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Evening star., 1942-05-07
o. D. 7. Forbids Grain
.Cargoes, Seizes $40
Great Lakes Ships
Ore for War Expedited;
Wickord Sees Crisis
In Transporting Food
BY the Associated Press.


The Once of Defense Trans
portation announced today that
all grain shipments over the
Great Lakes had been prohibited
from any port or point, except by
special permit.
In a sweeping order, designed to
assure cargo space to move needed
supplies of iron ore, o. D. T. took
control, effective May Is. over ap-
proximately $40 Great Lakes vessels.
with a gross carrying capacity of
nearly 100000 tons, suited to ore
cargo as we'll as a number of other
vessels used for transporting scrap,
coal and grain.
Under terms of the blanket ban,
no person will be permitted to op-
crate or allow operation of any ves-
sci capable Of carrying iron ore in
the transportation of grain unless
first authorized by a general or
special permit" issued by o. D. T.
Wickard Bares Food Problem.
Meanwhile, Secretary of Agricul.
ture Wickard declared the wars
strain on the Nations distribution
system was placing serious OBJ
stacles in the way of getting fooo
to American consumers"
I'm transportation-by rail, truck
or ship-the situation is so tight,
he said, that we cannot afford tc
move anything that is not abso-
lutely essential. In fact, there
is so much to be moved that usually
it is a case of which essential prod
uct has priority over other essential
goods"
Shortage of steel and other ma
terials, the Secretary said, are pre-
venting construction of many new
food processing plants that are
needed. He mentioned specifically
food dehydration and pork process
ing equipment.
In a speech before a conference
of Governors and other State and
Federal officials on governmental
laws and regulations which restrict
the war effort, Secretary Wickard
said many of the difficulties con-
fronting the food industry were un-
avoidable.
u. S., States Blamed.
"The Federal Government, no less
than the State and local govern
ments, is responsible for laws and
regulations which undoubtedly him
der the free flow of supplies to
farmers and hamper the processing
and distribution Of farm products
after they have been produced.
We must remove every i'm
pediment of food production and
distribution that can be removed"
Producing farm products is. OF
Gee WICKARD, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1942-05-07

led his fourth mission against
enemy shipping, forcing the bomb
ing run through against heavy
anti aircraft fire and strong pur-
suit attacks, sinking one large
transport, hitting another and
damaging a cruiser.
Two days later, having been di-
rected not to fly for several days
because of the fatiguing missions
he had accomplished already, he
insisted on participating in a new
and hazardous fight because three
of the bombardment crews were
entering combat for the first time.
He led the formation to the target
successfully, but on the return trip
was attacked by enemy pursuit
ships and crashed at sea.
Capt. Hewitt T. Wheless of
Menard, Tex. whose gallantry was
mentioned by President Roosevelt
(SAe HEROES Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Japs Push Is Miles
Farther Into China;
Is Heavy
Drive to Chefone Roises
Prospect Of Offensive
Against Chunekine
BY the Associated Press.

CHUNGKING, May IA Jap
anese mechanical spearhead
with warplane support has swept
Is miles along the famed Burma
road into Chinese territory and
reached the town of Chefang,
where heavy fighting is in
progress, a Chinese Army
spokesman said4oday.
The spokesman said it was not
clear how far the Japanese intended
to penetrate Yunnan Province
which contains the Chinese section
of the Burma Road, but the light
ming drive to Chefang, so rapid the
Chinese had no time to destroy the
highway, raised speculation as to
the prospects of major offensive
against Chungking, the capital.
Wanting Is Occupied.
The Japanese completed occupa-
ton of Wanting, Chinese customs
station at the Burma border, where
the 1ew invasion Of China began
two days ago
Without specifying the exact scene
Of the action, communique tonight
said the Chinese defense forces in
flicted heavy casualties on the jap
anese column and repulsed repeated
attempts by the Japanese to break
the Chinese lines.
The communique said the Jap
anese, supported by artillery, at
tackled repeatedly Tuesday afternoon
and yesterday morning, and added
Severe fighting still is raging"
Burma Occupation Doubted.
The Chinese spokesman sale
fighting continued in Southern HUI
nan Province, where the Japanese
launched q series of attacks from
Sinyang, $50 miles north of Han
kow, late last month. He insisted
however, that these operations were
minor.
The spokesman expressed doubt
that the Japanese would be able tc
complete their occupation OF Burma
and insisted that if they attempted
a major invasion of China from
| that direction they would encounter
much more formidable Chinese re-
| sistance than that of the 5th anc
/ 9th Armies sent into Burma.
That was just an expeditionary
force" he said. China has foul
TO five million troops"
Chinese reports continued to tel
Of widespread Japanese air activity
New attacks we're reported in Che
kiang and Kiangsi Provinces (wher'
the japanese have been bombing
potential United Nations air bases
for weeks and japanese planes alsc
ranged widely over Yunnan.
One town repeatedly raided by
the japanese recently is Paoshan
on the Burma road 125 miles in
side China, suggesting that this
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Father Of Co-PiIot
Discovers Wreckaqe
OF Dargue's Plane
Parent of 1t. Burns
Searched Mountains
For Five Doys
By TIE Associated Press.

