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Evening star., 1943-12-03
Navy Gives Details
|0f.Iwo Ship Sinkings
lin Caribbean Area
By the ASSociated Press.

6y the AkSOclateo fres8.
BALBOA, c. T., Dec. 3.-The
United States Navy provided new
details yesterday Of the previously
announced sinking of a Liberty ship
and an American tanker which
were torpedoed in the area in
which gunfire from a U-boat sank
the Colombian inter island schooner
Ruby.
The Nays 18th Headquarters said
that in the sinking of the Liberty
ship, owned by the War Shipping
Administration, Is lives were lost,
and that survivors, picked up by two
Navy patrol boats several hours later,
were taken to a Central America
east coast port where six were
hospitalized.
Tanker Death Toll Reduced.
In the tanker sinking, the death
toll was placed at 10 instead OF IL
as announced previously. The sur
vivors were rescued by a Navy patrol
ship and an Army cargo vessel after
spending 36 hours adrift, and taken
to an East Coast Caribbean port,
where Is were hospitalized for burns
In connection with the Liberty
ship sinking, officials singled out the
heroism Of William Wehrman, mer-
chant fireman Of San Pedro. Calf
and Claude E. Wayman, seaman first
class, U. S. N. r.. OF Gerty, Okla.
who assisted in getting others into
lifeboats.
A United States Army sergeant
lost his life when he stayed aboard
the sinking vessel to help others.
Captain Among Missing.
The Liberty ships captain was
among those missing.
Mentioned for heroism in the sink
ing of the tanker, which was carry
ing fuel oil, were James A. Ackiss
messman of Coinjock, N. c., and the
first engineer, Jesse A. Williams of
Port Arthur, Tex.
Without lifeboat, Ackiss swan
through heavy swells to rescue An
drew G. Botney, U. S. N. r., of Pine
vile, w. Va. Williams raced through
section of the blazing ship and
released three life RATS. Hospitalized
with serious burns, Williams is ex-
pected to recover.
The sinking Of the Ruby prompted
the Colombian government to de-
clare state Of belligerency exists
with Germany.
Evening star., 1943-12-03

ganda campaign directed at the
common enemy. I hope in all ear:
neetness that you will take steps to
make sure that British censorship
from now on keeps Reuters In line. u
From Mr.. Davis also came the in
formation that once the Lisbon dis
patch was out. he interceded with
the White House in an effort to
nave the time Of the formal an
nouncement. set for 7:30 Wednes-
day, moved up. Mr.. Davis was un-
successful in this effort, he said, be-
cause the decision had been made
by higher authorities" Other on
cials said that it would have been
impractical to change the release
time then because correspondents
abroad. concerned directly with the
story. were scattered and could not
be rounded up in time.
Reuters itself denied that II
jumped the gun on the story. Its
New York ONCE said the story
was distributed over American wires
at l0:59 am. Tuesday. November
80. Washington correspondents were
given the official announcement al
an II am. White House conference
which broke up between HIS and
1l:20. Thus Reuters said its dis
patch was on its way some 20 min
utes before the White House re-
porters were free to put theirs out
as advance material.
Old Story, Says A. p.
The Associated Press declared the
censorship muddle was an old and
painful story to correspondents in
London, adding that it has recurred
in the handling of virtually every
major news break since Pearl Har-
Dor, involving any delayed publica-
ton date
Veteran correspondents place the
blame not on the working members
Of the press censorship, but on
policy making at higher levels
which ignores the actualities Of the
news situation.
The news Of the Atlantic Charter
conference leaked out August S,
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Army Officer Dies in Fall
From n. Y. Hotel Room
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-An Army
oficer, identified through personal
papers as First 1t. Francis Braflt.
linger, IS. of Pittsburgh, was killed
early today when he fell or jumped
from the 10th floor Of the Hotel
Plymouth.
Detectives said the officer, at
tached to the Army Dental Corps at
Halloran Hospital. Staten Island,
left two sealed notes In his room,
one addressed to Mother" and the
second to Carol" who was identi-
ned as his wife.
The hotel said 1t. Brantlinger
registered at the hotel at l1:l5
o'clock last night. His body was
found at $50 Am.
Police said the lieutenant was
graduated from the University OF
Pennsylvania dental school and had
been IN the Army since March, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Grand Jury Hears
Herring Testify on
Tax Bill Amendment

