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BROOKLYN EAGLE, MONDAY, JAN. 26, 1942 JAPS CAPTURE 1,200 DEFENSE FAMILIES TO LIVE AT CLINTON HILL New Housing Project Designed to Withstand Possible Air Raids Unity of All Armed Forces Demanded in Congress Washington, Jan. 26 (U.R) either the Army or the Navy finds. The procedure probably will be Two influential House Repub-, charge in this report, either the determined In consultation with the llcans RfDresentatives Hamil- ecretary of War or NavV white House, although Early indi- a v.iuji-uitn uai 1,1 atj uiin. LA'ii vi 1 a mi, iwuiw: i-ii, ill nut uci" tun rnn ui t'i iv ctuu nra sonally order a court martial tsel Mi sidViw4 a CsM riXv vvoa vin Maas of Minnesota, today don.t kn(W of anv "Clinton Hill the large-scale, garden-type, defervse housing project planned in Brooklyn by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, will be located action fcany attitude that the cauea ior a iun vongrcssiun! here." Early said, "and the Sec- 1 White, House already made investigation of the Japanese reiaries of War and Navy havsj plain l' position ith regard to copies of the Roberts report.

They jKimmel and Short. attack on Pearl Harbor. on Clinton Ave. at Lafayette and Willoughby Aves. administer the Army and Navy for Rep.

Melvin J. Maas. This was announced today by ANCHOR OF WEST MALAYAN LINE British Overwhelmed In Batu Pahat Battle -R. A. F.

Races to Aid Singapore, Jan. 26 (U.R) Japanese shock troops have stormed and captured Batu Pahat, anchor of the British left flank, on the West Malaya coast 60 miles from the Tebrau Strait which separate Singapore Island from the peninsula, a General Headquarters communique admitted today. Imperial forces fought fiercely to stop the Japanese, the communique said, but were pressed back from the town by overwhelmingly superior numbers. British Imperial planes at once raced to the support of the Imperial forces and subjected military targets in the Batu Pahat to a heavy attack. Large fires were started over the target area, the communique said.

Blast Lnmpnr Airdrome British planes also bombarded the Kuala Lumpur and Muar areas up the west coast. It was asserted that the airdrome at Kuala Lumpur, in Thomas I. Parkinson, president of senior Republican member of the House Naval Affairs Committee a nd a reserve Marine officer, was first up for unification. that institution, at a luncheon In the President and each has his own Judge advocate general." The Roberts board's report of preparedness misplays at Hawaii brought numerous Congressional demands that the two accused service chieftains be tried, as well as "The report on the Pearl Harbor I tragedy," he told the United Press. i aemonstratea the need for a uni demands for unification of land.

ne4 command fr Hawaiian sea and air command in war the Washington. Jan. 26 (UB The Praii Harbor report today touched off Congressional demands for unity of United States land, air and sea commands in theaters of and may bring formal court martial of the top American offi-' cers at the Hawaii station at the "time of the Jap attack. The report by the board headed by Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts brought pressure from Senators and Representatives that as a minimum assurances be given that the Army and Navy will co-ordinate their action at key po-tit ions.

"They were relieved of command, "weren't they?" Early replied. "They "still are relieved of command, aren't "If the judge advocate general of his honor at the Hotel Bossert. The luncheon was given by George V. McLaughlin, president of the Brooklyn Trust Company, on behalf of Edward C. Blum of Abraham Straus and Edwin P.

Maynard of the Brooklyn Trust Company, who constitute the Brooklyn committee of the board of directors of the Equitable. As outlined, the project will provide housing for approximately 1.200 defense workers and their families. It calls for the construction of from 10 to 15 apartment buildings of 12 to 14 stories, completely fireproofed and to practices evolved from London's war experience. Near Navy Yard outpost, a move I have recommended for over four years." The report generally was greeted as a "full and frank" document which would give the American people full confidence In their leaders. But Senator C.

Wayland Brooks 111.) said steps should be taken to determine why the War and Navy Departments consented to NEW BROOKLYN HOUSING PROJECT Clinton Hill as Equitable Life Assurance Society's aters. It appeared that the least Congress will settle for will be better Army-Navy co-ordination. Decision on formal court martial proceedings for Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen.

Walter C. Short, commanding-- officers Hawaii Dec. 7, rests with Secretaries of War and Navy Henry L. Stimson and Frank Knox, White House the transfer of goods and equip- architects envision the project. Confusion in Quantity (ADVANCING REDS Visits Gerritsen Beach APPR0ACH VITAL Secretary Early said.

