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Evening star., 1942-03-10
Wholesale Atrocities by Jops
At Hong Kong Charged by Eden
Emperor, Government and Entire People
Are to Blame, Secretary Declares

status Of any Of the inhabitants,
Mr.. Eden declared.
These happenings, previously re-
ported to the government, were not
made public until 1t had confrma-
ton from reliable eyewitnesses re-
Gently escaped from the colony, Mr..
Eden said.
Their testimony established the
fact that the Japanese army at
Hong Kong perpetrated against
their helpless military prisoners and
civil population without distinction
of race or color the same kind of
barbarities which aroused the hor-
ror of the civilized world at the time
of the Nanking massacre OF 1887"
Mr.. Eden continued.
He referred to the Japanese cap
See ATROCITIES. Page A-sJ
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Rubber-Tired Tractor
Output to Halt May I

BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board today
prohibited production of farm trac-
tors requiring rubber tires after May
and ordered manufacturers to
change over as promptly as possible
to steel-wheel equipment.
w. P. B. officials said the curtail-
ment would mean that only about
10000 rubber tired tractors could be
made this month and about 5000 In
April. Manufacturers had scheduled
about 1890 units this month.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Resolution 10 Block
Information Center
Introduced in House
SotterfieId Says Reports
Office Project Hos No
Link With War Effort

A resolution designed to halt
construction Of a building for
the new Government Informa-
ton Center on the block facing
the Commerce Department on
Pennsylvania avenue between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
NV, was introduced today by
Representative Satterfield, DEM
ocrat, of Virginia.
The resolution provides that no
money heretofore appropriated by
Congress shall be used for the
acquisition. construction and equip
ment OF any building for the Once
Of Government Reports unless the
Congress specifically authorizes the
use of such money for such pur-
pose
Announcing introduction Of the
resolution, Representative Satter-
field told the House the proposed
new Bureau of Information is in
no way related to the war effort
and declared he did not believe 1t
would make any contribution to the
useful dissemination of informa-
ton"
Link to War Effort Denied.
The plan of the once OF Govern
ment reports to erect down on Penn
sylvania avenue a building-and a
temporary building at that-to cost
between a quarter and a half mil
lion dollars to house new bureau
of information is in my judgment
in no way related to the war effort" "
he said. I'VE are stewards OF the
taxpayers money. we administer a
sacred trust for the armed forces
of the country.
IL do not believe that such a bu-
reau will make any contribution to
the useful dissemination of intorma- =
ton. and besides. there is definite
(See BUILDING, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Subcommittee Refuses
$500, 900, 900 10 W.P. A.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Cannon announced to-
day that a House Appropriations
Subcommittee had refused, by a
vote OF 7 to 5. to approve a special
e10o 100000 w. P. A. appropriation
for unemployment compensation
benefits to ar-displaced workers.
President Roosevelt had recon-
mended the direct grant OF funds for
aid to persons made jobless by con-
version of factories to arms pro-
duction after the House Ways and
Means Committee tabled an au-
thorization for a $500. .000, 900 appro-
priation to supplement State unem-
ployment compensation benefits for
that purpose.
The Ways and Means Committee
action followed repeated statements
by State officials that their avail
able unemployment compensation
funds were large enough to absorb
N sdded burdens.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
British Spending Rises
= Times in I Years
nuibe Acsociatad preSc

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 0-Introducing
supplementary vote of credit tor
f25o 100000 ,00O,o0o,0Oo, for war
needs, Sir Kingsley Wood, chan
cellor of the exchequer, told the
House of Commons today that Brit
aims expenditures were 22 times
greater than two years ago.
The total governmental expendi-
ture was approximately f88 100000
1884 100000 weekly from votes of
credit, of which the fighting services
took f6s ,0o0, 900 ts272 900 0OO weekly
nearly f9,75O,000 1887, 100000 each
day, he said.
I'VE have left far behind the
highest amount of expenditure in
the last war and our requirements
continue to increase" he said.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March l0.-Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden charged
in the House of Commons today
that the Japanese Army in Hong
Kong had been guilty of whole
sale atrocities in the occupied
crown colony and declared the
Japanese Emperor and govern
ment and "the whole Japanese
people" were to blame.
Fifty British officers and men were
bound hand and foot and then bay
oneted to death following the cap
ture of Hong Kong: women. both
European and Asiatic. were as
saulted and murdered. and one
whole Chinese district was declared
brothel without exception for the
Evening star., 1942-03-10
MucKeuchie Is Shifted
To War Department

