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Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26

IRON a middle western city
Il of moderate size, that Is
knwn to me as typical OF all
American cities of about the
same population comes an inter-
esting letter from a mail carrier,
who says / am 100 per cent in
my statements of the deplorable
wage and other conditions under
which the postal employees are
working.
He says that some of the con-
trasts between the postal jobs
and private industry are unbe-
hevable, which Of course is why
many postal employee are quit
ting the service for werk in the
war plants. This strikes me as
to the economic disadvantage OF
the government because these
departing postal employees are
trained and experienced men and
you cannot replace that kind
overnight.
But you, cannot blame the
employees when you consider
their poor pay even after years
of service, and the numerous
other unattractive features of
the government jobs, not the
least of which is the fact that
they have to pay for their uni
forms, and that they are grossly
overworked.
MY READERS may recall that
I'l / mentioned that the work
is sometimes so excessive as to
make physical wrecks of men
and IL any doubted this asser-
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26
SHggesfs Prayer

"Tt might be a good idea," he
said, not meeting our eyes, "tO
say a prayer"
We discussed this seriously. We
found that we had all been reared
in some religious atmosphere, but
that we had all drifted away. 1t
had been many years since 1 had
been inside a civilian church, but
/ sometimes attended Sunday serv-
ices held by the chaplain aboard
ship. when my duties permitted
and 1 was not going ashore.
We all concluded that a word
of prayer wouldn't hurt anything.
So we sat in the steaming little
cup that our boat had become. and
bowed our heads beneath the cruel
tropic sun. We each mumbled a
few words Of our ewn awkward
choosing. calling on our God TO
bless our loved ones back home,
over whom we were more con-
cerned than ourselves, and asking
for a little rain.
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26

or over, but we didn't have loi
of wind Of that force.
Rufe Of Drift Zero
Under average conditions this
limprovised sea anchor cut oul
rate of drift 10 practically zero
/ estimated our drift. with the
sea anchor rigged. TO be not more
than one knot with Is knots ol
wind. 1t held the bow of the
boat directly into the wind. thus
materially reducing the area oi
boat offered TO the winds driving
force, while at the same time the
jury anchor exerted its drag
These two factors combined most
satisfactorily.
Now we felt quite heartsned
and more the masters of our fate
A thousand disasters could still
happen 10 us. and food and water
were still as unattainable as the
stars, but at least we had con-
auered one serious problem. We
all felt more fit TO tackle thf
others.
Tony. who had been the most
despondent, perked up as soon as
he discovered that ] could now
control our little boat. He begar
70 take as great an interest in our
progress as any of us.
This same day the wind shifted
around TO the north again, and ir
a few hours veered TO the east. II
seemed that the winds were mos
variable in this area. Our chart
shows that we spent the first few
days describing circles, as l had
feared.
We were beginning 10 notice a
dryness of our tongues and
throats. There was no moisture
coming from our salivary glands
and a withered feeling in our
mouths made il hard 10 swallow
We had all taken great quantities
of salt water in our first plunge
into the ocean when the plane
sank from under us. We had been
afraid at first that swallowing this
salt water would Immediately
cause us to suffer unbearable
thirst, but we did not find this
TO be true. Perhaps, in this par
ticular instance. this early lack oi
adverse reaction 10 salt water
was due to the fact that our sys-
TENS were able to assimilate i'm
Imediately the mineral content oi
the ocean we had consumed.
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26

