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Evening star., 1942-02-07

On Tuesday, Dean James Lands,
executive head of the Office Of
Civilian Defense, announced the
formation of an Arts Council Of the
o. c. D., headed by Melvyn Douglas,
as a clearing house for talent de-
manded by defense agencies.
As explained by Mr.. Douglas at a
later press conference, the Arts
Council will have four contact men
for music, actors and entertain
ers, artists and writer's. 1t will also
have branch ofiices in New York
and Hollywood, with Mr.. Douglas
working in the Hollywood ONCE
while he is making a movie, produc-
ton Of which starts in less than two
weeks.
Already set up to do the same
job-and doing it-are:
/. The Hollywood Victory Com
mitt .e for Stage, Screen and Radio,
witt Clark Gable heading the &C
tor: end of It,. This is the COM
mittee which sent Carole Lombard
on her defense savings tour.
2. Camp shows, Inc, of the United
Service Organization, which supplies
talent fer Army and Navy Camps.
3. The Once of Facts and Figures.
It's file ,ntains the names Of dozens
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Short and KimmeI
Ask for Retirement
To Civilian Life
Hawaii Commanders
Have Been Idle Since
PeurI Horbor Ruid
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short and
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim
mel, the commanders in Hawaii
at the time of the Japanese at
tack on Pearl Harbor, have ap-
piled for retirement to civil life.
The announcement came stimuli
taneously today from the War and
Navy Departments.
Gen. Short, who commanded the
Armys Hawaiian Department and
Admiral Kimmel. the Pacific Fleet
commander, have been without as
signment since they were ordered
relieved from their posts by Presi-
dent Roosevelt 10 days after the sur
prise air raid on the Pacific out
post.
Both were charged with "derelic-
ton of duty" In the report OF the
Roberts Commission which investi-
gated the attack.
Secretary OF War Stimson said
that Gen. Shorts application was
now under consideration by the Wal
Department but gave no hint as tc
what action would be taken.
A commissioned officer for ap-
proximately 40 years, he Is eligible
for retirement on his own applica-
ton.
The Navy said also that Admiral
Kimmel's application was under con-
sideration on retiring he would re-
ceive $4,000, IS per cent of the base
pay of q rear admiral.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Concealed Japanese Batteries
She'll u. S. Forts in Manila Bay
Enemy Artillery Fire Heavy on Botoon;
Macarthur Awaits Reinforced Attack

battleship-like fortification on the
islet of Ell Fraile. the communique
said. Some siege shots were d.
rected, however, against Fort Mills
on the major island of Corregidor
and against nearby Fort Hughes
The forts guns returned the fire
with undetermined results.
1t. Gen. Susumu Morioka was re.
ported in command of japanese
forces in Manila and on the Cavite
shore of Manila Bay, site of the cap
tured American naval base.
Surrender Plea Scorned.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Army
earlier had scorned the call of the
embittered old Filipino rebel, Emilio
Aguinaldo. for immediate surrender
The Philippine commander sent
word OF the surrender plea as he
awaited attack by Japanese armies
being reinforced from nine trans
ports which were unloading troops
yesterday in Lingayen Gulf.
During the past few days Amer
lean and Filipino troops have been
bombarded by the Japanese with
radio broadcasts and pamphlets
urging them to surrender" said a
War Department communique last
night.
These appeals have occasioned
(See PHILIPPINES, Page AID
Evening star., 1942-02-07

