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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02

What do you think of a catcher
with a personal maid? This town
has one. He is George Panzoff Of
Battalion Eleven, champion in the
Firemen's Midget Division of De-
troit Baseball Federation.
1t was not young Mr.. Panzoffs
idea at all. In fact, he was colder
TO the idea originally than an
Arctic explorer in January. All
goes back to 15-year-old Janet
Watkins, 1859 Rutherford. on the
verge OF entering senior high
school, adopting Manager Jack
Williams, SO years young and
and his wife.
She become the closest TO a
daughter the Williams have in
the swarm of children that run
in and out of their house at 1852
Rutherford.
When the season opened, Janet,
who has nothing but a good ma
tured sniff for softball or other
games girls can play, attached
herself TO Battalion Eleven's squad
after first winning her way into
the hearts of Mr.. Williams and his
wife.
SHE'S ACCEPTED
Unspoiled, not boy struck.
pretty, charming and quiet man.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Hawthorne Sets Aside
Army and Navy Day

CHICAGO. Sept. 2 GNS).-
Hawthorne race track officials to-
day set aside Saturday, September
26, as army and navy day when
all profits will be contributed to
the relief organizations of the two
services. The track also has asked
the Illinois Racing Board for per-
mission TO run nine races each
Saturday, all profits from the
extra race 10 go TO the relief
funds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
New Fairview OPENING

A few vacancies exist in the
New Fairview Senior House
League for teams with 100000
average. Those interested are
asked 10 attend a meeting Friday
night at 9 o'clock.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
To Start travelling Loop

Claire Richards, 1858 Engle. is
planning 10 organize a travelling
bowling league, patterned after
The Times All-Star Classic, for
afternoon and night shift war
workers. Those interested are
asked to call MU. 1886, Friday,
between II and 3 p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
SHE'S ACCEPTED

Unspoiled, not boy struck.
pretty, charming and quiet man.
nered with the poise of women
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Athletics. Buy
Coast Player

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2 (INS)
Connie Mack, veteran AS man.
ager. today invested in a chunk Of
hitting power for spring delivery
with the purchase of outfielder
Bernard Charles Olsen from the
Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific
Coast League.
Olsen. right-handed slugger and
toSSer who was with the Chicago
Cubs for a spell last fall. was OBJ
tanned for bundle of cash and an
player. He's native
of Everett, Mass. and broke into
organized ball with Moline, ILL.,, in
1888.
World Famous COmicsi Three
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02

of 80, Janet accepted each boy
Of No. ii with sisterly concern.
In turn she was treated with the
usual grudging tolerance boys of
14-l5 have for sisters.
Janet had so many duties only
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Tiger Pitching Records

'Totals 1874 a. SIS 1908 277 $40 .4s5
sIncluding totals OF Fuchs, Hitchcock, /
AcNsir, Rowe and Tebbeits. and the tie
games played with Cleveland July 4 and
AngnAt
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17

of the officer candidates, and are
slated to arrive in a few weeks.
Students for the Officer Candi-
date School will be drawn from
Coast Artillery units throughout
the country, from the Hawaiian
department and the Caribbean de-
fenses. Enlisted men chosen TO at
tend the school are traditionally
outstanding in their respective
units from the standpoint of abil-
ity and personality.
The school has been operating
at Fort Monroe since July, 1941.
Each course of instruction lasts
three months and students e
commissioned End ieutenents in
the Coast Artillery Corps upon
graduating. Eventually the school
at Camp Davis will have an enroll
ment of 5000 students.
When the school reaches full
strength it will occupy three regi-
mental areas. A number of bar
racks will be converted into class
rooms, Colonel Jackson said. The
advance party which arrived Mon
day will be responsible for having
facilities in readiness fer the first
group Of students. " 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
|BLACK0UT SLAYER
HELD IN LONDON
Fiendish Killer Described
As Being Member
OF The RAF

LONDON, Feb. 16.-tRl-A sweep.
ing search by more than 200 Scot.
land Yard detectives resulted to.
night in the arrest of man-iden.
titled as a member of the Royal Air
Force from a nearby base-for the
jack-the-ripper slayings of at least
three women during London black.
outs.
They declined to disclose his name
until he is taken into Bow street
police station tomorrow and formal,
ly accused of fiendish mutilations
that killed women ranging in aga
from 30 to 45.
He was described in the morn.
ing papers as a 28-year-old member
of the RAF.
/, Sir E. Teinda1 Atkinson, director
of public prosecutions directed that
the charge Of murder be placed aft.
er consulting the droves Of Scotland
Yard men set out to solve the spine
chilling murder mystery Of the
blackouts.
Their Investigations reaped evi.
dence in the slayings of Mrs. Marget
Florence Lowe, 43, Mrs. Doris
Jouannet, 32, and Mrs. Evelyn Oat.
ley, 30, but Scotland Yard declined
to speculate as to whether the
suspect killed three other women In
blackouts since last October
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
ORGANIZATION OfOfficerS
School Begins At Davis

