davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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heat has ever been found that will consume
bones entirely"
He explained that in the crematory fur
mace II was not intense heat alone that turned
flesh into gases and ashes. but 1t had to be
heat applied with blow-torch-like pressure.
If such heat as could consume Franklin's
body had somehow been applied in that car,
II would also have melted the gold in his
watch-case In his eye glasses his Cathohc
medals stickpin and cuff links
Furthermore he held that If any flesh
survived such heat IL would be only the
contents of the chest. protected to the last by
the bony basket of the ribs and not as in this
case a portion of the abdomen and the thighs.
Presumably the watch. medals, pin and
cuff links were in his clothes which would De
consumed first OF all. If so, why did they
not fall in circle around what was lett OF
the body. instead Of being found underneath
that charred remnant?
Most puzzlinp of all. in that little heap be-
meath the 30 pounds Of flesh were II fire.
blackened false teeth, identified by dentists
10 be the same as those worn by Franklin.
Now the skull itself must be assumed-in
spite of expert Maxwels testimony that 1t
was impossible-to have been converted into
powdery ash. II so, how did the teeth get
out of the skull and find their way under
what was left Of the body?
AS the defense attorney puts 1t: How
can they explain that the body was found SIT
ting on it's own teeth?"
There are plenty of other such questions
For instance, il the partly-burned fragment
of flesh and bone is all that is left Of the
murdered Franklin then the murderer went
ito almost incredible pains and ingenuity to
destroy the body beyond Identification.
II this is to be believed why did such
super-killer neglect to remove or destroy those
various metal objects which would be sure to
Illustrate the attempt? And why was the vic
TINS car chosen for the amateur crematory?
In confirmation of Maxwell's statements
criminologist George Lacey announced the
other day that soup bone-subjected before
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
Ea|Seleet[l
May Save
Her

book, now out of print, is Corelli's Ven
delta" 1t starts like this:
II who write this am dead. Dead legally
dead by absolute proof--dead and buried 80.
Yeti live!" 1t then proceeds with the con-
fession of a man who burned body in such
a way that it would be presumed his, and dis
appeared.
Up in the office of George Lacey. crimnol-
ogist, four flights above his own, often went
Franklin. while he was admittedly in the flesh,
to discuss the requisites Of a perfect crime"
The same crminologist is now leading the eff
forts to prove that his heavy visitor is not
extinct.
deadly blow to the hoax theory was
dealt, at the trial, by an X-ray technician who
happened once to have made Photograph of
Franklin's pelvis and assured the jury that it
was identical with one made of the charred
pelvis taken from the car A man can't plant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
Not Much Of a Corpus Deficit"
But the Grinders Found So Mys-
+eriousIy Under the Remains May
Yet Free Helen O'Keefe in fhe
Most PuzzIing o-Dun-It That
Ever ,Who-Dun-If-ed Texas

n Asst March a Houston, Texas jury found
Helen O'Keefe guilty Of numbering her
- employer. julius c. Franklin and she was
sentenced to Is years in prison. The evil
dence against Helen was overwhelming-it
had to be. to convict a 3oyear-old platinum
blonde of anything.
Yet 1t is part of this very evidence which
Defense Attorney Cleveland w. Groom will lay
before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
next month in an effort to win a reversal of
the verdict.
Crooms argument goes like this: You
can't have a murder case without a victim,
and Miss OKeefe did not kin her employer
because first and foremost, Franklin Is not
dead at ALI"
I'VE know he's alive - but we can't put
our fingers on him." Groom says.
Not only the freedom of the pretty night
clubbing secretary is at stake but $50, 000
That is the amount the Pan-American Life
Insurance Company must pay the beneficiary
the American Industrial Investment Com
pany of which Franklin was manager-if
expert sleuth.ng x-rays and laboratory tests
do not dsprove that some 80 pounds Of
charred flesh and bone were what was left Of
Julius Franklin.
At the time Of the trial many people
thought the evidence was too strong to be
true-and the motive seemed too obvious.
Five witnesses testified that Helen had
tried to hire each Of them to beat Franklin
up. breaking enough bones to send him TO the
hospital for six months. Then, shortly be-
fore the murder. she had bought a gun from
~ night club operator, remarking:
You know, could kill man with this;
IL wouldn't bother me-"
Strangest of all was the body itself the
corpus delicti.' The prosecution alleged that
his blond secretary had shot Franklin with
that GUN and then burned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

