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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Nichols Field Pal
Having Busy Time

saw one of my best friends
from Nichols Field one day when
l was caught topside during an air
attack.
His name was Capt. Melvin
Swenson of Minneapolis, and he
had been sent to Corregidor in
command of an anti-aircraft unit.
Swenson was having a field day
at it, too, having shot down a
number of Jap planes and having
generally raised Cain with their
attacking formations.
He was in the number one spot
to hit them and in the best spot
TO get hit by them.
The unit he led was one of the
hottest on Corregidor and about
the best unit of polyglot troops /
have ever seen.
General Moore. commanding Of
ficer of Corregidor, came to visit
our battery in late April.
He was just as worried as
Lieutenant General Wainwright,
probably more so because Corregi-
dor was his special pet and he
seemed to think many of us there
were his special guests.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
News From Home
Kept Hopes Alive

There was no recreation with
the exception of our chatter ses-
sions" and listening TO the Toxic
radio, the Manila radio and the
shortwave from San Francisco.
That is, if we were lucky enough
to find a radio in the first place.
Occasionally there were little
prepared newspapers about hap
penings in the states and we
heard some Of the programs
which were especially directed 10
the Philippines.
News from home was one oil
the things.tha kept the men In
the Philippines alive and hoping.
At dawn on April 29-Emperor
Hirohitos birthday--Japanese big
guns at Cavite and at Bataan
opened fire with a barrage that
sounded like Gene Krupa going
mad on his drums.
Anxious eyes peered through the
haze of the early Corregidor
morning.
The big japanese push was
coming.
ITO ne Continued Monday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Artillery Fire
From Bataan Heavy

He was proud of everything on
Corregidor and more than proud
of the men who had been fighting
with him since the first artillery
barrages and bomb deluges began
ripping the island slowly apart.
The artillery fire from Bataan
was steadily increasing in intensity
as the Japs moved up new and
bigger cannon, and our battery
was taking a big share of the fire.
1t gave us all a queer sensation
to be blasting at the peninsula we
had been defending so long and we
often prayed that none of our men
were still hiding out on Bataan, or
worse, that the Japs were keeping
them in camps on the tip of the
peninsula where our shells would
get them.
l was having my share OF es-
capes from death along with the
rest of the boys in Battery James.
/ had set up my cot in a little
ravine near our battery sector,
several hundred yards from the
mess kitchen.
1 arose early one morning for
breakfast. planning to go to the
Malinta tunnel for early instruc-
tions.
Five minutes after / left the bed
and while / was getting quick
breakfast. a 9-inch shell hit my
ravine bedroom.
couldn't even find splinters left
at the spot where my cot and a
few personal belongings had been.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

and ran like blazes for the pro-
tecting hole.
He hit it about the same time
the first shell whammed down
near the mess kitchen.
The barrage continued for about
five minutes and then it suddenly
stopped.
We knew their formula then
and we knew what ours should be
We always planned on that five
minute barrage from then on, and
We didn't lose any more cooks.
Our food on Corregidor was
good, much better than we had or
Bataan because of the vast under.
ground storerooms.
However, the food was running
low and I think every one on the
rock knew it.
Down in Battery James we ha6
heard rumors during my first days
on Corregidor Of a supply ship or
the way with food and ammuni.
ton.
1t due within a month
About April Is ran into a quar-
termaster officer and asked him
pointblank exactly how much food
was left.
He gave me a wary grin and
said there was about enough tc
last until the supply ship arrived
Roughly that should have beer
about May 10-if it was coming
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

THE KNAPSACK for the
marines or the field bag for the
army is designed TO carry extra
clothing for which there is not
room in the haversack. The full
pack consists of the haversack.
the knapsack, belt, suspenders
and blanket roll. The cost OF
the knapsack is 1920.
Your purchase of war bonds
will enable Uncle Sam TO buy
the millions of knapsacks neces-
sary to provide our army and
marine corps with this neces-
sary equipment.
Invest at least 10 per cent
of your income in war bonds
every pay day. Join the Ten Per
Cent Club through the pay roll
savings plan, or buy bonds regu-
larly through the nearest bank.
post office. your radio station or
through some retail stores.
United states Treasury Department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Artillery Continued
To Pound "a Hours