Both were ment to other nations when they charged with "dereliction of duty" knew "war with Japan was inevlta-. by the Roberts board. ble." The selected location in the Hill NAZI RAIL LINK cluding runways, were damaged and that a 600-ton invasion ship was left listing at Muar after a direct hit. A dock was struck and fires were seen at several points, the communique said. Bearded, turbaned sikhs of the Indian army killed or wounded 400 Japanese in a strong counterattack yesterday on the central front north of Kluang, the communique said, and later ambushed Thunder, Lightning, Sirens, Raid Scare, Police Boat, Ambulance at Sea Rescue by Plumber section la near the Navy Yard and many large industrial defense Industries and is convenient for subway transportation to all parts of the city.

Nearby are some of the borough's best known educational establishments. The site for the project, It was revealed today, was acquired over the past eight months by the realty brokerage firms of M. C. O'Brien and Timm Behrens. Contracts Severance of Leningrad, Kiev Line Would Cut Off Northern Army Contacts A sea-going rescue by a plumber's helper, Winter thunder and lightning, emergency squads, fire engines, police launches and a Are siren mistaken by some sleepy residents as an air raid warning were all jumbled together In an early morning potpourri today when an automo-' U.S.

Planes Sink Jap Transport Continued from Page 1 to the bottom by U. S. forces to certain 50. There was no estimate of the number of Japanese lost in the sinkings in Macassar Straits. A Mighty Battle The American action was but one phase of a mighty battle being waged by the United Nations under the unified command of Gen.

Sir Archibald Wavell to smash the latest Japanese threat to the Dutch Indies. Wavell reported in his second Joint communique today that Amer-' lean Flymg Fortresses have sunk a transport and scored hits on a Japanese cruiser. It was not clear whether this action was in addition to the sinkings reported by the were let last December and preliminary work is already under way. Moscow, Jan. 26 (INS) Advancing Soviet forces on the north central front approached the strategic Leningrad Vitebsk Kiev railway today after recapturing Netidovo, 50 miles west of the Nazi garrison at Rzhev.

The Red army has reached an important town believed to be Bryansk, the Moscow radio said. Recapture of Netidovo on the Moscow-Riga railway brought the Russian wedge within 50 miles of Velikiye Lukl. about 200 Japanese cyclists, killing 60 of them and routing the remainder. Convoy Off Coast Unofficial advices said that In the first attack the sikhs killed 125 Japanese and wounded 300. losing only 25 men killed or wounded themselves.

The communique noted that a Japanese convoy Including warships and two merchant ships had been sighted off Endau, on the East Malaya coast 75 miles above Singapore, by reconnaissance planes. British outposts had previously evacuated Endau and the present fighting waa north of Mersing, about 60 miles above Singapore on the east coast. "Early this morning an enemy convoy, including warships and two merchant ships, was sighted by our aircraft off Endau. As previously announced, Endau already had been evacuated by our outposts," the communique said. Despite the admission of the loss of Batu Pahat, reports reached here that the Japanese were now forced to strain their offensive because of their considerable losses and the fact that It took reinforcements longer to reach the front.

bile was becalmed in Shell Bank Creek in the Gerritsen Beach section. "It musta been the sleet," a shivering sea-going motorist explained, pointing out that the frost-covered windshield caused him to lose his bearings on the Belt Parkway. The quiet of the orderly if isolated section of Brooklyn was first disturbed at about 2 a. m. when a blinding flash of lightning was followed by a deafening roar of thunder.

Two more flashes followed at irregular intervals in the next two hours, during which police of the Sheepshead Bay precinct were busy reassuring excited telephone callers that there was no air raid and that the Germans were not here. Awakened By Cries After quiet had once more descended on the neighborhood, at 5:20 a. Charles Hodgetts, 40, a plumber's helper, of 4 Seba who is also captain of the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department, was awakened by faint cries of help. He shook his head and turned over, but the cries persisted. partment has different signals for fires than for air raid alarms, the recollection of the three loud blasts of thunder was still fresh in the sleepy minds of the townfolk and police were once more besieged by phone calls.

Aid Arrivei In Quantity By this time there had arrived at the scene: Three radio cars from the Sheepshead Bay precinct. Emergency Squad No. 11 from the same station. Two pieces of apparatus from the Volunteer Fire Department. An ambulance from Coney Island Hospital, and Police Launch No.

