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Evening star., 1942-07-20
Stockholders Called
To Consider Merger
p, the Associated Press

ISF tHt ASsUtIhItu PIeSs.
NEW YORK, July 90 Stock
holders of Community Power &
Light Co. have been called to a spe-
cial meeting at Newark on August
II to vote on proposals to merge the
company and General Public Utili-
ties. Inc, into the Southwestern
Public Service Co.
The merger would form part of q
plan of integration and simplifica-
ton as announced early in July and
which, the company said in a state
ment calling the meeting, had beer
approved by the Securities & EX-
change Commission.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK July 20 tP.--Noon foreign
exchange rates follow tGreat Britain in
dollars. others in cents)
Canada: Official Canadian control board
rates for United States dollars: Buying,
10 per cent premium; selling. II per cent
premium: equivalent to discounts on Ca
madam dollars in New York of buying, 991
per cent; selling, 9.09 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, 9if per cent discount, or 80. O6A
United States cents.
Europe: Great Britain official Bankers
Foreikn Exchange Committee rates,, buy
ing; 81 o. selling. S4 .O4 open. market;
cables, S4.04
Latin America: Argentina. official, 20 II;
free. 1886; Brazil, official 6.o5n: free,
5.20n: Mexico. 20.67n.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. n Nominal
Evening star., 1942-07-20
New York Cotton
z. the Associated Press.

z! tIt ASS0clateu FfeSS.
NEW YORK, July 20.-Cotton flu
lures prices dropped today for the
fourth consecutive session, yielding
more than 81 a bale, and reaching
the lowest levels in nearly a month.
Selling was based on fears of i'm
minent administration action on an
anti-inflation drive.
Local and New Orleans interests
were active sellers. Excepting minor
trade price fixing on a scale down
demand was indifferent.
Late prices were off 80 cents to
Sl.l5 bale. October. 1887: Deem
Der, 1857 and March. 1879.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
0PA Seeks 10 Ease
Price Squeeze on
Soap Manufacturers
Cut of About Cent q Pound
Made on InedibIe
ToIIow and Greuses
3, tn, Associated Press.

follow and Greuses
8, tht Associated Press.
To alleviate a price squeeze OF
soap manufacturers, the Once 0
Price Administration has lowered
prices on inedible tallow and grease
about l cent a pound.
The soap makers in February hat
agreed. at OPA's request, to elimi
nate 3 per cent increase in thel
own prices announced last winter
Along with the cut in inedible tai
low and grease prices, OPA an
nounced several sweeping revision
of the fats and oils price structure
including:
The fixing of maximum prices, IL
dollars and cents, on l9 dlfteren
imported vegetable oils.
The setting of specific maximum
ceilings on seal oil, whale oil ant
a group of fish oils.
Tallows and Grcases.
The adjustment of price dlfferen
tials between various grades of tai
low and greases (the roll-back wa
on the adjusted instead of the olt
prices.
Provision for sales of fats and OIL
to the Government at above-celllns
prices, while applications for adjust
ment by OPA are pending; the flna
payment, however, must conform t
OPA's subsequent ruling
The changes are effective July Is
except the tallow provisions which
go into effect on August /. The eX
ception was provided to give tim'
for the assimilation of the roll
back" on inedible tallows and grease
in the various channels of distribu
ton.
Vegetable Oil Formula.
The imported vegetable oils or
which dollars and cents ceiling.
were fixed formerly were priced a
the sellers highest quotation as o.
October l, 1941, or at Ill per cen
of his November 26 U94D price.
On nine of these oils the new
ceilings are set at the highest rep.
resentative prices at which each
sold under the old formula; there
fore the ceilings represent the high
est annual prices received under
the schedule.
Oils priced on this basis include
coconut oil, castor oil. muru-muru
Oil. palm oil, perillo oil, commercial
citicica oil, teaseed oil, tung oil ane
ucuhuba crude vegetable tallow.
Price ceilings on babassu, pataus
and tucum oils were set on the
basis of Ill per cent Of sales prices
during a period prior to November
26, 194l.
Rapeseed Oil.
Rapeseed oil, formerly obtained
from Japan and now imported from
the Argentine, was boosted in price
to 11.5O cents pound in bulk with
cost. insurance and freight paic
New York. The Oil is important for
use in marine engines.
Ceilings were set on cohune, curl
curl, andiroba, palm kernel, sun
flower seed and sesame oils based
on the maximum price OF the OIL
to which they are closest in quality
and used INTERCHANGEABLE.
The marine animal oils were
priced as follows: Crude whale oil,
No. /, 11.25 cents a pound; crude
sperm oil, No. /. IT'S cents; seal
oil, No. l, $50 cents; crude men
haden fob. producers plant, At
lantic Coast, $50 cents: crude sar-
dine oil, fob. producers plant, Pa
cific Coast, $50 cents; sardine oil
hydrogenated 50 degrees, fob. pro-
ducer's plant, Pacific Coast, 1880:
crude herring oil, fob. Seattle, 8S
cents.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
United Stotes Treasury Position
ity of scrap and necessity for fur

