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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH Gas Taxes Drop THEY WERE In calendar year 1942 revenues from gasoline taxes descreased 11 per cent below 1941 and .8 per cent below 1940. January, February and March decreases this year below months of . o . THE STORY SO FAR: The story their pert la the bstUe lor the ( Philip- pines Is betas told by (our of the Sve Is left ol Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. They are Lieut. John Bulkeley (now Lieutenant Commander), squadron commander; Lleat. B. B. KeUy, second In command; and East fas Anthony Akers and George E. Cox Jr. Manila has fallen, and eur naval base at Cavite la (one. Lleat. Kelly has been In a hospital an Co rrc r, hut has Snally persuaded the doctor to release him. He has gone They have broken up a Jap patroL landing party and have now come alongside n landing barge which hai surrendered after a heavy barrage. naval officers who ars all that th one-nin- 1943. o While banana plants are commonly referred to as trees, they actually are gigantic herbaceous plants. CHAPTER VII She was empty except for three discharged her landing party and been headed home. One was dead, two were wounded, and one of these two was a Jap officer. Bulkeley had his 45 in his hand when he jumped aboard, and immediately this Jap officer went to his knees and began to call, Me Japs must have surrender! Me surrender! isoa0om DEPARTMENT OFFICE EQUIPMENT BUY AND 8EL1. Office Furniture files. Typewriter,. Adding Machines. Safes. WE SALT LAKE DESK EXCHANGE Salt Lake City. Utah ss West Broadway. MAGAZINES Household 2 yrs. $1.00. Country Gentleman J. HILL, "Tbs Magazine 6 yrs. $1.00. Man. Twin Falls, Idaho. 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Deer abound in the forest and black bear are encountered frequently. Occasionally an elk is seen. Brush wolves, red fox, bobcat, porcupine, beaver and otter and many other small fur bearers are native. He was talking fast, said Bulkeand he had ley a little grimly, his hands stuck up very high and stiff, and that ought to stop the myth about how Japs are too noble ever to surrender. I put a line around his shoulders and we hoisted him aboard the 34 boat. Then I began rummaging around in that sludge for papers, brief cases and knapsacks. I collected, among other things, the muster list of the landing party and their operations plan, before the boat sank beneath me Kelly pulled me into his boat as the barge sank. The ambulance doctor, glancing at them, said he thought the Jap officer would pull through, but that there wasnt much chance for the little private. You never know when youre gosaid ing to run into something, Bulkeley. A couple of nights later, I was riding the 41 boat on routine patrol off the west coast of Bataan. When we began to get near to Biniptican Point, the entrance to Subic, we cut it down to one engine, to make the least possible noise. Just before ten oclock, I spotted a Jap ship which seemed to be lying to, near shore. We called general quarters and began sneaking up on her still using only one engine until we got within about hundred yards. Then we twenty-fiv- e gave everything the gun and roared in but almost into a trap. Because the Japs had prepared a little wel come for us, and this ship was seemingly the bait to a trap they had floating entanglements and wires in the water which might foul our propellers and leave us a dead target for their batteries. We saw them just in time, and now we saw they were trying to unbait the trap because that big ship was showing a wake, trying to get under way. At a thousand yards we fired our first torpedo, and it had hardly hit the water before the Jap ship opened up on us with a pom-poTheyd been playing possum, waiting for us. But what the hell we wanted to be sure wed stolen the bait from the trap, so we went right on in, ahead of our own torpedo, and let her have another at four hundred yards. Then I gave hard rudder and as we turned abeam of her, we sprayed her decks with the 50s, and every man on board picked up a rifle and began pumping at her just for the hell of it and the Japs were dishing it right back, but not for many seconds. Because all of a sudden Bam It was our first torpedo striking home, and pieces of wreckage fell in the water all around us. The explosion gave us our first clear look at her. She was or had been until then a modern, stream lined 6,000-to- n auxiliary aircraft car later High Commissioner Sayre left Still later the planes reported the on a submarine. It seemed like a Japs were breaking her up for good many prominent people were scrap. But we brought the 32 boat leaving Corregidor. And the army back safe to