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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
ion of solidarity signed in Washing

ton of solidarity signed in Washing
ton on January l. 1912. by rs ma
tons united against the Axis powers
Difficult choices may have to be
made in the months to come. We
will not shrink from such decisions.
We and those united with us will
make those decisions with courage
and determination.
Plans Laid for CO. ordinated
And Cooperative Action.
Plans have been laid here and in
the other capitals for co-ordinated
and cooperative action by all the
united nations-military action and
economic action. Already we have
established unified command of
land. sea and air forces in the South
western Pacific theater of war.
There will be a continuation OF con-
ferences and consultations among
military STATS, so that the plans and
operations of each will fit into a
general strategy designed to crush
the enemy We shall not fight iso-
lated wars-each nation going its
own way. These Is nations are
united-not in spirit and determine
ton alone. but in the broad conduct
Of the war in all its phases
For the first time since the Jap
anese and the Fascists and the Nazis
started along their blood-stained
course Of conquest they now face
the fact that superior forces are as
sembling against them. Gone for
ever are the days when the agrees
sors could attack and destroy their
victims one by one without unity of
resistance We OF the united ma
Continued on Page AID
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Battle Tide SWEEPING
Nearer Singapore as
British Yield Further
Withdrawals Are Made
On Both East and West
Coasts Of Moloyo
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SINGAPORE. Jan. 6.-The tide o.
battle, rolling down the Malayan
Peninsula, crept nearer to Singa-
pore today as hard-pressed British
forces yielded further ground at
both ends of the ill-defined front
under fresh Japanese attacks by
land and sea.
On the eastern side OF the penin-
sula. a communicate disclosed. Brit
ish troops were forced to withdraw
yesterday from Kuantan, only 100
miles from Singapore.
On the western side. the Malayan
war front moved southpard into an
other. the sixth. native-ruled state
as Japanese forces filtered down the
Malacca Straits coast into Selangor.
Japanese appearing in the area Of
Kuala Selangor, $40 miles from
Singapore. were believed intent on
flanking the British out Of their po-
sitions farther north along the
Perak River.
Moved South Along Coast.
The British said these japanese
attachments apparently were a part
of the force which landed along the
lower Perak, 80 miles north of Kuala
Selangor. on January 2 and which
then moved southwark along a
coastal footpath.
Kuantan, 100 miles from Singa-
pore. on the east coast, is connect
ed with Central South Malaga by
a single poor road through rough
est jungle country infested with
tigers and crocodiles.
Japanese infiltrations inland along
this road, of1icial quarters said. al
ready had "interfered' with Brit
ish troop movements westward and
had resulted in casualties on both
sides.
From Kuala Selangor good roads
run eastward and to the railroad
(See MAIAYA, Page A-3O
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picture on Page Tx

BY the A66OClAte0 PreSS-
NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Pan Amer
lean Anyways Pacific Clipper. trap
ped in New Zealand by the outbreak
OF war in the Far East q month ago
tomorrow, arrived here today after
q globe girdling flight described ON
cially as routine"
The flying boat was at Auckland
on 4 scheduled passenger and mail
flight from San Francisco and Los
Angeles when overtaken by the start
Of hostilities.
With the war closing the normal
return route to the Pacific mainland
the Clipper was ordered to proceed
by the most practical route" to the
Atlantic terminal in New York.
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Clipper, Trapped in New Zealand by War,
Flies Around World to Get Back to U. S.

west to New York, more than $4,000
miles away.
Although details Of the route fol-
lowed by Capt. Ford and his crew OF
II were not disclosed for security
reasons, the clippers course caused
it to touch or cross five Of the earth's
seven continents-au except Europe
and Antarctica.
From the time 1t left San Fran
cisco until 1t reached La Guardia
Field, it made 10 stops in IL coun-
tries.
The Pacific Clipper touched OF
crossed the South Pacific, Indian
and Atlantic Oceans, Australia, the
Ttmor Sea. Netherlands Indies. Bay
(QAa CNp1ER Pare A.Sl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
British Again Roid
Sulumis Sub Base
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Libya. Jan. 6.-An r. A.
r. raid on the German submarine
base at Salamis, Greek port west
of Athens. was reported by the
r. A. F. Near East command today
for the second successive day.
The Greek peninsula is directly
across q narrow neck of the Medi-
terranean from the hump of Libya
and, therefore, in q strategic posi-
ton for German U-boats menacing
British ships supplying the armies
pushing westward in North Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Woshinaton and Vicinity.

