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Evening star., 1942-11-09
Young Generals Wise in Modern Wurfore,
Picked for Africon Invasion Assignment
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Uncle Sam picked young gen.
erals"-wise in the ways of modern
warfare-for the African invasion
assignment.
Yet, over the field commanders
is wiry, tough soldier who made
reputation as an off1cer without
ever going into battle.
Once the secrecy of the French
colonial invasion was lifted, the War
Department disclosed the names Of
the men intrusted with the i'm
portant commands.
In charge of the United Nations
unified command in that African
theater now is 52-year -old 1t. Gen.
Dwight David Eisenhower, q West
Pointer from Texas who trained
other men in this country during
the First World War, demonstrated
an aptitude for tank warfare and
became a licensed airman at the age
Of 48. Yet Gen. IKE" never before
experienced enemy gunfire, freak
OF circumstance quite beyond his
control
Maj Gen. Mark w. Clark, 46-
year-old infantry specialist, is dep
uty commander.
Commanding the United States
Air Forces in North Africa is Brig.
Gen. James H. Doolittle, IS, speed
flyer and test pilot extraordinary,
who led the flight of United States
bombers that dropped calling cards
on Toxic in the first payment of
the Pearl Harbor debt The Nation
claims Gen. Doolittle now; Alameda,
Calf, is his birthplace.
Fifty-seven-year-old George S.
Patton, lieutenant in the First
World War and now a major gen.
eral, is handling the armored corps
on the Atlantic coast of Africa,
where he has plenty of geography to
let loose with what Army colleagues
say is a mule -skinner's vocabulary.
Old Blood and Cuts" Patton, crack
tank man, does everything in an
individualistic way. Ordered to Ha-
waii several years ago, he went by
sailboat, mostly on dead reckoning
He halls from Pasadena, Calf, and
is West Pointer.
Top man at Algiers when it capit-
ulated was Maj. Gen. Charles w.
Ryder, 50-year-old native of To-
peka, Kans., and another West
Evening star., 1942-11-09
Staff Correspondents
OF Associated Press
On Second Front
Seven Writers and
Photographers With
Allies in Africo
y the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-ASsociated
Press stan correspondents are with
all the major task forces In the
opening of the second front.
Yves Gallagher's dispatches were
the first to tell Of the arrival OF
North Africa Of zone OF the greatest
naval armadas" ever sent to sea and
Of the establishment Of Allied head
quarters in French territory.
Where the other men are now,
whence they came and how they got
there must, Of course, remain q mill
tary secret for the time being, until
their stories from the battle theater
are passed through censorship.
Eight A. P. Men on Job.
In all, seven Associated Press staff
correspondents and photographer
are assigned to the Allied forces in
North and West Africa.
These men are in addition to a
U. S. correspondent presently as
signed to the British home fleet
representing the Associated Press,
United Press and International
News Service under a rotation pool
agreement, and to the seven corre-
spondents and one photographer
with the British 9Th Army at Cairo,
and with the British Fleet In the
Mediterranean.
Besides Mr.. Gallagher, the re-
porters in West and North Africa
are Russell C. L.andstrom, William
B. King, Harold " Boyle, John A.
Moroso III, holland Norgaard and
Joseph Morton. The photographer
is H. B. Roberts. In Egypt are Ed
ward Kennedy, Harry Crockett,
Frank L. Martin, jr.; Paul Kern Lee,
Thoburn Want, Don Whitehead,
Stephen Barber and Photographer
Weston Haynes.
Gallagher Covers Story.
The story of the greatest Allied
expedition to this war caps series
of assignments for Mr.. Gallagher, a
native of San Francisco, who has
travelled through 16 countries and
watched the Germans enter the
capitals of two.
He has been following the fronts
since early in the war. when he went
abroad for the Associated Press after
schooling at the University of San
Francisco and Louisiana State Uni
versity and newspaper work in
Rochester and for the A. P. in Buff
falo, N. Y.
Joseph Morton, now somewhere
in West Africa" was war map editor
for the Associated Press feature
service before he got his chance last
May to give his picture in on-the-
scene words. Born in st. Joseph,
Mo-. and educated at the University
of Nebraska and Iowa State College,
Mr.. Morton worked for newspapers
in st. Joseph, Des Moines, Iowa, and
Omaha, Nebr., before joining the
A. P. at Lincoln, Nebr., in 1887.
Mr.. Landstrom, born at Clinton
Iowa, in 1901, did his newspapering
at Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa
and Grand Rapids, Mich, before
joining the A. P. eight years ago
Evening star., 1942-11-09

