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Evening star., 1942-04-07
Pedestrian Injured
As Trolley Knocks
Auto Against Him
Coast and Geodetic Suuey
EmpIoye Victim Of Freak
Accident at 18th and G

A 30-year old pedestrian suffered
leg and scalp lacerations today in
a freak accident at Fourteenth and
G streets NV. involving a street
car and an automobile.
The victim, Joseph Samson OF
307 Thirty-fifth street NE, an en-
ploye of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital, where his injuries
were believed not serious.
Police said Mr.. Samson and his
wife were crossing Fourteenth street
in the crosswalk on the green traf-
fic signal when a streetcar making
q left turn into Fourteenth from G
street struck the rear of an east
bound automobile passing in front
of it. The automobile was knocked
against Mr.. Samson.
Police said the streetcar was op-
Grated oy G. C. Smiley, 80, OF 3547
Tenth street NV. and the auto-
mobile by E. j. Lansedale, a, OF $50
Longfellow street NV.
Four persons were injured early
today in q collision between an au-
tomobile and a streetcar at Eighth
and K streets NE, police reported.
Most seriously hurt was Miss Dru-
silla James, 20, colored, of 614
Twelfth street NE, said to have
been a passenger in the automobile.
She was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital for treatment of head injuries,
and her condition was described as
fair" The others in the car, also
colored, were: Cokes Bennett, %,
of 1909 Thirteenth street NV:
Willie Bennett, 20, Of the Twelfth
street address, and E. L. Putnam,
81, of the 1900 block of Fourteenth
street NV, listed by police as the
driver, who was charged with COL.
iding. They suffered cuts and
bruises.
Police said the streetcar was op-
Grated by Claude J. Brooks, 26, of
7l5 Eighth street NV.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Ruhr and RhineIand
R. A. F. Targets in
Continuing Attacks
Docked British Destroyer
Is Fired by Bombers, ~,
Germuns Claim -,-..,r
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, April British
bombers, raiding Germany for
the second successive night, at
tackled detectives in the Ruhr
and the Rhineland last night, 1t
was authoritatively stated today.
Bad weather, however, held the
attack to a smaller scale than that
of the night before, when more than
300 bombers raided Cologne, docks at
LIE Havre and Gennevilliers, near
Paris.
The text of the authoritative Brit
ish statement said:
1T Is learned in London that last
night our bombers attacked OBJ
jectives in the Ruhr and Rhineland.
Owing to very bad weother, the
scale of the attack was reduced and
results were difficult to observe"
The Air Ministry reported flve
bombers were missing after the at
tacks.
The communique added that two
medium sized enemy supply ships
were hit yesterday off Norway by
coastal command planes-one by a
torpedo and the other by bombs.
One coastal command plane Is miss
ing, 1t said.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
New Zealand Air Force
Declared Strengthened

WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
April 7 P.--New zealand's air
strength has been substantially"
increased with the most modern
equipment from Great Britain and
the United States, Prime Minister
Peter Fraser told a Labor party
conference yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Roosevelt LiberaIizes
Rules for MOVING
OF U. 5. Employees 49,.
Regulations on Most
Thrifty Transportation,
Military Duty Eosed

