Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1942, Page 1

————————— Weather Report Warmer this afternoon; moderate temperatures tonight. Temperatures today—Highest, 84, at 3:45 p.m.; lowest. 68, at 6:45 am. From the United Siates Weather Bureau Report Full Details on Page A-. 0 oot Closin, N Y Mgrkptsf§oles, Page 21. 90th YEAR. No. 335,905. BENNETT e ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Sta WASHINGTON, D. ( THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES, X LATEST NEWS AND SPORTS CLOSING MARKETS UP) Means Assoclated Press. ‘Washington and Suburbs THREE CENTS. Hswhere BEATS MEAD 623-393 IN ROLL CALL .5.MOPS UP IN SOLOMONS; JAP SHIP FIRED Late News Bulletins RAF Fighters Head Toward Boulogne A SOUTHWEST ENGLISH COAST TOWN (#.—RAF fight- ers about 15,000 feet high headed out over the Straits of Dover in the direction of Boulogne today. Five U.S. Pilots Missing After Raid LONDON (®#.—Eight Spitfires flown by United States pilots were lost in the Dieppe air actions, but the pilots of three are safe, United States Army headquarters announcgl tonight. It listed three probable victories over German Focke- ‘Wulf 190s by American fighters during 10 squadron sweeps. Kelly New Head of Spanish War Veterans CLEVELAND (®.—Cornelius S. Kelly of Chicago was elected without opposition today as the new commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans. He succeds Joe R. Hanley, Perry, N. Y. Wehrle and Stolarik Even at 18th CHICAGO (®.—Wilford Wehrle of Racine, Wis., and Mike Stolarik of Great Lakes, Ill., were all even at the half- way point today in their 36-hole semifinal match in the Chicago National Amateur Golf tournament. Steve Kovach of Pittsburgh, Pa., held an 8-up lead over Frank Kovack of Chicago at the end of the morning round in their semifinal encounter. The winners play 36 holes tomorrow for the championship. (Earlier Story on Page A-18.) Cable Plant Returned Many U. §. Workers To Private Operation Who Ask Deferral OnRoosevelt’s Order Have Entered Service Hershey Makes Report To Tydings Committee; 900 Cases Involved A “relatively large number” of Navy Drops Control ‘ After Employes Pledge | End of Work Stoppages B+ the Associated Press. BAYONNE, N. J, Aug. 20.— TEnemy Navy Shells Islands jMarines Hold | Minor Damage Done; ‘ | U.S. Planes Hit Cruiser| Or Destroyer The Navy reported this after- | noon that United States Marines were engaged in “mopping up” remnants of Japanese forces on | islands recently captured in the Solomon Archipelago in the South Pacific. These islands number at least three. Ineffective re-entry of Japanese naval forces into the area also was disclosed. Navy communique No. 109, based upon reports received up to 3:30 pm., said: | “South Pacific area: | “1. United States Marines are en- gaged in ‘mopping up’ remnants of the Japanese forces on the islands which were recently captured in the | Solomon Archipelago. | | “2. Casual bombardments of our| shore positions by enemy aircraft, | destroyers and submarines have in-| flicted only minor damage. “3. An enemy destroyer or cruiser was bombed and set afire by our aireraft. | “4, There is nothing to report from cther areas.” Pelley, in D. C. Cour, | Pleads Innocent Operation of the General Cable Co. plant here was turned back Government employes for whom | William Dudley Pelley. Silver Shirt | draft deferment originally was con- | leader, who is now serving a 15-year | | sentence for sedition, pleaded inno- | sidered have subsequently gone into | the military service through induc-| i tion or as volunteers, Gen. Lewis B. | G. Bowen, acting under latn Order | Hershey, director of Selsctive Serv- | from President Roosevelt. | ice, informed Senator Tydings, Dem- | Admiral Bowen had been in charge | ocrat, of Maryland, this aff n. of the plant since last Friday when | Az chairman of a special Sénate the President ordered the Navy 10 | committeé studying the transfer of | take over after employes voted to | Federal employes from peacetime continue a four-day strike in pro- | to war agencies, Senator Tydings test against a War Labor Board de- | had asked Gen. Hershey in June to cision refusing them pay increases. | inquire into deferments for Govern- to private management this aft- ernoon by Rear Admiral Harold cent in District Court this afternoon | to a charge of conspiracy to under- mine the morale of the armed forces. | “Not guilty, sir,” the gray-haired former publisher answered when in- formed of the charge by Clerk James Mendez. Mr. Pelley, nattily dressed as usual, was without the goatee