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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

rned - HAspexs and olhaF nA1on
- maxatine Barsunn Costen
casual are Au * e. touna e
Mn Cow4nx Dre@ SHOP
The msaEsnsAan Mnha
Ar ABtee an hsy such d treasures
fal s0sdief 4 0efect~d N she nE
nanses ~ gives nas bsttle eQAup
ment Tfus die Nesting devices
worn b hAgh altitu8a flierp Il me
Ar Cosps ar known - Lana
Turner'S Tas csllging safety
paraphsrnaila worn on tne1f
chests ~ diye homtsafs pilots ere
called Mas Vests a nickname
borrowed from the n a Tire
biggest fields xurs are termed
Kate Smsshs and those hugs
nleehanacsl ears used 70 detect
enerny aifulanes are referred e IS
CLARK Gables It's MGR 70 knoa
that oar army has . sense at
humor Somehow. one feels safer
with an army wifh a sense q
hnmar rather than an army q
robots II the Maxi manner.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
She'll We Have 4 Boy Scout commlnee9

u another column Of this paper Henry ". GautleF, Scout
Commissioner for East Jackson County. laments the fact that
si1n. - says the scouts have existed for the past year without
such ! committee. which Is . necessity.
Wa al know the worth of the Boy Scout organization. II
TAKES boys from nine years old up 70 manhood, and makes
real men Of them. teaching them loyalty. reverence. helpful
mess. and . reliance to 4 certain extent on their own efforts TO
do things worthwhile. Bur they need the advice and guidance
OF older men. and for that reason 3 district committee Is
Is necessary.
Surely there are enough men interested in the welfare
and future Of these boys to form such . eommitiee-men with
the tima and inclination 70 take an active part in this great
movement
II. Gautier has called = meeting for next Tuesday, June
ii. - 80 2. H. 1t the P~ascagoula High School, and It Is
hoped that Those interested In the boys will attend the meet
ing and Of those attending there will be enough men with love
for the boys IN their hearts to form such . committee and take
m active interest IN the welfare Of the future citizens, and
peEaeps soldiers, Of our country.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
THE FORGOTTEN FLEET MYSTERY
BY Van WICK Mason

@Whsre'd he come frou-oG'n the
old oil tanker what came In this
mornin'G.
As for Geneva Benet, she found
herself locking 81 q leanly adequate
back CARRIED IN . curious coat II
was gray and had red piped Shout
der straps. and on the strangers
head was set = jaunty military cap
az unfamiliar design. She caught 81
his arms.
mo, don't interfere" she painted
In a fierce undertone. "dDn't mix IN
on this. They'll kin you"
"wiIl theyf" Deep set blue eyes
that were beth hard and bitter.
briefly glanced down at her. you
started this" the stranger snapped.
Haven't you got nerve enough %
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
As To School Lunches

More than six million school children in ninety-thrce
thousand schools Of the country We're receiving during the
month of March free school lunches, according to a report Of
the National Nutrition Conference held on MAY 26. This re
suit was brought about partly by the distribution of surplus
and is q large increase over the number so re-
receiving lunches last year.
In Jackson County q number of children IN the schools
received free school lunches, supplied partly from the dis
tribufion Of surplus commodities and partly from school
gardens and other local sources.
This is one nrniert which should have the whale-hearfed
support OF those who favor the education of our young. No
child that is undernourished can do proper work in school.
and n good. warm lunch in the middle of the day is . nourisher
and health-9iver. II is hoped that the free lunches for under
privileged children, or those whose parents are unable TO pro-
vide them with proper lunches. will be continued during the
succeeding sessions Of the schools of the county.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

