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Evening star., 1942-03-21

tranan aircraft also had carried out
a raid yesterday on Saumliki. on the
Dutch island of Yamdena, 800 miles
north of Australia.
Enemy installations were bombed,
but the results were not fully OBJ
served" Mr.. Curtin declared.
The planes which took part in
the new assault all returned to base
after lodging heavy anti-aircraft
fire and beating off an attack by
Japanese fighters, he said.
Mr.. Curtin's first announcement
said
Allied aircraft carried out sue
cessful operation against enemy
warships at Rabaul yesterday.
1T is reported that a japanese
heavy cruiser was set on fire and
sunk. The attack was made in day.
light in the face of heavy anti-air-
craft fire from the ground and
ships in the harbor.
Operating at great height. AL
lied aircraft directed their attack
against the heavy cruiser.
The first bombs, dropped from
$1,000 feet, recorded several near
misses close to the bow and stern OF
the cruiser.
Enemy fighters then engaged the
Allied bomberS. Two attacks were
driven off and one enemy o. Navy
fighter was seen diving steeply.
Despite these attacks further
bombs we're dropped and direct hit
and several near misses were seen.
All Bombers Return.
Columns of black smoke issued
from the cruiser. AS the bombers
were leaving the cruiser was re-
ported burning and sinking.
Further attacks by japanese
fighters followed this success. One
Allied bomber, hampered by engine
trouble, drove off numerous enemy
attacks. All our bombers returned
to their base.
"R. A. A. F. aircraft operating
from bases in northern territory
Yesterday afternoon raided Saumliki,
on the island of Yamdena. 300 miles
north of Australia.
Enemy installations were bombed.
but the results were not fully
observed.
japanese reconnaissances and
attacks yesterday covered the North
western coast of Australia.
Short Raid on Airdrome.
Following reconnaissance over
Broome, Western Australia. in the
morning a medium force of heavy
bombers and fighters attacked about
an hour later.
"The raid was short and was di-
rected at the airdrome. About so
bombs were dropped. One civilian
was killed and some damage was
done to civil aircraft. Later one
(See AUSTRALIA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Nipponese Bombers
Strike at 7 Places
In Western Australia
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANBERRA. Australia, March
21.-The aerial defenders of
Australia's northeastern sea ap-
proaches within the last "a
hours have left one heavy Japa-
nese cruiser sinking in the har-
Dor at Rabaul. New Britain, and
another heavily damaged, two
communicates disclosed today.
The latest report on yesterdays
smash at Japan's left wing of con-
quest, adding one cruiser to the
score of those damaged, also told OF
continual enemy reconnaissance over
areas of New Guinea and Papua.
Early today Japanese heavy
bomber was driven off from Port
Moresby, New Guinea's port capital,
by snti-aircraft fire.
Bomb Two Australian Places.
The Japanese had struck at two
places on the west coast of Austria
liza itself.
Targets of the Japanese raids were
the ports of Broome and Derby,
which are situated respectively about
800 and CTS miles southwest Of Oft
bombed Darwin.
Derby-which had not previously
been bombed-WaS attacked by two
Japanese planes which thrice swept
low over the town with machine guns
cracking. communique said.
No damage or casualties were re-
ported there, but at Broome force
of heavy bombers protected by
fighters dropped so bombs on the
civilian airport, killing one civilian
and damaging several commercial
aircraft.
Small Ship Attacked.
A lone Japanese plane also at
tackled a small ship off Darwin, fir
Ing 500 rounds without doing any
damage. the announcement declared.
The attacks at japanese Rabaul
brought to % the number of Japa-
nese warshipS and merchant vessels
officially reported sunk or damaged
in waters north of Australia in less
than two weeks
Another Japanese cruiser was re-
ported badly damaged, along with
two merchant ships. in an air attack
on Rabaul last Wednesday.
Prime Minister John Curtin, who
reported the new assault, said Aus
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Maritime Board Orders
So More Merchant Ships

By the Associated Press.
Contracts for So additional mer-
chant ships-26 tankers and 80
emergency cargo vessels - were
awarded today by the Maritime
Commission.
Fourteen of the tankers will be of
the Cimarron type. described as one
of the largest and fastest afloat, and
the other IL of the coastal type.
The Cimarron class tankers will
be built by the Bethlehem Steel Co.
at Sparrows Point. Md. The Mari
time Commission now has ordered
a total of 181 of these tankers since
it started its emergency building
program a year ago.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
By the Associated Press.


