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Evening star., 1942-02-11

neaQ, DuC IN my many-WmooWeo
out electric lights. q
Jap Planes Visible.
Over the low rise where the battle
is raging I can see relay after relay
of japanese planes circling, then
going into murderous dives on our
soldiers who are fighting back In .
he'll over which there Is no protect
ing screen of our own fighters.
But the Japanese are not COM
pletely alone in the skies this morn
ing, for just saw two wild beasts
-obsolete biplanes with an op-
Grating speed Of about 100 miles IN
hourly low over the Japanese
positions and unload bomb burdens
with a resounding crash.
British fighter pilots still were
taking on the enemy against over
whelming odds.
1t makes me ashamed of myself,
sitting here with my heart beating
faster than their old motors, when
I think what chance those lads have
of getting back In their antiquated
machines.
Earned Undying Glory.
II ever brave men earned undying
glory, those r. A. r. pilots have
this tragic morning.
There are many other brave men
in Singapore today.
Not far away are anti-atrcraft
batteries in open spaces-they must
be to have . clear field Of fire.
Please overlook the break in con-
tinuity but a packet of bombs just
landed so close I had to duck be-
hind a wall which hoped would
and did-screen the blast.
But those gun crews keep on hight
ing, their guns peppering smoke into
the limited ceiling every time Japa-
nese planes come near-that almost
constantly.
The all clear has just sounded
what q joke!
From the window I can see three
Japanese planes flying low not =
mile away.
Tragic Conversation.
A few minutes ago I heard q
tragic two-way telephone converse
ton
Eric Davis, director Of the Malayan
Broadcasting Corp, urged Gov. Sir
Shenton Thomas for permission to
destroy the outlying broadcasting
station. The governor demurred,
saying the situation was not too bad,
and refused to issue q direct order.
Mr.. Davis telephoned the station In
question, instructing the Sta11 to
keep on the air but to stand by for
urgent orders.
We tuned In on its wavelength. In
the middle of . broadcast In
Malayan, urging the people Of
Singapore to stand firm, the station
went dead.
I am leaving now In Z car which
1 swear I will put into forward gear
and head straight into the Straits
of Malacca.
I left one car for the Japanese In
Hawking in 1887, but never again.
Don't expect to hear from me for
many days. but please inform Mrs.
Mcdaniel, Hotel Preanger, Bandoeng,
Java, that have left this land Of
the living and the dying.
At my elbow while write this last
dispatch is Capt. o. K. Fearon, the
Ministry of Information adviser on
censorship, who is breakfasting on
biscuits and brandy.
Henry Steel, Army public relations
oficer, who has seen us through q
bad situation from the Thailand
border to Singapore, has Just told
me have 10 minutes to pack up
and leave.
When Henry says &C.," I go. So
good-by to Singapore.
F. Y. Tong Of Canton, who has
been the landlord for the British
Ministry Of Information and the
CONTINUED on Page A-9, Column -
Evening star., 1942-02-11
British PIone Crash
Kills 10, Injuries 5
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 1l.-Ten persons
were killed and flve were injured by
the crash Of British plane on .
building here last night after two
sharp unexplained explosions. The
pilot was among the dead.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
CIRCULATION

The circulation of The Eve
ming Star in Washington in
the afternoon mot including
morning or noon editions) is
more than double that of the
afternoon circulation of any
other Washington newspaper.
The Star is read In the
home every evening and Sum-
day morning to a far greater
extent than any other Wash
ington newspaper.
Yesterdays Circulation
The Evening Star
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1912 s186,442
Tuesday, Feb. IL, 1941 s167 ,944
Increase - 49, ,498
Returns from newsstands not deducted
and no samples included.
Evening star., 1942-02-11

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Evening star., 1942-02-11

(See BROKERS, Page A-6.)
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Money Is Displayed.

