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Evening star., 1941-12-14
Readers Guide
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Dec. IA, 1941.
PART ONE.

Foreign.
Flotilla of Italian cruisers destroyed
by Allied sea force. Page Az
Axis armies, 1ashed by r. A. F., try
ing for stand at Derna. Page Ar
1000 Jap soldiers lost in sinking of 4
ships by Dutch. Page Az
British holding japanese in Malaga
reports indicate. Page As
National.
Congress advances bills to secure de-
fense of U. S. Page Al
Allied declaration of solidarity seen
imminent in London. Page Al
Applicants tax facilities of recruiting
station. Page A
Washington and Vicinity.
D. c. has heaviest rain since August.
1910. Page Al
Blackout scheduled in nearby Mary
land tomorrow night. Page AS
6l-year-old woman is Washingtons
88th traffic victim. Page A-21
Many D. C. flyers expected to join
civil air patrol. Page A-25
Only IL per cent of D. c. draft regis
trants unclassified. Page AIS
School paper collection doubled in
salvage drive Page A-28
1000 sworn in as Washington auxil-
iary police. Page A-19
Evening star., 1941-12-14
FIotiIIa Of Italian
Cruisers Wiped Out
By Allied Sea Force
British and Dutch Subs
And Destroyers Credited
With Mediterranean Feat
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Dec. 13.-An entire flo
tilla of three italian cruisers appar-
emily was wiped out between dusk
last night and dawn today by sub
marines and British and Dutch
destroyers in the Mediterranean.
successive Admiralty communiques
indicated tonight.
Three little British destroyers, the
Sikh, Legion and Maori. and the
Dutch destroyer Isaac Sweers at
tackled heavier detachment of two
cruisers and two mosquito boats
with storm of shell and torpedo
fire Just before dawn today. One
of the cruisers blew up and the
other was left blazing from stem
to stern. the Admiralty said.
One of the torpedo boats also
was sunk and the other damaged.
Yesterday the Admiralty an
rounced an attack by submarines
at dusk on a flotilla of three cruisers
in which three torpedo hits were
scored and one of the cruisers was
sunk.
Although the British did not con-
meet the two attacks as having been
made on the same naval deVach-
ment, the circumstances strongly
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Chairman Bloom on Forum
New York Representative to Discuss
Bill of Rights and Present Crisis 80

Representative Bloom of New
York, chairman of the House For
eign Affairs Committee. will speak
on the Bill of Rights and what 1t
means to Americans in this critical
hour of the Nations history in the
National Radio Forum at 9 pm.
tomorrow.
Arranged by The Star and broad
cast over the network of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co., the forum
program will be heard locally over
Station WMAL.
Representative Blooms address
comes on the 150th anniversary of
the adoption of the Bill of Rights,
which will be celebrated in Wash
ington and throughout the country.
The title of his speech will be The
Bill of Rights-the Great Light in a
World of Darkness"
The New York Representative will
call attention to the fact that the
japanese attack on American liber-
ties and the sesquicentennial cele-
bration of the declaration which
guarantees those liberties fall in the
same month.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Axis Armies, lashed
By R. A. F., Try for
Stand al Derna
New ZeoIonders Reported
To Have Hemmed in Nuzis
And Fuscists at GozoIu

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Dec. 13-Axis armies In
Libya. cut into segments by the re-
vitalized British offensive and
lashed by the furies of the r. A. r.,
appeared today to be trying for
stand at Derna. oasis port 100 miles
west of Tobruk.
A considerable number of the
German and italian troops were re-
ported hemmed in by hard fighting
New Zealanders at GaZala. on the
coast 40 miles west of Tobruk. Be-
yond them, far to the west, other
Axis units were said to be trying
to break through British forces i'm
peding their retreat to Derna.
With the r. A. p. and British and
Allied warships harassing sea-borne
Axis supplies sent from Greek and
Italian ports, virtually the only sup
ply line to these troops remained the
Italian-built highway along the
Libyan coast from Tripoli and that,
British communicates indicated, was
under merciless pounding of the
r. A. F. and possibly subjected to
Undertaking parties from the Brit
ish-held oasis of Gialo, on the desert
$50 miles from the Gulf of Sirte.
Far behind, Australian fighters
were said in communique TO have
mopped up three more Axis border
posts south of Salum. tAn author
itative source in London said there
were still well-entrenched defenses
there, but the main battle-ground
had swept so far beyond that their
situation appears hopeless)
On the desert south of Gazala,
the British war bulletin reported
that British forces had put some
5000 Axis troops out of the fight
there and at GaZala. Half of them
were reported killed.
British troops and equipment
brought from Ethiopia after the
collapse of the last Italian empire
defenders there were said TO be boil
stering the Libyan offensive.
Evening star., 1941-12-14

