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Evening star., 1941-01-01
Essex Plant Attacked
BY SinqIe Plane, Nozis Say

BERLIN. Jan. l (P.-A single
German combat plane, said to have
diyed to within almost 100 yards of
its target, was credited today with
scoring direct hits on a British
armament factory at Essex.
The German high command said
the factory was attacked yesterday
along with other raids on ''War-vital
obiectives" in London
II reported two British planes
shot down yesterday of total of
four attempting to raid West Ger
man industrial area. No losses for
the Germans were admitted.
Both the German and British air
forces abstained from attacking New
Year eve, it said.
The communicate said:
"On December 81 a German COM
bat plane in a daring solo attack
from only 100 meters 1928 feet
altitude bombed an ornaments fac
tory in Essex, scoring numerous
direct hits. In London also war
vital objectives were bombed.
Further attacks aimed at a rail-
way station as we'll as a harbor in
the southeast of the island had OBJ
servable results. which were con-
siderable damage to War-vital ia
cilities and numerous fires in ware
houses
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Bulgarian Premier
Leaves for Vienna;
kdzi Talks Seen
God Helps Those Who
Help Themselves Says
PhiIoff on Departing
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 1-Bul-
garian Premier Bogdan Philof an
nounced he would go to Vienna
today for medical consultation. .
then told Bulsars in a radio speech
before leaving that God helps those
who help themselves"
The Premier spoke as Germany
continued sending steady stream
of troops and material through
Hungary to swell the already large
Nazi Army lined up close to Bull
garia's northern frontier.
The studious professor-P Premier
thanked the great leaders of Ger
many and Italy" for their support
in helping Bulgaria regain Dobruja
from Rumania, then expressed his
hope for a better future for Bull
garia."
Cites National Saying.
But let us not forget" he said
"in this serious moment. our ma
tional saying that God helps those
who help themselves.
Let us remember another ancient
truth, namely, that every nation
must shape her own destiny. That
is why we must be aware of the
fact that it depends largely on us
what 1941 brings"
Immediately after the address the
Premier boarded a train for Vienna
He was accompanied by his wife.
Although officially he was taking
the trip only for the sake of his
health-and was expected to con-
suit specialists in Vienna-some
observers believed he would talk
with German Foreign Minister
Joachim Won Ribbentrop or some
other high Nazi official to learn
what the Reich plans to do with
its big army in the Balkans, and
what part Bulgaria will be asked
to play.
Warns of Sacrifices.
Premier Philoff told the Bulgars
'if we want to secure the vital
interests OF our country, if we want
to secure a better future for our
sons and grandsons, and if we gen.
timely want happy New Year, let
us be ready to make all sacrifices
imposed by the necessities of the
moment for our well-being and
success
For that purpose, the Premier
declared, Bulgars must stand firm
ly united" around the throne.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
| AirpIone Pilot
| Hurled From Ship
| During Snap Roll
REtt Associated Press.


OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. Ralph
Botthof was jolted out of his OPEN
cockpit plane while making a snap
roll, 1000 feet up. He parachuted
into the bay and was rescued IS
minutes later, chilled and near eX-
haustion.
The 23-year-old pilot told rescuers
he felt sudden jerk. as if some
thing had snapped, halfway through
the ron He loosened his safety
belt and tapped his fellow pilot
James Burton Duncan, on the head
AT the same instant the plane jerked
again and he was thrown out. Dun
can did not know Botthof was gone
until he saw the parachute billowing
out.
A rudder wire was broken, but by
careful maneuvering Duncan got the
plane back to the airport. 1t hit
on one wing and pancaked.
Duncan, unhurt, sent aid to Bott-
hoff. A Navy amphibian plane
located him. He had disentangleo
himself from his parachute and was
swimming wearily nearly miles of
shore.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Rome Reports Attacks
AGAINST Greek Outposts

