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Yugoslav Rebellion
Is Growing, Axis
Reports Indicate
Serb Patriots Declared
To Be Organized in Two
Groups of 10,000 Each
By the Associated Press.
AT THE GERMAN FRONTIER,
Feb. 10.—Axis efforts to crush Bal
kan warfare waged against them by
Yugoslav patriots have failed utter
ly, and reports even from German
and Italian sources yesterday in
dicated the movement was growing.
There Is no reliable estimate about
the size of Gen Draga Mihailovic’s
forces operating in South Serbia and
Bosnia, but reports in the Belgrade
and Zabreg press indicate the army
is increasing.
Reports reaching Budapest re
cently said the patriots were organ
ized into two groups of about 10,000
each. These were broken into small
er units and scattered throughout
the country. Some reports said the
patriots even had a small air force,
operating from hidden fields in the
mountains.
Regulars’ Losses Hidden.
The extent of their operations is
Indicated by reports appearing in
the Yugoslav press every day or so
claiming 50 to 100 “Communists”
were killed by regular troops.
These dispatches never give losses
of the regulars, but sometimes there
are references to a district chief or
some other leader being killed.
There also are references to officials
visiting hospitals in Bosnia where
soldiers wounded in guerrilla war
fare were being treated.
The extent of Axis losses was sug
gested by the fact that the Italians
reported they alone had 388 soldiers
killed and 487 wounded in the ugo
slav area in December.
Within one week the Belgrade
newspaper Novo Vreme reported
three battles in which 160 irregulars
were killed.
Train Schedules Changed.
Railroads have been forced to
change schedules of trains between
Sofia, Bulgaria and Belgrade so the
trains may travel entirely in day
light. Each train is accompanied
by a detachment of German soldiers
armed with machine guns. As
another precaution, the trains are
preceded about a half mile by a
Serbian locomotive carrying soldiers.
Many sections of railways in in
terior Yugoslavia have been closed
completely because the lines were
cut by the patriots. The director
of railways at Sarajevo announced
recently that the line from there
to Dubrovnik had been removed,
but that the section between Tastva
and Bilece still was closed while
troops were cleaning up the area.
Nazis Expected to Press
Bulgars to Send Troops
JERUSALEM, Feb. 10 (£>).—Ut
most pressure will be applied by a
special German military mission ex
pected shortly in Sofia to induce the
Bulgarian Government to send
three additional Bulgar divisions
into Yugoslavia, well-informed Bal
kan circles in the Near East re
ported last night.
The Germans want the Bulgars
to replace their own occupation
division* which are badly needed in
Russia.
The Bulgarian Government was
reported to be aware that renewed
fieavy fighting with the Serbian
mountain fighters must be expected
in the springtime and is reported
unwilling to send more of its own
troops because fighting against the
Serbs is extremely unpopular among
the Bulgars.
Red Cross War Fund
Grows Substantially
A restaurant worker who remem
bered as a former soldier the serv
ices of the Red Cross to the Na
tion’s armed force* in the First
World War was among those today
who helped swell the total of con
tribution* thus far to the District
Red Cross War Fund Campaign.
He is Peter Damelatis, of 1203
Good Hope road S.E., and his gift to
the fund was $100.
Washington newspapers also were
doing their part in the drive. Red
Cross headquarters reported a gift
of $2,500 from the Evening Star
Newspaper Co., and contributions
of $500.25 from Star employes.
Partial returns from Washington
Daily News employes reached
$126.40, while Washington Post
workers have donated $2528 at this
stage of the campaign.
Contributions from various Gov
ernment departments are reaching
substantial proportions. From the
Navy Department came $4,061.72
yesterday. Other Federal contribu
tions listed were: War Production
Board, $1,862.51; General Account-,
lng Office, $1,093.65; Federal Works
Agency, $92593; Treasflry Depart
ment, $428.42; Federal TJ-ade Com
mission. $401.10; Commerce Depart
ment, $977.33; Panama Canal Of
fice, $300; War Department, $22795;
United States Compensation Com
mission, $207.25; National Archives,
$33095; and Securities and Ex
change Commission, $52.25. Em
ploys of the District Government
gave $109.56 yesterday.
