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Evening star., 1943-01-20
War Department Explains
Delay in Allotment Checks
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Department has assured
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla
homa that it is trying its very best
to expedite pay allotment checks to
families of soldiers.
Senator Thomas made public to-
day letter from Brig. Gen. Wilton
B. Persons, chief of the Legislative
Division, on some Of the reasons why
there have been complaints of tardy
payments, what with the Once of
Dependency Benefits sending out
5,672,525 pieces of mail in five
months. Senator Thomas had writ
ten of complaints from servicemen
that allotment checks did not reach
their families promptly.
Everything humanity possible with
the personnel and equipment thus
far at hand is being done to correct
the situation as quickly as possible,
working day and night" the depart
ments letter said. Rapid progress
is being made"
Gen. Persons explained that 400
new employees had to be procured
and trained to operate the machines
which handle the checks that are
mailed out monthly. AS an indica-
ton of the magnitude of the task, he
said, 3,544,690 checks totaling Sat-
564 ,204 have been sent out since
September l.
He reported that 1,294,852 family
allowance applications had been ap-
proved, 1o,s07 disapproved and 1885,
75o temporarily disallowed.
Evening star., 1943-01-20

small raft alone. He argued that IL
the RATS were spread over a larger
area there would be better chance
Of one of them being seen. r.
Col. Hans Adamson, Rick's rnili-
tary aide on the War Department
mission to which we had been carry.
ing them, spoke up unexpectedly
and forbade Capt. Cherry to 60. He
didn't think it wise. he said, to sep
arate now. Capt Cherry said MOTH
ing. But he continued his prepara--
tions for departure, getting into the
small raft and transferring De An
gels to the one with Staff Sergt.
Jimmy Reynolds and me.
That was an order!" snapped.
Col. Adamson. II am the senior
officer here"
Not by a good DEAL" Capt. Cherry
told him. II was pilot and therefore
captain of the plane. I was In COM
mand on the plane and am In
command of this party
Casts Off Raft.
This sounded like sense to me.
Rickenbacker kept out of the argu-
ment. 1t was a military matter
and, as civilian, he had no place
in 1t. Capt. Cherry cast of. He,
had drifted about 100 feet when
the scout plane came over again. so
close we identified it as a United
States Navy Kingfisher.
At this I united our line and let
It drop. We began moving away.
looked at Capt, Rickenbacker.
so long, Rick" said, "I'n BE-
seeing you" 'F17
Good luck to you, jim" he re-
piled.
Same to you, Rick"
Col. Adamson repeated to me what
he had said to Capt. Cherry: adding
ne was senior officer and that he
was giving a command. I had al.
ready united and we were on our
way, so made no comment. Our
raft took slightly different course
than Capt. Cherry's. BY dark we
were all out of sight of one another.
We didn't sleep much that night.
There were two reasons. We were
lonesome for the other fellows and
had feeling that something real
was just over the rim OF our empty
world. The feeling seemed to- be
transmitted to the others. And for
once we were not to be let down.
(copyriEht. 1943. by chicsxo Tribune)
| (To be continued tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
AFL Council Appeals
To President 10 Halt
Kaiser Firm Hearing
Worms Probe of Labor
Practices OF shipyords
Will Slow Production
BY the Associated Press.

ps Nilr SSSVNiHtNo fIfSNs
MIAMI. Fla, Jan. 20-With a
warning that production will suffer,
the American Federation of Labor's.
Executive Council has appealed TO
President Roosevelt to halt hear
ing on labor practices at three Hen
ry J. Kaiser shipyards.
Both the National Labor Rela-,
tions Board, which is conducting
the inquiry at Portland, Greg, ard
the Congress of Industrial Organ
izations, which instigated an inves-
tigation, came under fire in the
councils telegram to Mr.. Roosevelt,
AFL President William Green
made public the communication in
which the NLRB was accused of ap-
plying Stubborn, stupid policy"
which would decrease production,
lower morale, develop inefficiency
and create confusion and chaos"
I'VE regard the, intervention of
the Labor Relations Board into the
situation as a direct attempt to,
assist and help a rival union. to
carry out its raiding program at
plant where ship production has
reached new heights" council mem
bers told Mr.. Roosevelt. ...
There is no dispute, they added.
between the. Kaiser company and,
about 65, 900 employees over wages or
working conditions. Instead, they
said, a perfect cooperative rela-
tionship" exists.
Months ago the company signed
closed-shop contracts with 19 AFL
unions, and the CIO has raised the
claim that the unions are not the
chosen bargaining agencies for thou
sands Of employees hired since then.
Evening star., 1943-01-20

