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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07

residents of the international
Settlement, were kept in deten-
ton for many weeks and never
told the reason for their arrest.
They were constantly ques-
toned about dinner parties they
had given which had been at
tended by local officials. Haydn
was accused of being a leader
of British espionage.
Mrs. Haydn was frequently
questioned on the same subjects.
The japanese appeared 10 be
highly resentful that she had
given dinner parties without in
viting any japanese officials.
There were also a number of
Chinese women in prison who
were constantly being taken out,
usually at night, for questioning
by the gendarmerie.
A Spanish woman, whose hus-
band was employed by a bank
in Manila, was detained many
weeks on suspicion she had CO.
operated with a foreign business
firm in purchasing and monop-
olizing quinine.
These women received treat
ment little better than the men
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07

oners ever got together except
at rare intervals when we were
permitted to take exercise In the
courtyard under direction OF a
military officer in uniform.
We were permitted no read
ing matter.
FEET GET WORSE
The condition of my feet,
which panied me severely at
Bridgehouse prison. rapidly be-
came worse. due, l suppose. TO
the freezing weather which pre-
vailed all through March in
Shanghais coolest winter.
] frequently complained and
asked that a doctor be sent TO
examine me, but this had little
effect until my feet had swollen
to about twice their normal size
and turned purple.
Meanwhile my weight had
dropped from about $50 pounds
when / entered Bridgehouse
prison to about 80 or 80 pounds.
I was unable to walk due to
weakness and the condition Of
my feet.
One Of the British prisoners
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07
The Author

John Benjamin Powell
is a slight. mild man.
nered Missourian whose
unc o m p romising hos
tility to Japanese aggres-
sion earned him the title
of Japan's Up u bile
Enemy No. l." BY fell
low newspaper men in
China, where he was an
editor for rs years, he
was considered probably
the best informed for
eigner in Shanghai.
The Japanese m a d
persistent efforts to
silence him, by death or
expulsion from China,
and to throttle his news
papers. the China Weekly
Review and the China
Press.
A former resident of
Hannibal, Mo-, where his
wife now lives, Powell
graduated from the Uni
versity of Missouri School
of Journalism. He was
a professor there for
several years before 60
ing to China in 1917. A
son, John William Powell,
is in the editorial de-
partment of the Foreign
Broadcast MONT o ring
Service at Washington.
A daughter, Mrs. Martha
Powell Hensley. lives in
Washington also.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07
Coal Rationing
Near, Says U. S.

Donald NJ. Nelson, war produc-
ton chief, warned that emergency
coal rationing was probable unless
consumers Immediately build up
their reserve supplies to "the. limit
of storage capacity"
We are in a position to put In
your full next winters supply of
most grades and sizes. now, with.
out payment until November.
Then you may pay in cash or in
6 or monthly payments. For
complete information phone The
Detroit Coal Co., Townsend s:S503.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07
Detroit Marine Kills 8 Japs
With One Hand Grenade
How U. S. Forces Wiped Out
3 Villages to Avenee Treachery

Herewith Is The ond and concluding article by Richard
Tregask IneTnaonA News Service correspondent who
the United States Marines their surprise landing
Japanese
Kokumbona Guadacana Island
yesterday Tregssks told the resorted
attempt American
advancing villages Today Tregasks tells how the
repaid japanese reachey wiped out the villages
in a three pronged assault.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07

except they could sometimes
leave the cell in order to wash.
In a period OF four months, I'M
prisoRmeHt, was permitted
only three or four baths.
Next--How Japan Took Over
Shanghai.
Distributed BY King Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07
BY RICHARD TREGASKIS
International News Service stan Writer

MARINE HEADQUARTERS SOLOMON
ISLANDS, Aug. 20 (Delayed).-It was estimated
there were about 200 Japanese soldiers in the camps
ranging along the shore between Matanikau and
Kokumbona. So we sent out enough men to take the
Japs from three Sides and drive them into the sea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07
CRUISER APPEARED