Pointer. AS an infantry officer, ne
won honors for extraordinary hero
ism" in France Is years ago, then
served in Germany with the Army
of Occupation.
The contingent landed at Qran
was led by Maj Gen. Lloyd R. FIRE.
dendall, 59-year-old Army veteran
from Cheyenne, Wyo. Gen. Freden-
dall's flair for tactics landed him
with Gen. Douglas Macarthur in
Evening star., 1942-11-09

London. Most Of his newspaper
career had been spent in South
Carolina before he came to the
Associated Press cable desk in New
York prior to going abroad.
Ships and the sea always were the
great enthusiasms of Mr.. Moroso. It
was this which led him to start COM
piling a day-to-day record of the
Evening star., 1942-11-09

war at sea for the Associated Press
probably the most complete record
of naval and merchant losses OF
World War II in existence-and.
early this year, to take rowing
assignment" with American naval
forces in the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1942-11-09
He was assigned to London In
March 1QA1

A veteran OF dust bowl and Colo
RADIO politics, Mr.. Norgaard got his
unusual surname from Danish
grandparents and his equally un-
usual given name from remote
Scotch-Irish ancestor. He was born
at Gypsum, Colo. in 1905. His for
eign service, which has paralleled
Mr.. Landstrom's so far, began after
q period on the Grand Junction
(Colo0 Daily Sentinel and six years
in the bureaus of the Associated
Press.
Mr.. King, who was born August
3, 1911, at Florence, S. c., first went
overseas for the Associated Press in
1910, first to Switzerland and then to
Evening star., 1942-11-09
Africa.
Continued From First Pageo

Algiers, the italian high COM
mand claimed)
1000 Miles Of Coast.
With the new landings, the Amer
kan footholds in French North
Africa encompass more than LOCO
miles of the coast from around the
bulge of Africa, through the Strait
Of Gibraltar and into the Mediter-
1Anean.
pakar, in Senegal, and Tunisia
Evening star., 1942-11-09


of
Planes have had TO
Allied troops
F. Wrephoto
Evening star., 1942-11-09

the Philippines for several years,
and later to a division command.
Rear Admiral Henry K. Hewitt,
55, heading the naval forces in the
African offensive, has had exten-
sive experience as commander OF
cruiser and destroyer squadrons. He
commanded the cruiser Indianapolis
when 1T carried President Roosevelt
to South America in 1886. Admiral
Hewitt is from Hackensack, N. J.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-19
Nazi Force Of 500, 900
to 1,OOO,O 900 Men En-
dangered as Pincers
Close on 'Napoieonic
Corridor to Smolensk.

(By The Associated PreSS.)
RuSSia'> armies, knitting into
the republic of White Russia on
a triumphant counter march
from Moscow, appeared today to
be slowly closing a gigantic trap
around a force of perhaps GOO
GOO 10 1000. 900 German troops
i'll the "\apoleonic corridor"
frum Nozhai>k to SmolcnSk.
This seemed clearly indicated
by Red army dispatches report
ing that Soviet troops had by
passed >mOirn>k on the north,
were said to have crossed the
>ozh river south OF Smolcnsk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-19
Darwin Base
Little Hurt
In TwoRaids
Some Casualties and
Damage Reported as
Result of Heavy At
tack; Jap Troops ADJ
vance to Within rs
Miles Of Rangoon.
By The tNeoCiatcd Press

tEN II tNNUCIdtpI Press
japanese NarpI3uc> >,riLinr
for the first time 3t thc Ans
traiian mainland hnn,bcd th.
United Nations base At Darwin
today. while in The battle of Hur-
ma. Tokyo dispatches asserted
that Japanese troops had adj
vanced within - airline mile,
Of Rau2oon.
Hanqaaa. f.e Burmese ca11,aI i.
the cI#e-5..t. at. p4t5y# ion, v.5r .n,,-
plies L.. CHM.
+. The Datr-. Indies 6nuof,
.-aru MAJ r..ogl.rtc.- said Dn-ra
n.a3.-..,#H .s.,.a. b.tal,s. rin,nnI,,
5ga#u-. .I.a4rp~o invasion flrra-
fla. ..,.- all r,...-. .r Do.
a..a.na 81. la,.a4, Slr,s.tr,
Tal. Dr.... s,4...a,4 said I.,.,o.a
planes r5ra.s a4.afr. lfelG. IN un.+o,,.
today p.I.,.na ..-5I,,a dao,aon
The aerial assault on Darwin
pcrhar> SIGNALLING a new in
ya>ion ATTEMPT by Janan's far
Hung armies. lasted an hour.
British Exchange Je,epraph
news AGENCY dispatch said lana
nese planes returned for a see
ond attack On Darwin this Aft
ernaou. in;iicting considerable
nropgrtv damage.
The gztncv quoted AfStr3niaes
Prime Minister John Curtin a. an
noIfncra.. 1ha, - Rising sun hnop-
ere. y-c.rtcd by Iiehtcr>. took part IN
The l#4.. attack and u bombers n
The second.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-19

