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Evening star., 1942-03-09
|ta|y's Aegean Islands
Raided Again by British
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME From Italian Broadcasts) -.
March 9.-New British air raids on
Axis-held islands In the Aegean Sea
were announced today by the Ital-
ian high command
The daily war bulletin said one
Wellington bomber crashed into the
sea during the attacks and its crew
Of eight was captured. No other
details of the attacks were given.
The communique said German and
italian bombers attacked the Brit
ish island base of Malta repeated
ly" and with good results"
Other Axis air formations were
said to have carried out day and
night attacks on the port of Tobruk.
causing heavy destruction and scor-
ing hits on enemy vessels"
British fighter planes described
as greatly superior in numbers be-
set the Axis raiders during the day
light operations. and the high COM
mand said "one enemy plane was
shot down" and six of our planes
have not returned.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Reds Report Breaking
German Resistance
In kharkov Sector
Number Of Inhibited
Places Declared
Token in Drive
By the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, March 9-Soviet
troops broke fierce resistance on
the Kursk -Kharkov front south
east of Moscow and captured
number OF inhabited places, the
Moscow radio announced today.
(An official German announce
ment Of heavy defensive battles"
on the southern front conceded
with a Nazi-controlled Paris radio
report that Soviet armored units
were attacking east of Orel and
Kursk. Recent Stockholm reports
that the German garrison at Orel
had refused to surrender still
we're unconfirmed in Moscow.
Russian soldiers fighting unceas-
ingly in the snow to weaken the
expected German spring offensive
were reported to have captured the
city of Sychevka, driving a wedge
midway between the Nazi strong
holds of Rzhev and wanna on the
central front.
Two-Day Engagement.
Dispatches from the wintrv bat
tleline told of the sweep of the Red
Army into the city 125 miles due
west of Moscow after a two-day bat
tie in which it was stated virtually
all of the $4,000 men of the German
48th division were wiped out.
south rail line connecting Rzhev and
wanna
The Russians were said to be
meeting more and more German
reserves on the central front. with
Adolf Hitler drawing heavily on his
strength in the deep rear"
Big Steps Appear Imminent.
On the Leningrad front. where
the Russians have been battering
at the Nazi siege ring, the Soviet
Information Bureau said $500 enemy
soldiers and officers had been wiped
out in three days of fighting.
Big steps appeared in the making.
Joseph Stain, premier and defense
commissar. who has been devoting
considerable attention to the CEN
trail front, was reported personally
planning counter measures along
the entire line to meet the expected
German drive.
Stockholm dispatches to Lon
don newspapers said Hitler had
arrived in Kiev, capital of the
Ukraine, to supervise prepara-
tions for spring drive against
the Caucasus 1t was reported
(See RUSSIA, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Summary of Todoy's Star

