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Y, JULY 28

1942

SECOND SECTION

MONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland, July 28.— ‘When our sailors and marines arrived here to take

«over our new naval base, things were only half

finished. Everybody had to live as best he could. For lack of better facilities, the ‘officers lived in nissene huts. Life in the main camp wasn't so bad at that. Most of them could still take it without much grumbling. But the government began to make other arrangements.. Today the officers are scattered around in old country estates, farmhouses, grand town mansions, and some even downtown apartments. Most of them are living in a half-world that would tickle you—a combina‘tion of bleak, castlelike splendor and whatever improvised home ‘touches they can rassel up at this distance from America. You can get the picture from the house where I am a guest. The house is old and gingy-locking outside, but a palace in its way. . It sits on a hillside, with a view somewhat like that from Mt. Vernon. The grounds are huge. Down | below are giant beech trees, wandering walks through shrubbery, and flower gardens. The whole thing is on a magnificent scale, but of many years ago. The owner is now away, a fighting officer in the (allied armies. The house has been leased by our government. All except the essential basic furniture has been taken out,

Each Has His Own Room

The house has a great wide center allway. At the far end is a grand staircase. There is a living room on each side of the hall. The officers seldom use more than one. * The dining room is an immense one, at the rear. The officers all eat together at a long table. Nine officers, some navy and some marine, live in this mansion. Each man has a room of his own upstairs. And the rooms are immense. Each has a gas-log fireplace. There is no other heat, but the gas

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

' A READER who asks us not to print his name calls attention to the picture of the three lads in the Camel cigaret ads this month. The picture of the sailor, he says, is the spitting image.of Billy Turner, 1441 Kentucky ave., who enlisted in the navy about three months ago. Sorry we don’t know if it is Billy Turner or not. . . . Theyre having Ber--nard Doyle trouble around town. It seems there are three of them— ' Bernard E., the state excise administrator; Bernard A. 1132 S. Somerset, listed as a machinist, and Bernard J. secretary-treas-‘urer of J. B. Lanagan Furniture Co. The latter says he frequently gets mail intended for the others, and only the other day got a phone call from Bernard A. saying he had a letter from someone about a liquor permit and would he come by and pick up the letter. Of course it was for Bernard E.

Sorry—Nothing But Cokes

IF YOU'VE BEEN wondering why it’s so hard to get coca colas these days, you can find one of the

+ answers ouf.ot Ft. Harrison. The vending machines

“the apologetic reply.

out there seldom ‘are empty, and the soldier boy’ can have as many as they want—when they want them. As far as were concerned, that's the way it ought to be, too. . . . And here’s a “no coke” story in reverse, ' A Times staff member was in the tractional terminal and heard a patron ask at the soft drink counter for “a bottle of orange.” “Sorry,” came “All we have is cokes.” ... One of our correspondents writes in and seconds our motion for the removal of those “Lucky” Teter window posters, especially the one in the Fox theater build-

takes the chill off. Some of the rooms have regular ‘beds dod wardrobes. Others dre bare except for army cots and tables. Some of the officers feel that it isnt worth-while

to add anything to také the bareness away. Others|

have scattered family photos on the mantle. There were some bathrooms but not enough. So the upstairs end of the huge hall has beeen blocked off with beaverboard, and lavatories and hot showers put in. Alongside the house is a newly built bomb shelter exactly the same as those in the camps. That is true of every house in which officers live.

Better Than a Destroyer! *

BREAKFAST RUNS FROM 7 to 8:30. It is a good old American breakfast, too, with eggs and everything. A little mimeographed newspaper gives the latest news received ‘by wireless. Typed at the top is, “For navy personnel only; to be destroyed after reading.” But I have got to be such a thorough piece of naval personnel myself that I read it without batting an eye, and nobody says anything. To tell the truth, there’s nothing in it that you wouldn’t find in American newspapers anyhow, Immediately after breakfast, the officers leave for th€lr respective camps. Everybody is back for lunch at 12:15. They sit around for a half hour after lunch talking about their work and recalling funny yarns and famous naval characters. Dinner is at 6:30. The officers usually get home in time to clean up first. Frequently there is a guest. It may be an American nurse, a British WREN, a local member of the Home Guard,gor the dean of the cathedral—just anyone they want to invite, The living room where they sit and talk for a while after dinner is bare except for a davenport, a few chairs and a big round table with some old newspapers on it. There is not a picture or an ashtray or a knicknack. But little enough time is spent there, so it makes no difference. It isn’t the best way in the world to live but it is pretty good for war. And as one officer said, “It's a hell of a lot better than living on a destroyer in the North Atlantit.”

ing window. Someone with a distorted sense of humor has mutilated it. !

