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loved. Why had he been killed?
He recalled the words of the
quiet, gray-eyed man. Sinister,
suggesting a web reaching out
across the blockaded European
Continent to envelope Abas in its
tolls. Intrigue for the control OF
a tiny smelly speck in Anegada
Passage. Not for nitrates alone.
Something bigger. Some enter
prise that could be carried on I'M
der the guise Of legitimate
American business. Right under
the guns Of the destroyers at Saint
Thomas. Right under the nose of
Old Man Winters.
Why had Sabastien been killed?
Were the plotters prepared to re-
move everyone of authority so
that their work could be carried
on unhindered? 1t didn't make
sense. Surely Struthers must
know that as soon as Bill Talcott
reached New York all hell would
break loose. The frameup would
dissolve in thin air. But was it
so simple as that? Had Struthers
purposely played up the obvious
so that his true Vaccinations
would go undetected until too
late?
Halsey had the auditors report.
Perhaps in that report Talcott
would find what he was fighting
Those carefully worded pages
must contain more than a charge
of shortage and payroll padding
For now sudden, violent death was
in the cards; murder had become
q part Of the hand.
Talcott's eyes turned from thu
long concrete wharf. In five day
h would be in New York. Wha
awaited him there he could no
fathom. He'd been sure of him
self when Struthers, he thought
was playing lone dangerou
game. Now
"Have you seen Halsey?"
"Eh?" He turned startled, u
confront Professor Constantine. s
deep in thought had he been h
hadn't heard the odd little man
approach. "Oh, Halsey? Can't sa
that / have"
The Professor clutched tighte
to voluminous book and trans
ferred a bottle Of pills to his lei
hand. II thought he was right be
hind me. He complained of
headache so I secured this as
pirin Likable chap, isn't he
Pure Nordic. Very reliable I
hope he doesn't miss the boat"
II ITO BE Contlnued)
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BY EATON K. ooLDTHWAITE

happened rather fast down there,
YOU know. doubt If I would rec
ognize anyone outside OF jackson
himself"
"Would you say that Jackson
had sufacient desire to get even by
knitting this man"
1T would be possible, yes"
The chief quelled an uprising IN
his liver. 1--WE have every reason
to believe that Jackson was here
last night. He left his calling card,
dozen natives Struggled IN from
Tortola. 1t Is just possible also
that he despatched man to take
care of the unfinished business OF
Abas Island. AS I understand 1t,
you are all passengers on the Blue
Petrol. see nothing to prevent
your departure
So 1t was over. Jackson's name
had done it. Guilty or not, his
reputation was enough. If they
ever catch him, Talcott thought
.grimly, they'll hang him to the
postofice fiagpole before they
start their investigation.
But it couldn't have been jack
son or any of his men who had
murdered Sebastien. If 1t was re-
venge they wanted, they would
have taken It on him or Halsey.
And after unloading his freight,
Jackson wasn't one to stick
around. No. OF one thing only
was Bill Ta-cott positive: the
murder was directly connected
with his frameup and the intrigue
on Abas Island.
| June Paterson came to him as
they were leaving. Her hanc
rested on his arm, and softly she
said, I'm sorry, Bill. You were
very fond of him, weren't you?"
He didn't answer. His eyes
hard and fathomless, were OF
Halsey. For he, despite his world
illness, was acting most strangely
Pulling away to walk by himself
Jumping at shadows. Scared, tina
was It. Did he know more thar
he wanted to, or was he beginning
to have misgivingS about his audi
tor friend StrutherS? Whatever J
was, the man was frightened u
death.
Talcott checked out at Hotel 1925
refused one OF the proprietor
famed planters punches, and witt
Mcdowell rode to. West Indii
wharf. MacDowell had changed
wasn't cocksure any more. He KEEP
his thoughts silent behind puzzles
face, and once on board the Blu
Petrol, disappeared In the throng o
basket-lader passengers.
Talcott sought q lonely spot for
ward. his mind Allied with fat
faithful Gebastien. The man hat
feared violence and death, hat
offended no one. Yet q cover
knife thrust had finished HIN
while IN nleen under the stars hi
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The chief scowled. "Mr. Halsey, ]
understand you and Professor Con-
stantlne spent the remainder Of the
night at the Grand. Did you go
there directly after clearing Gus
Annnss"
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) SERIAL STORY
THE PLOT THICKENs
CHAPTER XVI
HENRY