Other gifts included $250 from the
management of the National Capital
Press and $210.50 from its workers;
$145 from employes of the General
Electric Supply Co.; Charles G.
Stott & Co., $100; Connecticut Pie
Co., $178, Including $150 from the
firm and $28 from employes; Capi
tol Association, Inc., $25, and the
Hammett Co., $78.
From Charleston, S. C., Ensign
John F. Kennedy, son of Joseph B.
Kennedy, former Ambassador to
Great Britain, sent a gift of $25.
Meanwhile, Miss Caroline E.
Thomson, director of instruction,
Home Nursing Service, announced
organization of another home nurs
ing class to meet Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 10 am. to noon at
Walsh House, 2020 Massachusetts
avenue N.W., beginning Thursday.
Mrs. Dorothy Vane will be the in
structor.
Tire Theft Bill Pessed
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 10 (IP).—
The New Jersey State Assembly
gave final enactment yesterday to
a bill making automobile tire thefts
high misdemeanors punishable with
a mn'r1lTllim of seven years im
prisonment and $2,000 toe. The
measure now goes to Gov. Charles
Edison.
I
PANAMA SUPPLY ROAD OPENED—These Army vehicles are pictured making their way over
the 7-mile stretch of makeshift road built in two weeks by Army engineers to complete a supply
route across the Istlynus of Panama. Capt. Robert Bruskln, a former member of The Star’s
staff, is at left in leading car. The rough link will serve until completion of the paved trans
isthmian highway, expected in April if weather conditions are favorable. —A. P. Photo.
I
U. S. Navy Vanguard
Reported Reaching
New Zealand
Troops Declared Landed
At Way Stations Along
Route From Hawaii
(The following report to the
Christian Science Monitor was
cleared direct by cable from Wel
lington, New Zealand, where an
Allied censorship is in force.)
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Feb. 10.—The arrival
at Wellington, New Zealand, of
the vanguard of a United States
naval force was reported today to
the Christian Science Monitor by
its correspondent, Joseph C.
Harsch, who described also the
landing of American reinforce
ments at “way stations along the
route” from Pearl Harbor.
In a copyrighted story, Harsch
told of his landing at Wellington
from a destroyer, described as the
first unit of Admiral Herbert F.
Leary’s American forces. He said
the landfall was reached even before
the public announcement of Admiral
Leary’s appointment to command all
allied forces in the Anzac area.
The Monitor’s correspondent said
he traveled part of the way from
Pearl Harbor with the forces which
attacked the Japanese mandated
Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Then
he changed to another unit by
breeches buoy in mid-Paciflc.
Spend Many Days on Islands.
Therefore, he said, he “spent many
days among the tropic islands, where
ships well known to the luxury trade
poured American reinforcements
into way stations” along the 4,000
mile route from Hawaii to New Zea
land. After describing the waving
of hats and flags as the destroyer
came into Wellington Harbor at 23
knots, Mr. Harsch added:
"Behind the color of this little act
in a great drama lay a symbol of
an important American victory. The
battle of the supply line from Amer
ica’s factories to the Par Pacific bat
tle front has been won. Japan has
suffered its first serious reverse. An
American admiral commands the
terminus.of the supply route. The
way stations have been secured.
Bluejacket^ are here. And the way
is open for reinforcements and the
vital weapons of war.”
No Battleships in Group.
The correspondent said he left
Pearl Harbor on an airplane car
rier, accompanied by destroyers and
cruisers, but that “no battleships
encumbered swift movements.”
One night, he said, the Japanese
radio announced the sinking of the
force with which he was sailing, in
cluding the aircraft carrier. At sun
up, he added, he climbed to the sky
control and found the entire force
intact. He added:
."The Japanese literally did noth
ing to interfere with the original
mission of this force, which was to
cover the movements of reinforce
ments to way stations along the
supply route. It was life built around
planes from the launching of the
dawn patrol when the dark deck far
below suddenly came to life with jets
of licking blue flames until nignt,
when-the last patrols came in to a
dusk-darkened ship and we rode
along to another dawn.
