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Evening star., 1942-06-26
Knox to Halt Navy Enrolment
OfD.C. Policemen and Fiiremen

and William E. Leahy, District Sc
lective service director.
Mr.. Young said afterward that
Secretary Knox appreciated the Dis
trict's problem and recognized the
importance of trained police and
flremen for the protection of the
Capital.
Many policemen recently have
joined the Coast Guard.
There is a possibility that some
of the firemen and policemen al
ready in war service may be recalled
to police and fire duty If there is
need for them here. Mr.. Young
said this subject had not been dis
cussed at the conference with Mr..
Knox, but negotiations on this ques-
ton have been under way for some
time.
Mr.. Young added that with assur-
ances that firemen and policemen
would be deferred, he believed fire.
men and policemen would not have
the same desire to seek war service
assignments.
Many firemen and policemen live
in Nearby Maryland and Virginia
and draft arrangements as to these
are anticipated but Mr.. Young said
details had not been worked out
finally.
Evening star., 1942-06-26

Navy Secretary Knox today agreed
to a request by the Commissioners
that police and firemen be not ac-
cepted for enlistment or commits
sions unless they have obtained the
approval of the Commissioners.
The Commissioners made the re-
quest to prevent further depletion
Of the Districts Police and Fire De-
partments.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Sc
lective Service head, last week gave
assurances that firemen and police
men would be given draft defer
ment.
The Commissioners are seeking a
conference with War Secretary
Stimson in the belief that he will
agree to a similar arrangement to
that approved by Secretary Knox.
To date, 167 firemen mad police
have gone into military service,
mostly by enlistment or winning OF
commissions. OF the total. los are
policemen and it is said 100 more
policemen are awaiting assignments
to active duty. So far 81 firemen
have gone into service.
Attending the conference today
were Vice Admiral Russell r. Wac
sche, Coast Guard commandant;
Commissioners Young and Mason
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Train Carrying Flyers
Falls Through Bridge
In Arizona Desert
Two Men Are Killed;
Army Begins Probe os
Sabotage Is Suspected
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PARKER. AriZ., June 26.-Two
trainmen were killed and a third
badly injured as a Santa Fe
train, with a group Of Army Air
Force cadets aboard. plunged
through a flre-swept bridge late
last night. The Southern Cali
fornia Defense Command an
nounced an investigation to de-
termine whether saboteurs were
responsible.
The dead were announced by the
Santa Fe as Engineer E. J. Murray
and Fireman D. L. Bentz. Prelim-
mary reports were that all the
CADETS escaped injury. Baggageman
A. c. Phil was reported seriously in
jured.
Santa Fe spokesmen said the
bridges underpinning had been
burned and collapsed under the loco
motives weight The engine and a
chair car went into shallow wash.
leaving two Pullmans on the tracks
The cadets were reported all pas
sengers in the Pullmans.
At Los Anglese it was reported
that AZ aviation cadets were on the
train.
The train was westbound be-
tween Phoenix, Ariz. and Cadiz.
Calf 1t connects with the west
hound Santa Fe Scout at Parker for
the run into Los Angeles The acci-
dent occurred at 11:05 pm
Doctors and ambulances were en-
route to the scene from Parker,
Needles and Desert Center. Calf.
Santa Fe spokesmen said the last
train traversing the bridge sue
cessfully crossed about noon yester-
day The structure is 40 feet long
and spans a narrow, dry wash.
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Missing Freighter's Crew
Interned at Shanghai
Rs the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 26.-The
Coast Guard notified the next Of kin
yesterday that the crew of the NAL
anna, missing Matson Co. freighter
had been interned at Shanghai after
the vessel apparently had been cap
tured or sunk by the Japanese
somewhere in the Pacific.
The Malama left San Francisco
last November % bound for New
Zealand and Australia with cargo
of war material. 1t was reported
missing January /. One Of the last
messages picked up from the ship
said it was being followed by an
unidentified plane.
Information that the crew Of 81
men had been interned in the Jap
anese held Chinese city was relayed
here by the International Red Cross.
Skipper Of the Malama was Capt.
Malcolm r. Peters Of San Mateo,
Calf.
Evening star., 1942-06-26
P. U.C. Order 10 Ban
Taxi Rate Juggling
To Get Higher Fares
Drivers Must Stick
Either to Old or
New Schedules

