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Evening star., 1943-08-11
House Report BIames
Defective Wing Strut
In Fatal Glider Crash
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An investigator for the House Mil
itary Affairs Committee has reported
that the St Louis glider crash. which
took the lives of 10 persons August
/. was caused by a defective part
supporting the glider wing.
Chairman May yesterday released
the report, which said:
The general impression of all the
Army Air Force officers, including
the Airforce Inspection Board with
which l agree was that a defective
part in the lower end of the strut
supporting and attaching the right
wing to the lower side of the fuse
lage of the glider, gave way, allow
ing the right wing to fold up and
break loose from the upper part of
the fuSelage.
This defective part was supposed
TO be, according to specifications,
approximately three -eighths of an
inch thick at a shoulder in it, but
according to information available
from all those who carefully ex-
amined it after the crash, it was ap-
proxlmately one sixteenth of an
inch in thickness at this point where
1t broke and permitted this strut to
release the right wing and cause the
accident"
The report bore the name of J.
Allen Prather, committee investi-
gator.
Mr.. May said he would confer with
Ralph Burton. committee counsel.
to determine whether the report
would be turned over to the Justice
Department.
Mr.. Prather said that on visiting
the plant where this glider was as
sembled, he obtained a similar part
from the plant storeroom and found
it was approximately 81 thou
sandths of an inch under Air Forces
requirements for thickness"
On visiting another plant. the re-
port said. I'VE found that, according
to their records, approximately 25
per cent of parts similar to this had
been rejected as defective and not
meeting specifications by that organ
'ization"
The report added. "It is my per-
sonal opinion, and this seemed con-
flrmed by conferences with Air
Forces inspection officers and other
technical officers, that the inspection
service in the small contractors
plants is slack and inefficient. which
would permit things OF this kind
to occur
Evening star., 1943-08-11
owl Denies Attempt
To Twist Meaning
OF Atlantic Charter

The once of War Information to-
day denied it had attempted to in
duce broadcasters to accept an er-
roneous Interpretation of the Allan
tic Charter in material the agency
released to radio stations calling at
tention to the observance Saturday
OF the second anniversary OF the
signing of the document.
An Owl official said the material
reminder Of the anniversary of the
charter signing He added it was
intended as material which the in
dustrv could use if possible and in
any way it saw fit. A copy of the
exact wording Of the charter was in
cluded, he said.
The only thing we are inter-
ested in" the official said. is in
seeing that the Atlantic Charter is
on the air again. We issued no di-
rective to broadcasters and made no
suggestions as to how they should
observe Charter Day"
Fulton Lewis, jr,, radio COM
llITllbh tOI, IIldl SSo IA a vi ohNNp'0N
that Owl had asked the industry to
launch a propaganda campaign TO
sell the American people on the idea
that the Atlantic Charter meant,
not what the President said; not
what the Chartef said, but rather
something entirely different. which
the Owl perhaps would like it to
mean"
Mr.. Lewis objected most strenu-
ously to portion of the Owl men,
orandum which, he charged, implied
that the Charter contained the
guarantee" to every person of free
dom from want and freedom from
fear" The Charter actually states
that following the war the United
States and Great Britain hope for a
peace which will afford aSSur-
ance that all the men in all the
lands may live out their lives in free
dom from fear and want"
That is far cry from a guar
antee," Said Mr.. Lewis.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Capt. Quinn TO Command
Unit al Catholic j.

Capt. Edward F. Quinn. jr.. U.
s, A. has been designated COM
mandant Of the 25l7th Service Unit
Of the Army specialized training
program, which will begin engineer
ing courses at Catholic University
September l3, it was announced
today.
Capt. Quinn, who attended Nc
kinley Technical High School and
the University of Maryland, received
his commission in the Reserve Corps
es second lieutenant in 1884. Called
TO active duty in September. 1910
he was detailed on April 7. l94l, as
assistant professor of military sci
ence and tactics at the University
of Maryland. Since June Is. l943.
Capt. Quinn has been on special
duty in the Military District of
Washington.
a former holder of the 50-yard
district AAU championship, Capt.
Quinn has been a familiar figure
on the Catholic University and
other tracks.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
FB| Finds 'HorsepIay'
Hampers War Output
More Than Sabotage
BY the Associated Press.


