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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Venezuelan Girl Dies
On Way 10 New York
Daughter Of Attorney
Is Taken From Train Here

Miss Carmen Louisa Rosales, Is.
daughter of DR., and Mrs. Horacio
Rosales, who was being rushed from
her home in Venezuela to New York
Tor treatment for a brain tumor,
died today in Casualty Hospital
where she was taken from a train at
Union Station.
The girl was accompanied by her
parents. Her father, it was said by
Arturo Lares. counselor at the
Venezuelan Embassy, is an attorney
and prominent in Venezuela. RI.
Rosales, he said. was scheduled to
have come to this country later on
a special mission.
The parents and the girl left Vene-
zuela by plane Saturday and few
to Miami where they caught the
train.
The Casualty Hospital ambulance.
IN charge OF DR.. George Karelas,
was summoned to Union Station
after Miss Rosales had become crit
ieally i'll this morning She was
rushed to the hospital. DR.. Karelas
SAID death was due to heart failure
caused by pressure of the tumor.
DR.. and Mrs. Rosales have two
younger daughters, who remained
in Venezuela.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Senate Passes Measure
To Join WAACS 10 Army
b. the Associated Press,

b. the Associated Press.
The Senate passed and sent to the
House yesterday measure making
the WAAC a temporary component
Of the Army.
Under existing law, WAACS serve
with, but not in the Army. Chair
man Reynolds of the Military At
fairs Committee said the bill would
make additional benefits. such as In
creased pay for overseas service,
available to the WAACS and place
them in equality with the WAVES
The Senate also passed and sent
to the House bill to place all Army
officers on the same basis with re-
spect to disability retirement ben
eflts
Senator Reynolds explained that
it would remove discrimination
among officers of the Regular Army,
the National Guard and the Re-
serve Corps,
An officer retired for line of duty
disability would be paid on the basis
of his present temporary rank
rather than his permanent or peace
time rank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Navy
Continued From First Page

Guadalcsnal area with the loss OF
10 United States planes.
During the afternoon of February
enemy dive bombers with Zero es-
cort attacked and sank the United
States destroyer between Cape Es-
perance and Savo Island.
That night the enemy approached
Guadalcanal with 20 destroyers. now
known to have been bent on troop
evacuation. United States motor
torpedo boats roared into action and
at least one destroyer was sunk
and two others are believed to have
been sunk. Three of the American
mosquito boats were lost.
On the morning of FEBRUARY 9 a
force OF dive bombers and torpedo
planes caught up with l6 enemy de-
stroyers northeast of Kolombanqara
IN the New Georgia group. One
pomb was laid on destroyer and a
near hit was made on another One
torpedo plane was damaged by anti
aircraft fire.
Following the Japanese ships as
they Ned. a group of Flying Fort
feSses with fighter escort scored hits
on large enemy cargo ship off
Shorthand Island on the evening of
February 2. The vessel was left burn
ing and listing American planes
were attacked by 20 enemy fighters,
and nine or possibly 10 enemy planes
were shot down. All United States
planes returned.
During the afternoon of February
q American torpedo planes, dive
bombers and fighters attacked an
enemy formation of 20 destroyers
about 200 miles northwest of CHAD
aicanal One Jap destroyer was
sunk and another was damaged.
still another was later observed
burning. Seven Zeros were shot
down il: this attack and five others
we're listed as probably destroyed.
-Four United States torpedo planes,
bomber and a fighter we're listed
AS lost. In follow-up attack dive
hcmbers with fighter escort struck
at ID enemy destroyers which were
under protection of Is zeroes. Two
hits were scored on one destroyer
and one hit on another. Ten
enemy Zeros were shot down and
two others were probably destroyed.
United States forces lost three fight
ers and one dive bomber in this en-
gagement.
All Known Losses Revealed.
The Navy closed its communicate
with this sentence:
The above account includes all
known United States and Japanese
losses"
Capt. Davis, skipper of the Chi
cago. is native of Litchfeld. Ill,
and was graduated from the Naval
Academy i'll 1914 His last duty in
this vicinity was in 1941-42, when he
was executive officer of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
His ship was built at Mare Island
Calf and launched April 10, 1880.
Her dimensions were as follows.
Length over all-600 feet inches.
Extreme heam-66 feet.
Standard Experimentation tons.
Armament-Nine 8-inch .55-cali-
Der guns and four 5-inch 25-caliber
guns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Hobbs Urges Action
On Bill 10 Tighten
Anti-Racket Law
Denies ALL Charges
Thot Measure Aims
To Injure Unions

