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Evening star., 1942-05-16

cerned with the battle OF rubber
were invited to hear Government
speakers discuss the problem.
DR.. Phillips cited the possibility
Of loss Of equipment through
defeats or transport sinkings which
would make further inroads on the
United Nations rubber stock pile.
Truck Situation Called Serious.
John L. Rogers, director of the
o. D. T.'s motor transport division,
describing the truck situation as
serious, declared "the first thing we
must do is 70 eliminate every un-
necessary mile Of truck and bus
travel"
Voluntary action by milk, laundry
and dry cleaning and baking firms
has reduced city deliveries by these
industries at least Is per cent, he
added, and said the grocery indus
try also had made rapid progress
in this program.
Conservation Plan Outlined.
A community plan for conserving
transportation. as approved by o.
D. T., was outlined by David c.
Fenner, automotive consultant to
the War Department and War Pro-
duction Board.
The plan provides for neighbor-
hood poolings Of private cars, maxi
mum use Of public transportation
facilities by rerouting of streetcars
Evening star., 1942-05-16
Burma
Continued From First Page }

hundreds OF troops. Chinese ground
forces turned their own trucks
around and gave chase.
DISCRIMINATION spread through
the Japanese spearhead-the Red
Dragon armored division with 5000
men and hundreds of vehicles-and
the enemy forces headed back to-
ward the Burma frontier.
Again, the exploits of the Flying
Tigers gave the ground forces a big
helping hand, not only as fighters,
but also as bombers.
On May Z, David Lee (Tex) Hill
Of San Antonio, Tex, loaded four of
his Kittyhawk fighters with a 500
pound Russian-made bomb apiece
and with Tom Jones of Seattle,
Wash: Ed Rector of Marshall, N.
c., and Frank Lawlor of Pensacola,
Fla, attacked steep, narrow road
winding down a mountainside to
the Salween shore. aiming to blast
away JapaneSe-traveled hairpin
turns.
The road was nearly 5000 feet
high and cloaked in storm clouds.
The mission was only partly success
full, but that afternoon the A. v. G..
planes were loaded with six 35-
pound bombs each, Chinese-made
this time, and sent out with Jones,
Frank Schiel Of Prescott, Ariz.; Jack
Howard of St. Louis and Charlie
Laughlin Of Ashland, Mo.
According to Hill, Chinese bomb
Is yet to prove dud in tests he has
been conducting in line with the
plan of Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chen
nault, the A. v. G.. commander, to
keep its activities diversified.
Headquarters Blasted.
The four Kittyhawks skinned
the Salween gorge until they spotted
a cluster of tents shielded from
Chinese artillery across the river
by a rocky ledge. They let 60 their
explosive and augmentation bonlps
from scarcely 100 feet. Chinese
troops, in later advance, confirmed
that they had hit an enemy field
headquarters and wiped out about
score of officers.
Later, when the enemy Drought
In more reserves, the A. v. q. went
far afleld with 400-mile fight into
enemy territory to bomb the Hanoi
air base in French Indo-China.
j. T. Donovan of Montgomery,
Ala, did not return from the flight,
surprisingly long one with a heavy
weight of bombs. All the others,
however, among them ]. E. Fetach
of Perth Amboy, N. j., were safe.
In all, the Flying Tigers brought
down eight japanese planes and
probably destroyed or damaged an
other IL on May S when 80 raiders
tried to wipe out their newly-estab-
Ished base near Paoshan.
R. L. C'Hasty'D Hastey of Chip
ley, Ca, and boyish Gil Bright Of
Reading, Pa, each got one posi-
tive" Both later ran out OF gas
and it took Hastey 72 hours to get
back-by mule.
Evening star., 1942-05-16
Seizure Of Martinique
Predicted by Young of Ohio

CLEVELAND, May 16 (R.-Rep-
reSentative Young, Democrat, OF
Ohio says Americas armed forces
will surely take possession of Mar
Unique"
Your Government is not fooling
in its negotiations with the Vichy
French government" Representative
Young said in a speech Transcribed
for broadcast here last night. "Our
mission to Martinique has made def
mite proposals to the French high
commission. 1t is likely he will refer
the proposals to the Vichy govern
ment and may be instructed to re-
fuse our demand, which is that the
United States take over Martinique.
''The armed forces Of our Nation
will surely take possession Of Mar
Unique and incidentally of the
hundred Brewster airplaneS. The
French may make a show OF re-
xistance.
without a doubt tankers from
Martinique have refueled German
submarines raiding our Atlantic and
Gulf coasts and I know you who are
listening in will applaud our action
IN taking over this French naval
base"
Evening star., 1942-05-16
German People 10 Blame
For War, Bankers Told
a, ~, Associated preS,