At that point the Japanese
cruiser appeared on the scene and
commenced signalling to the vii.
lage of Kokumbona. Answering
signal flags were raised at Kokum-
bona. but Colonel Whaling's men
opened fire and forced withdrawal
of these flags. U
They made a successful landing
farther down the beach and Colo
mel Whaling joined Captain Haw.
kins' troops, after undergoing
Smelling by the cruiser.
II was 4 o'clock in the afternoon
that signals were seen rising over
Matanikau, and IL was known Their
that the attack Of the marines hac
been successfully completed and
Japanese perfdy and treschery
oNHpraI
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Gardiner for three months be-
fore l was removed directly 10
the SIS. Conte Verde. which
brought Americans out Of the
Orient.
l doubt if there has been an
instance where human beings
received such treatment since
the days Of African slavery.
AS far as foreigners were con-
cerned. the japanese seemed 10
be following a plan TO arrest
key men as means of in
timidating the entire population.
Several times they made mis-
takes which took several days
TO rectify. but the poor victim
had TO remain in prison despite
the error.
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Daps' Prisoners Forced to kneeI & Hours a Time
CONTINUED from Page One)

(COntinued from rage OneD
blows. There were IS of them.
When the guard had finished
there was only about a foot of
the formerly yard-long club re-
naming in his hands, the rest OF
il having been splintered away.
A further significant element
in the prison situation both at
Bridgehouse and Kiangw IN
prisons. where was sent later,
was the incarceration of a con-
siderable number of japanese
prisoners.
These consisted of soldiers
who had been drinking on duty
and employees of foreign firms
from whom the gendarmes were
trying to obtain information re-
garding the activities of the
foreigners.
/ talked to many of these pris-
oners and found their regard for
the police was little higher than
my own.
Once a gendarme officer beat
a japanese soldier into insen-
sibility because the soldier had
called him the one profane word
in the japanese Ian age.
'baka," which stands for any
thing from fool" to the equiva-
lent of some of the worst pro-
fame phrases in the English
language.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07

the Dollar!

You'll find all these and
more -. F.. each meeting our
standards of quality, de-
pendability and THRIFT
That's why we say -.
to stretch YOUR dollars,
shop tomorrow and get
your share of the Basement
Store values in our forty
departm entS on two con-
venient floor levels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07
SIMILAR TO GEsTAPO

The japanese gendarmerie,
profoundly secret in its organiza-
ton. corresponds in many re-
spects to the German gestapo.
/ think il is safe TO say that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07

Any Hudson's Basement
Store shopper will tell you
that any time. But now, dur
ing HudSon'S 61St Anniver-
sary, we really 60 to town
on dollar-stretching.
Just shop the Anniversary
values in Hudson'S Base
ment Store price the
fashions and furniShin IS
you want =. and you'll see
how your dollar will stretch
and Str-r-retCh.
See our exciting new, Fall
fashions our home fur
nlShln9S our new toys
for youngsters -. our new
stocks of mems wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07
WOMEN QUESTIONED

An engineer named Davis.
who was connected with Shang-
hal Power Company. was brought
10 our cell and questioned daily
for a considerable period in the
belief he was managing director
of the North China Daily News.
the leading British newspaper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Haydn.
who were prominent Jewish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-07


