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Evening star., 1942-01-08
Number of Salvage Collection
Trips May Be Cut With Depots
Compoien Planned to Educate Citizens
To Need for MetoIs Roes, Rubber, Poper

Salvage collection depots will be
set up In many apartment houses,
homes and neighborhood centers to
cut down the number of trips made
by waste dealers and volunteer COL
lectors, the Executive Board of the
District Salvage Committee decided
yesterday.
The group was told by James E.
Colliflower, chairman, at the Board
of Trade Offices in the Star Building.
that the number of calls to pick up
small salvage loads had increased
beyond capacity of the collection
system to handle them efficiently.
Harry N. Stull. president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
therefore proposed that each citizens
association set up salvage commit
tee to select repositories for small
waste contributions. In addition, G.
Edward Altemus, Washington Real
Estate Board, promised that apart
ment owners would provide depots
wherever possible.
Publicity Is Urged.
To educate the District citizen to
the need for saving metals, rags,
rubber, paper and other materials,
Claude w. Owen suggested that the
weekly Shopping News carry 'front.'
page bulletin advertising places Of
collection. He also suggested set
ting up of a speakers bureau and
use Of pamphlets. posters, newspa-
pers and radio
Millard A. West, jr.. placed at the
disposal of the board the services
of the Junior Board Of Commerce
Speakers Bureau. Services of the
Boy Scouts to distribute posters and
educational pamphlets were prom
ised by Linn c. Drake.
A salvage victory drive to COL
lect waste paper is already being
sponsored in the District by The
Star and the parent-teacher asso-
Citations and home and school asso-
Citations Of the public schools. The
school children collect bundles of
papers, cartons and magazines, the
association receiving 60 cents for 100
pounds of newspapers and 30 cents
for 100 pounds Of magazines.
School Program Planned.
Mr.. Colliflower announced that the
Junior Red Cross proposed to spon-
sor q city-wide educational pro-
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Youths letters InsistHe'sAIive,
Though Army Is Returning Body

Administration wrote Mrs. Baker
saying George was killed in action
on the day of the japanese attack.
p But. belying this, the aviation
mechanic wrote his parents. in a
letter dated December 20 that he
was safe at Wheeler Field, where he
had been transferred from Hickam
Field.
Then, on December, 81, the War
Department wrote Mrs. Baker that
the remains of your son. the late
Pvt. George w. Baker, will be re-
turned to the United States"
They must have him mixed up
with somebody else" said Mrs.
Baker. "Au this has got me a
wreck"
In his letter of December 20 Pvt.
Baker replied to her query about the
War Departments announcement
that he was dead.
TT seemed funny, asking II were
alive" he wrote. I'D have q devil
Of . time answering II weren't
alive" -
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Minnesota Man Acquitted
OF Threatening President
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
FERGUS FALLS. Mimi, Jan. g.
Walter Pearson, 20, of Baudette,
Mimi, accused Of sending threaten
ing post cards to President Roosevelt
and some members Of the Senate,
was acquitted today by a Federal
Court jury.
Pearson admitted sending the
cards, which read:
Warning! The enactment Of
lease-lend bill will turn the United
States into Jewish dictatorship. If
you sign (or vote for) this bill the
American people will demand that
you pay the extreme penalty for
your traitorous act"
The defense contended he had
q right to criticize, but the Govern
ment argued that the question OF
free speech was not involved and
that Pearson had violated Law
forbidding the putting Of threat
ening matter In the mails.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EMM1TsBURG. Md, Jan. ST
a mothers intuition is stronger
than an of1ciai War Department
announcement, then George Baker
Is alive.
Three times Mrs. Roy M. Baker
was notified that her son, an aviation
mechanic, was killed in the japanese
attack on Hawaii December 7.
But, in between, Mrs. Baker and
her husband have received letters
from their son in his own hand
writing declaring he was safe and
well. And. even though her son
one of six children-is omcially
listed as dead, Mrs. Baker clings to
the belief he is alive.
On December 8 Mrs. Baker re-
ceived q telegram saying that her
son was killed.
The following day she received
letter from her son, written on
December 3.
On Christmas eve, the Veterans
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Hudson Pier Swept
By Five-AIarm Blaze
In Near-zero Weather
Two Hurt, One Rescued
From River; Second Fire
Breoks Out ut Warehouse
Dy the Associat tied Press.

