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Civic and Study Clubs

Capitol Hill History Club-Wednes-
day, 1890 pm. 46l1 Warren street
NV; speakers, Mrs. J. Clyde
Hemphill and Mrs. Raymond v.
Root.
Twentieth Century Club-Wednes-
day, 10:30 am, nature section,
walk. Thursday, civics-education
section, luncheon, 1890 pm,
YWCA; speakers, DR.. Robert B.
Hightower, Work at Gallinger
Handicapped Children's Clinic;
Miss Elizabeth Messick and Miss
Mildred Page, development in
Occupational Therapy and Lii
brary Work at Gallinger."
Argyle Study Club-Tuesday, l pm,
with Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, 1909 De-
catur street NV.
Association of University
Women-Today, pm, walk and
picnic supper. Tomorrow, 1915
pm, luncheon meeting; pm,
classical letter writer's; pm, club
tea; speaker, DR.. Jeanette Marks,
Treasure Island of the Brown
ings";; 6 pm, Social Studies Com
mitee, dinner meeting; 7:30 pm,
creative writer's group. Tuesday,
10 am, nutrition class, clubhouse;
6pm., Education Committee, din
ner meeting. Wednesday, 1915
pm, Hospitality Committee,
luncheon meeting; pm, singers
group; pm, beginners Span
ish. Thursday, 10 am, nutrition
class, clubhouse; II am, book re-
view group, luncheon and reviews,
reviewed by Miss Ella Harlle, Miss
Susan Lerch, Mrs. Frank E. Edg-
ington, Mrs. George Aldridge; 8
pm, art appreciation group;
speaker, Mrs. H. Dewey Anderson.
Friday, pm, Spanish CONVERSE
tion; 7:45 pm, duplicate contract
bridge; 8 pm, sketching and art
craft groups. Saturday, 1880 pm,
Junior group luncheon; speaker,
Miss Bess Davis Schreiner; 8 pm,
recent graduates group.
Women's City Club-Today, 4:30
pm, tea. Wednesday, $50 pm,
business and professional dinner;
speaker, Mrs. 1nez Sheldon Tyler.
Business, Professional Clubs
Business and Professional Women's
Club-Tomorrow. 7 pm, business
meeting, Washington Club.
Soroptimist Club-Today, 4 pm,
tea, 1919 Massachusetts avenue
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1t. Palmer to Speak

1t. Jean Palmer, assistant director
Of the WAVES, will address mem
bers OF the Ward-Belmont College
Club at luncheon at Jenes' Restau-
rant at 1880 pm. Tuesday. Mrs.
John Goodloe Is in charge OF reser-
VatiOns.
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D. c. Area Sorority Women
Planning Round Of Events
Local Interest Is Ccntered
On Rushing Period at
University of Maryland

With college and university students throughout the country well
increasing interest being
activities sooies college club
Delta, national fraternity,
pedgng freshman girls since September
various college and university chapters at meeting at 1880
District Branch American
Women, 1851 Columbia road NV.
interest cntered the University of Maryland where the
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driver, from II cents to 83 cents and
from 81 to 81 cents; light truck
driver, from 81 cents to IS cents and
from II cents to 83 cents; passen-
ger car driver. from 81 cents to 10
cents and from 66 cents to 78 cents:
senior inspector, from 81 to $1.10
and from $l.14 to $121; intermedi-
ate Inspector, from 80 cents to 81
cents and from 81 to $1O5; junior
inspector, from 80 cents to 88 cents
and from 80 cents to 96 cents; as
sistant inspector, from 70 cents to
II cents and from 80 cents to IS
cents; material checker, from So
cents to 70 cents and from 6S cents
to 78 cents.
Mr.. Lumpkins said it was believed
that most of the engineer divisions
probably would be able to absorb
the added cost during the remain
der OF this fiscal year, but that
District Budget Officer Walter l..
Fowler had been authorized to
prepare supplemental estimates for
any division. which would en-
counter insufficient funds later this
fiscal year and to prepare neces-
sary revised estimates for the new
fiscal year beginning next July l.
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Commercial collections are being

