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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-17

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 8. q Z. q. vsrotn.
zweig q.
Versammlung jeden l. Samstag i'm
Monat, Uhr abendS in der Germania
Mannsrchor Halle. 514 Deneraux Str.
Pras., Albert Gottschling, 61l9 North
Marshall Street
Prot.-Sekr.. Edgar H. Freeland
CIV -Selsr, John Enrich, 2S37 North
Hope Street.
Fin.-Sekr,. Edward May, S19 Anchor
Street.
salem, Ohio. e. 8. 8. prausn <. q.
vere1n. 8wsig le.
Versammlung teden 2. Freitag i'm
Monat i'm Sachsenheim. EOS Railroad
StraSse
Pr;is, Elisabeth Girsch. 740 Liberty
Prot.-Sekr., Maria Vogelhuber. r. d.
No. q
C.-V.-Sekr.. Mary Gang. 649 Prospect
Strasse
Adressen-sekr.. Anna Hermann. s07
Wilson Str.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

OCD, planned 10 ask Comptroller
General Lindsay c Warren whcth-
or Douglas, the movie actor. OF
Miss CLANCY. the rhythmic dam
Ger and friends of Mrs Roosevelt,
could expect remuneration from
the government
Tabcr'S convictions We're firm on
t1c sub tct. Their activities. he
said. were not authorized under
the bill as passed BY the house,
although they could volunteer
their services without compensa-
ton.
Miss Chancy is on the OCD pay
roll at $4,000 a year in the chill
drcn's activities division Wher
Douglas went to work .aS head OF
the OCD Arts Council, an OCD
publicity official said he WoulG
be paid on a Per diem basis at
the rate of $4,000 a year Douglas
said SUNDAY that he is working
' without compensation.
GLAMOR PROHIBITED
Tie deficiency bill as passed by
the house. prohibits the use of any
OCD money for sponsoring or par
ticlpating in fan dancing. theat-
meals or other forms of public en-
tCrtainmcnt." or for purposes 9TH
Cr than those set forth in the
authorization bill The prohibitions.
Continued on Page 6. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

Of his movies, propagandIHing III
come tax payments
The main catch Was mat the bill.
lor Donald'a moiic reached tho
representatives while they Wcre
r:icd against actors in general
Many congressman objected vch-
rr,ntlY TO the office Of civilian de-
fCneo hiring movie actor Mely>l
Douglas and MaYris CLANCY. d
dancer friend of Mrs Franklin d
Roosevelt. in high-Salaricd posi-
tons.
Without so much as acknowledge
lns Mrs RoOScVPlt'S suggestion
thai. she might cnlightcn the gen
tlcmen of congress on the mani
told duties that OCD has beeL
and would be called upon to per-
form. the house passed and sent
70 tl,e senate d Sl60,000000 de-
ficcncy appropriation bill carrying
a Sl0O 100000 outlay for OCD
SENATOR'S NON-COMMITAL
whether the senate sub-commit-
tcc would invite Mrs. Roosevelt to
dGpcar was a matter uDon which
Chairman Kenneth McKcllar D
1enn.. of the senate subcommittee
did not speculate. IN comparison
With the fireworks in the house
McKcllar'S attltuGe was somewhat
,2ckadiSlcal
"WcM ct' around to the bill III
frw daNr he Sal1
Tho tumul' subsidized in tho House
Gu has not altogether disappear
.o. Rep John Tabcr, r.. N. Y. d
ioddcr in the house discussion Of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Women, Children
EydCuate Hawaii

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. up
Women and children in Hawaii ar
heinz urged To cyacuatc the is.
lands. Guy A. SWopc, director OF
the division of territories and Is
land possessions, revealed today
Gas masks arc being distributed
to the entire population, he ais
disclosed.
Swope, reporting Secretary OF N.
lcrlor Harold l. Ickca after Is
day visit at Hawaii. said that rmor-
GcncY hospitals had been set up
a public school and a convent pros
vldng nearly 1000 reserve beds He
said Hawaii has a good nunbct
of DOCTORS
SWcpc reported that there Is
no hYstcria no haSty thinking aut
no panic" and that there is no
food or clothing supply problem. eX-
ccpting in few isolated cases il
the outer islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
JAP SUB SINKS j. S. TROOP TRANSPORT
EI Centro Man
Aboard Norrnandie

