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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE. UTAH ADUIEIEEIS Kathleen Norris Says: HIE IPELTIJIII)Of The Family Goes Crazy .WHIT. THUS FAR: Lieut. CoL THE Flyta Fortress, pitot Kurts, rr.nl: the Saps .us ol that UU1 tar in the phfflpptaes. Blfht at Us while geetag lor shelter, " were killed other Forte, was d 0ld 19, with assay lemolished oa the froahR. After store to. Australia, what Is left ol the "adron ales to law, whore they go many mlsstoas oror the Philippines !nd the Sara sea. The Saps learn the Mikness of the R aaoAot Fortress, bat la the the boys stick a JKaUber yaa avUxtor's eoaspartaaoat. Bert senses Sara and one k. U beta watched ol a RashHfbt night wakens at the flare a rhe kand that held R also held dag ter. assassta gets away. The would-b- k e CHAPTER XVn We dreamed and prayed for this. And as a matter of fact the Navy An aircraft did make an attempt and tender was loaded with started out from Australia. But what happened was Just what was feared. were in crates stacked Those to high on her decks, so ehe had come clear in through skies the Jap bombers ruled. She went down with her entire crew and those crated '.40s forty miles off the southwest oast of Java but I'm sure the Navy as doing the best it could for us P-4- P-4- what they had. course it gave our morale a kick in the belly. Late the next afternoon young Jack Dale (hed won his spurs in the Philippines with the 17th Pursuit) came in from Gnoro on a personal mission from Major Bud Sprague. When hed fined it he stayed a few minutes. The next night a Navy man who d just got In from our little fleet ,told me what had happened to the Marblehead and the Houston, those two beautiful cruisers which had been the nucleus of our Asiatic Fleet helping the Dutch and Australians defend Java. With the rest of the fleet theyd been out in the Java Sea. When they sighted a Jap recco plane overhead about noon, they knew they were in for trouble. They had no carrier, of course, which could send a fighter up to shoot it down. He said the Jap bombers presently came over them from their bases in Borneo and the Celebes (our bases they had captured) in three waves, spaced about half an hour apart By skillful maneuvering they dodged the bombs of the But the third, first two waves. which crippled them, caught them just at sundown, and chewed their superstructure! into steel spaghetti. In the darkness, they were able to crawl away out of range, and the Marblehead eventually got back to the States. But troubles of our own were v iming ahead. The boys in Navy Wing 10 came in with the report that their planes on reconnaissance had sighted a force ef six Jap transports and five warships headed toward Bali Strait, which divides Java from Bali. They were after the Den Passar airdrome on havBali our last atepping-ston- e ing already occupied the airfield at Timor. This was, as maybe you now begin to see, a war of airdromes Clark, Del Monte, Kendarl, Same-rind- a, Kupang, all of them lost pearls in the United Nations defenses, and now Den Passar. Next it could only n be Malang, KNILM, Gnoro, and all we had left on the strand. Seldom in this war did the Japs make a brutal assault; always it was the skillful surgeons technique isolate and occupy the airdromes and then you have the country. It was a game we knew well too, but youve got to buy chips before they will deal you a hand, and wa didn't have the equipment. . "All I can say Is the Dutch and Americans were ready to defend Bali with what we had. Our little surface navies moved In that night to clip them a glancing blow on the run, ai theyd done at Macassar Straight, and our submarine! did a The grand job in the moonlight Colonel sent his Fortresses out and V down to 5,000, to paste them from I the air. We left two transports 1 burning in the moonlight and a crip-ple- d cruiser. Next morning it was up to the Air Force alone, because the Navy was too tiny to venture out by day. The Forts went over, of course in tact everything we had, to smash at those Jap transports as they poured thirty thousand troops onto the beach at Bali. The were led by Bud Sprague himselt That morning he got bis commission as a lieutenant colonel. He paused just before the take-of- f to scrawl his signature on his papers, but he didnt take time to pretty himself up in his new silver leaves; I guess he was satisfied to die in his old gold ones. Because what they desperate ly needed was dive bombers, and about all they had was a fighter plane which was never built as a stable platform to launch an e22 from. But all right, there the job was to do, and ao Bud climbed mto the cockpit How many passes at the target are we going to make?' someone go down in on his run and never come up again. Yet his boya what are left of them still like te hope maybe he succeeded hi landing on that Bali beach, which looks so nice in the travel folders, end will turn up grinning tome day, telling