ity of scrap and necessity for fur
mace repairs" preventing a higher
rate. BY districts, Chicago broke
it's declining trend and rose "a
point to l02 per cent, Buffalo re-
gained ~ points to SO per cent.
Wheeling advanced 6 points to 831a
and Youngstown was up l point
to 96. Cincinnati lost 81 points
to 88la per cent. Cleveland u point
to 941a, New England 2 points to
80, Detroit points to IS and Pitts
burgh l point to "a per cent. Rates
were unchanged at ST. Louis. 5l2.
Birmingham, 95; Eastern Pennsyl-
vania, 96.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

Unit OF trading. 10 shares. In bank.
under Bankruptcy Act, or securities as
sumed by such companies. Rates OF dlvl,
dends in the foregoinR table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other
wise noted, special or extra DIVIDENDS are
rights Also extra or extras. d Cash or
stock e Declared or cald so far this year.
Payable in stock g Paid last year. Pay.
dividends pald OF declared thus year.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Northwestern MutuuI
Elects Z New Directors
z, thf Associated Press.

FS the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE. July 20.--Henry M.
Wriston of Providence, r. l.. presr-
dent of Brown University, and
Harold M. Stratton, Milwaukee
businessman, we're elected to the
Board of Trustees Of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Co, at
the annual election, it was ANNOUNCE
ed at the home Office here today. =.
They fill the unexpired three-yeaf
terms of F.. G.. Echols Of Hartford.
Conn. who retired recently, and the
late Walter Davidson of Milwaukee.
Nine trustees were reelected for
four-year terms.
" 50
Bonds or bondage-Was there ever
~n Al Sirr hoire1 Get y0urc now +
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Pittsburgh Steel Prices

NEW YORK, July 20 [Pl.-Steei prices
per 100 pounds fob. Pittsburgh:
Hot rolled sheets. base price. RIO.
Galvanized sheets, 3.50k
Steel bars, 2.15.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star.

EpeClHI D1SpdtCn 70 THE StHT.
BALTIMORE. July Co
Sales STOCKS High Low. Close
500 Dawson Chem Ola aia ala
200 New Amst Cas- 20. 20. 20.
44U s Fid & Guar 257s asa 25Ts
BONDS
$4,000 Bal Tr deb Is A A. 4s24 ASA
Evening star., 1942-07-20
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Stocks O;s:<, ss '''s''f ,s r.. ~:;s Ste,
Stock and Sales

