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I ^ --V ' " ; S& CENTS MY NO MORE! * f-'- * -,**•«* ,J% *£', * ? • < *.V THE WORLD'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER . y VOLUME Cl--NO. Ill C nw o.a. fat. omen. coftsicht im« BT TBI CglCASO TaiBDHB.) SATURDAY, MAT 9, 1942.--30 PAGES THIS TWO 11 Mm COWBH I •acnaiis*«aacK»r PRICE TWO CENTS J3JELSMS, k 9X FLYERS DIE JB FOUR ARMY PLANES CRASH Bomber with Ten on Board Missing. (Kctaw M Mt €.) . Six amy flyers wen kilted, 10 art Wiring and one escaped fey a parachute leap in a series of air accidents yesterday. Hie accidents included a Collision between two planes, a plunge into the ocean by a bomber, and •Crash of a training plane, while another bomber was reported mining since Wednesday. Details follow: Bomber Falls Into Sea. f ACOMA, WASH.--An army bombfrfrom McCbord field fell into Puget sound and sank with its crew of three, > the army air corps reported. The followlngwtre reported aboard plane: Unt M. hnr O. OmM, <1. of Silver Sprta*. Md. Cayt. B. O. llmMif, 45. Seattle. C. B. IiAm, as. • r- 'X - . v :V' • ROUNDUP OF WAR NEWS FROM JAIN FRONTS OF WORLD The state fell about a half mile Jnm the mainland near Ketron Island to Paget sound, about 30 miles south eCTaconta. Witnesses said the plane fell from considerable altitude and ilnBvivail almost immediately. The imter b deep near Ketron Island. ]ft was the aeeond bomber tsagedy IB this vicinity and the fourth in the IWflc northwest -within a week. Planes Collide Above City. PHOENIX, ARIZ.--A collision of {no airplanes &000 feet above a residential district in the southeast section ef Phoenix killed an army air corps >Oot and a flyer for the air forte ferry- Sac command. A second air corps pilot parachuted to safety. At Luke field the dead were identified as Second Lieut John K. Austin at Chicago and Wray B. Smith ol Atlanta, Ga. Second Lieut Jade O. Scott of "Phoenix was saved by his parachute. &e was injured when his head hit aJ wacrete sidewalk. Austta Instructor 8tadent. Austin was a student in the instructsfs* school at Luke field. He was engaged in instrument flying with Sfrtt « a safety observer. Scott reported they did not see Smith's plane as it approached from heneath until just before the collision. Austin was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Austin, 7631 Gregier avenue. He was 21 years old and was educated at Htrsch High school and the 'Tniversity •f Illinois. He entered the army air force last October and was commissioned on April 24. On the same day he married Miss Ruth Deswarte of Chicago. He topped his cadet trainlag class of 400 and was assigned as • pilot instructor. Ten Missing as Bomber. „ TAMPA. FLA. -'A MacDill field heavy bombing plane with 10 army f Men aboard was listed as missing by MacDill field officials. The plane left MacDill field Wednesday morning on A training flight and was due back Wednesday night The crew was Identified as Second Ueut Hugh W. Millis. 23 years old. the pilot Houston. Tex.; Second Xieut Charles E. Thomas tn, 23, copilot Macon. Ga.; Staff Sergt Wilbert M. George, 21. Tampa: Pvt Robert X. Pigman, 22. Berea, Ky.; Pvt Rayttond S. Lynch. 20, Lumpkin. Ga.; Pvt. Nelton L. Teat 21. Bunkie. La.; ' Pvt. Elmer E. Mathauser. 23. Burwell, Keb. and Pvt Charles R. Phillips of Waukesha. Wis. Chieagoaa Is Passenger. , Two passengers were identified as . Pvt Gordon J. Howard. 29. son of . Bert Howard. 720 Dety street Green - rfcay. Wis, and Sergt Eugene L. Kas- ' »er. 23. son of Frank Kasmer. 4411 • South Troy street Chipago. Phillips. 19 years old. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C Phillips of Waukesha. He enlistld in the air corps <on Nov. 26. 1941. Phillips completed >is training at Scott field 19 days ago. Me. became engaged last simmer to He was at the Baptist church SANTA MARIA. CAL.