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Evening star., 1942-10-09

to the special committee melting
Monday that the department store
metal salvage drive already has
been completed. Department stores,
he said, already have collected and
turned in all their scrap, in the
form of old radiators, old pipes and
other discarded equipment.
He could not say at this time
Just what the total amount was,
but said the store where he works,
Frank R. Jelleff's, turned in approx
mately 13 tons Of scrap and col
lections from other stores were
comparable.
"The only things we are holding"
he said, ARE CRATES, which we will
need II we can't get OIL"
Much to Be Collected.
Scrap remains to be collected
from many other local commercial
sources, however. Several business
group salvage chairmen indicated
yesterday that, while they had no
figures, they were certain large
quantities Of salvageable metal
would be produced by q drive on
commercial establishments.
E. L. Stohlman, representing the
Washington Automotive Association,
said automobile dealers have quite
bit Of scrap available" principally
in the form Of automobiles ready
to be junked. There are several
hundred" Of these, In addition to
those automobiles abandoned on
streets and lots In the District,
which Horace Walker. executive
chairman Of the D. G. Salvage Com
mittee, hopes to add to the Nation s
scrap pile.
Small parts, which are broken and
have been replaced by garages, are
not likely to add much to the scrap
drive, Mr.. Stohlman thought, since
they take up space and are cleaned
from almost all garages on an av-
erage OF once q week. Hardly any
thing has been done with junk au-
tomobiles. however, he added.
Rufus S. Lusk, representing build
ing owners In the District, said hi
had no figures on the amount Of
scrap available but added:
II should think it would be 8
tremendous lot"
Cites Variety Of Equipment.
There are approximately 1906
apartments and 125 ONCE buildings
exclusive Of Government building.
here, he pointed out, and the mum.
Der Of scrap items which might bt
found in any of them is vast. Amonf
these are oil and paint drums, buck.
cts, old CRATES, broken sections O.
boilers, old refrigerators, discarded
4 gas stoves, radiators, pipes, etc.
Nothing has yet been done in this
Evening star., 1942-10-09
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Evening star., 1942-10-09

particular phase Of commercial,
large-lot scrap collections, Mr.. Lusk
said, as the Building Owners Com
mittee has been awaiting the action
OF the District Of Columbia Salvage
Committee and the Commissioner
committee.
Plans for scrap collection in hotels
win be announced soon, Arthur Har-
nett, speaking for the American
Hotel Association, said yesterday.
Mr.. Harnett has conferred with
WPB oficials and reported that an
announcement would be forthcom-
ing soon of plans embracing the
entire hotel industry to salvage all
critical materials needed by the
Government. The association is q
federated group o. State and region
al associations, including 5000 ho-
tells all over the country.
Local hotels are expected to CO.
operate in the Districts commercial
salvage campaign through the Hotel
Association OF Washington.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Plans 10 hospitalize
Volunteers 10 Be Checked

The Washingtonians Citizens
Association last night decided to
make inquiry. regarding the Dis
trict's plans to provide proper hos
pitalisation for auxiliary 1iremen
and policemen injured in the line
Of duty.
The organization voted to rec
ommend that an Evening Star
trophy for outstanding civic work be
given this year to the Health Com
mittee of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations. The resolution will
enumerate the many achievements
Of the group last year.
A request will be made to the
Board of Education to grant school
credits for study expended on re-
ligious instruction undertaken after
school hours.
The grouptavored Representative
Sabath's bill to legalize lotteries In
helping finance the war effort.
Ohcers elected last night were
Miss Eta Tagsart, president: Her
bert Adams, vice president: Mrs.
j. Edwin Reid, secretary; Mrs.
Henry F. SAwtelle, treasurer, and
Mrs. Alice Newhard and Miss Tag
CART, delegates to the federation,
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Traitor Voted Regularly,
Detroit Clerk Points Out
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Oct. e.-City Clerk
Thomas D. Leadbetter called atten-
ton today to the approaching No.
vember elections by pointing out
that Max Stephan, convicted traitor
under death sentence, had been .
more or less regular voter.
The record showed that Stephan
missed only seven of 20 elections in
Detroit, including primaries, since
acquiring citizenship in 1885.
"This should be a lesson to Ameri-
cans who are too busy to vote" Mr..
Leadbetter said. "The Nazis in our
midst are usually on hand to vote
for their candidates"
Stephan. sentenced to hang No
vember 13 for his assistance last
April to the escaped Nazi flyer, 1t.
Hans Peter Krug, has appealed to
the Circuit Court Of Appeals In
Cincinnati. 1t. Krug was recap
tured after fleeing from a Canadian
prison camp.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Fernandez Winner
In New Mexico
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
SANTA FE, N. Mex, Oct. e.-Pub-
Lie Service Commissioner Antonio M.
Fernandez has been designated by
the State Canvassing Board Is the
Democratic nominee for Mexico's
second congressional seat.
Representative Anderson was over
whelmingly renominated for the
other seat.
After Is days in which the result
was undecided, the board ruled that
Mr.. Fernandez had defeated Corpo-
ration Commissioner Robert Valdez
by IS votes-19,314 to 1920.
Mr.. Valdez has not indicated
whether he intended to ask court
review of the Canvassing Boards
decision not to include ballots from
disputed San Miguel County pre-
cinct which went for him SO to 0.
After hearing precinct officials
testify that only "a Democratic bal
lots were cast, the board ruled the
others were forgeries.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Relics and Trophies
Join in Parade Of
Scrap for Victory
Weapons Of Bysone
Wars Also Contributed
To 1942 Effort

