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/ashington WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. — Military Vietbeiss: are not enough. As Hitler is learning now 'in France.

- People who were once free and strong cannot be ruled

for long by the sword alone. “The terrorism raging. in France tells us in words of ‘blood that Hitler. is unable to follow - through after he wins a victory. In Lisbon I talked with an American official who: had just come out of France. He said that immediately after Paris fell, the Germans might have won over the French people. But the Germans 1 did not know how to handle" the French. Irritations grew. This American official observer was convinced that the situation was irreparable, that it had become so bitter that the Germans could never hope now to win the confidence and co-opera-‘tion of the French people. He was certain that Germany had lost them and that control could be exercised only to the extent that naked armed force could compel obedience. The frequent shooting of Germans in France now bears out his judgment. When a Frenchman shoots a German the population protects its own, and the Germans in their frustration have been driven to the dangerous extreme of shooting French hostages at random. It is cruel and unjust and is more likely to incite further trouble than to stop it.

Hated Race All Over Europe

In Norway and Czechoslovakia the Germans have:

completely failed to win over the populations. They are having trouble also in the Netherlands. Hitler could take Portugal overnight but he would find that the Portuguese Government had anticipated him and that measures had been taken to rob his conquest of its value. The. V for victory is scrawled in chalk over many walls on Lisbon streets, Switzerland: is surrounded. But Hitler doesn’t lay a hand on the Swiss because he knows that the railroad tunnels which connect him with Italy. would be blown up. Every shred of evidence that one can find Pointe

By Raymond Clapper

lusion that Hitler has: shade the

to the: certain in every country that has been

Germans a hated

conquered. The Germans are there as ‘unwanted|

masters, as destroyers of freedom and not as. libefators. They: rule by force and fear. ' Hitler's new order appears to to the conquerey, peoples as a Dew. slavery. : Although they have ‘to take it. forthe moment, they hate it and live impatiently for ine time when the oppressors can be driven out. Russian territory which Hitler ‘ conquers will oe a ® an inhabited by people who have fought him fiercely- and who will harass him to the full extent of their ability. .

He Will Sow His Destruction

" HITLER CAN MAINTAIN such a system while he is ‘winning military victories and while he maintains a rule of bayonets over these peoples. He can appropriate the industries and run them with the aid of a gestapo strong enough to hold sabotage down. But such a system cannot be continued indefinitely in peacetime, Hitler cannot look toward the day when he can relax his military occupation; because his conquest would then fall apart. All that Hitler

can look forward to is a permanent armed occupation |.

of Europe, one marked by constant shooting of hostages as is necessary now in France. ‘If he must do that in unarmed France today, in the midst of a war that on land is going his way, can he expect any less difficulty later on as the burden of the German occupation grows heavier? : All this says clearly that Hitler already ‘has planted the seeds that will destroy his new order. He has planted them all over Europe, deep in the rich free soil where they nee heing secretly watered and nmourished.

eration and the opportunity to join the free world for which the United States and Great Britain stand. The. sea power ‘of these two nations means trade and

commierce ‘and the opportunity to live for ‘France| .

Holland: and Scandinavia: and for all the other nations ‘that could be: brought ‘into a community of free peoples. Human nature, all" human instincts, are working against Hitler now: and if given sufficient : help Shey. will'in time pull ‘down. his "house,

to start his travels again.

- Because of Mrs. Pyle’s serious illness, Ernie: Pyle is not yet able to: resume. his daily column. As soon as Mrs. Pyle is slay on:the way to recovery, Ernie hopes

Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town’)

DEEPLY ENGROSSED in conversation, Rowland Allen sat at a table in Ayres’ tearoom the other day with one of his long legs on the chair under him. A stranger seated nearby arose and, tapping him

an the shoulder, suggested he remove his foot from"

- the chair. Subconsciously Rowland heard and complied, but without looking around or halting for conversation. A few minutes later, it dawned on him what had happened. He began getting hot under the collar and was all set to “tell off”. the upstart stranger. But. then that famous aplomb returned. He walked over to the stranger and said, in effect: - “Thank you for reminding me of my ill manners. You were right and I appreciate your telling me.” That almost floored the stranger, and they became

