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Evening star., 1941-12-26
British Report Sinking
Nazi Tanker After
30-Hour Pursuit
Various Types Of Planes
Declared Used in Attack
On Enemy Vessel
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec 26.-The story OF
30-hour pursuit Of a German tank
er, possibly q submarine tender, with
its eventual sinking of Spain under
attack by relays of various types OF
British aircraft, was told IN an Air
Ministry communique yesterday
afternoon.
The sinking Of the ship of SPANS
north coast Wednesday was first
announced eearly yesterday.
German news agency dis
patches. identifying the sunken
craft as the steamer Benno, de-
clared she was sunk in Spanish
territorial waters of Viviro.
Northwestern Spain. and said the
incident caused greatest indig-
nation in Spanish naval quarters
as well as among the general
public" alleging it involved vio-
lation of Spanish neutrality
THE tanker was first sighted out
In the Atlantic at breakfast time on
Tuesday by Sunderland from a
Royal Australian Air Force squad
ron," said yesterdays British COM
munique.
THE Sunderland attacked with
bombs. One member of the Sunder-
lands crew reported that as the fly
ing boat went into the attack he
noticed a suspicious swirl in the
water which might have been caused
by a U-boat submerging after re-
fueling from the tanker.
THE pursuit was continued by
other long range aircraft OF the
coastal command, including Cate-
linas. One Catalina encountered a
Heinkel seaplane which apparently
had been sent to escort the tanker,
but fought off its attack.
Early Wednesday morning q
Whitley picked up the tanker again.
It was steaming at reduced speed.
The Whitley attacked. AS the ex-
plosions subsidized the tanker was
seen to be slowing up still further,
and a trail Of oil which had marked
its course throughout the night sud-
denly was extended.
"It was obviously in considerable
difficulties. The chase then was
taken up by Beaufort from a
SQUADRON which had frequently
taken a toll Of enemy shipping dur
ing recent weeks. The pilot found
the tanker in the afternoon and hit
1t with his torpedo
Evening star., 1941-12-26
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. ga Soviet
guerrilla detachment which for al
most four months harried German
communications and garrisons be-
hind the Russian German battle
lines in the north has returned from
its mission safely, Tass, the ofncial
Russian news agency, reported to-
day.
The detachment, travelling on foot
or on skis, covered more than 1,250
miles in operations in Latvia and
Estonia, around the cities Of Pskov
and Novgorod, southwest and south
of Leningrad, and in the entire Len
ingrad area.
Tass reported the guerrilla troops
did most of their damage to Na1i
communication lines along the high
way and railroad between Pskov
and Porkhov. both Of which ypre
used to transport Nad reinforce
Evening star., 1941-12-26

