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Evening star., 1942-11-18
Middle West Urged
To Share lis Gas
And Oil With East
Loreer Reserve Stocks
Needed to Meet Druin,
OPA Official Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18-Joel Dean,
director Of the fuel rationing divi-
sion of the ONCE of Price Admins
tration, told the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce in speech today
that the Midwest must ration its
gasoline and oil to make stocks
available for the petroleum-starved
East
Although North African expedi-
tionary forces have been draining
petroleum products from the United
States at a rate exceeding any
figure that might have been esti-
mated in advance, he said, the
problem is not so much one OF
abundance as of availability.
To make additional stocks avail
able to the Eastern seaboard, he
continued, large Midwestern stores
must be shipped to shortage areas
and pipeline and barge terminals
planned to serve the Midwest must
become points of origin for ship
ments to the East Coast.
Mr.. Dean said that to meet this
drain larger reserve stocks would
become necessary in the Midwest.
Improbability that stocks in Mid
western markets can be replenlshed
on regular schedule, to compensate
for shipments to the East, make in
creased reserves doubly necessary,
he added.
"The only way in which the Mid
die West could take advantage OF
its proximity to the major producing
areas and of the more plentl1ul
supply of oil which Is stored IN tnls
area would be to do so at the ex-
pense of the East" he declared.
"If you in this section OF the
country do not share your more
abundant supply with the populous
States on the Eastern seaboard, then
the cut in that area would have 10
be so drastic as not only to imperlI
the war effort. but would threaten
the very health of scores OF thou
sands of citizens in the East Coast
States.
Fortunately for the welfare OF
our country we do not do things
that way. 1t is in the American
tradition not only to share our
abundance with our neighbors, but
also to share our hardships and dis
comforts by making whatever sacrl-
flee is necessary for the welfare OF
the country"
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Byrnes Is Expected
To Do Spade Work
On New Tax Bill
Compulsory Sovines
Plan Believed Port of
Projected Measure
BY the Associated Press.

Ds Ine hSSOClAJed Press.
Director James F. Byrnes of the
Office of Economic Sterilization
probably will run interference"
for new tax measure-expected
to include some form of compul-
sorry Savings-in Congress early
next year, authoritative admin
lstration sources said today.
Drafted by the Treasury Depart
ment, the measure will be an
nounced in broad outline by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his annual budget
message early in January, said
these sources.
Byrnes Logical Speaker.
They said Mr.. Byrnes had been
chosen by the President to speak
for the bill on Capitol Hill for
three reasons:
l. Mr. Byrnes will of necessity be
well acquainted with the measure
since it must At into his general
stabilization program.
2. AS a former Senator, the eco
nomic chief is we'll known and pop-
ular in Congress.
3. Viewing the bill as part of the
entire national wartime economic
program, Congress might be inclined
to give it better reception than if
1t were presented merely as a new
tax measure.
Treasury officials have stressed
repeatedly that any such new meas
ure-variously estimated at raising
s6 ,O00, ,000, 900 to more than $15,OOO.-
00O, ,000-would contain compulsory
savings of some type, and Mr..
Byrnes' Office was said to have ap-
proved the theory of the plan as a
stabilization step.
Existing Savings Not Involved.
However, Treasury Secretary Nor
genthau has pointed out that this
does not refer to existing savings.
with which he asserted the Gov
ernment has no intention of tam
pering
Treasury spokesmen made it plain
that the measure would be drafted
by the Treasury. although they were
asking suggestions" from several
other Federal departments.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Fortress Bests 80 Nuzi Planes,
Returns Despite Gripping Fire

Riordan sent the navigator, Second
1t. George j. Spellman of Holyoke,
Mass, back to help. The young
onicer dragged the wounded gun
ner into the radio room, covered
him with his own flying coat and
then, coatless and gloveless, fought
with the tail gun in 2O-below cold
until his hands were blue and almost
frozen.
But you should have seen that
gun barrel" said the co-pilot, 1t.
Edward P. Malisewski of Crosse
Pointe, Mich, "it got so hot it bent"
AS the running fight went on, a
cannon shell blew hole "as big as
a cabbage" IN the fuselage right be-
side the waist gunner, Staff Sergt.
Anthony L. Santoro of Houston Tex,
and bullets cut his ammunition belt,
but he changed to a new one just
in time to knock down one of the
fighters.
All the time 1t. Riordan was
nursing the Fortress toward the
chalg cliffs of England and after
IS minutes the Nazis gave up and
veered OF as they saw Spitfres COM
Ing out to shepherd the wounded
ship home. The pilot set her down
with hardly a bump.
Although she was holed from
props to tail by machine gun and
cannon fire. Sergt De John was the
only one Of the crew injured.
In addition to Sergts. De John
and Santoro, the certain victories
were credited to the top turret gun
ner, STAFF Sergt. Raleigh w. Hollo-
way Of Fredericksburg. Va, and the
lower turret gunner, Stan Sergt.
John E. Owens, Roanoke, Va.
s Four other probable victories were
scored by the crew, which also in
cluded Bombardier Gerald D. Rotter
OF Commerce. Okla.
King George VI was among those
who later saw the shell-pocked
Fortress and marveled that it had
come back.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Plans for Stepping Up
Offensive in Pacific
Indicated by Nimitz
Jups Seem to Have Lost
initiative, Paying Heavily
In Men and Material
By WALTER b. CLAUSEN,
Associated Press War CORRESPONDENT.

