Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Slowing rising temperature today, rather cool, { with frost tonight. Temperatures today—High- est, 53, at 3:30 p.m.; lowest, 39, at 5:10 am.; 52 at 4 pm. From tne Uni. Full Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 16. e Stater Weatner I Details on Page A. Buresu Report. 90th YEAR. No. 35,756. WAINWRIGHT BLASTS JAP MOTOR COLUMN: WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH ' 24, 1942—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. Huge Bonuses 0f War Contract Holders Cited Gore Tells Probers | Pay Increases | Are ‘Scandalous’ (Earlier Story on Page A-4.) By the Associated Press. | Representative Gore, Demo- | crat, of Tennessee told the House | Naval Affairs Committee today that there had been “scandalous increases” in the salaries and| bonuses of corporation execu- | tives, running as high as 700 per | cent. Earlier disclosure of huge bonuses paid out under Government con- tracts by Jack & Heintz, Inc., | Cleveland airplane parts company, | prompted a demand on the House floor that those responsible for such | contracts be prosecuted | Advocating a strict limitation of profits, Senator Gore told the com- | mittee: | “So long as we attempt fullI mobilization through the medium of | private enterprise, we must exercise | care that we do not destroy the | profit motive, but no American should be actuated by a motive to make a profit out of and because of | his Nation's peril.” He said the “scandalous increases in salaries and bonuses were evi- | dence of two things—"inordinate profits and evasion of the high- bracket profit taxes.” Cites S. E. C. Figures. Mr. Gore cited examples of bo- nuses paid to corporation executives, which he said he had taken from reparts filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He said: “Mr. Bror Dahlbert, president of the Celotex Corp., received a bonus | in 1940 of $46,081.14, which was in | addition to a $36.000 salary. Mr. Dahlbert received in 1941, in addi- | tion to his salary, a bonus of $157.- 871.98. One vice president of that corporation received a bonus in 1940 of over $9,000 and the same vice president, M?. Carl G. Muench, re- ceived a bonus in 1941 of $31,574.40. Another vice president of the same company. Mr. L. R. Boulware, re- | ceived a like bonus of $31,574.40 lut‘[ year. “Mr. G. W. Mason, president of | the Nash-Kelvinator Corp., re- ceived a nice fat little bonus of $100,000 last year which, in addi- tion to his salary, gave him the handsome compensation of $225- 731,07 for the good year 1941. How good will 1942 be? The sales man- ager of this same corporation re- | ceived a bonus of $50,000 which was | in addition to his salary of $75,000. Indeed, the compensation of another sales executive was increased from the handsome sum 'f $49,.999.96 in 1940 to $107,144.97 in 1941. Other Bonuses Paid. “Mr. Joseph W. Frazer, president of the Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., received a bonus of $42.000, which was in addition to his salary of | $60.000. The compensation” of the general counsel of this corporation was increased from $19.000 to $28,000. | To be sure, business must be good | The chairman of the board, Mr.| ‘Ward M. Cana ho is not listed as drawing a salary in 1940, was put on the payroll in 1941 for $51.425 Mr. Gore submitted also “some | statistics on the outrageous increases | in salaries of corporation execu- | tives,” listing among them: | “Mr. Clarence Reese, president of | the Continental Motors Corp., re- ceived a 150 per cent increase in his | 1941 salaryv. being increased from | $16,604.04 in 1940 to $49,903.25 ini (See PROFITS. Page Staff Cassell Resigns As American U. Coach | American University lost its di- rector of athletics, who also 1s coach of its football, basket ball and base- ball teams, when Staff Cassell re- | signed today to accept the position of director of athletics at Morn- ingside College, Sioux City, Iowa. | The resignation is effective at the end of the current school term. Cassell will assume his new duties in June, spending the summer months as representative of Morn- ingside in contacting new students. His new post carries with it the rank of a full professorship and he will be director of the department of health and physical education. | of seeing his mates die one by one | boat drill, we were attacked,” the | | fired a shell which set the ship on Torpedoing Survivor, 17, Tells How s Adrift 'All 10 Mates Died By CHANDLER DIEHL, Associated Press War Correspondent. COCO SOLO NAVAL BASE, Pan- ama Canal Zone, March 17 (De- layed).