the base at Sisiman had been pushed back to what we Cove. Our headquarters there was knew were its last and strongest a reformed goat slaughter-housdefense positions on Bataan. None about one hundred feet long and of it looked too good. thirty feet wide, with a concrete floor. Wed scrubbed it out with cretwo Of our original six boats, had already been lost, DeLongs osote. It still smelled some, but was over Subic Bay, and the 33 boat habitable. Wed also acquired a tenwhile I was in the hospital shed der an old harbor tug called the been going full speed ahead investi- Trabajador and put her in charge gating what looked at night like the of DeLong, whod lost his ship. Then we all sat around envying feather of a Japanese submarines periscope, only it turned out to be a him, said Kelly, because here he wave breaking over a little sub- was, living like an admiral a cabin, a wardroom, a real galley (not merged and uncharted coral reef.' We came close to losing the 32 just a hot plate, which was all we boat about that time, said Bulke- had on the MTBs), and even a mess who could bake pie. It was ley. DeLong and I were riding her boy life, and Bulkeley and I the night of February 8, patrolling to find some excuse to go evused usuas of coast west Bataan the up al. A little before nine oclock we ery night and eat his dessert and saw gun blasts on up ahead of us drink coffee. DeLong liked it so in the neighborhood of Bagac Bay, much he later decided to stay on so we put on what speed we could Bataan rather than leave with the to find out who was shooting at what. rest of us. Our plan for making a run for Incidentally, the speed wasnt much. Because the 32 boat had had an ex- China when our gas was almost Bulkeley had plosion while they were cleaning that gone still stood, and gear saboteurs wax out of her strainers got hold of some landing-forc- e and tanks, so that now she was held which we knew might be useful on contogether with braces and wires, and the Chinese coast if we missed friends nections with our Chungking But two engines. running on only and had to fight our way through the pretty soon we sighted a ship about three miles away. I Japs. So we began drilling our men procedure. was maneuvering to put her in the in landing-forc- e This got them very curious. They path of the moonlight on the water so I could make out what she was. knew our gas was running out, and But now she seemed to put on speed, we had almost no more torpedoes heading up in the direction of Subic except the ones which were in the boats. So we told them we were !ESSF thinking of going south to join the Moros if Bataan fell, and it satisIt 1 rier. But the Japs werent through with us. A battery of about half a dozen guns opened up on us from the shore by the flashes we could see they were pumping it to us as fast as they could load, and they certainly took our minds off our other troubles. So with big splashes all around us, we executed that naval maneuver technically known as getting the hell out of there, swerving, weaving, avoiding those damned wire nets, and trying to figure out where the Japs would place their next artillery shots, to make sure we wouldnt be under them giving her every ounce of gas we could stuff into those six thousand horses, until we were out of range. I think the Japs were getting tired of us MTBs, and risked exposing that ship to rid themselves of a nuisance. ch White Fawn Flour Leads Them All Ask your Friendly Grocer Westminster College SALT LAKE CITY Character Education SCHOLARSHIP Junior College CURRICULA General Education Medic, Pre-La' Engineering Secretarial Science HIGH SCHOOL Last two year College Preparatory DORMITORIES DINING HALL The fun and art of living together. Work Aid ECONOMY OF EXPENSE Early in February they started sending submarines up from Australia, and our boats would always meet them outside the mine fields and bring them in Bulkeley getting aboard to ride as pilot. The subs had news. They said America was building a big Australian base that supplies were rolling down there. The submarine Trout would bring in ammunition for armys guns on Bataan and take out gold which had been brought over to from Manila before it fell. The unloading, of course, would all be at night, and then Bulkeiey would take them out and show them deep water, where they could submerge and hide from Jap bombers during the day. Quezon went out on one ubmarine to Cebu, and a week Cor-regid- or write to FOR INFORMATION President Robert D. Steele, D.D., Westminster College, Salt Lake City 5, Utah. W.N.U. - A Week No. 4335 SALT LAKI WYETH SPEARS FEATURES WHITE -- Potato Industry Grows Starch factories and dehydrating plants that have sprung up in northern Main since Pearl