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Evening star., 1942-03-10
10 Nazi Planes Destroyed
Or Damaged in Malta Raids

BY the Associated Press.
VALLETA. Malta, March 10
R. A. F. fighters and anti-aircraft
fire destroyed three Garman planes,
probably destroyed four more and
damage IL others in the past "a
hours, the British announced last
night in a communique telling of
almost incessant attacks on this
island base since Sunday.
Despite the large number Of
combats," the communique said,
none of our fighters is missing.
Attacks by the enemy last night
and today were almost continuous,
their tactics being a determined
attempt to neutralize the island
airdromeS.
Our fighters were in the air hour
after hour battling against the Ger
man onslaught. Anti-aircraft ar
tillery also was in action throughout
the night and day"
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Survivors Of Sinkinus
Arrive at ; Harbors
In Caribbean
BroziI, Meanwhile, Begins
Probe of Destruction of
Ship OFF North CoroIinu
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The arrival of survivors from tor
pedoed merchant ships at three
Caribbean harbors underscored the
persisting menace today along the
sea lanes between North and South
America as the loss Of Brazils third
ship pushed that country along the
road which led her into the first
World War.
The three ports where rescued
crews put in yesterday were:
In Northwest Haiti-Twenty-t two
survivors, including the captain, OF
a United States steamer reported to
have been sunk last Saturday. The
vessel was identified as the Carodia,
but no such name is listed In Lloyd'S
shipping register.
In New York shipping circles,
however, 1t was learned that the
ship was the 5,1o4-ton Lykes Bros.
Cardonia.
Baracoa, Cuba-All 80 crewmen of
a vessel described as Standard Oil
tanker who were picked up by a
fishing boat after their ship was
torpedoed and shelled about 20 miles
of the eastern tip of Cuba. The
ship was mentioned in Cuban re-
ports as the Nanead, Handeact or
Handead, but Lloyds records none
of those names.
80 Survive Sinking.
Kingston, ST. Vincent, British
West Indies-Thirty-nine survivors,
among them many who were in
jured, and the bodies of two men
who perished in the lifeboats after
their ship was torpedoed. No de-
tails of the torpedoing were dis
closed. One man died after reach
ing shore.
In Rio de Janeiro. the Brazilian
government announced last night
that Germany was being held ac-
countable for the submarine sink
ings of two Brazilian ships, the
Buarque and Olinda, both of which
went down off the United States
coast.
An inquiry was announced also
over the torpedoing of a third
Brazilian merchantmen, the 1873
ton Arabutan, which was lost Sat-
urday afternoon with a coal cargo
valued at 100000.
Rio de Janeiro newspapers de-
manded that the government take
strong reprisals against the Axis
for the sinkings.
The newspaper Radical aSsum-
ing the Arabutan's attacker was also
German, called for confscation OF
all German property in Brazil. 1t
was understood that the government
is preparing a decree to take over
German property gradually as Ger
man attacks continue.
Italian Sub Believed Attacker.
One of her 81 crew members said
at Norfolk, Va, yesterday he be-
lieved it was an Italian submarine
which attacked her off North Caro-
lima and dived just two minutes be-
fore a United States Navy plane
arrived.
Brazil, whose loss of ships led
to a declaration of war on Germany
in the first World War, has de-
manded reparation from Germany
for the Buarque and Olinda.
Her protest was made through the
Portuguese government, Brazil hav-
ing broken off diplomatic relations
with the Axis powers last January.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Burma
Continued From First PageD