that has dis- tinguished his appearance in the past. The return to private manage- | ment was recommended by Admiral | Bowen after the employes voted | unanimously Tuesday night not to permit any further production in- | terruptions during the war. In turning back the plant, Admiral Bowen told Dwight R. G. Palmer, General Cable president: “The Navy appreciates the splendid co- operation and assistance of the cor- poration’s executive and manage- ment staffs who were directed by you upon the Navy's arrival to carry out every wish of the Navy's stafl.” Admiral Bowen also said in a| statement that the realization by the employes that their stoppage of war production was giving aid and comn- fort to the enemy made possible the termination of Government opera- tion and averted the possibility of grave consequences. He said further that six hours after his arrival at the plant, which has contracts for war supplies, nor- mal production was resumed, there- by fully accomplishing the only ob- jective of the original possession order. Other League Games AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Boston— New York___ 000 02 - Boston _.___ 001 0 - Batteries—Breuer, Butland and Peacoc St. Louis at Chicago—Night game. Russo and Dickey X (Only games scheduled.) NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Cincinnati— Pittsburgh . 000 0 =l Cincinnati _ 400 0 —_ Batteries—Sewell and Loper: Vander- meer and Lamanno. New York at Brooklyn—Twilight game. . (Only games scheduled.) (Details and Box Score of First Game on Page A-18.) By BURTON HAWKINS. The Athletics were leading the Nats, 1 to 0, in the fourth inning of the second game of a double-header at Griffith Stadium today after the Nats had dropped the first contest by the resounding score of 9 to 2. The A’s went ahead in the fourth frame when Boh Johnson singled to center, went tc second on an infield out and then scored on Crash Davis’ single. Up to that time Mickey Vernon's single in the second inning was the only hit the Nats had gotten off Pitcher R. Harris FIRST INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Kreevich sin- gled to right. Valo flied to Spence Estalella made a fine running catch of Suder's deep drive Kreevich was out stealing, Evans to Sullivan No_runs. WASHINGTON—Suder threw out Case. Spence fouled to Valo in the right field corner. Suder threw out Cullenbine, No runs, ment personnel. At that time he transmitted a list of approximately 900 cases, with a request that Gen. Hershey review them. Reports Progress, Today's letter was a progress re- port, in which Gen. Hershey ex- plained: “The first phase of the investiga- tion consisted of contacting the gov- ernmental agencies concerned and obtaining statements from them re- garding the basis for each individ- ual request for deferment, to- gether with other information bearing on the classification of the registrant. “These preliminary steps have now been completed, and much val- uable information obtained. As a check against this information, the local boards having jurisdiction over the registrants concerned are now being required to furnish informa- tion showing the reason for granting the request—whether or not sworn affidavit in the form of DSS Form 42-A or any other form has been filed, and other information bear- | ing on the classification of the reg- istrants 45 States Represented. | “It may be of interest to note that | every State in the Union and the | Territory of Hawaii are represented, with the exception of Maine, Ne- vada and Rhode Island. One other item of interest borne out by the preliminary investigation is the rel- atively large number of registrants involved who have subsequently joined the armed forces both through induction by the selective ce system and voluntary enlist- cor ment “I am requesting the State di- rectors to expedite the furnishing of this information from local boards under their jurisdiction, and shall be pleased to advise you promptly as soon as it is obtained.” A’s Lead Nats; 1t00,in Seiconrcil‘ After Winning First Game, 9-2 | SECOND INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Sullivan threw sut Siebert Johnson singled to right. McNair flied to Spence Davis forced Johnson at second, Sul- livan to Croucher. WASHINGTON—Estalella flied to Kreevich, Vernon singled to center. Sullivan hit into a double-play, Davis to McNair to Siebert. THIRD INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Swift popped to Croucher. Harris lopped a single to right. Harris stopping at flied to Case. but Fstalella’s fine throw to Evans :aught Harris attempting to score. WASHINGTON—Croucher flied to Kreevich. Evans fanned. Master- son bunted and was thrown out by Harris second. FOURTH INNING. PHILADELPHIA—C r o ucher threw out Siebert. Johnson singled to center. Johnson took second as Cullenbine threw out MeNair. Davis singled to center scoring Johnson. Swift forced Davis at second, « Croucher to Sullivan. One run. Ad Kreevich singled to left, Valo Suder singled to right, Justice Matthew F. McGuire gave | Mr. Pelley 20 days in which to em- | ploy counsel, informing him that if ne was financially unable to do so at the end of this period, the court | would appoint one to represent him. | Mr. Pelley was brought here today by United States marshals from Terre Haute, Ind., where he began serving a sentence imposed last week following his conviction in Indian- apolis on the sedition charge. Mr. Pelley will be returned to the | penitentiary in Terre Haute imme- diately to continue serving his sen- | tence, officials said. | M. Pelley is one of 28 defendants | named in a conspiracy indictment | | returned here July 23 charging a | | plot to undermine the morale of the | Nation's armed forces. | | Three others named in the indict- | | ment also entered pleas of not guilty before Justice McGuire. They were: Court Asher, Muncie (Ind.) publisher- of the magazine X-Ray; Hudson De Priest, Wichita (Kans.) writer, and Ralph Townsend, convicted as an agent of the Japanese government,. Late R;ces | Earlier Results and Entries for | Tomorrow on Page 2-X. Saratoga FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1.500: allow- longs. Mettlesome (Robertson) 580 30 Fairaris (Schmidl) Our Boots (Arcaro) 310 Time—1:11_4-5. Also ran—Bold Irishman, Bome Chance. Camden , FIFTH RACE_Purse. 1.2 -vear-olds and up: 1 mil Peto Gino (Crowihers | %30 7 George Lamaze (Kntpp) E Frederic T (Reinai) ime. 11473 my 2y Also ran—=8ugar Daddy II and Cheetah. | Narragansett Park FIFTH RACE—Purse. %1400 claim- ing: 3-year-olds and upward. furlongs Fritz” (Turnbull) 7RO 4RO Graustark (Seabo) War Key (Haskell) Time, 1:12} Also Result | K0 | R0 500 S o0 ran—Lassator. Count D'Or Marlboro FOURTH RACE—Purse. & 4-year-olds and up: 6is fur Fred's First (R, Kirk) Storminess (Dufford) Boh paes (ogord Roush Time. War 0. claiming 470 610 350 Time. 1:76 Also _ran—Ben Griffith. Dancing Cloud Satin Royce, Broomoria, Piper's Tune. .|, FIFTH RACE—Purse 5 $600: claiming soer-olds ana up; 575 turlones *| Ring Up (Root 380 280 230 | Flick (Harrell) A30 2o | War Tareet (Bawarettsy 410 Time. 1:08 1-5 Also ran—Juleite. Blue Gander, Man- ny B. Gene McCarthy. Prince Turley. Washington Park THIRD RACE-—Purse, $1 3-vear-olds and upward. 7 Good Gosh (Neves) Svarlet Insco (McCoy) 500 claiming; urlongs Brutus (Barney) Time. 125 Also ran—Ow:sse. Tron Hills. Milk Route Darby Dallas. Joda's Joe, Meetsum, Fair | Today’s Home Runs American. Tabor, Boston, 5th inning. National. ! F. McCormick, Cincinnati, 1st inning. i b - * s PRISONERS FROM DIEPPE—These Commandos guard blindfolded Germans, brought back to Britain from the Dieppe area where Allied raiders struck yesterday at the German-held French coast. One prisoner (right) is wrapped in a blanket. after returning to a British port. Grinning and giving the signal for victory, thumbs up, tired Commandos ride away in a truck. They're off for a well-earned rest —A. P. Wirephotos via cable from London. Nelson Orders WPB iWild Scenes Crowded Into érazy _Sequence House-Cleaning in ;Described by Correspondent on Dieppe Raid "Get Tough’ Policy Executive Dismissals Expected to Follow Review of Personnel (Earlier Story on Page A-1) B tre Associated Press Chairman Donald M. Nelson has ordered a general house- cleaning within the War Pro- | duction Board to weed out offi- |cials and trim the organization | down to “fighting weight,” it was | learned today. High-ranking officials who de- clined to be quoted by namg dis- closed thats Mr. Nelson, as a first move in his newly-enunciated “get | tough™ policy, had directed an im- | mediate personnel review which is | expected to result in dismissal of at least one branch chief and possibly a number of others These sources said the axe would fall in “moderately hizh places,” presumably among the branches charged with dealing directly with industry. No changes are expected in WPB's tob-ranking executives. “We are going over the whole sit- uation with a fine-toothed comb” one executive explained. “Mr. Nel- son has said that any one who is | not doing his job must be thrown out of the organization. If they are not good. they are going out.” Mr. Nelson also was reported ready to take positive and prompt action to forestal any war produc- tion shutdowns due to lack of ma- | terials, Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (#)— Stocks irregular; profit taking stalls - recovery bonds mixed; some rails extend advance cot- ton easy: New Orleans and com- mission house selling. 