—Propped up in a Navy hos- pital bed, 17-year-old Robert Em- mett Kelley of Philadelphia today described the torpedoing of a tanker in the Caribbean and 21 torture- filled days in an open lifeboat. Last survivor of 11 oil-soaked sea- men who managed to get into the whaleboat after their ship was sunk, Kelley, a mess attendant, was picked up March 14 off Panama by the coastal steamer Annetta I as he lay face down, hope gone, in the bottom of the 30-foot craft. The steamer notified naval au- thorities of its find, and a United States boat was dispatched to bring him here for medical attention. Going to Join Navy. Revived by sleep and warm food but still suffering from the shock and helping with their burial at sea, Kelley met newsmen and said: “I'm going to join the Navy now. I wouldn't join before without my buddy, Wenzel (William Wenzel, Philadelphia, was rejected by sthe service because of heart trouble), but now he’s dead, and I'll join up as soon as I can visit my father and mother.” Kelley reported the tanker had taken on its load of petroleum (at Aruba) February 20. “About 7 o'clock the next eve- ning—just after we had had a life- young seaman continued. “I think from the sound of it, they must have fire and wrecked the radio mast.” The youth described how the aft | lifeboat’s gear stuck and how 33 crewmen then piled into another boat on the windward side only to | be tumbled into the sea when a sea- man pulled the release lever too 1D in 2 [ § i i % C€OCO SOLO, PANAMA CANAL ZONE.—SAVED AFTER 21 DAYS IN OPEN BOAT—Aftér 21 days adrift in a whaleboat, during which he watched all of his 10 companions go mad and die or | step overboard, 17-year-old Robert Emmett Kelley of Philadel- phia vowed from a hospital bed at the naval base here that he would join the Navy to seek revenge. With him is Comdr. 1. B. Polak of Biddeford, Me., a naval doctor. —A. P, Wirephoto. overturning the boat. While vater he heard “shots liki they were firing at us from the sub,” and three explosions aboard | the ship which sank about 30 min- utes after the first shot. “When things quieted down we We were in bad shape from the oil | €T’ climbed up on the bottom of the| boat,” Kelley said. “There were just 11 of us left. Before mcvmlnl,l | e |Gus. 8 fireman, slipped off and we | did not see him any more, “When daylight came we man- | aged to right the lifeboat and bail it out. There were just 10 of us left. —we could not see or hear well for ywo days.” | was lost when the boat overturned. | | Salvaged, however, were 11 cans of | | condensed milk, hard tack, choco- | | lates, a compass and a small diction- ary containing a map of the West- n Hemisphere. “Every one of us who survived the first night was confident that we President Hits 48-Hour Week Suggesfion ‘Sixth Column’ Blamed for Drive On 40-Hour Law By JOHN C. HENRY. President Roosevelt took issue with Speaker Rayburn this aft- ernoon in expressing his disap- proval of the House leader's sug- gestion that the basic war work week be set at 48 hours, with overtime beginning from that figure. | Remarking that many people very | definitely have been fooled by the| storm of opposition to the 40-hour week, the President once more said it is the desire of the administra- | tion not to assist the reduction of the pay level of the average person. | Significantly, in the light of recent | war profit disclosuresphe added that | there is likewise no desire to in- crease income in the higher brackets. Earlier, at the Capitol, Chairman Truman of the Senate Defense In- vestigating Committee told Senator ‘Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma his committee would look into the vast amount of mail being sent to mem- bers of Congress concerning the 40- hour-week issue as well as defense strikes, “Sixth Columnists.” Mr. Roosevelt's latest expression | on the controversial labor issue came | in response to questioning and was prefaced bv a critical discussion of “sixth columnists” who.unwittingly or otherwise are carrying out the evil plans of the fifth columnists. Existence of this inner menace was first so classified in a speech | by Richard Patterson, former As-| sistant Secretary of Commerce. In- | dorsing the statement that such an | influence