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Evening star., 1942-01-14
Hills Defense Rests,
Offers No Witnesses;
Case Nearing Jury
Justice Let's Denies
Motion for Directed
Verdict of AcquittoI

Without presenting a single de-
fense witness. counsel for George
Hill, on trial in District Court under
two charges of perjury. rested their
case today and the jury was to hear
one-hour summations by each side
this afternoon.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's indi-
Gated he would place the case of
the second secretary to Represent
ative Fish, Republican, of New York,
in the hands of the jury tomorrow
morning after delivering his instruc-
tions
The surprise defense move came
in the sixth trial day Immediately
after Justice Let's had denied a
defense motion for a direct verdict
of acouittal. The jurist said, after
studying this motion overnight, that
he believed evidence against Hill
was such he needed to hear no
counter argument by the prose-
cution.
Defense Attorney John J. O'Con-
nor, former member of the House
from New York, announced that
he would put no witnesses on the
stand to dispute the Government s
case. Justice Let's replied:
Very we'll are there prayers to
be considered"
Instructions Discussed.
Attorneys advanced to the bench
and for a full hour discussed re-
quests for instructions by the judge
to the jury At Ills am. Justice
Let's announced recess until l
pm, when counsel would reassem-
BILE. and said the jury would be
called into the courtroom to hear
concluding arguments after l 80 p m.
Mr.. Hill is on trial on two counts
of perjury: Cd That he falsely told
the grand jury which was investl-
eating Nazi activities that he did
not know George Sylvester Viereck,
registered German agent, and CD
that he did not order certain mail
bags placed in a storeroom assigned
to Representative Fish. The Gov
ernment contends these bags came
from the Office here OF Prescott
bennett, whom the prosecution
claimed received contributions from
Viereck for his isolationist Islands
for War Debts Committee.
Mr.. Fish. VINO said he was advls-
ing Mr.. Hill at the time he was ap-
pearing before the grand jury, die
not make an appearance at the trial
O'Connor Mentioned Fish.
On October "a. when Mr.. Hill was
indicted, Attorney O'Connor, who
served in the House with Mr.. Fish
told Justice T. Alan Goldsborougf
in District Court:
Il am here to plead Congressman
Fish not guilty"
Representative Fish thereupor
was quoted as telling the Associated
(See HILL, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-01-14
British Broadcast Marks
NiemoeIIer's Birthday

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-In a Ger
language broadcast. the Brit
ish Broadcasting Co. today cele-
brated the 50th birthday ami
versary of Rev. Martin Niemoeller.
fiery Lutheran minister who last
was reported held in the Nazi con-
centration camp at Dachau.
Feature of the broadcast, as
heard here by N. B. c., was a re-
cording of Niemoeller's 1887 New
Year sermon. in which he took
for his topic the "Dechristianization
of the true Confessional Church"
by those who are on top-the
forces of the evil who despotically
govern U.S."
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Russians Reported
Advancing 10 100
Miles Of Smo|ensk
Whole Front in Motion
After Collapse Of kozi
Wing, Reds Declare
BY tie Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Russian troops were reported ad-
vancing within 100 miles of Adolf
Hitler's winter headquarters at
Smolensk today. while in the south,
Red Army forces were pictured as
storming at the outer gates of
Kharkov, Russia's Pittsburgh in
the Ukraine.
Soviet military dispatches said
collapse of a German wing defend
ing a flank of the Moscow-to-
Mozhaisk highway had knocked out
the Germans last zone of positional
warfare before Moscow and that
the whole front is now in motion" +"
The Russians declared that Hitler's
reeling armies had lost 00000 killed
between November 16 and January
s, with 10000 slain in recent fighting
/ In the Donets River industrial basin.
Soviet troops were described as
now battering heavily against Ger
man defenses at Mozhaisk itself
81 miles west of Moscow, where a
Nazi garrison of 100000 men still
held out despite the danger of being
trapped by Russion pincers closing
in from the north and south.
German military quarters ac-
knowledged that the Russians had
broken into Mozhaisk lines Sunday,
but asserted they were dislodged in
a counterattack which cost the Rus
slams 300 dead
Climax of North Drive.
A military writer in the Moscow
newspaper Izvestia said the fall of
Gorokhovo near Mozhaisk signal
lied the collapse of the German
wing in the sector nearest Moscow.
The writer, a Col. Boltin. said
Gorokhovo was taken in the course
of more than month Of counter
offensive in which the Red Army
attacked along a line between Cor
okhovo and Kubinka which extend
ed across the Moscow -Mozhaisk
highway.
"A
Mozhaisk salient was menaced more
than ever by the capture of Kirov.
about 100 miles southwest of
MozhaiSk. The battle for this rail
junction in the heart of the Mo-
zhaisk Smolensk Bryansk triangle
left the streets Uttered with Nazi
dead. the Russians announced
Kirov is about 100 miles southwest
Of Mizhaisk, 100 miles southeast OF
Smolensk and 80 miles north of
Bryansk, the lower anchor OF a
prospective German winter line al
ready penetrated by the recapture
last week end of Lyudinovo.
On the northern front, Staraya
Russa. near Lake linen, 130 miles
(See RUSSIAN. Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Summary of Todoy's Star