Last one off. Safe and well.
Love. Pat"
This was the telegram re-
ccived in FL Centre Tuesday
by Mrs. Virginia Preble Bush,
wife of Pat Bush, his parents
who worried because Pat was
aboard the NOrmandic, the $50,
100000 vessel which burned AT
Hudson river pier, New York,
Monday.
Pat joined the Navy a month
and a half ago as second
class electricians mate and left
FL Centre a week ago. The fam
lily received a letter Saturday
in which Pat said he had been
transferred TO the Normandic,
the luxury liner now the L. 5.
Lafayette.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Girl. / z.
Killed
BY Gar
Mother
Escapes De ath in
Second Accident

Donna Reah, 2-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William McClard of Plaster
City, was struck down and
killed in a traffic accident
at Plaster City late Monday,
the second child to die in traffic
in Imperial Valley this month
Five hours later Mrs John Sid
ney Cox. 25, an eXpectant mother,
n,jraculouSly escaped death when a
coupe driven by her husband sTcr-
ved off the highway at Seal
Heights. carccncd through the dust
along a ditch bank and landed on
Its SIDE atop narrow irriga ton
canal. Mrs. Cox was lifted from
the overturned coupe and taken to
a doctor Highway Patrolman EF-
"crcU Weathcrbic said She suffer-
cd a back injury.
GIRL RUNS OUT
The little McClard girl. daugh-
ter of the storekeeper at Plaster
City. was killed when struck by a
car driven by Don Ralph Donner,
26. Brawley, employed in conStruc-
ton work at the new federal air.
port west of FL Centre. He told
Weatherbie he did not see the lit
tie girl run from a private road
leading from the plaster plant to
highway 80.
Dornncr said he was driving
west toward Plaster City when tho
accident occurred. He said he was
after water for his car before he
started 10 drive to BraWlcy.
Cox. a vegetable cmploye living
at Holtville. said he was going
cast on highway 30 when he saw
car start TO turn left ahead Of
him. He Swcrved from the highway
Continued on Page 6, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
GLAMOR FOR Defense
It's Senate Problem Now

WASHINGTCN Icb. 10 tUF'
A senate subcommittee WAS ready
today to take up where the house
lott off in the matter Of gldmor
for defense
On the firing line were DoMalr
luck, Mclvyn Douglas end Mayris
Chancy and. indirectly Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Under the battlccrY, Billions
for Defense but Not a Buck for
Donald Duck the house pro1idcG
real suuaWking matcrld! for WaN
Disreys film character Who's
,QuaWks about his troubles On the
sc tcon have made him an inter
rational character. The house tt
fused to pay him $4,000 for onC
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

NN win Pubic works Director
Walter Hcmcck announced that
tl:t total number Of unpaid water
bills as OF Tuesday was exactly
2G
Two months agc there were 400
driirquont water users carried OF
the books
Reason gwen for the improve
menf Waa tho hardboiled StanG
taken b. ~" city council on FaV-
cettS recommendation that blls
o"cd by citizens for city-SurpliCo
water were no less urgent than
bills owed to department or hard
ware store, and that the city has
the same moral and legal right to
bear down on it's debtors as any
other going business.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Thieves Steal 81
Tires: II Tubes

Thieves Tue daN had made a blG
potentially rich haul ol usad tlrc~
I'D tubes from the old Shell scrV-
ZEE station Al Ff'h au& state
streets in FL Centre
Fl. Kirmoian. I'll state .f@ee'. re-
artcd his entire stock which ht
had stored at the former tlllmc
station, consisting of 86 facs and
10 tubes. had been cleaned ou'
While most of the rubber wa, too
Tar thin for immediate H., his.
elcrs could use them to trade il
on new rctrcatcd tires
The tire rationing boards allow
tie sale of new or worked over
tires only when the purchaser has
Old tires to trade in.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