The moment came to choose be
tween remaining with the force for
an attack on the mandated Mar
shall Islands or taking a chance on
getting to the Par East. The breeches
buoy carried us to a destroyer and
a destroyer to a tropic island. There
we lived among natives whose homes
are thatched domes on stilts and
watched with them in awe as Amer
ican forces moved into places where
Robert Louis Stevenson has in the
past been the major link with the
outside world. Next only to a carrier
is the excitement of traveling on- a
destroyer. Our final leg of the
journey was in a world of speed driv
ing through everything. • * •
Morale Called Excellent.
"Through it all one acquires a
tremendous admiration for these
American boys. I never saw better
morale anywhere. It’s pure Amer
ica at its finest from our jaunty
skipper who could make a destroyer
behave like a racing car, down
through the crew, who knew he
could do anything and would do any
thing for him. They are young and
fine and eager without bravado. They
behave here in this port with a deep
respect for those who have been
carrying the load for two years, with
humility but with assurance.
"Japan won the first blow at Pearl
Harbor. But Japan lost the battle
of the supply lines for our destroyer
was only one unit What els* Ad
miral, Leary commands is a closely
guarded military secret. But as an
eyewitness to the whole vast pro
ceeding spreading over thousands
of miles of ocean I feel completely
confident that whenever the lntial
enemy thrust can be stopped the
final result Is only a matter of time.
Our materials can get through and
our factories are producing.”
Mr. Harsch said he was not privi
leged to tell what had happened
since the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, but that it would make
"every citizen of the Allied Nations
lift their chins a notch.”
Long Lines of Communication.
“What can be said,” he added, “is
that during this period long lines of
communication vital to ultimate
success have been nailed down hard
with reinforcements and ceaseless
naval patrols and hard jabs at
enemy points of attack until today
the channels are wide open and
Japan is only beginning to feel the
full potential impact of American
might.
“Japan’s best guaranty of victory
was to close that line. Japan still
is capable of delivering powerful
blows from its inner lines of com
munication. But American forces
already have won the battle of ac
cess to the Par Pacific.”
The Monitor correspondent said
the destroyer which carried him into
Wellington arrived a full day ahead
of schedule. The secrecy of the op
eration prevented any major demon
stration at the outset, he said. But
when the bluejackets went ashore
they “had difficulty in spending any
money.” Hotels gave them free
meals and citizens took them into
their homes. The crew, he said,
agreed it was the best port they had
touched in many months.
Gateway Citizens' Action
On Salvage Is Promised
Emphasizing the necessity for
civilian co-operation, Charles A.
Appleby called on the National Gate
way Citizens’ Association last night
to support the District of Columbia
Salvage Committee's conservation
campaign.
Mr. Appleby praised the work of
the city in collecting paper, totaling
100,000 tons, but said that perhaps
even more serious was the metal
shortage.
The association was asked to name
a chairman and several committee
men to organize collections of all
kinds of paper and "junk.” Alvin
Minetree, president, promised ac
tion.
William Thomas’ motion to change
a bus stop at South Dakota avenue
and Bladensburg road was sent back
to the committee after it was
brought out the plan would cause
the buses to break a traffic regula
tion.
Dietrich Egbers reported that the
lack of an adequate sewage system
had caused the basements of several
neighborhood houses to become
flooded with ororous water. Mr.
Egbers also reported on the air-raid
warden situation, which hwas de
scribed as having only half enough
men. A plea for volunteers for a
housing group was made by Mrs.
Marie Cuthbertson Nold, who said
that in one sector there had been no
volunteers at all.
Everett Evans introduced a resolu
tion backing the Federation of
Citizens’ Associations in opposing
the disbandmeift of the Accident
Investigation Squad.
Seven Axis Nationals
Seized by F. B. I. at
White Sulphur Springs
Agents Silent on Whether
Waiters Had Dealings
With Interned Envoys
By the Associated Press.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Feb.
10.—Six German waiters and an
Italian baker employed at White
Sulphur Springs, internment
point for Axis diplomats and
newspapermen, were brought
here today under arrest as “dan
gerous enemy aliens.”
Field Agent R. J. Untreiner of the
Huntington F. B. I. refused to com
ment on whether the prisoners had
been arrested because of dealings
with the interned officials.
Mr. Untreiner said the men would
be taken today to immigration and
naturalization authorities in Cin
cinnati.
