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Evening star., 1942-02-17
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LECTURE.

moral fOTCcS ana heCOnSGIuC.
tion," by the Rev. John p. Delaney,
sponsored by the Georgetown For
um, Copley Lounge, Georgetown
University, O'Clock tonight.
"A New World Order" by Msgr.
D. A. McLane. sponsored by the
Study Guild Catholic Library, 1725
Rhode Island avenue NV, 8:l5
o'clock tonight.
EXHIBIT.
Water colors and drawings by
Aaron Sopher, Whyte Gallery Of
Art. 1707 H street NV, today
through March s.
MUSIC.
Pop concert, Navy Band SYM
phony Orchestra. Marine Barracks
auditorium. Eighth and I streets
Sc, s:15 o'clock tonight.
Concert, Soldiers Home Band,
Stanley Hall, Soldiers Home Park,
$50 o'clock tonight.
Joint recital, Sayao and PIMA,
Constitution Hall, $50 o'clock
tonight.
Organ concert, Arthur Poister,
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel,
Howard University, $3.50 o'clock
tonight.
MEETINGS.
Washington Air Mail Society and
Collectors Club, Branch S, S. p.
A., Thomson Community Center,
Twelfth and L streets NV, 8 o'clock
tonight.
District of Columbia Chapter,
Catholic Daughters Of America.
Willard Hotel, 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Washington Council, Knights Of
Columbus, Willard Hotel, s:l5 o'clock
tonight.
Women's Bar Association, May
flower Hotel, 8 O'Clock tonight.
Glass Container Association, May
flower Hotel, 10 am. tomorrow.
BRIDGE PARTY.
Federal Bridge League, Wardman
Park Hotel, s o'clock tonight.
DINNERS.
Oyster supper. Washington Build
ing Congress, Mayflower Hotel, $50
o'clock tonight.
SMOKER.
Delta Upsilon Alumni Club, Wes-
ley Heights Community Hall, 7
o'clock tonight.
DANCE.
Kentucky State Society. Willard
Hotel, $50 o'clock tonight.
LUNCHEoNs.
Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 1880
p.ln tomorrow.
Rotary Club, Willard Hotel, 1880
pm. tomorrow.
soroptimist Club, Willard Hotel,
pm. tomorrow.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Dancing and games, Rhodes
Service Club, 1915 Fourth street
s.W.. 7 to 10 O'Clock tonight.
Clay modelling, Hampshire House,
HOS New Hampshire avenue NV,
7:30 o'clock tonight.
Games, National City Christian
Church, Social Hall, 1908 Vermont
avenue NV, 7:30 to 10 o'clock
tonight.
Social, sponsored by Variety Club
Of Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, Eighth street and Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, 8 o'clock
tonight.
Games, Church Of the Pilgrims,
Twenty-second and p streets NV,
3 o'clock tenight.
Games, All Souls Church, Six
teenth and Harvard streets NV, 8
O'Clock tonight.
Games, Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and H streets NV, 8 O'Clock
tonight.
Open house. dancing and refresh
ments, Foundry Methodist Church,
Let's Building, Sixteenth and p
streets NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
Chess matches, American Legion
clubhouse, 2437 Fifteenth street
NV, this evening.
FOR COLORED SERVICE MEN
Game night, Phyllis Wheatley Y.
W. c. A.. so1 Rhode Island avenue
NV. 8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Naval Officer to Speak

Comdr. E. J. Spaulding. U. S. n,
will address a meeting OF Cooley
Mccullough Post, American Legion,
at 8 o'clock tonight at the depart
ment clubhouse, 2437 Fifteenth
street NV. His message will be Of
interest to all veterans.
Evening star., 1942-02-17

preside. Music will be presented
by Miss Sylvia Olden and the Mad
rigal Singers.
Evening star., 1942-02-17

Don't be ashamed TO carry home .
box that isn't wrapped in precious
paper. BE aShamed to waste.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Nazi Food Seizures
Reported Bringing
Famine 10 NORWAY
Metal From Homes and
Offices Also Token Over
FOR Army Needs
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. March IA
Norway is on the verge of a famine,
the Moscow radio quoted a Swedish
newspaper as saying in broadcast
recorded here last night by the Co
lumbia Broadcasting Systems short
wave listening station.
Norwegian soldiers have not re-
ceived single gram of butter for
many months, nor have they seen
eggs or milk" the broadcast said.
White -four can be had only by a
doctors prescription.
Northern Norway is in particularly
hard straits. because of the absence
of fuel and because stretches of
coast water have been declared
'verboten' and fishing has prac-
tically stopped.
In Southern Norway the situa-
ton is no better. There are reports
that wild speculation in food prod
ucts is flourishing throughout the
area. The spectators cater to the
Quislingites, who receive official
sums for their so-called activities.
Fats have completely disappeared
from the home market, for the
Germans have requisitioned large
(See NORWAY, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Jap Stab at Russia, Joint Drive
In Africa Reported Hitler Plan
Toxic Mission Sent to Vichy-Governed
Madagascar, London Source Declares

