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Eyewitness Of
 Marines In Fight
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Japanese could do. They could scramble and run-and be moved down by machine guns. Or they could lie low in hope the tanks would miss them as they roared back and forth, blasting the grounds as they moved.
 PitifuI to Watch
 It was pitiful to watch the Japan csc try to fight the tanks. They fired their rifles and machine guns at the armor plating and the bull lets pinged off harmlessly.
 American marines climbed out of their positions and watched as the tanks methodically went about their work.
 The show was over when the tanks had finished.
 The Japanese landing party of 75O had bene wiped out. American casualties were 28 marines killed and 72 wounded.
 The scene of the battle was the beach near Tenaru river where the United Nations forces first landed on August 2. Forty eight hours earlier an advance reconnaissance party of Japanese was cut to bits by patrol led by Capt. Charles H. Brush, of Jersey City. The pa trol surprised the Japanese landing and killed 1S of them in an action several miles east of Tenaru. Started in Morning
 The main action started early this morning. Japanese scouts, shortly after midnight, opened fire on our outposts located in CO., conut grove on the west side of the Tenaru.
 The Japanese tried to infiltrate behind our position by crawling down the beach, swimming out in the ocean and wading the shallow river upstream.
 About 2 a. m. the main Japanese attack opened, supported by heavy machine gun and motar fire. The Japanese charged down the beach ana tried to cross sandbar at the mouth of the Tenaru.
 About 3 a. m. the main Japanese attack opened, supported by the heavy machine gun and motar lire. The Japanese charged down the beach and tried to cross sandoar at the mouth of the Tenaru.
 But a murderous fire from our light and heavy machine guns, ar tillery and rifles moved down every Japanese who raced out of the CO., conuL grove.
 Ian Bodies Piled Up
 The Japanese bodies piled up on the sandbar like sandbags on a Mississippi river flood dike.
 The Americans, under Lieut.. Col. [. E. creEsvell of Mississippi then swept up on the Japanese while forces under Lieut.. Col. Edwin A. Pollack, Augusta, Ga, penned them along the Tenaru river front.
 That put the Japanese in a pocket and their position was des- perate. They could not advance across the river, the ocean held their right flank and Cressweirs men bottled them up on the land side, Cresswell's men then cut through to the Ilu river to complete the encirclement of the coconut grove.
 The Japanese were trapped and they must have known 1t.
 From q point on the marines front lines could watch the ring be- ling drawn tighter around the enemy Pounded t0 Pieces Despite the fact that they were pounded to pieces. the Japanese fought on and made no attempt 70 surrender eEi Ifiasse. inotvidual
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were;
 "i. Inspect and adjust heating equipment.
 "a. Insulate walls and roof or at' tlc.
 's. Install storm windows and doors. .L
 sl, WeatleFstFlp and seal ar leaks abound windows and door" "
 "Tbe effectiveness Of yonr efforts t0 dO lhase things xtll determine io a large extent the degree Of e0iil' fort y0u wlll have li your h0llef lhls wintar,H Henderson said, '"fhe oli sllifaflon Is co critical tllAt there simply Won't be enough 70 Keep peos De NaFm ln elishsate4 houses tni. winter, DO all ef these things aad ans elheFs inst fell ean aisheseF iof geiNself beeAalss senfe eeing 70 need shams
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PLAYED CARDS AS
 YORKTOWN SINKS
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'Conunued rom Pa8e D swamr from Q crowded raft to Q whale boat towing an injured Negro mess attendant, then swan back to the raft.
 Several hundred Of the York towns crew, tanned, muscular young men eager for new battle stations, recently moved into TFeas- ure Island to await orders. All are proud Of their ship, which they say has done more than any ship ln the Navy"
 Already Was Illl
 When the Yorktown headed into the Midway battle zone she had al- ready suffered a bomb hlt in the Coral Sea fighting. She had been ln port only long enough for a nasty patching,
 At Midway, her planes wera com. ing back from co attack when So Japanese b0mbefs came over, Guns from the Yorktown and saeoFtlne cruisers and dentr0yefs Eet % aIl earsaplllilna dln,
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Rehlander of La Port, Ind, made hash out of m. The sky was full of burning planes. By the time they got us, saw only five planes left. They were all shot up or burning, but they came on in, low"
 Some of them, he said, dove from 15.00O to 1000 feet which seemed to take hours.