--Gordon M. in the army air Latest war developments: American and South African troops were reported in London to be pouring into biego Suarez, captured French naval base on the tip of Madagascar. Vichy said French troops stij} were fighting on the strategic Indian ocean island. The British announced their fifth night air raid on the devastated area of Rostock, German city on the Baltic sea. This time RAF bombers were sstid to have concentrated on the city's port, a military center and home of the Heihkel aircraft worlds. Rush Aid to Ceylon. New Br i t i s h reinforcements were rushed to Ceylon, off India's southeast tip, it was announced. There were reports that Japanese invasion forces were aboard ships off Rangoon ready to attack India, i United States bombers raided Rangoon for the third time in four days. The Chinese said two Japanese columns driving along, the Burma road into China were wiped out by counterattacking forces. Defeat of the Japanese in the biggest naval battle of the war off Australia was announced by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The- navy department earlier said that 11 enemy ships had been sunk and six damaged by United States warsfiips and planes in the Coral sea. American losses, it said," are not fully known at present.'* Reds Stop Nasi Drive. Russian war dispatches said that the Red army and air force had wrecked a three way German THE PUBLIC ENEMY AND HIS SMOKE SCREEN Hf Alt CRme\s ^ ft Female Army Approved by Senate Group offensive aimed at soviet Karelia from Finland. They alsd reported that German air forces had been driven out of forward bases in the Arctic area. [Details on pages 1,5. and CJ YANKS IN BRITAIN SEND MOTHER'S DAY NOTE TO V. S. IChicaca Trlban* Pre** 8errle«.| LONDON, May 8.--American army forces in the British isles, thru their commander, Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney, have sent a Mothers' day message to the United States. "Members of the United. States army forces in the British isles have only one message for Mothers' day," it said. " They want their mothers and relatives at home to know they will be ready to play whatever part is allotted to them in this great joint fight we are waging to see that American mothers of the future have i free, happy world in which to bring up their children." THE WEATHER SATURDAY, MAT 9. 1942 Snariae. 5:39. Sunset. 7.57. Mootirise. 3:82 a. m. tomorrow. Venui It the morning star. Mercury. Saturn. Jupiter, and Man are the •vening atara. CHICACO AND VJCIN1TT: Continued rather warm today with an occasional ahower and cooler tonight. rentle to moderate wind* TEMPERATURE* IN CHICAGO For 34 hour, ended t a. ta. May 9i 3 am 4 am 6 a.m 6 a.m 7 a.m. 8 a.m At I 9 a.m 68 t46 10a.ro 61 4fl 11 a m f>4 47:Noon. 65 481 1 p.m fit 621 2 p.m 64 3 p.m 4 p.m. ft p.m 6 p.m 7 p.m. 8 p.m •B9i 9 p.m .68'10 p.m 6S|) 1 p.m 67j Midn'l 671 1 ajn tO.">l 2 a.m. •Hiirhe»t «U>we«]l JTlnoffietal 8 p.m -2 a.m Par 24 hoar* raded 7:3* p. n„ Hay St 57 rij-ifniitiii APRIL, 1942 1.000,000 THEt CHICAGO BY WILLIAM STRAND. , (CMeaca Trtbaao rwi Sarrie*.! Washington, D. C. May 8.--The senate military affairs committee today approved legislation creating a women's army auxiliary corps to assume behind the lines Outies and release approximately 150,000 soldiers for fighting service. A similar bill which would establish a women's auxiliary corps for the navy is also pending before the senate. Both have been passed by the house. Under the women's army bill, scheduled for senate action next week, volunteers will serve in a separate unit under supervision of the war department rather than as an integral part of the army. Women between the ages of 21 and 45 are eligible and they will receive the same pay as soldiers of comparable rank. Excitement Promised. Sen. Robert R. Reynolds [D., N. CI, military affairs committee chairman, said that those who enlist in search of excitement will not be disappointed." *They can expect service right up to the front lines," he said, and will be expected to do everything except shoulder arms. The senator said the army plans to use some of the volunteers for such tasks as servicing fighter planes on foreign battlefields. Others will be assigned to jobs as telephone operators or to do confidential clerical and filing work now being done by men physically fit to fight The secret nature of this work precludes the employment of civilians. Members of the corps would