| 900 books collected here in victory
campaign. Page Az
First rent law prosecution appears
imminent. Page B-l
Blackouts won't stop classes at
G. w. U. Page B.l
Stanley takes speakership as Viz
ginia House organizes. Page B-1
24-hour school watch reduced to 30
buildings. Page B-1
Child burned to death, seven injured
in days fires. Page B-l
Miscellany.
Births and Deaths. Page AS
Natures Children. Page A-12
Marriage Licenses. Page b-z
ARMY orders. Page B-4
Evening star., 1942-01-14

The pointed out that Nazi troops
again are concentrating in Bulgaria.
that Flames are being massed In
Greece and that other preparations
are uNder way similar to those OF
the Btlkan campaign a year ago.
But they said. there is one differ
ence-ehe concentrations are smaller
becau,e the bulk OF the Nazi army
is occ Ipied trying to hold the Rus
sian Tont.
Whittier Germany would try mill
tary action to win Turkish conces-
sions, they said. appeared to depend
largels on how far the Soviet front
can Re stabilized within the next
few v Neeks.
Military observers said reorgan-
izstiol of the German army COM
mano and the degree to which the
Nazis Balkan allies can be induced
to Participate also were factors.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Afraid Alarm

The Once of Civilian Defense
for the Metropolitan Area has
asked The Star to publish for
the information of the public
these air-raid signals for the
entire region, including nearby
Virginia and Maryland:
Alarm-Five short blasts at
half-second intervals. sounded
three consecutive times, a total
Of IS blasts:
All clear-Three long blasts
Of one and one half seconds
each.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Gondhi's Porty Cancels
Its Annual Session

BY tie Associated Press.
WARDHA, India. Jan. 1.-THE
Working Committee of the All-1ndia
Congress Party decided today that
the party,s annual session. which,
usually comes in April. would not
be held this year, because of the war
situation.
Evening star., 1942-01-14

