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Evening star., 1942-02-09
British Battling Japs Man-to-Man
As Singapore Invaders Advance;
Batavia Is Raided for First Time
Situation We'll
In Hond,' Says
Gen. Bennett
By the Associated Press.

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The japanese fought their way
into the fortress isle Of Singa-
pore today on a 10-mile front,
threatening to overrun the once
powerful British base, but after
several hours of bloody fighting
the situation was reported Of
ficially to be well in hand"
That word came from Maj. Gen.
Henry Gordon Bennett, commander
OF the Australian forces, in whose
zone in the mangrove swamps and
rubber plantations of the northwest
ern shore the invaders first struck.
I'VE have taken our stand on a
strong line and are organizing an
attack which it is hoped will re-
cover as much as possible Of the
lost terrain" Gen. Bennett said, thus
holding out but slim hope that the
Japanese could be readily dislodged.
MAN. 10 MAN SLTuSSlc.
The strong Japanese landing had
turned Singapore's ordeal of shellflre
and bombs in the past week of siege
from the opposite shore Of Johore
Strait into a manto-man, weapon
to-weapon struggle.
The Japanese declared their beach
heads were so we'll consolidated that
tanks already had been ferried
across to bolster their shock troops.
While this seemed quite possible.
there was no confirmation from
Singapore.
Likewise unconfirmed was a
roundabout report that Japanese
parachutiSts had been dumped be-
hind the forward defense positions
and already had engaged British
detachment.
The parachutist story-via Toxic,
the Oslo radio and ReuterS-sald
also that the japanese fleet was
ready for attack near Singapore lat
any moment
In such fight Singapore's mon
ster guns-as heavy as 18 inches
might we'll get in their first good
licks for they were primarily de-
signed to cover the sea approaches.
Japs Virtually Beleaguered.
Under a hail of British artillery
fire which swept the shallow waters
of Johore Strait. the japanese force
was virtually beleagured unable to
receive reinforcements at least un-
til nightfall. Before dark, the Aus
tralians hoped to cut the invaders
to pieces.
This initial force gained it's foot
hold under cover Of a whitening
artillery and aerial bombardment
throughout yesterday and all last
night.
A London informant said the jap
anese invasion was launched across
the Strait of Johore with the drive
pivoting on Berth Inlet at narrow
stretch of the strait.
The tempo increased violently in
the night, and ragged rows Of jap
anese special landing boats began
moving across the shell-churned
straits in the light of rising half
moon.
Plunging into the mangrove
swamps and rubber trees and dart
ing into tiny inlets which penetrate
the shore, the japanese succeeded
in making good foothold protected
by machine gun nests hidden In
tangle of logs and brush.
Then only British shells plunged
into the mud fats and beaches, as
bayonet swinging Australians and
hardy Indians plunged into the
thick of a hand-to-hand fight.
Pushed back to this last bit Of
British soil in Malaga in a two
month war, the defenders were
veritable suicide army, for they
had little or no chance of escape
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Intensified Raids
Believed Prelude
To Java Assault
BY the Associated Press.