6 from Sheepshead Bay. Looking over the situation marine police decided it was a Job for land forces, Volunteer firemen, rowing out to the automobile, attached steel cables by which the car was towed to shore by the fire apparatus. Inside the now buzzing Hodgetts household the rescued motorists, Andrew Ferraialo, 24, of 8798 18th Ave, and Michael Clardiano, 23, of Starrett Brothers Eken, will construct the buildings from plans by Harrison, Fouilhoux and Abramovitz, architects for most of the Rockefeller Center buildings. Luncheon guests Included: Joseph Lilly, president, N. Y.

City Tax Commission; Robert Albert Shaw, president, Brooklyn Hill Association; Henry J. Davenport, president, Downtown Brooklyn Association; Robert V. Dowling. vice president, Starrett Bros. Eken; Charles Pratt, James G.

McDonald, J. A. Fouilhoux, Controller Joseph D. McGoldrick, Lewis H. Pounds, president.

Civic Council of Brooklyn; Louis Pink, State Superintendent of Insurance; Frank D. Schroth, publisher Brooklyn Eagle; Presiding Justice Edward Lazansky, Appellate Division, Supreme court; Postmaster Frank J. Quayle Supreme Court Justice Charles C. Lockwood, David J. McLean, publisher Brooklyn Citizen; Edward Bally, vice president, Brooklyn Edison Noel D.

Maxcy, managing agent in Brooklyn for Equitable Society; W. Warren Benton. Equitable Life; Gerard Swope, General Electric Co Henry R. Kinsey, president, Williamsburg Savings Bank; County Clerk Francis J. Sinnott, eGorge A.

Barne-wall, vice president, Brooklyn Trust United tSates Attorney Harold M. Kennedy, eGorge C. Johnson, treasurer, Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, and William H. Sloat, secretary, Brooklyn Trust Co. War Department today, but lt may be since Wavell yesterday announced the action of the American planes in shooting down the five Japanese fighters which was reported by the War Department today.

26 Jap Ships Sunk Wavell's communiques yesterday and today reported the sinking or damaging of 26 Japanese ships by Dutch planes, American planes and U. S. naval vessels. This included a volley of five torpedoes fired into a Japanese convoy apparently the naval action announced yesterday by the U. S.

Navy Department. It was apparent that a major blow at the Japanese attempt to force the Macassar Straits has been struck by the American and Dutch forces. While the Macassar battle raged, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his men on Batan peninsula had a brief breathing spell which was believed to be the prelude to another Japanese assault. The breathing spell was won by MacArtur's tactics in making a IN ACTION War Department communique reveals that the Army's Flying Fortresses have joined the battle of Macassar Strait, where Japanese transports ply on their invasion errands.

Unable to stand it any longer 91 Bay 19th told all BUY V. 8. DEFENSE BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS Hodgetts got out of bed and opened Severance of the Leningrad-Kiev rail line by the Russians would cut off the northern Nazi armies from contact with the Nazi legions on the central and southern fronts. (A British radio broadcast heard by NBC said the Moscow radio announced that the cordon of minefields and the belt of pillboxes around Rzhev has been broken by Soviet troops and that the Germans in Rzhev "are now cut off from the west, north and Russian advices said the whole German front from Leningrad down to the Black Sea was falling back as the Red army blows thrust ever deeper salients and wedges into the Nazi lines. Picked Nail Troops Routed London, Jan.

26 (U.RI Two of Germany's best divisions, rushed into the southwest Moscow front from another sector in a vain attempt to stop the relentless Russian counter-offensive, have been thrown back with heavy losses, a special Radio Moscow bulletin said today. Alolf Hitler was reported to have personally ordered the divisions, the Sixth and 67th, into the lines from his new and presumably safe "inner call" headquarters at Minsk or in East Prussia, it was asserted. Stockholm dispatches said Adolf Hitler had fled to Minsk, abandoning his headquarters at Smolensk, i 200 miles to the northeast, and there were some reports that he had gone all the way bark to East Prussia to set up a safe "front" headquarters. SeeRommelAiming(u. s.

