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Evening star., 1942-02-24
U. 5. Envoy 10 Spain
Returns on Clipper
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Alexander
W. Wedell, United States Ambassa-
dor to Spain, arrived today on q
Pan-American Anyways Clipper and
indicated he might make some per-
tinent remarks after he reports to
the State Department.
II am going to get some things OF
my chest and then III probably have
something to say he told newsmen,
explaining that he had returned to
"consult-whatever that means"
The Ambassador described condi-
tions in Spain as bad, but better
than in other European countries"
He said he planned to 60 to his
Richmond home tomorrow and re-
port to the State Department short
ly afterward.
The Ambassador was accompanied
by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Chase
Weddell. Among Mr.. Weddell's CO..
passengers were seven persons from
Europe and Africa including Lester
A. Walton, United States Minister.
to Liberia since 1885. Mr.. Walton
said he was called home for consul
tation.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Jops Report Seizinq of Timor Airdrome
Two British Bookshops Roided
In IstonbuI, Manager Arrested

The newspaper Vatan asserted
that nations which stand for
justice" are becoming disillusioned
with the peace and war aims Of the
democratic nations.
This disillusionment, the paper
said, resulted from the. statement
of Sir Stafford Cripps, former Am
bassador to Moscow and now lord
privy seal, who was reported here
as saying Russia should be guaran-
teed strategic frontiers" after the
war.
What difference is there between
this and the German demand for
living room?" Vatan demanded to
know. Protests against this state
ment should have come from Russia,
England and America, and Cripps
should have been reminded by his
government of the terms Of the
Atlantic charter"
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Dispute Cripples Output
Of Aircraft Paris Plant
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Feb. IA labor
management dispute today crippled
war production at the Monarch
Aluminium Manufacturing Co..
wholly engaged in making aluminium
bomb and aircraft parts.
Company spokesmen said produc-
ton was cut In half by q contro-.
versy with the C. I! o. Mine, Mil
and Smelters Union. Alex Balint,
union representative. asserted no
strike had been called, but that 95
per cent of the $50 day shift work.
ers voted yesterday not to return TO
work until we can be assured we
will not be terrortzed inside the
plant"
Pickets appeared at plant gates,
but company officials said about 30
employees passed through the line.
Mr.. Balint added that the union
seeks to represent employees and
asks reinstatement of Il c. I. o.
members laid of. D. r. Gould, Mon
arch's secretary, declared the COM.
pany is dealing with the Independ-
ent Aluminium Workers Organiza-
ton, Inc, because this group was
voted bargaining agent last Sep
tember,
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Flyer Roiding France Hits Pole,
Returns With Part of 1t in Wing

of it drove . third Of the way into
the planes wing.
"I rocked bit after the collision,
but I didn't realize it was such a
near thing or that I was bringing
home such a souvenir" Lynch said
with grin after landing.
Another United States-born flyer
with the r. G. A. F., H. F. Marting
of Indianapolis, also took part in the
raids. He reported he had strafed a
column Of Maxi soldiers with cannon
and machine-guns from . height
Of not more than 50 feet, and also
had attacked another party Of Ger
mans on q truck.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Drafting School Children
For Farm Work Predicted
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCldteQ EIeSe.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Fay w.
Hunter of Washington, chief of the
Farm Placement Section of the
United States Employment Service,
asserted today it may become neces-
sary to draft school children from
the seventh grade up to meet the
Nations farm labor shortage.
Speaking before meeting of Fed
eral Farm Placement officials Of 10
Midwest States, Mr.. Hunter said
steps must be taken to replace the
agricultural workers who have been
drained from the farm by the armed
forces and the war industries.
Mr.. Hunter said the plan to draft
school children as a possible supply
Of farm labor was originated In
Oregon, where the older elementary
and high school students have been
registered for service. 70
''If the Oregon plan proves sue
cessful," Mr.. Hunter added, 1T may
be put IN operation in other agricul-
tural sections Of the country"
Evening star., 1942-02-24
F. B. !. Seizes Scores
Of Enemy Aliens in
Series Of Port Raids
German, Italian Mobiles
Arrested in Florida;
Much Controbond Found