Cal, commanding officer of the
unit nearest the japanese position,
vowed:
"We1l get them II II takes n
whole battalion"
/ accompanied the group led by
Capt. William II. Hawkins of
Bridgeport, Conn. on the approach
along one shoreline towards Ma
tanikau. Another group was led
by Captain Hardy. A third was
led by Capt. Lyman ID. Spurlock
of Lincoln, Neb.
WAKENED BY GUNFIRE
The night was uneventful. in the
..grove, but we were awakened by
FUNDS OF distant gunfire, and as
Ie listened we supposed there
might be japanese ships moving
into Tulagi Bay to shell Tulagi
and Guadalcanal. The distant,
rumbling sound Of gunfre stopped
that night, but in the morning at
daybreak il resumed.
II was not long before we found
the origin of the sounds. From
the seashore we could sec a Japa-
nese cruiser first on the horizon,
then moving inshore. The yellow
flag carrying a red rising sun was
clearly visible with field glasses.
Farther down the beach. on the
far side of Matanikau and Ko-
kumhona, we could see string of
MIR iapAfn0 hnafc tN,tfffnn - 80
shore. And then we saw the
cruiser opening up with shellfire
upon the group OF boats.
RUN INTO OPPOSITION
We could not wait to see the
show, however-but had 10 con-
tlnue on our way down along the
beach toward Matanikau. We did
not have far 10 go before we too
ran into opposition.
w pushed on through the grove
of white breadfruits, then across
the little bridge and into the thick
jungle where we had been am
pushed a few days before when
the Japs faxed a surrender by
raising a white flag.
This time there was no sniper
fire. as yet. for our artillery shells
were singing overhead and crash
ing into Matanikau just beyond,
and there was no doubt that the
barrage was causing some confu-
sion in the japanese camp.
JAPS START FIRING
But when the barrage halted,
the Japanese began firing at us,
as they had before. from all sides.
heard the whirring sound of bull
IS winging close by. and could
hear one or two tick into the
leaves where / took shelter.
This time the JapS had two
light machine guns very close 10
where lay. We could hear their
chatter to the right and left.
waited for a break in the fir
ing and then took up a better posi-
ton in deeper brush. Meanwhile
one Of our mortars had got a
bearing on the japanese machine
gun TO our right, and was firing
at il. / could see a squad cutting
of into the bushes to the left.
heading toward the machine gun
whic'l was peppering us from that
direction.
CLOSE TO VILLAGE
During the day of August 10,
Captain Hawkins group advanced
TO the Matanikau River. close to
the village of Matanikau. and
thers waited for the big push of
Captain Spurlock's group. 1t was
Captain Spurlock's men who wrote
the bravest chapter of heroism.
Spurlock's group, after an ap-
proach of about 10 miles through
tangled jungle which was only oc-
casionally relieved by grass
knobs, found itself atop a ridge
overlooking the position where the
japanese were most heavily en-
.trenehed,
pIATnnN AnVANrEC
Evening star., 1942-04-18

tinued all day yesterday, though
at somewhat decreased intensity.
Little damage was done, the an
nouncement added.
The War Department said reports
from the Philippine province OF Cebu
indicated that Cebu City was in
enemy hands. This city, the second
largest in the Philippines, was re-
ported burning.
Hostile forces which landed on
the island of Panay are being op-
posed vigorously by our troops, the
communique said
Yesterday it was reported that
Corregidor had silenced three jap
anese batteries on Bataan and
Cavite. Both Corregidor and Ca
ballo Islands in Manila Bay were
raided five times by enemy bombers,
one Of which was hit by anti-air-
craft fire and believed to have
crashed.
Fierce fighting was reported from
the island of Panay between de-
tending troops and the japanese
invasion force which landed at the
cities of Iloilo and Capiz
Evening star., 1942-04-18
American Warp|anes Blast Tokio>
Yokohama Kobe and Nagoya>
Setting Fires in Daylight Attack
u. S. Planes Garry War to Axis
On For-FIung Battle Fronts

French invasion coast"
4. Allied warplanes, pre-
sumably including United
States aircraft, again blasted
held Koepang. in
Dutch Timor, where the Japa-
nese have been massing for
attacks on Australia.
America is becoming a de-
Gliding factor in the war a
London military expert said.
pointing to the widespread
raids.
For the first time she Is &C
tually placing an effective
number of planes in distant
fighting lines, which means
that the battle Of production
and transportation is being
won.
From now on it's going to
be planes, planes and more
planes in India, Egypt, Brit
ain, Australia, China and
every other battle front until
the initiative everywhere is
ours.
Japan threw her maximum
strength in the initial attacks.
Her air position cannot i'm
prove. Germany and Italy
have shown a steady decline in
their air strength since last
year"
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Navy Men Save Norfolk Diver
Tropped in Mud 9 Hours

him that he would return with aid.
Another diver. J. NJ. Tuggle, arrived
by boat from Norfolk and. working
in relays for about four hours, the
pair freed Mr.. Hamilton early to-
day.
DR.. S. X. Ames reported that Mr..
Hamilton had a slight leg injury
from mud pressure and suffered
shock and exposure. He ordered the
diver TO hospital.
1t was only little more than a year
ago that Mr.. Hamilton's arm was
caught in chain gear, pinioning him
II feet under water and tearing a
hole in his diving suit Water grad
ually leaked into his suit as he
struggled to free his arm. Waiting
until the water reached his shoul-
ders, he signaled for his knife, 80
I could try to cut my arm OF be-
fore drowned"
A fellow worker extricated him,
however. after an hour and q half
Of desperate surface efforts and
preparations.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
U. s. More Than Doubles
Ledse.Lend Aid 10 Russia