B. tit Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, May 16.-A former
member Of the German Reichstag
declared today the force behind Hit
ler-a man with "a third-rate mind
is tremendous, but that Hitler
alone is not responsible for the pres
ent Germany.
1T is the Germans themselves
and their 200 years Of militaristic
history" DR.. Gustav Stolper, natu-
rallied economics writer, told a ma
tional conference of the Mortgage
Bankers Association of America.
Here in America the first son
in a family usually is scheduled to
be a businessman. In Germany, the
first son almost always is destined
for the army, or for government
service" he said
DR.. Stolper became United
States citizen in 1888
Evening star., 1942-05-16
". A. A. {. Will Open
Recruiting Offices
In About 7 Weeks
Will Receive Applications
For Officers Troining
School at Des Moines

Recruiting Offices will be ready in
about two weeks to receive appli-
cations for candidates for the Off
GERS training school for the Wom-
ems Auxiliary Army Corps, and re-
cruiting of rank and file personnel
will begin in about three months,
Army officials said today.
At the outset, the size Of the or
ganization will be limited by presi-
Dental order to $4,000 volunteers,
and after it. is well-established
officers will come up from the
ranks
Secretary of War Stimson yeSter-
day announced the appointment of
Mrs. Oveta Cup Hobby as director
She has been serving as chief of
the War Departments Women's
Interest Section and will be sue
ceeded there by Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair, now the organization direc-
tor. Mrs. Blair, well known as a
writer and civic leader, long has
been active in Democratic politics
School at Fort Des Moines.
Fort Des Moines, at Des Moines,
Iowa, former artillery and cavalry
center, is to be the "West Point"
for training w. A. A. C. officers. 1t
is being used at present as an Army
MSuction center, and will be i'm
proved for feminine occupancy at a
cost of approximately 100000.
1t is understood unoff1cially that
from 1e0 to 225 women will be Sc
lected throughout the country, pos
sibly number to each army corps
area. for the first officers training
course of perhaps six weeks.
Urge COlored Assistant Director.
In a letter yesterday to Secretary
Stimson, the National Negro Council
urged that one of the assistant di-
rectors of the w. A. A. C. be IAN
interested and qualified representa-
tive of the colored race" Signed
by Edgar c. Brown, council director
the letter referred to assurances by
members of the Senate that there
would be no racial discrimination,
and added:
Nothing would go further to en-
list the wholehearted support and
confidence of 100000 colored
Americans as such prompt and
definite official action"
At a joint meeting last night Of
the United Government Employees,
the National Council Of Negro
Women and the National Negro
Council, two women were indorsed: ::
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, di-
rector of Negro activities in the N.
Y. A., and Mrs. Edith Sampson, as
sistant administrative officer of the
Juvenile Court in Cook County, Ill.
The meeting was held at the Gar
net-Patterson High School.
Evening star., 1942-05-16
Grand juries 10 Probe
Frauds Against U. 5.
In War Program
Defective Products
And Cost c Conspirocies
To Be Investigated

Attorney General Biddle an
nounced today that Federal grand
juries in a number of cities through
out the country soon will be con-
vened to investigate charges Of
frauds against the Government in
connection with the war program.
Cases involving millions or dol
lars" to be presented for investiga-
ton fall into four principal classi-
fications, Mr.. Biddle said. First,
faulty materials, supplies and
workmanship, which have resulted
in the delivery to the Government
of defective products; second, alleged
conspiracies to increase the cost Of
plants and factories built to manu-
facture war materials; third, prac-
tices increasing the cost of food and
supplies for the Army and Navy:
fourth, shortages in deliveries of
supplies and materials purchased.
Appoints Tom C. Clark.
Mr. Biddle announced the ap-
pointment Of Tom c. Clark, special
assistant to the Attorney General, as
chief of the War Frauds Unit, which
will conduct the grand jury investi-
cations. He succeeds Fowler Ham
ilton, who has resigned from the
Justice Department to join the staff
Of the Board of Economic Warfare.
Mr. Biddle alsco announced the
appointment OF John Darsey, form
erly, on the staff Of the Federal
Trade Commission, as first assistant
to Mr.. Clark in the War Fraud Unit.
Mr.. Darsey has been designated a
special assistant to the Attorney
General with the Criminal Division.
To Check on o. p. A. Complaints.
In addition to the fraud cases, the
War Frauds Unit will investigate
and prosecute complaints arising out
OF the rationing and price ceiling
orders of the Office of Price Admin
istration.
The unit will continue to function
under the joint Jurisdiction of As
siStant Attorney General Thurman
Arnold, in charge of the Anti Trust
Division, and Assistant Attorney
General Wendell Berge. head of the
Criminal Division.
Evening star., 1942-05-16
May Queen Is Crowned
Al Howard j. Festival

