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Show . ... ; - SECTION TWO PROVO - (UTAH) DAILY j HER AtD.t: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1942 PAGE ONE JHow Heroic Workmeh Rescued 32 Trapped Sailors From-: ; Capsized Warship (n Pearl Harbor! old by HEA VJritcr Br NEA Service HONOLULU; April 14 "For neroic and moat efficient work with utter disregard of personal safety in assisting in the rescue or 32 members of the crew of the U. S. S. Oklahoma which had cap sized during the December 7 at tack on Pearl Harbor." The workers from Shop 11 at Fearl -Harbor stood in abashed silence as th citation from the Navy De partment was read. They were tough calkers, drillers, chippers, lead' ingmen, rivet ers and shipfit ters, shopmen who figured: "they'd only done their job" in rescu ing trapped Julio DeOastromen who lived through a day and night in total darkness with the water rls ing inch by inch in their sealed compartments The Isoss of the gang, Julio DeCastro, Honolulu-born yard worker, tells the story in work-ingman's work-ingman's language: "I was told to get my men together to-gether and go over to the Oklahoma-and try and get those men out they'd heard them tapping on the steel side of the ship about 11 a. m. December 7. Guns Still Firing " . "I went amidships and found some of the workers cutting into the fireroom where they'd heard voices. "Then I went back to my crew and we drilled a test hole aft Soon as we got through, water started spouting out. I tasted It and it was fresh. I knew we'd gone into one of the freiSt water tanks and I figured it was a good place to go through. "It was night by then. The Arizona was still burning. It threw a light on us as we worked. . "And for about an hour there was anti-aircraft firing, but we kept on working. If the firing got hot, we d flatten out against the hull and hope nothing would hit us. "After awhile we got through and I got a pump and drained out the tank. Here we hit our first luck. There was a manhole right below us. That meant we could open 4t - and . not haye to cut through the tough steel. I cut a hole in the hatch just big enough to reach ray arm through and un-dogged un-dogged the "hatcn. We opened the hatch and flashed lights into the next compartment. It was dry and painted white. I knew it was a void and on the other side I'd find the men ' who'd been tapping- "We were standing on a deck and we soon found another hatch. We went over there and shouted back. Boy. did it sound good those sailors in there shoutine like hell. Escape Hell Hole I said: 'You all right?' They said, 'Yeah, so far. But the water seems to be coming up faster. . . It's up to our waists'. "They kept shouting for God's sake hurry and cut us out of this hatch. Burn through it. I told them to keep steady and listen to what I was telling them. And I said 'now Just one of you one who's strong and well you do all the talking and the rest keep quiet. Keep your head." "Those sailors were swell. It was early Monday morning. They'd been in that black space without any .light or anything since early Sunday. I told them to undog the hatch because there was too much pressure pres-sure on this side. You see, by opening the hull we were changing chang-ing around all the pressure inside. in-side. A lot of air pressure had kept the water down before and that's why the sailors didn't drown. J'But we were releasing pres- BUY DEFENSE BONDS with !' monay you Mve- going by Supar-Ceach Those boys sure came sure by opening holes so we had to work fast because I knew damned well the water would rise inside the hull. "Well, those boys got the hatch open it was about 6 a. m. Monday. Mon-day. They sure came piling out of there, naked as the day they were born. They knocked me down and - I floundered around in the water but I didn't care didn't blame them for wanting to get out of that black hell hole." DeCastro and his crew worked Oussians Advance Thru flazi Lines Around Leningrad LONDON, April 14 (U.R) Dis patches from the Russian front indicated today that Soviet cavalry divisions have thrust deeply into German positions around Lenin grad. The rest of the front was buried in the mud of the spring thaw. "The snow is melting in Kussia," radio Moscow said. "A deluge IS overflowing the German armies. Floods : are covering, everything. The. German, armies in Russia are struggling with water up to their necki German reserves brought up to the front come into a coun try ; of death. . As the snow melts corpses of hundreds of - Germans arar looking fixedly to the sun." While, arriving spring slowed infantry," it enlarged the battle