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The Nome nugget., 1942-04-20
65,OOO Troops and Civilians, 10
 Generals Unreported On Bataan

WASHINGTON, April IT, 8:44 A. MAY P. M (AP) - The War Department announced that 65O00 troops and civilians, including 6 generals have been unreported for more than week on Bataan and are presumably in the hands of the enemy" The figure included approximately 35,0O0 combat troops about 5000 sick and wounded, number of supply and other non-combatant troops, and 25000 civilians
 The communque reported that reports on cas- ualties in the last few days of fighting were received but it is believed likely that losses heavy to both sides.
 There 68 Army nurses in Bataan, all of them evacuated to Corregdor on April 9th, along with a relatively small number of troops.
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-20
CAUSE GREAT INDIGNATION BY PoPuLACE,

SAN FRANCISCO, April IF l0:O5 P.-l0:55P (AP) - The Tokyo radio announced tonight that enemy bomberS attacked Tokyo. A CBS listening station re- ported broadcast which said that Enemy bombers appeared Tokyo for the first time in the current war, inf1icting damage to schools and hospitals The raid occurred shortly past Saturday, Tokyo time
 The invading planes failed to damage to mili- ary establishments although casualties in schools and hospitals unknown. This inhuman attack on these cultural establishments, and residential districts are causing widespread indignation among the populace D
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-20
Tokyo Is Air Raided For First Time
Jap Radio Reports Bombers Raid
 Tokyo, From Several Directions

UNDATED, April 18, 1:02 A. M-625 P. M. (AP) An Imperial Japanese headquarters broadcast heard in the United States confirmed the Tokyo raid saying that hostile planes struck from several directions at the Japanese capital and claiming that three raiders were doWned
 San Francisco heard in another broadcast a state- ment that nine downed. A DNB Berlin broad cast said Yokohama attacked as well as Tokyo but said only slight damage caused Anti-arcraft and fighter planes were in action Another Berlin broadcast said 400 houses were burned by unex- planed fire at Oguni in northern Japan.
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-20
Marshall And Hopkins Return From England

Washington, Apr. 20 (AP) - Gen. Marshall is back after two weeks in Eng land and northern Ireland where he conferred with British war leaders. The General and Harry Hop- kins returned to New York by air yesterday. Marshall hurred to Washington but Hopkins remained in New York.
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-20
Encircled
 British Saved By Chinese

 Chungking, April 20 (AP) - Chinese troops sWooped down from the northeast and recaptured Yanang- daung, in the heart of the west Burma oil fields and after two days of bitter fighting released a British force of several thousand men from encirclement by the Japanese, a Chinese communique said.
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-20
5 HOSTAGES SHOT IN OCCUPIED FRANCE

Vichy, April IF, 9:36 am. - 5:05 pm. (AP) - Ger man authorities announc- ed that 35 hostages were shot in occupied France in reprisal for attacks against German-occupying troops.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Maryland Executive Yacht
To Go Into Battle Again
=. the Associated Press.

=. the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, June l9.-The 180-
foot executive yacht used by Mary
lands Governors since 1882, which
now carries a service chevron from
the First World War, will go to
battle again.
The Navy has formally accepted
loan of the Du Pont for the dura-
ton, Gov. O'Conor said yesterday,
and the yacht will be placed in
Coast Guard service.
The use of the ship was offered
by the Governor some time ago
the naval authorities said they
could restrict its operation to
waters adjacent to Maryland if
desired.
Gov. O'Conor said he would place
no restrictions upon its use.
The ship will be placed in active
service as soon as the Coast Guard
and Tidewater Fisheries Depart
ment sign an agreement providing
for return of the ship to Maryland
at the end of the war, Gov. OConor
explained.
The Du Pont, formerly the
Nokomis, was built at Brooklyn,
N. Y, in 1914 at cost exceeding
$500, 900. Originally a steam yacht,
it was converted to an oil-burner
in 1928.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Hoberdosher Charged
With BIuckout Violation

Jack Stein, Sc, proprietor of the
Silver Spring Mems Shop. 82l5
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring, yes
terday was charged with vivolation
of Montgomery County's blackout
ordinance.
He was released on bond to ap-
pear at 1:30 pm, June % before
Magistrate Ralph G. Shure. Air
raid wardens told police that Mr..
Stein left a light burning in the
rear of his store all night.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Eastman Asks
Limiting of Fairs
| And Conventions
3, the Associated Press.