Only a SmaII part OF tne garrison
escaped alive, after the island had
been overrun by Japanese who
landed from an armada of Is trans
ports. 6 heavy cruisers, s destroyers
and other vessels. it was said.
This authoritative account of the
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Italians Stress Necessity
OF 'NeufraIizinq' Malta
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, Jan. IA (Andi Agency
The importance of 'neutralizing'
Britains air and naval base at Malta
by continued Axis bombing attacks
was emphasized again today by
Italian officials and newspapers as
an essential part OF the Mediter-
ranean battle.
II Messaggero of Rome maintained
that Malta is the key to victory in
the Mediterranean. explaining that:
THE Mediterranean struggle has
entered a particularly delicate phase.
Due to the consequences of the
Libyan battle keeping the
Mediterranean open to the traffic Of
supplies is particularly essential,
hence the reason for the implacable
offensive on Malta"
II Tevere, also of Rome, threatened
Britain with supplies which the
Axis has in reserve"
British sources for some time have
been predicting an invasion at
tempt on Malta, and by roundabout
channels have reported Axis troop
and air concentrations massing in
Southern Italy and on the island OF
Sicily, only go miles north of Malta.
Malta Raided.
BERLIN, Jan. II (Ohicial Broad
cast) UR.-The German high COM
mand reported today a new series Of
air attacks on the British Medlter-
ranean base of Malta, which has be-,
come a daily target Of Axis bombers
of late.
German dive -bombers also were
reported to have sharply attacked
British troop concentrations, supply
columns and air bases in North
Africa.
Three British planes were shot
down, the italian high command
said In the new raids on Malta.
Evening star., 1942-01-14
Dutch Fought laps at Torokon
In Midst of Blazing Oil Wells
Defende Fired Stocks When Weight
Of Foes Drive Seemed to Dom Isle


BATAVIA Netherlands East Indies Jan 1.-THE heroic last
stand the Taakan garrison which fought after being
ee surrounded japanese under heavy air and
in the midst of heat and fire from burning oil wells
told by authoritative quarters today.
Evening star., 1942-01-14

(See BUSINESS. Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-01-14

(See HILL, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Bierman's S Seahawks
Menace Grid Mark
He Helped Create
Our to End Minnesotu's
l8-Gome Streak; Indiana
Invudes Ohio Stute
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-Western Con-
ference football will have lots to
offer this week-also something
hard to take.
The man in the middle will be
Bernie Bierman, former Minnesota
coach on leave of absence and now
directing the powerful naval pre-
flight school eleven at Iowa City.
On Saturday his undefeated Sea-
hawks will be out to smash Mime
sofas 18-gaame victory string eX-
tending over three seasons-a string
Bierman helped create.
The game is one of a number of
Saturdays top-notch Big Ten at
fractions which include the first
conference clash of the season un-
diana at Ohio State, two intersec-
tional contests (TeXas at Northwest
ern; Purdue at Vanderbilt and re-
newal of the intra-State rivalries
michigan State at Michigan: Mar
quette at wisconsin,.
Not since the second to last game
OF the 1889 season, when Iowa won,
1873. has Minnesota suffered defeat.
Notre Dame also entertains Geor-
gia Tech, team that upset favored
Auburn last week.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Chisox Sending Smith,
Hard Luck Hur|er,
Against Cubs
American Leoeuers Win
City Series Starter
As Lyons Shines
By the Associated Press.

0S thc ASSOCldlcu fTeSS.
CHICAGO, Oct. Eddie Smith,
the Chicago White Sox hard luck
southpaW, was to see how his for
tune ran against National League
opposition today as the Sox sought
their second straight victory over
their city rivals, the Cubs.
The SoX, who have not lost a city
series since 1880, got away to
flying start in the 1912 opener
yesterday at Wrigley Field behind
Ted Lyons masterful three-hit
shutout victory. The 41-year-old
Lyons, who will report for duty with
the Marines soon after the city
series, did not permit a Cub to reach
base until the fifth inning and
finished with 80 victory.
1t was Lyons sixth straight win
over the Cubs in their fall meetings.
Bill Lee, the Cub hurler, gave only
six hits, but two of these came in
the first inning with base on balls
to give the Sox a quick 20 lead.
Smith was to be opposed today
by Lon Warneke, returning to Cub
city series duty after having spent
the last five years with the st. Louis
Cardinals.
Figures on yesterdays game we're:
attendance, 4,751; receipts, $4,750;
commissioners share, s712.50; play
ers' share, $2,422.50: clubs share,
$8O7 so.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
How to Stop Richmond Passes
Is Problem for @. W. Coach
Baker Dissatisfied With Colonial Bocks'
Aerial Defense; Chronis Is Lone Casualty

