area east of Kerch and attempting to flee across the narrow Kerch Straits to the Caucasus, the Berlin radio reported tonight. (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) Weather Again Halts Nats; 2 Games Tomorrow CLEVELAND (Special).—The Nationals’ attempt to open their series with the Indians missed today for the second straight time. The postponed as part of a double-header. game will be played tomorrow R. A. F. Attacks Three Minesweepers LONDON ® —British planes attacked three German minesweepers off Cherbourg today, sank one, left another sinking and cored direct bomb hits on the third, the Air Min- istry announced tonight. Senate Debates Cut in Autos Operated by Federal Agencies Economy advocates aimed their pruning knives this afternoon at the number of passenger automobiles owned by Government agencies, as, Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir- ginia charged there are 18,948 such cars in use, not counting the War and Navy Departments. Taking the floor during debate on the $680.883000 farm supply bill the Virginian served notice he will offer an amendment to that measure to prohibit the Agriculture Depart- ment from buying any more new automobiles. The discussion came shortly after the Senate had rejected the Downey resolution on "X cards After Senator Byrd had presented a tabulation showing it cost the Government cepartments $4.813.- 560.94 to operate the 18948 ufficial cars last year, Senator McKellar Democrat. of Tennessee inquired “Inasmuch as we had a vote a few minutes ago referring indirectly to automobiles, can the Senator state how much Senators receive by way of automobiles. chauffeurs, gasoline and urkprp rm!&" “How much do the 96 Senators, about whom such a hullabaloo has been raised in the past day or two, receive from the Government for op- eration of automobiles, or are all the cars of Senators privately owned and operated?” The Senators receive no such al- lowances, Senator Byrd replied The Virginian, who gathered the automobile data as chairman of the Joint Congressional Economy Com- mittee, said the Agriculture Depart- ment headed the list of non-war agencies. with 4,513 automobiles, at an operating cost of $1,142456 last year In a separate economy move. Sen- ator Byrd was beaten. 45 to 22, when he tried to reduce from 10 L0 5 per cent the amount of miscellaneous expense méney that could be trans- ferred from one bureau to anciher within the Agriculture Department out of next year's appropriations The various executive depart- ments also came in for criticism for the number of chauffeurs iney hire, when Senator Byrd reported a total of 522 employed full time, and 340 _part time. American. D—apfomat in Itoly Kept Up Relations During War (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) Bs the Associated Press MADRID, Spain, May 15.—George Wadsworth of Buffalo, N. Y., Charge d’'Affaires of the United States Em- bassy in Rome, made diplomatic history by remaining in daily con- tact with the Italian Foreign Min- istry for more than five months after the United States and Italy were at war, it was disclosed here today Mr. Wadsworth and his staff re- mained in Rome throughout the five months, it was said on his arrival today with the last of four trainloads of Americans en route from Italy to Lisbon and the United States. _The train stopped here an hour and five minutes before leaving for Lisbon at 5:15 p.m. Mr. Wadsworth arranged with the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, to continue con- versations with a subordinate on | matters concerning the departure of the embassy staff after Count Ciano delivered the declaration of war last December 11. Although the Swiss Legation as- sumed the representation of Amer- ican interests, two American Em- bassy secretaries, Elbridge Burbrow of San Francisco and Merritt Cootes of Norfolk, Va., served as Mr. Wads- worth’s liaison officers. Members of the embassy staff lived in three Rome hotels with in- dividual 24-hour police guards as- signed to each. Youths Fmd Tire Customer Is No Ordinary Citizen Two youths. dressed in the fashion favored by collegians. approached a citizen w..o was strolling in the 1400 block of R street N.W. about 1 o'clock this afternoon “Want to buy a car?” they asked. “Well,"” said the citizen. “I've got car. But I need some tires.” “Oh, we’'ll sell you tires,” said the youths. They agreed to meet