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Evening star., 1942-04-24
Submarine Believed Sunk
After Tanker Rescues -
By the Associated Press.


MEXICO CITY, April 24.-Ths
Mexican government newspaper Ma
cional published today q report by
the crewmen of a Mexican tanker
that they had rescued 20 men from
a torpedoed United States freightere
of the Middle Atlantic coast last
week and that the tanker may have
rammed and sunk an Axis subma-
rine lurking near the scene. ?
The story came out of Tampico,
where crewmen filed a sworn report
with port authorities. They said
that except for one of the rescued
freighter crewmen who died of his
injuries, the survivors were landed
saftly at a United States Atlantic
port.
Nacionafs story said the tanker,
Faja de Orc, the former Italian ship
Genoano which was appropriated by
the Mexican government last year,
bore the marks of the collision on
her hull. She had been shaken from
stem to stern but was undamaged.
The third engineer, who was on
deck, said: II saw the periseope of
a submarine shrouded.in spray Just
after we struck"
The American freighter had been
torpedoed about 20 hours before the
tanker, returning from delivering q
cargo of oil to the United States,
gathered up survivors from a life
boat. The lifeboat, gift" of the
rescued to their rescuers, was
brought to Tampico on the tanker.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Roosevelt Backs Marshall
In Message 10 Churchill

By TIL Associated Press.
LONDON, April 24.-Prime Min
lister Churchill has received a mes
sage from President Roosevelt that
he agreed with all the conclusions
reached by Gen. George c. Marshall,
United States Chief of Staff, after
his visit to Britain, an informed
source said today.
The remainder of this dispatch on
the Roosevelt to Churchill message
was stopped by the British censor.
Gen. Marshall, with President
Roosevelt's adviser, Harry Hopkins,
flew back to the United States last
Sunday after 10 days of consultation.
On his arrival in London the
United States chief of staff had told
reporters the United States wants
"to expand over here" and this was
followed by his statement last Satur-
day at United States Army head
quarters in Northern Ireland that
American troops inevitably will join
the Commando" who have been
raiding the German dominated Eu-
ropean coast.
Gen. Marshall also said at that
time that the United States Air
Force would establish units all over
the British Isles. 1t was authorita-
lively reported in London on Tues
day that all-American striking units,
soon to fly with the r A. r. against
the Germans, were being ferried to
British operational bases.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
German Children
To Work in Plants
During Vacations
Py the Associated Press.

Es tnc Associated tress.
BERN, Switzerland, April "a
German high school boys and girls
will spend their summer vacations
this year working in munitions fac
tories under plan mobilizing all
the Reich's labor resources, Berlin
dispatches to the Basel National
Zeitung said today.
Younger students are being mo-
bilized for farm work, and schools
in some sectors will be closed i'm
mediately so they may go into field
camps, the dispatches declared.
Within a few weeks, it was said,
there will be scarcely a German man
or woman not engaged in some man
ner of war work.
The biggest gaps in the labor
front. however. will be filled by in
creasing use of war prisoners and
civilians imported from conquered
lands, the advices reported.
1t was expected that most of these
would be employed In farming, but
the difficulties of transportation were
described as great because "the Ger
man railways have even more urgent
tasks"
Evening star., 1942-04-24
One of Bombers
Did Not Return,
President Hears
Apparently Went On
To Russio, Roosevelt
Soys, Smiling

President Roosevelt today con-
firmed in effect that American
bombing planes raided japanese
cities last week.
The Presidents confrma ton was
given indirectly at his press confer
ence when he acknowledged ofi1cial
word from the Russian government
that an American varplane had
landed in Soviet territory last Sat-
urday and that its crew had been
interned. A Moscow dispatch today
reported that the crew had told Rus
sian authorities that they had par
ticipated lin an American air raid
on japanese islands"
Secretary of State Hull said at a
later press conference that official
reports about the incident indicated
that it is being dealt with under
international law.
Asked to explain how Russia
might intern the plane of a co-bel-
Igerent, Mr.. Hull pointed out that
Russia and Japan have a non-ag-
gression pact and that probably
this governed the Soviet action. The
Secretary emphasized. however, that
he had no authoritative information
beyond the mere fact that the plane
and its crew had been interned.
Request Not Yet Received.
He said he had not yet received
any request from Ambassador Ad-
miral William H. Standley for in
structions as was stated in an earlier
dispatch from Kuibyshev, the tenn
porary Russian capital.
Previous announcements of the
attack on the Japanese cities have
come from Japan.
At his press conference last Tues
day the President remarked face
tiously that the attacking planes
had come from Shangri-La, myth
ical Tibetan city. Asked today if
he had received any news from
Shangri-La. Mr.. Roosevelt smilingly
said evidently one of the planes had
not reached its return destination
but had gone to Russia instead.
Acknowledges Official Word.
In further conversation on the
matter the President first said he
learned of internment of the Amer
lean crew from newspaper stories,
but during questioning he later &C
knowledged that word had come
officially from the Moscow govern
ment
When a reporter remarked that
the Soviet dispatch would seem to
confirm the raids on Japan the
President smiled again and said
that since the observation was not
worded as a question 1t did not re-
quire an answer
He said he supposed that an in
termed ship would be immobilized,
but he said he did not know whether
names of the crew members were
available here or would be made
public.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
100000 SIashed
From Funds 10 Buy
Fairgrounds Here
Senote Committee Leaves
Park and Planning Item
Of Only $2o0, 900