Vichy government to help supply
Marshal Erwin Rommel's Nazi
force in North Africa. and hand
over two French battleships for
raids to keep British and United
States naval forces busy in the
Atlantic.
4-Italy would be required to
use her navy in a NaZi-directed
Mediterranean Sea campaign in
tended to break through to the
Indian Ocean to unite with Japan.
The informant said, however.
that there is division OF opinion
in Japan about needing Hitler's
suggestions, with one party led by
the former War Minister. 1t.
Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, contend
ing that japanese conquest
should be limited to mopping up
Burma and the Netherlands In
dies and occupation Of the North
Australian coast.
This party holds that Japan
then would be in advantageous
position to negotiate for perma-
nent possession of most of her
gains.
Another party, led by 1t. Gen.
Tomoyuke Yamashita. conqueror
of Singapore and commander in
the Philippines, is intrigued by
the prospect of spoils of war in
India and Hitler's promises to di-
vide Africa with the Japanese,
this source said.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Another BIackout
Of Short Duration
Forecast by Young
Signals May Sound for
Next Test; Officials
Pleased by Results

Washington can expect an
other blackout practice soon,
complete with warning signals.
Defense Co-ordinator John
Russell Young promised one "as
soon as possible" after returning
from a tour of inspection through
the blacked-out city and its
neighboring counties last night.
Even if the sound devices are not
ready, Commissioner Young indi-
Gated, another blackout like the one
last night will be ordered soon, but
it probably will be of shorter dura-
ton.
At the same time. ne promised
strict enforcement of the rtgula-
tions which go into effect March %
providing for a permanent blackout
of exterior lights that cannot be
instantaneously cut off.
James NJ. Lands. director of the
Office of Civilian Defense. who ac-
companied Commissioner Young on
the tour, suggested that aerial OBJ
servations be made as soon as sound
devices are installed for a complete
blackout, including street lights.
Lights in Some L. S. Buildings.
Most Government departments
last night were as dark for a half
hour as the homes of neighboring
residents were for the full four hours
of the blackout practice. How
ever, three windows of the Com
merce Department showed lights, as
did northeast corner room of the
Navy Department. Oficials also
noted a streak of light showing
through venetian blinds in the War
Production Board Offices.
In the temporary buildings, where
full shift was on at night. not a
light showed during the half hour
Government Offices had been asked
to blackout. At one temporary
building housing War Department
employees, bucket filled with stones
in each section of the building was
ratified to give the warning and the
all clear. Employees sat at their
desks in the darkness with orders to
go under their desks should the
real thing" come.
While Army officers paced through
the building to check on the light
ing. in one room the employees sang
God Bless America" in the dark.
Lights Flash on at $3.50.
The extent to which the build
ings were occupied became apparent
at $50 pm. when light flooded
(See BLACKOUT, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Dutch Still Fighting
laps on Large Scale,
Van Nook Declares
Resistance in Indies
Might Be Continued
Indefinitely, He Says
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
! MELBOURNE, Australia, March
l4.-Dutch troops still are carry
ing on a large-scale fight against
the japanese in Java. Sumatra
and the CelebeS, 1t. Gov. Huber
tus J. van Nook of the Neither
lands Indies declared here today.
I'VE are still in radio contact with
Sumatra and hope to establish ad-
ditional communication with Java" A."
he said in an interview.
The Dutch resistance might con-
tinue indefinitely, the Lieutenant
Governor said.
Mr.. van Nook said he had learned
from a flyer who escaped as the
japanese arrived in Bandoeng that
the invaders had been delayed an
entire day by the Unexpectedly sue
cessful delaying tactics of Dutch
troops.
Without air protection, these
troops had been expected to fall
quickly, he pointed out.
Their valiant day-long struggle
gave our forces in Bandoeng many
additional hours in which to escape
japanese claims Of capturing the
entire forces are false and our men
are fighting in the hills now.
They are fighting a guerrilla war
fare which does not require huge
munitions and supplies and can live
mostly off the land.
Though Java is not as large as
Sumatra and Celebes. where our
troops might be expected to fight in
definitely, I anr sure they will prove
a major source of trouble for the
japanese for long time"
Bandoeng, former military head.
quarters of the Netherlands Indies
was badly bombed last Saturday, II
was said. Previously the airports
and military objectives were the
principal targets, but the japanese
reused by the staunch ground de-
fense, finally turned loose a heavy
attack on the partly deserted city
itself.
Mr.. van Nook. who left Bando.
eng last Saturday on the last avail
able runway strip. came here from
Canberra with IA Indies ministers
and officials with whom he Is seek.
ing to marshal Dutch forces to con.
tinue the war He said he soor
would visit President Roosevelt anc
Prime Minister Churchill again.
He asserted the scorched-eartf
policy of the Indies was the most
thorough of the war.
1T is impossible to estimate the
value of the property destroyed, but
it was even more than was intend
co." he said. Our engineers say
the japanese need four to SIX
months uninterrupted by bombs tc
restore even the easiest oil sources.
Mr. van Nook predicted the JAP
anese would attempt to consolidate
their present holdings by the con-
quest of New Guinea. He added
they might possibly try to invade
Northern Australia, but would not
throw their resources into a genera
New Zealand attack.
The Dutch officials said it wa.
more likely that the japanese might
direct their main forces toward
India, but added that "the only
thing for the Australians to do /!
to prepare for the worst"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
100000 Chemical Plant
Fire at Gettysburg
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, March "A
Fire today destroyed the plant of
the Central Chemical Corp. OF Penn
sylvania along with hundreds of tons
of fertilizer, feed. seed and chemicals
used to spray fruits.
Firemen estimated the damage at
SIS, to 100000. Managers S. C.
Spangler and J. Price Oyler said an
official estimate would be determined
by a survey.
The plant, two and three-story
frame building covered with sheet
metal, was located on the outskirts
of Gettysburg along the Lincoln
Highway and the Western Maryland
Railroad.
Fire companies from Biglervlle
and New Oxford aided the Gettys-
burg company in preventing the
flames from spreading to a nearby
storage house and ONCE building
across the highway.
A box car of the Western Mary
land, loaded with chemicals was de-
stroyed and another was damaged.
Cause of the blaze was not i'm
mediately determined.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
New York Car Line
To Sell New Buses