Taxi drivers will be forbidden
to switch between the old and
new rate schedules so as to
charge the higher fare for any
particular trip, under a tempo
rary order to be issued by the
Public Utilities Commission,
Chairman Gregory Hankin an
nounced today.
Discussing the confusing rate sit
uation-correction of which now
awaits action by the House District
Committee-Mr. Hankin said he
hoped the criminal element" he be-
lieves is in the taxi industry here
| will be eliminated.
He did not specify who constituted
the criminal element" He had
been talking about the Wednesday
strike.
Won't Permit "Gypping"
Under the agreement with men,
bers of the House committee which
settled the strike pending study by
the committee. drivers were to be
permitted to use either the old or
new rates, but Mr.. Hankin declared
today:
1--WE do not stipulate with the
committee that these people may
gyp the public"
The old rates are 80, 40, so and 80
cents for the four zone system. The
new rates have a similar foundation,
but the second. third and fourth
zones are subdivided into 81 sub
zones, and a lengthy rate chart
states exactly what should be the
charge for trip between any of the
SubZOneS or zone !.
The new rate system also made
some changes in zone boundaries.
In many instances the new rates
are said to be somewhat higher than
the old. but in others the old rates
are higher.
Difference in Charges Cited.
Mr.. Hankin cited the case of trip
from Sixteenth and Decatur streets
NV. to New Jersey avenue and
South Capitol street. He said under
the old rates the charge would be
40 cents, whereas the new charge
would De 80 cents.
Mr.. Hankin said the commissions S
forthcoming order would not per-
nit the driver to pick his rate
schedule for each trip, but would
require the driver to elect which
schedule he will follow and then
follow is consistently
Representative Bates, Republican,
of Massachusetts, through whose in
sistence the drivers were permitted
to take their choice of rate sched-
ules pending settlement of the dis
pute, was concerned over the posi-
bility of rate juggling.
He said the intention was that
the drivers should select the rate
schedule they preferred and stick
to it until the issue was settled.
The commission will act on any
complaints it receives about drivers
switching from one schedule to the
other, he said, and may request the
corporation counsel to prosecute or
take the case before the Board OF
Revocation and Review for revoca-
ton of the hackers permit.
Mr.. Hankin said he told Chairman
Randolph of the House Committee
that the commission was ready to
send its entire taxi rate case record
(See TAxIS, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-06-26

the Wellingtons concentrated on
land targets.
British and South African bombers
and fighter -bombers, operating be-
tween desert dusk and darkness yes
terday, repeatedly assaulted Axis
forces advancing toward Matruh
from the Bir Abu Misheifa area. 80
miles to Matruh's southwest, and
along the coastal route to the west
of Matruh, Mediterranean anchor
of Britain's present positions.
The RATS communique. covering
the American and South African
actions, contained the first official
British acknowledgement that Axis
forces were at Sidi Barrani Egypt
80 miles west of Matruh.
Our fighters made numerous
sweeps over forward battle areas,
,See EGYPT, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Torpedoed freighter makes port with
half of side blown out Page "A
Col. Scott to command Army pur-
suit planes in China. Page AS
House Military Committee minority
hits its war report. Page AS
Clark asks building of battleships be
banned by law. Page Bio
Washington and Vicinity.
McCarran to conduct hearings on
court nomineet. Page AS
5000 pounds of rubber turned In
this week. Page B-1
Hearing on District. blackout bill set
Monday. Page B-1
Nearby areas ready for tomorrow's
air-raid drill. Page B-1
Miscellany.
Marriage Licenses. Page Bis
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Rankin AssaiIs Field
For Ingerso|| Plea
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Marshall Field. III, publisher Of
the newspaper PM, was assailed in
the House yesterday by Representa-
tive Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi
for seeking to have Ralph Ingersoll
exempted from the draft on the
ground Mr.. Ingersoll is needed to
edit the newspaper.
Referring to Mr.. Field as "the
millionaire playboy,' Representative
Rankin charged the publication was
devoted to the abuse of Congress
and the stirring up Of race trouble
throughout the country" and said
there was no reason to get his
chief henchman exempted from the
draft when other single men all
over the country are required to
serve"
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Britoin to Register
All Men Up to 50
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 26-Britain to-
day ordered registration Of all men
up to 50 and all women up to 45 in
a new drive to mobilize all able
bodied citizens for war industries.
Previous top age limits on regis
tration have been IS for men and II
for women.
The Ministry Of Labor reported
that many married women in the
new registration would be called on
for local part-time work, releasing
younger women for war industrial
Jobs or the uniformed auxiliary
services.
Evening star., 1942-06-26
RooseveIt-Churchi||
Farley Extended 10
Include Russians
Litvinoff and Soviet
Military Experts Join
Strategy Conferences