Most Embarrassing Moment

MRS. HUGH HOLLAND, who lives at 2333 Coyner ave. and is employed at the RCA, called the laundry three weeks or so ago and told them she’d leave a bundle of laundry where the driver could pick it up. She told them she'd call for the bundle a few days later. When she thought it should be ready, she dropped in at the Lux laundry. They couldn’t find her laundry. She raised cain with them for about three weeks about it. Last Saturday, as she was on her way to get a cash settlement, she had a disturbing hunch. Carrying it out, she went to the Best Grand laundry and asked: “Holland's bundle?” Without & word, the clerk handed her the missing laundry. Was her face red!

Now They Can Help

JUST THE OTHER DAY we were worrying (remember?) about the inability of apartment dwellers to help in the “save kitchen fats” campaign because most apartments have incinerators. ‘Well, we've finally got it all figured out. All the apartment dweller has to do is to wrap his garbage carefully, stroll nonchalantly down the street and deposit it in the first garbage can he sees. If the owner of the garbage can squawks, tell him*it’s for-the war effort. Better yet, don’t get caught. .. . A perfect example of an air tight alibi was demonstrated in criminal court yesterday. ‘The principal witnesses against the man on trial were four boys who told of seeing him commit an offense on June 11, The boys identified him positively. “Not guilty,” said the defendant, “andr if you want proof, call the U. S. marshals office.” At the marshal’s office, they said the man had been in jail from June 1 to 18. The charge against him was dismissed.

Raymond Clapper is on vacation. He

will return the early part of August.

"TNT South

WASHINGTON, July 28.—The long-heralded danger of an axis invasion of the Americas is growing by the hcur. Each axis advance in Europe, Asia and Africa brings the peril closer. Of the 22 nations of this hemisphere, all but two are either already at war, or have broken off relations, with the axis. The exceptions are Argentina and Chile. Argentina, especially, has become a hotbed of axis intrigue against the rest of the Americas in general and the United States in particular. And the intrigue is bécoming increasingly daring. Part of the axis plot seems to be to stir up trouble between Argentina and Brazil, would suit axis purposes better

than for war to break out between

these two countries. As Brazil has already cast her

#1ot with the united nations, Hitler obviously assumes

that Argentina would be on his side. The theme of the propaganda is one that European warmongers have found effective for 2000 years, namely, that “war is inevitable”—this time between Argentina and Brazil, The fact that there are several million residents of German and Italian origin in the two countries lends itself admirably to the scheme,

It's Ideal for the Axis

BRAZIL HAS 42,000,000 inhabitants. Argentina 14,000,000. Brazil is slightly larger than the U. 8. Argentina is only a third as big. Geographically, Brazil is closer to the center of things—closer to Europe, closer to the U. 8. and closer to the political, Seontumie and military center of gravity of We new world.

‘My Day

NEW YORK, N. Y, Monday.—As we drove away from Campobello last Friday evening, I had the chance to enjoy the sunset, and the calm, beautiful water, surrounded by the rocks among which the dark green'trees grow. Somehow I had a feeling of remoteness, which I rarely experience anywhere else, and it was good to have that feeling even for a few hours, when the world is in such a turmoil. In Boston Saturday morning, I was met by a gentleman who had made an appointment, and he drove with me as far as the airport. There, to my complete surprise, I found a message from a son whom I thought was far away, saying that if I called a certain number I could speak to him. ’ 1 did, and Instead of getting on the first plane, I

# ‘waited until later in the morning, and had a half = hour’s visit with a young man whom I had not seen in some time, Surprises such as this always give me

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By Wm. Philip Simms

Moreover, the U. 8S. is helping Brazil to'arm herself and is not helping Argentina, Naturally enough, Hitler's agents are not saying anything about why this is the case. They neglect to mention that the U. S. offered to share and share alike its own limited supplies with all of its Latin American neighbors, Argentina included, if they stood by one another as they had so often pledged. This Brazil is doing and Argentina isn't. Fortunately for Hitler, therefore, the sityation south of the equator is almost ideal for the axis conspirators. Not only have they a perfect foothold on our side of the ocean but the atmosphere itself is conducive to the kind of results they are after.

