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Evening star., 1942-06-28

lied. Not a single plane was shot
down over Japan.
The lack Of pursuit opposition,
the lack Of warnings between cities
and the inaccuracy of anti-aircraft
fire were factors which mystified,
and continue to mystify, all who
took part in the raid" the0War
Department comment said.
The ceremonies attendant upon
awarding Of the Flying Crosses took
place at Boiling Field during the
morning. 1t. Gen. Henry H. Ar
mold, Army Air Forces commander,
moved down the long line of 20
officers and three enlisted men to
pin the coveted award on the blouse
of each.
Watching the ceremonies were the
wives Of half a dozen Of the flyers.
Ironically. one of the wives-Mrs.
Maureen Pound, whose husband, 1t.
William r. Pound, jr., was a navi-
gator-was held up on her way to
the field by the practice air raid
alert, which was held to make sure
the city would be better prepared
than Toxic was.
Fails to See Ceremony.
Mrs. Pound did not reach the field
until her husband had received his
medal. Afterwards she was on the
verge Of tears because of disap-
pointment.
Don't cry. honey. 1t wasn't your
fault" her husband told her.
Five Of the other flyers who took
part in the raid were in Washing
Evening star., 1942-06-28

First 1t. Kenneth E. Reddy, pilot,
Bowie. Tex.
First 1t. Jack Sims, co-pilot, Kala-
mazoo, Mich.
First 1t. James H. Macia, r., navi-
gator -bombardier, Tombstone, Ariz.
1t. Pound, Alhambra, Calf.
First 1t. Thomas c. Grimm, navi-
gator, Chicago.
First 1t. Thomas R. White, flight
surgeon, Redlands, Calf.
Second 1t. Dean Davenport, pilot,
Portland. Ore.
Second 1t. Rodney r. Wilder, pilot,
Taylor. Tex.
Second 1t. Grifhth P. williams, CO.
pilot, San Diego. Calf.
Second 1t. Charles J. Ozuk, navi-
gator, Chicago.
Second 1t. Henry A. Potter, navi-
gator, Pierre, S. D.
Second 1t. Robert S. Clever,
bombardier. Portland. Ore.
Second 1t. Richard E. Miller,
bombardier. Fort Wayne, Ind.
Second 1t. Denver v. Truelove,
bombardier, Lula, Ga.
Technical Sergt. Eldred v. Scott,
engineer-gunner. Phoenix. Ariz.
Sergt. Edward j. Saylor, engineer
gunner, Brusett. Mont.
Sergt. David J. Thatcher, engineer
gunner, Billings, Mont.
Put bite In this fight. Buy War
bonds.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

Members of the United States
military mission to Shangri-La-23
Of the American flyers who par
ticipated in the April air raid on
Japan-lined up here yesterday for
decorations, while the War Depart
ment revealed, for the first time
that they had used improvised, 90
cent bombsights on their destructive
flight.
concerning the bombsights ex-
planned dramatically why the flyers
were being given the Distinguished
Flying Cross.
They had decided not to use the
Armys highly accurate, secret Nor
den bombsight because they knew.
when they took of. that the odds
were heavy that their planes would
be shot down.
Rather than take the risk of
allowing the Norden sight to fall
into enemy hands, they decided to
use homemade sight made by
one of the officers on the flight,
Maj. Charles r. Greening, at a
cost of 20 cents each.
Planes Flew Low.
The planes few so low that the
improvised sight was good enough
to enable them to drop explosives
and incendiaries with accuracy on
every single objective.
Although every man who started
on the flight over Japan believed
he was going to certain death or
capture, the fears were never real
Evening star., 1942-06-28