exists, the President told | his press conference the country | justifiably should be disturbed about | it. Without such an instrumentality, he went on, the fifth column itself SAYS RUBBER PROGRAM WAS BLOCKED—William L. Batt, director of materials for the War Production Board, told the IGHT FINA SPORTS UP) Means As: . ated Press. THREE CENTS. s E'nemyl_osses In Mindanao Floating Mines Hint Effort to Disrupt (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) By the Associated Press. A successful attack by Ameri- | can-Philippine forces on a Japa=- nese motor column near Zam- boanga. in Mindanao, has been reported by Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, the War Depart- ment announced today. Only one of Gen. Wainwright's soldiers was killed, the department said, but enemy losses were heavy. In a communique the departmen: said floating mines have been en- % w w HeavyinRaid 3 w Senate Defense Investigating Committee today that the old Defense Advisory Committee had suggested a 100,000-ton syn- thetic rubber production program in 1940, hut that he believed | President Roosevelt had backed the belief of Secretary Jones that a program that large was not necessary. (Story on Page A-1) ‘Changes in D. C. Housing Bill | such as additional school and hos- | pital accommodations and exten- sions to the water and sewer serv- ices. 2 2 s _ | Five million of the housing fund time housing legislation ap-| .l g, by the Senate to carry | 9 s | peared destined this afternoon 0 | ;¢ 4o so-called Goodwillie plan become involved in a bitter fight | 15, renapilitating nine S s between the Senate and House. :,50“",“.95‘ Washington to provide The House Public Buildings and | modern homes for Government em- Grounds Committee, in executive | ploves. , session, disapproved all €hanges | The House-approved bill did not made in the bill by the Senate, and | ajlocate any of the $50,000,000 for decided to insist on the program | specific purposes. it originally recommended, whichd ~gpecifically, the Buildings and called for appropriations of $50.000.- | Grounds Committee voted to ask the 000 to provide both housing and re- | House to send the bill to conference (Earlier Story on Page B-1.) By JAMES E. CHINN. Washington’s $70,000,000 war- __A. P. Photo, | Planes at Lae, House Committee Disapproves | indicating a Japanese effort to dis= rupt irterisland shipping. More Details of Raid. Additional details of a previously reported air raid by U: New Guinea, March 22 disclosed that destroyed _included enemy | planes | two unidentified aircraft, the de- partment said w Inter-Island Shipping ¥ * w R countered in the Philippine waters, §# g b, 4 nited Nations & on I three g g heavy bombers, 10 Zero fighters and < Four Zero fighters & W and two bombers were damaged, and a direct hit was scored on an am- munition dump. Two American pur- € suit planes were lost. The text of the communique, No. 159. based on reports received up to 4 Eastern War time: “1. Philippine theater: Gen. Wain- wright reports a successful attack by our forces in Mindanao on & Jap- anese motor column near Zambo- & anga. Enemy losses were heavy while only one of our soldiers was killed. “Numerous floating mines been encountered in the Philippine - AL =~ L have < waters indicating that the enemy is ¥ # sowing mines with a view to dis- rupting inter-island shipping “2. Australia: Additional | | | of the previously reported air raids - details .7 v All the fresh water in the lifeboat |~ (See SURVIVOR, Page A-4.) could not effect its schemes. Asked for more specific definition Late News Bulletin Conferees Agree on 125-Billion Debt Limit Senate and House confere es agreed today on legislation to raise the Federal debt limit from $65,000,000,000 to $125,- ' 000,000,000—the level approved by the House. They decided to abandon the Senate’s bill calling for an increase to $130,- 000,000,000 to take care of certain indirect obligations of Gov- ernment agencies. * Mexican Navy Seizes F rench Tanker MEXICO CITY (#.