Souvenirs Of historic places and
events and trophies Of past wars
continued to pile up on the Nations
victory stock pile .of.metal scrap to-
day. n,
In Shreveport, La. the Associated
Press reported, q man who refused
to give his name added 4 25-inch
bronze bust Of Pierre Laval, Vichy
Frances chief OF government, to the
metal being collected for the fight
against the Axis. /
Keys to the meeting rooms of the
peace conference which Henry Ford
sponsored at Stockholnf, Sweden, In
1916 were dropped in q Keys for
Victory" barrel In Palo Alto, Calf -,
by Mrs. Ada Morse Gorse, who was
assistant general secretary Of the
conference.
Two and one-haH tons of Ma
tionAl Guard trophies. including q
cannon captured by Utah outfit in
the Spanish-American War, have
been tossed on the scrap pile in Salt
Lake City.
In Columbus, Ca, a contribution
to the scrap drive was made by Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Harp, in memory Of
their son, Carter w. Harp, an
RCAF pilot, who was credited with
shooting down two German fighters
over France six weeks before he was
reported missing in action. They
turned in the engine Of the first air.
plane he bought in q flying career
praised by the British Air Ministry.
A 2o0-pound cell door and q COL
lection Of confiscated pistols, knives,
blackjacks. razors and jimmies and
other items were contributed to the
scrap campaign by the police de-
partment Of Danbury, Conn.
In Columbus, Ind, an pound
city bell. which was rung so Wig
orously to celebrate the end Of the
World War I that 1t cracked, was
turned in for the World War II SCRAP
pile.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Waldo Frank, author and lecturer,
Just returned from Argentine.
Midway Was Try for Knockout.


Citing the initial widespread Jap
anese attack on Hawaii, Manila and
Malaga, Admiral Hart said the sec
ond major try ct I knockout blow
Was foiled By the Battle Of Midway
II. June.
Few people realize this was even
q more venturesome attack than
Pearl Harbor-the enemy had a full
scale amphibious invasion force Of
submarines, ships, planes and
troops.
Again the Japs failed, this time
at great cost to themselves, and
they were beaten back" Admiral
Hart said. 'Now we have begun to
attack. We must advance In the
Pacific, island by island, until the
next. stop Is Japan itself"
Answering questions on the quail
ity OF American aircraft, Admiral
Hart noted recent criticism and
asserted congressional investigation
had shown American planes are
more than holding their own ir
all fields Of combat"
Admiral Hart said Japanese ON.
cials had paid American nava
aviation the compliment Of imita.
ton after observing air forces o.
all nations.
Most Of the damage done b,
Evening star., 1942-10-09

