Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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66TH YEAR, NO. \5-44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1942
PRICE TEN CENTS
DUTCH BLAST4 JAP SHIPS
Lehman: Not Cuilty, AH Counts'^LTXsTm^Z
Verdict -
Astounds
Valley
Cleared of All Charges In Death Of Mrs. Fields; Sensational Trial
Air Force of 2,000,000
Department     announcement Weat Point cadets will  be trained to   fly  at  the   academy.
Flight instruction at Weat Point wili apeed training of piiota for the expanded   air    force   aince   flying courae.1   previoualy  have  not  been open  to  cadeta  before  graduation. In   the   paat,   Weat   Pointera  have Waahlngton, Feb. 7.   (UP) — The gone to one of the Army's regular Army, disclesing plans for expand- •'¦' '"fid" for pHot training, if they .u.   _i.   «..«.   »»   .   >..f.i   n» qualified after  graduation, the   air   force   to   a   total   of ¦• ,,_j._   .^_    _"„..   ,ygtem,
West Point Adds Course In Flying
that year. Pilot training'course* will be¬ gin at Weat Point immediately. For AU Cadeta
Cadeu graduating in Juna ean finiah elementary instruction be¬ fore graduation and get their wings aa piiota by Nov. 10. Cadets in following classe* will complete their flight training befor* grad¬ uation.
Flying inatruction will be avail¬ able to all cadeta who can pas* tha physical  examination*.   Begin-
98fens8 Dancers' Pay Opposed
Swedish Motorship Down ^ff Uglteras; ,^ , 2 Lifeboats Missing
New Tork. Feb. T. (UP)—The Swedish motorahip Amerikaland wa* torpedoed and aunk 30 milea off C^p* Hatteraa on the night of Feb. 2, the Mth known victim of Axia aubmarinea operating in At¬ lantic coastal waters. It waa dia¬ closed today by 11 sur%'ivors who were landed her* from an Allied rescue vessel.
The Amerikaland. a l!t.SSS-ton  easel leaaed by tha Bethlehem Ore
,        .. ,     . . . . 1     . «"""•¦>=" "..<:.   t,............... -".¦,.   ,.«  «.   V......   "..-       1         _.„   .       n   I     • ^"^ carried a crew of 31».   It «•*.»
ing   the   air   force   to   a  total   of     ^^^^^   ^^^    ^^^   system,   West th* physical  examination*.   Begin-       Bill  fOr SalariCS; believed   the   ether   28   had
2,000,(X)0   OfBcers   and   men,   today Pointers mav become pilots a year ning with the claas that graduatea        .     u-,,,. UnnriaM- '"•''
added flying Instruction to the Weat sooner than in the past. In   June,   IBM,   each   cadet   must        'f nUUae lYIUIIUdy, Plekad l'p eff Handy  Hook
Point curriculum.   Beginning  wilh     An air force  of 2.000.000 officera complete 10 hour*' training  as an        ConOreSS  AllOrV Survivor*   were    picked   up   170
the   1945   clasa,   all   West  Pointers and   men   complements   Preaident  aircraft   obaerver   during   hi*  sec-        **"   "    '^^ 1. ¦""•¦ »" Bandy Hook, where they
must qualify aa aircraft obaervera. Roo.sevelt's    program    for   making ond  year  aummer  camp. •:. v   «   /nrt.   r>       ''"''    heen    carried    by    the    gulf
The case of "The People VS. The War Department said the the United States the dominant Lieut. Col. J. M. Weikert. an Waahlngton, Feb. 7. (UPi-ton- ,(„,„ ,„„ th, point of the tor- Jame.<( Lelinian" was won bv "i"" '<>''" «'"' comprlae l.OOO.OOO power in air warfare with a con- Air Corps officer, wt i assigned to ditions within the Office of Ci\nlian pedoing. a few houra after their *!,- ill .-^o.. n.\A Vouinun r„ino "fllcers and men by the end of struction program of 185,000 planes the West Point faculty, te auper-, Defenae should be "cleaned up by „.,ter had given out. They had me ^U-\eai-Oiai>ewtown mine j^.^ y^j^j. ^„j ..jjj^yp jji^j ^^jjj^^^ jjyj..^!^ jj^^ ^^j jg^3 ^.^^^   ,H^^j   training. I President    Roosevelt.    Rep     John' b^.n   f,v,   jgy.   „„   th,   water   in
worker  last  night,  a  Luzerne jater   on."   Details   of   the   expsn-     Th-Xnvv InaUtt-eek announced it     "The new pilot* from Weet Point Taber,  R.,   N,  Y.,   *aid  tonight  in ,  leaking lifeboat, which  required countv court jurv of ten men sion program were not announced, will push expansion of ita air arm'wilTcarry with them into thia en-; the lateat outbur«t ofcongreaaional Vonatant   bailing   to   keep   afloat.