—The Mexican Navy Department said today it had escorted a French tanker into Tampico, but re- fused to confirm printed repor the vessel had been refueling Fifty More Arrested in The Justice Department al 50 additional persons charged ts which advanced the theory Axis submarines. Huge Lottery Ring nnounced today the arrest of with being members of a $10,- 000,000 lottery ring, bringing to 110 the number arrested in 60 cities. The latest suspects were arrested in 23 cities from South Carolina to Maine and as far West as St. Louis. President Studies Army Day Parade Possibility that Washington will have an Army Day parade after all arose this afternoon when President Roose- velt told his press conference that he was planning to ask Secretary of War Stimson about it tomorrow. Ringling Estate Case Settled SARASOTA, Fla. (#.—County Judge Forrest éhapman today signed a Probate Court order approving a proposed compromise of more than $13, 000,000 in Federal income and estate tax claims against the John Ringling estate for $850,- 000 cash. Exira-Base Hitting | U. 5. Needs fo Train ltalian Battleship Hit By Torpedo, Brifish 'Admiralty Reports |of sixth columnists. he said they | | operated through conversation, by | writings, by radio commenting, at | cocktail parties and “tea fights,” as he called them Questioned then as to whether this sixth column is being active in the fight to suspend labor standards | the President said he was not sure | but he pointed out the charge had | been made on the House floor that | the drive on the 40-hour week is an | organized campaign. | | Regarding possibility of control or repression of sixth column pressure, Mr. Roosevelt said he believed to a large degree it will talk itself out as public opinion becomes educated | | to the truth. | At this point, he was asked about Loss of Merchantman Near Malta’ Admitted; Other Sinkings Are Denied (Earlier Story bn Page A-5.) By the Associated Press. lated public works for Government war workers in the metropolitan area. The bill is expected to be sent to conference tomorrow in an effort to iron out the radical differences be- | tween the House and Senate ver- sions. In addition to adding $20,000,000 to the legislation, the Senate ear- marked $45.000,000 for housing and $25,000,000 for community facilities | with the Senate and instruct its | conferees to insist on the $50.000 000 | authorization rather than the Sen- ate’s $70,000.000. | Action was taken at the close of |a serfes of public hearings on the | Senate-revised measure. One of the final witnesses, Henry Rhine, presi- | | dent of the Washington Industrial | { Union Council (C. I. O.), urged the committee to expedite action on the | legislation. Air-Raid Siren Test Success; ‘The District tried out its new ajr- raid sirens in their first simultane- Gives Griffs 5-fo-1 4 Million for Jobs, | | \Victory Over Browns Spence Gets Four; Eddie Lyons Again Stars With Double 'McNutt Estimates Reads Roosevelt Letter Opposing Termination OfN.Y.A. orC.C.C. |ian battleship was hit by “at | least” one torpedo in an action in the “‘past few days,” the Brit- ish Admiralty announced to- night. | | A communique acknowledged that ' one British merchantman had been sunk by Axis attack in an air and sea fight centering around passage | of a convoy to Malta in the last few days, but denied Axis claims to have | sunk British warships. Cruiser Squadron Beaten Off. (The Italian high command claimed today that a British cruiser, another naval unit and two merchant ships were.sunk and other vessels hit in a battle ranging from the Gulf of Sirte | into the Eastern Meditefranean.) | The British communique said the | fight started Sunday afternoon when | the British convoy escort beat off an Italian cruiser squadron. The Italians returned later the same afternoon with at least one battleship. “From short reports so far re- ceived, it appears that our forces carried out most gallant and deter- | mined daylight torpedo attacks on strong enemy forces and one Italian | battleship was seen to be hit by at | least one torpedo,” the Admiralt; announced. < Italians Withdraw. | | The Italians withdrew and made no further naval attempt on the convoy, but a sudden gale delayed the convoy's arrival at Malta and | gavé Axis planes a chance to make a series of heavy attacks Monday, the Admiralty said. | Full details were still being | awaited, but it said “enemy claims | LONDON, March 24.