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TUESDAY, APRIL
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Anti-Axis Sabotage Sweeping Over
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JAPS GAIN IN BITTER BATAAN BATTLE
HOME BUILDING
NELSON WARNS
Scarcity of Heavy Durable Goods Seen; Substitutes
For Metals Banned.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (U. P.).— War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson said today that the Ameri- | can civilian eonsumers will find few, if any, heavy durable goods to buy in the coming months and that private construction of homes and buildings will come to a virtual halt. | Reporting that munitions production and war construction exceeded $2,500,000,000 in March, Mr. Nelson | with the same razor blade. said that after two months there] I said: “Yes.” would be little or no production of | That is how it started. consumers’ durable goods. because the others—well, frankly, He ruled out the use of scarce 1 plastics as substitutes for metals in| records. {3 heavy durable goods.
} March Arms output vp | EY
No exactly comparable figures for | war production in previous months | were immediately available from WPB. However, total federal ex-| .- penditures on the war effort in| . March were roughly $3.000,000,000,| which compared with about $1.000,-| : 000,000 spent for defense in March, 1941. and $2,000,000,000 in December. Conversion of more plants to war | production will speedily increase the | flow of guns, munitions, planes, tanks and ships. : “The next two or three months] will be a period of difficult adjust- | ment for the nation in general and | the industrial producers and em- | ployees engaged in the operations | which are restricted,” Mr. Nelson said at a press conference. Items Grow Scarce
“The American consumer will shortly find that many of the items which he would purchase in the normal course cannot be secured at all, or, at least cannot be secured | without recourse to rationing procedures.” He said the conversion orders already issued, and construction and | steel regulations to be issued short- Da-Da Da Dee ly, would change “the face of Ameri- | Umm Haa! : can industry.” He said the flow of | Okay. Mr. Hendeison. conversion orders showed the coun- | Put it away nice and careful like,
ment. Trailing spies? No. me and said: “Lewis, do you shave , ,
I said: “Yes!”
razor blade a week.” I said: “Yes ”
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| Gents, One Blade Just T0 HALT SOON, | YVor! Cut It 7 Days
Our Mr. Lewis Tried It and He's All in a Lather; Yep, He's Sprouting 4 Beard.
By RICHARD LEWIS I AM OPENING the pages of my private diary to reveal the harrowing events of the past seven days—days when every morning brought a new trial. Now, my experiment has ended.
Monday, March 30
TODAY, I WAS chosen for this difficult and dangerous assignHunting saboteurs? No.
. much » They said: “Well, Leon Henderson says we might be cut to one They said: “We want you to try shaving every day for one week See how it works out.” I knew I had been chosen for this task
shave much. Tomorrow, I begin the experiment,
No, neither one of these men is our Mr, Lewis. They are mem-
you an idea of the lines along which Mr. Lewis is thinking.
Tuesday, March 31
NO HOT WATER. The furnace is out. Now, for the blade, a clean, silvery sliver of bright steel. why they always put pictures of guys with whiskers on razor blade
Ahhhh! This is smooth. This is deluxe. Da-Da Da Dee . . . . . Deep in the Heart of Taxes .
All done. Dry it off. Wrap it up. Tomorrow
CHINA EXPECTS NEW FRONT IN NORTH EUROPE
‘Battle Aid to Russia Held Wisest Move; Believe
Japs Aim at India.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor
WASHINGTON, April 7.—The United States and Great Britain
are expected to open up a new | “battlefield” in northern Europe, alongside the Russians, according to reports from Chungking. The same sources expressed the opinion that Japan would strike at India and at Indian ocean lines of communications, mostly by sea and air, but would not attack Vladivostok or Siberia unless the expected German offensive against Moscow begins to make headway. The Japanese, at the same time, demand that German undertake an offensive against Suez and the Middle East, if not against Gibraltar and West Africa, further to occupy the attention of the Anglo-Amer-icans.
I can speak.
