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Evening star., 1943-09-23
Toxic Broadcasts Rally
People for War Work
By the Associated Pr ass.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Tokio
broadcasts today indicated that
japanese propagandists have begun
an intensive campaign to rally their
people behind the newly announced
program to mobilize the nation s
fighting spirit, the Office of War In
formation said.
The controlled Toxic press, auto
matically reacting to the program
laid down by Premier Hideki TOTO
in a radio speech yesterday, issued
simultaneous appeals to the Japa-
.nese people to back up the gov
ernment, the broadcasts disclosed.
Stress was laid on Tojo's demand
that the nations labor power be
mohilized to the utmost and that
the airplane and munitions output
be increased.
Evening star., 1943-09-23

was happening now all over the
place. The B-25s, which had more
bombs to spend, had come down
lower now and were skip-bombing
and stating. I saw BIS with a
Zero on its tail off to the right and
then the Zero faded. Perhaps a
Beauf1ghter got on its tail.
Strafes Transport.
I came upon transport with a
big A-A gun. I strafed her with my
forward guns from bow to stern
with what effect I do not know.
All this was incidental. The two
thoughts in my mind we're to keep
away from the Jap warships and to
get out of there. But when I did
get into the clear wanted to take a
look at that ship and wheeled around
and managed to pick her out. She
was sending up lot of steam and
smoke.
There was lot of chatter on
the radio now as we tried to check
each other in. Some one asked me
was I all right and I said yes, but
I'd been hit on the wing Motors
and controls were all right, I added !;
thought she would fly in.
AS / looked at my wing, noticed
Lit. Neal had two Zeros on his tail
He was way off. A couple of other
A-20s turned toward the Zeros and
the Zeros took off.
The voice of Dixie Dunbar came
wailing over the radio: Hell, mine
was rowhoat / wish I'd gone
after another ship"
All Accounted For.
/ Dixie had sunk 2,000-ton vessel
the smallest in the convoy. He
never did have good luck with dice
cards or ships.
We could hear Capt. Clark calling
to the squadron that we would
rendezvous again at Cape Ward
Hunt. Then he said that all were
accounted for and every one would
| go back to Moresby on his own.
I looked back and saw eight pil.
lars Of smoke in the sky. Other,
counted more, but that was my per.
sonal count.
1 started back, and soon I wa,
! flying all alone. or Adam didna
Evening star., 1943-09-23
United States, Cuba Sign
Largest Sugar Agreement

BY the Associated Press.
The United States has agreed to
buy minimum of 100000 short
tons of 1914 crop Cuban sugar at
2.65 cents a pound fob. Cuban ports.
The new contract, the largest ever
negotiated with Cuba, was signed
yesterday between the Commodity
Credit Corp. and the Cuban Stabil-
ization Institute.
The 1914 sugar crop is the third
successive crop to be sold by the
Cuban government to the United
States. In announcing the deal, the
State Department asserted it was
further significant evidence of the
cooperation of the two countries in
the joint war effort"
Evening star., 1943-09-23

middle OF the convoy on its port
tleft) side. Our two VS. of six Hav-
ocs each wheeled almost at right
angles to the left to come in against
1t broadside.
We were sliding down the bannis-
ter now from about 1000 feet at an
angle that would have us brushing
the masts as we went over the
enemy ships.
We had been flying with radio
silence until the first bomb was
dropped and the Japanese destroyer
opened up on us. Now the jabber
In the earphones was terrific.
Hey, Joe," I heard a Fortress
pilot yell. seome on down. I've got
three Zeros on my tail"
Come on up" Joe said. Il have
80 of them"
learned later that the fellows
sitting around the radios at the
operations centers at Port Moresby
heard us and realized that the big
gest show in the Southwest Pacific
was on.
Quarrel Over Targets.
The B-25 boys we're already quar-
reling over the targets.
This Is my ship-go get yourself
q ship"
The time was exactly 1903. The
ships ahead were rapidly growing
larger now
Young Mayo, my right-wing man
and I were flying on the right side
of our v Of six ships. There was q
ship ahead and two to the left.
dived and turned to the left under
Capt Clark, our flight leader, ano
Mayo followed me.
But the two planes on the lefr
side Of our v formation were 60.
ing after the nearest ship on tn,
left. swung back and toward tn,
big ship ahead. In spite OF Capt
Clark's warming not to pile up OF
the same ship, things were gettin,
bit confusing
I looked over my shoulder, ant
there was Clark behind me. Youn,
Mayo on my right said, I'm 20
ahf on and get me a fat one"
The ship was rushing hroadsid
at me now. ! pulled the trigge
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Boy Hit by Auto
While Skatino;;
Six Injured
Fronk CicoIo, 10,
Token to Hospital;
Driver Not Held