U. s. Forces Hold
In Linquyen Area

The tert of War Department
communique No. 20, issued at II
am. today and outlining the
military situation as OF $50 am.
tolloUs::
/. Philippine theater: From his
headquarters in the field, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, command
ing the United States Army forces
In the Far East, advises that ne
has reorganized and strengthened
the positions held by our troops
in the general vicinity OF Lin
eayen Gulf. Repeated enemy as
saults in this sector have been
successfully resisted. Indica-
tions point to heavy reinforce
ment of Japanese troops in this
area.
Brisk fighting is also reported
from other fronts on the island
Of Luzon.
Heavy enemy air activity in the
Philippines continues.
2. There is nothing to report
from other areas.
(Tert OF Many Department
con1munique No. 1S, released at
noon today, tollo1Ds::
Far East:
Press reports of United States
s,lbmarine activities in the Far
East on Christmas Day are con-
frmed. A dispatch from Admiral
Hart states that one enemy
transport and one minesweeper
have been sunk. An additional
transport and one seaplane
tender are probably sunk.
Manila has been declared an
open city, as defined in Hague
convention (IV) of 1907, Annex
Article 25. Our forces have COM
piled with the stipulations Of that
convention.
Central Pacific:
Enemy. reports that 5000 naval
and marine personnel were en-
gagged in the defense OF wake
island are incorrect. The total
strength of the garrison was less
than 400 officers and men. There
were approximately 1000 civilians
engaged in construction work on
the island, which may account
for the enemys statement that
1,400 prisoners were captured.
Eastern Pacific:
Naval operations against enemy
submarines are being vigorously
prosecuted.
There is nothing to report from
ether areas.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Free French Charge
Weather Data Given
From s.. Pierre
Rodio There Broadcast
information Useful
To Enemy, They Soy
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 26.-The FrenCh
National Committee Gree French
charged today that it was common
knowledge" that the radio at st.
Pierre, when 1t was under Vlchy
domination, was broadcastlng
meteorological information useful to
the enemy"
st. Pierre Is the seat of admic-
istration OF the French islands Of
st. Pierre and Miquelon of the
southern coast of Newfoundland
which naval forces OF the Flee
French have taken out Of Vicky
control.
The National Committee issued .
statement In explanation o. the SELL
ure Of the islands. which the United
States State Department has con-
demned.
Says PopuIace Wished Move.
Several months ago." it said, the
National Committee was informed
that the populations OF the Frer.ch
islands Of st. Pierre and Mique'on.
situated at the entrance to the
Gulf Of st. Lawrence, wished to join
Free France at the side Of the Allies
to resume the struggle for liberatinn
OF the mother country and the Il l.
umph Of liberty throughout the
world.
Furthermore, it was common
knovledre that under the governor.
who had received dictatorial powers
from Vichy. the ST. Pierre radio was
broadcasting meteorological informa-
ton useful to the enemy.
Admiral Muselier. commanding
the Free French Navy, having re-
Gently gone to inspect Free French
warships In Newfoundland waters
which are collaborating in protec-
ton OF Allied shipping, went to st.
Pierre on December ~ on orders of
the National Committee in order to
clear up the situation.
Welcomed with Cheers.
"As soon as he landed with q few
ratings (seamen he was welcomed
with enthusiastic cheers and, meet
ing with no resistance, took over the
administration Of the colony. HI
Immediately organized = plebiscit'
asking the population to choose be-
tween the Free French cause ant
cola aboration with the powers WHIT
starve, humiliate and martyrize ou
country.
"Ninety-eieht per cent Of the pop
ulation. amid general rejoicings, ex
pressed their wish to throw of tn
shackles of the armistice and +
resume the struggle at the side o
the Allies under the aegis Of Ere
France.
This manifestation Of Frencl
popular will is all the more signifl
cant, for 1t is the first time sine
June, 1910, that the population, ex
clusively composed Of French citi
zens, has been able to express it
feelings in accordance with demo
cratic principles and the right 9
peoples to self determination"
Evening star., 1941-12-26

edge or consent in any sense OF the
United States Government.
This Government has inquired
Of the Canadian government as to
the steps that government Is pre-
pared to take to restore the status
quo OF these islands"
State Department officials declined
to amplify this announcement or to
explain the character Of the agree
ment violated.
U. S. Agreed to Maintain Status Quo.
Monday, however, Secretary OF
State Hull indicated that an agree
ment had been reached with French
authorities OF Martinique for col
laboration with the United States
in maintaining the status quo OF
French islands in the Western At
lantic.
This agreement was the result OF
conversations at Martinique between
Rear Admiral Frederick j. Horne,
U. s. N, and Admiral Georges
Robert, French high commissioner
there, under whose jurisdiction not
only Martinique but st. Pierre and
Miouelon are governed.
In French circles the accord was
described as q "gentlemen's agree
ment" securing these possessions
against any infringement OF their
sovereignty.
The attitude consistently main
tanned by the United States Gov
ernment has been that it has no
desire to infringe on the sovereignty
of French possessions in the Western
Hemisphere but cannot permit them
to fall into Axis hands.
In Ottawa a government spokes-
man stated fiatly that the Canadian
government was not informed in
advance Of the Free-French plans,
that Canada took no part in the
occupation" and that no prepara-
tions Tor 1t were made on Canadian
soil.
A spokesman for the French EN-
bassy here agreed that there was no
indication the coup was prepared on
Canadian soil, but said it appeared
to have been prepared on nearby
Observation-Disclosures is not part
of Canada but is British crown
colony.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Allies Launch Effort
To Reverse Japan S
Offensive ADVANTAGE
Growing Reinforcements
Encourage AustroIio's
Prime Minister
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 26-
Prime Minister John Curtin. broad
casting today. said Britain, the
United States and Australia had
launched an effort to reverse Japan's
present offensive campaign.
Speaking only In general terms,
Mr.. Curtin said he could not state
the precise form of the movement,
but added that he was greatly
encouraged by growing reinforce
ments for the Allies.
Mobilizing Allies.
"The decisions of the Far Eastern
War Council" Mr.. Curtin said, de
mand action and the support which
is being given by Australia. the
United States, China, Russia, the
Netherlands, Great Britain and
their allies. We are mobilizing the
Allies against the Axis"
He said Australia never was salts
fled with the air position in the
Pacific" but added that "in the past
18 days we have taken stock and,
although the conclusion is not glow
ing with optimism, there is sober
confidence. The meeting in Wash
ington presumably OF President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
ChurchilD shows the democracies
are fully alive to the need for CO.
hesive action in directing operations
in the Pacific"
Courage and Determination.
The Prime Minister said that II
Australia were attacked by Japan
I'VE would have casualties and mate.
rial losses, but we must steel our.
selves. 1t must be realized that w
do not have sufncient forces to guarc
all our people from bombing and
shelling, but we have the courage
determination and capacity to beat
OF the invader"
The Allies ability to meet the on
slaught, Mr.. Curtin declared: hao
been reduced by the inevitable lapse
of time between the drafting and
execution of plan covering Britain
the United States. Australia, the
Netherlands and China.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page

