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Show UIEIEMS TTDWTF lii!OJ)lUJUILlf '"JVHIR -- WHITE. THE STORY THIS FAR: Lieut. CoL ol a Flying Fortrtts, -rjnk Knrtx, pilot fatal diy when toe Japs jj, ol that --mtk is the Philippine. Eight ol bis for shelter, and to were killed fleeing other Fortressei, was Old W, w'tn nany demolished belore it could take off. After what Is left ol the etcapinf to Australia, to Java where they go out -quadron flies many missions over the Philippines. fighter planes arrive from Australia a few days before a Jap bomber forte is reported over Java. Three mtvtt of Japs come over, and Zeros get commander. Major Straubel, squadron In the The Forts spot a Jap carrier Java sea and send it away limping. Then mors ForU arrive. Kine P-- 4 CHAPTER XIV "The Japs by now were stirred up. over obviously off a carrier hidden somewhere near and strafed hell out of Timor airdrome. Luckily there was nothing on the field just then. "Now we began to see that it would be only a matter of time until the Japs took that steppingstone field at Timor, which connected us and it would all be to Australia, ever for no more fighters could get through to us under their own power. Jap bombers had already hit Surabaya. If we got no more fighters, how long before they smashed our Forts at Malang? The skies were darkening fast. "But about, this time we did a I was curious job for the Dutch. in their Navy headquarters on busivan der ness when Kommander Straaten came running up. 'You got to help me!' he said. 'Our bravest sub is in trouble she can't dive. Then he explained that she was more than three hundred miles out in the Java Sea, moving slowly toward home base, but that Zeros were circling overhead, and had probably summoned Jap bombers to polish her off. Two Dutch PBY's had been guarding her, but those big flying boats are clumsy as ducks, and the Zeros had already shot one down. "What they had to have, Van der Straaten explained, was fighters to cover the submarine. But the little Dutch Curtiss fighters didn't have the range to get out and back. "I got Bud Sprague on the phone, told him I was coming out urgent. Then I wrote down on a piece of paper what Van der Straaten told me of their submarine's course, speed, and hourly position. "Bud laid it out on a chart and figured fast. It was a long distance. Even with belly tanks, his fighters could barely get out there and spend fifteen minutes patrolling the submarine when they'd have to start They came back. "But he figured he had enough planes to keep two of them all the time in fifteen-minu- over her re- te laysuntil they'd escorted her back to a point where the little Dutch Curtiss fighters would have the range to take over. "Bud led the first pair out himself (he's no swivel-chaofficer), and the Dutch, in addition to being tearfully grateful, woke up to the fact that maybe liaison was a good idea. Van der Straaten- noticed I'd had trouble getting a car getting out to the field I'd been spending most of my salary on taxis getting everybody's business done and the next morning a Dutch staff car with a sergeant at the wheel reported to the door of the hotel. They assigned it to me for the duration of the war. "But at this point another submarine showed up with a hard-lucstory she was one of ours which had sneaked through the Jap blockade from Corregidor, with a load of fourteen passengers most of them pilots I knew, who had lost their planes and been left when we had to pull out of the Philippines. "They came roaring into the hotel late. They were sick of fiddling around on Bataan with rifles, and now were itching to get into the air again. In addition to which, they'd been cooped up for days under water in that little tin cigar stinking box. You can imagine how a pilot would take that. Here they were at last, free in a big luxurious hotel, with lights and girls. They nearly pulled it to pieces, and danced with all the girls in the place who would take a chance with them on the floor. But in between they had plenty of news. "I told them they had me in liaison work just now, and they said, hell, if I had talents like that, the Place for me was on Corregidor. Because the Army had the Navy stuffed into one end of a tunnel while they were stuffed into the other, and relations were so strained that the staffs would only communicate by courier. And now how about a shot of this Daiquiri rum they'd heard so much talk about? 