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Evening star., 1942-04-09

tail and another closer. He was
wallowing heavily. Then pretty
soon he sank. 1t was fast tanker
several hundred miles from the en-
emy base.
THE other tanker was Of the
same size or perhaps a little larger.
Just after surfacing right after
sunset we approached on the sur
face and then submerged. We fired
at close range. The first torpedo
hit his stern, which went up in
smoke. His propeller stopped.
Several Explosions.
"Our second torpedo was fired at
such close range we had to turn
fast and dive to get out of the way
He went down by the stern at q
65-degree angle We were SUBJ
merged and could hear the heavy
gear rolling down his deck. There
were several explosions followed by
a big one and he was completely
gone
I'VE were picked up by enemy
patrol vessels. but were never at
tackled"
He was asked how the Submarine's
crew Jared for food on such a LONG
undersea cruise.
We'll, we had turkey on patrol,
the skipper said. TT tasted good
When submerged in the daytime we
ate soup, salads and light food, but
/
heavy food.
The food on submarines generally
Is excellent. We have all the best
Evening star., 1942-04-09

BY the Associated Press.
PEARL HARBOR, T. H.. April g.
An intrepid young skipper of an
American submarine which made a
foray In enemy waters yesterday told
how his undersea craft sent two
japanese tankers to the bottom.
The first tanker, sailing in its
home waters, fired on the submarine
with a pistol or rifle to decoy the
submarine in, then straddle 1t with
4 or inch shells, but the tanker
was sunk with its 5000 900 gallons of
fuel.
The young skipper. 1t. Comdr.
Edward Hutchinson OF Philadelphia,
calmly recited some Of the details
of the foray thousands of miles from
the submarines home base in wa
tiers controlled by the japanese and
within easy reach of patrol planes
from enemy bases.
His commanding officer. with a
CLINT in his eye, remarked:
They (enemy craft) are going
down all the time Our submarines
starting out December 7 have been
very successful. They have done
excellent work. Their bags haven't
been as big as some of those oper-
ating closer to their bases, but con-
sidering the time in going and COM
ing, the bags have been very high"
Describes Attack.
Comdr. Hutchinson was permitted
to tell something of how his ship
sent to the bottom the two fast naval
tankers, which between them were
carrying about 5000 900 gallons of
fuel to Japanese warcraft.
1T was night" he said, when we
picked up the first tanker. We
stalked it out of gun range. Trailing
it astern we saw no guns. He chal-
lenged us with lights. We were
astern when he fired at us, appar-
emily with rifle or pistol. Still
there was no sign of larger guns
Suddenly he straddled us with two
shots from a or inch gun in the
center of his ship. We dove.
I'VE fired two torpedoes at his
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Missing Persons

Those having information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
tDith the Public Relations Squad
of the Police Department, Ma
tional 1000.
Caroline ColIey, 10: so pounds
blue eyes, light brown hair: wearing
white dress, pink socks, brown shoes
missing from 627 Newton place NV
since yesterday.
Louise Robertson, nickn a m d
"Pinky," 16; S feet inches, 1l0
pounds, brown eyes, reddish-blond
hair. recently dyed; wearing brown
skirt, white silk blouse, brown saddle
oxfords; missing from 1884 r street
Sc. since yesterday.
Edward Markham, II; los pounds,
blond hair. fair complexion; wear
ing blue corduroy pants, blue striped
shirt, green sport shpover sweater
black shoes, riding red and white
Elgin bicycle; missing from So Long
fellow street NV. since yesterday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, 80, S feet
inches, ITO pounds; blue eyes.
light brown hair, fair complexion;
missing from Arlington. Va, since
Tuesday.
Gloria Elfrida Harris, 16, colored !;
feet inches; 160 pounds; wearing
dark blue sweater trimmed in red,
white sport blouse, dark green skirt,
white anklets. tan and white shoes
missing from 718 Twenty third
street NE. since Tuesday.
Robert Hunter, u, colored; feet
10 inches, 100 pounds; dark brown
skin; wearing gray suit, brown hat,
dark brown Army shoes; missing
from 746 Morton street NV. since
Monday.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Pon-Americon Conveys
Opposed by Argentina
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, April 9-The
State Merchant Fleet Commission
indicated last night that Argentina
still opposed participation in any
Pan-American convoy system when
it asserted that the nations ships
would continue to sail by "habitual
routes"
High maritime sources also de-
MED a newspaper report that two
Argentine freighters loading at Ro-
Sario would be conveyed toward the
United States, and said captains Of
all Argentine merchantmen had
been ordered to travel fully lighted
at night.
Foreign Office officials declined to
comment on the convoy situation
which was said to be under consid-
Grafton by naval and military rep
resentatives of the American Re-
publics in Washington.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
ID. T.. NoiabIes Attend
Anniversary Fete
OF Girl Scouts
CoIorful Event Depicts
Spirit of Sacrifice and
Stresses War Service