with representatives Of the Pacific
governments - China, the Neither
lands, Australia and New Zealand.
Strategy First Consideration.
Thus far, it was learned, f1rst
emphasis in the British American
discussions has been on military and
naval strategy and operations. Prob
lens of supply and production also
have received close attention.
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King of Canada, due in Washington
early in the afternoon, was to come
to the White House for a meeting
with the President at about $50
o'clock. The Dominion official was
scheduled to confer with Secretary
Of State Hull earlier.
The regular Friday afternoon
White House meeting Of the cabinet
also was to be held today.
AS the joint consultations Of the
British and American governments
became intensified, White House
spokesman pointed out again today
that representatives of other ma
tions fighting the Axis are being kept
fully informed of developments and
will be invited at later date to
participate in round-table discus
sions of mutual problems and the
program for defeating Hitlerism
throughout the world.
Radio Telegraph to Australia.
Another link in the anti-Axis
chain was forged when President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister John
Curtin of Australia last night opened
the first direct radio-telegraph linl
between this country and Australia
| Looking into the distant future
Of the Pacific situation, Mr.. Church.
i'll and President Roosevelt assuree
Prime Minister Curtin by wireless
that I'VE consider the safety of you
great commonwealth as a definite
essential in every plan OF defens
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Mrs. Henry F. KIomon
Dies in North CuroIinu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N. c., Dec. 26.-Mrs.
Eleanor Marshal Trapnell Kloman,
wife of the Rev. Henry Felix Klo-
man, chaplain of st. Mary's School.
Raleigh, N. c., died yesterday. She
was a native of Charles Town, w.
Va.
Besides her husband, three chill
dren survive: The Rev. E. Felix
Kloman. rector of Christ Church,
Philadelphia; Joseph Trapnell Klo-
man of New York City, and Mrs.
Anne Hunter Jenkins, wife of the
Rev. Mark Jenkins of Asheville.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Sorowok Troops Rally
Aooinst Foe at Kuching

SINGAPORE, Dec. 26 (P).-Hardy
sarawak native troops, constabulary
and barefooted, tattooed jungle
rangers were reported rallying today
against Japanese who landed We'd
nesday at Kuching, capital OF that
oil-rich kingdom.
Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, the
white rajah Of Sarawak, was re-
ported to be hurrying home from
Australia, where he was on vaca-
ton at the outbreak of the war
His wife, the Rance Sylvia, was last
reported in New York.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Dr.. Charles H. Mccarthy
Funeral Tomorrow

Funeral Services for DR.. Charles
H. Mccarthy will be held at 10 am.
tomorrow in the National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception of Cath
olic University. A retired professor
of history at Catholic University,
DR.. Mccarthy died Monday.
The Most Rev. Joseph M. Corri-
gan, rector of Catholic University,
will ofiiciate at the solemn mass of
requiem. The Very Rev. Ignatius
Smith, o. p, dean Of the School of
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Dutch
Continued From First Pageo

wreck of a burned out and aban-
doned ship. The Dutch plane, an
American-bui Maryland, attacked,
but the fight was broken OIL. with the
Dutch plane slightly damaged.
The abandoned ship appeared TO
be a s.ooo-ton freighter Of foreign
nationality"
The communique said that in an
afraid on a Dutch airdrome IN the
outer possessions yesterday morning
a heavy Japanese bomber was shot
down by anti-aircraft guns.
"Bombardment Of one OF our local
airdromes by Japanese oomoer'
caused only little material damage
The airdrome, however, cannot b'
used for the time being. No per.
sons were killed or wounded" it said
An Admiralty statement said six
additional members of the crew
were saved from a Dutch submarine
which struck a mine and sank. The
sinking was announced yesterday
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-20
A SHIPS FIGUREHEADS

