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Evening star., 1942-03-18
CONVOY
Continued From First Page.

surface or the air, they followed
loud-speaker orders quickly and EN-
GENTLY whether the command was to
clear decks or to stand by lifeboats.
Sighted Only )ne Island.
Too large to be handled by the
facilities of single port, our convoy
separated as it approached Australia
and made for various harbors.
Our ships chaplain, Capt. Ray
mond Collier Of Kansas City. said
his records showed the 24-day trip
| across the Equator and the Inter-
national Dateline was the longest
nonstop voyage ever made by an
American convoy.
| Dodging all islands, we sighted
land only only between America and
Australia. Even that was At a great
distance-just blue peaks OF what
seamen said was an uncharted Is
land, dim on the ehorizon some
where south of Tahiti.
All radios were silenced during the
trip. The complete lack OF war news
created considerable strain. and
there was much conjecture as to
the fate of the Philippines, how
Singapore was holding out, and what
might be doing in Libya and Russia
Once We reached port, and before
We we're allowed to leave the boat,
there was rush for the radios
There was great anguish when for
the first hour there was nothing but
music.
Hearing "Oh, Johnny" and South
Of the Border" made the men feel
at home-but what they wanted was
news. not Bing Crosby.
At night the ships we're blacked
out completely. Even garbage dis
posal was limited to an hour during
darkness. Lifebelts had to be worn
all the time.
A familiar sight on nearby ships
was long row Of white .dots-the
lifebelts and faces of men gazing
at the ships and the sea.
The length of the trip and the
number of troops meant a rationing
Of fresh water. All shaving, bathing
and laundry was done in sea water.
Many took advantage Of this to
raise mustaches. but most of them
had been removed before the land
ing.
Despite the weeks Of enforced in
activity, there was no lessening Of
morale. The soldiers-most Of them
! in their early 20s and making their
first ocean voyage-were cheerful
and cooperative all the way
Many. including experienced fly
ers, were seasick the first few days,
but I was lucky. I had never been
to sea before. yet I didr't miss .
single meal.
Poker and bridge, letter writing.
singing and watching the other ships
were the favorite pastimes. The
troops boogie-woogie band held q
jam session every night. The decks
were too crowded for much recre-
alton. but space was found for classes
and drills.
At the start of the voyage many
thought they were going to Hawaii
and even to South America.
On some of the ships there was
the customary ceremonial rough
house when the Equator and the In
ternational dateline were crossed.
Our ship had no ceremony, but it
did have puzzle. Capt. E. H. Syl-
wander, a former lawyer of Min
neapolis and Duluth, was deprived of
his 34th birthday anniversary when
we crossed the dateline.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Program =
40% Less Than Asked
By Army and Navy
Services to Get 289, 900
Of 400, 900 Authorized
For Rest Of Year
Earlier Story on Page A-6.)

Earlier Story on Page A-6.)
ey the Associated Press.
The typewriter conversion order
issued by the War Production Board
yesterday permits q volume of man
ufacture this year exceeded only by
194l, but nevertheless represents q
40 per cent cut In the estimated
needs Of the Army, Navy and other
essential Government agencies. the
w. p. B. reported today.
Ofncials who were questioned about
the high production rate. permitted
under what had been described as
a curtailment order, said w. p. B.
had found 1t necessary to provide
q Government stock pile OF ma
chimes before inflicting a sharper cut
upon the industry.
I'VE had hoped to get a greater
curtailment," high w. P. B. CT
flcial said. but the Army and Navy
estimates ran Unexpectedly high.
We cut them 40 per cent which
seemed about as far as we could
go, but the number allotted to them
still may be too high"
OF 100000 new machines to be
produced in the remaining months
of this year, 2ll,2 ,294 will be allotted
to the Army and 78 ,508 to the Navy
Typewriter sales to civilians will be
rationed by the once OF Price Ad-
ministration.
The order requires a Is per cent
cut in output of the five major
companies Underwood, Royal.
Remington, L. C. Smith and Corona.
and International Business Ma
chines-and a 10 per cent cut for
the Woodstock Typewriter Co. for
the rest Of March, April and May
In June the five big producers must
curtau by. 47 per cent and Woodstock
by Is per cent.
The program is aimed at produc-
ton of 325 900 standard and $4,000
portable units for the rest of the
year. The industry has been turning
out about $1,000 machines a month
since January /. The estimated 1912
production thus would be around
$4,000 machines, or about half Of
last years unusually high output.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
u. :. and Canada Seal
Formal Agreement
On Alaska Highway
Exehonee Of Notes
Concludes Negotiations
For Military Rood