sight. fought back tears as she
watched the ceremony. Mrs. David
M. Jones, wife OF one OF the pilots,
said she was never so proud in
my life" Mrs. John A. Hilger. wife
of the lieutenant colonel who was
second in command, said: Il am
so excited I can't stand still"
Mrs. Ellen Lawson. wife of It.
Ted w. Lawson, had flown to
Washington from Los Angeles, to
find that her husband would be
unable to leave Walter Reed for
the ceremony. He, with 1t. Harold
Watson and 1t. Charles r. Nc
Clure, also in Walter Reed, will
receive his medal at q separate
ceremony.
Both Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. Wat
son attended the presentation at
Boiling Field. Mrs. Lawson said of
her husband
L am very, very proud of him.
and very relieved that the raid is
over. I am thankful to have him
back"
1t was 1t. Lawson who carried the
bombs into which had been melted
two medals which the Emperor of
Japan had presented to American
seamen years ago. The sailors had
turned the medals in to the Govern
ment with the request that they be
returned to Tokio-a job which 1t.
Lawson notified them he had done.
Two Men Striker.
The men who were taken i'll at
the last minute and were unable to
participate in the presentation were:
Its. James H. Parker, jr., Livings-
ton, Tex, and Howard A. Sessler,
Arlington. Mass.
The flyers decorated today were:
1t. Col. Hilger. pilot, Houston, Tex.
Maj. Greening, pilot, Tacoma,
Wash.
Capt. Jones, pilot. Winters, Tex.
Capt. Travis Hoover, pilot, River
side, Calf.
First 1t. william M. Bower, pilot,
Ravenna, Ohio.
First 1t. Donald G. Smith, pilot,
San Antonio. Tex.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

Put bite In this fight. Buy War
bonds.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Medals Pinned on % for 'ShongriIo' Raid on Japan

ton, but confined to sick beds.
Three of them were confined to
Walter Reed with injuries sustained
in q plane crack-up subsequent to
the raid and two Of them came
down with upset stomachs yester-
day.
The rest of the 80 flyers which
the War Department had named
earlier as participating in the raid
were scattered over the four cor
ners Of the earth-most Of them
engaged in dumping more sudden
death on the Axis.
Awards of medals to all these
men will be made at later date.
The returning heroes lined up
on a concrete runway at Boiling
Field, facing a provisional company
of troops from the field. Standing
beside Gen. Arnold was Brig. Gen.
Jimmy Doolittle. who organized and
led the raid and who had earlier
received the Congressional Medal
of Honor from the President.
Troops Salute Flyers.
The flyers, after the medals had
been pinned on their blouses, took
a salute from the troops who filed
past in review. In the background,
scattered about the airf1eld, were
q number Of late-model, olive-drab
Army fighting planes.
When the ceremonies were over
the flyers found themselves sur
rounded by newspapermen, news
reel men and of1cers and enlisted
men from the local areas vino
piled them with questions. The fly
ers were careful to avoid any word
which might disclose the point
from which they started or the
place at which their flight ended.
President Roosevelt jestingly de-
clared that the flight emanated
from mythical Shangri-La and
whenever the flyers referred, in
their conversation, to the start or
finish of the raid they used the
word "Shangri-La" and grinned
knowingly at each other.
The wives who were present re-
vealed that they had a pretty good
idea, long before any official an
nouncement was made, that their
husbands were in on the raid. They
had kept their lips sealed tight.
The wives knew that their hus-
bands had been drilling with North
American BIS medium bombers
and when the Japanese announced
n
the wives caught on quickly.
Mrs. Greening, wife of Maj.
Greening, the designer of the bomb
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Baltimore Fire Chief
New Association Head