Will Speed Training by leasing facllitiea at four unlver- larged   Air   Cerp*   th*   leaderahip criticism  over  the  OCD, of which One ef their nurSber died the aec-
and two women giving a ver-
diet   of    "Not    guilty    on    *" peTll,'nn1rwa*.
counts"   at  9:40  oclock—ex-i	
actly 35 hours after receiving! the   charge   from   Judge   J. Harold   Flannery   on   Friday morning.
A stunned court room heard the verdict read byi Court Clerk Kenneth Morgani and fully a minute passed be- j fore the import of his words wa.s gra.sped by anyone, in¬ cluding the murder case de¬ fendant. He was on trial for the slaying of Myrtle Fields, 40-year-old Kingston domes¬ tic, and a verdict of no less than second degree murder had even been hoped for.       |
Judge Flannery toft the oeurtj room abruptly and witheut eem- ment, giving n» ¦apparent atvn ef hi* feeling*, tubman beamed with pleasure aa he was clasped In the arma nf hia aiater. His wife, the mother of hia three children, stood at his .llde. Several friends stepped up to congratulate him while his attorneys were congratulated by officers of the court, including at¬ taches of the district attorney'; office. "Ne tJomment," Schwarta
Aaked whether Lehman could br released immediately to Join hi.« family. District Attorney Leon Srhwarl/. told Attorney Edward F. McGovern that he had to be re¬ manded to the county Jail until Sunday, upon the advice of Judge Flannery. Another judge, it was Inferred, would sign the releaae.
"I have no comment to make," said District Attorney Schwartz. "Lehman will be held until I de¬ cide what la to be done about the other caaea." The Newtown mine worker waa one of four defendants arreated for the murder of the Kingston domeatic on the mountain bacli of Aahley the night of Sept. 14. Other defendants are Andrew Tomko. who la acheduled to go on trial tomorrow: Edward McGee of Luzerne nnd .Io.<ieph Mails of Gil- ligan atreet, city.
While unqueationably diapleaaed with the verdict, Schwartz inti¬ mated to Defenae Attorney Mc¬ Govern that it would be uaele a for him "to try Lehman on a lesser charge thaiv«thls." He congratu- \~\ii. !.rhinan'a lawyer on the de¬ fenae offered In behalf of hia client. Attorney Thomas Moore, rounael for .Toseph Malia. and Attorney Morria Glazier, both of whom have (Continued  on Page A-ll>
air   force's  goal   in aities for giving preliminary train-1 and aplrit of Weat Point,' revealed  in  a  Wai 1 ing   to   30,000   proapectve   pilots   a Department said.
Survivors of Sunken U.S, Submarine
the War I Mrs. Elanor Roosevelt is aasociate I director.