and Dutch To By-Pass Bengazi Blast Convy iw xtjj fVlivjui.i Continued from Page 1 Are You FUSSY about PERMANENTS? Cairo, Jan. 2 (UP) The Axis forces of Gen. Erwin Rommel, com manding Germany's Afrika Korps, counter-attack north of Balanga 'pushed the British forces farther which killed hundreds of Japanese lbaclt on tne Lbvan front a and so disorganized their left flank that they were forced to suspend headquarters communique said to-the assault that had driven back 'day, disclosing that Rommel's men MacArthur' western Batan posi- lhave advanced 150 miles in four tions. Wage Trend Upward, Manufacturers Say A wage survey by the National Association of Manufacturers made public today asserted that "not only have upward adjustments for employes been well-nigh unanimous throughout industry, but also that increases have been made repeatedlyand at frequent intervals." The report Is based on returns from 189 companies with 1.525.987 Ferralalo, driver of the car, said that he and Clardiano had been on their way home when they lost their way because of poor vision through the sleet-covereoV windshield. Driving on Seba believing that it would lead to the Belt Parkway, Ferraialo said he was aware too late of the fact that it is a dead end street.

Before he could apply the brakes the car had gone down the gently sloping embankment at U.e end of the street and continued on the 20 feet, stopping in midstream. What a Night' "We didn't know how deep lt was," Ferraialo related still shivering despite dry clothing supplied him by sympathetic residents. "We opened the doors of the car and climbed out on the roof. We were shouting for almost ten minutes before Mr. Hodgetts heard us." Both Ferraialo and Clardiano were taken to Kings County Hospital after treatment for exposure and shock.

"What a night," remarked one of the residents. "There might be an idea In it for guys who have trouble getting tires," said a sleepy-eyed volunteer fireman. The Weather Bureau's forecast for today was occasional rain and light snow. the nearest window which affords a good view of Shell Bank Creek, an inlet of Sheepshead Bay. "Help, we're stranded," a voice cried.

"Where are you?" Hodgetts asked. "In the water," came the reply. "Hurry, we're freezing." On the assumption that anything might happen in Brooklyn, Hodgetts hastily donned clothing and made for the creek shore, a short distance from his home, and put out in a small rowboat. Fire Siren Sounded In the meantime, the cries had also wakened Thomas Harkins, of 7 Seba also a plumber's helper and likewise a member of the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department. While lie rowed out in the creek Hodgetts instructed Harkins to sound the fire siren at fire headquarters to bring aid.

Guided by the voice which came to him across the water Hodgetts finally reached an automobile sedan which was partly submerged in four feet of water, about 20 feet off shore. On the roof of the car stood two shivering young motorists, whom Hodgetts promptly rowed back to shore. Just then the fire siren began to wail. Although the volunteer fire de- days. i An advance of 40 miles was made yesterday.

British forces were fighting Rommel northeast of Msus. which is 70 miles east southeast of Only Sklrmlshw In Batan Today's communique said that the fighting on aBtan was confined "to relatively unimportant If jou ire you'll appreciate the artistry of our matter tyluti. Their ipecialtr it kelplnf you vitualize the molt be-comiof hair-do be it conservative, extreme or in-between. Then they will create a beautiful coiffure correctly ityled to your individual type with that antra touch of chic that command admiration. And the lovely, loft, natural-lookinf, full-of-life curlt will delight you juit as they have pleased Brooklyn's most discriminating women for more than 10 years.

"Budet" waves start at Phont SHore Road 8-4119 SKirmisnes on me coast ana Bengazi and 40 miles northeast of In the vicinity of Subic Bay." jAntelat The War Department reported (London rPporls said it appf.al.cd that Cebu, a good-hized city on the Lhat Romme, mtPnded t0 central Philippines Island of that thp nf straight toward Mekili. important desert junction which Drobablv is Airport Business Booms Business continued to improve yesterday for the observation deck at LaGuardia Field. More than 3,700 persons paid the 10-cent admission fee to go to the deck and view plane operations on the flying He'd. Admissions on the previous Sunday were about 3,500. FRANK ALBERT BEAUTY SALON attacking the Japanese convoy scored five hits with torpedoes, aside from damage Inflicted by gunfire.

Details of the torpedo hits were not specified. The first communique of the Southwest command under Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, detailed the damaging or sinking of 19 Japanese vessels. It was known that the Allied forces had sunk four transports and one destroyer, had "probably sunk" four others, and had scored hits on at least 17 other ships during the last three days.

Exact a Heavy Toll (The southwest command communique's reference to the torpedo hits apparently referred to the same action as a Washington communique last night which announced that five ships had been sunk and one "probably sunk" by American cruisers and destroyers. Dutch and American aircraft and defenses also were taking heavy toll of the Japanese. Fifteen enemy planes were shot down. Five of them from a force of 12 which attacked a group of U. S.