The Star booth or at the N. r. A.
headquarters, 1900 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
Hours for registration at the
latter place are am. to 7 pm.
and on Saturdays until pm.
officials reported that more than
so applications had been received
through yesterday.
Announcement of the program,
which has been endorsed by War
Evening star., 1943-01-20

Jimmy Dykes-he of the frequent
big black cigars-and other such en-
tertaining gents7'
"At the end of the first week on
your new project your batting aver
age La my little red book was exactly
900. T'aint funny, MCGEE. I'll can
eel my subscription.
Maybe those yarns about duck
hawks, pussy willows in the snow
and gremlins in the clouds are good
for the kiddies but Alice in Wonder
land goes just so far with me. Don't
spread it too thick. How about a
few base hits occasionally and hot
discussion at the plate or on the
bench as the leitmotif' of little
essay now and then? If you will be
so kindly, no?
How about rehashing the tale
wherein you told us how Al Schacht
once attempted to fool Rube Parn-
ham by inserting a nickel rocket
where a regulation baseball should
have been in a game between Balti-
more and Toronto, and the con-
seouent reactions of the indignant
Mr.. parnham?
Dust Of Home Plate.
@Give us more of Bill Klem-the
great King William-dusting of
home plate and Casey Stengel-or
was it Onkel Franz Frisch?-kick-
ing the dirt right back on the plate
again. Give us the immortal Floyd
Caves (Babe) Herman playing in
right field in Brooklyn for the Daffi-
ness BOYS with basket on each
arm and an umbrella over his head.
Give us the late Uncle Wllbert
Robinson telling the bench warmers
ut Ebbets Field not to holler too loud
during a Dodger rally lest they
wake up Jess Petty, the old Silver
Fox, snoozing in his chosen corner
Of the dugout, Give us Big Horn
lombard lying PROSTATE in the dust
81 Redland Field during a world
series while Joe Di Maggie and
Charley Keller ran home laughingly.
Give us Shuf1in' Phil Douglas
shuflin' off on fishin' trip, entirely
unconcerned with the pennant
chances Of his team, the Giants, or
bIlNlllIlk tloC All iliC WIZ Az
After some of these stories you
can insert a few carefully selected
remarks about crocuses, dandelions,
lilies-of-the-valley, pied breasted
nitwits, magma cum laude and sic
semper tyrannis If you feel so In
clined. See to it, ngellinus! Muchas
gracias, senior. (Signed) R. s.
Well, the truth Of the matter is
that the baseball clan is widely
scattered at this time Of year, es-
pecislly this year, with so many OF
the players wearing new kinds OF
uniforms Every time fan picks
up newspaper he reads that
another infielder, outfielder, pitcher
or catcher has gone off to join the
Army. Navy, Coast Guard or Ma
rines. The managers and club sec
retaries, what with the loss Of play
ers to the armed forces and the
scramble for new spring training
quarters because OF transportation
troubles, are in no mood to relax
and tell rollicking tales Of past
days on the diamond.
shufS1in' Phil Draws Blank.
But since Shufiin' Phil Douglas
vas mentioned by the complainant,
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Wall Doxey Succeeds
Jurney as Senate
sergeant al Arms
Retiring Official Served
Worronts on Members in
Anti-PoIl Tax Fight
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senste's new sergeant at
arms Is former member, Wall
Doxey Of Mississippi.
The bitter Senate fight last ses-
sion over the anti-poll tax bill had
personal aftermath yesterday
when Chesley w. Jurney. sergeant
at arms Of the chamber. resigned
and was replaced by Mr.. Doxey.
Mr.. Jurney, who had held the post
since 1888, had incurred the wrath
of some Senators when he hunted
out absent members and served war
rants Of arrest to force their at
tendance at debate on the anti-poll
tax bill His action had been di-
rected by the Senate on motion of
Majority Leader Barkley.
The resignation averted contest
at the causus Of Democratic SEN
ators who elect the sergeant at arms.
Some Of those angry with Mr.. Jur-
ney had made known that Mr..
Doxeys name would be proposed.
Mr.. Jurney, former resident OF
Waco, Tex, is 65. He had been
employed in one capacity or an
other at the Capitol for 46 years,
first coming here as secretary to
Texas member OF Congress.
AS sergeant at arms his pay was
5000 a year. or $4,000 less than
Senator's salary. About 500 en-
ployes work under the sergeant at
arms. including Capitol policemen,
the Senate Post Office force, and
employees Of the mailing room.
Senator Maloney, Democrat, of
Connecticut, secretary Of the Demo-
cratic caucus, said Mr.. Jurney was
entitled to retirement pay Of ap-
proximately $500 q year.
Mr.. Doxey served about Is months
In the Senate after spending some
Is years as a member of the House.
He was defeated for reelection last
November by Senator Eastland.
A native Of Holly Springs, Miss,
he is so years old. law graduate
of Mississippi University. is married
and has one son.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
British Bombers Soften
jap Positions in Burma
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 20.-British
bombers continued to soften up"
japanese positions in Burma yes
terday with raids in the Rathe-
daung area and on the village of
Padali on Akyab Island, a British
communique said today.
japanese resistance to the Allied
force moving into Burma toward
Akyab on the Bay of Bengal was
said to be continuing, but no i'm
portant change was reported.
During the raid on Padali, jap
anese fighter planes were encoun-
tered for the first time in a fort
night. and several air fights took
place the communique said. Allied
fighters destroyed one Japanese
plane and damaged others, it was
said.
Rathedaung, north of Akyab, was
raided by bombers and fighters and
was said to be well on fire" after
the attack.
Evening star., 1943-01-20

