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Show . THE DESERET NEWS Salt Lake City, Utah American Writer Escapes Singapore As Bastion Falls - Of Rescue After Flight - and last (Editor's Not C. Tates McDaniel, Associated Pre correspondent American reporter to leave Singapore b efore its fall, has arrived safely in Ba He tells his story In this disex perienres. tavla after a series of breath-takin- g patch. the first direct word JUfrom him since he filed hia last cable from btnga-por- e while aboard ship in the harbor, under incessant at 4.15 a in. EWT cb. Born of American parents at !oohow. China, 35 ears ago and eduair attack Richmond and North Carolina. McDaniel haa been unof cated at the Inoerslties der fire oh numerous occasions during the past four years while covering hostilities in China.) -- JAXIio) BY C. YATES Feb. 2u ' BATAVIA, N E I I escaped (AP) (Delated) liom doomed Singapore Feb'. 13 aboard the last vessel to leave the battered and burning fortress and reached Batavia during an air raid alarm this morning. f In my seven and day journey I abandoned a bombed ship, vas cast up on an uninhabited island, made my way small tlnough a storm in a launch to Sumatra, crossed that b islands mountain wilds truck, tail. pon cait and completed "salelv JUG loundabout miles Ocean the Indian through aboard a destroy er. "From the salt water soaked pulp which is all that is left of my journal I will attempt to piece together my story, which in a larger sense Is the story of the last days" of Singapore of the few who succeeded and many more who failed to escape the deadly and efficient fury of the final Japanese onslaught on Britains last stronghold in southern Asia ATTACKED BY FLAXES Early in the morning we were looking at the peaceful scene of the little islands when two Japanese light bombers circled and toward us, fhe old ship glided shuddered when the bombs exploded just astern. A few minutes later two more planes came over at not more than J00 feet. This time they didn't miss The decks seemed to bounce up to meet txsas we flopped on out faces. I found a gaping hole through the for-ard hold Ten minutes later there was one-hal- 'l' 1 , A 4 t I another clash follow-- , ed by the hiss of escaping steam, the ship listed and began setThe engineer emerged tling from the boiler room and assur-reus the boilers wouldnt explode because hed opened the alves. The officers gave no order to abandon ship but w ithin 10 minutes a lifeboat was lowered. Before it hit the water. 15 sailors tumbled in and pulled off, too terrified to heed the officers shouts to come back. STAY OX SHU After looking over the damage, the captain ordered the other two lifeboats put overside We put Miss Lim, the only woman passenger in one. The rest of us remained on board hoping that at least one of the leaky boats would be able to reach the near- est island five miles away and leturn before we had to swim for it. The captain said he believed we might" have another two hours but the fire in the coal bunker was spreading and the list was getting worse. Propped against a coil of rope I tried to continue my journal but was forced to drop the job twice to answer the call all hands to fight fire as just one of 44 men aboard the burning and fast settling ship We got the fires under con- trol but Japanese planes came over again and again. One was so low I saw the bomb swing on the wing rack but he didnt drop it. I helped hoist the life rafts overboard but the rotten bamboo -- ations - Jt reporter! that-- in the Bangka" Strait a dnect hit was scoted tianspoit ship and a di- cmpne i ST? hit and near mis-- , (,n the jtlxMcm ATTACK merchant vessel 0) overthe Koa- - -- I5IVEK Hanging (Continued Musi River, where Japanese invasion forces won their foothold on Sumatra, Allied planes were said to have scored two direct hits on an vessel, a bomb hit squarely ort the bridge of a 5,000-toship, and several ncarmiss.es on another ship of 8,000 tons." In the sea fight with Japanese cruisers and destroyers, the Dutch reported that the Japanese warship which was sunk vyas in flames after having beenhit by a torpedo, and after half an hour it blew up (The Japanese acknowledged the naval battle, telling of between their naval units and Dutch cruisers and destroyers yesterday between Bali arid (22 miles long and 121 miles wide, is cultivated. The rest is mainly mountain or forest. (Reporting on only one phase of the action, the Japanese claimed that two of their destroyers, finally supported by cruisers, sank two Dutch destroyers with torpedo hits and badly damaged a third Dutch cruisers also were said to have been hit ) The Dutch communique declaied that Japanese bombers st