ROME, Jan. l (Pl.-Fighting be-
tween British and Italian detach-
ments in the battle of Libya and
attacks against Greek outposts in
Albania were reported today by the
Italian high command.
The daily war bulletin also said
four British bombers were shot down
in a raid on Valona, important
italian troop and supply base in
Albania.
The high commands communique
said:
I'm the Cirenaican frontier zone
there was activity by our artillery
which effectively pounded enemy
motorized columns.
'An enemy attack on one of our
outpostS on the Bardia front was
repelled.
In another fight in the Jarabub
zone Gtaly's southernmost outpost
on the Libyan 'front.' our troops put
enemy detachments to flight.
"Our assault and fighter air forma-
tions carried out repeated action on
concentrations of enemy mechanical
equipment, inflicting considerable
losses on them.
"On the Greek front activity OF
patrols and in some sectors clashes
between advanced troops were re-
ported.
FORMATIONS of fighter planes and
dive-bombers co-operated with land
forces. Troop concentrations and
columns of supply trucks were ma
chine-gunned and bombed. Numer-
GUS motor trucks were set afire.
Yesterday afternoon an enemy
air formation attempted to raid
VaIona. The navy's anti-aircraft
defenses and pursuit planes, which
quickly intervened, shot down three
Blenheim planes. Another was Shot
down by divisional battery.
"All our planes returned.
'In East Africa there was nothing
noteworthy to report"
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Plan for Auto Plants
To Make Warp|anes
Called |mpracticabIe
Defense Experts Turn
Down Reuther Project
With Reluctance
By the AssoCia ed Press.

bN tiIt HSSOCIa -eO Press.
The Reuther plan for utilizing au-
tomotive industry facilities 10 turn
out 500 Warplanes day was reluc-
tantly termed impracticable today
by high defense production experts
The plan. calling for use of now
idle automobile plants and machin-
cry to step up aircraft production.
was fathered by Walter Reuther,
director Of organization for c. I.
O.s United Automobile Workers at
General Motors plants. 1t was sub
mitted to President Roosevelt by
Philip Murray. c. l. o. chief.
Mr.. Roosevelt said then that it
was receiving serious consideration
but today defense experts who de-
cllned to be quoted by name listed
these obstacles:
l. The difficulty of obtaining suf-
flcient machine tools, either new or
old.
2. The impossibility of obtaining
sufficient aluminium products in the
slX-month preparatory period before
the projected start of 50O-a- -dav
plane production.
Auto Plants Preoccupied.
3. The fact that automobile plants
already were being assigned major
defense jobs-the production of
thousands of engines and of other
parts for $500 bombers to be as
sembled in four Middle Western
plants.
4. Lack of immediate armament
for so great number of planes as
the U. A. w. plan contemplates.
Production experts said they were
reluctant to find fault with the plan
because it demonstrated the desire
OF labor to contribute to the defense
program.
But they added that the practical
difficulties made it impossible, and
insisted that the facilities of auto
plants would be enlisted in plane
production under present schedules
as rapidly as other elements in the
industrial picture would permit.
Foremost among other obstacles
they listed the choked condition
of the machine tool industry, al
ready crowded with orders for tools
to make planes. tanks, guns, shells
and other munitions.
RetOOling Had Been Asked,
Mr.. Reuther, in his proposal. as
serted that many of the most pre-
else parts for Allison liquid-cooled
plane engines were being made with
retooled machinery. He proposed
that similar idle machinery be re-
fooled for plane making.
The view of the production experts
Is that the automobile companies
which have received or are about to
receive defense orders may be relied
on to use existing machinery where
possible.
1t would be utterly impossible,
they contended, to obtain from the
overloaded machine tool industry the
retooled or newly-tooled equipment
necessary to turn out the engines
and other parts for 500 planes a
day.
AS to aluminium. it was declared
that the aluminium industry has had
to expand swiftly to turn out the
products for the current output Of
about Is planes day. Further rapid
expansion of the industry is planned
to keep pace with the increased
plane production now in sight, but
no official interviewed believed 1t
possible to step up the production
of aluminium forgings in six months
to the 500-plane-a-day level.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
New Attack at laramie
By British Reported