Washington and Vicinity.
Central Labor Union against moving
agencies from D. c. Page Al
Auto and tire problem may mean
more streetcars here. Page B.
Appeals Court orders retrial Of
"Siamese twin" case. Page b.
Mahaney takes stand in Hyattsville
bank robbery. Page B-1
Wardens at defense sessions hear
talks on bombs. Page B.
29,211 public and parochial pupils
get free milk. Page B-1
Nearby tire boards begin operating
this week. Page B-l
Bishop Freeman praises practitioners
of Epiphany Church. Page b.
Miscellany
Natures Children. Page b
Marriage Licenses. Page B-S
Births and Deaths. Page B-S
Army Orders. Page B.1o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06

The globe -encircling route which
was then followed carried the Clip
per, commanded by Capt. Robert
Ford, back and forth across the
Equator four times and stretched
out to 1850 miles Of flying from
the time it left San Francisco on
December 2.
D. So Ofefully-guarded was the as
0-pound clippers long flight that
fewer than q dozen persons. includ-
ing the Always stan Ut the base.
knew of 1t.
Starting from Auckland on De-
cember Is. the Pacific Clipper
turned northvard to Noumea, New
Caledonia, and from there headed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Navy 10 Turn Back
kearny Shipyard 10
Owners Tonight
Plant Hos Set Record
OF Construction Under
U. S. Management

Secretary of the Navy Knox an
nounced today that the Kearny
IN. j. plant Of the Federal Ship
building g. Dry Dock Co. will be
given back to the original manage
ment at midnight tonight, after 134
days Of operation by the Navy.
Secretary Knox acted in accord
ance with a White House executive
order signed by President Roosevelt.
In announcing return of the plant
to the owners, Secretary Knox said ::
ANY unsettled issues between the
company and the union should be
settled by negotiation and agree
ment."
Following a prolonged strike Of q
G. l. o. union at the Kearny yards
the Navy took over management OF
the plant last August Is.
Held Huge Contracts.
the union had demanded inclu-
sion of the maintenance of mem
bership" clause in any agreement
and the management. headed by l.
H. Korndorh, refused to accede to
the demand. At the time the plant
came under Navy management it
held $493, 900 900 worth Of ship con-
struction contracts.
Since the Navy operation began
under the direction of Rear Admiral
H. G. Bowen. the Navy reported,
keels for IL vessels have been laid;
10 ships have been launched, in
Guiding four destroyers and the
cruisers Atlanta and Juneau. and
seven vessels have been commits
stoned.
In turning the plant back to the
Federal oficials. Secretary Knox
said that as a result of the recent
industry Labor conference there will
be no war stoppages anywhere.
Text Of Announcement.
Text OF the Knox statement fol-
lows:
This is not the time for the Navy
to be operating an industrial plant
unless it is absolutely necessary. I
am advised that the management
and the employees and everyone con-
cerned are anxious to relieve the
Navy of this burden and are con-
fident that restoration of the plant
to its owners will insure maximum
production.
AS result of the recent industry
labor conference. there will be no
war work stoppages anywhere and
all disputes will be resolved by
Seaceful means. Any unsettled
issues between the company and the
union should be settled by negotia-
ton and agreement: if not, they can
be resolved without interrupting pro-
duction by recourse to the ma
chinery established by the President.
I'VE confidentally expect the man.
aeement and the men to see to 1t
that this plant Is operated at full
speed to produce ships we must have
and have quickly. On behalf OF the
Navy and the Maritime Commission
I want to thank the executive. super
visory and production personnel and
the local c. I. o. union for their
cooperation which has enabled
Admiral Bowen to make a splendid
record at Federal and to produce
ships substantially ahead Of sched-
ule"
Union Not Recognised.
The maintenance of membership
clause. central issue of the long la
Dor dispute at Federal, requires that
any union member presently en-
ployed at the shipyard, or any work
err who might later join the union
would be required to maintain union
membership in good standing as a
L; l..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Occupation Of Chongsho
Claimed by Japanese

TOXIC, Jan. 6 (Omcial Broad
cast) (P.-A Hankow dispatch of
Domei, japanese news agency, as
serted today that Japanese forces
had completely occupied Changsha
Human Privince capital after four
days Of street fighting with the 10th
Chinese Army Corps.
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Editorial in Turin
Newspaper Louds
Gen. Macarthur
By the Associated Press.