Feb. 9.-Japanese planes made
their first raid Of the Pacific war
on Batavia, capital Of the Meth
erlands Indies, today in an in
tensifying series of air attacks
believed here to be a prelude to
an attempt to invade Java, CEN
ter of the United Nations re-
sistance to the japanese in the
Southwest Pacific.
The raid, carried out by six tc
eight Japanese fighters, was di.
rected mainly at Kema joran ano
Tijililitan airdromes near Batavia
Aneta News Agency said. The at.
tacks were limited to machine gun
ming and no bombs were dropped
Streets in the capital and its su.
burbs also were strafed.
Some damage" was done to army
planes at Kemajoran and two pas.
senger planes were damaged. A spe.
cial communique said two civilian.
were seriously wounded and nine
slightly hurt At least one and DOS.
sibly two Of the raiders were shot
down.
Meet Heavy Fire.
Japanese efforts to attack the har-
Dor were turned back by heavy anti.
aircraft FIRE.
Enemy activity also was reported
over other parts OF Java, Sumatra
and Borneo.
The Indies high command said
japanese patrols were pushing
south from the charred oil port of
Balikpapan on the east Borneo
coast apparently planning to reach
Bandjermassin," important trade
center on the south shore OF Borneo
facing Java.
Palembang Bombed Again.
The port was said to be a prime
Japanese objective as the men Of
Nippon attempted to forge an arc
around the vital citadel OF Java in
preparation for invasion.
Palembang, oil center in south
east Sumatra. was, bombed again,
but the communique said there were
no Allied losses.
At least two and probably three
enemy planes were shot down over
the great naval base Of Soerabaja
Saturday.
The attack on Batavia began dur
ing lunch time after two days of
japanese reconnaissance flights and
long series of alarms during pre-
vious days. The all-clear sounded
an hour and a half later.
Remarkable Calmness.
J. P. Bouwer. Aneta staff CORE
spondent, said he saw two columns
Of black smoke in the sky near the
center Of the city.
The great calmness prevailing
everywhere was remarkable" he
said. "and to a large extent it was
undoubtedly due to the fact that
the raid had been expected for so
long that when it finally came 1t
caused almost feeling Of relief"
Anti-aircraft batteries went into
action Immediately after Japanese
planes were sighted and later Dutch
fighters took to the air and engaged
the attackers in dogflghts.
Aneta said 81 persons were re-
ported killed and 81 injured in yes
terday's raid on Soerabaja, chief
naval base OF the Indies. The larg-
est number Of casualties occurred
when a direct hit was scored on a
street car under which large num-
Der Of natives had taken shelter.
The raid was directed mainly
against the dockyards, but reports
said the damage was negligible.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Macarthur HoIts New Attacks,
Several Jap Batteries SiIenced
Development Of Further Enemy Offensive
In Philippines Is Indicated in Communiques
By the Associated Press.


Gen Douglas Macarthur reported today
Peninsula in the Philippines repused attacks Japanese
while the Manila Bay Notifications senced several
siege batteries CaYe shore
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-6)
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(See SINGAPORE, Page AS
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(See MRS. ROOSEVELT, Page Al
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(See o. G. D.. Page A-2)
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Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and 2-X Of this edition of
The Star, supplementing the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

imagined. They manage 20
overcome the Nazi Commander.
played by Raymond Massey, and
escape with military information
OF vital Importance to the Allies.
They rob some unwary SEN
tries Of their uniforms and pro-
gress slowly toward the Dutch
border. Some of the stunts they
perform TO elude their captors
will make your heart pound. One.
for example. was for a motor
cyclist 10 hit at high speed an
auto cushion thrown by Flynn
from the escaping car. For
tunately. the stunt man who
performed the trick and his
motorcycle were thrown forty
feet through the air and into a
stream by the roadside. A diff
cult feat and dangerous.
Most Of the performers had TO
turn into acrobats for an exciting
roof-top chase toward the end of
the picture. with sensational
leaps, climbs and falls.
The Warner Brothers techni-
cal staff must have had a field
day in sequence showing the
daring crew sabotaging factory
making incendiary bombs for
Nazi raiders.
Beyond that I'm not going 70
say a word about the plot of the
picture, except TO state that the
whole thing is handled with STAG
cato eloquence by Raoul Walsh
the director, who as someone has
already said, handled his cam
era like a machine gun"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

