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Show k EPJnfcliy. WERE T - - . white y oC$ The story ol "Jfjue for PUMP" four ' flve l.r. all 'hat " ,e,t LTLiI Squadron J. They ft&W (n"W "'"i"" , wMdron commander; fn, iecond ln commnd; 'If ks nd George L eir "et order-'- 1 General MacArtbur's T,ddiaonal personnel to al. m ey I Tcebii. General Mac" f JsulKeley be would try W.N.U.FEATURES in close to shore," said Bulkelclv. ine moon wasn't due until 2:30. I was riding in the 41 boat. Ensign Lox commanding, while Kelly had his 34 boat. We'd worked out our strategy. If two destroyers showed up. my boat was to tackle the lead-ing one and Kelly the second. If only one arrived, my boat would at-tack her on the quarter, and Kelly's on the bow. "At flve minutes to twelve Glover, the quartermaster at the wheel, called 'Look-th- ere she is!' A black object was coming round the point, dumping Jesus!' said Glover. 'There she is!' because it was no little Jap destroyer but a thunder-ing big Kuma class cruiser sliding around that point so clear we could almost make out her guns. "I gave our boat a hard right rudder, sneaking in toward the shore where the cruiser couldn't see us. Apparently she was alone. Now we curved out, into firing position, on her port beam, making as little noise as we could, and as she passed, five hundred yards away, Cox fired two torpedoes, but they straddled! her." "We fired two from our side," said Kelly, "but they also missed." "After that," said Ensign Cox, "we in the 41 boat made a wide arc and attacked again with our last two torpedoes Bulkeley himself fir-ing them, and this time two of them hit, right under the bridge. They made no flash, but a good bump and a column of water. But even before that the cruiser had waked up probably saw the wakes of one of the torpedoes anyway she speeded! up to twenty-fiv- e knots and herj searchlight came on and she waved it wildly around in the air. Droba- - marine's empty tubes we stuffed food, and I kept thinking, as we shoved it ere's another square meal for Peggy back there on the Rock. "But that wasn't half of it in addition to the subs-t- he last one shoved off on April 5--there were seven fat lnterisland steamers being secretly loaded with food down near 'Dad' Cleland's dock-med- ical supplies, quinine the boys were dy-ing without, everything they needed to hold on. But how could they hope to get these fat little tubs up through the islands to Bataan' Bulkeley was to find out three days later." "The General in command at Cebu called me In and verified the hints we'd heard of the big Ameri-can offensive," said Bulkeley. "He assured me everything was set. It was to start at dawn the very next morning. That very night, twelve fortresses and heavy bombers were coming up from Australia. A swarm of 's were on their way up from Mindanao to Iloilo, where they were to gas up and go into action. "The bombers were to land at Mindanao, gas up, take off, and blow the be-Jes- out of every Jap war-shi- p in the region, and meanwhile the convoy of interisland steamers would start for Bataan, bringing food enough for weeks. Bataan was to be saved after all. "The General showed me mes-sages from all the other generals who commanded in different islands, co ordinating the offensive. But there was one minor hitch, he ex-plained. "Aerial reconnaissance had spot-ted a couple of Jap destroyers steaming down the coast of Neeros ) UPTEBXSI , was frantic to get ' little fleet back Into ' Tt could finish out started the war with were lost off Ba-- , lost on the escape jut kft only three, and nXt wrecks, fit only jock, Bulkeley'i being left In fighting condi-W- ,i bound to get the sto shape. Did I think jlM to Cebu? Wuld try, and we start-poo- r old boat with her Mi twelve knots, her irijgling like a ship-ar-'i dream of a French edjitar. Whatever she now, it wasn't fighting, lad we didn't meet any sine ihop was run by 4 i leventy-one-year- -i who'd been in the is-s- :t and a swell gent he ; from Minnesota and hulking frontiersman. bly looking for torpedo planes." "Our torpedoes were all gone In the 41 boat," said Bulkeley, "but I turned around and ran astern of the cruiser to draw her fire so Kelly could get in for his second attack. Then we saw the destroyers, but they