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Evening star., 1942-05-18
Drivers Swamp Boards
Seeking 10 Exchange
X and B-3 Gas Cards
Others Seek More Fuel
As Rush Rivals Crowds
On Registration Doys

Hundreds Of motorists, many
Of them seeking to exchange X
and B-3 gasoline rationing cards
for cards with smaller allow
ances, f1ocked to local rationing
boards today, and the telephone
switchboard at rationing head
quarters in the Force School was
swamped with calls as the Dis
trict started receiving requests
for supplemental rations.
Though on a somewhat smaller
scale, the rush was reminiscent of
the congestion on the opening day
Of registration last week, and the
small forces of clerks were finding
it difficult to accommodate the
crowds.
At the Force School, 1740 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, where one of
the six auxiliary boards is located,
the waiting line grew so large that
District Rationing Chief Whitney
Leary issued an urgent appeal to
motorists to take their pleas to
auxiliary boards in the communities
in which they live.
Exchange Sought by Many.
The majority of those who crowded
the basement room in the school
sought to exchange x and B cards
for others, clerks reported.
The rush began when the doors
were opened at 9 am. and during
the entire morning the waiting line
at the school extended from the
basement to the sidewalk outside.
More than 200 motorists visited
the board at the Hayes School at
Fifth and K streets NE. during the
morning Two turned in x cards.
At the Oyster School, Twenty
ninth and Calvert streets NV,
there was a line of waiting motor
lists all morning. and clerks there
said great many were persons ap-
plying for ration cards for the first
time.
Wait in Line Is Long.
Although the boards were sched-
uled to receive applications only
from workers on war construction
projects and other defense workers
today and tomorrow, the clerks were
getting many applications from
salesmen and others.
Two travelling statesmen said they
had to wait in line for two hours
at the Force School before they
could get near the registration
desks.
Mr.. Leary pointed out that nine
additional boards are to be estab-
lished as soon as possible so the
public can be accommodated with
a minimum of inconvenience.
Other boards now in operation are
located in the Mount Pleasant
Branch Library. Sixteenth and La
mont streets NV; the Ketchum
School. Fifteenth street and Good
Hope road Sc, and the Southwest
Branch Library at Seventh and K
streets S.W.
Sunday Traffic Cut 50 Per Cent.
Meanwhile, people who have been
wondering how gasoline rationing
would affect that deep-rooted Amer
ican custom of going for drive on
Sunday had their answer today in
reports that showed that the first
week end under the ration system
was accompanied by sharp reduc-
tion, estimated generally at so per
cent, in highway travel in the Dis
trict and nearby areas.
Despite the marked drop in auto
mobile travel. however, the Capital
Transit Co. experienced only a nor
NAL volume of passengers. and this
(See GASOLINE, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Foreign

Foreign
$4,000 Nazi troops reported sent into
Norway since March. Page Al
Reinforced Chinese remove threat
against Paoshan. Page Al
Ships to be sunk If u. s. tries to take
them, Vichy warns. Page Al
Nazis to conscript children above 10
for work on farms. Page Be-
NotionoI
Representative Boland dies suddenly
of heart ailment. Page Al
Retail price ceilings become effective
today. Page Al
Lew Ayres to enter Army Medical
Corps. Page Az
Ten Army airmen decorated for fer
rying flights. Page AZ
Shipyard workers accept reduction
in wage increases. Page AS
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Attacks Beaten Off,
29 Craft FeIIed,
Berlin Claims

