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Carrier Lexington
Had Space for IS
To 85PIanes
g. ,---.
Ship Lost in Coral Sea :
Was Capable Of Speed
Of 33.5 Knots

The aircraft carrier Lexington lost
In the Battle of Coral Sea was a
self-contained floating base and
had space for from rs to IS planes,
depending on their size.
The Lexington was commissioned
In 1927 and joined the fleet early in
1928. She was 888 feet long, los
feet wide, and due to the 10000
horsepower motors that originally
were designed to propel the planned
cruiser, she was capable of speed
of 335 knots. ~. -
The carriers career was varied
She performed a hero's job in 1881
when she steamed from Guantan-
amo, Cuba. to the east coast of
Nicaragua following an earthquake
there. Anchoring off the coast, she
released airplanes that carried ply
sicians, medicine and food to the
stricken populace.
The Lexington also anchored of
AoSSAAAo. VooiA az ollC llillC oflNi
provided power and light from the
ships machinery for the city's dis.
abled utilities system. The Lexing-
ton also searched for Amelia Ear
hart after she disappeared during a
South Pacific flight.
The tanker Neosho was built by
the Federal Shipbuilding g. Drydock
Co. and launched in 1889 Mrs
Emory S. Land, wife of the chairman
of the Maritime Commission, was
the ships sponsor and officially
christened her in honor of the Ne
osho River in Kansas. The tanker
was SIS feet long and had beam OF
rs feet. 1t displaced 5000 tons
The destroyer Sims, a l,570-ton
vessel, was launched from the ways
of the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.
in 1889. Mrs. William S. Sims, wife
of the late Admiral William Snow
den Sims, was the sponsor.
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Summary Of Todoy's Star

Date for permanent gasoline ration
ing set for July Is. Page Al
House group votes double tax on
travel fares. Page Al
Service pay bill sent to White House
with $50 figure. Page As
Alienist to examine boy in step
fathers Staying. Page A-9
Senators hear Roosevelt may veto
farm bill. Page A-22
Washington and Vicinity.
1000 depots to be set up here tor
rubber salvage. Page Az
Elaborate ceremonies here tomor-
row for war heroes. Page B-l
Sasscer appeals for more gas for de-
fense workers. Page AL
Willful violators Of blackout to be
prosecuted. Page b-l
Evening star., 1942-06-12

long time. Each night I pray that
everything is well at home and that
Marge and Tom, jr., receive my
messages of love.
January 49, awoke t this am
and heard dog
fight north of us. I watched oul
pilot, who I later learned was An
derson, bail out and I saw him shot
to death by two Zeros while he
parachuted down. 1t made me see
red.
Copyright, 1912. BY Chicago Times. Inc
Reproduction in whole or in part pro.
hiblted)
fTUo hours under Sniper fire
-. A diuision iUtthout food for
four days Filipino troops
outnumbered three to one A
1CithdrdWGl Uith Jap troops only
one kilometer behind These
are some OF the incidents de-
Scribed in the entries OF Tom
Gerrity'S Bataan Diary appear
ing tomorrow. Don't miss q
single entry in this account OF
the last days on BdtaanJ
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Congress in Brief

SENATE.
In recess until Monday.
Foreign Relations Committee
hears testimony of War Depart
ment witnesses and others on
Alaskan highway.
Agriculture Subcommittee hears
oil and rubber industry representa-
tives on synthetic rubber.
Conference Committee seeks to
adjust differences on service pay
allotment bill.
Appropriations Sub com mittee
considers Labor Federal Security
appropriations bill.
House:
In recess.
Interstate Commerce Committee
questions FEC Chairman Fly on
Communications Act changes.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinueS tax study.
Evening star., 1942-06-12