Army flying fortresses. The Netherlands Indies fighting services, reporting the Dutch submarine attack in the Macassar Straits, said: "As the submarine was strongly attacked by enemy ships it was impossible to observe whether the cruiser sank as a result of the hit." It said an air field In the outer provinces was heavily bombed by Japanese planes which came over in waves of 27 aircraft and succeeded in Interrupting telephone communications. 8510 THIRD AVENUE (Het. 85lh SMh Sti name which la still unoccupied by the Japanese was heavily attacked by Japanese planes. The flying fortresses which participated In the Macassar action Buffered no loss, the War Department said.

MacArthur's forces accounted for hundreds of dead and large quantities of supplies and equipment" in what was officially described as a "brilliant maneuver" which "completely disorganized" the enemy. Allied reinforcements Including American forces plainly had reached the southwest Pacific and were in action. In the action American Flying Fortresses again proved their fighting qualities when they engaged in a pitched battle with 12 Japanese fighter planes and shot down five without loss to themselves. Despite the intervention of the American warships. Dutch and U.

S. planes the Japanese succeeded In putting ashore landing forces at the now ripctrovpi n'z-h Rornpo has suffered in any single operation since the war began." Japs Land at Balik Papan Despite the fury of the Allied resistance, the Japanese forced landings at Balik Papan, an important oil port on the central east coast of Borneo, and at Kendari. in the Southeastern "finger" of Celebes. It was the deepest Japanese penetration of the war into Netherlands East Indies territory. Destroy Oil Dants It was known that the Dutch had destroyed oil installationg at Balik Papan which were unofficially valued at $100,000,000, not including the value of the oil.

The Dutch reported Japanese raids on the naval base at Ambon, on three points in Dutch New Guinea and other places in the eastern part of the Moluccas archipelago. The communique from Wavell's general headquarters said the Japanese, attempting to pass through the Macassar Straits, had been subjected to constant attacks for 48 hours. the British forward divisions. (It was asserted that if Axis tanks get within striking distance of Mekili British hope of continuing their advance toward Tripoli most likely will be smashed.) Axis Sends Reinforcement Rome. Jan.

26 (Official Broadcast Recorded by the United Press in London) The high command said today that "another Important convoy has reached Libya despite violent, persistent enemy attacks" which sank only an escort vessel. The Air Ministry in London reported that British airmen had intercepted a flotilla of 24 Axis ships in the Mediterranean en route to Africa, hitting and probably sinking a liner and damaging at least a cruiser, a destroyer and two merchant ships.) pi HOSPtTAl 0" BOYS WANTED (Over 14 yean of age) to handle a little oil ports of Baiik Papan and Ken- jThree Classes of Aliens Yesterday's "No. 1" communique dari on the southeast arm of Celebes Island. Exempt From Rereqistrcttion nf ihp southwest command said the I osses inflicted on this Japanese Sprcial to the Brooklyn Eagle BUY U. S.

DEFENSE BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS convoy are the heaviest the enemy business of their own as CARRIER SALESMEN the Brooklyn Eagle in ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Noticei 1 111 of 6k MAKE NEW FRIENDS thmuch pernoniil mvirp dprtlca'fd to prnmnu: 0f frlfnd-Mp Writs, telephone Amerlon Sfrvlr. S36 W. Nn Ynrt City. You save money when too grre new life to old Brooklyn and Long Island. Apply tn tuoreir district office or by letur to CIRCULATION DEPT.

BROOKLYN EAGLE Washington. Jan. 26 Au.nrians. Austro-Hunganans and Coroans in the United Stairs who registered as aliens In 1940 and have not voluntarily become German. Italian or Japanese citizens or subjects wpre exempted today from the necessity of rereglsterins? next as enemy aliens and from obtaining identity cards.

Attorney General Biridle. defining the cla.srs nf enemy aliens who mii.4 apply for cards, also exclu'ird German, Japanese or Iulimi iu-zens or subjeds who before the United States w-ent to war with those rountiie5 became citizens of any other nation. Loit and Found 10 ON Diamonds Jewelry Furs Clothing Musical Instruments, Etc rlrtty B'd-Tii rewirfl i St. BAO Lost, briwr fori Ave PVith'fh Oravre Cnr.nor bio B-4792. r.lMlshI 1870 Hotmei F.lprtno J'rottcttye Syittra him with Pilgrim Shirt Hocpttal Service.

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