them what a social success he was with the natives. But it was pitiful. We lost all our dive bombers there, and abort half our 0 fighters. Qf course Bud and his gang made the Jape pay ten to one for taking that airfield but the Japs bad it to pay. With the Japs bolding diet Ball field, they could send bombers and fighters into every comer of Java, and we knew it was almost over. But anyway the Forts could now bomb our owe field the Japs had taken from us very convenient, because we knew exactly where everything was. When I cot back late to the hotel them area that beautiful Dutch girl, the one with the black hair and tiie pale face which was so wistfully sad in repose. Only there were no sudden little smiles lighting It up now. She was at the table where she and John Robertson st P-4- with Of Vtrol Ma-diu- P-4- P-4- asked. " 'Depends on how many wild hairs Im sprouting when we get over her, says Bud with a grin, and they were off. He led them cold pigeon into that Jap barrage over the Ball beach Christ! back here the people dont know that boy ever did a thing out (here and the other boys saw him Bell Syodicat. the assistant said he would pay a man who volunteered a bonus out of the money his chief bad left is the bank. Now asking our Colonel tor a radio operator was like asking him foi his right arm. But Java was caving in, the situation was tense. Our Colo nel hesitated, and then said that while he couldn't order anyone on sc dangerous a mission, ha thought, even after we explained clearly whal it was, wa could get a volunteer. And we did. We told the mm the mission was most dangerous but of the greate.it possible service tc our country. And out of the line alert-lookikid stepped a clean-cu- t, called Sergeant Warrenfeltz. Only after this did I tell him of the dollar bonus. We let War renfeltz go down end look over the ihip, loaded with surgical equipment, food, drugs, end three hundred thousand rounds of ammunition, ao that she eras practically a floating bomb. Ha talked to the captain (a Swede) and looked over the Negro and Chinese crew. There were two one for topside dressed like Javanese natives so the Japs might mistake her for a fishing trawler. Then Warrenfeltz came to me with written orders from the bomber command and I told him the porta of call. They were to slip out at night, down the north coast of Java, through Lombok Strait, then along the Netherlands East Indies, then cut up east of thd Celebes, running the Jap blockade into the Philippines till they came to Manila Bay entrance, where they would be challenged by tiie Rock, And he waa to answer on the radio with the proper signal. Then ha asked what were the other ports of call. So I told him (It makes ma creep to repeat it) they were then to run the blockade through the islands past Guam (now held by the Japs) to Honolulu. What else? asked Warrenfeltz, grinning. He was game for any thing. And I told him his third and last port of call would be New York. And then what? he wanted to know. I told him If he got that far, he was to have himself some fun, and I waa sitting down now to write him out an order for thirty days leave. He knew what he was getting Into. We'd been flying over those waters for months; he knew just how thick jthe Jap surface shlpe were, and also that they had hardly a fifty per cent chance of escaping being blown up by a Jap mine just outside the breakwater. Why did be do it? To help those poor devils in the Infantry, dying on Bataan. Hed seen the cargo. And then the money he told me exactly what to da with that, and the message 1 must send, but we'U come to it later. Of course it was all pretty irregular, paying a man for heroism. Maybe when peace comes, somebody in a swivel chair in Washington will start writing us letters asking us why we did it, and I dont know what well say. And then It all ended happily for us, because the money Warrenfeltz was supposed to receive for trying to do what he did was never paid. But that comes usually sat, alone. When she saw me she jumped up and came running across the room. Had I seen John? she wanted to know, in her pretty broken English. Out in the lobby they had told me John was missing. Hed been out on reconnaissance patrol in that lumbering slow old Navy flying boat, and there had been two messages from him: Many Zeros sighted, and then about a minute later a final one; Zeros closing in. That left only three of the ones I knew in gallant Patrol Wing 10, Commander Peterson, Bill Hardy, and Duke Campbell. None of them had been able to tell her, and when I looked at her face I found I couldnt either. Because It was the fact of someone frozen with fear in a nightmare so frozen you knew she darent move to accept the truth If you told her, ao I too was afraid. In all the evenings that were left (there were not to be many) I avoided that lobby, because it was hauntn ed by a ghost a pretty, pale, face that came running up to you and asked, with hope forced into a frightened smile, if