bs tbP Associated PreSS-
The Government asked today that
all State and county fairs, nom
essential conventions, meetings and
group tours be postponed until the
war is over.
Joseph B. Eastman, defense trans
portation director, made the appeal
and said that if civilians restricted
their use of trains and buses the
Government might not have to take
direct control over travel.
In asking postponement of fairs.
Mr.. Eastman said farmers should
not be encouraged to use tires for
such noneSsential purposes.
Attendance at meetings connected
with the war effort. he said, should
be skeletonized along the lines of
the example set by the American
Legion in its forthcoming conven-
ton.
Evening star., 1942-06-19

recalled the case Of four girls
striking up an acquaintance on a
train on their way to Washington.
One of them had, through a friend
already in Washington, rented a
room in advance So she invited
the three strangers to 60 to the
rooming house in which she was to
live and pleaded with the proprietor
to take in her friends. The pro-
prietor was accommodating. The
result was four girls sharing room
hardly large enough for two.
Miss Hartman said one of the big
problems of the agency is to find
accommodations for low salsried
clerks, especially those in the 81 ,440-
a-year group, at rates they can
afford to pay. Many rooming houses
charge from $l8 to $40 month. A
clerk making 81 ,440 a year who pays
more than $3.50 a week for room,
Miss Hartman pointed out, must go
without proper food.
Housing officials have found that
some of the higher rentals are asked
by owners of private homes who
have offered the use Of spare room
to relieve the housing shortage
Rooms in these homes. it was said,
are usually better furnished than
those in some of the regular ROOM
ing houses and for this reason the
owners think they are entitled to
higher rentals and fix a rate that
the average Government worker
cannot afford. That is one reason
housing oficials claim there are va
cancies in the better class private
homes.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Walter Pierpoint Dies;
Alexandria Contractor

Walter Pierpoint, lifelong resident
of Alexandria, Va, who died We'd
nesday, will be buried tomorrow in
Ivy Hill Cemetery, following funeral
services at pm. at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. B. F. Wood, jr., of q
West Oak street, Alexandria.
Mr.. Pierpoint was a heating con-
tractor. He is survived by two sons,
Walter E. of Troy, N. Y, and John
A. Pierpoint of Alexandria; seven
daughters, Miss Inez Pierpoint, Mrs.
Gladys Blunt of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs.
Meredith Arthur of Washington,
Mrs. Wood, Mrs. H. W. Williams,
Miss Kathryn v. Pierpoint and Miss
Marian A. Pierpoint of Alexandria;
three sisters, Mrs. Annie Aspinwall
of Washington, Mrs. Dora Spiller
and Mrs. John G. Runaldue of Alex
andria: three brothers, John A. Pier
point and the Rev. William Pier
point of Washington and Charles
E. Pierpoint of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
WPB Official Predicts
Absolute Priority
On Use Of Autos
Some Essential Workers
Moy Be Denied Tires, He
Tells w. & O. D. Hearing
F. the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va. June ia
high official of the War Production
Board testified before the State Cor
poration Commission yesterday that
he foresaw IAN absolute priority on
the use of all civilian automobiles.
The rubber shortage is so critical.
Merrill c. Meigs, dollar-a-year chief
of the WPB's aircraft branch, de-
clared, that even some essential
workers may be denied the use of
tires on which to ride to work.
Mr.. Meigs was a witness for the
Committee for Emergency Trans
portation in Northern Virginia,
which seeks to compel the Washing
ton & Old Dominion Railroad to re-
store its passenger service. He did
not mention the Washington e. Old
Dominion but said he could not
imagine how anybody would fail Ito
make every effort to transfer from
rubber to rail
In reply to queries from John
H. Rust, counsel for the Northern
Virginia group seeking restoration of
the rail service, Mr.. Meigs said he
was a personal friend of Donald M:
Nelson and Leon Henderson and
that it was his duty Ito coordinate
and expedite production of military
and civil aircraft"
The War Production Board Off
cial came to Richmond by airplane,
offered his testimony and returned
Immediately to Washington.
Other witnesses for the committee
cited population increases in Ar
lington and Fairfax Counties yes
terday in support of the petition
for restoration of passenger service.
DR.. Lorin A. Thompson, director
of the Virginia Population Study,
testified under questioning by the
committees counsel that Fairfax
County now has a population of ap-
proximately 47,000. an increase OF
more than 5000 since the 1910 CEN
sus, and that Arlington County has
approximately 77.600, an increase of
about 10000. In Loudoun. however,
he said sugar rationing registration
l1ulCdJeu pOpuldIlOll VI 'Ao,o1o,
compared with approximately 10000
in 1910.
DR.. Thompson's estimates for
Fairfax and Arlington also were
based on sugar rationing registra-
tions.
C. R. Thomas of Fairfax County,
secretary of tAe Emergency Trans
portation Committee, told of the
organization of the group at a mass
meeting at Vienna, as a result of
the tire and gasoline shortages. He
said population along the railroad
has greatly increased" in the last
year.
Mrs. Nellie Fletcher of Loudoun
County and Washington, who was a
leading figure in the fight against
cessation of passenger service, was
among those present for the
hearing.
The commission took the petition
under advisement.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
ST. Marys County
Favors 17% Boost
In Gasoline Quota
Representative Susscer
Told Study Of Rest OF
District Is Being Made