Taber's atatement cam* aa he an¬ nounced the probability ef a Re¬ publican motion to recommit th* $160,000,000 deficiency appropria¬ tion bill to a Houae committee next week. The plan to recommit, he aaid, i» to make certain that none of the JIOO.000,000 (XID appropria¬ tion. Including fund* for gas maak* and fire fighting equipment, shall be u*ed to pay aalaries of dancers,
actors   and   other   entertainera   In ,,,...     ^ . j
OCD administrative posts. •""'":"". '"'boat   was   showered
_..„_,      •«    _» with flaming ell by fhe second tor-
TeM te "Pipe Dewn lp,j„ explosien, which ripped  into
Taber charged that th* OCD haa the   Amerikaland   as   the   lifeboat become  an  "anti-defenae outfit.       ^.„   rounding   ths   veasel   te   seek
As   a   reault   of   hia   outspoken other aurvivora. Taber  revealed
the firat torpedo struck about 8:20 p.m.." Spent aaid. "I had only my ..V-'CUvJiiia^kA'' ¦'' ''.I ..A'^oir.^ ^(.i< alwaya expected, even (hough the engineer told me h* waa going tn aleep in pajamas that night, just for the luxury of it. He said we were too cloae to shore to be tor¬ pedoed and, anyhow, the auhs would not try to aink an empty ahip. He waa one of those we have not heard from. Jacket Saved Life
"I put on my ahoea and leather jacket-I think tha jacket aaved' my life—and made for the life-' boat I waa aaaigned to. We low- > ered it and went around to loo'k for others. I aaw another llfe-> been hoat lowered with 18 in It, and' jthey tell me another waa lowered ' but I did not aee it. I
"Th* aecond torpedo atruck and a great maas of flame went up.! We took a shower of oil and water and the explosion waa ao great that I thought it was all over with us. Saw >lrn on Suh
"When we pulled away from the ahip we tA.v the sub. Three men were in the conning tower. Every¬ one in th* lifeboat bucked down, becauae w* were afraid they would ahell ua, but they merely approach¬ ed the Amerikaland and, I suppose, took Its name. Then they sub¬ merged and that waa the laat we saw of a boat until we were res¬ cued.
"We discussed whether to row or put up sail, but there was quite a rough sea and so we pulled nn the
Totals 40 Ships Hit in Macassar; Dutch Score Is 59
SURABAYA BOMBED
end day  out. Six    survivors    were    taken    to
Swedish   Hospital,   Brooklyn,   from
the   rescue   ship   and   five   othera
were brought to a New York hotel.
They   were   not   certain   whether
twe er three  torpedoea atruck the
ship,   aome   believing   «   third   ex-
ploeion    which    they    heard    was
caused by fire in the engine room.
Showered hy Flaming oil Gunnar Spent, chief steward, aald
It waa remarkable that all aboard | ears for about three houra to keep
the  veaael  were   not  loat,   for  the   headed againat the sea.  Next morn¬ ing a gale atarted to blow and we did not dare put up aail. Sat WlHi Feet in Water
Japs Hold Bases For Java Attack; Tokyo Claims Denied
By JOHN R. .MORRIS
Batavia. Feb. 8 (Sunday). (UP)— Sturdy Dutch aea and air fightera hammered new blows at the Japa¬ nese invaders tpday. blasting four more enemy ahipa. Including two cruisers, and boosting their ffl»»1 bag since start of the war te M — almost  one a day.
But it wna admitted that despite the terrible drain on Japanese manpower through the sinking of tranaports and warships that tb* eneniy has plowed forward. The Japanese now hold most of the key bases from which direct aa¬ aault upon the islanda of Java and Sumatra and fhe vital naval baae of Surabaya ia expected seen to be  launched.
Ijiteat Dutch naval exploits In¬ cluded the sinking of a Japanese cruiser   of   undated   tonnage   near
criticiam  of  OCD, that   he   had   received   anonymous telegrams and telephone calls urg- j ing  him   te   "lay   off"   and  "pipe, dewn."   He said the me*(a«a* wer* authored by peraona whe deoeribed ! thameelvee aa frlMtd* ef empler*** ef OCD.
•Thev  don't  bother  me,"  Taller, *aid.    '"They are indicative of the kind  of  a  gang  that  would   raid j the Treasury." I
"The situation ought to be cleared up. Congress ought not to have to do It. The executive should do IL" Comes'up .Monday
The bill Is scheduled for further consideration Monday and the House   already   has   criticiied   ap-
"I wa* reading in my bunk when i
"We covered the lifeboat with Amboina and the damaging of an- canvaa to keep out the aeas. I dUs- "'her cruiser and a aubmarine in covered   a   leak   caused   hv   hea>-y "'«  ""'"•'  waters.     A   large  Japa-
iContinued on Page A-IOi
Moat of Blaming Oil May Protect Singapore
Gung Blast Small Japanese Ships; Defenders Have Men, Need Onl.v Planes; Thousands of Chinese Ask for Arms
By HAROLD QIARD
Singapore. Feb. 7. (UP)— Biasing
' **" "¦*•—which may yet play a part
pointments of Movie Actor Meivyn i )„ Singapore's defense against Jap
Shown with the officer In charge of rescue operations at¬ tempted at aite of the accident are the three aurvivora of the United    States   submarine   S-26,
lost off Panama when rammed by an escort vessel. Left to right, they are: Lt. Rohert M. Ward, Lt. Commander Earle C. Hawk, commander of the lost sub; Cap-
—Ttltffhtn* PhtU tain T. J. Boyle, In charge of rescue operationa. and Seaman Joaeph B. Hurst. (Story on Page A-8.)