live In special barracks on military posts or immediately adjacent to the posts, 65 chaperoned by officers of their sex. In addition to their salaries, they will receive subsistence and uniforms just as do members of the regular army. [Married Women Eligible. Marriled women as well as single -would be eligible for enlistment and would be expected to serv so assigned. They would for hospitalization a but not for war risk insuranc they be subject to nartial. it under the terms of the legislation would be possible for the war department to charges for infraction of The BEAUTIFUL CHHJDBEX. On the back page of today's Issue appears the regular Saturday feature, M Beautiful Children In Color." The pictures of the children shown are reproductions of photographs taken with The Tribune's famous color camera. nioney, which includes salary expenses and the cost of construction of housing facilities, would have to come from funds already appropriated or be asked in a separate bill as the pending measure merely authorizes creation of the corps. The bill was approved by the committee in its present form several weeks ago but was recommitted when the war department made a iast minute attempt to secure passage of a substitute measure providing that the women would not serve merely In an auxiliary corps "with" the army but actually "in" the army proper. The senate committee turned thumbs down on the "in" bill. PANDA MEI-ME1 REPORTED DYING AT BROOKFIELD (Picturm on page 8.) Mei-mei, the panda that took Sulci's place in the hearts ef Brookfield zoo goers, is dying. Veterinarians and zoological scientists, the best known experts In ihe country, have despaired of her life, it Was learned last night They gave up nearly two weeks ago. Only the care and desperate efforts of Edward H. Bean, the director, his son Robert, and Keeper Sam Parrett have kept her alive since. Whether Mel-mel Is dying of the same malady that took Su-iin even the experts can't telL They disagreed on what killed Su-lin. Su-lln was In Chicago only a little more than year. Mei-mei has been here more than four. Mei-mei's death will leave Mei-lan. brought here to be the mate of the older panda, the only one of his species here, if Mei-lan actually turns out a he. Everybody thought Su-lin was a female until the postmortem proved otherwise. All the experts believe Mei-mei is a female, but only the postmortem when Mei-mei dies will prove them right or wrong. U. S. Envoy lo India Told to Recover from Strain NEW DELHI, India, May S OP).-- Louis Johnson, President Roosevelt's envoy to India, has been advised to rtst for two or three days to recover This from strain resulting from overwork. Mother Slain, Child Missing; Hunt Son, 16 Corpus Christ!, Tex, May S [Speclal].-- A 18 year old boy was being widely hunted tonight following the discovery that his mother had been shot to death in their fashionable Ocean drive home and his 3 year old sister apparently had been kidnaped. The boy is George Clude Hengy Jr, son of an electrical superintendent at the naval air station here. The boy was said to have undergone a period of hospital treatment last summer for "serious tevery^ but was believed to have recovered. Young George had not been reported seen since his mother's slaying last night Also missing were a 20 gauge shotgun, a .22 caliber rifle, 500 rounds of ammunition, and the; family sedan. Baby Left In Next Boon. Left alone in the family home was the slain woman's baby, 10 weeks old, who lay in her crib In a room adjoining that where the mother was killed. Apparently the Infant had been without care for about 12 hours before she was found. The slaying was discovered by the elder Hengy today after arriving by plane from Austin where he had been on business. He said he telephoned home but did not receive an answer. Hurrying home, he questioned an elderly Mexican woman servant about the whereabouts of the family. The woman said she had arrived at the house only shortly before Hengy and that she believed Mrs. Hengy had gone shopping.' Discovers the Body. On a divan in the living room Henry found the body of his wife. She had been shot above