0y Vne Ab6OCiateo FIesA.
NEW YORK, Jan. ga spec
tacular five- alarm fire swept . mid
town Hudson River pier today-the
coolest day in SIX years-and 1t was
hardly under control before . four
alarm blaze was discovered In six
story warehouse IS blocks away.
Spray from the firemen's hoses
few through the early morning air
like pellets and streams Of water
froze almost Immediately on contact
with the burning structures.
= Sidewalks, fire apparatus and fire-
mems clothing and helmets were
glazed with ice by the near-zero
weather. Two firemen were injured
In the pier fire at Forty-third street
and q third was rescued from the
icy waters Of the river.
Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy said
the fire did not appear to be Of
suspicious origin.
I've Buildings Damaged.
Two large two-story frame build
ings Of the American South African
Steamship Line and the adjacent
baggage room of the West Shore
Ferry-used by thousands of New
Jersey commuters-were damaged
as firemer manned A pieces Of ap-
paratus.
The other fire, of undetermined
origin, started on the fourth floor
of a brick warehouse at Thirteenth
street and Sixth avenue, burned
through the roof and clouded the
morning sky with a pillar of gray
smoke. Effective fire fighting halted
the spread Of the blaze to nearby
furniture warehouses.
Ship Moved to Safety.
Much of the apparatus responding
had been rushed to Manhattan from
Brooklyn to replace that called to
the pier f1re, which broke out at
4:45 am. as longShoremen were un-
loading copra, an inflammable COCO
nut substance, from a freighter at
the pier.
Tugboats. using scows as buffers,
maneuvered the ship to safety in
midstream out Of range of the
flames.
Mayor r. H. La Guardia, who ar
rived at the scene shortly after the
last alarm was sounded, suffered a
frostbitten face.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
AustroIions Attack
Greenwich Isle Aqoin
RA the Associated Press

BN the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia. JAN g.
The Royal australian Air Force has
made a new attack on the Japanese
air and naval station on Greenwich
Island just above the Equator. dam
aging installations and destroying
q seaplane, an r. A. A. r. COM
munique said today.
Meanwhile Japanese planes were
seen making reconnaissance flights
over the Bismarck Archipelago,
northeast Of Australia.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

bills in recent years, remarked that
1T is possible we can make some re-
ductions not listed by the President.
We will examine every item to see if
it is justified and can be reduced
without crippling the farm pro-
gram"
Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Of
Alabama. who has sponsored much
of the New Deal farm legislation,
said he would support reasonable
recommendations because recog-
nize there must be come reduction
in non defense items. I always have
opposed attempts to balance the
budget at expense of the farmers"
New Taxes Studied.
Meanwhile, Ways. and Means
Committee members studied Presi-
dent Roosevelt's budget message,
with particular attention to his
broadly -phrased request for $1,000
100000 in new taxes to help finance
the war and another $4,000, 600, 900
in Social Security levies.
Obviously awed by the magnitude
of the tax program, some lawmakers
asked each other how existing rev.
enue sources such as individual and
corporation incomes could be made
to bear much sitter taxes, and what
new levies would prove practicable.
Yet they all agreed with Repre-
sentative Doughton, Democrat. Of
North Carolina, that I'VE will raise
all the money we can, without, of
course, turning the tree up by its
roots"
Some committeeman said that the
total revenue requested by the Pres
ident was so large that a general
sales tax might have to be imposed
as last resort. Although not on
the committee, one highly placed
friend Of the administration said
that looks like the only way to
do it,
Mr.. Roosevelt. a consistent op-
ponent of the sales tax as perma-
nent revenue source, declared in
his budget message that in the
face of the present financial and
economic situation, however, we may
later be compelled to reconsider
the temporary necessity Of such
measures"
Committeeman said that no one
could foretell what the new tax
program might contain-at least
until after Secretary Morgenthau
and other Treasury officials. as well
as special congressional tax Stats
ticians, present tentative programs
within a week or 10 days.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

By the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 8.-De-
tention rs enemy aliens OF three
nationally known skiers, Frederick
Friedl Pfeifer, Hans Hauser and
Joseph Seep Froelich. was disclosed
yesterday. The Federal Bureau Of
Investigation confirmed in WASH
ington that the men had been taken
in custody.
Mr.. Pfeifer held the national sla-
lom championship in 1910; Mr..
Hauser won the mems downhill
championship OF the Federation In
ternationale de Ski at Innsbruck in
1888.
The wedding here Of Mr. Pfeifer.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Citizens Seek Support
For Charter System