The artillery from Bataan con-
tinued TO pound al US day and
night
Dive-bombers screamed down
seemingly to within inches OF
Corregidor time after time while
high-nying bombers laid neat pat
terms of death and destruction
over the rock.
Zero fighters roared over when
the bombers were finished, TO
strafe our personnel and exposed
positions.
There wasn't much we could do.
We didn't have an airplane 10
put in the air against them and
while our ack-ack was brilliantly
accurate, il couldn't do the whole
job by itself .
We lay there and took tit
was all there was TO be done.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

"THERE as not t,"th erIstI ,.s. ~A'1 IN
fear or acould irish uaknocn to-
the uhole W0rld Thomas Jefferson in
letter to Henry Lee in 1926. =;
If there is an underground swell of
resentment throughout the country
against the administration-and acute
Washington observers say there is-one
cause of it may be laid to the admins
tration's treatment of the war news.
The American people do not like the
truth on vital matters needlessly with
held from them.
They do not like to be told UN-
TRUTHS instead of TRUTHS.
They resent this attitude of the powers
that be in Washington.
Concretely:
After the Doolittle raid on Toxic last
April, Washington told us mo losses"
Six months afterward the people are
reluctantly told planes were shot down
by the Japs and some of Doolittle's bomb
ers are now prisoners in Japan.
O-Up until almost the last moment the
Il authorities led us to believe that we
were winning the battle of Bataan.
1.-THE American people have never been
y told our exact losses in planes and
damaged ships at Pearl Harbor.
I-When the Aleutians were invaded we
were-there is no other word for it
deliberately LIED TO for days. They
told us there were no Japanese in the
Aleutians' Then-they- dismissed the
matter as "unimportant" when, as a
matter of fact, the invasion of American
territory by enemies is of overwhelming
Importance at ANY TIME AND IN ANY
PLACE.
E-The administration withheld from the
y American people for SIXTY-FIVE
days that three of our cruisers had been
canal.
1.-THE loss of the airplane carrier Wasp
- was suppressed for more than
month
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
$50 ,chat do i attribute my dornfaH? Well, lady,
mainly that dumb lookout had me last jOb!'

didn't bother to duck very much
after awhile.
l met four of my flying class
mates on Bataan. all converted TO
infantry and artillery officers and
all having a great time on Cor
regidor.
They didn't like the locale for
war very well-no one did for that
matter-but they were pretty
proud of the work the air corps
officers had been doing as rank
rockies with ground units
1t. Richard Donnewhald of St
Louis, one of my closest friends in
the Philippines, had escaped from
Bataan to Corregidor the day be-
fore had made my break.
He had been with us in the
front lines all through the Bataar
campaign and he reported having
seen our close friend, Captain Stir
ling just before fleeing from the
JapS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

ing we were doing something TO
help the war.
i think April II was the most
wonderful day of the whole war
in the Philippines for everybody
from General Wainwright 10 the
lowest enlisted man.
We heard deep roar from the
SOUTH estimated probably ID
planes.
AT first we thought il was a
squadron OF japanese bombers on
their way to hit Corregidor from
their bases in Southern LuZon.
Then l saw the big stars under
the wings. couldn't believe IL.
No one could-American bomberS
in the Philippines!
They played merry hell with the
Japs that day, dipped low over
,Corregidor in salute and disap-
peared southwark again.
heard cheers that j hadn, I
card since the first days OF
the-war. We all stood and yelled
our heads off with excitement.
Later in the day we learned 1t
was General Royce's BIS squad
ron and we kept our ears glued to
the radio for three days waiting
for the full news of the raid 10
come from San Francisco.
II was the best news we had
heard during five months OF bad
news.
Those bombers were the best
presents America could haze given
us. We only wished there had
been more of them and that they
could have come oftener.
II would have changed every
HING
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Japs Discover
Precise Minute

It reminded me of Private
IOeStricher in the early days of
Bataan.
For example, each morning our
battery cook would light the fires
for breakfast at a certain hour.
Somehow the Japs discovered
the precise minute that our cook
was working over our makeshift
stove.
There would be a roar from
Bataan and a hail of shells would
rain down around the mess
kitchen.
We lost three cooks that way
and then we learned what was
happening.
During the night we dug fox
hole about 10 feet from the spot.
Next morning, Cookie raced
over, touched a match to his fire
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Barraee or Not,
They Met to Talk

