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Not quite so cold tonight. Temperatures today—Highest, 42, at 4 p.m.; low- NIGHT FINAL est, 19, at 6 a.m. From tlS United States Weather Bureau Report. SPORTS Full Details on Pan A-2. OP) Maana Aaaaclatad Praaa. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 6. THREE CENTS. 90th YEAR. No. 35,690. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1942-THIRTY PAGES. 22 FOUND DEAD IN LOMBARD PLANE Late News Bulletins British Broken Bodies U. S. Pilots Bag Three Jap Warplanes Pounding CHUNGKING tf*).—American pilots, guarding the vital Burma road, wiped out a force of three Japanese warplanes Are Difficult today in a dog fight over Mengtzu in Southeast Yunnan Jap Spearhead Province. A special communique of the American Volunteer Group said four fighters of the 3d Pursuit Squadron, led by un- To Deputy Comdr. G. B. McMillan, returned to their base Near Singapore Identify Bcratched. Clark Gable on Way; R. A. F. Attacks Areas Swarms of Fighters Guernsey Fifteen Aviators LONPON HP).—'The R. A. F., striking oft the beaten path Blast Ships 90 Miles Army of its raids on German-held territory, today bombed German Among Those Lost ships in the harbor at St. Peter, on the Channel Island of From Stronghold Guernsey, and machine-gunned German troops. Guernsey, BULLETIN. BULLETIN. British territory, was occupied by the Germans in the con- CANBERRA, Australia W).— LAS VEGAS, Nev. (/F).— It lies about 30 miles oft the coast of Air reinforcements are arriv- quest of France. A ground party today ing in the Malayan battle Normandy. of zone, it was authoritatively reached the wreckage disclosed 200 Reported Executed in Crete by Nazis GEN. VON REICHENAU. today. the Transcontinental & LONDON OP).—'The Kuibyshev radio broadcast an Ankara —A. P. Photo. Western Air transport car- (Earlier Story on Page A-l.) citizens of the Greek Screen Actress Car- report today that 200 male conquered By the Associated Press. rying island of Crete had been executed for the slaying of an un- SINGAPORE, Jan. 17.—British ole Lombard and 21 other disclosed number of German soldiers. Gen. Von Reichenau fighter planes in tireless relays persons and found all left, grievous wounds tonight in Bombers Attack Two Burmese Towns the ranks of Japan’s picked West dead. Jap Dead of Malayan spearhead as it strug- Undersheriff Glenn RANGOON. Burma (IP).—Japanese bombers attacked two Apoplexy, gled to lengthen a foothold in in the Moulmein district today, the Department of the Jones reported from Jean, towns the coastal mangrove swamps announced The depart- Civil Defense commissioner today. Reports south of the River Muar, within Nev., that wreckage and air ment’s communique indicated enemy activity yesterday 90 miles of Singapore. bodies were strewn hun- reduced scale. Another communique said the posi- was on a Army Leader Suffered This island itself shuddered within dreds of yards and that tion of British forces in South Burma was “developing its mammoth fortifications under Stroke From most of the victims were favorably.” Returning •the impact of a 70-plane Japanese | Russian Front aerial assault which killed or wound- burned beyond recogni- ed at least 150 civilians, by far the Eicher Senate Subcommittee heaviest casualties acknowledged In tion. The appar- Approved by By the Associated Press. plane Subcommittee acted favorably today six full weeks of war. SEARCHING HIS BOMBED SINGAPORE HOME — A youth in native dress checks A Senate Judiciary BERLIN, Jan. 17 (Official Singapore ently hit less than 500 feet C. Eicher of Iowa, chairman of Swarms of British fighters dived home in an air raid on Britain's Far East defense ©n the nomination of Edward Broadcast).— Gen. i through the debris left after his was bombed from the of Table be chief on clusters of enemy launches and London today. top the Securities and Exchange Commission, to justice has died base. This view is from a British news reel. —A. P. Wirephoto by cable from barges in the mouth of the Muar, Mountain. of District Court. of apoplexy, it was announced littering the dank waters with He was 57 At least one officially today. wreckage and bodies. (Pictures on Page A-3.) > Association Penalizes Three years old. launch blew up under the spray of Caesarian Infant Tennis Three Axis Vessels Full Accord By the Associated Press. while Von Reich- machine-gun fire from the low-fly- Strategy NEW YORK —The United States Lawn Tennis Asso- Death occurred attackers; 17.