: quite chummy. Rowland explained he worked in the

store; the stranger said he was an oil man, en route to South America. or little later, Mr. Allen’s receptionist entered his ce. °* “The strangest thing just happened to. me, Mr. Allen,” she said. “A man walked in and asked for the personnel director; said he wanted to commend one of the employees he met in the tearoom. “And when I asked for this employee's name, he said it was Rowland Allen. And when I said Mr. Allen and the personnel director were one and the

- same man, he looked sort of funny and said he

thought he’d better be going.”

Four Bells to Walsman

THE TAX ADJUSTMENT BOARD was discussing the schools’ budget. - One ‘of the younger members of the Board suggested that one way for the School

Board to get some money would be to sell for. old.

metal the bells above some of the City schools. He said he’d figured it out and the bells Weighed a certain amount. Board Chairman Albert F. Walsman Russian Riddle WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Whether Russia goes on slugging or drops out depends almost entirely on the will of one man—Josef Stalin—diplomatic observers here believe. Neither the United States nor Great’ Britain, it is admitted somewhat ruefully, is in ‘a position to send any great amount of munitions to the Soviets. - Both fully intend to do their strained utmast. But you can’t give tanks, planes and guns if you haven’t got them to give. Such is the essence of the painful - message the British and American missions to Moscow will convey to Stalin this- week. They will assure him of priority on much of the Dsteris] now being turned out. that he may expect the ise on of: every kind of available help meantime. But if he is to reap the full measure of British and American ajd, he must hold out no matter what it costs. That way lies victory for him no less than for his associates, Even iif the invading forces pushed on as far as the Urals, military men here say, the Russians still would be better off than the Chinese, now in the fifth year of their amazing struggle ageinit the Japanese.

Lessons of China's War

IN THE FIRST YEAR of the Sino-Japanese war, it is pointed out, the Chinese lost most of their seaports and chief cities along with almost all their in-

- dustrial centers. By past: standards, it looked as if

they yere licked. Yor gs they retreated ‘deeper and deeper into the hinterland, they contrived: to carry along with them some of their lighter ‘machinery and hand tools. With these primitive instruments the oy turned out ‘arms and munitions of sorts which, added to the fem dribble received: from friends outside, enabled to keep

the fleld, |

My Day

_ WASHINGTON, Tuesday—Yesterday afternoon 1

3 received Dr. Juan Carlos Blanco, the Ambassador of * Druguay, snd Madame Blanco, and Mr. Fernand

‘Dennis, the Minister of Haiti, and Madame Dennis.

They were my first difiomatie visitors for the fall,

they certainly were charming ones. * Secretary and Mrs. Morgenthau dined with us last night, and today Mrs, Morgenthau has been

catching up on some of the civilian that the.

“defense work on ‘which we are going to work together in the com- - ing months. ‘1. find ‘a wealth of voluntéers whe 'afe anxious to do something ‘useful, but I shall not be satisfied until I begin to see people actually at work in communities all over the country. That is. where the real civilian defense

- must have its roots. It certainly has been delightful nie fis ol cold. I am beginning

* itals. -

listened carefully, then snorted: “Young man, you are in possession of more information on things that aren’t so than anybody .I know.”. That was that.... Another young fellow phoned Miss Mary Gorgas, chief ‘of the Library’s reference department, and asked: “How far is .up?” He explained he wasn’t kidding; that he’d had to answer it in a job examination he'd just taken. It wouldn't do to admit that for once the Library was stuck on a question, so Miss Gorgas replied: “Twice half way.” That seemed to satisfy him. . There wasn’t much work done yesterday in office buildings near the Traction Terminal. Everybody was leaning out the window trying to tell whether the two men Working on the steep-pitched roof of the Terminal were hill-billies with one leg shorter than the other, or whether they were just acrobats.