mouth, Maine, who was well
known as a befriender of dogs.
The money for the NUTS will
be turned over to F. j. Harrigan.
the keeper of a kennel in nearby
Scarboro, and he will see that
1t is wisely and humanely spent.
Mr.. Harrigan, the executor of
the unusual last will and tesla
ment, explained that Mrs. Booth
spent a good part Of her life and
her income befriending mongrel
dogs and trying to find good
homes for them. At times she
would have as many as 20 dogs
Of nondescript breed in his ken.
nels because Mrs. Booth was
having a little difficulty in find
ing what she considered proper
homes for the animals. Some
times he would have only two or
three of her dogs on his hands.
Arthur j. Carbee. an executive
OF the Animal Rescue League,
estimated that the late Mrs.
Booth had bought about so dogs
from the League and had paid
S5 apiece for them so that they
wouldn't have to be destroyed.
Mr.. Harrigan says he has
quite a job on his hands finding
good homes for the Is or 20
dogs he is keeping on Mrs.
Booths legacy but that the
pups will get along all right
because the money left for their
food and lodging is enough to
last for some time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

Hale and Arthur Kennedy.
Though the film must be con-
sidered as fiction, enough stories
have come through of daring es-
capes of Britons interned in Ger
man camps TO give 1t the hall
mark of truth.
The element behind such es-
capes is the stupidity of the Ger
mans, and the clever wit of the
fleers. Nobody knows as well as
the Nazis just how stupid they
can be. Nothing makes them
more furious when they are found
out, because they pride them
selves on the perfection of their
internal machine.
Desperate Journey" concerns
the exploits of an Raj Flying
Fortress, shot down in the Black
Forest and the attempts of five
of its crew to escape.
The Warmers have a talent for
making breathless films, in which
the suspense is almost unbear-
able. desperate Journey" is one
of these. so prepare TO chew your
nails, tear up programs or tele-
phone books or whatever you use
to quiet your nerves.
The five prisoners of war are
about as cocky a bunch of inter-
national dare-devils as could be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

insult in the way of a motion
picture makes Hitler stamp his
feet, Goebbels scream and Goer.
ing lose a couple of pounds. They
just can't take IL.
Warner Brothers do their bit
with an exciting film, called ap-
propriately enough Desperate
Journey" starring Enrol Flynn,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

= EN- stray pups were recently
awarded $1,000 for their
j upkeep under a will filed
by Mrs. Julia S. Booth of Fal-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

By JOHN u. STURDEVANT,
Motion Picture Editor.
VERY time Hollywood slaps
the face of Germany. the AL
- lies are one step nearer VIC
tory. Not only do such pictures
build up national morale. but also
they weaken Nazi resistance. An
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

The Private
Railroad
Coach of a
High German
Official Is a
Temporary
Refuge for
the Hunted
Filters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-11

A Thrilling
Chase From
Nazi Pursuers
Leads the
Raj Filters
Over the
Roofs Of a
German
Village.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

held in this city on May II, 1870, and Of
time:
THE National Encampment Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic assembled
at IL o'clock today at headquarters OF
the Department of the Potomac, corner
Of Ninth and D streets.
THE following are the. principal
officers present: John A. Logan. COM
mander in chief, Washington, D. c.;
Lucius Fairchild, senior vice commander
in chief, Wisconsin; William T. Collins,
adjutant general, Washington, D. c.; A.
Starring, inspector general, Washington.
D. c.; T. Lubey, quartermaster general,
Washington, D. c.; N. p Chapman, judge
advocate general, Washington, D. c.;
S. p Mitchell, surgeon general, Philadel-
phia, Pa; A. H. Quint, chaplain in chief,
New Bedford, Mass; Hanson E. Weaver.
assistant adjutant general, Washington.
D. c.: E. F. M. Faehtz, w. F. Morse and
r. S. Brown assistant inspector generals,
Washington, D. c., and Charles G..
Gould, A. D. c., Washington, D. c."
In the next issue of The Star is the
following report:
The encampment reassembled this
morning, but nothing OF public interest
was done. At noon the encampment
called upon President Grant, who re-
ceived them in the east room. Gen.
John A. Logan made a short address
appropriate to the occasion, and the
Evening star., 1942-06-14
The Grand Army of The Republic Is Passing On
Bv John Clagett Proctor