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 18-The Brit
ish Air Force, which has been
playing a deadly game of hide
and-seek with the 10,000-ton
German cruiser Prinz Eugen for
more than three months, caught
up with the elusive warShip off
Southern Norway last night and
engaged her in a running fight
In which she apparently was
gravely damaged, the Air Minis
try announced today.
First reports OF the engagement
indicate that aerial torpedo hits
were scored on the Prinz Eugen,
which evidently was trying to slip
back to a German port from her
refuge at Trondheim, where she has
been hiding out after being dam
aged by a British submarine, COM
munique said.
On Berlin the German high
command announced that the
Prinz Eugen was attacked by
strong British naval formation,
but that 1t was beaten off with
the loss of % r. A. F. planes)
Four Destroyers in Escort.
The Air Ministry reported that
the Prinz Eugen was escorted by
four deStroyers and swarm of
fighter planes, which apparently
tried desperately to ward of the
British attack.
The British planes strafed the
decks of the destroyers with can
nonfre and shot down five of the
Nazi fighters, the ministry said, but
1t acknowledged that nine British
planes had failed to return from
the combat.
The size OF the attacking British
aerial force was indicated by the
disclosure that it included Beaufort
torpedo-carrying planes, Hudson
bombers, Blenheim bombers and
Beau fighters.
Both the Royal Navy and Air
Force have been lying in wait for
the Prinz Eugen to venture from
her Norwegian refuge ever since
she made a daring dash through
the English Channel last February
in company with the battleships
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
The Admiralty, announcing on
May 3 that the Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau were heavily damaged
and would be out of action for many
months, said the after part of the
Prinz Eugen needed very consid-
cradle repair"
Naval sources at the same. time
said this meant "a dockyard job
and there are no such facilities at
Trondheim She probably will have
to be patched up temporarily and
taken to Germany for repairs"
Text of Agreement.
The text of the announcement:
THE German cruiser Prinz Eugen
was reported yesterday by recon-
naissance aircraft to be steaming
south along the coast of Norway.
The vessel had been lying in Trond-
helm Fjord after being damaged by
one of his majesty's submarines and
was evidently making her way back
to a dockyard in Germany.
The coastal command sent out a
striking force of Beauforts, Hudsons,
Blenheims and Beau fighters which
attacked the Prinz Eugen during the
night near the southern tip of Nor
way. Preliminary reports indicate
that she was hit by torpedoes from
the Beauforts, which were led by
Wing Comdr. M F. D. Williams.
The Prinz Eugen was escorted by
four destroyers and by formations
of fighters. There was a heavy en-
gagement in which the Beau flfhters
raked the decks of the destroyers
with cannon fire, and many combatS
took place.
Five ME-10es were destroyed and
a number of others were damaged.
Nine of our aircraft are missing"
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Brother of Dorian Aide
Slain in Madagascar
nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
vICHY, Unoccupied France, May
18.-The death Of Comdr. Marcel
Fontaine, Al, brother of Admiral
Jean Darlan's chief of staff, in the
battle for Diego Suarez at Madagas-
car was announced today.
Fontaine commanded the auxiliary
cruiser Bougainville which was sunk
in an engagement with the British
in Courier Bay, Madagascar.
He and the crew left the ship
sinking and went ashore to take
part in the land fighting. It was
there that he met his death.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
British Bombers Raid Town
14O Miles From MondoIoy

NEW DELHI, India, May 18 R.-
The British announced today that
force of Blenheim bombers
dropped high explosives yesterday
on the Burmese town of Kalewa, 140
miles northwest of Mandalay, in
which area they said the Japanese
effected one or two unopposed land
ings on both banks of the Chindwin
River.
Waterfront warehouses, barges
and river craft were attacked, the
(See BURMA, Page A-60
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Price Order, Severest
U.S ). Ever Had , 10 Cut
Living Costs Il PET.
Ceilings, Effective Today,
Limit RetoiI Figures
To March Levels
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The clock of rising prices was
moved back to March today and
halted. From now on no retail
merchant may charge more for
consumer products than the
highest price he charged in
March.
While the price control order was
not expected to result in any
startling reductions, economists
figured that the average drop in the
cost Of living would be about IL
per cent. compared with the last 80
or 40 days.
The regulations do not prevent
a retailer from reducing his prices.
They provide only that no price may
exceed the ceiling.
The ONCE of Price Administra-
ton has designated important
groups of commodities as ''cost-of-
living" items and the ceiling prices
on these must be posted, beginning
today, by every retailer. Yet the
fact that no ceiling price is dis
played does not mean the product
is exempt from control Regardless
Of whether it is posted, the maxi
mum price is fixed unless specifically
excepted.
violators Face Stiff Penalties.
Every retailer now becomes a
licensee of the Government. He
will have no physical evidence Of
this, however, until after a national
registration of all retail outlets,
scheduled soon. Any retailer who,
after an o. P. A. warning, continues
to violate a price ceiling may have
his license to do business taken
away and become liable to fine or
imprisonment.
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son urged. though. that consumers
cooperate with merchants and be
tolerant of Misunderstanding and
(See PRICES, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Edmiston Will Speak
In Forum Tonight

Representative Edmiston,
Democrat, of West Virginia
will discuss fixing of allot-
ments and allowances for
dependents of men in the
armed services, one of the
major issues pending in
Congress, In the National
Radio Forum tonight. The
forum, arranged by The Star,
will be broadcast over the
Blue Network at 9 o'clock.
It will be heard here over
WMAL.
Evening star., 1942-05-18