1t. Eugene Dale of Oklahoma
City was on Corregidor with us
too, after having Dade the break
from the peninsula and swimming
across the shark-infested bay with
Donnewhald.
Lieutenants Glenn Miller and
William StreSe made up the group
of men we could find on Corregi'
dor who had been in our bomb
group.
Every night, enemy barrage OF
not, we would assemble in Battery
James for a typical air corps
chatter session.
We agreed that if any of us
were killed the others would have
the addresses OF the remaining
four and could write the details
home.
They told me a lot about Gen
eral Macarthur in those first
days, too.
| heard about his last words to
General Moore, for example, when.
just before he stepped into Bulk
leys mosquito boat bound for
Australia, he turned to Moore and
said:
Hold the fort, George. 1 will
be back"
And they told me about how
General Macarthur and General
Sutherland lived in houses top
side" after the first bombings by
the Japs had completely destroyed
every house but the two they
lived in.
Every one lost a little hope
when General Macarthur left,
even though we knew via short
wave radio that he was on his
way south to organize the counter
offensive.
1t just didn't seem that even he
could do il in time. We all missed
General George a lot. too.
He was the one who kept the
air corps together on both Bataan
and Corregidor. and the few
fights on which he was able to
send his battered airplanes aloft
were like so many wonderful shots
in the arm TO officers and men
alike.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Tire Factory to Russia?

machinery arrives safely and
can be set up in a factory OUT
side of probable Nazi bombing
range, like the factory from
which il came. it would take
many months TO re-erect the
factory and train Russian work
ers TO operate it.
Meanwhile, during the most
critical period of the war, no
tires at all for any of the
United Nations would be COM
ing from that factory.
TT IS said that this Ford tire
i plant is being bought by the
government for shipment to
Russia TO fulfil a commitment
undertaken in July of 1871.
Was this original commit
ment wise?
Were rubber. tire and mill
tary authorities here consulted
at the time IT was made?
Have not developments mean
while made this particular prof.
Get questionable from RuSSia'S
standpoint as well as from our
own
Laymen are not in a position
10 answer these questions.
But they must inevitably be
raised; and If the government
proceeds with the project a
fuller explanation Of its wisdom
should be made 10 the American
piIblic-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

/ wondered as I walked from
headquarters TO my new command
how any island or any group of
men could stand what Corregidor
stood - although the worst was
yet TO come.
The island had been bombed
and shelled until there was moth
ing left except skeletons of build
ings, twisted railroad irons and
earth which seemed to have
craters literally miles deep dug
into it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
April II Best Day
Of Whole War

1t meant a lot. especially. TO
the airmen who couldn't be flying.
We felt lost without our air.
planes, and just to see a few IN
the sky at least gave us the feel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
He Didn't Bother
Duckine Any More,

After so many escapes one. be-
gins to feel that fate must be with
you or is, at least, saving you for
little better ending.
I got to the point whan 4 AASt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
(Reprinted From the ksW York
Tines1

THE tire factory at the Ford
- Motor Companys River
Rouge plant was completed in
January, 1888. 1t has been
called the worlds most adj
Nanced tire plant"
II is the first in which pro-
duction was routed straight
through from the hold of the
rubber freighter 10 the auto
mobile assembly line.
II had a daily capacity Of
5000 tires.
This factory is TO be dis
msntled and shipped 10 Russia
under the governments lena
lease program.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

All money sent at sender's risk. Do not
send cash or stamps. Nj ohecks, oIai,s
and money orders should be made payable
to THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY.
International News Service has the exelu-
sive rights 10 use for reproduction IN any
form ali news dispatches credited 10 II or
a0k otherwise credited In this paper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Is THIS decision wise?