7 T
On Side
Normandie Under
Water as Crews
Extin9uish Fire

NEW YORK. Feb. 10 (UP)
The $60,000,000 liner Nor
mandie, which was to have
sailed proudly again as the
L. S. Lafayette, lay on hey
side in the Hudson river today
while investigation went forward
to fix blame for the blaze that
laid low one of the worlds greatest
vessels.
New York Police Commissioner
James J. Valentine estimated that
50 men were injured. many Of
'hCm critically. in the fire. Fran!:
Prcntacosto. &c, Brooklyn. died from
emOkc fumes hc inhaled in the
ship'S hold
The firc-by all accounts from
workers acotylCnc torch-raged
for four hours yesterday aboard the
$1,000 ton Normandie. which had
been undergoing conversion from
idle luxury to war service. ThCus-
andS of tons of water were poured
into the vessel and that. in ex-
tin2uishing the fire. left her so
that - hours after the blaze
started, she rolled gently away from
the dock until her port side rested
on the silly bottom.
Immediately fire blazcd again
from the scared interior of ht-
super structure, but it was cX.
tinguiShed in 30 minutes and the
WearY hundreds Of naval and NUM-
cipal fire fighters who had battled
70 save her since Yesterday after
noon, left hcr to the engineers who
must SclvN thc monumental prob
lem Ct rehting her,
Formerly the Normandi2, pride
Of tho French merchant marine
and tho largest and fastest pas
Scnger ship afloat. now the u. S. S.
LAFAYETTE, the worlds largest naval
auxiliary, she was sad sight as
dawn revealed her crippled hulk
one third Cf her supcrstructurc and
bridge under water and her three
giant stacks and her maStS a few
feet above the water on tho ice
chOkcd pier.
But there was some good news
to allay the disaster of tho fire
which ragged i'll her decks for three
hours uncontrolled yesterday al
tcrnoOn and resulted finally in her
turning over on her side. Ono cf
her former French officers tOiC
the United Press that undoubtcdll
She could be righted and rcpaircC
and with a speed that would SUI
prise the layman.
Tho district attorney of Now Ypr.
county reported an ali night liz
ycstigation had placed responsible
ity fer tho burning of the sup"
liner directly on careless di5po-
sition of inflamablc materials an&
acCtvlCnc torch operators.
There is no evidence of SabO-
tagc," District Attorney Franz; Ho
gan said, "CarclcsSnCSs has served
the enemy with equal effectiveness
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Flood Inundutes
10000 Acres

Boguc. Wilson and MarcCuSc.
From the area about 800 famil-
les have been evacuated and auth
critics said should the waters in
the bypass reach 43 feet another
10000 acres would be flooded and
another 800 families would be
threatened.
In tie lower part of the Sacra-
mcntc River delta, in all-timc rec
ord oe 25 feet of water was flow
ing seven miles wide through tho
Yolo bypass. The 1000 acre Hast
inES Island was under water for
The first time since 1915. Eight
thousand acres of Egbcrt IslanC
and the towns OF Prospect. Liberty
and Little holland we're flooded
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10


of the press under common sense
censorship. But let's don't lose it
IT'S in far more danger from 9TH
or sources than censorship. .
I'm foreign countries. the news
papers are subsidized by the gov
Clnmcnt The publisher is guar
anteed certain return on his in
veStment. The advertiser is tolG
what to print and what not TO
print
Not so in America under
wartime censorship The American
newspaper publisher, large OF
small, daily or weekly. CANDLES his
personal possessions and fortune,
If he has one. against his ability
TO produce and distribute q news
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Schools Observe
National HOLIDAYS