500 Diplomat* Interned.
Some 500 German and Italian dip
lomats and newspapermen, with
their families, were interned at
fashionable White Sulphur Springs
shortly after the outbreak of the
war.
Some of the waiters had worked
at hotels there, in Florida and in
New York since coming to this coun
try between 1925 and 1933. Two
have brothers in the German Army.
The Italian had worked at the re
sort since coming to the United
States in 1905 or 1906.
Mr. Untreiner also disclosed the
arrest last week in Fayette County,
W. Va., of an Austrian, Wasil Dzab
niak, 55, for failure to surrender to
police a powerful radio set that
"could have been converted into a
transmitter.”
Suspects Identified.
Mr. Untreiner identified the seven
taken at White Sulphur Springs as:
Erich George Ohlendorf, 33;
Joseph Krautlager, 33; Cornelius
Otto Kultner, 52; Hobert Ernst, 36;
Hans Hensel, 37; George Gustav
Amthor, 40, and Guy Gertuzzi, 46,
the Italian.
Mr. Untreiner said Hensel has one
brother in the German Army and
Amthor has four. Both may face
criminal proceedings on charges of
illegal entry, he added.
Mrs. Hanna Piggott
Funeral Service Held
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PURCELLVILLE, Va, Feb. 10.—
Funeral services were held at the
Friends Meeting House in Lincoln
today for Mrs. Hanna Piggott, 47,
active in club work here, who died
early Sunday at the Winchester
Memorial Hospital. Burial was in
the Lincoln Cemetery.
Mrs. Piggott was a native of
Loudoun County and had lived
here for the last 20 years. She was
a member of the Purcellville Wom
an’s Club, the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union and the Friends
Meeting in Lincoln. She attended
the Woman’s College at Richmond.
A brother, Shirley T. Piggott,
survives.
Weather Report
(Furnished hr the United States Weather Bureau.
District ol Columbia—Light rain mixed with snow at times, not quite
so cold tonight; gentle winds.
Maryland—Light snow in west and light rain mixed with snow In
east portion, not much change in temperature tonight.
Virginia—Occasional light rain tonight lightly mixed with snow in
west and north portions, somewhat colder in southwest and not quite so
cold in east portion tonight.
West Virginia—Occasional light snow tonight, somewhat colder in
west portion.
River Report. V
Potomac and Shenandoah River* muddy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac very muddy at
ureat Falls today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _ 4:07 a.m. 5:13 a.m.
Low_10:46 am. 11:57 a.m.
High _ 4:44 p.m. 6:47 p.m.
Low _ - 11:38 p.m. -
The San and Moon.:
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today_ 8:06 6:39
Sun, tomorrow_ 8:05 6:40
Moon, today . 3:38 a.m. 2:02 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation. ..
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Csnital (current month to date):
Month. 1942. Average.. Record
January __ 1.90 3.55 7:83 .37
February 0.96 3.27 6.84 '84
March ..._ — 3.75 8.84 ’91
Anrll -- 3.27 9.13 ’89
May — 3.70 10.69 ’89
June -__ 4.13 10.94 ’00
July _ _ 4.71 10.63 ’86
August _r?_ 4.01 14.41 ’28
September___ 3.24 17.45 ’34
October .. 2.84 8.81 ;37
November- - 2.3 < 8.69 89
December .... ... 3 32 7.56 ’01
Report In Last Si Honrs.
Temperature.
Yesterday. Degrees.
4 p.m.-38
Sf&SirhVUIZIZlimilllllll. 31
*«= ---- IS
Record for Last 24 Hours.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 39. at 5:20 P.m. yesterday.
Year ago. 38.
Lowest, 27, at 6:45 a.m. today. Year
ago, 21.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 86, on January 18.
Lowest, 8 on January 11.
Humidity for Lust 24 Hours.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 42 per cent, at 1:30 a.m. toSty.
Lowest, 23 per cent, at 1:30 p.m. y*s
terday.
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Temperatores In Various Cities.
Temperature*.
Lowest Highest Preclplta
. . last 24 last 12 tion last
' hours, hours. 24 hours.
