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Evening star., 1942-03-28
Communiques
Jap Bomber Shot
Down at Correqidor

The teri OF War Department com
No. 165, based on report
receiued until 10 am. today:
l. Philippine theater::
Corregidor Island was under
almost continuous air lombard
ment during the afternoon of
March 81. Our anti-aircraft ar
tillery forced enemy bombers to
fly at such a high altitude that
hostile bombing proved very in
accurate. causing practically no
danes ge to military installations
The enemy attempted night
raids, but the japanese planes
were picked up by our search
lights and hastily fled after
dropping their bombs in the bay.
One heavy enemy bomber WAS
shot down by our anti-aircraft
fire.
Batteries of our island forts
shelled enemy gun enplacements
on the Cavite shore.
In Bataan enemy patrols were
particularly active. A successful
night raid was carried out by one
of our patrols. Our artillery
fired on troop and truck concen-
trations and on hostile batteries.
One Japanese battery was 81
lenced and numerous casualties
were suffered by the enemy.
In the vicinity of Zamboanga,
on the island of Mindanao, our
patrols penetrated the enemy lines
to within one kilometer of the
city where an outpost was sue
cessfully raided. Our troops sus-
tained no casualties in this en-
counter
2. There is nothing to report
from other areas.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Gypsum Antitrust Case
To Be Tried Here Oct, II

The trial of the Certain-Teed
Products Corp Of New York and the
United States Gypsum Co. of
Chicago, indicted by the District
grand jury on charges of violating
the Sherman Antitrust Act. is
scheduled in District Court Oc-
tober IL.
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough
liked the date yesterday after lis
tenlng to opposing counsel. As
sistant Attorney General Thurman
Arnold, in charge of the Antitrust
Division, told Justice Goldsborough
earlier that because so many men
are being taken into the service
from his group, its program is being
crippled.
Special Assistant to the Attorney
General Grant w. Kelleher, who is
handling this case, which involves
an attack on the validity of a
patent in criminal proceeding
told Justice Goldsborough that on
Wednesday he was reclassified IA
and expected to go into the service
within two months.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Clergyman Is Cleared
Of Horn -BIowinq Choroe

The Rev. Rothus Henderson, so,
colored. Of the 900 block of Desmond
court S.W. yesterday was found not
guilty by Judge John p. Mcmahon
Of Police Court on a charge of
sounding a bicycle horn for other
than "for a reasonable warning of
danger"
The minister appeared in court
carrying his Bible and explained he
had blown the horn as = warning as
he approached an intersection. He
also described how the horn SOUNDS
when blown.
With the not-guilty verdict, the
$40 collateral the Rev. Mr.. Hender-
son had deposited at No. four pre-
cinct was returned.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Army and Navy Press
Consolidated Drive
|0n Atlantic U:boats
Clearing Weather Seen
Aid in Counterottuck
By Frontier Commonds
By the Associated Press.

By the AsS0clated Press.
Army bombers and Navy patrol
boats quartered American waters
from Iceland to Panama today in
the Nays new counteroffensive
against submarines that have sunk
some 10 ships of Atlantic and
Caribbean shores.
Clearing spring weather was ex-
pected to Aid the hunt in coming
weeks. The submarines have less
chance of remaining undetected
than during winter storms because
the frothy wake of periscope is
indistinguishable from white caps.
Also, lengthening days will give the
undersea craft fewer dark hours
in which to surface and recharge
their batteries.
Under the counteronensive an
nounced yesterday all anti-subma-
rine forces are grouped in sea from
tier commands, with Army planes
under direct control of the Navy.
Establishment OF the system fol-
lowed a complaint by Gov. J. M.
Broughton of North Carolina that
there had been a shocking lack Of
cooperation" between the Army
and Navy in the U-boat hunt.
Cooperation Complete.
The order, issued by Gen. Mar
shall, Army chief Of staff, and Ad-
miral King, feet commander in
chief, was disclosed by the War and
Navy Departments, which asserted
in Identical communiques that CO.
operation already was CLOSE and
effective" in other respects.
The Army air units were made
subject to orders OF naval command
ers Of the "sea frontiers" to end any
uncertainty over control Of the
weapons used in the anti-submarine
campaign.
The Atlantic "sea frontier" ex-
tending from the Canadian border
othe Caribbean. is commanded by
Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews,
who was relieved of shore adminis-
trative duties 10 days ago to devote
his full attention to the anti-subma-
rine war.
Unity Of command, it was noted,
already exists for all Army and
Navy forces in the Hawaiian Islands
and the Caribbean"
Two Command on West Coast.
on the Western Coast OF the
United States, the task of guarding
against enemy sea activities is di-
vided between Rear Admiral John
w. Greenslade, commander Of the
western sea frontier, and Rear Ad-
miral c. g. Freeman, the northwest
sea frontier commander.
Announcement was also made
yesterday that 1t. Comdr. Frank v.
Lowden, United States Coast Guard
Reserve. had been promoted to cap
tain and placed in charge of i'm
proving the security Of harbors and
water fronts Of the country against
sabotage and negligent acts lead
ing to fires and destruction Of
property"
The announcement was made by
Secretary Of the Navy Knox who
recently visited New York and in
spected the burned-out hulk Of the
Normandie.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
0. P. A. 10 Intervene
L Pork Retai|s Over
Level Of Mid-March
Public Asked to Report
Undue Increases; Wool
Products Rises O. K.d
By the Associated Press.