luck at airfields at both ends of Java, and bombed the eastern of town Bantoewangi, just across the nanow strait from Bali, killing 39 civilians and injuring 15, mostly in a direct hit on an air raid shelter. eta the 10,000-toHipper. From Stockholm also came an indication that the Germans have clamped a harder hand upon , O-- lo united nations One hundred reported already held. On the North African front. British headquartets leported that German troops and armored forces Yetteated to the north after a clash with British Mechili patiols on the Tnumi-Eline west of Tobruk Had weather hampeied w 400-mil- e ' tons both cm flower-.sceqte- Materials- - count-eii.ttmke- d Tolu uk. Tanker (Contmuecl Front Page One) burned fiercely on the port side, but that a stronq wind prevented spiead of the blaze on the wa-ter on the staiboaid side 'Hie .ship was enveloped 1 in .flames ev civ wheie could sec. a cicwman related turd to open the porthole but the side of the ship was burning also. Desperately I threw on what clothes I could and made my way to the deck, Men were shouting all around me. Flames were snooting high into the air and the sea wa3 burning all around. The lifeboats and rafts were In flames. We ran for about, looking ,1 place to jump. When a patch would clear for a moment, some-bod1 1 y would jump. saw Mt. Pleasant, married Giace Bailev in who survives him. Other survivors include a son and a (laughter, Dorothy Lorraine,-4- , and Gerald Roys Thomas, 2, of Garfieldrhis mothei, Mrs. L. F. Smith of Logan; three brothers, 9wen F. Thomas, Magna, Thomas, Salt Lake, and L. F Smith of Logan, four sisters, Mrs. Muriel Lindquist of Salt Del-wy'- n Lake, Mrs Fred Daniels of Las Grustes, N. M., Mis, Mildred Nix 4 s n i- stallations, Increasing the density of the fire. Also, a fairly large convoy of Japanese troops arrived m Subie Bay to loin the attadkers. On Thursday General reported the enemn-creasin- g pressure on the American right -- flank, with troop movements indicating further Japanese regrouping Heavy artillery fire continued. Mac-Arth- -- Yesterday the fighting, described officially as positional, continued on all sections of the narrow front. Germans Escape BGWMANVILLE, Ont, Feb." CAP) Two members of the air force escaped last night from a prison camp here and a search was under way for them today throughout Ontario. 21. German Real values In Ha- wan have increased about 500 per .pent in the last forty years, according to the Department of Commerce. BEGAN .MONDAY Fit si legrouping of Japanese fo.crs for the chive was reporton ed Sunday, with Ugiifing Batanii limited to local patrols. 0 i Monday the 'Japanese startand fire. ed lieavv artillery there was intermittent infantry MEN! Remind your wife ifrat you love her by tending fighting. The bombardment artillery continued Tuesday, with heavy fite directed against the Ainei-lea- n fortresses dominating the mouth of Manila Bay. On Wednesday new Japanese air unit appeared over the lines, bombing con American troops almost WA See or Phone YOUR FLORIST on of Idaho Falls, and Miss Lorraine Smith of Salt Lake. 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All one-hal- CHROME BREAKFAST and with Japanese troops furiously1 pushing preparations on Sumatra, to the west of Java, there was no sign thus far of a Japanese drive towards Batavia or west Java. The Dutch communique re-ported, however, that Japanese planes raided an air field m western Java, causing some dam- age but no casualties. Washington - di-le- unin-vade- BECOME a necessity! BUY YOUR U. S. DEFENSE BONDS FROM US M E R (CAKiS'AyiNGS1 I d ous s,ea routesThe Dutch were stubbornly defending Bali and Sumatra but' it was admitted the situation was growing more critical. 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The heavily fortified island of Java faced its critical hour of trial today, with the Japanese obviously building up to an attack In force on this last stronghold of the Netherlands East Indies. The Japanese were beating against Dutch defenses to the right and left of Java against Bali on the east and Sumatra on the west. Should the Japanese gain complete possession of those islands, Java nerve center of the United Nations forces in the southwest Pacific could he isolated except for increasingly precari-- i .