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Evening star., 1942-05-01
Plane Plunge al Anacostia
lnjures II. Cr0mme|in

When the two-seater Navy obser-
vation plane he was plotting cracked
up at the Naval Air Station at Ana
costa today, 1t. Charles l.. Crom-
melin, 33, of Alexandria, Va, re-
ceived injuries described as mot
critical
The plane was taking off when it
suddenly plunged back to earth, Off
cials said. The cause was not known,
but motor trouble was suggested.
The flyer was taken to the Navy
Medical Center at Bethesda, Md.
with injuries which included a frac-
tured leg.
1t. Crommelin, who lives with his
wife and 5-year-old daughter at TOO
Beverly drive, Alexandria, entered
the Navy in 1927. A brother, 1t.
Comdr. John G.. Crommelin, U. S. N,
lives at 1913 Thirtieth street NV.
1t. Crommelin's first assignment
after graduating from the Naval
Academy in 1881 was as ensign
aboard the ill-fated battleship Ari-
zona, sunk at Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
| Last Month Driest
| April in Capital
| In 95 Years

Last month was the driest
April in 95 years in the District,
the Weather Bureau said today,
after looking over records dat
ing back to 1877.
Precipitation last month was
.54 inches, compared with 81
inches in 1847 and AS inches in
1926. The average April rain
fall is 327 inches and the def
cheney for the year is now 2.84
inches.
The records of the Weather
Bureau itself go back only to
1871, but it was explained that
it has records of other agencies
and of private individuals,
which are considered fairly re-
liable.
The lowest temperature to-
day, recorded as 81 degrees at Z
am. at the central Office of the
Weather Bureau, was 13 degrees
above the average lowest mini
mum for May /.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
British Attack in Libya
RepeIIed, Italy Claims
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME From italian Broadcasts),
May 1.-The high command said to-
day an attack against italian lines at
the Libyan town of Ell Mechili had
been successfully repelled. Bengasi
and Crete were reported bombed
by the r. A. F.
Armed forces made the attack
east of El Mechili and cleft in our
hands several prisoners and dead
on the ground" the high command
said.
German fighter planes were said
to have shot down British yelling
ton bomber and set fire to a
grounded aircraft.
The enemy air force dropped
few bombs on Crete, but no
losses were reported" the high COM
mand said.
The Bengasi raid was said to
have Caused no damage and no
casualties among the population"
of that Axis-held port.
In continued Axis aerial attacks
against Malta, a defending Spit
fire was reported shot down over the
island.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Loshio's Fall Won't Halt
Supplies, Chungking Says