you had seen John. To me the most frightening ghost of ell the ghost of a dead love which will not die. But theres something else that should be told, only I must go back In the story a little. The Army had sent a high ground officer to Surabaya on a special mission of great importance, and with about a mil lion dollars deposited to his credit In the Javische Bank. With this he was to buy and equip with supplies three blockade runners which would carry to Corregidor ammunition, medical supplies, and food for those poor devils on Bataan who were still fighting on. Two of the ships had already left. A third was almost ready to go. This officer left Java the twenty' sixth of February. The day after young seche left, his assistant ond lieutenant called me up in considerable anxiety. His chiet be explained, had paid him the compliment of leaving him in Surabaya in entire charge of completing the arrangements. Nothing remained to be done ex cept the most important thing of all: the officer before leaving had been unable to find a radio operator for this last ship. Without one they could not start because unless they gave e prearranged radio signal when they approached Corregidor, the Rocka guns would blow them to pieces. Could the Air Force possibly let them have a radie operator? Since the mission was a dangerous fear-froze- Features. one, apron. Make the apron In colorful checked cotton its a splendid kitchen shower gift! a (34-38- Meanwhile we had ether things to worry about The Japs had put a little landing force ashore on a tiny island sixty miles north of Surabaya, and taken over its radio station. They hadnt told us yet, said the Bombardier, but we smelled it Rumors were running all aver the place that we might evacuate any time ujw. Madiun, where I was based, was being bombed every day now wed go out an a mission and always coma back to find craters fa our runways. When wed land, immediately thered be another alarm and wed have to hop off tho field without servicing the planes or loading mora bombs. Also, instead ct going out to targets In formations, wo now were going singly. As soon as wsd gat ona ahip on tho ground long enough to get it gassed and bombed up, wed take off by our llttlo lonesome, dodging Zeros to pick Just any target from the countless transports that were swarming off Java. In tbs last week I got a light cruiser and a transport blew the end off tho transport Mostly we were flying in a menfog. Rumors I Every day theyd say no, we werent going to evacuate, because more reinforcements were going to land on tha field any day now even our own maintenance crews were about to land by boat Then wed hear their boat had been sunk (it really went on past us to India) and that wa were pulling out Nothing was sura, except tha fact that all those Jap ships moving toward Java werent pleasure yachts, and that we didnt have any reception committee to meet them. On what turned out to be my lait day I got my plana loaded with bombs and took off, headed for a huge convoy wed heard was coming down toward us from Borneo. We met it halfway the plane ahead of us was already pasting It when wa arrived. We came in at 28,000 watching this first ship plunking direct hits on two parallel strings ef transports seventeen In erch string, thirty-fou- r In all, with fifteen or twenty naval craft circling them. tal (TO BE CONTINUED) (43-44- (38-40- SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK 14S Now Montgomery SL San Francisca, Calif. Enclose IS cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern d later. i To obtain complete applique pattern and apron pattern for tho Cherry Basket Apron ) (Pattern No. S739), sixes: small sand and larfo medium 14 cents In coin, your name, address and the pattern number. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required In filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: -- Jap-mandat- Caught them just at sundown and chewed their superstructures Into steel spaghetti. WNU No Name Address- - D0U6LAS RX4N JT out to attractive country restaurants, or even picnic together. In short, ho is in love with this vain Utile thing. "They AppUqne Apron BIQ coverall apron for sum' mer has a basket pocket of dark green and bright red cherries, green leaves and basket handle appliqued onto the body of the By XATHLEEN NORRIS T T IS MY opinion that the A entire world is going X crazy, writes a reader fromv Seattle, Wash. My husband and I have been happily married for fourteen years; ours has been a relationship of affection, mutual respect, easiness. Sometimes in tiie old days he laughed at my club interests, sometimes I grew impatient when he went a little too far with a poker game or stayed out too late and drank too much for his comfort or mine, but I always regarded my marriage as a settled thing, and felt myself one of the fortunate and I u 0 Mighty Good Eating art firaat Tka firstas Kellogg's Feeds Flakes bring you Corn Dfl nearly all the protective