TIN Helen O'Keefe and the man burned
up the river was my boss. That was the man
1 wanted to have beaten up but he was the
best friend / ever had
"She said she had no part in the matter
and did not believe it was Franklin's body"
Experts testified that the charred pelvis
found in the car had belonged to a heavy
elderly man. Dentists said that the II
teeth, if not the very ones that had been in
Franklin's mouth, were exactly like them,
manufactured by the same company.
Medals, pin, watch, piece of shoe and
even a singed bit of a suit were positively
identified as belonging to the missing man.
Yet all this might be true IL Franklin had
placed them in the car as hoax to make the
world think him dead
It is extremely difficult to get hold Of an
entire human body, except by robbng grave
yard or killing someone. However, Groom
says:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

his own pelvis for a hoax.
but the defense now has
other technicians ready to
testify that the two are
not the same.
The real key to the
case. however, is Helen's
little cocker spaniel,
Duchess of Windsor"
purchased shortly before
all the trouble started.
Duchess was perhaps
partly responsible for get
ting her mistress into the
fix she's In. 1t is told that
when detectives examined
Miss O'Keefe's apartment
while she was being ques-
toned at headquarters,
they noticed Duchess wag-
ging her tail and shifting
inquisitively at a pair Of
black shoes in the clothes
closet.
The detectives squint-
ed, noted on them mud
such as might have come
from the river bank, and
dark stains (Which lab
oratory tests later re-
ported were BLOODY.
Then followed more in
tensive questioning and
investigation, which re-
suited in Miss O'Keefe's
boy friend leading officers
to the pistol and a black
slip and hose also al
legedly bloodstained and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

his body beyond recogni-
ton, by means OF gaso-
line, in the victims own
car. on the muddy San
Jacinto River bank.
II true, then this bun
CLING murderess achieved
almost a scientific mira
Gle. Mr.. Franklin weighed
220 pounds. yet the State
says she managed to con-
vert that mass OF flesh
and bone into ashes, all
but about 30 pounds.
The only persons with
the legal right to convert
human bodies into ashes
are men who work in Gre
matories and therefore
they are the only experts
on this grim business.
How difficult this would
be. even with the aid of
furnaces especially de-
signed for the purpose,
was shown by the testi-
mony of r. c. Maxwell,
superintendent OF a Gre
matory in San Antonio.
Mr.. Maxwell asserted
that one cannot disinte-
crate a human body with
an open fire. Citing IA
years experience in Gre
mating corpses. he said IT
would be impossible to
burn half a body COM
'pletely and leave the other
half: that all the bones
u.o,,ld remain since no
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

1T is obvious that.only part of human
body was ever set on fire in that car and
part of human body can be bought"
He did not reveal who deals in this line Of
spare parts.
Groom has produced well-fingered volume
from Frankin's library which, he contends,
reveals the workings of the mans mind. The
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

Sc habia dado cuenta de 10 one
lba pasandO por su coraz6n, fue
"a del horror de su drama.
Sufrir, sufrir.
Este era 10 Gnico que hacia.
Dl]eraSe que va no viva sine
para sufrir, y que cada bora.
cada instante, cada minute era
un nuevo calvario y una nueva
tortura para su cuerpo y su al.
ma atormentados.
POGO Ell cOraz6n no puede vi.
vir sin %ternuras, Ell coraz6n de-
lss personas buenas, al menos.
7 Ramo Florido Sc daba cuep-
ia ahOra de que la cOmpahia do
aquella muchacha francesa. tan
dulce, tan linda, tan gentil, herr
"a de muerte en- ell alma. como
81 miSmo, por una tragedia mo.
raj, y que a 81 habia salvado 10
VIDA en- Biarritz, habia eiercido
en- su amino una Influenza sa.
udabls de reconciliation CON Il
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
Ell "ANGEL" VENCI0 FA-
CILMENTE A WESTERN
BERG