Seven persons were injured, two
OF them seriously, in traffic accidents
in the District and vicinity last
night and early today.
Frank Cicala, 10, of 666 Mass
achusetts avenue, NE, was taken to
Casualty Hospital with head in
jury. The boy, who was on roller
skates, was struck at the intersec-
ton OF Seventh street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NE. last night by
car which police said was oper-
ated by William B. Bell, 20, of 1906
U place Sc. The driver was not
held.
Frank Repass, 40, of 4752 North
Twenty first road, Arlington, Va,
was taken to Georgetown Hospital
by the Arlington Rescue Squad early
today after his auto struck a tele-
phone pole at Lee Highway and
Adams street. He also has q head
injury.
Man and Wife Hurt.
Joseph A. Daily, 10, of 1346 Otis
place NV, and his wife, Mary B.
DAILY, were treated by private
physician last night after a collision
between their automobile and a
streetcar in the 1900 block of Co.
lumbia road NV.
Mr.. DAILY was treated for lacera-
tions to the face and right knee and
Mrs. DAILY received minor bruises.
Both went home following the COL
lision.
Lloyd A. White. 9, colored, of 500
P street NV. suffered a fractured
leg when he was struck by an auto
mobile in the 1400 block of Fifth
street NV. Police said the car
which hit the White boy was
operated by Pope Eberhardt, jr., %,
OF the HOO block of Third street
NV. The boy was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital.
Two Autos Crash.
Mrs. Mary j. Gildea, 66, of s435
Plney Branch Courts, Silver Spring,
Md, was treated and released at
Garfield Hospital late last night for
shock and bruises, received when the
auto In which she was a passenger
collided with another at Sixteenth
street and New Hampshire avenue
NV.
Police are still searching for the
operator of the other vehicle, who
stopped but would not identity him.
self.
Jeanne M. Dixon, 36, 1895 Calvert
street NV, was released from Gar
field Hospital last night after receiv-
ing treatment for minor injuries in
CURED when the auto she was driy-
ing was involved in an accident near
her home.
Her cM sfrst sideswiped n bus,
then cAreefied Yhto a parked car On
the opposite sideaof the street and
finally was struck by q taxi.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Transport Heads Plan
To Stimulate Tagging
Car-Sharing Program
Meeting Called Tuesday
Will Discuss Results
Of Recent Survey

District defense transportation
officials will meet with chairmen
OF the local and nearby War Price
and Ration Boards at 2:30 pm.
Tuesday to draft plans to stimulate
the tagging car sharing program,
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic announced today.
The meeting was called after a
survey by the Department OF We
hicles and Traffic showed that 36.27
per cent of all types Of gas ration
holders are driving during the peak
rush hours with no extra passengers
Althoueha the survey, wfiGr Vks
made between September and Is
showed that holders of "B" books
are doing a better than average jot
Of aiding transportation-32.91 pei
cent of them were driving alone
it also showed that of the holders
of &C" books, 38.04 per cent were
driving alone. This was compared
to 37.85 per cent for "A" coupon
holders.
This percentage was arrived at
after check of IS ,345 cars at seven
key points throughout the city dur
ing the survey. The counts were
made between Z and $50 am. and
4 and $50 pm.
Informed of the results of the
survey, Robert K. Thompson, Dis
trict OPA director, warned that the
gasoline and tire situation is still
in the critical stage and that mo-
torists should aid in relieving this
condition by sharing cars.
Figures showed that "Bs" again
topped the other two coupon holders
with an average of 251 passengers
per car as against 2.46 for the "A's''
and 242 for the "C's." The COM
bined average showed slight in
crease over that of July-being 2.46
now and 2.14 in July.
Traffic Director william A. Van
DuZer, as administrator of local
defense transportation, will preside
at the meeting,
Evening star., 1943-09-23
BISMARCK SEA VICTORY
Double Line of Allied Bombers Smoshes
At Jop Convoy; Ships Go Up in Smoke

The sinking of % ships the dro,onino of $1,000
Japanese tn the Battle OF Bismarck Sea by Army
de as proof OF their contention that force afoat
can eTtst against coordnated attack planes
IN the Coral Sea battle planes
and American sought out the carriers opposing task
force ana destroyed several of them Planes from
necessarily small ones carrying lighter bomb
land based planes At Mdaoay the great Flying
ForeSse took of and the first to bomb the enemy
They operated from high altitude the enemy ships
usually succeeded in Avoiding the bombs by quick OF
the helm At Bismarck Sea the enemy feet by every
thing almost at once, hlepel bombing
skip bombing and deck Strdfng.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Johnson Supports Plan
To Turn Senate GARAGE
Into Sleeping Center
Soldiers Already Provided
With Adequate Lodgings,
.Tolon Is Informed