their pro- spective customer in front of the District Courthouse in an hour. When the citizen arrived. the youths led him to a car parked in a section of the courthouse grounds reserved for employes. Agrees to Buy. “See the tires,” they said, “They're in good shape “How much?” asked the citizen. “Fifteen dollars each.” “All right, I'll take them.” “Well,” said one of the youths, “we're strange here in town. Could vou tell us some place where we could take the car and strip the tires. Some place where it won't be found for a couple of days?" “Sure,” said the citizen, “got the kmn" eah,” said the youths, “let's | vouths. They climbed in the car and drove off the courthouse grounds. Surprise for the Boys. “Just pull across the street here and stop,” said the citizen. youths pulled up in front of the Municipal Center Building. “Wait a minute,” said one of the “What kind of place is this?” “This,” said the citizen, “is police headquarters. And I am Detective | Sergt. John O. Curtis of the Auto Squad. Won't you step inside?” Under questioning, the boys said they had stolen the automobile in | Massachusetts a few days go. They said they were students at Amherst College. One of the youths, 20 years old, said his home was in Brookline, Mass., while the other, 19 years old, said he was from Evanston, Ill. Braden Reaches Havana HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (#).— Spruille Braden, former Ambassador | to Colombia, arrived here today to assume his post as United States Ambassador to Cuba. He was ac- companied by Mrs. Braden and two of their five children. The | Senate Rejects Downey Plan fo Spurn X Cards Only Pepper Joins Sponsor; 66 Vote Against Resolution Without debate. the Senate re- jected, 66 to 2, today a proposal to put members on record as pledging | | themselves to waive any special | privileges in obtaining rationed gasoline. | Senator Pepper, Democrat, of | Florida, was the only one to join the iaumor of the resolution, Senator Downey, Democrat, of California, in | support of it. Although the propriety of un-| limited X cards for members of Con- gress was hotly debated yesterday, | & grim-faced Senate proceeded to settle the issue without a further | word of argument when today's session began. A steady poll of “No” came from | Gas Cards a Matter Of Public Record, President Thinks By the Associated Press President Roosevelt expressed the opinjon today that gasoline rationing cards should be a matter of public record. Why not? He asked a press conference. He was asked about sugges- tions that holders of ration cards be required to place on their windshield stickers show- ing what kind of card they had, | | just in case the holder of an | | “X" card showed up at a ball ‘ game. [ The President said that wasa | | new one on him and he did not think he should be asked that question. He laughed when re- porters quipped that the stick- ers would be invitations to rock throwing The Office of Price Administra- tion has ruled that who got what type of rationing card was confidential information. both Republicans and Democrats as the clerk called the roster. | How Senators Voted. Senators who voted against the | resolution were: i DEMOCRATS—46. | GOLD FROM { the cargo a((er getting it out of Corregidor under the noses of the Japanese. Mexican Declaration 0f War Against Axis Under Considerafion President’s Spokesman Urges Special Session For Action Today (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) | By the Associated Press CEARE 5f Mihour: DOXEY. GEORGE GERRY GILLETTE GLASS GUFFEY HAYDEN HILL JEHREEN of colorado WAEELER | Republicans—I8 HOLA AIKEN AN JOHNSON. Calif LANGER AUSTIN BALL BROOKS BURTON BUTLER CAPPER DANAHER GURNEY MENARY MILLIKIN NYE TAFT VANDENBERG WILLIS Independent. NORRIS Progressive. | LA FOLLETTE Announcements were made from the floor that Senatorse Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland; Chandler, Democrat, of Kentucky, and Her-| ring, Democrat, of Iowa would have sit during Congress recesses, bezsni arriving at the Chamber of Depu- | voted against the resolution if they had been present. | The text of the resolution which that a special meeting of the group day that Rear Admiral (See X-CARDS, Page 150 Frenchmen K|||ed In Madagascar Seizure B the Associated Press, PORT LOUIS. Mauritius, May 15. —About 150 French soldiers were killed and 500 wounded during the British attack