Anticipating stiff labor opposi-
ton to a bill to amend the 1884
anti-racketeering act, Repre-
sentative Hobbs, Democrat. OF
Alabama. told the House Rules
Committee today the measure
cant possibly affect any right
Of organized labor"
Mr. Hobbs was the first witness as
the committee began hearings on
the bill, which the House Judiciary
Committee approved several weeks
ago over the opposition Of organized
labor
He said its sole purpose was to
prevent robbery and extortion In
interstate commerce and TO prevent
"racketeering' regardless of by
whom committed The bill broadens
the definitions of robbery and ex-
tortion in the 1884 act to meet SUI
preme Court ruling which set aside
convictions of New York union
and some of its members for al
legged interference with interstate
truck shipments.
Among those waiting to testify
Vas Joseph Padway, general counsel
Of the American Federation of
Labor, who described the measure
as threat pointed straight at the
very heart Of organized labor"
In a statement. Mr.. Padway said
proponents of the bill ARE deter
mined to crush the rights of bona
foe labor organizations in lawfully
carrying out their legitimate OBJ
jectives."
Mr.. Padway has opposed the bill
on the grounds it is too loosely
drawn, would subject union men,
bers to $4,000 fines and 20 years
imprisonment for participating in
strikes or joining picket lines and
is unnecessary because OF State laws
covering the subject.
Mr.. Hobbs insisted the bill was
aimed only at ''racketeering" and
rough stuff which, ne said. is go
ing on" He cited cases of violence
to truckers who refused to employ
union helpers, claiming one man
and his sons were tossed into a river
with their produce.
Substantially, that is true" Mr..
Hobbs replied when asked by Repre-
sentative Smith. Democrat. of Vir-
ginia If the bill would put labor
unions "on the same basis with re-
spect to highway robbery as any one
else"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
House Committee Acts
To End Absenteeism
In Navy Yards
Clause Written in Bill
To Submit Mems Names
For Draft Board Review

Congressional action intended
to halt abSenteeism among civil
ian Navy yard employes-a step
described by Representative
johnson, Democrat, of Texas, it's
sponsor, as work or fight"
order-waS initiated today by
the House Naval Affairs Commit
tee.
The move was taken by writing
into a minor bill an amendment to
require all navy yards to file with
local draft boards the name of each
civilian employe who has been abb
sent from his employment without
prior authorization"
Senate to Draft Bill.
Mr. johnson and Chairman Vim
son reported Senate bill would be
drafted tomorrow covering absentee
ism among all employees of private
companies with naval contracts and
subcontracts.
MI. Vinson said the measure
could be widened OH the House floor
to cover all employees of companies
engaged in war work
Iodays amendment was written
into a bill approved by the COM
mittee to provide for the return of
Government employees from Homo
lulu at Government expense.
Mr.. Vinson said the new bill. in
addition to requiring submission of
absent workers names to local
boards, would instruct the boards to
determine whether they. should be
further deferred from induction in
the armed forces. ,,..-... a.,s
Amendment in Bill.
The amendment written into to-
days bill. which Mr. Vinson said
would come up for action some time
next week. provided that:
Each Navy yard and station shall
on or before the tenth day of March.
June, September and December OF
each year. file with the appropriate
selective service local board verified
statement setting forth:
/. The name of each civilian en-
ploye subject to the jurisdiction of
such selective service local board
who has been absent from his en-
ployment without prior authorize
ton.
2. A brief description of the ma
ture of the duties performed by such
employe.
3. The period of time during
which such absence continued. and,
f. An expression of the opinion
Of the Navy Yard or Station as to
whether such absence was justified.
and, If so. the reasons therefor.
The move followed by one day
the action of William H. Collins,
general manager of the Bethlehem
Steel Cos shipbuilding plant at
Quincy, Mass, in discharging $50
welders on the ground that they
had been absent without excuse.
The plant management said that,
in compliance with selective service
regulations, the workers local
boards were being notified of the
termination OF their employment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Debate
Continued From First Page \