In a series of raids in Ameri-
can port cities, the Associated
Press reported today that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
rounded up scores Of German,
Italian and japanese enemy
aliens and seized much contra
band matter. A member of the
German and one of the Italian
nobility were seized on the Flor
ida Gold Coast.
Texas officers and F. B I. agents
rounded up more than so enemy
aliens and seized great quantities
of contraband during all-night raids
in Dallas County.
Contraband Seized.
The contraband included radios,
cameras, pistols and snotguns.
Ofhcers were active mostly in
suburban areas, including Cockrell
Hill, near the North American Avia-
ton plant.
Federal law enforcement officers in
a-series Of raids in New Orleans last
night on German, Japanese and
Italian aliens arrested Is persons
and confiscated munitions and other
Equipment.
e. 9. Conroy, special agent in
charge of the Newark IN. j. offlce
of the r. B. l., said Is German and
Italian aliens had been rounded up
In the vicinity of the Wright Aero
nautical Corp. plant at Paterson.
They were taken into custody last
night by F. B. l. agents and police
for possession of contraband arti-
cles. Revolvers and rifles, ammuni-
ton, cameras, short wave receivers
and enemy propaganda were con-
flscated, Mr. Conroy said.
Two Noblemen Held.
The =. B. I. revealed the arrest
last night Of one Italian and one
(see ALIENS, Page 2-x)
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Sy the Associated Press.


ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 23 De-
laye6.-Istanbul police raided two
British bookshops today, arrested
the English managers, Arthur and
Thomas Colley, father and son and
long-term residents of the country,
and carried off some printed matter.
A French businessman, Andre
Musat, likewise an old 1stanbul
resident and head of the Free French
Committee in Istanbul was arrested
later in the afternoon.
Unconfirmed reports said a num-
Der of other British establishments
had been raided.
A small quantity Of anti German
leaflets were cast from the top OF .
building in the business section re-
Gently, and police have been trying
TO discover who did 1t.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
.Lundeen Aide HurIs
lie al Hint Of Pay
For Information
Tells Viereek Jury
CoIumnist Cove Him
100 Per Cent Thanks
Earlier Story on Pare A-1.)
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Edward Corneaby, former Sec
retary to the late Senator Lun-
deem, testifying this afternoon
at the Viereck German propa-
ganda trial, denounced as "a lie"
a suggestion by defense counsel
that a Washington columnist
paid his hotel bill in return for
information disclosed after the
death of the Minnesota Farmer
Labor Senator in a plane acci-
dent 18 months ago.
Mr.. Corneaby had testified that
he gave newspaperman some facts
about the Senator's activities. Emil
Morosini, a defense attorney, asked
the witness to whom he gave this
information.
"I didn't give it to any Nazi
agent" Mr.. Corneaby retorted. II
gave it to 100 per cent American
Drew Pearson"
100 Per Cent Thanks.
"And what did you receive in re-
turn?" the attorney asked.
"I received 100 per cent thanks"
Mr.. Morosini asked If Mr.. Pearson,
a Washington columnist, had not
paid the hotel expenses Of the
witness.
That's a lie," the witness shot
back. you've got q lot of nerve
to suggest it."
Attorneys on both sides jumped
to their feet in hot argument over
the direction of the -exarnina-
ton, and the crowded courtroom
was in momentary uproar. Justice
F. Dickinson Let's quickly restored
order and warned the witness to
answer questions and not volunteer
statements.
Asked If he did not phone Sen
ator Lundeen's widow about that
time, Mr.. Corneaby said he did.
Asked the purpose Of the call, Mr..
Corneaby said:
"She was shooting of her mouth
around Washington and I warned
her it was a dangerous procedure.
I was trying to protect the Senator's
memory"
The witness then was asked about
(See VIERECK, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Soldiers Given $50 Days
For T Street Shooting

Two Arlington Cantonment SOL
diers, charged with possession of
concealed weapons, were sentenced
to $50 days in Jail by Judge Walter
]. Casey in Police Court today as
the aftermath of an impromptu
wild West" celebration police said
they staged at downtown corner
Sunday night.
The soldiers, Sergt. Joe Jacob
Brutz, 23, and Pvt. George S. Gordos,
"A, were arrested at Eleventh and F
streets NV. after having fired ap-
proximately II shots from their As
caliber revolvers, it was charged.
When they were arrested, police
said, they had in their possession
about 10 rounds of ammunition and
each had two 45-caliber revolvers.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Tourists Mustn't
'DiscombobuIote'
Thjnos-Roosevelt

Questioned at q press con-
ference late today, President
Roosevelt suggested that the
usual horde Of school children
who visit Washington each
spring should come here this
year only if they can do so
without using too much gaso-
line and without "discombobu-
lating" the emergency govern
mental activities of the Capital.
A reporter had observed that
some hotels were seeking to
cancel reservations already
made for such visitors, with the
explanation that the city's
housing facilities are greatly
overtaxed.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Aid for Macarthur
Now,
President Says
Would Send Bombers
To Botoon if They
Could Get Through