iir the air. The Soviet communique last midnight, reporting the killing of 9,000 Germans around Leningrad between April 1 and 10, said the Germans had lost 322 planes between be-tween April 6 and 11, and 1,103 from March 11 to April 11. From April 5 to April 11, the Russians lost 67 'aircraft; from March 11 to April 11, they lost 314. Orem News The Good Neighbors club were guests of Mrs. Marcella Olsen at her home. The time was spent doing Red Cross sewing. A tasty luncheon was served to Mrs. Dorothy Elder. Mrs. Mildred Jacobsen, Mrs. Joan Newell, Mrs. Jessie Peterson, Mrs. rtora Guy-man, Guy-man, Mrs. Esther Green and the hostess. Gene and Monta Rosenkrantz of Salt Lake City are visiting with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Broadhead. Their mother who is . a sister of Mrs. Broadhead is receiving medical treatment at the L. D. S. hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilkins entertained en-tertained at dinner, complimenting compliment-ing her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Heston Wilberg and their two children, Donald and Dennis, of Burbank, Calif, who were visiting with relatives in Orem. In addition to the honor guests covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Evan Wilberg, Mr. and Mrs. Chal Wilberg and the-host and hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Wil- f oiy at A B CI A. Oct la touch with your local Union Pacific bus agent. B. Just tell him where you want to go, and when . tell him about any travel problem that may be puzzling yon. C. He'll plan your whole trip for you, Juat the way you want It . . . itinerary,' achedulea, hotel accommodations ana all for less than half tbe cost of driving! . , UNION BUS DEPtfT 09 No. 1st West - Phone S10 T spilling out of then ..." up and down the ship, freeing sailors in compartments, and it was about 7 p. m. Monday when they finally went back ' to their yard shop. "Somebody came up .while I was changing my clothes," DeCastro De-Castro said. "I was all in and hungry and wanted to get home. This guy asks me: 'Why didn't you fill out this overtime slip?' "And I just look at him and says: 'Christamighty! " berg and their children, with Mr. Leon Summerfelt and her two children of Long Beach, Calif., have left for their homes.. Mr. and Mrs. Orson Prestwich and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gordon enjoyed a trip to Midway and Park City, returning home via. Parley's canyon and Salt Lake City Sunday. Mrs. Clare York has returned home after spending several days in Salt Lake City, where she had gone to be with her husband who is reported as doing nicely following follow-ing a major operation at the L. D. S. hospital Bishop Ashton Is Assembly Speaker "America is great because of the hardships we have .suffered throughout our history," Marvin O. Ashton, first counsellor in the L. D. S. presiding . bishopric, told students ef BrighanV Young uni versity in devotional Tuesday, He stated that in his opinion Americans on the whole have not been so serious-minded for years as they are now. Bishop Ashton said that 'the question each should ask himself is Am JffDrnMIna?hrsS afford . to shun the . reSppnsibih: tics of life, he said. Minnesota Has Giant Trust Fund ST. PAUL, Minn. (HE) Minnesota's Minne-sota's trust fund is the largest of any state in the nation. - State treasurer Julius Schmahl reported that the trust fund totals more than $110,000,000. "No other state in the . union, with the exception of Texas; has a comparable amount bound in trust," Schmahl said. Texas ranks second to Minnesota, Minne-sota, he said, on the strength of resources . obtained from state-owned state-owned oil lands. Minnesota's trust funds, explained ex-plained Schmahl, have been built From where I sit 6f Joe RtTMMAGIXO through my desk the other day, I came across seme anas-shots anas-shots of friends of mine made back. In 1933. If 70a don't think time ilea . . . if yea don't think this world ever changes ... you ought to look at the women's hats and dresses In. those pictures taken 9 years ago! Wow! " , '" ' It gave mo quite a Start ... and then it set me to thinking . . . and rememberin'I Lota Of things sure' happened in 1933. A new administration adminis-tration in Washington . . the turning point of the depression; . . . and the coming of RepesL ; I remember the re-legalization of beer. It came Before Repeal,' when Congress amended the , e4d Volstead Vol-stead Act to allow .legal sale of SJTbeer. What talk and arguments they hid in those days! One argument I remember well ' . . was that beer would do a lot o help bring back prosperity. I