Clyde L. Herring, former Demo-
cratic Senator from Iowa, who re-
Gently resigned as assistant admin
istrator Of the Once of Price Ad-
ministration, revealed today that he
testified before the District grand
jury last week in connection with
an investigation growing out Of a
House Naval Affairs Committee in
quiry into the Brewster Aeronau-
tical Corp.
Mr.. Herring said he went before
the grand jury last Friday at his
own request to explain the part he
played In amending a revenue act
in 1910, the effect of which was to
Tower taxes of aircraft companies.
including Brewster.
Also testifying before the grand
jury was Miss Melinda Alexander,
former clerk OF the Senate Finance
Committee.
Sponsored Amendment.
The grand jury inquiry was
launched quietly by the Justice De-
partment several weeks ago on the
basis of testimony taken by the
House committee. Chairman Vim
son disclosed on October 30 that the
Justice Department was investigat-
ing the disposition Of a $65 900 fund
said to have been raised In 1910 by
four aircraft companies seeking a
revision of the Revenue Act.
An amendment to that end was
sponsored by Mr.. Herring while he
was Senator and was incorporated
into the act.
Mr.. Herring said today he in
tended to leave for his home in Des
Moines next week end and that he
wanted an opportunity Ito present
the facts" before he left the city.
Asked to Answer.
Il called Tom Clark dn charge Of
the War Frauds Unit Of the Justice
Department. and told him I wanted
to tell the grand jury what I knew"
Mr.. Herring said He arranged for
me and Miss Alexander to come
down last Friday"
Mr.. Herring said the amendment
to the tax bill was drawn up by the
Treasury Department Ito correct an
injustice He said the matter had
been called to the attention of the
Finance Committee by attorneys for
the aircraft companies after the bill
had been drafted.
Explains Purpose.
Under the provisions OF the bill as
| 1t stood before it was amended, Mr..
Herring said, corporations would
have been permitted to deduct up
to so per cent borrowed money. The
measure did not specifically refer,
however, he said, to cancelAble con-
tracts on which money had been
borrowed. This money, he pointed
out. was in fact borrowed capital.
Had the bill not been amended
the former Senator said, persons
borrowing from the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. or other Government
agencies would be protected in the
matter Of taxation, while companies
who went out to get their own capi-
tai from private business sources
would be heavily penalized.
When we found about this he
said, Il took it up with the Treasury
They wanted 1t corrected, and they
drafted an amendment. I intro
duced the amendment and then
turned it over to Pat Harrison date
Democratic Senator from Mississip-
Evening star., 1943-12-03
-Four Die as Army Plane
Strikes Another in Midair
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHILDRESS, Tex, Dec. 3.-An
ofncer and three aviation cadets
from the Childress Army Air Field
were killed Wednesday when their
plane crashed and burned after 4
collision near Canute, Okla.
Killed were the pilot. Leo F. Lind
berg Of Springfield. Mo-, and Cadets
James L. Dennery OF Fort Dodge
Iowa; Robert G. Francik OF Berwyn,
ILL.,, and Eugene W. Fisher of
South Bend, Ind. All were In one
plane which struck another from
Childress Field. The second plane
landed safely.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
War Writer Reports
Heavy Loss Of Life
Aboard Liscome bay
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Loss of the submarine Wahoo, the
Nays 18th submersible to fall VIC
tim to the enemy, and the escort
carrier Liscome Bay brings to 1872
the number Of American warships
OF all classes sunk during the war.
The Wahoo, a l,525-tonner, with
a normal complement Of IS men, was
listed by the Navy yesterday as
overdue and presumed to be lost.
The Liscome Bay was torpedoed No
vember "a during the Gilbert Island
operations.
A heavily-censored dispatch from
Eugene Burns. Associated Press cor
respondent aboard a United States
carrier off Maxim Island" said it was
learned that the loss of life on the
Liscome Bay was heavy.
The Wahoo, winner Of a presi-
dental citation for action in the
Pacific, accounted for 10000 tons of
Japanese shipping.
The Berlin radio beat the Navy to
the announcement about the Wahoo
and in its broadcast said the sub
marine, commissioned ls months
ago, had sunk 10 Japanese vessels.
In two successive patrols. the Navy
had said last spring that the Wahoo
got 13 Jap ships.
the skipper who. too. is gone, dep
recated the feat at the time, observ-
ing 1t was 'just sight, track, shoot
and sink" Comdr. Morton related
how the crew heard Japanese
propaganda broadcast that the sub
marine menace had been erased,
then we got nine ships in seven
days"
On one venture he guided the sub
Into Wewak Harbor, using a 25-cent
atlas, and sent a torpedo into a
destroyer which cracked in two and
went down. The 36-year- old skipper,
a resident of Miami, Fla, was a
native Of Owensboro, KY.
The Wahoo, launched February IA. !
1912. and commissioned May IS, 1912,
after construction at the Navy Yard
at Mare Island, Calf, had a dis
placement of 1,525 tons.
She carried one 3-inch anti
aircraft gun and was equipped with
ten 21-inch torpedo tubes.
Comdr. Morton was assigned to
duty on the Wahoo late in 1912. He
had been awarded the Navy Cross,
two gold stars in lieu of the second
and third Navy Crosses and also
held the Army Distinguished Service
Gross. the American Defense Service
Medal, Fleet Clasp and the Asiatic-
Pacific Area Campaign Medal.
Evening star., 1943-12-03