0y NV ANSOCIdteu FTsSx.
ROME. Jan. 6 tAndi Agency
The Turin newspaper La
Stampa in an editorial today
commended Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's resistance. courage,
energy and obstinacy" in the
American commanders defense
of the Philippines.
Events have shown that, II
he is not abandoned by his
native troops. he will prolong
his resistance" the article de-
clared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Bombers Damage Two Ships.
Mine BIost Kills Six

LONDON, Jan. (P.-Six coal
miners were killed and four were in
jured today in an explosion in a
colliery at Leigh. Lancashire.
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10000 P|anes> $4,000 Tanks
Presidents Goal for 1912 in
Outline Of Huge War Program
The Presidents Address
Tert OF President Roosevelt

Tert Of President RooseUe address to today
on the state of the Union:
In fulfilling duty the state of the Union
that the people
higher than it oday-he Union
closely togeheths country deeply
mined to face the solemn tasks before It,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
so Escape Gambling
Sentences by Aiding
HowoiiJs Blood Bank

By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU. Jan. s. Sixty
persons, arrested for gambling
during the holidays. escaped
fines and Jail sentences by con-
tributing to the islands emer-
gency blood bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
R. A. F. Planes Heavily Raid
Brest and Cherbourg Docks
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Jan. 6.-British air
raiders heavily bombed docks at
Brest and Cherbourg in German &C.
cupied France last night and dam
aged a big Nazi supply vessel of the
Tristan Islands. the Air Ministry
announced today.
The raids were carried out with no
loss OF aircraft. communique said
Brest. where the German battle
ships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
and the cruiser Prinz Eugen have
been reported docked, has been a
frequent target of the r. A. F.. The
warships have been the prime OBJ
jectives.
A pre-dawn foray by a lone in
vading bomber today caused some
damage at a place on the northeast
coast of England. the Government
announced. No casualties were re-
ported.
Bombers Damage Two Ships.
BERLIN. Jan. 6 CONCEAL Broad
cast lP.-German bombers dam
aged two merchant ships in attacks
last night on British supply lines of
the Faeroes and the English west
coast. the Nazi high command said
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06

(See MALAYA, Page A-30
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Union Not Recognised.

The maintenance of membership
clause. central issue of the long la
Dor dispute at Federal, requires that
any union member presently en-
ployed at the shipyard, or any work
er who might later join the union
would be required to maintain union
membership in good standing as a
condition of his employment.
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The 10000 900 appropriation pro-
posed by Senator Tydings would
provide for 100000 additional
square feet OF temporary office space,
which it was estimated will be need
ed in 1913. after the completion Of
construction work now authorized.
His resolution stated that the
commissioner of public buildings had
estimated that on January 3, l942. he
had requests from agencies Of the
Government for 1880, 900 square feet
of additional ONCE space for use
before June 80. 1912, and anticipates
further requests for additional ONCE
space of 5000. 900 square feet for use
before December 81. 1912. with the
following prospect Of fulnllment:
: (A) Public Buildings Administers.
ton has under construction 1,175,.
900 square feet.
(B) Public Buildings Administers.
ton has an appropriation which will
create by June 30, 1912, 100000
square feet.
CO. Available space In new War
1see DHCNNTRALIzATION. A-30
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Continued on Page A-7D
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Late news and sports are covered on
Pages Tx and Ak of this edition OF
The Star. supplementing the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14
It's Not Peaches,
Cream on CONVOY

some Shreds of cloth. I still have
the shreds.
Then until we got into the ice
berg zone, we were intermittently
attacked, but bad weather helped
us some.
Somewhere in the far north, the
Russians took us over, and we we're
reasonably safe from U-boats. The
Russians didn't take chances. When
they heard or saw anything. they
dropped depth charges.
There was plenty of trouble
10 or Is air attacks a day-when
we reached Murmansk itself.
We were in Murmansk two or
three weeks, and during that time
about 10 bombs dropped near our
ship. The only damage, however
was a couple of cracked plates.
COULDN'T TAKE SHOWER
The bombing got so bad wouldn' =.
take a shower. I did twice. We
were attacked and there l was
Continued on Page 6; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14
0PA Reveals Basis
For Wage Increase
Throughout Nation