He turned his sharp blue eyes
back TO their patient vigil.
This brought Tony's volatile
spirits up again.
"Some convoy-why, hell"
SHn Goes 10 Work
We chewed this over awhile.
Shortly the sun went 10 work.
Gene sighed and touched his long.
tender nose. Tony automatically
began Tipping water onto Genes
blouse. i sat and dourly regarded
the raw red circle where my wrist
watch had been. This spot never
tanned. 1t repeatedly burned 10
blisters, peeled, and burned again.
The rest of the morning passed
in silence. Each of us was occu-
pied with his own thoughts. and
they must have been uniformly
gloomy.
Over and over I took stock of
our situation. In a few hours /
would make the fifth pencil mark
on the gunwale. Five days with
out food or water. Five days, the
three OF us crowded together in a
space not much bigger than the
inside of a bathtub. Five days
with no sleep by night, and a
pitiless torture by day. all day
long, as the suns burning rays bit
into our hides and boiled
out the remaining moisture. Five
days of turning our suffering skins,
like basting fowl, to baths of sting
ing salt. Five days--and how
many days ahead of nothing to
keep us alive but the sinew that
was now wasting from our bones.
Pat on fhe Pot
1 shook my head like boxer
who suddenly catches himself be-
ing counted out. Time TO put on
the pot, old boy.
Boys" ] said.
Rhey stared at me, Gene absent
lingering his ludicrous
young beard, which was stiff with
salt.
"AlI we've got to do now" I
said. trying to make my voice
strong and confident, els keep
going south and west, and well
either be picked up or run into
an island. 1t isn't easy, but II
might be worse, and if we stick
together, have a feeling we're
going to come out all right
Lets shake on IT," Gene said.
So we shook hands all around,
and things seemed better after
that.
Before evening, the three of us
were sitting dejectedly silent. Then
Gene made a suggestion.
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26

We watched the great red sun
sink in silence. The sea this eve
ming was dappled with tiny gold
tipped surface waves on which a
bird occasionally lighted as if
coming home. We felt lonely.
The tiny topmost yellow silver
of sun hung a second, then dropped,
and suddenly it was twilight. Be-
hind us, star cleaned.
"WeIi, Henry" Tony said
promptly, "time to put on the
pot"
Why that phrase didn't get
under our skins after its five hun
'dredth repetition is one of the
minor wonders of the voyage.
In the gray morning of the fifth
day We realized. fully and def
'initely. that our force had left us
behind.
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26
CHAPTER Z

We had a good line, and the
jacket was just heavy enough 10
sink 8 or 10 feet in the water in
fairly light wind, four 10 six feet
in a heavy wind. In fact, the
wind had TO be terrifically heavy
which il was a time or two-to
draw the jacket TO the surface and
collapse il. This happened in blows
that / estimated 10 be 30 knots
or over, but we didn't have a lot
of wind of that force.
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26
CraciRg Wafer

Nevertheless, though we were
not yet suffering greatly from
thirst. we knew our systems must
be craving water, and we were
worried.
These were great areas OF sea
open 10 our view. Here and there,
far off yet seemingly near, we
could see gray and silver streaks
between the waves and the darker
clouds just above.
Rain.
At numerous points we could
make out what we believed TO be
line squalls, rains along the line
of wind change. or cold fronts.
Many times we thought one of
those squalls would surely hit us
and we could get a drink, and
many times We seemed to sail
right between two showers. But
the sun still shone on us.
The night arrived surprisingly
- IL tkt. IoAtfndn
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26
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Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26

He turned his sharp blue eyes
back to their patient vigil.
This brought Tonys volatile
spirits up again.
"SOme cOnyOy-why, hell"
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-26
On Broadway
by Walter WincheII

Trade Mark Registered Copyright. 1914.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Mexican Congress
Group 10 Discuss
Sinking Tomorrow
Commission Is Expected
To Confine Itself to
Denouneine U-Boots
1y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. May 1e.-A spe-
cial meeting of the Permanent Con-
gressional Commission was sum-
moned tonight to meet Monday Ito
discuss Mexico's attitude in the in
ternational situation" created by the
torpedoing Of the Mexican tanker
Potrero del Llano this week of the
United States East Coast.
The loss of this ship, Mexico's first
such casualty Of the war, has
aroused an almost unanimous de-
mand for a declaration of war or
other drastic measures against the
Axis.
Several of the members Of the
Permanent Congressional Commits
sion have urged an extraordinary
session of Congress to declare war
on the Axis, but despite this and
despite the public's cry for firm &C
ton, it was said in political quar-
ters that the Commission Monday
probably would conf1ne itself to con-
demning the U-boat attack.
1t was regarded as unlikely that
any deflnitive policy would be for
mulated before Mexican government
leaders have an opportunity to study
the reaction of the Axis Powers to
Mexico's note demanding assurance
OF complete satisfaction" by this
Thursday.
Portes Gil Backs Government.
Former President Emilio Portes
Gil declared the governments "en-
ergetic and patriotic attitude" in
demanding complete satisfaction"
from the totalitarian nations for
loss Of the 7,50O-ton vessel deserved
the most ample support of the
Mexican people in the difficult days
just ahead"
Practically every important labor
organization, led by the powerful
c. T. NJ, has demanded war on the
Axis or other firm steps to uphold
national honor and avenge the
deaths OF IA seamen. There also
were suggestions for conflscation Of
Axis property In Mexico, which the
afternoon paper Ultimas Noticias es-
timated was worth 1885 100000.
Sinking Called a Crime.
The government paper Ell Nacional
IN front-page editorial described
the sinking as a crime which has
shaken. the nation to its deepest
f1bers" and said that whatever the
cost in more ships sunk and lives
lost, "the rights and honor of Mex
leo must be respected before any
thing else"
The pro-Allied paper Novedades
urged the public to remain calm
while awaiting a decision by Pres
ident Manuel Avila Camacho. Sen
ators and Deputies who have been
talking Of special session OF Con-
gress to declare war also took the
attitude that it was better to await
a reply to Mexico's protest before
embarking on a course of definite
action.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Production
Continued From First Page }