on Diego Suarez, a French colonel named Cerbon re- ported today in a radio message from the British broadcasting sta- tion at Diego Suarez. { | He was reporting to the French | commander at Tananarive, capital : of Madagascar. | | 6.) {Major League Games ‘ AMERICAN LEAGUE. l All Games Postponed. | NATIONAL LEAGUE. | At Brooklyn— Pittsburgh _ 000 000 030— 3 8 0 Brooklyn ___ 103 004 00x— 8 11 0 Batterie well. Jungels, Gornici and | Pheips; Wyatt and Owen. At New York— Cincinnati _ 101 210 00 — | New York___ 300 141 2 — : Batteries—Starr, Derringer. Blackwell | | ai lnd D‘n:’ Schumacher, Carpender } At Boston— | St. Louis ___ 000 002 000— 2 51 Boston 000 000 021— 3 12 3| Batteries—Gumbert. Beazles and O'Dea; | Javery and Klutts. At Philadelphia— | Chicago 001 001 000—2 50 | Philadelphia 000 001 000— 1 92 \ Batteries—Passeau and MeCullough ‘ Hughes and Livingston. Todays Home Runs | National. | | Marshall, New York, 1st inning. | Passeau, Chicago, 3d inning. McCormick, Cincinnati, 3d inning. Marshall, New York, 6th inning. Ott, New York, 7th inning. | Fla., | Magill, | the Treasury, MEXICO CITY, May 15—An extraordinary session of the Mexican Congress to declare war — | | | on the Axis was urged today by ' Senate Leader Leon Garcia, who said he would make such a mo- tion at this afternoon’s meeting of the Permanent Congressional Commission. Mr. Garcia, spokesman for Presi- | dent Manuel Avila Camacho in the uppor chamber. told newspapermen “In view of the extreme gravity of events provoked by the torpedo- ing of the Potrero Del Llano (a Mex- ican oil tanker) it is absolutely in- despensible for our countrv to de- clare war on the Nazi-Fascist powers. Will Propose Declaration. “I will propose that Congress be cBnvoked with all urgency for an extraordinary session to discuss de- claring war on the Axis, which I shall move." Members of the commission, who | ties before noon in the expectation would be called. Leo Bardo Reynoso. leader of the lower chamber, said there was “enormous indignation” among leg- islators over the sinking of the fully- lighted tanker off Miami Beach Wednesday night. The sub- marine attacker sent a torpedo into the illuminated flag on the side of the 7.500-ton vessel “Ought to Shoot Germans.” Mexican reaction, Mr. Bardo Rey- noso said, indicated that “any ade- quate resolution” to cope with the situation would receive full support. Meanwhile, Prof. Molina Betan- court, director of Mexico's registra- tion and supervision of foreigners,!| said in an interview published by | Ultimas Noticias that “we ought to T (See MEXICO, Page 2-X.) Maglll Asks Tax Deducfion For Insurance Premiums BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 15—Roswell former Undersecretary of today recommended | the Government permit a deduction for life insurance premiums to some WOODBURY WILLOUGHBY, Who supervised transfer of Philippine gold —Harris & Ezvma Photo. Glassford Is Named Commandant of 6th Naval District Rear Admiral Thomas Withers congratulates Lt. Frank W. Fenno on the successfu the Philippines w‘lth the treasure. ’Aflacfi(;[lows - Mystery Blast, < Shaking Jetty 27 of Crew Killed, 13 Critically Hurt In Daring Sortie By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, May 15.—One of the boldest attacks yet made | by Axis submarines along the | of NDER THE SEA—The crew of the submarine which transported Philippine gold and securities are shown unloading | | ported they never saw Comdr. 1 completion of the voyage from »omcm Navy Photos. Admiral Withers to Relieve D C Man Played Malor Ro'e | Admiral Wainwright at Portsmouth Navy Yard ey late to-| lliam | The Navy announ A. Glassford, jr., former mander of the United States Na- val Forces in the Southwest Pa- cific, has been named com- mandant of the 6th Naval Dis- | trict, with headquarters at Charleston, 8. C. He will relieve Rear Admiral | William H. Allen, who will leave active service July 1 on reaching the statutory age for retirement. It also was announced that Rear Admiral Thomas Withers will re- lieve Rear Admiral John D. Wain- right as commandant of the Ports- mouth Navy Yard. Rear Admiral Wainright, like Rear Admiral Allen, will be retired for age July 1. Both Admiral Allen and Admiral lWamngm now live in Washington. Rear Admiral Glassford held the temporary rank of vice admiral while serving under Vice Admiral C. | E. L. Helfrich of the Royal Nether- | J]ands