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Of wood when their rations ran out.
The ship, the 2.362-ton freighter
Gunny, sank within 80 seconds after
1t was hit, Capt. Otto Henrichsen
said. The Navy Department per-
aitted mention of the ships name
because the sinking was reported
previously from Mexico. Fourteen
members of the crew died In the tor
pedoing.
THE next thing I knew after the
explosion, was in the water being
drawn down by the tremendous
suction" the captain said. while
I was under water shed my clothes
and released the ships papers which
were weighing me down. I must
have been down two minutes before
the suction released me and came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-02
D. c. Woman and Child Feared
Among Iorpedoed Ship Victims

A Washington mother and her q
year-old son were believed lost when
their lifeboat was capsized by q
column Of water from a second
torpedo fired into their sinking ship
by an enemy submarine off the At
lantic coast Sunday.
Mrs. Leonard Govett, about "a, the
former Elizabeth Wrenn, daughter
of Mrs. Harry Wrenn of Washing
ton and Annapolis, Md. was re-
turning from her home In South
Africa with her 2-year-old son,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-02

Leonard. to visit her mother and
sister, Mrs. Robert Jasperson, wife
Of Comdr. Jasperson, at Annapolis.
Acquaintance OF Mrs. Govett who
were among passengers landed at
Norfolk told her family they saw
her in the lifeboat which capsized
alongside the ship. Some passengers
from the overturned boat were
pulled onto RATS, but neither Mrs.
Govett nor her son we're seen among
them.
Quartermastcr America Rodriguez
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-02

America, where Mr.. 6ovett was in
Government service.
Her mother now lives on South
River, near Annapolis.
Another missing passenger listed
as bound for Washington was Gen.
M. Djoukanovitch, an artillery ex-
pert. who was to have Joined the
Yugoslav military mission here.
During the German invasion of
Southern Europe last spring he es-
capped from Greece to Egypt in the
submarine Neboysha.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-02

to the surface. The ship had dis
appeared. I swan to q life raft"
Then began seven long days and
nights with Is men trying to live
on a few biscuits and an insufficient
amount of water.
At first, the 53-year-old captain
said, the men allowed themselves
one biscuit a day but soon reduced
the ration to one-half biscuit.
when the water ran out" he
continued, I'VE whitfield off bits of
wood from the raft and chewed on
them"
The Gunny's survivors were res
cued March 8 by a, Swedish ship
and were taken to Progreso, Mexico.
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Food Gone, II on Raft
Chew Wood to Survive

NEW YORK, April (P.-The
captain of Norwegian freighter,
torpedoed in the South Atlantic,
March 2, said yesterday he and II
other survivors tossed about on
raft for seven days and nights be-
fore being rescued and chewed bits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-02
Irish Build PIoy Center

Handball courts. tennis courts, O
rifle range, q gymnasium and .
sports arena are features Of o new
sports center for Fire soldiers sta
toned at the Curragh.
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Don't spend your money building
an afraid shelter. Buy Defense
bonds and clamps and keep the
bombers away.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Chinese Wall
MayCrurnbIe

Washington, Dec. 15-lNS-Con.
gress or President Roosevelt, i, de-
yeloped today. may ask state legis-
latures converting in January to
enact uniform medical laws to
break down the Chinese Wall' pre-
venting exchange OF doctors be
tween states where serious short
ages OF physicians exist.
Sen. Claude Pepper (D) Fla,
chairman of Senate Education and
Labor subcommittee conducting
hearings on Peppers own resolution
calling for an investigation Of the
nations maupower resources. said
he would put forth the suggestion.
He made the statement after
his committee conducted hearing
attended by 10 persons, including
The senator himself. Sen. Millikin
(R) Colo. two witnesses, two com
mittee clerks and four news paper
men With Congress heading for ad-
iournment, there seemed scant in
terest on Capitol Hill on the fate of
Peppers resolution.
Millikn pointed out that after
one witness testified that legisla-
lures in most Of the IS states
would NEE, in January and that no
time should be lost in asking them
to enact uniform legislation to help
alleviate the doctor shortage. Per.
per agreed. and stated he would
ask the Congress or Mr.. Roosevelt
10 take the action.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
M'Nutt Seeks
NYA Control