CINCINNATI. Aug. 11.-"Horse-
play" actually is hindering all-out
war production more than sabotage.
Lee Pennington, assistant director of
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
says.
Mr.. Pennington, in a speech be-
fore the Ohio American Legion, said
that of 10000 cases of alleged sabo-
tage investigated since January l :.
only 943 instances of planned dam
age had been proved.
After appealing for "less horse
play on the production line he told
reporters yesterday that every one
likes to osplay. at times" and I'VE in
yariably consider this angle wher-
ever We encounter reports OF So
called sabotage"
Mr.. Pennington urged care in di-
recting the spirit Of play into the
proper time and place. He cited
these examples Of what he termed
poor Judgment:
Employees of a Chicago firm who
playfully threw greasy waste at each
other until, accidentally, it fell into
cauldron Of hot lead. They tossed
the then-smoking waste into the
plants ventilating system which
carried the fumes widespread, af-
fected workers eyes and forced mo-
mentary disruption of output.
A Tennessee plant, where, investi-
eating reports that hand-type fire
extinguishers had been emptied of
carbon tetrachloride. the FBI found
they had been filled instead with
water and that workers used them
in water battles"
In another plant, Mr.. Pennington
said, workers threw stones onto a
galvanized iron roof Just for the
fun of shaking dust from the roof
onto their fellow employees.
THE size of the stones grew un-
til one DAY a man let 60 with a 40
pound boulder. 1t crashed through
the roof and Just missed very valu-
able high-precision instrument of
immense value to the war effort.
I'VE stopped that"
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Thousands of Collective Farms
Set Up, House Probers Churqe

individual farm families to become
of their farms or
to have equitable, fair and secure
leases on' family-type farms.
We have made loans to cooperative
associations of farmers with which
to lease large tracts of land"
tMr. Baldwin also testified that 90
per cent of loans made by FSA had
been repaid. After a fight over FSA
appropriations for the 1914 fiscal
year, Congress agreed to $40 000,p00
for administrative purposes and
S60,000.000 in borrowing authority
for making new rehabilitation
loanS)
Much of the expenditure was not
authorized by provisions of the act.
and $4,000 900 of expenditures have
been suspended for this reason"
representative Cooley added. I'VE
are convinced that many. many
more millions will also be found to
be unauthorized"
The North Carolina legislator de-
clared the collective farms almost
without exception lack. authority of
law and that the committee has
found the rainbow is honey
combed with all kinds of corporate
schemes and is maze of astounding
land purchasing, land settlement
and land leasing projects"
He implied that for some ben
eflciaries the rainbow" was not
without its pots of gold.
I'VE found families making UP to
$3.50 a month living in FSA houses
rent free and some families making
s400 month paying the Govern
ment SITS or 81 a week rent. with
all medical attendance and utilities
included" Representative Cooley de-
clared.
The houses they are occupying
are the kind a Representative would
like to find for himself in Wash
ington.
I'VE haven't yet found a single
project, nor labor camp, which
is fully occupied"
In Texas. he went on. project
was established as self perpetual
Ing charity corporation with three
FSA men on the payroll as officials
This corporation. which had no
provisions for the payment of divi-
dendS to the tenant farmers, ac-
quired 26000 acres of rich farm
land. and as a consequence was
enabled to borrow huge sums" Rep
resentative Cooley said.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

From among the large Greek COL
ony in Washington are the follow
ing performers: Zoe and Aristides
CalevaS. vocal duets; Mrs c. Chriso-
koaS. songs, accompanied on the
piano by George Manos; Miss Bes-
sic Bano, violin solos; Lola and
Katherine Chaconas, Bessie Banos.
Mrs Chrisokoas Zoe CalevaS, Elec-
ira Mousmontes. Sophie Theophilos
and Georgia Theodore, Greek group
dances.
The Greek program will be fol-
lowed by the Duncan Sisters. In
cluded in the program is the song,
When All Is Clear in Hawaii" for
which they have composed both
lyrics and music. The song is ded-
Gated to their two nephews, Stewart
McClelland and Duncan McClel-
land, both on foreign duty with the
Navy.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
African Veteran, Is,
Here for DISCHARGE,
Anxious 10 Return
BY NELSON SHEPARD.

