Evening star., 1944-01-18
Navy Fighter Plane
Dedicated al Airport
AS Bond Drive Opens
Series of Events Give
Fourth War Loon
Impressive Stort

HlSll- powered Tangible EVIL
dence Of Washington's bond
buying efforts was provided to-
day as the Fourth War Loan
drive opened, when the first of a
fleet of 80 carrier-based Grum-
man Hellcats, Navy fighter
planes, was dedicated to the Dis
trict at the National Airport.
The airport ceremony was the high
spot Of series of features arranged
to give the local bond drive an i'm
pressive start toward the goal of
sos 100000. At the same time, other
events were taking place all over the
city, including the first visit by Gov
ernment employees to the American
Mariner, 10,000-ton Liberty ship,
moored at the Municipal Wharf At
2:30 pm. the general public was to
be admitted to the vessel for the
first time.
The first of the Districts He'll
cats was dedicated formally at II
am. today by Mrs CaSsin H. Young,
2700 Connecticut avenue NV,
mother of Capt. Cassin Young, who
was killed while commanding the
o. S. S. San Francisco in action
against the Japanese near Guadal-
canal last year Present at the
ceremony were Rear Admiral Law
renee B. Richardson, assistant chief
Of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics,
and John A. Reilly, chairman of the
District War Finance Committee.
Will Bear Seal of District.
The seal of the District of Column
bia was painted on the fuselage of
the plane. Each of the 80 District
sponsored HellcatS will carry SINH
lar insignia.
The plane was brought to WASH
ington last night directly from the
Grumman plant at Bethpage, Long
Island, by 1t O. E. Van Schaick of
the Naval Air Ferrying Command.
The plane will continue on it's Jour-
ney to the West Coast as soon as
weather conditions permit, and it
will be placed in service Immediately
aboard an aircraft carrier.
Money for the 80 Hellcats was OBJ
tanned from the s32,6OO,OO0 worth of
bonds bought by individual buyers
in the District during specially
authorized drive last fall.
Wallace Buys Bond.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau started things
off at the Capitol this noon by SELL
ing Vice President Wallace his first
bond during the Fourth War Loan
drive. The ceremony took place in
the Office of Col. Edwin H. Halsey,
secretary of the Senate, and was
attended by Speaker Rayburn,
House minority leader.
Secretary Wickard and employees
of the Agriculture Department, first
Federal agency to be allowed time
off to visit the ship, were well
coined aboard the American Mariner
today by Rear Admiral Emory S.
Land, Maritime Commission chair
man.
Mr.. Wickard said the opportunity
to come aboard lis an exciting ex-
perience for me-" Speaking to mem
bers of his department aboard the
vessel, Mr.. Wickard said he wanted
to join President Roosevelt in the
defense of Government employees
and pointed to the 81 100000 in
War Bonds bought by Federal work.
ers since the beginning of sales
Mr.. Wickard said that a total of
80 per cent of Agriculture Depart
ment workers pay is now going into
War Bonds.
Ship Open Evenings.
The ship was to remain open until
5 pm. and then reopen between 7:3O
and 10 pm. These visiting hours are
to be observed daily for the public
while the vessel is in port Agricul-
ture Department workers will get
another chance to see the ship to-
morrow between 10 am. and noon,
and other Federal agencies will be
allowed on board on subsequent
mornings.
Opening the national campaign
last night, Mr.. Morgenthau told the
Nation over four-network broad
cast that the execution Of a traitor
and three German officers by the
Russians after conviction for war
atrocities offered the answer" to
what would happen to Axis ring
leaders after Allied victory.
The Secretary took the role of
narrator in the 'hour-long broadcast
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