And the Senator Balked

SOME OF. THE BOYS who attended the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association pow wow at French Lick over the week-end are telling pf a little mixup in the seating arrangements for the dinner. As we

‘get. it, Sénator Van Nuys recalled another occasion

at the spa. when he sat at a dinner and heard the then. Governor “read” him out of the party. So the Senator phoned the hotel and checked on the seating arrangements. Sure enough; they had him scheduled to sit beside none other than former Governor Townsend. That was changed in a hurry. . ... Thiee years ago in July, Pete Ernst, manager of the Pritchett Recreation Alleys, sliced his ball on the No.1 tee at the Speedway Golf Course. The ball landed on a high branch of a tree beside the fairway, and stayed there. In fact it's there yet, and can be seen by passing players. Pete recalls rather ruefully, every time he sees it, that the foursome penalized him two strokes for. an unplayable lie. . . . Secretary cf State Jim Tucker who just got back a week or so ago from spending. his vacation attending the Secretaries of State convention in ‘Los: Angeles, is off again. This time it’s to New Orleans for ‘the convention of the Moter Venice License Commissioners. No' votes: there,

‘By Wm. Philip Simms _ True, China's war against Japan has Soin argo .

guerrilla war. - She could not match Nippon’s planes, tanks, guns and motorized equipment with similar

‘equipment. But her soldiers could and did hit and

run, and hit and run again, with such dogged persistence that today Japan is gasping for breath and

Pram how much longer she will be able to old on : 80, it is felt there, even if the worst happens, the Russians’ position can hardly be more disheartening than China's. Like the Chinese they can keep on retreating, slashing at the invaders as they fall back.

He Has a Bear By the Tail

ADMITTEDLY, THE RUSSIAN situation is grave. It. is grave, that is to say, insofar as the Leningrad-Moscow-Kiev-Black Sea line is concerned. But wars aré no longer decided by the mere occupation of capGovernments can and do pick up and move on. Stalin could move back to Sverdlovsk, or a thousand miles beyond that, to Omsk or Novo Sibirsk, or even to Samarkand, Tamerlane’s old stamping. ground. . Should Stalin decide to hang on, regardless, and Hitler try to follow him up, it would be too bad -for Hitler. The farther the Nazis got from home, the

easier it would be for the Red guerrillas to cut them|.

to pieces. Hitler is seen as holding onto the Rus-

sian Bear’s tail but unable to turn loose unless the|

bear suddenly decides to go tame. ; Few here ‘believe Hitler's robots will be able to smash through to the Urals this winter. They think that winter may find the Axis occupying a line roughly following ‘the ‘Volga to Leningrad.n The Caucasus, then, rather than the terrain between Moscow and the Urals, is expected: to become a major autumn or winter battlefield. It is in that region that the much-needed oil is to be found. -But: in the Jone run, the principal factor in the Soviet : situation is. believed to be what goes! ‘on. in the brain of one J. : :

By Elton Rovsach

1 have been reading some articles in a magazine called “Who.” One is about Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Douglas and it is a charmingly written and very accurate description of two useful and busy lives. My admiration for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas is very deep, because they are among the few people 1 know who

will smilingly, make the ‘Decessary sacrifices for their|

convictions. - I imagine the. article on Mayor La Guardia is also written ‘with knowledge, as well as sympathy and understanding. - I loved, the little quotation which says . Mayor avers ‘emotion which he:shows is “very. deliberate.” ] Souless 1 have had a suspicion that: he sometimes gets angry on purpose. It. has often been; said’ that righteous. indignation is. good for the soul. .I have never been able to prove it, since I am never quite sure that I am righteously indignant, . but .I do know it is good: for. the soul to let’ Jour indignation evaporate in words. A good -part-of . the. past few days and nights has been spent in the Walter Reed Hospital with my Brotnes hh should like to write a eulogy on the devothe ' doctors, nurses and corps men in this hospital. 1.have never seen more kindness, more and more infinite attention to detail. ‘I- cannot 587, however that. it.is. ‘&: id pleases or. easy way to ne’s-time,

It “means that whole ‘nations ‘are waiting: for lib- |

CHAPTER NINE 3 By QUENTIN REYNOLDS AIR MARSHAL HERMANN GOERING, July 31, 1940: “And the German air force dominates the North Sea and the English Channel.”