They came to
they don't look as though they I shall keep careful
Vast Network of Spies In the direction of Australia, the Japanese would likely confine themselves to cutting lines of communication and to bombing raids against Anzac-American bases. The Chinese have what is probably the vastest network of inform=ers of any nation in the world, inso- | far at least as Asia is concerned. There are 150,000,000 Chinese in the occupied area of China. Some /430;000.000 are in Manchukuo. MilSy lions more are semttereh through out the Bast Indies, Indo-China, Malaya and Burma. Afraid to Hit Siberia Japan cannot make a move anywhere from the Siberian border to Australia without being observed by Chinese spies. Japan, according to these reports, wants to get hold of the rich and comparatively industrial area sure rounding Calcutta if she can do so without too great an expenditure of troops and material. Otherwise she wishes to neutralize India and cut off aid to
But their luxurious beards give
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Good blade. Nice, new blade.
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Falla ls 2 Today
This little Falla is 2 today. The squirrel-chasing Scottie of the White House, who knows President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill so well he can tell you the color of their shoelaces, has been a part of more historic conferences than any human alive except his boss, the president. Time marches on, old Falla.
U. M. W. GETS FOR SAGRIFIGE PLEA
7-Day Week in War Plants
Termed Only Way to
Outproduce Axis.
DETROIT, April 7 (U. P).—A plea from President Roosevelt for “total sacrifice” in the war effort was transmitted to 1400 United Automobile Workers (C. I. O) representatives today by U, A. W.-C. I. O. President R. J. Thomas. Mr. Thomas read a letter from
ly [reports reaching ailied governments
trv had learned the first lesson of total war. which is “production for victory.” : The WPB chairman said that the standard of living is going to suffer because production is going to be stopped on the things which make up the items in the American way of life. The effects will be felt slowly until present stocks are exhausted. . He added that he believed the president's goals would be met by industry.
GIVES HOPEFUL VIEW OF U. S. PACIFIC AID
WASHINGTON, April 7 (U.P) — President Roosevelt today gave members of the Pacific war council what they described as a “very encouraging” review of American reinforcements of men and equipment that has been sent to various points in the Pacific war theater. British Ambassador Lord Halifax said after the hour and a half conference that Mr. Roosevelt, sitting
as chairman of the council, had pre-|
sented “a general review of what reinforcements the United States has moved to various points in the Pacific.” Halifax added that the meeting also was featured by “a good deal of talk about the allocation of munitions.”
OFFER YACHTS TO NAVY CHICAGO, April 7 (U. P.) —Midwest yachtsmen will place approximately 100 yachts at the disposal of the navy to provide training in practical seamanship on Lake Michigan for 1350 midshipmen and officers this summer, the navy announced today.
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is another day. ,
Wednesday, April 1
GOT UP LATE today. Can't hurry these things. went out again. | some more coal . . . ton. ... Da-Da Da Dee . . . Da-Da Da | Dee . . . Deep in the Heart of ! Taxes . . . Da-Da Da Dum . . . Hmmm. Pretty good today. Not bad, not bad. Sturdy little razor blade, that. Wipe it off carefully . . . put it away. Pretty neat shave. Well, | guess this isn't going to be so bad. Put the little blade away in secret. Place the iodine on it | so it won't fall in that crack back | of the cabinet. Thursday, April 2 UP BRIGHT AND early. The dog started to bark. What's got into that mutt? Guess she wants out. Well, no furnace today. | Ahh, my litt'e razor blade. Where are you, little razor blade?
Well,
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975,000 REGISTER FOR MAY PRIMARY
35,000 Below 1940 Total: Light Vote Seen.
Approximately 275.000 voters, 35,000 below the record 1940 figure, will be eligible to vote in the May § { primary, County Clerk Charles | Betinger said today. | This is far below the anticipated registration and political leaders { predicted that the primary vote] ‘would be light. | | An estimated 30,000 voters registered or transferred their reg-| istrations during the last month,’ 16000 on the final day yesterday. | Most of this number were trans-! | fers, officials said, estimating that jonly 8500 were new registrations | despite the eligibility of 24,000 | “first voters” and the county population increase due to many new | defense industries.
————————————— 2, FREIGHT HANDLERS RETURN | y| CHICAGO. April 7 (U. P.) —The|
‘A. F. of L. brotherhood of railway clerks and freight handlers today called off a brief walkout of £00 employees at the major car-load-' ing terminals which threatened to disrupt shipment of war materials.