people can be assured that the
shipyards will do the Job assigned
to them" emphasizing that latest
reports are ''reassuring" and that
there is no lag today in cargo
shipbuilding."
The progress made thus far is
easing our shipping problem" the
statement added, but there will be
a shortage of ships until sinkings
throughout the world are brought
under better control and the ship
building program gets into full pro-
duction.
Ship Production Gaining.
Specifically, the statement dis
closed that shipyards delivered 100
new vessels in the first 13O days of
1912, or 20 per cent more than were
built in all of 1941. This compares
with a total of Ill American mer-
chant ships reported sunk since
Pearl Harbor The United States.
however, must build also to replace
ships sunk under the flags of other
United Nations.
If the shipbuilding rate attained
In the first 130 days were continued
throughout the year the program
would fall far short of the goal of
300 vessels totaling 100000 tons for
1912, but the White House said the
peak of production had not been
reached and construction was gain
Ing momentum. Next year the goal
has been set at $500 ships aggre-
eating $4,000, 900 tons.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
Evening star., 1942-05-17
a. U. Gets Research Grant

The Rockefeller Foundation has
granted $4,000, beginning June /. to
American University for research
into italian War Financing 1885,
1941' The project will be carried
out under Prof. George A. Tesoro Of
Lawrence College, Wis, who will
come here.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

the Maritime Commission is study
ing the possibility of supplementing
its steel shipbuilding program with
construction of reinforced concrete
or even wooden vessels.
The commission already is expert
menting with construction Of REIN
forced concrete barges. the first Of
which are expected to be ready for
service within a few weeks. Bids
also are being sought for building
wooden barges for coastal and in
land waterways service.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

LOS ANGELES. - SHIRLEY
is HONOR GUEST AT DANCE
Wearing high-heeled shoes
and looking all Of her IA years
and then some, Shirley Tenn
pie attend ded the annual
pledge dance of Alpha Sigma
Fraternity, Santa Monica Jun
ior College Chapter, as guest
Of honor Friday night. Her
escort is Earl Miller.
"A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Bats Son Refuses Commission,
Speeds Induction as Private

beside other Americans"
During the conversation he also
disclosed that he had turned down
four offers of commissions in the
armed forces.
why should I get commission"
he asked coolly. I'm no better than
the next American young man. I
belong shouldering a gun alongside
the next one. I'm going in as a
private"
He asked to have his preliminary
examination done in q hurry. Then
he was told about the To-day wait
ing period granted for appeal pur-
poses.
He promptly asked for q waiver
and signed one which stated, This
constitutes q waiver Of the To-day
appeal period allowed all regis
trants. I request that be in
Quoted in the February induction.
The request was granted. He
is one of the selectees who will be
inducted at Camp Lee, Va, to-
morrow.
Mr.. Bait. has been in the Gov
ernment service since his gradua-
ton from Harvard-first with the
Department Of Labor, then Com
meree and at one time the Tempo
rary National Economic Commit
tee. He is unmarried and lives ct
500 n street NV.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Fort Davis Bus Service
Considered by Commission