It is pathetic to realize, as many
undoubtedly do, that the Grand Army
Of the Republic, a once numerous and
powerful organization, exists today large
" in holy memory, with probably less
than one thousand members Of the many
thousands who once belonged to its posts
throughout the country, and marched in
the parades at its early national encamp-
ments.
In Washington, year ago, the De-
partment of the Potomac, the local
branch of this famous body of men,
finally dwindled to two men. and they
we're taken over by the national head
quarters at Springfield. ILL.,, and given
the rank of past department COM
manders, and thus came to an end, the
Grand Army in the District of Columbia.
However, at the peak or its existence
here, there were 81 posts, but about
10 years ago all but four of these had
dropped out or consolidated with others
End the remaining posts and their men,
bers then were: Kit Carson Post,
lNU d-COllll w DldlOSOCll, COllll L. SlCul,
John L. Culbertson, Joseph M. Dufour.
James E. Dunn, William F. Dorsey, John
Joy Edison, Eliasaph D. Godfrey E. S.
Godfrey, Gilbert M. Hustled. Edgar H.
Klemroth, John M. Kline, Enathan
Meade, John Middleton, Fred w. Mixer,
Games A. Mcdowell, John T. Ryan,
Charles W. Shewalter, Thomas E. Traz-
zarre, Theodore F. Wilson, Albert l..
Woodwork and John N. D. Nordemann.
Lincoln Post, No. 3-W. j. Bailey,
Charles S. Bingley, Newton Charles,
Alexander S. Christie, John Clark,
Joseph T. Divinnie, Alexander Douglass,
Charles Fox. Henry T. Houck, Frederick
Hughes, THEODORE johnson, Karl l..
Kimble, George H. Junsman, H. Nc
CONCEAL, Thomas w. Manchester, Peter
Evening star., 1942-06-14

John NJ. Kline, nO1U IN his
95th year, from a recent photo
graph. Last commander Of
the Department of the Poto-
mac, Grand Army of the Re-
public.
s. Noble, James H Perkins William H.
Proctor, William P Shelmire, F. Shuey,
William Thomas, Eugene w. Weaver,
Hazard Wheeler, Ozias S. Webster and
John M. Young.
Phil Sheridan Post, No. 6-Byron
W. Bonney, S. F. Hamilton, Alfred H.
Hubert, Thomas H. jerks, Frederick
Klein, H. c. McCammon, Samuel G. G.
Mawson, William H. Ramsey, Richard
Riggles, Fred Shortsleeves and William
J. Weiss.
Burnside Post, No. 8-Nathan Baer,
e J. Beaverstock, William Camp. E. R.
Campbell George r. Cook. Earl Grams
ton, E w. Creecy H. N. Crutchett. H. T.
Dunbar, J. R. Finney, o. S, Firmin, E.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

struggled with i'll health and his rugged
body had been built up only by sheer
determination. And that was what he
wanted all OF us to have-the kind of
determination that makes a people
strong and rugged and virile and united.
Throughout his mature life he urged
those qualities upon us and sometimes
he was abused for doing it.
Thinking Of this. once said to him
that did not see how he had kept from
becoming cynical about mankind.
Il am not cynical" he replied, be
cause I have observed that Just when
our people seem to be altogether beyond
hope, they have a way of turning round
and doing something perfectly magnifi-
cent"
AS our little group used to go in the
old days to Theodore Roosevelt for
stimulus and comfort. those of us who
remain turn to him in memory. Often
1t seems to me I know, as If 1 had Just
been talking with him, what he would
think and feel today.
His first thought would be for the men
Of Wake and Midway and the Philip
pines, those all too few heroic men whose
deeds belong to history and the poets.
Our Country's Call.
His next thought would be for us, and
1t would be colored with uneasiness lest
our traditional feeling of safety from
attack make us incredulous and COM
placent, so that we take too long to
reach the point of doing something
perfectly magnificent"
And perhaps he would repeat to us the
message delivered In a speech he made
in 1899:
II preach to you, then, my country
men. that our country calls not for the
life of ease, but for the life of strenuous
endeapor. The 10th century looms be-
fore US big ,Dith the fate of MANY na-
tions. If ,De stand idly by, II ,De seek
merely S,D0llen, slothful ease and ig-
noble peace, it tDe shrink from the hard
contests ,Dhere men must tDin at hazard
of their lipes and at the risk of all they
hold dear, then the bolder and stronger
people ,ciu pass by US and wiH ,Din for
themselves the domination of the ,oorld
"Let Us therefore boldly face the life OF
strife, reSolute to do our duty ,peH and
mantully; resolute to uphold righteous
ness by deed and by ,Dord;; resolute to
be both honest and brave, to serpe high
ideals, yet to use practical methods.
Abope all, let US not shrink from strife,
moral or physical, iDithin or Without the
Nation, prouided ,oe are certain the strife
is justified; for 1t is only through strife,
through hard and dangerous endeapor,
that we shall ultimately pin the goal OF
true national greatness"
Evening star., 1942-06-14