said the Japanese could not repair
them for five years.
The Japanese swept around Pegu,
Allied strong point 40 miles north
of Rangoon, in their haste to reach
the capital and today the move
ments of the invaders indicated
heavy fighting was shaping up in
that sector.
Light japanese patrols were re-
ported active in the region of Tauk-
kyan, a village 81 miles from Ran
COON on point where the Burma
Road branched into two routes to-
ward Mandalay-one via Pegu, the
other through Prone.
The japanese were drawing
closer to Prone. Reports said their
patrols had been encountered near
Tharrawaddy, about 70 miles north
OF Rangoon on the Prone road
the only main highway left to the
United Nations in Burma.
The British said they mopped up
this patrol-but others were ex-
pected.
Thus the fighting area appeared
centered within the triangle formed
by Pegu, Taukkyan and Tharra-
waddy. The latter city is about
SO miles northwest of Pegu.
With the fall of Rangoon and the
imminent threat to Bassein. the
port city of Akyab on the Bay of
Bengal remained the sole point
In Burma for water communication
with India over which reinforce
ments might move unimpeded to
the British.
Akyab Is about $40 miles south
west of Mandalay and about 1855
miles northwest Of Prone.
Evening star., 1942-03-10

Wake, accounted for total Of
seven attacking japanese vessels be-
fore the island outpost fell to the
enemy.
The three pilots named yesterday,
and Maj, Devereaux, are believed by
the Navy to be among the prisoners
taken by the japanese when the
island finally fell under weight of
vastly superior forces.
Maj Elrod. Capt. Tharing and two
as yet unidentified Marine Corps
flyers participated In the defense of
Wake when a strong fleet OF enemy
cruisers, gunboats and transports
attacked at dawn on December IL.
Members of Maj. Paul A. Pu.nam's s
squadron, their available fighting
strength had been reduced to but
four planes in the first japanese
attack on Wake.
The marine flyers attacked in
pairs and Maj. Elrod and Capt.
Tharin. flying Grumman single
seated fighters. hit one cruiser with
eight 100-pound bombs. The cruiser
sank" says the Navy's report.
20 Bombs Dropped.
The other two pilots badly dam
aged another ship in the same
battle, the announcement said, and
it left the area of operations trail
ing smoke. Altogether, the four
marine flyers dropped 20 bombs and
fired 10000 rounds of .59-caliber
machine gun ammunition into the
attacking japanese vessels,
The following day, the Navy De-
partment announcement continues,
1t. Kliewer sighted a japanese sub
marine about IL miles south of
Wake, while flying a late recon-
naissance patrol. He dove, strafing
the sub with machine gun bullets,
and, as he pulled out of the dive,
loosed two 100-pound bombs. He
scored direct hits and the enemy
undersea craft sank Immediately.
Capt. Tharin was born in Wash
ington on October %, 1910. He was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Marine Corps on graduation
from the United States Naval
Academy in 1884 and later took
fight training at Pensacola at the
Naval Air Station. His wife. Betty
G. Tharin, and two sons had been
living with him in Honolulu but are
now living in California.
Capt. Tharin was sent to Wake
Island only short time before the
outbreak Of the war.
His father, Frank x. Tharin, a
retired Government employe, lived
here until a few weeks ago, when
he went to Charleston, S. C. Capt.
Tharin's cousin, Whitney Tharin.
of 1922 North Fairfax drive, Airing
ton. Va, is chief of the press service
at the Department of Agriculture.
A sister of the Marine flyer, Mrs.
George Elmer, lives in Minneapolis
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Walt Disney Honored
At Educators Luncheon

Educators yesterday paid tribute
to Walt Disney for his effective and
widespread services to education" at
a luncheon at the Carleton Hotel
under the auspices of the National
Education Association.
Willard E. Givens, executive sec
retary of N. E. A., characterized Dis
ney's work as having a significance
far beyond the momentary virtue Of
superb entertainment for a people
moving at high speed to win world
war"
The cartoonist spoke briefly, de-
scribing the process of becoming an
educator, in his case, as being one
of accident rather than design.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
ed by rail with the east coast port
Of Tamatave, $50 miles away.
40, 900 Foreigners on Island.