By the Associated Press.
Douglas C. MacKeachie, War Pro-
duction Board purchases director,
Is being transferred to the War De-
partment in the streamlined Army
setup, w. P. B. officials disclosed to-
day.
His new title and exact status
were not disclosed. but it was stated
that he would be attached to the
office OF Maj. Gen. Brehon Somer-
veil, chief of Army supply.
Deputy Purchases Director Houl-
der Hudgins of New York, former
president of Sloane-Blabon Corp.
linoleum manufacturers, Is to sue
ceed Mr.. MacKeachie for the time
being.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
jap Cruiser Shells
Cebu;; Damage Light;
Bataan Front Quiet
4 Enemy Plane Carriers
Sunk or Crippled Since
Stort Of War
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A Japanese light cruiser shelled
the port of Cebu on the island of
the same name in the Central
Philippines. the War Depart
ment reported today, but only
slight damage was inflicted on
the city.
There was no ground or air ac-
tivity in Bataan. the communique
said. This was seen here as pos
sible indication that the japanese
troops opposing Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's forces are marking time
during change in command.
Gen. Macarthur reported yesterday
that Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita
japanese conqueror in the Malayan
campaign. had succeeded 1t. Gen
Masaharu Homma. who was re-
ported to have killed himself be-
cause his forces had been unable to
defeat the Americans.
Enemy Ships Sunk.
Today's report of slackened ac-
ton in the Philippines came as the
Navy, encouraged by news of the
sinking or damaging of five jap
anese warships and tanker in the
Far East last week. counted total
of four aircraft carriers sunk or
| damaged since the war started.
At the start OF the war Japan had
from seven to nine fleet carriers and
an undisclosed number of converted
merchant carriers. The communique
did not state which type had been
hit in the newest attack.
U. S. Subs Score Given.
The official United States sub
marine score for last week was:
One destroyer leader-sunk.
"One large naval tanker-sunk.
"Ships damaged and definitely put
out of action:
"One aircraft carrier-Two tor
! pedo hits.
"One cruiser-One torpedo hit.
"One cruiser-One torpedo hit.
"One cruiser-Two torpedo hits
This raised to 18 the total Of jap
anese vessels sunk by United States
submarines and to 1873 the total Of
all types of enemy warships sunk by
the Army and Navy in the Western
Pacific.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
More Jops Land on New Guinea;
Australia Opens Air Offensive;
British Give Up Southern Burma
Forces Withdraw to
Central Area for
Continued Fight

