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Evening star., 1942-02-02
Singapore's Big Guns
Shell Japs Across
Johore Strait
Three Small Ships Blasted
In Waterway; Arrival
OF Aid Announced
BY the Associated Press.


SINGAPORE, Feb. 2.-The de-
tenders of Singapore, on guard
against an expected Japanese
thrust across Johore Strait
blasted three small enemy craft
which appeared yesterday in the
narrow waterway and sank one
of the vessels, British headquar-
terS announced today.
At the same time, a communique
said, artillery on Singapore Island
hombarded japanese forces moving
into lahore Bahru, directly acros:
the strait.
GA British military commenta-
tor in London said today it was
entirely possible that Singapore's
big coast defense guns, intended
primarily to meet sea attack,
had been turned against Jap
anese troop concentrations on the
Malayan mainland north Of Jo-
hore Strait.
(Singapores defenses, this COM
mentator said, were built with
the idea of making the fortress
impregnable and the designers
certainly would have taken into
consideration the possibility Of
attack from the mainlandD
All-Out Assault Forecast.
The bulletin said air reconnais.
sance had disclosed considerable
Japanese troop movements on the
mainland. all headed southwark ir
apparent preparation for an an-out
assault on this island fortress.
Enemy activity over Singapore
has increased throughout the last
"a hours" the communiaue added
Some damage was caused but mill
tary casualties have been slight"
CReuters reported that the big
Singapore naval base on Johore
Strait at the northeast of the be-
leaguered British island is no
longer being used.
(The base is within sight of a
range of hills across the strait
which would afford ideal positions
for japanese artillery, the dis
patch, sent from Batavia, said.
Three of the islands air bases
also we're said to be within range
of japanese artillery
Bolstered by the arrival of long
awaited reinforcements, the British
Australian and Indians massed here
swiftly put the finishing touches to
(see SINGAPORE, Page A-60
Evening star., 1942-02-02
Australia Bomb Blasts
Kill 10, Injure 20
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PERTH. Australia, Feb. 2.-Ten
persons were killed and 20 were in
jured today in bomb explosions at
a hotel and house at a gold mining
center near Kalgoorlie.
The body of an unidentified man
whom the police said they suspected
of planting the bombs was found in
a cemetery where, they asserted, he
apparently had committed suicide.
Evening star., 1942-02-02
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A UNITED STATES ARMY
FIELD HOSPITAL ON BATAN
PENINSULA, Jan. 81 OelayedD.-
Jiro Suzuki (not his real name),
a japanese private wounded and
captured when his infiltration
party was surrounded behind the
Observation-Disclosures front line, has
been receiving the best medical
care the American Army can give
for the last 10 days.
The American doctor attending
him has pronounced him well on
the way to recovery. Through an
interpreter, Suzuki has signifled
his willingness to be interviewed.
This Is . regular procedure. No
prisoner Is forced to submit 10
Evening star., 1942-02-02
Ark RoyoI Commander
Before Court-MortioI
By the Associated Press

PreSS.
PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. 2.
The commander of the torpedoed
aircraft carrier Ark Royal, Capt. L.
E. H. Maund. appeared today before
a secret court-martial.
Informed sources said the pro-
ceedings which do not suggest neg
ligence on Capt. Maund's part" will
continue until Thursday or Friday.
Evening star., 1942-02-02
Germans Claim BARGE
Occupied by Tanks

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Feb. tR.-German tank
units advancing against the British
in North Africa have occupied the
town of BARGE, so miles northeast
(See LBYA, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1942-02-02

LONDON, Feb. 2 (P.-A woman
was killed and several persons we're
injured this afternoon when a single
air raider bombed and machine
gunned streets of an East Scotland
village.
Evening star., 1942-02-02
Flynn Is Speaker
On Radio Forum

Edward J. Flynn, chair
man of the Democratic
National Committee, will
discuss Party Duty in War
time" on the National Radio
Forum at 9 o'clock tonight.
The forum, arranged by The
Star, is broadcast nationally
over the Blue Network and
is heard locally over Station
WMAL.
Evening star., 1942-02-02
Treasury Calls u. S. Finances
Stronger Than in World War !
Situation Hopeful, Morgenthou Declares;
$l1l2,926 Asked for Two Departments
BY the Associated Press.