By the Associated Press.
READING, Pa, June 27.-Edward
H. War;, head Of the Baltimore
CMd) department, was elected
president Of the Eastern Association
Of Fire Chiefs as the organization
closed its 18th annual convention
today.
Chief War; succeeds John T. Wal
dron, deputy chief of the New York
City department.
Delegates from New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania Maryland,
Delaware and the District of Colum-
bia, closing a three-day meeting,
adopted a resolution protesting the
recent denial by Government bu-
reaus of authorization to purchase
new fire apparatus, pointing out
that added responsibilities have
been created for departments in
war industry communities.
Baltimore was selected as the
l943 convention city.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

and were almost on our objective
before we realized 1t. Our pilot saw
it first. Soon as he yelled, saw 1t,
too. I opened the bomb-bay door
and let fly. Our rear gunner saw
direct hits on two factories and
warehouses. They were covered
with smoke. Debris was flying all
over the place"
One flyer remarked that the most
opposition they met WAS from a
group of Japanese kids on a beach
who threw stones at the planes.
Several Of the observers reported
that the anti-aircraft fire was Graz
lily aimed, with batteries on the low
hills surrounding Toxic ripping
down into the city, doing more dam
age to houses and buildings than
to the bombers.
AS one ship swept low on its way
out, the crew could see people shak-
ing their fists in impotent fury.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

shiny day with overcast anti-air-
craft fire" Said he:
I'VE had just let go on the tank
factory with a bombs away and I
looked back to see what happened.
What I saw was four streams of
tracer bullets shooting up past us,
real close. looked down and there
he was. pursuit plane, coming
hard. I began firing at him and he
winged OF. I know he was hit"
Capt. David M. Jones, Winters,
Tex, said:
I'VE unloaded first on a power
plant and made a turn so we could
see the effect of the demolitions We
dropped.
LAS the bomb struck. the building
assumed the shape of a barrel. The
sides rounded out and the top be-
came circular. Then the barrel
burst. Smoke and dust and bricks
we're everywhere"
1t. Richard E. Miller, Fort Wayne,
Ind. related:
I'VE went in at a fearful speed
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Ease Of Raid on Toxic
Described by Heroes
OF Surprise Attack
Low Altitude Made
Anti-Aircroft Guns
And Fighters Helpless

They were sailing along over
Japan. that bright spring day. when
four japanese fighter planes got on
their tail. The pilot of the Ameri-
can bomber couldn't seem to shake
them any other way, so he ducked
his plane down under high tension
wires-hoping that the Japs would
get fouled up trying to follow.
The Japs didn't hit the wires, so
the rear gunner went to work on
them. Two of the Japs turned
away and the other two, not exer-
cising such good judgment. closed
in on the American bomber, and
were shot down.
This was the story told by Maj.
Charles R. Greening, one of the
veterans of the raid on Japan who
received the Distinguished Flying
Cross at ceremonies here yesterday
Our objective was gasoline re-
finery and storage works. When our
bombs dropped, there were great
sheets Of flame and a terrific ex-
plosion that threw the co-pilot and
me right out of our seats and
banged our heads against the top
of the cockpit.
Il remember that I kept think
ing, oh, if my wife could see me
now"
900 Feet From Target.
Maj. Greetings co-pilot. 21-year-
old 1t. Kenneth E. Reddy, Bowie,
Tex. said: I
I'VE weren't more than 900 feet
above the target when we dropped
our incendiaries. The oil tanks
went up like high explosive"
Youngest of the men decorated
was Sergt. David j. Thatcher of
Billings, Mont. He is rear gunner
and told how, as they were ap-
preaching their target. he spotted
six Japanese planes flying above.
Il was sure they didn't see us, SO
! held my fire. Sure enough, they
just flew on by without paying any
attention to us" =
1t. Donald G.. Smith of San
Antonio, Tex, said:
only one ground gun fired at
us and that was after we had COM
pleted our raid. The remarkable
thing was that no alarm was sound
ed, although we reached Kobe one
houre after Toxic first sounded its
alarm. We expected, when we
neared Kobe, to find every plane in
that whole vicinity in the air against
us.
"A half hour after we left Kobe,
two japanese trainer planes made
pass at us, but couldn't get close
During the raid We passed a Japan
ese commercial air-liner 1t paid no
attention TO us and we ignored 1t,
for We mad more important things
to oo.'
Barely Above Ground.
The planes came in only Is or 70
feet above sea level-making detec-
ton difficult. The theory was that
Japanese fighters would have diff
Guilty in attacking when the Amer
ican planes were so close to the
ground and that anti-aircraft
would be useless against the speed
ing planes.
Il never flew so low without land
Ing" said 1t. William M. Bower.
1t. Col. John A. Hilger told how
his bombs fell on an aircraft works,
an oil storage depot, an arsenal and
a military barracks. When the Jap
anti-aircraft opened up. Col. Hilger
recalled, the rear gunner yelled:
Hey, they're shooting at u.s. just
like that wasn't allowed"
Technical Sergt. E. V. Scott,
Phoenix, Ariz, described the day of
April 10 in Japan as "a nice, SUM-
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Duauid Gets Navy Wings