The Hillandale Citizens Associa-
ton will ask the Montgomery County
Civic Federation at its meeting Mon
day night to give its support to the
charter form of government for the
county as proposed by the Brookings
Institution.
A resolution indorsing the pro-
posal was introduced by Theodore
Parkman at the associations meet
ing at the home of Carl G. Stone.
Alfred D. Moves, chairman of the
Southern Maryland Defense Council,
gave a talk on civilian defense.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Auto Industry Heads
And Labor Quarrel
Over Wartime Setup
O. P. IA. to EstubIish New
Committee to Advise II
On Conversion Of PIonts

A wartime friendship between
management and labor In the auto
mobile industry, which appeared in
the ofnng several days ago, today
yielded to . new quarrel over the
power and makeup Of . Govern
ment-industry- labor committee to
handle the conversion of the indus
try to armament production.
Here's the manner IN which the
program was developing:
The Once Of Production Manage
ment rejected labor's bid for a share
in control Of the industry's war pro-
duction because Of . labor manage
ment deadlock In the committee
chosen to direct 1t.
A new committee was TO be set
up composed Of three representa-
tives each Of management and labor
and one Government member.
Labor Members Protest.
The new group would have no
authority TO act by itself but would
make recommendations to the
.. p. N.
The establishment Of the new
committee, constituting an outright
rejection Of labor's proposals, was
bitterly assailed by the five labor
members of the original body. while
management spokesmen defended
the action.
r. J. Thomas, president OF the
United Auto Workers &C. I. o.,
charged In 4 statement that under
the new steup conversion would be
handled in "a leisurely way" despite
"the desperate need for quick pro-
duction of war materials"
The conclusion is unacceptable
that the manufacturers contem-
plate but little change from their
business as usual attitude" said
the statement, In which Mr.. Thomas
was joined by George F. Adde's.
Walter P. Reuther, Richard T..
Frankensteen and Richard e. Rel
singer, other labor members OF the
original panel tackling the CONVEX
sion problem.
"Socialisation" Charged.
On the other hand. c. E. Wilson,
president OF General Motors, de-
Tending the new committee. said
that to divide the responsibility for
management would amount to so
cialization" and would destroy the
very foundation upon which Amer
ica's unparalleled record Of indus
trial accomplishment has been
built"
The o. p. M. said the new COM
mittee would endeavor Ito assist in
the development Of the best method
for the utilization of labor, tools,
machinery, facilities, etc, for the
most expeditions conversion of the
automotive industry for the pro-
duction of war materials
The new committee will be headed
by an o. P. M. ofiicial, the Govern
ment member Of the group. Edsel
Ford. C. c. Carlton of the Motor
Wheel Corp. and Mr. Wilson were
mentioned as management members
of the group.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Attiee
Continued From First Page.

11Vuu OF d0Sc
leased to them in the West Indies
and Newfoundland"
In a broad summarization OF the
war Mr.. Attlee told Commons:
The fact that the United States
has entered the war on our side has
determined the result of the war, but
does not offset the advantages that
accrue to Japan in the begin
ming ="
Points to Enemy Strength.
He declared that even if Britain
had increased her own production
to the utmost she could not produce
enough arms at present for the Far
East to equal the strong military
force of Japan.
Apparently in reply to criticism Of
the seeming inadequacy of British
military preparations in the Far
East. Mr.. Attlee said the fact that
Britain's Pacific positions were less
strongly garrisoned and equipped
than might have been wished was
not due to lack of foresight"
Rather, he said, it was because it
was beyond Britain's resources to be
strong everywhere.
But he drew q sharp picture of
Britain's utilization Of her strength
where 1t was concentrated and gave
an optimistic, broad view Of the
war.
British troops, he declared, already
have advanced 600 miles from the
starting point of their drive into
Libya and are engaging Gen. Edwin
Rommels German forces in great
tank battles"
On the Russian front the "initia-
tive definitely has passed to the
Russians" beyond the ability of the
German high command to pass OH
its retreat as a planned maneuver.
From the Malaga front, however,
Mr.. Attlee reported q British with
drawal, to a point about so miles
north of Kuala Lumpur, which is
240 miles from Singapore, and said
that altogether the defenders Of
Malaga had been forced to give up
Is airdromes.
He disclosed to the House that
Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, as
supreme commander of Allied forces
in the Far East, will direct opera
tions in q vast area including Ma
laya. the Netherlands Indies and
the Philippines-but excluding Aus
tralia, India and 1ndio- China.
Accepts Responsibility.
1t was explained that United
States, Australian and the Neither
lands Indies officers will be on Gen.
Wavell's staff.
While Lord Addison. Labor party
leader, declared in the House Of
Lords that Air Chief Marshal Sir
Robert Brooke-Popham, recently
replaced commander in the Far
East. was a "nincompoop," Mr..
Attlee told Commons that COM
manders on the ground must not
be blamed for results in Malaga.
The Government, Mr.. Attlee as
serted, accepted full RESPONSE
bility."
"The initiative definitely has
passed over to the Russians" on
the land and in the air over wide
sectors of the Russian front, Mr..
Attlee said.
TT is hardly even the pretense
of the German high command that
all these retreats are in accordance
with plans" he added. "and those
frantic appeals for warm clothing
show more clearly than anything
else that there has been . complete
upset OF Hitler's plans. ."
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Henry ". Francis Dies;
Emp|oye Of U. 5. Agency