899 appropriations bill to finance the Treasury and
Office Departments 1943 went Congress today with
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenhau that the Ma
better shape than the first World War
and were signals
Evening star., 1942-02-02

(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-20
Evening star., 1942-02-02

(See MACASSAR, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-02-02

(See MEDITERRANEAN, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1942-02-02

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and 2-x of this edition of
The Star, supplementing the news OF
the regular home delivered edition.
Evening star., 1942-02-02

lSee APPROPRIATIONS, A-5D
Evening star., 1942-02-02
Scotland Raid Kills Woman

(See FAR EAST, Page A-5D
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Nations op-Motch Bowlers
Reach Halliday Mark Today

the places in the final field,
Match Champion Ned Day of
West Allis, Wis, and Challenger
] o hnny Crimmins of Detroit
reached the halfway mark in
their 9O-game title match, with
Day in front with a total pin
count of 8,943 to Crimmins' g.
692. Day had registered 2O4.43
points to Crimmins 194.42.
Crimmins beat Day in 9 of Is
games yesterday, and trailed the
champion by only 3 games, with
Day winning "a and Crimmins
81. Crimmins copied the open
ing round 921 to 500, and then
finished in a tie in the other
two sessions. In the second round
they each scored 972 and in the
final block, they each rolled 937.
While Eugene Buddy b.
mar of Houston, Tex, was lead
ing the field in the eliminations
with 3,164 for the first IS games,
the balance of the pace settlers
were closely punched.
George Young of Long Island
City, N. Y, scored a 1909 on
the last shift last night to tie
Dawes Comins of Kansas City
for second place, each with 81
O56, while Connie Schwoegler
of Madison, Wis, was in fourth
spot with BOAT. Andy Varipapa
of Brooklyn was in fifth with
Bob.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Amy Navy
to Meet in
lily Bowl
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 -(R-
Football Bowl games on New
Years Day, a custom as Ameri-
can as ham and eggs, is being
carried to other parts of the
world by Uncle Sans service
men.
United States authorities at
Bermuda are helping to stage
the first Lilly" Bowl game there
on Jan. l between a squad from
the Army and another from the
Navy.
Both outfits lrea y have
started training, and each is be-
ing coached by former Geor-
gia Tech played.
Lieut.. Robert Murphy, who
captained the Atlanta Engineer
eleven which defeated Missouri
in the 1889 Orange Bowl en-
counter, is handling the soldiers
while Warner Mizell, a halfback
on the Tech Rose Bowl team Of
1929, is tutoring the sailors.
The athletes themselves are
so keen about the game, they
are trying to find means of
broadcasting the play by play
to the United States as thank
you" for the radio accounts Of
the many sports events here.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Nearing 30. Connie
Mack Still Hopeful

great outfielder. And 10 10
White, acquired from Seattle,
ought to be good in center
field"
Of the men released, Mack
had just one comment:
"They we're not much help to
us last year."
Kreevich, 80, was reported
disgruntled with the tail-end
Mack aggregation last season
and also was slowed by leg in
jury. The AS acquired him
from the Chicago White Sox at
the Major Leagues 1941 meet
ing. He batted .255 in ZIG
games, fielded $50, and drive in
36 runs.
Knickerbocker, 80, who play
ed with the Cleveland Indians,
St. Louis Browns and New York
Yankees before Mack acquired
his services, was sidelined for
some time last season by a bro
ken finger and after that, Connie
said, He wasn't the same" He
batted .253 in 81 games during
the season and fielded 1854 in 81
games at second base.
Connie bought McNair, 80,
this year to replace shortstop
Jack Wallaesa, drafted. The
price was reported at SIS, 1000.
He came from the Detroit Tig-
ers. Mack had given him his
start in the big leagues in 1929.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
See Loopho|e
in 0DT Rule