Liberalization of Federal regula.
tions pertaining to movement OF
household furniture and persona
effects of Government civilian en-
ployes was directed by President
Roosevelt in an executive order Is
sued today.
Principal change in present rules
IS that an employe moving to q
new location may transport his ef-
fects by means other than the most
economical by paying the difference
between lowest available charges
and the charges assumed.
Rule for Rates Set Up.
The order specifies that the low
est rates are to be established
through competitive bidding or from
published motor van terms.
The new regulations also make al.
lowance for military service Of civil
employees by extending the time limit
on which shipments at Government
cost will be permitted. The original
regulation provided that no such
shipments would be approved be-
yond two years after the date OF
employe transfer. Where military
service intervenes, however, thii
time limit henceforth may be ex-
tended to cover the period Of such
service.
Official Station Defined.
The amendment further provides
that the head of q department
being moved may, when he deems
1t 'in the interest of the Govern
ment," authorize shipment by ex-
press of articles an employe requires
for immediate use at his new station
Those may include such items al
professional books. wearing apparel
bedding or kitchen utensils. EN-.
ployes with dependents, may have
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Begins debate on profit limitation
in $19.212,000,000 war appropriation
bill.
Jesse Jones testifies before Special
Defense Committee.
Military Affairs Subcommittee
considers resolution for investigation
of all United States Army plane
crashes since 1899.
House:
In recess until Thursday.
Ways and Means Committee re-
sumes tax study.
Military Subcomittee probes Min
den, La, ordnance plant costs.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Japan S New Guinea
Base Is Raided by
Allied Warp|anes
Several Enemy Bombers
Are Declared Damaged
Over Port Moresby
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, April limited
States and Australian bombers
and fighters attacked Japanese
occupied Lac in New Guinea to-
day, damaging several enemy
aircraft, an Australian commu-
nique said.
The japanese threw up intensive
Antt-aircraft fire, but no effective
interception was encountered.
Several Japanese bombers were
damaged yesterday in attacking Port
Moresby. New Guinea, and two of
the defending Australian fighter
planes were lost, communique said
early today.
One of the Allied pilots was saved,
however, and the raid on Port
Moresby was declared failure.
A party Of United States Army
nurses arrived in Australia today.
Gen. Smart to Go to U. s.
1t. Gen. E. K. Smart, Australian
adviser to the Pacific War Council
in Washington, said he expected to
leave for the United States soon
He has been studying camps and
maneuvers of the United States
Army in Australia with the idea
Of improving the commonwealth s
training program.
Other authorities indicated that
the Federal Government shortly
would take the last step to unity
entirely the Australian forces. Uni
flcation of pay and service condi-
tions of the militia, called up under
compulsory order, and the vol
unteers of the Australian Imperial
Force was announced last week.
Gen. Smart, 81, disclosed that the
staff to go to Washington with him
would be made up of 1t. Col. r. G..
Sutton, former publisher; 1t. Col.
c. w. Hicks, former engineer, and
1t. Col. T. r. Blamey, AZ, one Of the
youngest officers of that rank in
the Australian Army.
Col. Blamey is a son Of Gen. Sir
Thomas Blamey, chief of the ground
forces within the commonwealth.
Col. Sutton heads an international
organization of dog lovers, holding
within it the title Of chief tall
wager.
Gen. Smart Sees Macarthur.
Gen. Smart conferred with the
United Nations commander, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, today and said
later he considered the American
a great man, well qualified to head
the Allied command.
The portly white-haired Gen.
Smart said his first visit to the
United States would allow him to
renew acquaintances with the Amer
leans he knew SO well in the first
World War. Members Of the A. E. F.
were attached to his Australian
division which broke the Hinden-
burg line in 1918.
He was q major and naison ofncer
there and knew the American troops
Of the 9th and SD Divisions. He
was wounded once in action.
The head Of the United States
lease-lend mission to Australia, w.
S. Wasserman, said American aid
was reaching the island continent
in ever-increasing quantities. He
added that the Australians were
rendering reciprocal assistance to
the American troops now stationed
there.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
1t. F. D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
To Leave Hospital
Rx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April lit. q. g.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., was listed
as an "out patient" today at the Ma
val Hospital in Brooklyn while con-
valescing from a bronchial infection.
Navy public relations officers said
1t. Roosevelt was still on the sick
list and would report to the hospital
regularly for treatment and obserya-
tion. However, as an out patient, he
viii be able to live at home until his
convalescence is completed.
He entered the hospital March Is,
a few weeks after he had recovered
from an appendicitis operation.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Communiques
Heavy Attacks Made
On Botoon Lines