“HERE COMES JERRY, ” a chicerful voice called out and then we knew that we were in for it. I was

standing aft by the gun turret.

guns there.

Two men, one named North and one ‘nisigd Simpson, crouched behind the guns, grinning with pleasure. They

had once been fishermen.

Well, actually, this trawler we were on had once

been a fisherman, too.

‘But now it had been converted

into an armed trawler and :it was nursing a convoy

through -the Channel. There wer

7 of us in oll, and. one destroyer.

We

had just entered the Straits and we were off Margate.

It was North who had called out, “Here comes Jerry.”

No orders came from our captain. He was standing on the ‘bridge, smoking his pipe. He didn’t have to give orders. Every man: knew what to do. It was a ‘beautiful afternoon. . The sky was blue and friendly-looking and the few clouds that hung against it hardly moved. We could see the French coast quite clearly to the left. We could see the English coast, of course, to the right, and I knew that just a mile or so back of the coast there were airdromes and that now pilots were hurrying into their Spitfires. The whole machinery used to protect this convoy was swinging into motion _ ’ 2 u ”

Nazi Planes Overhead

WE STEAMED ON, making six knots only, for the slowest ship always sets the pace. Then we’ heard the German airplanes. They were; very high, and at first we. couldn’t see them. Then the helping sun hurled its rays against the German planes, and the rays flashed and shimmered as they hit the smooth body surfaces. So we were able to locate them. When airplanes fly low they are dark and black. When they fly high they are silver and almost transparent. There were six of them and they were at least 20,000 feet high. They were directly overhead, which is where I like to see German bombers. When they are directly overhead they can’t hit

you. When a plane going 300 miles an hour drops a bomb, instead of falling straight down, the bomb travels in the direction of the plane for some little distance.

. When a plane directly overhead

at sufficient height releases. a bomb, the bomb will fall about half a mile away from you. So you always like to see the airplanes directly overhead. The danger is past then for the moment. - 8 ® 8

Routed by Spitfires

. NORTH WAS CURSING soft-

ly. These planes were too high. But’ the shore batteries opened up now. The blue sky was suddenly miraculously studded with small puffs of cotton. But they were far below the Germans. Then our ‘destroyer fired a few shots and, strangely, they left black puffs in the sky. They were iy a: different kind of explove Then = we heard the loveliest sound in' the world—the high, singing note of the Rolls-Royce motors of the Spitfires. The Germans wheeled Sualy toward France. The Spitfires appeared, 12 of them, buzzing angrily because their prey had escaped. They cir-

-cled twice and then turned for

home, their motors wailing dejectedly. Serenely, we steamed on, 27 little ships..

+ My trawler led the convoy. I.

went to the bridge and stood by the captain. He had given me the run of the ship. “I've got just three things to ask,” he had said when I came aboard. “Always wear your tin haf; always wear your Mae West and then,” he added, grinning, - “when the sun is over the yardarm always report to the messroom.” 8 ” 2

Sun Over the Yardarm

I DIDN'T know what the last one meant at first. I soon learned.

At 11 that morning I was on deck.

The first officer grabbed my arm. “The sun is over the yardarm,” he said. “Come on below, can’t keep the captain waiting.” We went below. The captain and four of his officers were there. His fifth officer was on the bridge. The captain poured the gin. It’s

gin and water or gin and bitters | for His Majesty's Royal Navy at

11 o'clock every morning. It is a. mild gin and although there are no restrictions no one has more than two or three. ‘The officers in His Majesty's Navy are taught to handle drinks as they’ are taught to chart a course or to tie knots. They are not the hardest group of drinkers in the world but they are certainly the best This 11 o'clock ritual replaces afternoon tea in the navy. Tea is still sacred to the R. A. F. and to the army, but when the sun is over the yardarm it’s gin and water for the navy. : s 8 =