'I finally got them quieted down ana on the bus for They Malang. were crazy to get back up in the air after all those weeks. And then, just as I was about to So to bed, a call from Margo came ir - k . through." ",ome Mends wanted me to go them,", said Margo. ine girl's husband had a war job i"ere. I couldn't decide. But Frank aW it looked as though he wasn't fh'nfj t0 get anv vacation, so I tale a good long one to do for rJld ootn of us. I must on. nnri it would nn vacation. I could tell he Was very tired, and that worried un nono was in his voice j had been when he told me he would w Florida with W.K.U.TEATU.U probably be on the ground for t 1 couIdn't S understand it v m LiC States doubted 7 li . Java yet uit himwould hold. I told him i L? as soon as I rea Florida. And then he said a curious -- PATTERNS i SEWING CIRCLEJ) rived which we hadn't heard of. So we watched as thev came closer. i Only when we saw the white points of our Army Air Force star with the red disk in the middle were we relieved. It hadn't occurred to us that you can take the red sun of "'Darling,' he said, Td better Japan and with a few strokes of a warn you that these calls may net paintbrush make five white star last much longer." "I didn't ask why, because I knew points around it. (Shortly after this incident, the army air m"st fce the censor force emblem us changed, and the red would not letsomething him tll me. So be- central disk removed.) cause the time was up, I just said "We didn't dream of this, but still Pood night. Without ever talking we watched what we were so sure it over, we'd always made it our were They were flying along rule never to say goodby. That with us, about three thousand yards was too frightening. Always it was away, apparently paying no attengood night." tion. We didn't suspect they were "I was worried, Margo," said Japs, mapping out their attack. "There was nothing about this maFrank, "because I'd just got word neuver which surprised us, for the from our Navy's PBY's on Japs so far had always attacked us that a new Jap invasion fleetpatrol was from the rear. Then they wheeled coming down Macassar Strait, ap- in for their nose-oand too attack, parently headed for Balikpapan on late we saw those Army Air Force Borneo. It has a fair harbor and is the last base they would need be- stars on their fuselages had been fore they took over Java. And I crudely forged. "They concentrated on our first couldn't see how we were going to three planes, and remember now stop them. this first attack, which caught "But next day Colonel Eubank that us completely off guard and far gathered his Forts together and they below our regular altitude, happened took off at 3:30 in the morning, so in few seconds. One For that they would be out over Macas- tressonly a hit only in the motor. The sar Strait in time to make their next they Fortress, they put an incendibomb run just at dawn. the bomb-baary gas tank "They had to come down below they through submust known have through the overcast to see the target, which was two converging lines of Jap versive activities in Java that we didn't have ones yet in ships, heavily escorted one coming that model. leakproof off the oxyThis set in from the northeast and one from gen system, and the whole Fortress flared in front of our eyes in a puff of flame and smoke. Out of this we could see two or three paraMJfi chutes floating down. Maybe the men dangling from them were alive. More probably they had never pulled the rip cords themselves, but the explosion opened the chutes. "I was working the top turret gun, and from here I could see exactly what was happening on the third Fortress Captain Duke Duphrane's ship which was just on our left, and very close. I saw it, and so did Sergeant Jim Worley, the bombardier, who was working the little nose gun, and had brought down three Zeros. We all saw some of it, but Worley and I saw most. "First, we saw Duphrane's plane shudder as the Jap tracers crashed into its cockpit and into its bomb bay. But she didn't go down yet. For a while she continued on with her chin up, like those pictures you see of Marie Antoinette or Mary Queen of Scots walking proudly toward the scaffold. And she didn't waver or flinch, even when we could see that dull-reflames from the bursted gasoline tanks of that bomb bay were sprouting out of her, from the cockpit clear back to the tail. "We surged just a little ahead of her nose, and from here we could see Duke Duphrane and his both slumped over dead, their heads leaning against the shattered pane of the cockpit window. So it wasn't any man who was keeping her chin up. It was the Old Queen herself who wanted to die this way. "We dropped back and came in I was working the top turret gun and could see what was happening a little closer you had an awful on the third Fort. feeling you wanted to help, and you and we saw Sergeant couldn't Tarakan. Well, we hit it. And of Keightley, her radioman and right-waicourse we do some damage. But gunner, climb through his esit's a big force the Navy doesn't cape hatch and bail out, and his handdare go in. We have only a chute open. And then her ful of Forts, so the Japs keep com- gunner, doing the same on the othing. er side. We saw her tail gunner "But we're desperate, and so are bail out and his chute open they the Dutch. Their entire bomber found him four or five days later force now consisted of eight old on an island. (a 1934 model Martin "She was enveloped in red flames bomber), which were based now from nose to tail, and through at Balikpapan. These boys knew her windows we could see flames if the Japs were ever to be stopped, shimmer inside her cabin, and as it had to be now, to give our re- her plates melted she began to sink inforcements time to get in if we in a steepening curve, and along were going to get any. So that after- the wake of that curve we were to noon they made their last desperate count seven