Jap aviation IN this war has been
done almost exclusively by dive
bomhers and torpedo planes-both
types developed by the United States
Navy" he said.
Carriers Aid to Victory.
Asked II he thought aircraft car
riers obsolete, Admiral Hart OBJ
served, "The carrier is helping US
to win victories" such as the Coral
Sea and Midway battles. IF it
takes obsolete weapons to win vic
tories, I say With AL my heart give
US more Of them. This is not the
time to stop and argue over theories
so let's stop talking and get on
with the war;"
Mr.. Frank declared the psople
sof Argentina were solidly behind
the United Nations in their war
on Fascism but their government
Is against U.s."
Evening star., 1942-10-09
j. 5. Must Advance
Island by Island 10
Japan, Hart Says
Sees American Planes
More Than Holding
Own on All Fronts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. o.-American
forces have begun to attack and
must advance in the Pacific. island
by island, until the next stop, is Ja-
pan ITSELF" Admiral Thomas G.
Hart, former commander of the
Asiat;c Fleet and present member
Of the Nays top advisory commit
tee, declared last night.
Admiral Hart said now that Amer
lea has, successfully turned aside
two major Japanese assaults the
Nation must stop talking and get
on with the war" with whatever
weapons were necessary.
The admiral spoke from Wash
ington on the March Of Time radio
program, on which also appeare
Evening star., 1942-10-09


will attend the meeting Monday
afternoon at the District Building
of the Commissioners Emergency
Scrap Salvage Committee, where
plans will be launched for an inten-
sive drive to bring in heavy" scrap
from business, commercial and In
dustrial establishments.
At this session, the Commissioner
committee and the scrap chairmen
Of various District businesses will
seek to determine just where this
heavy" scrap is, how much OF It
there is and how 1t best can be col
lected.
See Shears at Work.
Those attending the clinic yes
terday afternoon saw what happens
to it afterHt is collected, taken from
the salvage depots, sorted by retail
Junk dealers and sent on to the
wholesalers. They saw the scrap
metal sorted further, tossed about by
an electro-magnet, cut up by shears
that chop auto frames with the ease
Of q housewife sncing bread, then
pressed, under a pressure OF $50 900
pounds per cubic foot, into 2-foot
cubes.
The yard was piled high with scrap
and work was progressing at capac-
ity-between 80 and IS tons daily.
The process Of preparing scrap metal
for shipment to the steel mills was
an impressive one.
1T was always my impression that
. junk yard was just junk" said
l.. S. Julien, one Of the salvage
chairmen, attending. But this
equipment here shows it's really a
big business"
E. B. Heinlein, another of the
volunteer scrap workers, commented
that the "clinic" was instructive a.
well as interesting. II wish more
people could see It," he added, ex.
pressing the thought of many o1
those who attended.
More Must Flow In.
While the yard is glutted with
scrap metal at present, as are tht
dealers, 1t was revealed by Philir
Smith, who represents the whole
salers on the special committee
that this condition is not likely tt
last long. More scrap must b'
forthcoming from residents ant
business places, especially the lat
ter, which remain almost untouched
II capacity operation is to continue
I'm three or four weeks we woule
be cleaned out completely II n,
more scrap came in," Mr.. Smith
said.
w. r. Spicer, chairman Of tn
Department Stores Salvage Com
mittee,l indicated while attending
the "clinic" that he would repor
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Fire Department Lauded
For Training Auxiliaries

In . Fire Week state
ment, George Strong, chief Of tho
Civilian Defense Rescue Service for
this area, yesterday praised the Dis
trict Fire Department for excellent
work" in training auxiliary firemen
in civilian defense duties.
Mr.. Strong said: ITO date, nearly
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Get In the Scrap!
Scrap Clinic at Junk Yard
Impresses Salvage Volunteers
Progress Of Work indicates Need Of
Rolling Out Metal From Business Houses

Salvage volunteer workers yesterday attended
the processing Districts wholesale junk
could what happens to discarded metal during its
salvagng.
clinic" held at the yard Joseph Smith Sons
Bennng road NE attended times during the after
defense chamen salvage chamen and chahmen
Of commercial and business scrap committees.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81 Look
out soon Tor a naIlCnal organiza
ton of military police, much on
the same lines as the "home
guards" of World War L.
They will guard all plants pro-
ducing war materials, inside and
out. They may have a distinctive
uniform similar to the blues
worn by the Home Guards. They
will be under direct command OF
Maj. Gen. Allen w. Gullion, Pro-
vost Marshal General of the Unit
ed States Army. They may be re-
cruited from over-age men or those
who fail to measure up to full
physical requirements in the new
draft.
The details aren't complete, but
it may effect a million or more
.registrants in the 1912 draft ano
consequently is almost as big a
story" as the first selective SER
vice law.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
J. I. MCLAUGHLIN
TO MAKE OFFICIAL
TRIP TO SEATTLE