HARTFORD, Conn, March 21.-
Gov. Robert A. Hurley protested to-
day to President Roosevelt against
what he charged was an unpubh-
cized and utterly undemocratic"
method of making Army commits
sions available to certain youths,
who thus would possibly avoid the
rigors of selective training and COM
batant service"
The Governor, a Democrat, as
serted in a letter to the President
that q situation which "in my opin-
ion gravely endangers the demo-
cratic foundations" of the Selective
Service System had been created by
the appointment "in the several New
England States Of committees Of So
called civilian aides to the chief
Of the Air Corps"
The Governor charged that these
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Drive laps
From Letpadan in
Burma Fighting
Enemy Losses Heavy
In Clash With Chinese
Cavalry Force
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, India. March 81.
A British detachment fighting
on the Irrawaddy front in Burma
has driven the japanese from
Letpadan, on the Rangoon-
Prone railway about 20 miles
north of Tharrawaddy, it was Of
ficially reported today.
Letpadan is an important junction
point about 100 miles northeast of
the Irrawaddy delta port of Bassein.
The railway from Bassein connected
with the Rangoon- Prone railroad at
Letpadan.
Earlier the British announced that
the japanese suffered 700 casualties
in heavy fighting south of Toungoo,
Burma. where Chinese cavalry was
in action against the japanese ar
mored cars, infantry and cavalry
men.
Fighting on Sittang River.
The official advices placed the
Chinese Japanese fighting on the
Sittang River. on the left wing of
the British-Chinese line defending
mid-Burma.
The British said the Chinese and
Japanese established contact in the
Pyu area, IS miles south of Toungoo,
important British defense point, last
Thursday. after the British had
withdrawn on Tuesday north of
Pyu.
Early yesterday, the communique
said, 900 enemy infantrymen, sup
ported by cavalry and guns, crossed
the Pyu River. only to be met by a
small party of Chinese cavalry and
infantrymen. The Pyu River emp
ties into the Sittang just east of the
town of Pyu.
More Than 100 Killed.
1T is believed the japanese tried
to envelop this party, but the Chi
nese managed to counter this move
ment and, inflicting considerable
casualties on the Japanese. with
drew with negligible loss to them
selves" the communique said. "Over
100 of the enemy was killed"
In the action at Letpadan. the
communique reported, a force of 600
japanese was beaten and dispersed
to villages around the town and
later they were attacked by tanks
and infantrymen The japanese
we're said to have lost 10 killed
while British casualties we're slight.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Lonely Idaho Bachelor
Wills Children 100000
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEWISTOWN. Idaho, March 21.-
James A. Grier, an 82-year-old
bachelor, used to sit in a parked car
near a children's home here and
watch the children play.
Mr.. Grier, a retired wheat grower,
died February 26. His will, just pro-
bated, left the bulk of his esti-
mated 100000 estate to the home.
The only other bequest was $1,000
to a niece.
Mrs. Kathryn Wolfe, superin-
tendent of the home, said she had
never met Mr.. Grier. and had not
known of his interest in the insti-
tuition.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Survivor Reports French
And ItoIions on U-Boot
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Cuba, March 2l.-
Arthur Wilder, third officer on the
American ship Olga. torpedoed and
sunk of Cuba's north coast March
II, charged last night that French
and Italian crewmen helped to op-
crate the attacking German sub
marine.
Mr.. Wilder reached Santiago yes
terday from Guantanamo. where
he and 81 companions were taken
after their rescue by an American
patrol plane and ship. Mr.. Wilder