The 30-year history Of the Girl
Scout movement unfolded in a COL
orful pageant at Constitution Hall
last night, with young sirls-as
Americas Minute Maids" s"-empha-
sizing service to the country during
wartime.
Before an audience that included
Mrs. Roosevelt, Associate Justice
Roberts of the Supreme Court and
Secretary of Commerce Jones. a
cast of $50 costumed Scouts put on
a series of skits that opened with
illustrations of sacrifice: How Queen
Isabella of Spain gave up her jewels
to finance Columbus voyage OF dis
covery; how Juliette Low, founder OF
the Girl Scouts of America, sold
her pearls to finance the movement,
and how Girl Scouts today are saw
ing their pennies for Defense
stamps.
~Farmerettes" Perform.
Ways in which the girls are serv-
ing around the home followed, with
emphasis on aiding mother In the
kitchen and caring for the younger
members of the family. A group Of
costumed farmerettes illustrated
chores in victory" garden.
With the flags of the United Ma
tions f1anking the stage, and those
of the 81 American republics in the
background, the players, in all types
of foreign costumes, next illustrated
the theme of international friend
ship" that is one of the principles Of
the organization stressed by Miss
Low.
The climax of the program came
with the presentation by Represent
ative Edith Nourse Rogers Of MasSa-
chusetts of the IS. S. S." emblems to
% girls who have just finished a
course which qualities them as
Senior Service Scouts" who will
have special wartime duties. Mrs. c.
Leslie Glenn, second vice president
of the Scouts, said they were among
the first in the entire Nation to
finish the course, which only re-
Gently was inaugurated as part OF
the senior Scout movement.
Morgenthau Praises Scouts.
A letter from Secretary Of the
Treasury Morgenthau, in which he
praised the girls as Americas Min
ute Maids" for their part in the de-
fense program. was read.
The Girl Scouts of the United
States long have ranked among the
Nations foremost patriots" he
wrote.
Throughout the pageant, a chorus
of 200 green-uniformed Scouts, &C
companied by the Navy Band Or
chestra, directed by 1t. Charles
Brendler, sang appropriate songs.
The Navy Glee Club sang several
selections. Soloists were Edwin c.
Steffe, who sang God Bless Amer
ica," and Robert Pace, who sang
ANY Bonds Today"
Commentators for the pageant
were Miss Joan Harding, The Spirit
of Scouting" and Arch Mcdonald.
The Voice of the Patriot"
Written by Mrs. C. B. Putnam,
the pageant was directed by Miss
Lucille Clark, with Mrs Edmund L.
Green as music director
Admission was gained by showing
! a Defense stamp.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Cedar Point Air Base
Faces Big Problem
In Housing Labor
Two-Yeur Construction
Project Will Employ
1000 Workers
BY CLAUDE A. MAHONEY.