It’s an Ominous Sign

WHILE A MAJORITY of the people in Argentina are said to be pro-ally, a minority government at Buenos Aires seems to lean toward the axis. Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu made some distinctly

unpleasant references to the U. S. before the recent secret meeting of the chamber of deputies. The U. 8., he said, was trying “to lead the other Amcrican republics by the nese,” while on the other hand, relations with the axis were “friendly.” All of which adds up to something closely akin to TNT for our southern neighbors. Under Pierre Laval, Vichy may at any time throw in its lot with the axis. This would carry the Nazis at one jump to Dakar, French West Africa, a bare 1600 nautical miles from the hump of Brazil—an easy eight-hour hop by air. That axis agents in South #merica are speeding up their activities just now is an ominous sign. By maintaining open. house for German, Italian, Japanese and other axis embassies and legations, Argentina and Chile are making things easier for the enemies of the rest of the western hemisphere with which both have pledged solidarity.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

I had gone up on. the train with a mother and father on their way to see their boy, who was training somewhere on the coast of Maine, and when I flew back to New York City, I found myself sitting across the aisle from a father who told me his son was leaving college to go into a branch of the army air service. He was going home to spend a few days with his family, after being absent on war work. I can well appreciate what it means to every father and mother, wife or sweetheart, ‘to get a glimpse of the boy they know is soon going away, or who comes back from the service even for a few hours. Every time I, see a casualty list, or hear from someone ‘who has had to give up hope of ever seeing some loved one, I cannot help wishing that there were a way in which one could express sympathy. Perhaps this is why I always feel that I want to talk to or smile to, or help in some way if I can, the boys in uniform whom I see on the street or meet in my travels, It ‘seems as though even a kindly word spoken Bl one of these young men is something done for one’s

By Ernie Pyle|

Eric Dalquist of - Terre ‘Haute Rescued Under “Nose of Japs.

By GEORGE WELLER

hicago Daily News, Inc.

SOMEWEERE .IN AUSTRALIA,

Terre Haute could see Eric Dalquist today they would. probably say: “My, how that boy ‘has put on weight!”

army first put Eric into the reargun emplacement of a bomber and showed him how things worked, Eric was slim as well-as young. Today he is not much older. But it would be difficult to cram him into a - shooting nest because he has gained 32 pounds. It is as though Eric’s 20-year-old body had begun to react by putting a protective layer of plumpness around . itself. For he has heen through one -of the most incredible experiences of the Pacific war,

Clouds Over Target

Eric was a rear-gunner in a flight of American bombers which set out from somewhere in western Australia to bomb the Malang air base in eastern Java, once the home of American flying fortresses evacuated from the Philippines. Eric was in the commander’s plane and his job, in which he had been thoroughly instructed in America, was to cover the other planes in the formation against a head-on attack. ‘Eventually, the short - winged, high-speed bombers saw that their gasoline gauges showed the precious fuel for the return flight dropping toward the danger mark and were obliged to cut sharply the time over the target. They dropped their bombs, banked around and started southeastward for home.

Japs Prepare Ambush

Java's rainy moodiness had given the Japs a chance to warm up their fighters and an ambush was laid for the bombers over the southern Javanese coast. Seven of the newtype Zerog—which from their elevated ceiling can dive, unlike their predecessors, long distances without shearing off their wings—attacked the big American bombers headon. Here is what Eris saw: ~ “I was covering the other ships when I felt a little series of shocks and vibrations hitting the plane. That was their bullets. You can hear them, ‘too. They sound over the noise of the motors, like—well —like someone tapping a typewriter while a dance band is playing.

der when I heara a heavy bump. The bump was the noise made when another of our gunners was wounded and slipped to the floor. Usually this gunner stands in a position which impedes my own view through the fuselage. But when he fell I saw straight through the plane, looking over my shoulder all the way to the pilot's seat.

Both Pilots Wounded

“Then I saw one of our pilots also slip down from the seat and knew he must have been hit, too The plane kept flying, though, and the other pilot, though wounded, held the controls: “Suddenly I got very busy. The planes which had attacked us headon now turned and attacked again, this time from the rear. One, who seemed to be their squadron leader, tried to get us and I gave him everything I had. This seemed to peeve the others. They converged upon me. “I knew it was either they or me. Rear-gunners never bail out; they stay and fight as long as the plane flies and they can see anything to

‘|shoot at.

“The next thing I felt was a shock, like something breaking. I turned to look as the Zeros disappeared and found I had all the window anyone needed to bail out. In fact, everything behind me was window. The tail in which I sat had been completely severed from the plane.