Continued On Pass 49,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-19

l-cntiD--I N Page Fl.e)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
WITH THE
SPORTSMEN'S CLUB

Being a member Of the Isaak
Walton League, il is only natural
that your editor should want u pass
good thing on.
Here in Bluffton we have : very
interested and active group Of
Sportsmen who like 70 hunt and fish
and who enjoy their outdoor heritage
and want it protected and conserved.
Throughout the United States and
Canada there are thousands Of clubs
working toward that end.
The aims of the Isaak Walton Lea
que and the rod and gun clubs are
the same, and it is only thru =
united effort that preservation Of
our vanishing outdoor America can
be accomplished When the sports
men of America get together in one
body working under an organized
head for that which they are all
striving, they will become a power
full, active force that can produce un-
belivable results.
Will Dig, first president of the
League made a statement when the
program first started that l want
to pass on. "When the sportsmen
of America are banded together,
their voice will be heard. The local
organization alone has been mad
quate to the need. We must con-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31

League during the last twety years,
and you be the judge. This is one
organization that every real sports
men wants to join.
"Playing possum" was just an ex-
preston to Ralph Badertscher until
few days ago he found how true
the phrase fits this nocturnal travel
Ter. "Pete" has a hobby of raising
rabbits and as result he has a
quantity of feed on hand at all
times. Imagine his surprise the
other day, on attempting to scoop
out feed from a metal drum, there
staring up at him was a nice fat
opposuml Prodding the animal with
a stick caused OF Mr.. Possum to
roll over and play dead-a trick en-
ployed by this animal to deceive its
enemies. Badertscher was well
aware of the fact, that even though
the animal appeared dead, to put his
hand near the opposum's mouth
might result in a severely mangled
finger. Though Mr.. Possum appears
dead-he is never that dead, for ne
will never overlook any opportunity
to get an upper hand on the enemy!
Club member O. Z. Dudgeon is
complying with the request of the
Conservation Department to harvest
this years game crop to assist II
alleviating the meat shortage
Dudgeon likes to hunt rabbits and
even though the bird season is over
he still spends plenty of profitable
time in the fields. So far this year
he has bagged at least Is cotton.
tails. During the season he shot
down 7 ringnecks, so hunting is
really profitable sport for this
enthusiastic sportsman. Many OF
the rabbits are taken with rife
Dudgeon states. AS a result the
meat is always in good condition fol
cooking.
A jack rabbit seen in this area
Yes it is the truth and three mer
will vouch for the authenticity OF
the story. Nelson Herr and sons
Floyd and Evan, while hunting OF
the Henry Sutter farm say they saw
the monster on Christmas Day
"The long cared, long legged
Western North American hare wa:
settin' there" says Nelson, IT
looked big as horse. | tried tt
fire, but buck fever got the best oi
me and all | could do was stant
and stare!"
The rabbit became alarmed ant
suddenly sprang into action, and be
ing too big to squeeze through th'
lower regions of the fence, it gave {
mighty heave with its powerful hint
legs, cleared the fence and went
bounding away!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
BY Paul Souder

tinue to have local groups, but ma
tionally organized!
The commercial exploiters of our
outdoor America who have wrought
this sinful destruction are nationally
organized. Sportsmen must come
into national organization. There
is no other way if we are to save
our God-given heritage from the
hands of the despoilers!"
4 few weeks ago it was my prlvi-
lege TO attend the annual state con-
vention of the Indiana Division at
South Bend. Present were: Ira N.
Gahrielson, Director of U. S. Fish &
Wildlife Service; Eltinge F. Warner,
Publisher Field & Stream; Kenneth
Reid, Editor of Outdoor America;
Ivar Hennings, national League
President These are but a few OF
the names of leading conservation
lists who spoke at this convention.
They all had one purpose in mind
and that was to fulfill the motto of
the Isaak Walton League, Defend
ers of Woods, Waters and Wildlife.' =
| urge all Sportsmen who read
| this to obtain a January issue of
Field & Stream and read, "The
Truth About The Izaak Walton
League" by Harold Titus, investi-
gate the accomplishments of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
EIrOse

