Pay, Navy. Miscellaneous bills, hearing, 78th Congress, 1st session, on S. 1428, to amend provision of act authorizing payment of 6 months' death gratuity to widow, child, or dependent relative of officers, enlisted men, or nurses of Navy or Marine Corps [so as to insure that gratuity is paid to beneficiaries provided for in law and not to estates of deceased beneficiaries], S. 1517, for relief of Marion Johnson and George B. Kress, S. 1542, for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as result of fire in building B. O. Q. 0-3 at Naval Construction Training Center, Davisville, R. I., Mar. 27, 1943, S. 1589, for relief of C. Guy Evans, H. R. 2976, to grant military rank to certain members of Navy Nurse Corps, H. R. 3605, for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as result of fires in tents used as quarters by members of 12th Naval Construction Battalion, Long Island, Alaska, Dec. 26, 1942, and May 26, 1943, H. R. 3606, for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as result of fire at Outlying Degaussing Branch of Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 4, 1942, H. R. 3607, for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as result of fire in tent L-76 at Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Va., Mar. 15, 1943, H. R. 3760, authorizing the President to present, in name of Congress, Distinguished Service Medal to Thomas Holcomb; Dec. 17, 1943.