Many and varied were the designs of
ornamental figureheads carried on the
bows of old-time sailing ships, and some of
these vessels had several different figure
heads from time to time. The famous old
warship Constitution, nicknamed "Old
Ironsdes, was one of these
The Constitutions first figurehead was
carved bust of Hercules. later replaced by
large figure of Neptune and when this was
splntered in battle in 1912 a conventional
figurehead was substituted.
About 1888 the ship was rebuilt at the
ravy yard in Boston. and the commandment
of the yard ordered a likeness of Andrew
JackFm. then President, to be carved as
fignrehead, which was done in spite of
vigogeus. protests The Wings of Boston,
where the Constitution was originally
launched i'm 1897, did not want "Old Hick-
DRY" to adorn the bow of their "Old Iron
sides" ard their Indignation was expressed
in demonstrations. threats. and parades of
protest without avail
When the Jackson figurehead was
finally pat in place. the ship was mo0red
i'm the harbor and marine guard was de-
tailed to protect il from vandalism until
such time as il should sail for other parts.
But despite all precautions, one
Samuel Dewey. described as q young dare
devil mariner Of Boston, rowed out to the
Constitution in thunderstorm on the night
OF July .. 1884. and by flashes of lightning
managed to saw off the Jackson head.
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WA.STEFUL SPENDING

In one of his recent columns, David
Lawrence pointed out great and often
overlooked danger in the governments
present spending program.
Drastic taxation-the most severe
America has ever experienced-is plan
ned he wrote. And yet not word IS
heard abeh { euttinsSout wasteful expendi-
lures.
eff the American people submit to a
tax program such as is being rightly pro-
posed to finance defense and still permit
spend-as-usual on projects that car be
omitted or else postponed, it will mean that
the day of reckoning will bring an economic
depression in the United States far more
perlous than that of 1898.
Scarcely week passes that there
isn't some impetus given to projects which
are being planned on big scale which
have relatively little to do with defense, but
which are being dragged into the picture
with defense as an excuse. Only an alert
and aroused public opinion can do some
thing about it-and maybe the nation will
have to orgarze its own economy campaign
and make it an issue in the congressional
elections of 1912"
rPresident Roosevelt Nlast week said
that people are clamoring for economy in
government but do not state specifically
how reductions in expenditures can be
made Well, Mr. Lawrence doesn't just
points to definite places
wherc major cuts in government spending
aye both possible and desirable. There is,
for instance, the proposal that $3.50, 900,
coo be spent on farm subsidy payments-a
boost of 1888, 900, 900 over last year. There
is the fact that some 81, 900, 100000 year
is still being spent for relief, even though
employment is at the highest level in our
history and in many sections there is serl-
Gus labor shortage. There is the fact that
strong forces are behind measures to spend
hundreds of millions of dollars on the st.
Lawrence and other socialiZed power prof.
Gets, despite the undeniable evidence which
shows that the existing private utility indus
try is 100 per cent ready and able to meet
all present and prospective power needs
and to develop and build new facilities with
private money, not with tax money. The
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
has just passed resolutions asking that at
least S2,000,0 100000 be saved annually by
curtailing non-defense spending, and de-
voting this money to defense needs, holding
down debt or tax requirements by that
amount.
Mr.. Lawrence goes to the heart of the
matter when he says that only the Amer
lean people can do anything about this sit
uation. They are willing to spend any
amount necessary for defense. Are they
willing to make unprecedented tax and
debt sacrifices merely to pay for political
Injuries, for experiments in state socialism,
for bigger and bigger bureaucracy, or for
any activity which is not absolutely un-
avoidable? Governmental waste at this
time is a certain guarantee of an unpre-
cedented economic and social collapse at
SOME future time,
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YESTERDAY: Eileen Gardner
Uas the prize graduate of the
year at the university, and until
a complete stranger named
Martin stole her heart. she
seemed to hare her future cut
out for her. The difficulty notc
is that she does not knoto t1here
Martin took her heart, and she
must somehow make it clear to
Jordan Estill that she cannot
marry him without admitting
iphdt has happened to her. All
Eileen has of Martin is tiny
gold ski he dropped.
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words uttered by Hess when he landed in
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mal'tyy' That sounds like the rawlings of
a fnadnan or a megalomaniac illusion, of
which the Germans accuse him They
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claaed Hitler, Goering and Goebbels. all of
whom sppear to be "vorrueclSt%
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How would you like to be draftee,
compelled to leave good job for years
service in the army at 80 dollars a month.
and then to read in the newspapers that
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Tense industry based or demand for an
J~-rea = over the regular dollar an hour
SCHEDULE? Herald. Conditions
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