Retail butchers were warned to-
day that the once of Price Ad-
ministration will crack down sharp
ly if they fail to keep pork product
prices within mid March levels.
Dan A. West, o. P. A. Consumer
Division director. advised buyers
yesterday to question increases in
the price of ham. bacon, chops, etc,
and report to o. p. A. any marked
rises. The wholesale prices on most
of these products already are COW
cred by a temporary ceiling based
on the March 3 to figures.
Current prices of pork, Mr.. West
said, are almost as high as they
ever have been at this season, and
supplies are limited. He observed
that meat dealers have an impor-
tant obligation to the Nations
health"
Mid-March Quotations.
March II average retail prices of
pork in Washington, as given out
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in
preliminary form, follow:
Pork chops, Alb cents a pound
sliced bacon, 404; sliced ham, SO;
whole ham, 385; salt pork, 2le.
At the same time the o. P. A.
authorized a general price increase
on all woolen products. AS an eX-
ample, the average on domestic wool
tops, GAS and finer. in the terms
of the trade. was raised from 81 "A
a pound TO $160. The new ceiling
for wool top futures, traded on the
New York Exchange, is $140 in
stead of s1.327.
There we're special provisions
made for South American and Brit
ish Empire shorn wool, allowing a
dealers margin of 10 per cent Of
the "in bond" price. or five cents
a pound above the price. whichever
is greater.
Wider Control Seen.
o. P. A. and the Agriculture De-
partment probably soon will have
even greater control over food sup
plies. 1t was reported Donald Nell
son, War Production Board chair
man, is preparing to transfer to
them the control now vested In his
organization.
1t was said ofncially that Mr.
Nelson soon will order that o. P. A.
have exclusive control over sugar
from refinery to consumer. At
present o. P. A. handles only the
retail levels.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Truck Fire Ties Up
Traffic Near Laurel

Traffic on the Washington -Balti-
more boulevard was tied up for an
hour and half last night when a
trailer truck loaded with household
goods caught fire about a mile north
Of Laurel.
Hugh w. Smith Of Staunton, Va,
listed by police as the driver, leaped
from the truck when flames broke
out in the sleeping compartment
behind him. Out of control, the
truck jack-knifed across the road,
police said.
State police re-routed traffic
through Scaggsville, Nd, as fire
companies from Laurel. Elliott City,
Branchville and Savage fought the
blaze.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Maryland Firm May
Make GIiders for Navy
N the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Maryland and Virginia firms may
supply glders to the Navy.
This was disclosed yesterday in
published records Of hearings be-
fore q House committee on supple
mental defense appropriations.
Rear Admiral John H. Towers,
chief Of the Navy's Bureau OF Aero
nautics, told the committee that
five companies on March II were
preparing experimental gliders for
the Navy.
Among them he listed the Allied
Aviation Corp. Of Baltimore and
Snead and Co. Of Orange, Va.
II cannot say who may end up
by getting the contracts" Admiral
Towers told the committee. TT may
be divided among several COM
panies."
+ Subsequently he said that we
expect to give each contractor de-
veloping these gliders small order.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Rene |. De Rouen Dies;
Was in Congress IS Years

By the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, March 2s.-
Rene L. De Rouen. So. former mem
Der of the House from Louisiana.
was found dead in bed In q rooming
house here yesterday. He was be-
heved to have died in his sleep.
Mr.. De Rouen represented the
7th Louisiana District In the House
for Is years until January /, l94l.
Mr.. De Rouen was born near Vile
Platte, Evangeline Parish, and was
graduated from Holy Cross College
in New Orleans. He represented
Evangeline Parish in the Louisiana
constitutional convention Of 1921.
Never before q candidate for any
political ONCE, he was elected to the
10th Congress in 1926 and reelected
during the remainder Of his service
without opposition.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
By JAMES ALDRIDGE,