The tert OF War Department com
nunique No. 179, based on reporj
-eceiped here up to $50 am. toda
follows::
/. Philippine theater:
The enemy continued heavy
attacks on the center of our line
in Bataan all day April 6, with
some success. Casualties were
heavy on both sides.
Aerial bombing of our rear
areas and the south coast of
Bataan was particularly severe.
An enemy amphibian plane was
destroyed on the water in Manila
Bay by the horizontal fire of one
of our anti-aircraft batteries.
Enemy artillery from the Cavite
shore sheled Corregidor and
Fort Hughes for two hours on the
afternoon Of April g. No damage
and no casualties were sustained.
The guns OF our forts laid down
a counter battery fire on enemy
mainland artillery emplacements.
Australia:
DR.. Hubertus VanMook, acting
head of the government of the
Netherlands Indies, conferred at
length today with Gen. Mac
Arthur. They discussed the con-
siderable part that the Nether-
lands forces are expected to play
as the war progresses in the
Southern Pacific. DR.. Van Nook
informed Gen. Macarthur that
resistance to the Japanese in
vasion continues in Java. Two
Netherlands Indies forces of con-
siderable size, one under Gen.
Schilling and the other under
Gen. Pressman, are fighting
fiercely In the interior jungles
and mountains of Java. They
are well supplied with food and
munitions and are engaging q
considerable force of the enemy.
2. There is nothing to report
from other areas.
The teIt OF War Department
connluniQue, No. 17S, based on
reports received here until 4
pm. yesterday, Eastern maritime.
tolloUs::
81. Philippine theater:
Savage fighting is in progress
In Bataan today, where Gen.
Wainwright's troops are resisting
stubbornly the repeated attacks
Of Japanese assault troops. Dur
ing the day the enemy made
some gains, but at a heavy cost
in casualties. The attacks were
supported by artillery and dive
bombers. One enemy plane was
shot down by our fire.
"On the East Coast hostile
artillery, firing from barges, ha-
rassed our beach defenses. Most
Of the shells were short of the
targets.
There was no air attack on
Corregidor today.
q. There is nothing to report
from other areas"
The teri OF Napy communique
No. 81, issued at S pm. yester-
day tollotps::
Far East:
81. A United States submarine
has reported the sinking of an
enemy freighter in Japanese
waters while on extended patrol
In that area.
Southwest Pacific area:
20. A United States submarine
has reported that it sank two
heavily laden Japanese tankers
in waters near the Caroline Is
lands while on extended patrol
in that area. The submarine was
fired on by one Of the tankers,
but escaped without damage.
IS. These sinkings have not
been reported in any previous
Navy Department communique.
4. There is nothing to report
from other areaS"
Evening star., 1942-04-07
New Soldiers Embarrassed

SAN DIEGO (P-A selective
service induction station telegraphed
Camp Callan:
"Forty-eight enlisted men as
signed to your command. Departed
from this station short the follow
ing clothes: 48 wool trousers"
Poker. maybe?
Evening star., 1942-04-07

no more than 500 pounds Of such
necessary articles, and those with
no dependents, no more than $50
pounds.
The term "ofiicial station" is
construed to include any point from
which the employe commutes daily
to his ONCE.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Apartment Building Burns

BERRYVILLE, Va, April R.-
The explosion of an oil stove started
a fire which swept a frame apart
ment building owned by Mrs. Mat
thew Jones here yesterday. Loss
was estimated at $4,000.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Showers to Follow Warm Duy:
Man FeIIed as Mercury Hits 81

hospitals and private homes where
illness or other emergencies require
a greater use Of fuel oil. !.
Evening star., 1942-04-07
Weather Report

FURNISHES by
occasional
tonight; moderate winds
occasional brief tonight
few widely scattered showers in west
and north portions tonight
Evening star., 1942-04-07

Often = bridesmaid, but never .
bride. tShe wouldn't buy any De-
fense bonds.)
Evening star., 1942-04-07
River Report,
PrecipitatioH

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
precipitation,
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Modern-Day Crusoe Ends
Life on California Isle
BY TIE Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
SANTA BARBARA, Calf, June
22.-Herbert c. Lester, 81. who spent
a modern-day Robinson Crusoe ex-
istence on San Miguel Island in
sea>ch Of happiness and quiet for
hS war-torn nerves. ended his life
by a gunshot wound last Thursday.
First word Of his death came last
night after a visit to the island by
Coroner E. G.. Dodge of Santa Bar
bara. Informed belatedly of the
death. he pronounced it a suicide
and said Mr.. Lester, veteran Of the
war Of 19l7-l9l8 was known to have
been in failing health.
Returning to the mainland with
the coroner was Mr.. Testers fam
ily-his wife and their two daugh-
tiers, Mary Anne. IL, and Betsy, 9.
Closed was their school. once
called the smallest in the world A
miniature shack built by Mr.. Lester,
its pupils we're the two girls. Mrs.
Lester, an accredited teacher, was
the instructor.
Mr.. Lester, who operated a sheep
ranch on the lonely island, paid in
frequent visits to the mainland. His
family rarely came over. Supplies
and mail in peacetime were flown
to them. The war interrupted this
service.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
U. 5. Bomber Co-piIot
Saves Comrade on
Rumanian Flight
Tells Of Fleeing kozi
PIone and Landing
On Turkish Soil
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL. Turkey, June 20 de-
iayed).- Virgil D. Anderson, CO.
pilot OF one Of the four American
bombers forced down In Turkey
after a bombing raid over Rumania,
today described dramatic fight for
oxygen while flying S miles above
their objective.
Slim and blond, 1t. Anderson was
born Is years ago in Salem, S. Oak,
and lives in Los Angeles, Calf He
is married.
The battle for breath occurred in
the midst of heavy anti-aircraft fire
and while the bomber was being
pursued by Messerschmitt 100
fighter plane.
1t. Anderson would not admit it
but he probably saved the life of
another member of the crew whose
oxygen mask had failed. 1t. Ander-
son gave him his own mask and was
slightly wounded while tending his
unconscious mate.
Right Hand Wounded.
The small wound-in his right
hand-was caused by shell frag-
ment. He is in the American Hos
pital in Istanbul.
His plane, forced down near limit,
was peppered with shell fragments.
One report said as many as 40 holes
were counted. 1t. Anderson ex-
planned the craft got most of these
when the gunners oxygen mask
failed and the plane was forced to
lose altitude rapidly.
He was cheerful today, but he gave
away no details such as the point
of the bombers' departure. what
they were sent to bomb, and what
they actually did bomb.
His plane, he said. made its run
over the target and he believed the
bombers caused considerable damage
in this apparently first American
raid on Europe in the current war
Wants More Trips.
1t. Anderson confessed it was his
first raid and expressed regret that
he had to land in a neutral country
damaged oil lines forced his de-
scent-because he would like to make
some more trips
There seemed to be a possibility,
1t was said here by informed sources
that 1t. Anderson and the other
Americans might teach the Turks
how to fly the American ships. 1t
was believed in semi -off1cial quarters
that the Turks were negotiating for
purchase of the bombers and would
use the interned crews as instructors.
1t. Anderson praised the Turks for
their treatment.
Allied circles considered as pure
invention German reports that
United States Army aircraft again
few over Turkey Friday to bomb
northern objectives and met with
Turkish anti-aircraft fire.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Virginia Luther League
To Open Convention
rnecisl Dispatch 70 The Star