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Take it easy. Something wrong with furnace. wonder if theyll send around a quarter of a ah, little razor blade, we meet again.
good excuse. I'm experimenting. No hot water.
Maybe I need
(China and Russia via the Indian Mr. Roosevelt emphasizing that “to |ocean, using mostly warships and overtake and outstrip axis produc-|
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On the War Fronts
April 7, 1942 PHILIPPINES: Heavy casualties admitted by both sides as new gains are made by Japs in Bataan.
INDIA: Major sea and air battle believed near in Bay of Bengal after bombing of towns in India.
BURMA: British withdraw northward closer to oil fields; American army air force units reach Burma,
AUSTRALIA: Allied air forces bomb Jap invasion bases on islands north of Australia.
LONDON: R. A. PF. continues raids on Ruhr and Rhineland. RUSSIA: Battle for air control intensified.
MAJOR BATTLE DUE NEAR INDIA
U. S. Planes Join in Hunt For Jap Naval Force in Bay of Bengal.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor A major sea and air battle for control of the Bay of Bengal and the approaches to India appeared at hand today as the war of the Pacific entered its fifth month, And the battles for Bataan and Burma thundered toward climaxes with the Japanese gaining ground af tremendous cost. Dispatches from battle zones indicated that British warships and air forces and presumably Ameri-
Army of Oppressed Is Fighting Germans
In Factories.
LONDON. April 7 (U, P)~—An underground army of oppressed peoples in Europe, including Germany and Italy, has started a reign of anti-axis sabotage, intelligence
claimed today. The reported wave of sabotage.
passive resistance and guerrilla
warfare. designed to hinder and harass the axis war plans by hitting at the war feeder factories and industries, was said to be spreading over much of the continent, Colonel Britton, the radio voice who for months has been calling on Europeans to prepare for this “battle at the work benches,” had previously given “orders” for the army to act. Guerrillas Are Rallied
“The time has come now to break new ground and start more offensive operations,” he told his listeners, who risk death in German-con-trolled territory to tune him in. Coincident with (his call for action the AN-Slay conference in Moscow appealed to the Slavs, Poles, Poles, Czechs, Slovenes, Croatians, Serbs and Macedonians to extend their guerrilla activities in every possible way. Almost immediately, reports claimed, “accidents” began to occur. Power stations were damaged, communications were broken, traffic was disorganized. The workers had been instructed to damage the armament they were compelled to make for axis armies, blow up bridges and derail troop | trains, and reports indicated the | saboteurs were carrying through on ‘a fairly large scale.
‘Accidents’ in Germany
Furnace |
{ found it in the shoebox.
Hmmm. Put it away in a secret place yesterday. Let's see. Over the window? No. Wouldn't leave a thing like that on the floor. Oh yes. Under the iodine. Yes, yes. Well, here we go again, little blade. Da-da Da Dee . . Da-Da Da Dee . , , Deep in the Heart of . . . whew! It bit me. Take it easy, now. Easy does it. Da-Da Dee. . . . Little rough going, this morning.
{| Nothing to be alarmed at. Noth-
ing to worry about. Just gotta watch the chin a little bit. All done. Well, can’t expect it to stay sharp forever. Put it away, now. Nut under the iodine. Too hard to find. Lessee. Oh yes, in the shoe shine box. Never use that + + + much.
Friday, April 3
WELL, IT'S BEEN a bad day. today. Just one of those days, vou know. Couldn't find that blade. Accused the party of the second part of using it to trim down the dog unjustly. Finally Swore I put it under the iodine bottle. Something happened to that blade. Somebody hammered on it. Worked like a saw. Thought I'd try drawing it through a cork. Said on the radio or somewhere to draw it through a cork. Tried it. Blade gets stuck in the cork, that's the trouble, gets all gritty
| with cork. Have softened up face | with hot cloths.
Da-Da Da Dee . . . Deep in the
Har . .. woo. Funny how a blade | . Or an ax with |
feels like a saw . . a chipped blade. Maybe, I shouldn’t have tried to sharpen it on the step. Doesn't look chipped. Well, hot cloths and cork didn’t do so good. Saturday, April 4 THE ENEMY INFLICTED
minor facial wounds today as the result of an impending nation-
wide shortage of razor blade steel.