very grave turn" U. S. and
Filipino troops were retreating
on both fronts. Macarthur re-
ported that Jap dive bombers
practically control the roads
from the air" With Jap land
forces only 30 miles from Manila,
bombers daily pounding the open
city, Macarthur begged for due
retalitory measures" against
Japan's own citiesD
Junuory I've moved the com IN,
mand post one Kill
ometer south to Hermosa, on the
edge of Bataan. Johnny and I went
down together from Bacolor, diving
into holes as we came. We visited
Bacolor Church before leaving.
was sorry to leave tit was old and
shabby, but 1t carried an air Of
peace and tranquility.
January 2-The enemy planes
are still active in
the mornings and in the evening.
Reconnaissance flights are flown
daily by our P-40s. Our forces are
still on the Guagua-Porac line
have been reading Berlin
Diary" 1t made me mad to think
this whole thing could have been
nipped in the bud several years ago.
Our command post near Hermosa
doesn't have much cover. We feel
conspicuous in the clumps of bushes
where we have set our single tent
and hunks. When the Jap bombers
come over we scurry toward the
shallow foxholes we've dug deep
enough to crouch in.
Every one in the command post
gets kick out of kidding the guys
who show the most speed running
to the foxholes. Gen. Wainwright
at first refused to seek a foxhole,
but finally consented to seek cover
during close raids.
Morale is surprisingly good. but it
is hard to keep the spirit of a re-
treating army high. especially when
enemy planes float above us without
any opposition. The food is pretty
good. too.
ION January 2-January 3 to
Tom Gerrity on the other side Of
the international date line-un-
defended Manila fell to Japanese
invaders. Gen. MacArthur's
forces fought on from new de-
tense positions north and north
west of the city,
Jonuory ~ visited the air field
at Orani and talked
with 1t. Wray, who had just shot
down one enemy plane in flames.
I saw another Jap plane crash into
the trees while it was trying to
follow Wray's landing.
Jonuury 5-our pursuits took off
from Orani. made a
stab at the Jap bombers and then
proceeded to Bataan, whence they
will fly to Mindanao. We haven't
much aircraft left-just about Is
pursuits.
(The day before so Jap bomb
ers raided Corregidor for five
hours straight, Washington re-
ported)
January 6-we moved our COM
There's nothing more depressing
than that. Everybody feels the
weight of it and wants to make a
stand-somewhere and soon.
We moved from Hermosa to West
Bataan in jungle where there's
plenty OF cover. Gen. Wainwright
went to the front last night to
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Joseph !. Keefer, 92,
Critically Injured

Joseph I. Keefer, 90. of GOT In
diana avenue NV. was in a critical
condition in St. Vincents Hospital
in. New York City this morning as
the result of an accident, it was
learned here by officials of Columbia
Typographical Union, of which he is
a pension member. The nature of
the mishap was not Immediately
revealed
Well known in Washington, Mr..
Keefer is a vice president of the
Evening star., 1942-06-12

were making their third bombing
attack on the open city of Manila.
There were extensive fires in the
city, 40 dead, $50 wounded.
Meanwhile the Jap land forces
we're advancing steadily from
both north and south, were with
in 80 miles of Manila in the
north, within 64 miles to the
south.)
December 2o-Tom and I took
the launch to
Mariveles (on the northwestern rim
of Manila BayD A Jap reconnais-
sance plane flew over us. We felt
pretty exposed but became cheerful
when a naval supply boat anchored
of Corregidor fired at the plane.
At pm. we drove back to Bacolor
with 1t. Spud Sloan to pick up spare
plane parts.
The planned withdrawal of the
northern Luzon forces continues,
with little contact with the enemy
(Although the official U. S.
communique also stated that the
situation on the northern front
was well in hand" it added that
Jap bombers had put a great part
of Manila in flames After the
blackout had been abolished in
Manila to prove it was actually
an open city" Jap bombers
raided the city for 2 hours and
40 minutes
December 30-Today the Nips
bombed d San
Fernando, three miles from our
command post at Bacolor They hit
railroad junction and an ammuni-
ton train. All afternoon we could
hear the thunder of exploding rs
shells and we could see them
blazing.
December 31-The Northern
forces are still
withdrawing. On the Bambam line
air activity was heavy today Morale
is higher now Everybody's taking
the bombings calmly.
The Japs bombed San Fernando,
Lubao and Guagua, blowing up an
ammunition train and gas and OIL
Our supply lines are pretty vulner-
able.
Calumpit Bridge was blown up by
our forces after the northern and
southern Luzon forces had crossed
it into Bataan. They are now on the
Guagua -Porac line.
We celebrated New Years Eve
with bottle of Scotch and bottle
of rum at Bacolor, where our CON-
mand post is located.
tOn this day Washington said
the Philippine war had taken a
Evening star., 1942-06-12