‘Nothing Underneath’

“I turned over, one time, still inside my seat in the tail, then got one foot over the end anc took to silk. “There' seemed nothing underneath but the ocean. When the Zeros jumped us we had been over the_ coast but now we were several miles off. I can still hardly believe what happened. There was a little uninhabited sandspit and I landed there — just about 10 feet up the beach. The sea was s0 deep all around that five feet from shore you were over your head. The bomb bay of our machine opened long enough to allow three other men to drop. One landed with me on the sand but he was seriously wounded.”

Wounded hut Rescued

For nine and a half hours Dalquist, with shrapnel wounds in his forehead, lay upon the beach within sight of the shore of Java and patrolling Zeros. Then, by means which it would be imprudent for your correspondent to reveal, he was rescued with his companion |who, although given the best medical treatment, failed to survive, Plump Eric Dalquist says: “I never was sure whether I hated the Japs. But 12 weeks in the hospital has given me time to think it over and I have something to revenge now. I won on three throws: Once, when the freed tail allowed me to jump; another, when the chute opened, and another when I landed on the sand pit. T've got

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BOMBER WH PS 15 JAP PLANES

‘Grandest Grew of 1 8. Air Force’ _Drubs Fleet of Zeroes in Hot Fight.

By FRANK T. HEV] LETT United Press Staff Correspondent SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 28 (U. P..—The ‘grandest bomber crew in the whols! air force” survived a 45-minute runing fight with 15 Japanese zero fighters. It shot down one of the attackers, |a damaged two others so sei rely they may not have gotten bac: to their base. It's bomber sustsr cannon holes, 62 shrapnel | innumerable bullet holes. | its crew members were none sericusly. “It was the temo: of the grandest crew in the whole air force that did it,”. said Capt. Maurice Horgan, the pilot, of his 5ip’s success in yesterday's encou:: ter, “We've flown together a 1 ong ‘time and had lots of scraps tog:ther. We have got so used to each (her that we can tell by the grunts ‘what the other men are thinking.”

Has His Revengp = Sergi. George Hancock, 2, of El

wounded,

23, of San Antonio, Tex, | got the first Zero. The second fell to Lit ut. Ted

“I sneaked a look over my shoul-lpascoe, 28, Parkridge, I, the ship’s

bombardier. The third was credited to Sergt. Harvey Joyner, 217, of Grifton, N.C, who ignored his own wound: to keep plugging away at the eneniy. A cannon shell blew off {he door of the turret in which he herched. Shell fragments peppered his “But he kept on firing,” | gan, “and he had his rever ce. cannon fire ripped off the cowling of a Zero and sent it rolling down.” The other members of the ‘grandest crew” are Co-Pilot Virgil Lind7... Navigator Edward Yerringto: 4, Burlingame, Cal.; Technical Serpt. Jack R. Tribble, 25, Ponca City, Okla.; Staff Sergt. Dan Ehrheart, 24, Medford, Ore., and Priv. Herbert B3aisch,

' Americans Wounded

Baisch was wounded in the arm by shrapnel and Ehrheart was hospitalized with painful | bit not serious shrapnel wounds mostly in the legs. It was Baisch’s first ope: ‘3, tional flight from Australia althoigh he is no freshman in combat. Jie took part in the battle of Midway 2board a flying fortress which sank two Japanese cruisers. Sutton. is described by his fellow crew members as the mos: phy rated man of the air |foice in Australia. He has been atarded already the distinguished flying cross, silver star and. purple heart. He received his D. F. C. for “conspicuous bravery” on the mission to the Philippines which brought out Manuel Quezon, the commor wealth president.

By KEITH WHEELER (Copyright, 1942, Chicago Times. Ine.) (Distributed By United Prec: . SOMEWHERE IN ALASK/., July 13.—(Delayed)—There are nq absolutes in war, the reason being that about the time a rule becomes well established some inspired idiot happens along and blows it oul of the water. Until July 4 it was axiomaiic that submarines keep clear of desi:oyers. Subs could attack merchar vessels, transports, aircraft ce. “riers, cruisers, battleships or anything else that ‘floated, except destroyers. Destroyers are the natural ene: mies of submarines. But on Independence De. y an American sub skipper in these fogbound waters grew bored wii the rules and blew up three Jepanese destroyers in about as many minutes. Within a few hours, other American subs finished off Fwe more Jap destroyers.

the sinking of three more J: destroyers at Kiska by submaritics.) The story came from the commander of all submarines in the

conception of aps’ mystery “Zero” fighter.