1 1 | | made a point that a quorum was |sideration be given the matter. | (Other stories on Dieppe raid on Page A-1, A-3 and A-14.) (Ross Munro of the Canadian Press went ashore with Allied shock troops storming the Dieppe beach under Nazi fire yesterday to get this first-hand story of the war's biggest Commando raid, Munro. 28, is assigned to cover the Canadian troops in Britain. A member of a Toronto newspaper family, he joined the Canadian Press in 1936. He held a commis- sion in the Canadian Army Re- serve Dbefore his assignment to London.) By ROSS MUNRO, Canadian Fress War Correspondent. WITH THE CANADIAN RAID- ING FORCE RETURNING FROM DIEPPE, Aug. 19 (Delayed) For eight raging hours under in tense Nazi fire from dawn until a sweltering afternoon, I watched Ca- nadian troops fight the blazing bloody battle of Dieppe. I saw them go through this big- west of the war's raiding operations in wild scenes that crowded helter- skelter one on another in crazy sequence, There was the furious attack by German E-boats while the Cana- Senate Again Defers Soldier Vote Bill Action By the Associated Press The Senate for the second time this week deferred action today on legislation to permit soldiers and sailors to vote by mail when Sena- tor George, Democrat, of Georga not present. Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky said he would send out a call for absent Senators with a view 1o disposing of the bill Monday. dians moved in-on Dieppe’s beaches, | and the thunder of the anti-aircraft | landing by the dawn's-half-light. As | fire that sent them hustling off. the Canadian battalions stormed| Over our heads in the blue, cloud- | through the flashing inferno of Nazi | flecked French sky were fought the defenses, there was the belching of | greatest air engagements since the fire from huge tanks that rolled into Battle of Britain, dogfights carried the fight. jon to a dizzy accompaniment of I spent the grimmest 20 minutes | planes exploding in the air, diving | of my life with one unit when a rain | down in flames or plummeting into of German machine gun fire wound- | the sea from thousands of feet | ed half the men in our boat. Only | Hour after hour the guns of the | a miracle saved us from annihila- | supporting warships growled salvoes tion. at targets ashore, where by now A few hours later there was the Our tanks also were in violent action spine-chilling experience of a dive-| Unearthly noises rumbled up and bombing attack by seven Stukas,|down the French coast shrouded the dread Nazi-aircraft that spotted | for miles in smoke screens covering our landing craft waiting offshore | the fleet to re-embark the fighting men, There was heroism at sea and in Our boat was thrown about like a the skies in those hours, but the lcork by their seven screeching | hell-spot was ashore. where the | bombs that plunged into the water | Canadians fought at close quarters around us and exploded in gigantic | With the Nazis. They fought to the cascades. end with courage and daring. There was the lashing of machine- | _ When they approached Dieppe it gun fire from another Nazi aircraft (See MUNRO, Page 2-X.) ‘Prc;g;dse;lEut\iin WPA Rolls - ‘In District Postponed Month The proposed cut in the numbgr | Mr. Randolph pointed out that |of WPA workers in Washington, | most of the workers on the Navy | scheduled f st 30, S b | Yard and Bolling Field projects e for Ausust 90, 1as DN | ore getting $70 a month, and point- L SOt el e, 31 ed out that the difficulty of getting Brig. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, act- | other labor at that rate of pay ing WPA administrator ,today in- | would tie up the profects. formed Chairman Randolph of the | Mr. Randolph also was advised | House District Committee, of the that work will continue through postponement to permit completion | September on the salvaging of aban- of essential projects at the Navy doned street car rails for scrap Yard and Bolling Field. Mr. Ran- | metal, and possibly on erection of dolph had written to Gen. Fleming | two weeks ago urging further con- if materials can be obtained. The acting administrator said he | likewise recognized the “urgent” need for the services of the 868 per- The acting administrator replied |today that the District quota of | 1374 workers will be reduced to| 950 the last week in September, | training and re-employment divi- instead of August 30. sions of the WPA, 1 fences to protect the water supply, | sons now working in the service, | fMead_Igc—l(er ‘Makes Ballot Unanimous Attorney General’s Selection Held Big Victory for Farley By GOULD LINCOLN, Star Staff Correspondent. BROOKLYN, Aug. 20.