Fl Centre school will be closed OF
Thursday of this week and Mon
Gty. Feb. %. Guy a Wcakley dis
trict superintendent announced
Tuesday morning
Original plans called for clos
ing of schools Thursday in OBJ
Ec;yancc Of Lincoln'S birthday anC
of running on a minimum Schcd~
ule Feb, %. the day following
Washington's birthday. and adding
holiday later at Easter.
A now Interpretation Of the law,
with a ruling by the attorney gem
eral, was received Tuesday morn
ing. declaring Monday. Feb %. to
be a legal holiday and the clos
ing OF schools madatory.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10 up
Army engineers and the American
Red Cross evacuated more families
today from the path CT flood wa
tcrs from the Sacramento and
Feather rivers that already have
covered 10000 acres Of farm land
to a depth of 25 feet.
A break in the Feather
river lcvec at Chandler sent
muddy stream into the Suttcr
Bypass and virtually covered an
area 25 miles long and 10 miles
wide in the W" formed above the
iuncturc of the Feather and Sac.
ramcntO Rivers Bypass.
Seven communities within the
area were already flooded or III
the path of the strcam-Tudor. Os.
wald, 'Bannion's Corners, Abbott,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Singapore ReteIIs Same Old Story
OF Inadequate Airp|ane Support

formation coming except confused
tales of desperate fighting. Bcyono
artillery fire We can do little to
prevent their flow of boats to the
island.
The troops have done their bet
all day, but it is the old story
Of great numbers crushing thinly
held lines.
The air attacks were combined
with a heavy and constant bonn
bardment
Our military position on Singa-
pore island late this afternoon
could only be described as serious
The landing Of additional jap
anese troops last night followed q
smashing barrage which reached
a peak at p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10


paper that you and | as the read
{ s in his community will accept
and patronizc. That's what main
tfinS his circulation Circulation
maintains his advertising. And ad-
IHrtiSin@ not only pays the bills
but delivers the goods and renders
u @ greatest service"
Long praised covcraec of world
affairs by tho press associations
United Press, Associated Press and
International News Service as
compared with that during the
first world war, and listed numer-
Gus California neWSpapcrmen with
these services who are furnishing
firSt-hand accounts of the fighting
N the Pacific war zone
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Reporter Reveals
No Safeguards Put
Around Normandie
Sabotage a Cinch' is
RcDOrt of News Man
After investigation

NEW YORK. Eco. 10. (UpJ-The
newspaper FM revealed today that
on Jan. its reporter. Edmund
Scott. after a personal invcstigat tior
OF the water front. had written a
story that would have told any
agent or crackpot firebug Just how
tC 90 about setting the Normandic
afirc, Just how easy it would be
Because this story was "a blue
print for sabotage" PM did no,
print it. but told Capt. Charles Il
ZCcrfoSs, chief of the anti-Sabotagc
division of the U. S maritime com
mission that VIC had diScOvCrCC
sabotage of war cargocS and ships
would be cinCh that VIC actually
had a reporter working on u S
ship of vital importance TO the Tai
NOT INTERESTED
Capt zecrfoSS didn't even aS&
tnc name of the ship" PMS story
today continued He just said
letter get your reporter out OF
there before he gets shot"
pM then published the story
which Scott wrote on Jan 3
For the last two days, I have
0ccn wandering all over the SIS
Lafayette once the Nornandic.
have been lighting imaginary fires
have ben planting imaginary
bombs. have succeeded in de-
stroying dozen times over the
,econd biggest ship in the world,
SCOTS story began.
Scott said he dressed in tNpica
iOngshorcman'S working clothes and
wandered around the water from
seven day.. to learn his way arouno
and get into the Internationa.
IongShorcman'S Union. which has
a closed shop contract with The
steamship lines.
ACCEPTED BY UNION
At the office Of local 82f Of tn
Union. he said, he applied for
membership. saving nc had los5
his Job in a brass factory because
Of prioritics
No questions Wcro asked, The
delegate merely said it would cost
him $26. and this represented a
reduction in the usual fee A ncW
member usually is charged a 500
initiation fec and $3.50 for three
months dues. in advance he re-
Continued en- Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
By IAN FITCHETT
ficial Australian Correspondenl

Official Australian Correspondent
SINGAPORE. Fcb. 10. up
The successful assault on SINGAPORE
island today brought japanese
bombing and machine cunning
planes Swarming over the Imperial
lines. and there was little cur air
force could do about it.
Our own fighters made a gallant
effort to aid our troops but it was
the same old story, and Sc it ha~
gone all day 1t is now p. m. ana
since the first strcaks of dawn
gave the bombers q line on out
troops they nave been in the all
almost constantly.
There is very little definite in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
FORGET Pearl Hurbor and
Remember M'Arthur-P