- SETS Pc. chrome set, solid oak tops upholster, d chairs with curved backr. Exactly as Illustrated. A few left at 5 1 .City In 1930. Lie 1934, (Continued George -- - d From Page One) a step aimed primarily at the Japanese problem on the W'est canic range which forms the backbone of Sumaua, Monkeys in nearby trees howled their morning hymn to the sun. One official en lotrte1 tried to halt us for fear wed break down and fall prey to tigers but only one black panther and one civet cat crossed the road and we didnt break down. At midafternoon we reached northwest Sumatra. The hotels were full of refugees from Malaya and southern Sumatra, but a good Dutch ladv took us in and gave us wholesome food. AMERICAN SAVINGS A LOAN ASS N Salt Like i- 1894, Itu-sc- vol- THE VALUE of THRIFT! SO. . e The Fonders of our Country knew 17 E.1T sides Piemier Mussolinis high command said Italian noops and repulsed attacks bv Bntish motmized columns below Timmi, no miles west of 9, He entered the seivice ot Utah the Bingham & Garfield Railroad Company, a Utah Copper Come pany subsidiary, on May 22, 1918," and some yeais latei became an employe ot the copper company itself .Among his sin v ivors are his widow, .uis lassie Mac Poulsen, amf scvui son.- - j..M. Beniamin, Theodui e, Don, Boyd and Dean Poulsen. Fireman Uhw Thoifla-- , was horn Julv, 2 1, 1012, at Richmond, Utah, lie has beeiPomployed by the copper tompany continuously since July 25, 1930. Among his survivors are Ins widow, Mis. Grace Bailey Thomas, a son Gerald, and a ciuughtet, Doiothi. Bodies of Poulsen and Thomas are at. the nioituary, in Bingham. na, and Gem go M Swenson' of Ft Lew is. ash. RICHMOND i.UTK Lnenian Rills Thomas, was hoin Julv 2(, 1912, in Richmond. He has been employed Ltah Rv the coppei company since Japanese attempts to continue landings on Bali, the island separated from Java,' heart of the Netherlands East Indies, by a mile-widstrait, were made more difficult by reefs, sharks and high , 'CURRENT DrVTOEJTORATE July l i, SAFE . . . INSURED DIVIDENDS tion is necessary. The exploded engine, a huge Mallet type, was pulling a train of 50 empty oie cars toward Bingham from the. nulls at Mag-anArthur w hen the accident occurred. On the trip to the mills thet train had carried about 4,250 of copper ore. Engineer Poulsen was horn Norway. occupied patches said it was announced that 10 Norofficially in wegians , would be anested as hostage-- for every one fleeing to From Page 'One) aircraft sultered no losses In this attack. "Later, seven American arpiy an esdive bombers, with ' cort of sixteen tighter planes, resumed the attack on the enemy vessels. In tins fight a Japanese cruiser was seriously damaged. Two of our dive bomb--erand two of our fighter planes were lost. In a subsequent action thiee of our heavy bombers attacked another enemy cruiser off Bali, scoring. hree hits. A later attack was made on the Japanese vessels by ten American army bombers of th? Living fortress type. Result of this attack have not been reported. It is .believed tbat this aerial Bali Is the action fightingoffclesiiibed in press previou-Jtiom liatavia. Java "3. Theie is nothing to report fiom other aica-.- " itself. On the fighting front General Mac Arthurs aiiiiy its eighth week under siege on Bataan Peninsula with the the Japanese still withholding have full scale offensive they been building up in a week of sporadic fighting. The pattern of the conllict during the week gave every Indication that the blow would be a tremendous one w hen it cantg. (Continued Our immense warehouses are full of fine furniture bought before the big price advances . . . this is your good fortune if you buy now while old prices are stHl in effect . . . use our February Sale to dress up your home for spring. AIRPORT BOMBED The communique said two persons were wounded severely and ten others slightly in a bombing of an airport in eastern Java. Some damage but mo casualties resulted from the bombing of the airport on the western end of the island, the Dutch said. Early the next morning, Feb. 16, we icsumed our slow journey By noon we had reached the motor road head, hungry and cramped, but were soon cheered by the Warm hospitality of the Dutch militaiy and civilians who fed us and provided us w ith a truck for the drive across Sumatra. I sat beside the ariver all night, talking to keep him awake w hile the rest of our party slept. Every few miles, local guards halted us but quickly and eour- teously waved us on. They were taking no chanhces on the surprise approach of an enemy patrol. earns You (Continued From Page One) the debris of this explosion will be removed .from the Hack liv short order and before any material curtailment of mill opera- - GIVEX TRUCKS SAVE where your money stantly, and new battefiea were added to Japanese artillery liv Lombok. coi-er- HAS From Page One) cruiser Admiral -- d , d for the reasons whiclu curtailed naval operations. . - V 4. Jay, has strong coastal defenses which are believed capable of checking the first Japanese blows, providing time for troops to come up from the interior