CHUNGKING. China, May R.-
Alternative supply routes from India
to China already are In working
order and the fall of Lashio will
not halt the flow of Chinese REIN
forcements for the continued de-
tense OF North Burma, 1t was
announced here today.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek
noted the Japanese infiltration tao
tics on his last recent visit to Burma
and devised supply system to deal
with the problem brought about by
Wednesdays loss of Lashio, the
Government announcement said.
The announcement added:
Chinese forces in Burma will
continue to Cooperate with their
Allies, and in the event of reverses
will never shirk their responsible
ties or blame any one else"
Lashio, a boom town almost of
the American Wild West order since
1t became the railhead OF the Burma
! road, was said to be only a series
Of smoking rubble heaps because of
Japanese bombing and the Allies
scorched-earth policy, possibly fur
thered by native arsonists.
All Chinese Government agencies
and private commercial firms moved
out before the sudden japanese
thrust took the city.
Location of the alternative routes
from India were not disclosed, but
New Delhi dispatches said that big
American freight planes were carry
ing materials to China, and that a
road over the rugged mountains of
North Burma already is in partial
| operation.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Hitler Labor Aide Makes
Plea 10 Nazi Workers
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, May Robert Ley, Adolf
Hitler's lieutenant for labor affairs,
appealed to the workers of Germany
In a May Day message today to
make "a last supreme effCrt for
victory"
Speaking of hardships of the last
winter, he asserted, The nigh quail
ties of the German soldiers and
their allies have preserved our con-
tinent from being overrun by Sec
ond wave of vandals which would
have meant the end of millions of
people.
1T is the duty of all to help light
en- the burden of the men at the
front and avoid bloodshed as much
as possible, for in this war it is not
capital, not the dollar or the pound
which will be victorious, but the
most industrious and the pravest
people"
May Day was regular working
day in Germany. Hanging out flags
or bunting was forbidden
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Schenck's Term Cut
To Year for Aid in
Bioff-Browne Case
Sentence Is Reduced
As Court Accepts
Lesser Plea
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Joseph
M. Schenck, former chairman of
the board of Goth Century-Fox
Film Corp, was sentenced today
to a year and a day in prison on
a plea of guilty to perjury imme-
diately after Federal Court
suspended a previous three-year
sentence for income tax evasion.
The court accepted the lesser plea
and ordered the suspension of the
three-year sentence after the Gov
ernment said that Schenck had
aided the prosecution of Willie
Bioff, West Coast labor leader, and
George E. Browne, former president
of the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees, who
were convicted of extortion from
major movie producers.
Schenck also was placed on pro-
baton for three years.
Federal Judge Grover M. Mos
cowitz gave Schenck until tomor-
row to surrender to begin his new
sentence.
AS a condition of the probation
Schenck placed in escrow 10000
shares of stock of the Twentieth
Century Fox Film Corp. as a guar
antee that his tax liabilities. esti-
mated at $40O 900, will be paid. The
stock is worth approximately $780,
900. Schenck also paid today a
1000 fine, imposed on his previous
conviction.
United States Attorney Matthias
Correa recommended the reduction
in Schenck's sentence
of the Government, no power in
the world could change my mind
that he should serve the three-year
sentence originally imposed" said
Judge MoscowitZ. THE policy of
the Government is to accord gen.
erous treatment to those who aid it."
Schenck did aid the Government,
especially during the prosecution of
Willie Bioff, West Coast labor rack
eteer, and George E. Browne, former
president of the International AL
lance of Theatrical Stage Employees,
convicted of extortion
Evidence Available.
Bioff and Browne were convicted
of swindling major motion picture
companies of million dollars and
(See SCHENCK, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-05-01
ESQ Dead, 1000 Hurt
In Blast Destroying
Factory in Belgium
No Cause Is Announced;
Area Scene Of Recent
Anti-Nozi Activity
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May IA chemical
factory at Tessenderloo, in the
new industrial district of North
ern Belgium-a particular zone
of activity for the anti-German
White Brigade" of the con-
quered Belgians-has been de-
stroyed in an explosion which,
according to the German radio,
killed $50 persons and injured
about 1000.
Berlin belatedly relayed an an
nouncement today of the Nazi-
dominated Belgium government
that not only the plant but a tech
nical school and number of
nearby houses were destroyed or
severely damaged by the blast two
days ago. No cause was given.
The announcement emphasized
that the factory produced artificial
fertilizers of various kinds and
washing preparations for the Bel
gian market only"
The German broadcast said the
factory was full of workers and the
school full of pupils when the blast
occurred at 11:30 am. Wednesday.
800 of Injured Hospitalized.
The head of the German military
administration of Belgium and
France was reported to have gone to
the scene to direct relief and emer-
gency measures.
The Belgian government an
nounced 300 of the injured had been
hospitalized.
The Free Belgian news agency,
identifying the factory as a unit of
La Societe Anonyme des Products
Chimiques, asserted, contrary to
Berlin, that the factory turned out
sulphuric acid, synthetic ammonia
and nitric acid for explosives and
gas. 1t was reported equipped with
modern machinery at which about
1000 persons worked when Belgium
was free.
Since the coming of the Germans,
the Belgian agency said, production
has been increased under German
direction. Tessenderloo is 30 miles
southeast of Antwerp, in Limbourg
Province.
Much sabotage has been reported
in this region, mostly credited to
the secret armed organization, the
White Brigade" seven of whose
(See BLAST, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Hitler, Duce in New War Pact
After 2-Doy Talk at So|zburg;
British Retreat Near Mondo|oy
English Abandon
Positions Along
Irrowoddy River
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, India, May l.
British troops fighting delay
ing action against japanese at
tacks toward Mandalay were re-
ported today to have abandoned
their positions on the Irrawaddy
River bend west of that city and
to be withdrawing successfully"
to the north bank.
The wearied forces thus appar-
emily left to the japanese the area
around Myingyan, where the Ir-.
rawaddy makes big bend to the
west and where earlier attempts
to guard the Allied right flank
failed.
A communique said japanese
patrols had penetrated into the
Monywa area, 40 miles north of
Myingyan and IS miles due west
of Mandalay. but were being sue
cessfully dealt with
Bridge Blown Up.
Allied defense continued on the
southern front near Kyaukse, less
than 30 miles from Mandalay where
the communique described a bril-
liant and successful fight with tanks
by a Khurka brigade which in
f1icted 500 casualties on the Jap
anese at the cost of only ten of
their own.
The bridge at Kyaukse over a
tributary of the Irrawaddy was
blown up.
On the Shan states front, the
communique said the situation was
confused but Japanese highly
mobile columns we're reported near
ing Lashio from the SOUTH" (The
Chinese command announced that
LaShio fell Wednesday,
United States planes carried out
night raid on Japanese occupied
Rangoon, in Burma, on the night of
April %, 1t was announced here
today. Damage was done to the
dock area.
The latest raid was the third on
Rangoon by American planes based
in India and commanded by Maj.
Gen. Lewis H. Brereton. In attacks
reported on April 6 and April 18,
heavy American bombers blasted
japanese supply bases in Rangoon
and set huge fires.
Even earlier, on April 4, United
States planes began their offensive
action in the Bay of Bengal area by
raiding Port Blair in the Andaman
Islands, where one Japanese cruiser
and one troopship were set on fire
and two other ships probably dam
aged.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Plan TO Register
Women for War
Abandoned
Number Available
For Work Exceeds
Jobs, President Says
By JOHN C. HENRY.