w. P. B. to freeze existing silhouette
in women's clothes. Page Az
biggest taxpaying week starts to-
day. Page A
Senators investigating charges Sea
Otter is impractical. Page A
Imitation would be U. S. greatest en-
emy, Henderson says. Page AS
Senate opens debate on charges
against LANCER. Page AS
Rooming and boarding house owners
file rent schedules. Page B-1
Americans of italian descent pledge
loyalty to u. S. Page B-9
Washington ond Vicinity.
Two dead, many injured in weekend
traffic in this area Page B-1
D. A r. will hold annual meeting In
Chicago this year. Page B-1
Miscellany
Natures Children. Page Bill
Evening star., 1942-03-09
House Resumes
Clash on Parity
Surplus Prices
Roosevelt Expected
To Oppose Plan
On Radio Tonight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Administration opposition to a
rider barring sales of surplus
crops at below parity prices
faced a test today as the House
plunged into its sixth day of de-
bate on the $685. 100000 Agricul-
ture Department appropriation
bill.
Bolstering the hand of House lead
ers. President Roosevelt and two
administration officials, congress
sional. leaders said, will challenge,
in Nationwide addresses at 9:45
o'clock tonight. the farm bloc fight
on below parity sales of the surplus
crops.
This turn in the controversy arls-
ing out Of the Government effort to
hold down food prices was to come
In scheduled radio talks to a series
of community farm dinners by the
President, Vice President Wallace
and Agriculture Secretary Wickard.
Other Items Involved.
The surplus sales section was only
one of number Of controversial
items remaining TO be disposed Of
before the bill can be sent TO the
Senate and the way cleared for con-
sideration of a heavily jammed
House docket
Still TO be debated were the pro-
visions for parity payments. for
payments under the Sugar Act. for
the Rural Electrifcation Admins
tration, for the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration and for farm tenant
aid.
Through five days of debate last
week, including a Saturday session,
an economy bloc's attempt 10 slice
millions from the bill met with stiff
and effective opposition. the net re-
duction amounting only to about
81 900 900.
Administration leaders showed no
inclination to accept a farm bloc
compromise offer under which the
ban on sales of surplus commodities
would be relaxed to permit sales OF
wheat and corn for feed purposes
below parity prices.
Parity would give farm products
the same relative purchasing power
they commanded in the base years
1909 1914.
Roosevelt Opposes Proposal.
Mr. Roosevelt has ohierted to the
surplus sales ban on the ground II
would boost the consuming public's
food bill about a billion dollars q
year. Farm bloc members contend
that to permit below-parity sales
would depress the price level for
farm crops.
While they were hopeful the en-
tire farm bill could be disposed Of
not later than tomorrow. admins
tration leaders conceded there was a
chance debate would continue
through Wednesday.
Once the farm bill is out of the
way, the immediate House program
calls for consideration of the War
Department civil functions appro-
priation bill, bill raising the debt
limit from s65 900 100000 to s125.-
600, 900 900. a proposal to create
Women's Auxiliary Corps to aid the
armed forces and a resolution to
continue until January the life Of
American activities.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Supreme Court Upho|ds Law
Banning Use of Fighting Words
z, the Associated Press.

2, the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court asserted to-
day that argument is unnecessary
to demonstrate that the appellations
damn racketeer' and damn Fascist
are epithets likely to provoke the
average person to retaliation and
thereby cause a breach of the
peace
Justice Murphy made this asser-
ton in a unanimous opinion hold
ing constitutional a New Hamp-
shire statute prohibiting language
in a public place likely to produce a
breach of the peace.
1--WE cannot conceive" Justice
Murphy said, that cursing a public
officer is the exercise Of religion
in any sense of the term.
ut is we'll understood" he con-
tinued, that the right of free
speech is not absolute at all times
and under all circumstances. There
are certain well-defined and mar
rowly- limited classes Of speech. the
prevention and punishment Of
Evening star., 1942-03-09

which has never been thought to
raise any constitutional problem.
These include the lewd and OBJ
scene, the profane. the libelous and
the insulting or fighting words
those which by their very ut
terance inflict injury or tend to
incite an immediate breach of the
peace.
TT has been we'll observed that
such utterances are not essential
part of any exposition of ideas and
are of such slight social value as a
step to truth that any benefit that
may be derived from them is clearly
outweighed by the social interest in
order and morality"
The opinion applied to the con-
viction at Rochester of Walter
Chaplinsky. a member of an or
ganization called "Jehovah's Wit
nesses"
State officials said the complaint
alleged that Cha aplinsky. on q
Rochester street. addressed these
(Sce FIGHTING WORDS. A-eJ
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Van Nook Announces
Fall Of Bandoeng,
Indies War Capital
OfficioI Escapes With
Others TO Australia:
PIons TO Fight On
BY the Associated Press
ADELAIDE, Australia. March