En- fec y "refeo" Maurice Til
lett, copocido por Ell "Angel'
sin alas, venci6 anoche a Mar
vim Westenberg, un ~veterano,
con la facilidsd que los bien en-
terados esperaban.
Sin mas merito aparente que
su cara "horrorosa," ell Angel
trio sus 260 libras sobre Mar
vim Y lie derrib6 dos veces. Es-
pecializa ell senior Mauricio en-
los "abrazos de ESQ.,"
10 Cox, IN "villano', desat6
sus "vilezas" contra Leo Nu-
ma y varios espectadores Sc me
theron a actores, atacando a
Cox.
Uno de los "indignados" ca
baleroS, Gle pequena eStatura IL
solt6 un "punetacito" a Cox,
por la barba, pero no lie hizo
dano. Otro "invadido' por Va
c6lera, cogi6 una silla y lie pogo
con ella Cox logr6 escapar con
vida.
Los mismos senores 'buSca4
broncas", que no estarian NAL
en- Batan, lie dijeron 'pesade-
ces" a Bibber Mccoy, quien de-
rrot6 por procedimientos "con-
denables" q Dolby Osburn, e.
"caballito" de Texas. No hubc
desgracias personales.
Ell Fantasma Girls apabull6
Charlie Hewitt ,en una caida.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
DEPORTES
Ell TORNEO PROFESSIONAL
DE TENNIS

Comenzs.-a hoy en- los "pa-
tios" de la Isla Davis, ell torneo
professional de tennis, con pre-
mics de $1,000, organizado por
Nash Higgins con ell visto bue-
no de la Junta de Recreo.
Tomaran parte en- las COM
peticiones Wayne Sabin, Dick
Skeen, Van Horn, Barnes, Jan
Kozeluh, Johnny Faunce, Rob
ert Hartman, Frank Weight,
Bob Decker, Dan Watson y O.
tros.
A las cuatro de la tarde, Bill
Luffler, ell professional del club
local, tendra de oponente a Igor
de Nissoff, de Boca Ration.
"A las cinco, Burtz Boulware
jugara con Frank Rericha.
dobleS sc haran mafana.
Los apareamientos para los
dObles Sc haran maiana.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

vas comenzaban a animarse. A
qui y ALA, Sc veian grupos de
gente sobre la arena.
Los puertecitos de pescadores
eran otro motive de distraction
para ell marques, que seguia
con interes la Marcia lenta de
Las baruillas blancas sobre ell
mar, de un intense azul, o la a.
nimaci6n de hOmbres " muje-
res que separaban o subasta-
ban Ell pescado, llevandoselo lue
go EN- grandes cestas planas So
bre la cabeZa.
De vez en- vez, ell coche de Ra
mo Florido Sc cruzaba con O.
tros autos de un lujo insupera-
BILE, ocupados por gentes de u
ma elegancia ex6tica.
Luego, veia Pope cruzar un
tren, raudo, veloz, hundiendose
en- los tdneles que a cada paso
Sc abren en- aquella via ferrea,
una de las mas hermosas de Ia
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

va me ves!-repuso rien.
do CASTOR.
q Pero no estas herido?-
pregunt6 ell italiano, en- ell col
mo del asombro.
- No seas tonic, hombre!...
Me eche al suelo.... y luego he
podido yer 10 que ha hecho ella !
lY ahora?...
-Ahora, vamos por aqui, 81
Queremos salvar la piel-repu-
so ell ~italiano, saliendose de la
carretera, y comenzando a an
dar por entire los matorrales de
la montana.
CASTOR lie sigui6.
-Pero.... jy no eSta muerta?
-Si no esta muerta...., me-
jor para ella y peor para noso-
tros...
Els que.
@IQue?
Que 20 creo que hacemos
una imprudencia marchandO-'
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

TERRA
va cerca de la una pas6 por
Monte Carlo.
Entonces, al salir a los ba6os
de la Condamine, forz6 la mar
cha del coche, que emprendi6 u
ma carrera rauda, sin un ruido.
sin una oscillation, con esa os.
cllacion, con eSa suavidad que
delatan al motor de lujo.
En- diez minutes pensaba es-
tar en- casa.
Sin querer, su pensamiento
volvfa a Odette.
Il Manana Sc marcha!-se
dDo ahora Ell marquesito-.
ilPor que 10 siento?....
Guerra analiza rsus emocio-
mes.
En- los dltimos meses transcu-
rridos, meses de un dolor inso.
portable, de una prueba espan-
tosa para su pobre vida ator-
Ramo Florido apenas
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
vida y como Ell mundo.