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 14-The
Third Avenue Railway Co. gave up
today it's plan to substitute buses for
street cars on two city lines, due
principally to the rubber shortage
that has curtailed the supplies.
The company dropped its proposal
after Joseph B. Eastman, director
of the Office of Defense Transporta-
ton. telegraphed from Washington
to the effect that the extended use
of buses at this time would be con-
trary to the public interest"
Victor McQuiston, company sec
retary. said that If the company
could not use the 10 new buses on
hand I'VE will do the patriotic thing
and sell them to some city that can"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
| Pinch Live She'll
| Safely Cut From
| SoIdier'sSid

Bv tn, Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 14-An unex-
ploded shell inches in diameter
was removed from the side of Red
Army soldier in a delicate opera
ton. the Tass News Agency report
ed today.
The soldier, Nikolai Bystrikov. is
recovering.
He was hit in February by a Ger
many mortar projectile which pene-
trated his right shoulder and buried
itself in his side.
Bystrikov, realizing an explosion
might occur at any moment. warned
stretcher bearers away and tried
twice to kill himself with a hand
grenade. but was too weak to do so,
Tass said.
The stretcher bearers carried him
back to a crude field hospital. where
DR.. M. M. Pakhman decided to
operate
The doctor ordered the staff to
leave, but all insisted on staying to
assist. and the shell was removed
without incident.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
us Japanese, II Nazis
Arrested in California
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES. March 14.-The
third extensive roundup of enemy
aliens in California Jailed more than
200 japanese and II Germans.
Agents of the Federal Bureau of In
veStigation said the arrests we're
continuing today.
A midnight count listed 1872 jap
anese in custody in Los Angeles, Is
in San Diego and 7 in Fresno, and
II Germans in San Francisco.
Most of the Japanese arrested
were Buddhist priests and teachers
in japanese language schools. which
had been closed since December.
The Dies committee charged re-
Gently that textbooks teaching
fealty to Japan had been substi-
tuted for State-approved books,
japanese children attended public
schools by day, Japanese classes at
night.
One of the priests arrested here
was Taigaku Uyeshima. 40. head of
a Buddhist organization mentioned
by the Dies committee.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Boy, 9, Dies From Fall
While FIeeinq Wafchman