Extension of bus service into the
Fort Davis area. lying east of Ala
bama avenue between Branch ave-
nue. and Thirty eighth street Sc,
was considered today at a public
hearing before the Public Utilities
Commission. The issue has been un-
der study for some months.
A once-contemplated plan by the
commissions staff to direct the Cap
ital Transit Co. to extend its CO
bus into the area has been opposed
by representatives of the Washing
ton, Marlboro g. Annapolis Motor
Lines, who maintained the area
should be served by that concern.
While not ysk revealing what the
decision would be, Commission
Chairman Gregory Hankin told Les
lie Altman, w. M. & A. president,
that should his concern be awarded
the service it could expect to be
required to provide 1o-minute rush
hour headway.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Phone Company Boosts
Donation 10 Red Cross

An additional donation of $185.75
from the personnel of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.
to the Red Cross war fund yester-
day brought the total contribution
from the company and its en-
ployes to $12,255.56, District chapter
officials announced. Employees do
nations now amount to $4,755 .85
The corporation has given $500.
Another contribution, amounting
to SIG, was received from three
District girls who raised the money
through the sale of novelty woolen
dolls they had made. The girls are
Judy Solomon, 10; Phyllis Sherman
II, and Ina Miller, 10, all of s817
Georgia avenue NV.
The chapter also reported ship
ment to Army and Navy outposts
of 1890 knitted garments, including
sweaters, socks, helmets, mufners
and watch caps. At the same time,
260 cotton print dresses for girls
were sent to Hawaii to be dis
tributed among war refugees.
A Red Cross class in home nurs-
ing will be organized at the Y. w
C. A., Seventeenth and K streets
NV, at 7:30 pm. tomorrow. Glasses
thereafter will be held from 7:3t
to $50 pm. each Wednesday and
Friday evening.
A dramatization of life saving
was to be given at George Washing
ton University today before zoe
members of the District Red Cross
staff assistants course by Commo-
dore Wilbert e. Longfellow, assist
ant national Red Cross director
of first aid, water safety and acci-
dent prevention.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
'Sniper' Case
Returned 10
DistrictCourt
Evidence Justifying
New Trial Claimed
By EkIund Counsel

The Court Of Appeals today
announced that 1t was remand
ing to District Court the case Of
the convicted murderer, John
Eugene Eklund, termed by police
"The Sniper," at the request Of
the defense because Of newly dis
covered evidence.
Attorney Harry T. Whelan, on be-
half Of Ecklund, said today that he
will file in District Court a motion
for a new trial within the next few
days
Eklunds execution date now Is
scheduled for March 20, following
his conviction for the Staying of Hy-
Ian G. McClaine, colored, on October
IS, 1910, at the Rock Greek and Po-
tomac Parkway, near K street NV.
Eklund was convicted last June,
but waiter, Herbert Ray, who testi-
fled as one of the Governments i'm
portant witnesses in the trial, re-
Gently pleaded guilty in District
Court to housebreaking and larceny
and was sentenced to from 4 to Il
years.
The defense asserts that Ray had
a previous police record and further
contends that at the Eklund trial
Ray testified that he himself had
never been arrested and that upon
this allegedly perjured testimony,
Eklund, the 26-year-old former COL
lege student and ex-employe of a
drive-in restaurant was sentenced
to the electric chair.
The Court of Appeals had under
consideration an appeal in Eklunds
case when the defense petitioned it
to remand the case to the lower
court. Attorney Whelan says that
Rays situation was brought to his
notice by the Government, through
Assistant United States Attorneys
John w. Fihelly and Charles B.
Murray, who prosecuted Eklund. The
Government also consented to re-
manding the case to the lower court.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
SchooIboys to Get Plans Soon
For Making Model WorpIones
Noy's Quote for Youth Of District
Is 800; Awards to Be Given