John 7. Mclaughlin, Chief OF
the Research and Information De-
partment of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission is leav-
ing by steamer for Seattle for the
purpose of comforting with J. E.
Bates, Commissioner of Unemploy-
ment Compensation and Placement
for the State Of Washington
Mr. Mclaughlin will try to af-
feet working agreement between
Alaska and Washington State for
the purpose OF collecting contribu-
tons on industries who operate
partly in Alaska and partly in
Washington and discuss other mat
ters pertaining to unemployment
compensation.
While he is south Mr. McLaugh-
/ lin will contact various employers
in Seattle and the vicinity for the
purpose of assisting their account
ing departments in connection with
the Unemployment Compensation
Law.
Mrs. Mclaughlin is accompanying
her husband south and will con-
tinue to her parents home in In
diana for visit OF several months
Mr. Mclaughlin expects to return
to Juneau in about three weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
SINGAPORE
WRITER ON
LAST SHIP
Associated Press Cores
pondent Tells Of Escape
from Malaga Area
BY c. YATES MCDANIEL
Associated Press Correspondent

BATAVIA, Feb. 20-(Delayed)-
1 escaped from doomed Singapore
February 10 aboard the last YES
sci to leave the battered and burn
ing fortress and reached here dur
ing an air alarm this morning.
In my seven and one-half day
Journey I abandoned our bombed
ship and was cast up on an unin-
habited island.
made my way through storm
in a small launch to Sumatra and
crossed that islands mountain
wilds by truck, rail and pony cart
and completed the l,200 mile
roundabout trip safely through the
Indian Ocean aboard destroyer.
Early in the morning after es-
Gaping from Singapore, we were
looking at a peaceful scene of little
islands when two Jap light bomb
ers circled and ghded toward rs.
The old ship shuddered when
bombs exploded just astern. A few
minutes later, two more planes
came over, not more than 500 feet
up this time, and they didn't miss.
The decks seemed to bounce up
to meet us as we Topped on our
faces.
The officers gave no order to
abandon ship, but within a few
minutes lifeboat was lowered. Be-
fore it hit the water 10 sailors
tumbled in and pulled off, too
terrified to heed the officers shouts
to come back.
Two other lifeboats were put
oversize, but the rest of us re-
manned on board. We got the fires
under control and were about
ready to swim for it as the Jap
planes came over again, when one
of our boats returned and SO got
in and made shore.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
Two Nippon Cruisers, Two
Destroyers Said 10 Be
Heavily Damaged
One ENEMY VESSEL
REPORTED BLOWN UP
Direct Hits Scored on Many
Craft in Critical Fight
in East Indies
,BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

A flaming sea battle, bigger even
than the Battle of Macassar Strait.
RACES on the second day in the
shark infested waters off Bali Is
land.
United States and Dutch war,
ships are SO far officially credited
with seriously damaging two jap
anese cruisers and two destroyers.
Allied warplanes dived and
bombed at the battle scene, slash
ing the invaders.
Cruiser Blows Up
One Japanese cruiser blew up, 1t
is announced
The War Department bulletin is
sued in Washington said at least
10 heavy American bombers at
lacking the Japanese armada scored
direct hits on three enemy cruisers
and four transports and also shot
down four Japanese planes.
Four American planes are ac-
knowledged TO have been lost in
the terrific attack.
Allied Offensive
Dispatches from Batavia said
the Java sea fights is the first
Allied naval offensive in critical
cattle for the Dutch East Indies.
A bulletin from the United Ma
tons headquarters on Java also
said planes sank a large transport
of the japanese fleet and
scored series OF direct hits on
erfemy cruisers and destroyers.
Ship on Fire
The communique also said zone
cruiser. which received two direct
hits by heavy bombs, is seen to be
stationary and on fire"
Dispatches indicate the sea bat
tie began shortly after midnight
yesterday in Lombok Strait, east
of Bali, which is already infested
with japanese seaborne invasion
hordes.
Breakfasts from Tokyo said
smashing japanese naval victory
against heavy odds has or is oc-
curing between the islands of Bali
and Lombok.
Another broadcast said Japa-
nese air raid was made on Bata-
via and flaming destruction result
ed in 81 planes and military mill
tary detectives on Java's airfields.
The Tokyo broadcasts also claim
that two Dutch destroyers have
been sunk and a third heavily
damaged by two japanese DESTROY
ers.
The Japanese communique, also
broadcast. declares that two flee
ing Dutch cruisers we're hit by tor
pedoes before they escaped last
night.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
EWING FOUND
6 UILT Y OF
RAPE CHARGE
Governm emf May Ask
Death for Former
Utah PoIitieo

