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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 340, 341-DEC. 3, 1943 [CHAPTER 340] AN ACT 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 Comptrol- ler 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 per- sonal property by reason of war conditions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is author- ized to be appropriated, and there is hereby appropriated, out of any 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. Ruther- ford, $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. 709 December 3 1943 [S. 1309] [Private Law 144] Pan American Air- ways, Inc. December 3, 1943 [S. 1382] [Private Law 145] Foreign Service. Relief of designated personnel. 81077--44-PT. II -5

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