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Evening star., 1952-09-27
h. Mr.. Jorgensen, he said okay

sub. Mr.. Jorgensen, he said okay,
Suh."
VERY well. Whitaker. That's
three more. And I had four"
The captain murmured to him
self, adding the total.
"Now-dole into that soup tu-
reen an amount of sand equal to
the amount of strawberries you
put on one dish of ice cream"
When Whitaker had finished
the captain said, Gentlemen, 10
minutes before I called this meet
ing I sent down for some ice cream
and strawberries. Whitaker
brought me the ice cream and
said, They amt no mo- straw
berries Has any of you gentle
men an explanation of the missing
quart of strawberries? The Off
GERS glanced covertly at each
other: none spoke. Kay" The
captain rose. You are all ap-
pointed a board of investigation
as of now, with Maryk as chair
man, to find out what happened
to the strawberries"
you mean in the morning,
sir?" said Maryk.
II said now, Mr.. Maryk. Now,
according to my watch, is not the
morning, but Al minutes past 8
If you get no results by 8 O'Clock
this morning I shall solve the
mystery myself.
No Explanation.
When the captain was gone
Maryk began weary crosS-exam-
Iination of Whitaker and the othel
stewards mates. The story. pain
fully. extracted from them. was the
container, when. locked away fol
the night at 1880 had contained
some strawberries-they didn't
know how many. Whitaker hac
been called by the OOD at 3 ir
the morning to bring the captain
another sundae, and had fourC
the container empty. The officers
badgered the Negroes until dawr
without upsetting. this account
Maryk wearily dismissed the
stewards at last.
"It's dead end" said the exec
Maybe they ate the stuff up
We'll never know"
4 The wardroom telephone buzzel
rang promptly at 8 o'clock; i
was Queeg, summoning Keefel
and Maryk to his room.
Queeg was at his desk, dressed
in fresh clothes, his puffy fact
shaved and powdered. Maryl
handed the captain the investiga
ton report, headed: "Strawber
ries, disappearance of-Report o
Board of Investigation. Queeg
rolling the balls, read the tw'
typewriter sheets carefully. HI
showed them away with the bacl
of his hand. Unsatisfactory"
Sorry, captain. The boys ma!
be lying, but it's a dead end
The story hangs together"
did it occur to you that some
one on the ship might have :
duplicate key to the icebox?"
"No, sir"
| "Well, why didn't it?"
;. Maryk stammered. "Why-well
the thing is. sir, I bought tha1
lock myself. There were onl,
two keys. I have one, Whittakel
has the other"
How about the possibility tha
some one once stole Whitaker
key, when he was asleep, anc
made himself a duplicate-die
you look into that?"
Evening star., 1952-09-27
More School Food BOUGHT
By Agriculture Department
By the Asseeiatsd Pross

The Agriculture Department
yesterday bought $2,94O,O00 ad-
ditional pounds of frozen turkeys
and asked for bids on $4,000 cases
Of eggs for the Government-spon-
Sored school lunch program.
The department now has bought
S.250,000 pounds of turkeys for
school lunches during the past
four weeks under a producer price
support program.
The eggs are being sought to
replace q purchase made last
spring, but which the seller did
not deliver. A total of 226, ,459
cases Of eggs were bought at that
time to support producer prices
and to help supply the lunch pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Law Sorority
Today

Miss Patricia Hunter, sophomore
at the National University School
of Law. was to be initiated into the
Omicron Chapter of Kappa Beta
Pi international Legal Sorority, at
"a chapter luncheon today in the
|Shoreham Hotel.
Miss Hunter was last years re-
Icipient of the Omicron Chapters
annual four-year scholarship to
1.-THE law school.
Mrs. Mozelle Crozier is dean OF
the Chapter. Other guests will in
Iclude past deans of the group and
Mrs. Evelyn Krupp, director OF
Province II of the sorority.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
mo, sir"
well, why didn't you?"