that I inferred nothing. I i'm
piled, and the gentleman from Ar
kansas did the inferring l ask the
gentleman to give a precise passage
a precise quote from the text of my
speech in which I said America
must control the sovereignty of the
skies of any other nation.
A. don't think I said you said
exactly that.
Q. Give one passage In which
implied, inferred or state specifically
that this country should acquire all
sovereignty in any other nation
without the consent Of that nation
A. Would you like me to read
your speech again to this House?
Laughter browns Reply.
What Mrs. Luce said was drowned
out by laughter from the democratic
side. Mr. Fulbright added:
That is implicit throughout your
speech, as I see it
You are inferring." declared Mrs
Luce deliberately, They both sat
down.
Mrs. Luce earlier told the House
Foreign Affairs Committee that
American prestige in China Is at
an all-time low
She gave the committee. con-
sidering continuance of the Lease
Lend Act for another year, three
factors responsible for this condi-
tiOn. They were
/. A breakdown in China's domes.
tic economy because the country has
been "strangled since Pearl Har.
Dor by the loss of supply lines.
2. Lowered morale because China
has no air force Of its own.
3. Impatience because the Burma
road has not been reopened.
In urging continuance of the law
she described lend as "tht
most potent and flexible instrument
ever chosen by great people" fol
the war and the peace to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Bill Imposing Death
On Saboteurs Wins
Senate Group OK.
Chairman Van Mugs
Hopes to Have Measure
Considered Thursday

The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee today approved a bill giving
civil courts authority to impose
the death sentence on saboteurs
when the United States is at war.
The legislation, sought by the Jus
tlce Department. is an: outgrowth Of
the secret trial here last summer,
before a special military commission,
Of the eight German agents who
slipped into this country on U-boats,
fully equipped for mission of de-
struction Six of the would be sabo-
teurs were executed in the District
Jail The two others we're given long
prison sentences.
Chairman Van Mugs of the Judici-
airy Committee said speedy Senate
action would be sought on the bill
and that he hoped TO have it con-
sidered Thursday.
The eight Nazi saboteurs might
have been tried in civil court had
the penalty been severe enough,
but under existing law they could
be charged only with conspiracy.
the maximum penalty for which is
two years imprisonment, a fine of
$40, 900. or both.
AS result. President Roosevelt
created special military commits
sion 20 try the eight men under the
articles of war-a move that paved
the way for the execution of six
Of them following conviction.
Although the bill specifically does
not deprive any military tribunal of
jurisdiction over cases involving
sabotage under the articles OF war.
it gives civil courts the right to try
such cases on the grounds OF hostile
acts and order a death penalty
Life Imprisonment could be the only
alternative sentence.
The bill goes step further by
giving civil courts authority to SEN
tence to 10 years Imprisonment and
impose fine Of $4,000 on any per-
son who fails TO report to the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation any
knowledge of a hostile act on the
part Of another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Idaho Governor Vetoes
New Nominating Bill
By the Associated Presk

By the Associated Press
BOISE. Idaho. Feb. l6.-Gov. c. A.
Bottolfsen today vetoed A bill sub.
shutting political nominating con-
Ventlons for the primary election
system.
Gov. Bottolfsen, in a message to
the House of representatives. said
the measure "curtails the right of
the people to select candidates for
political Offices and gives to politi-
cal leaders the power that should
be inherent in the people"
The Governor is Republican and
his party controls both houses of the
Legislature. Legislators expressed
doubt they could override the veto.
Under the bill. political parties
would choose candidates for State
and congressional Offices in conyen.
lions but the primary would con-
tinue to be used for selecting county
nominees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Three D. 6. Residents
Share in Polk Estate