lsee sINKINGs, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Head Hunters Battle
In New Guinea, Peril
Whites Still in Area
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SYDNEY. Australia, March 81
IP).-The Port Moresby CORE
spondent of the Sydney Sun re-
ported today that the war in
New Guinea likely would be
complicated by outbreaks of
headhunting by cannibals from
the Sepik River area, where the
worlds widest tribe may be
found.
1t was said the whites re-
naming in the area already
we're threatened h the out
break of tribal warfare and that
some native police have joined
marauders in holding up and
robbing friendly natives.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Big Ship 1orpedoed;
Flashes Aid
U-Boat in Attack
Two Of 4l-Mon Grew
Missing; Greek Croft
Also Sunk OF Coust
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, March 21.-
Lightning flashes that illumi-
mated the sea for miles helped am
Axis undersea raider to torpedo
and sink a large American mer-
chant ship off the Atlantic coast
early Wednesday, members of the
crew related on their arrival at
Norfolk. The Navy announced
the sinking today.
Twenty-six survivors of the Al
man crew were picked up by res
cue ship after five hours in a life
boat and we're landed at Norfolk.
Thirteen others were rescued by an
other vessel and taken ashore at
Morehead City. N. c. Two crewmen
we're listed as missing. Their iden-
tity was not Immediately established.
Bright Flashes of Lightning.
Expressing belief that an elec-
trical storm aided the submarine in
finding the ship. James Miller,
wiper, of Pelly, Tex. told newsmen.
There were great bright flashes of
lightning and you could see for
miles I think the sub would have
missed us if it hadn't had this light
to aim by"
There were four lifeboats on the
ship. but one was blown to bits by
the blast of one of two torpedoes
that bored into the portside. An
other could not be launched because
it was on the windward side of the
ship. Chief Engineer Joseph F.
Lafo of Westhaven, Conn, said the
rs men in his boat we're terribly
crowded and so many of the men
were sick it was hard to keep the
boats bow into the wind"
Got Away in a Hurry.
Seaman James Stafford of Sey-
mour, Tex, said the ship went down
about 40 minutes after the second
torpedo struck. I'VE had plenty of
time but we worked in a hurry be-
cause We thought the sub would
probably send another torpedo into
us. We also didn't know but what
the ship would burst into flames
any minute. She didn't burn and
that's all that saved U.S."
The survivors paid tribute to Law
ton Williams, an oiler, of Surgeons
vile, Tenn, who remained in the
engine room long enough to reverse
and stop the engines in order to
make the ship lose headway for
safe launching of the lifeboats.
The crew abandoned the ship
within five minutes of the first
torpedo. No one reported seeing
the submarine.
Big Greek Ship Sunk.
The Navy announced yesterday
the sinking of large Greek mer-
chant vessel by submarine of the
Atlantic coast Tuesday afternoon.
The IS members of the crew were
picked up by another ship and
landed here.
Members of the crew told reporters
that the vessel was listing badly, but
still was afloat when they last saw
her. Later they learned that the
ship sank.
Capt. Thamis Millas. master of the
ship. said he saw the submarines
periscope about 100 fathoms distant.
and the wake of torpedo boring to-
ward his ship. The torpedo missed
the ship, which was zigzagging, but
almost simultaneously second tor
pedo crashed into her port side un-
der the bridge.
Il gave the order to get the life
boats ready, and we abandoned ship
about 80 minutes later" Capt. Millas
said. I'VE had sent an SOS. An air
plane saw our lifeboats and directed
rescue ship to us. A plane had
passed over our ship five minutes be-
fore the attack"
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Chinese GuerriIIos Roid
Jups' Annoy Island Base