ls4l, 1t was recalled, nine days be-
fore the conference began.
The news Of arrival OF the first
American troops in Britain was re-
leased in Washington prior to a
simultaneous release date agreed on
with London. A great pile of Ameri-
can correspondents dispatches had
not been cleared through censorship
in London, with the result that the
lrst news reached the American
public from British agencies.
A similar premature release on
the arrival Of American troops in
the Southwest Pacific was put
through censorship by British cor
respondent.
Other Incidents Recalled.
The imminence of the Roosevelt
Churchill North Africa conference in
January was known to the world
days belore the actual event, al
though the fact that Casablanca was
the site was hidden from the Axis.
Another incident was the con-
Trajectory handling of interviews
with British and American prisoners
OF war repatriated from Germany.
Interviews in which British prison.
ers described the state of German
morale and German reaction to
prisoners were allowed by the Brit
ish censorship to be published both
IN Great Britain and abroad. But
American censorship, on orders from
Washington which apparently took
no account OF what the British
might do, first prevented publication
Of remarks by American prisoners
except those favorable to the Ger
mans.
When protests were made, this
rule was relaxed and such state
ments were released In full q day
later with the exception OF those re-
ferring to what the censors classi-
ned as atrocities.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Congress in Brief
y the Associated Press.

Senate:
Moves toward vote on service
mems vote bill.
Judiciary Subcommittee considers
amendments to bill exempting in
surance companies from antitrust
laws.
Banking Committee hears Mayor
La Guardia Of New York on sub
sides
Finance Committee works on tax
bill.
Truman Committee hears AFL
President Green on postwar labor
problems.
House:
Routine session.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Armine Won Tempski
Dies; Wrote Best Seller
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
FRESNO, Calf, Dec. 3.-Armine
Won Tempski. A, writer and lecturer,
was found dead in her hotel room
yesterday. Deputy Coroner L. r.
Webb said she died Of a heart attack.
Best known of Miss Won Tempskis
works is Born in Paradise" an
autobiography which became 4 best
seller.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Germans Roid Bori

The German high command said
today its fighter -bombers had made
their first raid on Bari on Italys
Adriatic coast last night, sinking two
merchant vessels, causing two am
munition or fuel ships to blow up
and damaging numerous others, the
Associated Press reported.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
V-MuiI Misdirected

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (P.-A V-mail
letter to soldier stationed at Le-
high University has reached him
three and one-half months after it
was mailed in London. 1t was first
sent by mistake to Bethlehem,
Palestine.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
NyIons Get TricycIe