mo, sir"
well, why didn't you?"
"Sir, I guess there are an IN
finite number of remote possi-
bilities, but there wasn't time
to go into all of them last
"All we have to do now," Queeg
went on enthusiastically, "is find
out which bright boy on the
Caine has made himself a dupli-
cate key to the wardroom icebox.
Always good to keep 'em guessing
He grinned. Pretty tough, you
think, hey? Well, here's what
we're going to do. It's three
simple steps. Step one. We're
going to collect every single KEY
aboard ship, tagged with the
name of the owner. Step two.
We're going to make an intensive
search of the ship and a personal
search of everybody to be sure
we've got all the keys. Step
three. We test all the keys on
the wardroom paddock. The one
that opens it, well, the tag on 1t
gives you the name Of the guilty
party"
Keefer and Maryk were dunn
founded. The captain glanced at
their faces and said. well, any
questions? Or do you agree that
that's the way to go about it?"
"Sir, do you realize there may
be a couple of thousand keys on
the ship?' said Maryk.
what if there are 5000? Sort
'em out, it'll take maybe an hour,
and you'll only have a few hun.
dred that could possibly fit the
paddock. You can check one a
second, 60 a minute. that's 1900
keys in half an hour. Anything
bothering you. Keefer?" E
Keefer glanced sidewise at
Queeg, then threw wink at the
exec and shook his head. II don't
know how it can hurt to try 1t.
Steve" 1!
Captain. you said a personal
search of all hands," Maryk said.
THAT means stripping the men"
"We're in a warm climate. no.
bodyll catch cold" said Queeg.
with a giggle. II shall personally
direct the search tomorrow"
The two officers went out, and
in silence descended the ladder
to the wardroom.
That night Maryk wrote a long
entry in his medical log. When
he was through he put away the
folder, locked his safe and took
down the fat blue-bound Navy
Regulations volume. He opened
the book, turned to article 1874
and read aloud slowly, in nlonot-
onous mutter: 1T is conceivable
that most unusual and extraor-
dinary circumstances may arise in
which the relief from duty of a
commanding officer by a Subordi-
nate becomes necessary, either by
placing him under arrest or on
the sick list, but such action shall
never be taken without the ap-
proval Of the Navy Department
or other appropriate higher au-
thority, except when reference to
such higher authority is undoubt-
edly impracticable because of the
delay involved or for other clearly
obvious reason. :"
1 (Copyrieht 1852 by Herman Wouk,
Distributed by Doubleday syndicate.)
Ito BE Confined MnndaYl
Evening star., 1952-09-27
The Cuine Mutiny
By Herman Wouk :

gone in. I realize that
doesn't mean much-I mean. to
you and your family, compared to
but anyway, it's sure thing,
and he deserved it"
"It'll mean very great deal
to my dad" said Keefer in a tired
tone. What happened?'
Keefer listened in silence as
Ensign Whitley told Of the sur
prise encounter of Admiral
Sprague'S eScort-carrier force with
the main battle line of the Japa-
rese navy off Samar, in a chaos
of rain squalls and smoke screens.
Roland had been damage-control
officer, and when Kamikaze few
through the smoke screen and
smashed into the bridge, Roland
had taken over not only the fire.
fighting but the coming as we'll
even though he had been hit by
Ia mass of flaming wreckage.
Thanks" said Keefer when he
had finished. II appreciate your
coming"
Whitley nodded. The novelist
put out his hand and the young
officer from the Montauk shook it.
He ran a foref1nger over his
mustache. "I'm sorry, Mr.. Keefer.
he was a damn good guy"
THANK syou, Mr.. Whitley. Let
me see you to the gangway."
Captain Enters.
In the wardroom one evening
the officers were bolting dinner
greedily. impatient for dessert.
The stewards mates served the
cream at last with smiling pomp.
Each dish was heaped over with
rosy Strawberries. The first round
was gobbled up and there were
cries for more. Queeg suddenly
came into the wardroom in his
bathrobe. The talk and laughter
stopped and in silence the officers
stood up, one by one. Don't
get up," the captain said amiably.
Whom am I to thank for the
strawberries? Whitaker just
brought me a dish"
Maryk said, 1--WE got them from
Ulithi, SIR
"Well done, very we'll done.
How much have we got?"
"A gallon, SIR"
"a whole gallon? Fine. I'd
like to see some more of this
enterprise around here"
After an evening of rare good
fellowship Willie went to bed
happier than he had been for a
long time.
Shake, shake shake What
noW?" he murmured, opening his
eyes in the darkness. Jorgensen
stood over him. "I've got no
watch"
Meeting of all the officers in
the wardroom, right away" Jor-
gensen said.
Willie peered at his watch. "It's
3 o'clock in the morning. What's
the meeting about?"
Strawberries" said Jorgensen
In the wardroom the officers
sat around the table in various
stages of undress, hair mussed,
faces creased with sleepiness
Queeg was at the head of the
table, slouched in his purple robe,
Iglowering straight ahead at moth
ing.
"All present now, SIR" said Jor-
gensen in the quiet, unctuous tone
of an undertaken. Queeg made no
response. Roll, roll went the
steel balls. The door opened and
Whitaker. the chief officers
steward came in, carrying a tin
can. When he set it on the table
Willie saw that it brimmed with
sand.
you're sure that's a gallon can,
now" spoke Queeg.
eyes, sub. Lard can, sub. Got
it often Ochiltree, sub, in de
galley"
"Very well. Pencil and paper,
please" said the captain to no
body. Jorgensen sprang up and
offered Queeg his pen and pocket
notebook. "Mr. Maryk, how many
helpings of ice cream did you have
this EVENING""
Queeg polled all the officers,
noting down their answers. Nov
Whitaker, did your men have any
Strawberries"
eyes, sub. One helpin' each,
Evening star., 1952-09-27