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. l (P).-An
R. A. F. communique reported today
that British planes bombed Italian
warships at laramie Monday night.
The communique, which also an
nounced raid on Naples the same
night, said II bombs were seen to
burst around Italian WarShips at
TarantQ.
1t was at Taranto that the British
reported their torpedo planes Grip
pied half of Italy's six battleships
and four other warships in a raid
November II.
IN raids on the Bardia area yes
terday the British reported troops
and motor transports concentrating
military stores in the besieged
Libyan port were heavily blasted.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
| New Swiss President
Pledges independence
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERNE, Switzerland, Jan. l.
President Ernst Wetter promised his
people in a New Year inaugural
broadcast today that Switzerland's
65O-year- -old tradition of independ-
ence would be preserved through
"the dark future"
The new President asserted the
neutral Swiss must suffer with the
belligerents in the European war,
since world economy. was upset by
the conflict.
Increased production and a careful
economy, he said, offer the solution
for Switzerland'S problems. The
Federal Council which governs the
Swiss federation founded by the men
of the forest cantonS in 1891, he
added, can and will see to it that
the burdens are equally divided"
Referring presumably to bombings
of Zurich and Basel, President
Wetter noted that recent events"
showed Switzerland could not be
spared even the direct effects of the
war.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Reserve Board Acts
To Protect Currency
And Avert Price Rise
5-Point Plan Asks Repeal
OfPresidentiu| Powers am
Gradually Mounting Toxes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Federal Reserve System today recommended p
presidential dollar
money program designed prevent infaon-and
prices-Whch might result from huge spending.
Also advocated the proposals requiring
approval gradual the Federal
balanced" or, everyday language until
collections for the Governments expenditures
Chairman Mariner S. Ecce in making the proposal
said it purely of precautionary nature.
He added it had the unanimous approval of the !
Board members presidents of the u Federal
the Federal Advisory Council which represents the 1000
vidual banks belonging the Federal System
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Chicogo's New Year Boby
Is Boy Named Stork
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-The clock in
the Lewis Memorial Hospital struck
midnight as the stork brought Chi
cago's first 1941 baby-a boy named
Stork.
Attendants said Mrs. John Stork
gave birth by caesarian section to
7-pound 6-ounce boy as the clock
tolled the midnight hour separating
1910 from 1941.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
-Four Big Bowl Games
And Eost-West Tilt
On Air Today

Washington radio stations
will broadcast the four out
standing football bowl games
today and. in addition. VOL
will air the East-West game
starting at 4:45 pm.
The Orange Bowl game fea-
turing Georgetown and Missis-
sippi State will be the first to
90 on the air. over Station
WJSV at las pm. At pm.
WMAL will broadcast the Sugar
Bowl game between Boston
College and Tennessee and at
the same time VOL will take
the air with the Fordham-
Texas Aggies Cotton Bowl en-
gagement.
The Rose Bowl game. with
Stanford and Nebraska meeting.
will be broadcast over Station
WMAL starting at pm.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
JobIess Model Feurs
New Year, Takes Life
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The body of
an attractive blond model with a
bullet wound in her chest was found
today in room at the Hotel Abbey
in West Fifty-first street.
She was identified as Dorothy
Derene. %. Police said they found
two notes. one of which said she
was despondent. broke" and un-
able to face the new year. She had
been unemployed.
Police questioned Irwin Alexander
80. in whose room the girl was found.
He said she had knocked at his door
and asked if she might use his radio
and phonograph. He gave her per-
mission, he said, and shortly after
ward, left the hotel.
He was booked on a charge of lille
gal possession of revolver.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
City's New Year Day Is Quiet
After Big Welcome to 7947
Three Traffic Deaths in Nearby Area
Mar Record-B Breaking Celebration

Washington observed New Year
Day quietly today after hailing l940's
successor with a record breaking
celebration that was marred by the
deaths of three persons in traffic
accidents in nearby communities.
AS throngs of hilarious merry
makers filled downtown streets and
sidewalks. night clubs and hotel
cabaretS with an ear-Splitting bed
lam, police also counted II injured
in automobile crashes.
Those killed were Annie Mae
Boyd, $50 T street NV: Miss Lynde
Crocker, 81, of Alexandria. and
Regan Russell, %, of Baltimore.
New Year messages to America s
defense forces were delivered over
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Third Of Million Grid
Fans Will See Six
Bowl Tilts Today
Pusudenu's 10000 Leads,
Hoyos Ploy Moroons at
Miomi Before 81 900
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer


Footballs first fling of the New
Year will entertain a third OF a
million spectators today at half a
dozen bowl battles scattered from
Florida to Hawaii.
No single game could claim to
decide any national championship
or other honOrs, but all promised to
be fiercely contested.
A tremendous throng of 10000
fans was expected to take advantage
of ideal weather to sit on the
proceedings at the Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, Calf. where undefeated
Stanford. champion of the Pacific
Coast, was an lis favorite over
once beaten Nebraska.
The game was scheduled for Sis
pm. (E. S. T) with a broadcast by
N. B. C.
Pairs Undefeated Elevens.
Another $4,000 persons have bought
seats for the Sugar Bowl at New
Orleans which boasts the only con-
test involving two undefeated and
united contestants-Tennessee and
Boston College.
1t will be the third annual bowl
game for the Volunteers. who went
to the Rose Bowl last New Year
Day and the Orange Bowl the pre-
vious year, and they rated 2-5
favorites over the high scoring Bos-
ton Eagles.
This game was scheduled for a
2:15 pm. (E. S. t. start and q
broadcast by N. B. C. Rain was In
the offng.
Only slightly less glittering ma
tionally and fully as important to
the parties concerned were the day.
other grid spectacles.
Dallas Game SellOut.
The powerful Texas Aggies, upset
in their final game of the season by
an inspired Texas team, were
matched with once-defeated Ford
ham before a sellout crowd of $4,000
in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex.
Occasional rain was predicted, but
sunshine peeked through lifting
clouds and the threat of rain diSap-
peared hours before game time. The
game was set for 2:15 pm. (E. S. T0
with broadcaSting by Mutual.
Mississippi State, tied but un-
Continued on Page A-16)
Evening star., 1941-01-01
British Report Raids
On Germany, Belgium
And Netherlands
Cologne Plant Among
Turgets Reported
Hit in Attacks
By the Associat ted Press.


LONDON. Jan. 1.-The Air Min
istry announced today that British
bombers made daylight attacks yes
terday on targets in Germany,
Belgium and the Netherlands during
scouting operations.
weather was unfavorable. an
Air Ministry communique said in
reporting on the offensive activity,
but bombs were seen to fall on
a factory at Cologne
"Objectivcs at Rotterdam and the
docks al Ijmuiden were attacked
and near Flushing an anti-aircraft
ship was hit and put out of action
The Air Ministry acknowledged
that two British aircraft were miss
ing.
Bombing of "an important bridge"
at the Rhineland city Of Emmerich.
German custom station on the
Netherlands frontier, and damaging
of an enemy" vessel near Flushing,
the Netherlands. were reported,
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Greeks Report
Taking Italian
Reinforcemenfs
One Fortified Height
After Another Is
Declared Seized
By the Associated Press.


ATHENS. Jan. 1.-Strong Italian
reinforcementS rushed to the AL
banian battlefield in an effort to
turn the tide against the Greeks
were declared by a Greek spokesman
today to be meeting the same fate
as the troops they came to bolster
capture and defeat.
The spokesman said Greek charges
were driving the Italians from one
fortified height after another along
the coast beyond Chimara toward
the port of Valona in one of the
f1ercest battles of the Greek Italian
war.
Fighting almost as severe ragged
IN the mountainous Tepeleni-Klisura
! region to the northeast, it was said.
There the Greeks reported en-
countering stiff resistance" and
breaking up Italian counterattacks
in fierce clashes for control OF
strategic heights.
Claims 500 Prisoners.
Five hundred soldiers and officers.
in order to strengthen her army in
Albania, were taken prisoner" the
spokesman declared.
He said 700 others reported cap
tured in a Communi0ue Monday
night were taken in the DrinoS River
sector. in the central fighting zone.
and reports from the Chimara zone
said 1000 had been captured there
The Greek high commands COM
munique last night said an italian
tank attack was repelled and ore
tank was captured but did not say
on what part of the front.
Reports from the Chimara sector
said the battle along the coast had
ragged for five days, through snow
storms and cold. and that Italian
Alpine veterans and ski troops were
among the prisoners taken there.
That drive toward the troop and
supply ship port of Valona was said
by some observers to have developed
into the main Greek offensive.
Premier John Metaxas declared in
o New Year message that the Greeks
we're ready to fight TO the last
breath until the enemy is eX-
terminated.
No Raids on Greece.
For this strife of ours-With full
confidence it is right-we pray to
God to ask His help he said.
The Greek Ministry Of Home
Security reported there had been
no raids on Greece yesterday.
italian reports told Of intensive
air activity, skirmishes with British
planes and the bombing of Greek
harbors.
Reports reaching Belgrade last
night said a British submarine at
tackled four italian merchantmen
conveyed by two destroyers in the
sight of passengers on a Yugoslav
coastal steamer and sank one OF
the italian commercial vessels.
Earlier, an italian transport was
reported sunk off the Yugoslav port
Of Bar, farther south in the Adriatic.
Reuters, British news agency,
quoted Belgrade reports that a
British warship had sunk four
Italian transports, loaded with guns
and motorcars, in the Adriatic yes
terday.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