Albuquerque. N. Me*. 48 32
Atlanta, Ga. _ 54 37 _
Boston. Mass._ 30 17 _
Buffalo. NY. 21 4
Chicago. III. _ 28 25 0.10
Cleveland. Ohio_ 29 22
Detroit. Mich. 22 19
Port Worth. Te*._ 54 35 -
Kansas City. Mo. ... 38 28
Louisville. Ky.- 36 80 0.11
Memphis, Tenn. __ 48 40 0.11
Miami. Yla. 1 - ... 73 58
Mpls.-St. Paul. Minn. 28 22 _
New Orleans, La. — 87 65 0.58
New York. N. Y._ 84 18
PhUodelphiaw-Pm.- 35 2i
Pittsburgh. Pa.- f? 24
8t. Louts, Me._ 34 29 O.If
Washington. J?. C, — 39 27
British Subs Sink
Axis Supply Ship,
Torpedo 2 Others
Nazis Claim Bomb Hits
On Cruiser, Destroyer
And Two Transports
Bit the Associated Pres*.
LONDON, Feb. 10. —British
submarines "have sunk one Axis
supply ship and torpedoed two
others, one of which almost cer
tainly sank, in new attacks on
enemy transport lanes in the
Mediterranean, the Admiralty
announced today.
Each of the ships was in a sep
arate convoy, the Admiralty said,
and in three attacks the British
submarines struck despite heavy
protection for the convoys, includ
ing planes.
The communique said:
• "Three more successful attacks
on enemy convoys in the central
Mediterranean have been carried
out by submarines of the Medit
erranean Fleet.
"A large and heavily laden sup
ply ship which was escorted by an
armed merchant cruiser has been
torpedoed and sunk.
“A medium-sized supply ship, the
largest ship of three in a convoy,
heavily escorted by aircraft and de
stroyers, has been torpedoed and
almost certainly sunk.
"From another convoy of three
ships escorted by five destroyers
and aircraft, one torpedo hit was
scored on a supply vessel. The re
sult of this attack was not ob
served.”
An official spokesman said that
of the 18.000 casualties to Brltsh
forces in the battle of Libya dis
closed last month by Prime Min
ister Churchill 2,908 were known
to have been killed.
Germans Attack Convoy
West of Matruh, Egypt
(This dispatch was sent from an
enemy country, whose motive In re
leasing news is likely to be propaganda.
Axis claims should be credited only
when confirmed by American or Allied
sources.)
BERLIN (Prom German Broad
casts), Feb. 10 UP).—German bomber
formations, attacking a strongly
protected British convoy west of
Matruh, Egypt, scored hits on a
light cruiser, a destroyer and two !
big transports, It was officially an
nounced today.
The announcement said they were
so seriously damaged that they pre
sumably were lost.
Three British planes were re
ported shot down in air battles over
the African front, while Nazi
bombers and dive-bombers were said
to have attacked air bases, transport
columns and supply depots both in
Libya and Northern Egypt.
A German flight sergeant, Pilot
Lueth, was credited with bringing
down three British bombers in one
hour, to raise his total of air vic
tories to 29.
Malta and Alexandria
Raided, Italians Say
< Thu dispatch wn sent from an
enemy country, whose motive In releas
ing news Is likely to be propaganda.
Axis claims should be credited only
when confirmed by American or Allied
sources.)
ROME (From Italian Broadcasts),
Feb. 10 UP)-—The Italian high com
mand reported today that torpedo
carrying planes In the Eastern Medi
terranean hit a British heavy cruiser
while Axis planes once more raided
the British bases at Malta and Alex
andria.
In Libya, the Italians said, clashes
between British and Italian advance
detachments near Ain El Gazala
“have ended to our advantage,” while
air formations bombed and ma
chine-gunned large motorized enemy
concentrations “with good success.”
The communique added that a
large number of motor vehicles were
destroyed.
German fighter planes shot down
11 British planes without losses to
their own, the Italians added.
The raid on Alexandria was car
ried out last night “with good suc
cess,” the communique said.
The Italians acknowledged British
air raids on several Greek localities,
which they said caused the destruc
tion of several dwelling houses and
left 11 civilians dead and 11 injured.
The attack on the British heavy
cruiser was said to have been made
when the torpedo-carrying planes
sighted an escorted British convoy.