- , enau was returning to Germany ing invading troops Is Survivor LAS VEGAS. Nev., Jan. and three of its ranking were Only ciation today reprimanded penalized from the Russian front, the broad- packed tight into the barges The wreckage of the airliner in Schroeder and John Kramer— cut down like wheat. To Action players—Frank Parker, Fred cast said. Reported Seized Off Of Family in Fire Bring Soon, which Carole Lombard, her at three 1941 tournaments. The came back with 15 and 5 for expense money they accepted has ordered a state ‘fighters Bi the AuocUted Preu. mother, Army flyers bombers to blast and strafe those will be to receive expense money from only funeral, the broadcast added, and; other persons apparently were They permitted forces which SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Kas- Intimates in to has instructed Field Marshal Her-1 mechanized enemy Island White House last has been lo- seven tournaments instead of eight this year, addition Spanish Peter 26, died of killed night, to reach the south bank of per Mellang. mann Wilhelm Goerlng to represent managed cated 35 miles southwest of here. sectional form a bums today without knowing the national and championships. his as Fuehrer the stream to bridgehead Hitler “in capacity Action to that she had given Caesarian Announcement of Plan Vice President L. G. Fritz of T. of the German nation" and Field there. Madrid Lays birth to a son a few hours after W. A. announced in Kansas City Beat 41-31 Marshal Gen. Kp.rl Rudolf von (Tokio reports purporting to For Axis Comes Duke Cagers Navy, Free French; British her husband had carried her Halting this afternoon. Rundstedt to be present “in his come from a reporter with the Duke basket ball five defeated from their blazing home in an- ANNAPOLIS, Md. The said Gets Home Just a short time before the (the Fuehrer's) capacity as supreme Japanese Army in Malaya To Berlin Side sub- As Churchill Blame, Says White Center, a South a nouncement. Clark Gable, actor- 41 to 31. of the forces.” the or what Navy today, commander Japanese spearhead, Mrs. also was un- ____ urb. Mellang husband of Miss Lombard, had remained of it. had reached the Bf the Associated Press. (Earlier Churchill Story on aware that her husband, 38, and the 18-hour-old search for Von Reichenau, who directed the "Batu Pahat sector" at dawn Sat- 17 (Official A-l.) joined BERLIN, Jan. their 2'i-year-old son, James Page the Transcontinental Si drive Batu Pahat ia a coastal missing German Army's through urday. Broadcast i —A British destroyer Henry, died of burns. By JOHN C. HENRY. to the mouth of a river Western Air luxury transport. 73 Northern France, was promoted town at attendants said the understanding re- White House Parley Starving Dogs Invaded the waters of the Span- Hospital Complete Mr. Gable, nervous and dis- the rank of field marshal general 20-odd miles sot'fh of tM Muar. a ish Island of Fernando Po at newborn infant had good present and future mili- had been per- conclusion of that and about 70 miles above Singa- garding | fraught, previously Police From at the campaign. chance to aurvive. I of the await word of Keep but “the Batu Pahat sec- midnight on January 14 and tary and naval operations suaded by police to " At the start of the wtt-iir Septem- pore, Nations was reached here the aearch here. Shortly after noon, Favors Jobless Pay ber, 1939, he held the rank of colonel tor" might include considerable seiKSfl an Italian merchant ship United Master's weeks of consulta- however, the strain became too Body general and was commander in chief territory above the town.) and two German freighters, ac- during recent White House an- much and he left for the rugged B» the Associated press. of an on the southern front To the east on the short to advices from Madrid. tions, the army fighting cording 4 Policemen Cleared mountain country with Sheriff M. E. In Conversion AVENEL. N. J„ Jan. 17.