see i out: Or r they right about
y0uT"
exc Ferguson heal" she blazsd
"Ba1 -
Then get out ef the way I'M
patiently. he shook her on and again
faced the girls p~eTseeulof.
~Are yea going % let this young
lady tai. Or aren't gon3'
FerKnson's answer WAS > vicious
swing - he strangers 3aw.
Penned in by the fog, the crowd
seemed suddenly enormous, vita
waterproof hats. baseball caps. sea-
mems caps bordering the entire
visible world
-Hg. fsliazs. isf's siss en-
Ganeling loafeFs in rusty blue
ierHiea And tobacco stained duunA-
Feee promptly fell hack
~SoAk that huftin in tin soidler.s :
someone yesleA -wherejA' get n
trirk eoakf=
BensasA kar erht gray Jersey
sweater, Geneva Benets heart beat
even more fariouslY. Mears had
been right. she shouldn't have coae
70 FaEaxtawn o. Saturday when
busEes. FaHE1es and shallsps wsHe
in-szione with oysters, hooxa and
the devil Hes would this hraHi
end Merely n battered faces aid
skinned knuekies or in sEaeeau
shota. foIzau8 b. sudden aigzIH=
cant ailsnea7 EerEuHon, as Sic ueu
knsH, rs 3 tarr1bla ronehand-
tuEnbe fighter.
She ~ alUost b When s. eadv
az the crowd hzl1sd her. e t. sire
time exposing tha battle-ground Il
tbs eesleF q - eIeaEed space Per
gason. powerful and thick hoazzd
was wrenehznK o. his coaE Bets
and neen. rank 18th Ssh oGors ans
stale eNea1. crowded IN
TIE Big aEateEman drove 3 vaas
right Is Is HzU stranger wha -
a. ahauf eaazz hefrtt The Resn4
oomhalanz dasEe1 anEer TIE hIaH
and e - saHaa tine quickly zzsz
lDoes as buttons e AS uaIfazm
coat His face sc sAw, was - hieh
eheek-tuzea - = Be a~ineose Indzan-
Inks u es and though e -
young there were lines IL 4 tat
once - Il kavs bep therE sd =
d1n I'd ser traEsrsad his - fraal
uouA - ehin-
Geasva Bszsz su6denIv xazz
herself IazznIzzaklv eursous + zzaH
Why e EaE a4nzered - Pasazznan-
SAm ~ fgkt. yah xzlIah
nrem[MaH# -=sa= a. asa-.-
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
Stoves And Slavery
'W'Eg

An American newspapeFman recently returned from Ger
many. where he has been interned for more than a year. tells
Is most ct the German people believe We still have human
slavery n America One German prupagandtst. he says carries
around ; clipping from ; New York newspaper relating the
fact that an ace baseball player was recently sold for $4,000
West Point Times Leader.
We Americans are saves. TO . certain extent, willing and
happy slaves. 70 the principles on which our government Is
founded, and which guarantees Us those things that make
life worth living. We are slaves 10 our families. our churches.
our schools and 70 our businesses. the latter because It makes
me money mat helps Us make life easy for those we love. Yes.
We are slaves, and We gloat in il But we will never be slaves
g ans dictator or t0saliiarian government such as Hitler s
Co seuld like to impose On as.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

when the hard bitten young nnn
adroitly dodKnd . pile driver blow.
"Yahl Fight Quit stalfin,." An
aystermnn suddenly pushed tins
stranger OF balance mus enabling
Ferguson, EnsrIing and red faced.
to land . short 9oreaFt2 lab g tha
side q his enemTss inv. Al the ~
sounding sssaekf Genega Beuek
ainehed and expee4sd 20 go the
elighter figure 80 over backwards.
She had, you zee. witnessed all 10
many tights since eouiing 20 Pn&ux-
town
"Now y'u got him, Fergie. Kick
his ugly face inss shouted the CO..
loekers. $50 fer his eyenf@ No one
cried "shanaeis sines anything from
aapafe 70 nayhem Ena n oyster-
mna fighting.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