Being discharged from the Army
Air Forces at l6 isn't going to keep
Staff Sergt. Clifford r. WHEREBY of
Elmwood, ILL.,, veteran of d raid
ing missions over Axis targets in the
North African campaign, from get
ting back into the service when he
Is II.
This black haired youth. former
top turret guner on a B-26 Marauder
bomber, who is officially credited
with shooting down at least one
enemy plane. told a press confer
ence at the War Department today
he was sent home for discharge be-
cause somebody talked too much"
He Is going to enlist in the Air
Force Reserves when he is II, he
said, because Il want to get back
over there with my old buddies."
Enlisted at Age of IA.
Clifford was Ia when he went to
the recruiting office at Peoria. H..
on April l, 1912, and was accepted
for enlistment without his parents
knowledge. He admitted he was in
spired" by seeing the movie of Sergt.
York the night before and does not
regret his action.
He told the recruiting Offices at
Peoria he was 18 years old He
easily looks it. They thought I was
big enough and old enough. but later
the Army didn't seem to think so"
he grinned boyishly.
AT Is, waiting here to get his dis
charge after service overseas since
September l. Sergt. WHEREBY has
gone through more aerial action
than falls TO the lot of many sea-
soned fighters He has flown in
raids over Tunis Jabes and Cas-
serine Pass in North Africa and over
fighting targets in Sicily
Hoped to Attack Italy.
Il hoped to go over to Italy, too,
but they sent me back home before
I had a chance" said this youthful
fighter, whose prize reminder Is
that he has flown twice in missions
with Maj. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle.
He has shot his way frequently out
OF close calls when beset by enemy
fighter planes, and his own bomber.
the Thunderer had landed twice on
its belly on return trips Sergt.
WHEREBY just can't understand why
neither he nor any of the members
Of his crew didn't receive even
scratch during % flying combat mis-
sions.
He also few more than five mis-
slons on the famous Coughin' Cof-
fin. funny flying craft" which is
now back in the States The Thun-
derer, however, is his chief love.
From his press conference. young
WHEREBY went to see Gen. Henry H.
Arnold. chief of the Army Air Forces.
He expects TO get his discharge
sometime today.
Now that he Is back home he said
he will accept an offer from Glenn
Martin, the airplane manufacturer.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Famed Electric Eeis
Recruited for War
BY Experimenters
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE
New York Aquarium five elec-
trio eels have gone to war.
DR.. Christopher w. Coates.
aquarium director. disclosed yes
terday that the cells have been
removed from public view and
are being used in secret war re-
search.
The research study is both
physical and physiological" he
said, adding that it would prob
ably be a fair guess to say that
the eels were being used in
connection with study of ner-
vous activity of human beings.
Scientists from Yale, Column
bia and Johns Hopkins Univer-
stiles are using the eels for
study. DR.. Coates said.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Hamburg Bombing Killed
$4,000, Sweden Hears

Bv the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM. Aug. II. - The
record bombing of Hamburg by the
Allies destroyed II Of the city's 40
districts and is believed to have
killed at least $4,000 persons. reports
reaching Sweden said today.
The chief editor of the Hamburger
Tageblatt told foreign correspond
ents in Berlin that the city was
only partly alive.
He described the bombardmentS
as so terrific nothing can compare
with them in the worlds history"
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Swimming Pool Body
Demands His Clothes