Christmas dinner guests in the
M. j. Stratton home were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Christman and family,
John Color, of Findlay; Mr.. and
Mrs. B. J. Stratton and family of
Union township; J. D. Clymer, of
Benton Ridge; Miss Doris Christman
of Mishawaka, Indiana; Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Klingler and family.
Jackie Koontz of near Rawson
spent the week end with his grand
mother, Mrs. Anna Koontz.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Agin of Bluff
ton, Mrs. S. II. Koontz and son
Cliff, Charles Nonnamaker were en-
tertained in the Ami Nonnamaker
home Christmas Day.
Mrs. Anna Koontz, Mrs. A. j.
Nonnamaker and daughter Kaye,
Mrs. Nello B. Steinman of Baton
Rouge La, called Sunday afternoon
on Mrs. Elizabeth Gossman of
Jenera.
James Scott, Floyd Hartman, Jack
and Robert Koontz spent Sunday
afternoon with Roderick Nonna-
maker.
Guests in the j. r. Fisher home
Christmas Day were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Gallant and family and
James Gallant of Bucyrus; Joan Gal
liant of Marion; Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Koontz and son Robert, Clyde War
rem and son Jimmy were morning
callers.
Callers during the week in the
M. J. Stratton home were: Mr..
and Mrs. Dull Battles and family
of Mt. Cory; John and Fern Koch,
Mrs. A. S. Pifer.
Miss Floe Stratton of McComb is
enjoying Christmas vacation at the
NJ. j. Straton home this week.
Mrs. John Nonnamaker and Mr..
and Mrs. Lendon Basinger and
family entertained the following
guests for Christmas supper: Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Stauffer, of Bluff
ton; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Nonna-
maker and family. Mr.. and Mrs
Gene Basinger were morning callers
Visitors Christmas day in the Mrs
Anna Koontz and A. ]. Nonnamaker
home were: Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND
Koontz and family, of Bluffton; Jack
Koontz, of near Rawson; Mrs. c. E
Burris and family, of Alger; Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Koontz and sor
Robert, Mrs. Nello B. Steinman, OF
Baton Rouge, La.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
Annual Business
Meeting

The annual business meeting of
the policy-holders of The Mennonite
Mutual Aid Society of Putnam, Al
len and Hancock Counties, Ohio, will
be held in the school building at
Pandora, Ohio, on Saturday, Janu
ary 8, 1943, at 200 o'clock P. M.
for the purpose of electing directors,
and transaction of any business that
may properly come before the meet
ing. All members are requested to
be present.
81 Albert Winkler, Secretary
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31

week with sessions at the Mt. Cory
high school auditorium.
The program for the institute is
as follows:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
RawsOn

Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Trask spent
Christmas in Findlay with Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Trask and family.
Mrs. Wanda Wakefield of McGraw,
New York, Frank Hiestand of
Lowell, Ind, and Mrs. w. H. Peter
son were Christmas Day supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Peter
son and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Latham and
family spent Christmas with Mrs.
/. A. Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. c. l..
Russell and son Max of Jenera.
Mrs. w. E. Diller and children
spent Christmas day at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach
and family of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright Hughes
spent Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gorsuch of Deshler.
Frank Hiestand of Lowell, Ind,
and Mrs. w. III. Peterson were
Christmas day dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Balmer and fam
lily of Mt. Cory.
Mrs. Jennie Cameron spent Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Cam
eron and family of Lima.
Prof. and Mrs. Clayton Tooley and
daughter of Fremont spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Tooley
and son Billy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hartman and
son Fred of Eagle township and Mr..
and Mrs. Jake Romick and son Jack
spent Christmas with Mrs. Olive
Crozier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman and
son Larry Dean of Findlay, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Grubb and family
were Christmas eve supper guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Smith and daugh-
ter Ruth.
John Failing of Berea who has
| been visiting relatives in Rawson is
spending few days as the guest
of relatives in Cincinnati.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
AN ORDINANCE

FIXING SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF BLUFFTON, OHIO
AND REPEATING ALL PREVIOUS OR
DINANCES INCONSISTENT THEREWTTH
Be it ordained by the council of the Village
of Button. State of Ohio:
Sec 2: That the salary of the Deputy
Marshal Of the Village of Bluffton, Ohio. shall
be One Hundred and Twenty-Five t$f25. .00)
Dollars per month. payable monthly.
Sec. 3: That this ordinance shall take eff
feet on and after the earliest period allowed
by law.
Passed this 21st day of December. 1912, at
the council chamber in Bluffton. Ohio.
w. A. HOWE. Mayor
W. @. GEfGER,
Acting Clerk &c
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Scott T. whistler, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Ben M. Whistler.
whose Post Office address is 225 South Main
St., Bluffton. Ohio. has been duly appointed
and qualified as Executor of the Estate of
Scott T. Whistler, late of Allen County, Ohio,
deaseased
Dated this 18th day of December. 1912.
RAYMOND p SMITH,
Judge of the Probate Court
81 Allen County, Ohio.
Repair of farm machinery pays
better dividends than gold mining.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31
Farm Institute At Mt. Cory In
Two Days Session, Jan. 6 And