—Police i in Poland. front, in the sector where fresh Aus- nounced Plant (The broadcast was given as a today. Ward. a cli- shot 11 of 13 howling, half-starved was Von Reichenau who con- traUan troops have checked the from The announcement came as It report Spain quoting Arriba, Shows Signs of Ordeal. which re- Japanese advance and smashed some max of the lengthy visit of Prime Reached on dogs today m they could enter the ducted the negotiations the Spanish Falangist newspaper. Of Man's The actor's face was drawn and Agreement the Bel- of their tanks, the limited Charges Minister Churchill of Great Britain, the surrender of Japanese An Associated Press dispatch di- hid his shack of William Blair WoodrufT, sulted.in the decisions lined, and dark glasses eyes. their activities to cautious patrols. rect from Madrid said Arriba and implied" that $450,000,000 Fund gian Army. He wore a slouch hat and his shoul- then found the 72-year-old handy- Imperial British field guns thun- raid to a Free finally reached may soon be trans- the First World War von laid the reported ders were Duiing He Was Fired action. stooped. To man dead near verse .he had dered at the advanced Japanese French Upon lated Into Help 4,000,000 lying Reichenau served with the general destroyer. Mr. Gable had come here from Mr. Churchill reached London dedicated to his pets. staff and came out of the war a (SeeSINGAPORE, Page 2-X.)~ for disagreement in Los in a chartered plane Presa. (Except Angeles By the Associated he the safely today. of the said Mr. Woodruff, once a major. Bv successive promotions I identification of destroyer Restores All last night after hearing Roosevelt and con- Officers Maj. Kelly While no details of this grand President attained the rank of major general and greater detail in the Nazi crash at the Lockheed Air Terminal, manufacturer-inventor, apparently strategy were made public. White leaders today reached death several in 1934, at which time he was men- broadcast, the Arriba report and To and Privates Burbank, Calif., where he had gone gressional had died a natural Court-Martial Duty House Secretary Stephen Early re- tioned as a possible successor to Monday the German version of it were in to welcome his wife home from a on legis- days ago. Will Get Full Back viewed for the press this afternoon an agreement proposed von as min- essential Pay Defense bond in Indiana. Mr Woodruff s absence from his Gen. Werner Biomberg harmony.) of consultations rally an the rough schedule lation to provide appropria- led to ister of defense. For Col. were Throughout this morning ground usual haunts for several days Muhlenberg The German freighters Trial Board Mr. Churchill's visit here. The Police today during the moun- tion of between $450,000,000 and a police report, and officers went to Von Reichenau's promotion to the By the Associated Press. identified only as belonging to Ham- December 22. parties struggled through four First Meeting to investi- was bu Italian ves- dismissed charges against tains seeking to reach She scene of care of an the one-room dwelling rank of field marshal general COLUMBUS. Ohio, Jan. 17.—A burg shipowners, tthe First meeting of the British Prime $600,000,000 to take the crash. Because of the nature gate. Dogs ran barking from the announced by Hitler on July 19, court-martial trial Monday was or- sel was said to have been the 7.872- first precinct policemen in con- Minister and the President occurred estimated 4,000,000 men expected into the house a others simultaneously offi- Duchessa d Aosta. of the terrain, the searchers took little yard through 1940. The 11 dered today by Fort Hayes Army ton steamer on the night of December 22, Mr. for their included nection with an alleged pistol to horses, having been forced to to be thrown out of work tempo- hole which had been made advanced to similar rank cials for Col. H. C. Kress Muhlen- The broadcast contended “there Early recalled, when Mr. Churchill von Brauchitsch, since de- 5th Area air offi- shot which a colored abandon attempts to travel afoot. are entry. Walter berg, retiring Corps is no excuse in the fact that the prisoner reached the White