PEARL HARBOR, T. H., Nov.
18.-Japan, despite mighty
concentration of air and sea
power in the South Pacific, has
failed to shake plans for an
American offensive.
The Japs appear to have lost the
initiative in that sector, paying
heavily in planes, ships and men.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur has
taken the field in New Guinea for
growing land offensive there. The
great So1omons victory of Novem-
ber 1915 demonstrates clearly AL
lied command of the sky, sea and
land in the Guadalcanal sector. All
these things point to the shaping of
plans to break into the greater
Asia sphere OF japanese conquest
and roll the enemy back,
The comment by Admiral Chester
w. Nimitz, commander-in chief of
the Pacific Fleet, relative to future
action that maybe it will be of our
choosing, not their choosing" is re-
garded as highly significant.
/. Long Hard Fight Ahead. ...
Those in charge of operations
point out there is long hard fight
ahead and there is no reason to as
sumo that progress will be made by
leaps and bounds. Guadalcanal
merely Is an outpost OF Japan's
area of conquest. Despite their
losses, the Japs still possess strong
naval power and tremendous re-
sources of fighting men.
Admiral Nimitz commented "'they
are smart and do know how to
conduct war and they are absolutely
ruthless. with their own people as
well as ours"
Japanese loss of life has been
heavy-5,00O in the battle of the
Coral Sea; more than 10000 at Mid
way, and perhaps between 10000
and 10000 in the crumpling of the
Guadalcanal-b bound invasion force,
as well as more than 5000 on Qua
dalcanal.
But even this is far less crippling
than losses in flying personnel and
carrier-based planes. 1t is known
that Japan had available perhaps
quarter of million fighting men
as Southwest Pacific powerhouse,
but the availability of trained pilots
for carrier-based planes is another
thing. --
Air Strength Loss Costly.
1t is believed that an important
part of the trained naval aviation
strength of the Japs has been de-
stroyed. This may be the explana-
tion why no carriers were used by
the Japanese in the showdown effort
last week.
Reports by our own aviators con-
cerning attacks by Japanese planes
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Jap Flyers Re-emerge n
In New Guinea Fiqhtinq y
BY the Associated Press

~ viz ASoVSiHtCo fIcss.
GEN. MacARTHURS HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Nov. 18.-
japanese forces continue to fall back
toward Buna but their air force has
re-emerged in an effort to harass
Allied columns closing relentlessly
on that Papuan base, todays COM
munique disclosed.
Latest reports from the New
Guinea front said advanced Allied
ground units, now directed in the
field by Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
were pushing on toward the coast
from Awala, only 80 trail miles from
Buna, without meeting serious op-
position.
In their first attempt in some
weeks to challenge Australian and
American air command over New
Guinea, formation of 18 bombers
and fighters attacked advanced
Allied ground units Monday in the
Buna area ana sank two trawlers
along the coast.
But the Jap airmen got better
than they gave as American BIS
medium bombers, P-40 fighters and
attack planes twice swept over the
enemy air field at Lac, Northwest
along the coast from Buna and de-
stroyed seven bombers and seven
fighters on the ground and one Zero
that attempted interception.
Heavy bombers of the Southwest
Pacific command again carried the
attack to Japanese bases in the Solo,
mons theater, setting fire to large
merchantmen at Rabaul, New Bri-
tain, and destroying three enemy
aircraft on an airdrome runway in
the Buin-Fai area OF the Northern
SolomonS
In the northwestern sector Of this
great war threaten, medium bombers
attacked the enemy occupied towns
of Mobisse and Bobonaro on the
Island of Timor.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
5000 Reported Seized
For Opposing Duce
Rr tha Associafad praSs

