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Show Washington, D. C. WHERE HONOR IS DUE Although General MacArthur's apectacular defense of the Bataan peninsula gathered all the headlines, praise and honor is also due other high-ranking officers who kept up the unspectacular but very necessary part of the defense. One unsung hero who has done a great Job is MaJ. Gen. George F. Moore, in command of the harbor defenses cf Corregidr. General Moore's anti-aircraft guns bagged so many Japanese planes that the Japs didn't relish flying over Corregldor very much. Then there is Brig. Gen. Charles C. Drake, the quartermaster, who has the heartbreaking Job of ra-I ra-I tioning supplies down to almost nothing. noth-ing. Another man who performed military mili-tary miracles is Brig. Gen. Albert M. Jones. He commanded the southern sector of Luzon, south of Manila, and accomplished the seemingly seem-ingly impossible Job of withdrawing withdraw-ing his beach defenses to Join the forces of General Walnwright on Bataan. Then there is Gen. James R. N. Weaver, in command of tanks, together to-gether with Generals Joseph P. Va-chom, Va-chom, William E. Brougher, Bradford Brad-ford G. Chynoweth, William F. Sharp, Allan C. McBride, Clyde A. Selleck, Clinton A. Pierce, and Ar-I Ar-I nold J. Funk, all unsung heroes. Note: General Walnwright should not be criticized for commanding part of the battle of Bataan from Corregidor. General MacArthur, according ac-cording to those returning from the Philippines, also directed the Bataan battles from Corregidor. MARKET INFORMATION LEAKS . Government sleuths are probing a aeries of mysterious leaks of important impor-tant market information from key war agencies. On several occasions recently certain cer-tain Wall street traders have obtained ob-tained advance tips on important moves to be made by the War Production Pro-duction board, the Office of Price Administration and the agriculture department In one instance cotton brokers got wind of an agriculture parity price announcement 45 minutes before it was made public. This announcement announce-ment was supposed to be absolutely secret until publication. The market mar-ket operators not only learned about it, but used the information for private pri-vate profit. The WPB order banning all nonessential non-essential building construction also was tipped off in advance to certain cer-tain members of the building trade. So, too, was the OPA's action imposing im-posing a price ceiling on fats and oils, and allowing an increase in wool prices. Word regarding this move leaked out two days before the order was issued. Under suspicion for these leaks are certain dollar-a-year men, who, while not directly connected with these matters, were in a position to learn about them and to tip off business busi-ness friends. MERRY-GO-ROUND . As early as 1939, General "Hap" Arnold, chief of the air corps, told officials of the Insular Affairs bureau that if he were an enemy he would like nothing better than the assignment assign-ment of bombing Pearl Harbor. He pointed out that the navy was always al-ways huddled close together in the harbor, that the, harbor's mouth was narrow, making it difficult to get out and that it was a perfect target for an efficient air attack. Q. The Truman committee is investigating inves-tigating sensational charges by the Long Beach (Calif.) Independent that southern California airplane factories and shipyards are far behind be-hind schedule, having been delayed by cost plus charges, slowdown tactics, tac-tics, arbitrary union hiring, extortionate extor-tionate initiation fees, farcical inspections. in-spections. It is also charged that one plant scheduled to be in full production last June, is far from even fractional production. Meanwhile Mean-while local plants stand empty awaiting government orders, ta. New influx into Washington is the Australian War Supplies mission. About 180 of them are coming to town. C. Although a Democrat Congressman Congress-man Vincent Harrington of Iowa made the Republican Lincoln day address at LeMars. Iowa, last month. C A government filing clerk found the name "John Bull" mentioned in correspondence on lend-lease aid to England. She brought the letter to a superior and asked, "Who is Mr. Bull?" $X Congressmen are alarmed by the threatened paper shortage, which may curtiiil Government Printing CONGRESSIONAL WASTE Rookie Representative Earl Wil-on Wil-on of Indiana, imaginative advocate of a 10 p. m. "curfew" for government govern-ment stenographers, recently popped up with another Idea. He proposed that house members, who occupy two big office buildings on Capitol Hill, be herded into one so that the other might be used by war workers. This was hitting below be-low the gravy-line, and fetched Wilsona hot retort from Representative Represent-ative John Rankin of Mississippi, phis some dark looks from ethers. |