No More. Cabbage

*THE WORST EXPERIENCE 1

to| ever had was years ago in th

submarine 167.” The captain the

been with submarines most of his | ‘life. “It was pretty awful. The

‘bloody cook thought he'd give us some cabbage. The smell of was the

There were two ‘good

. tried to. “lea

"" French territory. = The were finished. They turned for

a regulation never to cook cabbage in a sub.” "A sailor came into the mess-

- room. “Enemy aircraft approach-

ing,” he said. Unhurriedly the ‘captain rose and we left the room I went to the bridge again. The Channel is full of mine fields. The captain grinned and pointed to a buoy.

It’s name was Hope. A goey omen,

that. We were opBosits Ramsgate now, about 10 miles of the Chan-

_nel behind us. In the distance we

could see the immaculate white cliffs of Dover rising steeply, cleanly from the sea. German planes were off Dover. We heard them and then we saw them. They were a bit lower this time, 15 of them. “Come on, Jerry,” the captain _said, thinking aloud. “We're ready for you.” » 2 8 : I LOOKED BACK ONCE. Our convoy was strung out in a straight line, 27 of us. Then the Dover guns began to fire. We heard them faintly As the airplanes came closer, other guns on the shore picked them up. The White puffs were quite close to em.

Then once more the Spitfires came, Their motors were sing-

ing joyously this time. The Germans didn’t turn tail.

‘If anyone tells you that the German pilots are cowards tell

“him he’s nuts. They aren’t near-

ly as well trained as the English pilots but they are brave.

Silver streaks flashed across -

the sky, Spitfires diving and then zooming upward. The bombers their formation,

cort of Messerschmi Our guns swung into action. There were two on the bridge, each a double gun. They barked angrily. Our heavier guns aft

‘were in ‘action, too, their slim

noses pointing skyward. Our destroyer was. - firing and then most of the firing stopped. The Spitfires had closed in, and the sky was a jumble of German and English planes, whirling. snd writhing. They were bits of .ilvery mercury crisscrossing the blue of ‘the sky. The bombers were half a mile away now. This was the danger point. They dropped their bombs. They were being hurried and harried by the persistent Spitfires. The bombs

fell short. One fell a hundred yards away, throwing up a huge -

cascade of water. ” 2 2

Death the Referee

THE BOMBERS had had turned toward ; 5 es and Messerschmitts flashed in and out of the clouds, playing a game of hide and seek, with death the referee. Then a burst of black smoke came out of the tail of a Heinkel bomber. The

airplane dove, leaving an ugly black trail ‘ behind it.

It dove slowly, or it may be that it just seemed slowly. A thousand feet above the water it recovered and straightened out. It limped toward France and then suddenly it came apart. It wasn’t

- a live, pulsing thing any more;

it was a shattered piece of junk, and it dropped like a stone. The Germans: were in full flight now. They were almost over Spitfires

home. Through my glasses I watched the retreating German airplanes One of them faltered, seeming

A crewman on a destroyer of the Dover Patrol scans the sea during his watch. Another ship of the patrol can be seen in the back-

ground.

Note the depth charges at the left, ready to be hurled into

the sea instantly, should a submarine be sighted.

: located.

‘keep : the fghiing to their es-

to lift its nose high in the air, and dark smoke started coming from its motor. Two tiny specks dropped from the airplane and then something white billowed above each speck. The airplane dove gently into the Channel. The two men who had bailed out floated down slowly into the Channel but near ‘the French shore. Through my glasses I saw a plane coming from the shore. It was flying very low. It was a flying boat sent out to pick the two pilots up. It landed and presumably rescued them. Then it took off and returned home. 2.8 8

Dusk at Hell’s Corner

WE STEAMED steadily on, still 27 of us, . It was dusk now and we were opposite Hell’s Corner. That's where you turn just before you reach Dover. Here and - there masts stuck up, reminders that this wasn’t a parlor game we were playing. In the early stages of the war the magnetic mines did a lot of damage. Now ‘all ships have gadgets that immunizes them against magnetic mines. Even the London papers call it Hell's Corner. It is the most dangerous 10-mile stretch in the world. They had shelled a convoy here off Hell's Corner a week before.