— At~ | torney General John J. Bennett, jr., supported by “Big Jim" Far-* ley, was unanimously nominated | for Governor by the Democratic | State Convention this afternoon. The vote was 623 for Mr. Ben- nett to 393 for Senator Mead. That makes a total of 1,016 deie- gate votes, with two added for | Suffolk County. | This is a major defeat for the New Dealers who have been trying to ‘I nominate Senator Mead in place of | Mr. Bennett. The convention overrode Presi- | dent Roosevelt when it gave the | nomination to Mr. Bennett. The | President had gone on record for | 'Jim” Mead. He had also sent to a group of leaders Tuesday night | proposals for aveiding a knock- down drag-out fight in the con- vention. The victory for Mr. Bennett was at the same time a triumph for Mr, | Farley, former member of the Pres- | ident’s cabiriet and manager of two Roosevelt presidential campaigns. It was the plan of the New Deal- ers not only to knock down Mr. Farley's candidate, but also to get rid of Mr. Farley as a political fac- tor in New York State. Farley Faced Great Odds. Facing great odds, with the Presi- | dent, Democratic National Chair- | man Edward Flynn, Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Tammany Leader Michael J. Kennedy, and Senator Wagner against him, Mr. Parley car- ried his candidate through to win in a wide-open roll call in the State convention. The charge had been made by Mr, Fariey’s opponents that he was afraid of such a vote in the con- vention—that if the delegates were stood up and counted by name, Senator Mead would have a major- ity. That proved untrue by a large margin. ‘The big Brooklyn delegation, into whose ranks the Mead followers hoped to break, voted 192 to 1 for Mr. Bennett. On the other hand some 30 members of the New York County delegation, Tammany, turn- ed from their leaders and voted for Mr. Bennett, ‘There was tremendous excitement in the convention as the roll call proceeded—until the Brooklyn del- egation had been polled. Then it was conceded Senator Mead had no chance of nomination. It took upward of two hours to call the roll of the 1,014 delegates, Farley Thanks Delegates. Immediately after the roll call had been concluded, and before the vote was announced, Mr. Kennedy asked for recognition to move to make the | nomination of Mr. Bennett unani- | mous. “I extend my congratulations to John J. Bennett, jr.” said Mr. Ken- ‘nedy, “He will be the next Gove ernor of New York.” o | There were loud shouts. | A leader from the Bronx sec- ‘onded the motion offered by Mr, | Kennedy. There were Joud “Farley.” ©®The State chairman, his face shining, thanked the delegates for their support of Mr. Bennett and said the latter would win in Novem- ber. With complete unanimity, Mead leaders stepped forward to declare they would give their support to Mr. Bennett in the coming cam- paign. Senator Mead, it was an- nounced, would do his best to bring about the election of his successful rival, Gov. Lehman gave his heartiest congratulations to “Jack” Bennett and “Jim” Farlev and wished Mr. Bennett all success. The Governor had been one of the leaders for Sen- ator Mead. In the opinion of many politicians the nomination contest shaped up as one for control of the State organi- zation and possibly have important bearing on the Democratic delega- | tion to the national convention in 1944, On the other hand, friends of the | President emphasized that under no circumstances was this the case, and | the Chief Executive was represented as feeling that Senator Mead would make a better race than Mr. Ben- nett, who has long been a staunch party man in New York State poli- tics, Labor Party Set Down. | Not only did the convention take 'a swat at interference from Wash- ington in State politics, but it alsa (Continued on Page A-20, Col. 1) GUIDE FOR READERS Page. shouts for Page. Amuse- Lost, Found _A-3 ments _A-16-17 | Obituary .._A-12 | Comics . _B-22-23 | Radio _.-.__B-22 Editorials . A-10. Society - | Editorial | Sports _, | _Articles __A-11| Where t3 Finance ____A-20| Go.. .___ B-14 Legal ‘Woman's Notices ___A-9| Page __B-16-17 - ( i ¢ b e st O p—