of writers-personal friends of o.
F. F. Director Archibald MacLeish
as we'll as dozens Of others who
have volunteered by organization or
individuals in the arts field. 0. F..
F. planned to call on these people
as Federal agencies asked for them.
S. The Army's radio branch, for
special Army demands.
Get All They Need.
A check-up with the Army, Navy,
Red Cross, and the Treasury De-
partment's defense savings staff
showed today all these agencies are
getting all the talent they need with
tie least possible extra motion.
The Hollywood Victory Committee
was formed as soon as war was
declared "as a means Of co-ordi-
mating the avalanche Of requests for
so-called free talent which poured
into Hollywood from every part Of
the country. The Victory Commit
tee functions by authenticating,
checking the source and the ad-
visibility of fulfilling these requests
for free talent by correlating them
with the policies and programs Of
the Government"
That is from q statement Of
Hollywood's war effort. Every star
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Roosevelt Orders
All Army Reserves
Info Active Service
ReeoII Mostly Affects
Droftees, Guordsmen
Mustered Out in FuII
By the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt issued an
executive order today calling
into active military service all
Organized Reserve units of the
Army not already on duty.
The order said the effective dates
for calling the units would be an
nounced later by the Secretary of
War.
Like those already ordered to ac-
tive service. the units will serve
for the duration of the war and six
months thereafter, subject to earlier
relief or discharge.
Units not already In active service
were not detailed in the order. The
War Department said 1t did not
have figures readily available, but
would release them as soon as
possible.
The President acted under au-
thority provided by law and as
Commander in Chief of the Army.
The reservists called were mostly
selective service trainees or Ma
tional Guardsmen who were released
last autumn after having served
more than a year. BY officially
announced plans, 100000 were to
have been returned to civil life
last autumn.
Secretary Of War Stimson said
January l that the War Department
had authorized the recall Of all
enlisted reservists with the least
delay"
Mr.. Stimson said then that re-
servists found to hold key industrial
jobs, under selective service rules,
would be deferred.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Flyers Insignia
| Recalls Pursuit
OF Adam by Eve
Special Gable to The Star and Chicago
Daily News.

Special Gable to The Star and CHICAGO
Daily News.
RANGOON, Feb. THE 1st Pur-
suit Squadron of the American
Volunteer Group in Burma, led by a
slender, keen-eyed, scrappy little
Texan from San Antonio, like the
other American squadrons here, is
chalking up a handsome record for
itself. This squadron probably has
one of the most unusual emblems
anywhere in the war. 1t calls itself
the Adam and Eve Squadron-after
the first pursuit registered in the
annals of mankind.
The Garden of Eden symbol
painted below the cockpit on each of
its Tomahawks is big apple with
snake curled around it. Inside
the outline of the apple are humor-
Gus toothpick-like silhouettes OF
Adam fleeting and Eve pursuing in
the complete abandon Of feminine
zeal and determination.
tcopyrisht 1912. Chicago Daily News, Inc
Evening star., 1942-02-07
New York Milk Producers
Vote T., |, 0. AffiIiation

BY the Associated Press.
UTICA, N. Y, Feb THE Gen.
eral Organization Committee Of the
Dairy Farmers Union, claiming a
membership of $4,000 producers in
the vast New York City milkshed-
largest in the Nation-voted today to
afiiate with John L. Lewis United
Mine Workers &C. I. o..
TN taking this STEP" commit
tee statement said, I'VE have been
influenced by the brilliant and fruits
full labor craftsmanship of Mr.. Lewis
and by the grateful recollection OF
help given in the past, particularly
in strike times, by many labor
unions within the Congress OF In
dustrial Organization"
The independent union, organized
six years ago, sponsored milk strikes
in 1896, 1899 and last year for higher
returns to producers. It's members
are from New York, Vermont and
Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
De Coux Reported Agreeing
To Give Vichy Ships 10 Japs

Admiral Jean de Coux, governor
general of French Indo-C China. has
agreed to turn over to the japanese
all warships and merchant shipping
in the ports and territorial waters
of Indo China, it has been reported
here.
Details Of the surrender Of the
ships to the Japanese are not yet
available.
Not many warships are involved
In the deal. Latest information is
that only one old French cruiser
and a number of gunboats and
small craft are in Indo- China. But
a large number of merchant ships,
which would be valuable to the Japs
in pressing their South Pacific cam
paign, are involved. The exact ton
mage of these ships is unknown, but
it is believed to be large.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Cartoonist Who Quit 10 Fly
Killed on Burma Road