George c. Duguid, %, Riverdale,
Nd. has been awarded his Navy
wings" and commissioned an en-
sign, the Navy announced yesterday.
He completed the flight training
course at the Jacksonville. Fla,
naval base and now is assigned to
the fleet.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Accepting Pay Slash,
johnson Heads for
Athletics Camp

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA. March 14.-Bob john
son, Philadelphia Athletics out
fielder, left today for the baseball
clubs spring training camp at Ana
helm, Calf.
The big outfielder said he would
sign his contract after his arrival.
The terms were reported to be less
than the S17,500 he received last
year, but johnson said the slash
wasn't quite as drastic as the one
contained in Connie Mack's previous
offer.
johnson said he had first baked
at signing a contract calling for
payment OF graduated bonuses
based upon the clubs attendance
this season
A similar clause is contained in
the contract he will sign, but the
bonus offers ARE far more gen.
erous and the salary figure finally
agreed upon is a satisfactory COM
promise" he said.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
BY the Associated Press.

6y tQo hSSOClhteu EfeSbs
NEW YORK, March 14.-Angriest
Of the $4,000 persons who jammed
into Madison Square Garden to-
night for the Knights Of Columbus
games was AL Blozis of Georgetown,
who won the shotput as expected
with q heave of IS feet 91a inches.
After the Georgetown athlete had
completed his permitted number of
tosses he peeled off his sweat suit
once more to accommodate a pho
tographer.
Perfectly relaxed he fired the 16-
pound ball 81 feet Ga inches-an
effort that would have wiped out
every known record had it been
made in competition.
Blozis Is holder of the world in
door record of 81 feet 4 inch and
Jack Torrance Of Louisiana State
the outdoor mark of 81 feet l inch
Hoya Four Is Fleet.
Georgetown's great combination
Of quarter-milers turned in the
fastest time Of the season for the
mile relay in whipping Colgate
Villanova and Fordham. The Hoyas
were clocked in 3:197.
Villanova and then Fordham gave
the Hoyas a battle through the
first two legs, but Hugh James
following James Fish and Charlie
Williams, forged to the front ano
Hugh Short added to it on the
anchor leg. Al Diebolt. starting
the last quarter in last place came
up to give Colgate second, 10 yards
back of Short. Villanova was thirc
and Fordham q fading fourth.
MacMitchell Is Flashy.
Leslie MacMitchell. New York
University miller, got revenge to-
night for an earlier beating by Gi
Dodds, dfeating the preachers sor
in 4:08.
MacMitchell didn't take the leac
until a half lap from home and fin
ished with 3-yard advantage ovel
the firing Dodds. The time was six
tenths of a second off the world in
door competitive record, which Mac
Mitchell shares with two others.
Dodds bounded into the lead al
the outset and burned the boards
for a 0:58l opening quarter. HI
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Does 3:10.7 in K. of 6. Games;
Record Toss by BIozis Wasted
Posing, Hoyo, Throws Sphere 81 Feet 9h;
MocMtcheIFs 4:08 Gets Revenge on Dodds