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 1O.-British
forces have abandoned the
southern tip of Burma to the
Japanese and withdrawn sue
ceSsfully" into Central Burma to
continue their fight side by side
with our Chinese allies" official
war reports said today.
Rangoon has been evacuated of
military defenders. but not before
all dock installations. oil refineries
and other valuable equipment had
been destroyed by demolition
squads.
BaSSein Destruction.
Additional destruction. planned
and executed. by American engi-
neers and drillers, is proceeding at
Bassein. an important port 80 miles
west of Rangoon and key city of
the Irrawaddy River Delta.
A dispatch from Reuters corre-
spondent with the British forces in
Burma said the great oil refineries
at SYRIAN. just below Rangoon, were
demolished and the pipe line from
the oil fields 300 miles north of the
city was cut before the evacuation
Great warehouses. docks, quays.
ietties-everything of any possible
value to the Japanese-were blown
up or set on fire." he added. The
japanese will find Rangoon wrecked
and useless"
A military commentator said the
British force isolated around Pegu,
40 miles north of captured RAN
COON, was reported cutting its way
through the Japanese toward the
main body of the troops which
smashed through the japanese
astride the Rangoon-Prome road
after heavy fighting" and two at
tacks
(The German radio reported
that dispatches from Toxic said
japanese troops had occupied
Tharrawaddy, on the Irrawaddv
River, about so miles north of
RangoonD
Forced by ISOLATION.
He said a supplement to the
Burma communique related that
the withdrawal from Rangoon was
forced by the temporary isolation
of part of the force at Pegu' and
landings by the Japanese on the
north shore of the Bakir River and
the west bank of the Rangoon River.
A Japanese force of armored
fighting vehicles infiltrated into the
Pegu area, he said, adding that this
was the first report Of the presence
of Japanese tanks in Burma.
The river landings were said to
have been opposed by both r. A. F.
fighters and 1.190-ton British
sloop. H. NJ S. Hindustan.
A japanese officer and IS Burmese
men were captured in one boat. 1t
was reported, at the mouth of the
Rangoon River March s.
Rangoon- Prone Road Cut.
--latest reports indicate that dur
/ ing the withdrawal OF our forces
from Rangoon, the enemy managed
to cut the Rangoon-Prome road ir
the vicinity of Hmawbi, Is miles
north Of Rangoon,' the communique
said. Tanks and infantry were
put into the attack The first at.
tack failed to dislodge the enemy
but an attack was put in later
which, after hard fighting ane
heavy casualties on both sides
finally broke through.
The japanese used fighters ane
dive -bombers with considerabl,
effect to assist their road-block.'
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Germans Reported
Pouring Reserves
Into Russia
Hitler Is Soid to Have
Dropped Earlier PIons
For Defensive Fight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 10.-Adolf
Hitler was reported digging deep
into his reserves Of man power
today and moving up his forces
for a gigantic spring offensive
from Leningrad to RoStov to
smash Russia and end a growing
threat to Germany proper.
The Germans were said to fear
that if anything went wrong around
Leningrad the Russians might smash
right through the Baltic states into
Germany.
Reliable sources said confidential
advices coming from so many quar-
ters that they are almost certainly
accurate indicate the Germans had
abandoned earlier plans for a de-
fensive war in the north and a
sharp offensive IN the south.
Instead, these informants said,
Hitler appears to be planning gen.
eral attack because of the Red
Army's unexpected successes in the
Staraya RusSa area and weaken
ing of the Firms.
Steel Ring Contracting.
The steel ring the Russians had
thrown around the trapped 18th
German army at Staraya RuSsa was
contracting, Miscow dispatches said.
A German prisoner was quoted as
saying only 10000 to 10000 Germans
remained in the trap of the original
number estimated at $4,000. The
Germans were said to be abandoning
settlements within the encirclement
leaving only suicide squads.
! London sources said Hitler was
pouring all reserves into the eastern
front. even stripping factories of
l8-year- -old youths and Older men.
Contradicting the London reports
Of an accelerated spring offensive. a
Swedish correspondent in Berlin
wrote that conditions caused by
early thaws made it doubtful
whether the German armies could
launch their drive before the end
OF April or May.
The correspondent wrote that the
thaws were giving the Germans a
froetaste of what 1t will be like
when all the great SHOWS which have
massed during the severest winter
in nearly 100 years begin to melt
Early Isolated Attacks.
The German spring offensive
will not be able to be launched be-
fore the end of April or May or per-
haps the beginning of June. but
isolated attacks where the grounc
has dried may occur earlier the
Swedish reporter said.
Thaws already have prevented
Wholesale troop movements in SOM
sectors, and fresh snowstorms wer'
reported to have brought virtua
standstill to fighting in the Kerci
Peninsula and Donets Basin. wher,
previously the ice had started t.
crack
Hitler launched his initial attacl
on Russia last June %, and tn
German juggernaut rolled relent
lessly onward until the mud whicl
preceded the frosts halted it. Thel
with the full onslaught OF winter
(see RUSSIA. Page A-e)
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Jops Surge Westward
Toward Oil Fields

MANDALAY, Burma, March 10
(P,.-Japanese iegions which have
conquered Rangoon and closed the
Burma supply line to China in two
months surged westward today
toward the oil fields of Irrawaddy
and the fabulous riches OF India.
in carrying out the scorched earth
policy, American drillers and en-
gineers working for British oil
interests in the Irrawaddy fields 300
miles from Rangoon we're ready to
smash them so thoroughly that they
See BURMA, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-03-10
British Bombers
SET Great Fires
Al K;upp Works
Flames Were Seen
For 100 Miles,
Flyers Report

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 1O.-British
bombers raided the great Krupp
munitions works at Essen last
night for the second night in
row, and the Air Ministry de-
clared today there could be no
doubt that they caused great
havoc"
Bomber crews said the fires. visible
for 100 miles. must have slowed pro-
duction appreciably. Successive
waves of planes spread the fires "of
great size" swiftly, making a blazing
beacon OF the target in the heart of
the busy Ruhr industrial district.
Three BomDers Missing.
Three British bombers were re-
ported missing from operations
which included attacks on other OBJ
jectives in the war important Ruhr
Valley.
The German high command
acknowledged that British bomb
ers were over Western Germany
last night and said there were
civilian casualties. Berlin re-
ported only one British plane
shot down.
An intensification of daylight ali
operations was seen in the an
nouncement that six German fighter
planes were shot down over North
ern France yesterday. Five were
credited to r. A. F. fighters and the
other to a British bomber.
British heavy guns along the
Dover Strait blasted at enemy tar
gets intermittently during the night
and early today and the sounds OF
heavy explosions across the Chan
mel could be heard by coastal OBJ
servers.
Coast Residents Awakened.
The crash of the big guns awak-
ened residents of the southeast
coast shortly after midnight. The
firing continued at intervals for A.
minutes.
The warfare fared up again at
am. And an hour later heavy ex-
plosions could be heard up the
French coast between Boulogne and
Calais.
The latest rumble Of explosions
was heard at 9 am.
An offlcial death toll Of 365 per
sons in r. A. p. bombings on Pari
industrial suburbs last Tuesday wa!
set yesterday by the French In
formation Once in Vichy.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Allied Ships Sunk
OFF Africo, Nozis Claim