American aid to Russia under the
lease-lend program was two-and-
one half times as great in March as
in February, the White House dis
closed today, in a further indication
of the intensified efforts being made
to bolster this European front
against the Germans.
While no dollar figures or details
on materials were given, the White
House said that all lease-lend, as
sistance in February and March had
amounted to more than 81 900 ,000,-
600 in value. For March alone, a
report to the President showed dis
patch of aid valued at nearly $780,
000, 1000.
These statistics were contained In
brief summary of lease-lend op-
erations as of March 81 submitted to
President Roosevelt by Acting Lease
Lend Administrator Thomas B. Nc
Cabe.
Since Inauguration of the pro-
gram of extending assistance on this
basis to other nations whose cause
is considered vital TO the United
States, more than three billion dol
lars In material has been transfer
red, with the rate of such aid show
ing steady increase during the Is
months covered.
During the last week the Presi-
dent conferred with newly arrived
officers of Soviet purchasing COM
mission, recently set up here to ex-
pedite procurement in this country,
Evening star., 1942-04-18
U. 5. Heavy Bombers
Batter Rangoon's
Harbor Area
Jup-HeId Burmo Port
Is Hard Hit in Attack;
All Planes Return
ry the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, April ia
squadron of United States heavy
bombers raided Japanese -occu-
pied Rangoon in Burma Thurs
day, it was announced officially
today.
dispatches from Chungking
Thursday indicated the jap
anese were engaged in landing
five and one-half fresh divisions
at Rangoon. r. A. r. flyers
sighted 40 transports, according
to the reports)
Docks and harbor installations
were bombed heavily, a commu-
nique said.
The raid occurred during the
night and the raiders returned un-
scathed, sustaining neither damage
nor casualties.
The text of the communique
follows:
"A squadron Of our heavy bombers
made a raid on Rangoon on the
night of April 16.
Docks and harbor installations
were heavily bombed.
Although intense anG-aircraft
fire was encountered, no damage
was sustained either by our bomb
ers or personnel"
The United States Air Force is
sued the communique.
The Indian Navy has removed
10000 Indians from Burma ports
in four weeks under the constant
threat of Japanese air attack, II
was announced last night.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
THREE CENTS.
Russians Report
Major Defeat Of
films in North
VitoI Defense Line
Token in Two Duys
Of Heavy Fighting
Rr The Associated Pres.

BY tho Associated Press
MOSCOW, April l8.-Soviet
forces on the northern front have
captured a center of resistance
whose fall constitutes a major
defeat for the Firms, TaSS said
today in a dispatch broadcast
by the Moscow radio.
In two days of fighting the Firms
have lost more than 1000 officers
and men and a very important de-
fenes line, the Soviet news agency
declared. II reported that Soviet
troops had consolidated their posi-
tions and were now continuing pur-
suit Of the Firms.
On the central front Russian
units, hammering against the Ger
mans. have forced Nazi command
ers to throw artillery reserves into
battle to take the places of infantry
troops, the army newspaper Red
Star reported.
Two unsuccessful counterattacks
by the Germans cost them $50 cas-
ualties in the 9th Artillery Regi-
ment fighting as infantry, the paper
said.
The Soviet Information Bureau
told of phases of other action in a
communique broadcast by the Mos
COW radio.
"On the western (centraD front
our men in one sector smashed en-
emy resistance and occupied num-
ber of enemy defense points" 1t
said. Hundreds of enemy dead were
left on the field.
Kalinin front fighters were de-
clared to have destroyed 35 German
blockhouseS, 10 earthworks, two
tanks and various weapons in a
days operations which cost the In
vaders more than 800 men and Of
ficers killed.
A Tass report from the southern
front said Red Air Force squadrons
had fought German flyers to a
standstill in extensive engagements
over the Sea Of Azov coast, frustrat-
ing NaZi effort to gain aerial SUI
periority there.
Military dispatches from the
Dnieperopetrovsk sector predicted
''the hour Is near" when the Rus
slams will retake the huge industrial
center. Guerrillas were said TO have
blown up German staff headquar-
! ters, killing 100 officers.
A report from Smolensk Province
said that In nine months Russian
guerrillas had killed 11,000 OF the
enemy, including Eve generals.
Twenty districts of the province
we're said to have been cleared Of
Germans in the last three months.
A Norwegian telegraph agency
dispatch said 10 Russian bombers
recently attacked the German bar
racks at Vardo, Norway, where
1000 soldiers were quartered, and
killed at least 200.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Attacks on Russian Front
Successful, Nozis Soy