(EdDin A. Shdnke, 1Dho giDes
this pieU of inside Germany, is a
member OF the former Berlin bu-
reau of the Associated Press tDho
has arriDed in Lisbon from in
ternment at Bad Nauheim Dtth
United States citizens being e1-
CHANGED for Aris ndtiondls.)
BY EDWIN A. SHANKE,
Associated Press War CORRESPONDENT.
LISBON, May 18.-German civil
ian morale Is slipping.
But that doesn't mean Nazidom
is near internal collapse or that rev.
olution is Just around the corner.
Such an estimate Of Germany to-
day would be pure wishful thinking
For it must be remembered that
the Nazis keep the police-ridden
country in hand, with a ,Gestapo
agent behind every bush and every
neighbor a potential informer.
But it does signify a letdown in
the general day-to-day efficiency, a
slackening in the German war ef-
fort which In the long run will have
a telling effect.
The sinking spirits at home are
being transmitted In turn to the
soldier at the front-honeycombine
what until recently had been high
morale. Letters from home convey
to the soldiers part Of the picture
Evening star., 1942-05-18

Home leave, when granted, does the
rest.
German morale reached its crest
after the smashing Balkan cam
paign in 1941. That was natural.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Planes Torpedoed Prinz Eugen
Off Norway, British Declare;
Reds Trap Nozi Flying Wedges
Catholic Bishop
| Opposes Women
| Joining W.A.A.C.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Inc hSoOClateQ freSs.
FALL RIVER, Mass, May 18.-
Bishop James E. Cassidy of the
Fall River Diocese today stood op-
posed to enlistment of women in the
armed forces Of the United States.
Attacking the new law for
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps,
Bishop Cassidy told a congregation
at confirmation ceremonies in st.
Patrick's Cathedral yesterday that
he hoped no Catholic woman would
join the corps.
He declared the corps was op-
posed by teachings and principles
of the Catholic church, and added
that he believed religious leaders
throughout the country would back
his stand.
Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore and Wash
ington, refused to comment on
Bishop Cassidys views or on the
question Of women enlisting in the
new w. A. A. c.
Right Rev. John M. Mcnamara,
auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese,
could not be reached for a state
ment.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Admiral Cunningham
Will Head British
Delegation Here
Horwood in Alexandra
As Commander in Chief Of
Mediterranean Fleet
Bvlht Associated Press.

Bv he Associated Press.
LONDON, May 18.-Admiral
Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham
has been named head of the
British Admiralty delegation in
Washington and Rear Admiral
Sir Henry H. Harwood already
has arrived in Alexandria to sue
ceed him as commander in chief
of the British fleet in the Medi-
terranean, the Admiralty an
nounced today.
Admiral Cunningham will replace
Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little,
who is leaving his Washington post
to become commander in chief at
the Portsmouth naval base.
Admiral Harwood, who was
knighted for his work as COM
mander of the three British cruisers
which logged the German pocket
battleship Admiral Graf Spec to her
death at Montevideo, Uruguay, in
December, 1899. was given the act
ing rank Of admiral. He had been
assistant chief of the naval staff
Admiral Harwood, regarded by the
British as a master naval tractician,
thus has risen to a peak command
in less than three years. He was
only a captain when he directed the
British cruisers Achilles, Ajax and
Exeter in the battle from which
the Admiral Graf Spec fled to Mon
tevideo and later was sunk by her
own crew
Admiral Harwood was promoted
over the heads of scores of high
ranking officers to a command sec
ond only in Importance to the COM
mander In chief of the home fleet.
Admiral Cunningham's appoint
ment to the British Admiralty del
egation in Washington was seen to-
day as a move to bring an intimate
knowledge of current naval opera
tions in the Mediterranean to Allied
War Councils planning worldwide
strategy here.
AS commander Of the Mediter-
ranean fleet. he has been directing
(See CUNNNINGHAM, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1942-05-18
VioIators Face Stiff Penalties.

(See PRICES, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-05-18

(See GASOLINE, Page A-6D
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Wore Rubber Shoes
To ManeuUer Hills