since our raft tipped over IN the
squall. Realization followed the
thought with sickening suddenness.
But we didn't give up. We shouted
and waved-and prayed. The plane
droned by about five miles off with
out seeing us. If some of us didn't
weep it was only because there
wasn't enough moisture left in us
to form the tears. 1t was the worst
blow we'd had. Silence fell, but it
didn't last very long. Capt. Ricken-
backer was two jumps ahead Of us.
I think the cussing Rick gave the
gang that evening was the master
piece of his career. In about a
minute he had every one roaring
mad, then he got under their skins
individually.
He finished up with broadside at
the whole bunch. 1t was the most
wonderful handling Of profane Ian
guage I ever have heard. The burden
of his remarks was that If plane
came once it would come again. If
there was one plane there were
many. That if we had moved this
close to them we would move closer.
Good things are coming, We should
have the courage and patience to
wait for them.
AS though to back up his words,
there was puff of wind, then an
other. A steady, strong breeze fol-
lowed and we moved. We were out
Of the doldrums. and in the morn
ing it rained. There wasn't enough
Of it to store away. but we all
slaked our thirst.
The rain served another end also.
1t. John j. De Angels, our navi-
gator, and Pvt. Johnny Bartek, our
youthful engineer, had been drinking
Rsalt water as had Sergt. Alex
! Kaczmarczyk the day before he
died. Both got enough. fresh water
into their systems to flush out the
salt.
Plane Comes Again.
Shortly after dawn of the 10th day
the scout plane came over again,
much closer. Itfmissed us by about
three miles and was flying at 1900
feet. Both times we nearly went
out of our heads with excitement.
And each time, before we could
settle into black despond, Capt.
Rickenbacker was right on the job,
working every one into such fury
that the plane soon was forgotten.
1t was hard to take-these near
misses at rescue-but it also must
have been obvious even to the
densest man among us that these
planes were on regular patrol. This
would mean, of course, that we were
getting close to something. We now
had fresh water and my hopes rose
definitely. My prayers were whole
hearted. 1t was upon that that
depended.
On the morning of the 20th day
Cherry felt it was time to start
assisting Providence. He announced
he was cutting loose from the rest of
us. He said he would take the
Evening star., 1943-01-20
One Small Voice BY John K;eron
Answering Summons and Complaint

there is one recollection of that
quaint character that fingers in
memory. He was a huge, lumber
ing gent, a great pitcher but decid-
edly not the type that could stroll
from the mound to fill a job like
Ambassador to the Court of St.
James's. Still, Phil had his literary
tastes and he didn't like q story
that had been written about him
by Fred Lieb, one of the leading
baseball writer's of the time.
The press box at the Polo Grounds
a score of years ago was flush with
the diamond and, before the games
started, the players would come over,
lean against the wire and exchange
pleasantries with the scribes. Phil
Douglas came over this day, glared
at Fred Lieb through the wire, and
said:
Don't you never mention my
name again in your paper! Never !!
Mr.. Lieb said quite coolly:
"All right, Phil. It's a deal. I'll
never put your name in story
again. I'm always glad to oblige q
ball player when I can. But, of
course, when you pitch, your name
will have to go in our box score"
mo. box score! No nothing!" in
sisted Phil solemnly. Just leave my
name out of your paper"
"All right; it's agreed" said Mr.
Lieb, and thereafter he not only
kept Douglas name out of his sto-
ries but saw to 1t that. when Shut
fin Phil pitched, a blank line in
stead of his name appeared in the
box score.
Whatever his faults or virtues may
have been-he had a liberal supply
Of both-Shufiin Phil Douglas Is
enshrined in newspaper memory a,
the quaint character who didn't
want to see his name in print.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-01-20