suggested that the destroyer units
under Comdr. G. H. Stokes had
rushed up at the call of the sub
marines and completed the destruc-
tion of the iotilla in the navy's
continuing onslaught against Ital-
ian-Libyan supply lines.
Indicating the surprise of the at
tack, the British said the British and
Dutch came off from the encounter
without scratch to ship or man.
Informed quarters said darkness
apparently had prevented identi-
flcation by the British commanders
of the Italian ships. There was no
report on their size.
British Finished Dutch Ship.
Aneta, Dutch news agency, said
the Isaac Sweers, Of about 1900
tons, was not completed when the
Nazi invaded Holland in 1910. but
that she was towed to England be-
fore the Germans could put hands
on her and that she was finished in
a British naval yard.
The agency said the Dutch in
England were overjoyed by this and
another success in the Far East
where Dutch naval units were an
nounced to have sunk four japanese
transports with q loss of 1000 jap
snese lives.
On the basis of authoritative esti-
mates Of month ago, the Italians
we're believed here to have but II
of their 80 cruisers built and b1Iild-
ing at the start Of the war.
Axis Air Attack Expected.
The British-Dutch success was an
nounced as one informed source pre-
dicted that withdrawal of a large
part of the German air force from
the Russian front was the FORE
runner to terrific air attack on
British naval power in the Medi-
terranean.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Ex-D. c. Man to Edit
South Bend Tribune
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND. Ind. Dec. 49,
The South Bend Tribune announced
tonight the appointment of w. R.
Walton, member of the Associated
Press staff since 1882. as managing
editor to succeed Rudolf H Horst.
who died November Is after 43 years
with the Tribune.
Mr.. Walton began his newspaper
career with the Tribune in 1922 and
became city editor in 1929. He re-
signed three years later to 60 to
the Associated Press in Chicago In
1887 he was transferred to Washing
ton and made newsphoto editor in
charge of picture coverage in the
Capital.
He resigned that position recently
to return to the Tribune.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Rangoon Has First Raid;
II Jap Planes Routed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-The Brit
ish radio reported that Rangoon,
Burma capital and port terminus
of the Burma road into China, had
its first air raid today, but said
27 attacking japanese planes fled
on encountering r. A. F. inter-
ceptors.
The B. B. c. said Tenassarin. in
Southern Burma. was attacked
Evening star., 1941-12-14
1900 Jap Soldiers
Lost as Dutch Subs
Sink 4 Troopships
Transports Sent Down
IS Miles OFF Coost
Of ThoiIond
By the Associated Press.

BATAVIA. Netherlands Indies,
Dec. l3-About 1000 japanese
soldiers have been plunged to their
death in shark-infested Maiayan
waters with the sinking of four
transports by Dutch submarines,
according to an announcement by
the commander in chief OF the
Royal Netherlands East Indies Navy.
These submarines. operating
under the overall British naval
command. thus scored one of the
heaviest counter-blows to the Jap
anese in their far-flung sea-air-
land offensive at time when hos
tilities had still not touched the
Dutch territory in the east.
En- Route TO Malaga.
The transports were bagged but
rs miles off the Gulf of Siam coast
of peninsular Thailand, opposite
Cape Patani They were en- route
to reinforce the japanese Malayan
front or perhaps for a new landing
attempt on British Malaga.
(The British radio said that
actually five japanese transports
were sunk in the action and that
thousands" of soldiers went
down with their ships)
The Dutch Navy is ranging wide
in harassment of the japanese.
Besides the Gulf of Siam action.
the Dutch announced officially that
a naval unit had Hquidated a jap
anese settlement on the east coast
of Borneo. one of the largest islands
OF the Indies Archipelago which the
Dutch share with the British.
"A unit of our naval forces has
dealt with a japanese settlement
on the east coast of Borneo." said
a communique of the fighting serv-
ices.
Settlers Interned.
"A number of motor launches
were seized during this action while
other vessels were destroyed. The
settlers have been interned." .,
The Dutch news agency Aneta
called the settlement "a japanese
post" Otherwise it was not identi-
fed.
The high command said hostili-
ties had not yet come to Indies ter
ritory. permitting smooth mobiliza-
ton of the colonial army which is
still in progress.
The commander in chief decreed
that Indies troops might serve
abroad-that is, outside Dutch terri
tory, if they were needed.
Batavia's fifth air raid alarm of
the war was sounded at 7 o'clock
tonight. The all-clear followed in
about an hour without the appear
ance of any planes.
Planes Over West Java.
This alarm, together with reports
of unidentified planes appearing
over Western Java during yester-
days widespread air alarms. indi-
Gated enemy reconnaissance, said
Aneta.
Police were said to be investigat-
ing reports that signal lights were
flashed during last nights alarms.
The attorney general asked the
public to report any unusual light
displays.
Two native political parties long
opposed to the Dutch government
issued joint declaration urging the
Indonesian people to assist the re-
gime in all possible ways and strict
ly to carry out the orders and in
structions."
Evening star., 1941-12-14