With a court Of 20, Aureia john
son yesterday was crowned May
queen of Howard University.
The crowning was 4 feature Of
the sixteenth annual May festival
at the university and was performed
by Mrs. Vivian Cook, representing
Alma Mater" Miss johnson won
the title over June McMechen, who
appeared recently on a national
radio network as the university 3
most popular student.
Pageants in tribute to the univer-
sity also high lighted the program.
There was a ceremonial interpreta-
ton of the university seal, with Mar
ion Williams and Josephine Adams
representing Truth and 63 ranking
students Of the various schools of
the university representing Service.
State guardianship was portrayed by
Jehu Hunter and Craig Wesley,
while Naomi Cassell, ReveIla Clay
and Mary 10 Drane, dressed as
angels, symbolized guardianship Of
Deity.
Dances and tableaux by 100 STU
dents outlined the past, present and
future Of the institution.
Evening star., 1942-05-16
Indiu
Continued From First Page.

to be erroneous. This report said
that his force was astride the roads
through the hills and had made
contact with the japanese skirmish
line.
The commentator explained that
those soldiers who have lost their
units or equipment were marching
to India to rest and reassemble
their fighting gear.
From New Delhi it was reported
that Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy Of
India, returning from a 3,000-mile
airplane tour of Indias eastern de-
fenses, said he was convinced that
the workers in that zone are ION
their toes" on behalf of the war
effort.
Visits Bombed City.
His four-day tour included VIA
gapatam, one of the two cities
bombed by the Japanese last month
in their first raid ON the Indian
mainland.
The commentator said Chinese
elements" still were in the area be-
tween Mandalay and Myitkyina,
Burma.
Evening star., 1942-05-16
Laval
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ments concluded by Admirals Green
slade and Horne regarding the
French possessions in the Western
Hemisphere since these possessions
are under orders of M. Laval"
(Rear Admiral John Green
slade and Vice Admiral Frederick
j. Horne reached an accord with
Martinique authorities in 1910
whereby the French possessions
remained unchanged and undis-
turbed)
The note went on to list six de-
mands on the Martinique govern
ment and offer four concessions on
the part of the United States in ex-
change.
The American demands as listed
In the note Laval read were:
l. Immobilization of French war
ships and warplanes in Martinique.
2. and 3. American control of
communications and commercial
and passenger traffic.
4. Limitation of French military
activities to police purposes.
S. Placing of merchant ships in
Martinique ct the disposal of the
United States.
6. Freezing government bullion
and funds held on the island
In return, according to Lavals
reading, Washington offered:
l. To let the French warships,
with their own crews aboard, remain
as French property.
2. To recognize local authorities.
3. and 4. To assure the French
Antilles Of proper exports and i'm
ports.
He remarked with . wistful
smile, my presence in the French
government does not exactly ap-
pear to inspire the entire confidence
of the Washington Government"
Before Laval held his press con-
ference it was announced that he
had visited German-occupied Paris
yesterday.
The 16-point reply of Laval said
"the demand that merchant ships
be turned over" to the United
States could not be envisaged by
the French government because it
violated the (German) armistice
conditions.
THE French government today
solemnly affirms it will never take
the responsibility for an act which
could compromise our relations
with the American people" said
the French note. 1T can make this
statement: While remaining faith
full to the obligations caused it by
the armistice conventions, it has
preserved its independence and its
freedom of action"
Evening star., 1942-05-16
j, :. Submarine Fleet
Will Be Raised 10 $40
By Mass Production
Four Shipyords Weld
Croft in Sections for
Assembly on Ways
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANITOWOC, Wis, May 10
Navy officials, with the help of
private contractors, have put sub
marines into mass production and it
is estimated the program will bring
the American undersea fleet to about
$50.
Rear Admiral A. H. Van Keuren,
chief Of the Bureau of Ships, told
correspondents on the National As
sociation of Manufacturers "Produc-
tion for Victory" tour that four
shipbuilding yards were engaged in
submarine work.
The first Of new series of 10
seagoing submarines, the Peto, has
been launched. 1t is expected to
join the battle fleet before the end
of the year.
Nine Under Construction.
The nine others are In various
stages Of construction on a master
plan. They are being built in welded
sections from Is to "a feet long
weighing from 81 to 68 tons and will
be assembled on the ways.
These 10 submarines are part OF
73 authorized by Congress to join
the Ill operating with the United
States Navy at the start of the war.
After Pearl Harbor, naval appro-
priations were voted to add 10000
tons to the American Fleet, which
public hearings on the bill disclosed
would include an additional q sub
marines.
Only last week President Roose-
velt signed a new measure to in
crease naval fighting strength by
100000 tons. a bill which Chairman
Vinson of the House Naval Affairs
Committee said at public hearings
would be devoted entirely to sub
marines.
Bring Fleet to 800.
Naval quarters expect the newest
appropriation to add between 100
and 125. After deducting known
losses Of four American submarines
In war action, this would raise the
American undersea fleet to around
800.
The Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.,
In cooperation with the Electric
Boat Co. Of New London, Conn.,, is
constructing these new undersea
craft upside down" in Is sections
which are easily moved by cranes to
permit welders to work upright in
stead Of standing on their heads
inside a rigid bull.
When completed the Peto will be
taken on an 1,80O-mile trip to New
Orleans, where she will be turned
over to the Navy. She will run un-
der her own power from Manitowoc
to Chicago, then will be foated down
the Illinois waterway on pontoons
and will proceed down the Missis-
sippi River. The other nine will be
delivered in the same manner.
Evening star., 1942-05-16
Tire Dealers Warned
To Expect Sinking
OF Rubber Cargoes
Government Officials
Discuss Problems ut
AtIonto Conference