The United States and Canada
formally agreed today on the details
of cooperative arrangements for
construction of q military highway
TO Alaska.
United States Army engineers al
ready are surveying the route for
the highway, which will follow the
general line of airports linking the
United States and Alaska through
Canada.
The work has been started under
a recommendation of the Joint
United States-Canada Defense
Board, which the Canadian govern
m.nt approved on March 8. The
formal agreement today was made
through an exchange Of notes be-
tween Canadian Prime Minister w.
L. Mackenzie King and Pierrepont
Moffat. American Minister to Can
ada
The agreement, as made public
by the State Department here, pro-
vides that United States Army en-
gineers shall construct pioneer
road" and that the United States
Publis Roads Administration will
award contracts for its completion.
It also stipulates that the United
States will maintain the highway
during the war and for six months
thereafter, when it will become part
OF the Canadian highway system or
condition that there be no discrim-
ination against United States civil
Ian traffic on the highway.
For its part, the Canadian gov
ernment agreed to provide rights of
way for the road in Canada, waive
import duties on shipments over the
road between the United States and
Alaska and on equipment and sup
plies used in construction or main
tenance of the highway and permit
those in charge of the construction
to obtain timber, gravel and rock
on Crown lands in the neighbor-
hood of the right of way.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Crashes
Continued From First Page0

occupants of the plane used para
chutes they probably were killed.
He fixed the time of the crash at
about 1:30 pm.
The ranger said some of his men
reported two bodies could be seen
inside the flaming plane, but it could
not be determined whether there
were others.
The scene of the crash was about
a quarter of mile from the crest of
the mountain, in the heart Of the
Monongahela National Forest.
The roar of the motors was heard
plainly in Barlow, where the ranger
station is located, Mr.. Maule said.
I'm 2 miles from the scene and I
heard the crash," he added.
The wreckage still was burning
fiercely an hour after the crash, and,
although residents of the little tan
merry village of Frank tried to quench
the flames with buckets of water,
they made little headway.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Racing Results
Tropical Park
By the Associated Press.


FIRST RAcE-Pur.s $1,000: claiming;
Chance Run (Brunelle 90 so 1920 $50
Rock Maker CMilligan) $40 $50
Classic Beauty (Hust) 1000
Also ranEAnopheles. Beau Do. spans.
Parfalt Amour, Frontier Jane. Belmar
ARA. Rissa, Not Yet and Blue Leona.
SECOND RAcE-Purse. $1,000 claim.
ins; 5-year.old.; furlongs
North Bound (Brunelle) 500 $50
Lit Up tCraip $40
Also r.nEaood Play. Praisevor,hy.
Bundling, The Dancer, White Bait, Hap
py Chic. Busy Ace Misflt and Peace Fleet.
DAILY Double paid S1124O)
4-year -olds and up furiongs
Flaming Hish 1sesbo) ~ 500 $40
Mar lie tRoberts) $50
Time, 1:hAs
Also ran-Iony Weaver Commencement
Ballast Reef Drudgery and Ballinderry.
FOURTH RACE-Purse, $1,000; claim.
ms; 3-year-olds: 8 furlonRs.
Say Nomore tStrickleD 27.7O 40 40
Mixer (Thompson) 800 29O
Billy o. tMeade) $50
Also ranHskipDer z. cat.n, Big LIE.
Moonful. on Key. Ginsall Glennport. Gem
w. Dark Stream.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Library in Old Puritan Town
Loans Jazz, Classical Records
Quincy, Mass, Pioneers in New Art;
Children Find Lone Ranger in Opera