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-A Fed
eral Court jury today convicted
Orman Ewing, former Utah Demo
cratic committeeman, of raping q
20-year-old Government stenogra-
pher, a Utah girl, last October.
Jurors deliberated less than two
hours. Ewing was silent as the YER
dict was read. The Government
attorney had announced at the start
OF the trial that he would ask fol
the death penalty if Ewing was
found guilty
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21

WASHINGTON-W Japan ex-
tending long lines of communica-
lions down to the Dutch East In
dies, 1t has become more and more
evident that the only way the Unit
cd States is going to win the battle
of the Pacific is Cd by cutting OIL
Japan's supply lines via China; CD
by striking direct blows at the main
islands of Japan.
Regarding the first of these, it is
already planned to bolster the Chi
nese army in order to disrupt jap
anese operations. With the Burm.~
Road closed, however, this would
be q long, tedious job OF shipping
and flying half way round the
world.
Second step, bombing the paper
and bamboo cities of Tokyo, Kobe
and Osaka is more practicable So
far, the Russians have held out
against using Siberia as bombing
base, for the reason that Vladivos-
tok is squeezed between the jap
anese army on two sides-and lot
of Russian soldiers from the Siber-
ian Army have been sent to the
Moscow front.
Meanwhile, Alaska, whose Aleu-
tan Islands jut out to within few
miles from Asia, obviously are the
best air stepping stones to Japan
However, almost unbelievable OBJ
stacles have been thrown in the
path of developing Alaska For
instance, one thing which Secretary
Ickes has wanted for two years is
to build a highway from Seattle
to Alaska At present there is nc
way of reaching Alaska except by
boat, which is precarious in war;
time, or by airplane.
So the Interior Department got
the State Department to write botf
the Canadian Government and the
U. S. War Department about build
ing the road. The Canadians didn't
enthuse, but they didn't say no
The War Departments position
however, was amazing.
Assistant Secretary of Sta tt
Berle wrote Secretary of Wal
Stimson a very tactful letter ir
which he assumed that the Wal
Department wanted the road built
and therefore, he inquired which o.
several routes Secretary Stimsor
considered to be of greatest STRAIT.
egic value.
To the Armament of everyone
Secretary Stimson wrote back tina
the War Department didn't con,
slider any of the proposed route!
of military value and didn't wan
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
40 MEN OF
T0RpE0DED
SHIP SAFE
Survivors Landed at Fest
Canadian PORT
Long al Sea

AN EAST CANADIAN PORT
Feb. 21-Forty survivors from tor
pedoed ship were picked up off the
Nova Scotia coast today after
spending 20 hours at sea in two
lifeboats. The rescued expressed be-
lief that the same U-boat that at
tackled their vessel had sent torpe-
does into companion freighter
earlier
Seventeen men in two other boats
were landed, presumably from the
same vessel, after being found neal
shore today
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
New Organization OF
Home Guards Will Be
Called Up for Service

You can't prove it, but you can
bet your last dollar of folding
money that it's true. When the
government evacuated Manila, mil
lions of dollars in paper money
went up in smoke.
The Treasury's official announce
ment was to the effect that all
government assets in the Philippine
capital had been removed or de-
stroyed' The story is that paper
money, in bales, millions OF dollars
CT it, went up in flames. The enemy
can't spend ashes or even sell them
in the Black Mart. The Treasury,
as long as it knows the numbers
of the destroyed bills, can't lose a
penny.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-21
DARWIN IS
NOW TO BE
EVACUATED
Women and Children Ord.
cred 0ut-0nIy Nurses
Will Remain

CANBERRA, Australia. Feb. 81
Evacuation of civilians from Port
Darwin, which Japanese bombers
raided Thursday with reported dis
astrous results, has been ordered
by the military authorities.
The military has clamped strict
control on all activities in the
area
All women, with their children
will be removed. The only women
permitted to remain will be nurses