William J. Quinland. 9, died yes
terday in Children's Hospital of in
iuries police said were suffered when
he fell Wednesday while being
chased by the watchman of a con-
struction project in the Bellevue
area. He lived at 6 Sextant Green
S.W.
The boy first was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital and later transferred
to Children's, where he underwent
an operation.
Police said the watchman told
them he chased group of boys off
the property after stones were
thrown at him, William tripped over
railroad tracks, according To the
report.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Wallace Sees War Effort
Al Maximum in I Years

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, March IA
Vice President Wallace said here
last night that the Nations war
production effort should be going
full tilt on all fronts in about two
years"
In some lines, he told newsmen,
the program has reached full tilt
now" and in others is rising rap
idly"
He warned, however. that he was
not predicting the war would last
two years.
81 am not speculating on the
length of the war" he said.
He termed the morale of the Ma
ton and of the Middle West mar
velous-excellent"
when the Middle West is cono
vinced there Is real trouble" he
said. ut always rallies around"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Three in Train Crew
Shot by Ambushers
In Illinois Strike
Mead, Meanwhile, Urges
Roosevelt to Take Over
Operation Of Roi!!rood
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PEORIA, Ill, March 14.-Three
trainmen were shot last night in
strike violence climaxing a day
during which Senator Mead,
Democrat, of New York demand
ed that President Roosevelt take
over operation of the 239 mile
Toledo, Peoria g. Western Rail-
road.
As the result of the shotgun am
bushing of train crew, Engineer
E. c. Pittman is likely to lose the
sight of one eye The others
wounded are Bert Taylor, fireman.
and Harold Kipling, the lines chief
special agent.
Arbitration Demand Studied. e.
Senator Mead urged presidential
intervention unless George P. Nc
Near, president of the railroad, i'm
mediately stopped what Senator
Mead described as his defiance of
all authority" He said Mr.. McNear
had been locking out employees and
had blocked all attempts of authori-
ties to settle the 76-day-old con-
troversy
Mr.. McNear, who refused to COM
ply with compulsory order of the
War Labor Board to arbitrate the
dispute, said meanwhile he was
/ giving careful consideration" to the
boards final demand for arbitration
The board said in its order ANY
refusal to settle a railroad dispute
involving small but vital link of
transportation" was intolerable In
time of war.
/ Used as Chicago Bypass.
/ The line, running between Effner
/ Ind, and Keokuk, Iowa, serves as
a bypass around Chicago for trans
continental freight shipments. The
disputes involves 104 employees.
/ Brotherhoods of Railroad Train
men, Locomotive Firemen and En-
! gineers struck December %, pro-
testing that proposed contract
would ignore seniority rights and
reduce wages. The company MAIN
tanned it would boost wages an av-
erage Of 26.7 per cent.
At Cleveland, President David B
Robertson of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
| said the brotherhoods twice had
asked President Roosevelt to take
over the road and also had asked
Joseph B. Eastman. head of the
Office of Defense Transportation, to
so recommend.
Mr. Robertson said he understood
the War Labor Board would meet
again Tuesday to determine its
course of action.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
BY the Associated Press.