Is THIS decision wise?
Il II would probably take
us something like IA 10 Is
months TO replace this machin-
cry and get into production with
new factory.
If cargoes Of finished tires
were sent 10 Russia and sunk
en- route the loss would be a
heavy one, but the shipment of
tires could 90 on.
The loss o. the tire-making
ssachinery itself, however. would
be close TO irreparable for both
the Russians and ourselves.
Again, even If the tire-making
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
OEfRgTN NES

Published every Week Day Evening and
Sunday Morning by The Times Publishing
Company at 1928 Times Square, Detroit
Michigan. -
Entered at Detroit, Mich. as Second Glass
Mall Matter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Public Wants WHOLE Truth

The cumulative effect of this evident
lack of candor toward the people by our
rulers is, in return, to inspire lack of
confidence of the people in the men con-
Quoting this war grave situation
fraught with peril to all of us.
The newspapers-by m p h 81 lin 6
good" news and minimizing bad news
have Loyalty played this disreputable
game of hide-and-seek with the govern
ment up to date.
On this very subject Mr.. William Ran
dolph Hearst recently, in vigorous edi-
torial address to the whole nation, said:
II think the public likes to hear true
news.
EVERY once i'm while an administra-
ton official or military officer rises to his
feet and declares that we are losing the
war and that the people are to blame.
THE people are not to blame.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

SsVNHEY are doing everything they are
Il called upon to do-everything they
possibly can do.
"They are sacrificing their sons and
their fortunes.
IF the war is being lost it is being
lost through bad leadership and possibly
to a degree through bad journalism
journalism which takes the easiest way
and avoids the hard realities.
II think the newspapers should per-
form their functions and tell the truth
print the bad news along with the good
news.
IF we are losing the war, as these
important officials say, let us print how
we are losing it and why we are losing it"
The administration has as great a
responsibility as the press.
That respon bility involves the
TRUTH, the WHOLE TRUTH and
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
We are all the heirs of Jefferson, and
as he said he did not FEAR the truth,
neither do the people of America-whether
it comes from Valley Forge, Bull Run or
Guadalcanal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
TELEPHoNE-CHERRY $50

Subscription rates Tin advanceD by mall
to any place in the United states, Canada
or Mexico. con Canadian subscriptions add
100 10 cover war import taxi.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Escape From Bataan:
Pictures Ruins
On COrregidOr

One of the most exciting sagas in all the history
of American bravery the story of the too men who
Wouldn't acknowledgements William Lloyd Osborn
and Damon Cause. Driven by indon,itabie OH and
supreme courage these tlUo American officers fought
their Oay out of captivity IN the Philippines and Won
their tDay safety in Australia. This their story
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

Capt Damon Cause continues has thrilling narrative
of the part he played IN the escape from the Jdps In
the preceding stonent he told hoW he had euded cap
tire on the Bata0n Peninsula and made has escape by
swimming through ShorknfeSted Manila Bay deter
mined to play part IN the gallant last stand Of
COyregid0r.
I had been Corregdor before. / found it to
be natural fortress about five miles long and averaging
about mile in width.
had three defensive positions called by navy terms
Topside, Middleside and Bottomsde
The headquarters, the hospital the main storehouses
and the bomb shelters in the great underground
Malinta tunnel located near the Mddleside sector.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
War Bonds Buy

Ito be Continued Monday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
BY CAPTAINS WILLIAM LLOYD OSBORN and
DAMON CAUSE

Copyright 1912 King Features Syndicate, Inc Reprodu
prohibited)
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-04

ing that the Bureau of Fisheries
be, transferred from the Depart
ment of Interior to the Department
of Agriculture.
The Waterford people argue that
it would be inconceivable, under
Wickard's recent recommendation
of a food czar. not to include fish
along with all other foods under
that jurisdiction. Long treated as
stepchildren of the food industry,
and not facing critical shortages in
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-04

supplies and manpower, the fish
men Of the Eastern Shore are 60
ing to demand some real federal
consideration.
The fishing industry has no
grievance against Ickes, personally
but that it feels it has been mis-
placed and has been sorely ne
elected as a food industry. AS
providers of four, and one-half bill
lion tons of food to the national
economy, the fish men, facing a
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-04
HIGHEST RANKING. LEADER

1t. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, pres
ent COmmandant of the U. S. Ma
rine Corps, is the first Leatherneck
leader to hold that rank.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-04

Since its beginning in 1775 mem
bers of the U. S. Marine Corps
have always worn colorful uni
forms.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-04
SEA-FARiNG MEN

Marines in 1775 were enlisted
primarily for their knowledge Of
the sea or maritime affairs.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-04

most desperate crisis for survival,
will demand that they be bailed
out.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-04
MARINES DECORATED