COLUMBUS. Ga lP,.-Mrs. Albert
Harvey, unable to find a tricycle. for
Bert, 2, advertised an offer to trade
. pair OF nylon stockings for q trike.
I was swamped with answers" she
said.
Evening star., 1943-12-03

Housewives - Save your bacon
drippinEs and grease the skids to
launch the Axis on the sea Of
oblivion,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-29
COURSE IN
DRAFTING open
IN university

To help fill the acute demand for
craftsmen, free night course in
craftsmanship will be offered at Mon.
tana State University beginning No.
vember l, according to an announce
ment by Dean T. c. Spaulding of the
school of forestry
The course, sponsored by the fed
eral government as part of its Engi-
neering, Science and Management
War Training program, will run Is
weeks. 1t will include elementary
mathematics, engineering drawing
and related subjects. Glasses will
meet evenings three times a week;
drafting and reading rooms will be
open every evening for practice and
study.
There will be no tuition fees for
this war training course since the
costs are borne by the federal gov
eminent. Instruments, equipment and
reference books will be provided by
dents will be for their textbooks and
drawing plates and pencils. The cost
will not exceed $40, according to Dean
Spaulding.
Women are eligible for this war
training as well as men not subject
to military service. Trainees must be
citizens of the United States with the
equivalent of high school education
at least one year of high
school mathematics. Those who en-
roll must signify their willingness to
use their new training in furtherance
Of the war effort Registratio will
be limited to 80 and interested per-
sons are asked to write, telephone or
visit the dean of the forestry school
At Montana State University.
Successful completion of this
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-29
CONGRESSIONAL NEWSLETTER

to September Is, 1912 levels; Vinson
and Bowles planned rollbacks on
fruits and vegetables (where greatest
rises occurred), relying on use of sub
sides.
FDR's message has been delayed.
Fruit and vegetable rollback was
kicked in the pants by Senator Harry
Economy Byrd who led a congress
sional blitz and got an increase in
apple prices that may add $50 million
to consumers bills and set "me-too"
precedent for other growers groups.
New BIS cost-of-living figure is re-
ported upped 1 point. Department
of Commerce estimates 79S cost-of-liv-
ing rise for 43. u. S. Chamber of
Commerce President Johnston, who
has backed every inflationary move
Gncluding sales taxi, is reported pre-
dieting another 25%o rise in IA and
2085 in AS.
Rank and file labor pressure for
wage adjustments to meet bigger
grocery bills may burst into flame at
CLIO convention; AFL and Railroad
brotherhoods joining in ultimatum.
FDR may speak before that to
break congressional deadlock over
subsidies and force renewal of Com
modify Credit with half billion funds
for support prices needed to get IA
war food production Whether or not
he acts, enemies of initiation should
pour maximum pressure Immediately
into congress, VIA, OWN, OPA, and
White House.
This may be Clusters last stand.
Natl. Service Legislation, thought
postponed by Baruch blessing of West
coast voluntary manpower mobiliza-
ton plan, is reported much alive, with
agencies pressing to
have law ready when, as they think
likely, voluntary methods fail to de-
liver.
Easing or repeal of misnamed "Vic-
tory Tax" may be used to saddle
most of Sc billion additional tax bur-
len on lower income people by slyly
1917 sales tax, which
works while you spend, day by
lay throughout the year.
U. S. Treasury and OES Director
Vinson warn enactment will break
spine of whole anti-inflation program
~ adding SO to cost of living, fore
ng wage increases and gypping gov
Continued on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-29