Workshops OF public senior and
junior high schools and vocational
schools are expected to receive with
in the next few days the plans from
which District schoolboys will build
their quota of $500 model airplanes
for the Navy.
The plans and specifications, pre-
pared by the Bureau of Aeronautics
of the Navy Department and dis
tributed nationally through the Fed
eral Once of Education, arrived at
Franklin School headquarters this
morning. DR.. Chester w. Holmes,
assistant superintendent of schools
and state director of the model air.
craft project here, announced.
Schools all over the country have
been asked to turn out 10000 models
each of so different types of fighting
aircraft or a total of 100000, to be
used in training Of student pilots
and also civilian aircraft spoilers.
Plans to Be Studied.
DR.. Holmes said that after going
over the specifications and instruc-
tions he plans to turn them over
to Assistant Supt. Lawson j. Can
tren, in charge Of junior high and
vocational schools in the white divi-
sions, and First Assistant Supt. Gar
net c. Wilkinson, who holds the
same post in the colored divisions.
After clearing through them, DR..
Holmes said. the plans will go to
the manual training and vocational
training chiefs for distribution to
the shops. The distribution will be
handled in the white divisions by
]. Elmer Zearfoss, in charge of
manual training, and Harold A.
Clark, vocational training director
In the colored divisions it will be
accomplished by r. I. Vaughn,
manual training chief, and E. P.
Westmoreland, in charge of voca-
tional training.
All models, according to the Navy
Department. must be made on a
precise scale of l to "a inches, or
/ inch on the model representing 6
feet on the actual airplane. Seen
through a standard ring sight used
on aerial mounts, a model at IS feet
looks like the real plane at just
under half a mile. The student pilot
thus will be able to practice identi-
flcation and gunnery ranges, it was
added.
Navy to Inspect Models.
After the models have been con-
structed, they will be submitted to
Evening star., 1942-02-24

william L. Bait, jr., who resigned
from his London post with the
Lease-Lend Administration, refused
offers of commission and waived
all rights ordinarily given selectees
because Of his hurry to get in the
Army, will be inducted tomorrow.
The 25-year-old son of the director
of materials of the War Production
Board was given permission by his
local draft board to 60 to London
as Lend-Lease Administration aide
last April.
Last month he notified his board
No. 10, that he was back in this
country and shortly thereafter he
was reclassified from IA to la
pending his physical examination
Under ordinary conditions it would
have been about two months before
he found himself in q uniform.
But Young Bait had other ideas
Early this month he paid call al
his local hoard to find out where
he stood. He said he had resigned
from his lease-lend job, to be effec-
tive about a month after his return
from England.
When a board oficial asked hin
why he had given up such job
he replied, When I took that jot
we were not at war. Now that W
are, my place Is back here fightint
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Six Killed in Auto
Wreck at Frederick

FREDERICK. Md, Feb. "a R.-
Six colored youths-two boys and
four girls-were killed instantly yes
terday when their automobile
smashed into a tree at the outskirts
Of the city.
Only one girl, Mildred E. Sewell,
16, of Newmarket. survived the
crash. She was badly injured.
The automobile plowed into tree
standing at the entrance to Mount
olivet Cemetery.
Police identified the dead as:
Sterling Robert Orem, 10, of Foun-
tain Mills, owner and driver of the
car; Beatrice Fossett, 13, of New
market; Gabriela Moore, 18. Fred
erick; Eleanor Irene Zeigler, 16
Damascus; Gladys Naomi Zeigler,
IS, her sister, and Arthur jackson,
81, of Damascus.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
14th Street Cars Halted
An Hour in Morning Rush

Street car service on Fourteenth
street NV, both north and south
bound, was halted for one hour this
morning during the traffic peak
when a conductor bar dropped near
Florida avenue. All cars transport
ing Bureau of Engraving, Navy Yard
and other Government employees and
the public to their places of work,
were stopped.
To meet the emergency, officials
of the Capital Transit Co. pressed
"A buses into service. Street car
company officials estimated 49 south
bound and half as many northbound
street cars were tied up.
The conductor bar, corresponding
to an overhead trolley, furnishes
current for car operation. The bar
fell after burning out. Repair crews
were rushed to the scene. The tie
I'D started at ITO o'clock and service
was not resumed until 8:13, COM
pany officials said.
Numerous stranded passengers
thumbed rides downtown.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Salvation Army Revival
Services Begin Tonight

An intensive series Of revival
services in connection with the
Salvation Army's Victory Through
Christ Campaign will begin tonight
when Mrs. Major Harold Smith,
evangelist, will conduct services at
the Temple Corps, 606 e street
NV. At the Georgetown Corps,
lots Thomas Jefferson street NV,
Mrs. Margaret Ogden will begin the
revival series.
The speaker for the 8 pm. Fri
day services at the Temple meet
ing will be the Rev. william Wright
Of the Douglas Memorial Methodist
Church.