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japanese warship to evacuate ref
ugeeS.
ReyoIyers, DaggerS

OdIdlItoc wal olllp W CNdSudIC lCI-
ugeeS.
Revolvers, Daggers
This morning I met former Of
ficer of the naval base at Singapore.
He said that at one time during the
Japanese attack "a seamen of the
battleship Prince of Wales and bat
tie cruiser RepulS'a, all under 49, as
sisted with their revolvers and dag
gers in defending the naval base.
(These ships were sunk by the Jap
anese off Malaya) .-...
The officer said that remnants of
the Malayan navy faced a grim sit
uation when most Of the Malayan
saamen decided that it was more
important to stay home and defend
their wives and families under dive
bombing than to evacuate to an
other theater Of the war.
Because of a shortage Of seamen
at Singapore, the authorities there
had to recruit Europeans to man
small craft for evacuation. When ]
left they had recruited about 25.
But when l left the fighting men,
though they knew their resistance
was hopeless, were giving the Jap
anese everything they had and their
morale was high. They were in good
condition and they were not beaten.
They were under ceaseless Smelling
and dive bombing and they had no
air support.
Day, Night Bombardment
The bombarding Of Singapore city
continued Gay and night, especially
most accurate mortar fire. The city
has suffered great but scattered
damage. The Japanese seem always
to have a definite target, and civil
ian centers were relatively undam-
aged
The city took the bombardment
very well, especially the natives
The stores remained open unless
there was very heavy Smelling or an
especially bad air raid. Military au-
thorities had requisitioned the
movie houses at the beginning OF
the Malaga campaign, except one
which remained open even during
bombardments.
1t was refreshing to come here,
where the people appear confident,
much more than those Of Singapore
ever were. have the impression
that there is much more of con-
certed war effort in the Netherlands
East Indies than there was in Ma
laya.
Certainly it Is more comfortable
here. Yesterday had my first po-
tatoes in two months. There were
none at Singapore I had ham
steak. I can get drink here at any
time, as contrasted to the four
hours a day at Singapore.
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forces along the Sumatra coast, ur
the 56-mile Must river route tc
Palembarg, where the oil facilities
had been destroyed, and at three
points where enemy parachute
troops estimated at TOO weel-armed
soldiers were landed.
Dutch land forces were reported
still fighting south of Pa]embang tc
hold the railroad line leading south
eastward toward the island of Java
Wavell Communique
A communique issued by the Unit
ed Nations headquarters of Gen. Sir
Archibald Wavell said that:
/. American and Dutch planes
scored direct hits on five troop
laden enemy transports and two
cruisers, one of which was SET
aflame, off the Sumatra coast
Three japanese transports previous
ly had been bombed by the Dutch
making total of eight ships hit in
addition to the cruisers.
2. British eight-gun Hurricanes
and Blenheim bombers battered
enemy troop transports and barges
with bombs and cannon in six at
tacks as they moved up the Mus1
river toward Palembang.
3. Dutch defense forces wiped out
a great percentage-possibly 500 -
of the Japanese paratroops landed
at three points around Palembang
The Dutch had applied vigorous
ly the "scorched earth" in the great
oil fields around Palembang, destroy
ing at least $100,000,OO0 worth OF
facilities and dashing the hopes OF
the Japanese that they could seize
the main East Indies oil supply.
Parachuters Beaten
The Palembang area supplies
around half of the East Indies oil
production and the enemy had
landed hundreds of parachute troop,
there in an effort to prevent destruc-
ton of the fields. Virtually all Of
the paratroops were wiped out by
the Dutch but the landing on the
Sumatra coast and on the Must riv-
er was successful.
Large numbers of Japanese troops
are still pouring onto the Sumatrs
coast, the official statement acknoWl-
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was said, was punishable by arrest.
The blackout will affect all COM
munities between Orange and the
Rhode Island state line, and will
halt traffic on three main travel
arteries: the Boston Post road; the
Wilbur L. Cross Parkway from
Orange to New Haven, and Route
80 from New Haven to Essex.
The blackout has been author
lied by the defense council and the
army's first interceptor command,
and will be one of five regional
dark periods.
Commissioner Hickey said all state
and municipal police had been noti-
fled of the regulations and "all traf-
fic should be stopped during a
blackout and police chiefs are urged
to insist on hating traffic at this
particular time"
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by the U. S. employment service, a
branch Of the federal security agen-
cy, and that the labor department
was interested"
The new survey of vocational ex-
perience will fit into current prepa-
rations to obtain the most effective
use of the nations manpower in es-
sential production as well as mill.
tary service.
The new questionnaires will sup
plement incomplete information OBJ
tanned through the regular draft
classification questionnaires. When
the new questionnairse are ready,
they will be distributed through To-
cal draft boards.
AS for the men registering today,
a lottery, sometime next month will
determine the order in which those
who are classified as la will be
called into military service.
Officials gave this indication as
they registered men between the
ages of 20 to A, inclusive, who did
not register In one of the two pre-
viouS draft calls.
Registration cehters in Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico and all the
48 states opened their doors again
at z a. m. They will remain open I'M
til 9 p. m.
Some states began registering men
as early as week ago, and in almost
every state draft officials opened
their doors Sunday or Saturday
night to accommodate those men
whose jobs made it impossible for
them to appear during the regular
hours.