many as nine records, or you may
take four single records.
Once you have made your selec-
ton. a girl attendant looks over each
record with the thoroughness OF q
Sherlock Holmes, makes a memo
randum of the present condition OF
each disk and then hands the parcel
to you with a little smile that al
most says:
You're on your own from here
chum. Be careful crossing Icy
streets"
Takes Broken Pieces Home.
Miss Hebert says a few people
have had hard luck before they
even got the records out of the
music room.
One chap dropped q record Of q
Swiss folk dance on the music room
floor and smashed it to smithereens
He paid for 1t, but insisted on tax.
Ing the pieces home with him.
He was the inventive type" said
Miss Hebert. II guess he thought
he could FIX It,"
Miss Hebert and the other, at.
tendants are proud OF their wide
range Of offerings and they point
out that they have been able to Al
all sorts Of requests-"even for ma
tive bird songs"
When the record room first
opened, the librarians had q little
trouble with some of the high school
boys and girls.
Dancing In Booths.
I'VE had to stop a few of them
from dancing in the booths." said
Miss Hebert, but they don't do II
now. Really. you'd be surprised
at most of the high school young
sters. When they come in, you
think they're going to ask for Tom
my Dorsey, but they're more likely
to want Cesar Franck."
The library reserves one after
noon a week for the very youns
children, and it is then that the
theme song Of the Lone Ranger
gets a workout. Every two weeks q
concert is given for adults.
Librarian Galen Hill has only
one worry-the effect of the records
on the tax rate. He says one citi-
zen has been sharpshooting In the
direction of the music room with
the claim that the record section
Is a "frill"
But Hill declares the circulation
of the records is increasing con-
stantly and he adds significantly:
why, people are even coming
here from Boston to listen to mu-
SIC"
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Critics of War Effort Assoi|ed
By Royburn; Unity Is Urged

less fears of a few people can bog
down the whole effort"
."I hope In the future resolutions
are not passed that will get the
headlines in Berlin and Toxic"
Speaker Rayburn said with reference
to resolutions adopted by various
groups criticizing the progress Of the
war effort.
The effort and the wrath" ex-
pended in indignation meetings, he
commented, could be much better
applied" In doing some Of the work
to win the war.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
PoroIed Men Available
For Maryland Farm Hire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. March 18.-Mary-
land farmers wishing to hire parole
convicts to work on farms should
apply to the Department of Correc-
tion's supervisor at the penitentiary,
Thomas p MacCarthy. parole and
probation supervisor, said yesterday.
Outlining the new system by
which parole prisoners will be avail
able for farm work, MacCarthy said
no convict would be paroled to work
on q farm unless he was offered a
bona fide job" and was paid the
prevailing wage for the section in
which he is to be employed.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

By the Associated Press.
Speaker Rayburn sharply rebuked
critics of Congress and the war
effort today at a press conference
in which he urged that indignation
meetings he said were scheduled fol
various sections of the country be
turned into unity parades."
Criticizing writer's and speakers
who he said have charged wide
spread begging down. the Speaker
commented that "the enemy is clever
in this sort Of thing" and ground
Evening star., 1942-03-18
81 Londed in Nassau
From Torpedoed Ship