Registration of women for
wartime employment will not be
attempted in the near future,
President Roosevelt told a press
conference today, since more are
now available for work than
there are job openings.
In the country, the President said,
approximately 100000 women al
ready are registered with the United
States Employment Service, and
those desiring war work have op-
portunity to record themselves at
1,500 field Offices of the service.
The President said the Govern
ment's decision to defer reg.stra-
tion Of women was based on a men,
orandum submitted to him by Man
Power Commissioner Paul v. Nc
Mutt, after consultation with wom-
an members of the Federal Advisory
Council of the Social Security
Board.
Might Not Be Permanent.
The findings and conclusions,
Mr.. Roosevelt explained, were based
on careful study of present and
potential demand for woman work.
ers. He emphasized, however, the
decision to defer registration is not
necessarily a permanent one.
In contrast to suggestions from
some quarters that working regu-
lations for women be eased during
the war period, the President said
it was recommended emphatically
by Commissioner McNutt and his
advisers that present State and local
laws pertaining to female employ
ment be preserved and even ex-
tended where inadequate. The ma
jority Of States and the District
regulate length of work, compensa-
tion and health conditions for the
employment of women.
Job Opportunities Increase.
Mr.. Roosevelt pointed out that
women are being given increasing
opportunities for employment and
that pre-employment training ac-
tivities are being expanded through
out the country.
Asked what proportion of the
present women registrants are seek
ing non-industrial or non war work,
the President indicated he did not
know the figure but that evidently
enough were asking for war Jobs to
meet all present requirements.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 1.-The Daily
Mails correspondent in Geneva re-
ported today that Berlin dispatch
TO the journal de Geneva, passed
by the German censor, said:
1T is semi officially stated here
that Germany will call of the
bombing of English towns If the r
A. F. will change it's methods of
bombing German cities"
The Berlin dispatch added that
the present bombing duel is highly
unpopular with the German peo-
Pile" the correspondent said.
An authoritative British source
commenting on the Daily Mails
story. said I'VE are going after those
blighters wherever they are and at
every chance we get and that Is
final"
He said there had been no ofYicial
or semi -ofncial feelers intended te
Evening star., 1942-05-01

reorganization of Government in
formation services and he said plans
for it are coming along pretty we'll
and action may be expected in about
a week
When the Senate recessed last
night after trimming substantial
amounts from travel expenses and
other maintenance items of a score
(See ECONOMY, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Jops Indicate Continued
Resistance on luzon
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC CFrom Japanese Broad
casts, May 1.-Domei reported to-
day in a dispatch from the Philip
pines that japanese forces mopping
up remaining enemy resistance on
the Island of Luzon stormed and
occupied key positions on Mount
Pinatubo on April 30"
Domei, quoting field dispatches"
said "the smashing japanese assault
compelled the enemy to flee in wild
disorder"
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Stain Indicates Aim
To Restore Pre-War
Western Frontiers
Soviet Chief Disovows
Any Desire to Occupy
Foreign Territory
BY the Associated Press.