CONTINUED on Page AS, Column s.
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(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Manchester Fire Kills z

(See HART, Page A-6.)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
Map Revised
Raid Glasses
Defense Council
Alters Prosrom

LANSING, Nov. 27-(R-
New developments in air raid
protective systems will be in
cluded in a revised general in
struction course for air raid
wardens planned by the state de-
tense council during December,
it was announced today.
1t. Col. Owen J. Cleary, state
chief air raid warden, said the
course would include new tech
niques developed since last
spring and detailed incidents
for the use of wardens in COM
munity practise drills. The war
dens also will be shown the
model air raid control center
panel developed by Capt. Don
aid S. Leonard, state command
err of the citizens defense corps
The first school will open AT
Cadillac December 3. Others will
start December 10 at Detroit and
Flint, December II at Jackson
and Grand Rapids, and De-
cember ~ at Kalamazoo and
Marquette.
The necessity for the schools,
Cleary said, is shown by the fact
SSH air raid wardens in Mich
igan still were unframed In Oc-
tober, compared with 1887 in
September.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
Thewor7oddy

should fall, the defenders woulc
have to retire in the hope o.
making a junction with Rommel
presumably at Tripoli, thus con
solidating all the Axis strength
of North Africa. Such a contin'
gency likely would force the
Marshal to abandon the idea Of
holding Ell Agheila and make
dash for Tripoli forthwith.
NEEDS HELP
What strength Rommel car
muster for the defense of FL
Agheila is a matter of specula'
ton. It seems to me it must de-
pend in a large degree on how
much help Hitler can manage to
deliver to his captain through
the tough Allied sea and all
blockade.
If the Nazi Marshal must de-
pend on the resources which he
brought through with him on
the mad race from Ell Alamein,
then he undoubtedly will be in
a difficult position. The fine
fighting machine which he COM
manded a few short weeks ago
before his debacle has suffered
serious damage.
Apart from the $4,000 men
Rommel lost in casualties and
prisoners, his sacrifice in tanks,
warplanes and other equipment
has been colossal.
LOSSES HEAVY
have just had a remarkable
demonstration of the materiel
losses in an unforgettable air
trip over the line of his retreat.
There, scrawled across the
sands and over the escarpments
of the desert, was the story Of
one of the great routs of military
history. 1t was pictured in the
shattered hulks of warplanes,
tanks and motor transport and
in the mountains of supplies
abandoned in the frenzied rush
to escape. Here and there it was
emphasized by enclosures in
which stood rows of new white
crosses-markers for sacrificial
offerings to Hitler's ambition.
We got away from Cairo in a
British bomber just as the first
rays of the fast climbing sun
laid a dash of crimson along the
eastern horizon of the great Nile
delta. There were ten passen-
gers and crew of three, making
a much debated total of Is.
PASSENGER MISSING
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27

II appeared that one passenger
was missing, as was brought out
1 nan animated exchange be-
tween the sergeant in charge OF
loading the plane and the driv-
err of the motor bus which
brought us to the airport.
II was told to collect 10 bod
les" declared the cockney dri-
yer defensively, land ere they
are as per specifications"
"Ten, eh?' responded the SER
geant. MY list calls for IL Ca
davers. I'm going to call the
roll"
He licked off our names as we
answered. A major was missing.
lone Cadaver Short" COM
mented the sergeant without
rancor. I'VE will fly the kite
without him."
Our big bomber took to the
air and roared off toward the
blue Mediterranean.
LONE CIVILIAN
was the only civilian aboard.
The handsome young New Zea-
land flying officer beside me
noted the American insignia on
my war correspondents uni
form.
II came across your country
on my way here" he offered
with engaging friendliness. Its
a great country. My fiancee
works in Washington and I'm
going there to marry her after
this show is over"
He chatted on for a bit and
then with q smile dropped his
curly head into his hands and
fell asleep-just a kid playing at
war. l looked around me. All the
rest of the passengers had, SOL
dier-like, promptly gone to
sleep. It's a trick you acquire at
the front.
The door to the pilots cabin
opened and the co-pilot called
to me.
1.-The captain would like you
to come up and ride beside
him." he reported. You can see
better up there.
And SO began a memorable
trip. The skipper brought the
plane down to a height of ESQ
feet so that the ground beneath
lay like an open picture book.
We swung over the line of the
retreat.
Everywhere is the record of a
great victory and a great col
lapse torn earth and the
wreckage of the latest designs in
machines and equipment of war.
But most impressive was the
clea- indication of speed.
FLED IN PANIC
At times the Boche were flee
ing in such panis that their
transports spread out for several
hundred yards across the desert
on either side of the military
highway which skirts the Med
iterranean for hundreds of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
Yank Carrier Crack Wise
Survivors OF Lost