Albert M. Lathrop, who is
nearing his 101st birthday
anniversary, oldest CiUil War
veteran of the Union Army
residing in the District of Co.
lunabid and Uicinity, so far as
knO1D71.
President replied that he was happy to
meet them, and would be glad to take
them all by the hand. Gen. Logan then
introduced the members separately to
the President. A delegate called out that
they should like to hear some remarks
from the President. The President said
he was at loss to find words to express
his feelings at meeting so many of his
old comrades. The party then grouped
around him, where some time was spent
in conversation and the interchange of
congratulations"
The next National Encampment was
held in Washington. and was probably
the greatest and most largely attended
of all. 1t took place on September 81
and %, 1892. The writer clearly recalls
this, since on the day of the parade he
occupied a camp stool on the sidewalk
on the north side of Pennsylvania ave-
streets from 8 am. to 5 pm, and saw
more Grand Army men than he ever
saw before or since.
This was a particularly notable occa-
sion, and the people of the District Of
Columbia gave the Grand Army well
come such as had not been given since
the grand review. OF course. there was
a Citizens Committee. which made all
the local plans sufficiently far in ad-
vance to guarantee the success that it
proved to be.
John Joy Edison, later vice president
OF the Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
was chairman of the Citizens General
Committee S. w. Woodward was vice
chairman, Harrison Dingman secretary
and B. H. Warner treasurer.
How interesting it is to ponder over
the names of the ether members of the
committee and see how very few are
with us today after the lapse of what
seems to many of us but short space
of time. They were then of our leading
citizens, and included: Commissioner
John w. Douglass, Commissioner John
w. ROSS, Commissioner w. T. Rossell,
Justice j. M. Harlan, George E. Lemon,
A. S. Worthington, S. S. Burdett,
Charles P. Lincoln. Lawrence Gardner,
E. Southard Parker George c. Henning,
Albert Ordway, William G. Moore, Will
liam NJ Meredith. Theodore w. Noyes,
Gen. Thomas M. Vincent, Admiral James
E. Jouett, Gen. r. N. Batchelder Dun
can S. Walker, A. T. Dinsmore, Frank
Hatton. Beriah wilkins T. E. Roessle,
Robert A. Parke, M. M. Parker A. T.
Britton, L. P. Wright, A. A. Wilson,
George w. Driver. Ellis Spear, w. w.
Dudley, Miss Clara Barton, A. A.
Thomas, s. B. Hege, John r. Carmody,
o. G. Staples, John McElroy. j. M. Pipes,
Louis D. Wine, George Gibson. William
Mayse, Isadore Saks, e. B. Hay, G. T.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