the right, eye with a shotgun charge and in the heart with a .22 bullet A search of the house revealed that young George and his 3 year old sister, Zina, were mining and that the baby, Julia Ann. apparently was un harmed frond her lack of care. The Mexican woman said she bad left the home about 6 o'clock last night at which time young George was iinkering~Wlth fishing tackle. Authorities said Mrs. Hengy, who was 39, was shot about 10 p. m. last night "It was a coolly executed killing,* said Police Capt Earl C Dunn. "Mrf. Hengy apparently was shot as she slept, the killer standing only'about 5 feet away. She looked as the she had been taking a nap at tha tliae." TEMPORARILY,' 1FARTHUR DECLARES • ;• ' 4 Allies Vow to Continue Attack After Blasting 17 nemy Ships; U. S. Losses Undisclosed. TeU How Japs DivedOHTwo Fiery Carriers .ADMIRAL TO TALK ON W-G-N. Bear Adm. Edward A. Evers, veteran of both the 8 panish-American and World wans, will be Inter viewed on W-G-N at neon today on the strategy of a modern naval battle such as was fought In the Coral sea north of Australia. AN ADVANCED AT.T.TTm BASE, Australia, May 9 [Saturday] --(fl3).-- Desperate efforts by Japanese destroyers failed to save the two aircraft carriers blasted by United States air and naval attack off New Guinea, and the crews had to dive overboard amid smoke and flames from the ships, authorities disclosed today. One carrier was reported sunk; the other damaged. Japanese personnel losses In the battle may run into the thousam they asserteo. Carriers Feel Brant of Blow. The large Japanese naval concentration was sighted several days ago heading in a southward direction. The United States forces fought them with bombers which pressed home the attack in the face of terrific antiaircraft fire and the defense of Japanese Zero [naval] fighters. The carriers were the main Object of the initial assault < The two carriers were attacked by American dive bombers and one was reported ripped asunder whe^i two planes dived directly onto tHe flight deck with full bomb loads. Tell of Australia's "Escape.* The second carrier was reported to have sunk after being set afire from stem to stern by torpedo 'hits. After the sinking of the two carriers it was reported that the Japanese fleet scattered. An American naval spokesman, talking of the great sea battle, said M there was a good chance that we might have been blasted out of our beds last night If this had not happened, but we . tot in there and did the job." One Japanese aircraft carrier was seen sinking, he said, and another was hit "from stem to stern." SCORE OF SEA BATTLE U. S. Navy Court JAP SHIPS SUNK. 1 aircraft carrier. I heavy cruiser. 1 light cruiser. t destroyers. 4 gnnboats. I transports br eufi yW1*"- JAP SHIPS HEAVILY DAMAGED I aircraft esrrkf. 1 heavy crnleer. 1 light cruiser. lseaplane tender. t transports or cargo vessels, [Total estimated tonnage 0/ Japanese shipt, 145JOO.] tfap Claims ALLIED SHIPS SUNK I (J. 8. battleship. 5 V. S. aircraft carriers. 1 allied destroyer. ALLIED SHIPS DAMAGED 1 British battleship. . % 1 Australian cruiser.' 1 allied cruiser. [Total estimated tonnag* of allied skips, UOjSOO.I (Mmp mm petf* 4.) ^ ALLIED -HEAOQtTARTERS, Australia, May 9 (Saturdaj^--(Ar).--AJBea flat and air forces fighting with "marked skill, courage, and tenacity" have repulsed a Jaj anese invasion fleet off northeastern Australia in one of history's most fateful struggles^ Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announced today. With 11 or more of its warships sunk and 6 or more damaged--and presumably thousands of, its finest warriors at the bottom of the Coral sea--the battered Japanese enemy was reported limping northward with United States and British imperial units in hot pursuit on the sixth day of the epic engagement "Our attacks will continue/' the allied communique said in reporting that the battle had ceased " temporarily." % The repulse of the Japanese oce ' curred after allied air units dice 1 covered the enemy fleet streaming southward six or more days ago, and the communique concluded with these words: "Our naval forces then at« tacked in