The Roosevelt Churchill war
strategy conferences have broad
ened to include detailed sur
veys" with Russia-presumably
having a bearing on the creation
of a second front in Europe-the
White House disclosed today.
Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvi-
noff has taken part in discussions
between President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill and a
series of conferences are going on
among United States, British and
Russian military. naval and air Of
ficers, 1t was announced. There has
been Russian military mission
here since last fall.
Disclosure of Russian participation
in the strategy talks followed reports
from congressional leaders and
members of the Pacific War Council
who conferred with the President
and Prime Minister yesterday that
they have developed war plans which
will give the United Nations the
results we want"
Litvinoff and Hull.
Stephen T. Early, White House
press secretary, said that Ambas-
sador Litvinof had held extended
and most important conferences"
with Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Churchill in which Secretary of
State Hull also participated
The meeting with Ambassador
Litvinoff,' he added, was another
of the series Of conferences in which
overall and detailed surveys are
being made. Conferences with mill
tary, naval and air officers, includ-
ing those of the United States,
Great Britain and Russia, are
taking place simultaneously.
Further direct word from Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill on ac-
complishments of their secret con-
ferences was eagerly awaited, with
indications that joint statement
may be forthcoming soon.
Urges Roosevelt as Leader.
A warning on the Senate floor
thas criticism Of an ally plays right
into Hitler's hand" in reply to a
Senator's charge that British mill
tary leadership was too "apathetic"
to cope with the Axis coincided with
the optimistic reports from the
White House conferences yester-
day.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana, called for designation OF
President Roosevelt as supreme
leader" of the United Nations. He
charged that the British loss OF
Tobruk has endangered the Allied
position and something must be
done before 1t is too late"
Senator Lee, Democrat, of Okla
homa replied that this was no time
to play Hitler's game" by criticizing
an ally, and declared that the polit-
ical fall Of Prime Minister Churchill
would be "a much greater blow to
the cause Of freedom" than the loss
of any military stronghold.
Nash Is Optimistic.
Walter Nash, New Zealand Minister,
emerged from the Pacific War Coun-
Gil meeting with the President and
Prime Minister convinced that fac
tors unknown to the public make
(See CHURCHILL Page A-2)
Evening star., 1942-06-26

Foreign
Allied planes raiding Jap bases set
large fires. Page Az
U. s. raid put Toxic in panic, eye
witness relates. Page Al
Reds blame Jap sub for sinking To-
kio tried to pin on US. Page Al
Argentine outbreaks mark increasing
anti-Nazi hostility. Page A-l9
Most critical time of war for Allies
Is seen next week. Page BIZ
Notionol.
-Four truck pants closed in blackout
pay dispute. Page Al
Leaders here confident of Roosevelt
Churchill war plans. Page Al
Train carrying cadets plunges
through bridge. Page Al
OPA announces plans for perma-
nent gas rationing. Page Al
Evening star., 1942-06-26

Latest word from the desert was
that the Germans and Italians, ad-
vancing despite bitter resistance of
British covering units, had not yet
smacked into the principal British
force, which is expected to make its
stand somewhere before Matruh,
100 miles within Egypt.
The United States Army Air
Force, now an integral cog in the
aerial counter-offensive with which
the British hope to curb Marshal
Rommels rush, struck last night at
the harbor of Tobruk, Libya, which
only a few days ago was the anchor
OF British positions in Libya.
American four -motored Consoli-
dated Liberators. such as smashed
at Bengasi Monday and Wednesday
nights, turned out with a strong
comrade force of British yelling
tons to blast at Tobruk Harbor while
Evening star., 1942-06-26
jap Sub Attacks Vessel
Off Canada's West Coast
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA. June 26.-The Cana
dian Navy announced today that a
Canadian-buil merchant ship had
been brought safely to west coast
Canadian port after "a determined
attack" by Japanese submarine.
There was no loss of life, but some
damage was done to the ship.
The navy's brief statement gave
no details of the attack because of
security reasons. Similarly. there
was no announcement of the place
of the attack except that it occurred
of Canadas west coast
The attack on the merchantmen
was the first reported submarine op-
Grafton against shipping off the
Canadian west coast, although sew
eral attacks on shipping have oc-
Cured in United States Pacific
waters.
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Truck Workers Aqree
To Resume Jobs After
BIaekout Pay Dispute
1900 Tied Up Factory;
PIont to Reopen
Tomorrow Morning
BY the Associated Press.