Harbor prove that Americas uses for the Maines potato are increasing. Aroostook county has the loam and climate to win top rank among the nations potato regions. It normally of the nations grows 270 bushels farms average Its crop. per acre against a national average of 130 bushels. Increased acreage of the needs only the weather to make a record crop in HOME FRONT 'ZfLyitf RUTH 1942 Corresponding amounted to 34.2, 38 and 29.5 per cent, Indicating Bteeply declining revenues. Figures from 45 states show Tennessee and Kansas were the only states with slight increases about 2 per cent above March, 1941, in each case. ON THE Wxtm? ry LIGHT PRINT. . e, big-shi- p dead-ahea- d itmim SH '' 4 I V. .iiA t). PIECE SQUARES OF TRIANGLES JOIN SQUARES IN STRIPS TO FACE CURTAIN EDGES 'T'HIS old fashioned saw tooth used for the plain triangles, a narquilt pattern has been used for row border will make a good-showin- the border of many handsome quilts. It is so modem looking and NOTE: Readers who plan to piece quilts so simple to piece that it should and have not selected their pattern should serve many decorative purposes. send for the three patterns designed by Here it trims kitchen curtains of Mrs. Spears which will be sent to you tor unbleached muslin. In addition to IS cents. Address: its old time use its angular note MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS would make it effective as a borNew York. Bedford HUls der for luncheon cloths, aprons Drawer 10 various and other purposes. Enclose 15 cents for the 3 quilt patterns designed by Mrs. Spears. To make a pattern cut a square of cardboard, then cut diagonally ; Name one half will make a triangle patAddress size suggested in sketch fied them for a while. We let only tern. The to the purmay vary according two other persons in on the secret Clark Lee and Nat Floyd, newspa- pose in mind. If a bright color is per correspondents who had been authorized by the Admiral to make the trip with us. Y5 55 s5 Y rY' The food situation was getting 4 ?. Raw, smarting turfacc relieved amaztough. Our breakfast was always ingly by th toothing medication of hot cakes made without eggs just and flour, water, baking powder and the syrup was sugar and water, We hadnt seen butter since the war Takes in Everybody started. Then for dinner, it was alI wonder if Jack loves me. Sue ways canned salmon and rice, and Buy War Savings Bonds Of course he does, dear. Suzie you dont know tired you can get an exof canned salmon until you eat it Why should he make you ception? regularly for a few months. We welcomed any change. Marines Report: All we have The one high spot in our diet was to date concerning the ABOUT gathered She said Kelly. the Canopus, was an old sub tender, so slow shed exotie flora of the South Pacific been abandoned, but she had a fine islands is that if it doesnt wear machine shop. She was tied up at eyeglasses, it is a coconut. the dock and already had been hit twice by bombs, so they worked her Good Practice at night and abandoned her by day. Teacher Johnnie, you have But among her stores were barrels Rubber shortage will cautw almost every word in misspelled mix and and barrels of motor truck to bo operated composition. a freezer. And her skipper would your thi year only 60 por cont of Johnnie Yes, maam; Im golet anyone in the navy who came ing to be a dialect writer. thoir 1941 miloago, accordaboard eat all the ice cream he ing to OWI. Ton mileago haul wanted as long as those barrels lastin intercity farvlco, however, His Luck ed they held out until the week we wo up 10 par cant aarly this, left. Corporal (at dance) Do you tee that yaar. But what we wanted most of all old buzzard over there? lie's the meanRubber latex, a milk Ike est ever officer taw, was fresh meat and vegetables, and contains from 30 to 40 know who I am? Fm GirlDo you in Febweek along about the second that officer dauphler. per cent solids cows milk has arruary the first blockade-runne- r Do you know who I am? only 12 per cent solids. Corporal rived. We piloted her in at Girl No. Add lettuce to the list of rubmiles out twenty-fiv- e Corporal Thank Cod! and as daylight came, our mouths ber producorsl Tost of throo varieties of lettuce by the Unwatered as we saw her cargo, Cut and Dried iversity of California, it ha strings of bananas piled high on her Bill boon reported, showed high Theres a certain question decks, and below, fresh meat and content of rubber latex. fruit for Corregidor. That afternoon Ive wanted to ask you for weeks. Mabel Well, get a move on, I went over to see Peggy, and they were all busy slicing steaks and Ive had the answer waiting for candling eggs. By yelling, scream- months. ing, and haggling, I got enough fresh meat to