—An Ital- | . possible infringements on freedom of the press as a means of restrict- ing the sixth column. He remarked | in response that freedom of the press | is partly a matter of judgment and } that in his opinion the press is not as free now or has as much in- fluence as used to be the case. It was then that he declared with- out qualification that he believed that many people very definitely | have been fooled on the 40-hour | issue. | In a letter to Senator Truman, | Senator Thomas earlier referred to (See LABOR, Page 2-X.) President to Consider Barracks for Workers President Roosevelt said-late today | he believed a suggestion for using Army barracks on the Arlington Ex- | perimental Farm to house some‘ Government workers would bear | looking into. | When asked for comment at his | presé conferenee on a proposal that | the barracks be used instead of | building dormitories on the Mall, the | would house. Told they should take | | care of about 1000, he indicated he | American Volunteer Group fiyers, | would investigate the proposal. Late Races | Earlier Results, Rossvan's, Other Slections and Entries for Tomorrow | | on Page 2X. pical Park Tro| PFOURTH RACE—Purse. $1.000: N 3-year-olds: 6 l\ll’longs ':hl‘llll 3 : claim- ous test this afternoon and found them satisfactory, so far as they applied to the areas in which they were installed. There was no doubt this time that they were heard on the streets. Pe- destrians. as well as people in stores and downtown business offices, were startled by the noise. “You can hear these all right,” was the comment on the sidewalks as shoppers, their conversation in- | terrupted by the mournful wail, re- | called the city’s previous unsuccess- | alarm. | ful experience with air-raid alarms. | Col. Lemuel Bolles, director of ci- vilian defense, said he had heard | the alarm “very well” in his office | the Capitol Garage Building. in the District Building, and that he was satisfied the sirens are sat- isfactory. Their overall efficiency, he ex- Louder Device Trial Tomorrow | | plained. will depend on reports re- | ceived during the next day or two Residents who did not hear the by Australian and American Army‘ . planes at Lae, New Guinea. on .0 March 22 have been received by the War Department. € v Three Bombers Dertoyed. ~ “The rajd was conducted by & composite* force consisting of four efigy flying fortresses and nine P-40 J< fighter planes of the American Army and two Hudson bombers of the Au- gy stralian Air Force. < “It has been determined that enemy planes destroyed in this raid €y | include three heavy bombers, ten < ‘Zero' fighters and two unidentified | aircraft. In addition four ‘Zero' fighters and two bombers were dam- aged. A direct hit was scored on an ammunition dump. Two American P-40 planes were lost “3. There is nothing to report from other areas.’ sirens have been requested to write | tbut not telephone), Capt. H. A. Friede, head of the District com- | munications system. b Meanwhile, plans went ahead for a test at 11:3¢ am. tomorrow of an air-raid siren said to be more of 8 MADRID, March 24 —Reorganiza= noisemaker than 1000 of those tried tion of the affairs of the Bank of today. Developed especially for the | spain is provided for in a law signed Office of Civilian Defense. it has py Chief of State Francisco Franco, been tested on Manhattan Bridge in it was announced today New York and found to have everv-| " The move. it was said, will per- thing needed in the way of an mit the bank to ‘regularize” its books to correct problems carried Offly one of the machines has over from the civil war period. It | been manufactured so far. This| calls for the establishment of a& | Has been installed on the roof of commission to superintend the work Its and gives the Government repre- | operation will be continued suffi-| sentative on the commission full ciently long for it to be fairly tested | powers to execute the reorganization. by reports from specified sections of | * Under two articles of the law pub- the city. lished in the official bulletin, the By the Associated Press Surprise U. S. Attack Wrecks 7 Jap Planes at (Earlier Story on Page A-1) | President first asked how many they | By the Associated Press. NEW DELHI, India, March 24— bank is allowed to eliminate from its books all bank notes issued by the Leftist government during the three-year civil war ended in 1939 and it is declared under no obliga=- | tracted by the Leftist civil war gov- Thai Airfield e 3 The raid was carried out in the e |face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, Markets at a G|unce Spain fo Reorganize Bank ¥ And Disown Leffist Debts e w Ead g = Dl s A w tion to pay any of the debts con- @& I < |while a simultaneous attack was | striking swiftly and unexpectedly, |launchéd on a Japanese base at wrecked at least seven Japanese|Lampun, about 10 miles southeast NEW YORK, March 24 (®— § Stocks steady; motors and spe- cialties advance. Bonds even; planes and probably disabled as many more in a smashing attack early today on an enemy airdrome at Chiengmai, northern terminus of the Thailand Railway from Bang- kok. of Chiengmai. There were no de- | tails immediately available on the damage inflicted in this attack, the | communique said. | | When the American Volunteer Group left Chiengmai, the head- huge turnover in rail loans. Cotton firm: heavy price-fixing. CHICAGO.