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Evening star., 1942-01-19

City dwellers planning to con-
vert flower gardens to vegetable
plots were advised today by the
Agriculture Department to stick to
the flowers, as officials sought to
conserve existing stocks Of seeds.
This country's supply OF seeds
from Europe has been Gu. of by
the war, the department pointed
out, and farm experts want to save
surpluses for more experienced
gardeners than are usually found
in cities.
Victory gardens might be salts
factory in rural and suburban areas
if planted by people who know about
seeds, fertilizer and spray material,
the Department said. but it is a
different story when city folks take
to their back yards.
City Farmers Usually "Green."
City soil is usually unproductive
Of good crops. according to depart
ment officials. and the would-be
farmers lack experience in caring
for seedlings.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Knudsen's Offices
Are Shifted to New
War BuiIdino

William S. Knudsen, UNDER
going the official change from
director general OF the o. p. M.
to lieutenant general in the
Army, moved his Offices today
from the Social Security Build
ing to the new War Department
Building. He took with him his
secretary, William M. Collins.
The quarters he will occupy
are those originally intended for
Secretary of War Stimson, who
later decided not to use them.
Mr.. Knudsen's office workers
spent all last night getting his
belongings ready at o. P. M,
and he went to his new War
Department quarters this morn
ing after paying a brief visit
to his former o. P. M. oflces.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Mrs. Roosevelt Is Undecided
About Future Defense Job

Asked about designations from the
o. c.. D. since Dean James M. Lam
dis of Harvard Law School became
executive oficer, Mrs. Roosevelt said
the only resignation she knew Of was
Miss Eloise Davidson, an assistant
director. Her explanation Of Miss
Davidson's resignation was that
Miss Davidson had been away from
her own job for five months and
felt she had to 60 back to 1t. She
added, however, that Miss Davidson
will work on special assignments In
New York under Mayor La Guardia.
Discussing boarding. particularly
Of sugar. she said people might Is
(see MRS. ROOSEVELT. Page A-s0
Evening star., 1942-01-19
D. {. May Have 500
Or 1000 Paid Civilian
Police, Young Asserts
Sees Need Of Volunteers;
Opposes Pay Roises
For Regular Force
BY JAMES E. CHM.

commissioner Young revealed
today it may become necessary to
augment Washington's regular
police force with 500 or 1000 ci-
william defense volunteers and to
pay them salaries.
Warning that the District doesn't
know what might happen" the
Commissioner, who is also the city's
defense co-ordinator. declared that
steps already had been taken to
add another $50 men to the regular
police force through a deficiency
appropriation.
Mr.. Young made his statements
before subcommittee of the House
District Committee, where he testi-
fed in opposition to bill it is con-
sidering to raise the pay of police
men and firemen up to and includ-
ing the rank of captain a maximum
Of $500 a year.
Frankly and bluntly." he de-
clared, the District can't afford to
pay higher salaries to policemen
and f1remen."
Despite Mr.. Young's opposition,
the subcommittee ordered the bill
favorably reported to the full House
District Committee 1t must be ap-
proved by the full committee before
being placed on the House calendar.
Budget Expense Outlined.
District Auditor Arthur Pilkerton
told the subcommittee enactment
of the pay raise bill would add $717,-
600 to the budget the first year and
that the figure would rise there
after as q reserve of retirements.
The retirement pay of police and
firemen is one-half their basic SAL
ary.
The bill, a substitute for one
killed by the House a week ago,
which would have raised the pay
OF all policemen and firemen, in
cluding those above the rank of cap
tain, a maximum of $500 a year,
Is sponsored by Representative
Schultz, Democrat. of Indiana. He
also is chairman of the subcommit-
tee holding hearings on the meas
ure.
ID. C. May Have 1000"
Il have q high regard for both
the Police and Fire Department.
Commissioner Young declared at the
outset of his testimony. I'VE are
commencing now to see daylight on
the Police Department. 1t is coming
along fine since the reorganization
But we need more patrolmen who
will make it safe for men, women
and children on the streets. One
hundred and eighty men already
have been added to the force. But
we need $50 more without delay,
and we are trying to get them in
q deficiency appropriation bill"
The bills preface declared the
salary increases are needed in view
of advanced living costs. Comment
ing on that, Mr.. Young said: LAS
far as the high cost of living goes
that would hold good for all 1900
District employees, not the police
and firemen alone"
Schultz Sees Favored City.
Il don't know of q city in the
country where profits are as large
and the tax rate is as small" de-
clared Representative Schultz. THE
Federal pay roll alone is $3l ,o0o, 900
q month"
Commissioner Young pointed out
that the real estate tax is SITS and
(see POLICE. Page A-s)
Evening star., 1942-01-19
President Appoints
Patrick J. Hurley
Bri!g!](aldier i!!](l General
~.5r - i.pr 40. .
Knudsen's Nomination
As Lieutenant General
Also Sent to Senute