b the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, May 16.-Southern
tire dealers and users were warned
last night that an enemy offensive.
such as the submarine campaign
against oil tankers, may be launched
against ships carrying . reduced
supply Of rubber to this country.
The warning was sounded in an
address by DR.. c. F. Phillips, acting
chief Of the o. P. A. tire rationing
division before an eight-State in.
stitute on tire, truck and bus conS
servation.
More than 5000 dealers, trucking
company representatives, rationing
board members and others con-
Evening star., 1942-05-16
Capt. Lee Made Major
In Virqinio MiIitiu
Bv the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va, May 16.-Capt.
Herbert B. Lee of the Sd Battalion,
Virginia Protective Force, has been
promoted to major and placed in
command of the battalion to sue
ceed the late 1t. Col. Ray P. James.
John c. Butler, of Company Ill,
Warrenton, was promoted from first
lieutenant to captain In command
of the company.
Evening star., 1942-05-16

and buses, and by staggering work.
ing, school and store hours and
improved traffic control to facilitate
use of streets and highways.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24
Warner S Would
Film SeIassie'
Famous Speech
Called One OF
Worlds Most
Dramatic Scenes

WASHINGTON-(A N P)-Halle
Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, was
round1y praised in Hedda Hopper's
column last Saturday when the
noted Hollywood columnist and
former stage aid screen star said:
Warmers would like to send a
camera crew to Ethiopia to
photograph Emperor Halle Selassie
and show him delivering his
famous speech he made at Geneva
when Italy invaded his country.
1t is one of the greatest pleas for
Justice and freedom ever made,
and had nations paused to listen
the face of the globe would be
different today. The scene is
wanted for Mission to Moscow"
81 saw Selassie many times in
London in 1886. He is a great dis
tinguished gentleman | was in
the house of parliament when
Lloyd George defended .Selassie
for more than an hour, but Eden
and Mcdonald wouldn't listen
Baldwin wasn't there that day. 1t
was one of the most dramatic
scenes I've ever witnessed.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24

The USS NASHVILLE-The 10a00ton USS Nashville listed
rs hight cruIse launched Camden r. yards of the
New York Shipbkdng Corporation ocsber 1887 cod, rs
T. Mailman 0nfd States Naval Deserve representing Tennes
In naval aviation cadet 127
last month led the SIX southeastern
t'ory o .he Atlanta laval Aviation
hese states are tennessee Forth Carolina
Alabama - -
Tor
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24
SPREAD LIGHT OF LEARNING