House around 7 rarily while industrial plants the structure, Woody Pierce, Las Vegas policeman Unable to get into posed and personally succeeded by cer and former commandant at British destroyer was said was fired at him while he o'clock. attacking who hunted the for the converted to war production. one policeman climbed to the roof Hitler as commander in chief, and Hickam Field. Hawaii. manned with De Gaullists." The initial discussions between the during night was held in a first cell said that "the Leader Barkley and killed dogs as they emerged. Fedor von Bock and Ritter von Leeb. Col. J. M. Eeager. chief of staff, precinct chieftains and the wreckage, ground Senate Majority It quoted Arriba as calling it a two government Not until 11 had been killed could announced that Col. 23. was so rough I wore the sole off one said after a White House conference All three have been the centers previously British act and "the sheerest July simultaneous conversations among Woodruff's boot.” that the plan called for unemploy- the officers reach Mr. of roundabout rumors coming out Muhlenberg was charged with violat- The Pvts. Arnold F. technical advisors of both dealt pri- piracy.” policemen, were from the air benefits The two survivors were fed articles of war in connection and iie Flames sighted ment compensation equal body. of Germany recently—that Hitler ing Jackson. Frank B. and marily with broad policies to neiborhood relative to the Na- Knapp and an explosion was heard less to 60 per cent of normal wages, but and given boys. and Von Brauchitsch had disagreed with addresses setting forth of objectives for the In London, Free French head- W. and Lt. Loraine than half an hour after the liner a week, with the The on the table praised on the tion's pre-war policies. He has been George Bromley, to not to exceed $24 poetry on strategy to be employed said were “in a meetings follow. affection quarters they posi- left Las Vegas at 7:07 o'clock 110:07, Federal Government making up the the dogs for their loyalty, Russian front; that Von Bock had confined to his residence quarters Johnson, were ordered restored to A few days after Christmas, Mr. tion to make a categorical denial” E. T.) last There was no are now re- and here since December 19 while an for Ot- S. night. difference where men companionship. asked to be relieved “for reasons of a Edward J. Kelly, who Churchill left Washington of any “coup de main by Free duty by Supt. indication of life today. ceiving State unemployment aid. Police said Mr. Woodruff's widow health” of his command In the cen- Army investigation was conducted. tawa, where he conferred with Ca- French destroyer In Santa Isabel." transferred three of the men to The Air com- and his daughter, Mrs. Prank drive the Army Corps ferry- President to Inform Congress. tral front after the November other The three who nadian officials and addressed had been notified and had posts. privates, mand at Long Beach. Calif., said the President would com- Brehme, on Moscow misfired; that Von Leeb will Dominion Parliament. During his He said the Toll Madrid Report Lays were suspended in September, Army flyers aboard the crashed 21- come here from their home, in Ta- had asked to be relieved of his Division's absence from Washington, joint municate with Congress, probably also Spanish receive full pay. Club were koma to take charge of into passenger Douglas Sky letter, early next week on the Park, Md., command, in the northern sector, Seizure to Free French un- British-American staffs plunged by In Soviet Put at The prisoner. Roland Lindsay, members of a ferry command re- and that a bill the body. where the siege of Leningrad ap- 10,000 more detailed consideration of the subject providing MADRID. Jan. 17 (£*).—'Three Axis der death sentence for criminal as- to the Pacific Coast for new has failed. By the Associated Press. wartime as defined during turning both the authorization and the ap- parently merchantmen have been seized by sault on a white girl here last sum- problems into LONDON, Jan. 17.