Commercial collections are being
handled by the bottling industry.
The Government cafeteria collec-
tlons will be made by a local bot
ting concern, spokesman for the
firm revealed yesterday in esti-
mating that approximately 10000
pounds in tin cans can be counted
on from this source each month
He preferred that his name and
his firm remain anonymous.
To Reduce Pickup Points.
A. o. Fetch. sanitary inspector for
the Welfare and Recreational As
sociation of Public Buildings and
Grounds, the organization which
operates Government cafeterias, said
that the So pickup points would be
narrowed down to approximately 35
Of the major eating Establishments.
He listed the following as the
largest in the group: New Interior
Building, Commerce, Navy, NUM-
tions Social Security, General Fed
eral Office (Nos. l and q, Railroad
Retirement, Labor, Revenue, Census
(Suitland, Md, War Department
(Twenty-hrst and C streets N.W.)
Temporary B Building and Tempo
rary x Building Nineteenth and
East Capitol streets.
The Salvage Committee also hopes
to get complete cooperation from
the following $3.50 commercial
groups: go public schools, $50 pri-
vate schools. 40 hotels, so institu-
tions. 1000 apartments, so hospitals,
500 drug stores and 500 business
houses
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WAGES
Continued From First Page

gineering; Charles T. Thorpe, an
employe of the District Repair Shop;
J. j. Gleason, an employe of the
City Refuse Division, and Porter M.
Lumpkins, chief clerk of the En-
gineer Department and personnel
officer of wage scale employees of the
District.
Nineteen per diem classiflcations
are involved in the wage stepups.
They are: Mechanic group-senior
mechanic, mechanic, junior me-
chanic, minor mechanic and sub
mechanic; labor foreman, labor sub
foreman, skilled laborer, laborer,
junior laborer and watchman: auto
driver group-heavy-truck driver.
light-truck driver and passenger-car
driver, and inspection checker group
senior inspector, intermediate in
spector, junior inspector, assistant
inspector and material checker.
There are five wage brackets in
each grade, and under the prevail
ing system employees become eligible
for an automatic stepup after each
18 months, providing satisfactory
service has been rendered. The new
wage scales do not affect the pro-
vision for time and a half for over
time, except that the new rates
would apply.
The ordered wage increase for
senior mechanics is from Sl18 to
$l.30 per hour for the lowest brack-
ct and from $l.32 to SLAP for the
top bracket.
Similar comparisons for the other
clossifications are:
Mechanic, from 81 to S1.l4 per
hour and from $114 to s1.26: Junior
mechanic, from 80 cents to 80 cents
and from 81 to Sill; minor me-
chanic, from 80 cents to 88 cents and
from 80 cents to 96 cents: subme-
chanic, from 10 cents to n cents and
from 30 cents to IS cents; labor fore
man, from 80 cents to 81 cents and
from 81 to $105; labor subforeman.
from 78 cents to 81 cents and from
30 cents to 95 cents skilled laborer,
from 64 cents to rs cents and from
"a cents to SO cents: laborer, from 54
cents to 81 cents and from 64 cents
to rs cents; junior laborer, from 80
cents to 43 cents and from 40 cents
to 81 cents; watchman, from At
cents to go cents and from 81 cents
to 68 cents.
Other increases were: Heavy Truck
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hipbuiIding, Aircraft
Worker EnIistments
Forbidden by Hershey
Selective Service Head
Orders Droft Boords
To Refuse Releases