Winfree Johnson, chairman of the
Servicemen's Lodging Committee,
today announced the committees
support Of proposal by Represent
ative Tolan, Democrat, of California
that the Senate garage be converted
into sleeping center for servicemen
waiting for trains at the Union
Station.
In letter to Mr.. Tolan. however
Mr.. johnson stressed that service
men already are being provided with
adequate overnight lodging here.
Many still sleep at Union Station
while waiting for trains, he admit
ted, but this problem will be largely
relieved through the opening on
October Is of the United Nations
Service Center on Union Station
Plaza, in quarters formerly occupied
by the Capitol Park Hotel
Resolution Sponsored.
Mr.. Tolan, who said he found
about 1000 servicemen sleeping on
the floors, benches and counters
when he visited the Union Station
early Sunday morning, is sponsoring
a resolution which would convert
the Senate garage into sleeping
haven for service personnel APP
proximately 2,400 men could be
lodged in the garage if double
decker cots were placed in the
1000 square feet of floor space, now
Estned dof the parkingsnf 185 Uorasres-
sional cars, he estimated today.
Mr.. r.Johrison, who planned to con-
fer with Mr.. Tolan today on garage
conversion proposal, said he wished
to correct the Representatives i'm
preston that little or noting is be-
ing done now to house visiting serv-
icemen.
Early Sunday morning when Mr..
Tolan found men sleeping on
benches in Union Station, only 2,201
of the 2,340 beds provided for serv-
icemen here were being utilized, Mr..
johnson said. OF 406 beds made
available for colored servicemen by
the lodging committee, only 268
were occupied.
$50 Beds Vacant.
More than $50 beds were vacant
in the Memorial Bridge Recreation
Area, while at the Christ Church
center, 3100 o street NV, % of the
cots were unoccupied. A truck
stopped at Union Station every hour
Saturday night to transport any
servicemen who wished to sleep at
the Memorial Bridge center, he
added.
Mr.. Tolan said he understood
some men had been taken to the
Memorial Bridge Area from Union
Station Saturday night and had
returned to the station because
there was no room. Mr.. johnson,
on the other hand, reported that
only 40 men accepted the offer of
transportation from the station and
that cots were available for several
times that number.
Evening star., 1943-09-23

on the wheel that started my ma
chine guns squirting. could see
tracers and big stuff coming from
the ship. was pulling the bomb
switch when a bullet came through
the Plexiglas canopy-.30-caliber, 1
found later. I couldn't see a man
on deck. The gun crews were we'll
hidden. let my two 500-pound
bombs 60 now, just as I used to
release them on calm days to skip
against that old wreck at Port
Moresby.
Shock Rocks Plane.
Wham! I got it just as passed
over the ship. or Adam La Zonga
(my plane) shuddered with the blow.
The plane was named for the great
lover of the Lii Abner strip and
Adam sure could take it. There
was something wrong with the right
wing and the plane wasn't flying
right. I thought had been hit
with ack-ack. Capt. Clark told me
later that I had clipped off the top
of the ships radio mast. There was
a dent on the front surface of my
wing 6 inches deep.
In the same second got a kick
in the pants from the explosion of
Capt. Clark's bomb. Some OF our
planes were equipped with cameras
as reconnaissance planes for the
ground forces. Capt. Clark's plane
got picture of my ship" taken
just as my bombs exploded. It also
showed that one of his bombs had
skipped right over the ship.
We got the number of the ship
as we passed over and checked 1t.
1t was the Temei Maru, an 5000
ton cargo ship. The Tenet Maru
was familiar caller at the port
of San Francisco before the war.
There was a warship off to my
left throwing up a lot of stuff. I
executed violent series of zooms,
diving and soaring to keep their
gunners from holding bead on me.
Nothing hit me.
What had happened to my ship"
Evening star., 1943-09-23
ArmY-Navy E Given
Briggs Clarifier Co.
byAdmiraI Woodward
Plant Workers Praised
For Efforts During
Floods on Potomac

