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Evening star., 1941-12-28
Capital Transit Faces
Unprecedented Load
Under Tire Rationinq
Facilities Now Overtuxed;
Drastic Cut Expected in
Use of Autos and Cobs

The tremendous task of providing
transportation for more than 100000
additional passengers day appar-
emily will be faced eventually by the
Capital Transit Co. as result of the
Governments tire-rationing order
approved yesterday by President
Roosevelt.
Owners of some 10000 District
vehicles. including 4600 taxicabs,
will be prohibited from buying new
tires under the order, and authOri-
ties believe that within a year
Washington will be confronted with
one of the most serious transporta-
ton problems in its history.
Facilities of the Capital Transit
Co. already are taxed to the limit
with a daily load of 100000 pas
sengers. and although orders have
been placed for 200 new buses ahd
81 new street cars, company officials
are reluctant to guess when they will
get deliveries on the equipment.
Cabs Haul $4,000, Says Davis.
Harry C. Davis, president of the
Independent landowners Associa-
ton, estimated that Washington
cabs provide transportation for
$4,000 persons daily, load which
ultimately will have to be absorbed
by buses and street cars as a result
Of the tire rationing.
Mr.. Davis contended last night
that the Governme-lJ is being unfair
in classifying taXicabs with pleasure
cars for purposes of the rationing
order when such vehicles are subject
to regulations of the Public Utilities
Commission and, in his opinion,
contribute 100 times more to the
general welfare than private auto
mobiles.
The rationing program, which
will begin January 5, will be handled
throughout the country by three
man boards set up by the Office of
Price Administration, according to
an o. P. A. announcement last night
The board members will be regarded
as agents" of the o. P. A.
Whitney Leary, chairman of the
Commissioners Traffic Advisory
Committee. has been appointed
chairman of the District of Colum-
bia board and has indicated he will
accept the post. 1t was understood
that his appointment has received
the approval of the o. P. A.
Officials Approve Program.
The order setting up the rationing
program was approved yesterday by
William S. Kundsen and Sndney
Hillman, director general and asso-
ciate director general, respectively
of the Office of Production Manage
ment; Under Secretary of War
Robert p. Patterson and Under Sec
retary of the Navy James Forrestal
in addition to President Roosevelt.
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson last night announced that
retail price ceilings are being placed
(see TIRES, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Enemy Nationals
| Must Surrender
Radios, Cameras

BY the Associated Press.
The Justice Department yesterday
ordered japanese, German and Ital-
ian nationals in seven Pacific Coast
States to turn in all short-Wave
radio equipment and cameras in
their possession by II pm. tomorrow.
1t was reported authoritatively
that similar regulations for the rest
of the country would be issued
this week.
Yesterdays ruling applies to Cali
fornia, Washington. oregon, Mon
tana, Idaho, Utah and Nevada.
The prohibited radio equipment
must be surrendered to local police
authorities. 1t includes not only
transmitters, but home receiving
sets with short bands. Large
studio cameras need not be turned
in, but they must be registered and
may not be used except by specific
permission of United States at
torneys.
Radio sets capable Of receiving
signals Of 1.75o kilocycles or greater.
or $40 kiloeycles or less. are consid-
cred within the prohibited range.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Eicher, 5. E. {. Head ,
Slated for Place
On District Court
Former House Member
Expected to Succeed
Chief Justice Wheat
Bv ]. A. FOX.

Edward Clayton Eicher, 63, chair
man of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. is slated for appoint
ment to District Court as successor
to Chief Justice Alfred A Wheat, it
was reported yesterday in admin
stration circles. Chief Justice
Wheat's retirement is effective jan
uary l.
1t was not certain whether Mr..
Eicher would be designated chief
Justice, but it was indicated that
advisers have informed President
Roosevelt there is no reason why a
new appointee could not discharge
the functions of this Office, for
which several present members Of
the court have been suggested.
Mr.. Eicher's name is expected to
60 to the Senate soon after the
holiday recess of Congress ends. His
term at the S. E. C. expires in June,
1945.
Formerly in Congress.
Mr.. Eicher, former member of
Congress from Iowa, was in line
some months ago for a vacancy on
the Eighth Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, one of the Federal midwest
ern circuits. The nomination was
blocked, however, by the reported
opposition of Senator Gillette, Dem
ocrat, of Iowa, whom Mr.. Eicher
opposed in the bitter 1888 cam
paign, when the Roosevelt admin
stration sought unsuccessfully to
purge" Senator Gillette and re-
place him with Representative Ohio
Wearin.
A native of Noble, Iowa, Mr..
Eicher was born December 16, 1878,
and after studying at the University
(See EICHER, Page AID
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Liquor Store Emp|oye
Wounded in HoIdup