Department. officials, was made
Sunday. 1t is part Of national
program to make Americans the
best marksmen in the world.
Those attending are expected to
fire minimum of 125 rounds of
ammunition from standard %
caliber rifles
War Production Board has
cleared the use of ammunition for
the training program.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
BY 1T. JAMES C. WHITAKER,
U. 8. Army Air Force Transport Command
AS Told TO Charles Leavelle.

U. 8. Army Air Force Transport Command.
As Told to Charles Leavele.
Dawn on our 18th day afloat
found me in the stern Of our raft,
brooding in a half wakeful stupor.
Our morale, I was thinking, had
sunk just about as low as 1t could go.
Nothing could depress us further
And, as usual, was wrong.
That day, the day after, and the
Goth day, dealt us such crushing
blows that had it not been for the
fortitude built up in hours of prayer
since our crash landing at sea
October 81, I think we all would
have given up. 1t was my new
found faith in God that sustained
me. OF this I am sure.
AS the dawn came up I waited for
stirring of wind that would signal
the end of the doldrums in which
we had been stuck more than three
days.
No wind stirred, not even a
breeze. The east famed up like a
fantastic forest fire, heralding an
other scorching day.
Swears at Sun and Sea.
swore at the sun before it ever
appeared The sun and the glaring
sea had begun to take on perso-
nality. I hated them both as I
would hate a human enemy. The
sun peeped over the rim and paused
second or two to leer at us. Then
it bounded into the sky.
The other fellows aroused in their
RATS and stretched themselves
weakly The morning water ration
was handed around-an inch in the
bottom of the flare shell. The dole
was growing smaller.
7 didn't care much at that writ
ing. The water tasted like he'll and
only. made me thirstier.
How that day passed I don't know
At the prayer service I remember
reminding God of the miracle of
the rain on the 18th day. I prayed
as never before for rescue; not just
for fresh water or food, but to be
picked up. Memory of the rain
miracle bore me up and the end of
the service found me with some
thing like fortitude. 7 felt rescue
was coming. So I prayed again
that I should live to see it.
Delirious Shouts and Songs.
The sun climbed and the heat
grew almost unbearable. About
noon began the daily round of de-
lirious shouts and snatches of crazy
song. Nearly all of us were holding
long and serious conversations with
people who were not there. Jim
Blood came up from Davey Jones
locker to talk with me awhile.
I could hear his voice, but he ex-
planned that In daylight he could
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Defense Testimony
Resumes Today in
Hecht Price Trial
Attempts Made to Show
Store Tried to Comply
With OPA Regulations

Having challenged certain Gov
ernment conclusions drawn from
evidence presented to the court by
the once of Price Administration,
the Hecht Co. charged by OPA
with price posting, price ceiling
and price recording violations, to-
day continued to elicit testimony
pulporting to show that the store
made every possible effort to comply
with the General Maximum Price
Regulation.
At the same time, Government
counsel continued to underscore the
key points in its suit for an injunc-
ton: Cd that substantial violations
took place; CD that had the store
made adequate efforts these viola
tions could have been prevented, and
80 that in any event, a permanent
injunction should be issued against
the store on a showing of substan-
tial violations.
Defense testimony will resume to-
day, continuing with Jack Rosen-
berg, Hecht's buyer in the womens
shoes department, who took the
stand briefly near the conclusion of
yesterdays session.
Items Identified.
Mr.. Rosenberg identified certain
items which were not listed on his
cost st-of-living statements and ex-
planned that he originally under
stood it was not required to list
these items.
He referred specifically to slippers
and play shoes and said he did
not understand that these were to
be included, along with other types
Of shoes, on the cost of living
sheets. Cost-of living records con-
stitute one phase of the record
keeping required by OPA.
Mr.. Rosenberg was preceded to
the stand by Ben Rose, buyer in the
boys clothing department, whose
testimony challenged certain con-
clusions drawn by the Government
on the basis of evidence submitted
early in the trial
Mr.. Rose examined "markup'
lists which OPA had entered as evil
dence against the store and ex.
planned that a good many of these
were proper because the markups
taken after the March ceiling dead
line, were based on March prices
or on prices on similar items sold in
March.
Admits Mistakes.
He did admit mistakes, explain
ing that In some of the markups he
compared certain items with sim
liar items sold in March, even
though the marked-up item had
itself sold in March at lower price
He explained he believed he could
compare marked-up items to other
items in the same general category
and thus leave the markups at the
higher prices. The law, however, in
this case, required mark-down to
the March price.
Mr.. Rose also admitted mis-
understandings resulting In failure
to list certain items on the cost-of- :
living statements.
He said he believed the law re-
quired representative listing in
every price and every styling, but
not according to every manufac-
turer. The regulation requires the
listing Of every cost-of- living item,
however.
He said he also applied this same
theCry to new items stocked after
March, figuring that the original
listing took care of new items If they
fell within the same general style
and price range. In this case, the
regulation requires listing of all new
items on cost-of- living statements
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.