Douglaa and Dancer Maria Chaney, ^„,,g attack -raged on the north n protege of Mra. Rooaevelt. who i ^^^^ j^^^ ^j,,,^ Britina big guns has been held reaponaible for their , ^i^.j^^ .lapanea* batteries on the appointments. : Johore shore into alienee and blew
The   Houae   tentatively   adopted'aome amall enemy ships out of the an amendment designed to prevent | water.
use of deficiency funds for their (The Vichy radio broadcajit a [aalaries. But Taber said thst fur-1Tokyo report that the British are I ther scrutiny of the appropriations  pumping oil onto the waters of the
ne<>e transport waa bombed and left In ainking condition off tha West Borneo roaal. The communi¬ que did not make clear whether th* Dutek attack en the twe Jkpmmw erulaar* and the Nbrnarine «M carried eut by eurface or air unltl of the Dutch f}A^•y. M Sunk ta .^facaaaar
Thl* brought the total of Japa¬ nese merchant and warships dam¬ aged, lunk or probably sunk hy th* Dutch to A9 in 63 days of fighting. It   raiaed   the   score   of  .lapanese
  ships aunk by Dutch and American
{force* since the opening of the naval base on the north coast of battle of Macasaar Straits two the island because of the impossi-'weeks ago to approximately 40. billty of utilizing the baae now that' However, with the opening of th* It is within eaay range of Japanese 10th week of war In the Southwest guns across the Johore Straita. Pacific   it   was   evident   to   Dutch
Pcrrival emphasized tiiat "we are ofHciala that even fhe huge toll ef not being abandoned by the navy, losses Inflicted at Macasaar Strait* There is n lot of work to do around haa only momentarily slowed th* these shores and it'a being done." A momentum of a vast Japanese of- high  ranking military official aaid fensive.
flatly that "this position  la not go-      It   was   admitted   her*   that   the ing to get less difficult but our po- Japanese   are   rlosing  ever   nearer
committee is deslr?d.
Johore Strait  and  setting  It  afire
U,S, Planes Get Three Japs
Downed Near Bali; MacArthur's Lines Hammered Again; Assault Expected
-Amer-
Allied Pacific
Washington, Feb. 7. (UP)
lean pursuit planes have shot down
three Japaneae craft near romantic
Ball, the War Department reported
today,  while  Japan   intenaified   an
artillery   and   aerial   offenaive
against     American     poaitlona     on
« . -n.    •      1 J    . .u        .      forcea in the Australian-New
Bataan Peninsula and at the gate- J"""^" "'  "'" ""
,    „ ^ land area,
way of Manila Bay, ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^ .^ ^^^.^^,^j j^.j y,^.
It waa considered likely tjiat the Admiral  Willinm  A.   Glassford   Jr.
The Houae yeaterday became eo'fo prevent any Japanese croaaing. annoved at the Douglaa and Oianey The straita are only half a mile to appointments that It even knocked a mil* wide and such tactics might Donald Duck, Walt Dianey'a quack- be feaaible proWded aufflclent oil ing hero, off th* Treaaury Depart- etorea are available. Th* Brltiah ment "payroll" a* an Income-tax are presumed to have amassed huge payment  stimulator. oil   atocks   at   Singapore's   iinder-
Th.    Treasury    Department    al-l«'"°""')   '•eservolra   for  us.  by  the readv has paid for a Donald Duck!»""»" "••'*• cartoon   to   be   shewn   In   movie j Need Only Planea houaes in connection with th* 1*42     Behind the Brltiah big gunawait-
  wsr Incom* tax program. Final de-jed   masses   of  Australian.   Brltiah
~~  'letion  from  the bill ef the  $80,000 land    Indian    troopa—many    newly
Waahlngton, Feb. 7 (UP)—The staff ef the commander-in-chief of allocation for th* cartoon would arrived—who frankly aald they had Navy lat. today announced a re-! the U.S. fleet After **rvinB a* ad- "i"''* ^^e Treaaury ttpenditure never *een a fortreaa ao heavily (jrganizatlon     of    Allied    naval.viaer   te   tha   Argentine   nai-y   ¦¦--      "*'
sition is definitely not too bad Thia   official   admitted   that   the
.Japanese "have got plenty" to back
up their assault on  the  Island.