Macarthur the power to promote
officers and enlisted men of the Far
East command for outstanding lead
ership in the present operations.
q. Hawaii: No further reports
Of enemy activity have been re-
ceived."
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the Unitet


District of Columba-Fair
generally slowly
MayandParty cloudy colder the and in extreme west
portion today; generally fair moderately cold
VgnaPary cloudy colder southwest portion today
west portion
West VginiaPary cloudy somewhat colder today tomorrow
generally fair with slowly rising temperature.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Kensinqton P. 0. Hours

Mrs. Anna B. Bowie, postmaster
of Kensington, Md, announces the
Kensington Post Office will be open
in the evenings until 9 pm. from
December 16 to % inclusive. also
Sunday from m. TO II and pm.
to pm. On Christmas Eve the
Office will remain open until all mail
is delivered.
Evening star., 1941-12-14

twice, but that casualties and dam
age were slight.
The broadcast was heard here by
N. B. c.
Calcutta. city of 500 900 popu-
lation in eastern India near the bor-
der of Burma, has been declared
IAN emergency area" by the British
authorities, the British radio stated
tonight in a broadcast heard here
by N. B. C. No details were given.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
French Fleet Defied
Dorian to Bombord
Genoa in June, 1910

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. ia little
known story concerning Medi-
terranean action of months ago
was told today by the Free
French newspaper La France
Libre, which said the French
feet bombarded Genoa June l3.
1910. under the direction of
Admiral Duplat. who disre-
garded orders of Admiral Jean
Darlan. then Navy Minister.
not to attack. France capitu-
lated to the Germans June II,
194oD
The paper said the action
lasted % minutes and three
Italian torpedo boats were sunk.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Viennu Benefit Porty

The Vienna tVaD Volunteer Fire
Department will hold a benefit bin
60 party in the Town Hall at 8 pm.
Wednesday to raise funds for pur-
chasing first-aid equipment.
Evening star., 1941-12-14

Legislation to establish military
code for. the Territory of Alaska and
to ratify the formation of an Alaska
National Guard was approved yes
terday by the House Military Affairs
Evening star., 1941-12-14

Mexico's new road program calls
for more road construction equip
mcnt than can be obtained.
Evening star., 1941-12-14

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harper's Ferry.
Weather Conditions Last 81 Hours.
Since Friday evening there has been
rather general precipita ton from the Mis-
sissippi Valley eastward with rain over
Southern sections and sleet or snow over
Northern. Rather heavy falls were re-
ported over the Middle Atlantic States.
Generally fair and moderately cold weather
has now overspread the Central States.
Report Until 10 PM Saturday.
Evening star., 1941-12-14

War Department communiQue No.
I, issued yesterday, said:
d Philippine theater:
En- my aircraft in medium
strength bombed Cebu and Clark
Field. Japanese ground activity on
the Island of Luzon was sporatic and
unimportant The enemy plan Is
now clearly revealed as an attempt
to secure improvised air bases out
side of the area encompassed by our
ground defenses.
"On Wednesday the Secretary of
War authorized the commanding
general of the Far East command to
award the Distinguished Service
Cross and the Distinguished Flying
Cross for gallantry in action beyond
the call of duty. He also gave Gen.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Communiques
Probable Fall Of
Guam Announced