Washington, Dec. 10 Up Man
power Chief Paul V. McNutt will
ask the new Congress to put the
National Youth Administration into
the War Manpower Commission.
lie wants the training Of ait new
and prospective war industry
workers under his control VINO
already is experimenting other
phases Of the training program. in.
GLIDING that Of traiang withln-in.
dustry.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd D. Va. and
other members Of Congress recent
ly criticized NYA on grounds that
ii used 1000 supervisors and
other workers TO train 5000
youths NYA is operating under
a 100000 O00 appropriation Of which
$5l 600 600 was provided specifical
~ for training II transfer were
leeislatcd by Congress, those funds
would become available 10 VINO
by transferring NYA 10 VINO.
McNutt told his press conference
yesterday. limitations on age would
be removed from that essential
phase Of training. NlA nov is
limited to the training Of youths.
while the transfer could be so
cffectuated as to provide for use
OF NYA facilities 10 train young
and old alike.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Will be
Pooled to Aid
Allies IN War
Joint Committee
of Three Nations
Starts Sessions

Washington, Dec 15-UP-Com-
plete pooling Of the vast steel and
munitions resources Of the United
states. Great Britain and Canada
was expected today to result from
discussions in the next few days by
joint steel committee Of all three
countries.
The committee, meeting here un-
der the chairmanship OF Hilar1 c.
Batcheller, chief Of the War Pro
duction Boards iron and steel diyi.
sion will treat the steel and mum
tions output OF the three countries
as a single unit TO enable their
maximum impact TO be directed
towards winning the war.
The new joint committee has
been instructed 10 recommend
means OF increasing steel output
and obtaining the most efficient
possible use OF steel in the com
bined war production program in
1913. The committee was given five
main instructions:
]. To obtain. assemble and coor-
dinate information on iron ore and
scrap, iron and steel production
and requirements OF iron and steel
of the United Nations in such form
as will enable the supply and re-
quirements position to be kept con.
tinuously under review by the com
bined production and resources
board and the combined raw ma.
terials board
.. To consider and make recon-
mendations on means Of increasing
production and improving the eff
cheney Of the use Of steel and distri-
button facilities in the United Ma
tons including facilitating ex-
change OF technical information. in
formation on trade practices and
measures Of conservation and linn
itation Of use.
3. To consider and make recon-
mendations on unified systems OF
definitions and Technology.
t. To undertake such special in
quiries as may be directed by eth
er board
8. To recommend as necessary
any action which may be taken by
either board to adjust supplies and
requirements to one another.
The committee has seven mem
bers-three each from the United
States and Great Britain and one
from Canada.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
SEQ WAR Page 5
P ceControl
Probe Likely

Washington, Dec. l5-AP-An in.
ycstigaiion Of the whole field OF
operations OF the office Of Price
Control will be launched by Sen.
ate Agriculture subcommittee i'm
mediately after the new Congress
conyenes
Senator Wheeler ~. Mont). who
was expected to take an active part
IN the Investigation said the COM
mittcc which authorized the in
qus-y yesterday wanted 10 learn
how the Price Control Act was be-
ing interpreted and applied and
" hat plans. If any. had been made
for the payment OF subsidies TO
maintain ceilings
u personally feel that there Is
no authority under the law for tha
payment Of subsidies Wheeler
told reporters Il think We ought
10 Investigate the whole price con
troll sctup 10 see what they are
doing. as we'll as the operations OF
the Department OF Agriculture.
particularly their construction OF
the law in absolute contradiction to
tho intent OF Congress.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Words Need
toHalt Nazis

Washington. Dec. l5-INS- The
United States. Great Britain and
Russia today are trying to find
words Of condemnation strong
enough to brighten the Nazis into
easing up on their persecution Of
the Jews in Europe, especially in
Poland.
Discussions are under way be
tween the three Allied powers con-
corning the issuance OF a joint
United Nations declaration con
demning the Jewish prosecutions
and warning the Nazis that they
will be brought to justice for their
crime.
The difficulty is finding Ian
guage which will be sufficiently
strong to impress the Nazis.
Great Britain il taking the lead
in this latest move to condemn
Nazi outrages against the Jews
and the joint declaration may be
issued in London.
Soviet Ambassador Maxim Lit
vinoy has discussed the matter with
the state Department. Russia IA.
yors punishment Of the Axis war
criminals as soon as they are cap
tured rather than wait until the end
OF the war 10 try them before an
international court of justice
The Soviet government believes
the more immediate course Of &c
ton would serve as greater deter
renee TO Nazi brutality than WAITING
until the end OF the war to punish
those known to be guilty Of atroci-
ties
The American and British govern.
ments. however, fear that punish
ment OF Axis war criminals during
the conflict might tlead to mass re.
prisals against Innocent Allied var
prisoners held by the enemy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Bear Saves Owner In Court.
But Leaves Him in DOG House