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 8-(P)
- Sugar Bowl sponsors have
moved to comply with defense
Transportation Director Joseph
B. Eastman's request to confine
ticket sales to New Orleans, but
unless the government comes
up with a solution there is a
loophole for out-of-towners big
enough to drive whole foot
ball team through.
Tickets were recalled yester-
day from the competing teams
upon Eastman's belated order to
keep team followers from trav-
cling. Tennessee reported all
would be sent hack but Tulsa
said some tickets had been sold
and no records kept.
The biggest headache for the
Sugar Bowlers, who emphasize
they want to cooperate fully
with the government, is the con-
troll of local sales of tickets for
non residents. Box offices have
been open here for some time
and ticket sellers can't be expect
ed to recognize outIof-tOWners
among the more than half mil
lion Orleanians. Then, too, pre-
sumably anyone with the price
can step up to the gate New
Years Day and buy his way
into the ninth annual classic.
The government might re-
ouire ticket purchasers to pro-
vide affidavits of residency in
order to get the pasteboards,
but, although the Sugar Bowl
has no definite figures, proba-
bly, half of the $4,000 tickets al
ready have been sold locally.
There appears no practical
way of recalling those purchased
for visitors. Many of them
bought through local agents,
others by mail. Some records
were kept on the mail orders but
are not complete, local authori-
ties say. No names of purchasers
were taken on local ticket win
dow sales and many went out
of town, or are being held for
out of town relatives and guests.
The committee in choosing
Tulsa and Tennessee had the
initial feeling that the game
would not tax transportation too
severely because both schools
are only 500 mites distant. Team
followers we're expected to pool
gasoline and tires to the utmost
20 make the trip by automobile.
The Bowl committee hopes
for a sellout this year, but some
of the group appear resigned to
less.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Western Conference
Discussions Underway

CHICAGO, Dec. 8 - up -
Western Conference faculty rep
resentatives, athletic directors
and football coaches met today
to consider some of the most diff
ficult problems in the circuits
46-year history.
The annual two-day winter
conclave was confronted with
rearranging the 1913 football
schedules, deciding whether to
permit freshman participation in
varsity sports, determining cur
tailment or possible suspension
of minor sports and bordering
a solution for equitable compe-
tition for schools with varying
Spring scholastic schedules.
Modification of schedules was
expected. Competition between
Conference teams may be large
ly omitted and games with near
by colleges and amateur teams
substituted in an effort to reduce
travelling.
If minor sports are continued,
dates of the championship con-
ference NETS will be determined
at the meetings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
The Monitor-Leader
TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1912 PAGE
Illinois. Mic1lis gan
Win Cage Victories

Illinois, the Big Ten confer
ence champion, had little trouble
trimming the University of De-
troit, 38 to Is. Six men featured
in the scoring, with Ken Menke,
Jack Smiley, Andy Phillip and
Gene Vance-last years Sophie
more hub-contributing a tota
of % points. Manke was high
with IL while Captain Art Math-
isen ported 8.
Nebraska of the Big Six cir
cult will test the Illini Saturday
at Champaign.
Indiana rolled to its second
victory in three nights by
smashing Wabash, So to 40, with
Ralph Hamilton, Junior guard.
scoring IT points. The Hoosiers
play South Dakota State Thurs
day and Michigan State Satur-
day.
Fighting out from IS to 8
halftime disadvantage, Michigan
edged Michigan State, SO to 81,
in the seasons first overtime.
Forward Bob Wiese, fresh from
the gridiron, broke the Michigan
State spell with IL points in the
second half to take scoring hon
ors. Captain Jim handlers free
throw in the last As seconds
froze the count Gall and sent
the game into extra time. Wiese,
Ralph Gilbert and Ralph Strack
counted quick baskets and
Mandler added another charity
to snatch the victory.
The Wolverines next contest
is with Marquette Saturday at
Ann Arbor.
Topping tonight's midwest
program is Ohio States bow
against Ohio Wesleyan at Co
lumbus. The Buckeyes lost seven
players, and Bob Shaw, center,
ranks as the only regular hold
over. The starting lineup lists
Captain Freddie Miller and Bud
Wise, forwards; Shaw, center;
and Sophomores Gene Fekete
and Dick Shrider, guards.
The Bucks will be handi-
capped by the ineligibility OF
Max Gewcowets, regular guard
and leading scorer last season,
and Lou Trabitz, his substitute
Both are expected to be ready
for the Big Ten opener at In
diana January 8.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Sports
Roundup
BY HUGH FULLERTON, .JR.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8-R-
Rushin' the rations: Sun
Valley, the acknowledgements
Idaho winter sports center, is
closing down Dec. 20 for the du-
ration Reasons, shortages
of manpower, food, fuel and
transportation and Idaho
University figures it saved $500
by making one football junket
for games with Portland at
Boise, Utah at Salt Lake and
UCLA at Los Angeles
when the New York Rangers
went to Toronto from Chicago
for a hockey game last week,
three players weren't allowed to
cross the border until they had
Strengthened things out with
draft officials. Seems they had
neglected the routine of getting
clearances from their local
boards The California Mill
tary Academy grid team lodged
the gas and tire problem re-
Gently by travelling to a game
in a covered wagon all Of
which should give you the idea
that it isn't exactly easy for ath-
letes to travel around the coun-
try these days
SWAP SHOP
The scribes who reported no
deals were made at last weeks
baseball meetings apparently
overlooked the fact that Branch
Hickey upheld his reputation as
trader on at least one occasion.
While Leo Durocher was
confined to bed by an attack OF
flu, reports John P. Carmichael
of the Chicago Daily News,
Boss Hickey dropped in for a
visit Leo had just collected
couple of baseball bets and
had placed two $40 orders for
new hats on table Hickey
noticed the slips and pocketed
one "You can't possibly
wear two hats at the same time, y
he told Leo, land thanks lot. i"
SERVICE DEPT.
Lieut.. Joe Mccartney, who
beat the drums for the Western
Army All-Star footballers this
fall, expects to return to duty
within a few weeks after hav-
ing suffered broken neck in
a plane crash off NeWfound-
land The Navy will get
first call on the Iowa State Col
lege swimming pool this winter.
Athletic Director George Veen-
ker put men enlisted in the
Navy reserve first on the list and
the 1000 sailors in the naval
training school at Ames right
behind them Mickey Coch-
rane, one of the best-known
guys in baseball, couldn't make
the Chicago baseball writer's
dinner the other night because
ne was on a 24-hour of duty at
the Great Lakes Naval Station
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Bronco (agers Whip
Northwestern SID