Col. Patrick ]. Hurley. former
Secretary Of War, today was
nominated by the President for
the rank of brigadier general.
Mr.. Roosevelt also sent to the
Senate the nomination of William S.
Knudsen as a lieutenant general, a
rank he was given on being chosen
to take charge of the Army's war
production and procurement pro-
gram.
Col. Hurley, SO, will be in active
Army service as soon as the Senate
approves his nomination. He is
now an officer in the Reserve.
Stephen Early, White House sec
retary, said Col. Hurley would be
assigned to a special task. but would
not reveal its nature beyond saying
he would not be a line ofncer.
Practiced Law Here.
The Oklahoman who practices law
here and lives near Leesburg. Va,
holds the Distinguished Service
Medal and was cited for gallantry
in action in France with the A. E. F.
in 1918. He was a lieutenant colonel
in the World War and took part In
the Aisne- -Marne. Meuse-Argonne
and St. Mihiel offensives.
The former Hoover cabinet officer
began his military career 40 years
ago as a private in the Indian Terri
tory Volunteer Militia.
At the request of Senator McNary,
Republican, of Oregon the Presi-
dent also nominated William A.
Ekwall, former Representative from
Oregon, as a Judge on the United
States Customs Court which sits in
New York.
Ohicer's Promotion Asked.
Mr.. Ekwall put the name Of Sen
ator McNary in nomination as the
Republican candidate for the vice
presidency on the ticket with Wen
dell Willkie at the Philadelphia con-
vention in 1910.
At the same time, President
Roosevelt asked the Senate to ad-
vance Brig. Gen. Julian F. Barnes,
U. S. A., to the rank Of major gen.
eral.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Russians Start
Drive on Ice Of
.LakeLadoga
Aim to Pinch OFF
End Of Nuziline
Before Leningrod
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-The Rus
sian command apparently has
opened a major assault across
the ice of Lake Ladoga to pinch
of the Schlusselburg end Of the
German line fronting Leningrad,
Soviet sources here said today.
Reports from the area Of the ice
locked lake fortress of Schlusselburg,
Is miles east Of Leningrad, said the
battle was increasing in intensity"
and that one particularly sustained
attack had carried the Red Army
past German defenses between
Schlusselburg and the Moscow
Leningrad Railway. However, the
Russians had not yet managed
break through in force, it was said.
This attack to break German Field
Marshal Gen. Ritter Won Leeb's
Leningrad front was reported as
other Russian advices said Red
troops we're fighting hand-to-hand
in the streets of burning Mozhaisk.
81 miles west of Moscow. and In Orel,
200 miles south of Moscow.
Exponent Of Defense.
London observers pointed out that
Gen. Won Leeb was known as the
Nazis' best exponent of defensive
warfare, and said that when the
Russians developed their assault
around Leningrad he will have his
mettle tested to the fullest.
The Russians are expert at war
fare over broad ice stretches such
as those on Ladoga. Over the ice
of this same lake they carried out
attacks against the Firms in the
winter of 1939-40 to take islands
which flanked defense positions.
and their thrust across the ice OF
the Gulf of Finland in the same war
proved decisive in the capture OF
Viipuri.
1t was believed here that Premier
Joseph Stain was personally inter-
ested in the Leningrad assault. He
is said to realize that a break in the
German chain around Leningrad
would be recognized in Germany.
as well as in Russia, as a major
Soviet victory.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Spain Reported Protesting
To British on Harbor Raid
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN Jan. 19 (Official Broad
cast) The Spanish government
sent the British government note
Saturday protesting against the
British onslaught in the Spanish
harbor on the island of Fernando Po.
= Nothing was disclosed as to the
contents of the note 1t was learned,
however, that it was sharp and de-
manded release of the vessels seized
together with their crews and repa-
rationS.
The broadcast purported to be
based on information at Madrid. 1t
was a sequel to the. report in the
Spanish Falangist newspaper Arriba
Saturday that a Free French de-
stroyer had raided the harbor of
Santa Isabel, on the Spanish island
off the west coast of Africa, and
seized three Axis merchantmen.
A Berlin broadcast yesterday con-
tended it was a British raid even
though the destroyer was manned
by Free French crew.
The Free French headquarters in
London has denied these Spanish
German reports of such a raid.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
PeII and Legation Stoff
In Spain on Way Home