The Selective Service Sv~tem
moved today to assure retention of
sufficient army of war workers
on the home front by forbidding
enlistments of essential aircraft and
shipbuilding workers.
The announcement by Mai. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, selective service
director, followed a joint appeal by
Secretary of War Stimson and Sec
retary of the Navy Knox to workers
IN essential war industries to remain
on their jobs until called by draft
boards for military duty.
1t was part of the compromise
effected by President Roosevelt,
according to administration sources.
in rejecting proposal of Chair
man Paul v. McNutt OF the War
Manpower Commission to stop VOL
untary enlistments in order to per-
NIT an orderly flow of men from
war industries into the armed
forces.
Gen. Hershey announced that the
Army and Navy will refuse to accept
volunteers holding essential jobs in
aircraft and shipbuilding industries
as we'll as men who have resigned
such jobs within 60 days before they
apply for enlistment.
To protect those industries from
drain of necessary men, Gen. Her.
shey said, he telegraphed every State
that local draft boards should re
fuse a release to any registrant who
is. or should be, classified in 2-B or
3-B" and who is employed in the two
industries.
The Selective Service director said
his new instructions do not consti-
tute a blanket deferment of aircraft
and shipbuilding employees, and
added that they would continue to
be called for military service as they
are needed and as they can be re-
placed in essential jobs"
The intention, he declared was to
prevent drain on the two war in
dustries which might cripple some
plants if not controlled. He reported
that local boards had been directed
to call such workers gradually, if
they can be replaced, so as not to
interfere with war production"
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very large-sometimes as high as
the equivalent of $40, 900 head.
THE Netherlands government,
after consultation with the British
and United States governments" it
announced, reluctantly have come
to the conclusion that they cannot
yield to German attempts at extor-
ton"
1t is said that while few might
escape 'the sadism and terror of
the Nazis," there remained the ac-
cumulated misery and starvation of
those left in occupied territory and
they will remain subject to Nazi
rule as long as the enemy's foreign
assets will enable him to stave off
the day of his defeat and the liberia
ton of the oppressed European
peoples"
1t added that submission to in
timidation is incitement to increased
pressure"
Similar British Statement.
Lord Selborne, minister of eco
nomic warfare, made similar state
ment for the British government in
the House of Lords.
He warned that all persons max
ing payments or facilitating the
traffic would be regarded as being
engaged in transactions for the
benefit of the enemy" and would be
put on the British blacklist. If liv-
ing in the United Kingdom, he said,
they would be liable to prosecution
under the trading with the enemy
act.
Lord Selborne said that evidence
reaching the British, United States
and Netherlands governments
leaves no doubt that this traffic
is being organized by the German
government and its agents on a
considerable scale in order to in
crease the enemy's foreign currency
resources"
Aneta, Netherlands news agency,
said that at the same time official
Dutch sources disclosed several cases
of attempted eXtortion of ransom
by German authorities.
Merchants Family in Danger.
A former Rotterdam merchant
now living in Latin America re-
ceived a letter saying that 16 men,
bers of his family and his staff
were in mortal danger and might be
deported to Poland at any moment.
A ransom of 100000 Swiss francs
was demanded
(The franc currently is valued
at 23.4 cents.)
In another case, 100000 Swiss
francs were demanded for permis-
sion for family to leave the Meth
erlands Tor South America. Subse-
quent demands raised the amount
to 10000 and then to 200 1000 francs
AS the amount was unobtainable, an
alternative scheme was ATTEMPTED
whereby part of the family might
be enabled to leave on paymnet of
100000 francs.
A judges daughter living in
Switzerland received request from
her widowed mother and a LAWYER
brother to have them removed from
Holland. She was approached by
German agents, who demanded
100000 Swiss francs for their re-
lease. Shortly afterward. she was
advised that her brother had been
sent to concentration camp.
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Allied Forces Pushing
Their Way Toward Buno