Of Tamatave, $50 miles away.
10000 Foreigners on Island.
The population is mostly native,
with only approximately 10000 for
eigners out of 10000 French ma
tionals, including colonial adminis-
tration officials: army garrisons and
import and export business repre-
sentatives, account for about 25,OOO
Of the foreign population.
Strong economic ties formerly
bound Madagascar to France. with
four fifthS Of the islands exports
going to the mother country and
three-fourths of its imports origi-
mating in France and her other coll
onies.
The colonial administration. d.
rectly supervised from Vichy, is
headed by Gov. Gen. Armand An
net, appointed by Marshal Petain in
December, 1910.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
southern waters. But there wasn't
q drop Of whale oil In her tanks.

southern waters. But there wasn't
q drop Of whale oil In her tanks.
Believed Servicing Raiders.
THE Dutch pumped $50 tons Of
crude into her and told her indig-
nant captain to shove on. There
was no doubt in their minds. sup
pose, that his whaler had been
servicing German raiders.
There is no doubt in my mind,
either. Ny guess is that the Ger
mans and Japs have been using
Kerguelen as a trading post since
the Japs got Indo-C China. When the
Axis isn't there, the island is in
habited only by rabbits"
Kerguelen, named for the French
navigator who discovered the island
in l772 and called 1t "Desolation
Land" lies south of the Roaring
Forties," some 1900 miles southeast
Of Cape Town.
Madagascar is the fourth largest
island in the world and Frances
largest insular possession. 1t came
under French rule in 1896.
Its extreme length of $50 miles. If
superimposed on the United States,
would extend from Chicago to Dali
las, Tex. It's area OF 228, 500 square
miles is exceeded by only three
other islands, Greenland, New
Guinea and Borneo.
Madagascar lies about $50 miles
of the East African coast, separated
from the Portuguese East African
colony Of Mozambique by the
Mozambique Channel. Its principal
harbor, Diego Suarez, is one of the
finest natural ports in the world.
Tananarive, its capital, is connect
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Kennedy Calls Roosevelt
Friendly 10 Bennett
Ey tie Associated Press.

-s ~ h3oO~islto icsS
Representative Kennedy, Demo-
crat, of New York and Tammany
leader. talked with President Roose-
welt today and later described the
Chief Executive as very friendly
to John j. Bennett, jr.. New York
State attorney general and potential
Democratic gubernatorial nominee
Representative Kennedy said, how
ever, that Mr.. Roosevelt had made
mo decision on any candidate yet
and neither had Tammany Hall.
The Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor will be picked at q State con-
vention In August. The legislator
said Tammany leaders expected to
sit down with other party leaders
and discuss possible candidates.
The Chief Executive discussed New
York State politics Saturday with
James A. Farley. former Postmaster
General and former Democratic ma
tional chairman who is State chair
man in New York, and Representa-
tive Kennedy said he and the Chief
Executive discussed Mr.. Farley's
visit. Asked whether Mr.. Roosevelt
saw eye to eye with Mr.. Farley
on the political situation, Repre-
sentative Kennedy replied: He and
Jim are very friendly"
He said he had not talked with
the Chief Executive about the status
of the Presidents own member OF
Congress, Representative Fish. Re-
publican. Representative Fish was
a frequent critic of the administra-
tion's foreign policy before the
United States entered the war.
Evening star., 1942-06-09

A. P. Wirephoto.
wore a bronze medal awarded her
by Field Marshal Mannerheim of
Finland for her services in nursing
wounded Finnish soldiers, in the
l939-40 war with Soviet Russia.
Firms Tired of War"
The Firms are bitter about the
United States going into the war on
the Russian side,' Miss Bastrom
said. But they don't like the Ger
mans either, although they have to
tolerate them. Beggars can't be
choosers.'
Manuel Johannson. and his wife,
Viola, arrived with their two chill
dren, John, 2. and Janet. IA. both
of whom we're born in Sweden. The
Johannsons, American citizens, for
merly lived in Detroit.
Mr.. Johannson said he had heard
that food conditions in Finland
were bad, and that they had had no
potatoes there for six months.
He said the Swedes and Germans
were getting along all right. al
though Sweden resents German
planes flying over Swedish terri
tory"
The largest family on the liner
was Mr.. and Mrs. Erik Eklund, and
their three children, Edgar, 8; Rolf
), and CURL, 2. Mr.. Eklund, a farm
er. is a nautralized United States
citizen who returned to his native
Finland IL years ago. The chill
dren were all born in Finland.
Il can tell you" Mr.. Eklund said
that there is not much to eat in
Finland and the people are tired
of the war"
Evening star., 1942-06-09
d IL Todoys Results and Entries
NQCI0O NEWS l. for Tomorrow
Delaware Fast),