SEATTLE, Nov. 90 (P) -
The first survivor to return
from the unidentified aircraft
carrier which was lost last
month in the fight for the Solo
mons told today of dash Of
Yankee humor tossed in with
the tragedy of sinking ship.
1--WE were bobbing around in
the swell, watching the show"
said commander Edward Patrick
Creehan, when a young ell
ectrician's striker spotted his
superior officer a few yards
away. The kid padded over
to the officer and said:
"'Glad to see you're OK, sir.
And don't forget, sir, I'm still
coming up for my third class
rating next quarter
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27

And back in a separate, bare
private office sits Major E. M.
Llewellyn of Tacoma. WASH,
(who asked that his name be
mentioned last, il at allD, editor
in-chief of Stars and Stripes.
Its the first daily American
newspaper every published in
Britain" the Major points out.
(Stars and Stripes in World
War I was issued weekly in
Paris). 1.-THE idea is to give the
American forces over here the
kind of American news they
don't get in the British papers,
where American news naturally
is given a British slant. Our
editorial policy? It's not one of
criticism. Instead we point out
the good jobs that are being
DONE"
The regular British newspa-
per trains and boats carry Stars
and Stripes to the widely scat
tered American camps. Sub
scription rate: 10 cents a week
(the magazine Yank, printed
here from microphoto negatives
flown over from America, is in
cluded with the Stars and
Stripes week END edition).
News comes by direct teletype
and by mail from part-time SOL
dier correspondents who are
known as country editors" in
their various units. News on
subjects other than doughboys-
in Britain comes from the reg
ular established American press
associations and the Office OF
War Information.
The Stars and Stripes staff
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27

SOMEWHERE IN LIB Y A,
Nov. 20 - (Delayed) - Mar
shal Rommel Is likely to try to
recoup the fallen fortunes Of
himself and master by making a
stand at FL Agheila, on the great
gulf Of Sirte.
No one here doubts the deter
minatien of the Germans to pay
any price in blood in an effort
20 maintain a foothold in North
Africa for this is essential to
control of the Mediterranean.
without that domination Hitler
can no longer even hope for VIC
tory in the European War.
CAN ROMMEL HOLD?
How much of q stand Rommel
can make at strategic Ell Agheila
must depend as ] see 1t on two
things:
az Whether Axis forces in
Tunisia can hold Bizerte and Tu-
mis- against the Allied offensive
from the West.
az What striking power re-
mains in Rommels Army. He
has suffered huge losses in men
and materiel and the troops have
been run ragged by the speed of
Z retreat of more than 500 miles
that, in the early stages, was a
debacle.
The greatest danger to the
Axis undoubtedly lies in the
threat to Bigerte and Tunis.
II these two strong positions
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
j. ). Must Feed
World Again
Hoover Sounds
Note Of Warming

A warning that this nation again
will have to feed postwar
world to ward off widespread
starvation is sounded by Herbert
Hoover, who directed food and
relief distribution among Eu-
ropes hard-hit countries after
the last conflict.
The former president wrote in
today's issue of Golfers maya
zine that this wars finish would
see the sole food supply sources
of consequence in the Western
Hemisphere and Africa, with
some supplement from Aus
tralasia.
Hoover asserted that 80 per
cent rise in Americas popula-
ton since the last war, without
a proportionate increase in the
animal population, had contrib
uted partly to the need for ma
tionwide meat rationing, but he
predicted that under the pres
ent admirable stimulation OF
production and reduced con-
sumption, our SURPRISES will in
crease"
He wrote:
IF we are to solve or food
problems, agriculture must be
envisioned as munitions indus
try and treated as such.
1T would seem, outside our
own possibilities, that the stimu-
lation of production could be
undertaken in South America.
They have the feed and labor.
With Allied financial guaran-
tees, they could do q great deal
in preparedness"
Hoover estimated that if the
war ceased tomorrow, food
needs of the world would in
clude, for the first year, no less
than 100000 tons of bread
grains, rice, peas, beans and al
least 100000 tons mainly OF
animal and vegetable oil fats,
the latter to include a supple
mental program for children.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27