Sunday, April 5 OF STIFF resistance, whiskers repulsed all forays.
Monday, April 6 IN THE EVENT razor blade
. steel is rationed to the extent of
one blade a week to each male ine: hive decided to grow a
| bombers. |tion, our munitions factories and | shipyards must operate on a sevenday week.” The letter was relayed to delegates of the war-conference after the union's international executive board had presented a ‘victory through equality of sacrifice” program under which labor would forego claims for double pay in exchange for a ban on all war profiteering. Fears Break on Output
“The provision in some union contracts, declaring double time or other premium pay for week-end and holiday work is quite understandable in peace time,” Mr. Roosevelt's letter said. “But in war time it puts a brake on production, it causes factories to close on Sundays and holidays. It helps our enemies.
Japan is said to be afraid to |tackle Siberia at this time because of a considerable Soviet army and ‘air force between Lake Baikal and the Pacific. :
Co-operate in Europe However, a Japanese attack would almost certainly follow any {weakening of the Siberian Red larmy to help the Russians in | Europe. | For that reason, according to |Gen. Yang Chieh, former head of the Chinese war college and onetime ambassador to Moscow, “the opening of a& new battlefield in northern Europe is obviously of the | greatest importance. There it would |be easiest for Britain, America and | Soviet Russia to co-operate.”
FOR MAY MEDIATE * DISPUTE OVER INDIA
Hint President Might Act to Bring Compromise. |
NEW DELHI, India, April 7 (U.| P.).—India’s Nationalist leaders] placed hopes for satisfaction of their independence demands today upon a possible mediation move by President Roosevelt after the British war cabinet’s reported refusal to give them real control over Indian defense. It became increasingly apparent, as the British-Indian negotiations {neared a crisis, that much depends upon the outcome of the talks here
“The Congress of Industrial Or- |
ganizations, acting concurren'ly with the American Federation of Labor, has wisely and patriotically recommended that double and pre-
mium time for work on Saturdays, |
Sundays and holidays, where such days fall within the normal work week, be given up for the duration of the war and that these days be (Continued on Page Six)
NATIONAL BANK CALL ASKS APRIL 4 STATUS
WASHINGTON, April 7 (U. P). —The comptroller of currency today issued a national bank call for their condition as of Saturday,
April 4.
The state department of financial institutions said today that there
by Mr. Roosevelt's personal envoy, {Louis A. Johnson. (In London, a pessimistic view was taken of Britain's ho of swinging India actively into the war jon the allied side. It was believed that a final decision in the New Delhi negotiations would come | within 48 hours—probably failure unless the Indian leaders accept | London's compromise offer of “cer (tain limited degrees of representa- | tion” in defense matters.)
7 FREIGHTERS ATTACKED
HAVANA, April 7 (U. P.).—The newspaper EI Mundo said today that seven freight steamers have
been torpedoed during the past 48
hours, six of them south of Cape Hatteras and one in Mona passage between Puerto Rico and the Do- | minican republic. The newspaper
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will be no state bank call at this | time.
HAMMOND, Ind. April 7 (U. P.. —Dr. E. Edward Hamilton, Dayton, Ind, physician, was expected to testify in his own behalf before a federal jury today, refuting charges that he administered a sleep-pre-venting and stimulative drug to a 30-year-old Dayton draft registrant so that he would fail an army physical examination. Dr. Hamilton is on trial for cone spiracy to evade selective service
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Although discretion is necessary in reporting the results, it is pos- | sible to reveal some of the things | accomplished by the underground army. A roundup of intelligence reports shows:
GERMANY: The Forback powder plant, one of the greatest, was forced to close down for several days after an “accident.” A series of explosions reportedly (Continued on Page Six)
can flying fortresses are searching the Bay of Bengal for a strong Japanese naval force that already has brought the war to two of India’s coastal cities in bombing attacks. + There was speculation that British warships might be moving up through the Indian ocean from the south to challenge the Japanese fleet in the Bay of Bengal. But in the first four months’ phase of the war in the Far East
R. A. F. AGAIN RAIDS the Japanese have attained marked naval superiority in the Pacific and
RUHR AND RHINELAND | it appeared that it would be up to
LONDON, April 7 (U.P.).—British| allied air power—particularly U. S. long range bombing planes attacked | bombers—to deliver the real chalthe Ruhr, chief center of German/ lenge. ‘war industry, last night and bombed | Flying fortresses already have dethe Rhineland industrial area for livered two heavy blows to the Japthe second straight night. | (Continued on Page Six) Extremely bad weather reduced | the scale of the attack. The British air ministry admitted that five bombing planes were missing.