wouldn't give chase, although I tried to create the illusion of a lot of boats by firing machine-gu- n tracers." "When the cruiser's searchlight came on," said Kelly, "I turned right to cross her wake and came in on her other quarter. She picked me up astern with her lights and began banging away at me with her secondary batteries and guns from about twelve hundred yards. The stuff was going right over our heads in a con-tinuous stream of fire. "But I was good and mad because our first torpedoes had missed," said Kelly, "so I decided to chase her. I told one machine-gunne- r to fire at her searchlight, which was blind-- ; ing me, and the others to sweep hcrj decks to get her gun crews. j "After a few minutes' chase, we bad closed in to three hundred yards so close that her searchlight seemed to be coming right down on us from an angle about like the sun in Then I drew out onto her starboard quarter and fired our last two torpedoes an overtaking shot They were the last two our squadron was to fire in the war. "Then I gave the boat a hard right i day over fifty and ot patriarch ln those aSve name meant 'the lie headman' in Taga- - i peat gourmet, too. r and me out to dinner bottled beer (a great : crab-me- cocktail, irter Newburg, which but 'Dad kept warn--i back, because then i couple of roast ducks, it simple, like the last jnony. Just delicious ;:es and Chase & San-- It was a magnificent t native chow I'd been talked about the war. m felt the show was as miraculous help ar-- tjou going to do when art' we asked 'Dad.' :ed up-- all six feet two :y dignity to think il Tm not going to stay right here and i working for the gov--' dollar a year. When sied with our repairs asoy days we asked 4 the bill was. "We'll V he said. 'You fight Si 'em. It's the least ail big fist, and it a size of a nail keg. Me back here I've ae outfits working on " ' .' i p V W .1 . i y , S j nl Cis'"4iJt Sfcvv:- MVWtMfi1 Lift v.,j rudder and started running away for we were defenseless now except for our machine guns. But the rain of Jap tracers kept right on, and suddenly another Jap ship showed up fifteen hundred yards away. Both started firing their main batteries at me and we were trapped between splashes all around us now, as close as twenty-fiv- e yards. We started zigzagging wildly, trying to dodge the two searchlights, and also the stream of fire which was criss-crossing above our heads like wick-er basketry, and landing in the wa-ter all around us. It seemed like weeks, but was probably only a few seconds. My Junior officer, Ensign Richardson, had the wheel, while I was watching the cruiser through my binoculars. Suddenly I saw a big splash and detonation in the middle of her belly another two seconds, another splash and deto-nation right in her engine room! Our overtaking shots had both hit home! Her searchlight went from bright yellow to orange to red to dull brick-re- d and finally winked out Every gun stopped firing. She was k now. "But I didn't have much time for philosophizing, because thli other destroyer was on my starboard bow, closing in. banging away with her h guns and me with only 50-- j caliber machine guns left" "Kelly got twenty-thre- e salvoes of SH-inc- h steel that night" said Bulkeley. "But there was no doubt that his two torpedoes polished off the cruiser. I iw her searchlight fade out and heavy yellow smoke, arise Her stern was under in three minutes the destroyer put the searchlight on her decks, where the Japs were all running around, not knowing where to go-- and she had lunk in twenty. "But I was running around witbj three destroyers after me, which were firing sU they had, and I could see another one hot on Kelly's tail. That was the last I could see ol him and I thought he was a goner. ,.My destroyers chased me down to Misamis, but at dawn I dove into fl nlace to hide-th- ere were six milei of shallow water where they couldn't follow even if they had seen me. We sDent the day sleeping. (TO BE CONT1SUED) "He clenched his big fist, and it was about the size of a nail keg." Island. Somewhat to the eastward there was a cruiser which carried four seaplanes, but they weren't wor-ried about it. But that afternoon reports had come in giving the prog-ress of the Jap destroyers. Obvi-ously they were heading toward