Navy Department conmunique
No. S. issued yesterday, said:
The Navy Department announced
that it is unable to communicate
with Guam either by radio or cable.
The capture of the, island is prob
able. A small force of less than 400
naval personnel and 155 marines
were stationed in Guam. Accord
ing to the last reports from Guam,
the island had been bombed re-
peatedly and Japanese troops had
landed at several points on the is
land.
Wake and Midway continue to
resist
The above is based on reports
until am today"
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Major fsifss

nightgowns embodying these prin-
ciples of design. Or to see you through
all appointments on the beach, there
are also bathing suits and play clothes
tricked out with the same artfully-
devised brassiere tops, skilfully dis
guised by collars and other costume
details.
So much for illusory aids. On the
corrective side come exercises for
reducing or developing the bust. Para
doxically enough. says the physical
education expert whose counsel
sought, you who want to reduce and
you who want to gain in measurements
will use the same exercises. She is
Ethel Norton, the competent director
employed by the Health and Physical
Education Department of the Young
Women's Christian Association.
Three Dolly Rovtinss
HERE are three daily routines she
prescribes, each to be practised not
more than ten or twelve times a
day at first but more often each day
thereafter.
The first exercise calls for rod or
stick, long enough to be grasped at
each end with outstretched hands.
Holding the object in front Of you,
stand erect, and raise it, first, high
over your head; next, far behind your
shoulders; last, back to original posi-
ton.
For the second exercise, stand erect,
but with shoulders dropping. Now,
hunch shoulders forward; then lift
them to your ears; next. force them as
far backward as you can; last, bring
them to the original position.
For the last routine, you should
stand erect with arms held straight
in front of you, and with backs of the
hands touching. Push upward until
arms are shoulder level; and now with
hands still held in the same position,
bend the elbows and finally touch the
bust. Then straighten arms out to
their original position.
Evening star., 1941-05-11

GRACEFUL, upcurving bosom
~ often spells the difference be-
u - tween beauty and plainness.
Yet, if you are at disadvantage in
this, there are various ways of out
smarting Nature; and it is we'll to
know all the tricks the experts have
devised. First, of course, is the founda-
ton garment, which, today, is more
than a modest cover - it can be, vir-
tually. a plastic surgery job done with
fabric. That goes also for artfully-
designed slips, nightgowns, bathing
suits and play clothes.
To show you what miracles can be
wrought with these, l turned to
designer in this field. woman who
has helped many client, with a repu-
tation for beauty to defend, to mould
contours closer to her hearts desire.
All women, says our designer. may
be placed in three categories: the
mature, the too-full. and the immature.
Even if you have a well-rounded.
well-placed bosom, which she Classics
Evening star., 1941-05-11

as mature, its attractiveness is en-
hanced by an uplift bra. Such a
garment anchors the bust more firmly,
raises it, if necessary, to a more nor
NAL position.
Where there is a teen-age youngster
in the family. whose early maturity
is source of embarrassment to her.
you can help her overcome her girlish
shyness by putting her in bra which
gives gentle restraint. A brief
little uplift of satin. lace or net will
compress, without restriction, and help
to make high, firm contours look less
Dusty. At the same time it will help to
reduce strain on ligaments and tissues.
If your own problem, however. is a
o-generously-cu bust, wear a
divided uplift bra. despite fears that
separation and elevation of the bosom
magnify proportions. You can get a
youthful lift, and at the same time
minimize size. if you will wear an
uplift bra. which elevates from the
bottom - where prominence can be
controlled NOT at the shoulder
straps, where hosting makes the
bosom look suspended from the neck.
This vation-from-below. which
takes care of the back as we'll as the
front, gives naturally lovely contours
by guiding flesh gently upward and
distributing it along well-appointed
routes. Designing tricks that accom-
plish this are diaphragm-hugging
bands that make smooth, graceful
curves below and around the bust.
Above these are also prop-up seams
and bias-cut details that mould and
release at strategic points.
If the problem is st-support dur
ing pregnancy, period during which
extra safeguards are needed for future
loveliness, the type of brassiere de-
scribed above is helpful aid. But it is
wise in this case to look for brassiere
with these good features, but also with
back-lacings for adjustments.
For the small immature bust. the
best accentuating device, is, again,
the uplift bra. Uplifting, however,
with this type of bust may depend
partly on shoulder straps as we'll as on
artful design. Cup shaped supports or
bandeaux are bias scanned. tucked,
darted and gathered to fill out and
prop up, and the shoulder straps are
also planned to give slight lift. Aids
to shoulder protection in the straps
are plushed ribbons or non-cutting.
-non- binding fabrics folded away from
the edge.
Don't Go TO Extremes
BUT don't 60 to extremes with your
uplift. Rather than try to gain en-
phasis by extreme uplift. it is better
to use camoufaging aids - such as
inserts of lambs wool folded into
inner open pockets of the specially
designed bras or similar filters of cot
ton or spiralled net, tucked into the
regular bras to improve the fit.
Next in the line of bust improve
ment come bra-slips, designed for
every figure need. These may be used
to replace your regular brassiere and
your regular slip, thus eliminating one
pair of troublesome straps. A bra slip
is made with bra-top set on bias
cut skirt and is designed to give you
the same diaphragm control and bust
support as a corrective brassiere. To
Evening star., 1941-05-11