6y tDP Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 1.-Represent-
ing Russia as the hope OF all
freedom loving nations for "a
force which is capable of saving
the world from the Hitlerite
plague" Joseph Stain declared
today, 1--WE have no such aims
as the occupation of foreign
countries, the subjugation OF
other peoples"
Then he added, in an order of
the day for May Day:
Our aim is clear and noble. We
want to liberate our brothers, the
Ukrainians, Moldavians, White Rus
slams. Lithuanians, Latvians, Esto-
mans, Karelians. from the shame
and humiliation inflicted upon them
by the German Fascist black
guards
1n this passage, the Russian
Premier indicated an intention
to restore the Soviet Unions
western borders as of before the
German invasion. He might also
have been limiting that he is sat
isfled with the status quo on the
eastern frontier where the u. S.
S. R. abuts the japanese empire.
Before the German invasion
OF June, l94l, Soviet territory in
the west, mostly by cession or
occupation in 1899 and 1910, in
cluded about half of Poland, in
corporated into the Ukrainian
and White Russian republics,
section of Karelia ceded by Fin
land, Bessarabia and Northern
Bucovina ceded by Rumania and
| incorporated into the Ukrainian
and Moldavian republics, and the
three Baltic states Of Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia.
(Stalin indicated, however, that
the Red Army would not refrain
from crossing into German ter
| ritory if that becomes possible
and prosecution Of the war de-
mands it,
Must Smash Nazi Army.
The premier set destruction of the
| German Army, not merely the
| forces in Russia, as the Red Army.
goal.
To realize the aim of liberatine
the brothers" of the Russians, hs
said, 1--WE must smash the German
Fascist army and wipe out the Ger.
man invaders to the last man. I.
they will not surrender there is NJ
other alternative We are able to d.
this, and we must do this whatever
happens. The Red Army has al
that is necessary to realize thi.
noble aim"
Stain said the first place among
the freedom loving countries pin.
ming their hopes on Russia is helc
by the United States and Britain
with whom we are connected by
ties of friendship and unity ant
(See STAIN, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Japs Again Heavily Bomb
Two Chinese Cities
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC (from japanese broad
casts, May 1.-Japanese planes to-
day heavily bombed Sian, capital
of China's Shensi Province, and
Weinan, 35 miles east on the Lung
hal railway, for the second time in
four days.
Both cities and two air bases
northeast and northwest of Sian
were bombed April %.
In announcing that American
planes bombed Toxic and other
Japanese cities April 18, the Jap
anese said the raiders flew to
Chinese bases.
The Domei news agency said
Chinese air bases at Lishu in Cheki-
ang Province and Hengyang in
Human Province had been de-
stroyed beyond repair by repeated
japanese assaults.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Australian House Bors
Use of Militia Abroad

CANBERRA. Australia, May l tP).
The House of Representatives to-
day defeated, 81 to 27, a motion by
former Prime Minister Arthur w.
Fadden to permit use of the militia
outside Australia.
Prime Minister John Curtin said
the Australian imperial force eligible
for service abroad was larger than
ever before and that removal of the
militia restriction was unnecessary
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Suspension of U. S., Canadian trade
barriers studied. Page ALA
Independent dealers ask changes in
gas regulations. Page Ara
U. S. Chambers full aid for war ef-
fort pledged. Page Bis
Washington and Vicinity.
Alexandria presses fight for local
rent-control board. Page B-I
Miscellany
Natures Children. Page C-2
Births and Deaths. Page c.
Marriage Licenses. Page C-3
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Foreign

forei9n
Stain indicates aim to restore pre-
war western frontiers Page AL
Several Nazi attacks repulsed, Soviet
claims. Page AS
$50 dead, l 900 injured in factory ex-
plosion in Belgium. Page Al
Japs' drive to Lashio pushes British
back 30 miles. Page Al
R. A. F. activity tapers off after
eight straight nights Page Az
Gen. Blamey warns of Jap menace
to Allied outposts. Page Az
National.
Two new synthetic rubber plans in
terest officials. Page AS
Blackout plunges midtown New
York in darkness. Page Al
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Man Found Dead on Tracks

The body Of David Bowman, 49,
eolored, was found this morning on
the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
track near his home in BeltsyilIe
Md. Prince Georges County police
said they believed he was killed
by train while returning to the
c. c. c. camp at Beltsville where he
was living.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Suez Area Is Bombed; !;
Damage Is Slight
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, May bombs dropped
In the Suez Canal and Damietta
areas in an air raid last night, a
ccmmunique issued by the Egyptian
Ministry of Interior said today.
Damietta lies on a mouth of the
Nile, about 80 miles northwest
across Lake Manzala from Port
Said, the Mediterranean mouth of
the canal
The damage was slight, the COM
munique said, but six persons were
injured in the canal area.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Unidentified Target
Brings Los Angeles Alert
B. the Associated Press,