Boys con,Ival procliyities. admit
ted
What he wants is a bottle Of
beer. He really likes beer or
maybe a soft drink would do. If
more in keeping with the dignity
Of the court
II seems. according 10 Stevens.
that he and Big Boy had been do
ing a little celebrating az a birth.
day party the other night in hon
or OF his Stevens fathers birth
day
Nhrn no rame home. the door
vas locked and so he broke win
dow 10 get iu Gusts wife didn
object so much 10 this. but she
did object when Gust brought the
bear I'm with him. instead Of leay
ing the huge pet 10 the bear hous'
outside So shc swore ont war
rant charging disorderly conduct
But Mrs Stevens failed to ap
pear against her husband and
Judge Sullivan dismissed the case,
saying
you're in the dog house. but
since your wife didn't show up.
we'll have 10 discharge YOU.
But when b. comes 10 an argu.
ment among you. the bear. and
your wife. don't always make tn
hear your ally-eyen If he is a Rus
sion bear"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Colonel's Son to
be at West Point

Austin. Tex. Dec. - Up
When he enters the l.. S. Military
academy at West Point next July
Young Butcher Stanley Tharp. Jr..
will be a man with a mission.
The 10 year old University Of
Texas student from Amarillo. Tex.
Is the son Of the colonel who com
manded a Texas artillery battalion
in Java carly this year. Col B. S.
Tharp. ST. IS listed as missing i'm
action althoueh his family re.
tains hope that the officer still
fights with some OF his troops In
the Java mountains
The son was appointed to West
Point by L. =. Senator ". Lea
ODauiel Of Texas. and he plans 70
continue there his study Of eugi-
ueer.ng while he prepares for mil
itary duty His father won his
military position the hard way
starting as non commissioned OF
Geer with L. S. cavalry during The
fq1f.f7 camnaicn against Puncho
villa He finished World War {
as a lieutenant in the Air Corps
then transferred TO the Texas Ma
ioual Guard ARTILLERY.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Ship Survivors
Tell BigLos

An East Coast Port, Dec. 15-INS
Survivors from an Inflated Eng
fish ship, brought to this port from
Casablanca. related how nearly
1900 Italian prisoners Of war and
500 British men, women and chill
dren were drowned when the vessel
was torpedoed OF West Africa last
september.
approximately $500 persons
were aboard the British vessel when
it was struck by two torpedoes on
the starboard side where 500 ltal-
ian prisoners, who were being trans
ported to England, had been KEEP;
under guard
Survivors said that six or seven
submarines surfaced after the at
tack and officers told them they
had rescued some $50 Italian prison
Crs.
Removal Of women aud children
first. il was reported, was made
difficult by the fact that the Ital-
ians tried TO rush the lifeboats,
forcing the guards to repel them.
Eighteen lifeboats were launched.
At daybreak the next day, there
were II liieboats in the vicinity.
carrying women. children. British
service men. merchant seamen and
between 300 and $50 Italian prison
ers
A German sub surfaced and after
drawing alongside one Of the boats,
offered coffee 10 the occupants.
Officers on the ,ub informed The
survivors that a French ship was
approaching and directed them to
stay at that location. The boat. how
ever, set sail for land after the
submarine had left the vicinity.
But Two hours later the sub again
surfaced and towed the boat back.
The survivors were given hot soup
and they remained in the directed
area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Censorship to