LOS ANGELES, July .14-UP)-
The office of price administration
warning against wage increases ex-
cept for elimination of substandards
CT living and inequalities, today was
on record with definitions of fac
tors which it believes warrants wage
increases.
OPAs position was revealed yes
terday by r. v. Gilbert. director of
OPA's research division, at a meet
ing of the wage stabilization con-
ference of the Rirframe Manufac-
turing industry. His statement was
approved by high CPA officials in
Washington.
1t was the first attempt by a
government agency to define sub
standards of living" and Unequal
tiles" which President Roosevelt told
congress three months ago should
be considered in granting wage in
creaSes.
GROUNDS FOR INCREASES
THE President has said that the
only grounds for wage increases are
the elimination of inequalities and
substandards of living" Gilbert
said. Without attempting a
permanent, precise, and all inclu-
sive definition of inequalities, the
OPA regards the following factor;
as pertinent in the Interpretation Of
this term:
81. Differences in wages between
comparable jobs in the same
plants
"2. Differences in wages between
comparable jobs In the same in.
Continued on Page s; Column L
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14

Welles attributed rejec-
ton of the Presidents proposals to
a disinclination by the pro-German
elements in Vichy to have the
French fleet removed from prox-
unity to Axis influences.
Welles said he believed the peo-
pie of France would wholeheartedly
approve the Presidents suggestions
which had been regulated by their
pro- -Greman leaders. The proposals,
he said, provided for restoration to
France of their warships after the
war and for repatriation of the
crews
NOT IN AGREEMENT
The view of this government,
WelleS said, was that the French
ships at Alexandria were not COW
cred by the armistice agreement
which followed the fall of France
in 1910 since at that time they
we're In Alexandria under an ar
rangement with Great Britain. then
an ally of France
Mr.. Roosevelts first proposal was
made on July 3. He made it clear
that he hoped the French ships at
Alexandria could be placed under
the protective custody of the Unit
ed States. The vessels were to have
gone through the Suez Canal and
then to Asylum either in this coun-
try or in some neutral port in the
Americas.
That offer was rejected by Vichy
on July 9.
The President then made fur
ther proposal that the French
ships be withdrawn under a guar
anteed safe passage to Martinique
in the West Indies and there be
Continued on Page 6, Column q
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Hollywood Group
Buys Aten Ranch

For an unannounced sum, believ-
ed to be a large one, four Holly
wood film personalities Tuesday
bad acquired the Ira Aten ranch
in northern Imperial county, with
view to raising alfalfa and cattle,
Purchasers were Fred Murray,
Johnny Wayne, Frank Borzage and
Bo c. RooS.
The ranch is 935 acres in extent,
and is one of the most modern in
Imperial county. Ira Aten, the
former owner, is the son of former
Director Ira Aten of the Imperial
Irrigation District. He is engaged
in extensive cattle operations in
New Mexico and southern Colorado
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14
Hit-Runner Here
Cuts Phone Pole

Ell Centre police began a search
Tuesday for the driver of 1899
coupe that neatly sheared a tele-
phone pole and was found aband-
oned block from the place where
the collision occurred at 2:30 Tues
day morning.
The car was found in the 500
block on Park street. short dis
tance from the fallen pole at Sixth
and Adams streets
Registration on the vehicle was
to George and Getulio Europa, route
two, box 305, El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14

will remain active at least during
July. A previous order several weeks
ago had made all boards but the
ones in Brawley and Ell Centre in
active.
It was entirely a numerical hap
pen-so that made Ell Centre the
states No. l board, as we'll as the
county's. Chief lCoordinator Claude
Barksdale d'Orr, in determining
designations for the states price
and rationing Boards" evidently
started in the southeastern section
of the state, with the county seat
The result was that Ell Centro's
board was designated Price and
Rationing Board IL.
OTHERS LISTED
Other designations: Brawley. IL;
Holtville, 1-3; Calexico, ID; Calipa-
tria, 1-5 Westmorland, 1-6; and
Winterhaven. II.
All boards were left as originally
set up. Although no official desig-
nation was listed for the Imperial
board, it received an automobile
quota for July, indicating that 1t
will continue active at least this
month.
Meanwhile it was announced that
all price and rationing office adj
ministration and other similar de-
tails in Imperial and San Diego
counties will be in charge of Addi-
son Housh, in San Diego. He is
served by a large legal staff, in
addition to routine office workers.
Ell Centre board IL, meeting for
the first time Monday under its
new designation. received a quota
Of four automobiles for this month,
and announced approval of orders
to purchase cars made out in favor
of R. E. JeaneS and the California
Cotton Oil corporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14