B! the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 1.-The Los
Angeles area was placed on the
alert for 80 minutes this morning
until the nature of an unidentified
target" was established to the salts
faction of military authorities. Ma
ture OF the target was not reported.
There was brief excitement in
suburban Burbank when a blackout
signal was flashed enormously.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

Charging that Tor the fiscal year
ended last June the Governments
total payroll for publicity bureaus
was sl9,463,470, Senator Byrd said
the multiplicity of publicity bu-
reaus very nearly approaches a ma
tional scandal in the waste of public
funds" The amount being spent
now is greater, he said.
At his press conference today,
President Roosevelt was asked about
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Byrd Says Federal Publicity
Setup Approaches Scandal
Senate Restricts Amount of Spending
For Newspapers and Periodicals
By ]. A. O'LEARY,

The number of publicity the Government
preaching "a national scandal Senator Byrd Democrat of V
gna charged today Senate continued its
restricting the that spent for purchase of
papers independent bill
Evening star., 1942-05-01

(See STAIN, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1942-05-01

(See ECONOMY, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1942-05-01

(See BLAST, Page A-6)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-28

and If that's what was being done
Wednesday morning, then there is
nothing ridiculous in l.. A. bat
tericS having fired for two hours,
or as long as an alert was in prog
reSS.
If. however. the Los Angeles
batteries are working on the tar
get system. and are not supposed
TO fire unless enemy planes are
sighted through the battery in
StrumcntS. then there is something
for an investigating board 10 look
into. ACk-ack shells arc too OK
pcnSive 10 throw away. Each
thrce-inch shell represents roughly
one S25 defense bond.
1nCocnito. Buried in more sem
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-28
War Editors Notebook;
Radical ChdnQe
In Dress Due
In Few Months

By w. w. CHAPLIN

International >rVs service War Editor
DRESS We Americans are
going 70 dress 10 very different
fashion in The next few months
and don Z LEI any one tell YOU DIFF
fcrcn'ly We are going 20 60
warIko 50 far as clothes are con-
Cerncd.
Previous government announce
mcnts have shcarcd of our trouSer
cuffs and patch pockets Now
come regulations which regulate
the ladies dresses.
a mail broadcast from Mr. Low
ell Mellett'S office of government
reports tells that print cloth, from
which most summer dresses are
made, is IN process Of major re-
vision.
For next season there is 10 be
loss color on printed cloth and
what there Is. Is 10 he IN lighter
tintS SO this coming summer YOU
may be wearing priority pink or
"bllrzkrieg blue or offensive
orange II YOU don't like it, you
can call up the White House and
ask them please can't they arrange
something cute like "volltion vio-
let or "purposeful purple.
ALERTS: We don't mean 10
harp on these ghost attacks on
American shores. but If the Secre-
tary of tho navy and tho secretary
Of tho army insist on coming 10
blows over them, We can tell where
10 find the facts The Spcrry
.GyroScope Company makes the
best anti-aircraft "predlctor' there
is IN The world, and this instru-
mcnt IS used in all anti-aircraft
-nulA1N-II anyone realty wants
10 know II enemy planes were
sighted over Los Angeles-or
Washington or wherenot, all they
have 10 do. is ask the chief Of the
prcdictor crews. II they saw planes
in thor sights. then they were
there. If they didn't SOC them, and
the guns fired anyway then there $
something to investigate.
Target. The most frequent COM
mcnt about the Wednesday ghost
air raid" over Los Angeles is CEN
tered around why the anti-aircraft
batteries kept on firing for more
than two hours If there wasn't any
target TO fire at
As matter Of fact. that may he
perfectly all right England gave
w trying 10 pick four-mile-a-min-
ute targets out Of tho air long ago.
and devised the antl-alrcraft sys-
tenn Of blanket fire
Under that system. which de-
ponds on The presence of a great
many guns for co-ordinated fire,
the batteries merely lay a blanket
Of flying steel up in tho air over
the objective. That makes il al
least theoretically impossible for
the raiding planes 10 come dowr
for CloSc-to Strafing.
/ If there arc enough guns m Los
/ Angeles to permit that strategy