the Farmers Union Central Exchange
delivered his report to the convention
on Wednesday afternoon, his address
being highlight of that days pro-
gram. Mr. Syftestad reported that
the volume of business of his organ
ization for this year will reach $12,
100000. He stated that his organiza-
tons operation of the Laurel refinery
purchased this year had been very adj
vantageous as had also been the pur-
chase of the large refinery in Kansas
in the purchase of which it had joined
with four other large wholesale coop
eratives.
Thursdays program will be high
lighted by addresses of Chas. D.
Egley, general manager of the Farm
ers Union Livestock Commission Co.
and M. W. Thatcher, general manager
of the Farmers Union Grain Terminal
Association.
Time has been allocated on Thurs
day for the introduction of fraternal
visitors and for talks from them. 1t
is expected that the state presidents
of the CLIO, the Montana Federation
Of Labor and representatives of the
Railroad Brotherhoods will be present
at that time.
Nominations of officers and board
members will be presented Thursday
morning and the balloting on them
by the delegates will be open until
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Committee reports will occupy the
time of the convention ON Friday
morning, with the afternoon of that
day devoted to a program and demon
stration of the Education department.
In the evening, A. w. Kicker, editor
of the Farmers Union Herald is sched-
uled for an address and this will be
followed by a ceremony by the Educa-
tion department.
The outstanding feature of Satur-
days program will be an address by
James G. Patton, president of the
National Farmers Union. Dr. r. r.
Renne, acting president of the Mon
tana State College will also address
the convention on Saturday.
Action on committee reports, vari-
ous entertainment features, an open
discussion and installation of new Of
Ulcers will mark the close of the con-
yention program.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-29
ANOTHER LABOR
milestone

| Probably no federal statute ha.
helped to stabilize employment condi
tons more than the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act. 1t set the stage for labor
management relationship that has
made possible this nations record
breaking production in the wal
against the Axis.
October marks the fifth anniversary
of the act, more commonly known as
the Wage and Hour law. 1t became
part of the federal statutes on Octo-
Der "a, 1898 after long and bitter de-
bate in congress where it was chal-
lenged on the grounds that it would
ruin industry.
Looking at those five years in re-
Prospect, these results stand out:
1. Over 21 million covered workers
have had floor of at least 30
cents an hour placed under wages.
q Time-and-half pay for overtime
hours, long included in agree
ments negotiated by organized la
Dor, has been established on
universal basis for covered indus
tries.
3. Approximately $55,0OO,OOO in min
imum and overtime pay restitu-
ton has been paid to workers
through government action.
A. The principal of industry commit
tees, equally representative of Ia
Dor, management and the public,
has been established for deter
mining fair working conditions.
5. The charge that it would destroy
industry has been proven without
foundation. In fact, management
was quick to discover that the
Act helped to eliminate unfair
competition of the employer who
adopted oppressive labor prac-
tees
True, forty cents an hour may seem
incredibly low in the light of the pres
ent manpower shortage, but there was
a time when that was considered high
as minimum and even today some
employees in domestic service, agri-
culture, fisheries, and in the Sci vice
trades and others working exclusively
in intrastate commerce are getting
ess.
1t is interesting to know that al |
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initiation line, fair to all, and stick to
it. Let's stop political jockeying for
1914. We still have a war to win and
a peace to organize.
Farm prices should yield the farmer
at least parity; prices actually neces-
sary to get production should be paid;
when such prices require, subsidies
should be used to prevent increases
in consumer prices. The. cost is in
finitely less than the Unreasonable
damage of war and postwar initiation
and deflation.
The average working farmer knows
that he gets all of a subsidy and that
professors and handlers take cut
of every price rise. He knows that
subsidies come from the general
treasury and thus are paid by those
best able to pay them, i.e., the income
tax payers He knows that sp1rallng
prices will add much more to the ma
tional debt than moderate subsidy
program. That is why most real
farmers favor such progrm. That
is why the pro-inflation coalition is
against it.
I am convinced that working farm
ers would much rather have known
prices written into standard War
Food Production Agreements, than to
gamble for higher and higher prices
leading to a collapse such as threw
one million farmers off their farms
after World War I. Such agreements
should, like industrial war production
contracts, include credit, advance and
progress payments, technical assist
ance, priorities in feed, seed, machin-
cry, fertilizer and labor. With such
a program, war food production can
be increased twenty per cent by en- /
listing in maximum production more |
than 100000 farm families now I'M
der-financed, under-equipped and |
therefore under-employed.
Working farmers and labor have
been told this is a Peoples War.
They have sent their finest men to
fight it. 1t is high time it be made
q Peoples War here on the home
front in about production at stable
prices, stable wages and stable prof
it's.