PONTIAC, Mich, June ga
company spokesman said this
afternoon that 1000 striking
employees of the war vital Yellow
Truck IL Coach Co. had agreed
to return to their jobs tomorrow.
Operations. at a standstill follow
ing a walkout that resulted from
dispute over pay for lost time dur
ing a 20-minute practice blackout,
will be resumed with the morning
shift. just "a hours after the stop
page began. the Spokesman said.
Army and union officials joined
in urging the men to abandon their
strike. which international ofiicers
Of the United Automobile Workers
CIO said was unauthorized.
Col. Ray NJ Hare, commanding
ofncer Of Fort Wayne, Army quarter
masters depot at Detroit, said the
War Department had been informed
of the situation here and was very
much concerned about the stoppage
of work"
This comes at a time when every
minute Of productive effort is most
precious to the men on our fighting
fronts" Col Hare said.
I'VE are counting on the men who
are in these plants to give us the
very utmost Of their support at this
critical time, and we are relying on
both management and labor to get
together and get the wheels rolling
again"
Thomas Appeals to Strikers.
r. J. Thomas, international presi-
dent of the United Automobile
Workers-CIO. appealed directly to
the strikers to end their walkout,
describing it as unauthorized and
as direct violation of our con-
stitution and of our pledge to
President Roosevelt that there will
be no strikes for the duration of the
war"
Roger j. Emmert, vice president
and factory manager OF Yellow
Truck, said the strike brought all
production operations to a stand
still and that pickets. while per-
mitting some maintenance men to
enter. we're barring engineering and
ONCE employees as well as those en-
gagged in actual manufacturing.
He explained that the 20-minute
blackout Wednesday night was ar
ranged "in cooperation with the
civilian defense authorities and
at the request Of w. F. Kalwitz, COM
mander Of civilian defense in Pom
tiac.
Mr.. Emmert said the strike began
without notice, and that las late
as midnight Thursday" a meeting
had been arranged with union Of
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Incendiories Damaged
Bremen, Germans Say

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, June 26 (P.-The Raj at
tackled Bremen and several other
places in the northwest coastal re-
gion OF Germany last night, causing
civilian casualties and doing damage
with incendiary bombs, principally
to residences and public buildings,
the German high command declared
today.
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Nuzis Arrest Urban
As 'InoorrigibIe Enemy
nv the Aseo,;.,.5

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June Ex-senator
Jean Jacques Urban. who represent
ed an Alsatian constituency in the
last Republican Parliament of
France, was reported today in be-
lated advices reaching the Asso-
ciated Press to have been arrested
by German authorities as AN in
corrigible enemy of the state"
He was charged with having list
ened to the British radio and with
aving opposed Na1 regulations i'm
f~=ed on Alsat;an peasants.
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Reds Are Driven
Further Back
In Ukraine
Kubyonsk, so Miles
From Khorkov, Is
Taken by Nozis
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June 26.-Against
powerful Red Army resistance,
the German offensive in the
Ukraine developed today into a
reinforced, major drive to the
east with the Russians being
forced back slowly by sheer
weight of troops and tanks past
Kupyansk and to the OSkol River.
Dispatches from the battlefront
said that after abandoning Kupy-
ansk, so miles southeast of Kharkov,
the Russians repulsed a series of
fierce assaults in which the Ger
mans tried with tanks and planes
to force a wedge into the defense
line.
The Russians said that by falling
back slowly they had been able to
maintain straight. unbroken front
against the fury of the new on
slaught.
The Germans intensified their
attacks" Tass reported, "and despite
tremendous losses are pressing for
ward.
Our units slowly retire, offering
strong resistance to the enemy"
Kupyansk Fighting Heavy.
In its account of the Withdrawal
from Kupyansk, where fighting was
described as particularly heavy, the
news agency said:
The fascist command concen-
trated considerable forces here, in
cluding several hundred tanks and a
large number of aircraft, and at
tackled almost necessarily.
Air combats were in progress
continuously. Enemy tanks repeat
edly attempted to pierce our de-
fenses and to strike at our troops
from the rear.
Our troops repulsed the attacks
and checked the enemy onslaught.
Then the German command began
to rush up reserves. Fresh infantry
units, tanks and air units were
hurled into action. This enabled
the enemy further to increase his
numerical superiority ).
Our units were compelled to re-
treat. A pitched battle developed
at the approaches to Kupyansk and
then in the town itself. Fighting
was prolonged and exceptionally
heavy. Despite the enemy's consid-
cradle superiority. our troops self
leSsly defended the town and the
approaches to it and clung for long
time to every defense line"
Sevastapol Still Holding.
Fighting famed overnight in both
the Kharkov and Sevastopol regions
The push on the inner defenses OF
Sevastopol was pictured here as still
unavailing, despite sacrifice of Axis
manpower at a rate of five for one
aerial raiders loosing 1000 bombs g
day and steady shelling by the
heaviest artillery.
Our troops beat off many enemy
attacks" it was said.
The Soviet Information Bureau
announced the fall of Kupyansk, 6
railway junction OF $4,000 popula
ton on the forested banks of the
0skol River, saying that after fierce
fighting, our troops withdrew"
The Oskol is an eastern tributary
Of the Donets, which flows through 6
war-torn region rich in iron and Goa
deposits to the Don.
Russian flyers parried Nazi aerial
(See RUSSIA. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Churchill Candidate
Beaten in By-EIection
By tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press
LONDON, June 26.-T. O. M. Dri-
berg, a Daily Express columnlst who
ran as an independent. won the
Maldon by-election to the House
of Commons today from the gov
ernment candidate, R. J. Hunt, Ma
tional Conservative, with a plu-
rality of nearly 5000 votes
The election was to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Col.
Sir Edward Archibald Ruggles-
Brise, Conservative.
Evening star., 1942-06-26
New Rations Give Cars
Is Gallons Monthly,
0PA Announces
Supplemental B and c
Books Provided Under
Setup After July n
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.