At the deadly glare nov plavfn0
IN the strangers semi-dased biue
eFes, Geneva benet felt siek-she
felt, nay, she knsH that somethik<
Decisive Vas about to happen.
With q scarlet thread Of blood
trlckltng from 8 orne Of his
Haouth. TIE man IN the uniform caak
sNaged backwards. weakly art 60
etsntly paFFYlng Is ensznx's furl-
CTS blows Until. 10 quickly that aha
garl eoule not follow it. motion. tie
ex-sosdierB right hard ahot out. AZ
azaee NE eystarHzAn lurchea 49,
with . ludicrous expression Of rur-
prise stamped q as sseafr e.
lures nexp1eahly his lei arsn -
dangling limp b ms sde.
Lake . combeF which retreats onIx
% mne itseA forward naain- Fer-
eaeor Easped and gave gronnd -
81 ne while fumbled behind him
With hts geod hand.
seed AlniRheap cana uomoomsas
hFsaEhless yep sloak ozE--hag -
= knifei"
The ervHd snrrad hark. g.
we're one thing. hn1 cold nteel -
another. Borne With Il Geuev~
benet felt an iey hand suuserin~ -
Warnlkh fren her heart
Cut him open.s elamsued e.
Kick I'm. saidieri Hen kniss
xsT else" warned - ether.
he crowd nEiasa I'D ~wuu
aeE1sa a paAa re@d 49, u -
gxg<er shells and E haI1 zhos-f -
rp whe1 tie seaxre1 ew-nnIs~
.s9ped desperately baek % aFoif 4
Iaueas si4sh which Mlased
SECULAR b. > seazl Ezeh. arirk -
Fne0fiaDg sPE1ng tha hlaa eyed -
aartAe IN e AGAIN dasrar 4 -
blam I'll - - ~
hand instantly - = 49, -
= stEanEled eraaz - ni.rhf -
zAra 81 he fee = 49, -
uzEaonets $3.50 - IVA -
Ntekle - MNzFz - esaHd g.
F1 ~ aFHHnn
feough panaz@ agzIe. a. -
saF booked ah1az aznsE -
pushed a losk e DR. rss hnir
- eyes az4 tAz Rafsed 4 -
arlE frcn IL hne ~
aaEs smother. Miazrf
. ely be- p d
No aAH NzA IN 9
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

10 make i really gIamorUua
There's nothing nicer than dia-
m0nd bright ~glass-ware II de-
siens aelheate a. hanniooned lace
The Alteration Rla&s ware IS
aiaFuuF0Gss 20 help you wake
up the heart o. the home Price -
no problem for Alteration Is
reasonable To BE- found A. Mrs.
reasonable To e bfound Il MFs.
nslesmYas cIft shop on KreDs
Avenge - open stock
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
WEEKLY BRIDGE CLUB

Mrs. Forest crabtree entertain
ed the Weekly Bridge Club s be-
home On Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. p II Fields received the
high score prize.
Soft drinks and sandwiches
were served following the games
10 Mekdames Edwin MAYS Thum-
"a coulson. Enmift Hull, Spen
Ger Beebe. X n Knapp z. Il
Fields. and Miss Adele Becbe.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

Ane you one 81 TIA Fah Who 50
rHal easaaliy hareheas But
ur wiH e. TIRES when yon
~an e ook al 9eminine and
hdy-hks ia : lovely sunsuaer leg
horn nossnbism's has : drnaFn 81
a ieghcfn hat IN an OF ur tace
style that = calculated 90 charm
And the price u most reasonable
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
TIE MARINE

L well in hand when you wear
. Jantzen Swim Suit Even plain
gals will be winter bellies and
hauuties on the beach IN these
EziEfs They're the latest and love-
llazl in beach wear and Brum-
fEeld's has a fun line Of Jantzens
Il Al sizes and colors.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
: cARLANDs or
FRAGRANCE

a fragrance Of not one bat
-Aa5E blossoms . cool and
lasting fragrance that elings like
! garland Of freshly pIucked
flowers That's "Muguet" BY Coty
The lovely fragrance OF sMuguetT
comes II Toilet Water. Taicum
Powder and Bath Salts. "Muguet
IS to be found AZ Burnham.s Drug
stoxs il Moss Point And don't
forget The Dorothy Perkins make
un representative will b at Burn
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