—The Moscow the initial In some de- (See LOMBARD, Page 2-X.) propriation would be whipped a Free French destroyer in a raid mer, said Pvt. Jackson fired the meetings. the week. at a Glance radio, quoting a Pravda dispatch, were ready shape some time during Markets on the harbor of Santa Isabel, ifl shot, encouraged by Pvt. Bromley. tail. recommendations the House Card Scout's Wife Killed said today that the Spanish Blue Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. It will originate in Ap- NEW YORK, Jan. 17 UP non-belligerent Spain's island of Pvt. Knapp was charged before the for review by Division had suffered 10,000 cas- latter returned propriations Committee. Stocks lower; "blue chips” again COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 17 (^P).— Fernando Po, off the west coast of board with being absent from the Churchill when the Plane's Roster the wife of a ualties during the last three months. New Year's One of the requirements for retreat. Bonds depressed; rails Mrs. Walter Shannon, Africa, the newspaper Arriba as- cell block in his at the time from Canada on Day. the division charge benefits. Senator Bark- un- baseball scout for the St. The full strength of $24-a-week slip. Foreign exchange part-time serted today. of the alleged shooting, and Lt. United Nations Pledge. Lost Craft Had Crew men dis- was killed in a was listed as 19,000. ley said, will be that those changed. Cotton lower; commis- Louis Cardinals, Arriba, the official organ of the Johnson with failure to make a re- collision Mr. The division was recruited a few Within the next two days the placed by conversion of peacetime sion house liquidation and hedg- taxicab-truck today. Falange. the sole political party in port of Lindsay’s accusation against Of 19 in weeks after Germany attacked Rus- White House announced the joint 3, Passengers take a training course ing. Wool tops quiet; trade Shannon and Walter, jr., 8-year-old Nationalist indicated that Pvt. Jackson. The Trial Board con- plants Spain, the 26 United Na- son of the were injured. sia. declaration by BT tht Associated Press. (See JOBLESS PAY, Page 2-X.) buying. couple, Spain already may have made the cluded a three-day hearing on the tions that pledged them to full par- LOS ANGELES. Jan. 17—The seizures a diplomatic issue and charges yesterday. in the war with no sepa- crew and list warned that armed forces In the ticipation complete passenger Spanish announcing finding. Maj. to be made. rate peace or armistice on the which crashed near hereafter woqld fight to prevent Kelly said Pvt. Jackson will be trans- plane Odell About the same time, the announce- as announced today Approve such incidents. ferred to No. 12 precinct, Pvt. Brom- Las Vegas. Nev., Regents ment was made of of T. W. A.: neither the and appointment by Army authorities and The newspaper gave ley will go to No. 7 precinct and his staff As Backs' Coach Gen. Archibald Wavell Capt. Wayne Williams, 41. pilot, Badger names nor nationality of the ships Pvt. Knapp to No. 4 precinct, while the Press. to a joint supreme command for and N. Y. By the Associated said to have been It did not Lt. Johnson will be trans- Los Angeles Nyack, seizqd probably Southwest Pacific area. MADISON. Wis., Jan. 17.—Ap- when the action occurred. ferred from his duties with Morgan A. Gillette, 25, co-pilot, say present As the specialists took over new of Howard Odell of the The destroyer, it said, dropped the Traffic Division. Los Angeles. pointment phases of the deliberations, Mr. hostess, Kewanee, bombs to break the anchor At the same time, an- Alice Getz, 25. University of Pennsylvania coach- depth Maj. Kelly Churchill left Washington for a va- chains “of three of its enemy’s boats nounced that two members of the 111., and Los Angeles. staff as backfield coach of the cation in Florida, spending approxi- Lombard, 32, Hollywood. ing anchored there, seized them and gambling squad. Pvts. G. W. Millis Carole mately a week at the home of a K Peters, Holly- University of Wisconsin football towe& them out of port.” and G. M. Wilson, will be trans- Mrs. Elizabeth friend in that State. During this mother. the board of It declared the attack took place ferred ft duty for the “good wood, Miss Lombard's team was approved by patrol same interval, after he had delivered M-G-M His will be when the were ashore, the service.” Pvt. Millis will Otto Winkler, Hollywood, regents today. salary shipsfcofflcers of go his annual message on the state of that all crew representative. $5,000 a year. but that “It seems to No. 11 precinct and Pvt. Wilson Mr. Roosevelt publicity the Union to Congress, Mrs. Lois Hamilton, Lincoln Park, Odell will assume his duties Feb- (See VESSELS. Page 2-10 to No. 9, the superintendent said. (See STRATEGY, Page 2-X.) Mich. ruary 1. — V Second Lt. James C. Barham, Waco Tex 0. P.