Joseph Croce, SO, employe Of a
liquor store at 1900 Massachusetts,
avenue S. E., was shot and seriously
wounded shortly after last midnight
by bandits who fled in a car which
they later abandoned at Nineteenth
and A streets S. E. There the two
men stole another car and drove
away, police said.
Mr.. Croce and his brother, Robert,
owner of the store, and several en-
ployes were locking up for the night
when a bandit appeared with a
sawed-off shotgun. The gunman
waved the employees back into the
store and fired through the glass,
police said, as Mr.. Croce armed him.
self with a pistol kept behind a
counter. The gunman fed in a
car operated by a confederate
without obtaining any money. They
were pursued by an employe Of the
store.
The Croce brothers live at 1885
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Japan Shall Pay
In Kind, Shocked
Legislators Warn
Bombing Of Manila
Burburism in Worst
Form, Norris Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Shocked legislators declared grim
ly yesterday that when the United
States has gathered the full force
Of its offensive might Japan shall
be made to pay in kind for the
cruel and bloody bombing Of un-
defended Manila.
Characterizing the japanese at
tack as "barbarism in its worst
form" Senator Norris. Independent,
of Nebraska expressed what ap-
peared to be a universal sentiment
when he asserted that the Nipponese
had disregarded all rules of war
fare and in turn could claim no i'm
munity under such rules.
Their cities are open to attack,
when we are ready, that will burn
them off the face of the earth and
that is what they are coming to-,
Senator Norris said.
High officials. naturally. said moth
(See REACTION, Page A-9D
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Patent Office Shift to Richmond
Meets With General Approval
Most Persons Concerned Feel Move
Preferable to Going to New York

Route No. I. Some renovating and
reconditioning will be necessary be-
fore the building will be ready for
use by its new tenant. The Patent
Office will start moving early in
January.
In addition TO the headquarters of
the Patent Office, the following will
remain here in the Commerce
Department Building-the search
room, scientific library, patented
files, soft copies of patents. filing
equipment and mosts of the files
now stored in the basement of the
Patent Office in the Commerce De-
partment Building.
Other units to be retained here
include the application and assign
ment divisions, the solicitors Office,
and the defense divisions handling
tSee PATENT OFFICE, Page A-l2)
Evening star., 1941-12-28
By OLIVER MCKEE.

In a revision of the earlier de-
Capitalization plan. which provided
for transfer of the Patent Office to
New York City. the organization
will be split up. with some divisions
and a major part of the personnel
moving to Richmond, and the head
quarters and many units remaining
in Washington, Budget Director
Harold D. Smith announced yester-
day. About 1890 of the Patent
Office's ,460 employees will be shifted
to Richmond.
Commissioner of Public Buildings
w. E. Reynolds has completed ne
gotiations for the rental Of approx
mately 100000 square feet of space
in the Export-Leaf Tobacco Build
ing on Lombardy street, near the
entrance to the Virginia capital on
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Far East Raiders Damage
2 U. 5. Destroyers Slightly

Two United States destroyers sus-
tanned minor damage" during
enemy bombing attacks in the Far
East, but there were no casualties,
the Navy Department announced
late yesterday.
The Navy made the announce
ment in its communique No. 19
summarizing the situation up to
noon tE. S. TD yesterday.
In the Eastern Pacific, the COM
munique said. enemy submarines
still are operating in the West Coast
shipping lanes. but due to effective
counter measures they are expert
encing great difficulty in making
their attacks.
The communique declared also
that counter measures against
enemy submarines patrolling in the
Hawaiian area were being vigor-
ously prosecuted.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Ndzis Rolled Back
On 180-MiIe Front,
Russians Announce
Reoeeupotion Of Likhvin
Breaches Line Where
Foe Attempted Stond
BY the Associated Press.