ny SEAA'AASN' = A<A< w \ oAN'
Motorists obtaining the basic
A ration books will be permitted
to buy 1872 gallons of gasoline
for the year, a rate of 16 gallons
a month, the Office of Price Ad-
ministration announced today
in issuing instructions for the
so-called permanent rationing
plan. The plan becomes effec-
tive in the District and Eastern
States July %.
in order to obtain the supple
mental ration books B or C, car
owners are subject to several re-
ouirements. Holders of B books will
be able to obtain a maximum of 81
additional gallons of gas for every
three-month period, while c classi-
fication will enable the car owner
to do an almost unlimited amount
of driving. provided it is essential
to the war effort or to the public
welfare"
On OPA's basis of Is miles to the
gallon, an A book. which may be
issued to any car owner. will pro-
vide 1880 miles of driving a year.
The books will contain six pages
with eight coupons to the page A
coupon will be valued at four gal
Ions. Coupons on each page can be
used for two-month period only
becoming invalid after that time.
1900 "Occupational Miles,"
In considering applications for
supplemental ration, OPA an
nounced that 1900 Of the total
mileage in the A book are consid-
cred available for occupational use.
The remaining l080 are available
for general purposes, such as driv-
ing to church. shopping or taking
the children to school.
To obtain a supplemental book
the motorist must prove first that
his occupa tional driving is in ex-
cess Of 1900 miles a year. A second
requirement Is car-sharing club
to take three or more other persons
to work. The passengers do not
necessarily have to be car owners.
An alternative requirement to car
sharing is that the motorist shall
show that he cannot carry three or
more persons to work and that
other means of transportation are
inadequate.
Application blanks for supple
mental rations may be obtained
when motorists register at public
schools for basic books on July 9.
10 and II. Only the basic books
may be obtained on registration
day, however. Applications for ad-
ditional gasoline may be filled out
and filed with a local rationing
board any time after the basic book
Is obtained. Car owners away from
home and within the rationing zone
may apply for A books at the near
est school site. If they are outside
the zone they may register later
with local board, but not before
July "a.
Book Mileage.
The supplemental B book Is pri-
marily for the car-sharing owner
whose occupational driving exceeds
the $50 miles a month provided by
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Malcolm Macdonald
Undergoes Operation

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, June 26.-Malcolm
Macdonald, British high commits
sioner to Canada. underwent an
operation at Civic Hospital here to-
day. An announcement from his
office said: He is making good
progress"
Evening star., 1942-06-26
Battle for Egypt Is Imminent
As Axis Drives In 100 Miles
U.S.. Bombers Strike at Tobruk Horbor;
British Flyers Hammer Advancing Foe

Pess
CAIRO June 26-Th main armored of Nazi Marshal
Erwin Romme had driven miles into Egypt confront
the British 9Th Army battle