parachutes, like seven stab damaging that Jap fleet of swirling dandelion seeds. course, but not stopping it. And "But as yet she hadn't gone down just as these Dutch bombers were much, and our own pilot, Captain coming in to land on Balikpapan Strother a brave, skillful pilot (who Field, they were hit by carrier-basewas presently to die and every man Zeros and every plane de- of his crew feels he gave his life stroyed. Now the Dutch had noth- to save ours) was keeping abreast ing, and everything depended on our of her, so that with our guns we Forts. could keep the Japs away in her "So the next day they put out last moments, and give her men a from Malang to strike at the Japs chance to jump. in Macassar, and if possible sink a "The last to leave her was Sercarrier. But what happened on that geant Leonard Coleman, her turret mission should not be my story. For gunner we could see him working I wasn't there. Two of our Sky his .50's, but now he left his turret. in battle and We saw him go by the side window, Queens died that day I didn't see it. It doesn't happen and he was struggling to put on his often. Plenty of them had come parachute which he hadn't worn in were that cramped top turret, for it would Others crippled. home beached, like Shorty Wheless' plane. have interfered with his sighting and Many others have cracked up when shooting struggling to get his arms But we'd lost it like a jacket among those fog shrouded the field. and rare- through action, five enemy flames. We saw him go back by only licking seen one fall. Colin to the rear escape hatch, saw him ly have the Japs crashed through the overcast near drop through it with his clothes Clark Field, so they didn't see him afire, saw him jerk the cord he not Major must have done it immediately, bethey saw Adams,aobut own Doys cause by the time he had cleared our seldom Robinson, ever see the old Queens go down in the flaming tail by twenty feet, we But battle. So you tell it," said Frank, saw his chute crack and here he looked at Sergeant then, almost instantly, we saw that Boone, the gunner. parachute begin to billow loosely "I saw it," said the Gunner, "and like a silk scarf in the wind, beI can tell you how they die. causeOh, God! we saw something "It began like this. Nine toofMa-us else. We saw the poor guy had had to jump without having time to had taken off from Malang cassar Strait to look for carriers. buckle the belt strap of his paraWe had only started, we were about chutethe price he paid for staysixty miles off the const, slowly ing in his turret for a few last shots at Zeros, protecting the others while climbing had reached 7,000 feet when we noticed some fighters in a they jumped. Maybe he figured he We assumed that could hold the ends of the belt totight formation. we weren't takbut with his hands. Maybe his were they there gether hands were so burned he couldn't ing any chances, because work the clasp. seemed to be quite a gang of them maybe some reinforcements had ar I n y 1 t Efficient Feeding Gets Better Results Sifi Careful Management Needed to Meet Goals Increased efficiency can solve part of the 1944 livestock and poultry feeding problem, according to War Food administration officials. about 28 per cent During 1942-4more feed concentrates was embut outployed than during 1941-4put of livestock products increased by only 13 per cent. Officials point out that if the rate of feeding can be held midway between the of a ton of concentrates per livestock unit fed durs of a and the ing 1941-4ton fed during 1942-4production goals of 1944 should be achieved with use of only 140.7 million tons of feed concentrates. This would be about 7 million tons less than last year's feeding. Suggestions made by department of agriculture officials with regard to feeding efficiency include: Light hogs can be produced with less feed per pound than heavy hogs; more eggs can be produced with less feed by culling out more of the and keeping a larger percentage of pullets; beef cattle should be fed shorter and lighter; and more dependence should be placed on roughage for cattle and sheep. of urge elimination Experts crowded farm conditions whereever possible. With many farmers raising more corn and soybeans, for example, less pasture is available and resulting crowded conditions contribute to disease and to death loss among animals and poultry. Farmers in feed surplus areas have been urged to produce the commodities they can produce best and to adjust their livestock operations to a level that will enable the shipment of some surplus feed to areas. the farmers in deficit-fee3, 2, two-thir- ds 2 three-fourth- non-laye- rs Shoulder Ruffles '"pHE vogue for pinafore co-pil- ot st left-wai- st 's twin-engi- d tight-ope- fles" has inspired this smart, e ruffled dress. Perfect for the young and slender figure, it will look lovely done in smart rayon silk taffeta stripes, in brisk cottons, in summer percales. er 34-4- 8 two-piec- For Town Wear No. 8619 is in sizes 11, 13, IS, A GRACEFUL, dignified frock to 17 Pattern and 19. Size 13, ruffled version, rebe done in soft sheer rayon quires 4 yards of material: without ruffles, 3Ts yards; yard contrast crepes and cottons. The side closing makes it an easy forDuecollar. to an unusually large demand and frock to slip into. current war conditions, slightly more time lap-ov- d Barbara Bell Pattern er required In filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: is No. 1964 Is de- signed for sizes 34. 