The Mt. Cory farm institute will
hold a two days session next We'd
nesday and Thursday, January and
z, it was announced the first of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-20
All Instructions Verbal;
DIAGRAMS Memorized

At MacArthur'S headquarters IN
Manila. no one wrote q word on
paper. nor were any messages Of
military importance given over the
telephone. Everything was verbal
Intricate diagrams and instruc-
|tionS were committed 20 memory
All over tho islands Japanese
who had planned for years 10 give
radio signals. fare signals and
other aid 90 tho enemy were
Clapped into Jail IN record
breaking time.
Macarthur was going 70 have
no trouble at home when he went
NJ north 10 JOIN Maj Gen. iona
than VI. Wainwright whose forces
Macarthur had strung out along
Llngayen Gulf The main blow
he scnsed would be there.
NacArthurS forces numbered
a few over 5000. The planes
tanks. guns and other equipment
he had. at the start, was and re-
mains a military secret.
Admiral Harris ASiatiC squadron
consisted Of "A few cruisers. a hand
ful Of dcStroycrS. an unSpecliied
number Of submarines and navy
planes. This arm was quartcrcd
at Cavite, across Manila Bay from
the city of Manila. but consider
ably easier 10 reach than Manila
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-20
Lieut.. Boyd D. Wagner
Took His Toll Of Enemy

Lieut.. Boyd d. Wagner of Phila-
delphia aimed the guns of his
humming P-40 at two japanese
planes off Aparri and drove them
burning into the water, then raced
at terrifying speed across the
APART airport. his wing guns spit
ting, and set three grounded Japa-
nese planes on fire. And hopelessly
far TO the south, American and
Philippine guns barked over Davao
First mention Of Macarthur by
the war department communicates
came on December -, when il was
announced that the secretary of
war had authorized him 10 award
the Distinguished Service Cross
and the Distinguished Flying Cross
for gallantry in action beyond the
call Of duty.
Secretary StimSon also gave
Macarthur the power 90 promote
Officers and enlisted men of the
Far East command for outStand-
ing leadership.
Five days later. Macarthur was
himself promoted by President
Roosevelt from lieutenant general
10 full general-thus becoming the
only man in the United States
Army TO hold that top rank twice.
Previously, he had ranked as full
general when he was chief Of staff
but in accordance with army prac-
tice he returned 10 major generals
rank when he left that post.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-20
Communications System
Had Been Prearren1ed

But when tho heavily supported
japanese transports started for
Nigan, and for points reaching
down along the deep indent OF
Llngayen Gulf, Macarthur knew
that the real war had started.
The earlier landings. the relent.
less bombing of Clark and Nichols
fields, near Manila, and the pitilcSS
SIrafing Of bamboo-hut villages in
the northern wilderness was but
the diseordant, preliminary tuning
Of a great balcful symphony
AS soon as the japanese at
tackled, MaCArthurs pre-arrangcC
system Of communications went
into effect. and the activities OF
his CO (army intelligence were
increased.
Manila was alive with japanese
fifth columnlstS, but an astounding
proportion of them had been
rounded up IN the two days after
the opening Of hoStllIucS because
Macarthur. on his own initiative
had for weeks before the wal
made a file of every suspicious
arrival in the islands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-20

the sinking of a 29.0O0-tOn Jap
anese battleship yesterday by
the American Army Air Forces
north of LuLon." states commun-
iQue No. 3. This battleship In
believed to be the 29.0OO-ton
Haruna, or . vessel Of the Har-
una class"
Later Macarthur was 10 name
Capt. Colin p. Kelly Jr. of Madi'
son, Fla, and tell of his deed as
only Macarthur can tell story Of
valor.
Attacked by three japanese pur.
suit planes. as he pointed the nose
OF his flying fortress north anc
left the northern tip Of Luzon be
hind him, Kelly zoomed the great
ship up to 10000 feet and got
away.
But he found nothing of i'm
portance, 10 the north, so he
wheeled south again and near
Apart he saw the wallowing
Haruna below him.
He iockeyed the big four
motored plane into position, gave
the signal. TO Corporal Levin. his
bombardier. and three great bombs
shrieked down through the air
Two grazed the sides OF the battle
ship, the third hit amidships and
in a moment the big ship was
ablaZe.