~ the Associated Press.
NASSAU. Bahamas, March l8.-
The crew Of 4 ship torpedoed In the
Atlantic was brought here Sunday
1t was announced yesterday. One
died Of shock Immediately after the
torpedoing. but 81 were saved, II
was said.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
.Price-Fixinq
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prices were artiflcially fixed through
token sales of cheese each Friday
among the defendant cheese dealers
at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange.
Accused Called Sole Members.
1t further charged that member
ship in the exchange was confined
solely to the defendants, and that
prices allegedly fixed therein were
used as base for prices to be paid to
producers and to be charged dis
tributors and consumers throughout
the United States.
The indictment set forth that the
corporate defendants handled more
than 80 per cent of the total Of 600,-
100000 pounds of American cheese
produced each year in this country.
Four Observation-Disclosures Dairy
Products Corp, through the Kraft
Cheese Co., and other subsidiaries;
the Borden Co., Swift & Co., Armour
e. Co., and several other subsidiaries
handled approximately TO per cent
of the American cheese production,
or about 42o, 100000 pounds, the in
dictment added.
Wide Control Charged.
Defendants were accused Of con-
trolling prices paid to some zoe, 900
dairy farmers for milk sold to ap-
proximately $1,000 cheese factories.
The indictment alleged the FAC
titious" base price for American
cheese exchange was used as the
basis for determining prices paid
to dairy farmers for milk sold
throughout the United States.
Other allegations were that price
fixing exerted direct controlling
effect on wholesale and retail prices
Of fluid milk and cream in all large
city areas of the Nation, and that
the defendants depressed prices
paid producers in the spring months
of maximum cheese production and
increased prices in the winter
months of minimum production.
CORPORATE defendants named in
cluded: Armour g. Co., Chicago;
the Borden Co., New York; Cudahy
Packing Co., Chicago; Great At
lantic & Pacific Tea Co., New York;
Land OLakes Creameries, Inc, Min
neapolis; National Cheese institute,
Inc; National Dairy Products Corp,
New York; Pabst-Ett Corp. Chi
cago; Swift & Co., Chicago; Wilson
& Co., Inc, Chicago.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Knox
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marine at lit am. on the star
board side as he stood at the helm.
The raider sent up red and green
Very lights until the area was suf-
f1ciently lighted to aim the tor
pedo
One torpedo was fired and It
struck the ship amidships.
The master. Capt. T. r. Hen
nevig of Brooklyn, N. Y, said a
soon as the torpedo struck the
ship caught fire. and the crewmen
jumped into the water or aban.
doned ship in the No. l lifeboat.
Men were ordered into another
ifeboat. but before they could climb
into it, the submarine began she'll
ing the ship. At the same time
another U-boat came up on the port
side and began Smelling.
Capt. Hennevig estimated that
the shelline continued for 10 min
utes and that each submarine fired
50 shots.
The submarine left after shellins
the crew members, who were picked
up about . an.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
OaklaWn Park (Fast),

OAki1Wn f1Ek tf 2St).
BY the Louisville Times.
liking Cotton, Rusty Gold, Star
of Dondra.
2-Merrily Go, Spectator, Shining
Day.
3IJolly Greenock, In Good, Rose
Bane.
tWauchula, Cantwell, c. c. Cur
tiss.
5eShaun G., Us, Sir Kid.
6-Night Editor, Espino Gold, Dusky
Duke.
7-Mention. Chicwin. Range Light
8-New Englander, Fencing, Henry
Halter.
Best bet-Night Editor.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
OukIuwn Park

By the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE-Purse, 500; claiming: A.
year-olds and up: furlongs
Anna Grand tDattilo) 1900 $40 500
Kilocycle (Brooks) 43O $50
High Talent (Keiper) 80
Time, l:l2 As
Also ran-Roy Greenock Cuckoo, Travis
l., fHish Martin. Monon Lad. fHard Loser,
fMinotira, Red Moss and Imperial Jones
filed.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Tropical Park Fast .