By the Associated Press.
BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 19-
Herbert Claiborne Pell, former
United States Minister to Budapest,
and the staff and families Of the
American Legation there passed
through here today toward Madrid
en- route to Lisbon and home.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
New Axis Military Pact
Is Reported Signed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
LONDON, Jan. ia D. N. B.
broadcast from Berlin, heard today
by Reuters, said a military conven-
ton signed yesterday by Germany,
Italy and Japan was designed to
safeguard proper and appropriate
distribution of military forces IN
preparation for operations of great
striking power which will be OF out
standing significance"
Evening star., 1942-01-19
British Retreat
Heightens Crisis
In Malaga Fight
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SINGAPORE, Jan. 19.-The
battle of Singapore entered a
more critical phase today as the
British acknowledged a further
withdrawal along the west coast
of Johore State and reported
that the Japanese were hammer
Ing heavily at their lines near
Segamat, on the Central Malayan
Railroad, IS miles from Johore
Strait.
The withdrawal of the British left
flank, in the Muar River area, was
carried out, a communique said,
to meet the threat of Japanese
troops filtering southwark along the
coast.
Domei News Agency broadcast
2 report from Toxic that Jap
anese troops fighting their way
down the west coast of Malaga
were less than Is miles from Sin
gapore The broadcast declared
that the Japanese had captured
Pontian Besar, Is miles west Of
Johore Bahru.
(Another Domei dispatch said
. 10000 British troops had been
completely trapped by Japanese
forces which have swept to the
rear of the British position
around Bahru, cutting off rail
and road communications leading
to Singapore"
D.NB., German official news
= agency, quoting japanese sources,
was heard in a broadcast as de-
claring that "the battle for the
final possession of Malaga and
of Singapore had begun" 1t was
said the decisive clash would
come in the region of Johore
Bahru)
Japs Believed 80 Miles Away.
The British communique failed to
disclose the extent of the British re-
treat, but it appeared that Japa-
nese forces on the coast must be
we'll within 80 miles of Singapore
itself.
While the communique did not
speak of any withdrawal in the
central sector along the railway to
Singapore, it was the first time that
Segamat had been mentioned in
official dispatches. Segamat is about
Is miles southeast of Gemas, which
fell into japanese hands last night.
Announcement of the reverses
came in the face Of reports from
the front of stiffening British re-
(See MALAYA, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Gunner Who Slew Three
Found Mentally Unfit

RN the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-Philip Joseph
Ward, 3l-year-old anti-aircraft gun
ner who went on three-hour homi-
cidal shooting rampage through sub
urban streets last November II. was
found unfit today to plead to a
triple murder charge.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Hand to-Hond Fighting
In Mozhoisk Reported