Dividend Rate. Ad
Alum Co of Am t2el
Am Cynamid OBJ go
Am Gas g. z l .60a
Am General .15e
Am 1t & Trac 20
Am Superpwr pf
Appal Fl p Of t4.5OO
Ark Nat Gas pf .1Ok.
Basic Refract zoe
Beecn Aircraft
Bray T'L&P h .40e
Brewster Aero BOG
Bridgeport Machine
Brill tA) ---.
Buckeye Pipe L 4
Bun Maggie pf 60
Callite Tune .25e
Cap City Prod soc
Garner Corp --
| Catalin 25g
| Cessna Aircraft 1e--
Chlds pf ---
Cities Service pi 3s-
Clev El Illu t21a)---
Clinchfield Coal -
Colonial Alrlines
Colts Pat F 2.50e
Commun P S (21---
Conn Tel & Elec
Cons G g. e Bal $50
Cont G g. E pr pf 2
Creole Petrolm .50a-
Crown c Int A COX
Draper Corp 3 ---
Dubilier Condsenser
Z q & ? pr pft4.bOD
East Sug AS pf 2n.50k
Klec BOND q Share
Elec B & S Of t6)
Elgi in N Watch .225e-
Emerson Flee .15e
Emp G g. F Sc pf--
Emp G 4 F 79e pf--
Fairchlld Av soc
Fla P g. LIT pf %.
Gen w G e. e pf 90
Glen Alden zoe
Gulf Oil Corp la
Gulf St Ut pf (6)
Harvard Brew .05e
Hazeltine |, zoe
Hecla Mining soc
Heller pf l .75-----
Humble Oil .75e
Huyl tDel, 1st pf -
Hygrade Syl .3125--
Ill Iowa pf / .42k---
Illinois Zinc .25e---
Imp Oil Ltd th.50)-
Indus Fnan pf ---
, Ins Co n A t2.50a>-
Int Cgr Mach soc
Int Inoust t.10g)---
Int Met Ind tA)----
Int Petrol thl)
Int Products .25e-
Int util pr pf $500
Jer c P & l. pf %
koppers pf t6)----.
Lake Shore M h.S0
Lakey Fdy g. M .10e-
Lehigh Coal .25e---
Upton pf tl.5O)--
Lone OI8l AAe -SUS-
Long Isl Ltg pf
Long Isl Light pf B..
Merr-Chap 4 Scott
Merr-C-S pf 4.126k-
Mesabt Iron
MINI Min g. M soc
Mont Ward A o..
Mount City c -26g--
Nat Container J.
Nat Fuel Gas d.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
the ACID TEST
OF EXEcUToRSnlp

lHE acid test of Executorship
lies in the Executors ability to
carry out the settlement of an
estate in strict accordanc with the
terms of the will. Not until this has
been accomplished, without unnec-
essary loss of time or money, has the
Executor fulfilled his obligations.
American Security's 55-year record
Evening star., 1942-07-20

of trustworthy estate service speaks
for itself. Chartered by law, Ameri-
can Security is permanent institu-
tion for the settlement, administra-
tion and conservation of estates.
We invite you and your attorney
to consult with our Trust Officer
on the best means of providing for
your family's future welfare.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

Bonds or bondage-Was there ever
an easier choice? Get yours now.
Evening star., 1942-04-22