By the Louisville Times.
l-Bostonite, Chalara, Question Box
2-Gold Mesh, Bold Turk, Forfend
3-Blue String, Trimmed, Baltee.
4-Shemite, Sunnera, Marry.
5One Jest, Yankee Party, Mac
peace.
6Incoming, Wood Robin, More
Than Few.
7-Castigada, Bufnehead. Nico.
eSinging Heels, Leonardtown, War
Vision.
Best bet-IncominR.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Other Selections

Consensus 1T Tropical Park tFasD
Bv the Associated Press.
l-Felsway. Bostonite, Rocket Gal.
2-Indian Penny, Handy Justice, IT,
berius.
3-Trimmed Supreme Chance, Com
mixion.
Batter Up, Sun Hera. Day by
Day.
@One Jest, Yankee Party, Mae
peace.
6tMore Than Few, Incoming, Wood
Robin
7-Hasty Wire. Moselem, Bufdehead
8-Singing Heels. Psychology, Leo
nardtown.
Best bet-More Than Few.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
EIGHTH RACE-NIGHT LADY.
SINGING HEELS, Aimed.

In the nightcap. NIGHT LADY
appears to have found the right
spot. Drops down into an easy
spot and the result should never
be in doubt. SINGING HEELS
is ever consistent and should be
in the money. Aimed Is the
sleeper and will bear watching.
This gelding has worked very
fast.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

6ESo1 DEL IL
FIRST RACE BOLO TIE,
- FELSWAY, BOSTONITE.
BOLO TIE might have been
the winner last out but for q bit
of humping and swerving in the
stretch. The Bolo gelding may
graduate with q good ride and
better luck. FELSWAY should
be the runnerup in the affair and
has a good post-on the rail.
BOSTONITE is better than rated.
SECOND RAG E-TIBERIUS,
HANDY JUSTICE, FOR
FEND.
T1BERIUS apparently was well
meant last out, but the gelding
broke slowly and then finished
close up to Ballast Reef. The
son Of Calarias should improve
OH that effort. Throw that last
race of HANDY JUSTICE out.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
FIFTH RACE MPENETRA.
BILE, KINGFISHER, MAE

IMPENETRABLE should be
ready for a hard race and the
son Of Chance Shot may surprise
at long price. Worked q mile
handily in 1:41as recently and the
spot appears made to order. They
have been fooling around with
KINGFTSHER and he has q royal
chance In this field. MAEPEACE
is very fit.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
SEW ENTH RACEFLYING
GION, HASTY WIRE,
SPEEDY Josie

They finally cut this FLYING
LEGION loose last time out and
the colt could not take the meas
ure Of Brown Bomb. This is a
very likely spot and the Son of
Cohort may enter this winners
circle. HASTY WIRE and
SPEEDY JOSIE rate excellent
money chances and should be
close.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. March 1s.-National As
eociation of Securities Dealers, Inc:
CLOSING Quotations.)
Evening star., 1942-03-18
FOURTH RACE@BATTER UP.
RIVERLASS, MARNY.

This Is one OF those races where
something may drop out Of the
clouds" and we suggest BATTER
UP as the possible winner. The
gelding has worked well for the
race and may hang 1t on an ordi-
nary lot. They have had RIVER
LASS under cover for some time.
Tomorrow may be the day.
MARNY is a possibility.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
SIXTH RACE - INCOMING,
WOOD ROBIN, MORE THAN
FEW

The Ladysman colt. INCOM-
ING, figures a trifie the best in
this field. Closed very fast In q
sprint won by K. Dorko and Is in
the pink. WOOD ROBIN has
worked well since that last win At
Hialeah and is very fond OF the
track. MORE THAN FEW Is q
well-regarded colt with . lot Of
speed. May be close.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

This one had excellent form at
New Orleans and is very At.
FORFEND Is getting good.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Tropical Park

By the Associated Prekf.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
THIRD RACE-PATRICIA A,
SUPREME CHANCE, SUN
GIRL

The Okapi filly, PATRICIA A,
may be ready for q wake-up in
this sprint and the price may be
generous. She has not been out
for several months, but the work.
tab indicates that she Is fit and
ready. SUPREME CHANCE has
some trial spins that qualify him
as . dangerous contender. Tab
SUN GIRL.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Racing News
Entries and Selections for Tomorrow
Rossvun's Comment
Selections for Fast Track at Tropical Park