By the Louisville Times.
1-Handiboy, Zostera, Little Bolo.
2-Horticulturist, Berserk, Toast.
aHarford, Mercury. Greentree en-
4The Killer, Riposte, Milkymoon.
1Lord Vatout. Fogoso, Soldierette.
eShadows Pass. Williamstown,
Ginoa.
7-Calatan, Hattie Belle. The Gen.
Y eral.
s-Mightily. Supreme Speed. Guer-
rilla.
Best-Handiboy.
/. Charles Town Fast.
BY the Louisville Times.
Ring Up, Red Wings, Erect.
2-The Sheik, Most Alert, Incentor.
3IChide, Flag Eta, Grand Luck.
4-Smart Lad, Schley Al, Minstrel
Wit.
5-Ebonito, Grape Vine. High Aim.
6-Braxton, Medred, Annikin.
Roman Boy, Butterman, Last
Bet.
8-Pimlico Lady. Seplin, Durable.
9-Yantis. Some Groucher, Stand
Alone.
10-Happy News, Sun Salvador.
Feudal Net.
Best Yantis.
Suffolk Consensus Fast.
ev tht Associated Press.
What Excuse. At Once, Lustrous.
2-Equiplay. Montbars, Sugar Dad
! dy II.
3-Is I Amt, Oomph. Time Out
4-Flying West, All Free, Bien
! Asado
5-First Son, Best Reward. Mixer.
| 6-Watch Over. Love Day, Side Arm.
marion Collins, War Result,
| LasSator
8-Col. Goodnight, Conrad Mann,
! Blumere.
Best bet-First Son.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Fingerprints
Continued From First Page)

cate. Their interest was aroused by
indications that his flngertips had
been altered. He refused to tell
them who had done it, but described
the process. He said that the skin
on his fngertips had been cut away
to the bone and that his hands then
were bound to his chest, his arms
crossed. After two weeks, the fin
gers were cut loose, leaving skin
from his chest to form new finger
prints. Scars on each side of his
chest testified to the method.
Mr.. Hoover commented that the
doctors efforts had accomplished
nothing since the peculiar classif-
cation created by the mutilation
made it easier to trace the prints.
Hoover said that Pitts had served
sentences for auto theft and house.
breaking in both federal and state
prisons and that while in Alcatraz
prison from 1886 to 1888 he met
criminals who had known DR..
Brandenburg, one of whom gave
him message to take to DR.. Brand
enburg when he left Alcatraz.
En- route to New Jersey, Pitts
stopped in North Carolina and COM
mitted the burglary.
After Pitts reached Union City
General Hospital, Mr.. Hoover said,
DR.. Welcher removed scar from
his face The fingertip operation
was performed at DrSBrandenburg s
home, the FBI chief added.
he said that during Pitts conval-
essence the fugrive was kept part of
the time in the home of the aged
mother of Everett and part of the
time at a home in North Bergen,
N j..
Mr.. Hoover said that Munick and
Maria, chauffeurs for DR.. Branden-
burg, drove Pitts back and forth for
treatment during the convalescence.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Selections
East.