Men of the new registration CLASH
fled la will not be indicted until
existing lists are exhausted.
Lottery Next Month
The lottery next month will de-
termine the order in which the new
la men are indicted. The rate of
deferments will be high because of
dependents an dphysical impair
ments. From the estimated 1900, 900
men in the 20-21 bracket, however,
selective service officials expect to
draft a large percentage of those
registering.
If man in the 36-44 age group do
fall into the la classification, they
will be subject to call as quickly as
the younger men.
There were many cases of father
and son registering at the same
time. Hundreds of thousands regis
tered yesterday. In New York City
rs per cent of the new class were
enrolled.
Many World war veterans, too
were included.
When selective service offices close
today, the reservoir of men for mill
tary service will be boosted to
around 100000 900. That figure in
cludes men already called to the
colors.
The government within the next
three months probably will exercise
its authority to register men in the
1920 and 1854 age groups for non
combatant service.
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DONE THIS WAY
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white flag of truce and offered tc
discuss capitulation terms. The Bri-
fish proposals were rejected and the
officers went back to Singapore.
For two hours more, japanese
threw shells into the burning city
At $40 p. M, Sunday, (5:20 a. m.
EWT), Percival, accompanied by
Wilde and other staff officers, drove
to the Ford Motor company's plant
in an automobile bearing a large
Union Jack and white flag.
They took seats and Lieut.-Gen
Tomoyuki Yamashita, the japanese
commander in Malaga, arrived with
several staff officers. The British
and Japanese officers shook hands,
and the meeting began.
Domei furnished the following ac-
count of the conversation:
Yamashita ~ wish replies to be
brief and to the point. / will listen
only to unconditional surrender.
Have any japanese soldiers been
captured by the British?"
Conversations
Percival: NO not a single one"
Yamashita: What about Japanese
residents?"
Percival: Cali japanese residents
interned by British authorities have
been sent to India. However, their
lives are fully protected by the In
dian government"
Yamashita: want to heal
whether you wish to surrender OF not
and if you will, I insist that II
should be Internationally.
What is your answer, yes or no?"
Percival: will you give me unit
tomorrow
YamaShita: Tomorrow? cannot
wait and it must be understood Their
that the japanese forces will have
to attack tonight"
Percival: "How about waiting un-
til 11:30?"
Yamashita: "If that is to be the
case, japanese forces will have to re-
sumo their attacks until then. Viii.
you say yes or no?"
Percival remained silent ano
Yamashita said:
IT want to hear civil answer ant
I insist upon unconditional surren-
der. What do you say?"
Percival: Eyes"
Yamashita: "All right. Then the
cease firing must be issued quickly
at 10 p. m. I will Immediately sene
1000 Japanese troops into the city
area for maintaining peace and or.
der. Do you agree to that?"
Percival: Eyes"
Yamashita: IF you violate these
terms Japanese troops will lose M
time in launching a general full Of
fensive against Singapore City"
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to unleash his threatened all-out
assault
MacArthur's Artillery was pre-
sumed to be answering the Jap
anese bombardment.
No Report on Outcome
Today's communique, number 100
of the war, did not reveal the cut
come of the fighting, indicating
that it still is underway. Nor did it
! disclose whether the fighting front
had shifted.
Latest information indicated that
MacArthur's lines remained anchor
ed in the region of Bagac on the
| China sea coast and pillar on Man
liza Bay, about II miles north of
Corregidor fortress where the de-
tenders will make their last stand if
and when they are driven from the
Philippine mainland.
MacArthur's reports to the war
department during the past week
have carried a repeated warning
that the all-out japanese offensive
to drive his men from Luzon Island
may start at any moment.
N;ixteen days ago the Japanese
commander, Lieut.. Gen. Masarahu,
Homma, believing he had MacAr-
thurs forces at his mercy, demand
ed their unconditional surrender.
Otherwise, he said, they would face
memorable disaster"
Macarthur has held out on Ba-
tam Peninsula now for 38 days,
compared with the Japanese one
! week siege of Singapore, and still
has not fallen back upon his own
"Singapore'-the fortress of Cor
regidor off the tip of Bataan in
Manila Bay.
In the battling of the last five
| weeks he appears to have held the
! japanese to an advance of about Is
miles southwark of the Olongapo-
hermosa line to which his men fell
back on Jan. after the fall of
Manila.
War COmmunique
A war department communique
said that fighting along the Bataan
battlefront had been Limited to To-
CAL unimportant patrol skirmishes"
with the japanese evidently feeling
out MacArthur's lines in an effort
70 find a soft spot or springboard
for their offensive.
Forces of the enemy evidently
are being regrouped for a resump-
ton of the offensive" the commu-
nique said.
Japanese units on the front line
which had suffered heavy casualties
are being relieved by fresh troops"
Increasing discomfort behind the
Japanese lines including sabotage
and fearless hostility on the part of
the Filipinos-in defiance Of Gen
Homma's threats of wholesale exc
cutions-Was said in the commune
! que to be piling up troubles for the
| invaders.
The case of Filipino truck driv-
er named Cueva who sacrificed his
own like to wreck a truck and kill
II japanese soldiers was cited.
Cueva, volunteering to drive a
truck loaded with soldiers over the
roads Of Batangas Province south of
Cavite naval base on the eastern
shore Of Manila Bay, sent 1t over a
cliff into an abyss, killing himself
and II soldiers and seriously injur-
ing all others aboard
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.WomenInvited
To Meeting On
Defense Plans
Review OF Activities to Be
Given Tomorrow After
noon; Speakers Listed