Foreien Correspondent Of The Star and
North American Newspaper Alliance.
CAIRO, March % (By Wireless) -
I have just arrived here by air from
Nigeria, where I stepped ashore
from a United States merchant ship
after running the Nazi submarine
blockade of the American coast. the
Caribbean and the South Atlantic.
Although our ship was not es-
corted, the credit for its successful
run goes to the United States Navy.
The fact that the ship reached
Africa is proof that the German
blockade is not 100 per cent effec-
tive. But the amount of time wasted
avoiding submarines is some return
for the Nazis even though they did
not catch us.
The American Navy does not
waste ships patrolling back and
forth across the broad stretches of
the South Atlantic. Actually we did
not see a United States patrol ship
during our entire trip down along
the American coast. The only patrol
we met was far out at sea when
we inadvertently made a mistake in
identifying our ship and q naval
vessel bore down on us with q hun
cry look. The American officers
seemed disappointed when they
found we were not a raider.
Timing Is Best Defense.
The timing" Of merchant ships
seems to be their best submarine
protection. Because submarines
operate mostly at night or in the
haze of dusk and dawn, we we're
routed around danger points in
broad daylight. This involved long
delays at various hAvens but 1t
proved successful maneuver. Once
away from American shores we
were on our own. Every dolphin
was a submarine and every cash of
smoke on the horizon a surface raid
er, or so We imagined.
About half the risk Of United
States freighters en- route to Africa
could be avoided II the myriad nests
OF pro-Axis neutral islands were
cleaned out. We always were within
striking distance Of one or another
OF these islands. 1t was apparent
that German U-boats are using them
as bases with the consent of their
European owners. No amount of
naval policing of the high seas will
make the Africa route safe 50 long
as these thorns remain.
The theory that the Nazis are
using ocean-going submarines with
three-month range to American
waters gradually is fading. The
U-boats have proved to be a medium
type, mounting los nm. guns and
one machine gun and carrying at
least six torpedoes. These are the
U-boats of the "37" type. They can
not operate close to American shores
without mother ships or bases within
easy reach. Mother ships are prac-
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Missing Persons

| Those having Information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
Nth the Public Relations Squad
of the Police Department, Na-
tional 1000.
Mrs. Helen Agnes Meetre, %; 6
feet 4 inches, 112 pounds, gray eyes,
brown hair; wearing yellow sweater,
black skirt, white shoes: missing
from 723 Tenth street NE. since
yesterday. She left her home at 8
pm. with $50 to pay bills.
Ralph BENJAMIN Dersch. 10: 5 feet
6 inches. 120 pounds, blue eyes,
brown hair; wearing brown trousers,
tan sweater, tennis shoes; missing
from 176 Thirty-sixth street NE
since Thursday.
John HouEhes, IA; S feet 6 inches
125 pounds, brown eyes and hair;
wearing black leather jacket; miss
ing from 134 North Carolina ave-
niue Sc.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
II Interned Missionaries
Released in China
By the Associated Press.

6S the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 28.-Bishop
Ralph A. Ward and 10 Methodist
missionaries who were interned for
two months in Wuhu, China. by
the Japanese military forces. have
been permitted to return to their
mission stations. the Board Of Mis-
sions and Church Extension of the
Methodist Church was advised yes
terday.
The cablegram, sent by DR.. Ches-
ter B. Rappe. Methodist missionary
superintendent in Chungking. added
that all Of the missionaries were
we'll. and that Bishop Ward was ex-
pected to return to his admins
trative office in Shanghai.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
so Defense Guards Finish
Month S Training Course

Fifty defense guards, selected by
the Metropolitan Police Department
from the ranks of auxiliary police to
replace regular officers as guards for
power plants, reservoirs and other
vital centers here, today completed
a one-month training course.
The men, in full uniform, were re-
viewed by Maj. Edward J. Kelly.
superintendent of police. The police
head congratulated them on their
apparent aptitude for police work
and exhorted them to fulfill their
duties Loyalty and faithfully.
The men are armed and wear uni
forms distinct from those Of regular
policemen. Later they may be added
to the regular force.
The guards are to be paid at the
rate of $3.50 year for the first
three months and $500 q year
thereafter.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Archives Displays Papers
Signed by Washington

The National Archives today has
on display in the exhibition hall
original documents signed by Presi-
dent Washington nominating his
cabinet members. Also included is
a letter from the President inform
ing the Senate OF his denomination
and reelection.
other documents on display in
clude messages to Congress from
President Lincoln nominating his
cabinet. The Emancipation Procla-
nation also is on display.
Attracting considerable interest
is the letter of Millard Fillmore
notifying the Senate Of the death
of President Taylor. The paper
has darkened with age and the ink
has turned brown, but still is clearly
legible.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Wife Struck Teacher
-Four or Five Licks,'
Leslie Testifies
Boy, II, Tells Jury
Miss Dovis Hit Him
On Head With Book
BY the Associated Press.


LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 2S.-
Arthur H. Leslie was recalled to the
witness stand today to continue his
story Of how he saw his 45-year.old
wife strike four or flve licks" at
school teacher who had disciplined
their son, Danny, II.
He was testifying to . Jury Of IL
men and . woman in the trial of
himself and Mrs. Leslie on assault
and battery charges when court
adjourned late yesterday.
The State alleged Mrs. Leslie beat
Constance M. Davis, pretty 33-year-
old NTH grade teacher In Lanslois
School, with a Boy Scout belt Feb
ruary ~ while her husband stood
guard at the schoolroom door.
Leslie testified he and his wife
went to the school to take Miss
Davis to task for her treatment Of
Danny, but neither had a belt. He
said, however, he saw Mrs. Leslie
strike four or five licks' at the
teacher.
Danny told the Jury Miss Davis
hit him on the head with . book,
and the boy tapped Defense Coun-
sci Francis j. Murphy lightly on the
head to show how. When he went
home and told his parents, he said.
they insisted on going back to
school with him.
The teacher entered the class
room while he was trying to Ak an
automatic pencil for another boy. he
related, walked up and thumped him
on the head with q textbook she
held in both hands.
II said, ouch, that hurt" Danny
testified. "She said, I wanted it
TO hurt"
He said that when he and his
parents reached the schoolroom he
asked Didn't she hit me?" and that
one boy answered he didn't know
and others of his schoolmates cho-
rused, mo"
After that, Danny testified, he
was standing outside the school,
room, his father was at the door
and he couldn't see through. The
boy said he didn't see his mother
hit the teacher.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Yugos|av Guerri||as
Reported Preparing
For Drive on Axis
Three Escaped Airmen
Tell of Starvation
In Nozi Prison Comp
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 28-Col
Dragutin Savich, chief of Yugo-
slav military mission. says 10000
Yugoslav guerrilla fighters are pre-
pairing to launch a spring offensive
against the Axis.
A special delegate of Gen. Draja
Mihailovic. leader Of the patriots,
Col. Savich urged in an interview
that supplies and equipment be sent
to the fighters by cargo parachutes
or by submarines going through the
Adriatic Sea to the narrow strip of
Dalmatian coast held by the patriots
Three Yugoslav airmen who ac-
companied Col. Savich told of vir-
tual starvation, few clothes and
exhausting forced labor in Ger
man prison camp. The trio-Flight
Sergt. Vukadin Yelich and Milan
Mitch and Sergt. Janko Kalega-
were shot down and captured by the
Germans in Yugoslavia but later
escaped.
Mitch said he and Yelich were
taken from Belgrade to Munich in
railroad cattle cars and then sent
to Baden Baden.
"The Germans took all OF our
good or extra clothes" Mitch said
TT was winter. Our hunks, three
high and go or 70 to a room, con-
sisted of slabs of wood with no mat
tresses or pillows. The only cover
ing was a small, square blanket nor
mally used to protect a cavalary
horse from the chafing of saddle" :"
The menu, said Mitch, was this:
"Breakfast-Coffee which con-
sisted of hot water colored brown
and having no taste at all.
"Luncheon-Warm water with
few slices Of potato, or potato peel
in it.
"Supper-Same as luncheon, ex-
cept that occasionally there were a
few slices of carrot in the stew"
In addition, each of the $500
Yugoslav soldiers in the Baden
Baden camp were given 200 grams
of hard bread q day.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
LANCER Keeps Seat;
Fixed Procedure on
Future Cases SOUGHT
Senote Votes, 81 to 80,
Against Custer Of
North Dukoton
BY the Associated Press.