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. -- Park P o | c m n
Charles Koester peered with a sink
ing sensation into a locker at the
Stanton Park swimming pool and
SaW boys clothing which had been
left there overnight.
He ordered attendants to drain
the pool so the body could be re-
covered.
The water slowly receded. a 15-
year-old boy appeared and demand
ed his clothing,
Sure they're mine" he said. II
just went home in my swimming
suit. That's ALL"
Evening star., 1943-08-11
BY the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES. Aug. 1.-A four
man congressional committee
named to investigate the Farm Sc
curity Administration declares it
has found thousands of collective
farms have been established in vari-
Gus States.
The committee chairman. Repre-
sentative Cooley, Democrat, of
North Carolina, asserted that these
farms, established by the FSA. we're
modelled after similar farms in Rus
sia and that they are costing tax
payers millions of dollars.
The purpose of the committees
investigation. he said. is to recon-
mend legislation for the elimination
of FSA projects it finds objec-
tionable
Some one had dream back in
1885, and designed a rainbow" Rep
resentative Cooley said in an inter-
view with the Examiner here. I'VE
are trying to find its end, but it's
so complicated I. doubt if we ever
will"
The rainbow" said Represent
ative Cooley, was created when Rex
ford G. Tugwell. now Governor Of
Puerto Rico, was farm security ad-
ministrator Formed as a relief pro-
gram, the FSA to date has spent
more than billion dollars, he
stated.
On hearings in Washington sew
eral months ago the Farm Bureau
Federation through President Ed
ward A. ONeal, charged the FSA
with startling and shocking condi-
tions of waste, extravaganza and in
defensible practices which Mr..
ONeal termed "a national dis
grace" He urged abolition of the
FSA and transfer of its essential
functions to other farm agencies.
&C. B. Baldwin. administrator Of
FSA, at that time told the Cooley
Subcommittee of the House Agri-
culture Committee that the Farm
Bureau has been busily and vigor-
ously engaged in trying TO prove for
the past two years that the FSA be-
lieves in land socialization and is
engaged in q whole series of nefari-
Gus activities respecting land tenure
arrangements for low-income fami-
lies Mr. Baldwin testified that
with the exception Of the few CO.
operative farms every single
land tenure activity of the FSA has
always been directed toward aiding
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Doctors S Night Call
Pulls Train THROUGH

BY The Associated Press
CHENEY, Wash.--Dr. J. p. Cald-
well answered another night call
and helped to pull Northern Pa
cific limited through
The train reached Cheney with
an iron bar stuck in its coal stoker,
so an extra fireman was needed
Station Agent Robert Horn spotted
DIR. Caldwell in the depot
The physician fed the firebox for
100 miles from Cheney TO Pasco.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Woman Workers Size
Leads to Strike

When an unusually outsize woman
railway worker was seen leaving a
freight depot in Glasgow, Scotland
she was searched by policewoman,
and a strike resulted. The police
woman suspected that she had con-
cealed stolen property underneath
her clothes. The search revealed
nothing.
Two hundred women at the depot
struct as a protest against tie in
suit" Union officials negotiated
peace.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Frugolity Exponent
Dies With Fortue
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA. KanS.-Fletcher Hay
ward, retired photographer, lived in
a modest frame house and shopped
carefully, He sometimes pointed
out to neighbors the savings eau
tious shopper might make.
An appraisal of his estate has dis
closed he had more than s400,000
most in gilt-edge securities.
He died in July.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

Canteen at $50
O'Clock tonight.
The Greek AM
baSSador, Cinon
P. Diamanto-
poulos, will ad-
dress the serv-
lcemen b e fore
t h e entertain
ment.
Miss Antonia
c h a + o u h a s.
night club en-
tertainer an d
accordion play
er, has come
here from New
York for the
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Up rs Pct.

While wages in many industries
in Argentina have increased 26 per
cent IN the last year, those in rub
Der goods and tire plants have
dropped over q per cent.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Border Meat Sales Rise

Retail sales of meats to persons
crossing the border from the United
States into Mexico has increased
tremendously in the last year.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Homes Too Bio

England now estimates 1t has
2.250 clergymen's residences that are
far too big for their parsons. and
beyond their means 10 maintain.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Greek Program Slated
At Stage Door Canteen

Hellenic songs and dances by
Greek descendants wearing native
costumes will feature the Greek EN-
baSsy program at the Stage Door
Evening star., 1943-08-11

Give up that vacation drive cheer
suIly; we need gasoline to take the
anemy for one-way ride.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-29
TRACK MOCULS AWAIT RESULT
 OF 0.P.A, TALK
'0ansett OlhclaIs Point tO Tax Money Paid By
 Association
ny JACK FROST
tUnlssa Press stan COsssspondentl