Gen. Douglas MacArthur's men
in the Philippines would have
bombers and other reinforce
mentS if there was any way to
get them there, President Roose-
velt told a press conference late
today.
He was asked for comment on dis
patches from correspondents on the
Philippine fighting front that SOL
diers in Gen. MacArthur's command
had started a fund of their own to
provide a Bomber for Bataan."
The President remarked that if
the reporter starting the discus
sion would tell him how to get a
bomber to the forces fighting in the
Philippines, he thought they would
have a bomber.
Asked if it was correct to inter-
pret the fact that such dispatches
as have passed the military censor
ship from the Philippines indicated
that Gen. Macarthur might have
different ideas from the high COM
uiand here on the possibilities Of
getting reinforcements to the Phil
ippine front, Mr.. Roosevelt said that
since he himself did not know
enough about it he tried not to
speculate on it.
Mr. Roosevelt described the jap
anese submarine shelling of the
California coast last night as an ex-
cellent example of political warfare.
He added, however, that he thought
1t would react in an opposite man.
ner from what was intended.
During his press conference, the
President said he planned abso-
lutely no changes in his cabinet.
His comment came when he was
asked about published reports OF
imminent cabinet changes. involv-
Ing Secretary Of State Hull, Seere-
tary OF Labor Perkins and others,
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Fighting Reported Raging
ALONG 100 Mile Front

MANDALAY, Burma, Feb. "A 0P.
Fighting ragged today for 100 miles
along the lower Sittang River, to
which the British had withdrawn
after abandoning their Bilin River
line 80 miles to the east.
Compulsory civilian evacuation of
Rangoon, Burma's capital, was car
ried out February 20.
Unoficially it was learned that
depots containing supplies which
could not be carried away were set
af1re by authorities.
r. A. r. bombers are attacking
roads at the rear Of japanese posi-
tions daily. Returning pilots say
troops and transports along these
routes are "as thick as ants and
can't be missed"
The American military mission Is
still in Rangoon, where 1t is staying
until many thousands of tons Of
defense supplies for China can be
shipped northward to the Burma
Road, including hundreds of trucks.
Some unassembled trucks still at
the Rangoon docks are due TO be
demolished.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Losses HEAVY
On Both Sides
In |nSdvdgeFight
Bridge Destroyed,
Defenders Withdraw
Across Sittong River
Earlier Story on Page AID
By the Associated Press,

Earlier Story on Page AID
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 24.-British
troops have withdrawn to the
west bank of the Sittang River
after inflicting heavy casualties
on the Japanese troops invading
Burma, the All-India Radio said
today, quoting official accounts.
Our losses have been heavy. but
our troops are now in good posi-
tions," the oflcial account contin-
ued.
The report covered land fighting
for the last four days. On Feb
ruary %, the report said, the jap
aness made heavy attack on our
troops holding bridgehead on the
east bank of the Sittang River.
Yesterday after savage fighting,
during which the bridgehead was
penetrated, we made repeated coun-
terattacks, inf1icting heavy casual
ties on the enemy. Our troops with
drew, after which the bridge was
demolished"
20 Miles From Railroad.
The japanese thus were within 20
miles Of the Rangoon-Lasfio Rail-
road which supplies the Burma
Road
Telling Of earlier phases of the
f1ghting in the four-day period, the
ALI India report said:
"On the southern front our troops
withdrew on Friday after several
days of heavy fighting against fresh,
reinforced enemy forces.
Much of the fighting along the
Bilin River was Of hand-to-hand
nature. Our troops counterattacked
flercely with bayenet and on many
occasions inflicted heavy casualties
on the enemy"
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Coleman Jennings Again
Heads Community Chest

Coleman Jennings this afternoon
was named president of the Wash
ington Community Chest for his
fifth consecutive term His election
came at the annual Board Of Trus-
tees meeting held in the United
States Chamber of Commerce
Building.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Feb 24.-Pilot Oficer
J. ]. Lynch, "A, of Alhambra, Calf,
blasted a freight train with machine
gun and cannon fire today in sweep
over Nazi-occupied France-and
came back with the piece of q tele-
phone pole jammed through the
wing Of his Spitfire.
Lynch, . member of the Royal
Canadian Air Force, said he dived
down low to attack the train, which
was on . siding, then swung up for
his climb. As he did 30 his plane hit
the pole, 1t snapped OF snd q piece
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Two R. G. A. F. Planes
Crash; Two Bodies Found

BY the AsSOclated PreSb.
OTTERVILLE, Ontario, Feb. "a
Two Royal Canadian Air Force
training planes locked wings and
crashed here today and two bodies
were found in one Of the wrecked
planes.
Intense heat from the burning
fuselage prevented workers from ap-
preaching the other plane. The
planes were believed to have come
from Aylmer Training Station near
here. Otterville is near woodstock
Ontario.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Roosevelt Puts
Under
0neAgency
BIundford to Head
Body; Federal Loan
Unit Abolished
Ry John C.. HENRY.