we returned 10 NOTtIlcIn LuIOIl.
We found headquarters had been
moved back to Bambam, a sugar
refinery. It's beautiful place-it
looks like a rest camp.
had been depressed talking to
people behind the lines down south,
but the calm atmosphere near the
front firing lines gave me boost.
All air corps units have evacuated
Manila, gone by truck and boat to
Bataan. Manila has been declared
an open city.
Peace on earth, good will toward
men"
December 26-I took a car to
Bataan to To-
cate the new air force HQ. My
Filipino driver piled my beautiful
new car into a truck, so hitched
rides the rest of the way. The road
was jammed with soldiers, supplies
and equipment. What beautiful
target the Japs missed there!
watched the Japs bomb our ship
ping in the bay. Saw one of our
destroyers roar toward the open sea
at full speed Then bombs fell all
around it. The destroyer was hidden
by columns of water. I thought it
was sunk but a minute later it re-
appeared, still speeding away. 1t
was a fine sight.
After looking over the new Bataan
air fields I hitched rides back to
Bambam.
December 27-Moved our COM
mand post from
Bambam to Bacolor. The Japs are
concentrating on Manila Bay ship
ping. I could hear the dull explo-
sions of their bombs all day.
South Of Manila American
troops were struggling against a
Japanese tank drive. North Of
the city they stood firm.)
December 28-1 received orders
from the air Of
ficer at Corregidor to fly Filipino
observation planes from Clark Field
to Corregidor. I took Tom Dooley
along and we arrived on the rock
at dusk.
1t had just undergone its first
bombing. A gasoline storage dump
was afire. Several planes had been
burned. There were so killed and
200 wounded.
slept wearily in one of the tun-
nels which reeked OF ether and dis
infectants. Tom and I talked with
Gen. Sutherland Orchard K. Suth-
erland, MacArthur's chief of stafD
He's swell guy and was very cor
dial to us.
while Gerrity was flying
planes from Clark Field in Luzon
south to Corregidor, the Japs
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Steve Honnogon to Guide
All Ford Co. Statements
Ey tie Associated Press.

Ey TIE Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 12.-Edsel Ford,
president of the Ford Motor Co.
announced today the appointment of
Steve flanagan to handle the
companys press relations.
The announcement said a bureau
to be established under Mr.. Han
nagan's direction will be respon-
sible for the release Of all news
and news statements from the
Ford Motor Co."
Evening star., 1942-06-12
j, ). Resumes Limited
Trade Relations With
French North Africa
Satisfactory Arrangement
With lovuI Government
At Viehy Implied

Secretary of State Hull today an
nounced resumption of limited trade
with French North Africa.
This move implied satisfactory ar
rangements with the pro-Axis Laval
government at Vichy guaranteeing
that Germany would not be bene-
fitted in any way through American
supplies sent to North Africa.
The United States North Africa
trade on a limited and reciprocal
basis has been suspended and then
resumed several times during the
last two years as prospects of more
extensive Vichy collaboration with
the Axis waxed and waned.
Laval's assumption of power IN the
Vichy government caused the last
suspension of plans for resuming the
trade. with this country indicating
then that it depended on actions OF
the new government in relations
with Germany.
Under the plan now agreed on,
two French ships now in New York
will be permitted to leave with car
goes of non military supplies for
North Africa simultaneously with
the departure from North Africa
of two vessels carrying materials to
the United States.
Distribution of the American sup
plies to the civilian population in
North Africa will be under the di-
rect supervision of American con-
troll officers, to make sure that they
shall not serve Axis ends in any
way.
Mr. Hull said the ships were ex-
pected to sail any day now. He re-
fused to discuss implications of the
move. except to say that thorough
consideration had been given to all
phases of the matter in consulta-
ton with other Government de-
partments here.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Wreck Kills 300 Jops

CHUNGKING, June II CP)-The
Central Chinese News Agency re-
ported today that more than 300
japanese were killed when five
coaches of a troop train were de-
rallied and hurtled into river north
of Hsuchowfu in Kiangsu province
June 2.
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Rubber
Continued From First Page


posts where it will be collected and
sortsd by four charity agencies-the
Salvation Army, Good Will Indus
tries, the Self-Help Exchange and
the Volunteers of America. Funds
from the sale of the scrap will go to
these groups.
Posters have been designed and
are expected to be ready for dis
tribution by Tuesday to be dis
played by depot operators to denote
the location of the collection center.
The charities will make collections
at least once a week and will be
prepared to make rush calls In case
the depots become overloaded
officials said.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Foreign

Foreign
japanese flying boat shot down at
Rabaul by Allies. Page All
Madagascar British reported shifted
for coastal drive. Page Ala
Q. S. and Russia sign new mutual
aid agreement. Page Al
Molotov charges Nazis with exter-
mination of prisoners. Page Az
Treaty to expedite defeat OF Ger
many Russians say: Pa5e 40
Sub rammed, shelled by U. S. mer.
chantman believed sunk. Page b-6
Chinese press calls on Soviet Russia
to strike Japan. Page Ala
NotionoI.
U. S. civilian employees now total
2011S48, Page Al
Evening star., 1942-06-12