They're Teddy T0gse IN Stacks
and Play Suits ard yoa car find
them IN washable eott0ns af Mrs.
cowan's Shop on Krehs Avenue
Teddy Toys are highly adver-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09

The best reducing diet IS 10
move the head from right 70 left
ahen Offered the second helping
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
Peanuts But Not Peanut Politics

he county agent of Pike County. Mississippi IN the
coIHnHs Of the newspapers announces that four neW. com
pielay equipped. peanut pickers have arrived in his county
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

TULIPS Narcissus. Daffodls Hya-
cinths. bulbs just arrived. Durant
Flower Shop.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Musical Equipment
Merchants Specials
CHILD BEATEN

Detroit. Mich. Sept % ms
Deputy sheriffs today were seeking
Meredith Earbe, employe OF a truck
ing firm. for questioning in connec-
ton with the beating Of his two
year old son. The son. Ronnie, was
reported suffering from decorations,
bruises and n badly swollen face
Mrs. Earbe, in a complaint sworn
against her husband. asserted he
beat the baby and hurled him into
his crib because the baby refused
to obey him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Automotive


FACTORY uIsTHIBUTORs- for
Alma Ever Moon. SIS and up.
NlsIIntl Trailer sales. 1899 r.
Ai.HhIsar
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

OTTAWA-INS-- Rationing OF
beef was under consideration TO-
day by the Canadian government,
Donald Gordon, head Of the war
time prices and trade board '.s-
closed. Gordon said ceiling prices
also may be established for live
stock and beef supplies
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

WOULD THE GESTLEMA% from
fpsilanti, who took the boat trip
20 Tahquamcu0u Falls from Sau
Junction, sunday. Aug st. care 10
communicate Tor mutual interest
with party We discussed fishing
with. while watching deer on re-.
turn trip. Address J. A turtisS.
=. o. Box so. IA. Bay CITY, Mich.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Wanted To Buy
Cash Buyers

For apartment houses or large
houses that can be remodeled for
income See us today II Peet,
Realtor. SO n. Huron st, 1871
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

1871 GLIDER House Trailer sleeps
-four. . stoves. Al condition 5000.
See II at al Hagley Ave. Phone
a2S-N
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

TRAILERS FOR SATE--6 nationally
known makes. Several used trailers
500 and up. Easy terms Drive to
Wayne and save. Sellnorn Wayue
Branch, $500 Michigan Ave.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Real Estate
Houses For Sale

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. A
deluxe nome located al e02
Normal street one or the best
houses IN Npsilanti Has many
fine features including extra
laVatory below fun baths
above, sleeping porch. automatic
heating system. beautifully land
scaped lot with private green
house. and ? car garage. Floors
newly refinished. Cost about
$4,000 10 construct. but l. Of
fered far below that figure.
shown at any time.
8 ACRES; Near Lincoln School.
No buildings. Price. Sl.to0. with
only $500 down payment. and
balance <tt monthly.
? ROOMS Close In 70 town. on
paved street An Older house IN
need Of some repair. but offered
at only $4,000 cash.
INCOME HOME: Near College.
rooms for owner on LIST floor.
Two apartments and an extra
room on end floor. Brings In over
500 month plus use Of living
quarters $500 down payment.
TWO FAMILY: on Normal
street, near college Priced at
only 5000, with $1,000 down
payment.
Ehman & Oreenstreet
40 W. Michigan. Phone 1897
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

Personal

LOsT-Spltz female dog. Return u
52s limerick.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Announcements
Auction Sale

FRIDAY. SEPT IS. At 106 &
Washington. I 100 sharp Rockers.
tables. lamps. dining room tables
chairs buffots. beds. springs.
mattresses. black walnut marble
top CDmmode. student tables.
Eureka vacuum sweeper limo
leum, tiuware, other articles too
numerous too mention Terms
cas- y. G. Sherwood, proprietor.
Milford bshurn. RuctIoueer.
Phone 13i-N
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Employment
Help Wanted. Male or fsmale