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts March 10-The German high
command asserted today that Nazi
U-boats operating of the west coast
of Africa had sunk four more enemy
merchant ships. totaling 27,000 tons
including two tankers.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Troops Believed
Mossed to Invade
Commonwealth

D. the Associated Press.
CANBERRA. Australia. March
I0.-The japanese made a third
landing on New Guinea today
enlarging the forces they are
marshalling there for what Aus
tralians are convinced is an i'm
minent attempt to invade this
continent.
The landing was at Finschhafen.
where there Is a small airfield and
q harbor which can accommodate
moderat te sized vessels. The strength
of the new landing force was not
stated.
It is so miles east OF Lac.
salamaua and Lac were the sites
Of two previous japanese landings.
New Raid on Moresby.
These and repeated japanese air
commandments of Port Moresby.
New Guinea-another air raid there
today was the 10th-have banished
any doubt among officials that Aus
tralia may be overlooked by the
japanese temporarily in favor OF
drive into India.
In heavy counterblows the Austria
ian air force attacked japanese
concentrations over wide range
IN the New Guinea area, scoring hits
and near misses on enemy transport
units and also ma achine cunning and
setting fire to japanese flying boat.
Australia's s air force. strengthened
by the return from other fronts OF
battle proved flyers to defend their
homeland, has been ordered to take
the offensive against the gathering
enemy strength at the common
Vealths doorstep.
Striking at Springboards.
Air Minister Arthur S. Drakeford
said some OF these were command
Ing the R. A. A. F. and that 1t was
using every resource at its command
to strike at the springboards OF in
vasion on New Guinea, some OF
them but As minutes by fighter
plane from these shores.
All this was regarded only as a
delaying action. however. as the new
enemy landings and renewed air
operations underlined the convic-
ton OF Australian authorities that
an invasion attempt has become
imminent and inevitable with the
fall Of Java.
They were said to regard the in
vasion of New Guinea as the fore
runner Of swift blows against the
Australian mainland itself and as
full-scale assault probably aimed
against Darwin, Broome, Wyndham
and other centers on the north and
east coasts.
Heads Of Australia's fighting serv-
Ices have given the cabinet detailed
information on the type Of attacks
they expect. the locations most
likely to be selected by the japanese
for beachheads and the measures
deemed necessary to drive them OF
Planes on Reconnaissance.
Australian planes reconnoitered
concentrations of japanese shipping
in the New Guinea area. it was an
nounced.
The Royal Australian Air Force
said one Of its accommodating planes
was attacked by two enemy fighters
but both were driven off.
The r. A. A. F. also said no casual.
ties were caused by the Japanese
raid on Port Moresby which was
announced yesterday.
At Adelaide. 1t. Gen. Sir liver
MacKay. commander of the home
forces, told the Australians large.
scale japanese invasion of Australia
would be difficult, but not beyond
their capacity
He warned his countrymen moi Il
sit back and wait for others to de.
fend the continent.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
; Children EIectrocuted

ODESSA, Tex, March 10 (P.-
Three little girls were electrocuted
in a bathtub last night when they
pulled an extension cord loose. They
were Futon, 8; Klomah Jean, 5,
and Anna Joyce, 3, daughters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. L. v. Harry.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Pork prices frozen at highest level Of
March 81. Page Al
Opposition to Morgenthau's tax plan
increases. Page Az
La Guardia asks own custer II
Kern's charge is true. Page AS
Pendergast aides clash in Kansas
City primary. Page BIS
Washington ond Vicinity.
Rent schedule deadline extended to
noon Saturday. Page Al
Four Washingtonians weather Ches-
apeake gale in schooner Page Az
County officials against strikes and
profteering. Page AS
Unions dispute figures presented at
wage hearing. Page B-i
Probe starts In AFRAID wardens'
suspension. Page B-l
Federal building "blackout" decision
reached. Page B-l
Gas Light Co. stock issuance taken
under advisement. Page B-1
Physical training need for youth,
recreation meeting told. Page B-1
Miscellany
Natures Children. Page B-6
Marriage Licenses. Page ALL
After Dark. Page Bio
Evening star., 1942-03-10