serve our crews two meals Though most wealthy and fathat week. She was a welcome lit- mous men claim they are tle ship, that blockade-runne- r made yet we now and then run two more trips before the Japs sank across a former dairyman who her. says he owes his success to many, But because of Peggy, my diet many ndders. was a little better than the others. Since she was on Corregidor, she Exposed was entitled, under their rationing Two men want Gatekeeper system, to buy one item per day have a letter from HE from the canteen a package of passes. They are two the saying they umpire gum, a candy bar maybe, from the friends. little supply they had left. Manager Get em out. No umBut Peggy pretended she never has two friends. pire cared for them, and every time I came to see her, shed slip me a pocketful. She bought and saved them every day just something to nibble while I was out on patrol, she explained. I began to feel funny about that to China we were planning. Of course the Admiral had ordered it, and of course it was the way we could be most useful, But here were all these brave people on Bataan and the Rock, Peggy among them, realizing more clearly every day that they would never get out. Doomed, but bracing themselves to look fate in the face as it drew nearer, knowing that they were expendable like ammunition, and that it was part of the war plan that they should sell themselves as dearly as possible before they were limited killed or captured by the Japs. But a handful of us secretly knew that Add meat supplies. crisp, we, and only we among these many brave thousands, would see home delicious Rice Krispiea again, and soon. to meat loaf, hamburger, And the more I liked Peggy she casserole dishes. Perks was a swell kid the guiltier I felt. Furthermore, I knew if we ever left, up their flavor. Adds it would have to be soon. Gas was low extra nourishment getting dangerously barely enough to make the run for China. Rice Krispies are rich And so was our torpedo supply. We to have leave with would every tube in the whole grain food full if we were to throw effective values of thiamin (Vitaweight against Jap shipping on the China coast, and in addition to what min Bi), niacin, and iron. we would need for this, we had only a few torpedoes left, enough for one good fight and that was to come Copr. 1049 by Rellncc Oem party 6ooner than we knew. CtSSKTO) v. EESDKIn3 SNAPPY FACTS RUBBER ice-crea- m -- I n Immediately this officer went to his knees. Bay maybe, if she had seen us, to get under the protection of the Jap shore batteries there. Why had she been firing near Bagac Bay? We learned that later. She was a 7,000-toJap cruiser covering a Jap landing party with her guns. We didnt know wed broken up this party at the time. Following her, we seemed to be gaining because she had apparently slowed down, maybe thinking she had lost us. We were closing on her fast now, when suddenly a huge big searchlight came on, holding us directly in its beam, and a few secshells came onds later two screaming over, landing just ahead of us with a terrific explosion and Her searchlight was waterspout. blinding us and we could only head directly into it, firing the starboard torpedo at that light at about four thousand yards range. There was another flash of guns from the cruiser, and this salvo dropped much closer to us hardly two hunn dred yards ahead. A third salvo landed just astern of us, and then we let, her have the port torpedo, figuring the range at a little over three thousand yards. Now we were empty, and the problem was to dodge that blinding searchlight. Before we veered off to the east, we tried to douse it with bullets, but they spray of did no good. We could hardly see where our tracers went for the glare. We could see now she was chasing us, firing salvoes in pairs from her four guns, when suddenly there was a dull boom, and we could see debris and wreckage sailing up through that searchlights beam. There was a pause in her firing-- no doubt about it, one of our torpedoes had struck home, probably the second one. We knew she was crippled because she had slowed down that light which was trying to hold us in its glare was getting farther and farther away, and about 10:30 we lost it by making a hard turn to the right. Presently it went out. It came on again once or twice on the horizon, feeling for us over the waves, but never found us. The next day the army told us wed broken up a 7,000-tocruisers landing party on Bataan near the village of Moron, which was then in land, and said their planes reported the Japs had had to beach her seventy-fiv- e miles up the coast. n two-gu- n no-ma- tub-stan- night-rendez- vous self-mad- e, UDQfllogj break-throug- h (TO BE CONTINUED) |