MOSCOW, Jan. 10 R). - Grim
Russian soldiers and Nazi troops
comprising the cream Of the Ger
man forces" are fighting desperate
hand-to-hand battle in the blazing
key city Of Mozhaisk, the Russian
army newspaper Red Star declared
today.
As Russia's great winter offensive
gained momentum along the entire
front from the Arctic to the Black
Sea, Red Star also reported that
(see RUSSIA, Page A-60
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Hong Kong Governor Named

TOXIC, Jan. 10 (Omcial Broad
cast R.-Emperor Hirohito today
appointed 1t. Gen. Rensuke Isogai,
former chief of staff of the Kwan-
tung army, governor general of Hong
Kong.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Mead and Romspeck
On Forum Toniqht

Senator Mead, Democrat,
of New York, member of the
Senate Civil Service Com
mittee, and Representative
Ramspeck, Democrat, of
Georgia, chairman of the
House Civil Service Com
mittee, will discuss "Our
Civil Service Problems" at 8
o'clock tonight on the Ma
tional Radio Forum. The
program is arranged by The
Star and broadcast by Sta
ton WMAL and the coast
to-coast Blue Network.
Evening star., 1942-01-19
Feodosiyo, Crimeo Port,
Retoken, Nozis Claim

Crhis dispatch was sent from an en-.
emy country. whose motive in releasing
Cain Claims is should s1i be :: eIsdls.d only Shes
confirmed BY American or Allied
sources.1
BERLIN, Jan. 10 (Official Broad
cast R.-The German high COM
mand announced today that Nazi
and Rumanian troops had recap
tured the port Of Feodosiya. on the
southeast coast OF the Crimean
Peninsula, stepping stone to the
Caucasus.
At the same time the high COM
mand reported that Russian forces
had launched heavy attacks along
the entire Donets River front and
said that fighting still was in prog
ress without indicating the direc-
ton 1t was taking.
1900 Declared Taken.
The fall Of Feodosiya, commu-
nique said, resulted in the capture
of more than 4,60O Russians and
large quantities of equipment, in
cluding 70 tanks and II guns.
German forces in the action were
commanded by Infantry Gen. Won
Manstein and Air Chief Marshal
Won Grein, the bulletin added.
ct was the first time that the
names of these officers had been
mentioned in German commu-
niques dealing with operations in
the Crimea. Appearance Of tho
unfamiliar names may be sig
nificant in view of recurring re-
ports from many foreign quar-
tiers of shakeups in the German
military command since Adolf
Hitler took over the supreme
command from Field Marshal
Gen. Walther Won Brauchitsch
several weeks ago.
In the central and northern Sec
tors of the eastern front, the Rus
slams continued their attacks but
suffered heavy losses, the high COM
mand said.
430 Reds Declared Killed.
It reported that German infantry
and mechanical forces, in two-day
counter ATTACK in one unspecif1ed
sector. had captured IS guns, %
grenade throwers, As machineguns
and countless other material"
In this engagement, the com.
munique said, 430 Russians we're
killed and 140 were taken prisoners.
In addition to participating in op-
erations on the land front the Ger
man air force was credited officially
with damaging a large merchant
ship of the Arctic port of Muir
mansk.
Feodosiya, on the southeast coast
of the Crimea, was captured by Ger
man troops early in November as
they stormed across the peninsula
toward Kerch strait. apparently in
an attempt to drive into the oil.
rich Caucasus.
Concentrating Russian forces
drove the Germans out Of the port
on December 81 after a fierce two
day fight. The Red Army forces.
presumably aided by reinforcements
moved across Kerch strait, were as
sisted by the Black Sea fleet.
Evening star., 1942-01-19