Ai jeanne DS1si Stevens. 2 ~. silver sprinE. Nd.
II. both of sol 9Th st. ne.
Alfred Peluzzo; %: 1919 Queen st; ne.
and Doris Simmerman. %. 739 Newton
william Greene. 81. Atlanta. Ga. and Inez
Thorne, "A. 32 Eye st. ne.
Seymour Seitchick. 90, 4110 2nd st. s.w.,
and Jo Riggins. Is, Brentwood, Nd.
Frederick Williams. e. l91I Lincoln opl pl
chester Ssn r Ro5ey, 6;s 27, arlington. Va. and
Marilyn Drumheiler. %, Vienna. Va.
Edward Carter. SO, 1714 8th st. NV. and
Glendora Bethel. 81. 1884 Georgia ave.
Edward KNIGHT. A. eos eoth pl. ne. and
Geraldine Ruggieri 70. 3sQ6 4th st. NV;
Theodore Miller, 30; 33S 35th st. ne. and
AIies Alice Diess DG IS. 1856 5 MassacSusetts ave.
Herman RAISER, 80. 1898 Lamont st. NV,
and Mildred Malofsky. 32 1864 Colum-
ass Sss dlS afES Il 81 4s5 !: 5Ia fts s. Ms ss and
Edward Guffenheim, 20. Takoma Park.
Md. and Alyce Kopera. 23. 1865 Ssth
julius iii Cohen, 80 1411 18th st. Sc. and
Isaac Wharton. IS. 1928 18TH st.. NV. and
Mamie Manning: SO. Bladensburg, Md.
Charles Mulcahy. 20 Winchendon, Mass,
and Teresa Webber 25. 963 14th st. Sc;
George Gunn.. 25 Chevy Chase, Nd, and
Nancy Comfort. "A, 1902 Cleveland ave.
Edward jackson, II. 7e5 Fairmont ct. NV.
and Pauline Pryer. 81. 4436 Ord st. ne.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
.ugosIdv Fete
Is Given for
COuntrynndn

The Minister-PreSident Of the
Yugoslav Council for Agriculture
and Forestry, MIR. Mijalko Todoro-
vic, was the guest in whose honor
Yugoslav Ambassador and Nine.
Popovic gave q cocktail party last
evening. The hosts and their
honor guest received the $50 guests
in the small drawing room at the
head Of the stairs of the attractive
embassy and the buffet table was
laid in the dining room. In ad-
dition trays filed with cocktails
and highballs, orange and tomato
juice were passed among the
guests as well as dainty hors
d'oeuvres.
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Willard L. Thorp were there
and others from the State De-
partment circle included Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Thurston, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Colbert, Mr.. and Mrs. In
gemann Highly. Chief of Protocol
John F. Simmons, and Mr.. WAL
worth Barbour. Deputy Director
of the Mutual Security Agency
and Mrs. w. John Kenney were
among those from that group at
the reception. other including Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Tannenwald,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Berger, Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Hopkinson, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Muir, Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Sweet and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Ebb.
From the International Bank
there were Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. G.
Hoar, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Rist,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Cope, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Street and Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie G. Butcher. officials
of the xport-Import Bank in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Hawthorne
Arey, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace l.. Dar-
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Briggs.
The International Monetary
Fund was represented by Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Jeffers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rene Larre and Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Penson, and from the Inter-
national Trade Organization were
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Strauss,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Williams and
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Schmitter.
The Minister-President was ac-
companied to this country by two
other officials of the council, Mr.
Ziza Vodusek and Mr.. Branislav
Milosavljvic, who stood in line
during part of the reception hours
They will leave today for New
York to return to their homeland.
They have been in this country
since early September touring ag-
ricultural centers and the great
forests of the West.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
to Meet