continued his killing pace by reach
ing the half-mile mark in 1897 and
had stretched his lead over Mac
Mitchell to yards at that point.
The clockers caught the Boston
divinity student in 3:035 at the
three-quarter pole, and in>.cations
were that a new world record was
in the making.
Both the competitors, however,
slowed in the final 440 yards, and
MacMitchell went out in front for
the first time as they entered the
final curve.
Jim Rafferty,, formerly of Ford
ham, was third, and Gene Venzke
saved fourth place.
Two weeks ago Dodds surprised
by defeating MacMitchell in the mile
event Of the National A. A. U. in
door championships in 4:08.7.
DOdds Explains Fast Pace.
Dodds, in explaining his terrific
first quarter, said, There's only one
way to find out if you are great
miller. That is to run as fast as you
can and that is what I did"
This style of running didn't catch
MacMitchell mapping as it did two
weeks ago, and the New York senior
stayed at Dodds' heels until he
jumped in front a half lap from
home
The time was SiX-tenths of a Sec
ond off the world indoor compete
, tive mark, which MacMitchell shares
with two other runners.
Meet Record for Rice.
Greg Rice whirled around the
boards % times for his expected
triumph in the 2-mile run, finish
ing alone in 8::52. The time was
meet record and was the second
fastest indoor time ever turned in
by the former Notre Dame star.
Veteran Joe .McCluskey drew the
heaviest applause by nabbing sec
ond place from the fading George
de George. New York A. C. team
mate. Leroy SchWartzkopf, Yale
sophomore, was fourth.
BOrican Nabs Casey 600.
John Borican, an artist on the
track or in the studio. won the Casey
600. Borican, repeating his triumph
of year ago, beat out Roy Cochran
of the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station. Cochran took command at
the start and set an early pace that
precluded any chance for a record.
The final time was 1:104, two
tenths Of second of the mark
Borican hung up in 1941.
Borican came back to win the
1,0O0-yard run, completing a double
for the second straight year. He
took charge after the first few
turns around the oval and finished
as he pleased with Lynn E. Rad
cliffe of Syracuse in second place.
The time was 2:1l9.
Charles Had, the cotton-haired
Michigan Normal athlete. equaled
the meet record of 10 seconds in
winning the 60-yard high hurdles
and shunting Fred Wolcott of Hous-
ton. Tex. to second
The 60-yard sprint was won for
the second straight year in world
record equaling time of 81 second
by Herbert Thompson Of Jersey City.
Earle Meadows, veteran California
vaulter, won his pet event with a
leap of IA feet before doing 14.5
privately for the pictures.
Summaries on Page ca
Evening star., 1942-03-15

to be caught in the draft. Among
the others have been Cecil Travis,
Buddy Lewis, Jack Sanford and
Hills Layne.
Early Wynn. Bill zuber and Har-
din Cathey will oppose the Detroit
Tigers at Orlando tomorrow. The
Mats will journey to Daytona Beach
on Monday to meet the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
Trade talk is expected to be re-
vived with the arrival of the Tigers
at the Mats training base tomor-
row, but prexy Clark Griffith of
Washington may be in no swapping
mood with this club conducting it
self so fashionably.
The Mats, with Third Baseman
Roberto Estalella in the hospital
with mumpS. Frank Croucher favor
ing a sore arm and Outflelder Ro-
berto Ortiz still nursing a damaged
shoulder, have only the 18-year-old
Eddie Lyons and the 41-year old
Ossie Bluege as infield reserves. The
outfield of George Case, Stan Spence
and Bruce Campbell must labor full
time because there are no replace
ments.
Interested spectators at today's
game were a quartet of convicts. The
convicts, who work on the diamond
here, we're locked in a screened COM
partment back of home plate during
the game.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Winner
Of Midd|eburq
9.ki|e Race
Longitude Is Killed
In Spill at Jump;
Portnos Second
BY LARRY LAWRENCE.
Star Staff Correspondent.