Navy in the battle for the | Netherlands Indies. Since detach- ment from his Southwest Pacific command he has been on duty in the | Navy Department. | He is the brother of Col. Pelham D. Glassford, who was police super- | intendent here at the time of the | bonus march. limited extent before income taxes. | Speaking at a meeting of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters, Mr. Magill said a de- duction for life insurance premiums “would be almost as justifiable as | the deductions now allowed for | charitable contributions.” Any such provision, he | should be limited to a definite | percentage of income to prevent its | | use in unjustifiable cases for de- iiberate tax avoidance. Mr. Magill, now a law professor at Columbia University, said life insurance was almost the only way the middle class individual coula protect his family because under present conditions there was little left of income after paying living costs and income taxes. [ N said, | | = | | Markets at a Glance | NEW YORK, May 15 (®— | Stocks mostly higher; air trans- | ports dip. Bonds steady; rails | pace upturn. Cotton even; New | Orleans buying, local covering. GUIDE FOR READERS i Page. ae‘ i | Amusements, Legal Notices D-7 | B-12-13 | Obituary - A-14 Comics ___C-6-7 | Radio —C- Editorials __A-12 Soclety - B-3| Editorial Sports _.__D-1-4| Articles __A-13| Where to Go, D-8 Lost and Found, | Woman's Page, A3 C-5| Complete Index on Page A-1! i | volved in the task. In Removal of Philippines Gold Metal, Securities Loaded on Sub at Corregidor During Rain of Bombs and Shipped to U. S. District man was revealed role in wealth” today as having played a major e transfer by submarine of “‘a large part of the negotiable he Philippines to the United States. said a submarine which carried ammunition to Corregidor wa! silver and secur Woodbury Willoug: necticut avenue, N.W., sioner Francis B. Sayre, ha of the work of collecting the of the metal and papers and getti) them aboard the submarine. Much of the work was done during air raids with bombs falling close to Mr. | | Willoughby and his men, and an office they used was demolished by a bomb. Lt. Comdr. Frank W. Fenno of Westminster> Mass., was commander | of the submarine that sneakd into Manila Bay, took on the cargo and sneaked out to submerge for a day to escape detection. Two other District men were in-| One was Lt Albert Hoggs Clark, 4227 Fordham road N.W. who received a Silver Star for his part as a member of | the submarine crew. The other was James J. Saxon, Treasury Depart- | ment representative in the Philip- pines, who helped Mr. Willoughby. ‘The exploit brought War Depart- | ment awards for Comdr. Fenno and his crew, and a letter of commenda- tion from Secretary of the Treasury | Morgenthau. Comdr. Fenno received the Dis- | tinguished Service Cross, while the | other officers and the men w:re‘ given Silver Stars. Banks’ Valuables Saved. The story was withheld at the time of the action because the Japa- | nese did not know submarines were | | being used to supply the tslmds. | Philippine treasury gold already was on Corregidor, but the gold, wver,‘ securities and currency in Manila's 12 banks had to be gathered. Mr. ‘Willoughby, who now has returned | to duty in the Interior Department, was assisted by a group that in- cluded Vice President Osmena of the Philippine Commonwealth; Gen. ¢ ns | | bombs fell close about us, | their toll of lives and property. he vessel that brought out a vast amount of gold, ! s from the islands in Februar) Valdes of the Philippine Army: E. D. Hester, economic adviser to Com- missioner Sayre; Mr. Saxon and Cabot Caville, a State Department cial. The group worked under t constant fire. the Navy's permission, Mr. Willoughdy told of the part his men played. “Afr-raid wurmng\w\er air-raid warning sounded during days and weeks we were busy in and other poi ts on the island. Mr. Willoughby said. “Frequently taking An office in the Philippine Treasury which was used by our men was de- molished by a bomb hit. Shipments Made at Night. “As shipments were collected, we took them at night to the docks in Manila and transported them to Corregidor. We used any type boat | that was available. The docks we were using were blasted by bombs. | Some bombs fell in the water near the boats in which we mace our way to the fort. “It was the same story on Corregi- dor. Japanese planes began