epeclsl Dispatch 10 The star.
STAUNTON, Va. June 22.-The
DIST annual convention of the Luther
League of Virginia will be held at
Christ Lutheran Church tomorrow,
Wednesday, and Thursday.
Delegates from lis leagues
throughout Virginia and portions Of
West Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee will arrive in Staunton to-
morrow as guests Of the young peo-
piles organization of the United
Lutheran Church in America.
The Rev. Frank H. Clutz will be
convention preacher. Mr.. Clutz is
pastor Of Trinity Church, German
town, Philadelphia.
Miss Edith Richardson. president
of the Synodical Luther League. will
preside at the business session of
the convention Wednesday. Pearle
N. Lyerly, deaconess Of the Church
of the Reformation. Washington,
will open the wednesday proceed
ings with devotions.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-04

Nh. Emma lie Beau, So, pass
% away at her residence, 1856
x7ogonce, II arriso n township.
ysGooEday afternoon after 4 brief
illnoO.
lers. Le Beau, wife of Frank
L. Beau. prominent retire d
Clinton and Harrison township
farmer, II survived by her hus-
band; two children, MRS. Frank
Bohm and Corp. E d ID lie
Beau, Of the u. S. Marine Corps,
and the following sisters, Gwen
Stocks, Harbor Beach; Mrs. Ben
Allen, Port Huron; Mrs. Homer
Van Luke, Augusta, and Mrs.
Donald Sommerville, East De-
troit.
Funeral services will be held
from the La Croix and Groes-
beck Funeral Home Friday aft
eruoon 1t 2 o'clock, Rev. George
Mortified officiating. Interment
will be in Clinton Grove ceme-
terry.
The remains will lie in state
ut the funeral home until the
hour Of the services.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-04
| Chief Warns
Of Tax Stamp
Tllefts Here

Chief of Police Arthur !. Rosso
today issued . warning 10 al
motorists to take precautions
against possible theft Of the Use
Tax stickers from their automo-
biles.
Three thefts Of q similar ma
ture were reported to police
headquarters yesterday after
noon, and police say that the
thefts will continue unless driv-
ers cooperate in an attempt to
safeguard them.
Recently, at the outbreak of
widespread tax stamp thefts,
state officials said it was not
necessary for motorists to tack
the stamps on the windshields of
their automobiles. However, they
must. on all occasions, have the
stamp on their persons while
driving their automobile.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-04
Girl Reserves
Initiation
is ToniQht

Initiation for so Girl Reserves
of the M o u mt Clemens High
school will take place in . public
service at 7:30 o'clock this eve
ming in the Presbyterian church.
Speaker Of the evening will be
Mrs. Cash Southwell. (Reva Jar
many. who Is q former sponsor OF
the Girl Reserves. Present spon-
sors are Jane Howard and Bar
bara Teall, members of the high
school faculty.
The initiation ceremonies will
open with soprano solos by Mary
Jane Ashman, accompanied by
Marion Capron. "Preyer Perfect"
and take Joy Home" will be
her selections. Responsive read
ing will follow by President
Nancy Lewark and the pledges.
Margot Breitmeyer. vice-pres-
ident, will give the closing
prayer.
Ruth Smythe is chairman of
the service to which the public
Is invited.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-04
1922 Sailors,
Marines are
War Captives