BY CLAUDE A. MAHONEY.
Navy officers and civilian contrac-
tors responsible for constructing the
new air base at Cedar Point, Nd,
face a problem that approximates,
in some phases, the building of a
foreign outpost.
Although the few laborers and the
approximately so skilled carpenters
engaged in preliminary work there
have been drawn primarily from the
ST. Marys County area, some Of
them have been forced to take
rooms in Leonardtown hotels and
In private homes.
The Central Labor Union expects
to provide up to 1000 workmen for
the construction job, which probably
will require at least two years. The
site is approximately IS miles from
Washington, too far for expedient
daily transportation Of men. even
without tire restrictions. So the
men must be housed near the spot,
and several plans are being worked
out to care for them. Due to
scarcity of population there, the men
must come largely from Washington.
Families to be Evacuated.
Development of the tract, esti-
mated variously from 1000 to 10000
acres, will force evacuation Of $50
families to other locations. One
housing plan embodies temporary
use Of the homes evacuated for
workmen.
The Cummings Construction Co.
of Baltimore, which is building the
base, also is negotiating with the
Navy on the possibility Of building
a barracks for the bases enlisted
men first, to house the workers while
the base is built. But Navy specifl-
cations for the air center have not
been completed and definite location
Of permanent buildings has not been
determined. Labor union ofi1cials
point out, too, that the quarters for
workmen must be adapted for
winter occupancy and thus cannot
be too much of temporary nature
The Navy is Withholding details
of what the field will be when COM
pleted, and asks that 1t be referred
to only as a base" or aviation
facilities" But its location at the
mouth of the Patuxent River is
enough to make 1t valuable con-
tribution to the Nations Eastern
defenses. President Roosevelt, ask
ing its appropriation, called it a
flight test center"
Cemeteries Affected.
Numerous difficulties have attend
ed the development of the site for
naval use. In addition to the re-
moval of the families, being han
died by the Farm Security Admins
tration, churches and cemeteries
were found to be in the way of the
improvements. Every buried mem
Der of the Cedar Point Methodist
Church is to be moved, and even
bodies in its old churchyard are to
be taken from the town of Pearson
to new resting place beside the
Ebeneezer Church at California
Md. -
Evening star., 1942-04-09

yesteTddy:
Il. Philippine theater: Fresh
Japanese troops are continuing
their forward drive in Bataan
with great vigor. A heavy at
tack on our new positions is now
in progress. Dive bombers and
attack aircraft are bombing and
machine cunning our front lines.
Heavy bombers are continuing
their attacks on our rear areas
near the southern extremity of
the Bataan Peninsula.
The present Japanese attack
is the longest sustained drive of
the enemy since operations be-
gan In Bataan. Waves of shock
troops have attacked almost con-
tinuously, without regard to cas-
ualties, which have been heavy
on both sides. American and
Filipino troops. including naval
and marine contingents, have
stubbornly resisted every advance.
Repeated efforts Of the enemy to
land troops behind our lines have
been frustrated by our beach de-
fenses, manned largely by naval
and marine personnel.
During the last "a hours there
were no air attacks on Corregidor.
The guns of our harbor defenses
broke up a concentration of en-
emy barges and small boats in
the vicinity of Patungan on the
southern shore of Manila Bay.
Gen. Wainwright has been ad-
vised of a successful raid by one
of his patrols in Mindanao which
captured a Japanese outpost in
a surprise attack and forced the
withdrawal of several hostile
units.
20. There is nothing to report
from other areas"
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Young Says District
Will Ask 100000
Defense Fund Hike
Money Needed to Aid
Injured Workers, Builders
Told by Commissioner

Congress will be requested soon to
authorize the District to borrow ad-
ditional funds to carry out the civil
ian defense program, Commissioner
John Russell Young said last night
In addressing the annual dinner of
the Washington Building Congress.
Mr.. Young said 100000 in new
funds could be used to care for de-
tense workers in hazardous activi-
ties" who might be injured in line of
duty.
Mr.. Young explained that the
million dollars Congress authorized
the Commissioners to borrow for
District defense Immediately after
the Pearl Harbor attack has been
expended ION paper" About $780,
900 Of this was allocated to special
guard service for bridges, reservoirs,
filtration plants and other utilities
In this area, he said.
Citizens Help Praised.
Mr.. Young praised the co-opera-
ton received from citizens in carry
ing out the civilian defense pro-
gram and said the District system
is as well organized, IF not better"
than that of any city of similar size
in the country.
Though the Districts budget pic
ture this year looks fairly bright"
because of increased revenue Of
$3,000000, Mr.. Young said next year
1t might become necessary for Con-
gress to tap new sources of revenue
He added that severe loss of rev.
enue is possible next year due to
curtailment of civilian activities and
that I'VE are again studying the
question of a sales tax" A tax on
sales, he explained, might be one of
the fairest here since considerable
income revenue is lost from Govern
ment workers who retain legal resi-
dence in other States.
The dinner was attended by 700
Congress members and guests, who
included virtually every Government
official in the construction and hous-
ing field and in the constructing
branches of the Army and Navy.
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
District Committee; Commissioner
Guy Mason and other District Of
ficiak were in attendance.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Weather Report

FURNISHED by the
today and tonight fresh winds.
temperature
temperature
southwest tonight
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Tide Tables.
Record for Last "a Hours

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 50, 3 Pm. yesterday. Year
ago. 6S.
Lowest. As. noon today. Year ago SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, al, on April z.
Lowest, o, on January IL.
Humidity for Last "a Hours
IFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. So per cent, at 2:30 q m. today.
Lowest, As Per cent, at $50 pm. yes
terday.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Precipitation.
Weather In Various Cities.