- I had watched the shelling from

the high vantage point of Shakespeare Cliff. From there I saw the huge orange bursts of flame shoot upward and heard the dull boom a second later and then, thirty seconds after that, saw the shells land, throwing up tremendous cascades of water. We steamed into the ‘water off Hell's Corner and waited. Were German gunners on the

French Coast now plotting the

course of those 12-inch shells?

. We were only making two knots

now because the tide was soggy and heavy against us. We should be an easy target and yet those guns were 22 miles away. I walked aft to the rear-gun turret and climbed into it with North and Simpson, who had once been fishermen. We were all a little nervous. Actual danger never scares you much; the anticipation of danger does. We waited. “This is a lucky ship,” North said. “We have a lucky captain

to find those big guns,”

HOLD EVERYTHING Vi

and I'm a very lucky bloke myself. Got a little lucky piece here. Look at it.” He showed me a small silver medal with the picture of a saint upon it. -“That’s lucky,” he said complacently. “I found it years ago. That medal brings you luck at

‘sea.”

There was an inscription in French on the medal. I read- it. “Do you understand French?” I asked North.- He said that he didn’t. I handed him back the medal. What was the use of telling him that this was a medal dedicated to St. Bernard and that the French inscription said that St. Bernard was the patron saint of skiing? The good saint probably felt a bit out of place in a gun turret on a trawler crawling through the Channel. ? ss 8 8

Darkness an Ally -

WE STEAMED on, and it was very quiet. It seemed as though the world had stopped breathing until we got safely through. No orange glare burst over the French coast. I walked back . to the bridge. “For three nights the R. A. F. lads have been over there trying the captain said. “They’ve been dropping a lot of bombs. It might be that they've destroyed the guns.” There was a rather hurt note in his voice. Other convoys had been shelled, why not his? We steamed on and gradually we all relaxed. That was it, the R. A. F. bombers had silenced the big guns. The sun hesitated reluctantly and then plunged down behind the towering heights of Shakespeare Cliff. Darkness, our ally, had come to help us. ‘We steamed on steadily, 27 of us. The little trawlers and the little merchant ships raised their black smoke impudently. A slight breeze had sprung -up.

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A Polish Escort

FAR AHEAD, four foam-flecked white specks appeared. = They grew larger and now we saw them to be four small, fast ships. They were to be with us during the night. From the stern of them flew the red and white flag of Poland. They are the fastest things

afloat carrying guns. At top speed .

they can hit well over 40 knots. They carry depth charges and anti-aircraft guns. We expected to be attacked during the night by the German E boats—fast, 103-foot ships something like American Coast Guard cutters except that they carry torpedoes. The little moter torpedo boats can throw a smoke screen

| around a convoy. The darkness |

grew, and the little Polish boats disappeared, but now and then we could hear their powerful IsottaFraschini motors. There was only a small chunk of moon showing but the night was studded with stars, A mes-

sage came through to the captain |

from the wireless room. He handed it to me. “German aircraft shadowing bacon convoy.” The captain laughed. “Bacon convoy, indeed. That’s the code word today for us. Why bacon? Well, the fishermen often use bacon for bait hereabouts.: That’s what we are, bait. I hope they'll Li to swallow us.” 8 8 =

Raiders, London-Bound

FAR ABOVE we heard the drone of planes, and then the English coast blazed with light. We were opposite Dover. A hundred white shafts of light pierced the darkness. From the bridge it looked like a bouquet of searchlights.

Now and then an airplane would | fly into t and then a do:

lightning, trying to hold i& Then the anti-aircraft guns would belch, These raiders were prob= ably on their way to London. There were lots of them crossing now. It was just 9 o'clock. 5 I hoped they'd hit London at 9:20. We had a nightly pool in London as to what -time they'd come over. I had drawn 9:20 this week, a good hour. The whole coast was ablaze with the prying fighter of light, but the Germans were flying very high.