Aqueduct East.
BY the Louisville Times
1-River Wolf, Fortress. Sure Footed.
2Sandy Boot. highland. Buckle
Up.
3-No selections.
+Early Delivery, Coupon, Chaldon
Heath.
5-Optimism, The Watch, Polly
Briar
6--Fairaris, Dogpatch. Trierarch.
Tacoma, Smart, Maechic.
81Naval Reserve, Portable, In
Charge.
Best bet-Early Delivery.
Suffolk Downs East.
By the Louisville Times.
1-Lustrous, Superior, Valdina
Caper.
2-Valdina Captor, Knights Quest
II. Thin Skin.
SIS I Aint, Time Out, Boots Shorty.
4ESnarleyow, All Free, Shemite.
5-First Son, Mixer, Best Reward.
6-Maechance, Watch Over, Side
Arm.
7-Allegro, Lassator, Charitable.
Busy Man, Dark Level, Conrad
Mann.
Best bet-First Son.
Delaware Park Consensus Slow.
Es tie Associated Press.
Little Bolo. Primarily. Celestial.
2@Clamor Girl, Butcher Boy, Tetra
Rock
3-Gothic. Ship Signal, Theseus.
4-Bola Mowlee, Toujour, Voucher.
5-Lord Vatout, H. G. Bedwell en-
try, Ladies First.
| 6-Shadows Pass, Williamstown
Sting Pal.
Hattie Bell, E. K Bryson-H M
Babylon entry. Bills Rita.
/ 8-Radio Wave, Woodbuck, Mo-
! laSses Mibs.
Best bet-Shadows Pass.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Jimmy Dykes Fined $3.50
For 'StdIIing' at Boston
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June 9.-Jimmy Dykes,
manager Of the Chicago White Sox,
was fined $3.50 today by President
William Harridge of the American
League for his deliberate stalling
tactics" in attempting to prevent
completion of the second game of a
double-header at Boston last Sum
day.
Dykes was allowed five days in
which to forward his personal check
to the American League offces in
Chicago.
President Harridge termed Dykes
protest as far removed from sports
manship" and promptly denied it.
Pitcher Bill Dietrich, also OF the
White Sox. playing in the same
game, was fined $25 for his conduct
and language to Umpire Ed Rommel.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
D. G.. Bills
Continued From First Page3

in the Senate they would be faced
by the administration anti-infla-
ton policy. including an effort to
keep wages throughout the country
from moving upward, except to cor
rect inequalities in low brackets.
He said bills pending in other COM
mittees to raise all Government
salaries, either directly or through
overtime. would present another
complication.
The police-fire pay bill has been
estimated to cost about $500, 900 a
year. Already passed by the House,
it would grant the $500 raise to all
privates who have completed f1ve
years of service and officers up to
and including captains. Men with
less than five years of service would
get gradual increases.
S2,700 Maximum Provided.
The present scale for both police
men and firemen starts at 81 800 and
increase $100 year until the maxi
mum of $2.400 is reached at the be-
ginning of the sixth year.
The new scale would be: $4,000.
s2,l4O, $780, $2,42O, s2,56O, and
s2,70o at the beginning of the sixth
year.
The committee also approved a
separate bill creating a new grade of
corporal in the police force
and extending the probationary
period of rookie patrolmen from one
to three years.
The other bills approved by the
committee are:
To exempt outside corporations
from district business taxes, when
the transactions are not completed
in the District. It has passed the
House.
To authorize the Federal Govern
ment to pay public school custo-
dians for extra work performed in
connection with draft registrations
since October, 1910. It has not
passed the House.
A House-approved bill fixing the
fee of counsel who represented the
District in special litigation in
Pennsylvania courts.
A Senate bill authorizing a rear
rangement of salaries and duties of
personal tax appraisers to improve
the appraisal system.
Authorizing erection of a $500 me-
mortal in Galhnger Hospital. in rec
ognition of the work OF the late
Senator George e. Chamberlain of
Oregon for the hospital
Evening star., 1942-06-09
GripshoIm
Continued From First Page)