NAN or woman TO learn laboratory
work. steady employment until
Christmas. part-time thereafter in
local business place. An opportun-
lily TO learn a trade that IL pleas
ant with increase in pay as ability
develops. Write Box K-4s care
Daily Press for interview
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Real Estate
For sale or Exchange

FOR SALE OR ENcHANGE -e
rooms and httl. gaaagr. LARGE lot.
shrubs shade aud tgult trees. pI
664
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

OUR PLUGS AND SWITCHES-are
made TO last quality merchandise
has always paid in the past. A r.
Smith and Son. SO s. summit
Phone 1852.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

WILLIAMS & GABLE-On Location.
Cleaners OF Rugs and Upholstery.
Free estimates. Phone l035-W.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Florists

B6YsENBERRY PLANTS and
years old for sale. lsi Glenwood.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22
Houses For sale

CORNER z room mouse. fireplace.
hardwood floor. dining room nice
basement. furnace, lmm,d date pos
session. f3675. close I'M. "a. Peet, 50
y. Huron st. ISL.
5 ROOM bungalow. bath. furnace.
close In. $4,000. Terms. $500 down.
$40 month. II. Peet SO y. Huron
st, 1871
NEAR Ecorse Road room house.
furnace. $500. Terms $3.50 down
II. Peet, SO y. Huron St, 1871.
SIX ROOM modern house. centrally
located. large lot lovely lawn and
shruhbery. excellent garage. s., 100
Easy terms H. Peet, 50 y. Huron
St Phone 1871.
NEAE POST OFFICE IL room in
come apartment house, apart
meut, beautiful large lot Priced
10 sell IT, Peet. 50 " Huron 1871
SOUTHEAST Section. Ann Arbor.
Six rooms. modern. newly decorat-
ed throughout, large living room,
fireplace garage. terms. Attractive
price for cash Immediate posses
sion. Phone 90o5-S67.. Ann Arbor.
NEW rooms and bath. oak and
pine floors. fun BATH. sink and
cupboards, t3AOO with $500 down.
Phone Ralph f. Smallidge, ESQ. 95l
Pearl st
CLARK ROAD So acres on corner
with modern room house. Orch
ard IL Poet. So y. Huron st. 1871
NORTH ADAMS ST . room house.
two baths, furnace, : car garage,
on corner near HIGH School and
college, $500. Terms. H. Feet.
So \ Huron st Phone 1871
SEVEN ROOM house and garage,
s. OOO 90. Price with $500 90 down.
balance on terms. Inquire at 1913
Miles St
Lake Property For Sale
COTTAGE.--on Vineyard Lake. Fur
nished. electric stove electric
pump. inside toilet. boat complete
live in II the year around Bus
service to Bomber Plant. School
bus service. Cheap for cash. Ad-
dress Geo. Preston. Curtice. Ohio
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-22

SEE r. S. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for house plans. 206 y. Washing
ton. Phone 1854.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-05
livestock And Farm
Buildings Lost In Fire

Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed large barn, hog pen and
corn crib with most of the contents
at the Harley Redick farm three
quarters of a mile northwest of Je-
nera, Monday night.
Livestock lost consisted of a team
of horses, four calves and an unde-
termined number of hogs and cattle.
The entire granary with oats, wheat
and soybeans and corn in the crib
were lost. Also lost were a hay
loader, manure spreader, corn husker
and wagon.
Jenera and Arlington fire depart
ments responded to call for aid and
prevented spread of the flames. The
loss was partly covered by insur-
ance.
The blaze was the second one in
the Jenera vicinity, Monday, another
fire earlier having damaged the
Rauch hardware store in that vii
lage. The fire started in the CHM
ney under the roof.
News want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-05
,,o other white ioof offers fne'e
3 Exclusive Extras:

q DATED "FRtSK uAH
4 Marvel Home Mooe =.
Style Breod hos the hesn. sss
ness dote" printed on the
wropper for ovoro"'eso
freshnessl
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-05
One Cup OF Coffee Per Day For All
Bluffton Residents Starting Nov. Is