Japa Fa4^ Colossal Taak However,  when  this  correspond- (Continued  on Page  B-ll)
to Java and Sumatra, using their air arm heavily in an attempt to soften up the Dutch defenses pre¬ paratory to full-scale invasion ef¬ forts. The great Surabaya naval baae (Continued on Page A-10)
American Put in Charge Of Anzac Naval Forces
War  l^iiiiiiiiarT
forces    of    the blows    for   the   defense   of   their In      Singapore, treaaure-jammed Indiea. They sank a   Japaneae   cruiser,   damaged   an¬ other,   damaged   a   submarine   and tranaport.
strength    in     the    Pacific    which' partment at Buenos Aires  and aa     ' . _.„... »_ .x..
.,,,.._ , ._..,j     Douglas, who waa named to the
placed   Vice   Admiral   Herbert   F. commander  of tha USS  Maryland ^^.j, di^^,io„ af the OCD, would be
Leary, United States Navy, in com- h* wa* placed In command of the p^ij  on   a  per   diem  basis  at  the
mand of combined United Nations' Yangtze patrol of the Asiatic fleet, rate of $8,000 a year
Zea-
Lehman Verdict Amazes Valley
The Sunday Independent had a rush of telephone calla lasl nijsht which was even worse than fhat met after big football games. They were all seeking informa¬ tion on the (lei'ision of the Jury debating the outcome of the trial of Jamea Lehman, arcuaed of fhe murder of Mra. Myrtle Fields. The filth which CHme out of the trial, aa uaual, added to the ex¬ tent of Ihe "Intereat".
It can be reported also that the majority of I hoae Informed of the outcome of the rase-"acquittal on all counts"—expressed amnze- Jr.enl,  lo  pul il mildly.
One man said: "That aetlles It. There's a couple people I don'l like. Now I'll juat ellminRte them. It will mean only a few moder¬ ately unpleasant days in a court room and then all will be over. .They'll be dead and I'll he  free."
new assaulLs against lien. Duoglas MacArthur's valiant Bataan de¬ fenders and the American island fortresses at the bay's entrance rep¬ resented the start of a supreme Jap¬ anese effort to crush American re- aiatance before next Wednesday, the great Japanese national lioli- I day-National Foundation Day. r-40s in Action
i Ball figured in the Southwestern j Pacific hostilities for the first re- I corded time when the War Depart- I nient morning communique told (how eight American P-40 pursuit planes successfully engaged a greatly auperior force of enemy hombera and fighters, downing at 1 least three Japa and possibly dam- i aging others. One American plane Iwas destroyed and another is miss¬ ing.
Increased activity of .lapanese dive bombers over MacArthur's Bataan linea and enemy artillery I action on the peninsula and from I across Manila Bay appeared to in- 'dicate that the Japanese were tun- ling  up   for  their  attempt   to   give
now commands units which form¬ erly constiluled th. U. S. Asiatic fleet. The name given to his com¬ mand is "U. S. Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific." Inder Harl, Wavell Both Leary and Glassford's com-
TOKYO RADIO CLAIMS MORE BORNEO GAINS
Tokyo, Feb. 7—(Official Japanese previously i
would   receive   t4,W)0   annually   as
defended. One hard-bitten Tommy, a veteran of the Battle of Britain, said:
"Why, Singapore Is more closely
manned  than  the  most  dangerous
Mlaa Chaney ''*''"'•   ""   *''•   Brltiah   coaat.   All
The    embattled United      Nations
Burma,   the  Dutch  Indiea  and  the Philippines braced Ihemseives Sat tiirday    night    against    an    all-out probably aank Japanese aaaault which  may come at  any  time.
the'oCD's children's', "o   far
we want Is more and more planes.'