President Roosevelt late today
announced establishment of a
National Housing Agency, con-
solidating previous activities of
16 unrelated housing organiza-
tiOnS.
At the same time, he announced
abolition of the Federal Loan
Agency with its housing financing
activities going into the new housing
agency and its other functions being
transferred to the department.
To head the new national housing
agency, the Chief Executive desig-
mated John Blandford, jr., now as
sistant director of the budget. Mr..
Roosevelt told a press conference
that MIR. Blandford has shown amaz-
ing executive ability in that post.
Palmer Going to England.
The President said he was asking
Charles r. Palmer, who has been CO.
ordinator Of defense housing activ-
tiles, to make a trip to England as
representative of the new housing
agency to study and report on gov
ernment housing activities there
after two and a half years Of war.
Under the master housing agency.
in which the administrator will have
full power and authority, will be
three principal subordinate agencies.
These will be the Federal Hous-
ing Administration under Abner
Ferguson. the Federal Home Loan
Bank Administration under John
H. Fahey and the Federal Public
Housing Authority under Leon
Keyserling. All Of these offcials
will hold titles of commissioners.
The consultations, Mr.. Roosevelt
said, should not cause q single day
Of interruption in the present Gov
ernment housing activities and
should actually bring about speed
up very shortly In production OF
war housing.
VIII Absorb Employees.
In addition, he said. the conson-
dation will At advantageously into
the program of departmental reor-
ganizatiin and transfer Of individual
employees to agencies engaged in the
war effort. The reorganization pro-
gram also will absorb many en-
ployes affected by the housing con-
solidation who otherwise might
have been temporarily unemployed.
Affected by the liquidation of the
Federal Loan Agency will be such
organizations as the r. F. c., the
Electric Home and Farm Authority,
the Disaster Loan Corp, the Ex-
port Import Bank and various war
time agencies. These will remain
intact. the President emphasized,
but will be transferred to the Com
merce Department and still be un-
der the administrative jurisdiction
of Secretary Jones. who has also
served as Federal loan administra-
tor.
The President refused to esti-
mate how many individual employees
might be involved in the reorganiza-
ton. The three commissioners Of
the subordinate units of the new
agency already are serving in COM
parable positions In the overall
Federal housing program.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Tony Sorq GroveIy III

NEW YORK, Feb. "A R.-Tony
Sarg, SO, artist and maker Of mari
onnettes, was reported gravely Ill
today at Manhattan General Hos
pital after his condition took turn
for the worse. He was taken to
the hospital last week suffering from
. ruptured appendix.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
California Attack
Typical Jap Bluff
WeIIes Declares

The Smelling of a point on
the California coast by a JAP
anese submarine last night was
described by Acting Secretary
of State Sumner Welles today
as a typical example of jap
anese bluff"
He remarked that the bonn
bardment obviously was timed
with President Roosevelt's
speech, emphasizing that bluff
of this kind would have no
effect on this country.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

NEW YORK, Feb. "a (P.-
Stocks steady; steels, specialties
higher. Bonds higher; rails and
utilities lead gains. Gotten high
er; trade buying, short covering.
CHICAGO.-Wheat lower, with
corn. Corn lower, loan redenp-
ton program. Hogs closed 1925
lower; top, $l3; increase In sup
ply. Cattle, steers and yearlinss
strong, othersN weaker.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
HioIeoh Park

FIFTH RACE-Purse. 81 BOO: 3year-
olds and up; furlongs.
War Melody (McCreary) 2e.s0 7.eo 40
Dark Discovery (Mehrtensi 1850 $40
Pelisse fWielander) $40
Time, 1:122s.
Also ran-Chiquita Mia, Pomayya ana
Transient.
SIXTH RAcE-Purse, S1,400: allow
Chaledon tWoolf) 4.50 2.90 $50
Signator (Strickler) $40 200
Doublrab (Wielander) $40
Time, 1:243s.
Servant
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, 81 800: claim
Bright Trace tWiel'er) 10.40 40 $50
Specify (WalD $50 $40
Curwen (Garza) $50
Time 1852.
Also ran-Gay Man, Cash Basis. Sen
tinel.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
OokIuwn Park