interceptions. They were handled with marked skilly fought with admirable courag* and tenacity, and the enepy has been repulsed." Tee Earij to Pradict. The attitude at Gen. MacAr* thUir's headquarters was that it\ was too early to say whether tha result of the huge naval-air engagement was conclusive, and was not yet clear whether tha Japanese could reform and re* enforce their imits for another southwardthrust Because of tne lack of newt on the exact losses on either sida and their original strength, observers were unable to assess the total battle results. ^ But the tone at the allied high command headquarters'appeared . to be that the allies had won tha first grim round and at least had temporarily thwarted Japaneso - aims. It also was pointed out that tha general practice with the United States navy department when American ships are sunk is t<^ make the announcement officially from Washington. Await Complete Story. The latest communique mada no claims of additional casualties other than those already repbrted yesterday both here and in Wash* ington. Presumably a complete^ summary of the battle losses on* both sides )rill be forthcoming shortly. The headquarters (^mmuniqua said the action represented & continued effort of the Japanese - to extend their aggressive con*-- quests toward the south and southeast!." • It was pointed out that tha? Japanese had , been building up . their forces, with epiphasis on • naval transport elements, for a co* ordinated attack of the combined forces. This attack, the communique said, was " initiated several days ago." Here Is ConummiqiMU The text of the communique: O " The .great naval and air bat* tie off the northeast coast of Aus* tralia has temporarily ceased* This action represents the continued effort of the Japanese to extend their aggressive conquests toward the south and southeast* First efforts were aimed at expanding his air bases, but our aic^ force has consistently and effectively attacked his fields during HOME BUYING MAnF. F.ASYt Von csn save time, money and tires if you let the real estate want ad columns in the Tribune be your heme baying guide. Furthermore, y«n will be far mora certain of finding what yon want, because the selection in the Tribune is larger. The Tribune prints more real estate want advertising than any two other Chicago newspapers combined. See the offerings of choke home* in today's Tribune want ad sectiea. In Australia Papers Call It Naval Victory SYDNEY, Australia, May • [Saturday],-- (fl1). -- Australia's morning papers wrote confidently of the outcome of the Coral sea naval battle today, the Sydney Daily Telegraph declaring that" All the news smacks stropg- Ij^of a big victory." "Even if we wece to lose ship for ship and plane for plane, it would still be worth it," the Telegraph said. " We must hit first and hit often, taking big risks to gain *>ig ends. Gen. Douglas MacArthur la just the man for this policy of hit Instead of sit* Sees Momentous Consequence*. The Sydney Morning Herald said that " For good or 111. the outcome of this great naval engagement In the southwest Pacific will have momentous consequences for Australia." "It isn't a chance encounter between minor forces or It wouldn't have lasted so long," the Melbourne Argus said. * The total American losses haven't been stated and until they are it would be premature to claim victory." » important to Australia. . LONDON, May ) [Saturday]--'(fl. --Flaring headlines in morning newspapers told Londoners today of allied successes in the great Coral sea naval battle and editorials emphasized that the the action might have an important effect in determining the fate of Australia. . "* The news that the engagement had ended temporarily with repulse of the Japanese fleet arrived too late to make the last morning editions and therefore the papers had sounded notes of'cautlon.' But the Daily Mail editorially noted that for months the world had been asking, " Where is the American fleet? " Now it knows where at least part ef It Is, and In preliminary notion, the Mail said, the United States ships were " brilliantly successful." J lOsattaMdeppaga * mtmmU