Potomac River muddy and Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry; Potomac slightly
muddy at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1942-04-09

Fresh Jap Troops
Push Botoun Drive

The tert OF War Department COM
munique No. 1872, outlining the mill
tary situation up to 4 pm, E. W. T.,
yesterday:
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Routine session.
House:
Routine session.
Ways and Means Committee on
tax bill.
Military Committee on Minden,
La, munitions plant inquiry.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04
Paul Hurrison's Column

$66 a month and he was going
around in a white beard. The actor
suspects he was double crossed. He's
right.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Aug. 4-(UP) - The
Russian army has checked the Ger
mans on almost all sectors of the
southern front and is repeatedly
communicating, the Soviet army
organ Red Star said today.
Front-line dispatches to Red Star
said the counterattacks were taking
a heavy toll of German soldiers,
tanks and motorized equipment.
The situation, however, remained
serious in the Salsk area, 100 miles
southeast of Rostov. There, Red
Star said, the Russians were Wag-
ing heavy defensive battles, and
had stopped the Germans at some
points.
The Salsk area was the only one
III which the Russian noon COM
munique admitted a withdrawal.
The communique summarized
fighting as follows:
KUSHCHEBKA AREA :-"Soviet
troops are fighting bloody battles
with the enemy. German troops
tried to force a river crossing sew
eral times, but. were beaten back
with heavy losses"
Kushchevka is so miles south of
Rostov.
SALSK AREA:-"Soyiet troops re-
pulsed fierce attacks, then retreated
to new positions"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04
Germans Announce
Raid on England,
Say Ships Bombed

BERLIN, Aug. 4. UP)--(German
Broadcast Recorded by United Press
in New York)-The German air
force attacked war-impOrtant es-
adjustments and airDortS IN the
Midland5 and on the eastern and
southern coasts of England yeSter-
day and last night scored direct
hits on three merchantmen i'll
British convoy, the high command
said today.
The high command said wave ol
German bombers attacked the Brl-
.ish city of Leeds from low level
and caused several explosions II
she outskirts. Harbor facilities al
Niddlesborough also were hit b.
heavy bombs ard several hangar
were set ON fire.
Railway tracks and bridges II
middle England were damaged, and
when 20 British tWo-motored bomb
ing planes were spotted ON a field
they were machine-gunned by the
German planes and several were
set afire, the high command said.
COAST ATTACKED
The southeast coast was attacked
about noon yesterday and consid-
erable damage caused by heavy
bombs in one coastal town.
(The British Air Ministry yester-
day sad that German raiders, ap-
parently trying to terrorize crowds
enjoying a holiday at the coastal re-
sort towns, caused some casualties }
German planes also bombed Bri-
tish airports and field camps near
AleXaSdria yesterday and shot down
over North Africa and Malta a total
of nine British planes, the COM
munique said. No German planes
were lost
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04
Reds Check Foe
On Most Sectors
KLETSKAYA AREA

KLETSKAYA AREA: - Soviet
troops fought an Italian division
supported by German tanks. All
attacks were repulsed, and up to
1000 Italians were killed"
The Russians have beaten off
numerous attacks by heavy forces
of German tanks, motorized infan-
try and planes. Many inhabited
points have frequently changed
hands, as the tide of battle surged
back and forth.
There has been practically no
German advance here" Red Star
said
The famous Don and Kuban Co.'S
sacks, recently thrown into the CRU
cial fighting below Rostov, have
been especially successful in beat
ing off tank attacks, frmt-line dis
patches said. After stopping Ger
man tank attacks with antitank
guns, they dashed wildly across the
steppes on wiry ponies, swinging
their deadly sabers and heavily
furnishing German infantry.
Around Kletskaya, rs miles north
west of Stalingrad, the Russians ac-
celerated their counterattacks,
drove the Germans from a number
of points and recaptured tactically
important positions, front-line dis
patches asserted.
Soviet units, sweeping behind the
enemy, cut roads running south and
had been bringing reinforcements
to the front. Not only did the Rus
slams cut these roads in several
places; they destroyed German de-
tachments guarding supply lines, it
was reported from the front.
The fiercest battle on the front
was raging in its second week for
the important Salsk communications
area. Salsk is ON the Stalingrad-
Caucasus railway. Soviet resistance
was steadily hardening and there
was hope that the drive could be
entirely stopped.
One Cossack unit held off an at
tack by two motorized divisions,
supported by SO tanks and at least
as many planes. Another regiment
beat off uninterrupted assaults by
two German regiments for three
days.
The Cossacks, who have a pen
chant for saber and bayonet fight
ing, have killed hundreds of Ger
mans and Rumanians. On one sec
tor, dispatches said, the enemy
threw a regiment of Rumanian cav
airy, a battalion Of infantry and
IS tanks against one Cossack regi-
ment. The whole Rumanian regi-
ment was wiped out.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04
BY PAUL HARRISON


HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4. Behind
the screen: It's believed that be-
fore the wars end, This Is the
Army Irving B.rlin's all-soldier
show, will have contributed close
to Sl0O00,G00 to the Army relief
fund, with most of the proceeds
coming from the movie, TO be made
at Warner Brothers.
Besides the Broadway stand and
the road tour, which should net
$l,50O,O00, music royalties and a
sponsored weekly broadcast will add
a large chunk of revenue. When
film plans were made, the Army
asked for a 20 per cent cut on re-
ceipts until production costs were
paid, and an equal split with the
studio after that. Later, Warmers
decided not to take any profit.
The studio and Army represen-
tatives plan the picture on a scale
bigger, in many ways, than any
thing ever filmed. 1t will bear
little resemblance to the stage show,
and all the screen stars who now
are soldiers-such as Jimmy Stew
art, Clark Gable and Gene Autry
can be assigned to take part in
it.
BLONDS BETRAYED
Flicker fans may be surprised
soon to discover that a lot of fam
Gus blonds aren't naturals. Hair
bleaching agents are scarce, and
makeup departments admit that
only the discovery of some new
process will save actresses from
having to show their true colors
Socially minded film people
are in a dither about the late
summer visits of the kings of Greece
and Yugoslavia.
Have you noticed in the news
reels that one member of that Nazi
wrecking crew who were tried in
Washington looks amazingly like
Norman Lloyd, the heavy in Sab
oteur"? Erich Won Stroheim is
being PACED for the rols of Rein
hard Heydrich in The Hangman."
PROCESS servers finally caught up
with Victor Mature with the papers
for his Wife's divorce action and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04
County Hospital
Physician Named

The Imperial county board of su-
pervisors Monday confirmed the ap-
pointment Of DR.. Benjamin l.. Vel
len as resident physician at the I'M
perial county hospital.
He was appointed by Dr. L. C.,
House, county physician, and the
appointment confirmed by the
board.
Yellen was graduated from the
Long Island College hospital in
1881 and for the last six years has
been connected with the veterans
bureau in Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, and at Leavenworth, KanS.
He will do the work formerly done
by Drs. M c. Garfield and Fred
Head, assistant county physicians
recently called into military SER
vice.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04
Chinese Follow
Planes to Attack

CHUNGKING, Aug. 4 - CUP) -
Chinese infantry, supported by
American bombers and fighters, was
storming the south and west gates
of the important Japanese Flu
river terminal of Linchwan today
with their main forces less than 20
miles outside the city.
Japanese military officials who
had established in the KiangSi pro-
vince city their base for operations
in southeast China were said to
have been panic stricken by the
American bombing yesterday of
their headquarters and the syn
chroniZed Chinese land offensive.
Lieut.. Gen. Joseph w. Stiiwell,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-04

and commons officials together
with the commons messengers,
wearing a chain and badge as a
symbol of office, withdrew from
the chamber.
Doors were locked on the approx
imately lao members present of a
membership of 6l5.
On the treasury bench, the bench
reserved for members of the govern
ment, were Cripps, Attlee, Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden and Pro
duction Minister Oliver Lyttleton of
the inner war cabinet; Home and
Security Minister Herbert Morrison,
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir
Kingsley Wood, president of the
Board of Trade Hugh Dalton, par
liamentary secretary to the Board
OF Trade Gwilym George and chief
conservative whip, James Stuart.
The secret session, the first since
July l6, was over in about 10 min
utes. Doors were unlocked and the
public was readmitted to the gal
lerieS.