Organization of the Coast Artil-
lery Officer Candidate School at
Camp Davis began in earnest Mon
day with the arrival from Fort
Monroe, Va, of an advance party
of 16 officers and Y enlisted men
who comprise the initial admins
trative force.
There we're several important
developments over the weekend in
connection with school activities,
among the most important being
the return of Col. H. R. Jackson,
school commander, to Camp Davis.
Colonel Jackson spent several days
at Fort Monroe making arrange
ments for transfer of the school,
only one of its kind in the Army.
The comm anding officer brought
news that the first 500 students
will arrive at Davis on February
"a.
There was also an announcement
that the 514th Coast Artillery, COM
manded by Lieut.-Col. Douglas
Morrison, has been selected as the
school regiment. The school troops
will be used for demonstrations
and otherwise assist in instruction
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
Army Physical Standards
7 I0weredTOIncreaSeDraft

ity under the old Army standards
were turned down because of de-
fective teeth," an announcement
by selective service headquarters
said. 1.-THE new ruling, therefore,
is expected to permit reclassifi-
cation as class la, OR available
for full military service, of many
men now deferred as well as to
permit induction of thousands OF
registrants who, heretofore, would
have failed to qualify for such
classification
Substituting for the former re-
quirement that a draft inductee
possess a minimum of six mastl-
eating and six incisor teeth, all
of which were. opposed, the new
order states:
.For general military service IN
all branches: -.
"Registrants who have no dis
qualifying physical defects except
lack of the required number OF
teeth, as set forth in paragraph
31A, mobilization, regulation ~,
August 81, 1910, when, in the opln-
ion of the examining physician,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.- R -
The Army lowered physical stand
ards today to make available for
military service larger ratio OF
new draft registrants a n d also
thousands of men who already
have been given deferred class1fl-
cations.
Materially reducing dental and
eyesight requirements, the new
standards were forwarded to local
draft boards with instructions to
reconsider the classification of all
men deferred because OF too few
teeth or poor eyes.
Heretofore a minimum of six
masticating and six incisor teeth
has been required. Under the new
regulations any man able to eat
Army food, using either false or
natural teeth, is made subject to
draft call for service in any
branch of the Army.
Men with defective eyesight
which can be substantially cor
rected by glasses were made eigi-
BILE for general military service in
all non-combatant branches.
More than 20 per cent of the
men rejected for physical die"-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
BRITISH CABINET
SHAKEUP limited
Reports Indicate Alexander
And Margesson Will Go
To Ease Criticism

LONDON, Feb. 16.-CR--A drastic
housekeeping by Prime Minister
Churchill in Britain's war cabinet
with some leading ministers to be
swept into discard, was predi ted in
Informed circles tonight as an after
math of the Singapore disaster, the
Channel humiliation and defeats in
North Africa.
Churchill is believed to have de.
cidei upon this action, these in
formants said, after consultations
which convinced him of the fury OF
an aroused and critical House of
Commons.
Some predicted he would dismiss
A. v. Alexander, first lord of the
admiralty, and War Secretary H. D.
r. Margesson in an attempt to still
criticism during Commons impend
ing three-day debate over conduct
of the war.
So heavy was the barrage Of criti
cal remarks leveled at the govern
ment that some members of Parlia
ment predicted Churchill would be
forced to make a complete cabinet
reshuffle, dropping among others
Lieut.. Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon
minister of aircraft productions; Ar
thur Greenwood, minister without
portfolio; and Er.-est Bevin, minister
of labor, to lesser posts.
The prime minister himself is ir
real danger of defeat, one member
declared. There were others in Lon
don who said Churchill and the en-
tire government may be forced tt
60" These opinions by no means
were confined to opposition mem
bers in the House.
Parliamentary observers foune
Churchill at first loath to realize
the strength of the opposition gen
Grated by the British setbacks. II
was understood he persisted at the
beginning in the belief that the op
position was generated solely by his
enemies and not by an aroused
nation.
But at length he was said to have
been convinced that his critics rep
resent national demands, especially
after they were joined by Admiral Of
the Fleet Sir Roger J. B. -Keyes
Continued on Page Three; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
PALElMBANGCAPTURED.
DUTCH BATTLE MANY
TO AVOID DISASTER
Subs Engaged In Attack
On Dutch West Indies
Port Are Believed Sunk