 T feel sorry for anybody that has to go through a ive-bombing attack" Rehlander said. Give me torpedoes any day. While you watch that bomber come down, you think of everything you've ever done in your life. You think of your best friend, maybe. There at Mid- way, I got to thinking about my wife.
 Your eyes get riveted on that bomb, and something seems to force you away from 1t"
 A Japanese bomb beside the car- rier's stack put the boilers out of commission temporarily and kept the carrier motionless for an hour. She was just getting under way again when 18 Japanese torpedo planes attacked. All IS were shot down but some got their torpedoes home.
 Only Five Minutes More
 'If we'd had five minutes more to get up speed" said F. H. Bennett, chief yoeman of Cottage Grove, Ore, they'd never have hit us. The old man could sure handle that ship. Once during the Coral Sea fight he dodged 12 torpedoes coming at us from two directions"
 "They came in a line" said Reh- lander, diving in through the shell fire from ships around us. You don't have time to aim or estimate when fighting them. You just fire and hope to stop them. Only the damn Japs don't stop.
 we were trying to turn when the three fish got us"
 Buckmaster gave the order to abandon ship. Some men jumped overheard. Others went down lines. Cook T. L. J. Saxon, Columbia, Miss, took time to put his pet rabbit in a gas mask bag so it would be sure to float.
 Some of it." said Storekeeper Andrew U. Hassman of Racine, Wis, was really funny, now that it's over. Fellows were swimming around in the water yelling, Hey. you, line up there in pay number order And bunch of guys got together chain of rafts and were padding along yelling, Taxi, taxil and picking up men.
 Some men took off their life jackets in the water and gave them to others who were hurt. We didn't lose man who left her"
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.KIDNAPER LOST
 NERVE BEFORE FBI
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las, Tex, who is visiting her. It was postmarked at a. m.
 Nancy and have been kidnap- ped" it said. "They say she will be safe if you do as they say. You are to get $30, 1000 in five, 10 and 20 dol lar bills only-put the $30,000 in a shoe box and tell Mrs. Joyce to come alone with the money to the New Rochelle station tonight at 10:30 p. m. l must meet her there and get the money from her.
 "They say you are not to notify the police and to keep this quiet. They also say that you are now paying for the way you treated others and that they know how to make you suffer. Do as this note tells you If you want your grand child to be safe. They mean bus mess"
 The note was signed "Kathryn."
 The Joyces notified the FBI. but at 8 D. m. Tuesday. Mrs. Batchelder teleplIoned. She said she and Nancy had been released. and were safe In the home of a friend at Mount Ver- non. So they were. Nancy was taken home. Mrs. Batchelder was taken to New York City by FBI agents.
 P. E. FoxWoFth. assistant director Of the PBI in New York City, told the rest Of the story last night. He said Mrs. Batehelder at first said she had been Intlmidated by one woman and two men. Then she was intlmldated by q woman, and, iin- ally. FexwoFlh said, she admitted that she he'd written fhe note the night hefoFa end taken Nancy to c room she had rented, She had lost her nerve,
 EpKworth sald he had turned Mrs. naleheldeF and the evidence over l0 United states Attorney Matthias '. eeFFeas
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45O, ,OOO Nazis Hit
 Hard At Stalingrad
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Pravda, the Communist party or- gan, reported that Russian troops now held the barracks, airdrome and outskirts of Rzhev, key city of the Rzhev- Gzhatsk-Vyazna salient before Moscow. Soviet air operations were reduced to a minimum in the central front offensive, Pravda said, because of the danger of hitting Russian forces.
