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' HONOLULU, March 1 _—Three navy fliers wh

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was forced down at sea and who|

ey : had stabbed fish and sharks with their . pocket knives and eaten them raw -to keep alive. :

"and gaunt from lack of food and

Unable to Save

They were on a scouting missior last Jan. 16, but when they had completed it, were unab .the ship from which § en off. The bomber ' they were able to save only the life raft, not a pound of food or a drop of water. Thirty-four days later, after sailing hundreds: of miles; in their { doughnut-shaped "raft, washed up on a tiny atoll, « “It was like a South seas picture—only {was a dream when we {island,” Dixon said.

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CRITICIZE CO-OP FARM IN STATE

House Group Blasts FSA

' Representatives of five Midwest states are shown at of army plans to put the states on a fotal war production Lett to ri Green, Illinois; Col. Donald Armstrong, Chicago ordnance-district; Governor Harold Stassen, Minnesota; standing are Frederick A, Virkus of Chicago ordnance district advisory board; J. H. Albershardt, representing Indiana; Governor Julius Hell of Wiscongin and Governor G. A. Wilson of Towa.

& meeting in Chicsge in which they were fold basis. Lett to right, seated:

Governor Dwight

‘Mail’ School for Army Is Set Up

MADISON, Wis, March 11 (U. P.).—~Clarence A. Dykstra, president of the University of Wiscons sin, - today announced establishment- of -a -correspondence school

CAPITAL'S PACE 1S FASTER NOW

War Effort Seems Stepped

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munity will help them to win,” he continued. . He said it was necessary that

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apartment and arrested her. “Where's the stone?” they demanded, awaking her. *“In the pillow,” she replied. In the pillow, wrapped in brown paper, was a two-carat diamond which had been torn from the platinum band Mrs. Reich wore when

Madeline Webb

In addition, Miss Webb had to explain having invited Mrs. Reich to her apartment in a Sutton place hotel last Wednesday for luncheon to meet “my new husband, Ted Leopold of Miami.” They had met casually «at the hotel where Mrs, Reich lived, two years ago. Mrs.

ment of “Mr. and Mrs. Ted Leo-

+ Worked as a Model The following’ morning she was found face down on the floor of “Mrs. Leopold's” bedroom, strangled by adhesive tape plastered over her mouth, and . wrapped around her throat. The ring and a

|$500 platinum and pearl pendant

watch were missing. Two days later, police arrested Shonbrun’s uncle as a material witness, He had sold the platinum band at Shonbrun’s behest, but, he insisted, had no idea

Reich disappeared into the apart-|

[the most beautiful girl on’

campus. . She got a few bit parts, a i

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applications for the school which will be held next month, * Approximately 20 vacancies exist in the police department. The vase cancies will be filled by graduates

Lloyd V. South, safety board bookkeeper, reported that only 10 of the applications had been res turned out of 150 issued. He ree ported that the deadline for ree. ceiving applications is March 31. Any male between 24 and 32 in clusive who is 5 feet 9 inches tall

every industrialist, every politician, every worker, farmer, laborer, editor assess the situation “clearly” in order to meet the sacrifices “without hesitation, without faltering, without fumbling, and with single-mind-

for soldiers—only one of its kind where his nephew got it. may apply. in the country. \ Under a program arranged with the war. department, soldiers may

continue their education by mail

she was last seen alive,

After Halleck Describes South Indiana Project.

Up and Improvement

“must do the best they . Encourages Allies.

the circumstances. : ! “I knew our best bet was to go

(n hey traveled hundreds

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" of {war so we shook hands. next day,|-.

.~ house, which adjoins the main store.

south where possibly we could loeg one of the many islands in that particular area,” he said. “We} -¥igged up a sea anchor from a life >jacket and began the voyage.” = | Pushed by changing winds and rowing with their hands a pair of .shaes when they were becalmned, miles, They took off their underwear, ~10t. the rain soak it and then wrung ~it out in their mouths to get water. '|On the fourth day Aldrich luckily

vas also consumed raw, an ~ 13th day caught another| fish which : Dixon “just grabbed ' the back of the boat.”

Bitten by Shark Both Aldrich and stila were

bitten on the hands by rks while they rowed. “The sun made us feel like we were being cooked like la Thanksgiving turkey,” Dixon said. #It was on the 33d day we were about to give up, but talked the sithation over and decided wo take whatever was coming real men

‘‘About 9:30 a. m. th drich said, ‘Chief, I nk I see Boi if gone then, he top of & ed island.