"You are william Talcott?"
"Yes."
''You are the manager at Abas
YSland?"
1T was. have been relieved
and am on my way back to New
York"
"But you were in charge when
the launch left the Island?"
ayes"
'How long was sebastien in
your EMPLOY"
give years. He came to us from
san Juan to operate the distilla-
4ion apparatus. I made him fore
man three years ago."
"Did he have any enemies that
4ou know about?"
"No." ...t
"Can you tell US where he got
Mat stab wound in his arm?"
Eyes. The night before last a
gmuggler named Jackson attempt
ed to land on Abas and we at
tempted to stop him"
"Jacksonl" The chief Of police
became, apoplectic. us he mixed
up in this2"
II don't know"
The chief appraised the group
with Q sour eye. which OF you is
Miss Paterson?"
She stepped forward. Ssmartly
attired, she was, in suit of CAB
ardine, q daring blue bonnet con-
flning her ash blond hair. Cool
and self-possessed, with not the
slightest termor betraying her
emotion.
''You were one of the guests on
Ahas Island and a passenger or
the launch. You arrived at two
o'clock this morning. After clear.
ing customs, where did you go?"
mis- Swenson and ] went tc
the home Of my friends near Es-
tate Cantante."
"Were you a witness TO the at
tempted landing Of the self-styled
Captain Jackson on AbaS Island?'
EYES,"
would you say that the results
were successful"
'No. After one Of the crew
struck Mr.. Mcdowell, Mr.. Halsey
grabbed . pistol and forced them
TO return 10 the schooner"
The chief scowled. "Mr. Halsey,
understand you and Professor Con-
stantine spent the remainder OF the
night at the Grand. Did you sc
there directly after clearing Gus
Annls7"
rYes."
~pid you al any time during the
Naght or this morning see any OF
1ackson's crew IN Charlotte Anna
1le9g
"A son't saa thak ! did, Tninas
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GARFIELD IN TRAINING
by William
Ferguson
BY STOOKIE ALLEN

John Garfield haa started train
ing for his fighting role in The
Patent Leather Kid" He doesn't
want to take off weight, but TO
regain the 10 pounds he lost while
on a recent war Bond sales tour.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

Joan Leslie 81 editor OF her fan
club newspaper. which has a circu-
lation OF over 1000 copies. Her
most prominent subscriber Is Ser
geant Alvin York, hero Of World
War !.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Staff Casse|| Resigns
As American u. Coach

American University lost its di-
rector of athletics, who also IS coach
of it's football, basket ball and base
ball teams, when Staff Cassell re-
signed today to accept the position
of director of athletics at Morn
ingside College, Sioux City, Iowa.
The resignation is effective at the
end of the current school term.
Cassell will assume his new duties
in June, spending the summer
months as representative of Morn
ingside in contracting new students.
His new post carries with it the rank
of full professorship and he will
be director of the department of
health and physical education.
Cassel succeeds j. M. Saunder-
son, one of the oldest athletic di-
rectors in the country, who is re-
tiring after 80 years service. News
of his departure from American
University, where he has headed the
physical education department for
the last two years, was surprise
to his most intimate friends. He re-
jected one offer before Dr. Earl A.
Rodman, president of Morningside,
made a personal trip to Washing
ton to persuade him to accept.
Cassell graduated from American
University in 1886 and has been off,
cially associated with it since then,
occupying successive posts of field
representative, assistant football
coach to Gus WEIGH and finally
coach Of all sports.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Fierce Raids on Port Moresby
NAV Decide Fate of Australia

in ferocity. But American and
Australian forces are growing in
strength and in aggressive spirit and
the Japanese have not yet found
an effective counter to their au-
dacious go out and find the enemy"
tactics.
Yesterdays heaviest air attack on
this port was a triumph for infantry
machine gunners who stood up to
a blazing machine gun and cannon
fire from four Mitsubishi fighters
and sent two of them crashing
and the third twisting and turn
ing in a desperate effort to escape
to higher altitude. The fighters
were protecting 10 bombers.
The third plane was last seen
with smoke pouring from its tail.
1t was considered extremely doubt
full that it ever got over the lofty
Owen Stanley range to its base. The
other two crashed in thick scrub
and on q hillside and were shat
tered.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Air-Ruid Siren Test Success;
louder Device Trial Tomorrow

planned, will depend on reports re-
ceived during the next day or two.
Residents who did not hear the
sirens have been requested to write
Cbut not telephone, Capt. H. A.
Friede, head of the District COM
munications system.
Meanwhile. plans went ahead for
a test at II 80 m tomorrow Of an
AFRAID siren said to be more of a
noisemaker than 1000 of those tried
today. Developed especially for the
Office of Civilian Defense. it has
been tested on Manhattan Bridge in
New York and found to have every
thing needed in the way of an
alarm.
Only one of the machines has
been manufactured so far This
has been installed on the roof of
the Capitol Garage Building Its
operation will be continued suffi-
GENTLY long for it to be fairly tested
by reports from specified sections of
the city.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Maryland Youth Killed
In Action With R. A. F.