Henry Wood Francis, IS. an en-
ploye of the Old Age Pension branch
of the Social Security Board, died
yesterday in Mount Alto Hospital
after an illness of several weeks.
He was born in Winchester, Tenn.
He served in France during the
First World War with the Tank
Corps. He had been contact rep
resentative with the Veterans Ad-
ministration and was an active
member of the American Legion.
Mr.. Francis is survived by his
mother. Mrs. Lulu w. Francis. who
lived with him at 143 Grafton street,
Chevy Chase, Nd, and by a sister,
Miss Grace Francis of San Fran
cisco Funeral services will be held
at l pm tomorrow at Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

head OF the Sun Valley Qdaho) ski
school. and Hoyt Smith, daughter OF
Fred E. Smith, Salt Lake City bank
er, was q social event of March, 1910.
Mr.. Froelich is the husband OF
Natalie Rogers, a member Of
wealthy Eastern family. In this
country he has entered little into
competition.
Mr. Hauser has been employed at
Sun Valley as an instructor.
All three were confined for a time
in Salt Lake County Jail, but Mr..
Pfeifer and Mr.. Hauser recently
were taken ID a detention camp in
North Dakota. Mr.. Froelich is wait
ing a hearing to determine whether
he may be released.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
New Red Landing Attempts
In Crimeo Reported

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 R,.-The
British radio said today that Swedish
correspondents in Berlin declare the
Russians have attempted landings
at many fresh points in the Crimea
with the support of units Of the
Soviet fleet
The radio quoted the Swedish
sources as saying Berlin was antici-
pating further landings and that the
Russian operations in the Crimea
are of an extensive nature. The
broadcast was heard by Columbia
BroadcaSting System.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Paper Collection
For Tomorrow

The following Is the schedule
for the collection OF paper, card
board and magazines tomorrow
in The Epening Star-P.-T. A.
SalUage for Victory program, to-
gether NTH the fue leaders in
district No. S, and their pounda0e
to date:
Evening star., 1942-01-08

but that they found, after checking
his acquaintances, that he often
spoke it.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

Plans are being made for an ex-
position to take place in Buenos
Aires in 1912 to celebrate the 450th
anniversary of the discovery of
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Congress Clears Way
For War Fund Bills
Asked by President
No. ! Item on Program
Provides for Production
Of $4,000 Planes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A willing Congress gave the right
of way today to war appropriations,
with the No. l item funds for the
production of the 10000 planes
which President Roosevelt called for
this year
Ofncials had not the slightest
doubt that the Senate and House
quickly-and almost unanimously
would approve all Of the Presidents
military, naval and lease-lend re-
quests, which total $4,000, 900, 900
for the next fiscal year.
But to guard against waste. Sena-
tor Truman, Democrat, of Missouri.
proposed that the Senate Defense
Investigating Committee be assigned
the task of watchman over the
gigantic. armament program, with a
$100 900 budget to finance the job.
Senator Truman said he was con-
fident that the 10-member COM
mittee, operating with a full staff
could prevent extravagances, ferret
out inefficiency and guard against a
repitition of mistakes previously
made in getting the defense pro-
gram into high gear.
Arnold to Be Witness.
Looking toward the actual appro-
priations which will start the vastly
enlarged program going, Chairman
Cannon said his House Appropria-
tions Subcommittee would start
hearings Saturday on an unpreced-
ented sum for combat planes such
as dive-bombers and pursuit craft.
The exact amount of the request has
not yet been determined.
Representative Cannon said that
the witnesses would include 1t. Gen.
H. H. Arnold, deputy chief of staff
for air, that the hearings would be
unusually brief, and that the testi-
mony made public would be quite
skeletonized."
Once that bill is sent to the House
for consideration, the committee will
| turn to budget estimates Tor the
$4,000 tanks and 10000 anti-aircraft
guns recommended by the President
! for this year.
Other subcommittee started work
weeks ago on regular annual supply
bills for the Treasury and Post ONCE
Departments and the score or more
of independent agencies of the Gov
eminent
Farm Block Yields.
The Presidents proposal to slash
about a third of a billion dollars
from Federal outlays for farmers
won tentative acceptance from farm
minded legislators.
Leaders Of the potent Senate farm
block said they agreed with the
President that higher market prices
| of agricultural products should re-
duce Treasury expenditures for farm
aid, but they said that every pro-
posed reduction would be studied.
Senator Russell, Democrat, Of
Georgia. who has directed passage of
record d-breaking farm appropriation
Evening star., 1942-01-08