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Nov "a
American and Australian soldiers
fought their way yard by yard
toward Buna today against Japa-
nese forces which apparently have
chosen to be eXterminated rather
than surrender their southernmost
New Guinea beachhead.
Extending the picture of relentless
development, todays midday COM
munique reported an Australian
jungle column had moved into Coma,
enemy anchor IL miles above Buna,
and was mopping up the die-hard
garrison there.
simultaneously, American forces
overran Cape Endaiadere which lies
3 miles southeast of Buna, overcom-
ing stiff resistance from many ma
chine-gun nests and treetop snipers.
While smoke of the Allied left
wing forces were completing the
mopup job in Coma, others turned
down the coast toward Sanananda.
between Coma and Buna. which the
enemy was reported to have occu-
pied in force.
Fierce Resistance.
The japanese were resisting
flercely around Buna although they
were forced to fight with no air sup
port and no sea support. Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's bombers kept close
watch along the coast for any effort
to reinforce or evacuate the Japa-
nese units which are being slowly
showed back into the sea.
Allied planes continued to support
the ground advance and one forma-
ton swept over the Kumisi River,
which curves around the battle area
to the northwest, to sink a number
OF RATS on which japanese who had
been cut off from their Buna base
were trying to reach the sea.
With Coma entered and Allied
troops reported on the beach be-
tween Buna and Coma, the last
points of resistance seemed to be at
Buna and at Sanananda.
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Full Military Honors
Paid U. S. FIyer-Hero

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 24.-Full military
honors were accorded today at the
burial of Second 1t. Harvey Dalton
Johnson of Westville, N. j., who rode
his blazing plane to a hero's death
Sunday in a football field after
fighting it clear of populous area.
The graveside service was held at
the American PLOT in Brookwood
Cemetery. Woking. Officer friends
were pallbearers
Grateful Londoners whose cottages
probably escaped destruction as a
result of 1t. Johnson's deed cabled
his parents in Philadelphia yester-
day that their son died a hero =
we shall always treasure his brave
act"
E0nds or bondage-was there ever
an eaciEr choice? Get YOURS now
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State Department Warns
Against Paying RANSOM

The State Department TODAY
warned that any persons taking
part In the payment of ransom" to
German authorities for getting peo-
pie out OF Nazi-occupied countries
Will be treated as enemies.
The department said that any
one who acts as a broker or agent
IN tnls traftlc' will be placed on the
o1nclal blacklist Of persons banned
from any business or financial deal
lngs with the United States and
thereoy be publicly designated as
an enemy"
1t said that persons who paw
ransom are rendering themselves
liable to treatment as enemies" be-
cause they are assisting the war
effort of the enemy.
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Extortion
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sometimes accompanied by an open
or veiled threat that those con-
cerned will be sent to a concentra-
ton camp should the ransom not be
forthcoming.
Evidence that has reached the
Netherlands government and the
governments of the United Kingdom
and the United States indicates that
the practices are organized by the
German authorities and that our
enemies are doing their utmost to
increase their holdings of neutral
currency"
The sums demanded, it is said, are
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Germany Holds Italy
In War, Lord Halifax
Says on Norfolk Trip
Bod Feeling Between Axis
Partners Will Strain Nuzi
Machine, Envoy Believes
Ey the Associated Press.