EVANSTON, ILL, Dec. g.
R)-Dead- Eye Hal Gensichen
ran wild in the first half for
Western Michigan's basketball
team to conquer Northwestern
last night, SO to AZ.
. Trailing 11-3 after five min
utes of play, Western Michigan
surged back with the Gensichen
breaking free for three quick
shots under the basket. The
Broncos shortly seized the lead
and never gave it up.
Gensichen scored 10 points,
making Is in the first half.
Western Michigan led 1927 at
the half and permitted North
western to draw no closer than
six points thereafter. The Wild
cats. however, played without
three regulars-Otto Graham,
Bud Hasse and Nick Vodick.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08

CHICAGO, Dec. 8 - (R -
Illinois and Michigan opened
their basketball season with VIC
tories last night, but Northwes-
terms debut was unsuccessful
as Western Michigan gained a
SO to AZ decision.
Operating without three reg
ulars-Otto Graham, Nick Vo-
dick and Bud Hasse, all football
men-the Wildcats were victim
lied by the sharpshooting of Hal
Gensichen, who poured in l9
points, Is of them in the first
half, to give Western Michigan a
81 to 81 lead which was never
challenged.
Ronnie Schumacher, lanky
Sophomore, was Northwestern's
best scorer with seven field
goals and free throw.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Georgia Tech
Sure Of Win
Over Texas
Meet Jonuory ]
in Cotton Bowl
Grid CIossie
BY ROMNEY WHEELER