MIDDLEBURG, Va, March IA
Over one OF the toughest courses
ever laid out in the Old Dominion,
Mrs. Crompton Smiths. Mowgli ably
ridden by Crompton Smith, today
won the Middleburg Bowl with a
fve-length margin over Portnos.
owned and given an inspired ride
by his owner, Laura Sprague, in
second place
MoWgli defeated a notable field
of cross-country chasers in the
three-races-in-on point-to-point.
In this terrific ordeal. Longitude.
a gallant thoroughbred, winner of
many point-to-point and cross
country races, owned by Gerald
Webb, jr.. and ridden by Marshall
Hughes, broke his neck and died
instantly while crashing through a
jump after negotiating miles of
the emile course. Mr.. Hughes was
uninjured.
Miss Sprague rode Portnos to
triumph in the ladies section of the
race and the first 190-pound rider
to cross the line. in the heavyweight
event, was James Mccormick on
Indian Duke, owned by Francis
Hoge, which finished fourth.
An Old-Fashioned Race.
1t was an old-fashioned point-to-
point with an unknown course
which started from the celebrated
Glenwood Park and rambled
OBVIOUSLY over the undulating Vir-
ginia landscape to the johnson
Russell gate, some Al miles from
the start, where riders received their
chips and started on the return trip
to Glenwocd and the finish.
The dozen entrants got away well
with Longitude and Thomas T..
Motifs Portlaw, ridden by Judy
johnson, setting the pace over the
first jump. Longitude led the field
for a time, then Portnos and Now
gli forged to the front. These three,
along with Portlaw, alternated in
setting the pace over the difficult
going which required the negotiat-
ing of 80 jumps, eight streams, and
the passage of Black Swamp.
Longitude, in great shape and
fighting for his head throughout
the race, twisted a shoe when in
the lead and, trying to clear a
4-foot post and rail. went awry,
crashed through the barrier,
knuckled over and broke his neck.
From the turn at the johnson
Russell gate and on to the finish.
it was a duel between the gallant
Portnos and Mowgli with Portlaw,
under Judy Johnson's expert riding,
always a factor. Toward the end
T. Beatty Browns Dunlad, with
his owner up, and keeping wisely
off the pace, came forward with
q rush.
Portnos Makes Strong Finish.
At the last jump. it was Mowgli in
the lead with Portnos 20 lengths
behind. But the gallant son of The
Porter Bright Legion, under an in
spired ride by his owner, SO quickly
closed the gap that the two great
timber-toppers had to race head
long for the finish. With the beau
tiful hand riding for which he is
noted, Crompton Smith brought his
mount in ahead Of the big-hearted
Portnos by the comfortable margin
(see MOWGLI, Page C-5)
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Barry and Hormon
To Toll for Navy
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCldted tIeSS.
The Navy Department an
nounced yesterday that Justin
M. (Sam) Barry, head football
coach at Southern California,
and Harvey Harman, head foot
ball coach at Rutgers, would be
commissioned shortly as officers
in the Navy's physical fitness
program.
Barry will serve as the Nays
director of athletics at st. Mary's
College (Calif) and Harman will
hold a top position at the pre-
flight training school at North
Carolina.
Barry had been selected as
head coach of baseball, football
and basket ball at Southern
California for the 1942-43 schol-
astic year prior to his decision to
enter the service. His son is an
ensign in the Naval Reserve.
Harman has been at Rutgers
since 1887 and his teams have
won 26 games, lost Z and tied 8.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Griff Doesn't Believe in Saving Comes Stors

the baseball people done since the onteo
wonderful There have been moments when ty
capitalize
theory morale When they connden voted
baseball this they actually COM
of electrical power
instea OF making plans to conserve it,
behaved well Clark CALVIN Imh
restrained and
sint as other clubowne will admit
the gentleman
dictator since things began 10 get tous
thing Griffith forefnger the pulse OF washington
Moreover ne
been verified but Grnth has TAXED WIN
Joe Cronn Collins and Owner Tom
Yawkey of the Red Sox regards Williams
you've got the boy Griffin supposed 10
better yet let his draft ooaro oecloe
When that's done are cutting the
of all baseball