''lua y como ell mundo.
Una nota de dulzura; una no
Ia de serenidad y de suavidad :
ESQ habia sido, ESQ era Odette
en- la vida de Pope.
Una nota de amable tristeza,
oe la melancolia con que, des-
pues de un gran dolor, vamos
vlendo que NADIA nos mata, que
Ia vida Sigue, que es precise vi
vlvir y vivir ~siempre....
odette, con su juventud y su
oelleza, habia sido tambien CO.
una gran flor de carne y de
Irsgancia que Sc agit6 en- estas
u'0linaS semanas alrededor de
Pope.
Era la Vida, que Sc RE del
Dolor y de la Muerte.
Era la Vida, 81 que no nos di
que hemOs de continuar ell
c&mlno, a pesar de todos los fra
y de todas las angustiaA.
Pear De uOSOtrOa miUmca., Nv,
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
nos asst.

nos asi.
Poor seria que intentase-
mos hacer NADIA. va te com.
prendo.... Hubiera sido preferi-
bic tirarla por ell acantilado.
pero.... mira, ives?.... iimposi-
BILE, ahi viene gente!....
Nunca Sc habia sentido Pope
tan serene, desde que ~ocurriera
ell drama de su vida.
De regreso de Mia, luego de
cobrar ell dinero en- ell Banco,
llevaba ell coche despacio, dis
frutando de la hermosura es-
plendida de la mahana.
Pasaba ante los hoteles for
midables, junto a muchos de los
cuales, en- los campos de tennis
que el tanto conoeia, jugaban
bandadas de muehachas Y mu-
chachos, vestidos de blanco.
Luego cruzaba por los pue.
Iblecillos de la costa, cuyas pla-
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

Creese que ell presidente del
Brooklyn, uno de los hombres
que sabe organIzar y reorgani-
Ear novenas de pelota y llevar-
las a ganar dinero, sc%Ventara
hoy sus diferencias, en- Miami,
con los pitchers Wyatt y Allen,
los ardineros Medwick, Padget
y Walker y ell jugador de cua-
dro Arky Vaughan.
Los "observadores opinan"
que TODD marchara a pedir de
boca, en- cuanto a csc grupo.
Los Gigantes llegaron aver q
Miami y con ellos ell nuevo di.
rector Mel OFT y ell exdirector
Bill Terry.
Terry, "vestido de paisano,'
presenci6 las primeras practi
cas- y dijo: Tenemos oportuni.
dades para ganar ell campeona'
to. La novena me parece mejo-
rada. Tenemos jugadores que
pueden batear y este significa'
"a un mayor nGmero de carre.
ras. Con la ayuda de los bata.
EOS de sus compaheros, los pit
chers lucen bien."
Mel OFT espera convertir ell
regulares dos de sus pitchers
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
Con el bate, Ia Mascota y les Espejuelss
(Por Tira . CuaYta)

Dolph Camilli, Ell famoso ini-
cialista y bateador, firm6 aver
su contrato con los Dodgers de
Brooklyn. Larry MacPhail con-
vino en- pagarle un sueldo de 20
mil pesos.
lie hemos hecho a Camilli,
dijo Larry, un razonable au-
mento de sueldo. Lo merecia."
Ell ano pasado Sc lie pagaron
$15, 900.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

Larry Doyle Smith, ell catch
er, es ell hijo de I'm catcher que
jugara con Larry Doyle en- las
mayores.
Ell ano pasado jugs con Ell Sa
vannah. Particip6 en- 80 desa-
fios y finaliz6 ell ano con un pro
medic al bate de 315. Tiene seis
pies y una pulgada de ~estatura,
.pesa 178 libras y es casado. Pa
ra ell servicio selectivo Sc lie cla-
sific6 como 9-A.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

Curt Davis, ell pitcher, confe-
renci6 aver con Larry McPhail,
despu6s que Camilli, y firm6 su
contrato para la venidera tenn
porada.
Dfcese que ganara $4,000.
FL residente de los Dodgers
SO pondra hoy en- canine de
Miami. los campeones de la Lii
ga Nacional saldran ell mierco-
les para ia Habana.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

Los Gigantes de New York
tienen ahora dos pitchers de a.
pellido Hubbell. John, hermano
de Carl, firm6 su contrato y 10
remiti6 al secretario de la no
vena, Eddie Brannick.
Firmaron tambien sus con-
tratos ell pitcher John Wittig y
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
Buster Baker. de Terre Hau--