LOS ANGELES, Feb, 10. CUPD-
John B Long, general manager Of
the California Newspaper Publish
crS' Association. said today tho
nation should forget Pearl Har-
Dor and remember Macarthur
and concentrate on prcSt rving tho
-four freedoms" at home as well
as abroad.
Long, chairman of the committee
on Public Information of the State
Council of Defense and president
of the American Institute of Jour
naliSts, addressed the advertising
club of Los Angeles on the saga
Of free press under censorship "
Freedom of the preSS?" he Said
you bet, we've still got freedom
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
= AMBLINe
EpoR7ER
Mans Inhumanity


Louie Moore was called to The
telephone.
I'm with tic federal govern
mcnt," voice said severely, "and
m checking up on spare tires
What about that brand new tire
I found in the back Of your carp"
Louie BEGAN to sweat and Writht
Explanations tumblcd from his lips
Ike a torrent over a waterfall
What about it? What do you
have to Say?" the voice interrupt
cd.
I've got two cars, you know,
Louie babbled, hanging on to the
telephone with a desperate grip
We'll. of course l wouldn't want
to take the tire without paying for
it the voice intoncd in Louie'S
quivcring ear. Louie abandoned
the arguments and explanation APP
proach and jumped feet first into
the begging class.
Il suppose the tire would be
worth about $3.50" the voice said
coldly Louie almost tainted at the
propect OF getting only $3.50.
But the tires are practically
gone on my other car and [ -
The telephone went dead Louie
realized that the man at the othcl
end Of TIC limo had gone.
Agonizcd hour after agonizet
hour went by Just before Louie
expired a friend telcphoned that
no had rarcuarpd tho federal MAJ,
to let Louie keep the tire.
He revived slowly.
Louie doesn't know it yet but
that alleged federal man was one
Louies best friends with trick
of Disgusting his voice wouldn't
You Ike to know which friend
Louie?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Se..ectees Given
Rousing Sendoff

FL Ccntrans turned cut i'll lar
numbers Monday night to give ,
farewell party to the sClocl"c
leaving town on the night train.
At Sclcctcc headquarters on SlNh
street, John w. DonChuc. charmH
of the draft board, spoke briefly
The SclcctecS then went west o.
State street to Seventh where they
were joined by the patriotic parade
formed in their honor
The whole dclcGati#n parade,
cast on Main street TO the raI-
way station where Mayor Roorr'
Hatton bid them goodbye and wish
ed them luck.
The next farewell party tor 4" =
lecteeS was scheduled for ncA'
Tuesday at $50 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
P1owier E'udes
Barefoot Pursuer

If Post Press Ad Man Car.
SchoosS had ever learned to slcel
with his shoes on, the FL Centrc
hooscgoW Tuesday would have hac
as a guest a PcCping Tom.
SchooSs reported to police that
he caught ono of thcst pSycholoelc"
CuriositiCS looking into window
Of his homo at 854 Broadway Mon,
day night, and took ont after him
But being barcf0ctcd, SCh"OsS
said he was unable to keep With
the Culpril
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Morale Boosters
Revived in {. &.

nancinG the project.
D. B. Roberts VA, named r.l, II.
nan Of this c6mmi'' .". O'hpr com
mittccmcn arc. J1c|; Ta",sa'f JOIN
rnnchuc. Edna N"mL"0. FlGr"u"
ponham, Hob Ic" an' L0"
Moore.
About - r@aan. a''rnaaa tn.
u ndaY night mr,.N- "hlss We
orc: idod cv,r b. ~. N"~men L.
bHnont
A report by thr way aad II. g.
committee is expected to H. m1d'
a a meeting scheduled - nc"
Wednesday at the pC,i"' >'a'ien.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