BET-NPENETRABLE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

SANTA FE, n. M.-U. S. Sena-
tor Carl Hatch, Democratic author
of the Clean Politics BILL" was re-
elected in Democratic New Mexico.
Mounting returns today gave
Democrats a two-to-one lead for
all major offices. Former Con-
gresham John J. Dempsey was
far ahead of Joseph Tondre for
governor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

Beginning today. tgo rev Uni
versal chill dramas. combined IN
4 special horror show. VIII provide
thrilling screen fare At the Blue
Mouse theatsr.
Because Of their unique spine
tingiing elements The Hummy's
Tomb" and Night Monster" have
been booked for this double-bar-
relied program OF screen shockers.
In The Mummy's Tomb" the
plot concerns an old Egyptian
curse which pursues the invaders
Of = sacred tomb and eventually
causes q country-wide uprosr
when = conspiracy IL engineered
by the mummy's keeper. charac-
terized by Turhan Bey. Lon Cha
ney and Dick Foran are promi-
nently cast
Some seven OF eight murders
take place in rapid succession IN
Night Monster" in one Of the
gioomiest. creeplest settings yet
constructed for the cameras. The
murderer II Of course = human
monster" To disclose his iden-
tity would take the element of
surprise from the picture. Bella
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

The boys In the AVG. joined
the Burma Road patrol originally
- soldiers OF fortune" eager
for adventure and not aversc TO
the large salary and bonus Cen
eralissimo chiang-Kai-shek pays
them for bagging japanese planes.
But. once IN the service, they be-
come imbucd with more lofty mo-
lives. once they realize the hero
ism Of the Chinese nation. fight
ing for its freedom.
John Wayne plays the role Of
Squadron Leader Jim Gordon.
who has chslked up an impressive
showing In spite of being out
numbered three to one by enemy
planes.
Anna Lee, whose work in How
Green Was Ny Valley" won her
the accolate Of all critics. Ia ex-
eellently cast A. Brooke Elliott. !"
the volunteer Red Cross worker
who shares the hardships Of the
boys patrolling the Burma Road.
Among the other players. all Of
them contributing sterling per-
formances. are Bill Shirley. Tom
Neal. Paul Kelly. Edmund Mac
Donald. Gordon Jones. Bud Nc
Taggart. Gregg Barton. David
Bruce, John James and Jimmy
Dodd-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Tacoma Youths
Eager to Become
Service Heroes

Eagerness 20 have their names
listed among Tacona's service he
roes Il being shown By teehnicians
and young men Of IS and 10. who
are rapidly enlisting in the city's
Minute Men contingent Capt.
Cecil NJ. Rhea. Of the Tacoma
army recruiting station. reported
Wednesday
n L. estimated that between
SO and 100 young men BE-
tween Is and 10 years Of age
and skilled men Win be sworn
into service In army specialist
units on Armlstice day -
Victory Center ceremonies
The ceremony viii be part Of a
service mems program sponsored
BY Tacoma veterans posts which
viii include army. navy. marine
corps and coast guard particips-
ton.
Men will be enlisted by the
various military units and viii bs
sworn in at the mass ceremony
Enlistments will be made this
week and will also be taken by
the four service groups during the
program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Entertaining Films
AT Beverly Theaier

You follow the trail TO romance
and adventure with Americas
Invisible Agent" in the film of
that name now showing at the
Beverly theater. The lovely Con-
tinental star. Iona Massey. Is the
blonde heart interest of Jon Hall
who plays the title role.
Contrasting film on the same
bill IL Private Buckeroo." with
Harry James and his favorite
band, and the Andrews Sisters In
a merry film of gay tunes and
fun that results when the entire
orchestra joins the American
armed forces.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Flowers 10 Rosalind Daily From Husband

ter Eileen" the gay new comedy
in which she Is starred at the
Rialto theater with Brian Aherne
and Janet Blair.
That isn't all. Brisson has a
standing order with Hollywood
florists TO provide the star with
daily bouquets as long as he Is
away.