At ceremony on the grounds of
the Briggs Clarifier Co., River road,
Bethesda, yesterday the Army Navy
"E" award for outstanding accom-
plishment was presented to en-
ployes and management by Rear
Admiral G. H. Woodward, chief of
the Navy Incentive Division. The
award was accepted by Southwick
Walbridge Briggs, general manager,
and Chase Donaldson, president.
The Importance of oil in modern
mechanical warfare and the value
OF Oil filters, which the Briggs firm
designs and manufacture for fight
ing ships, was emphasized by Ad-
miral Woodward.
THE e has never been lightly re-
garded nor easily won and held in
the fleet" Admiral Woodward said.
THE fact that less than two and
one-half per cent of eligible war
plants now fly this coveted banner
is proof that the E. is given only
In recognition of outstanding ac-
complishment," he declared.
Lauds Workers.
Admiral Woodward concluded his
speech with an unusual tribute to
the fighting spirit shown by Briggs
workers a year ago during the Po-
tomoc f1ood.
AT that time" said Admiral
Woodward, you proved that you
fully understood the Importance oi
your production and the necessity
for avoiding delay by working. IL
hours to remove equipment from
flood waters. Although machinery
was in some cases 10 feet under
water, deliveries continued .unin-
terruptedly. That is the spirit that
wins wars. The men in the fleet
would be proud to see that your de-
termination matches their own"
Receiving the award flag for the
company, Mr.. Donaldson assured
Admiral Woodward of the determi-
nation of every man and woman of
Briggs to keep the, "E" for which
they had worked SO hard. 1--WE all
know" he said, that today is only
the beginning OF our fight. It's up
to us now to prove that we can fol-
low a good start by a strong finish"
Maj. Gen. c. NJ Wesson, former
chief of ordnance, now senior assist
ant administrator of the Office of
the Lease Lend Administrator, pre-
sented award pins to representatives
of the Briggs plant in Georgetown
and the one on River road, and to
the Office force.
Pins Are Presented.
/ Pins were presented by Gen.
Wesson to James Davie Roberge,
representing the Industrial Plant.
Harrison Nichols of the Refill Plant
and Georgia Regn Of the General
Offices.
The ceremony was opened by the
Advance of Colors by the National
Guard of Honor of the American
Legion, Capt. James Clark COM
manding. The Navy School of
Music Band furnished the music.
Introduction of Admiral Woodward
was made by Cecil Hopkins, assist
ant treasurer of the company who
was master of ceremonies. The "E"
flag was raised by the Color Guard
of Costello Post No. Is, Ameri-
can Legion, Adjt. Gen. Hardy
commanding.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Restaurant Employe
ScoIded in Accident

William H. Bordeau, %, Of s22
F street NV, an employe Of the
Mayfair Restaurant. sat Thirteenth
street NV, was scalded early today
when he slipped and fell while emp
tying hot water down drain at the
restaurant.
Mr.. Bordeau suffered first and
second degree burns on the thighs,
both hands and left arm. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital in a
police car.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
BY the Associated Press


A controversy over whether mill
tary discipline should supersede
seniority privileges in the case of
war plant guards is expected to be
resolved by the War Labor Board in
favor of the military.
A WLB panel, it was learned to-
day, has agreed on a recommended
order which would permit the guards
to maintain their union member
ship and negotiate a contract, al
though separate from the contract
for the main bargaining unit at the
plant.
Nothing in the contract, however,
could interfere with military dis
cipline.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Initials Are q Necessity

COFFEYVILLE, Kans. [P.-Army
flying instructors customarily ad-
dress students by their last names
but not 1t. Rolla r. Meats. All five
OF his students are named Anderson.
Evening star., 1943-09-23

BEFORE AND AFTER THEY SKIPPED THEIR BONdBS-This
picture taken from Royal Australian Beaufghter shows
the planes of Capt Chudob narrator Capt Clark his
night leader bearing down the Tenet Maru 80O0ton
cargo vessel and of the % ships destroyed
Sea engagement Capt. Clarks plane in Note the
smoke of a ship burning the horizon.
Evening star., 1943-09-23

Beaufighters Masthead
A-20s Height
Jap Convoy
Planes are flying from LETT to
right. Each leUel passed oDer
the conDoy a minute after the
levef abope.
Far ahead and below us on the
sparkling blue of the sea were the
Japanese ships, pushing along to-
ward New Guinea in an oblong for
nation.
got my first sight of the battle
when ship ahead and to the left
blew up throwing flames half mile
into the air. I thought it was a
destroyer, but the destroyer I had
marked in that position slowly
pulled away revealing tanker be-
yond 1t sending up flames and smoke
from stem to stern.
The destroyer, which looked like
. battleship, didn't fire for while
and then opened up. It had plenty
OF fire power against planes-I could
see that. The symmetrical pattern
OF the convoy broke now as the
ships zig-zagged in all directions.
We were now about opposite the
Evening star., 1943-09-23