BALBOA, Canal Zone, Feb.
16.-lRELieut. Gen. Frank An
drews, commander Of the Car
ibbean defense, reported on his
return here tonight from Aruba
that there were indications that
some enemy submarines en-
gaging in the attacks there had
been sunk.
The general said that as soon
as the submarine attack be-
gan United States planes, CO.
operating with the Dutch in
defense of their West Indies
Isles, took to the air both from
Aruba and Curacao and at
tackled.
He said oil slicks observed
on the waters were one indi-
cation that submarines h a d
been hit.
Happening to be in Aruba
overnight on an unscheduled
but customary inspection tour,
the general was awakened
about 1:3O o'clock this morn
ing when two tankers anchor
ed outside Nicholas bay were
attacked.
He said they were small,
shallow-draft ships u d for
carrying oil from Venezuelan
fields. One was sunk and the
other wrecked otherwise, he re-
ported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
AUSTRALIA ACTS
TO MEET THREAT
Populace Convince Cont
nent Can Expect At
tack AT Anytime .

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 16
R-Australia swiftly marshaled its
power tonight to meet the approach.
ing Japanese hordes in response to
Prime Minister John Curtin's grave
assertion that the fall of Singapore
was this continents Dunkerque.
The realistic residents of this vast
outpost of empire were convinced
that Australia may at any time face
a 1arge-scale attack by sea and air
and they girded themselves for the
test.
The problem was immense, the
hour late and the stake vital. With
a population less than that of New
York state, the Australians had a
continent almost as large as the
United States to defend and many
of their fighters, especially airmen
were deployed on the North African
battlefield, half a world away. Other
thousands were lost apparently ir
the desperate attempt to hold the
great British base at the tip of Asia
The war cabinet was understood
to be prepared to cloak Curtin with
dictatorial powers in the emergency
Large numbers of married men were
to be called to the colors imme
diately.
Everything we have, everything
which belongs to us must now be
mobilized," the tall prime minister
told his countrymen. "The battle for
Australia demands what the battle
of Britain required. We must work
(Cnntinued m PaRa Three. Col. 6l
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
$lO0,0OO,OOO Oil Fire Left
Behind In Great Pc
troleum Center
SUMATRA OCCUPIED
Outlook Gloomier, But De-
tenders Determined To
Continue Java Stand

B A TAVIA, Netherlands
East Indies, Feb. 16.-(P)-
Gloomy but determined, the
Dutch drew their lines for a
last-ditch stand in Java today
as the Japanese fought
$1O0,000,000 petroleum fire
in Palembang, southern Su-
matra, rich East Indian oil
center which fell to them
from Dutch hands.
The loss of Palembang -
producer of so per cent of the
total petroleum output of the
entire Dutch East Indies
and the apparent successful
Japanese landing in force in
Sumatra made the United Ma
tions outlook in Indies even
gloomier. But the Dutch were
determined to defend their
positions in Sumatra to the
last and continue the stand in
Java.
The word here was that the Brit
ish succeeded in evacuating thou
sands of troops from Singapore,
although many are known to have
been trapped.
Raj Taken Out
RAF contingents, it was said,
were taken out before the fall of
Singapore and valuable materiel
also was Withdrawn.
1t was obvious that the Japanese
still hive mastery of the air and
sea in their drive on Sumatra,
although British and American fiji
ers aided the Dutch in attempting
to prevent landings.
The determination of the Dutch
to fight to the last was apparent
in the thoroughness with which
they smashed their great invest
ment in Palembang.
Not in six months, it was esti-
mated here, would it be possible
for the enemy to set the fields
flowing again, and his thrust, for
all its success, cost him enormous
casualties and at least seven ves-
sells crippled by American-British-
Dutch bombs dropped over the
Bangka strait just east of Palem-
bang. Two of the ships were cruis-
ers; five were laden transports.
Nevertheless, successive COM
muniques both from t e Dutch
command and from t he Allied
high command for the southwest
Pacific told a story of increasing
gloom.
Though Palembang's oil was lost
to the invader in a 100000, 600
fire that represented perhaps the
greatest single voluntary sef-de-
struction of national property in
history, it was lost also to the
United Nations, as had been the
supplies of Balikpapan and Tara
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
SUBMARINE SUNK
BY U. S. BOMBER
Enemy Undersea Craft Is
Spotted, Attacked Off
Atlantic Coast