Washington. Dec l5-INS- The
Senate Judiciary Committee today
faced the task OF rewriting for m
PRODUCTION in the next session Of
Congress a censorship bill to elm.
mate any chance OF abuse.
Committee Chairman Van NuyE
CD Ind. said that with adjourn
ment of the nth Congress likely
tomorrow or Thursday, there is no
chance of The heretofore Contro-
yersial measure. which would TX
tend censorship to communications
between the United States and her
territories and possessions, becom
ing law in this session
The committee is not attacking
censorship but Is directing It's
criticism as abuses. Van Nuys
said.
The committee now will be
faced with the framing Of a bill
that will protect the rights OF our
citizens. That is going to be a
tough job"
Van Nuys expressed satisfaction
with the attitude Of four witnessea
who appeared before the commit
tee yesterday in support OF tho
legislation. They were Attorney
General Francis J. Biddle, j Edgar
Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation. Brig.
Hayes 4. Kroner. deputy chief Of
stan in Army intelligence, and
Capt Ellis Hacharias, acting head
Of naval intelligence.
Biddle told the committee that
he had interpreted present powers
Of the President to give him m.
questioned authority to direct tho
censorship OF such communications,
although there is no specific legis
lative authority for inQuirng into
mail between this country and hor
territories and possessions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Chrysler Plant
Dwarfs Fords

Chicago Dec. i5--INS -The new
Chicago plant OF the Chrysler Cor
poration soon will be turning out
, airplane engines with weekly
horsepower equalling that OF Boul.
der Dam, It was announced today.
A letter. addressed 10 stockhOld
ers revealed the first official news
on the magnitude OF the great I'M
dertaking which eventually will be.
come the largest factory in the
world
The date for the start Of motor
manufacture was a military secret,
the communication said. but some
of the construction problems were
not.
The description Of the plant paint
ed q graphic picture Of Americas
fast developing production picture.
speeded by 2t-hour.day efforts on
the part Of builders.
Each day more than 80 carloads
and 500 iruCkloads Of construction
materials are used. Fifty trucks
operate continuously 10 haul mixed
concrete from two mills on the
property.
There are 5000 Workmen en-.
ployei on construction alone. and
many more thousands will be en-.
ployed in operations, the letter ex
planned
To feed the employees OF the com
pleted plant. % cafcterias are being
built in that plant.
More than 10000 900 gallons Of
water a day will be uset TO oper
ate the plant. enough 10 satisfy
the needs OF Tcrre Haute, Ind, or
Troy. y. Y hundred miles OF
sewer pipe is being laid down, 81
miles OF water and gas mains, and
800 miles Of telephone wire.
The boiler plant. the letter said,
will have enough capacity 10 heat
Is blocks Of three-rOom apartments
on winter day.
The surfacing one Of three park
ing lots would pave normal road
80 miles long and concrete in the
building construction would be sui
fIcient 10 pave modern highway
between New York and Philadel
phia
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Agricultural
Leaders Fear
Lack of Food
Have Five Point
Program Ready
For Congress

Washington, Dec. l5-INS- Farm
bloc leaders. openly fearful that
this country may face a food short
age, today disclosed that they have
formulated fiye-point program
which they will strive to put into
effect in the next Congress
Headed by Chairman Fulmer (D)
S. C., OF the House Agriculture
Committee. the bloc's goal is de,
sCribed as one OF expediency rather
than OF long range planning. The
aim. according to Fulmer. is TO solve
current problems which are imped
ing the production of food
The program follows:
l. \ campaign to obtain increased
gasoline ratious for farmers
> \ clcarercut policy for defer
ring farm labor from service in the
armed forces.
; Inclusion OF farmlabor costs
in The computation OF parity IN fix
in price ceilings.
4. Adequate machinery and i'm
plements for agricultural uses
s. A guaranteed supply Of fertil
izer.
Farm leaders are frankly wor-
rIed about the prospects OF turning
out sufficient crops next year TO
meet war demands. They claim
one or all Of the problems which
they will attack are obstacles in
the paths OF most farmers regard
less OF what region Of the country
they are in.
Most Of the complaints which
congressman are receiving concern
ing gasoline rations are from farm
ers who claim they are not getting
enough gas to get their produce TO
market
The farm labor shortage is ad-
mittcdly acute. and farm bloc mem
bers are insisting that greater leni-
ency be shown by local draft boards
In granting deferments, and that
farm labor costs be figured into
the establishment OF price ceilings.
4 bill to carry out the last objec-
tive already has been passed by
the House but is stymied in the
Senate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
New Jap Field
Threat to us.
Forces
to Turn
to Salamaua, Lea
in Next Drive

