The White Falcon - 05.09.1942, Page 3

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U.S. Charges ‘AP* With Anti-Trust Violation
The Associated Press today
was battling an anti-trust suit
filed by the Federal Govern-
ment. The suit charges the “AP”
put newspapers unable to obtain
its news service at a disadvan-
tage, and sought to obtain the
press service facilities for all
papers able to bear the traffic.
The Government action grew
out of complaints filed by The
Chicago Sun and The Washing-
ton Herald after their applica-
tions for Associated Press mem-
bership were turned down.
The suit also seeks to cause
the “AP” to divest itself of “Wide
World,” a news and picture ser-
vice, charging the acquisition re-
sulted in a monopoly insofar as
non-members of the Associated
Press were concerned. “AP” pur-
chased the Wide World service
from The New York Times.
Army Checks
The first full payments under
the Dependents’ Allowance Act
had more than $ 4,500,000 in
checks in the mails today, re-
presenting more than 100,000
claims, the War Department re-
vealed. An Army spokesman said
employees of the allotment
branch are working three shifts
a day, including Sundays, to
maintain their slogan, “Keep
’Em Paid.”
New AEF
American troops have arrived
in Leopoldville, Belgian Congo,
according to the War Depart-
ment. They were warmly greeted
by the Belgian population, which
has sworn allegiance to the Belg-
ian government in exile at Lon-
don.
Army Voting
Senate and House conferees
reached speedy agreement this
week on the absentee voting bill
,for members of the nation’s ar-
med forces, thus permitting the
soldiers, sailors and marines to
icast ballots in primary races
this fall.
Married
Ensign Paul Roseland missed
his own wedding this week, but
he’ll know all about it when the
movies his dad took of the cere-
mony arrive. Roseland couldn’t
get away from his duties in the
East, so he had a Navy pal sub-
stitute when the affair was held
at Minneapolis, Minn. There was
no honeymoon, however.
Wayburn
Broadway today mourned the
loss of a favorite son, 68-year-old
Ned Wayburn, who died Wednes-
day. In 40 years of show busi-
ness, Wayburn started such stars
as A1 Jolson and Harry Rich-
man on their way, and was in-
strumental in developing musical
comedies and revues,
Mad Jap
Tatsuo Kawayi, Jap Minister to
Australia, said he would return
to Tokio, “a bitterly disappointed
man because he had failed to
create good feeling between Aus-
tralia and Japan and avert war
between the countries.” TsklTsk!
Court Martial
Pvt. Robert W. Michael of the
AEF in England was sentenced
to two years of hard labor and
given a dishonorable discharge
from the Army for theft of a doz-
en bottles of whiskey from a
store, according to a court martial
verdict. He also forfeits full pay
and allowances. The sentence is
subject to confirmation by a re-
viewing tribunal.
Hedy Lamarr
For a close-up look at Hedy
Lamarr from across a luncheon
table, Philadelphians this week
subscribed $4,500,000 worth of
Victory Bonds. The lovely Holly-
wood star, who called herself
“just a gold digger for Uncle
Sam,” ran the day’s total to
$6,800,000 when she attended a
huge Victory show in the eve-
ning.
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Eleanor
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt de-
clared today that she had been
unable to find any basis for re-
ports that so-called “Eleanor
Clubs” had been organized in the
South with the slogan “Not a maid
in the kitchen by Christmas.”
Canine
“Blackie,” the large dog con-
demned to life imprisonment at
Davenport, la., was executed in
a gas chamber instead at the
suggestion of his owner. “Blac-
kie” ran into Dorothy Whipka,
21, while chasing an automobile
last week, and the girl suffered
a fatal skull fracture when her
head struck the pavement.
Prison
State Legislator J. T. Daniel,
Oklahoma City newspaper pu-
blisher, must serve two years in
prison for failing to pay Federal
income taxes. Daniel was charg-
ed with accepting money from
textbook' companies in exchange
for helping them get their books
approved by the State Textbook
Commission.
Prohibition
Wichita Falls today had be-
come the leading dry city in
Texas, following a campaign
against liquor by the Wichita
Falls Ministerial Alliance. The
prohibitionists won out by 288
votes when a referendum poll
was conducted, closing 140 li-
quor stores and taverns, and put-
ting out of work some 900 em-
ployees,
Cabbies
Cruising the streets in search
of passengers is taboo for cab
drivers for the duration. New
Federal legislation, which bann-
ed the aimless driving, is a meas-
ure to save tires and fuel.
