Buenos Aires Maru

A picture shows the Buenos Aires Maru stern-down in calm seas with five lifeboats hovering around. The caption says the survivors are about to be strafed.

E.M. turns economist but is behind the times: "Prices are soaring because money is cheap." Actually, most people are broke.

"Enemy attacks on Truk repulsed ... an intense battle continues." Actually, the Americans landed in Eniwetok — the closest atoll to Truk in the Marshalls. The Task Force is maintaining radio silence. Seven more ships plus two corvettes were added to the six ships sunk yesterday in the Bismarck Sea.