More Planes Appear |

NOW WE HEARD, more planes over us. The noise moved to=ward the French coast. These were British bombers en route to somewhere in Germany. Searche lights appeared from Boulogne and Calais, We couldn’t hear the German guns but we could see the rede: and-purple tracer bullets knifing - upward, cutting across the dead white of the searchlight beams. Then a British plane dropped a flare, and for a moment a mound of golden light flared. Then as it began to die, a fierce, angry burst of flame shot inte the air, A bomb had landed, then another and still another. This would be about where those big guns were

till night air carried the dnd arreled sound of the bombs exploding. A big bomb makes a throaty "wumph-wump » sound. . : We sailed along, showing no lights, hugging the friendly a ness of the Channel water, huge ging’ the English waters of the Channel. We sailed along, still 27 of us. 2 ” : 2 Submarines Near FOR AN HOUR the searche lights on both shores kept poke ing inquisitive fingers into the night. Then gradually they died out and we had the Channel to ourselves. A man wearing earphones stood on the bridge. He was in charge of the anti-submarine detection instruments. His instruments showed that submarines were near. We would know exactly where the submarines were and we'd hustle over there and drop our depth bombs. We were out of the Straits now, and dawn found us out of sight of land. This was submarine tere ritory. The men leaned over their

- guns, scanning the skies and the

sea. No one had slept; you don’t sleep on trawlers. It was golden dawn and the sun - bathed the little ships, gleaming brightly on their gray sides. We steamed on steadily, hitting seven knots now, for the tide was help= ing us. No boats appeared. No submarine came The hours passed quietly and the crew - looked disappointed. They’d had little opportunity to do their stuff. Then in the distance we saw land. It grew and it grew, and the captain smiled. “Pompey,” he said. No naval man ever calls Ports= . mouth by its real name. Ports mouth has always been, is now - and always will be, “Pompey” with the accent on the first syllable, This was our port. The beaches of Portsmouth gleamed whitely, We Sigated ine te harbor.

‘A Pleasant Trip’

OUR LITTLE TRAWLER led the way proudly. The others followed. They seemed a little ° self-conscious. but quite pleased with themselves. Twenty-seven of us had started. Twenty-seven of us had arrived safely. The captain said, “Sorry we couldn't give you more excite ment. But it was a pleasant trip, wasn’t it? The Channel behaved pretty well. And now, m’lad, notice that the sun is over the ' yardarm.” We went into the messroom, We poured our gin and water, “God bless you,” the captain said, It was his stock toast. Then "he said, “What do you think of our little Channel?” I raised my glass. “I think enough of it to drink to it. Here's to Churchill’s Channel.” 2 ” ”

Air Marshal Hermann Goering, July 31, 1940: “And the German air force dominates ‘the North Sea and the Eng-.-lish Channel.” TOMORROW: “London — City of Caves.” .

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Which of the following are likely to be used by a physician: Stethe oscope, Auoroseope, spectroscope,

gyroscope? 2—Adult moths do not eat: clothes; true or false? 3—Who was the Attorney General of the United States in the cabie net of President Herbert Hoover? 4—The sun is about 40, 400 or 4000 times larger than the moon? 5—Hematite, limonite and magnetite are all varieties of which metallis element? 6—Does the Constitution give Cone - gress the right to raise armies by | conscription? n—American war supplies are being delivered to what principal Asie atic port of ‘the Soviet Union? Answers

1—tethoscope and fluoroscope. 2—True.

3—William D. Mitchell 4—About 400. 5—Iron. 6—Yes; (Art. fig Sec. 8). 7—Vladivosto . o #® 8 : ASK THE TIMES : Inclose a 3-cent stamp for ree ply when addressing any question of fact or information fo The Indianapolis Times Was ) ; Service Bureau, 1013 13th st, \ w., ; and