bS tDS hSSOCldtcd fTtSS.
LONDON, March 14.-A re-
sponsible foreign diplomatic
source said today he had infor-
nation that Adolf Hitler has pro-
posed a grandiose scheme of
world conquest to Japan involv-
ing a japanese attack on Russia
and a Joint German-Japanese
campaign in Africa.
The information was said to
have come from diplomatic lis
tening posts and agents in Eu-
rope and the Far East.
This source said he had "abso-
lutte verif1cation' of reports that
a japanese military mission had
been sent to Vichy-governed
Madagascar of the African east
coast.
Hitler's proposal to Toxic, this
source said, apparently involved
these moves:
Japan would push on into
India from Burma and at the
same time attack South and East
Africa to cut the British and
American supply lines around the
cape.
Japan would attack Russia
from Manchukuo when the time
is ripe in an effort to help Hitler
force the Soviet Union into a
separate peace-by autumn If pos
sible.
3-Hitler would force" the
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Bricklayers' union here valves pay
raise. Page A-3
New York pastor gives his closing
lenten sermon here. Page A-3
New trial arguments for Ewing
scheduled for Friday. Page Al
Nearby Virginia legislation passed
in closing rush. Page A-16
Virginia patent law bill threatened
by amendment. Page Ais
Viereck sentenced to to years in
prison. Page A-16
1000 capsules to be drawn in draft
lottery Tuesday. Page Ais
Children's Bureau drafts plans for
evacuation. Page A-16
Two killed, four injured in auto
accidents. Page A-16
Miscellany
Marriage Licenses. Page Ali
Births and Deaths. Page ALL
Natures Children Page B-7
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Farm Bill, Reduced
By S56,510,722, Sent
To Senate by House
Supply Measure Now
Corries TotoI Of Only
$771,555,l37 for Yeor
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Encouraged by success of the
House economy bloc in slaShing
S56,5l0,722 from the farm supply
bill, Senate advocates of curbing
non-defense expenditures eager
ly awaited today their chance at
the S77l l,555,l37 measure.
It's made good start" COM
mented Senator Byrd. Democrat. of
Virginia after the House disposed of
the Agriculture bill laste yesterday
at the end of nine days of debate.
The final action was on voice vote.
His reference was to the House
reaction to recommendations made
recently by special economy COM
mittee he heads for reductions OF
approximately 81 300 900 900 in nom
essential expenditures.
But farm bloc leaders already had
started campaign to have some of
the more drastic House cuts restored
in the Senate One House member
predicted the Senate not only would
restore some of the cuts but would
increase the original amounts.
Heaviest Reductions.
The deepest reductions were In
funds for rural rehabilitation work
under the Farm Security Admin
istration. and for operations under
the Bankhead- Jones Farm Tenant
Act. The former was cut S25.OO0,-
900 and loan authorizations for the
latter were pared $20,000.000.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee had shaved s5,000,000 from
the loan authorizations Of the farm
tenant program before the House
even received the bill and had pared
some $4,000, 900 from the rural re-
Mobilization program.
The House made no new cuts in
the F. S. A. loan authorization but
accepted a s50.000,000 reduction
recommended for this item by the
committee, leaving the figure at s7o,-
100000.
Another sharp cut was made by
the House in travel expenses for the
departments varied activities, the
total for this purpose being reduced
s8,0O0,000.
Parity Prices Included.
Still in the bill as it went to the
Senate was the Administrations OPP
posed clause prohibiting the selling
of Government controlled surplus
commodities at prices below parity
The House modified the ban to al
low sales of commodities for relief
or deteriorated grains for feeding
and for use in the production OF
alcohol, and of cotton for expert
mental purposes.
Despite reports that this provision
might prompt the President to veto
the bill, administration forces made
no determined fight against 1t and
there was little likelihood the Sem
ate, which earlier had approved
separate legislation of the same ma
ture, would remove the restriction.
In all, the bill included loan au-
thorizations aggregating $105 ,000, 900
direct appropriations of s648,170,517
and reappropriations of sl8.384, $40
The total of 771,555,137 compares
with direct appropriations of s1,127,-
623,854, reappropriations of $26. .209,-
866 and loan authorizations OF
s270. .0C0 900 for the present year, an
aggregate of $1,423, ,833, ,720.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Japs Reported Extending
Patrols in Burma
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, March IA. - Japanese
forces pressing the British defend
ers of Burma were reported today
sending patrols northward in the
Taikkyi area, although the main
body of the Japanese invaders was
we'll south of that Burmese town.
A British communique issued in
Burma said British operations in
the Nyaunglebin Shwegyin area
were proceeding satisfactorily. N.Y.
aunglebin is on the Rangoon-Man-
dalay highway about 80 miles north
of Rangoon and Shwegyin is about
10 miles southeast of that point.
Taikkyi is 40 miles northwest of
Rangoon, on the Rangoon- Prone
road. and is 10 miles southwest of
Nyaunglebin. g."
The report indicates the japanese
may be attempting to outfank the
British forces holding the Rangoon-
Mandalay road north Of Fegu.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Girl. 9, Badly Burned
Playing Near Heater

A child was burned severely today
when her clothing became ignited
while she was playing with other
children in her home. The victim
Katherine Baggett, 8. of 1896 K
street Sc, was rushed to Casualty
Hospital, where she was found to
be suffering from second or third
degree burns. Her condition was de-
scribed as poor
Police said they we're told the
girls clothes were set on fire by q
heater.
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
F.. Baggett. were not at home at the
time and a radio lookout was sent
for their automobile.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Heavy jap Losses
Reported in Honun
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March lathe ALI
India Radio, heard by c. B. S.. saio
a Chinese communique reported to-
day that Japanese forces had suf-
fered considerable losses In fierce
fight near Sinyang. in southern Ho-
nan province, on a rail line 100 miles
north Of Hankow.
The Chinese said they repulsed
two japanese attacks on their posi-
tion there. then cut of the attack
jng force with troops which drove
"a, behind the Japanese.