(uMlsea Press stan Cosssspondent) Providence. R. T., April 2o--(Up) "A far-reaehing gasoline Tatloning problem comes Co Q head here today when government officials and Mar. ragansett Racing Association execu- tives consider the question ot the automobile driving horse race fan.
 The prohlem--a simple one = is whether operators of the ei,O00. 900 Narragansett Park on the outskirts of pawtuckot will comply with an opA request to close the parking lot at the track.
 Pending on the outcome of the conference. however, may be Che future of much of tho amusement and reoreational industry--especi- ally racing throughout the na. ton.
 Nc More Racing? On one side were the track oper. ators headed by President James V, Dooley who thus far have refused to comply, fearing it would mean the end of racing for them and for Rhode Island.
 Across the table were various federal oiflclals including Regional 0pA Administrator Kenneth B. Backman and State OpA Director Christopher Del SeSto--the man who precipitated the showdown.
 Faced by the most critical gaso. line shortage of the war---a sltua- ton which was causing the inter. mittent closing of filling stations and lack of fuel for necessary civil- ian dravlng-Del Sesto asked that the parking lot be closed to prevent misuse" of rationed fuel. His inspectors had visited the track. Daily they found upward of 1000 ears parking there, some hold- CTS of 'B" or "C' cards, others only having the basic "A" cards which permit them six quarts of gasoline weekly for pleasure driving"
 One.thlrd of the cars parked there. he said. were from Massa. chusettS, But there was e sprinkllnp of Connecticut registrations among them, Reasoned Del Sesto, these racing fans were using more than their rationed allotment to reach the track which has no regular means of transportation available. Law vlolateFs So Del Sesto made his request saying it was obvious that many of the operators who parked at Narragansett track were in violation of the law" He cOntended the track could mot escape full rec sponsibility" if 1t kept the parking lot open."
 Track directors met. considered the request and refused to comply pending Q hearing.
 "As you are probably aware they answered, We have been de- nied rail service to the track, bus service from surrounding cities and direct-to-the-track bus service from Providence. We hesitate to take any step which willsforce us to close Narragansett Park"
 In addition they pointed to the more than &l.000,O00 the track yielded In taxes last year to the state of Rhode Island. They said during the first 1S days of racing this year they have turned in $255,. OS5 in taxes.
 Observers f0resee that the out. come of this meeting probably will serve as guide in similar situa. tions throughout the nation where recreational or amusement centers are located away from regular transportation lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-29
EASY FOR ORTIZ

Fort worth. Tex. April 29.-(UP) Manuel Ortiz scanned the field for new opposition today after success fully defending his world bantam. weight title against Lupe Cordoba last night.
 Ortiz finished off Cordoxa after one minute and Seve nseconds of IS round bout before a crowd of 5000.
 Ortiz was master all the way, win. ming the first five rounds.
 Cordoza connected with Q right hand smash that hloodied his op- ponentS nose in the third, his only offensive threat.
 The finishing blow came when Ortiz put over a right hand cl0ut to CordozaS body which dropped him to the canvas. The blow failed to knock out CordoZa but he was unable to rise and took the count on hands and knees.
 Both fighters weighed llS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-29
Read, Lewis Headline
 Meriden Card Tonight

Meriden. April 90 = Feather weights Billy (Reeves) Reed of Washington and Charlie lBabyD Lewis of New York will clash in the eight-r0und feature of toniRht's Silver City A. c. boxing card ct the City Hall auditorium, third of the local indoor season.
 Reed, as the underdog, made a hit here on the last show by holding hard-hittlng Kelly JeEsup even. tes- pite a big weight difference. before losing by a TKO In the sixth be- cause of cuts over both eyes. Lewis is Q popular scrappeF in the metro politan area. with Wins over Frankie Fsnnconerl. Jose Domingo Rom and Cannonball Gibson ou his record. The unaeTcard Of three ssxes and a four prepared by Matchmaker Frankie Nilano shows two MerIden boys: Heavyweight Tommy AltieFl. who meets Sailor Billy Stewart ol New London: and Kid Sal Carnbel- ta. favorite Of recent years who'll make a comeback against Eacal Taylor, Of New York. Kid Sal went unbealen in his lest 22 bouts before hanaing un two years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-29
ARMY EXAM TODAY
 FOR STIRNWEISS

Hartford. Conn. April go. - WP) --0eorge Stirnweiss, 2a-years-old rookie shortstop for the New York Yankees. probably will know today whether he is aFzny-bound, or will be back in the lineup when his team plays Friday in Washington
 Stirnweiss. suffering from stom- ach ulcers. reported at the iElduc- ton center today for his physical examination. deferred from last month while his registration papers were being shifted between the draft boards of Norfolk, Va, and Norfolk. Conn. If the doctors stamp him okay, he will have eight days before leaving for a training camp
 StiTnweiss rapped out three oi the eight hits the Tanks got against the Boston Red Sox yesterday scored one run and brought in m. other as his team won s-O.