British Patrols Active
Again West of Tobruk
CAIRO, EgyptfPeb. 10 (^.—British
patrols were active again over a
wide area on a general line from
Tmimi to El Mechili some 50 miles
to the west of Tobruk, but there was
no close fighting with Axis forces, a
British communique said today.
The scouting was in the same
area that British patrols scoured
yesterday and marked the third
successive day in which no Axis
advance had been scored.
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The population of Argentina is1
roughly equal that of New York 1
State. I
LATEST PHOTO OF GEN. Mac ARTHUR—This excellent close
up of Oen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United States
forces in the Philippines, was made at his headquarters In
Manila shortly before the Pacific war began.
—A. P. Photo from March of Time.
House Unanimously Approves
MacArthur Boulevard Proposal
The House today unanimously
passed and sent to the Senate a bill
changing the name of Conduit Road
in the District to Mac Arthur Boule
vard In honor of Gen. Doublas Mac
Arthur, leader of the heroic de
fenders of the PhlUippines. Action
came 24 hours after approval of the
legislation by the District Commit
tee.
Chairman Randolph told the
Hankin and Cabmen
Seek to Iron Out
Pickup Difficulties
Arrangements to Permit
Loading at Curb in
Congested Areas Urged
Seeking to iron out wrinkles in
the emergency taxicab “pickup"
service, Gregory Hankin, chairman
of the Public Utilities Commission,
today suggested "riding clubs” for
apartment houses and agreed that
special arrangements to allow
drivers to stop at curbs in con
gested areas must be made.
Mr. Hankin was to meet with
cab officials this morning to see
how the experiment in transporta
tion was functioning and_to help
clear up difficulties.
Cab drivers found yesterday aft
ernoon, according to John H. Royer,
jr., president of the District Taxicab
Association, that the line-up of
buses at such points as the Navy
Building kept cabs from pulling to
the curb long enough to pick up
passengers.
Instead, he said, the cabs had to
keep moving in the main line of
traffic and made a number of one
passenger trips. The drivers lost
money on such an arrangement, i
since the ordinary first zone fare is
30 cents and second zone fare is 40 |
cents. The "pickup” service is 20
cents per passenger.
Mr. Royer suggested emergency
loading zones. Vj. Hankin, agreeing
that some arrangement had to be
made, said cab drivers should not
be allowed to linger at the curb at
congested points but should have a
long enough time and space at the
curb to load their cabs.
Cab drivers have been requested to
keep a record of the number of pas
sengers they haul during the hours
when the “pickup” service is in op
eration. They have been making
oral reports to their companies and
wil^ probably hand in the written
records Saturday when they make
their weekly trip into their offices
to get their insurance stickers.
In the meantime, however, heads
of the cab companies operating
under the experimental arrange
ment will meet tomorrow morning
at Mr. Royer’s office.
On the basis of oral reports from
drivers, the company heads will de
termine what neighborhoods need
cabs at 7:30 a m. and what neigh
borhoods could use them at a later
period of the morning rush. Mr.
Royer said he was hoping that by
getting a cross-section of drivers’
reports they could work out a better
distribution of the cabs.
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House Conduit road “lies in a beau
tiful part of Northwest Washington”
and giving it the name of Mac
Arthur would in a small way pay
tribute to the leader of the Philip
pine forces.
Representative Luther Johnson,
Democrat, of Texas, who sponsored
the bill, said he had received a num
ber of letters from Maryland resi
dents suggesting that the name of
the road beyond the District line to
Great Falls, Md., also be changed to
Mac Arthur boulevard.
Representative Randolph ex
plained that already he had sug
gested to Representative Byron,
Democrat, of Maryland that steps
be taken by Maryland authorities to
make the change.
“I know Gen. MacArthur will ap
preciate the honor,” remarked Rep
resentative Rich, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, “but we know if he
had his choice, he would ask for
more guns, more men and more am
munition to get the Japs out of the
Philippines.”
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Hearings Slated on Bill
To Control Parking Fees
Chairman Schulte of a House
District subcommittee announced
today he would start public hear
ings the latter part of this week
on the Dirksen bill, which would
give the Public Utilities Commis
sion authority to control fees
charged by operators of commercial
garages and public pafking lots.