BY the Associated Press.
EASTON, Md, March 24-Edward
Streets, 20-year-old Easton flyer
with the Royal Air Force, has been
killed in action. his father said
today.
The father, Howard Streets, said
the brief cablegram from the British
Air Ministry did not say where his
son had been serving or the manner
in which he met his death.
Mr.. Streets said his son had en-
listed in the r. A. F. year ago and
was given preliminary training in
the United States and in Canada
before he was sent to England.
The flyer saw some action there,
his father said, and several of his
letters home mentioned air battles
in which he had participated. Later,
Edward was sent to Malta and the
last letter Mr.. Streets had from his
son, some time ago, was sent from
the Mediterranean island.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Surprise u. S. Attack Wrecks
7 jap Planes at Thai Airfie|d

The raid was carried out in the
face of heavy anti-aircraft fire,
while a simultaneous attack was
launched on Japanese base at
Lampun, about 10 miles southeast
of Chiengmai There were no de-
tails Immediately available on the
damage inflicted in this attack, the
communique said.
When the American Volunteer
Group left Chiengmai, the head
quarters report announced, there
we're seven fires on the ground and
one contained three planes. Seven
to 10 planes were disabled COM
pletely and several others probably
were disabled. Many others were
damaged"
Evening star., 1942-03-24
House Committee Disopproves
Changes in D. G. Housing Bill

such as additional school and hos
pital accommodations and extern
sions to the water and sewer serv-
ices
Five million of the housing fund
was set aside by the Senate to carry
out the so-called Goodwillie plan
for rehabilitating nine blocks in
Southwest Washington to provide
modern homes for Government en-
ployes
The House-approved bill did not
allocate any of the s50,000,000 for
specific purposes.
Specifically, the Buildings and
Grounds Committee voted to ask the
House to send the bill to conference
with the Senate and instruct its
conferees to insist on the $50 900 ,00O
authorization rather than the Sen
ate's s70000,000.
Action was taken at the close OF
a series of public hearings on the
Senate-revised measure. One Of the
final witnesses. Henry Rhine, presi-
dent Of the Washington Industrial
Union Council &C. I. o.. urged the
committee to expedite action on the
legislation.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
| Mrs. Macarthur
Shops, TroIed
| By Admirers
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE. Australia. March,
24.-Mrs. Douglas Macarthur, as
prompt and businesslike as the gen.
eral, was among the first shoppers at
an Australian store this morning to
do some purchasing for herself. Z
She had had to postpone her per-
sonal shopping tour yesterday when
she devoted her time to meeting the
needs of her 4-year-old son Arthur
and his Chinese amah (servant). .
A crowd of admirers followed the
generals lady" as she moved from
department to department buying<
such immediate necessities as nee-
dies, cotton, yards of elastic, brushes
and soaps.
She took unwrapped articles with
out a murmur, in difference to the
Australian paper shortage. and
seemed to have the average United
States soldiers difficulty computing.
Australian money when she held
out handful of silver to the clerk
and said: 4
You'll have to take out what 1t
costs because I don't know much
about your money yet" Z
At one counter she paused to give
an Australian airman her auto
graph and charming smile. &,
Evening star., 1942-03-24

The District tried out its new air
raid sirens in their first simultane-
GUS test this afternoon and found
them satisfactory, so far as they
applied to the areas in which they
we're installed.
There was no doubt this time that
they were heard on the streets. Pc
destrians. as we'll as people in stores
and downtown business offices, were
startled by the noise.
You can hear these all right"
was the comment on the sidewalks
as shoppers, their conversation in
terrupted by the mournful wall, re-
called the city's previous unsuccess-
full experience with afraid alarms.
Col. Lemuel Bolles, director of ci-
william defense, said he had heard
the alarm very well' in his Office
in the District Building, and that
he was satisfied the sirens are sat-
isfactory.
Their overall efficiency, he ex-
Evening star., 1942-03-24
WAINWRIGHT BLASTS JAP MOTOR COLUMN
7orpedoing Survivor, II, Tells How
All 10 Mates Died in 21 DAYS Adrift
BY CHANDLER DIEHL,