CHAPTER v.
BY CAPT EDWARD CHUDOBA.
As told to
GEORGE KENNEDY, -
Star Staff Correspondent
We moved on the japanese ships
In two vertical echelons. 1t was as
II two Leaning Towers of Pisa moved
forward with men dropping bombs
from the various galleries.
Here's the way we hit them:
Fighters (Upstairs)
Flying Forts $1,000
80. feet
B-25s 1000 feet
B-25s 1000 feet
Beauighters Masthead
A-20s Height
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Slightly
cooler today. Thundershowers in
late afternoon and evening. Gentle
winds. High, 81, at 3:35; low, II,
at 6:15 am.
Maryland - Slightly cooler to-
day. Scattered thundershowers' in
afternoon and evening.
Virginia-Slightly cooler in East
and North portions today. Scat
tered thundershoWers in afternoon
and evening.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Rotion Reminders. Poge FL
Produce Guide, Poee B-6

supervision over both Maryland and
the District of Columbia.
Some of the work here will be
done in the local income tax Of
flee, at room 1902, Inte4lal Revenue
Building, Twelfth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV.
One of the most important things
for taxpayers to remember now, Of
ficials pointed out, is that the next
regular instalment on income tax,
based on the return filed last March,
is due and payable on or before
June Is week from next Tuesday.
The money paid in by the tax
payer in March and June will be
added to the per cent Victory tax
deduced from salaries and wages
from July l to June 30, and to the
cash withheld from envelopes by
the new withholding tax beginning
next month. to build up a taxpay-
ers' credit for all taxes due under
the new law.
Presses Prepare Forms.
The exact amount of money due
the Government will be calculated
on the regular income tax return to
be filed in March, 1914, when ad-
justments will be made between the
amounts paid in and the tax due.
The Government Printing Office
presses are grinding out forms and
instructions to be mailed to the
field Offices.
The first of these will be small
slip, known as employees With
holding Exemption Certificate" :"
About the size of a business en-
velope. this form is to be distributed
by the millions, probably this week.
1t is to be used by the individual
taxpayer. and will be presented to
his employer.
It's purpose is to establish the
exemptions to which the individual
is entitled before application of the
20 per cent withholding tax. Un-
less the taxpayer signs one of these
forms, showing what his personal
status is, such as single. married,
head of family, with or without
dependents, the employer will be
authorized to deduct 20 per cent of
the taxpayers entire pay. These
exemptions include such figures as
S12 week for single persons. with
out dependents; S24 a week for a
married person, and Sc a week for
dependents other than wife.
100000 Agents.
1t is estimated there are about
100000 employers vino are with
holding agents" Other forms are
being prepared, and will be made
available later. One of these is the
declaration to be filed on or before
September Is by persons in the
upper brackets, or those not reached
by the Withholding tax. On these
Evening star., 1943-06-06

declarations taxpayers are to esti-
mate the amount of their income for
1943. Also to be prepared are the
complicated return forms which
must be filed on or before March
Is, 1914, for complete and final call
culation of the tax.
Both the victory tax of per cent
and the new withholding tax of 20
per cent, which absorbs the victory
tax, are only credits toward final
payment of the income tax which
cannot be calculated accurately
until next March when complete fig
ures for all of 1943 will be available.
Some taxpayers will have paid
too little through withholding, while
others will have paid too much, Off
cials said These differences will
have to be adjusted. Few people will
have paid through withholding ex-
actly the amount of the tax found
due, officials believe
Bill Being Checked.
The revenue bill, modified pay
as-you-go measure, was received at
'iAN "l41CC 41ouoC udy anu lC-
ferred by President Roosevelt to his
advisers for check. Customarily it
would 60 to the Treasury, the De-
partment of Justice and Budget Bu-
reau.
Briefly the plan provides for
abatement or forgiveness of 100 per
cent for each taxpayer owing up
to $50 in taxes for the one year,
1912 or l943, in which he had the
smaller taxable income; a fiat $50
abatement for each peson whose
abatement year 1942 or 1943) tax
bill is between $50 and S6667; and
an abatement of IS per cent for all
persons with an abatement year bill
over $66.67, with the remaining 25
per cent to be paid half on March
IS, 1914 and half on March Is, 1915,
in addition to current taxes. Per-
sons in the $50 to $6667 classifiica-
ton also would pay off their small
remaining debt in two such INSTALL
mentS.