bs ire ASSoCldteQ fIesS.
LOS ANGELES. May 7.-G. B.
Burns, who vowed he'd never rest
until his sons body was found,
has discovered wreckage tenta-
lively identified as that of an
Army transport which carried
Maj. Gen. Herbert A. Dargue and
seven other Army men to death
December IL.
Mr.. Burns, from Spokane, Wash,
came to Southern California last
week end to search for the body of
his son, 1t. Homer c. Burns Of
March Field, Calf. co-pilot of the
Dargue plane With him came 1t.
Burns widow, brother and sister
in-law. The Army had sought in
vain for the craft.
After five days Of skiing over
treacherous trails in rugged, snow
covered mountains they came upon
the wreckage at dusk last night.
The location was kept secret until
Army officers could reach the scene
today and post guards.
Mr.. Burns reported Immediately
to Army Air Force officials. He said
he found a belt which he identified
as his sons. He saw one body and
scattered clothing.
He did not probe the wreckage,
leaving that to the Army. Neither
did he search for other bodies.
Aboard the plane when it left
Phoenix, Ariz., the morning of De-
cember II for Hamilton Field, near
San Francisco, we're:
Gen. Dargue of Washington, COM
mander of the 1st Air Force; Col.
Charles w. Bundy and Col. George
w. Kicker, both of the General STAFF,
Washington; Maj Hugh F. Nc
Caffery. Mitchell Field, Long Island;
Capt. J. o. Leavitt, pilot; 1t. Burns,
co-pilot: Staff Sergt. Stephen Hof1-
man, March Field, Calf, and Pvt.
Samuel j. Van Hamm, March Field,
Calf.
The Burns party began their
search in the isolated mountains
last Saturday. They enlisted an
expert skier to guide them along
treacherous trails in the vicinity a
rancher reported he heard a large
airplane in difficulty about the time
the Dargue transport might have
passed over.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Treasury Asks
Cuts in Income
Tax Exemptions
$500 ond 81 200 Boses
For Single, Married
Persons Urged
By the Associated Press.

Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau told the House Ways
and Means Committee today
that the time has now come" to
lower personal exemptions under
the individual income tax to $500
for single persons, $1,000 for
married couples and $500 for
each dependent.
Chairman Doughton Of the COM
mittee made public letter in which
Mr.. Morgenthau said the reductions
would produce about S1,10O 900 900,
of which s10O. 900 900 would come
from 100000 new taxpayers.
The letter said that the new in
crease would be over and above the
$4,000 100000 he asked Congress to
raise from individuals as part of an
overall $4,000 100000 tax program.
Present exemptions are $3.50 for
single persons. $500 for married
couples and s4o0 for dependents.
Committees Reaction Not Told.
Latest returns show 1000, 900 indi-
viduals paid income taxes of S.
900 900 900. Under any of various
plans that have been presented they
would pay much more hereafter, but
some committee members have said
there was strong possibility that
some of Mr.. Morgenthau's steep
surtax rate increases would be pared
down.
Mr.. Doughton told newspapermen
that Mr.. Morgenthau's letter was
presented to the committee at q
morning session, but did not indi-
cate what reception it received.
Mr. Morgenthau in the letter
again emphasized the need of ex-
panding the social security program
and of increasing taxes for that pur-
pose by approximately $4,000, 900 900
year and expressed the hope that
the committee would proceed as
soon as possible after completing o
tax bill to consider that question.
Retention of 4 Per Cent Base.
In presenting the administrators
program to the committee March
3, Mr.. Morgenthau said a further
lowering of personal exemptions
would yield "a relatively insignifi-
cant amount of revenue from the
earners of very low incomes"
| He said then, however, that II he
believed that expenditures of that
group added materially to the dan
ger of imitation he would not hesi-
tate to recommend lower exemp-
tions ''in spite of the small amount
of revenue that would be produced" :"
The Treasury has proposed re-
tention of the 4 per cent normal tax,
but with elimination of the present
earned income credit, and recon-
mended that the present per cent
surtax rate on the first $4,000 of net
income be changed to a minimum
of IL per cent on the first $500 Of
net income
New Deductions Proposed.
The surtax increases would re-
suit in a doubling of surtax revenue
on incomes up to the $8,000-$10, 900
bracket, with a gradual leveling OF
until net income of between $780,
600 to $150,0O0 would be taxed 86
per cent, instead of the present IS.
AS an offet to elimination of the
earned income credit and the higher
surtax rates, the Treasury has pro-
posed new deductions for unusual
medical expenses, the cost of send
ing children to college and increased
domestic expenses where wife, as
well as the husband, has a job.
One member said there had been
no discussion of President Roose-
velt's recent request that individual
incomes be limited to $4,000 after
payment of taxes.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Paris Newspapers Demand
ReprisaIs for Madagascar
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS (From German Broad
casts, May French reprisals for
the British attack on Madagascar
were demanded today by several
newspapers in Nazi-controlled Paris.
(The demands on the part of
the German-dictated Paris press
might be an indication Of the
course Frances conquerors wish
her to take0
Cri du Peuple said France no
longer could claim rank among the
great powers if her government did
not hasten to draw the only pos
sible consequences from the latest
British aggression"
The newspaper commented that
France still had a fleet, air force
and colonial army capable of re-
turning blows she had received.
Jacques Doriot, leading pro-Nazi
in Paris, was quoted as saying in a
speech yesterday at Bourges that
France should not content herself
with purely defensive attitude. He
said British ships in the Mediter-
ranean were exposed to retaliation"
Evening star., 1942-05-07

commanding the Americana Filipino
forces, presumably was among those
captured.
No communication has been re-
ceived from the Philippines from
Gen. Wainwright since early yes
terday morning when surrender of
the Manila Bay fortress was an
nounced after % days of continuous
artillery and aerial bombardment
which tore away the last of the
beach defenses and made possible
the landing of overpowering Japa-
neSe storm forces.
1T is presumed that all persons
on the four fortified islands, in
cluding Gen. Wainwright, are pris-
oners of war; Mr.. Patterson said
The text of the communique, No.
2l9 of the war:
81. Philippine theater:
The total of soldiers. sailors.
(See CORREGIDOR, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Chief Objective in Burma
Attained, Japanese Say
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC From japanese Broad
casts, May 7.-Omcial circles
said today the chief objective of
Japanese military operations in
Burma had been practically at
tanned with the entrance into Yum
nan Province, China. and occupation
of the airport of Akyab.
They asserted the Chungking re-
gime had been "disillusioned" by
typical poor strategy and maneu-
vering of Allied forces"
Japanese newspaper accounts said
the Akyab airport was seized by
detachments which crossed the steep
Arakan Mountain range west of the
Irrawaddy River.
These reports said the Japanese
at first had planned to attack from
the sea, but determined on land at
tack because of the strength of the
British coastal defenses.
Asahi reported from the Burma
front that the Japanese air force
was bombing British and Chinese
troops and motor columns north of
Mandalay.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Foreign

Foreign
Red Army reports German forces
split near Leningrad. Page Al
Australia finds increase in Jap naval
activity. Page Al
Japs push rs miles farther into China
after taking town. Page Al
r. A. F. raids Stuttgart third straight
night. Page Al
Netherlands Legation is raised to
status of embassy. Page Al
Nazi food situation is growing worse,
British report. Page BIS
NotionoI
Antitrust division investigating al
cohol production. Page A-2
House committee maps higher indi-
vidual income taxes. Page AS
Evening star., 1942-05-07
By tht Associated Press.