Time is running out, and Coach
Johnny Baker still is expressing
dissatisfaction with the manner in
which George Washington Univer-
sity's secondary trails pass receiv-
ers. When the Colonials tangle with
Richmond Saturday night at Crit
fifth Stadium they're certain to see
plenty of passing, and Baker says
they're not prepared
We'll be in for a busy evening
when Joe La Luna starts throwing,
and doubt if we're fully prepared
for it right now" says Baker.
Reports from Richmond are dis
turbing Baker, too, for yesterday it
was l50-pound Bay Jacobs who
spanked the Spiders. Running we'll
from his left halfback position, ia
cobs also contributed two nifty pass
receptions.
Coach Johnny Fenlon of Rich
mond reports Sophomore Jack Will
bourne, his No. l punter. still is
nursing an injured ankle, but that he
probably will be ready to 60 against
the Colonials.
Baker reveals Jack Mahon, 6-foot
end who missed action in G. W.'s
200 victory over Western Maryland
last week, will be at one of the
f1anks against the Spiders. Mahon
has been bothered with a shoulder
injury.
Baker is hoping to construct
more potent aerial attack for the
Richmond engagement. Against
Western Maryland the Colonials
were slightly less than terrific in
Evening star., 1942-10-01

present scalping gentry. Six-dollar
tickets which were peddled yesterday
for as high as $40, are on the mar
ket today for $40 or less.
Today's best parlay: The name
of the winning pitcher will begin
with the letter "B" and the victory
will be his 22d of the year. Rookie
John .Beazley of the Cards and the
Yanks' Ernie Bonham are scheduled
to do the mound chores and both
have been credited with 81 wins.
About an hour before the first
game started neWsreel cameramen
asked the early customers to give
out with cheers for crowd picture.
The fans obliged SO willing that
people waiting to get into the park
yelped frantically - believing the
game actually had started.
Two of the hardest workers during
the first game were Harry Gumbert,
Redbird reliefer, and Manager
SouthWorth. and both were reward
ed Gumbert started warming up in
the first inning, and kept it up until
he finally got his chance in the
eighth. He retired the only man to
face him and then gave way to a
pinch hitter. SouthWorth wore a
small trench in the third-baSe
coaching box as he paced back and
forth waiting for one of his charges
to get in scoring position. When he
entered the clubhouse after the game
President Sam Breadon presented
him with new contract.
Double plays: Most writer's believe
this will be the last series until
peacetime. st. Louis then would
have held both the first and last OF
the classics. The original inter-
league contests were held here in
1885 with the Browns meeting Pop
Anson's Chicago Colts. The guys
who perennially insist the Yanks be
broken up will get their wish. No
less than dozen of the Bombers
are IN or plan to join the service.
The grassless Cardinal infield
brought plenty of complaints from
the visiting team. Looks more like
a seashore than ball park" NUT
tered Manager Mccarthy during in
field practice. Women, generally
taboo in the press section, were
plentiful yesterday. They were work.
ing as telegraphers-replacing men
who have gone to war.
Gordon Cousin for Cooper.
Force-outs: Mort Cooper's only
consolation was the knowledge that
he had Joe Gordon's number. The
Yank second-sacker was whitfield
twice by Cooper in both the All-Star
game and the first contest of the
current series. A good chunk OF
the fans missed the thrilling last
minute Card rally. Many started for
the exits as early as the eighth
frame when the Yanks seemingly
had a shutout. The third person
in the bleacher queue was Rev. Sloan
Jobe, a Methodist minister from
Fayetteville. Tenn. THE wait was
worth it," he admitted, but I sure
would like to see old Dizzy Dean
pitching that first one" Hotel
rooms were at more of a premium
than usual. Four previously sched-
uled conventions have brought an
influx of almost 5000 delegates from
out of town.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Pro Grid Rockies Set
Pace in Running
Back Kickoffs
2, the Associated Press.