their attacks around Christmas Day and | seldom did a day go by without an air raid. Virtually every large build- ing on the top of the island fort was leveled the first day the Jap- anese planes attacked Corregidor.” Inventories were made of the col- lections and receipts given to the! | owners, and on the night of Febru- | ary 3 the awaited submarine slipped quietly past Japanese shore bat-| teries and tied up alongside a pier at Fort Mills. Tons of gold and silver were | placed aboard after the anti-aircraft ammunition was unloaded. Mr. (See GOLD, Page 2-X.) United States and Gulf Coasts— the destruction by torpedoes of a large cargo vessel a short dis- tance off the mouth of the Mis- sissippi River—was announced today by the Navy. Twenty-seven of the 41 crew members were killed in the ex- plosion and fire in the attack. one the worst marine tragedies in the history of the Gulf of Mexico. The remaining crew members were | critically or dangerously burned, | with a single exception The attack by the German U-boat, which apparently was lving on the shallow bottom waiting for the ship to enter the river, occurred Tues- day afternoon, May 12. about a mile and a half from the river's mouth, Only 7 Bodies Recovered. While waiting to enter the river, the ship was hit by three torpedoes in rapid succession. Most of the crew never reached the water. Sur- vivors who got to the windward rail jumped and were picked up in about half an hour. Or seven bodies were recovered and these were not immediately identified. The ship was the fifth attacked in the Gulf of Mexico in less than a week, and the fourth lost. One ship was towed into port although badlv damaged. Three lives had been lost in the previous attacks In the morning of the torpedoing, the Navy said P\}'\ osion shaken the east ) west passage of mouth. Damage was sl menace to navigation The Navy said it had not determined whether it was a stray t torpedo fired deliberately enemy sub, or some other ca Only One Saw Sub} All the survivors except one re- the subma- rine which struck with its first tor- pedo at 3:05 pm. Central war time. One survivor reported sighting the periscope. While the crew were taking stations, two more torpedoes struck swiftly and the ship was out of control. eventually sinking in 100 feet of water Mike Kuzma of St. Paul, Minn, the least seriously burned survivor, was the hero of the sinking. Al- though he had no lifebelt, he man- aged to hold up Bert K. McDowell of Lima, Ohio, and Turner O. Han- ley of Morales, Tex., until taken aboard a rescue boat 12 U. S. Soldiers Eporied Drowned at Canadian Post By the Associated Press VICTORIA, tish Columbia, Mat 15—Provincial police head- quarters announced today that word had been received that 12 United States Army men. including two of- ficers, drowned yesterday near Fort St. John, British Columbia. Fort St. John is on the Peace River about 500 miles northeast of here and on the route of the Alaska highway which the United States Army is building through Western | canada. Police reports said the men lost their lives when a pontoon capsized. Five others reached safety. Further cetails were not available It was believed the victims wers U: S. Engineer troops working on | the Alaska highway. Late Races Earlier Results, Racing Selec- tions and Entries for Tomorrow, Page 2-X. Charles Town SIXTH RACE—Purse. _$K00 ances; 3-year-oids and upward longs. Red Wrack (Bletzacker) 4.2 Prince Govans(Cowles) aliow- 813 fure 2 80 i40 40 310 anigo. Don Orlan and Golden Story. Running 0: chiaming 440 540 12 Sverpiay. S0, Az Catdsir Broaduide - |Belment Park allow- 1 mile 290 is0 590 SIXTH RACE—Purse. $3.000 ances: d-vear-olds and upward: tPainted Vell (W n—Barrancosa, Proud One, Fresh Start. aFleetborough. bBelle Cane Hada Pully. Vagrancy, Navy Cruiser and aPorter's Girb. aMrs. A Schuttinger and A. D. Stev. enson entry. bL. B. Mayer entry. SEVENTH RACE—Purse ances. 3-year-olds: 1. Redthorn (Laidley! 5.3 Vain Prince (Loveridge) | Blue Gino (Cost) Time. 1:43 A rane Caduceus Star Timber. Suffolk Downs , FIFTH RACE—Purse. $2.000: allow- Over Limit $1.200: elaiming 280 3.20 Enhance (Dattilod Time. 1:40 4-5 Also ran—Liberty Cap. Magnify leyow and Arthur Murray. Churchill Downs FOURTH RACE—Purse. $1.000. ¢laim- ing: 3-year-olds. 6%y furlongs ‘ Harkim (Adams) 380 280 220 Flashtown (Brooks) 320 Koomn (l‘-(uln Allo ran—Lady Romery. Treemontier, | 740 <