BY the Associated Press.
RANGOON, Burma. Feb. 4 De-
laye6 Bert Christman. as. on
whose drawing board the cartooned
air adventures of Scorchy Smith
once took form. has been killed on
patrol over Burma while fighting
under the Chinese flag as one Of the
American Volunteer Group.
Christman's body, harnessed to
an open parachute, was found with
in a few hours after his flight.
Before volunteering for service
here, Christman served as United
States naval pilot and before that
was the cartoonist who drew
Scorchy Smith for the Associated
Press feature service.
Bert Christman, born May 81,
1915 at Fort Collins, Colo, began
his career as a department store
artist. Later he was graduated as
an engineer from Colorado State
College, and in 1896 went to New
York.
In a few months with the Asso-
ciated Press Feature Service NOV
Wide World Features) he helped
make Scorchy Smith one of the
country's leading air adventure
strips. The strip, now drawn by
Frank Robbins, appears on The
Stars comic page.
In 1898 Christman decided to act
out the part he had been drawing
and went to Pensacola to join the
Naval Air Service.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Jap Landing in Dutch Part
OF Timor Rumored
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts) Feb. THE German radio
said today there were rumors In
Lisbon. neither confirmed nor de-
MED ofncially, that Japanese troops
have landed in the Dutch part of
the half-Portuguese island Of Timor.
Informed sources in Lisbon, the
radio added, report that the Portu-
guese government awaits early In
formation concerning the evacua-
ton Of Portuguese Timor by British
forces and Of the arrival at the
island Of Portuguese soldiers on
board the steamer Joao Belo."
The island, which lies strategically
at the eastern end Of the Indies
archipelago, across the Timor Sea
from Northern Australia, was occu-
pied by Australian and Dutch troops
in mid December as q precautionary
measure.
The German radio reported De-
cember 26 from Lisbon that 1,100
Portugueses soldiers had left Mo-
zambique, East Africa, for Portu-
guese Timor aboard the 6,353-ton
Joao Belo.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Japs Shell Singapore Suburbs;
British Silence Enemy Battery;
Cruiser Is Sunk by Dutch Navy
Amboinu Island
Virtually Lost,
Indies Reports
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies
Feb. IA Japanese cruiser has
been sunk and another cruiser
and a submarine hit by Dutch
naval forces of Amboina, the
Dutch high command announced
today, but it acknowledged that
the island, site of the second
largest Netherlands Indies sea
base, was virtually in enemy
hands.
In a separate action west Of Bor-
neo, the Dutch added, big Japa-
nese transport also was sunk yes
terday in an air attack.
These sinkings raised the Dutch
score to SO Japanese ships sunk or
heavily damaged since the war be-
gan in the Pacific-only four shy Of
the Dutch goal of a ship-a-day-in
the first 63 days of fighting.
As for the Indies Navy, it was de-
clared officially to be absolutely in
tact, at sea and ready for action"
CThe Japanese had declared
that two Dutch cruisers were
sunk, at least two others heavily
damaged, and claimed the vir-
tual annihilation of the Dutch
Navy
Fifth Indies Foothold.
Ambonia, between Celebes and
New Guinea in the Moluccan Sea, Is
the sixth Indies foothold won by the
Japanese since the start of their in
vasion on January 4.
1t was in this operation, the Dutch
said, that the japanese cruiser was
sunk.
The - communique acknowledged
fS>e DUTCH page A-61
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Anonymous Calls
Urge Taber 10 Lay
Off 0. {. D. Posts
House Member Opposing
Jobs for Dancer, Actor
Besieeed Over Phone