An increase of II per cent in
their gasoline quota has been
recommended for dealers in st.
Marys County. Md, Representative
Sasscer. Democrat, of Maryland
was told today by DR.. John w. Frey
of the Division of Marketing, ONCE
of Petroleum Co-ordinator for Ma
tional Defense.
The recommendation was made
because of the large Navy project
under construction at Cedar Point,
Mr.. Sasscer said.
Last week Mr.. Sasscer urged the
Office of Petroleum Co-ordinator
to make some adjustment in the
5th Congressional District because
of the large amount of war &C
tivities there.
DR.. Frey told Mr.. Sasscer study
is being made of other war pro-
duction agencies in his district.
Mr.. Sasscer stated that most of
the dealers in the area are without
gasoline most of the time and un-
able to supply war workers.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Health Group Will Buy
Infant Equipment

In an effort to safeguard the lives
of babies born prematurely, the
Bethesda Chevy Chase MD Public
Health Lay Committee has approved
the purchase of Enthusiastically
controlled incubator as well as
carrying case and kit.
The committee previously had
voted to purchase a heated bed for
the home care of such infants. AS
soon as the equipment has been de-
livered, the public will be told where
it will be kept and under what
rules it will be available for the
use of doctors and nurses in the
area.
OF the 600 babies born each year
to residents of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase area between 80 and SO are
premature and need special care,
DR.. v. l.. Ellicott, county health Of
ficer, told the group.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Overload Fines Protested
By 0DT General Counsel
B, the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, June 19-Jack G.
Scott, general counsel for the once
Of Defense Transportation, said yes
teerday that Delaware and Pennsyl-
vania are impeding the war effort
and violating an ODT order by
stopping and fining Maryland truck
ers carrying heavy loads of war ma
teriel.
The highway departments Of the
two States are interpreting incor-
rectly the emergency weight sched-
ules for interstate trucks set up by
ODT, he added.
Mr.. Scott said Maryland trucking
firms are being fined Improperly
by these States, which are constru-
ing their State highway laws as pre-
scribing the maximum loads which
may be carried by trucks"
Walter F. Kneip, general man.
ager of the Maryland Motor Truck
Association, had charged the two
States with throwing up trade bar
riers and thus slowing the flow OF
war supplies.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Maryland Meeting
Planned 10 Discuss
Cancellation Of Fairs
Closing Of HoIf-MiIe
Race Tracks Would Cost
State Sl15,000 in Toxes
Fy the Associated Press.

Ey tnt Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 19.-P. c.
Turner. president Of the Maryland
State Fair Board, said today a board
meeting would be held in the near
future to pass on a Federal Gov
ernment request that State and
county fairs be deferred for dura-
ton of the war.
Maryland would lose more than
Sis 900 in taxes if the States half
mile race tracks close down, as re-
quested yesterday by Joseph B.
Eastman, defense transportation di-
rector.
Face meetings have been held in
connection with the State fair at
Tmonium, the Southern Maryland
Agricultural Fair at Marlboro, the
Hartford County Fair at Bel Air and
the fairs at Cumberland, Hagers-
town and Frederick.
Cancellation Held Likely.
Mr.. Turner said there is mo doubt
in my mind that the fairs will be
called of If the Government re-
quests it.
"Of course, We are going to COM
ply with what the Government
wants. I believe that if the request
has been made-we have received
no notification-then all the fairs
will be called of.
I'VE have tried to make these
fairs educational to the farmers. but
If the Government considers them
non-essential, then think they will
be Cancelled"
George P. Mahoney, member of
the State Racing Commission. which
supervises racing at the fairs, said
he believed that farmers would suf-
fer "a real loss" if agricultural COM
petitions and exhibits we're discon-
tinued.
Farmers Welfare Put First.
'Tf the cancellation of the fairs
will in any way help the war effort,
then I'm entirely in favor of it.
However, If there is any way to
permit them to continue it should be
done. The loss of revenue to the
State is secondary; the most impor-
tant thing is what it means to the
farmer"
Cumberland Fair ASsocia ton of
ficials said revenues approximating
100000 would be lost by Federal.
State and county governments if the
Cumberland fair and race meeting
scheduled for August were aban-
doned.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Women's Clubs Urged
To Support Col. Lee
speoia! Dispatch to The Star.