By the Associated Press
ADELAIDE, Australia. March 9.
-BandOeng. war capital Of the
Netherlands Indies. has fallen.
1t. Gov. Gen. Hubertus J. Van
Nook said today.
Our people are battling on with
the resources they have left" he
added.
Van Nook, who escaped in an
airplane with IA other Netherlands
offlcials, said a fair number of naval
personnel has escaped from Java.
I'VE are here to carry on the
fight and not to sit and NOPE" he
said.
Says Japs Had Eight Divisions.
Van Nook said his plane took off
from the last strip Of runway
available" His chief of air staff
was among those accompanying
him.
I'VE are here to collect all the
forces We can get together to con-
tinue the struggle" he declared.
"A fair number of naval personnel
have escaped. They want some one
to rally them. I am sure we can
carry on the fight.
There are about eight Japanese
divisions from 10000 to $50 900
mem in Java-many more than We
had"
He added the Australians must
try to get what we did not have
materials and fresh support" "
The best plan seems to be to try
and cripple the enemys sea forces
and transport if it comes long way
from its bases Van Nook said.
There should be an end to the re-
trea ting"
The whole party left their wives
and families behind.
Expected More HeIp.
There is no use hiding the fact
that there is bitterness in some
places in Java, but our people under
stand the difficulties of getting
things moving" Van Nook added.
The Allies, however. must under
stand there was an expectation of
more help than arrived.
American ships and Australian
troops did their best and there is no
doubt about their quality, but it was
a case of too little and too late. 1
am not soldier, but I think Japan's
allies would rather have her move
northward and westward than south
ward.
"A large-Sca1e attack on Australia.
however. would be very difficult from
Japans point of view. as she would
be farther from her base 1t is more
likely that she will try to be
nuisance to the cites and supply
centers."
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Report 10 Congress
Urges Single Agency
To Buy War Supplies
U. S. Hos Not Begun to
Match Foes Production,
Tolon Committee Says
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A single, centralized purchas-
ing agency to furnish all military
supplies-for the death grapple
of total war" was demanded to-
day by a congressional commit
tee sharply critical of the Ma
tion's production effort.
Failure TO organize the domestic
front of the battle of production has
already been translated into serious
defeats for our own armed forces"
said report by the House Commit
tee on Defense Migration. headed by
Representative Tolan.
Maintaining that the United
States had not even begun" to
match Germany. Italy and Japan
in production. the committee said
this was "traceable to our inability
to comprehend the nature and scope
of modern warfare and the length
to which our enemies have gone to
prepare themselves"
Problems Studied for Months.
The committee. which spent
months studying problems Of labor
supply and materiel procurement,
recommended:
l. Creation Of a special technical
division under the civilian procure
ment agency 10 maintain an up-to-
date complete inventory on indus
trial facilities. the supply of critical
materials. and the supply Of labor
2. Labor management co-opera-
ton through joint national, regional
and plant committees headed by a
paid Government official. on produc-
tion and procurement problems.
Our enemies said the report.
ARE operating along the inner line.
and even our defensive operations
to hold them in check require de-
ploying our forces around the world.
For such warfare we shall need not
merely to equal the output Of our
enemies but to surpass that out
put by three or four times.
Procedures Have Long Trial.
1T is clear that to date We have
not even begun to equal their out
put. To this committee. it is ap-
parent that if we follow prevailing
procedures we shall not achieve the
goals set by the President for 1912
or 1943. These procedures have been
tried during 18 months when our
goals were far smaller, and were
even then found wanting"
The committee urged that the War
Production Board allocate produc-
tion goals to each important industry
and to each region. instead of deal
ing with individual plants, saying
that it then would be up to the
industry and regional boards Ito see
that facility under their juris-
diction operates at maximum eff
ciency.'
Nelson Appointment Praised.
While commencing the appoint
ment of Donald Nelson as the single
war production chief, the report
added:
The - ineffective procurement
system remains unchanged. 1t
stands as virtually insurmountable
obstacle to effective planning and
mobilization on the production front.
In the past it has been hampered
not only by it's own intrinsic in
tSee TOLAN, Page AS
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Gen. Yomushito Gets
Post Of Gen. Hommu,
Reported Suicide
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The War Department an
nounced today that the japanese
conqueror of Malaga and Singa-
pore, Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita,
had been transferred to COM
mand of the invaders in the
Philippines.
Yamashita succeeds 1t. Gen.
Masaharu Homma, who is reported
to have committed suicide because of
chagrin over his failure to destroy
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's outnum-
bered defending force.
The shift of commanders was re-
ported in communique which said
that for the past "a hours, fighting
had ceased altogether on the Bataan
peninsula front.
Fighting in Mindanao.
About 500 miles to the South,
however, brisk skirmishes were re-
ported in the vicinity of Digos. on
Davao gulf, on the southern Philip
pine island of Mindanao.
The nature of developments on
Mindanao. where the japanese have
extended their occupation from the
area around the city of Davao to
the city of Zamboanga, was not dis
closed.
Gen. Yamashita, the new COM
mander in chief, has established
field headquarters at San Fernando.
IN Pampanga Province. some 40
miles from the Bataan front lines.
Whether the shift portended a
renewal of full-scale attempts to
crush Gen. MacArthur's little army
was said by War Department
spokesman to be a matter of specu-
iation.
Suicide Not Fully Verified.
The reports of the switch in Japa-
nese commanders were eloquent tes-
timony to the extent that Gen.
Macarthur has upset the japanese
timetable for the Philippine con-
quest.
Gen. Macarthur. who relayed the
information about Gen. Homma to
the War Department yesterday, en-
phasized that the suicide reports
we're not completely verified but
emanated from sources hitherto re-
earded as relia BILE
Because the undercover system
whereby Gen. Macarthur obtains
information from behind the enemy
lines has been uncanny in its eff
cheney in the past, the Capital was
inclined to place considerable faith
in the reports that Gen. Homma
had committed hara -kiri.
Rites Reported Held in Manila.
According to these reports the
War Department communique said,
"thp japanese generals suicide was
motivated by the fact that his nu-
merically superior force had been
unable to destroy the American and
Philippine defenders of Bataam and
Corregidor.
The funeral rites Of the late Jap
anese commander. these reports
state. we're held on February 26 In
Manila and we're attended by per-
sonal representatives of Emperor
Hirohito, after which Gen. Homma
ashes were flown to Japan for in
terment.
An interesting and ironic detail
OF the story is that the suicide and
funeral rites occurred in the suite
at the Manila Hotel occupied by
Gen. Macarthur prior to the evacu-
alton of Manila"
In the same report Gen. Mac
Arthur told how American artillery
in hidden positions inflicted heavy
casualties on japanese regiment
(See HOMMA, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Brazilian Freighfer Sunk
Off Newport News; All Safe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO. March o.
The 7878-ton Brazilian freighter
Arabutan was sunk Saturday night
10 miles off Newport News. Va. but
all aboard were saved. Permission to
publish the news was given today.
The Arabutan, the third Brazilian
vessel sunk off the east coast of the
United States. was operated by the
Lloyd Nacional Line.
Besides her 81 crew members It
was reported here that she also had
aboard some members of a Brazilian
tanker which is being repaired in
the United States.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Rangoon Still Held
By British Forces,
London Indicates
Communication Continues
War Office Says, but
Situation Grows Worse