an offlcial  In the OCD's children's , ""   '"r   the   alege   of   Singapore diviaion 1 *••"   largely   a   duel   of   big
Taber sought unsuccessfully yes- «""•""<'  '""['¦r" •'''¦""' '*''"'"': terdav to amend fhe deficiency bill "-""^ Johore Straits and a battle of ,o that none of ita funds or money P>""" "^f'""''^   ^^'i. "j^"!?'' T"*,' ppropriated fo fhe OCD l"*!!""/'^^'""' "*"'*' 5=' f"" '"'' „""'-.—; •    ¦""¦""• '~\7':'. could be uaed to pay aalaries suchi'"<"''•'•<'•  ^"Z""'"' j*""' with Jap- Broadcast     Recorded    by     United ^^   ^^^^^   ^,    Douglas   and    Miss,•""• f""» «»»'•«» P'^* **:!: ^'"*f" -"        - J«P«n"« Chaney  but  he waa  blocked  on  ,Pore airdrome under flre   the main
— .      _. 'British air aupport must be based
rutslde the  iaiand. May Baae Plahes In Ruriiui
For the moment fhe aweeping enemy assault which haa carried the Japaneae through Malaya, to the brink of conquest of the Philippines, through the outer barriers of the Dutch Islanda and lo th. Salween River in Burma waa pausing. But. high military leaders on each of the vital fronts admitted that the relative calm only precedes a storm probably unequalled  in   intensity.
The Japaneae air force a^aln at- tacl<ed widel.v. The Dutch admitted that the Japaneae have almost com¬ pletely overrun their secondary naval baa. on the iaiand of Am¬ boina despite small scale Dutch guerilla resistance which continuea.
Press
army
Jan.     31     captured    Tanahorogot, ence Cannon, D., Mo., of the House mands are subordinate to Admiral,Eaatern Dutch Borneo lown about appropriations   committee. Thomas    (.'.    Hart,    who    remains «„ „;, ., . ., D„iii, T>....n      Later,   however,   an   amendment
A dispatch by Harold Guard, United Press staff correapondent. revealed   that   the   massive
In    New   York) units   in   a   surprise   sttack p^int ^f order by Chairman  Clar
naval  ba.se  at Singapore,   keystone of   the   empire's   Far   Eastern   de- (Thls may mean that the British  fensrs,   now   stands   deserted   and naval    commander-in-chief   in    the."" """"¦ ••""'¦••¦"'='"¦ "• ""¦¦¦¦ - .-i-—. ^,^.^^1 adopted tentatively to prevent  propose   ,to   maas    their   chief   air at     least    temporarily    abandoned. Southwest    Pacific    under    British '^vhlch  the Japanese  occupied  Jan. ,.,e   of   any   funda   in   the   pending;atrength In Burma, to strike at the British     naval     ships    have    been General  Sir  Archibald   Wavell. io. the official Domei news agency hill to pay CXTD aalaries to persons rear of the forces besieging Singa- evacuated    and.    the    diapatih    in-
fonlght in a Borneo dispatch, 'n    physical    filneas    programs    as pore, and  in  Sumatra, from where  dicated,    moal    of   the    stores   and
American fighter planea aiding In the defense of Bali, shot dowa' three Japaneae planes with an ap¬ parent loaa to two V S. aircraft (5en. Douglas MacArthur reported that Japanese guns emplaced on the south side of .Manila Bay ha^ opened up againat the American forta at the harbor mouth—while British Japaneae dive bombers attacked the United States positions ea Bataan  Peninsula.
60 milea southwest of Balik Papan,
The    uniflration    of   the
-J. United said
Nation.s'   forces   in   the   Austraiiit-      Another
either   removed  or  de-
, .        ..      Hotured '''")'"•''¦  ""''  '*" dancers and  also they can atrik. across the Malacca equipment
v-.,„ Tnaio.iH  >ri»   fli. in  «.uh  th. force,   It  sai  ,   r  p psrflclpanla   in   street   ahowa   and Straita agalnat the Japanese flank.)  atroyed.
^^^":.?^.   !" .u"? ...!! '^..'J,-'^ I."!* coastal Lahad Datu. 50 milea north theatrical   performancea   generally.'     P.rcival   said   that   ''certain   per-
of Tawao on  the  eastern  coast of The   amendment   la   subject   to   a sonnel   and   stores"   have   been   re-      In   F.urope   the   Rus.^lana   moved British   North   Borneo. ilafer  roll-call. 'moved   from   the   maasiv.   British powerfully   to    release    completely
''h'l-- northern metropolis of Lenin
Brltiah   do- cloaely-knit
equcsts of those two millions for a more wnr organization.