During the battle ef HeHgkeRg
the heroism of the 2.l00 Canadian
troops who arrived 10 days before
war began was outstanding They
were not familiar with the terrain,
but they fought magnlticently
against impossible odds.
As soon as the first japanese
landings were achieved on Hong
kong Island. / went 10 the Repub-
lie Bay area where the enemy was
attempting 10 isolate Stanley Pen
lnsula site Of the strong Stanley
Fort.
Wearing rubber shoes TO faclli-
tate mapeuNering over the rugged
hills. the enemy troops took up
positions on the hillSideS overlook
ing highways and other strategic
areas and began SnipinG and
machine cunning.
1t called for supreme bravery
on the part Of British. Canadian
and Indian troops, as well as scores
OF American volunteers. 10 carry
on transport activities across the
island
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
First Detailed Account:
Capture of Hongkong
Described by Refugee
'irsf Detailed Account:
Herded Into Small Hotel Rooms.
Given 2 Bowls Of Rice Each Day

shots, indicating what had hap
pened 10 them.
Several interneeS then or latei
found the bodies OF relatives and
friends who were killed in the
fighting and buried them in simple
graves whore they had fallen.
Some bodies of Canadian and
British soldiers along the rocky
beach outside our intcrnmcnt Gang
became skeletons because they
were not buried, A tiger appar,
emily from the China mainland
was shot Just outside the intern,
ment camp.
We were taken across the bar
to koWlOon where we were in.
termed with from five 10 Ia persons
in each room Of the antiquated
Kowloon Hotel. Our daily food
ration was two small bowls OF
rice, augmented by food purchased
from the hotel boys who boot.
legged IT by carrying tins under
their robes.
In mid-January. a small quaint
ity of soybean milk was provided
for the children We walked the
corridors for exercise but were
not permitted outside We were
warned we would be shot If we
were caught attempting 10 look
out the windows. which were
covered with paper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Highland Park Ford
.CI0 in 10 Pct. Drive

a campaign 10 enroll all NOM
bcrs of tho Highland Park Ford
Local UAW-CIO, in the 10-per.
nt-of-pay war bond club will be
started this week after preSenta-
ton Of a bull S-eye' treasury fag
TO officials.
All officials and office employees
Of the local signed 10 per cent
pledges in advance of the drive
A flag honorlng their accomplish
mcnt was presented Saturday ia
Willard Doran, local president. by
Z ieAiafra l.eGla4tiFi A44syafftierttt SER
man, wounded AZ times at Pearl
Harbor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

"a acres; city water. sewers bus service.
near pavement lOc, down. 81 per month.
OTTO n. SCHATZ
puf-k Enpn DnAn fnUAnDnnN. aaau
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Bungalows for Sale
(Wsst of Woodward)

GREENLAWN. y. INTERVALE
Open ! 90 8 81 Bridget Parish SIS mo
Including taxes Us i2t30 "a. 1913.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Pressure for I'd Front
Increased by DR.. Benes

would hold of the Germans and
that the NaZi war machine may he
entirely cXhauSed by next spring.
In London 10 munition workers
visited 10 Downing street, the
residence OF Churchill, TO present
petition which they said had
been drawn up by $500 workers in
seven $ muhitI9n plants of the Lon
don area.
IL urged an immediate Allied In
vaSion of the continent and said
that delay might mean defeat.
Another resolution was on route
10 Churchill from tho electrical
trades union Al birmingham which
Joined tho coal miners federation
in urging an immediate second
'front.'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Real Estate TO Exchange

HAVE INCOME Tor small farm. income for
single, new brick single for larger al In
hest east side see. ihf27 Harper Pr 1856
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

LONDON. July % (UP).-Pres
sure on the Allied governments TO
open Immediately a second front
in Europe increased today as DR..
Eduard Benes. president of the
refugee Czccho-Slovakian govern
ment, revealed that he had been
doing his utmost TO influence such
action and British labor petltioned
Prime Minister Churchill for an
early invasion.
BeneS said that the Germans
need decisive successes until Ocr
tober, but IL they do not achieve
them they will offer foolish. in
acceptable" peace terms 10 the
Allies.
lie believed that the Russians
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Jap Troops MOred
In Artillery Fire

There was constant aerial bonn
bardment and heavy artillery fire.
that made the lS-mile square
island reverberate. Some 300 000
persons Lived all day in air raid
shelters.
More and more Japanese troops
were moved through intense Brit
iSh artillery fire 10 the hills over
looking Repulse Bay, forcing the
British Middlesex Regiment and
The Canadian Royal Rifles TO with
draw 10 Stanley Fort
| was lined up with SO others.
including wO m Q n and children,
when tho japanese took RepulSe
Bay Hotel. We were searched and
robbed OF watches and other valu-
ables by soldiers and then marched
10 the commanding officer who
kept us lined up, with hands IN
the cir. while he lectured us.
He said that all Japanese were
considered 10 he soldiers and there
Tore all foreigners must be re-
garded AS soldiers. Apparently hc
was debating with himself sS q
" h @ n er to shoot us or try to
frighten us with visions OF the fir
ing squad.
Later he ordered us back TO the
hotel and the next morning We
were marched nine miles over the
city. with women and children a.
well as men burdened with their
own luggage We had no food OF
water during the entire day Of
n, q - u Inc,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Red Raid on Prussia
Confirmed in Moscow