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, April 18 CR-German at
tacks in central and northern sectors
of the Russian front have been sue
cessful despite difficult footing and
the Nazi air force has sunk a 1000
ton freighter in the Black Sea, the
high command said today.
"In the destruction of an enemy
fighting group reported in the COM
munique of April Is, part of the SD
Russian Army was cut of and, in
fighting lasting several days, As
localities and about 1000 firing
points were taken in the face of
tough enemy resistance" 1t was
declared.
The high command said the Rus
SLAMS had lost more than 5000 pris-
oners, 5000 killed, ITO guns, 269
trench mortars and machine-guns
and 10 planes" in the operations.
The Red Air Force was declared
to have lost 8,727 planes in the
period from March 81 to April 10, of
which 726 were listed as shot down.
The others were said to have been
knocked out of action while aground.
During the same period 88 of our
machines were lost on the eastern
front" the high command stated.
German submarines were said to
have sunk 4,000-ton British tanker
In the Eastern Mediterranean,
Evening star., 1942-04-18
War Material Flood
In Last Half Of Year
Seen by Wallace
Addresses Ordnance
School in Aberdeen
As Son Is Graduated

By tho Associated Press.
ABERDEEN, Md, April 18.-Vice
President Wallace, addressing 90
new Army ordnance officers, one OF
them his own son. said today that
by the last half of this year" the
United States would be turning out
more war materials than any nation
in the worlds history.
Robert B. Wallace, %, is a mem
Der of the first class to be graduated
as second lieutenants in the ord
nance officers training center at
Aberdeen Army Proving Ground
since Pearl Harbor.
The Vice President said the
United States would beat the enemy
at his ''own game, so that we can
earn the right to live peacefully"
Flood Of Materials Rising.
He charged the class with the
responsibility of keeping the Nation S
war machine going, and declared
that more than any other nation
we understand machinery and the
moment our factories begin to roll
1 have no fear about the final out
come ."
From a small rivulet our war ma
terials are now swelling to a mighty
river. The vast flood of materials
will be placed on the line of battle
under the direction of men like your
selves. The civilian population will
deny itself, whether in the factory
or fields in order that you men may
have the material on the spot where
it will do the most good - Amer
leans are not cutters"
Brig. Gen. ROLAND w. Case. COM
manding general of the Aberdeen
Proving Ground, said the United
States had done in two years what
it took Germany seven to accom-
plish and Italy 20 years and Japan
two generations-develop a third
rate Army into a modern military
machine.
Tour Proving Ground.
Vice President and Mrs. Wallace
arrived to find the Aberdeen station
cleared Of all but welcoming officers
and scores of soldiers holding ma
chine guns at the alert. Before the
graduation ceremonies they were
taken on a tour of the proving
ground. Jeeps containing armed
soldiers escorted the party.
Second 1t Wallace is to be given
several days leave and will ther
return to Aberdeen for orders.
In the class is John r. Blackwell
of Cumberland, Md. who was al
Hickam Field, Hawaii, during the
Japanese attack December 7. 1t
Blackwell was commended for meri-
torious behaviour and was selected
for the Ordnance Onicers' Training
School.