The accomplishments of
the women's division of the
Waterbury Defense Council
and its plants for the months
ahead will be outlined at a
meeting tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Waterbury
Women's club auditorium.
Representatives of more than
$50 women's organizations
have been invited, and a
blanket invitation to all women
who are interested is issued.
With Mrs. Mark L. Sperry, Jr.,
presiding, the women will hear
talks from Mayor Vincent A. Scully,
Mrs. Cecilia Lasbury, director Of the
womens' division of the State De-
Tense Council and several others.
Reports on the cooperation of the
various women's organizations with
the defense council will be read by
their officers.
Another essen of the school for
volunteer auxiliary policemen was
held this morning at headquarters.
A session is also scheduled for to-
night.
The training school for volunteer
auxiliary firemen vii be resumed at
the citys' engine houses tomorrow
night.
The last session of the course for
North End householders will be held
tonight at st. Thomas church base
ment. Residents of the Oronoke sec
ton will meet tomorrow night at
Oronoke school.
The board Of directors Of the Civ
ilian Defense Volunteer office meets
at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Residents of Sector DIS will meet
at 7 D. m. tonight at the American
Legion home.
Zone Warden George " Grady will
address a civilian defense meeting
of Bucks Hill residents at the Com
munty house at o'clock tonight.
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Full Weather Report

Boston, Feb. 10 UP) Weather
forecast:
MASSA CHUSETTS and CONNEC-
TlCUT-Slowly rising temperature
this afternoon and tonight with
light rain except snow in the Berk
shire region beginning this after
noon and light to moderate rain
tonight. Increasing winds becoming
fresh tonight.
RHODE ISLAND - Slowly rising
temperature this Afternoon and to-
night with light rain beginning late
this afternoon and light to moderate
rain tonight Increasing winds be-
coming fresh tongiht.
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MAYOR SPELLACY'S
SISTER SUCCUMBS

Mrs. katherine S. Kelly, sister of
Mayor Thomas Spellacy, died sud-
denly last night at her home in
Hartford. Funeral arrangements
are incomplete.
A native of Hartford, Mrs. Kelly
was the widow of Daniel j. Kelly.
She is survived by three brothers,
including Mayor Spellacy and also
two sisters.
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edging the loss of Palembang, said.
Dutch forces, which eliminated an
estimated 700 enemy paratroops be-
fore giving up Palembang, were
fighting strongly to hold the enemy
south of the city and to maintain
control of the railroad running
south and east toward the eastern
most tip Of Sumatra.
Palembang is only 270 miles from
Batavia and the japanese were ex-
pected to attempt to drive quickly
toward Javas the site of the United
Nations supreme headquarters un-
der Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell.
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Because the government has or
dered that all sugarcane In Cuba be
converted into sugar, the island may
have a shortage Of molasses for
making alcohol
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United States and Mexican capt.
tai will build new rayon mill il
Mexico.
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FACES HARD TEST