Mrs. Elizabeth s. Polk of New
York is the principal beneficiary
named in the will of her husband
Frank l.. Polk. Undersecretary of
State in the Wilson cabinet. filed
for probate in the Surrogate's Court
in New York, the Associated Press
reports.
Sharing requests are five chill
dren. three of whom are residents
of the District. John M. and James
p. Polk and Mrs, Alice P Ruther-
ford. The other two are Mrs. Eliza
beth Guest, Bayard Va and Frank
Polk jr, of New York Each of the
children is to receive SIS 200 and
will share in the residue on the
death of the widow.
Mrs. Polk is left the residue of
the estate in trust plus $4,000 and
real estate at Syosset, N. Y. Legacies
total $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Puckeit Guilty Of Murder
OF Mail Order Bride
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Feb. l6.-Will
r. Puckett. 64-year- old retired
painting contractor of Chicago, was
convicted of second degree murder
today in the Staying last November
Of his 67-year-old mail order
bride, Mrs Ella May Puckett. Life
imprisonment is mandatory.
Puckett. breaking into tears. held
a handkerchief to his eyes as he was
Jed from the courtroom. The jury
had deliberated IT hours
Mrs. Pickett was shot to death
as she drove here from Chicago with
her husband, Pickett brought her
body to Lafayette physician and
SAID she had been killed by hitch
tiker who tried to rob them.
The State contended in the trial
that Pickett was seeking his wife S
estate, estimated at $4,000 The
PuckettS were married last March
after writing to each other through
what Pickett described as a mat
rimonial agency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Jap Losses Reported
Heavy in Fighting
In Five China Areas
500 Men Killed in Clash
West Of Nonchong,
Chuneking Asserts

Py the Associated Press.
CHUNGkING, Feb. 16.-Heavy
fighting in five provinces of Gen.
trail and Southern China in
which severe losses were inflicted
on attacking Japanese forces was
reported today by the Chinese
high command.
Its communique said the Japanese
lost 500 men and large quantities
of stores in heavy engagement
west of Nanchang. the enemy-occu-
pied capital of Kiangsi Province
Several hundred Japanese were re-
ported killed in another battle
around Liuchiahane, in Hupeh Prov
ince IN a third central China
province, Human, heavy fighting also
was reported
Along the Burma Yunnan border
in Southwestern China the japanese
also were attacking the town of
Mongsung from three sides. Results
Of this engagement were not re-
ported. The communique said the
japanese lost more than 500 in
killed and wounded when the
Chinese recaptured the town of
Shapinewu yesterday. two days
after 1t had fallen to the invaders.
A Toxic dispatch broadcast by the
Berlin radio said japanese forces
in central China, after long period
of inactivity had scored s'con sifiera
BILE success" in operations intended
to clear Chinese forces from the
areas of Nanchang. in Kiangsi and
Shasi, Yangtze port in Hupeh.
Another objective of the opera :
tons, the dispatch said. was to de-
stroy nests of resistance" along the
Hankew-Canton Railway. main t~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Florida Crops Suffer
Heavy Loss as Frost
Hits Everglades Area
Damage Set at Millions;
Mercury Drops to q
In Palm Beach County
BY The Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. is
Heavy damage to Florida win
ter food crops In the rich Ever
elades mucklands and along the
lower east coast from the second
consecutive night of freezing
weather was reported today.
However, early reports indicated
the States valuable citrus crop es-
capped with scattered minor loss. The
Florida Citrus Commission said re
ports indicated that damage-mostly
in low, unprotected cold spots
probably would not be sufficient to
affect the marketing situation and
that much of the affected fruit was
suitable for processing purposes.
Heaviest truck crop damage was
reported from the Everglades where
}. w. Milligan representative of the
Federal-State Horticultural Protec-
tlon Service at Belle Glade. reported
several thousand acres of beans were
wiped out and cabbage. lettuce and
eScarole badly damaged.
Among low readings in that area
we're CleWiston, %; Belle Glade, 30,
Pahokee, %, and Browns Farms, ID. 5.
BroWard County losses were esti-
mated at half of crops valued at S.
100000 Dade County Farm Agent
Charles Stef1ani at Miami said
growers would lose a great part of
5000 to 10000 acres of tomatoes
valued at 100000 and about $500
acres of beans worth 100000 Low
reading in that area included 30 at
Pompano, 36 in Miami and "a in
the suburbs and 80 in BroWard
County to the north,
The American Fruit Growers Of
flee in the Redlands trucking dis
trict below Miami said heavy frost
extended as far south as Florida
City and that all beans and most
tomatoes in that section had been
wiped out Lesser damage was re
ported elsewhere in the State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Truman Probes Col. Zonuck|s
Army raining Film Activities
Says Uniform Is For Combat Soldiers
Not for Fellows to Strut Around In