Unit OF trading, ten shares: sales
printed in full T In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganized under Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such COM
panies Rates Of dividend in the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
ton. Unless otherwise noted, special OF
extra dividends are not included. xd TX
dividend, xr Ex rights Also extra or
extras. d Cash or stock. e Declared or paid
so far this year fPayShle in stock Paid
last year. Payable in Canadian funds
K Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year
Evening star., 1942-04-22
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 22.-Grain fu-
lures developed a more hesitant
tone after the early upturn today
and the trading pace slackened off
appreciably.
Wheat managed to hold opening
gains generally and rye rose in SYM
pathy, but soybeans lost about q
cents at the extreme. Corn held
generally steady to firm at levels
just above yesterdays close, despite
selling by cash houses and increased
country offerings. Cash handlers
reported that about las, 900 bushels
had been booked to arrive, against
sales by local shippers of $1,000
bushels.
At noon wheat was "a to u cent
higher than Tuesdays final prices,
May $1.21. July $123h; corn was
unchanged to 1s up, May 865s, July
893s; oats, 1s lower to "a higher;
rye, unchanged to 70 up and soy
beans II to 81 off
Evening star., 1942-04-22
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, April % Up Omitted States
Department Of Agrculture) .-SalabIe hogs.
10000: total $4,000; market 1870,
mostly 1920. higher on all weights; clos
ing fairly. active: good and choice. zoo
$50 pounds, IA .30-45; top, IA so: 10000
pounds, l410-40; 160-s0 pounds 13 o.
1925; sows, l5-25 higher; good, 400-55O-
pound sows, l3.90-l425.
Salsble sheep, 1000; total 5000: late
Tuesday: fat lambs SLOW, 25-4O higher;
few decks choice, closely sorted, I3. 3.40-75;
only few lots medium to good around
1925 choice 10l pound fed clipped lambs,
with No. pelts- I IS; small lots fat
wOoled ewes zoos 90 Today's trade
Opening sales good and choice fed wooled
lambs around steady at I335-5O; shorn
lambs strong 10 25 higher early; one dou-
bic choice No. ] and , skins, 1215;
fat sheep scarce steady.
Salable cattle. 10 600; calves. 500: lib
eral supply medium TO strictly good fed
ket slow, steady TO 25 lower; meager sup
ply choice TO prime offerings strong TO IS
higher; however, these specialties going on
shipper account at 1875 upward: 1928
pasd. new high on crop. for l,27S-pound
aversges. next highest price. l1-15. all
yearllngS steady, with helfer yearhngs as
much as 70 higher choice l,065-pound
heifers- Is 00 cows slow, steady; bulls
weak; vealers fully steady al 1900 down
weignty sausage bulls sold Up 70 65; cutter
cows, $50 down.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
CoIIyer Urges Tire Saving
To Avoid Auto Seizures

NEW YORK, April 22.-John l..
Collyer. president of the B. F. Good
rich Co, expressed belief today that
private automobiles will not be COM
mandeered by the Government
provided motorists follow rubber
conservation rules and stretch to the
utmost the life of the / 200, ,OO0-ton
"stockpile" represented by tires now
in use This is more than double
the amount of crude rubber in the
country's stockpile January /, 1912,
he added.
He said Americas dependence on
automobile transportation is so
great that considerable interference
with the war production program
might be caused by taking automo-
biles from private citizens.
Reduction Of speeds Is the most
important single conservation meas
ure recommended. Mr.. Collyer said.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
New York Cotton
Nv the Associated preSS

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 22.-Cotton fu-
lures chartered an irregular course
today, but showed good rallying
power on the setbacks.
Trade price fixing furnished the
principal demand and absorbed in
creased hedging against recent C.
G. c. purchases and larger loan re-
demptions.
Intimation that the conversion
ordes on looms to the production Of
bagging materials will mean a fur
ther step up in textile production
helped buyers.
More favorable war news tended
to offset improved crop reports and
anti-inf1ationary talk.
Late afternoon values we're UP 30
to so cents bale, May, 1s.46; July,
1852, and December, 1897.
- Futures closed rs to 65 cents bale
Evening star., 1942-04-22
StocksCIose Lower
In Slow Tradinq;
Bonds Advance
Power Output Decrease
Held First Sign of
Many Plant Shutdowns
By VICTOR EUBANK,
Press Finanrial Writnr