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-R)-An
American patrol bomber, screened
by a driving rain storm, pounced
on an unwary enemy submarine
and so accurately bombed it that
its loss was considered most prob
able, it was announced today by
the Army Air Force.
Cpl. John ]. Duffy, 81, of Phila-
delphia, engineer member of the
twin-engined aircraft's crew, said
the submarine evidently didn't
expect anybody out on such a bad
day and was trying to make speed
on the surface.
Letters of commentator award
ed the planes crew of six at Gov
ernors Island by Brig. Gen. Arnold
N. Krogstad, First Air Force COM
mander, said the bomber sighted
a life boat with survivors of the
is. S. China Arrow on an inspect
fled date and, apparently later,
sighted a submarine aWash and
attacked it.
The Navy announced Feb. 8
that the 8,4O3-ton China Arrow was
torpedoed and sunk Feb. 5 off the
Delaware coast. All 81 of her crew
members were picked up by a
boat directed by the Army plane.
Pvt. Donald j. Raher of Indi-
ana, Pa, 21-year-old bombardier,
told this story:
>'T didn't have much time to
sight. The lieutenant ordered
me to open the bomb bay and
to arm the bombs.
'"Then about 200 feet in front
of the sub I let her have it. I sal
voed all our bombs and prayed
to God. 1t all happened so fast
I could barely Think
Second Lieut.. Louis M. Aber.
nathy, %, the pilot, of Arkansas
City, Kan, said the sub was paint
ed bluish-green instead of black
as are U. S. Navy subs.
'"The color was obviously in.
tended as camouflage for Amer
lean waters" he said. II issued
the following orders-'Open bomb
bay; second, arm bombs; third,
bombs away"
The letter, which praised t he
prompt action and skill of tn e
crew, said:
''Four bombs were dropped from
an elevation of 1000 feet. The
stern of the submarine was still
above surface when the bombs
dropped. ALI the bombs fell in
close proximity of the submarine.
One bomb dropped was within ef-
fective range of the target. An oil
patch about so feet in diameter
appeared on the surface within a
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
ARMY, NAVY,
INFORMS SEIZED
AERIAL Il bomb Castings Also
round In Raid In North
ern California

srsaasraRsAMENTo, Feb. 1s. Up -
inportsss. s army and navy uniforms,
three s sns secret documents and
se,e enpty aerial bomb castings
trsbsnal l'olls the truck loads of con.
swesnin.s r seized by federal agents in
ters toSs,, RAIDS on japanese quar-
tions1s9 t9aay. lay Thirteen japanese eN na.
Mora s were arrested.
questier.t5 tis than 80 japanese were
It WAS 'ltsa .s and their homes searched,
federal ',ls he third major move of the
'ible sabotaea botseau to counteract pos.
Activities isOtase and enemy spy ring
Two weol,. s IN northern California in
opsratioass' atsss' following similar raidine
Nat pis, s al Vallejo and Salinas.
San - leper, chief tho FpT -
,issa francisco, tbs personally ally super. SUI r.
japanese partles which canbed the
Searched ~ seetlon of Sacramento and
the iea vieil,s enemy alien residences aii,' IN
military +iss NY of air fields and vital
humber r,uiS of and navy uniforms. the
We're sei,as VI Which was not disclosed
Aahasfbdil fdlzea sa in the sto,y .r0,ra Of T. Ia.
''sanizatjon' 'relary of Toga Kai, an
aaval offioa. on Of former Japanese
informs SAID AID! Takahashi claimed the
Doses on,v were III. for ceremonial pur
Naper saia ,u IN Takahashi's custody
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17

The submarines then fired
at the refinery of the Lago
Oil and Transport company.
"A few shells at the refinery
went over us.
Then a seagoing tanker of
American registry was attack
ed but not sunk in a subse-
quent attack at 3:15 am.
None was hurt on the big sea-
going tanker.
First reports were that three
officers and II of the crew
were missing out of Is aboard
the coastwise ship which ex-
ploded and sank.
Seven were reported miss
ing, two dead and 18 hospital
lied out of the ships company
of the small tanker which was
wrecked.
An unexploded torpedo found
on the shore was declared by
the general to have been of
German origin.
He said there were no Amer
lean or Dutch casualties ashore
and that the conduct of the
populace was orderly and
calm.
Capt. Robert Bruskin, one of
tn e officers accompanying
General Andrews on his inspec-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
WEATHER
FORECAST