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Nov. 18.-At least 5000
persons charged with being in
opposition to Mussolini,' have been
arrested during the last few days in
Genoa, Turin, Milan and other
Italian cities, the Moscow radio
said last night, quoting a Tass dis
patch from Geneva.
Among those arrested. 1t was
stated, were many army officers
and industrialists. Several Fascist
Party leaders, accused of having re-
lations with opposition elements,
also have been detained, the report
added.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Raj Fighters Damage
Locomotives in France
Nv the Associated prasR

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 18.-RAF fighter
planes damaged number of loco
motives during sweeps over North
ern France and Belgium, the Air
Ministry reported today.
The Air Ministry communique:
Last night aircraft of the fighter
command, without loss, attacked
and damaged a number of locomo-
tives In Northern France and Bel
GUM"
Evening star., 1942-11-18
BY RUSSELL C. LANDSTROM,

--oS0SAueS0 IACSe WHI SUIICSQOuucuk.
WITH AMERICAN FORCES AT
ORAN, Nov. Is tDelayed) TO the
men of the combat team which
fought on the right flank of Amer
ica's attacking forces west of Oran
In q three day, battle, their general
became known as the soldier with
too much CUTS for one man"
Wherever men we're. in action,
there the general was, too. He led
attacks himself. Almost without
rest, he constantly pressed all troops
under his command to drive forward.
When he was obliged to be at his
rear command post or even at the
advance command post rather than
in the thick of 1t, he grew restless.
He STROBE about wearing his hell
met and smoking necessarily, and
declaring to his aide:
Bill, I'm getting bored"
The name of this general who set
such an example for his troops can
not be mentioned now, but one day
he'll be identified by his deeds. The
general and his two aides hit Les
Andalouses beach with an assault
wave commanded by 1t. Col. John
w. Bowen Of Huntsville, Ala.
Our boat was the first ashore, fol-
lowed quickly by the others. While
units of the assault battalion raced
forward to Bous Fer. and thence up
the heights of Djebel Murdjadjo
overlooking Oran, the general waited
to see the next waves safely landed.
Hard Man to Keep Track OF.
For a time the only ones on our
stretch of the beach were the gen.
eral, an aide, and myself. The wiry
commander was hard man to keep
track of. The aide, his tommy gun
ready, and I kept him in sight con-
tinually, however, because although
the landing was unopposed there
was some likelihood of danger. Two
patrolling Arab squads and a few
natives had been captured or had
walked up and surrendered.
The surf beating in drowned
beach noises and the visibility was
by no means good.
Presently we saw figures coming
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Leaves for Home

KENNEBUNKPORT, Me, Nov. 18
R).-Booth Harrington, Hoosier au-
thor, left his summer home here
today for Indiana. Mr.. Harrington,
accompanied by Mrs. Harrington
and his secretary. Elizabeth Trot-
ter, planned two-week visit in
Philadelphia before continuing on
to Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Congress in Brief

BY the Associated Press.
Senate:
Filibustering Southerners con-
tinue efforts to block anti-poll tax
bill
Military Affairs Subcommittee
hears Donald M. Nelson on tech
biological mobilization.
House:
In recess.
Ways and Means Committee
studies tariff legislation.
Evening star., 1942-11-18

Wanted: Waste kitchen fats to
make explosives for our guns! Save
yours. Take them to your meat
dealer.
Evening star., 1942-11-18

Waste kitchen fats make explo-
eives. Don't throw away . drop.
Take them TO your meat dealer.
Evening star., 1942-11-18

in the Southern Solomons indicate a
paucity OF leadership in many cases.
When the leader of a flight or
squadron was destroyed, the remain
ing planes operated far less ef-
f1ciently.
Presumably making the mistake
OF figuring the same was true of
American squadrons, the Jap flyers
have: sought to cut down our lead
ing planes and there even are cases
of headon air crashes with fight
leaders.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Louis 10 Fight Abe Simon
For Army Next Month
By tn e Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Pvt. Joe
Louis will make the 21st defense of
his heavyweight boxing title in
15-round bout against Abe Simon
at Madison Square Garden Friday,
March 27.
The show will be for the benefit
Of the Army emergency fund. The
announcement was made jointly to-
day by Promoter Mike Jacobs and
Maj. Gen. Irving j. Phillipson and
Col. H. Clay M. Supplee, represent.
ing the fund, which provides for
both enlisted men and selectees.
Louis, as In his recent bout for the
Navy relief fund with Buddy Baer
will donate his entire purse. Jacobs
will donate his share of the profits.
Simon will get IS per cent, but will
turn back 21a per cent to the fund.
The Garden will be scaled from
$3.50 to $25 for the show.
1t will be the second fight between
Louis and Simon. In the previous
meeting, last March 81 in Detroit,
Simon lost in the 18th round after
putting up fine fight.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
StoIemote in Bdtodn Is Seen
As Jops Delay Big Attack
MoeArthur's Fighters Counting on U. S.
For Tools to Continue Compuqn