wondered at the time whether that argument could ha proved. No. 36 of a Series 17. P. Train IVrech In Nevada Kills One, Injures 24 W1NNEMUCCA, Ney., April i (HP.) The Interstate,; commerce commission today investigated the head-on , collision . oC 5 Western Pacific's "Exposition Flyer" 4 and a lone freight engine ' which klliea one person and injured 2 others. ?The flyer's newsboy, who was not Identified immediately, by 'name was killed when the baggage car telescoped into a day coach, rear d high in the air and came' to rest on the coach. Most of ' the passengers injured were also In the coach. The crews of both engines suf fered cuts, bruises, lacerations or minor concussions. Joseph Taylor. second cook, and Ernest Rogers, kitchen man, both Oakland, Calif., negroes, were burned seriously when the stove in the flyer's dining car exploded. J 1 The collision occured at Ante lope Hill, on the edge of tbe Black Rock desert in northern Nevada. 40 miles west of Winnemucca. . 1 The flyer., running about eight hours behind schedule, picked uf) speed on an eight-mile straight? away near Antelope when it met the freight locomotive. There was only an instant in which to set the brakes before the collision. There was no explanation advanced ad-vanced for the presence of the freight locomotive on the single track. Crew members declined to give any statement. . The others injured included: Paul Barker, engineer, Portota, Calif.; Orval Dack, fireman, For-tola, For-tola, Calif., and Willy Carodine, negro section hand, Sulphur, Nev crew of the freight engine. D. O. Bresee, Elko, Nev.," engl neer; E .B. Lind, Elko. Nev.; fire man, both of the flyer. I Mrs. Winnie Martin, Sacramento; Sacramen-to; Mrs. Margaret Pitt, Stockton, Calif., and her granddaughter! Margaret Pitt. 15; Mrs. NeUie Tea do, Wilburton. Okla.; Mrs. Bertha M. Coombs, Oakland. . J Two doctors and six nurses dispatched dis-patched from Winnemucca on i hospital train brought the stretch? er cases here for treatment. They found, however, than an army medical corps unit aboard the, train had given-first 'aid to thai nthor S9 pimi : . I 1 ne collision occurrea aoout iou miles west of the point where the Southern Pacific City of San Francisco was derailed in August, 1939, with the loss of 24 lives and injury to 108. " up by the sale of timber, mineral, . ftlrilltlirftl 'A through, the collection of occupational occu-pational taxes on iron 1 ore. He estimated, that- the state's trust fund will reach 1200,000,000 before he state's ore resources are exhausted. Revenues from the fund go to the support of the state public school system, the state university, correctional institutions, , and for road and bridge maintenance and improvement. ' "Most states admitted to the union before Minnesota sold their school and other public lands on a liberal basis to encourago settlement settle-ment and development of the country and. used the money for immediate needs with no thought for the future, Schmahl explained. "Minnesota's pioneers, however, conceived a plan for conserving these resources for the benefit of future generations." Marsh I thought about that again, thel other day. I decided to chock up J and find out. Well, -1 found out plenty.. I ' found out that legal beer has paid 1 more than 3 billion dollars in taxes since 1933. It has made more than ! a million new jobs. Accordfng to one of the reports 1 I've seen, beer has put more than , 15 billion dollars into general buai- ' ness circulation. Goodness me, that's a lot of money. Beer Is sold today in every stats in the Union. Every state beneOta from beer's Jobs and taxes. And I guess there's no denying that beer did do its share in bringing back better times. I'm glad it did, too, because beer is such a pleasant, appetizing beverage. bev-erage. And it stands for moderation and moderate people . .' . it's likely to get yon in trovbte. - Cesyngnt, 1942, Brewing Industry Navy Mother Home From (invention Mrs. . Joaie D. Johnson, president- of ; the Provo Navy Mothers' clu has returned from Kansas City, Mo., where she attended the national convention of the Navy Mothers' club of America. " -More than 400 were present, and sessions .were held Navy mothers the convention in the Contin- ental hotel, reports Mrs. Johnson. She states that it was impressed on the . mothers at every session and Save Our to "Seal Your Lips Ships." A successful conclave is reported re-ported by the local delegate. She was accompanied by her husband, c7 F. Johnson, and the couple have been away for two weeks. v v u yi X X W W L V- yf Julia Lee Wright on of America's foremost Home Economists; Director