Associated PreSS war correspondent.
COCO SOLO NAVAL BASE, Pan
anna Canal Zone, March II de-
layed) .-Propped up in Navy hos
pital bed, 17-year-old Robert En-
NETT Kelley of Philadelphia today
described the torpedoing of tanker
in the Caribbean and 81 torture
filled days in an open lifeboat.
Last survivor of II oil-soaked sea-
men who managed to get into the
whaleboat after their ship was sunk,
Kelley, a mess attendant, was picked
up March IA of Panama by the
coastal steamer Annetta I as he lay
face down, hope gone, in the bottom
of the 30-foot craft.
The steamer notified naval au-
thorities of its find, and a United
States boat was dispatched to bring
him here for medical attention.
Going to Join Navy.
Revived by sleep and warm food
but still suffering from the shock
of seeing his mates die one by one
and helping with their burial at sea,
Kelley met newsmen and said:
I'm going to join the Navy now.
I wouldn't join before without my
buddy, Wenzel civilian Wenzel,
Philadelphia, was rejected by the
service because Of heart trouble) 4,
but now he's dead, and III join up
as soon as I can visit my father
and mother"
Kelley reported the tanker had
taken on its load of petroleum tat
Aruba) February 20.
About 7 o'clock the next eve
ning-just after we had had life
boat drill, we were attacked" the
young seaman continued. Il think
from the sound of it, they must have
fired a shell which set the ship on
fire and wrecked the radio mast"
The youth described how the aft
lifeboat's gear stuck and how 80
crewmen then piled into another
boat on the windward side only to
be tumbled into the sea when 4 sea-
man pulled the release lever too
quickly, overturning the boat. While
in the water he heard shots like
they were firing at us from the
SUBJ" and three explosions aboard
the ship which sank about 80 min
utes after the first shot.
when things quieted down We
climbed up on the bottom of the
boat" Kelley said. There were
Just II of us left. Before morning,
Evening star., 1942-03-24
President Hits
48-Hour Week
Suggestion
Sixth Column
Blamed for Drive
On 4O-Hour Law
By JOHN C. HENRY.

President Roosevelt took issue
with Speaker Rayburn this aft
ernoon in expressing his disap-
proval of the House leaders sug-
gestion that the basic war work
week be set at 48 hours, with
overtime beginning from that
figure.
Remarking that MANY people very
definitely have been fooled by the
storm of opposition to the 40-hour
week, the President once more said
1t Is the desire of the administra-
ton not to assist the reduction Of
the pay level of the average person.
Significantly, in the light Of recent
war profit disclosures he added that
there is likewise no desire to in
crease income in the higher brackets
Earlier, at the Capitol, Chairman
Truman of the Senate Defense In
vestigating Committee told Senator
Thomas. Democrat, Of Oklahoma his
committee would look into the vast
amount OF mail being sent to men,
bers of Congress concerning the 40
hour-week issue as well as defense
strikes.
Sixth Columnists.'
Mr.. Roosevelt's latest expression
on the controversial labor issue came
in response to questioning and was
prefaced by a critical discussion of
sixth columnists" who unwittingly
or otherwise are carrying out the
evil plans of the fifth columnists.
Existence OF this inner menace
was first so classified in a speech
by Richard Patterson, former As
sistant Secretary of Commerce. In
dorsing the statement that such an
influence exists, the President told
his press conference the country
justifiably should be disturbed about
1t. Without such an instrumentality.
he went on, the fifth column itself
could not effect its schemes.
Asked for more specific definition
Of sixth columnists. he said they
operated through conversation, by
writings, by radio commenting, at
cocktail parties and tea fights" as
he called them.
Questioned then as to whether
this sixth column Is being active In
the fight to suspend labor standards
the President said he was not sure
but he pointed out the charge had
been made on the House floor that
the drive on the 40-hour week is an
organized campaign.
Regarding possibility Of control or
repression OF sixth column pressure,
Mr.. Roosevelt said he believed to a
large degree it will talk itself out
as public opinion becomes educated
to the truth.
At this point. he was asked about
possible infringements on freedom
of the press as a means of restrict
ing the sixth column. He remarked
in response that freedom of the press
is partly matter Of judgment and
that in his opinion the press is not
as free now or has as much in
fluence as used to be the case.
1t was then that he declared with
out qualification that he believed
that many people very definitely
have been fooled on the 40-hour
issue.
In a letter to Senator Truman,
Senator Thomas earlier referred to
(See LABOR, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Enemy Losses
Heavy in Raid
In Mindanao
Floating Mines Hint
Effort to Disrupt
Inter-IsIond Shipping
Earlier Story on Page AID