bS the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. "a. Lord
Halifax asserted here today he had
no doubt that Italy would like to
get out of the war but Germany
won't let her do that
There is no love lost between Italy
and Germany, the British Ambas-
sador told a press conference on his
arrival at the Norfolk naval oper-
ating base for an inspection tour,
and the effect of this feeling will
place an added strain on Hitler's
war machine"
The Ambassador statements we're
in reply to a reporters question as
to whether he believed Italy would
seek separate peace with the Allied
nations in view of recent Allied sue
cesses in North and West Africa.
Devastating bombing raids such as
Genoa and other Italian cities have
undergone in recent weeks will cause
the Italians desire to be out of the
war to increase, Lord Halifax de-
clared, but added that Italy lis not
a free country and you will see her
become more and more a German
occupied country. Italy is as much
an occupied country as Belgium or
France"
The action of Nazi Field Marshal
Rommel in leaving thousands of
Italian troops to their fate in the
retreat of the Africa Corps across
Egypt and Libya did nothing to i'm
prove feelings between the Italian
people and Germany, the Ambas-
sador pointed out.
Asked whether he felt French Ad-
miral Jean Darlan could be trusted
by the Allied nations, Lord Halifax
said: "Darlan must be judged by his
achievements
Touching on the Allied successes
in North Africa, the Ambassador
said: I'VE are not through with that
job yet. There may be tough spots
before we get the whole of North
Africa clear. No one should think
that job is finished, because it is not
finished yet
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Newspaper Campaign
For Scrap Iron Yields
Over 6 Million Tons
National Average Already
81 Pounds Per Person,
Choirmon Reports
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-More than
100000 tons of iron and steel and
other scrap for manufacture into
tanks, ships, planes and guns was
credited today to the newspapers
United scrap metal drive by Richard
w. Slocum, chairman of the cam
paign.
Mr.. Slocum said that although
the official collection ended more
than month ago, many drives still
were in progress in some States
Newspapers in other areas, he added
were continuing to aid salvage COL
1ections by special cooperation with
the industrial metal scrap drive of
the War Production Board.
Because of these continued cam
paigns, he explained, it was impos-
sible to compile complete totals, al
though the national average already
Is nearly 80 pounds for every man,
woman and child.
Kansas Leads State.
Kansas led the States in todays
compilation with 1887 pounds for
every citizen, or total of 49,
874 tons.
Vermont was second among the
ls States which had 100 pounds or
more per capita, turning in 1854
pounds per person with a total of
27.905 tons.
Washington State with 122,826
tons had an average of 141.5 pounds
per person.
Reports to the committee for the
rest Of the 48 States pushed the
aggregate so far to 5,364,415 tons,
with many State figures incomplete.
Oregon was fourth with 1898
pounds per capita, or 70508 tons;
Indiana fifth with 1246 pounds or
2l3,548 tons. and Nebraska, which
originated the scrap idea and start
ed all over again, came up with
80,993 tons or an average of 1881
pounds per capital in it's second or
"off1cial" campaign.
sOther State Collections.
Other State reports, with pounds
per capita and total tonnage. as re-
ported by the committee we're:
Illinois, 1924 pounds and 483, 300
tons; wyoming, 1922 and l5,348;
Nevada, 119.1 and 6.551; Montana,
1855 and 1882; Kentucky, 1892
and 16l ,0l3: Iowa, 1109 and 140,847;
Pennsylvania, 110.6 and SAT, 7,404: Ari-
zona, 108 and 26,94S; New Hamp-
shire. 106 and 26,O77; Wisconsin, 105
Texas, 1925 and 329,015 tons.
New York, 936 and 630,96O; Rhode
Island, GIT and 32,7oO; Delaware,
90,1 and 12,026; Michigan, IS and
223,20o; Connecticut. 1913 and 7O,767;
Massachusetts,, 806 and 174,000;
Colorado, 76.9 and 43,2S2; South
Dakota, 1874 and 23,599; Oklahoma.
70.l and 780o7; Maryland, 69.3 and
63,101; Utah, 81 and 1922; Maine,
66,l and $4,000; California, 65.1 and
225,000; Virginia, 600 and 81,629;
Louisiana, 60.3 and 1854; Missouri,
54.8 and 1O3,596; Florida. 52.S and
$4,000; New Mexico, 466 and 12,4O0;
Minnesota, 46.4 and 56,749
West Virginia. 437 and 41,575;
North Dakota, 42.2 and 1859; Ten |
nessee;c Ais and 60,507; New Jersey,
Alp and 85,775: North Carolina, 33.5 |
and 59,894; Alabama, 1878 and 46, $50; |
Georgia, 80 and $4,000; District of
Columbia, 2l.7 and 1900; South
Carolina, 211 and 10000; Arkansas,
1913 and $4,000; Mississippi, 81 and
8 ,504, and Idaho, 76 and 1000.
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which he characterized as q slight
drop" attributable, probably, to the
rain.
Residents may have been hesi-
tant to put out their tin cans" he
said, for fear that the rain might
rust off the tin. We want the cans,
rain or shine, however"
Mr. Xanten expressed high hopes
that tin can collections will increase
in volume as residents become more
familiar with instructions for pre-
pairing them and aware of the urgent
necessity of salvaging the tin and
steel content of the cans.
Some Sections Heavy.
He also revealed that in certain
areas of the city-notably these west
of Rock Greek Park and north of
Spring road between Rock Greek
Park and Soldiers Home-collec-
tions are taxing garbage hoppers to
the limit.
In other isolated areas, he said,
collections are good. but in many
sections Of the city they are poor"
Schedules for commercial collec-
tions. covering restaurants. public
and private schools. drugstores,
business houses, hotels. apartments,
hospitals and institutions, will be
complete, the Salvage Committee
announced, when approximately
1000 apartment house managers re-
ceive committee notices within the
next few days.
Included in the restaurant group.
which numbers approximately 1900,
are 50 Government cafeterias.
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Stain Led Write-In Votes