36, 38. 40, 42. 44. 46 and 48. Size 36, short sleeves, requires 4 material. yards of er d 115 1 BUOUSEHOID inirrrsft Pattern No. Size Name Address A small pillow or pad between the knees of a sick patient as he lies on his side can give great relief. mm To remove the mark made from striking a match on painted surface, rub a cut lemon over the mark and wash as usual. Those who wear glasses or goggles know how distressing it is to have the lenses become cloudy and blurred. If they are cleaned every morning with soap and hot water they will seldom need clean ing during the day. Rinse them well and dry with tissue paper or a soft clean absorbent cloth. "Have you noticed a difference in this clover since the boss, started using phosphates and lime?" Yearling Heifers Thrive On Plenty of Roughage Heifers, like older cows, are capable of utilizing large amounts of roughage. Dr. George E. Taylor, extension dairyman at Rutgers U., The best way to wash walls or woodwork is to begin at the bot tom and work to the top. This avoids streaking where the dirty water would run down and prevents a difficult job of removing such streaks. says that feeding heifers all the g roughage they will eat is a practice worth considering. "Yearling heifers can be successfully raised on roughage alone from one year of age to two months prior to freshening," Dr. Taylor reports. "During summer, heifers must be provided abundant pasture in order to make good gains on pasture alone. This can best be done by a system of rotation grazing. A large group of Holstein and Guernsey heifers at the New Jersey Dairy Research farm, Sussex county, averaged a gain of one and a fifth pounds per day on pasture alone. Holsteins gained an average of one and a half pounds and Guernseys one pound. "In winter, the same group of heifers on hay and silage alone gained from a fifth of a pound to one pound a day. During the entire period, the heifers were normal and carried plenty of flesh." Heifers under one year of age must be fed some grain to grow normally. The required amount depends upon the quality of roughage fed. However, baby calves can be raised on a minimum amount of milk and changed to dry feed at five to six weeks of age, resulting in a saving of both milk and grain. "Some dairymen may be tempted to discontinue raising heifers in order to conserve grain," Dr. Taylor says, "but this would be a shortsighted program from the standpoint of the future dairy industry. However, do not waste feed by raising poor heifers. Select only the best heifers for replacements." grain-savin- n. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco Calif. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Since dishes must be done three times a day, why not do it the most efficient way? Stacking the dishes on the right, so the work goes from right to left, means d greater efficiency for the housewife. Of course a worker would reverse this procedure for quicker work. right-hande- left-hande- d Inebriate Soon Sized Up Situation ami Lent Hand A grave digger was hard at work. As he shoveled each spade- ful of earth he became more and more absorbed in his thoughts, and before he knew it the grave was so deep he couldn't get out. Came nightfall and the evening chill, hi3 predicament became more and more uncomfortable. He shouted for help and at last attracted the attention of a drunk. "Get me out of here," he shouted, "I'm cold." The drunk looked into the grave and finally distinguished the form of the uncomfortable grave digger. "No wonder," he said, kicking a little dirt into the grave, "ya haven't got any dirt on ya." 5SHsSssiaielar Buy War Savings Bonds SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER of our synthetlt rubber plants after the war as "a rubber insurance policy' Is advocated by leading rob ber authorities. They hold that the U. S. cannot ba adequately prepared at all times to defend its national interest unlets It is free from the threat of a rubber shortage, a feeling subscribed to by most thinking Americans. Maintenance) World capacities for producing natural and synthetic rubber after the war will aggregate nearly 2,800,000 tons yearly, predicts John L. CoFlyer, president of B. F. Goodrich. This Is more than twice os much as the world has ever ued In any one year. irtlitssWsWs BFGoodrich So Crisp - SoTasiy Farm Notes The best way of turning a dry is to reduce the amount of and, when necessary, limit amount of water and simply cow feed the stop milking. Enough butter has been allocated by the War Food administration to give civilians during 1944 slightly more than a pound a month per capita, a total of 76 pounds out of every 100 pounds of creamery and "The Crains sre Crtat Foods- "- Tif.ffaS&fy Kellogg's Rice Krispies equal the whole ripe grain in nearly all the protective food elements declared essential to human nutrition. farm butter available. i mm |