Some institutions later conduct
ed extension classes, organized
forums established circulating Ii.
braries and in other ways saw that
the light of learning should be
seen beyond the boundaries of the
College campus. 30 years ago or
more, Tuskegee fitted up rolling
extention of its plant, called the
"Jessup Wagon" and sent sweet
ness and light" by the truck
load to the hinterlands of Macon
County. As a result Of this
quickening contact many barren
spot was made to yield its in
crease, and many q darkened life
saw its first ray Of guiding light,
Our great university system here
in Atlanta, one of the most extern
sive, unique and magnificently
equipped in the world for Negroes
has up until now, lost a rare op-
portunity TO mold and influence
the thinking and living of over
one hundred thousand Negroes
lCS responsibility Goes not cease
with the less than two thousand
who matriculate for resident in
Struction
We rejoice, then, that Athena
has left her ivory towers on the
lofty heights of Olympus and has
graciously descended into the
market place to offer the light
and guidance of knowledge to ali
who will pause long enough in the
days occupation to grasp it. We
congratulate the Atlanta Univer-
sity System in launching the Peo-
pies College, and predict for it an
enthusiastic reception and a long
career of ever increasing useful
ness and service.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24
MRS. LUE HOWARD

WARRENTON, Ga. - Final rites
for Mrs. Lue Howard were held at
Sandgrove near here Tuesday, Oc-
tobeer -3
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24

FORT MCCLELLAN, Ala (SNS)
The 92nd Infantry Division of the
Army was activated here Thursday,
October Is, in a ceremony witness
ed by thousands.
Captain Louis j. BeaSley, division
chaplain, led the invocation pre-
ceding the reading of the activa-
ton order by Colonel F. E. Barber,
chief of staff. The troops were pre-
sented to Lieutenant General Ben
Lear, commanding general Of the
Second Army, who delivered an adj
dress.
The Honorable Chauncey Sparks,
Governor-elec of Alabama, deliv-
cred the welcome address, while
Major General E. M. Among, COM
manding general of the division,
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24
How To Relieve
Bronchitis

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of CreomulSiOn with the un-
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allayS the cough or you are
TO nave your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24
From Ny Study Window
By John c. Wright
Descent From Olympus

THE REPORT THAT Atlanta
University has launched a well
planned and organized effort to
extend its facilities and benefits to
the rank and file of citizens in the
community whose name it bears,
is good news. For a long time, and
perhaps not without justification
there has been a feeling that the
abyss between gown and town was
deepenlng and widening rather
than being bridged. To thousands
Of just folks the university has
been ''out there" and they have
been over here.
1t was assumed that what con-
cerned the institution was no con
Germ of theirs. That both pro-
fesSors and students lived in a
world of their own with little in
terest in and less ability to COM
prehend the struggles and prob
lens of the man in the street.
Books, theories. surveys and high
salaries were supposed to occupy
their time and insure their slip
pered ease
RENDER FINE SERVICE,
The move, then, to extend { h G
services of the university to men
and women In the community, re-
gardless of previous training OF
academic background who might
desire to increase their knowledge
and add to their efficiency, is not
only the Inauguration of an edu-
cational policy worthy of highest
commendation, but the rendering
of community service which at
this time is at once needful and
patriotic.
There was Il time. in the earlier
history of the development of our
institutions of higher learning,
when the town in which they were
located felt their influence in
every department and phase Of
civic and community life. Presi-
dents of the university was the
towns number one citizen. and
every member of the faculty held
some strategic place of leadership
in local affairs.
The twon turned out ell masse
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-24
Disclose Plans
To Build Army
OF II Millions
Official U. S. Navy Photograph.

WASHINGTON-(S N s. - The
War Department was reported
Wednesday to have approved a new
Army cantonment in Georgia
which probably will cost between
$10,000,000 and $20,000,000.
The cantonment, one of the
largest of its kind in the United
States, will comprise a 35,000-acre
tract between Griffin and Barnes
vile and will accommodate
10000 troops, it was learned. Work
is scheduled to start Immediately.
The cantonment probably will be
used both as training center and
a site for maneuverS.
Negotiations for the camp have
been going on for some weeks
Miles of land are included in the
area. 1t is expected that several
modern divisions will train there.