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 9.-The Brit
ish War Office said at $50 pm.
today 1920 pm, Eastern war
time) that it still was in COM
munication with Rangoon. Bur-
ma. which the japanese say they
have captured.
No announcement of the fall of
but it has been expected hourly in
some highly placed quarters.
japanese col umns plunging
through the jungles north of the
British left flank were said to have
completed an enveloping move
which placed the battle for Burma
in a critical stage.
The situation altered swiftly for
the worse today, informed sources
said. Earlier restrained optimism
which held that the fall of Rangoon
would not end British efforts to
save Burma dwindled with the re-
ports of the japanese encirclement.
Some destruction of military sup
plies had been carried out more than
a week ago when the Japanese
massed in force along the Sittang
River at the northeast approaches
10 Rangoon.
Pegu District Still Center.
Reports reaching here said the
center of fighting on the Burma
front still was in the Pegu district,
40 miles north of Rangoon. where
British tanks were bearing the brunt
Of a defensive stand directed by 1t.
Gen. Sir H. r. L. G. Alexander
newly appointed commander in
Burma.
Japanese patrols were reported tC
have cut the Rangoon Mandalay
railroad at two places. The COM
mentator said the invaders prob
ably were attempting to infltrate
through the heavily wooded hills
north of Pegu in an effort to cut
another road which angles north
west from Rangoon to Prone on
the way toward India.
The commentator declared the de-
tenders of Burma have been fight
ing very hard. and will continue tc
fight very hard"
Dispatches from Bombay said Sir
Reginald Hugh Dorman- Smith, gov
ernor of Burma, has given the clear
signal for Burmese officials to act
on their own authority provided
their decision lis one calculated tc
embarrass the enemy and contribute
to our war effort"
Determined to Hold On.
The appointment of Gen Alex
ander to succeed 1t. Gen. T. j
Hutton in the Burma command was
interpreted by informed sources
here as sign that the imperial
general staff is determined to hold
on in Burma whatever the fate of
Rangoon.
The new commander. slim. So
year-Old campaign-toughened little
fisherman, is reputed to be one Of
Britain's best fighting generals. a
long time adherent of Marshal
Foch's policy of attack, attack and
attack" and firm believer in TAX
ing full advantage Of air support for
his troops.
Gen. Alexander, then a major
general. was the commander who
personally directed the removal of
the last 1000 men Of the B. E. F.
from the bullet-spattered beach at
Dunkerque.
Little Alex" the men who have
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Roosevelt to Receive
Cunudu's Overseas Chief