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, China, March 2l-
Guerrillas have repeatedly raided
Annoy Island, important japanese
supply base at the mouth of the
Kiulung River, and Japanese bat
teries shelled Chinese positions Of
the mainland in an attempt to dis
courage further attacks, the Chinese
Central News Agency said today.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
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Evening star., 1942-03-21
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(See FIRE, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1942-03-21

(See SINKINGS, Page A-30
Evening star., 1942-03-21

(See AUSTRALIA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-03-21

(See LABOR, Page ABB
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Readers Prefer The Star

The Stars afternoon and evening
circulation is more than double that
Of any other Washington newspaper
It's total circulation in Washington
far exceeds that Of any Of its contem-
poraries In the morning or on Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
TEAMWORK ON
THE FARM

christian Science Monitor)
When Wayne HeSted, farmer of Rock
ford, Illinois, was called into the army
the other day, Guilford Hope Grange,
to which he belonged, rented his farm and
will operate it on a cooperative basis.
To the city dweller, unacqainted with
rural customs, this may seem to be a
new eXpedient. but persons with a rural
background will be inclined to recognize
it as the 1912 variant of the old-fashioned
log cabin "rasings" and husking bees.
Now that, with sons being called to the
colors and many farm laborers working
in defense plants, labor shortage looms,
farm folk are again adapting these tao
tics of an earlier day to meet and over
come present conditions. Hired men,"
no longer confining their labors solely to
employers farms, are being sent wherever
a shortage of manpower is reported. Re-
placements and spare parts of farm ma
chinery are being shared.
At Mt Gilead, Ohio, six leading farmers
of the community not only took a census
of the nearby townships to determine
where there are labor shortages, but they
have recruited group of one-time farm
ers who have agreed to drop whatever
they are doing and help farmers whose
crops need harvesting
In many other sections without any
publicity, the same thing is going on.
The down-to-earth helpfulness of getting
together to pillow a neighbor's field when
he was incapacitated, cutting winters
supply of wood, or harvesting his hay in
time of emergency, are practices which
have prevailed so long in rural areas that
they have ceased to evoke comment.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
JupS OutSmorted
In Navy Battles

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, June
Is CUP) Allied military intelli-
gence outSmarted the japanese and
prepared the way for the Allied
triumph in the. Coral Sea, which in
turn led to the victory of Midway
Island, it was revealed today.
With the announcement in detail
at Washington and Pearl Harbor
of the Coral Sea and Midway op
erations, authorities here permitted
the disclosure that due to effective
intelligence work the Allies knew
two weeks in dvance that japanese
concentrations were being effected
off northeastern Australia.
The result was that the Allied
naval, aerial and land forces were
fully prepared and that in the
Coral Sea battle, like that off Mid
way, they caught the enemy in a
trap.
SCALES BALANCED
1t was emphasized that the Allied
naval forces were infinitely infer
ior in power to those of the enemy.
But advance knowledge of Jap
anese plans and dispersions, due to
efficient intelligence and recon-
naissance, permitted the Allied
forces to strike swiftly and unex-
pectedly.
Informants said it was impossible
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
BOMBING INSURANCE
Jacksonville Registerl

Jacksonville Register)
Our government is preparing to set up
and soon will have in operation gigantic
insurance agency, its purpose being to
compensate firms and individuals for
losses sustained through enemy bombing
or direct military attack.
Sometime ago plan was announced
whereby those suffering financial loss
through such happenings could be COM
pensated, even though no direct applica-
tion had been made in advance.
Damages of this nature have not yet
been inflicted in this country, so the guar
antee sum set up is still intact.
Now it is proposed to put the thing
on a business basis, charging a merely
nominal rate, the theory being that such
liabilities constitute part of the war ef-
fort and as such should be shared by
the nation generally rather than by the
individual, whose responsibility for our
being at war is incidental rather than
personal.
While property losses in the event of
a military attack would probably be ser
ious, it is believed that such a plan as
now proposed would pay its way, even
though the premium rate is merely nomi-
nal-in other words, extremely low. Most
governmental activities of this character,
as for instance the insurance OF bank
deposits, have turned out to be highly
remunerative. They are planned by ex-
perts, for the administration has access
to the very best service available along
these lines.
Back of the whole idea, however, is the
recognized fact that any actual monetary
loss resulting would be distributed among
so many people and laid over so wide a
territory that the nation could easily
absorb it and the burden really would
not trouble anyone.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
PUBLICATION OF ASSESSMENT l
NOTICE
PETROLEUM AND GAS FUND

The assessment of property and levy
of charges under Section 3413, Divi-
sion III, of the Public Resources
Code, has been completed and the
records of assessment containing the
charges due will be delivered to
the State Controller on the first
Monday in July. Any person, firm,
corporation or association dissatis-
fled with the assessment made or
charge fixed by the Department of
Natural Resources may at any time
before said first Monday in July
apply to the Board Of Review, Cor
rection and Equalization to have
same corrected in any particular.
In accordance with Section 34l4
the said Board shall have power at
any time before said first Monday
in July to correct the record OF
assessments and may increase or
decrease an assessment or charge
therein, If in its Judgment the evi-
dence presented or obtained war
rants such action.
The Board meets at the State Cap
itol, Sacramento.
KENNETH l. FULTON,
Director of Natural RESOURCES.
Dated: June Is, let2.
(Jl5)
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
WASHINGTON
POT AU FEU