THIRD RACEEPurse. $500; claiming;
3-year -olds: 8 furlonss.
Draw By CWhiting0 11.0O $40 4.g0
Mandate (Brooks) 1880 I.20
Il Osupa (Tucker) $50
Time, 1:1b45.
Also ran-violante, Latent. countmein.
Duty First, Mad Bunny, Remembering,
TX. Rounder and Pairzetta. Field.
FOURTH RAC-Purse, $500; claiming;
4-year -olds and up: 1 mile and 70 yards.
Justice Nap fFranklin) 1850 500 $50
Burgoo Trail fTisk) 40 $50
Be Prepared CGuerin) $40
Time, 1:60.
Also ran-Mr. Smith Ten Blow Neddies
Hero. SAVINGS Bank. Jack vennie and
Arizona Lady.
FIFTH RAcE-Purye, $500. claiming;
4-year-olds and upward; l mile and 10
A@SG 81 &c ssrssn, s.n,o, ,woos.Sso Sso SiS sffee
High Talent KeipeC o.oo
Tine l;so. ,r,,...4,.s. .sr,sht spot.
Nans o Love, nA ~ Lcst poiiar' Hsno
Lion. I Fair Julids fFiead.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
BRITISH FORCES DRIVEN BACK IN BURMA
Destroyer and Auxiliary Lost in Newfoundland G l89 Die
Late News Bulletins

Won Popen and Wife Escape Bomb in Ankoro
ANKARA Turkey oP.-German Ambassador Franz Won
Papen and his wife barely death serious injury
today when bomb exploded only so feet from them on
Aaturk boulevard They suffered minor shock but able
to return to the Embassy One blown to pieces and
two girls injured slightly.
ChoiIedon Scores First Florida Victory
MIAMI. Fla l.-Mighty Challedon finally scored Flor
ida racing victory today winning five others in $40O
sevenfurong event at aeah Park Signator second
and Doublrab third.
Branns winner returned "a 50 80 and 50 60
the board In two previous outings at Haleah the 1899 and
1910 champion finished second.
Cuban Sugar Ship Reaches Port Safely
HAVANA t4o-Cuban Navy headquarters announced to-
day sugar freighter Kofre which last night
of the south coast of Cuba safe at
United States port unloading her cargo
Jops Report Seizing of Timor Airdrome
TOXIC rom Japanese Broadcasts) QP-Japanese forces
which landed Koepang capital of the Dutch portion OF
the Netherlands Indies island of Tmor have occupied an
miles southeast of the town, Dome reported
today in a dispatch from "undiscosed base"
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Late Races

Rossvan's, Other Selections and
Entries for Tomorrow on Page
2-X.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Weather Forecast

Somewhat colder tonight, lowest temperat,r'
about "a degrees. Temperatures today Highest
o. at pm; lowest, IS, at 7:45 am.
From rss g Tn,sss re- @S:asss :. gssmsr 7ursau Report
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Markets at a Glance

(See VIERECK, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1942-05-25

United Nations, examined In the
light Of cold fact, far from war
rants the belief that the conflict
has entered its final phase.
The Russians are fighting val
iantly, but are losing breath. The
Soviet command has adopted the
only possible strategy against the
Nazis, the offensive-defensive.
But the concentration Of Nazi
reserve divisions was carefully
planned and after suffering great
losses in the first shock of Gen.
eral Semeon Timoshenko's offen-
sive on the Kharkov front, they
appear to have brought up suffi-
cient reinforcements to stem the
Russian drive.
We in Washington do not know
exactly how costly the Russians
offensive has been for them, but
1t can be assumed that their
losses in war material have been
heavy and under the circum-
stances the replacement Of tanks,
artillery and planes is a difficult
problem for the Soviet Union.
Aid Rushed to Soviet.
This country is making hercu-
lean efforts to rush to the Rus
slams everything they are asking
for, but shipping difficulties are
still great. The bases in Nor
way permit Nazi raiders to make
deep tnroads into the conveys
which are being sent from Brit
ish and American ports through
the Arctic Sea.
Even the food situation. which
was considered Of only secondary
importance in Russia in the past,
has become acute since the Sow
let granary-the Ukraine-has
fallen to the Nazis and the lines
Of railroad communications are
occupied chiefly with transporta-
ton Of war material and cannot
be used to bring food to the fight
ing forces of the q. s.. 8. r.