—Wheat higher, in sympathy with cotton. So unexpected, was the attack, [quarters report announced, “there according to a communique from } were seven fires on the ground and Allied air headquarters in Burma, one contained three planes. Seven that 40 planes were unable to take to 10 planes were disabled com- Mrs. MacArthur Shops, Trailed : | i ompson ) 40 2 TOTALS. (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) | to have sunk British warships are | n 18.50 :'80 off from the airport. They included | pletely and several others probably | Cassell succeeds J. M. Saunder- gon, one of the oldest athletic di- rectors in the country, who is re- tiring after 30 vears’ service. News of _his departure from American University, where he has headed the physical education departmént for the last two years, was a surprise | to his most intimate friends. He re- Jected one offer before Dr. Earl A. Rodman, president of Morningside, made a personal trip to Washing- ton to persuade him to accept. Cassell graduated from American | University in 1936 and has been offi- cially associated with it since then, occupying successive posts of fleld representative, assistant football coach to Gus Welch and finally coach of all sports. GUIDE FOR READERS . Page. Page. Amusements, Lost, Found, A-3 ‘B-18 | Obituary . A-10 | B-16-17 | Radio B-16 Editorials A-8 | Society B-3 | Editorial | Sports __A-13-14 Articles __ A-9 | Where to | Pinance ____A-16| Go ......B-13 Legal ‘Woman'’s Notices _ B-15! Page _ Complete Index on Page A-1; Comics B-12 Nationals Browns By BURTON HAWKINS, Star Staff Correspondent. DELAND. Fla. March 24— | Dutch Leonard and Rookie Har- din Cathey restricted the St. Louis Browns to seven hits here today as the Nationals registered a 5-1 victory, their 11th in 15 exhibition games. FIRST INNING. NATIONALS—Case flled to Cul- lenbina = Spence singled to center. Campbell singled to center, but Spence was out -trying for third, Laabs to Gutteridge. Vernon flied to Laabs. By J. A. O'LEARY. The United States will have to train 4,000,000 persons for the home front—for work in war in- dustries—Federal Security Ad- | ministrator McNutt told a Sen- | after reading a letter from Pres- ident Roosevelt opposing termi- | nation of the National Youth Administration or the Civilian Conservation Corps. Mr. McNutt gave this estimate in not the facilities to train them in one year.” The administrator said he was | ate committee this afternoon, answer to Senator Mead, Democrat; | of New York, and added, “We have | | willing to see N. Y. A. and'C. C. C. BROWNS — Gutteridge flied %0 merged, but insisted it would be Spence. Heffner singled to center.| ynwise to put the defense training | Stevens flied to Campbell. Lyons| program of N. Y. A. in with the vo- threw out Cullenbine. SECOND INNING. NATIONALS—Stephens threw out Early. Galle walked. So did Re- pass. Lyons doubled to left, scoring | Galle and sending Repass to third. Leonard fanned. So did Case. One | fun. BROWNS—Galle threw out Laabs. | cational -training activities of the | Office of Education, even though all | of these functions are already in his | Federal S;curiv.y Agency. N. Y. A. to Train 600,000. During a rapid-fire cross-exam- ination by Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia and Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, Mr. Mc- (See BASEBALL, Page 3-X.) ) (See C. C. C, Page A-4) } without, foundation, although one | merchant ship was sunk by air at- | tack.” Maryland Youth Killed In Action With K. A. . | By the Associated Press. EASTON, Md., March 24—Edward | Streets, 20-year-old Easton flyer| with the Royal Air Force, has been “killed in action.”