Association of Oldest Inhabitants.
In his youth he is said to have writ
ten and lectured on George Wash
ington, to whom he claimed relation
ship. Mr.. Keefer is member Of the
Sons of the American Revolution.
He is a native of Loudoun County,
Va.
officials of the typographical
union are seeking to locate relatives.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Tractors Produce Own Gas

Germany's 10000 farm tractors
will be equipped with gas-producer
units in a further effort to con-
serve liquid fuel for military pur-
poses.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Weather Report

Weather Bureau)
thunder likely this
continued tonight with gentle winds
Maryland Vgnia-Wdy scattered thunder continued
Evening star., 1942-06-12
BI9lE&k!9!!|4l.|lIl2IfNIlZ VI!

BY LIT. TOM p. GERRITY.
Here Is the second inStallnent OF Batadn Didry-a
mdrkable day to-day record OF the heroic battle for the
Philippines it looked to of the 1Dho fought
The author is It. Thomas Patrick Gerrity United States
Air Force American flyer Oho entered the serpice
1882 his UingS at Randolph Field He kept the diary
din1e-so tablet making many of the entries 1ohle
guns roared and planes screamed oUerhead It. Certify
australia consented to its publication tribute to
all the OF Bataan Uh phom he shared the trials of
those bitter but Dalant days.
December Isl heard last night that Far Eastern Air Force head
~ quarters moving Australia. Fort Mckinley has
destroyed.
found Johnny Pugh We lunched the Army
Manila sitting the
formation Manila bitter Christmas show Then
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

supported her. Since his arrest inquiries
had revealed that he had obtained employ
ment in Buckinghamshire, and had regularly
assumed the title of Captain Coryton.
"Since his return to this country in 1887"
Greene went on, "Coriat has by his plausi-
blity and cunning associated himself with
number of titled personalities. Since being
in the Air Force, his conduct has been ex-
emplary."
Mr.. Roberts, defending attorney said that
Cortat had pleaded guilty TO the crime of OBJ
tanning by false pretenses the right TO fight
for England, the land in which he had been
brought up since he was six years old and
which he regarded as his own.
IF ever a man claim to have lived
down the past he can" Mr. Roberts declared.
"One wishes that there were more undesirable
aliens of this type in the country"
The Common SERGEANT. Mr.. Cecil Whitley
X c.. remarked: "Once you are an alien and
you have committed a crime. it seems to
go on for ever
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

No passports were required for such trips
And those who had decided to take advantage
of them would just throw away the return
half of their ticket and not go back to France
on Monday morning
If they were lucky they would get swal-
lowed up in London, or wherever their bust
ness took them.
Though the authorities were pretty wide
awake, and most Of the gate-crashers were
tracked down and sent back where they be-
longed, somewhere bound to escape notice
for while.
The more resourceful, like Coriat were
often able to evade capture for quite long
periods
Chief Inspector Greene told in the Old
Bailey that Coriat had given false particulars
when he joined the Army in 1889. Later he
was posted to an officers training unit at Col
chester but, on being found falsely wearing
the uniform of captain, was discharged.
He had been living apart from his wife,
and as far as could be discovered had not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