than 100 persons who had received
commissions through applications
handled by the Research Council.
Col Lawton said he did not know
who recommended Col. Zanuck for
commission. He said that from
August l on until the time Of Col
Zanuck's resignation August rs
from his movie job Il had reason tc
believe he was not putting full time
on his duties with the Signal Corps
Called "Go-Getter."
Nevertheless. Col Lawton declared
Col. Zanuck to be "a go-getter the
like of whom I've never seen in the
motion picture industry Or anywhere
else" He added that the whole
motion picture industry was flied
with whole hearted. willing. patri-
otto people trying to do something
for the Government
He said they made the training
films as ordered by the Research
Council. then left it up to the Army
to buy them or not as it saw fit. As
we'll as he could tell. he added the
companies lost money when they
sold pictures to the Army, because
they did not include overhead OIL
other usual production costs in theil
budgets.
The committee heard testimony
that the Government paid 81 $50 00C
for training films between January
/, l941, and December 10. 1912. OF
the total, Paramount got S270 682
GOTH Century-Fox. S243,5l5; RKO
$l10.8l5 and MGM, S106,453. Mr.
Fulton remarked that about 65 pei
cent of the production work seemed
TO have gone to four companies, de.
spite asserted arrangements by the
Research Council to assign them tc
companies on an alphabetical
basis.
Declines to Give Data.
1t. Col. John Harlan Amen of the
inspector generals Office earlier to-
day told the committee that he had
SPECIFIC instructions from Under
secretary Of War Patterson, not tc
disclose the facts brought out by hi,
investigation OF tne mOtlOn picture
industry.
To do so, he declared. would i'm
pair the future effectiveness Of the
inspector generals Office, since much
Of the information was obtained
from civilians with the understand
ing the information was confidential
Mr. Patterson also wrote Sen
ator Truman that the information
should not be made available tc
agencies other than the Executive
Department
Senator Truman indicated he was
not satisfied with Mr.. Patterson S
instruction against Col. Amen testi-
flying and said it might be necessary
later to subpoena witnesses and doc
uments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16

u. ). Bombers Attack
Base at 81. Nazaire;
Six Planes Missing
Strong Opposition Met;
Fires Are Started
In Target Area
Earlier Story on Page ALL

Earlier Story on Page A-1D
BY The Associated Press.
AN ERICAN BOMBER
STATION IN ENGLAND, Feb. is.
United States four -motored
Flying FortreSseS and LiberatorS
attacked the German submarine
base at st. Nazaire in France to-
day.
A daredevil German flying circus
and a curtain Of distracting anti
aircraft fire met the American
bombers as they made their second
attack against Europe in two days
and the third Allied assault against
battered St. Nazaire in four DAYS.
Attacked Again and Again..
They attacked us right after we
dumped our bombs, came in again
and again. and kept after us, for
nearly an hour right until We got to
the channel said Capt. j. w. Car
ter of Lawton. Okla, pilot Of a
fortress called Garter and His Little
Pills"
The crews came back feeling that
they had done hard days work
after dropping their bombs dead on
the target Their planes carried an
assortment of holes in the noses.
wings, fuselages and propellers as
evidence of the heavy fighting But
individual casualties appeared to
have been light
Six Bombcrs Missing.
Six bombers were reported missing
from the raid. The official United
States and Air Ministry communi-
que said:
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
attacked enemy submarine installa
lions at St. Naziare in daylight
today.
Visibility was good and bombs
were seen to burst in the target
area, where fires were started
Strong fighter opposition was en-
countered after the attack and con-
tinued until the bombers were some
distance over the Channel.
Ihere were many combatS with
enemy aircraft. Raj and Allied
fighter squadrons carried out sup
porting covering operations. Six
bOmbers are missing
One Fortress lost was set afire
when German bullets struck a wing
The blaze spread quickly toward the
fuselage, Other pilots shouted
warnings over their radio tele-
phones.
When the fire consumed the en-.
tire wing and it fell off they saw
one member after another of the
planes chew parachuting to safety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16

COmdr Bruce McCandlesS took
command after Capt. Young was
killed.
Capt Young 48. whose widow,
Mis-. Eleanor NJ. Young lives in
Coron r 0, Calf, IVES killed on the
bridge Of the San Francisco. where
Rear Admiral Daniel Callaghan,
task force commander and former
White House aide, also lost his life.
Capt. Young previously had received
the Congressional Medal OF Honor.
Capt. Young, whose mother, Mrs.
Anne CaSsin Young lives At 2700
Connecticut avenue NV. was A
member OF noted Navy family. His
only son, Ensign Charles Young. was
graduated from the Naval Academy
In December. l941.