North Carolina: Colder Tuesday.
South Carolina: Showers and some
what colder Tuesday.
Georgia: Colder Tuesday preceded
by showers.
eastern STANDARD TIME)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday
(By q. S. Weather Bu1eau)
Temperature
80 a. m 81; maximum 81. 1880 a.
m. 50; minimum 50. 1880 p. m. 63i
mean 60. 7:30 p. m. 81; normal 48.
Humidity
1 80 a. m. 86. z 80 a. m. 98. ! 30 p.
m. 81. Z 80 p. m. 80.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880
p. m. O.43 inches.
Total since the first of the month
1.9O inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published by o.
s. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ------- II :25a SOFA
Masonboro Inlet s:1sa 2:5Sa 2:5S.,
Sunrise: 6:55a. Sunset: 5:5Sp. Moon
rise: Silica. Moonset: 8:27p.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayette-
Vile on Monday at a. m. l1.25
feet.
CONTINUED on Psse Three; Col. D
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-17
British Establish
NeWLineS In Burma
Withdrawal Places Force
In Better Position To
Defend Burma Road

RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 16.-R
The British announced today
their troops have withdrawn from
the Thaton-Duyinzeik area to the
line of the Bilin river, about 80
miles nearer Rangoon.
This withdrawal, carried out yes
terday, apparently left the Japa-
nese in control of Thaton n d
brought the British right flank to
about 40 miles north Of Moulmein
at point where the Bilin empties
into the gulf of Martiban.
The Bilin flows north and south
and the new British lines presum-
ably were re-established along its
west bank. Here the Imperial fore
es occupy more concentrated posi-
tions from which they will be bet.
ter able to combat japanese spear
heads thrusting toward the Burma
road, China's lifeline.
The official British announce
ment said the Japanese did not
attempt to interfere with the Brit
ish reorganizing movement. It was
understood there was little fight
ing, the Japanese simply following
up the British out of gunshot.
The British withdrawal was un.
dertaken to avert danger of in
fantrv units being overwhelmed
piece-meal by the enemy. Further
more, the Bilin river offers a po-
tentially good position for counter
offensive operations.
The stream is very shallow and
easily fordable in the dry season,
however. It is flanked by low,
bushy hills and troop. concentra-
tions and artillery batteries are
liable to have little cover protect
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Japs' Malaga Army
May Attack Manila
Heavy Artillery Fire On
Bataan Signals Open
ing OF Offensive

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-LR-
Singapore's fall put defenders OF
the Philippines on the alert today
against a shift of Japanese air and
other forces from Malaga to the
Manila Bay fighting front.
Resumption of the attempt to
bomb Corregidor into helpnessness
was viewed by qualified military OBJ
servers as a possible result of the
release of the japanese forces which
conquered Singapore. -
Enemy bombers abandoned the air
attacks on the Manila Bay fortress
month ago after approximately a
score of planes taking part in sue
cessive raids had been shot dowr
by anti-aircraft gunners.
The fall of Singapore likewise re-
leased Japanese artillery and tank
forces which may be used in drive
to crush the defenders of the Ba-
taan peninsula.
Heavy artillery fire in Bataan to.
day signalled an apparent japanese
attempt to knock out the hard-hitt-
ing American field guns which have
helped hold the foe at bay.
The enemy artillery has been ham,
mering away steadily in the last
"a hours, the War department re-
ported. Enemy war planes have
been spotting the effect of the fir.
ing and blasting at American guns
and their crews with bombs.
Watch Developments
The latest turn of the Philippine
minary to a renewed full scale Of
fensive against General Douglas
Macarthur little army, W a s
keenly' watched by official observ'
ers because of the defenders effec'
tive use Of artillery in smashing
previous attacks.
Big American 1856 millimeter field
guns and lighter rs millimeter artil
lery have maintained an apparent
superiority over the foe ever slnce
Macarthur men retired to the
Bataan peninsula stronghold follow
ing the loss of Manila.
Until some batteries are silencec
or overwhelmed by Japanese rein
forcements, a renewed offensive
faces the same risk of being smash
ed as the previous half dozen OF
more attacks.
The Jap reinforcements reported
to have arrived in the Philippines
since two weeks of savage assaults
dwindled to minor actions on Feb
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