food elements beloved wives. of the whole grain declared essential to human nutritioa Jim was a widower and my employer when we were married, he is now 49 and I am 36. We have a small daughter of nine, and Jim has two boya byhls first wife, both now marines. One came home on furlough and was decorated, has now gone out again; the younger should be here this summer for a Inlong rest; he has been seriously to able be go never jured and may back. Jim, the most devoted of fathers, seems to have gone crazy about young Jim'i coming home. What will we do with him active boy like that not able to walk any more-sitt- ing around here watching the other fellows play tennis and dance out of everything. He keeps up this kind of muttering even in his sleep. He says repeatedly that he would rather hear that the boy was dead. Husband Flirts with Girl. But thats not alL Recently he has been spending a good deal of time with a girl whose mother works In his office. He took her to the circus, said it waa good to bear that kid laugh. She writes him little notes, and be makes her constant presents, and takes her and her mother to lunch somewhere al most every day, from the office. They go out to attractive country restaurants, or even picnic together. In short, he Is In love with this rather vapid, vain little thing, and whatever I do or aay about It seems ridiculous, clumsy and useless. Once when I mentioned the absurdity of tha whole thing, he assured me that nothing would ever alter bis affection for me or bis sense of duty to Leslie, our little girL Unfortunately she Is a rather fat, awkward little girl, wears glasses, and la at the rude age. She cant help ma out much in my effort to make home attractive to Jim and to counteract tha effect of the pretty little Fritzl to call her that This and the thought of young Jims return, invalided, has made me terribly nervous, and I find it hard to sleep. With no cooperation from either husband or daughter I dont feel I can cope with the situation, to which is added my anxiety for my twin brothers, 28, both In the navy, and worry, of course, for the children of friends and relatives away in the service of the country. Please give me a guidepost to get through this. My dear Millicent, I say in answer, we all need guideposts to take us through this fearful summer of 1944. But as for not being able to cope with your situation, of course you can cope with it, and thank God that you really are needed now by every member of your family. to younger men, for your town is with uniforms, and swarming Fritzie could have her pick If she had even oVdinary charm. Girl Can Overcome Rndeness. As to Leslie, there need not be a rude age and there should not be. A lasting and effectual cure, is to prepare her for everything you say, for a few days or weeks. "Leslie, Dad is going to ask you what sort of a time you had at the field sports today, and he wants a polite answer. "Leslie, when I ask you In a few minutes to go up and make your bed, I want you to aay gently, Immediately, Mother, or May I Mother? finish this program. Whatever youre going to say when Mrs. Baker talks about the party, Leslie, say it gently and politely. Warn her in this way before you so much, as say, Good morning or ask her to pass tha toast, and you will be amazed how fast she breaks herself of the habit of rudeness. A very common habit, by the way, between eight and tea As for Jim Junior, he will be your salvstioa Dont pity or question him, but adjust the whole house to his needs; radio, big chair, telephone handy, a few friends in now and then, good meals, puzzles, new books, and any game he likes to play with you. If he doesnt play gin or dominoes, backgammon or cribbage, teach him. It is a real privilege to have one of our boys home again to spoil; God knows we American women had little to do with the making of war; we would give our own lives to save these ruined younger lives if we could. But since we cannot, our share must be to make their time normal and handicapped happy. And for your consolation let me say that I have known many of these injured men to be spurred into the achievement of conspicuoua success in spite of, or perhaps because of , the supposed physical handicap. Mix-MatcMix-matc- "Adjust the whole house to his needs 4i - Jim seniors infatuation for the flattering little office friend Is not a serious problem to you, whatever it may be to a girl of 17, who Is fool enough to waste her time on a man almost 50. She must be unattractive h h Furniture furniture is a novel line which is reported as being put out by at least one large furniture manufacturer, says the Painter and Decorator. In this type of furniture, the chairs may be of one color, the buffet of another, and the table of still another finish. Brown, black, white, Pompeian red, green, yellow and turquoise blue are used. The finish is lacquer, and several coats are applied to produce finish. 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