of . Safeway Stores Homemakers Bureau; Home Economics Editor, of "The Family Circle" magazine; author of die widely-acclaimed "Kitchen Course in Nutrition." Her services ser-vices are being made available hy. Safeway Stores as part of their contribution to helping every housewife give her family the health becfits of better nutrition. ib smi.i.sw.mn.iM wuuuuumMmmm, i.mhius MW tlwm m umj.uu iiaii-si..iiwwljj ii 1 " " " """" i-i-mi n - , rr-rnu mipi i mml t m mi u.ni ijt.j. mut HERE'S your chance to really find out what nutrition it all about Now, for the first time, a food authority trans-Jatcs trans-Jatcs technical, scientific terms into practical prac-tical ideas sod information you can use ' very day and actually shows you how to make many of the nutritious dishes she: talks about. --Today every woman who prepares a meal'j has a great responsibility in helping to V; build a stronger nation. Not only for the' .war, hut for years to come. New discoveries discov-eries about foods and cooking show that many of our old ideas must be changed Concert to Aid War Stamp Sale A war stamp and bond day will be held Friday at Provo high school to stimulate the purchase of stamps and -bonds, according to K. E. Weight, principal. The feature of the day will be a concert con-cert to be- held in the evening with the band, orchestra, and a capella choir performing. "Members "Mem-bers of the senior class, who have foregone formal dresses and nen suits for graduation, , are in charge of the sale of tickets, and the public is urged to participate. partici-pate. Those who attend may pay whatever they desire, but the amount will be given back in stamps or bonds at the door. By sponsoring this thoroughly non-profit activity, the school is Short Course in NUTRITION Conducted By ,. or precious food values will be lost. i So come to this Viaory Cooking School The Kitchen Short Course in Nutrition. Spend a couple of hours listening to Mrs. . Wright and watching her as she dramatize , nutrition for you in clear, easy-to-under- stand terms. Bring along a pencil . and ; paper to make notes on the things you will i hear sad see.. . You'll gain la lot of . good, everyday,' practical information that's extremely vol. : uable nbw and. that you'll '"profit from i through . years to come. New ideas . . . : such as Cooking Vegetables by Color Radio Training Begins Tonight Cooperating with the governmental govern-mental program to train 270,000 radio technicians for army, navy and civilian defense service, Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university will begin a 16 weeks' training program In defense radio engineering Wednesday Wed-nesday night in the Education building, according to Dr. Wayne B. Hales, professor of physics. Open to all civilians who have completed two years of high school mathematics and one year of high school physics, the course will be taught by Dr. Hales and Dr. Milton Marshall. High school and college students who will be in school next year are no ellgi- trying to do its share in the war effort, according to Mr. Weight. . Provo Higln Scliool Auditorium Tomorrow at 2 P. M. Sponsored by. Utah Stale Wutrition Council and Utah State Press Association In Cooperation with Utah County Nutrition Committee Utah County Auxiliary, State Medical Association Utah County Newspapers r - t ' i -mi 1 .VfA l je k.t&z Willi) JMJIJJI.JilHii'IHIWWWWCTr" ,. OinmillUJIWW if :. -:- . .- r 'v::. '. k .- A r ble for registration. Dr. Hales said. The first meeting will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in Room 260 of the ' Education building. Representing the defense engineering en-gineering department of the federal fed-eral government at the first meeting meet-ing will be O. C. Haycock, professor pro-fessor of electrical engineering at the University of Utah, who will organize the class. Timpanogos Will Stage Operetta An operetta, "The Giants Garden" Gar-den" will be presented by the Third and Fourth grades of the Timpanogos school Friday at 8 p. m. in the Timpanogos auditorium. During the first half of 1940, the United States imported 138,071 pounds of lavender oil. lb V ! v New Wartime Desserts Cooking In Lest ; Time How Nutrition Really Works Where to Get Those Vitamins How to Adjust Recipes for This Altitude More Attractive Foods More - Nutrition ' for Your Money! Plan now to attend this Victory Cooking School. - Everything is entirely free and -every woman is cordially invited. We tug-gest tug-gest that you come ' early and , bring the ;' men folks. ; .: ' y i A Safeway, Stores contribution in the Interest' of a stronger, healthier America. |