\ possibility that American fore
IS may launch a new offensive in
the Solomons US seen today in
reports OF continued bombing as
saults on the newly completed ia
panese airdrome at Munda. on
New Georgia Island. Military OBJ
servers in Washington pointed out
that our hold on bases in the Quad
alcanalTulagi area are threatened
bv the enemy forces on New
Georgia. only $50 miles to the
Northwest.
Before establishing the base at
Munda. Japanese planes attacking
Henderson field and other Amer
lean installations on Guadalcanal
had TO fly 300 miles from BUN. in
the northern SolOmons. or from
the main base at Rabaul, 600 miles
to the north. Flights OF such dis
tanCes cause speedy deterioration
OF short range fighter planes, mill
itary men pointed out.
But II the enemy can maintain
the base on New Georgia, Hender-
sun llfiu NDliu ne uNNtI lltuutub
attacks which would curtail opera
tions OF American aircraft and
make It extremely difficult for
our forces to beat off the periodic
enemy invasion attempts.
Logical Move
For these reasons. Washington
observers said, custer OF the Ja-
panese from New Georgia and
other island bases in the central
Solomons appeared TO he a logical
move unless these bases can be
smashed or made useless by con,
slant bombing attacks, I.
Additional allied offensiyes
against the japanese appeared
nearer today in the New Guinea
area.
Chased Out
Allied forces chased the Japan
csc out Of the village OF Buna and
reduced their foothold on the Pa.
puan Coast to two small beach
heads north and south OF the town.
II was believed To be only a mat
ter OF very short time until the
coast Is entirely cleared, leaving
the forces OF Gen Douglas Mac
Arthur free 10 drive the enemy
from their bases at Lac and Sala.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Made
on Fuel Oil

Chicago, Dec. 15-INS--lnspec-
tors under the direction Of Michael
r. Mulcahy. director Of the once
OF Price Administration for the
metropolitan area. today checked
complaints that hundreds Of chi.
cagoans are suffering because Of
insufficient fuel oil for their homes
and business Establishments
The complaints were made by
more than 100 fuel oil dealers who
jammed into Mulcahy's Office Mon
day on a summons to list persons
who lacked authority TO purchase
fuel and OF persons to whom dis.
tributors have delivered oil with.
out authority.
Most Of the cases cited were
those Of persons who have made
application for rationing allot-
ments to their local war price and
ration boards but who have not
ye' received their rationing con
pOns
After Summoning the oil dealers
TO his Office, MulCahy said
Il have canyasscd the boards and
fail to find any such cases ap-
preciate that, with the enormous
amount of work that boards have
been called upon to do. perhaps
there has been some slip. What
! am attempting to do is to find
ont II there have been any errors.
and 30 correct them at once. "
Among the cases cited by the
dealer were those OF defense plants
which were about to run out Of OIL.
of a man dying in an unheatr ]
home. Of another fuelless home iu
which two children have pneu
monia and OF a church which was
forced 10 suspend its Sunday evf-
ming service because Of the lack
OF heat.
In Springfield. H. GOV. Dwight
II. Green called conference "
Illinois health authorities for this
afternoon TO protest TO the Fuel
Oil Rationing Administration
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Sale of Popular $25 Bond
Takes 40 Per Cent Jump

Washington Dec. f5-INS-Nitn
eight more shopping days left on
the calendar, war bonds and
stomps shaped up today as the ma
tons No. Christmas gift sugges-
ton.
Treasury Department officials re-
ported that sales OF the popular SIS
war bonds jumped ~ per cent ~
the first nine days OF this month
as compared with November.
a great hulk of he increase was
attributed 10 the efforts of some
5000 retail stores. serving as is-u-
ing agencies. ard nearly 6o0.0
other retailers who are selling war
stamps Post offices. banks. and
theaters are cooperating in the
drive
WPB officials. who forecast
h0urtifu holiday season despite
the many war.imposcd restriction
on production and distribution ~
consumer goods Concurrcd In the
report that bonds and stamps are
receiving more promotion than any
other Eiff idea
Sales OF the series +. S2j war
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Blood Giving
For Year Ends

Red Gross blood donor program
for Ypsilanti was closed here Mon
day when $50 residents contributed
to plasma for the war'enort. This
brings Ypsilauti contributions for
the year 1912 to 1925 donors.
or the 49, who gave Monday -
were workmen from local indus
trial plants; 10 we're students 10
were business and professional PEG
pie; Is were homemake-s; three
were from city department; and
two were farmers. From this group
s. were repeaters.
The first dates set for blood
donors in 1913 are February .
and 4.