w. Foster, R. F. Hill, William NJ King,
Daniel Knelly, George w. Lawson. J. D.
Mcbride, H. B. Moulton, George Newton.
J. w. Palmer, Convis Parker, j. F. Par
ker, Charles v. Petteys, H. I. Riser, J.
w. Sanderson, Willard S. Saxton, w. H.
Scribner, H. w. Sherwood, j. H. Shep-
herd, H. w. Sleeper, William Tindell, G.
S. Warn, J. R. Weathers, Darwin Wea-
yer, w. D. West, A. J. Whitaker, H. c.
Whitworth, j. H. Wolff and F. J. Young.
The Last Veterans.
Reading over the names recently of the
81 men here recorded the writer was
reminded of play he once saw in AL
baugh's Grand Opera House, in this city,
in which the noted actor, Sir Henry Ir-
wing, took the leading part. The play
was called Before Waterloo" and Sir
Henry took the character Of the last
survivor of the Old Scotch Guard, who
was then in his 9Os The acting was
superb, but what the writer recalls in
particular is the great admiration and
veneration held for this aged British
veteran, and how he drew himself up
seemingly with one last supreme effort
as he saluted the colonel of the Scotch
regiment of which he was the OCCASIONS
guest And the thought occurs, will we
not also shower honors on the last of
our Civil War veterans? But why wait so
long-why reserve our homage to some
future date? Now-and from now on
is the time we should show any added
respect for the men whose sacrifices,
whose loyalty, bravery and courage are
responsible for the splendid united coun-
try in which we live today and over
which floats but one flag-the Star
Spangled Banner.
The Grand Army of the Republic had
its beginning in 1866, when 1t was or
ganized on April 6 of that year in De-
catur, ILL., It's founder was Benjamin
Franklin Stephenson. Six months later
Evening star., 1942-06-14

L. E. Dudley. provisional commander,
1878.
The Encampment of 1870.
Department ommanders-Samuel A.
Duncan. 1869; Timothy Luby, 1870-l872;
Frank H. Sprague. 1s73-ls75; Benjamin
F. Hawkes., 1876; A. H. G. Richardson.
1877; George E. Corson. 1878; Harrison
Dingman 1879; Charles C. Royce, 1880;
William Gibson, 1881; Samuel S. Bur-
dette, 1928; D. S. Alexander, 1884: New
ton M. Brooks, 1885; Jerome B. Burke,
1867; Charles P. Lincoln, 1888; William
S. ODell, 1889: M. Emmett Urell, 1890;
James M. Pipes. 1891; A. F. Dinsmore.
1892 Solomon E. Faunce, 1898: Nathan
Bickford. 1894; Marion T. Anderson. 1895;
John McElroy. 1885, l920-1; Thomas S.
Hopkins. 1897; Arthur Hendricks, 1898;
Calvin Farnsworth. 1899 George Slay-
baugh. 1900: Israel w. Stone. 1901; Ben
jamin F. Bingham, 1902; Ivory G.. Kim
ball, 1903; Abram Hart, 1904; A. P.
Tasker 1905; Benjamin P. Entrikin, 1906;
Newton Ferree, 1907 John S. Walker
1908: Edwin Holbrook, 1909; Henry A.
Johnson, 1910; George C. Ross. 1911;
j. D. Bloodgood, 1912; Thomas H. Mckee,
1918; J. K. Gleason. 1914; L. H. Patter-
son. 1915; Andres j. Huntoon, 1916;
Aaron H. Frear, 1917; Samuel G. Nav
son, 1918, 1929, 1881; Hiram B. Snyder,
1919; Harrison L. Dean. 1922; John W..
Reid, 1923; Briscoe Goodhart, 1924;
Hosea B. Moulton. 1925: Charles v. Pet
teys. 1926; John L. Clem. 1927: William
M. Bobb. 1928: Harry T. Dunbar, 1929.
and F. j. Young, 1880. The subsequent
commanders in order have been: William
Tindall, william F. Dorsey, John H.
Shepherd and John M. Kline. who was
the last department commander and
served from 1884 to l94l.
Many will recall the Grand Army en-
campments held here during the present
century, but few will recall the first one