For the relief of Alice Stamps and Henrietta E. Stamps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Alice Stamps, of Niagara Falls, New York, the sum of $288.10; to Henrietta E. Stamps, of Niagara Falls, New York, the sum of $886.35, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, property damage, and medical expenses resulting from a collision on November 4, 1939, when the automobile of Alice Stamps was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck in the city of North Tonawanda, New York: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 22, 1943. [CHAPTER 325] AN ACT For the relief of Walter R. Jones, Mrs. Norma S. McKinney, and Mrs. Ella Swenson. November 22, 1943 Alice Stamps and Henrietta E. Stamps. November 22, 1943 Walter R. Jones, Kinney, and Mrs. Ella Swenson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Mrs. Norma 8. Mcof the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Walter R. Jones, Denver, Colorado, the sum of $5,000; to pay the sum of $615.50 to Mrs. Norma S. McKinney, Littleton, Colorado; and to pay the sum of $584.50 to Mrs. Ella Swenson, Denver, Colorado. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the death of Walter R. Jones' wife, Hazel Belle Jones, and for personal injuries and expenses for Mrs. Norma S. McKinney and Mrs. Ella Swenson, as the result of a collision when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of Iliff Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, on July 23, 1941: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 22, 1943. [CHAPTER 326] AN ACT For the relief of the Pacific Construction Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States, be, and he hereby is, authorized November 22, 1943 Pacific Construction Company, Ltd. November 22, 1943 [H. R. 3331] [Private Law 137] Harry L. Smith. December 3, 1943 W. I. Dooly. Dec. 3, 1943 and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Pacific Construction Company, Limited, for loss sustained by expropriation of lumber and building materials at Haleiwa, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, by the United States Army on and after December 7, 1941, and to allow in full and final settlement of said claim not to exceed $2,604.55. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $2,604.55, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of said claim: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Harry L. Smith, of Manteo, North Carolina, for $236.06, as the amount of damages to his automobile caused by transporting a wounded soldier to a hospital in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on February 2, 1942, at the request of a lieutenant in the United States Army and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim not to exceed $236.06. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $236.06, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the claim. Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of W. I. Dooly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of W. I. Dooly, of Conasauga, Polk County, Tennessee, for compensation for the value of his undivided one-half interest in tract numbered 766d, containing one hundred and twenty-four and three one-hundredths acres, in Fannin County, Georgia, which was included with other lands acquired by the United States pursuant to condemnation proceedings instituted March 21, 1936 (case numbered 1928 at law), in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, and in which final judgment was rendered on October 5, 1936. Approved December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 335] AN ACT For the relief of Eddie Percle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Eddie Percle, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his wife, Mrs. Octavie Landry Percle, when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, on June 27, 1940, near Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana : Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 336] AN ACT For the relief of the Grafton Boat Works. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Grafton Boat Works, of Grafton, Illinois, the sum of $240, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for compensation for storing a boat belonging to the National Youth Administration during the period from December 1, 1940, to April 1, 1942: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 337] AN ACT For the relief of the Milford Trust Company and Blanche R. Bennett, as administrators of the estate of Charles E. Reed, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Milford Trust Company and Blanche R. Bennett, of Milford, Delaware, as administrators of the estate of Charles E. Reed, deceased, the sum of $4,155, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for com December 3, 1943 Eddie Percle. December 3, 1943 [S. 862] [Private Law 140] Grafton Boat Works. December 3, 1943 [S. 950] [Private Law 141] Charles E. Reed, estate. December 3, 1943 [S. 1008] [Private Law 142] Gerald G. Woods. December 3, 1943 [S. 1246] [Private Law 143] Ervin S. Finley. pensation for damage to a farm building and certain machinery and equipment therein, owned by such estate, which resulted when a United States Army airplane crashed into such building on July 18, 1942: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 338] AN ACT For the relief of Gerald G. Woods. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Gerald G. Woods, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the sum of $71.90, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement for expenditures made by him as commander of flotilla numbered 301, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, for rations for members of such auxiliary engaged in operating a Coast Guard patrol boat: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 339] AN ACT For the relief of Ervin S. Finley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ervin S. Finley, of Sumter, South Carolina, the sum of $500, in full satisfaction of his claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him when he was struck by a Government-owned truck operated by a civilian employee of the Army Air Corps at Shaw Field, South Carolina, on September 15, 1942, and for reimbursement of medical and hospital expenses incurred by him as a result of such injuries: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1943. For the relief of Pan American Airways, Incorporated. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Pan American Airways, Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, for $2,681.82 as the value of two dry ice boxes belonging to it which were stored in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, and which were received from storage by a representative of the United States Army and placed on board the United States Army transport Royal T. Frank in the mistaken belief that they were boxes belonging to the United States Navy which the Navy had agreed to lend to the Army, and which two boxes belonging to Pan American Airways, Incorporated, were lost when that vessel was destroyed by enemy submarine action, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim not to exceed $2,681.82. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,681.82, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the claim: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 341] AN ACT For the relief of certain officers and employees of the foreign service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of war conditions. any Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is hereby appropriated, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money, which sums represent the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost by the claimants as a result of war conditions: Theodore C. Achilles, $5,837.50; Henry E. Stebbins, $411; Henry M. Wolcott, $104; William Nicholas Carroll, $1,707; George K. Donald, $3,593.50; James G. Carter, $12,000; Myles Standish, $900; Sam E. Woods, $650; Edmund A. Gullion, $860; Harold D. Clum, $7,090.15; John H. Lord, $9,200; Landreth Harrison, $1,170.25; Isabel Pinard, $623; Jule B. Smith, $1,086.42; C. C. M. Pedersen, $325; Thormod O. Klath, $275; John K. Davis, $699.33; Stanley G. Slavens, $355; Donald W. Lamm, $270; Frank S. Williams, $125; Arthur B. Emmons III, $139; John K. Caldwell, $792; Gordon L. Burke, $460; Samuel J. Fletcher, $933.25; William E. Yuni, $100; M. R. Rutherford, $230; David C. Berger, $220; John B. Sawyer, $343; Owen L. Dawson, $343; U. Alexis Johnson, $898.50; J. Dixon Edwards, $50; J. Hall Paxton, $100; Quincy F. Roberts, $952; Kenneth J. Yearns, $280; Nathalie D. Boyd, $1,000; Walter W. Hoffman, $1,726.56; Frederic C. Fornes, Junior, $3,801.50; John H. Bruins, $1,938.45; Addison E. Southard, $8,015; Clarence E. Gauss, $447; Kingsley W. 81077°-44—PT. II- -5 December 3, 1943 [S. 1309] [Private Law 144] Pan American Airways, Inc. December 3, 1943 [S. 1382] [Private Law 145] Foreign Service. Relief of designated personnel. |