NEW YORK. April 22.-ATixed
prices slightly favored the lower side
in todays stock market. but dealings
were slow, even by recent leisurely
standards.
On the retreat most of the time
were such key shares as United
States Steel, Youngstown. Sears
Roebuck. General Motors, Douglas,
Sperry. Pennsylvania, Southern Pa
eific and Standard Oil New Jersey.
Giving ground more generously and
consistently were several chemicals,
including Dow. Dupont and Allied.
Turnover ranged around $50 900
shares compared with yesterdays
slightly more than 270.000
In the curb market, trends were
even narrower than on the big
board, though Great Atlantic 81 Pa
ciflc, on a single small lot. lost 2
points. Humble Oil. Aluminium,
Ltd; American Cyanamid "B" and
st. Regis Paper showed modest
gains, Gulf Oil, Lake Shore and
American Gas we're down bit.
Power Figures Watched.
Business observers attached more
than casual importance to the re-
port that the power output of the
country last week had shown q de-
cline which, though small. was con-
trary to the seasonal pattern. OF
course, energy output continued to
run well above last year. because OF
the tremendous war output, but
some skilled observers believed the
first signs we're beginning to show
Of the gradual shutdown of many
kinds Of peacetime production.
In this process, 1t was pointed out.
many small companies would require
time to switch to war production and
a sizable number might not have the
machinery or personnel TO undertake
such work.
Analysts said they intended to
watch power figures in coming weeks
as an important clue to the extent
of the closing down of small con-
Germs as a result of the war.
Bonds Rise Slowly.
The bond market pointed higher
under leadership of rails Utilities
that have recently been backward
helped to bolster the undertone near
the final hour.
The Australian group of loans
we're stronger than others In the
foreign department. Queensland IS,
| inactive in recent sessions, pushed
up points.
Gamers Of fractions to around a
point included Wisconsin Central Is,
Wabash AIS, Southern Pacific AIS,
Pennsylvania General AIS, Pacific
Telephone 3%s, Nickel Plate 41zs.
Columbia Gas SIS Of May, Interna-
tional Telephone IS and st. Paul IS.
Standing still most of the time
we're Studebaker 6s, Western Union
| IS, Northern Pacific As, Detroit
Edison IS and American 81 Foreign
Power 5s.
} United States Governments we're
a little better on the stock exchange
and over the counter.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
Gains Seen in Moving
Oil 10 Eastern States
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, April 22,-Addi-
tional ground appeared to have been
gained in aiding transportation of
petroleum to the Atlantic Coast and
Pacific Northwest.
Movement of railroad tank cars
to the East Coast increased the flow
of oil into that rationed area to
586,350 barrels daily for the week
ended April IL, gain Of lis per
cent over the previous week. Move
ment by rail into the Pacific North
west was up II per cent.
The Office of the Petroleum Co.
ordinator also was studying the
possibility of concentrating barge
facilities on the Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers. A pipeline from South
western fields to Grand Lake, Ark,
to shorten the river haul was under
consideration.
Oil is barged to Pittsburgh and
distributed from there. Officials
were hopeful that concentrated use
of barges would transport in excess
of $4,000, 900 barrels of oil into the
IA States along the Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers. In 1910, the barge
movement of oil in that territory
was about 10000, 900, and about 49,
0O0, 900 in 1941.
In the field. the Oil and Gas
Journal reported 325 competitions
for the week, compared to 312 the
previous week, and $50 a year ago.
NEW YORK, April % (P. The
Nations gasoline stocks declined
1,078,000 barrels, about normal for
this season. in the week ended April
the American Petroleum Institute
reported today.
Light fuel oil stocks showed a drop
of $4,000 barrels in the same
period to 29,929, 900 barrels, but re-
sidual or heavy fuel oil supplies rose
81 200 barrels to total of 82,577, 600
at the end of the week.
Daily average crude oil production
for the week was, up slightly at s.
545, 900 barrels, compared with 3,543,-
400 the week before and 3,752, $50 a
year earlier. Refinery operations
for the Nation as a whole averaged
75.7 per cent of capacity, indicating
crude run of 3.548, 900 barrels daily
compared with ISL per cent and g.
$4,000 barrels the previous week.
Gasoline production totaled H.
oo5. 900 barrels, against 1o,734 900 the
week before.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
Firms Head Retires

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, April
% (P.-Dr. Frank J. Tone, famed
electrochemist, retired today as
president of the Carborundum Co.,
with which he has been associated
since 1895. DR.. Tone, father of
Franchot Tone, motion picture ac-
tor, was appointed chairman Of the
board of directors, and Arthur A.
Bats, secretary, became president.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
u. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. ApriI - tP-PTices
quoted in dollars and thirty-seconds;
Evening star., 1942-04-22

New Orleans Prices
NEW ORLEANS, April % LR.-cotton
futures advanced here today on buying
stimulated by reports that the Army
awarded contracts for further large
amounts OF cotton textiles and BY an
unfavofable opinion of the Governments
weekly crop summary. Closing prices were
steady, 3 TO 2 points net hiRfer
Evening star., 1942-04-22

OF course. you're no juggler. But
you don't have to insist that the
stores waste paper wrapping all your
little bundles into one big bundle.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
ChicaEo Cash Prices,