Leary'a command will be known tui the Anzac Forces. His war¬ ships and those of Glassford will be  divisions of Hart's command.
Vice Admiral Glassford waa born Mt Sail Franciaco on June 6, 1886. snd waa appointed to the Naval Academy from New Mexico in 190;. Saved .Ship After CoUlslon
In   1918,   aa   commander   of   the
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their people at home, suffering uSS Shaw, he was awarded the under the deprivations forced upon Distinguished Service Medal for them by the war lords, something meritorious conduct following a col- to celebrate on the anniversary of lision between hia ahip and HMS their nation'a birth. Aquitanla.    He  brought   the-Shaw-
One of the Japanese dive bomb- into port after her bow had been ers attacking the Bataan defenrler.s sheared away and the vessel had was shot down bv American fighter been   still    further   endangered   by
[planes, when  two nf the latter en- fire and a  threatened explosion  of
igaged   four   of   the   eneniy   planes,  ammunition
(Continued on Pag* A-10> In 1934 Glaasford aarved en th*
Tho <'hri*tniaa Seal Idea may atart something of invaluable aid to the eountry. If lhe sugges¬ tion that the io-cent Defent-e Htamps (higher onea If jou »1»hl be uaed In the name way ever become* a nallon-» Ide fad. It will mean hundreda of thousand* of dollar* to the I nited Slates' »»r effort.
The Idea here, of course. Is to buy theae War Stantpa. paste them on envelopes «here the.v will be cancelled and I hen Ihe money whleh bought them. In¬ atead nf being a loan to I'nele Sam, becomea a gift   It wlU be
neresaary, of rourae, lo paste them up near the postage ¦tamps, so the cancelling niarhino will hit them. Otherwiae the re- ripient rould take them off, rash thrm and I ncle Sam would be helped   not   a   whit.
It should NOT he understood that the Defense Stamps can be uaed Inatead of postage. They will NOT aerve the same purpose any more than do the Chriatina* Seal* of the Tuberculosis .Society. •lust aa theae Christmaa Seals aerve only to show that some¬ one la trying to help Ihe needy, ae   alae   wiU   *imllar   u*a|e   e(
Defense Stamp* Indicate better than an.vthlng else that people are helping the greatest cause this rountry ever knew.
Perhaps one thing needed is to make the Defense Stamp* a little eaaler to get. The i'hriatinaa Seal*, having ne Intrinsic value, are just mailed eut In Ibe hopei those who grt them will aend in the money. Since Defense Stamps have a raah value, that rannot be done.
Try It annietime. See how it feela tn give your rountry aome¬ thing Instead ef Juat lending the mnney.
prad from the Nazi grip while in Africa Axis forces atill drove for¬ ward and British fears of a aprini (ierman offensive toward Suez an<i the Caucasu* were mounting.
I At Singapore the British were dug in for a hard flght. Big Japan¬ ese    niorlara   on   the   Johore   aide
From Australia came significant reports of "many great" Allied war movements of undisclosed nature, preaumably movements designed te -strengthen and reinforce the United Nations' position* in the Southwest Pacific.
Chine** troop* In increasing numbers moved Into front lin* po*l- tiniLs on the vital Burma front and American and British fighting planes hooated their total of Jap- ane.se planes ahot down In thia theater to 122 planea at a cost of five to themselves—a sensational record.
British  military experts  believed
lobbed shells into residential areas "!»' Ormany may have decided te and big British guna smashed back, "bandon the long salient at tha But   Japanese   planes   still   droned  northern end of  th.  Ruasian  front
which half encircle* Leningrad and fall back to positiona in Estonia and the frozen Kholm marshes. Tlie move would be designed to end a supply problem which heavily burden.s the German army and te prepare for the concentration ef German armed forces in the south for   fhe   expected   apring  driv*  t»"
atill droned over Singapore, bombing fhe de¬ fenses in an effort to soften lhem up. Air power to meet the Japan¬ ese, it was indicated, is being maas- fd on the .Tapane.«e flanks Burma find pnasihly the long island of Sumatra.
The   Dutc'h,   flghting   stubbornly '•gainat a stronger foe, atruck new,ward th* (jaucastia.