Show DR W H M am m washington D 0 WHERE HONOR IS 19 DUE although general Mac macarthurs Arthurs spectacular defense of the bataan peninsula gathered all the headlines praise and honor Is also duo due other high ranking officers who kept up tho the unspectacular but very necessary part of tho the defense one unsung hero who has done a great job Is maj gen george F moore in command of the harbor defenses of corregidor general moores antiaircraft anti aircraft guns bagged so many japanese planes that the japs relish flying over corregidor very much then those there la Is brig gen charles C drake tho the quartermaster who lins has the heartbreaking job of rationing supplies down to almost noth ing another man who performed military miracles la Is brig gen albert M jones ile he commanded tho the southern sector of luzon south couth of manila and accomplished the seem angly impossible lob job of withdraw ing his beach defenses to join the forces of general wainwright on bataan then thero there Is gen james R N weaver in command of tanks to gether with generals joseph P va chom william E brougher bradford 0 chynoweth william F sharp allan C mcbride clyde A selleck clinton A pierce and ar nold J funk ell unsung heroes notel general wainwright should not bo be criticized for commanding part of the battle of bataan from corregidor general macarthur ac cording to those returning from the philippines also directed the bataan battles from corregidor MARKET information LEAKS government sleuths are probing a series leaks of important market information from key war agencies on several occasions recently certain wall street traders havo have obtained advance tips on important moves to bo be mado made by the war production board tho the office of price administration and the agriculture departments department in one instance stanco in cotton brokers go got t wind of an agriculture parity price announcement 45 minutes before it was made public this announcement was supposed to be absolutely secret until publication the market operators not only learned about it but used the information tor for private profit the order banning all nonessential building construction also was tipped oft in advance to certain cartain members of the building trade so too was the OPAs action imposing a price ceiling on fats and oils and allowing an increase la in wool prices word regarding this move looked leaked out two days before the order was issued under suspicion for these leaks aro are certain dollar a year men who ahl while le not directly connected with these matters were in a position to learn about them and to tip off ol 01 business friends MERRY GO ROUND 0 As early as 1939 general hap dillap arnold chief ol of tho the air corps told officials of the insular affairs bureau that tt if he were an enemy lie he would uko like nothing better than the assign ment of bombing pearl harbor ile he pointed out that the navy was always a huddled close together in the harbor that the harbors mouth was narrow making it difficult to get go out and that it was a perfect target for an efficient air attack C fl the truman committee ly investigating ti sensational charges by the low long beach calif independent that southern california airplane factories and shipyards are far behind schedule having been delayed by dost cost plus charges charge slowdown tactics arbitrary union hiring extortionate initiation fees inspections ions it is also charged that one plant scheduled to be in full production last june is far from even fractional production meanwhile local plants stand empty awaiting government orders fl L new influx into washington Is the australian war supplies mission about ISO of them aru coming to town i fl although a democrat congressman vincent harrington of iowa made the republican lincoln day address at lamars iowa last month monh fl JA A government ming 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 fl congressmen are alarmed by the threatened paper shortage which may curtail government printing 0 0 congressional WASTE rookie representative earl W wilon 11 bon of indiana imaginative advocate of a 10 p m curfew for government recently popped up with ile 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 the gravy line and fetchel fetched wiliona wilsona hot retort from representative john rankin of mississippi plus some dark looks from others |