Rhode Island, with ITO miles
of highways, has the least road
mileage of any state in the I'm
ion.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
Buck Pnipates Hand Assignments
to Lieutenants on AEF Paper

barges in to work at 1890 a. m.
to handle this material, locks up
the forms for printing at 10 p.
m. It's a four-page paper five
days a week. The sixth (Mon-
day. issue is eight pages with a
three-quarter page of COMICS a
picture page and longish Tea
ture" stories. Business and CIR
culation departments are situ-
ated in a different building.
Stars and Stripes has no wom-
an editor now, but expects to
add one as soon as the WAACs
and WAVES appear hereabouts
in numbers sufficient to affect
the circulation list.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
Rank Means Little to Editors Of Stars and Stripes

miles. You can see tracks Of
wheels running like those of q
vast chariot race westward
across the sands.
Where the battleline ran be-
tween Ell Alamein and the CAT
tara depression the whole ter
rain was pitted with shell and
bomb holes. It was here the
British began the offensive that
broke through Rommers defense
after a fierce engagement which
at times involved hand-to-hand
fighting.
After the first bloody stand,
panic seized the Axis forces.
Signs of combat lessen and the
marks of speed increase. Here
you can see mountainous evil
dence of the devasta ! o n
wrought on Axis tanks, war
planes and transport by the Bril-
fish and American air forces.
DIDN'T PAUSE
The fleeing Boche and Italians
didn't even pause at Halfaya
(Hellfire) pass q strong posi-
ton south of Bardia where they
would have made stand if cap
able of holding it all.
Here the escarpment shoots
up from the desert and forms a
plateau which continues west
ward. The so-called pass isn't a
pass at all, but a zig-zag high
way from the desert floor to the
top of the escarpment. Actually
there are two highways, four
miles apart, and either of them
could be defended indefinitely
by a well-equipped Army.
Rommel had no time for de-
Tense here, however. His whole
anxiety was to escape the mer-
CHESS punishment being dealt
out by pursuing air fleets. So his
troops, transport and tanks fled
up the serpentine roads and rae
ed on towards Tobruk and
points west.
The marks of outright panic
continue to the neighborhood of
Tobruk, where ROmmel took a
deep breath and pulled up his
socks. From there on the speed
was maintained, but evidence of
a debacle was lacking.
BY the way, the fine little
harbor of Tobruk was filled with
sunken ships, both transport and
war vessels. Many Axis craft
have made Tobruk their last
port to call in recent months.
From Tobruk onward, ROM
mel proceeded fast and methodi-
cally.
Allied air fleets continued to
plaster him, but he did better in
salvaging his equipment. Thus
ne finally came to q spot where
he could make a stand against
the pursuers.
Having followed this trail of
devastation, one finds it hard to
believe the marshal has been
able to preserve any great strik-
ing power in the Army which
made the retreat.
He likely will be able to call
on some reserves at Tripoli and
Hitler undoubtedly will be do
ing his utmost to bolster his SER
wants forces.
At the moment we have lull
while both sides prepare for
battle. That can't be long delay
ed, however.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
By DON SUTTON

LONDON, NOV. ~ - "A cor
poral calls a captain Butch" A
buck private asks lieutenant to
carry a sheaf of paper down
several flights of stairs. A SER
geant learns over the telephone
that yes, sir, the transport
plane is waiting to take him to
the other end of the British
Isles - he has been given the
seat that was reserved for
Colonel Soandso
Is this the Army?
Well, yes and no - it's the
editorial office of STARS and
Stripes" time-hallowed organ
of American forces overseas,
which now energies Cor ex-
plodes daily instead of weekly
from the equally time-hallowed,
but much more sedate, plant OF
the London Times.
Enlisted men staff the paper,
mostly. They've finally succeed
ed in getting war correspond
ents' standing, so they can talk
to their officers freely even if
respectfully. They're all sold
iers - not stooges - so they
have intelligent regard for mil
itary propriety; but they're
newspaper men. too, and when
it comes to the hustle and hustle
of getting out a daily paper,
they just naturally behave like
newspaper men. They've even
had to tell the Times English
copy boys that they don't need
to knock before entering.
Stars and Stripes now Is
known as the "Thunderer, Jr."
CATER the Times ancient nick
name of "ThundererO. The
newsroom is buried in the stom-
ach of the musty old Times
shop, at the end of a maze of
Railways in which half the staff
members get lost on their way
to work. On the walls of the
room are war maps; a blob of
slightly used chewing gum
placed there thoughtlessly by a
soldier-reporter in the frenzy Of
creation; and photo of Holly
wood starlet wearing two polka
dot handkerchiefs.
Look around. There's the
news editor. He's blond Ser
geant Bob Mora, whose old
job on the city desk of the New
York Herald-Tribune is waiting
for him. incidentally, he's one
of the few non-coms outside the
air force who ever was rushed
to Britain by plane.)
And there's enthusiastic Ser
geant Bud Hutton, co-news edi-
tor, dummying the front page OF
IS and S" with little time in
which to wonder whether after
the war he'll 60 back to the
New York World-Telegram, OF
farm his 483 acres in New Jer-
sey and write fiction.
In a corner Lieutenant Harry
A. Harchar of Bethlehem, Pa.
bangs out his popular column
Hash Marks" Picture Sergeant
Ben Price of Des Moines, Ia.
sends out a cheesecake photo OF
a Broadway babe to startle the
engraving room of the Times
which doesn't, itself, print pic
lures like that.
Sports editor Sergeant Mark
Senigo of New Bedford, Mass.
complies the days Big Ter
basketball scores. Yeoman Tom
Bernard, ex-Los Angeles news
man, fights for space in the pa
per for the Navy. Private
Charles White of Muncie, Ind.
sits down to his typewriter tc
write out an exclusive interview
with a general. Sergeant Dick
Wingert of Cedar Rapids, Ia, la.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-27
ACCEPT INVITATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. ~ - R
- Tackle Dick Wildung, Guard
John Billman and Halfback Bill
Daley of the University Of Min
nesota football team have &C
copied invitations to play on the
East team in the Jan. Shrine
contest, the Shrine's eastern rep
resentatives announced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