Wheat. No. 2 red. 1.21h. Corn, No. 1
SeiisS So ssS5ss ssmpIe No er.s. 4 sSIso SeIos N9
Oats, No. ] mixed, 57-57A: No. l white,
57lz-5S; No. 2. 57l4-1z; No. 3, 56. Bar
screenings. 55-63 nominal. Soybeans No.
3 yellow. 1.77h: No. 4, 1.74A-1 h-75a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-04

Nips Is rapidly a. they were pre-
pared for shipment to us. Col.
Long. who was commanding officer
of the Air Force group, lost 20
pounds from malnutrition, but,
even though he was SO weak he
couldn't leave the makeshift bed We
had prepared for him in foxhole,
he refused to be relieved and stayed
with us. He was later taken pris-
oner by the Japanese.
We had no blankets and no mat
tresses. We used tree leaves or
vine mating for beds and for cover.
None of the men had mosquito
nets, and night after night, they
were horribly bitten by the raging
pests. Col. I. E. Doane of Bangor,
Me-, veteran of the last war, was
regimental commanding officer and
he was great one. Loved by
every one for his courageous and
optimistic outlook when the going
was the toughest, Col. Doane was
especially appreciated by the Ameri-
can airmen who served under him
on Bataan because of his sincere
respect for the Air Corps even
though he was an infantry ofncer.
1t. Col. Hardee of Charlotte,
N. c., was executive officer for the
regiment. On many nights, as we
kept our eyes peeled for the typical
Japanese trick of crawling on their
bellies to our lines and bayonetting
one of our men or hurting a sur
prise grenade, Col. Hardee and I
would sit in a machine-gun nest
reminiscing about days of peace and
wondering when we would be home
again.
All OF us kept looking for the re-
Inducements that never came. I
don't think that one of us, up to
the last minute Of free Bataan, ever
believed the United States had not
done everything possible to get sup
plies to us. We didn't expect very
much, but we hoped and prayed
something would come.
Stuck by Guns Till the End.
OF all the men who served with
me during those first heart-break-
ing days of Bataan, the name Of
Pvt Oestricher of Eastman, Ga,
stands out as the most brilliant. It
was Oestricher who, when we set
up a machine-gun position far in
advance of our lines. camouflaged
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only by rice straw, volunteered to
take up the suicide post. The gun
position housed q dual .50-caliber
machine gun and it protected our
patrol even Is it repealed the
enemy.
Oestricher stuck by his guns until
the very end. I watched him NOV
down Japanese after Japanese as
they attempted to reach his posi-
ton in an effort to knock out prob
ably the most destructible machine
gun killer on Bataan. The only
thing I ever heard Oestricher ask
for in all those weeks during which
he single handedly covered our lines
was more ammunition. I watched
him shoot down the Jap dive
bombers which attempted to kill a
company Of our men who were set
ting up . barbed wire ENHANCEMENT,
and I could see the splitting tracers
of his shells Topping into the Japa-
nese advanced concentrations with
an almost uncanny perception Of the
enemy's presence.
Oestricher's position was taken
by q youngster of perhaps Ia
lad named Pvt. Ralph. At the end
of the first day he came back to
me and begged to be relieved. He
said it was just too hot for him and
that he couldn't stand it. I told
him that was disappointed in him
that all Of us, in fact, had expected
him to live up to the traditions
young Oestricher had so CALAMITY
set during his weeks in the suicide
post.
Pvt. Ralph looked at me and
tears welled from his eyes. He
turned away with = mumbled.
Thank you, sir! I am sorry" Two
hours later he was back in that po-
sition and he stayed there until
the hay camounaging him was ac-
tually afire. Pvt. Ralph was out
to stay to the end If necessary, to
prove he was q good soldier. Know
ing this, I recalled him from the
detail and gave him = new assign
ment. Young Ralph was later made
q sergeant and I believe he is still
Ha prisoner somewhere in the Philip
pines.
AS the days wore on the condition
OF our men and the general sit
uation on Bataan steadily deteri-