The Russians announced today
that the fast-striding Soviet often
sive had rolled the Germans back
on a broad, 180-mile front along the
southern flank Of the Moscow de-
fense arc.
The midnight Soviet communique
in Moscow said this sweeping new
advance resulted in reoccupation of
Likhvin, on the Okla River so miles
west of Tula; Novosil. IS miles east
of Orel, the southern anchor of the
Moscow defense arc. and Tim, at the
headwaters of the Oskol River 45
miles southwest of Kursk.
In the spash-through to Likhvin.
on the west bank of the Okla. the
Russians made another breach in
the line on which the Germans had
attempted stand in desperate
effort to stem the onrushing Red
armies.
Points Elsewhere Reoccupied.
Novosil is some 90 miles southeast
Of Likhvin, on a tributary of the
Okla, and Tim is about the same dis
tance farther south and only 40
miles east of the industrial and COM
munications center of Kursk.
The Russians said their forces,
encountering stif1ened German re-
sistance, reoccupied number of
other points elsewhere on the Mos
COW front.
At the southern end of the vio-
lently erupting front the Russians
said that in a single days fighting
Soviet units blasted the Germans
from 10 villages and left uncounted
hundreds of German dead on the
wreckage- Uttered battlefield
In the Ukraine. the Russians re-
ported recapture of Melekhovo, near
Belgorod, As miles northeast of
Kharkov on the Moscow-Rostov rail
line
The army organ, Red Star, said
residents of Melekhovo reported the
Germans had executed 80 of their
men and 100 Italians for refusing
to fight.
Dispatches from the Leningrad
front said the Germans were fight
ing stubbornly as they fell back and
(See RUSSIA, Page AID
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Spanish Protest Expected
On Sinking of Nozi Ship

BERLIN (Oficial Broadcast, Dec
q tP).-Reports from Madrid tonight
said Spain was expected to lodge a
prompt and energetic protest with
the British government over the
sinking of the German steamer
Benno by British torpedo planes off
the Spanish coast December "a.
The Spanish government, accord
ing to these reports. regarded the
sinking as a violation Of Spanish
sovereignty, since the incident was
said to have occurred within Spanish
territorial waters, in the small fish,
Ing port of Carino, near Vivero in
Northwestern Spain.
At the same time, the German
press, taking its cue from Foreign
Office spokesman, emphasized the
parallel between this incident and
the British attack on the Altmark
in a Norwegian ford February 16,
l940-an attack which the Germans
said was responsible in part for
Germany's Norwegian campaign.
The Wilhelmstrasse spokesman
cited the Altmark incident. though
he would make no prediction as to
any possible sequel to the attack Of
the Benno.
CThe Altmark. a Nazi prison
ship which acted as an auxiliary
for the pocket battleship Graf
Spec while the latter was oper-
ating in the Atlantic, was forced
into Gjessingfjord, near ,Stav-
anger, by a force of British de-
StrOyerS.
CThe ship was boarded by
party from the destroyer CoSSack,
which liberated and took aboard
299 British merchant seamen.
Germany protested Norways
failure to prevent the raid and
threatened serious conSe-
uuences." After the invasion of
Norway and Denmark in April,
Germany pointed to the raid as
the first of series of alleged
British violations of Norwegian
neutrality which made it i'm
perative for the Nazis ito go into
Norway to anticipate the foe in
military sense.'D
The dispatches from Madrid said
the Benno was sunk by aerial tor
pedoeS, that her crew was machine
(See SPAIN, Page AID
Evening star., 1941-12-28

Scores Killed and Wounded.
In the raid on Manila scores of
men and women-firemen at
their posts, government en-
ployes, nuns in the ancient con-
vent quarters-Were killed and
wounded.
Crowds of indignant civilians,
watching the flames sweep through
the dry wooden buildings of the
walled town, demanded a fight to
the f1nish"-with the open-city dec
laration revoked and troops and
anti-aircraft batteries brought back
to defend the capital.
For the first two and half hours
the Japanese attacked the harbor
and piers. They came in circling
waves-in groups of nine, nine, nine,
eight and seven-smashing at one
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Z From Freiqhter Sunk
Dec. II Reach Honolulu