"Your Own Horoscope by
Frances Drake, IL one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
New Tires Denied
|Autoists; Get ]
|Relaps Instead J
Rationine Is frightened
for Essential Users
Because Of Scarcity

That rare commodity, a new
tire, became even more rare today
as the Wayne County rationing
board embarked on the new policy
of issuing certificates for recaps,
even to essential users, in place Of
a new tire.
Leon Henderson's latest order.
forecast in an earlier bulletin,
came yesterday. 1t ruled that
Class A applicants should be
denied new tires if the old ones.
could be retreaded.
This Will not Affect US greatly
here" said Henry Miller, who is
in charge of the county auto p
and tire rationing office. "In
passenger car users, physicians,
police and firemen are still en-
titled to new tires n they wish
them, because of the hazardous
nature OF their work, which n =
specifically excluded under tho =
new ruling. Only ministers, Of
the class group, may be ruled
out. =
"As for trucks, they have !,
been voluntarily accepting re-
treading where possible. When
they bring us . tire, II il usually !.
impossible to recap It again"
Wayne County's quota of re-
treads was greatly increased for
May, in view of the new order.
The new tire quota was cut, how.
ever. In the passenger car field,
the new tire quota was slashed
to 1.049, while the recaps vert
set at rs, 342. The tube quota was
set at ISIS.
In the truck classification, new
tires to be distributed total 1877.
with 3,056 retreads and 2,649
tubes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
WPB Priority Group
Opens 3-Ddy Farley
Times STAG Correspondent

TRAVERSE CITY. May L.
From the midwest region of the
War Production Boards priorities
division. nearly 80 managers, an
alystS and directors arrived here
today to meet in a three-day con-
ference. Hoping TO work out new
methods which will speed priority
assistance to individuals and man.
ufacturing firms, James Z. Wilson,
Detroit regional priorities manager
and director of the conference,
said:
"Our meeting will be right
down to earth on all urgent
priOrities problems, and from II
we expect to facilitate the WPB
service to persons and firms
needing priorities help"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

There is a big celebration going
on out al the Lucier home at
21245 Sherman boulevard. with
fried chicken and ice cream.
The reason?
For the first time since Ferris
Lucier. "A. Joined up with the navy
in December of 1889, Mrs. John
Lucier has her two navy boys,
Ferris and Wayne. q. home with
her.
The family reunion will go on
until Sunday.
SURPRISE REUNION
Ferris got leave after he had
two ships shot from under him
within II hours in the China Sea
Wayne. busy in the Atlantic load
ing bombs, did not know that his
brothers ship was gone. He got
a short leave and came home TO
find Ferris. whom he thought was
on the other side of the earth.
The whole neighborhood is in
turmoil TO celebrate the short re-
union and girl friends are sending
in chocolate cakes. AS a special
dispensation, 10-year-old Beverly
was allowed 10 stay home from
school to be with her brothers.
Ferris and Wayne both went to
BEDFORD High School. They look
handsome in their navy blue and
Wayne is proud Of his petty Off
Ger, third class rating.
WHEN DO WE EAT, MoM?
Said Wayne. giving Ferris a
slap on the back:
''Was / glad TO get q load Of
this guy when l opened that
front door? When do we eat,
NOM go