Earlier Story on Page AID
BY the Associated Press.
A successful attack by Ameri-
can-Philippine forces on a Japa-
nese motor column near Zam-
boanga, in Mindanao, has been
reported by 1t. Gen. Jonathan
Wainwright, the War Depart
ment announced today.
Only one of Gen. Wainwright's
soldiers was killed, the department
said, but enemy losses were heavy.
In a communiQue the department
said floating mines have been en-
countered in the Philippine waters,
indicating a Japanese effort to dis
rupt irterisland shipping.
More Details of Raid.
Additional details of previously
reported air raid by United Nations
planes at Lac, New Guinea, on
March % disclosed that enemy
planes destroyed included three
heavy bombers, 10 Zero fighters and
two unidentified aircraft, the de-
partment said. Four Zero fighters
and two bombers were damaged, and
a direct hit was scored on an am
munition dump. Two American pur-
suit planes were lost.
The text of the communique, No.
159. based on reports received up
to Eastern War time:
u. Philippine theater: Gen. VAIN
wright reports a successful attack
by our forces in Mindanao on jap
anese motor column near Zambo-
anga. Enemy losses were heavy
while only one of our soldiers was
killed.
Numerous floating mines have
been encountered in the Philippine
waters indicating that the enemy is
sowing mines with view to dis
rupting inter-island shipping.
% Australia: Additional details
of the previously reported air raids
by Australian and American Army
planes at Lac. New Guinea. on
March % have been received by the
War Department.
Three Bombers Dertoyed.
The raid was conducted by
composite force consisting of four
flying fortresses and nine P-40
fighter planes of the American Army
and two Hudson bombers of the ALL
stralian Air Force.
1T has been determined that
enemy planes destroyed in this raid
include three heavy bombers, ten
Zero fighters and two unidentified
aircraft. In addition four Zero
fighters and two bombers were dam
aged. A direct hit was scored on an
ammunition dump. Two American
P-40 planes were lost.
"3. There is nothing to report
from other areas"
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Spain 10 Reorganize Bank
And Dis0Wn Leftist Debts

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID. March 24.-Reorganlza-
ton of the affairs of the Bank OF
Spain is provided for in law signed
by Chief of State Francisco Franco,
it was announced today.
The move, it was said, will per-
nit the bank to "regularize" its,
books to correct problems carried
over from the civil war period. 1t
calls for the establishment OF a,
commission to superintend the work
and gives the Government repre-
sentative on the commission full,
powers to execute the reorganization.
Under two articles of the law pub
lished in the official bulletin, the
bank is allowed to eliminate from
its books all bank notes issued by
the Leftist government during the
three-year civil war ended in 1889
and it is declared under no obliga-
ton to pay any of the debts con-
tracted by the Leftist civil war gov
eminent.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
u, ). Needs 10 Train
a Million for Jobs,
McNutt Estimates
Reeds Roosevelt Letter
Opposing Termination
Of N. Y. A. or c. G. c.
Earlier Story on Page Al
Earlier Story on Page Al
By ]. A. O'LEARY.

The United States will have to
train 100000 persons for the
home front-for work in war in
dustries-Federal Security Ad-
ministrator McNutt told a Sen
ate committee this afternoon
after reading a letter from Pres
ident Roosevelt opposing termi-
nation of the National Youth
Administration or the Civilian
Conservation Corps.
Mr.. McNutt gave this estimate in
answer to Senator Mead, Democrat;
of New York, and added. I'VE have
not the facilities to train them In
one year."
The administrator said he was
willing to see N. Y. A. and C. c. c.
merged, but insisted it would be
unwise to put the defense training
program of N. Y. A. in with the vo-
cational training activities of the
Office Of Education, even though all
of these functions are already in his
Federal Security Agency.
N. Y. A. to Train 100000.
During a rapid-flre cross-exam-
ination by Senator Byrd, Democrat,
Of Virginia and Senator McKellar
Democrat, of Tennessee, Mr.. Nc
(See c. c. c.. Page A-D