The legislation was referred to
Mr. Schulte’s subcommittee yester
day by the District Committee.
Representative Dirksen, Republi
can, of Illinois, sponsor of the bill,
has contended that fees for park
ing cars are “excessive.”
He also has suggested that the
central part of the Mall from Third
to Fourteenth street be converted
into a parking area during the war
for the accommodation of the cars
of 25,000 Government war workers,
| who would be allowed to park there
all day without paying anything.
Two Workers Burned
In Streetcar Plow Pit
Two workmen were burned, one
seriously, yesterday while making a
connection test in a streetcar plow
pit in the 2300 block of Georgia
avenue N.W., police reported.
Earl L. Collins, 35, of McLean,
Va., was admitted to Garfield Hos
pital with second-degree burns of
the face. F. S. Melvin of 430 First
street N.W. was released after treat
ment for bums of the face and
hands.
Pearl Harbor Data
Found in Nazi Spy's
Effects, Trial Told
Letter Telling of Strong •
Troop Concentration
Is Read to Jury
By the Auocltted Pre*».
NEW YORK, Peb. 10—A letter
containing many details about the
defenses of Pearl Harbor and the Is
land of Oahu which the writer said
“will be of Interest mostly to our
yellow allies” was found In the ef
fects of a man described by the
Government as a German master
spy, Federal agents testified yester
day.
The man was identified as Capt.
Ulrich von der Osten, who arrived
in San Francisco from Japan and
China early in 1941. and was killed
in a Times Square taxicab accident
months later. He traveled on a
Spanish passport as Julio Lopez.
A large photographic enlargement
of the letter, undated and written on
the stationery of an American Pres
ident liner, was displayed to a Fed
eral Court Jury sitting in the trial
of six men and a woman on charges
of espionage conspiracy.
Refers to Strong Forces.
The letter referred to "strong
concentration of troops of all kinds.”
asserted questioning "can’t be done
too openly” because of the presence
of F. B. I. officers on Oahu, and told
how many naval units were re
portedly in Pearl Harbor and the
rest of the island.
"This will be of Interest to our
yellow allies,” the letter said. "Are
you interested? Might be good idea
to dispatch observer if you are.
Want me to find somebody? • • •
Seems to be still better to send
somebody to Puerto Rico”
One Government witness was Din
nies von der Osten of Denver, who
is under detention as an enemy alien
and who identified him self as Ul
rich von der Osten's brother.
He said he saw his brother, then
an officer on the German Army
general stall, in Germany in 1937
and had received a letter from him,
signed Lopez, which he destroyed.
Didn’t Want to Know Business.
Last March, the witness said, he
saw his brother in both Denver and
New York, but "I told him not to
teU me his business, I didn’t want
to know."
Von der Osten said he was noti
fied of his brother’s death by a
cable from his father in Germany
which said that "Ulrich met with a
mortal accident.”
Mrs. Loney Harris, a distant rela
tive of Kurt Frederick Ludwig, one
of the defendants, and lormer
owner of a Manhattan delicatessan
store, said Ludwig had left a suit
case at her home and instructed her
to forward his mail to a post office
box.
She identified papers and photo
grahps of ships in New York Har
bor which were taken from the suit
case. One showed a destroyer en
route to the Navy yard.
A bank representative testified
that Ludwig opened a checking ac
count in 1940 and deposited a total
of $2,302. On July 27, 1941, he re
ceived a credit of $2,000 from a Swiss
bank.
915 Killed in Africa
This Year, Rome Reports
By the Associated Press.
ROME (From Italian Broadcast),
Feb. 10.—The Rome radio, quoting
the official Italian gazette, today
gave the Italian losses since the be
ginning of 1942 in North Africa as
915 killed, 1,760 wounded and 9,279
missing.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate;
May pass on $500,000,000 China
loan appropriation.
Joint Committee on Reduction of
Expenditures hears Farm Bureau
officials testify on Farm Security
Administration.
Agriculture Committee considers
legislation to prevent sale of Gov
ernment crop surpluses at sub-parity
prices.
House:
Routine legislation.
Small Business Committee hears
War Production Board official on
scrap metal situation.
Rules Committee considers legis
lation for Women’s Auxiliary Corpa
and extension of Dies Committee.
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