ny tHe hSsoSihttu fIcst.
Senator LANCER, Republican, OF
North Dakota held a clear title
today to his seat in the Senate
after serving Is months under
the cloud Of an investigation, but
his case brought demands for a
t1xed procedure in any such fu-
ture disputes.
The Senate, after more than two
weeks of debate, decided yesterday
that the moral turpitude charges
against Senator Langer had not
been sustained and voted 52-to-30
that the former North Dakota Gov
ernor was entitled to his seat.
Several Senators, however, served
notice almost at once that they in
tended to move against procedure
which permitted a questioned Sen
ator to rub shoulders" with them
while he was ION trial"
Before the final ballot, the Senate
decided in a preliminary vote that
Senator Langer, who was seated
without prejudice" January 3,
1941. could be removed only by a
two-thirds vote although the Senate
Elections Committee had recon-
mended his exclusion by a simple
majority vote. The vote on that
question was IS to 81.
The committee by a l3-to-3 vote
had declared he was guilty of mis-
conduct during q long career as a
public ofncial prior to his election.
Evidence Not Convincing.
Signers Of a minority report said
the evidence was not clear and
convincing" and declined to '.in-
dulge in imagination and suspicion"
Senator Stewart, Democrat, Of
Tennessee was one Of those who de-
manded that the Senate establish q
fixed procedure for the future after
protesting against criticism of the
committee in its handling Of the
investigation and report.
Senator Austin, Republican, of
Vermont said he also believed the
procedure was not proper, declaring
a better method would be to have
attorneys for both sides examine
witnesses and argue the case before
the Senate. In this way, he said,
the entire membership could hear
all the evidence and act as a judge.
Senator LANCER told reporters
after the final vote yesterday:
Il know that the citizens of North
Dakota because Of the action taken
here will have renewed faith In
democracy and I wish to reiterate
that the charges against me were
entirely false
How Senate Voted.
The vote by which the Senate
refused to unseat Senator LANCER
was:
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Two Ordered Arrested
On Charge Of |nciting
Mutiny in Army
Government Institutes
Proceedings Against
Nutive-Born Americans

6y the Associated Press.
The Government ordered two ar
rests to make 1t bluntly plain today
that It would tolerate no suspected
sabotage of the morale or loyalty OF
men in the armed forces.
Prosecution proceedings were in
stituted In Chattanooga, Tenn,
against George w. Christians. Or
eanizer of the CRUSADER White
Shirts" on charges of distributing
propaganda which advocated insub-
ordination, disloyalty and mutiny in
the Army to bring about reign Of
terror"
Almost simultaneous action was
taken against Rudolph FAIL of Den-
yer, Colo, who was charged with at
tempting to undermine the morale of
the military forces.
Attorney General Biddle an
nounced last night that he had d.
rected the two arrests and cited
quotations from some of the alleged
propaganda. If the men, both ma
tive-born Americans, should be con-
Victed. they face a maximum pen
atty Of 10 years imprisonment and
$4,000 fine.
War Questions Pr0pOunded.
Christians. Mr. Biddle said. ad-
dressed some of his printed propa-
ganda to officers at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga. and Camp Forrest, Tenn,
whereas Fahl appealed verbally to
officers of the Air Corps Gunnery
School while they were at Lowry
Field, Colo.
In one of the Christians docu-
ments cited by the Department of
Justice. questions on the war were
propounded, with the notation that
they were designed to finish the
generalization of the existing order
and create a reign of terror. -"
When the mad mob gets in mo-
tion make sure that they dig all of
the blood-sucking gangsters out
from under their pile of rock and
steel. Line them up against a wall
and shoot them. See that they run
down all the political parasites.
Don't miss a single politician, big
or little. Just hang them to the
nearest tree or lamppost. Drive the
moral lepers out of our prostitute
press into pest house and burn
them"
Note Accompanies Broadside.
This broadside, the department
said, was accompanied by a hand
written note addressed to &C. O."
(the usual abbreviation for COM
manding officer and signed with the
initials &c. w. c." 1t said that "the
lnclosed ought to make me shot"
but concluded maybe you will get
shot instead of me-"
Other documents of this type al
legedly issued by Christians also
we're being investigated, the Justice
Department said.
Discussing the charges against
Fail, the department stated that in
conversations with Air Corps men
he attacked President Roosevelt and
Americas allies in language al
legedly designed to impair the
morale and loyalty of the military
forces"
Among other things, the depart
ment charged, he told the soldiers
they were suckers" and were not
lighting for democracy.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Army Honors 3 Mothers

AMARILLO. Tex. March % lP.-
Three mothers who among them
have 10 sons in the fighting forces
will meet In Amarillo April 8 to be
honored in an Army Day observance
They are Mrs George M. Baker
Of Friona, Tex, Mrs. John Franklin
Giles of Athens. Tenn. and Mrs.
Flora Gray Of Alton. III. Mrs. Baker
and Mrs. Giles each have six sons
in the service, Mrs. Gray seven.