Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22

watched Cap
MR. PICKERING tain Sherman
stand arguing with another Of
ficer Just before they-the last
mcn-lcft the ship, and inquired
afterward what the argument
was about.
With the inside OF his ship a
white-hot furnace Of buckling
steel and blazing gasoline, the
captain paused 10 remark doubt
fully:
elf I left the ship. and then
the fire went out--Td look
damned silly"
Then ne slid down 10 the
water and safety Twenty sec
onds later the inside Of the ship
blew up.
Johnston spoke at the Detroit
Athletic Club, describing the
American attack on Jap car
rier. II was observation-disclosures
planes going into their dives.
!, some pIummeting from $4,000
feet down TO 900 In 10 seconds.
The attack was over in four
minutes. BY radio came the
Iaconic report: scratch one
fIat-tOp."
The Japs needed II minutes
70 bomb the Lexington and lost
63 planes doing 1t. Johnston SAID.
But for leaking gasoline fumes.
the ship very likely could have
survived. Johnston said he
thought the crews battle against
flames was Ssgrca,er than the
fight against the Japs.
Five hours later she was stu
moving. For five hours the men
in the engine rooms kept steam
up. working In temperatures
from 40 10 l62 degrees. Not all
the heroes are IN tho sky. Some
are in the boiler room, with the
decks on fire above their heads.
Sign: Our favorite sign Of the
tImes-being that IL tells = lot
about present conditions in a
few worlds placard on n
drug store out near Ford Hos
pital. IL says, Closed until
further notice. No help. Its
closest competitor il sign on
grocery on SiN-Mile road. The
proprietor closed that store. but
now its running again with
sign: open 10 20 9"
Letter: Joe Gentle and Ralph
Pingc. who present that break
fast-time program At CKLW
land raZz their own sponsors
without much mercy are hang
ing onto a letter Just received
from the war zone IN New
Guinea.
It's from Cpl. Robert p Amos.
with one Of the American fighter
SduadronS. and a Schoolmate OF
Joe's some years back.
I'VE listen To YOUR morning
program every night over here"
saws this letter from across the
world Seeing we're from the
old Observation-Disclosures High
Glenn Roberts. Francis Page,
Tony Sebastian and I, all in the
same squadron now, call upon
YOU 10 give us a good Glenn Mil
Ter number. II you do, well keep
'em flying.
please play this on a week
day between 1880 and $50, and
dedicate II 10 coach Leighton
Boyd. track coach at Southeast
crn."
Joe viii ohliGc. he is wonder
ing what quirk Of tho ether car
RES the program that far from
Detroit. though. And because Of
The difference IN time, AmcS and
tho boys IN New Guinea don't
hear il i'm the morning Out
there il is still the night before.
Noted in passing: Spike
Briggs, back on his first fur
lougho since leaving on army
duty last May Stanley Johns
ton (sce abOvet mentioning Ad-
miral Aubrey Fitch. who led
the Pacific Victories-and find
ing Fitch'S brother I'm the
audience, Basil +. Fitch. a De-
troitcr.
4 store advertising "meat
substitutes. for mcatless days"
William &. Richards, accI-
dentally caught In the rent
freeze. lie pays more for his
apartment than he can get from
whole house which he owns
and rents. Can't do anything
about IL, and doesn't even feel
entitled To complain because
he's a government employe now,
with the office Of War Informa-
ton.
The Curtis Building putting
on its own ride-Sharing CAM
paign for occupants Of the build
Ing A. T. Milford putting
the finishing touches on a bene-
fit ball at the Book-Cadillac
Saturday. II will support the
Civil Air Patrol airport at
Mound road and Eighteen-Mile.
nv which Michigan trains filters
for submarine patrol And
Doug Wilton commenting on the
Jobs being filled by women in
Canadian plants just across the
river-Some arc even operating
giant overhead cranes that pick