By TIT Associated Press.
New tales of valor in combat and
the skillful handling Of planes under
difficult conditions emerged today
from the terse and formal phrases
of official citations as the War De-
partment conferred decorations on
16 officers and an enlisted man OF
the Army Air Forces.
Some of the eight Distinguished
Service Crosses and ii Distinguished
Flying Crosses were awarded for
courage in the face of shattering
enemy fire in the first attacks on
Clark Field in the Philippines, others
were for later actions in the South
west Pacific. Two officers each re-
ceived two awards.
Master Sergt. Louis T. Silva Of Rio
Vista, Calf, will wear the D. S. C.
because, on January II, as line chief
of a bombardment squadron. he In
sisted on accompanying his squad
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Enemy Activity
In New Britain
Area Increasing
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Australia, May IAN ominous
increase in Japanese naval &C
tivity around New Britain and
the Solomon Islands was report
ed today, with the Allied bomber
command swiftly countering
with high explosives this devel-
oping threat to the all-important
American Australian supply
routes.
A headquarters communique. not
ing the strengthening of the Japan
ese in those, two groups where they
already have established footholds,
said the Japanese warships near
Bougainville, in the Solomons, 300
miles east of New Britain, were
attacked successfully" yesterday.
No details were given, but OBJ
viously headquarters was alive to
these implications of any strength
ening of the invaders forces in
those areas: A direct assault on
Australia or an encircling move to
seize the screen of islands east of
this continent
These developments emphasized
the continued danger menacing
Australia. although headquarters re-
ported diminishing japanese air
pressure on Port Moresby. vital AL
lied outpost on the south shore of
New Guinea.
Observers expressed belief that
the lessening of aerial attacks on
Port Moresby was direct evidence of
the hard blows dealt Japanese air.
dromes at Lac, on the northeast
coast of New Guinea, and Rabaul,
New Britain.
Japs Using 1899 Planes.
An air force spokesman said re-
peated attacks on these bases had
sharply cut the potential striking
power Of the japanese air force, and
declared that to keep pace with
the Allies steadily increasing air
strength the enemy must keep pour
ing in steady stream of reinforce
mentS.
The japanese are now using
Mitsubishi S-39 fighters. a 1899
model now obsolete. and it was said
that this might mean that they are
running short of Zero planes, their
crack fighters and the only ones
used in attacks on the Allied posi-
tions in New Guinea and Papua.
The spokesman warned, however
that the danger of further south
ward penetration by the japanese
had not been removed, although
their timetable may have been up
set.
Allied headquarters did not elabo-
rate on its statement concerning IN
creased Japanese naval activity
around New Britain, and there was
no indication of the size of the units
involved.
Manila Harbor Is Advantage.
New Britain-where the japanese
have bases at Gasmata as well as
Rabaul-lies about $50 miles airline
northeast of Cape York, Australia
The 100-mile waterway between
New Britain and New Guinea, which
lies to the west, is the natural gate.
way through which seaborne
thrust against Australia's east coast
would be launched. The Japanese
have a measure of air control over
this passage through their bases
on either side of the strait.
In contemplating the possibility
OF such japanese thrust observers
took into account the fact that the
fall of Corregidor had made Manila
Harbor available to the enemy a.
a new base of operations and re.
leased men and equipment for duty
elsewhere.
They recalled, too, that thus fal
in the war the japanese have beer
| quick to strike in a new direction
| after each success.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Summary Of Todoy's Star

War Production Board blamed for
civilian defense delays. Page A
News of Corregidor survivors not ex-
pected for months. Page AS
Crops spoil in Jersey fields; labor
shortage blamed. Page B-14
Washington and Vicinity.
Senate group asks redraft of pro-
posed fire escape bill. Page B-1
Bus kills D. G. boy; AID auto
death. Page B-1
Miscellany.
Marriage Licenses. Page A-10
Births and Deaths. Page Ali
After Dark. Page B-6
Natures Children. Page Gil
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Germans Claim 20 More
Ships Off U. S. Coasts
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
BERLIN From German Broad
casts May 7.-D.N.B. quoted a spe-
cial announcement today from Adolf
Hitler's headquarters that German
U-boats have sunk 20 enemy mer-
chant ships of the east coast OF
North America and in the Caribbean
Sea"
The ships were said to total 1873 900
tons. The length of time covered
by the sinkings was not specified.
Evening star., 1942-05-07

the public. but not the requisitioning
of the fifth, or spare, tire on a pri-
vate motor car.
AS for vacations, Mr.. Patterson
said the forthcoming rationing of
gasoline would 60 long way toward
taking care of that problem.
There is no question of the seri-
business of our present rubber situa-
ton If present driving habits con-
(See AUTOS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Nazis Claim Two Sinkings
In Raid on British Ships
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, May Light German
bombers. ranging over the shipping
lanes around Britain, were reported
today by the German high COM
mand to have sunk 2,500-ton
merchant vessel and a patrol boat
of the English south coast.
Further attacks were made
against important military targets
and a port north of Dover" a COM
munique said
"a British communique said
there was no German activity
over Britain during the night)
British pombers attacked South
and Southwest Germany last night,
DNB. said.
Evening star., 1942-05-07