THAT LOVELY LOOK", confesses
Joan. encourages mems attentions.
80 before dates cleanse your skin with
famous Woodbury. Soap. Unlike harsh
duty soaps, Woodbury. treats skin ten
derby. Try it for 10 days. Have 'the
skin you love to touch
Evening star., 1941-05-11

fun cMarzm wa. selected by chery
Knickebocer society reporter Of the loveest
Of New York debuantes Her preevening beauty ritual?
Woodbury. Facial Cocktail Il just splash my face with
fragrant lather of Woodbury. Facial Soap then rinse 1t
chases away that lazy-skn look and clears my skin in
stanty My complexion softer since using Woodbury.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-14
Moscow Declares S
3rd BIitz Broken

MOSCOW, Aug. IA CUP)-Offi-
cial Russian sources claimed today
that the third great German Of
fensive has been smashed, listed
20 Nazi divisions as routed or de-
stroyed, and said this did not in
clude many other totally or par
TALLY destroyed divisions"
The official Communist party or
gan Pravda, retorting angrily to
triumphant German reports on
progress of the war, said:
Behind the modest reports of
the Soviet information bureau that
nothing of Importance occurred in
the position of troops lie great con-
sequences.
mo important changes occur be-
cause the German offensive has
been broken by mighty resistance of
the Red army
Triumphant German reports OF
the advance on Moscow in accord
ance with plan, liquidation of MAR
shall Semyon TimoShenkoS army,
creation of divisions of women and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-14
Turks Ban Italian
Luxury Cruiser
From DardaneIIes

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. IA. CUP)
Turkish authorities have refused
permission FOR an II,UUU ton italian
auxiliary cruiser to proceed through
the Dardanelles to the Black sea
and have ordered it to return i'm
mediately to the Aegean, it was
said authoritatively today.
The ship, the Tavisio, was halted
by the Turks at Chanak two days
ago when it entered the Dardan-
elles from the Aegean.
Five weeks ago the Tarvisio pass
ed through the Dardanelles to the
Rumanian port of Constanza and
returned with a cargo of oil, caus-
ing protest by British authorities.
At that time Turkish authorities
said they were unaware that the
TarVisio was an auxiliary cruiser
Subsequently, identifying the ship
as such, Turkey filed a protest with
Italy against the journey the YES
sci already had to Constanza.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-14
Dar|an Appeals
ToFrench Peop!e

VICHY, France, Aug. IA. CUP)-
Admiral Jean Darlan, Frances new
strong man." appealed by radio,
today to the land, sea and air forces
of France and her colonies to sup
port the revised national program
announced Tuesday by Chief of
State Marshal Philippe Petain.
Darlan spoke in his new capacity
as national defense minister, in
charge of the Secretariats of war,
navy and aviation. He got the new
title in Tuesdays cabinet shake
up, at which time Petain announC-
ed a broad policy of collaboration
with the Axis powers
Darlan's speech was broadcast
over an empire wide radio hook-up
He said it was his first order of
the day as defense minister
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-14
Germans Claim
Odessa Cut Off

east and west, and the high COM
mand asserted that the defense of
the western Ukraine faces COM
plete collapse"
"Strong Soviet forces west of
the Bug river (on which Nikolaiev
lies) are facing destruction" the
special communique claimed.
(There has been speculation, es-
pecially in British military quarters
whether the Russians would leave
a garrison force in strongly forti-
fled Odessa to stand a sicJc. The
Russian nav commands the Black
sea and it might be assumed that
until the Germans got big infantry
and artillery forces to Odessa the
fleet would maintain contact)
The high command communique,
issued from Adolf Hitler's head
quarters said the Germans and Ru-
manians had reached the coast by
ceaseless and relentless continued
pursuit of the Soviet forces in the
Ukraine"
On the rest of the front, it was
added, operations were proceeding
according to plan.
German and Hungarian official
dispatches agreed that their forces
were pursuing rapidly retreating
Russians all along the Odessa front.