Specia! Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE June ia dele
cation Of II Montgomery County
residents yesterday appeared be-
fore the annual spring lunch
con and defense meeting of the
united Democratic Women's Clubs
of Maryland in Baltimore to urge
support of 1t. Col E Brooke Lee,
Maryland State Guard. candidate
for Congress in the Democratic
primary
Col. Lee, who is now attending
the State Guards training course
at Garrett Park. Md. was unable
TO be present. He was lauded by
Gov O'Conor.
while we regret he is not with
u.s. We are pleased to recall that his
absence is caused by work of great
importance" the Governor said.
Other speakers at the luncheon
included Senator Radcliff, Demo-
crat, of Maryland; Mrs. S. johnson
Poe, former national committee
woman from Maryland and found
er of the United Women's Demo-
cratic Clubs; Maryland State Con-
troller J. Millard Tawes: Mrs. Ed
ward j. Colgan. jr., national COM
mitteewoman. and Vesta M Cary,
treasurer of the united clubs
Evening star., 1942-06-19
District Civil Service Office
Moved 10 Winston-SaIem

In a new decentralization order
affecting many veteran Government
employees, the Budget Bureau has
directed transfer of the fourth dis
trict office of the Civil Service Com
mission from Washington to Wins
ton-Salem, N. C.. The move is
scheduled for August Is. Approx
mately $50 persons are employed in
the ONCE. A skeleton stan will be
retained here.
The fourth district Office handles
civil service affairs in the District,
Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia
and West Virginia. The move will
result in some redistricting, with
Maryland going into the third dis
trict, which is centered at Philadel-
phia, and South Carolina, now in
the fifth district, at Atlanta, coming
under the fourth.
Tbs shift of the fourth district
Office has been contemplated for
some time. but difficulty has been
encountered in finding office space.
The unit is headed by Maurice j..
McAuliffe, for many years active in
Government affairs.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Burglar Leaves Loot
Outside Apartment Door

Awakened by his wife, 1t. r. w.
Wyatt, U. S. N, leaped from bed
this morning to find colored man
crawling on the floor at Monticello
Courts, Alexandria, Va. The in
truder fed. leaving behind him:
One quart of gin, one bottle Of
ginger ale and eight shoes. These
were sitting outside the apartment
door. The burglar had discovered
two shoes we're not mates and had
returned to match them, police said.
Evening star., 1942-06-19


than 200 civilian defense volunteers.
The agency has It's own code of
minimum health standards which
rooming house must meet before it
is placed on the approved list. These
requirements. in many respects, are
similar to those outlined in the
Health Department new regula-
tions governing operation Of room
ing houses which are scheduled to
60 into effect Monday.
Outside Ventilation Provided.
A bathroom for every 10 persons
one OF the regulations in the new
Health Department code-has long
been a minimum requirement OF the
agency. To prevent overcrowding,
it has required that all rooms used
for sleeping purposes shall have at
least 400 cubic feet of air space per
person. The new Health Depart
ment regulations, however, forbid
the use of any room which does not
have at least so square feet OF floor
space per person.
The defense agency also requires
the homes it approves to have
direct outside ventilation in bed
rooms and screens on all WIN
dows in the summer. Not a re-
quirement. but a requested service
Is that roomers be allowed the use
Of the telephone for both incoming
and outgoing calls. the use of the
laundry and room for reception of
guests.
Miss Saida L. Hartman, director of
the agency's inspection service, said
particular efforts are made to get
proper accommodation for young
girls, many Of whom left home for
the first time for a Government war
job in Washington. If possible, they
are directed to rooming houses that
segregate men and women on diff
ferent floors.
Hundreds Located Daily.
The agency's headquarters. now
located in the United States Infor-
nation Center at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV, has
succeeded in locating hundreds of
freshly arrived war workers every
day in homes that have met the
minimum standards of its health
and sanitation code. Relatively few
complaints have been received about
the accommodations picked out for
these strangers.
Most of the complaints, according
to Miss Hartman, have come from
persons who take rooms in houses
other than those recommended by
the agency. She related the case of
two young country girls who were
directed to an approved rooming
house in the upper Northwest sec
ton. En- route the girls were at
tracted by a furnished room for
rent sign in the window of another
house and rented it. The accom-
modations were none too good, and
the girls blamed the agency.
Miss Hartman also explained how
some girls themselves create over
crowding in rooming house. She
Evening star., 1942-06-19
O'Conor Paroles Ten;
Two From Montgomery
Py the Associated Press,