HS the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-Two rockies
are showing the National Profess
sional Football League thing or
two about punts and kickoff re-
turns.
One is Jack Jacobs, Indian half
back from Oklahoma. who in three
games with the Cleveland Rams has
averaged 45.7 yards to lead the
leagues punters. The other is Bill
Dudley, former Virginia star, with
Pittsburgh Steelers, who in return
ing five kickoffs has averaged 81
yards try.
Parker Hall. Cleveland veteran, is
first among punt handlers, statistics
showing he was carried back 7 for
a total of ia yards or a better than
l6-yard average.
Bulldog Turner, Chicago Bears
center, leads in forward pass inter-
ceptions at this early date with two.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Shadow, Of War
Hangs Heavily
Over Series
Fans Frequently Silent;
Yunks and Cardinals
Somber After Game
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1.-Thirty- five
thousand persons paid s15O,oo0 to
see baseball game that wasn't
being played for them at all.
The spectators at the World Series
opener between the New York YAM
KEGS and the st. Louis Cardinals
yesterday seemed to sense they
weren't the fans for whom the teams
were performing.
The game had all the normal
trappings and pageantry-the band,
the buffoon and the bustle-but lit
tie Of the usual tumult and shouting.
The crowd frequently was silent and
even its cheers lacked a full-throat-
ed, booming roar. There was almost
a feeling of why all this fuss over a
ball game when war is being
fought.
If nothing else, a little sign told
why.
BBC Sign Significant.
High on a radio booth under the
caves of the grandstand roof it read
simply. "BBC British Broadcasting
Corporation
The signs message was plain,
even without the sight of two Army
bombers winging low over the field.
1t said, in effect: This game is being
played for American forces in the
British Isles, for the Navy on the
seven seas, for the bulletin board
Gazette" of the helmet-claid ma
rines on Guadalcanal Island.
In their dressing rooms after the
little war they're fighting, the Yam
KEGS were serious, the Cardinals
somber.
j. Roy Stockton of the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch sports staff described
the situation graphically not so long
ago:
Next year many of the players
will be fighting in the big war;" he
wrote.
Should Be Good Soldiers.
Some leader on a field of battle
Will nave reason Tor Satisfaction II
he gets some of the men who are
fighting so gallantly in their base
ball war.
They are ready to 60 when called
from dugout to foxhole They are
doing their job well, as they will do
it when they are carrying a different
kind of war to a different kind of
enemy"
There are reports the great Yam
kee ball club will be broken up after
this season, with many of the play
ers joining Tommy Heinrich in the
armed forces. Enos Slaughter OF the
Cardinals already has enlisted as an
Army aviation cadet and other play
ers on the team undoubtedly will
follow him into service.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Stars and Stripes to Give Overseas Men Grid Scores
Mixing Soldiers Various R in Army Football Builds Moe Col Neond

guess is better than no guess,
here are this departments ideas
about Fridays major football
games: the Georgia Pre-Flight
cadets (and officers) to bust the
North Carolina Navy Cloudbust-
ers: Ole Miss to beat George
town, Temple over V.MI., Den
yer over Kansas and Oklahoma
Aggies over Baylor.
Washington fans are boosting
Joe Judge for the job of manag-
ing the Senators, but how about
Lefty Gomez? At least, he can
speak Spanish.
Mickey Mcconnell, who helps
run the Dodgers farms, is one up
on his boss, Larry MacPhail.
While Larry was talking about
his Army commission, Mickey
enlisted and already Is in uni
Evening star., 1942-10-01