A special business meeting of
Capital Chapter, National Secre-
taries Association, will be held at
z pm. Monday in the YWCA,
Seventeenth and K streets NV,
for the purpose of voting on pro-
posed bylaws.
The chapters social committee
has announced that fellowship
luncheon meetings will be held
each Wednesday at various loca-
tions. the first being scheduled
next week at the Madrillon Res
taurant.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Mrs. Hoff Leuyes

Mrs. Nelson P. Hoff left last
evening for Wichita, Kan, where
she has been called by the illness
of her sister. Mrs. Russell Starnes.
Mrs. Starnes recently returned to
her home from a visit in Cali
fornia and will accompany Mrs.
Hof to Kansas City where she is
expected to be hospitalized.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
-Stuckey Photo.
MIR. ]. Kenneth Hayre.

AAN1HAAOVH1 ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Werner OF
Arlington announce the engage
ment of Mrs. Werner'S daughter,
Miss Wilhelmina F. Markward, to
Mr. j. Kenneth Hayre, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Howard Hayre
of Arlington. Mr.. Hayre recently
returned from Korea, where he
served with the 31st Infantry Reg
iment, 7th Division. Miss Mark
ward is the daughter of the late
Mr.. Frank Markward.
The wedding will take place
next spring.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
TotuI U. S. TRANSPORTATION

NEW YORK. United States
transportation facilities include
225.000 miles of railways, 3.3 mil
lion miles of public roads, 27,OOO
miles Of inland waterways, 150, 900
miles of pipelines and 5000 civil
ian airports.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Osterberq-L Porte

Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Osterberg of
Barre, VT. announce the engage
ment of their daughter Ina Irene
to Mr.. E. Tyler LaPorte, son OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Harry La
Porte of Baltimore. The wedding
will take place in December.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. c. taW. couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, 1Dait three full days and
receive the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
XVIII.

u
On October /, with Capt.
Queeg still in command, the old
minesweeper steamed into Ulithi
Atoll, a ragged ring of Islands,
reefs and green water, halfway
between Guam and the newly
captured Palaus.
Personal to Its Keefer and
Keith Greetings minesweepers.
How about coming over to-
night? I have the duty. Roland.
The Caine received this blinker
message from a carrier far up in
the lagoon, one of a large number
which had come in during the
day. Willie, who had the deck,
sent the boatsWain's mate to fetch
Keefer. The novelist came to the
bridge when the Gaines anchor
was splashing into the water.
What is that lucky clown doing
on the Montauk?" Keefer said
peering through binoculars at the
carrier. Il guess I'd better ask
Old Yellowstain for permission to
go over"
Queeg, lying on his bunk, yawn-
ing over a wrinkled old Esquire
said, "Well now, Tom. let's see
Seems to me you had a registered
publications inventory due on ]
October. Have you turned 1t in?'
"Sir, I promise to do the in
ventory tonight when I get back
even if it means staying up al
night"
The captain shook his head
1--WE got my methods, Tom, anc
they're the result of a hell of 9
lot Of observation of human ma
ture. I'm sorry and it's nothing
personal but permission is deniec
until such time as you turn ir
that inventory"
Next morning Keefer brought
the inventory to the captain;
cabin, and handed it to Quees
with a shame-faced smile. "Per.
mission to use the gig to visit the
Montauk, captain?"
Permission granted. Thanh
you, Tom." said the captain flip.
ping the pages Of the report. "En.
joy yourself"
When Keefer came out on tht
we'll deck Willie was waiting fol
him, looking dropped despite fresF
khakis and a cleaning shoeshine
tom, the carriers are undel
way"
"Oh, no"
Two carriers went slowly past
"I think I see him." said Willie
Look there. in the gun tub. tn.
twin-forty on the hanger deck
just aft of the hawse. There
that's him. He's waving a mega
phone"
| Keefer nodded. He pulled ;
green megaphone from a bracke
in the bulwark, and fourished i
over his head. AS the Montaul
approached, he roared, "Gooe
luck. Roland. You'll tell me al
about the war next time"
They could see Roland laugh
and nod. He was far ahead o.
them in a moment. He callec
back once more, but nothing
was distinguishable except "'By
Tom"
Carrier Heads to Sea.
Willie and Keefer stood watch.
ing the purple dot of the baseball
cap as the Montauk swung into
Muguai Channel, increased speed
and headed out to sea.
The people in the United State.
knew more about the great Battle
of Leyte Gulf when it happened
than the sailors who fought it
and much more, Of course, thar
the men of the Caine becalmet
in Ulithi. On the old minesweepel
the development of the battle
itrickled through slowly in terst
coded dispatches, mostly damage
reports.
One evening Keefer was drink.
ing coffee in the wardroom, wheI
the phone buzzed. This is Willie
Tom. I'm on the bridge. Mon
tauk is standing in."
Coming right up. How doe
she look?"
Banged up"
Keefer came to the bridge witt
despatch blank initiated b!
Evening star., 1952-09-27