LOS ANGELES. Nov. "A lP).-
Those Los Angeles County voters
who wrote in their own candidates
for Governor at the November 8
election balloted as follows, the
official canvas disclosed:
Enrol Flynn, II votes; Shipbuilder
Henry j. Kaiser, 83; Character
Actor Edward Arnold, II, and
Joseph Stain, 500.
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Deputies Are Named

ROCKVILLE, Md, Nov. "a (Spe-
cialD-Sheriff H. Leslie Carlin has
appolned William B. Forman. Joel
A. Newsome and Henry C. Walters
special deputy sheriffs for Mont
gomery County to guard property
during the war.
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Women Dies in Auto Crash

CULPEPPER. Va, Nov. "a (Pp.-A
woman identified as Mrs. Leo Ran
savage, 35, of Kingston, La. was
killed last night when her automo-
bile skidded on Route No. Is, near
here. and overturned.
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Get In the Serop!
Heavier Tin Can Collections
Wanted From Home Areas
Poundoge Apparently Cut by Rain;
Commercial Piekups Being Arranged

AS the District Salvage rushed to completion its
schedule for commercial tin pckups cs
lation increased by approximately pounds yesterdays
regular garbage collections
William A. Xanten refuse chief announced that garbage
collectors filled their hoppers with and pounds
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Japanese back toward the northern
tip of Guadalcanal.
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Knox

Continued From First Page.)
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EOnds or b0ndage-was there ever
an eaaier choice? Get yours now.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-04
ALA5KA COASTAL CARRIES MANY
 PASSENGERS FIRST

Passengers arriving in Juneau yesterday by Alaska Coast Airlines from Sitka were William Auer, An drew Wanamaker, Mrs. F. E. Jordon, F. E. Jordon, James Patterson, Ellen Jordon, Mrs. c. E. Neeham, O. F. Benecke, Dan Moller, Fauna w. Niemi, George E. Fleek, Mrs. Charles Peterson, Mrs. Joe Skaris. Joe Skaris, and Mrs William c. Charteris.
 Making the flight to Sitka with AGA yesterday afternoon were Mable Fred, Mrs. A. Rollan, Peggy A. Dick, c. Zuboff, Fred Baranofski and Fred Slime.
 Ray Hanson flew to Pick Cove from Sitka while the plane was there.
 Leaving Juneau today for Sitka were Judge w. A. Holzheimer, Wayne Church, Dick Wessmith and Robert Stone. Tony Campus was an outgoing passenger for Hawk Inlet.
 In addition to the four flights made to the Polar-Taku mine at Tulsequah yesterday morning, three additional round trip flights were made during the afternoon.