 Lieut.. F. Kaisler, a German pris- oner, said that Lieut.. Gen. Rittau commander of the German 129th division was killed in action recent ly. Red Star said Russian soldiers had found the body on the battle field, but couldn't identify it at the time because it was so badly muti- lated,
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MUST BURN COAL
 TO KEEP OUT COLD
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states. Those pleas brought little response and only a small per- centage of oil burners were changed to burn coal, the office of price administration said.
 Details Are Given
 Henderson gave these details of the fuel rationing program:
 l. The program will start Sept 30, and machinery for handling coupons will be set up by Oct. IS
 ?. Rationing boards will decide how much fuel is needed for each home owner during the winter sea- son, based on the 66 degree maxi- mum temperature, and issue cou- pons to purchase the entire aIlot- ment less the amount of oil he al. ready has ifi his tanks.
 3. Purchases between Sept. 90 and the date coupons are Issued will be compensated for by tearing coupons from the consumers books,
 (, Local boards will be allowed to make exceptions 10 the BS degree temperature rule to prevent actual suffering ln eases where honsehOld- CTS lack the financial means 10 make needed improvements or where sickness or other factors are involved"
 speelfle allowances would bs bass Cd on tho 0b degree average, past consumption, the amount Of floor space in tho home, characteristics ef the furnace nnd other factors,
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 kIeneofG0n'a Announfement waa accompanied by c booklet describing stops which should be taken nov Co Niaant your 90me with leGg flfi this wIntog" Kpuf specific steps
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ply jumping for it himself and grabbing hold.
But they didn't have a chance. For seconds it
Bked like the monster would heave himself right
ross the ship He gathered his power for one
kilish, smashing blow at the man-made enemy
BIT lay helpless before him. The crew hid their
.ads, hanging and waiting for death. The
5hty head crashed into the bows stoving them
pelessly. She stopped dead. Gear crashed from
Sft, yards swung like gates. Deck planks splint-
Id. The windlass was unshipped and water
Bhed in through mighty hole.
| The men sprawled ten ways as the vessel listed
en- the whale passed under her. Pallid as ghosts
BY watched him race off to windward
keep the pumps going" yelled the mate. Get
} spare boat oversize"
She was going fast. The crew showed the spare
m the after house to the waist.
"Look out! She's gong!'
The stricken vessel fell over on her beam ends
crew barely had time to shove the boat from
planksheer and tumble into her before the
sex was lying like log on the water her deck
tical And there they sat, stunned, while the
p; laying over, settled deeper.
"We're 1000 miles from land!"
God help us ALL muttered the mate.
Meanwhile the captain and second mate had
led their whales. A hand, looking around,
led: "Cap'n! where's the ship"
The two crews searched the heaving ocean for
blight of their ship
"She can't be hull down." muttered the cap
Sive way all. Cast loose from them whales.
a. waif in each"
The men rowed rapidly in the direction they
d left the ship. Soon they found the spare boat
wing towards them.
"Whats amiss, Mr. Chaser"
S'We're stove by whale, sir Sinking"
| Twenty men in three small boats stared at each
her in dismay.
Jump to it." snapped the captain. "Cut the
SITS adrift. We got to salvage food and water
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before she goes, or We'll never pull out of it."
All that morning they toiled, chopping at the
masts. At last they gave way and the vessel
lurched back on an even keel. But her deck
opened the BOBBY hatch and salvaged 600 pounds
of hard tack There was enough fresh water to
allow 65 gallons for each boat. They saved six
turtles, musket, powder and shot, files and few
boat nails.
Each boat was fitted with masts and light can
vas Spare cedar panks were used to build up the
gunwales, for with the load of men and food the
light shells were low in the water.
Three days they toled in terror that the Essex
would sink and drag them down. She was breaking
up, but the oil in her casks made slick over the
water that helped the boats ride safely
The nearest land the Marquesa Islands
1,500 miles sou'west But they were full of dan
gerous savages. So the twenty decided to
chance their luck in a 1000 mile voyage to the
Chile mainland.
While they were planning, the Essex rolled
over and and sank
For an hour they sat there helplessly Twenty
men alone in tiny boats in the middle of the Pa
cific. Some cursed to show their bravery. Others
prayed.