Senate.
In recess.
Foreign Relations Committee opens
hearing on nomination of Edward
j. Flynn as Minister to Australia.
Agriculture Subcommittee hears
Agriculture Department officials on
synthetic rubber and alcohol.
Small Business Committee con-
tinues discussion Of problems on
distribution front.
House.
Meets at noon to ratify Democratic
committee assignments.
Rules Committee calls War De-
partment oficials to explain contract
policies.
Military Affairs Committee begins
study OF Army's education plans.
Evening star., 1943-01-20

not be seen. 1t was not very salts
factory. Then I heard voice that
made me jump. 1t was my son,
When I left home he was with his
naval unit stationed in San Fran
cisco.
What are you doing out here,
Tom?" I asked. When did you leave
San Francisco?"
II was sent to sea over two weeks
ago, Dad" he said. You see-we
were sunk. And since I was out
here I thought I'd drop in and see
how you were getting along"
heard the voice no more,
though I called out again and
again. That incident of delirium
bedeviled me from then on until I
could communicate with my wife
and learn that all was well. I had
heard of persons recently dead ap-
pearing to near relatives or friends.
And in my abject state on that 18th
day adrift I would have believed
anything. After an eternity of
binding agony the heat let up and
the sun neared the western rim. And
then it happened; the thing that
nearly wrecked us all.
Hear Engines Roar.
We had had our evening dole OF
water and were sitting silent. hap
pened to be looking at Capt. Bill
Cherry, pilot and commander Of the
Flying Fortress we had crash landed
in the ocean after it ran out OF fuel
Suddenly Bill Strengthened up.
There was a sort of wild look In his
eyes.
IT hear an engine!" he yelled. II
hear an engine! Hear it?"
We all looked sadly at one another
and said nothing. Then suddenly
like six jacks-in -the-box the rest of
us were up staring rigidly into the
sky.
We all had heard it. A deep toned
roar, muted by distance. Then Capt
Eddie Rickenbacker and Cherry saw
it at the same time, silhouetted
against low cloud bank in the west
and coming in our general direction.
1t was pontoon scout plane, re-
sembling the Navy Kingf1sher. 1t
occurred to us that it might be a
Jap: the Japs have a plane that at
a distance looks something like the
Kingfisher. But we nearly went
crazy-maybe Iilshould say crazier
just the same. 1t meant there was
an air base somewhere in the vicin-
ity. Somewhere, not far over the
rim, was an outpost of civilization
The plane was coming fast and
we began to see that it's course
would take it past us at least three
miles away. You could feel the
spontaneous thought: THE flares
Get the flares!"
Our Worst Blow.
The flares. 1t would have taken
quite some getting to pick the four
flares and the three Very pistols of
the ocean floor where they had been
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Bill Sets Age Pensions
At $50 to SIS q Month
1y the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
Persons over so would receive pen
sions ranging from $50 to SIS
month under national pension
system proposed in bill by Repre-
sentative Lane, Republican, of Mas
sachusetts.
The system would be financed by
o 2 per cent tax on wages, salaries,
commissions and all other income
derived from business transactions.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Theuter Usher Wins
Marian Anderson Award
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20.-Ca-
milla Williams, a theater usher,
has been awarded a $750 musical
scholarship given by Marian An
derson, a committee of judges an
nounced last night.
Miss Williams, 27, former Dan
vile (VG) school teacher, has
studied with Nine. Marian Szekley-
Freschl here for seven months. The
committee said she has had no
other formal voice instruction. She
Is an alumna of Virginia State
College.