(See NELSON, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1942-01-19

(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1942-01-19

(See GARDENS, Page A-S)
Evening star., 1942-01-19

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.
La gaceta., 1942-03-30

ANmerfco, Ramon PeGregal Val
des, Tomas Batiyta, Frank AL
varez, Raymond c. Fernando,
Luis Rafael Chavez, Joe Guggi-
no, Manuel Orta, Luis Perrone,
Rogelio GriN,o, Angelo A. Nico-
lett, Joe Perrone, Luis G.. Perez,
Gud.avo Hernandez, Jose Nildo
Martinez, Felipe LoScalzo, Jose
Antonio Menlendez, Emilio P.
Fig,ueras, Alberto Machado,
Nick Mattasini, Frank F. Cas-
triil6n, Pascual Mirabal, Jose
Rudrguez Suarez, Sam Scolaro
Greco, Marcelo Maseda, Anibal
Vall5s, Tom IFraterrigo, Har-
man S. Garcia, Agu3tin Garcia,
Daniel Jose Paquete, Miguel
Angel Lavado, Fernando Selgas
Fernandez, Jose Rocha, Elido
Enrique Gomez, John Vaglica,
Salvatore Volpe, Velio Pedrero
y obros.
La gaceta., 1942-03-30
LOS ~YUGOESLAVOS PREPA
RAN UNA OFENSIVA DE


New York, MARIO 30.-El
coronel Dragutin Savicho, jefe
de ma mission. militar yugoes-
lava que ACADIA de llegar a es-
tie pals, anunci6 aver que las
guerrillas del general Draja
Miahhilovitch estan listas pa
"a comenzar una ofensiva de
%primavera y las componen 100
mil p~atriotas.
Promote ell coronel que 81
las Naciones Unidas comien-
zan simultaneas ofensivas en-
ell Cercano Oriente y en- tode
ell area del Mediterraneo, las
gurrillas yugoeslavas bajaran
de las montanas y caeran, CO.
mo un torrente, sobre la reta-
guardia nazi.
Ell prop6sito- de su mission es
hacer comprender en- Wash
ington la importancia de Ia
posici6n estrategica del gene
raj Mihailovitch en- los Balka'
mes y coordinate con la gran
~estrategia de los Aliados.
La gaceta., 1942-03-30

raci6n mazda mas que la revan-
cha disfrazada? Tai polftica des
conoce por completo la fuerte
de Alemania".
"Oeuvre" escribi6; "El Co
bierno de Vichy representa- la
farSa de la collaboration, pero
pone toda SUI esperanto en- una
victoria Anglo-Sajona."
En- "Aujourd'hui", Georg Sua-
rez preguntaba indignado:
"iC6mo Sc atreve Vichy a Ma
mar a los abogados de Paris, los
de la collaboration co nAlemania
deSertores?"
Ell DIR. Walter Trautmann p6
bljco un articulo Zen aleman y
en- frances) e Ell "PariSes lei
tung' en- ell que decia: "Los a.
tentistas de Paris y de Vichv
eStaban jublantes cuando Ale
mania hizo la guerra a Russia.
Els una gran Sorpresa y una
gran lastima ell encontrar en-
Francia, pals con una antigua
cultura, tanta gentle cuyo deSeo
mas ardiente es que Alemania
sufra una derrota desicfva a ma
nos de Russia,
Que los franceSes han reco-
brado un nuevo espirltu desde
diciembre de 1881, es evidente.
En- un articulo escrito por a co
rresponsal en- Paris del ''Muen-
elmer Neueste Nachrichten",
un tai Georg Braeutigam, bado
Ell tftulo "Dingaulismo" sin que
rerlo nj proponerselo el eScritor
fue tan imbecil que hace saber a
TODD ell mundo que los franceses
no quieren eli Nuewo Orden de
HITLER, que esperan ell dia de
saBdar cuentas, con absolute
confianza en- Ia victoria de los
aliados.
(C0ntinNard).
La gaceta., 1942-03-30
BoLETINEs DE
ULTIMA HORA
(Viene de la Pig. 1G.)