Ito Be Continued Monday.)
Evening star., 1952-09-27

(Copyright, 1852. by Herman Wouk,
Distributed by Doubleday syndicate.)
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-31

ment insurance. Negro children have benefited. just like
white children. from the school lunch program. mr.a
More and more Negroes own their homes because Of
HOLC and FILA. More and Negroes moving from
the sums into modern apartments because OF the federal
housing program. Negroes KNOW who sponsored the fed
eral housing prosrom-and who opposed IT,
Let's be fronk about III Progress hos been slower than
we like but the fact STILL REMAINS that educational OPP
portun+es for Negroes expanding constantly. and in
the south elsewhere; that segregation in the schools is
BREAKING DOWN. that segregation is being ELIMINATED
in the armed forces; that Negroes everywhere winning
the right to vote All this has been happening under Demo-
opposition We also know that the Republican candidate
General Eisenhower is The candidate Of the Republican
Diecrot cooIon Byrd Byrnes. Shivers. Mccarthy. Kem
Jenner. and TE1YE
The Republican party hierarchy TO have CON-
VENENTLY FORGOTTEN that Sen. John Sporkmon
Of The authors Of the Democratic platform at The last
+ona convention And thot he has repeated time and time
again that he will support ALL Of the Democratic pary
platform Not only BEFORE the election. but AFTER the
election we'll. ....
Negroes are Americans Like all other Americans when
Pearl Harbor came they went into the armed forces and
fought and died. They're ehtne and dying in Koreo right
They will fight and die any time their country calls upon
Them
For that reason like all Americans. Negroes
cerned about foreign policy And when they look at the
Republican pory foreign policy what do they see7 They
party controlled by group Of know nothing isolation
ISIS party which stubony foue hi collective security be-
fore Pearl Horbor and which is attempting to sabotage il
again. party which puts price tag national Defense
because worries about taxes than does about de-
Tense That's not true Of all the elements in Republican
party but its Of The Dominant element the element
headed by Sen. Robert A. loft
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-31

The propaganda Of the Republican press radio and +ee
vision is insulting TO the intelligence Of The Neqroes Of The
United States and Of Minnesota The Republicans cannot
TOOL US by bombardng with their OUT dated headlines.
We won't be deceived by their flooding US in October
with positions taken and statements made in July positions
and statements which have since changed If The Repub
cans don't know it. we know thot Congressman Adam Clay
ton Powell Jr is campaigning The length and breadth Of this
land behalf Of that fearless champion Of civil rights Ada
{. Stevenson.
the Republicans don't know it, we know that The New
York Amsterdam News long time taunch Republican news
paper supporting the candidacy Of Ada Stevenson
and John Sparkman.
If the Republican high command isn't aware that The
statement made by Walter White in July otter Spokmon's
nomination is not The official position Of NAACP we know
that it isn't
In resolution passed by the national board Of The
NAACP stated part THIS about The candidacy of The men
seeking the Presidency:
The most fortnight position taken by any Of the
presidential conddofes Of the major parties has
been hot Of ADLAI {. STEVENSON who has made eIeor
his support of efforts TO abolish fibuster through
amendment Of senate rule No. e. his support for FEPc
with enforcement provisions and other necessary steps
TO obolsh racial and religious discrimination. We COM
mend fhe clarity and courage Of his
Let make II crystal clear that as American Neqroes
view civil rights and human rights to be vital issues of
paramount importance in this campaign, but they
the only issues We likewise recognize that fortunes and
best interests interviewer with healthy economy
prosperous nation and world at peace. The Democratic
party by its PLATFORM by its record during the post twenty
years and by the unossaabe character Of IFS standard
bearer Adoi E. Stevenson enthusiastic sup
port
We believe that the PLATFORM that The record and their