registered for sugar supplies on Nav
as.
Retail sales of coffee will be frozen
at midnight, Nov. 81, the week before
rationing, in order to permit mer.
chants to stock up shelves.
Consumers will not have to register
in order to obtain coffee. They will
use their sugar rationing books. Tc
obtain the first coffee ration the con-
sumer will be required to surrender
the last stamp, No. %, in the sugar
book. Later rations of coffee will be
on coupons taken in sequence toward
the center of the book.
Age of children on sugar rationing
books will be used to determine
whether they are to get coffee. Those
who did not get the sugar ration
books may obtain them at the Allen
county ration board in Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-05

a terrific blow at the Allies armies
IN France. Russia was out of the war
and ltay was hard pressed by COM
bined German and Austrian drive.
Triumphant Grmany massed thous-
ands of men behind battle lines in
France and hurled Allies back and
back. Victory seemed almost within
the grasp of the Germans.
BY October, 1918, however, there
were 100000 American soldiers sent
into France. The Germans had begun
their last drive of the war. Here they
were stopped in the Second Battle of
the Marine.
The Allies and the Americans un-
der Generals Foch and Pershing fore
ed the Germans back in a retreat
which did not end until the German
high command asked for an armistice
on November IL.
In the fighting of the summer, AM
erican units helped to win the victor
les at Belleau Wood, Chateau-T Thierry
and on the Marne. The Americans
alone won smashing victory at
Saint -Mihiel on September 1913. Lat
er in September, the Americans took
the offensive and smashed through the
Argonne Forest.
On November IL at five in the
morning the Germans signed the
Armistice and at IL o'clock the guns
ceased booming and strange quiet
settled over the Western front.
BY the terms of the Armistice the
Germans surrendered their fleet, their
artillery, together with large num-
Der of locomotives and much other
equipment. Selected units of the
American, English and French armies
took up stations at important bridges
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-05
Homer Steiner Tells About
Wasps' Sinking at Lions
Club Meeting
Torpedo Explosions Cause Deck
To Weave Up and Down;
No Hysteria

After being battered about by tn,
concussion of the exploding Jap tor
pedoes, the seamen aboard the Unitet
States aircraft carrier Wasp, mortal!
wounded in the recent Solomon Is
lands action, were calm and orderl.
as they attempted to save the burn
ing vessel, it was stated by Homes
Steiner, survivor of the action here
on leave. Steiner was the speaker a.
a meeting of the Lions club at The
Walnut Grill, Tuesday night.
The Bluffton navy man, the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Steiner of Thur.
man street, will complete his 80 day
furlough on Saturday and leave fol
the San Diego, California naval head
quarters where he will report for duty
on the following Thursday. No in
dication of the type of assignment he
will receive there has been given,
Steiner said.
Terrific Conclusion
The Bluffton boy, a third class pet
ty officer aviation machinist's mate,
was at the rear of the boat on the
hangar deck when the torpedoes
struck on the afternoon of September
Is at 2:44 o'clock. Even though the
torpedoes struck some distance on the
forward part of the ship, the concus-
sion was strong enough to knock the
men down and many were lifted high
into the air.
One could see the deck waving up
and down like rubbery ice, Steiner
said. The three torpedoes hit almost
simultaneously and very few were
able to define them as separate ex-
plosions. The roar was many times
louder than the loudest clap of thund-
er, Steiner stated.
No Warning
Only few of the officers saw the
wake of the torpedoes Immediately be-
fore they struck. To most of the men
on board the first indication OF the
action was the roar of the explosion.
Even after the explosion there was
considerable conjecture as to what it
was, Steiner said.
Complete preparations had been
made for just such an emergency and
the men went to their various tasks in
orderly fashion. The boat immediat-
ely took a list and the next hour was
made up of a series of explosions
caused by fire spreading to powder
and ammunition magazines and fuel
concentrations.
200 Killed
The 200 causualties were largely
the seamen located in the hunks or on
the decks of the forward side of the
vessel.