ATLANTA, Dec. 8 - (P) -
Flight experts at Georgia Techs
Guggenheim School of Aero
nautics will tell you that it's
scientifically impossible for the
bumblebee to fly. But the bum
blebee doesn't know that - so
he flys anyway.
Year end gridiron statistics
rate the University of Texas
Longhorns as the No. / defen-
sive team in the nation - but
Georgia Techs Yellowjackets,
who will meet Texas in the Cot
ton Bowl Jan. /, wouldn't know
about that. Statistics went out
at Georgia Tech along with peg
top trousers and the bowler hat,
as an unnecessary item of ex-
cess baggage.
So the Yellowjackets will
meet Texas without the bene-
fit of comparative statistics, and
taking a hint from the unen-
lightened bumblebee, they'll just
20 ahead and give Texas fits.
1--WE don't keep statistics here
ut Georgia Tech" expla in
Backfield Coach Bobby Dodd.
1--WE figure they don't mean
much, anyway. I'd much rather
have five yards when / need it
for a touchdown, than SO yards
starting from the other end OF
the field"
No one, not even Dodd, knows
how many yards from scrim-
mage have been gained by
Techs flashy array of backs,
led by Freshman Clint Castle
berry, Bobby Sheldon, Pat Nc
Hugh and lii Davey Eldredge.
Someone may have the figures
on how many passes have been
completed by Sheldon, Castle
berry, McHugh and Sophomore
Eddie Prokop - but Dodd and
his boys haven't heard about 1t.
Kicking and punt returns have
helped win several games for
the Jackets - but all Dodd can
tell you is that Tech kicks the
ball as far as possible, and
brings back opponents punts the
same way.
Judged on performance,
Techs defense ranks with the
best, with exception of that un-
happy afternoon at Athens, Ga.
when Georgia won a Rose Bowl
bid by defeating an uncertain
Tech team $40.
Up to that point Tech had
held Auburn, Navy and Ala
bama scoreless; had yielded only
one touchdown each to Notre
Dame, Duke, Kentucky and
Florida. The Jackets were un-
beaten and united until they met
Georgia.
It's just q suggestion - but
Texas might well leave the sta
tistics at home and play Georgia
Tech strictly for win-or-lose.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8-(P)
-Bascball's never-give-up man,
Connie Mack, nearing his 80th
birthday, plotting last-place
ball club and plagued by the
games wartime headaches, let
it be known today that he's re-
building his long-weak Phila-
delphia Athletics and hopes to
win another American League
championship in 1943.
Connie began his reconstruc-
ton program by announcing the
outright release of three veter-
ans and a compromising rookie
-infieldcrs Bill Knickerbocker
and Eric McNair, ten-year men
in the big leagues and therefore
entitled to their free agency;
outfielder Mike Kreevich, an
eight year man, and infieldcr
Larry Eschen, who joined the
AS last summer fresh from the
campus of st. Lawrence Univer-
sity at Canton, N. Y.
Then Mack said:
1--WE hope TO get somewheres
next year, and we've plenty of
help on the way. Eddie Mayo,
drafted from Los Angeles, VIII
be available at the base. Irving
Hall, a rookie from Williams
port, Pa, most likely will play
second base. Felix Mackenzie,
who has been around several
years, ought TO develop into a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Fitness Plans Threatened
if COIleSe Football is Cur1ed
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. g. Foot
ball, that athletic tail which used
to be accused of wagging the
academic dog, is coming back
while it is going out.
This is not double talk, pro-
vided you have had chance to
hear athletic directors and
coaches who are waiting with
apprehension its possible discon-
tinuance until the war is won.
At most institutions, football
and its rich gates are needed to
carry on entire athletic pro-
grams.
It may not be fair to use a
small band of husky students as
providers of public spectacles to
produce revenue to carry on an
important function, but that is
precisely what has been going
on for years.
WHO'LL PAY FOR 1T
If there is no big league foot
ball, colleges will have to find
some other means of financing
compulsory and extended physi-
cal training for all. which is
now being stressed.
The Navy and Army Athletic
Associations, for example, got
no more than $4,000 out of the
Army-Navy game due to their
being forced to play it in the
comparative privacy of Anna
polls.
Had the contest gone to Phila-
delphia, as usual, each aSsocia-
tons share would have been
something like 100000.
The difference between $4,000
and 100000 will outfit lot 81
players of other games.
Football is the patron saint Of
II other sports at the service
schools, which gives you rough
idea.
There is no chance, of course,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Hufson Top
Grid Scorer

CHICAGO, Dec. 8 - R =
Don Hutson. the Green Bay
Packers pass-grabbing end, was
officially acclaimed today as the
National Football Leagues scor-
ing champion for 1912. with rec
ords that will probably stand
longer than any others in the
book.
Hutson caught II touchdown
passes, place kicked 33 extra
points - both records - and
added a field goal for a total of
1873 points, also a record. His
record output last season was
95 points.
The next four places went to
the Chicago Bears. Ray Mclean
posted 81 points for Sc C n d
place, followed by Gary Fam
iglietti with 48, Frank Maznicki
with As and Hugh Gallerneau
with AZ.
The high eight:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08

Although they are the under
dogs, the Boston Bruins, unde-
feated in six engagements on
their home ice, will be trying
harder than ever to defeat the
league leading Chicago Black
hawks in tonight's only Nation
al Hockey League game.
The Bruins have no grudge
against Manager Paul Thomp-
sons skaters, but a Boston vic
tory would jump Manager Art
Ross crew into irst place tie
with the Hawks.
But in addition to having the
law of averages against them,
the Bruins also must play with
out Capt. Dit -Clapper and Har-
ry (Busher) Jackson, out with
injuries.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
Sinkwich 5 Size
Causes Amusement

When frankie Sinkwich ar
rived in New York City for to-
days presentation of the John
w. Heisman Trophy, onlookers
expressed surprise at his small
size.
But Coach Wally Butts of the
University of Georgia, quickly
came to the defense of his star
back by saying that all of the
Bull ldog opponents this Fall
found Sinkwich big enough.
The halfback is just a shade
under feet IL inches tall and
weighs 1875 pounds when logged
out in his Marine uniform.