Ry the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 19.-Gov.
O'Conor announced yesterday that
he had granted executive clemency
in 10 cases recommended to him
by the director of parole and proba-
tion.
Those paroled include:
Morris A. Stewart, colored, who
has served nearly 10 years of Is
year sentence imposed in Mont
gomery County under conviction
involving a l3-year- white girl.
James Brown, colored, 20, SEN
fenced to IL months upon his con-
viction in Montgomery County of
he larceny of clothing.
Evening star., 1942-06-19

Judge Tor four years.
He first became a member of the
court under an appointment to fill
out the term of the late Judge P.
Hicks Ray.
His associates on the present
bench are Carey e. Quinn. recently
appointed chief judge to fill out the
unexpired term of Judge Charles
M. Irelan, and Judge Lewis H.
Hobbs, woh is rounding out his sec
ond four-year term.
Mr.. Clapp served a term in the
House of Delegates from Frederick
County and was appointed assistant
by Attorney General William c.
Walsh in June, 1889 He is a grad
uate Of Washington and Lee Uni
versity and the Harvard Law School.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
7 Montgomery
Democrats Seek
Judicial Posts
Washington Waters,
Robert CIopp, Jr.,
Are Candidates

Two new candidates for judicial
posts in Montgomery County, Nd,
announced their intention of run
ming in the Democratic primary
September 8.
Washington Waters of Rockville
seeks to succeed himself as Judge
of the Orphans Court, while Robert
E. Clapp, jr., of Frederick, assistant
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Kensineton Chamber
To Sponsor Program

The Kensington Chamber Of
Commerce will sponsor a program
dealing with national defense this
evening at the Kensington Ele-
mentary School at o'clock.
Motion pictures of the national
defense effort, talks by John Oden,
co-ordinator Of national defense for
the county. and Chief Bradley c.
Riggs of the Volunteer Fire De-
partment and a demonstration of
special rescue equipment will fea-
ture the meeting.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
BIackoutSpoi|ed
By Auto Lights,
Lands Reports
Also Tells Young
Thut Alexandria
Stood Out From Air

Washington did pretty good"
Job of blacking out during the
Wednesday night. AFRAID practice
drill, but there were some notable
exceptions, in the opinion of James
M Lands. Federal civilian defense
director, which he outlined yesterday
to Commissioner Young, the metro
politan civilian defense co-ordinator.
Except during the half hour air.
raid warning period of the 10 pm
to-dawn practice. automobiles were
permitted to be operated with
dimmed lights. Even so, Mr.. Lands
found this lighting was sufficient to
serve as beacons to enemy aircraft
had any been overhead.
Inspected From Air.
His observations were based on
an extended fight over the National
Capital area in an observation plane
He was accompanied by Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox, provost marshal for
this area.
Approved materials for masking
or screening automobile headlights
have not yet been made available to
the general public here. 1t was for
this reason dimmed lights were per-
mitted and a suggestion that full
headlights be used was rejected.
Co-ordinator Young, who relayed
10 the press the views of Mr. Lands,
said he had been unable as vet to
find the answer to the problem of
masking auto headlights. except that
during any actual afraid warning
all vehicular traffic would be
stopped, with car lights extinguished
except for authorized emergency
vehicles.
Alexandria Deficient.
Commissioner Young said he was
told by Mr. Lands that Alexandria
was not we'll blacked out. so much
so that it stood OUT clearly from
the air. giving the enemy pilots, if
any. good bearings to find the
Navy Yard or other vital spots in
Washington.
Also, he noted that Mount Vernon
boulevard was lighted and he and
Mr.. Young agreed there appeared
no good reason for this, even during
q practice blackout
Besides the headlight glare, Com
missioner Young appeared particu-
larly concerned about unobscured
lighting of some Federal buildings,
Civilian morale suffers when citi-
zens and merchants take pre-
cautions seriously, then see Govern
ment buildings completely disre-
garding them. he commented, He
pointed out that the District gov
ernment and local civilian defense
authorities have no authority to
force compliance in Federal struc-
lures.