‘Paso, Ill, and Sergt Williz1 Sutton, |’

cowl.

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 28.—If you ask the pilots of big American bombers operating over New Guinea what this Bushido is, they scratch their heads. “Darned if we know ourselves,” they say. It is supposed to be the code of Japanese warrior chivalry, But it works out pretty strangely sometimes. Take what happened to the American bomber which was returning to its base and was pursued by a single Zero. The fast little Jap attacked from forward, rear, below and above so many times that eventually the bomber had exhausted its ammunition. The Jap pressed the attack

ALIEN PATENTS, STOCKS, SEIZED

Custodian Crowley Takes Over Firms Owned By Nazis, Japs.

WASHINGTON, July 28 (U. P.). —Alien Property Custodian Leo T. Crowley today announced that he had taken over more than 1500 German-owned patents in the field of radio, television, chemicals and aircraft propellers. Mr. Crowley also announced 'that his office had seized the following properties of foreign nationals: All common stock of UFA Films, Inc, Americdan distributing agent for German-made UFA films. Capital stock of Pacific Hog Co. and L. & N. Feeding Co., both Jap-anese-controlled concerns in California. . Includes Trading Firm

All assets “of the New York branch of Hara & Co. Japanese trading concern. The 245 German-owned shares of stock in American Felsol Co., Ohio corporation distributing pharmaceutical products. He said the remaining shares of stock, representing 51 per cent of the total, were American owned. All capital stock of Jo H. Barth & Sohn, Inc, New York; Germanowned shares of the capital stock of Arushee Co. a New Jersey corporation. Japanese-owned shares of Gosho Concentration & Compress: Co., Galveston, Tex.; all capital stock of Ataka & Co., Inc, New York; Jap-angse-owned shares of Southern Cotton Co., Ltd, and of South Texas Compress Co., both : textile trading and cotton warehousing

(The navy has since ann vineed

firms operating in Texas.

tion in the Kiska area and proceeding under a general directive

‘Ito seek out the enemy and de-

stroy same. On July 4 the sub skipper thought over the difficulties, apparently gave some lonesome thought to] . celebrations back home, and probably decided the hell with it. Fa “He stood in toward Kiska Harbor, intending to enter the bay and see what the Japs had there. With

every device at his command, he made his way into the enemy’s hid-

Pacific subs said. The fog must have broken tor’ a

the rocky ‘coast, it ‘came abreast a

eye. The sub ghosted In;

ing place,” the commander of North .

moment, as the sub prowled ‘along »

small cove and the skipper found|“ himself looking three ships ini thet

At cautious}

Whatever Bushido Means The Jap Pilot Didn't Shoot

unsparingly and the bomber only made the protection of the home anti-aircraft guns narrowly, and it was considerably heavier with armor-piercing bullets. The next day another bomber was

chased by the new Zero whose speed

appeared well in excess of 400 miles an hour. The harried plane crew, with ammunition exhausted and fuel gauges. low, threw over the machine guns to lighten the craft. When the Jap

nons or machine guns. nition. Nobody really knows.

it; it’s still Bushido.

Soviet Guns Go 'Round 'n' Round

EL: ALAMEIN, July 28— Some Russian guns captured by Germany and sent to Africa have been recaptured by the British and will either be turned on the axis forces here or returned to the Russians with the compliments of ‘the Middle Eastern forces to be turned against the axis’ forces there. The guns are long-barreled, high-velocity 7.62 centimeter anti-tank guns, complete with Russian rubber tires and the hammer and sickle marking of the Soviet army, and armorpiercing ammunition:

DEMOCRATS VOTING IN ARKANSAS TODAY

P.) —Arkansas held its 1942 Democratic primary today while Negroes sought voting privileges despite party barriers against them. Although the primary campaign has produced a heated contest for the senatorial nomination, less than 200,000 were expected to vote. Dr, J. M. Robinson, president of the Arkansas Negro Democratic association, groes would attempt to vote in the senatorial] and congressional races despite a party regulation which limits primary voting to white electors. Four candidates sought the senatorial seat formerly held by the late Senator Joseph T. Robinson, who died in 1937. They were Reps. Clyde Ellis and David Terry, former Rep. John McClellans and State Attorney Jack Holt. Former Senator John E, Miller was elected in® 1937 to complete Robinson’s term. When he resigned last year, he was succeeded by Senator Lloyd Spencer, who did not seek re-election.