BY the Associated Press.
The commander Of the Canadian
overseas Army, 1t. Gen. A. G. L.
MacNaughton, came here yesterday
to begin a series of conferences
with United States officials, in
cluding President Roosevelt.
1t was understood that in addi-
ton to the talk with Mr.. Roosevelt,
the time for which was not an
nounced, the Canadian officer would
meet with Gen. George c. Marshall.
Chief Of Staff and officials of the
War Production Board.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Foreign.

Foreign.
Rangoon still held by British forces,
London indicates. Page Al
Reds drive wedge between Nazi
points on central front. Page Al
Essen. home of Krupp Works, is
hammered by r. A. F. Page A-3
Free French forces wreak havoc on
Italians in Libya. Page As
Berlin admits loss of 800 900 troops
on eastern front. Page AS
U. S. and Britain form Caribbean
Commission. Page AS
Japs reported treating Filipinos like
galley slaves. Page B-6
National.
La Guardia accused Of deal" to hide
Flynn paving probe. Page Az
Hart and Winant return to U. S. on
clipper. Page AZ
W. P. B. revamps Industry Bureau
to speed output. Page Az
Evening star., 1942-03-09
Time-Wosting Chats
In w. p. B. Cafe
Banned by Nelson

BY the Associated Press.
Chit-chat over the coffee cups
and late breakfasts on Govern
ment time were ruled out today
at the War Production Board.
The w. P. BIS lunch counter
was ordered closed between 8:45
and II am, and an attendant
queried about the shut down
explained:
Donald Nelson ordered us
to close because people were
wasting too much time
Evening star., 1942-03-09
King Gustof Of Sweden
Undergoes Operation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 8.
king Gustaf v of Sweden was
operated on today for removal OF
large bladder stone. The kings con-
dition was quite satisfactory" Prof.
John Hellstroem said afterward.
A communique said Crown Prince
Gustaf Adolf told an extraordinary
meeting of the Swedish cabinet that
he would take charge of public busi-
ness during the illness Of his S3-
year-old father.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
$50 900 Cambridge Fire

CAMBRIDGE, Md, March 9 tP.-
A stubborn fire yesterday swept
through the upper floor of a large
two-story brick building in the heart
Of the business district and caused
damage estimated at more than
Sc, 1000.
Evening star., 1942-03-09
EHzoIde to Speak
On Radio Forum

Philippine Commissioner
Joaquin N. EliZalde will
speak in the National Radio
Forum at 9 o'clock tonight.
discussing the vital role ma
tives of Southwestern Asia
can and should play in the
war effort of the United
Nations.
The forum, arranged by
The Star and broadcast over
the Blue Network, will be
heard here over Station
WMAL.
Evening star., 1942-03-09

(See BURMA, Page AS.
Evening star., 1942-03-09

The Axis claims were varied and
indirect but their gist was that the
Dutch had asked for terms and ces-
Sation of hostilities on all fronts.
A Domei broadcast from Toxic.
quoting Japanese Army authorities
in Batavia, the captured capital of
the Indies. reported that a six-point
proclamation had been issued there
(See INDIES, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-03-09

(See HOMMA, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-01-02

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