Cebu. Maybe they had broken down our American codes and knew about the interisland steamers, and were coming in either to blockade them or to shell them at the dock. "Why couldn't we have a part in this great offensive which tomor-row was to sweep up and blast Jap shipping and warships between Min-danao, Cebu, and Bataan?" Lieuten-ant Kelly thought. "We could be helpful by going out tonight and knocking off one or both of those Jap destroyers, which by midnight should be approaching the narrow channel between Cebu and Negros Islands. The cruiser never mind her, American bombers would pol-ish her off in the morning." "Bulkeley came in at eight o'clock that night and told me about it" aid Kelly. "My boat had been in the water Just four hours she was upposed to soak for twenty-fou- r before she should be exposed to any pounding, but I asked bim if we couldn't go out with him. 'I was hoping you'd like to,' the skipper told me. Think you can make it?' 1 don't know,' I said, but we'll loon find out This'll be as good a dock trial for her as any.' " To man the boats I called for volunteers." said Bulkeley. "I had no trouble about that I guess they understood by now that any man who doesn't volunteer won't be in the squadron long if I can get rid of him." "They were all tickled to be in on the big offensive," said Kelly. "It was apparently so well prepared that the army had given us the radio frequency of the planes that big American air um-brella which would be spread over us at dawn-- in case we needed to talk with them." "We got out to the island passage about 11:30 that night and sneaked irao were paying their 'Hfty thousand dollars Urging it to the gov-!?ens-until they were 1 waste of time to in-,- et old 'Dad' Cle-l- ;! nd let him go in i them in their swiv-v- & those big fists of :w tow to expostulate 'like that It to Cebu we hadn't c the war started. ; Hie men all got paid spectacle. The M going from bar " 5 two thousand dol-y- - If it had been d, they would have as quick, although gained them 5me. back to' their "livelihood, which with the army, 'removing in Cebu, ; aJ began to hear American offensive rolling up from the islands in tim. J- Wch was almost Ammunition. Word '"bmarfaei were ar-- li wound. The ?t night and by wiped until our cause they were 5'fr or .oldler J" In a naUv. 8et to ttt. w. workPed nn..ch.d..tow. ub8. but Joking of Peggy ;fang up thereon C Was le" of the them. To ,triPPe(l toe fesVave 'em k?iM u we J em for us with the iub-- - JwMTB'i were into the aub-- By VIRGINIA VALE Released Dy Weitern Newspaper Union. BOB HAWK, CBS of "Thanks to the Yanks," manages to spend at least two nights a week per-forming for men in the armed services. When a camp calls for a show Hawk sends out a call to his many friends in the entertainment world and immediately a well-round- ed show of varied acts organ-izes to help "Thanks to the Yanks." Bob, who taught Junior high school English when he was 18, has broad-cast everything from grand opera to wrestling matches says his toughest assignment was giving a hole-by-ho- description of a minia-ture golf tournament. He's never done better work than he's doing now for the men in the service. Just 11 years ago Lucille Ball went to Hollywood as a show girl, to appear in Eddie Cantor's "Roman Scandals," along with 11 others. You'll see her, as a show girl. In i T ! j - LUCILLE BALL "Meet the People"; she's climbed clear to the top of the ladder in the meantime. Right now people are crowding to see her in "Du Barry Was a Lady." She's the only one of the original twelve who's still in pictures. Those American Youth Hostels that have become so popular get their innings in "Song of the Open Road," for which Sammy Kaye and his orchestra have been signed. Red-headed Peggy O'Neill makes her debut in the starring role. 