LONDON July - t1NSl.-1'he
Moscow radio today confirmed the
German announcement that Soviet
-hcaNY honherS had raided East
Prussia Thursday night. according
to Reuters News Agency. The
Moscow report said the target OF
the raid was koenigSburg bringing
TO three tho number al attacks
by the Red air force during the
-McCk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
PINEHURST. 1910

OPEN VACANT. RECoNnITIONED
r. v. rooms. tile sink shower attic gas
heat garage UN 26O0
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
laps Reach Suburbs
In Sinthang Drive

CHUNGKING. China. July q
ms The panese drive
against Sinchang. in coastal Che
kiang. Province has reached the
suburbs, and another on c m y
column is attacking ChenghSien,
in eastern Chckiang IL was dis
closed today
japanese columns west and
northwest of Sinyang and near
TScngchiRg. east OF Canton, were
ambu>hed by Chinese forces, it
was reported.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Tax Loss
Gas Rationine Costs n. 7.
$1,000, 900 in May

ALBANY. y. Y. July - INS).
Gasoline rationlng cost the New
York State treasury moro, than
81 600 600 during May when con-
sumption dropped % per cent.
Carroll f. Mealey, state tax COM
missioner. announced today
The revenue loss for juno and,
succeeding months is expected 10
be even greater.
During the first five months Of
1912 the state lost 81 600 900 IN
revenues from this source
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Switch

WASHINGTON, July - tUP).
The Army War Show now in
Detroit will play at Des Moines
from August Is TO 10. instead OF
Minneapolis as tentatively sched-
uled, tho war department said
today.
Inability TO obtain suitable
grounds al Minneapolis was given
as the reason for the change.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

W WARREN. 1907 inca. 2fth s. -Rrs
store with 5-rm faf fuH basew rlf~
GOOD business .rsafIor > MOO froluref
ELSA REALTY A INVESTMENT 60
s2i5 WEST FORT ~ 1900
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

THE first details of japanese
actions in the Hongkong area
since its capture are given in the
followingy dispatch by Richard
&. Wilson, former United Press
manager at Manila, who was
interned by the Japanese at
Hongkong whore he had gone
on business trip when war
began
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

- -
a great
amount Of food
and m a [ Q rial
including even
the flooring of
imposing build
ingS was carried
away.
All business
in II o n & kong
W a : Stagnated
before ! was
removed from
that island for
exchange. The
main concern of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Land Contracts
ALL CASH FOR
LAND CONTRACTS

Mortgage and real estate; ne appraisal fee.
Elmer Sexton, 1929 Ford Building. Cadil'
&C 1896.
ALI. land contracts bought, mtgs. made
Ntzhugh,, l4l0 Ford Bldg. Cadillac O34s
ANY desirable land contract purchased
MELVIN r. LANPHAR a COMPANY
sth Floor, Lafayette Bldg. Cadillac 1910
AT LOW discounts We buy land contracts
arrange ~ e tlrst mortgage loans. Fdw.
Henkel Co, Hammond Bldg. ca. 1855.
CONSULT the enlarged Real Estate list
ings in the big sunday Times Want Ad
Section
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
~ PENN RD- EARMs

CHAPMAN PENN RID FARMS
A beautiful new development. well re
strtCted slightly rolling located on Penn
sylvanis road ! mile west OF Fort street !.
a.. acres 2 road frontages, 81 1875, terms
Crossman. HO 6f4t.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Real Estate Outside Of Detroit
Resorts for Sale

FOR SALE House with acres Write
Mrs, John Bronersky, CharievoiN Mich
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

hfiiTARY. s2si--4 rat. = furnaces "a 500
terms Enquire 62l7 " Fori. VI l-ltuy
NJ Elliott. corner Hunt Ten a..
81 800, $500 down, schwartz Ceallae
AHA,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Father Of Cigaret'
Dies in Cleveland

CLEVELAND. July y tUP).-
Marcus FEEDER ST, often called the
father of tho American clearet y
because hc invented Sweet Cap
orals. died today only few months
before his ninctieth birthday. He
had been III eight weeks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26
Promoted TO Major

CRYSTAL FALLS. July 25.-
Or. William Harrison son of Mrs.
G.. r.. Harrison. has been pro-
NOTED 10 the rank of major in
the army Al Elmendorf Field. An
chorage. Alaska. lie is a former
Minneapolis practicing physician.