(See BURMA, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1942-03-10

(See BUILDING, Page AID
Evening star., 1942-03-10

(See RUSSIA. Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Readers Prefer The Star

The Stars afternoon and evening
circulation Is more than double that
Of any other Washington newspaper
Its total circulation in Washington
far exceeds that Of any Of its contem-
poraries in the morning or on Sunday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-16

LINEN" dependable inlorma'iu5
Is available ON the status al tn
States lime qUarTNInG upcr;tiID...
near Elkln. There Is Some real duuu'
hat amy lime viii ever bv produced
and very grave. dOub, that the p!'a-
l"ct can bC mad" successful. Whrs
the Highway and Public Works Con.
mission began. ug rather resumed
work ~ the quarry some mualh.
H%". G">nIt" adverse reports by IT.
own engineers and several out id"
S,o!uGISts. predictions were made
that lime would he Cumluc u;;l CHI.-
" IN November. This date has ucru
.vIcra! times moved up. Latest date
aN"d VI~ around january l." N.w
ne best answer IT, pr had Ia IN,
question e.! when actual lime Drud,lC-
ton Will get underway Is "sum"I,i"r
...Uu. Ne hope
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-16
CDAlpl,lCN TIrD

COMPLICATED - E%nar,inr -,
,l"n amt other mIncarlS iru. Nu.;r.
carolina ores mas not been jiudtr-
'Hhrn extensively because up lu uu.,.
Inc materials could he Obtained ,r..,rr
"I>IiN from other sources. With in
rira>hG drwaEd> for all metals. a+-
lcnti"n Is bcinE focused on nov dc
pests. III" situation Is complicutcC'
right nov bv Il real shortage M >unrr
materials needed II start biz ;.!..;.
operations. but many officials ar,
coming |" the conclusion that II artt
nr good longtime policy 10 diver
som" current materials into process
Tor getting lots more. rather than -
use all available metal IN direct MAJ
ImC construction.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-16

Pi;ESStRE. There - developing
the n"lI"i thar tn" highway cumwI~-
sion viCld"d I" poiIt.Cu! and ccnnur!,.
pressure ON part Ui enthusiastic iu-
cal interests Ia undertake. the p.r-
JcCt. even though The ~nrndcr judi
mcnl al the commissioners MS
against tn" venture. Amd even Ill.
prSsim~t> admit that II might pan
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-12-16
AROUND
CAPITOL SQUARE
By LYNN NISRET
Daily Dispatch bureau
III The Sir Walter IIut.J

IRON Congress is b,c,,,;,. -.
,,.,' '''''' 'N.'" ~ North c.uulina'.
~ " mon ore. ~ evidence!
&c.,, ''l"'>' Ii"h IA" c"nErc,siun;,
N"'tas' investigating commit
Voc '"f ilii Information on ayailal,l,
i"Ih' ny. richness ana ..rcyssih,I,,y
-. deposits The State Department -;
oh,>r''Na'I"n and Development Is
H'''Ii'rd al this recognition or T., .
.,"" mineral resource. and rrr,
Ii'"t som" al the slrrnunu> effort 4;
"''' ing pas, months /" 90, the states
numerals 1T work tor the war ;u,.
bearing lruit.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-22
THE PENALTY"
GRIPPING DRAMA
OPENS TONIGHT
Capitol Theatre Feature
Stars Edward Arnold,
Lionel Barrymore

Romance, thrills, and drama MIN
gle in a, powerful dramatic story
in The Penalty" vivid depletion
OF the regeneration of child oil
the underworld opening tonight at
the Capitol Theatre, with Edward
Arnold and Lionel Barry m II G
teamed again as in You Can't
Take 1t With YOU and Gene Rey-
nolds, boy actor of Edison. The
Man." Boys Town and Gallant
Sens" in the most dramatic role
of his career.
Based on a New York stage play
by Martin Berkeley, 1.-THE Penalty
tells the story of the son of a gang
ster, who, arrested while aiding his
father in an escape from Omen,
is sent to a New England farm,
where, under the influence of SIM
pie, lovable farm people, he for
gets the savage code taught him
in the underworld and finds re-
generation and a new life.
Reynolds role runs the entire
gamut of human emotion from a
youngster taught "the racket" by
his gangster father, to loyal
American boy. The young actor
is grippingly convincing. The main
conflict is between Arnold, as the
overload, whose only hui
man feeling is for the boy, and
as an old farmer whom
the boy learns to love. The final
climax sees the boy faced with the
choice between the two great in
fluenceS in his life.