o Ss On Inside Pages Weller on Java Box Score of Axis Ships Sunk. The War and You War Moves Today ........ vy China's Guerrilla Doctors
KNOX REPORTS SUB ATTACK REDUCTION
Fire Prevention Chief Is Burned |
BERNARD A. LYNCH, fire prevention chief, was in City hospital today because he was demonstrating how magnesium burns. The accident occurred during a demonstration before employees of the Light Metals foundry, 1100 E. 24th st, late yesterday. A change in the direction of the wind suddenly blew the blazing metal on Chief Lynch. He was burned on the face, arms and hands. His condition teday was fair.
Off Atlantic Coast.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (U. P). —Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said today that there was a sharp reduction in submarine attacks off the Atlantic coast last week, due in part to greatly strengthened anti-submarine measures by the navy. Secretary Knox told a press conference only one merchant ship—a tanker—was attacked
told the jury yesterday that Hamil |g ton gave him tablets’ to make him “highly nervous” and doubied the dose the following day when ‘the| first had no effect. ’ car Hill was indicted with Hamilton on the draft evasion charges, but pleaded guilty.
‘Navy Increases Vigilance
FILIPINO DEFENDERS LOSSES ARE HEAVY, PORTS ADMIT
Enemy Paying High Price for Success
In Drive.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (U. P.).—The Japanese have made new gains on Bataan peninsula in increasingly furie ous fighting that has caused heavy casualties to the U. S.Filipino defenders as well as to the Nipponese, the war department reported today.
In a communique issued as the Pacific war entered its fifth month, the department disclosed that for the third successive day the Jape anese invaders had made some headway against the valiant bug overwhelmingly outnumbered dee fenders. “Casualties were heavy on both sides,” today’s communique said. It was the first time since the Jape anese started their heavy attacks on Lieut. Gen. Jonathan M. Waine right’s lines that the official reports told of heavy losses to the Americane Filipino forces as well as the Jape anese. Big Guns Pound Forts
The communique said that the enemy continued attacks on the (center of Gen. Wainwright's line, |stretching across the 13-mile-wide peninsula from Manila bay to the China sea, throughout yesterday “with some success.” Japanese bombardment of Gen. Wainwright's rear lines and the south coast of Bataan, across a narrow strip of water from Core regidor fortress, “was particularly severe,” the communique added. A low-flying amphibian plane was destroyed on the water of Manila bay by am American anti-aircraft battery firing horizontally. Enemy artillery from the shore of |Cavite province across Manila bay from the tip of Bataan shelled Core regidor and Fort mittingly for two hours yesterday afternoon, the communique added, but caused no damage.
” Face Tough: Situation
The guns of American forts in the bay laid down an intense counters fire on Japanese mainland emplace= ments. For the fourth consecutive day there were no reports of aerial ate tacks on Corregidor. Military experts made no effort to hide the tough situation facing the defenders. Lieut. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, conqueror of Malaya (and Singapore, is throwing everything he can find at them—waves lof assault troops from his more than 200,000-man army, dive bombe 'ers, artillery, tanks, and sea-borne |75-mm, guns. Yamashita has attempted to land bharge-borne troops from the easte ern side on the Manila bay to come plete a pincer movement. Gen, Wainwright’s sharp-shooting beach defenders smashed two of these ine vasion tests.
Dutch Fight in Java
Today's communique disclosed {that two Netherlands forces “ot considerable size” are continuing to fight the Japanese -in the interior jungles and mountains of Java. The Dutch forces, one under Gen. Schilling and another under Gen, Pressman, are well supplied with food and munitions and “are ens gaging a considerable force of the enemy,” the communique said. This news of continued fighting on Japanese-occupied Java came from Australia where Dr. Hubertus Van Mook, acting head of the Nethe erlands Indies government, cone ferred with Gen. Douglas MacAre thur today.
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