form. Appropriately, he was
assigned to the armored forces
at. Fort Knox, KY.
CALIFORNIA; all-track star foot
ball backf1eld didn't pan out.
Quarter Miller Grover Klemmer
hurt hand; Sprinter Hal Davis
pulled a muscle, and Murray
Shipnuck. another 96 dash man,
quit football entirely after he
sprained an ankle. Only one
left is Jim Jurkovich, who had
his full share of injuries in pre-
viouS seasons.
Today's guest star-Bill Knodt,
jr., Bay City (Mich.) Times: IF
baseball is in my glood,' as the
Phils' manager, Hans Lobert,
claims, the Cardinals should ar-
range for him to give q transfu.
sion to Joe Mccarthy"
Evening star., 1942-10-01

ager, smashing out a timely home
run, st. Louis evened the count and
then went on to win the series.
A victory in today's game is a
must in the books of the record
minded Card fans. These followers
point to the series history book
which shows that no team ever lost
the first two games of a seven-game
series and then came back to win
the world championship The Giants
dropped a pair to the Yanks at the
start of the 1921 series and finally
won, but that was in the days of
nine-game engagements.
Much of the sorrow over the st.
Louis defeat is evinced by the ever
Evening star., 1942-10-01
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.
Wide World Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Stars
and Stripes, which aims to give
soldiers overseas what they want,
announces it will carry scores of
all the major football games. The
Iowa Navy pre-f1ight school has
formed a croSs-country team
with Ensign Walter Mehl, the old
Wisconsin star, as coach.
The Keep EN- Swinging
drive for the golf range at Camp
Croft, S. c., has turned up more
than 1000 golf balls. Largest
single donation was 584 from
Harry Momtt. Toledo pro.
Col. Bob Neyland figures the
All-Army football teams were q
great thing for morale because Of
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Wife q WAAC,Hero
OF Diamond Cooks
a, the Associated Press.

r, the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-Ernie
Padgett was a shortstop when he
made his famous triple play un-
assisted for the Boston Braves
back in 1s23-but he's spending
his time around home plate now.
His wife, Edith. has joined the
WAACS and before reporting for
duty she's teaching him to cook.
Padgett, now factory foreman,
got into baseball record books
when he caught a fly, tagged Sec
ond and then caught a runner
who had been on first.
Much easier" he says, than
making souff1e."
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Southworth Kept
On Job for 1943
Bs the Associated Press.

bN IHe ASSUClaCtd PTeSt.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. BILLY
Southworth, manager OF the St.
Louis Cardinals, has been re-
appointed manager for the 1943
season.
Southworth, who came to the
Cards as manager in mid-June
of 1910, said he was highly
pleased and hoped, war condi-
tions permitting. he would lead
the Redbirds to another pennant.
Under the crafty Southworth,
the Cardinals have won 272
games and lost only IA since
1910.
Evening star., 1942-10-01

the way privates, sergeants, lieu
tenants, etc, worked together
without thinking of their rank.
Thrown for a loss-When
George Rado, Duquesne scout, was
given the job of reporting on
Kansas States performance
against Texas. he hoped a plane
for Austin Friday night. At
Chicago he heard the bad news
that priorities for the armed
forces had taken all the space
for the ride to Kansas City, so
George just got on a train and
went back to Pittsburgh. 1t
didn't matter much, as there
wouldn't have been anything to
report except the score-Texas,
64: K-State, o.
Recovered fumbles-Still work
Ing on the theory that . bad
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Armstrong Stops Turner
To Enhance Comeback

BY the AsSoClated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, Oct. Henry
Armstrong, former triple boxing
champion, heightened his comeback
victory string last night by knock
ing out Earl Turner, Richmond.
Calf, welterWeight prospect, in the
fourth round.
The bout drew approximately
$4,000.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
As Buy HurIer Flores
From Los Angeles

B, the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-Phila-
delphia Athletics have bought
Jesse Flores, right-handed pitcher,
from Los Angeles. He won IA and
lost 4 in the regular season and
won his two starts in the playoffs.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
HIS. Obtuins Grid Aide

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va, Oct.
R.-A. T. Howard, former member
OF the staff at Bluefield College, will
replace David r. Reveley as assist
ant mentor at Hampden- Sydney
College, Head Coach Frank Sum-
merS has announced.