A 100000 fund for purchase
of new Fairgrounds in Washing
ton was stricken from the inde-
pendent offices supply bill today
in the economy wave which cut
more than $13,0O0,0OO from the
measure.
BY reducing the land purchase
fund of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission from
$900,000 to 5000, 900, the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee took out all
the money the commission had ex-
pected to use in providing new play
grounds in the rapidly growing resi-
Dental areas of the crowded Capital
The 100000 was allowed by the
House for these Fairgrounds when
it passed the bill in January. Park
officials pointed out that If purchase
of the sites is put of. buildings prob
ably will be erected on the land
before the playground program is
resumed.
Although the money used by the
Park and Planning Commission to
buy Fairgrounds in the District is
advanced by the Federal Treasury,
it is repaid in annual installments
from District revenues.
The $200, 900 left in the bill for the
Park and Planning Commission is
available only for development of
the regional park program outside
of the District. in cooperation with
Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
None of u. S. Raiders
Returned, Jops ImoIy

TOXIC from japanese broad :
casts, April "a tP-Tomoksz1,
hori, Japanese Information Bureau
spokesman. said today in a press
conference the United States Gov
efnment had not yet issued a COM
munioue on last Saturdays air raids
on Japan because lit has no way of
communicating with the American
warplanes which attacked Japan"
Domei declared that Hori. answer
ing a question by q neutral corre-
spondent with respect to this COM
ment implied that none of the
raiders had returned to their bases.
First japanese reports on the
raid said nine of the attacking
planes were shot down. Later it
was stated several few on toward
China. Subsequently the jap
anese declared advices from
Shanghai indicated one OF the
planes had made forced landing
(See PLANE. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1942-04-24
u. 5. May Be Forced
To Cut Wheat Crop
As Millions Starve
Facilities Lacking to
HondIe Record Surplus;
Price Drop Held Threat
By the Associated Press.

Although much of the world Is
starving, war curtailment of for
eign trade and a record surplus
OF wheat in this country soon
will lead Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard to advise American
farmers that they must reduce
production further or be content
with lower prices.
The forthcoming bread-gra crop
and the carryover from previous
years are expected to provide sup
ply greater than this country's
transportation and storage facilities
can handle. Omcials predict that
the supply will be SUFFICIENT to meet
the normal needs of the country for
two years.
On the other hand, virtually the
whole OF Europe-particularly Ger
man-occupied Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, Greece and the
Balkans. as well as Italy and un-
occupied France, and Spain-are on
short bread rations. Germany it
self is running short of supplies.
Europe normally depends on over
seas sources for much of its wheat.
Acute Problem Expected.
Because storage facilities are al
ready crowded with surplus wheat,
corn and other grains from previous
crops, the department expects an
acute problem to develop when the
new wheat crop starts moving to
harvest in the Southwest in June
Estimates have been made that up
wards of 100000 bushels may
have to be piled in fields or placed
In improvised bins on farms.
The Agriculture Department set
this years wheat production goal
at the lowest point permitted under
the Crop Control Act. This legis-
lation specifies that the national
planting allotment for wheat may
not be less than 55 900 900 acres. In
c. yryyYUAr nana Aol
Evening star., 1942-04-24
China and Britain Agree
On Closer MiIitory Ties