and concentrate on the points in greatest dangei - The military command in lava has learned the danger ot leavmall boats ing' scows and otiiei wheie the Japane-- e can put their hands cn them. Thus it wa believed that the military would not let such craft fall into the hands of the Japanese, even if it became necessary to destroy all the small boats on Java. Javas population in 1930 was 41.719,321, including that of the Island of Madura just off the southeast section of the island. It Is highly volcanic hut Its More than 40 soil is fertile. per cent of the island, which is The American and Dutch bombers were ope ih ting the length of Javas northern sea-- , front, the communique disclos-e- e Dawn found us on top a under-estimate- Den-pasar- J- the rusty lashings broke and tanks sank: We were about ready to swim for it when one of our lifeboats of us, inreturned. Thirty-siand cluding - the captain all but one officer climbed Six volunmen in. teered to remain aboard for the next trip as our boat was leaking badly and we were flammed in like sardines After an hour of bailing, row mg and sailing, we touched ground on a coral reef. We waded ashore on the little island of Bangka men and one pluchv Fifty-fivgirl tilled exhausted and soaked with their legs bleeding fiom coral cuts, into a launch licensed to carry 15. Forty men gave up the struggle and turned back to the island to wait with the small party Left ashore until we could send help. If the night on the Island was miserable, the one aboard the launch was indescribable. The waves rolled over the deck w'here we were sprawled wet and shivering but we were still hoping we'd make Sumatra before dawn brought Japanese bombers. Behind us drugged a smaller launch on which our skipper and doctor were working over the wounded men. Davbieak found us approaching the mouth of the river up which we worked until late afternoon. Xo one was quite certain where we weie except somewhere in Sumatra. Late that afternoon we got a big thrill when, lounding a bend, we saw a white ensign (The white Bntish naval flag ) with the Union Jack In one over warships anchored at a wharf. Ashore we found members of the Malayan command staff whom wed last seen in before. Singapore three rias They left ahead of us and got through unscathed. THRIFT iMacArtlmr- - Explosion- - European- - all-ou- From Page One) blows of their own at Invasion transpoits over a wide area from Bali on the east to Bangka Strait otf Sumatia .in the west. TRANSPORT SINK Then pait in the fight w bv a United Nations command war bulletin which credited them with, sinking a large Japanese transport and scoring hits on numeious other transports and warships It said that during one attack on two Japanese cruisers and two destroyers, Japanese Zero (naval) fighter planes tried to protect their warships but were driven off. Several hits were reported segued by dive bojnbers on four Japa'nese ships "engaged in landing operations near anlield and Coastal town on southeastern Bali Here, again,, the United command said, Japanese fighteis clashed with the Allied Thiee planes. Japanese planes were shot down and two Allied planes were lost, the communique reported. (Continued Journalist Tells Thrilling Story - up troops and materials and attempting to organize air bases and transport befoie opening the t drive on Java The Japanese invaded Bali yesterday. That little Island is sepal ated from Java bv just, one mile of water Dali Stiait. The Japanese attacking power is not heie but Netherlands ' Indies ANETA, news agency, said theie wcie four factors" w.hich might count m favor of the Java riofendets. ANETA listed them thus 1. The Nethei lands Indies auny, which so far has fought mainly delaying actions in outlying sectois, remains virtually unimpaired and ready for action. FLEET STANDS READY 27 The Allied fleet In these viators, which .could not.be lully utilized in defending Palembang, oil center in Sumatia, and other points lest Java be Jett exposed, will he able to content! ate on defense of this island 3 Nations air Tbe United foice will be able to opeiate in full stiength fiom Java It lias not been able to do so lyretoioie N.E.I- .- BHOADLOeiJ CARPET More Than 70 Rolls To Choose From Estimate Without Obligation IMMEDIATE DELIVERY! .3 Saturday, February 21, 1942 to buy, so our will soon is to supply your needs now while our stocks are complete. Select your appliances from these leading lines, now avoid disappointment later. Electric Ranges and Refrigerators Round Oak Coal Ranges Magic Chef Gas Ranges Zenith Radios Washing Machines KeivinaS or One Year Guarantee Electrolux Gas Refrigerators ri m iuxury xa LINOLEUM SPECIAL . FELT BASE SQUARE YARD |