Buster Baker, de Terre Hau-
te, Indiana, venci6 por puntos,
facilmente, a Lrry Lynn, de
Tampa. Richie Brokaw, peso
de pluma, puso a dormir, en- ell
segundo asaltos, a Kid PanchO,
de Tampa. Pesaba ell vencedor
129 libras, siete mas que Ell de-
rribado.
Young Valdes impuso la cuen
ia de diez, en- ell segundo round,
a Montana Lopez, de Tampa.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
TABLAS LA PELEA MORA
LES-FLYER

Sarasota, Feb. 17-Tablas Sc
declare anoche la pclea entire
Sixto Morales, de la Habana,
Cuba, y Lou Flyer, de Holly
wood, California Morales reci-
bio muchos golpes bajos, los que
Ell arbitro tuvo en- cuenta al de-
cidir.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

Warren Giles, e administra-
dor general de los "Rojos" de
Cincinnati, anunci6 aver que
dejara entrar de gratis a los sol
dados durante los desafios de
las practicas de primavera.
Es una decision que merece
ser elogiadar pol yodos.
Hank Greenberg, ell celebre
pelotero, sirve ahora con ell e.
jercito de los Esrados Unidos,
n la base MacDill. Hank osten-
ia los galones de sargento.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
VICTORIA DE LAS PANTE-
RAS DE PLANT

Las Panteras de Plant ven
cieron aver, con anOtaci6n de
Sc por 40, al Tornado de Clear
water. Ell partido de baloncies-
to Sc verified en- ell gimnaSio de
Palma Celia.
Mick, una de las estrellas de
Plant, anot6 81 puntos, ibien
ayudado por sus companerOs.
Pemberton hizo IL.
Hancock sc distingui6 por los
visitantes, con un total de 16
puntos.
Las Panteras jugaran ell vier
mes frente a los Terriers de
Hills borough.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

novatos, ayudando asf a los We
teranos. "Podiamos usar otro
catcher y un par de lanzadores.'
Uno de los pitchers q. dan es-
peranza a Oft es Jess Deanna,
de % amos, que estudiaba medi
Gina en- la Universidad de Lui-
siana. Els zurdo. Dej6 la carre-
"a para meterse a "curvero."
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
LA GACE'rK

Ell catcher Larry Doyle Smith.
Ell joeen John Hubhell jug6
en- 1941 con eli club Clinton, de
Iowa, y con ell Memphis. Gan6
dos Y perdi6 seis con la prime
ra novena y perdi6 uno, sin ga
mar ninguno, vistiendo ell uni
forme del Memphis.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
La Gaceta Folletin No. 237
TONIC TERCHRO
LA MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE

las rocas y fueran luego arras-
trados mar adentro.
Ell cuerpo de su amigo iba a
seguir la misma ~suerte....
Pero de pronto ocurri6 algo
que vino a echar por TERRA to-
dos los planes de Pepino.
o.
CASTOR sc incorpor6.
Pero no trabajosamente, no
con la lentitud de una persona
herida, no, sine con la rapidez
de un artista de circo que deja-
ra de hacer ell muerto y Sc dis
pusiera a saltar de nuevo sobre
el trapecio o la barra fila.
-GC6mo?....
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

81, senior, compre la
pintura B. L. P. Sola.
mente Sc vende EN- King
Hardware, ga. avenida
v Gale Is
La gaceta., 1942-02-17

John Wittig jug6 ell ano pasa
do con los Gigantes. Gan6 tres
desafios y perdi6 cinco.
La gaceta., 1942-02-17
GIVE LIVER BILE
FLOW A BOOST

Snop ovt Of Sick Heodoekes, so-colled Bl;ov,.
ness, Poor Digestion with ihof holf.siet Son,
~Ieelnq-9ef O bottle Of krUSehen Solts ionioh,.
ieke holt Q ~'eospoonfgI in O gloss Of wS,si
thoI or eeldl holt on hour before breoEfost.
whof y IS 10 get up feeling IN end reo5s toss
reel doY,s work, Try krvsehen Tor ,he nert "a
doys ond see whot II meons 10 you whs6 Az
Row Freely Sq'isfoetion eUoroniesd or money
Evening star., 1942-06-12