Dr. Porras
The Republic of Panama today
mourned the loss of Dr. Porras,
85-year-old liberal, who died ear-
lier this week of chronic-bron-
chitis. Dr. Porras was president
of Panama from 1918 to 1924, and
later held many diplomatic posts.
Marines
Arthur Corey, 16, of Wood-
stock, Ill., today was the nation’s
youngest Marine. He and his
brother, Roy, 17, enlisted in the
same platoon at San Diego, Calif.,
following in their father’s mili-
tary footsteps. The elder Corey,
Charles, enlisted as a Marine in
World War I at the age of 17,
and was awarded 11 citations for
valorous service.
Bahr
Karl Friederich Bahr was sent-
enced to 30 years in prison in
the Federal Court of Newark,
N.J. Bahr, taken from the liner
Drottningholm on arrival at New
York several weeks ago, was con-
victed of serving as a Nazi spy.
He came to the U.S. as a refugee
student, and had a large sum of
money which the Nazis gave him
for his contemplated work.
Hero Award
Squadron Leader Richard
Morse Cox, 26-year-old resident
of Winnipeg and a Canadian fly-
ing instructor, received the Air
Force Cross for outstanding abili-
ty and devotion to duty while
serving with the RAF.
Alaska Road
Sen. A.B. Chandler, Chairman
of a Senate Military Affairs Sub-
committee, returned from an in-
spection trip of Alaska this week,
and said the Alaska Highway will
be completed by Dec. 1.
‘Black Market’
Six men were charged with
operating a “black market” in ti-
res in a suit filed by Cincinnati’s
Regional Price Administration
Office this week. The court action
accused defendants of keeping
misleading and inaccurate rec-
ords, violating rationing regula-
tions, and making illegal tire pur-
chases.
War Supplies
To eliminate future sinking of
ships bearing supplies for war
prisoners, Under-Secretary of
State Sumner E. Wells offered
Japan a proposal whereby sup-
plies will be relayed in American
and Japanese Red Cross ships
meeting at Portuguese East Af-
rica. The Japs objected to an
earlier plan for shipping supplies
under supervision of the Inter-
national Red Cross.
Students
An International Student As-
sembly, bringing together 356
students from 53 membes of the
United Nations, Latin American
and Anti-Nazi movements in Ger-
many and Italy, staged a four-
day parley in Washington this
week. It was the first get-together
since the outbreak of war in 1939.
Clare Booth
Mrs. Clare Booth Luce, author
and playwright, and wife of Hen-
ry Luce, Time Magazine publish-
er, today announced her decision
to seek the Republican nomina-
tion for Congress from her native
state of Connecticut.
Treason
Anthony Cramer, 42, a former
house painter, was indicted in
New York this week for treason
as an aide to two of eight sabo-
teurs who landed in the U.S. from
Nazi submarines.
Zanuck
Film Producer Daryl F. Zan-
uck resigned from his post as
vice-president of Twentieth Cent-
ury Fox Film Corp. today for the
duration. Zanuck announced he
would devote full time to his
Army duties as Colonel in the
Signal Corps.
Draft Boards
Congress soon may be asked
to establish a unified National
Selective Service quota system to
make certain that no local board
is forced to draft men with de-
pendents while boards in other
parts of the country have ample
reserves of eligible single men.
Belfast
In the most extensive roundup
of outlawed Irish Republican
Army members in recent years,
Belfast police today had taken
into custody 56 persons.
Willkie
Not as a strategist or professio-
nal soldier, but as a citizen, Wen-
dell Willkie said today in Cairo
that “I think we are going to
win fairly soon. I don’t think,
though, that the war will be
over soon. The recession of the
Nazi tide has, I think, begun.”
Willkie said he had personal
messages to deliver from Presi-
dent Roosevelt to Stalin and
Chiang Kai Shek. He added that
production in America was such
that 5,000 planes were made in
August, and 10,000 would be
made next August, more ships
bottoms were laid in August than
were sunk by Axis subs, and
tank and ordnance production
are ahead of schedule.
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