The revived FL Centro Military
Affairs committee Tuesday was dc.
tcrmincd to make life at Cana
SHclcy little easier by providing
general recreational facilities tNa.
might include a club house anG
lounges where the soldiers can Ch-
tcrtain their mother, sisters anC
SwCCtheartS.
Tho committee composed Of rcf
rcSCntativcs of all local civic anc
fratcrnal or2aniza tionS, met at Tin,
chamber of commerce Monda>
night and named a sub commiUc,
to study ways and means OF H.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

; The sinking Jan. % of the U. S.
Army transport Royal T Frank
near Hawaii. with a less of %
persons, was reported in a war
department communique. Thirty
three survivors reached a Hawai-
ian port. The transport was COM
paratively small vessel of ia tons.
Her loss was blamed on a japanese
submarine.
On the embattled island Of
Singapore. the strategic Dutcli is
land stepping stones to Java and
the Philippines, the enemy often
sive battered closer to the most
important allied bases and COM
mInication lines.
There were strong indications
that the japanese were making
their greatest effort to achieve sub
stantial gains Wednesday, the most
important holiday in Japan cele-
brating the founding of the dyn-
aSty of the Son of Heaven
DISPATCHES SHOWED
Singapore-NeW Japanese land
in force ON north coast of island
force British defenders back; jap
anese claim to be within eight miles
of Singapore City as heavy air, in
fantry and artillery battles rage;
machine gun fire can be heard in
western suburbs.
Batavia-JapaneSc make new
landing at GaSmata. on south
coast of New Britain island. in push
toward Australia: Austria lian bomb
erS attack enemy shipping off New
Britain coast
Philippines War department
communique says forces Of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur arc engaged in
savage fighting against japanese;
! report seven more enemy planes
shot down bringing total to 1853:
U. S. transport Royal T. Frank
Sunk by Japanese submarine with
loss of % lives.
Burma-F"righ fight to hL1Cl
SalWecn river line; Axis broadcaStS
claim Japanese advances in Marta
ban and Paan sectors but Tokyo
says pressure on Burma drive less
cned pending outcome OF attack on
+ Singapore.
! British official sources described
/ the situation on Singapore island
as serious and dispatches from
United Press correspondent Harold
Guard tndicSted that hope Of
holding the once powerful naval
bastion for long we're decreasing
rapidly.
Guard said that ON men cannot
combat" tho japanese air force
which has been attacking the Brit
iSh land defenScS at lciSurc-in
dicating that the Allies no longer
had any important air support
over the island.
In such circumstances il ap-
pcared that the surge OF battle to
the City of which would
mean the end of the island con-
flict-might not be long delayed.
Nor was the picture less grim in
other sectors of the thousands OF
miles of water and island terrain
that comprise the southwest Pa
cifiC front.
Everywhere the japanese were on
the offensive, landing new troops,
pressing closer and closer TO the
remaining stronspointS OF the
united nations front.
JAPS NEARER
In the Dutch Indies tho Jap
ancsc hop-Skip-and-a Jump ottcn-
tContinlcd en- Pasc 8. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

SO it was agreed that. b'rr1ng
acts of God or mistortmcs be
vond the water customers control.
the old time lcnicncv shown them
by the city council Immediately
cease There is an ironclad rule In
the water department that no one.
unless he can show bonaftdc cause
for not paying. such as sickness IN
the family should be extended
service unless his bill Is paid ny
tnt nth of the month.
we have had the greatest Coz
operation from the city water US
crs." Fawcett said, "as the de-
crease from 400 TO 28 delinquent
teStify."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
DeIinquencies i'm
Water Tolls Cut

The stigma Of delinQu@nces in the Ell Centre municipal
water department. which only two months was SO bad
that hardly anyone paying his water bills had l"ch
almost completely wiped out Tuesday.
lItN WAtNr CommsSiOner II. W FlMcett. Aer cnrck-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Blast
Allies From Sky
Over Singapore
Nipponese FIurI Powerful Forces Into
Vast Offensive in Southwest Pacific;
New Landings Reported d in Islands

Japan sunk United States troop transport Tuesday
and knocked already Allied air support out of the
skies over Singapore while other fronts the Japanese
threw tremendous power behind thrusts into the United
Nations front in the southwest Pacific.