Repeated anonymous telephone
calls, telling Representative
Taber, Republican, of New York
to LAY off" in his opposition to
the appointments of Dancer
Mayris CLANCY and Movie Star
Melvyn Douglas, and others now
on the salary roll of the Office of
Civilian Defense were reported
today at Mr.. Taber's Office in the
House Office Building.
Mr.. Taber. ranking Republican
member Of the House Appropria-
tions Committee. took the lead in
the fight yesterday when the House
voted to prevent the use of o. c. D
funds to pay salaries of these ap-
pointees to the Volunteer Partici-
patton Division of o. c. D., headed
by Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Taber said his office hac
urged those who have protested tc
come to the Capitol and talk the
matter over face to face-but none
had signified any intention of doing
so.
Many Phone Calls Received.
The telephone has been busy
this morning with such calls" he
said. None Of those who called
claimed to be employed in the O.
c. D."
1t is Mr.. Taber's purpose to get
an amendment into the pending
deficiency appropriations bill, when
it comes before the House again
Monday, to prohibit definitely the
payment of these salaries from any
fund whatever. 1t was explained
yesterday that these employees are
paid out of money appropriated last
year for the Office for Emergency
Management.
Representative Faddis, Democrat
of Pennsylvania, who denounced the
employment of Mr.. Douglas and
others by the o. C. D., said he had
received large numbers of kilograms
from all parts of the country ap-
proving his stand.
"It looks as though the people
were aroused over this he said.
Limitation on Funds.
The House vote on the o. c. D.
funds limitation yesterday came at
the close of a debate marked by
criticism of the appointments of
Miss CLANCY and Mr. Douglas and
others in the o. c. D. The chamber
tentatively inserted in $3.50, SOC, GIL
deficiency appropriation bill a pro-
hibition against use of any of
the 100000, 900 defense fund for
dancers, fan dancing, street shows,
theatrical performances or other
public entertainment"
The House also decided to elimi-
nate an $50 900 allotment to pay for
Walt Disney cartoon film depict
ing the colorful Donald Duck cheer
fully filling out his income tax re-
turn in this year of war.
Miss Chaney was described as di-
rector of the o. c. DIS "Children's
Fitness" Division. The position pays
$4,600 a year.
Mr.. Douglas job, as head of an
(See o. c. D., Page A-2)
Evening star., 1942-02-07
NeorIy-CrjppIed Plane
Made in U. S. Beuts jap
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 7.
An American-made Hudson n
Oockheed) bomber defeated a Jap
anese fighter over the Bismarck
archipelago this week, after three
members Of its crew were wounded,
its tank and fuselage damaged and
its navigation instruments demol-
ished.
Air Minister Arthur Drakeford
said today the bomber. attached
to the Australian Air Force, re-
turned successfully to its base after
badly damaging the enemy plane
with a shot that exploded inside the
Japanese craft.
The Hudson returned on one en-
gine after soaring to 10000 feet.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Rzhev EncircIed
By Red Troops,
London Hears
HoIdout Garrison
Of Defense Anchor
Reported Trapped
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Russia's armies today were re-
ported to have trapped the
German hold-out garrison at
Rzhev, 100 miles west of Moscow,
while both Moscow and Berlin
chronicled heavy new losses
along the winter-bound front.
A British radio broadcast said
heavy fighting is taking place i'm
mediately east and west of Rzhev,"
and declared the Russians had COM
pletely encircled the city.
Rzhev is key German defense
anchor guarding the north flank Of
the Nazi retreat from Moscow.
Heavy Losses Inflicted.
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
field headquarters asserted that
strong forces of two Soviet divisions
had been annihilated on the CEN
trail moscow front and that 1900
Russian soldiers had been killed In
the past two weeks.
n oONlCG COIllLlulllQuC COuIlICICo
with its own tale of slaughter:
Our troops drove the enemy out
Of two important localities and an
initiated 800 Germans By
concentrated fire, one Soviet artil-
lery unit annihilated over 1000 en-
emy men and officers One Of
our tank units wiped our 800 men
and officers
New Advances Reported.
The Soviet command reported
further advances" but again men
toned no specific gains, suggesting
that Hitler's battered armies had
stiffened against the Russian coun-
teroffensive which has swept for
ward more than ITS miles in some
sectors.
Russian dispatches said the Red
Army had reached points which
Hitler planned as the jumping-of
place for his spring offensive.
1t is at those points. they said,
that the Nazis have put up their
sternest resistance and the Russians,
aware of what is at stake, are keep
ing their drive at top pitch to pre-
vent the Germans making a stand
at fortified places which could be
strengthened in time.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne AbsOCldteQ TIeSS.
Concealed japanese batteries
near the southeastern shore OF
Manila Bay rained shells on
three American forts at the bay
entrance, but no material dam
age was done, the War Depart
ment reported today. .
In the Netherlands Indies eight
American P-40 pursuit planes, at
tackled by a greatly superior force
Of Japanese fighters and bombers
near the island Of Bali. shot down
at least three enemy planes with a
known loss of one American plane,
a communique said.
War Department officials believed
this action was the same as reported
in a current Batavia communique
which said enemy planes raided the
Island of Bali without causing ma
terial damage.
Bataan Artillery Fire Heavy.
Meanwhile enemy artillery fire
was heavy on the Bataan peninsula
in the Philippines. In a fight be-
tween two American fighter planes
and four Japanese bombers, one
enemy plane was shot down.
Most of the Japanese artillery fire
was concentrated on Fort Drum, the
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Henderson Depends
On Public Opinion 10
Aid Sugar Rationing
Stamp Book System
Expected to Be Ready
Within Few Weeks
BY the Associated Press.