U.S. Sub Skipper Thumbs Nose af Rules, ; Slips Into Kiska, Sinks 3 Jap Destroyers:

at the. periscope saw a geyser rise

rock.

kring a tube to bear on the second.

periscope long enough for & look. ‘He was almost ‘Within’ blank torpedo ra ing mist broke: e 1 realize: that ‘he was’ Re the throats of three New

intervals the skipper raised ‘the

saw the guns jettisoned he roared by with lifted hand in salutation and farewell and +| fired nothing more from his canPerhaps he, too, had exwmausted his ammu-

You can cut it or you can slice

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. July 28 (U.

announced that Ne-

tion and fired. Only. the skipper

‘The. trio of - destroyers was an-|p chored in echelon and it didn’t re-|fs quire ‘much change of course: to{f The first ship was still breaking great skill and ingenuity, USING| pn ris |

EVENING ‘HA

SEARS DESER

Otherwise, Alamein Beach Is Not So Bad; And Even

A Swim’s in Order,

By RICHARD MOWRER

EL ALAMEIN BEACH, July 25. (Delayed). — When there isn't gg “hate” on, hereabouts, .this is no§ a bad place. Until recently this. stretch of coast was in German hands and a couple of miles back the Alamein defenses were blocking the axis ade

vance to Alexandria — none was quite sure for how long. Then the Australians attacked along the coastal road and along

: | mmm. this beach of fine white sand and Working from phoiozraphs of wrecked planes, Herman R. Bollin, art director of “Flying,” draws

Ship carries 20 mm. cannon in each wing, two

threw the Germans and Italians back. Since then routine morning and evening shellings of this beach—

ture of the fighting on the Alamein front.

The morning Shelling is called “the morning hate” and usually it is the South Africans and Austra= lians who start it as they have the advantage of the rising sun behind them.

‘Evening Hate’ Worst

evening hate” and usually it is the Germans and Italians who start it as they have the advantage of the setting sun behind them—but the South Africans and Australians ale ways answer back pretty heftily. So the “evening hate” is much more of a “hate” than the morning one. We more or less arranged to come to this place in between “hates,” so things here are pretty quiet and pleasant at present. Just two miles farther west is no-man’s-land extending from’ the same beach of fine white sand and its turquoise waters of Mediterrane= - an, across salt marshes and salt flats to the ridge and coast road.

Grave Diggers Suspeeted

The Australians tell you that there are many unburied dead theré—Germans mostly, and in the heat they are getting worse and

{worse because nobody can do anye

thing about it. And certainly no= body wants to let anybody else do anything about it. If the Australians try to go out

“|there to bury the dead they get

shot at. And if the Germans try the Australians open fire. “They're tricky, those Germans,” the Australians explain, “and ine stead of digging graves they would probably dig machine gun pits nearer our positions.” On the left is the ridge from which you can get a good view of the enemy positions—and probably get killed in the process. “If you so much as stick your head over the edge of the ridge you buy a lot of ‘hate’ not only for yourselves but for all your fellows,” said an Australian officer.

Both Sides Deeply Dug In

The men on both sides are deeply dug in. They fire from machine= gun nests. They keep their heads down. They fire mortars. They get shelled. They get bombed from the air. : They do not move from their slit trenches and nests except at night and with the moon filling out this is more complicated. In the day time if any man as much as lifts his tin hat above the rim of his hole, bullets fly. So the ridge being what it is, we went qn the beach instead. We stacked our clothes on the fluffy sand almost in the shadow of the white wooden cross where an une known sailor is buried and waded into clean water. ; Looking west we could see the curve of the same white beach and its German-occupied extremity. A mile east of us two enemy, shells suddenly burst on the edge

they were not for us. No more shells followed and we had time before the “evening hate” to let the sun dry us.

TRY PASTOR ON SPY CHARGE

HARTFORD, Conn. July 28 (U, P.).—The Rev. Kurt E. B. Molzahn, Philadelphia Lutheran minister, charged with conspiring to spy for Germany and Japan, went on trial in ‘federal court today. The pastor of .Philadelphia’s old Zion Lutheran church, is free in $25,000 bail furnished by his pare

out of the ocean and the destroyer ishioners. ; ripped in two by the unsuspected|™ — = fury of TNT. It went down’ like“a|} )

aside from Stuka raids—are a feas

The evening shelling is called “the

:{10.go out there on the same pretext

of the coast near the beach, Bub