During World War | members
of the Marine Corps received over
1000 decorations for bravery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-29
Buried In sheldon

Buried In Sheldon
Mr.. Raymond. who met with an
auto accident was buried in Sheldon
Cemetery here Wednesday. He Is
survived by his wife and son Ches-
ter and grandchildren. They we're
former residents here on Michigan
Ave.
Entertains Friends
Mrs. Arthur Shedd entertained a
group OF friends at luncheon Thurs
day.
Milo Seymour lost one OF his
best team horses Wednesday.
Mrs. John Leng and daughter,
Nellie, Ypsllant. visited Mrs. j. C.
Colts Saturday afternoon
Mrs. Arthur Shedd went to Detroi'
to see her mother, who Is In the
hospital, Sunday afternoon.
Friends from here attended the
final rites for Mrs. Anna Mae Cole
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-29
Campus Events
Music Students Of Normal
at Annual Halloween Party

and old fashioned dancing. under
the leadership Of Miss Angelina
Merenda, Melyindale, with Miss
Ruby Arnsen, Escanaba. at the
piano. A fortune teller was present
and group singing, with Miss Jose
phIne Hempsted. oxford, accom-.
panying.
The gymnasium was decorated in
typical Halloween style, with orange
and black streamers, pumpkins.
cats. and skull and crossbones. At
the close OF the evening refresh
ments Of cider and doughnuts were
served.
Miss Merenda was in charge OF
entertainment, assisted by Miss
Phyllis Griggs. Pontiac. Miss Dollye
McGary. Royal Oak. and John Huff
man. Jerome, were in charge Of re-
freshments; Miss Hallenbeck. Meta
mora. and Miss Verla Cook, Hart
ford, were the invitations commit
tee, and Luke Wegienka. Romulus,
and Lewis Crew, Pontiac, were the
cleanup committee
Faculty members present were
Prot. and Mrs. Haydn Morgan, Prof.
and Mrs. Carl Lindegren, Mrs. An.
mis- Dexter Gray. Miss Lillian Ashby,
Mrs. James Breakey, Miss Myra
Grafton, and Miss Dorothy James.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-29
Commercial Club
Selects Officers

New officers elected TO fill va
cancies In the Commercial Club
OF the Normal College were chosen
Wednesday evening at the regular
meeting and are Victor Kilbun.
Flint, vice president, Delmsr Crisp,
Fsyette. Ohio. treasurer. and Miss
Nina Fielder, Belleville, correspond
ing secretary.
Miss Marjorie Rea, Croswell'
president, conducted the meeting at
which plans for taking the group
picture for the Aurora we're dis
cussed. The new faculty member OF
the department. Miss Agnes Ander-
son, was introduced.
The evening was spent in games
and mixers directed by Miss Rea.
The next meeting will be Novem'
her "a.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-29
New Members
i'm &c Club

Seven home economic student ma
jors were initiated into the Home
Economics Club Of the Normal Col
leSe wednesday evening. Miss Don.
IA Hall, Melvin. was chairman OF
the initiation, and she was assisted
by Miss Geneyieye Lowry Fort
Wayne. Ind. Miss Betty Parsons.
Detroit. Miss Betty Cahill. Central
Lake. Miss Hazel Latham, Jackson,
and Miss Donna Riegel. Monroe,
Miss Charlotte Lewis, Ann Arbor.
played the piano for the service.
Club songs we're sung, with Miss
Lewis accompanying. following
which a program. Know Your Club
Better was presented. Miss Leva
Gillespie. Clinton. told OF the origin
OF the Home Economics clubs, and
OF national. state. and local organ
izations. Miss Alice Riley. Sand
Creek. told OF the purpose Of the
club. and Miss Shirley Westrick.
Marine City. gave chalk talk" H.
Illustrating the Betty Lamp sym.
boil OF the organization.
At brief business meeting con.
Quoted by Miss Lowry, president,
plans for the years work we're dis
cussed, and program booklets for
the year were given out. The meet
ing closed with group singing.
The next meeting OF the club will
be November IS, and the topic viii
be Conservation" Miss Betty Pills
bury, Ypsilanti, and Miss Elaine
Elliot, Belleville. will be co-chair-
men OF the meeting.