ne duueU CIldC lHc IInle may COIHe
when some workers in war plants
will have to have the benefit of tires
now in use on private cars"
At press conference, Mr. Patter-
son predicted the need for conserv-
ing "a million tons of rubber now
rolling on the highways" would de-
mand curtailment OF sports events.
Mr.. Patterson said present Gov
ernment plans contemplated volun-
tary purchase of extra tires held by
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Red Army Reports
German Forces Split
On Leningrad Front
Attack Across Marshes
Drives Wedge Between
Wings Of Enemy Unit
Hy the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, May THE Red
Army, attacking across bogs on
the Leningrad front, was re-
ported today to have driven a
wedge between two German
forces and encircled one Nazi de-
tachment in an important sector
west Of the long-besieged city.
The exact location of the sector
west of Leningrad and the size of
the encircled German detachment
were not given, but the action ap-
peared to be one of the most ex-
tensive of recent sharp local en-
gagements on the Leningrad front.
(There was a possibility that
the captured junction point was
Krasnogvardeisk, 20 miles south
west of Leningrad, where the
railroad from Leningrad forks,
one line running westward to
Estonia and the other continuing
southwark to Pskov and to War
saw.
(Or the captured point might
be Luga, IS miles south of Len
ingrad on the Leningrad-War-
saw line At Luga small road
runs eastward to Novgorod, north
of Lake Ilmen)
Junction Point Taken.
The army newspaper Red Star
said the Russians captured juno
ton point which the Germans held
throughout the winter. This action
the army organ declared, cut the
road which united northern ano
southern wings Of the enemy force
in this area.
Thirty-seven villages were report
ed to have been recaptured by the
Russians on the northwestern front
of which Leningrad is a part, dur
ing operations which have expand
ed with improved weather Soviet
reports said 1850 Germans were
killed in three villages.
Despite spring floods and the alb
sense of roads in some sectors, the
Russians were reported to be press
ing repeated attacks and inf1ictine
heavy losses in men and material
on the Germans.
Cavalry Hits Nazi Rear.
Soviet cavalry attacking the real
of German forces endeavoring tc
consolidated on the Kalinin from
northwest of Moscow occupied nine
villages and killed 938 men, report.
said.
In the Brya1Sk sector, 210 miles
southwest of Moscow. guerrillas have
liberated Is villages and have forced
the 200th Hungarian Division tt
make deep withdrawal after sever
days of fighting, it was said.
/ Red Navy ships have sunk 5000
/ ton Axis transport in the Barent:
Sea and Red Army units hav,
claimed further toll of the German
/ invaders on the Kalinin front, thu
Soviet Information Bureau said.
/ Hot Fight in Lake LINEN Area.
/ Some of the hottest fighting or
/ the whole front was reported to hav,
been under way in the Lake Timer
section south OF Leningrad for al
most month.
Dispatches from this area de.
tSee RUSSIA, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-05-07

ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland, May
7 CP).-Eight members of the Royal
Canadia.. Air Force were killed
last night in flying accident at
Torbay, 10 miles airline north Of
here. Details of the accident were
not disclosed.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
BulIitt Pulls Tendon

SEATTLE. May 7. (P.-Former
Ambassador william Bullitt, arriv-
ing with Secretary of the Navy
Knox. limped when he stepped from
an airplane. He pulled 4 tendon
while demonstrating calisthenics to
the Secretary, friends said.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Rubber Need Held so Acute,
Pleasure Driving Must End
Patterson Also Predicts CurtoiIment
Of Sports Events to Conserve Tires


Undeecreary War Robert Patterson said today that
the rubber shortage acute that the stop
Sunday trips visits Cousin pettng parties"
Evening star., 1942-05-07

(Cee WICKARD, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Eioht Die in Air Crash

(See BURMA, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Reoders Prefer The Star

The Stars afternoon and evening
circulation is more than double that
Of any other Washington newspaper.
Its total circulation in Washington
far exceeds that of any of its contem-
poraries in the morning or on Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-05-07

(see HEROES, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-05-07

(See CORREGIDOR, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-05-07

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.