. his father said today. The fgther, Howard Streets, said the brief cablegram from the British Air Ministry did not say where his son had been serving or the manner in which he met his death. Mr. Streets said his son had en- listed in the R. A. F. a year ago and was given preliminary training in the United States and in Canada before he was sent to England. The flyer saw some action there, his father said, and several of his letters home mentioned air battles last letter Mr. Streets had from his son, some time ago, was sent from the Mediterranean island. in which he had participated. Later, | | Edward was sent to Malta and the | P Timy L Also ran—8Smart. Tower Guest Smmll Wonder, Brabant, Oldwick. Lady Golden, Village 'Queen, Bagdad and Peace Fleet. FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1.000: claiming; 4-year-olds and upward: 6 furlongs. Welsenheimer (Haskell) 820 250 3 flg 330 260 dhRemote Control (8trickler) 4] dnyotum (MeCreary) ime. 1:12 . Also rlndgnlh Tin Pan Alley. Lady Duke Tower. d heat for second position. $1.200; ot Lyonors, dh Dead allow. SIXTH RACE—Purse. miles. ances; 4-year-olds and upward In Question (McCreary) 3.40 Displayer (8curlock) Magter, Kes (Thompson) 1044, Al ran—Cherry Trifie, Choepy Sea. SEVENTH RACE_Purse, $1.000: claim- ing: 3-year-olds: 1 miles Bostee (Meade) 540 380 280 A One_(Thompson 580 340 Automaton (McCreary) 2390 Also"" raneWhiscendent. Spread Eagle, siiver Grail and Clip Clop. Qaklawn Park THIRD RACE—Purse. O e Vl’fll " Bbam T) o8 890 Saling | | 700 special 4 _turiongs Beam (el 340 Kelpe § a0, fl;»'.("’! = 8.00 n—Lo; Trip, Shasta Piddle. reenock Coin. Cotpiay: Fence” Trade. 7 8ood A tField. | tu’l’hllmblll) FOURTH RACE—Pui 5 Avion, (Wnlune (GlidewelD) A \—Bright ] . Cal, Count AT I, e et o comy several transport planes, as well as | fighters and bombers. were disabled. Many others were | damaged.” Fierce Raids on ‘May Decide Fate of Australia This dispatch was filed from Port Moresby before today’s two- wave Japanese raid described in Melbourne dispatch on page A-1, but was recetved here later. By the Associated Press. PORT MORESBY, New Guinea, March 24—The Japanese are pour- ing all their available air strength into their attacks on this battered | (come of this struggle for air su- premacy in the next week or two | may well decide the fate of North- Australian defense post and the out- | Port Moresby in ferocity. But American and| Australian forces are growing in| strength and in aggressive spirit and | the Japanese have not yet found an effective counter to their au- dacious “go out and find the enemy” tactics. Yesterday’s heaviest air attack on this port was a triumph for intantz machine gunners who stood up a blazing machine gun and cannon | fire from four Mitsubishi fighters | and sent two of them crashing| and the third twisting and turn- | i ‘ing in a desperate effort to escape By Admirers By the Associated Press. MELBOURNE. Australia, 24—Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, Marel l’:* prompt and businesslike as the gen« ' eral, was among the first shoppers at an Australian store this morning to do some purchasing for herself. She had had to postpone her per- sonal shopping tour yesterday when she devoted her time to meeting the needs of her 4-year-old son Arthur and his Chinese amah (servant). A crowd of admirers followed the “general’s lady” as she move from department to department buy: such immediate necessities as nee- dles, cotton, yards of elastic, brushes and soaps. She took unwrapped articles withe out a murmur, in deference to the Australian paper shortage, and' seemed to have the average United east Australia, military observers o nigher altitude. The fighters sald today. This is the first Pacific war zone in which the Japanese obviously have been held, countered and so0 | hammered that they face the pos- % | sibility of aerial defeat, these ob- servers said. The losses are mounting as the air war over New Guinea increases 4 k1 were protecting 19 bombers. The third plane was last seen with smoke pouring from its tail. It was considered extremely doubt- ful that it ever got over the lofty | Owen Stanley range to its base. The other two crashed in thick scrub and on a hillside and were shat- tered. | States soldier’s difficulty computin; Australian money when she held out a handful of silver to the clerk and said: “You'll have to take out what it costs because I don't know much about your money yet.” At one counter she paused to give an Australian airman her auto- graph and a charming smile. i 4 w ® w