'I-Leatrice Joy Gilbert has been un-der contract to Metro for some time, but it's only now that she's going to get her chance a role in "Kismet." She worked in summer stock last season, and if there's anything in heredity this daughter of Leatrice Joy and the late Jack Gil-bert certainly ought to go far as an actress. Her father was one of Metro's big stars for years. Some clever lad at MGM is com-posing a new song for Lena Home, who will wow audiences everywhere, the studio predicts, in "I Dood It," the Red Skelton-Eleano- r Powell pic-ture. The song is called, we're told, "Moonlight Sinatra." One photograph of Renee Terry ' of CBS's "Bright Horizon," inspired 341 proposals of marriage imme-diately after it appeared in a New York newspaper. If showed her in her Nurses Aide uniform, feeding a baby in the children's ward of a hospital. Fraak Sinatra seems to like Holly-wood and picture-makin- g; he's go-ing back In November to make "Mr. Cinderella" for RKO, and they do say that the story of the picture Is pretty much the story of the young man's life. When Bob Hope got back from that trip that took him to England, Africa, Sicily and Iceland he wasn't sure whether he'd be able to return to the air September 21 or not-s-aid Bing Crosby would pinch hit for him if he couldn't. He was pret-ty tired, but forgot that when he talked about his trip. "The greatest thing that ever happened to me," said he. And "Believe me, the pro-grams we do from the States are going to mean more than ever to us now that we know what they mean to the men." Last season hundreds of service men had to be turned away from the Edgar Bergen-Charli- e McCarthy shows because of lack of room. This year Bergen will put on a pre-view of the show, Just as it goes on the air, plus added entertainment by Songstress Dale Evans and the cast, for service men on furlough in the Los Angeles area. So every Satur-day night there'll be fun for sol-diers, sailors and marines. ODDS AND ENDS-My- rna Lay, who's made no picture for a year, re-turns to Hollywood to co-st- in "The Thin Man Goes Home," with William Powell . . . Hunt Sternberg's "Lady of Burlesque," starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea, is one of the most popular films being shown at military hospitals , . . Each studio visitor to the "Chamber Music Society of Lower Ba-sin Street" gets a card asking him to name three celebrities whom he'd like to have appear on the program . . . Lyn Bari was borrowed from 20th Century-Fo- x to play the glamorous dancer in United Artists' "The Bridge of San Luis Key." Handle fruits and vegetables gently. Do not bruise. Rich, active suds and thorough rinsing are elemental require-ments for successful laundering. A bit of wax rubbed on the bot-toms of rockers, will prevent them marking even the glossiest of floors. Common table salt is the best cleanser for a milk strainer. Rub both sides of the strainer vigor-ously with the salt. Store berries, grapes and other delicate fruits unwashed in a cold place. A cloth dampened with vinegar or coal oil and rubbed over the windows before washing, will re-move the smoky look. When washing overalls, slip the ends of the shoulder straps to which the buckles are fastened into the hip pocket. Pin securely with a safety pin, and the overalls can be washed without the trouble of removing the buckles. When you hear a Marine called a "Leatherneck," it has nothing to do with the epidermis of his neck. Years ago the Marine uniform was equipped with a high still leather collar. From that time on, "Leath-erneck" has been the word for a Marine. The word for his favorite cigarette is "Camel" the favorite cigarette also of men in the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. (Based on actual sales records from serv-ice men's stores.) And though there are Post Ofiice restrictions on packages to overseas Army men, you can still send Camels to soldiers in the U. S., and to men in the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard wherever they are. Adv. I patterns! SEWING OIRCLEJyM II I Y 1821 j l II Jl Matched Ensemble tj Wil li if ' RUILD your fall wardrobe ' IF AJ around a jumper and jacketl "' "V" --L This princess cut jumper fits with qLJ Juiu.. ill flattering, slim lines; the jacket y t&f''"Tgyf ? J is shaped to minimize your waist- - 7 n no II 1 H Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1B21-- Is de-- J I signed for sizes 10. 12, 14. 16, 18. 20. Cor-- I 7fiC responding bust measurements 28. 30, 32, I I OO 34, 36. 38. Size 12 (30) ensemble, with long sleeves, requires yards Party Frock Due j0 an unusua)iy arge demand and YOU'LL look SO charming and current war conditions, sllKhtly more so cool in this lovely frock ,1,ne ,s required ln llllnR orders for a with tcw ot the most popular pattern 'u""be, eyelet embroidered yoke. Perfect junior fashion. sewino circle pattern dept. M9 New Montgomery Street San Francisco Call!. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1766-- de- - Eneose M colns fo(. Mch signed for sizes 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19. Cor- - pattern desired. responding bust measurements 29, 31, 33, Pattern No Size 35 and 37. Size 13 (31), short sleeves, re- - Name quires 3',i yards materia!; ?i yard Address eyelet embroidery. I END CONSTIPATION THIS NATURAL WAY! Millions now take Simple . Fresh Fruit Drink instead of Harsh Laxatives 1 It's lemon and water. Yesl just the juice of 1 Sunkixt Lemon In a glass of water first thing on arising. Taken first thing in the morning, this wholesome drink stimulates bowel action in a natural way assures most people of prompt, normal elimination. Why not change to this healthful habit? Lemon and water is good for you. Lemons are among the N richest sources of vitamin C, which combats fatigue, helps you resist colds and infections. They also supply B. and P. They alkalinize, aid appetite and digestion. Lemon and water has a fresh tang, too clears the mouth, wakes you up! Try this grand wake-u- p drink 10 mornings. See if it doesn't help you! Use California Sunkist Lemons. BACKACHE for fast diuretic aid WHEN KIDNEY FUNCTION LAGS from this need .... Functional kidney disturbance due to need of diuretioaid may cause stabbing back-ache! May cause urinary flow to be fre-quent, yet scanty and smarting! You may lose sleep from "getting up nights" often may feel dizzy, nervous, "headachy." In such cases, you want to ttimulat kidney action fait. So if (here is nothing; svstemically or organically wrong, try Gold Medal Capsules. They've been fa-mous for prompt action for 30 years. Tako care to use them only as directed. Accept no substitutes. 35 at your drug store rWT & IN THE NAVY cfi'f6 A, theysar-- "SACK"fctw pofcK etfrtVas"" V ,tatMn AtfD X ' 7 "SWUEE for water mixed with MilONZ" ' soap powder I ' m X VsHIYlCl for the favorite cigarette A m0A X'Jf ' with men in the Navy ''j CSjlCttS V r ' y The faTorite cigarette with men ia I 1 0 y ' 4 Y I A the NTy, the Army, the Marines, x if , . - ' 1 J and" the Coast Guard is CameL jb fffvK 111 ' V ? I Med on actual sales records I ASK MS 7A quiz with answers offering t ? AHJG Tfi&f informatIon on varIous subjects ? The Questions 1. What war was being fought when the "Star Spangled Banner" was written? 2. The name Euclid calls to mind the science of what? 3. Do radio waves pass through a wire as electrical waves do or not? 4. When Lincoln was President in 1864, who was his op-ponent? 5. A garrulous person is one who does. what? 6. What does the infantryman's full personal equipment weigh? 7. What did the North American Indians mean by the word "pem-mican"- ? r 8. When William the Conqueror invaded England in 10G6, he and his troops were known as what? 9. What is the minimum age for representatives in congress? 10. What new medal, rated be-tween the Silver Star and the Dis-tinguished Service medal, is be-ing awarded to our servicemen? The Answers 1. The War of 1812. 2. Mathematics. 3. No, they pass along the out-side of a wire. 4. Gen. George B. McClellan. 5. Talks much. 6. Sixty - three pounds, eight ounces. 7. Dried meat. 8. Normcns (from Normandy). 9. Twenty-fiv- e. 10. The Legion of Merit, awarded to members of the armed forces for exceptionally meritorious con-duct in the performance of out-standing services. Trap Lures, Electrocutes And Disposes of Rats Probably the most intricate rat-tra- p ever invented is now avail-able for use in large buildings, such as warehouses, factories and hotels, says Collier's. About the size of a trunk, with two "stories," many compartments and two ramps, this device automatically lures, traps, electrocutes and dis-poses of each rat in a few seconds and then resets itself, through a complicated electrical mechanism which includes photoelectric cells. To Prosper and Live To live, to work, to help and to be helped, to learn sympathy through suffering, to learn faith by perplexity, to reach truth through wonder, behold; this is what it is to prosper, this is what it is to live! Phillips Brooks. |