bassador Joseph E. Grew and his
party of Americans would be back
in this country some time during
the first week in August.
He added that the Gripsholm
might make another round trip to
Portuguese East Africa to exchange
nationals of Japan and the United
States, which would keep her in
service we'll into the fall.
There were SO aliens, Swedes, Nor
wegians and Firms. on the ship,
which arrived shortly before 9 am.
Many of the returning Americans
were reluctant to discuss conditions
in the Scandinavian countries they
had come through, saying the State
Department had advised them not
to talk for publication on arrival
Among the passengers was a 25-
year-old American nurse. Margaret
Bostrom of Arlington, N. j., who
had lived in Sweden since 1899. She
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Britons Get Highest Honor
For Removing Live Bombs
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 9-The Admir-
atty announced today that Victoria
Crosses. Britain's highest award for
valor. had been conferred on two
men who removed two unexploded
bombs which had become imbedded
in the streamlined casing of the gun
of the submarine Thrasher.
1t. Peter S. w. Roberts. 25, and
Petty Oficer Thomas w. Gould, %,
pushed and dragged one bomb 20
feet through a narrow space of the
gun casing until it could be lowered
over the side.
Every time the bomb was moved"
said the Admiralty, there was a
loud twanging noise as of broken
spring"
The bombs were dropped when
the submarine was attacked by
depth charges and aircraft after it
had sunk a heavily escorted supply
ship.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
7 reosury Offers
'Non-Wor' Bonds
To Directors
ES tie Associated Press.

Es tie Associated Press.
Secretary Of the Treasury Nor
genthau today approved a plan by
which religious groups conscien-
tiously opposed to war may buy reg
ular Government securities instead
of bonds which bear the name
War"
He made public an exchange of
letters with Paul Comfy French.
executive secretary of the National
Service Board for Religious OBJ
jectors, in which the plan was out
lined.
The religious groups will set up
a fund which will purchase regular
Treasury. bills, certificates, notes
and bonds, and sell participations in
the fund. in small denominations.
to the individuals holding these re-
ligious beliefs.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Women War Workers
STAGE Sit-Down Strike
2 the AssoeiAted Press.

y the ASsoclAko Press.
AKRON. Ohio. June 9.-Three
hundred women war workers at
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. went
on sit-doWn strike today, the
company reported.
Twelve sewing machine operators,
at work on rubber life-saving equip
ment for the armed forces, started
the sit-down In protest against a
change from day work to piece
work pay, oficials said. The other
women. on two shifts. stopped work
in sympathy, they added. Wage
scales were not given.
A Labor Department conciliator
was expected to enter the con-
troversy.
A company announcement said
the piece work schedule was posted
under an agreement with the CIO
United Rubber Workers which pro-
vides that such a schedule can be
put into operation for so days, after
which union and management de-.
eide whether it is equitable.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Dye Makers Deny U. S.
Conspiracy Charges
Rx fks AssnciafAd Prek6-

By tie Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j.. June eight
corporations and 20 individuals
pleaded innocent today to Fed
eral indictment charging conspiracy
to monopolize the manufacture and
sale of dyestuffs. but several of them
also obtained permission to change
these pleas to attacks on the indict-
ment's validity.
The firms were: E. I. Dupont de
Nemours & Co.. Wilmington, Del,
and Allied Chemical and Dye Corp,
General Aniline and Film Corp,
American Cyanimid Co.. General
Dystu1 Corp. Ciba Co., Inc; San
doz Chemical Works. Inc, and
Geigy Co., Inc, all with headquar-
ters in New York.
General Aniline was given two
weeks in which to enter q demurrer
and the other firms so days.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Ways and Means Backs
Boost in Excise ON Wines
Earlier Story on Page A-4.)

Earlier Story on Page A-4)
81 the Associated Press.
The House Ways and Means
Committee agreed tentatively to-
day to boost excise taxes on wines
to produce about S13,000,000 addi-
tional revenue.
Chairman Doughton said that the
committee had agreed to raise wines
with less than IA per cent alcohol
from the present 8 cents a gallon
to 10 cents: wines with from IA to
2l per cent alcohol, from 30 to 40
cents; wines with more than 81 per
cent alcohol, from Is cents to dol
lar a gallon; sparkling wines, from
z cents half pint to 10 cents;
artificial Carbonated wines and
iqueurs and cordials. from 3la cents
q half pint to 5 cents.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau had asked for increased
eXciSes on wines to raise SIS 900 900,
but the committee chose to make
less drastic increases in two cate
gories-those of lower alcoholic con-
tent-than he had proposed.