No Sc di6 a conocer Ell lugar y
tampoco ell dia.
Washington, mario 30.-El
cdrnite de asuntos naivabes del
senado llamara a declarar al al
mirante Ernest j. King, jefe de
la escuadra, con ell fin de inves-
tigar las Eases de la campaIa
contra los submarines eneml-
gos. Los miembros del cornIte,
segdn ell senador Walsh, quie-
ren estar satisfecho de que TODD
10 possible Sc esta hacienda pa
IA eliminar esta amenaZa. La
marina y Ell ejercito anunciaron
la semana pasada la coordina-
ci6n de sus esfuerzos para Ia me
jor defensa de las costas del At
lantico.
Londres, mario 30.-LOs pc
ri6dicos elogian ell sudaz ataque
hecho por los cOmandos ingle-
ses, en- Saint Nazaire, ell sabado
Dor Ia manana. La base de sub
marines del enemigo sufrlo
prandes da1os. Instrucciones sc
han dado a Ia Raj para bonn
bardear constantemente csc
puerto.
Todos los supervivientes del
ataoue son aclamados como he
roeS.
La gaceta., 1942-03-30
I'm aTttculO de lujO

En- ell siglo XVII la fabrica-
ci6n de paraguas tenia un
puesto entire las industries de
lujo. Median metro y cuartO
de alto, desplegados tenian
tres metros y medic de circuns
ferencia y pesaban, por 10 me
nos, cinco kil6gramos.
Use sabe cuanto costaba en-
tonces un paraguas? De 25O
a 800 pesos. Fran de cuero, de
En- esas condolences Sc COM
prende que pocas personas pu
dieran pagarse la fantasia de
tener un paraguas.
Era va mucho poser uno
para toda una familia, Y Sc
transmita de generation en-
generation.
Despues de diversos cam
bios, ell paraguas conquist6,
desde 1925, una elegancia re-
lativa, que ha seguido perfec
cionandose hasta nuestra epo-
ca. Ell antique mango ha sido
acortado Y Sc ha dado otra for
ma a la empunadura. En- 1880
sc populariz6 en- Francia bajo
Ell nombre de "rifflard" y dis
minuyo a un tempo en- peso y
en- precip.
La gaceta., 1942-03-30
SC0dnto puede costGr
ana eSposG?

Leemos I'm articulo que lleva
ese titulo y ademas la firma del
professor Leavit..
En- Africa, en- Asia y en- Gro
enlandia, ell valOr de una mujer
rs bastante limitado. En- Ugan-
da, o Ouganda, por ejemplo, J.
ma esposa suele cOstar tres to-
ros, mientras que en- ell Kurdis-
tan un cochinillo es considerable
pracio suficiente.
Los cafres tienen que dar a
sus suegros OchO vacas en- buen
estado, y Cos tartaros un POGO de
mantequilla sOlamente.
tarece que los tartaroS son
los que han barrido Ell record
de la baratura.
En- l pals de los bongaleses,
algunos fetiches y unas cuantas
pieles de animales sagMajes es
todo 10 que Sc reclama al que va
a comprar esposa.
En- fin, entire los esquimales
los padres pueden vender sus
hiias y los maridoS suS mujeres
por un POGO de tabaco.
Por ell contrario, ell professor
Leavitt estima que, 10 mismo en-
America que en- Europa, en- la
mayorfa de los casos, porque Sc
dan casos en- que... bueno. Sc
gun Ell professor Leavit, en- Anne
RIGA como en- Europa, no es exa
gerado decir que los padres o los
marbles ven desaparecer Cd 70
por ciento de sus rentas en- pro-
exclusive de sus hijos o
La gaceta., 1942-03-30
la GACE'rA
Sc lie HA OFREcIDO A Ia
d Ell ESTADO DE
DOMINIC
Podra separarse v~oluntaria-
mente. 81 10 desea, del imperio
ingles

Nueva Delhi, MARIO 3d.
Sir Stafford Sripps, ell enviado
especial de la Gran Bretana,
anunci6 aver que ell gobierno
ingles lie ofrece a la India ell
estado de Dominic, para des-
pu6s de la guerra, dentro del
imperio britanico.
Al mismo tempo Sc lie con-
cedera ell derecho a separarse
del imperio, en- case de que de
SEQ hacerlo. Mohandas K.
Gandhi opina que la PROPOSE
ci6n impedira que la India To-
gre su complete integridad pc