-Democrafic Second Lt. Stewart L. Swenson, of Star G. Unify Calif. Late Races Summary Today's Long Beach, First Lt. Robert E. Crouch. Mount Page. Page., Advances in weather forecasting re- Gov. Griswold Earlier Results and Entries for A-Z Urged by Washington Ky. Amusements, Radio.B-ll ported. Page D. Nelson, St. 2-X. the Associated Press. Second Lt. Charles Monday on Page B-12 Real BV Jan. 17 —Gov. Gris- Cloud. Minn. Estate —.B-l-4 and NEW YORK. Church Washington Vicinity. declared today First Lt. Hal Browne, jr., Lon* Commissioners name three rent wold of Nebraska Hialeah Park News -.At 12-15 Serial.A-1S could Beach, Calif. A-l that the Republican party Comics B-10-11 Society_- A-7 examiners. Page Second Lt. Kenneth P. Donahue, mi&:. store foils rob- serve best by “giving wholehearted 11.00 cl*t;00 Editorials — _A-« Sports_B-5-6 Grocery proprietor Mass. Calient Pley -McCreary- 19.80 to the prosecution of the Stoughton. (Rogers- B.30 Editorial Woman's bers. Page A-l support J. Rahtnee fi-80s.tji while remaining alert to “the Second Lt. Frederick Dittman, Brown Bomb -A-ll Filipino cab drivers give Red Cross war,” ^Pierson) Articles_A-9 ; Page and shortcomings of our Oakland. Calif. Knightfors. Ted- Page A-4 weaknesses Also* ran—P5sycholo:y. Financial —A-6 Where to 1400. Staff A. Nygren and der/ Htllblond. War Point. Bold Nelson. Juit at Democratic leadership.” Sergt. Edgar and Castigada. Notices. B-9 Distinguished guests expected F. brothers, Tourist, Suertero Legal po.A-5 In an address before the 21st Sergt. Robert Nygren, A-19 Red Mass. Page A-ll Dunbar, Pa. Obituary annual luncheon of the Women’s R. F. D. route No. 1, Merrill defends Capital Transit sys- tha National Club, the Ne- Pvt Nicholas Varsfflhine, Fair Grounds tem. Page A-ll Republican we are Bronx. N. Y. POURTH RACE—Purae. S600: claiming: Foreign. for on three braska Governor said fight-, 6 furlongs. Dates set hearings David C. 3-year-olds. ,_ the war “not as Republicans, not Staff Sergt. Tilghman, Countmeln (Barber- 8 60 4-60 3.60 Chinese slaying of tT. 8. mis- transit Issues. Page A-ll ing -George) 11.80 7.00 report shoulder Snow Hill. Md. Doctor Reder well” banks distributed for as Democrats—but fighting Quick Tool -Parisei 6.80 sionaries. by Japs. Page A-2 “Wishing Ameri- Sergt. Frederick P. Cook, Reids- o’ Dimes. A-ll to shoulder, as loyal patriotic Mile Page to N. C. Aioc'reV—Oslla court, Teco Tack. Goal Delegates hold informal conferences in traf- cans, willing to die if necessary ville, To Oo. Bien Asado. Burma and Quatre Four pedestrians injured Martin W. Tell- at Rio de Janeiro. Page A-3 ! our of life.” Pvt. (First class! Belle. fic. Page A-ll preserve way National. Gov. Griswold conceded that Re- kamp, Lamoille, 111. PIPTH RACE—Purse. SI .200: allow- LONDON.—CHURCHILL HOME AGAIN—Wearing a determined expression and smoking a big should be interested in Corpl. Milton B. Allrime, Phila- ances: 4-year-olds and upward: 1miles. Appointment of Knudsen to Army Miscellany. publicans Air Master (Deerlnt) 6.60 3.40 2.40 Prime Minister Churchill is met his wife in London after returning by flying A-ll the future of their party, but "we delphia. 60 cigar. by today hailed. Page A-l Nature’s Children. Page Idle Sun (Oeorge) 3.40 2 production post far more serious Sergt. Albert M. Belejchak, Brad- Chance Ten (Mora) 3.80 the United States and on A-l.) two Wisconsin Births and Deaths. Page A-ll are faced with boat from his epochal visit to Canada. (Story Page 11 persons slain in Pa. Time. 1:44 s. Licenses. Page A-ll problems.” dock, Also ran—Sun Lover. Alhalon. Birasla —A. P. Wirephoto by cable from London. family tragedies. Page X-X Marriage tnd Pari King. * ft _ ^ A 1