a Nationwide network of the Mutual
Broadcasting System at noon by
Col. William R Arnold, chief Of
chaplains, U. S. A: the Rev. Robert
E. Mccormick, military chancellor
of the Army-Navy Diocese of the
Roman Catholic Church: the Rev.
Paul D. Moody, director of the
General Committee of the Army
and Navy Chaplains, and Dr.. David
de Sola Pool, chairman of the Com
mittee on Religious Activities of the
National Jewish Welfare Board.
There are unmistakable lndica-
tions that 194l is fated to be year
of momentouS decisions and events
for this Nation and every one OF its
CSee NEW YEAR, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-01-01
oviet-Joponese Pact
On Fisheries Expires

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Jan. 1.-The Soviet
Japanese fisheries agreement ex-
pired last night without signature
of any new accord.
Negotiations have been under way
since December 81 for renewal OF
the agreement granting the Japa-
nese the right to fish in some Soviet
waters in the Far East.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
London Correspondent
Ousted From PORTUGAL
Py the Associated Press.

Ey INt NSSUCIdVtU IItoS'
LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 1-Walter
E. Lucas, Lisbon correspondent of
the Times of London, was ordered
last night to leave the country
within 4S hours because of the gov
ernment's objection to series of
articles he wrote entitled I'm Portu-
gal Hitler Schemes Against Britain -
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Vichy Reported
Ending German
Negotiations
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. IA Reuters,
British news agency, dispatch from
Lisbon today said Chief of State
Marshal Henri Philippe Petains
Vlchy government and Germany
had broken off negotiations.
(The Associated Press has re-
celved no confirmation of this
report from other sources, A
dispatch from Vichy reporting
Marshal Petain's New Year re-
ception of foreign diplomats gave
no indication of fresh French
German troubles)
Authoritative quarters here said
all reports of this character should
be treated with reserve" No con-
flrmation was available in London.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Novicerts Are Ordered
For Exporters in Fire
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Ministry
of Economic Warfare announced
today that effective January % ex-
porters in Ireland (Eire) must OBJ
tain navicerts for shipments to a
number of foreign countries, includ-
ing several European neutrals, Soviet
Russia, French West Africa and
certain smaller territories, but not
including the United States.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Plank Injuries Workman

Hit by a plank while on con-
struction job yesterday in the 600
block of E street NV, Peter De
Rose, 38, of 410 Sixth street NV,
was in a serious condition today in
Emergency Hospital. He received a
fractured back, fractured rib and
internal injuries.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
japanese Leader Dies
By the Associated Pres

BY tht ESSOCIdttu PItSS.
TOXIC, Jan .1.-Keisuke Moch1-
zuki, 73, former home and communl-
cations minister, died today of pneu-
rnonia.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
| No Late Editions
Today

Due to the holiday, The Star
will not publish the $50, Night
Final or Night Final Sports
editions today. Subscribers to
these editions will receive the
Home edition.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Rumonio's Moscow Envoy
Reported Summoned Home

BUDAPEST, Jan. l P.-Diplo.
matte dispatches from Bucharest last
night said Grigore Gafencu, Ru-
(See BULGARIA, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
Natures Children.
Bedtime Story.
Winning Contract.
Uncle Rays Corner.
Crossword Puzzle.
Vital Statistics.
Service Orders.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Editorial and Comment.

Sports
Third of a million fans to see six
grid classics today. Page Ais
Odds favoring Maroons fade as Hoyas
enter Orange Bowl. Page Ais
Blair quint aims to unseat Barons
as county champ. Page Alt
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Weather Forecast

Cloudy, occasional light rain late to-
night and tomorrow; little change in
temperature; lowest tonight about 40.
Temperatures today-Highest, AZ, at
1890 am; lowest, Al, at 7 am.
From the United States Weather bureau report.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

Continued on Page A-16)
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Summary Of
Todoy's Star

Foreign.
Greeks report capturing reinforce
ments rushed by Italy. Page Al
NotionoI.
Federal Reserve urges repeal OF
revaluation powers. Page Al
Five men rescued after 18 hours in
soft coal mine. Page Az
Washington and Vicinity.
City quiet after hilarious New Year
eve celebration. Page Al
Naval Reserves off to Norfolk today
as service begins. Page B-1
Three persons lose lives in holiday
traffic crashes nearby. Page B-1