Fear of what the neighbors
might think or say is expected to
prove a powerful deterrent to
sugar boarding under the stamp
rationing plan which will start
in a few weeks with registration
of consumers in their neighbor-
hood school houses.
The announcement by Price Ad-
ministrator Leon Henderson that
school teachers would be his agents
in handling the applications Of con-
sumers for stamp books-one for
every adult and child In the country
placed the sugar rationing plan,
like that for tires and tubes, on a
neighborhood basis.
That fact, some officials thought,
might be as effective as the stern
but hard-to-enforce legal penalties
which would be invoked to prevent
sugar boarding or bootleg buying.
Gossip May Help.
Each householder's knowledge that
the people next door might gossip,
and that the gossip might reach
the ears of the local rationing
boards which will supervise the is
suance of stamp books, might head
off any inclination to hoard sugar,
these officials noted.
Far from threatening consumers
that tale-bearing might take place,
however, Mr.. Henderson yesterday
based his appeal for cooperation
solely on patriotic grounds-"for the
| first time every person in the coun-
try now has an opportunity to make
a direct contribution to the war"
Other o. P. A. officials said the
temptation to hoard might disap-
pear as individuals discovered they
could get along all right on IL
ounces a week and that the War
Production Board was responsible
for guaranteeing that this amount,
or close to it, would be available un-
failingly in grocery stores.
The person who registers for his
family's copies of War Ration Book
No. l" will sign an application de-
claring the amount Of sugar in his
home. On the application form will
be a reminder that making false
statements to any Federal agency is
a criminal ofense carrying penalties
up to $4,000 fine or 10 years i'm
prisonment.
Those whose family supply ex-
ceeds two pound per person will have
| (See SUGAR. PAGE A-3O
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Neysu McMein Breaks
Back in Fall at Home
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Neysa Nc
Mein, magazine cover designer and
portrait painter, fractured her back
in fall downstairs in her New York
home last January %, it was dis
closed last night.
At st. Luke's Hospital, where she
is patient. Miss McMein's condi-
ton was described as fair Re
covery is expected to take several
months.
Miss McMein recently had COM
pleted a poster for the American
Womens Volunteer Service in
which she was active. In the last
war she designed posters for the
United States and France.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
AustruIiuns Set Losses
In MoIoyu at 1,187

SYDNEY, Australia. Feb. 7 (P.-
The Australian Imperial Forces lost
1,187 men in the battle for Malaga,
it was announced officially today,
including 1873 killed, GAS missing and
359 wounded.
Australia's biggest blackout test
so far, involving all states and the
whole coast line, probably will be
held next week.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Italian Restrictions
On Meat, Eggs and
|Cheese Extended

By the Associated Press.
ROME (From Italian Broad
casts Feb. 7.-Further restrict
ing the use of food. 1t was an
nounced today that no meat,
eggs or cheese may be served
with Saturday noon, Sunday
noon or Sunday night meals ip
Italian restaurants.
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
Feb. Z R.-Marshal Petain's
cabinet took measures today to
deal with the problem Of public
dissatisfaction over food short
ages and profiteering which
have caused demonstrations in
Southern France. The nature of
the measures was not disclosed
Immediately.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Capture of GioIo Oasis
Claimed in Rome

ROME From italian Broadcasts)
Feb. 7 (R.-The Italian high COM
mand announced today that Axis
troops, carrying out a counter
offensive against the British in
Libya, had reached Ain FL Gazaia
40 miles west of Tobruk, and had
captured the desert oasis of Gialo
The Gialo oasis Is in Southern
Libya about $50 miles west of the
Libyan-Egyptian border and about
the same distance southwest of Ain
Ell Gazala, in the Mediterranean
coast area.
The high command said italian
and German air formations attacked
British troops and vehicle concen-
trations, damaging and setting afire
some vehicles.
A Hurricane plane was reported
shot down In an air fight.
The Italians reported that Brit
ish bombers had raided Tripoli and
Bengasi, causing the death of
eight natives and injuring several
others" Damage, however, was in
significant, the high command said.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Soupfin Shark Livers
Net Skipper ST., 900
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Feb. 7.-One Of the
richest fish cargoes ever brought
into a Pacific Northwest port was
reported today-a soupfin shark
liver take said by Capt. Sverre Jam
gard to have netted s25,0oo.
lanyard said the catch was by
two boats, his Alrita and the Lively.
The current price on soupfln shark
livers, in heavy demand for its
vitamin content, is $3.50 a pound.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
100 Girls q Day!
Where Will They Live?

That's the rate they are ar
irving in Washington for war
time jobs here.
And there are already
over 10000 Government wom-.
en- in the Capital.
What is the Government
doing to take care of them?
What Is being done to look
after their health their
recreation?
How the city is facing this
acute problem Is outlined in q
special feature article appear
ing tomorrow IN
Chr 6nnhay Star