41 thought the boy " “but when we came to roller I saw a green-i

drift past and went in pver a reef. | Staggered Ashore We decided to march ashore like merican sailors, but we were too “weak to march so we just staggered, leaning on poles. © 4We knew if it was a Japanese island, we would be shot.” ; Fidler 'mpers were

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Se ———————————— BANDITS GRAB $19,000

HARTFORD, Conn., ] 11 (U. ; P}).—~Three armed men robbed the G. Fox & Co. de ent store of a $19,000 payroll and escaped by automobile. | The holdup in the I's ware-

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Indiana's government sponsored, co-operative farm on which 41 families work and live on a share-the-| profit ‘basis, was described. as the

sional hearing in Washington yes-

Speaking before the house rules committee, Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R, Ind.) said there was a settlement of houses around a barn in southern Indiana, set up by the farm security administration, which neighbors call the “Russian farm.” He was testifying before the committee in connection with a resolu-

|tion to investigate the FSA activ-

ities in farm tenancy projects. Final Action Deferred

The rules committee deferred until tomorrow final action on the proposed inquiry. : . The farm referred to .by Rep. Halleck is located: 10 miles south of Vincennes and comprises 2771 acres sf land purchased in 1938 by the PSA as a rehabilitation project for families” living on unproductive farm lands.’ The land originally was composed

of eight farms and these were com-

bined into one farm unit which now provides a living for 41 families. :+ «Shave in Net Profits Each family lives in a small house financed by FSA loans. They have been built in small. community clusters with as many as 14 houses According to officials of the Indiana FSA: regional office here, each family shares in the net profits from the entire 2771 acres on a pro-rated basis according to the amount of work done by each family. Each worker is specialized in oni or other of the many phases of farm work. One man handles all the dairy work, another the hogs, crops, ete. : The 41 families recently organized themselves under the name of the Deshee Farms, Inc, with regularly elected officials. . * Communism, Critics Cry

Half a dozen members of the house agriculture committee joined in denouncing what they described as alleged communist activities of the FSA at the committee hearing. Committee Chairman Hampton Fulmer (D. 8. C.) said the FSA

“Russian farm” during a congres-|

from the university, Mr. Dykstra said, The university will provide the faculty and the army will furnish an administrative staff and clerical help, he said. From 20,000 to 70,000 soldiers i expected to enroll, Dykstra d. .

CHILDREN HEAR MURDER STORY

‘Tell Truth, Daddy,’ They Say After Stepmother Is Shot to Death.

ROCKFORD, Ill, March 11-(U. P.).—Horace Leo Turner, 51, called in his five children, told them he had murdered their stepmother and asked them what he should do. “I could make it harder for the cops by not confessing,” he said. Four boys and a girl, ranging in age from 8 to 15, stood about him silently. “Tell the truth, Daddy,” one of them said. The others agreed.

Left After Quarrel

Turner told police he ‘had borrowed a . 12-gauge shotgun and driven to the William Mitchell residence on the outskirts of Rockford Sunday night, : His wife, Mrs. Margaret Turner, 32, had boarded there for several months, after a violent quarrel with Turner. : Turner crept up to the parlor window, authorities said, and saw his wife lying on a davenport listening while William Mitchell Jr. 28, strummed a guitar. . Turner admitted he fired through the window and hid the gun and shells in a field. Angered by Charge Police said Turner became “jealous of his wife’s male friends” and angry when she attempted to have "him. convicted: on a “false morals charge.” After his confession, the children went back to their rooms at the children’s home of Rockford and

the Rosecranz Children’s home at New Milford.

has been doing “a wonderful work” but that it has “interpreted the act

thing they desire regardless of what: congress thinks about it.” Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. ‘N. Y.) charged that the FSA activities

tuted’ “plain, unadulterated communism.” . : ;

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PENDERGAST’S MAN BEATEN FOR MAYOR

KANSAS CITY, Mo.; March 11 (U. P.).—Reform candidates defeated the Pendergast Democratic ma-

{chine’s. comeback attempt in Kan-

sas City’s preliminary municipal election, nearly complete returns showed today. Democrat John B. "Gage, the mayor who ‘went into office in 1940 on a “clean-up” slate and headed the citizens’ coalition ticket again this year, had a clear majority over the combined vote of his two opponents, John M. Linger, Pendergast machine candidate, and Bernald L. Glover, candidate of the “unified Democrats,” another fac-

‘QUIT THIS FIDDLIN’,

icizing a recently approved New York City WPA music project, demanded in the house yesterday that

ing. the war effort.

approved for New York City. “Don’t they know we are at

TABER TELLS HOUSE:

WASHINGTON, March 11 (U. P.).| |= L.—Rep. John Taber (R. N. Y.) crit-

“we quit this fiddlin’ around” dur-| I

“He sald that as recently as March| 5 a $940,106 music ‘project had been 1

By DAVID M. NICHOL

jcago Daily News. Inc. WASHINGTON, March 11.—At the risk of being labelled a polly-

in Washington.’

very little has actually been done.

move. Canadian Is Pleased

This is particularly encouraging because the newcomer’s initial im-

The government is a jungle, or bet-

pended without any very clear idea of the goals to be achieved.

things are happening. Such a condition is certain to have its effect on the allies of the United States. Something of the situation was expressed yesterday by Lieut. Gen. A. G. L: McNaughton, commander of the Canadian corps in Great Britain.

F. D. R.’s Spirit Buoyant

derstanding of what it’s all about.”

fined alone to Gen. McNaughton. Army and navy commands have

recent days, a measure most observers agree will step up their effectiveness. : The same feeling was evident’ in the president's press conference yesterday. In shirt sleeves, he mingled seriously with a buoyant spirit such as Ie has not displayed for some time. \

GORDON-BENNETT TO TRAIN AUSSIES

CANBERRA, Australia, March 11 (U. P.).—War Minister F. M. Forde today announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Henry Gordon-Ben-nett, former commander of Australian forces in Malaya, as acting inspector general in charge of training Australian military forces. Military quarters regarded the appointment as “extremely important” because Bennett will be charged with the task of placing Australia’s home army on the most efficient basis possible. Bennett was the target of some criticism for his escape from Sijgapore following the island’s surrender. The Australian government, however, expressed full confidence in him after he explained that his escape was made following Singapore’s capitulation. .

TOOK OWNER ON RIDE

for a two-hour ride in his own auto last night and then threw him “I've never had such a heartening |0ut of the car and drove away with experience 3s here in Washington,” |it were hunted today by the police he said. “There is a very clear un-|{0f Indiana and Illinois.

The optimistic note. ' was not con-{he was unlocking his auto at Ohio and New Jersey sts,” One man took the wheel and the other ordered been considerably streamlined in|Mr. Easton at gun-point to sit between them.

the two men talked of taking Mr. Easton to Chicago. finally decided to drive away without him, one said:

talking with 'Beat-"Em-Up’ Nelson.”

car on Tist st. near Highway 52. The robbers also took his. overcoat, wrist watch, pen-and-pencil set, $33) in cash and cigarets. : They drove off in the direction of | :

ave.

Final Job Up to Soldiers

. Lear asserted, no

“however

He added that wit-

HUNT CAR THIEVES;

Two men who took Emory Easton The pair accosted Mr. Easton as

As they were driving about town, When they

“Tell the police that you were Mr. Easton was put out of the

Mr. Easton lives at 1520 Central

ENGINE LOSES WHEEL; CRACK TRAIN DELAYED

Pennsylvania passenger train, was

tive came off. _The wheel rolled wildly for nearly a mile, doing considerable damage to a signal system and interlocking system with the Big Four railroad. Veteran trainmen said the only reason the train stayed on the track was that it was a middle wheel which broke,

FUNNY BUSINESS

: : The soldier on land will be re-|: anna, this correspondent would like. jreq to “wrest from the enemy; to report the existence of a con-|the territory within his theater of}

siderably encoura atmosphere |operations,” n Be ep matter aggressive and} Few figures are available to syb-|able our sea power and air forces stantiate this impression. Even if|prove to be.” they would be considered mulitary ness to the boundless courage and : information and proscribed as such, [resourcefulness of the American: and it is true that, compared with |soldier is being found on the Bataan what must ultimately be achieved,|peninsula today. Gen. Lear said he did not “want One gets, however, the distinct|to discuss strikes,” but the remark: feeling that now, three months after|when there is a strike—“make them the slashing Pearl Harbor attack [work or fight"—is not appreciated| : things at least are beginning to|by the soldier. : : “The individual who is unwilling|: to work we don’t want picked up|: and sent to us to join combat: forces,” Gen. Lear said. good enough.” pressions of Washington are all bad. It would be better, he sald, fi: ter, a man-made maze, it seems, abr Battalions” ere 1a med oe in which tr | 21001 BNC. SUCH - men SIBEndous Energy 1s ex- ."of building “the highway to 1t Alaska, of being put to work in

takes a little digging to learn that|L@brador, in Greenland.”

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WARSAW, Ind. March 11 (U. P.).|:

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