Me-, apparently was the only living
member Of the crew of one bomber.
He said Japanese planes which shot
it down machine-gunned his COM
rades and that he escaped only by
swimming under water.
Just about the time he reached
shore the second craft plunged into
the sea. All but one of its crew
were saved.
The survivors were 1t. Irvine
Shearer. Is, Of Alapaha. Ga, the
pilot; 1t. George Farr, "a. of Antlers,
Okla, the co-pilot; Top Gunner
Sergt. Glen Frizzle. "a, of Maiden,
Mass; Engineer Corpl. Edgar Rush,
20, of Mermanville, Miss, and Gun
ner Sergt. T. Robert Wise, an Aus
tralian,
Evening star., 1942-06-12
japanese Flying Boat
Shot Down al Rabau|;
Fires Started in Raid
Enemy Fighter PIone Is
Destroyed by Allies
Over New Guinea
&, tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Australia, June II. - A four
motored japanese flying boat
and a fighter were bagged by
Allied flyers yesterday and an
other bombing Of Rabaul, New
Britain, started large fires among
airdrome buildings, it was an
nounced today.
The flying boat was shot down at
Rabaul, according to a communiQue
from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
headquarters. The fighter plane de-
stroyed was one Of four Zeros which
attempted to intercept recon-
naissance flight over New Guinea.
No Allied losses were mentioned
From IAN advanced operational
base came word that six survivors
of two United States bomber crews
shot down offshore more than two
weeks ago had returned afoot, bring
ing with them a group of nine
refugees.
Corpl. Louis E. Murphy, 26, of
Bridgeport, Conn, and Portland,
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Larger Gas Allotment
For War Workers
Asked by Sasscer
Request Follows PIeu
Of Gov. O'Conor Citing
Man Hours Lost

The Office of the Petroleum Co.
ordinator today was studying an ap-
peal from Representative Sasscer,
Democrat, of Maryland. to ease gas
oline restrictions in the Washington
Baltimore area where, it is claimed
defense workers are kept from their
jobs because dealers supplies have
been cut too drastically.
The appeal followed an earlier re-
quest by Gov. O'Conor to Petroleum
Co-ordinator Ickes and Price Ad-
ministrator Leon Henderson to make
additional allotments of gasoline to
dealers because he said thousands
of man hours of work are being lost
in the Baltimore area since en-
ployes are unable to get fuel to
drive to work.
WPB Acts on Shortage.
Gov. O'Conor was informed by
Donald M. Nelson. War Production
Board chairman, that every meas
ure is being taken" to alleviate
gasoline shortage in the Baltimore
area.
The Governor released this COM
munication from Mr. Nelson:
Regarding the gasoline shortage,
every measure is being taken to
alleviate this condition, through
rationing for non-essential uses,
mobilization Of tank car move
ments to the eastern seaboard and
elimination of unnecessary mer-
chant deliveries.
Il assure you we appreciate the
seriousness of this situation"
Representa- tive Sasscer declared
that ration cards are worthless in
many instances because at times
lover 80 per cent of the dealers are
out of gas entirely" He estimated
at least $4,000 persons in his district
are directly or are closely associated
with war work.
Cites Location of Plants.
He called attention to the loca-
ton of the Indianhead Powder Fac
tory, the Naval Academy, the Beth
lehem- m-Fairchild Shlpyard, the Coast
Guard Depot at Curtis Bay and a
number of other war operations
located in his district. He also
cited the thousands of Federal
workers that live in the Washing
ton suburban area.
Glenn L. Martin. aircraft manu-
facturer, said today the gasoline
shortage in Baltimore "is definitely
slowing down the war effort" and
asserted lit is vital that this situa-
ton be cleared up at the earliest
possible moment"
Mr.. Martin said the gasoline short
age, causing many workers to re-
main away from their jobs, was be-
ing felt particularly at his own
plants, largely dependent on auto
mobile transportation for workers.
The plane builder said it was i'm
perative that filling stations serv-
ing his Middle River plants have
an extra quota Of gasoline and be
permitted to operate "a hours a
day, selling to Martin workers
within the limits of their individual
ration cards.
Meanwhile, the Office of the pc
troleum co-ordinator sent an in
spector to Baltimore to make a sur
vey of the gasoline needs of war
workers.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Widespread Jap Drive
Against Shipping Seen

SYDNEY Australia, June IL (R.-
The correspondent of the Sydney
Morning Herald at Allied headquar-
tiers said yesterday the persistence
with which Japanese submarines
are appearing along the Australian
coast indicated a widespread cam
paign against Allied shipping in
the South Pacific could be expected.