Show R W washington D C WHERE HONOR IS DUE although general macarthur macarthurs Mac Arlhur Arthurs i spectacular defense of the bataan peninsula gathered all the headlines praise and honor is also due othel 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 ta the ie harbol defenses of corregidor genera moores antiaircraft anti aircraft guns bagged sc many japanese jap anese planes that the jap relish flying over corregidor very much then there is brig gen charles charle C drake I 1 the quartermaster WIC I 1 has the heartbreaking job of ra dioning supplies down to almost noth ing another man who performed mill mili tary miracles is brig gen alberi M J jones ones he commanded the southern sector of luzon south oi 01 manila and accomplished the seem angly impossible job of withdraw ing his beach defenses to join the th forces force of general wainwright or bataan then there is gen james R N weaver in command of tanks together with generals joseph P va chom william E brougher brad ford G chynoweth william F sharp allan C mcbride clyde A selleck clinton A pierce and ar nold J funk all unsung heroes note general wainwright should not be criticized for commanding com mandini part or of the battle of bataan from corregidor general macarthur ap ac cording to those returning from the th philippines also directed the bataan battles from corregidor MARKET information LE LEAKS AKS government sleuths are probing a ser series es of mysterious leaks of important market information from key war agencies on several occasions recently certain wall street traders have obtained b 0 advance tips on import important 1 moves to be made by the war production board the office of price administration and the agriculture department in one if instance istance cotton brokers got 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 for private profits profit the order banning all nonessential building construction also was tipped oft off in advance to certain members of the building trade so too was the OPAs action imposing a price ceiling on fats and oils and allowing an increase in wool prices word regarding this move leaked but two days before the order was issued under suspicion for these leaks are certain dollar a year ear men who while not directly connected with these matters were in a position to learn about them and to tip off business bus friends GO ROUND As early as 1939 general hap arnold chief of the air corps told officials of the insular affairs bureau that it if he were an enemy he would like nothing better than the assignment of bombing pearl harbor he pointed out that the navy was a always huddled close together in the harbor that the harbors mouth was narrow making it difficult didi cult to get out and that it was a perfect target for an efficient air attack athe L the truman committee is investigating ti sensational charges by the long beach calif independent that southern california airplane factories and shipyards are far behind schedule having been delayed by cost plus charges slowdown tactics arbitrary union hiring extortionate initiation fees farcical 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 41 new influx into washington is the australian war supplies mission mission about of them are coming to town 1 LAI I although though a democrat congressman vincent harrington of iowa made the republican lincoln day address at lemars iowa last month 1 L I 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 C L congressmen are alarmed by the threatened paper shortage which may cur curtail tall government printing congressional CONGRE WASTE rookie representative earl wilson or of indiana imaginative advocate cf a 10 p m curfew for government stenographers recently popped up with another idea hi hb proposed that house members who occupy two big office buildings an n capitol hill be herded into one to io that the other might be used by war var workers this was hitting be ow the gravy line and fetched wilson a hot retort from represent active john rankin of df mississippi plus lus some dark looks from others |