Captain Pollard looked long at the sea which
had taken his fine ship.
"Give way" he said at last Course sou'east"
That was in November 1920.
A steady wind drove them the first night but
they kept together calling to each other in the
darkness. Next day flat calm and for as far
as they could see there nothing on the SHIN
mering sea but themselves. A pound and quar-
ter of hard tack and pint of water was each mans
daily ration.
In the heat they rowed padded or sailed Some
already grumbled that pint of water was not
enough. But the officers guarded the casks watch
fully and no man dared raid them.
Then the light boats started leaking. They were
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Salty Tales Of the
WhoIers in the Days
When the Seas Were
Free-ond Romance.
Peril and Fortune
Beckoned the Deep
Water Sailor From
Arctic Ice and Tropic
Island Paradise Alike

boat had been followed for some days by a killer
whale, Of the small kind that attack and fight
right whales with their terrible, peg-lke teeth. This
beast had charged the boat in the darkness and
she sinking
Again the heartbreaking job of transshipping
men. They dashed the sinking boat between them
to keep her afloat until morning. Then while boat
steerers kept watch for the killer others dved
board to patch planks and nail canvas over the
stove strakes
They grew thinner, haggard, their eyes burned
red as blood with the glare on the sea. Daily the
men grew weaker
At last after fearful decision they agreed to kill
turtle Like savages the men gulped the blood
from it. The meat, scraped out of the shell was
cooked, entrails and all and after few days they
felt stronger.
Then gale set in The men crouched in their
boats baing to keep them afioat.. Rain dashed the
sails and the men lay their backs to catch the
water in their parched mouths. But the sails were
full of salt spray and the water was ruined. Light
ming flashed and showed the tiny craft whirled
between torn seas. But they signalled with mus
ket shots and managed to keep together.
After the storm they caught few flying fish
which dropped aboard and ate them raw.
Four weeks in the boats they sailed slowly, Of
ficers at the tllers lying family in the bottom
of the boats. Some groaned, others licked their
broken lips. All tried to shield their heads from the
burning SUM-
Land no, " croaked a hand suddenly stagger-
ing to his feet Il see land
"Sit down, you're crazy" growled the mate,
showing hair out of his eyes.
Look yonder."
Ahead was gray smear on the horizon.
"We're saved!' wept the cabin boy.
Its land, all right" agreed the captain. "Set
your courses for it."
The island was covered with trees and seemed
surrounded with fifty-foot cliffs. Sailing and
ing the relieved men Unanswered until they found
a sheltered SIDE steered between coral reefs and.
rushed inshore mountainous surf. They man.
aged to drag their precious boats to safety from
the powerful undertcw, and laughing and shouting
like maniacs, they threw themselves on the solid
sand, too exhausted to do anything but sleep
That was the goth of December, month after
the wreck that they landed on Ducie's Island, ar
uninhabited atoll in the Pacific But more trouble
awaited them They saved from the sea, but
there precious little food and no water as far
as they could see.
They found a few birds, which, unused to men,
they were able to knock over and eat with grass
which they boiled in seawater. Then their water
was giving out and the birds got so shy they were
harder and harder to catch.
Then the mate found small spring at the foot
of cliff. But it was covered at high tide. The
men raced to it and lay on their bellies sucking up
the water like beasts.
"This amt so bad" some said. 1--WE can stop
here until ship puts in"
AYE. found could sleep n.'
"Where away?"