CHUNGKING, April "A R.-
China and Britain have reached an
understanding for closer collabora-
tion and there now Is no limit to
the number of Chinese troops which
may. be sent into Burma, Chinese
sources said today.
The extent of Chinese aid, these
quarters declared. depends entirely
on the exigencies of the situation on
the Burma front.
The Chinese already are taking
over from the British the task Of =
supplying their own troops lighting
in Burma, the newspaper Ia Kungs
Pao declared.
Japanese encirclement tactics,
pressed home with plane supported
tanks and hard-driving fresh IN
fantry. have forced the Chinese TO
fail back from Loikaw and Pyin-
mana on the east side of the Burma
defense lines, while the British with
drew from Taungdwingyi on the
center.
Battles ragged yesterday at key
points all along the Burma front,
from the Shan states near the Thai,
(See BURMA Page A-161
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Forecast Promises
SubnormoI Heat
Here This Summer
As the Assnciated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Nations Capital, notorious
for its summer heat. can look
forward to sub-normal tenn
peratures next July and August,
If a Smithsonian scientists
long-range weather curves con-
tinue to work out.
DR.. Charles q. Abbot, secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, told q Senate Appropria-
tions Subcommittee that his
long-range forecast for is41 had
varied 47/100 of q degree
Fahrenheit from the actual
mean temperature.
II anticipate 2 degrees below
the normal temperature In
Washington next July and
August" he added.
Il hope 1t works out said
Senator Bankhead.
Evening star., 1942-04-24

Foreign
Allies planes blast Rabaul's ships
and barracks. Page Al
Beaverbrook urges second front in
Europe. Page Az
NaI stronghold IN Crtmea taken by
Red forces. Page AS
China and Britain reach accord for
closer collaboration. Page Az
Halifax sees new England" after
war. Page B-H
Notionol
Senate group cuts once of Govern
ment Reports funds. Page Az
House group asks o. p. A. to explain
auto rationing. Page Az
Demands for action on labor work
week pressed. Page AZ
Government advertising In news
papers urged. Page Al
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Japanese Troops
Are 100 Miles
From MandaIay
New Enemy Attacks
Are Developing
In Burmu
BY the AssoeIsted Press.

~ NhN A1rpNiatTu FENees
NEW DELHI, India, April "a
The Japanese are within 100
miles of the important Burma
city OF Mandalay. 1t was disclosed
today by a British communique
which said new attacks were de-
veloping in the Taunggyi area.
This point. 80 miles north of fall
len Loikaw. is the deepest penetra-
ton in any of the three major
northward thrusts of the Japanese.
1t was not clear whether the ad-
vance was from Loikaw, which fell
Tuesday, or from the Thailand bor-
der in q westward fianking action.
Chinese Hold Part Of Line.
Chinese forces directed by 1t. Gen.
Joseph w. Stilwell. are holding that
part of the Allied front.
Fighting attacks were developing
in the east front vicinity OF Shwen-
yaung and Taunggyi." said the Brit
ish communique. Reports OF both
engagements were meager, but mat
ters appear to be progressing salts
factorily."
Shwenyaung Is 10 miles east OF
Taunggyi
japanese Digging In.
On the western flank the jap
anese were reported digging in south
OF Yenangyaung. the oil town which
was recaptured for the Allies by Q
British Chinese counterattack.
Mandalay itself and the neigh
boring area came under renewed
enemy air attack, but the COM
munique said no new damage or
casualties were reported.
Japanese bombers heavily
raided Maymyo. temporary cap
ital Of Burma, April 8, killing or
wounding 100 persons and dam
aging civilian property. a delayed
dispatch from Maymyo said. The 4,
attack was confined to civilian
areas)
There was no report on action
in the central sector of the front.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
6 More Ships Claimed
OFF America by Nozis
b. the Associated Press.

El tht Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, April 24.-The German high
command reported today that in
new U-boat operations of the
American east coast and in the
Caribbean six merchant ships total
ing $4,000 tons had been sunk.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Wayne Coy Appointed
Budget Directors Aide

Budget Director Harold d. Smith
today appointed Wayne Coy to be
assistant director of the budget.
Mr.. Coy, q native of Indiana and
. former aide TO Paul v. McNutt
when he was high commissioner of
the Philippines. now is liaison officer
OF the Once for Emergency Man
asement He succeeds John B.
Siandford. ir.. who recently became
national housing administrator.
Evening star., 1942-04-24

has called back Pierre Laval has
shattered my Illusions"
Col. Lombard fought in France
during the World War and was
awarded the United States Distin-
guished Service Medal and the Croix
de Guerre with two citations, and
(See LOMBARD, Page A-a)
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Summary of Todoy's Stor

War plea used to stop antitrust ac-
tons, Arnold says. Page A
Protestant leaders urge war on
Vichy, Franco regimes. Page ALI
Denver flood routs scores of fami-
lies. Page B-14
Presidents mother leaves 81 089 .s72
estate. Page Bis
Washington and Vicinity.
War Department palroll lists names
of more than 607, 900. Page B-1
Registration opens tomorrow in
Maryland counties. Page B-1
Taxicab financing arrangements to
be investigated. Page B-l
$500 Federal employees here to be
transferred. Page B-1
Miscellany
Natures Children. Page B-5
Vital Statistics. Page C-6
Evening star., 1942-04-24
American Envoy to Soviet Asks
Instructions in Plane Seizure
Internment Of Flyers Who Bombed Jopon Offers
Delicate Problem for Russion OfficioIs
By the Associated Press.