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CANAL ZONE SUNK

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TO RECISTRANTS

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AT EAST INDIES

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Evening star., 1942-04-16

ed him as supreme commander OF
Allied forces in the Southwest Pa
cific.
Mr. Curtin disclosed that on April
Herbert v. Evstt. Australian Min
ister of External Affairs. cabled the
Australian government from wash
ington q directive for the supreme
commander Mr.. Curtin said he
discussed this cable with Australian
chiefs of staff and on April 7 in
formed Mr.. Evatt that the Austral-
ian government approved the d.
rective
The Premier said Mr.. Evstt replied
April IL that he had conveyed the
Australian approval to the United
States chief OF staff.
The Melbourne Herald appealed in
an editorial for clarifcation Of the
issues, which II said were so seriou:
as to be dangerous to allow any un-
certainty to persist.
The editorial said Washington
must make the decisions necessary
to remove any doubt as to what IL
expected of the supreme COM
mander." and added:
The supreme commander Is O
symbol Of American commitment t
the defense OF Australia, Any at
tempt in Washington to restrict his
discretionary powers or cramp his
freedom OF Judgment would have ar
unfortunate effect here and weaken
the fine spirit Of unity and resolu-
ton created here by Gen Mac
Arthur's arrival"
Evening star., 1942-04-16
Symphony Drive TO Get
First Reports tomorrow

First reports on the National
Symphony OrcnestraIs campaign to
raise $i04f00 in this area to finance
its program viii be made by 800
volunteer workers at a luncheon
tomorrow at the Maynower Hotel.
England furnishes America an
example of how music during war
eases aching hearts and lessons
nerve strain, Maj Howard c, Bron-
son OF the War Departments spe-
cial services branch asserted yes
terday as he urged the 800 volun-
teer workers TO make known 70
potential subscribers the advantages
to Washington provided by the Ma
tionLl Symphony Orchestra. Cam
paign headquarters are in room Ill
of the Woodward Building. Fifteenth
and H streets NV.
In a radio address last night In
behalf Of the fund. Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe said Englands expert
ence proves that persons huddled in
shelters during bombing raids will
sing. Music at the battle front and
on the home front brings q sense
of security. she emphasized.
Evening star., 1942-04-16

without having the projectiles hit
their propellers. With these new
releasing methods, the pilots devas-
tatingly attacked Japanese shipping
in Subic Bay late in February,
Accounted for Dive Bombcrs.
Meantime, planes on reconnais-
sance were accounting for an aver
age of one Japanese dive bomber
daily. Once while protecting Capt.
Jesus Villamor. who was on re-
connaissance mission in an ancient
trainer, five pursuit ships fought
and downed six japanese Zeros.
The reaction of the young Amer
ican pilots to the bombing and
straffing they underwent daily was
development of a bitter hatred for
the Japanese. They wanted to fight
back, but had nothing to fight with
except on rare occasions.
Most Of all they sympathized with
the Filipino soldiers and American
officers at the front lines, with the
artillerymen who had to fight enemy
planes as we'll as enemy artillery.
and with the forces of Corregidor
who underwent frequent aerial at
tacks without means of reprisal.
The pilots were determined to
strike blow at the Japanese. One
night late In January they raided
Japanese airports on the outskirts
of Manila.
The attack took the Japanese
completely by surprise as the Ameri-
cans swooped out Of the night and
bombed and machine gunned the
fields from which they had been
flying only a few weeks previously.
American agents who were in Ma
nila reported afterward that at least
26 Japanese planes were set on fire
on the ground On Nichols. Nelson
and Fabian Fields.
Spiritual Uplift to Manila.
I'm Manila there was tremen-
dous spiritual uplift which can
scarcely be imagined" an agent
said. ,g
The Japanese proved to be cow
ards. Sentries threw away their
guns and ran into private Filipino
homes and covered under tables and
beds. Even high officers scurried
frantically for cover.
Loyal Filipinos believed that at
last America was striking back.
Many of them dug up buried rifles
and unsheathed bolos and went
Evening star., 1942-04-16

United Nations forces-land. air and
navel--in that area.
White House Secretary Stephen
Early said yesterday that he believed
there was no real uncertainty out
side Of the press, and that In any
event Gen. Macarthur Is in COM
munication with the War Depart
ment and the Chief OF Staff here.
Any confusion can be cleared up
that way" Mr. Early said. mot by
me TO you 10 him"
The question evidently was dis
cussed at some length in yester-
day afternoons session OF the Pa
cific War Council. and Il was after
this that Australian and New Zea-
land representatives voiced their
agreement with this Government.
Ausralias Council member. Her
bert v. Evatt. who Is also Minister
of External Affairs. told reporters:
There is no hitch whatever in
Gen MacArthur's command. Any
suggestion to the contrary has no
hdbitOilty WlldNtNCis 1Ilt Jul ISGiC-
ton of Gen. Macarthur was settled
in the course of few hours by the
United States and Australian gov
ernments"
Walter Nash. New Zealand Min
lister to the United States and a
council member. said this question
likewise was adjusted between his
government and the United States
In similarly short period and he
added that we are oil In complete
agreement, the United States, Aus
tralia and New Zealand"
The implication was that the
agreement was reached some time
ago. Mr.. Evatt said the President
might issue further statement on
Gen. MacArthur's position. but Mr..
Early said none was contemplated.
The President said all he had to
say yesterday he informed news
papermen last night. There is
complete unity in Australia and that
was amply demonstrated by what