march in close order down the roads
commanded by American guns Sew
eral times artillery of the defenders
fired into concentrations of between
500 and 1000 japanese, destroying
nearly all of them. Their fanatical
charges into American-Filipino ma
chine gun nests also cost the jap
anese heavily.
In the current phase OF limited
patrol activities. the Japanese show
little inclination to fight, usually
withdrawing when they encounter
American-Filipino patrols even in
ferior in numbers.
There are some indications that
Japanese morale Is not as high as
formerly. This is admitted by many
prisoners, who say they are sick of
fighting. Recent prisoners stripped
themselves of all means of identifi-
cation and attempted to deny the,
were soldiers, claiming they were
residents of Manila who were
pressed into service as bus drivers BY
the Japanese Army. However, thes,
men are unable to speak English OF
Filipino and their stories were
quickly broken down. '" ".
On the other hand, the morale
of Gen. MacArthur's men is ex-
cellent. They want to keep on
fighting and are counting on the
United States to give them the tools
with which to do so.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Russian War Keeps Hitler
From Nazi Celebration
By tte Associated Press.

Hy tTe ASSOCldIeO freSS-
MUNICH From German Broad
casts, Feb. 25.APreparations for
the final struggle" this spring
against the Russians kept Adolf
Hitler from a Nazi party celebra-
ton here last night for the first time
in years.
The Fuehrer sent message from
his Russian front headquarters te
NaZi chiefs observing the 22d an
niversary of the Nazi party plat
in Russia and lit is impossible fol
me to leave my place where prepar.
ations have been made for the fina.
struggle"
He placed blame for the disrup.
ton of his Russian plans on wintry
weather, which "as has not happened
for more than a century, descended
as early as the end of November
Snow and frost then brought
to a temporary standstill the serie,
of VICTORIES of the German Army
unique in history. Our enemy ther
hoped to infiict on the German Arm!
the fate of a Napoleonic retreat
This attempt has collapsed miser-
ably"
The coming spring struggle, he
said. will be "a settling up with
that conspiracy which was matched
in the banking houses of the pluto
Gratis and extended to the vaults
of the Kremlin."
Evening star., 1942-02-25
|
ISubs Reported
Used by Jops
BY the Associated Press.


- LONDON, Feb. 25.-The japanese
are believed to be using at least one
plane carrying submarine and pos
sibly more, informed sources de-
clared today.
They said that when the New
Zealand armed merchant cruiser
Monowai was engaged by an enemy
submarine near New Zealand
waters about a month ago she was
. attacked simultaneously by plane
believed to have come from sub
marine. Neither attack caused any
damage.
A submarine carried aircraft
probably would be a seaplane which
could be stored in two sections in
hangers on each side of the under
sea ship and be assembled at sea
the information explained.
~ The idea is not fundamentally
new. Britain tried it in 1927. The
.fn-fated M-2, which had been quilt
to carry a 12-inch gun, was adapted
to take a seaplane with folding
wings by removal of the gun and
construction of a hangar in the
space formerly occupied by the gun
mounting. The seaplane was cata-
pulled from the submarine. Both
the plane and the M-2 later were
lost.
James Fighting Ships. authorita-
tive naval manual, lists the giant
French submarine Surcouf, the
largest in the world, as carrying a
small seaplane which is stored in a
deck hangar.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
a. on Guam Reported
Prisoners of japanese

The Navy today released a second
supplemental list of A persons serv-
ing at Guam at the time of the jap
anese invasion and who are now
deemed likely" to be prisoners OF
the japanese.
Today's list contains names ol
Navy enlisted men and brings the
total presumed captured, including
Navy personnel, civilians and Navy
nurses, to 2,058. There were no Dis.
trict area residents In the list.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. Is
Australian bombers, striking
at an encroaching rim of Japa-
nese Judgments in islands 400 to
500 miles north and northwest
of Australia, attacked both Ra-
baul and Timor last night, a
Royal Australian Air Force COM
munique announced today.
The attack on Timor followed the
observation of large japanese naval
forces in the vicinity of Dill, capital
of the northern, or Portuguese, por-
ton of Timor, and the report that
Japanese transports in Dill harbor
were burning.
Today's communique said the at
tack was carried out under good
conditions of visibility and that good
results were obtained on anti-air-
craft sites and searchlight positions,
but did not mention any ships being
bombed.
, Dill, about $50 miles northwest
of severely bombed Darwin, had
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Allied Bombing Plane!
Sink ; Jap Transports
Massing at Macassar
Concentration Believed
In Preparation for Big
Attack Against java
BY the Associated Press.