About to Marry Her Son-in-Law.
Mr.. Roberts revealed that as a result OF
the action, Coriat had had to leave the Royal
Air Force, but would endeavour to get back,
or into the Free French Air Force.
Mr. Whitley, addressing Coriat, remarked:
Il need only say il is quite unnecessary to
give you any term of imprisonment. You
will be bound over for two years"
And then, for some reason no one seems
to know, he was capped into Jail, anyhow.
AS recently July 16 he was being de-
tanned at Brixton Prison by order of Mr..
Herbert Morrison under the Defense Of the
Realm Regulations the grounds that his
release would be prejudical to the mainten-
ance of public order"
Originally he was detained there under
an order made for the security Of the
Realm"
viscountess Curzon remains staunch and
unchanged in her championship of Coriat.
Whether Mr. Coriat is released or wheth-
er he is still in prison, 1 shall marry him
soon as the DEGREES in his wife's case and in
mine made absolute" she said. 1T is
true that he is an alien, Though his brother
a naturalized Englishman is a Major in the
British Army serving in Africa) that he gave
the authorities on one occasion false name;
and that he said he was British. But he falsi-
TO get into the Air Force"
The viscountess must have felt the whole
affair very strongly. and there must be some
good in the character OF this strange man
with the double personality for a woman Of
her tradition and character to defend him as
she is doing
Though Coriat got his wings he acted as
air-gunner always. His commander the same
j. A, Powell who gave evidence on his behalf
at the Old Bailey, was with Coriat when he
bombed Italian city from only five feet
above the roof tops.
Incidentally. ]. A. Powell was the Wing
Commander who appeared in the British film
Target for FusNtgf1t lie won the D.
displayed was up to the high standard Of the
Raj. He will be loss to the Raj" he
said
In a statement to the press Viscountess
Curzon admitted she knew all the facts about
Coriat.
"All Of them" she said. And they're all
correct And what does IL signify? The in
discretions Of young man. Are our faults
to dog us all our lives? May one never be
forgiven? And If ever a man has lived down
his past Mr.. Coriat has.
1T may be, of course, that the Home Sec
rotary has information which we have not
But believe Mr.. Coriat when he tells me he
has hidden nothing. II there is anything else.
1 should like to know what IL is We might
then have a chance to answer the charge
But whatever it may be, it will make no diff
ference TO us"
There have been various explanations OF
this bumper crop of divorces. One OF the
most interesting lays their cause TO the pc
cuiar Epcureanism that war seems to breed:
the philosophy that life is short and time is
fleeing, so you'd better make merry while
you can - and damn the consequences.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

Earl Howe. EngIond's
Famous Roeing Peer.
His Daughter and His
Son All Shed Their
Spouses at The Same
Time. Giving The
Wigged Judge a
Heodoc he. Worse
Than Any Of Solo
mons and Leaving
The Curious Residue
Of q Son-in.Law
chomping TO Marry
His Mother-in-Low
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

1892 by American weekly Inc Grea, Britain Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Alaskan Air Force Ready
For Japanese, 0Ids Says
Ft Tie Associated Press.

SPOKANE. Wash, June 90
Asserting the purpose of the air
force is to keep the war from coming
to the shores of America, Maj. Gen.
Robert A. Olds said the United
States "is ready to meet anything
the Japs can throw at Alaska, and
they know it."
IF the air forces do their job
properly our land forces need never
meet the enemy on our shores, nor
need our Navy come in contact with
the enemy"
Within the last few days we have
had airmen from Alaska through
here who have japanese planes
to their credit. Soon we will be fly
ing great quantities of planes and
equipment to Alaska" he told the
Pacific Northwest Aviation Plan
ming Council last night.
The commander of the ID Air
Force. which is charged with train
ing all heavy bomber combat crews,
touched briefly on huge expansion
program under the bomber training
assignment.
Four super -airdromes, each with
runways 10,000-feet long and 500
wide. will be built to handle emer-
gency landings for all types of air.
craft in the area from the Pacific to
the Mississippi River and from
border to border, Gen. Olds said.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Architect Chapter Backs
Planning Body Changes

incorporating suggestions included
In a series of articles that appeared
in the Sunday Star, the D. c. chap
ter of the American Institute OF
Architects at a meeting Thursday
at the Cosmos Club adopted seven
resolutions on the reorganization
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. now being
studied by the Budget Bureau.
The architects urged that the
technical experience of the planning
professions and of professional men
in general be utilized to the fullest
extent by including in the member
ship of the commission a greater
proportion of men of technical train
ing in the field of planning and In
the other professions.
They urged that greater propor-
ton of actual residents of the Dis
trict be included in the commission
so that their knowledge of the city
can be used; that redeflnltlon OF
the functions of the commission be
made to emphasize that its primary
purpose lis the preparation OF
master plan for the city of Washing
ton and its vicinity" that all plan
ming functions, including zoning, be
intrusted to the commission, and
that ample appropriations be grant,
ed for the employment of COM
petent technical staff, including a
statistical branch
Delegates elected to the annual
convention of the American Insti-
tute of Architects to be held in De-
troit later this month are Waldron
Faulkner, president of the local
chapter; Robert Beresford, Theo-
dore Coe and Frank Baldwin.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Subversive Literature
jury TO Resume Monday

The special District grand jury
investigating subversive literature
will meet again Monday, after hear
ing four witnesses yesterday.
Testifying yesterday were George
Diamgaroff. New York, public rela-
tions counsel; Court Asher, Muncie
Qnd), editor of the X-Ray,
weekly now barred from the mails;
William Griffin, New York, editor OF
the Enquirer, a weekly, and Charles
B. Hudson, Omaha (NebrO, editor
of America In Danger"
Asher and Griffin are scheduled
to be back Monday.