hand led them to a large cave near the cliff
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ND 9TH Norma and Jimmie Salter dying by
- accident just before they were due for
their inhertanccs. That does look like some
thing said Police Inspector Cobb 10 me IN
my home IN rural Kenmore, when ! told him
Of a new murder motive that might help us
solve the strange death of lovely rcd-haircd
Norma Hale
The day before. Norma Hale had said to
me. Or Westlakc I'm almost sure someone
is going 10 Try TO murder me in revenge
She said she and friend Libby Brompton had
done something terrible in the past and that
she was pursued 10y man in yellow taXi
adding that Libby found dead months back
had seen him too IN Bar Harhor, Norma
sure she had been murdered. After she
left ! read a letter she had dropped in which
Libby had written that the taxi driver had
threatened her and said he would settle with
Norma and Toni next -Nhe Toni was, girl
or man. didn't know With my young
daughter Dawn I went to nearby Fallowfield
Norma's homie 10 see Norma, There ! met
Pcrsls-- her divorced mother. now Mrs. David
Rowlcy Mrs. Rowleys sister Grace wife of
Judge Saltcr. Karen Hale Norma's rcd-haired
twin sister David, and Oliver Church. who
was 10 marry Norma next week They were
hanging Christmas lights on the driveway
trees Presently Norma gallopcd up the drive
screamed and topped over. I saw yellow
neck broken and "a strange brusc ON her
throat Later Dawn showed nae whore wire
had been stretched across the drive. IL was
gone bat Norma had evidently ridden fun tilt
INTO d. Cobb agreeing 20 keep our suspicious
OF murder quiet started hunt for the taxi
driver later Identified as Albert Williams
aud-s,Iassed the need Of finding Toni 10 clari-
~ the mystery That evening we found the
taxi atire iu lonely spot, bat no trace of
the driver. Karen denied knowing Toni.
The new murder motive came from Francis
Hale Nouuds father who said trust fund
LEFT To Pcisis and Grace by Samuel Shipton.
thor father had shunk They now received
S60 600 "a year bat the VIII provided 500 600
a year was go 60 TO tho three grandchildren
ON marriage or uu reaching twenty-five
Jimmie SlItor t;races SON be told me- had
been engaged 90 Karen and had died IN an
accident 'lou realize he said how timely
Eorma's death was" he insisted if some
one was numbering thg Shipton grandchildren
for profit karca Mas now iu danger l told
Cobb aIl tai. and IL aas then b, remarked 1t
looked hike something
Then Mrs Rourcy showed mc letter
from Hale Co. Norma warning her uat Oliver
really loved Karen SHE feared il might have
driven Norma 90 my o. Nl. herself ! told
her Norma had spoken 20 me of her marriage
as certain reflected that possibly thc
murderer haa saasu nothing of Ohyers
change Of heart and had murdered Norma be-
hevrg the wedding V5s s'Il going % Doe Ccle-
hrafed r. That case there was desperate dan-
ger far Karrr tHe motive dict ue not with
tho tas 8rtpr t.' u symptoms VIII ! started
thinking nual-v about oliver The more /
Thought. the more raorju1ry his emotional
life seemed - become.
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though the rest OF the family veto him. /
guess he smart enough TO wheedle ii
out of her. l know he wheedled it out of me
.-a before even realized it,"
He stopped speaking. and / watched his
dark smoldering face trying to decide
whether l believed in him the heroic young
map who had been willing TO sacrifice his
great passion TO fulfil promise.
He returned my stare. reading. | felt
pretty much of what was in my mind. You
don't have much of an opinion of me, or of
Karen either probably, do you? l don't blame
you. 1 must seem pretty much of "A louise
particularly now poor Norma's dead Some
of the old defiance had come back and he
tossed his head But | didn't know Norma
was going to die / didn't know Hale was
going TO split everything wide open / didn't
know a damn thing How could | have"
There seemed to be queer sort of chal-
lenge implicit in that question. / still watched
him fXcdlX l said:
It's all very tragic bat it. proves the OLD
saying about the il-wnd. doesn't it? Now
you'n be able to marry Karen"
For moment ne just stared back at me
blankly as if he couldn't quite believe that
| had said that Then ms face kindlcd with
anger l though he was going to hat me
Are you suggesting I'm glad Norma
died ?"
That remark and his anger seemed ex
ccssive
"Of course I'm not / only pointed out
sctf=evidcut fact ron wifi marry karen
now won't you after decent interval
Il don't know that it's any damn bust
ness of yours"
decided | could got away with minor
homhshell then 4 was just thinking about
Karen" / said After all being married
seems quite dangerous pastime in this
family Look at what happened 10 Jimmie
1ft.r ID ~.
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