: The United States Marine Corps
never has had . mutiny Of any de-
scrtptton.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

PORTSMOUTH, n H-SNKS WITH EIGHT ABOARD-Ths
United States Army mine planter Arnold above sank in the
Atlantic southeast Of Isle Shoals early today the
Army announced with loss eight Of its When this
picture made the 98foot craft tied at berth In
Portsmouth. (story Page AID "A P. Wirephoto
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Continued Red Attacks
Reported by Germans

BERLIN, Jan. 8 (Omcial Broad
cast R-Continued Russian at
tacks in the central and northern
sectors Of the front were reported
today by the German high COM
mand. which said German bombers
attacked docks and shipping at the
Crimean port Of Feodosiya, site of
= recent Soviet landing.
Heavy losses were declared to have
been suffered by the Red Army in
its offensive onslaughts.
I'm some places" the high COM
mand went on. Fighting continues. :"
Evening star., 1942-01-08
japanese Elite Corps
Holds Monopoly on
P|undering Rights
Millions in Profits Pile Up
From Toxes, Ronsoms
And Opium Dives

As mar correspondent for the
Associated Press during the first
two years OF the Chinese-Jdpd-
nese ,par, Lloyd Lehrbds had q
closeup OF the japanese erploitn-
ton technique. He reports on 1t
here.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Russia
Continued From First Page)

OONlInued from F1rSt PaReD
grad on the main railway line To
Moscow.
Izvestia declared the Germans
were burning the bodies of many of
their dead to conceal their losses.
1t said $4,000 had fallen on one un-.
identified sector since December /.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

Our onnuol big cleoroncs
and your opportunity to buy o
fine new or used piono at O reoI
reduction! On sole is practically
every new and used piono in our
store-the finest stock in the
city-over IS oronds, spinets.
consoles and small upriohts OF
such nokes os knobe, Wur-
Iitzer, Fischer, Weber. Estey.
Chiekerino, Steinwoy (used).,
Evening star., 1942-01-08

District No. S
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20

these tanks give the boat the
stability necessary for deep sea
crossing. Three or four miles
from an invasion shore, the bal
last tanks would be blown out,
like surfacing submarines,
and the ship would rise to draw
less than six feet of water.
The ship itself is designed to
60 right into the thick of the
fighting. It's top deck, also Of
radical design, is flat, armored.
and armed with turrets and
multiple anti-aircraft guns. The
designers estima ; the speed Of
their craft at 16 knots fully
loaded and 20 when the ballast
tanks have been blown out.
Messrs. Martial and Scull fig
ure that their ocean-going in
vasion barge could carry direct
ly to the point of attack a full
company of Marines, plus full
equipment. This would include
at least eight medium tanks, and
half that many half-track trucks
with 75-mm. guns, plus four
self-propelled mounts for 155-
nm. guns, and the necessary
supply trucks and reconnais-
sance units.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20

BY NEA Service
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 - With
plans for overseas attacks &C.
cuSying American military-nav
al minds, two New York indus
trial designers suggest revolu-
tionary new kind Of vessel that
would serve both as an ocean,
going troopship and also as a
shallow bottomed invas % n
barge, capable Of pushing to
within six-foot depths of land
ing beaches.
Once on the edge Of the beach,
the ships bow opens and out
slide tank ramps, down which
tanks fight their way ashore
and directly into invasion &C
ton. Sketch, right, by the ships
designers, Jacques Martial and
Robert c. Scull, is their concep-
ton of how the invasion action
would look.
BALLAST TANKS ARE
GIVEN NEW TASK
Key to the operation of this
Jules Vernean ZIP is the use of
ballast tanks which run iongi-
tudinally the length of the ves-
sells bottom. When full of water,