BANDOENG, Java, Feb. 25.-
Three large Japanese transports
part of a concentration possibly
massing for the expected direct
assault on Java, have been sunk
by Allied bombing planes of
Macassar, enemy-held port in
Southwest Celebes, within 40C
miles of Java's eastern tip, the
Netherlands Indies high COM
mand reported today.
CA War Department commu-
nique said seven American P-40
pursuit planes intercepted
formation of nine Japanese
bombers escorted by IA fighting
planes over Java and forced the
raiders to flee. 1t said one jap
anese bomber and one fighter
plane were shot down. Four
other enemy bombers and two
fighters were damaged, without
loss to the Americans)
At the same time, Japanese planes
concentrated their attacks on this
fortified islands airdromes - the
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Two Die, Several Missing
In Carolina Hotel Fire
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ABERDEEN, N. c., Feb. 25.-A
roaring fire that destroyed the three
story Sandhill Hotel in less than
four hours early today brought
death to the manager and at least
one guest. Several other persons
believed registered at the hotel were
missing.
Jack Meadors, the manager, lost
his life while fighting the blaze.
which was discovered in the second
floor linen room around 8 am.
The other victim was identified as
Mrs. Ben Eby of Harrisburg, Pa,
wife of part-owner of a chemical
plant here.
In a jump from the third floor.
Mr.. Eby, husband of the dead
woman, suffered broken back and
other injuries. His condition was
critical at q hospital here.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Russians Launch
Smashing Offensive
Below Leningrad
Rout of Three Divisions
In Storoyo Russo Area
First Step in Big Drive
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Feb. Is. - Russian
troops were credited officially to-
day with crushing Germanys
18th Field Army, shattering three
divisions and killing $4,000 men
in what was described as only the
first stage of smashing new Of
fensive in the Staraya RuSsa
sector 140 miles below Leningrad
A Russian dispatch datelined
Staraya Russa appeared to Indicate
that the town itself, hitherto be-
lieved to be in German hands, had
been recaptured in the Soviet on
slaught. However, communique
said only that "the defeat of the
Germans took place in the region
of Staraya Russa."
Reports from the battlefield said
the Red Army was advancing
through territory Uttered with the
bodies of Nazi dead and fields COW
cred with abandoned big guns, auto
mobiles and wagons.
Military dispatches said the Rus
slams were pressing on in the face
of strong German resistance and the
handicaps of deep snow, subzero
temperatures and the absence of any
roads. The Nazis were reported
throwing in large forces of reserves
to block thrust which endangered
vast areas of defensive positions.
The army correspondent of the
Communist party newspaper Pravda
reported that documents seized in
this battle included an order of the
day from Gen. Won Brockdorf, COM
mander of the I'd German Army
Corps-to which one of the smashed
NaZi divisions belonged-acknowl-
edging that the Russians some
time ago" had cut his communica-
tions.
The Fuehrer is well aware OF
this position" Pravda quoted the
order. He personally ordered that
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Evening star., 1942-02-25
Six Reach Baltimore
From Torpedoed Ship;
"a Believed Lost
Survivors Spent 66
Hours in Open Boot
After Sub Attack
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-Six
men, the only known survivors
of the torpedoed Norwegian
freighter Blink, whose sinking
was announced by the Navy De-
partment today, told haltingly
of their 66-hour fight for life in
a swamped lifeboat in rough,
shark infested seas.
The 2,700-ton freighter was tor
pedoed without warning of the A.
lantic Coast with a probable lost
of "a lives.
The survivors believe the chief
engineer, donkeyman and a fire
man OF the 22-year-old ship were
killed when two torpedoes exploded
in the engine room. They believe
four others we're lost on a life raft.
They watched II other crew mates
in their crowded hfeboat 60 mad,
then die of thirst and exposure.
Their bodies were thrown or washed
overheard.
The six were brought to Balti-
more on an unidentified vessel last
week and taken to the United States
Marine Hospital. There were no
Americans In the mixed crew.
Total Reaches 25 Ships
Loss of the Blink brought to "a
the officially announced number of
ships attacked of the American and
Canadian coast since Axis U-boats
began activity January IL.
Five survivors are Norwegian
Chief Officer Briger Lunde, %;