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4-(R
Senate naval committee
heard testimony today that 1892
officers and men Of the Navy
and Marine Corps are known 10
be prisoners of war or missing
in action.
This information was submit
ted by Naval and Marine Off
GERS at q committee hearing on
legislation which would enable
the government to make allow
ances out of the pay of men in
enemy hands to dependent or for
payment Of insurance premiums.
The measure would cover men
in the ranks Of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps and civilian
employees of the War and Navy
Departments who were captured
or missing in action.
The officials said they had no
information on the number Of
civilian employees who have
fallen into enemy hands in the
western Pacific, but that the
number was relatively small.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-04
Prod uce

DETROIT, Feb. 4-(R-(U.S.
Dept. Agr.)-Apples: Mich bu
crts US No. / 2h" min unless
otherwise stated: Mcintosh It's;
Delicious 10 LIS; Northern
Spys 1.75-1.85; Jonathans 1.60-
It's; Winter Bananas 1.15-1.20:
Hubbardstons 1.20-1.25; Golden
Delicious $50.
Leaf lettuce: dollhouse 10-lb
bkts Ohio 90; Mich $500.
Onions: 50-lb sacks-Mich US
No. / yellows 5000 percent 2"
and larger 2.10-2.2O, fair 200,
3" min sweet Spanish type 2.25,
25-lb sacks white boilers 200.
Potatoes: 100-lb sacks-Idaho
Russet Burbanks US No. / wash
ed 3.25, 10-lb sacks 1886; Maine
US No. / Chippewas g. Katah-
dins 1O0-lb sacks 2.35-2.5O; fair
2.20, 50-lb paper sacks 100, Is
Id paper sacks 38-40, mostly &c.
40; NY 15-lb paper sacks US No.
round whites 36-37: Mich. 100
ID sacks US No.'1 Russet rurals
2.00-2.15, few 100, Chippewas
2.20-2.30; Upper Peninsula US
No. / Greent Mtns 100-lb sacks
2.20-2.40, 15-lb paper sacks Sc;
Wis US No. unwashed Chippe-
was 2.25; Nebr 50-lb sacks US
No. washed triumphs I Sol .65.
New stock: Fla bu crts US No.
/ triumphs 2.15-2.25.
Rhubarb: Mich dollhouse cases
fey 2.50-3.00, choice 1.00-1.75.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-04
Draft
CONTINUED from Page ~

3 at Romeo expect to complete
registration plans by Friday.
Romeo residents will register at
Board No. 3 headquarters in the
Post Office building and at the
Romeo school, but other loca-
tons nave not yet been selected.
SOUTH MACOMB
DR.. Arthur w. Spring, chief
clerk for Board No. 2, today
specified the following registra-
ton places.
st. Clair Shores: Lakeview
High school, Jefferson avenue
between 10 and II Mile roads;
South Lake high, Nine Mile
road, between Harper and
Mack; Lake Shore High, Is Mile
road, west of jefferson;
East Detroit: East Detroit
High school on Couzens, west of
Gratiot.
Roseville: Burton High gym
nasium, il Mile road, east Of
Gratiot and Eastland High
school, Eastland avenue, west Of
Gratiot.
CLINTON
Clinton township: William
Nicke school, Gratiot at IS Mile
road.
Harrison township: Harrison
Township Hall, L'Anse Cruise
and Oak.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-04
master Harold Lynn,
"2972 Rochester Ave-,
Detroit. Mich.

Detroit, Mich.
Dear Harold:
1T was real pleasure to me
to receive your letter offering
your services to the Army Air
Forces. Determination such as
yours is going to win this war.
Knowing that you are In our
younger generation of fighters,
ready to back US up when the
time comes, is reassuring and an
inspiration to those who admire
courage when the going gets
rough.
"You can best serve the Army
Air Forces, Harold, by going to
school and learning mathematics,
engineering and other courses
which will help you when you
60 into pilot training.
"In the meantime, / would like
to meet the boy who wants a
crack at the Japs and Germans.
Do you suppose you could find
time to drop out to my office at
Selfridge Field for q visit?
Keep your chin out!
Sincerely,
wv. T. COLMAN,
"Lt. Col, AC,
Commanding"