KUIBYsHEv April Russia announced today that United
States bomber which raded Saturday
its has been lnterned with its
Evening star., 1942-04-24

tSee BURMA, Page A-160
Evening star., 1942-04-24

(See WHEAT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-04-24

(See PLANE. Page A-s9
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Furniture Savings

Orig Non
Mahogany Smoking Cobinets 8e5 4.95
Fon. Chair, red broootele COW
erino --.----------- 1850 ,7.oo
English Lounge Chairs 1895 24.95
Occasional Chair, os is, floor
Regency Dresser Bose, gen.
uine mahogany ------ 1880 $3.50
Regency Piote Gloss Mirror,
genuine mahogany frome 1850 1880
Modern Walnut Vonities,
Jorge pIote gloss mirror $3.50 1850
Modern Dresser, blond Primo
Vero veneers, with mirror 1850 $3.50
Solid Philippine Mahogany
Vonities s drawers, mirror 5000 27.oo
Decorator Soto, wine topesfY 5000 1900
LANSBURGH'S- 'S-Furnture-Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1942-08-13

2.99 Print Dresses
Group of $50 voe and muslin all pre-
shrunk (2oo residual shrinkoqel As
sorted prints, broken sizes. Lots LA
of loroe sizes IL
LANSBURGHS-Davi Dresses
Third Floor
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Hi9her-Priced Uniforms
Girls Wear Savings

Orig. NoW
80 Denim ond Seersuc
Jumpers, broken sizes !,
and l4.------------ 2.ee l.3s
8 Better Chubby Dresses,
broken sizes VI to l4h- 3.o5 2.S9
4 Chubby Winter Coots, rect
er styles; wool, reprocessed
wool, royon; " and l4h l2.e5 S.Ss
LANSBURGHS-Gfrls Wenr-Fonrth Floor
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-13
Sordiid
Story
7 old
Family in Filth
Despite Mans S
Big Earnings

In spite of the fact that he
made 1928 betwe en Sept. 8
and Oct. 81 on a federal con-
structiOn project in Imperial
county. Roy Lear. resident of
the Holtville area, Friday admitted
in superior court that he had failed
to support his ailing wife and six
children.
Report OF the muescrlpable pow
erty and filth i'm the Lear shack
near Holtville was taken to Dis
trict Attorney Elmer Heald by FAM
lily friends who declared they found
the situation too bad for them to
cope with. Heald requested an in
vestigation by Deputy Probation Of
ficer Ieona Jacobs, Deputy Sheriff
Herbert Hughes and Mildred Rec
ord of the county welfare depart
ment.
The investigators told Heald they
never had encountered worse living
conditions in their lives. A l6-year-
old girl did the best she could to
care for the family, but she had
almost no facilities to work with
1t was necessary. for some of the
children to stay home with The
mother instead of going to school
because of her mental condition.
The house was filthy and swarming
with flies, the investigators said
Continued on Page 6, Col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-13