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Dec. 27.-The 14th
Naval District headquarters an
nounced that IL survivors from the
freighter Manini, sunk about De-
cember II, we're brought to Pearl
Harbor this morning.
The Manini, formerly known as
the Susherico, was owned Dy the
Matson Navigation Co. Her home
port was San Francisco. The ship,
built by the Submarine Boat Corp,
Newark, N. j., in 1920. was 324 feet
long and had a 462-foot beam. Her
registered gross tonnage was 1888.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Massed Nazi Troops
Reported Moving
Toward Spain
Illegal French Radio
Says Many Trains Of
Men Flow South
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27-An anti
Nazi, anti-Vichy radio station oper-
ating from a secret place in France
broadcast tonight that mass move
ment of German troops was under
way toward the Spanish frontier.
The station, heard here by Colum-
bia Broadcasting System. said one
troop train after another was carry
ing the Nazi forces southwark
through France. The announcer
identified the station as Radio In
connu" (the unknown radio.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Fi|ipino Surrender Is Condition:
Heart Of Capital Left in Flames
Reinforcements Are Rushed
To Defenders; Foe Less
Than 80 Miles Away

MANILA, Sunday, Dec. 28-The Japanese bombed unde-
Tended Manila savagey for than three hours yeser
day leaving the heart of the capital in fames
beaedy offered to consider the city open condition that
the Filipino army cooperate" with them and "cease all
resistance"
by radio and addressed
to President Manuel Quezon of the Philippines pocked
Manila city of Oooo heard the hearning
ments have been dispatched battling
Japanese invaders bearing down from both the
(AC B. broadcast from Manila said Japanese
by radio to consider Manila an open city two conditions
First removal of all military camps
the city, and that Filipino cooperate with
the japanese invaders and halt all resistance)
Flipinos Dersive OF Broadcast.
The Toxic Filipino
Cooperate with the Japanese Army
greeted with dersion Filipino
Fpinos taking major role in defense of against
invaders.
1t n English Tagaog Filipino dialect
and Spanish Manila residents
of fire rising into the skies from the of their bombed
The Japanese waiting city stripped
guns and other denses in accordance with
Gen. Douglas MacAhus Manila Friday as an
CITY, shortly
in an almost eurelv assau-astine hours and II minutes
laid waste entire blocks historic
churches schools
and sections of the modern shop district.
There so known dead and would venture
to how might be buried under the tumbed flaming
buildings conservative early today placed damage
at at IeaSt $25OUO0U
While flames still shot skyward night NoaSco
met with city authorities formulate maintaining
City officials also took tighten Mania conformity
definition OF an open city under international law.
Police and conabuarymen ordered
sdeams at japanese planes ccng overhead
observed during visit of japanese planes Friday night
Details Lacking Strength of Reinorcements.
Details lacking meanwhile the strength reinforce
ments sent to the northern southern
fighting continued.
In the southern sector guard
west from Mauban Lamon Bay, said have reached
Luana 18 miles inland while another detachment moving
from Amonan said to have reached Saraya miles
The latter is only miles northwest Lucena capital
Tayabas Province and reports said the provincial capital
transferred to Dolores Engineers meanwhile
dynamng bridges in the line Of the japanese advance.
(The War Department said yesterday opera
tons in the southeast the general vicinity Bay
are very heavy The added lis being continually
reinforced from fleets of troop ships Lngayen
OH Atimonan while enemy air activity heavy
over all fronts Fighting "desultory in the Lingayen
Bay where the first arge-scale
tempt begun)
japanese land forces driving
terday to have thrust within 80 miles of the capital
One report teephoned to the Manila
reinforced Japanese had advanced than 80
mountain corridor from their
One source said the japanese had
OF Manila and another said they
to the capital.
High military said the Philippine capital at
Baguo II miles northeast of Damors still being
terday morning by American regulars
Evening star., 1941-12-28
S32,500 Being Taken
For Use of Army
Destroyed in Raid

BY TIE Associated Press.
MANILA, Dec. 27.-Maj.
Generoso Reyes of the Philip
pine Army withdrew $1,000 pc
sos (about $32,50O) for army
use from the treasury building
and put it into his car.
A few minutes later the 81
rens started and the bombing
OF Manila began.
Maj. Reyes car was COM
pletely burned and the money
in 1t charred to ashes.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

(See MANILA, Page A-8D
Evening star., 1941-12-28

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
85c per month.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
British Raid ThaiIand Bases.