=
the Goguchar sector toward the
Volga, southeastward to within less
than 100 miles of the Rostov gate
way to the Caucasus and into the
streets of the battle wrecked city
of Voronezh, where Nazi flame
throwers, smoke screens, and hund-
reds of tanks slowly we're overcom-
ing Russian resistance
Two Red army counteroperations
made some progress in the Kalinin
front, where the Germans were
stopped near Rzhev with loss of
10000 dead, and northwest of Vor-
onezh, where Soviet tanks and cav
airy smashed into the enemy flank
in wide drive that killed many and
recaptured several villages
But the Moscow press pointed out
that it would be criminal" TO dis
count the massed enemy offensive
rclling eastward below the bend of
the river Don.
WANT SECOND FRONT
"The enemy will not break
through" the army publication Red
Star said, but it warned that the
Redarmy could hold only with the
utmost aid of every Russian. The
Communist party newspaper Pravda
repeated recent editorial emphasis
on the urgent need for the Allies 10
open second front in Europe.
The Russian fighting overshad-
owed developments on other world
fronts, but in Egypt the Axis arm
ored columns again were punching
at the British front west of Ell Ala
mein-without success-and Allied
airplanes and artillery were striking
destructive blows at the enemy
front and rear. British and Ameri-
can-mare fighter -bombers were
most effective in destroying Axis
tanks and trucks in the desert.
In London, government spokes-
men in the House of Commons said
that American and British efforts
were producing a new tank superior
to anything the Germans have in
action and that new type British
fighter plane was in production.
These advances. they said. will
give the Allies the superiority neces-
sary for victory over the Axis.
Effectiveness of big tanks built by
the Russians was demonstrated in
repeated counterattacks on the Don
river front.
But on three vital fronts in the
south, the Soviet front line dis
patches acknowledged that
VORONEZH-Mass enemy attacks
twice broke through the Russian
defenders, fighting from every hill.
tree and street corner and pushed
into the outskirts of the city.
DON RIVER BEND - The Rus
slams we're forced to fall back
again In the Goguchar sector, less
than 100 miles from Stalingrad on
the Volga.
ROSTOV A German column
driving down the Voronezh- -Rostov
railroad advanced beyond Miller
ovo, less than 100 miles from Ros-
TOW.
The pincers drive on Rostov.
gateway to the Caucasus, was es-
pecially grave for the Red army.
The Germans were advancing south
of Millerovo and also from the di-
rection of Lisichansk. 80 miles due
east of Millerovo. This rut them on
network of railroads ON both
sides of Voroshilovgrad, which may
be their next goal. and on a front
that permits flanking attacks to-
ward Rostov from three directions
including Taganrog.
Fighting in this area centers In
| Continued on Page s., Column ID
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14
Board Announces
License Rulings

The State Board of Equalization
Tuesday announced the cancella-
tion of one liquor license in I'M
perial county, the To-day suspen-
sion of two others and the issu-
ance of a fourth.
The license of Tom Folk, Chung
Hing Cafe, Brawley, was cancelled
when the premises were abandon
ed A license was issued to Santos
Arrelano and Jess Rios Thomas,
Texas Cafe, Brawley, on petition
Ten-day sust nsions were i'm
posed upon Altagracia Rosas, La
Tapatia, Brawley, for sale to a
minor, and B, F. Coppenger, Sticks
Place, Holtville, for operating prem
iseS in disorderly manner.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-14

Imperial county supervisors Tues
day posted a revised schedule Of
wages for road district employees
and boosted the salary of Agricul-
tural Commissioner B. A. Harrigan
from $270O to $4,000 a year.
The new road district wages, re-
flecting competition for labor caused
by war work, represented an in
crease largely for workers in the
probationary class, over another
schedule posted June l6. The all
around increase from pre-June 16
wages was considerable, however.
Under the latest schedule, road