neck when Modoc hurled him to
the ground with her trunk. Some
onlookers said Kindley was hurt
when he fell while trying to escape
Modoc'S rush.
The injury turned what had been
an amusing safari of Indiana farm
folk in search of a good" elephant
into something much more serious
and authorities became more de-
termined than ever to end the two
day effort to round Up the per-
forming pachyderm.
The hunt was resumed this
morning when Roy Bare reported
modoc was rumaging in his gar
den.
Modoc. described by her train
ers as lust scared and lonesome" :"
begged down in mud along the
banks of the Wabash near Wabash,
Ind, last night. A posse surround
ed her hiding place in a wooded
ravine near the river and maintain
ed a night-long vigil.
Terrell Jacobs, Modoc's owner
and trainer, was to attempt to coax
modoc today from her hideout by
leading her playmates, Empress and
Judy, into her view.
But when they got there Modoc
was gone. She had given them the
slip during the NIGHT. Indulging
in her passion for following rivers,
she struck out from where the Sa-
lamonie meets the Wabash and fol-
lowed the Salamonie to Mt. Etna,
where new posse surrounded her.
There sheriff's deputies waited
for Jacobs and Modoc's two play
mates Before they arrived, Modoc
rushed the posse.
Last night Jacobs, Trainer Will
liam Woodcock and Jacobs wife,
Dolly, an animal trainer in her own
right, were confident of Modoc's
capture. They believed she was
tired from her flight, which began
wednesday when she stamped
through a house, a drugstore and
the streets of Wabash.
"Modoc will come, all right. when
she sees Empress and Judy" Mrs,
Jacobs said. shed have come yes
terday only she was too excited and
didn't see them when they were
taken to the ravine. We could tell
by Modoc's trumpeting that She
was looking for them. Modoc's just
scared and lonesome. That's all.
She's n good elephant"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-13
80 New zeaIander
Troops Face Down
Big italian Unit
Daring Raid Clears Out
Hellfire Pass, Makes
Way for New Advance
BY HENRY GORRELL

SOLLUM, Nov. II. Delay
ed) (UP)-Formidable Hal
faya (Hellfire) pass was TAX
en- at dawn today by a daring
band of 80 New zealanders who
thus opened the wa for the British
eighth army to proceed along the
coast toward Bardia, Tobruk and
BenghaZi.
They lost but one killed and two
wounded. met five of them guard
ing several hundred Italians they
had captured in the pass.
The New Zealanders told me how,
under cover of darkness and equip
ped only with rifles and Tommy
guns, they walked up winding
road to the top of the pass and
captured the entire garrison, in
Guiding its 20 lorrles, eight field
pieces, several antitank guns. scores
of machine guns. and hundreds OF
grenades and rifles.
ITALIANS QUIT
About 80 of us scaled Halfaya."
a New Zealand sergeant, munching
on hunk of German army ration
gingerbread, related. I'VE went over
the top at daylight yelling bloody
murder. There was brief exchange
of shots and one OF our men was
wounded.
Then the Eyeties Qtaliansl began
waving their handkerchiefS. 1t looks
lkie they had them handy in their
caps. 1t happened pretty fast.
They came down to us with their
hands up. Then someone must have
noticed how few we were because
there were several more shots re-
sulting in one of our fellows being
killed and another wounded. We
fired a few bursts from the tommy
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-13

Under the leadership of Chairman
Warren Currier, Al Missildine.
Charles Freedman. Judge Vaughn
N. Thompson, and Glenn Kieffer,
the advanced gifts committee al
ready has made progress. The SOL
icitation Of employee groups will
be undertaken BY the 20-30 club
under the direction of Chester Jrv-
ing. Sheriff R. w. Ware will head
the committee for solicitation of
government employees while County
School Superintendent f. Lee Hite-
man and Ell Centre School Super
intendent Guy Weakley will cor.
duct the solicitation in the schools
w. f. Hancock will head the rural
solicitation committee.
Dick Neff will head the organ
ized labor committee, and John
Raymond the business solicitation.
This years quota was set at SILL
1875
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-13
Leading Citizens
Hit for Lethargy
In War Bond Drive
Gordon Scriven Blasts
Business Men Stunning
Part i'm War Effort

A charge that many lead
ing citizens don't know there
is Il war and are doing abso-
lutely nothing in any war ac-
tivity, was voiced at a meet
ing III Ell Centro Thursday night by
Gordon Scriven, Imperial county
chairman Of the war bond and
stamp committee.
To date Imperial county has
brought $1,320,00O in bonds and
stamps at issue price which is away
below the annual quota of $3,276,-
000,' Scriven said at an emergency
drive meeting at Ell Centre Cham
Der of Commerce headquarters. He
pointed out that only third of the
merchants and businessmen who
should have attended the session
had taken the trouble to be present.
The serious drop in local sales
plus the countrywide Stacking in
payroll commitments occaSioned the
special meeting where it was plan
ned to stimulate universal partici-
patton in the 10 per cent for bonds
and stamps" program
Best showing of all groups"
Scriven said, is the lower income
bracket group. Many of these per-
sons On small salaries are holding
faithfully to their 10 per cent pledge
while majority of those in more
comfortable circumstances are slack
ing on the job
He declared that much of the
responsibility for the drive rests
at the doors of business men up
and down the main streets of the
towns in the county.
Those present decided to take the
lead in a concentrated effort to
bring the county as well as each
town up to quota in the six months
remaining in the fiscal year.