British Raid Thailand Bases.
CHUNGKING, Dec. q (P.-The
Chinese radio said British planes
today raided Singora and other
Japanese held bases in Thai terri
tory north of the border with
Malaya,
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Weather Forecast

Generally fair and slightly colder Sun
day; moderate winds. Temperatures yes
terday-Highest, SO, at IL: 80 pm; lowest,
80, at 8 am.
From the United States weather Bureau report
Full Details on Pase A.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

(See SPAIN, Page AID
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Uphold Traditions
OF Nations Founding,
Speaker TeIIsC. A. R.
Mrs. Creyke Addresses
Conference; Officers
To Be Elected

The present national emergency
calls for increased determination
on the part of patriotic societies to
uphold those traditions on which
this Nation was founded, Mrs.
Geoffrey Creyke, national organiz-
ing secretary of the Children of
the American Revolution, declared
today.
Speaking before representative of
Is local chapters of the c. A. r.
at the organizations fourth annual
State conference at Pierce Hall, Mrs.
Creyke reminded her listeners that
the early pioneers fought against
overwhelming odds ito make this
country what it is today"
Other speakers who urged the
group to fight all subversiye inf1u-
ences and keep this country as
haven for the oppressed were DR..
Clifton Clark, State president Of the
Sons of the American Revolution,
and Mrs. Harry C. Oberholser, State
regent of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution.
The conference was called to or
der by Mrs. Carl Giroux, senior state
president of the group. After the
reading of reports by officers of the
c. A. R., nominations were made as
follows:
For president, John NJ. Kerr, jr.,
to succeed Grahame T Smallwood
Lois Luton, vice president; Home
McAllister, chaplain; Hesen Bay
Gss. recording secretary; Eldridge
Myers. corresponding secretary; Jo-
seph Lawrence, treasurer; Rosallnd
Smith, registrar; Helen Urner. VIII
liam Penn, color bearer, and Mar
jorie Rhodes and Emily Rowell,
color guards.
The afternoon session at 2 O'Clock
was to be featured by election of
officers, followed by a tea dance
from to 5 pm.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Botanic Garden
Receives Widener
| Acacia Collection

The Joseph E. Widener collection
of acacias, valued at 100000 and
rated as the best collection of this
type of plants in the world, has
been presented to the Botanic Gar
den, and was formally accepted on
behalf of Congress today by David
Lynn, architect of the Capitol and
acting director of the garden.
With the acacia plants already
owned by the garden, acquisition
will give the Government undis-
puted claim to the worlds premier
exhibit. The Widener collection con-
sists of more than 500 plants, from
3 to IL feet high. They have re-
peatedly won first awards at the
great flower shows in Philadelphia,
New York and Boston.
They will be shown for the first
time in Washington on March IT,
when some one of them will be dis
played at the official opening Of the
new National Gallery of Art by
President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Widener also is presenting his
famous art collection to the new
National Gallery, of which he is one
of the general trusees.
The gift of the acacia collection
was arranged through David z. Fin
ley, director OF tae National Gallery
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Closing Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 8. Wheat
prices shot up almost 3 cents q
bushel today to the highest levels
since January. Contracts repre-
senting the new crop led the ad-
vance.
Brokers attributed most of the
buying to dealers covering previous
short sales and milling interests.
Purchases, they said, apparently
were inspired not only by reports
that a higher loan rate might be
put into effect for the new crop, but
also by prospects of passage of the
lend-leaSe bill. FirmneSs Of Secur-
tiles also attracted attention. Re-
ports that British interests we're in
ouiring for lard for the first time
since early last summer centered
trade comment on export possib1l-
tiles of farm commodities under
terms of the lend-leaSe bill.
Wheat closed 1as -2$4 cents higher
than yesterday, May, 8414-ls; July,
82l4-1s; corn ls-Ts higher; May,
6l7s 81; July, 81; oats is-1z higher.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Portsmouth Publisher
Enters Race for House
By the Associate Pres

BY Lhe Associate Pres
RICHMOND, Va. March g.
Filing with Secretary of the Com.
monwealth Raymond L.. jackson his
notice of candidacy for the House
in the special election TO be held
April 8 in the I'd district, Norman
r. Hamilton, publisher of the Ports
mouth Star, issued a statement that
his petition exceeded 'by several
times the requisite number Of $50
signers" and said he felt the prompt
response meant approval of my
course of action"
Notice of candidacy must be fled
80 days in advance of the election
together with a petition bearing the
names of at least $50 persons where
the candidate is not the nominee Of
a political party.
Winder r. Harris, Norfolk news
paperman, who was nominated last
week by the district Democratic
Convention meeting in Norfolk, has
also filed his notice. Maurice L.
Mccarthy of Portsmouth has an
nounced he will be a candidate IN
the election.
Mr.. Hamilton Is a Democrat and
former Representative.