Men over six feet tall or weigh
ing more than 1876 aren's accepted
as paratroopers. Examinations for
doctors wanting to join the medical
corps will be held Aug. 1913. The
office of Solid Fuels Co-ordina-
ton has had For War" tackled
onto its name by presidential ord
er. Bureau of Standards has is
sued instructions on how to protect
radium (value, $4,000 gram
during air raids. Sick and injured
war production workers lose six
million days a month. Ten thou
sand bicycles have been released to
war workers, Douglas Aircraft en-
ployes getting the biggest batch,
5700. American shipbuilding indus
try is aiming at launching a mil
lion tons of new shipping in De-
cember, equal to entire production
of l94l. Idea of uniforming men in
Merchant Marine has been drop
ped again and probably for good
But new Victory Fleet badges now
admit merchant marine sailors TO
USO recreation centers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
American boInbers
Clear Turkey on
Bombing Mission

ANKARA, June 16-(UP) = All
but four of the American planes
which bombed Axis objectives on
the Black Sea. cleared Turkish ter
ritory on their way to their secret
middle eastern bases, 1t was said
authoritatively today.
Three planes reported to have
landed in southern Turkey actually
managed to continue over the From
tier to Allied-held Syria, inform
ants said, flying SO close to the
ground because of failing fuel that
it was at first believed they had
been forced to land ON Turkish soil.
Three of the planes which took
part in the first United States air
raid of the war on European soil
had been put under Turkish guard
at the airport here and a fourth
landed at Arisiye, near limit, so
miles east of Istanbul
Most we'll informed quarters here
believed that the great Ploesti oil
fields of Rumania, 100 miles north
of Bucharest had been the target
Vi IliC oiiltCb obdICo piuiiCo.
But there were continued reports
also that the German-held ports OF
Odessa and Nikolaev, on the Black
sea coast, might have been the tar
gets.
A Turkish news agency dispatch
reported that many unidentified
planes had been seen over the Black
sea from Ineboli, on the Turkish
north coast 180 miles from Sevas-
topol.
CThe dispatch reported also that
for four days buildings had been
shaking at Ineboli from the blast
of explosions in the Crimea. To pe
felt over a four-day perOd at Q
distance of 100 miles they would
have to be tremendous explosions
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15

to give too much praise to the
bombing planes from Australian
advanced land bases which carried
out incessant reconnaissance pa
trolls and attacks and kept the en-
emy busy for a week while the
naval forces were assembling to
take the brunt of the attack.
Deserving also OF a nook in the
American Hall of Fame, naval
quarters said, was the old aircraft
carrier Lexington which was so
badly damaged by internal explo-
sions following the Coral Sea action
that it sank.
1t was the Lexington, called here
the fightingest ship in the Navy
which on Feb 20 played gallant
role in an air-sea battle in which
an attacking force of 18 heavy en-
emy bombers was wiped out.
1t was from the Lexington's deck
that Lieut.. Edward Butch O'Hare
took off in a Gruman fighter to
shoot down six enemy planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
New Allies Join
United Nations

WASHINGTON, June Is CUP) -
The United Nations today numb
cred % with the newest members
Mexico and the Philippine common
Wealth-pledged to a finish against
the Axis
President Roosevelt welcomed the
two new signatories yesterday
Flag Day-at a White House cere-
mony in which he told how the
united foes of the Axis" have the
power and the men and the will
at last to assure mems heritage"
AnN)as;s dor Francisco Ca,l lilo
Najera signed the declaration for
Mexico, and President Manuel
Quezon signed for the Philippines.
The ceremony was attended by
representatives of the 26 original
United Nations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15

had been killed by the Red army
it reported, and at least one tank
unit was annihilated in the bitter
fighting.
Today's first communique said
there had been no material changes
along the front during the night
but asserted that on the Kharkov
front, Soviet forces still were inflict-
ing heavy losses on the Germans in
men and material
In one sector alone, in the course
of two days, the enemy lost 1850
officers and men killed." it said.