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plus remnants OF the old squad
ron who had not got into the
action there and plus replace
ments," as they are called. They
did not, as the Japs do, blame
their dead for having died. They
wanted revenge for them. Up to
Midway, the slogan of the squad
ron had been ATTACK" On June
IL, eight days after the holocaust
at Midway, the squadron COM
mander in an official squadron
memorandum changed the slo-
gan to. Acknowledgement"
These deadly young Americans,
exacted a vengeance greater than
any a fiction writer would dare
imagine. In three months and
one week, they carried out 80
attack missions, 16 against ships.
23 against ground targets. They
were credited with 2 carriers,
They also hit a battleship, S heavy
cruisers, 4 light cruisers, de-
stroyer and l transport. The
Japs they killed to make up for
their AZ dead at Midway cannot
be counted accurately, but must
run into the thousands. They
fought the enemy's ships, planes
and troops. They strafed and did
dog-f1ghting. When there were
no Jap ships to torpedo, they
gllde-bombed Japs on the ground.
When the Japs blew up all their
planes and they had to wait for
more to be sent, they took tommy
guns and rifles and helped the
Marines hold the line and when
they were relieved there they
went out sniper hunting and
found snipers and killed them.
Many on Henderson Field knew
what those fellows were up to and
tried to help them keep score.
One day they buried 407 Japs who
died Of Torpedo 8's bombs. This
was only one of % such missions.
Torpedo IS revenge is one of
the most grimly satisfying events
of the American part of the war
thus far. l knew some of the
men on Guadalcanal and watched
them in action there. I don't
think III ever forget their fat
little planes going out to attack,
Wagglng their guns, or ever for
get waiting for them to come back
and counting them silently as
they came back.
Because of shift in nomencla-
ture, ordained by the unromantic
facts of war and of Navy arith-
metlc, there is no more Torpedo
8. 1t has been decommissioned
and its men have been scattered
to salt down and pepper up other
torpedo Squadrons. But I saw
some of the story as it was being
lived on Guadalcanal and got the
rest of it during four concen-
trated days in Washington with
1t Harold H. Larsen who sat
talking with the squadron's Off
cial war diary on his lap. And
this, more or less, rather more
than less, is how the story goes.
IRA WOLFERT.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
John Thomas Vance
OF Congress Library
Dies in Kentucky
Served as Law Executive
Since 1924; Leaves
Three Children

John Thomas Vance, SO, law IL
brarian Of the Library of Congress
for 20 years. died last night at Good
Samaritan Hospital. Lexington, KY,
following an operation. MI. Vance
entered the hospital one week ago.
Mr.. Vance was born in Lexington
on August "a, 1884 and graduated
from the University of Kentucky in
1905. In 1909 he received his law
degree from the University of Michi-
gan. where an honorary degree of
master of law was conferred on him
in 1888 for his contribution to the
teaching of civil law.
Mr.. Vance was the recipient OF
many honors from universities and
colleges, among them degrees from
Catholic University and the Uni
versity of Santo Domingo.
On March l. 1917 he married
Margaret Scott Breckenridge of
Lexington w,io survives him. Three
children: John T., jr, and Henry
Breckenridge, who are in the Army.
and Louise Ludlow Dudley also sur
vive. The family resides at 16 West
Irving street, Chevy Chase.
Mr.. Vance began the practice of
law in Lexington in 1909 as a men,
ber Of the firm of Vance & Harbi-
son. In 1913 he was appointed
deputy general receiver of Domin-
ican customs at Santo Domingo
where he also practiced law.
In 1924 he entered the service of
the Library of Congress as law
librarian.
Mr.. Vance was past president of
the District Library Association,
president of the InStuto de las
Espanas, Washington chapter; past
president of the American ASsocia-
tion OF Law Libraries and a member
Of the American Law Institute of the
American Bar Association.
Mr.. Vance was a member of the
Chevy Chase Club and the Cosmos
Club. He was also member of the
Kappa Alpha and the Phi Delta
Phi legal fraternities.
The funeral will be held at Lex
ineton tomorrow,
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AA1S ooko "ApSu oAG lllC olilOCu
States Navy Torpedo Squadron
in few minutes at the battle of
Midway. The minutes were hot
and rough. The squadron was
like a raw egg thrown into an
electric fan and only three men
came out of the action alive.
One of these is no longer fit for
combat duty. His nerves are
gone.
Our Navy, too, has wiped out
whole Jap squadrons in a few
rough, hot minutes and there
has always been great curiosity
on our part as to how the Jap
airmen left to carry on were
taking it. When, as happened
late in October over Guadalcanal,
two Jap squadrons of high-level
bombers took off for routine
bombing of not especially i'm
portant target and only a single
airplane returned, when, a few
days later, Jap torpedo bombers
launched an attack on the car
rier Hornet with nearly AS many
torpedo planes as they had used
against the Pacific Fleet at Pearl
Harbor December 7 and not a
single airplane survived, when,
two weeks later, two squadrons
OF Jap torpedo planes, a force
as large as the one used at Pearl
Harbor, were destroyed to the
last plane in few seconds more
than nine minutes-when these
hammer blows fell how did the
comrades of the dead feel, the
men who had to step into the
dead mems shoes and follow
down their awful path?
We wanted to know. And on
November II, toward the end of
bloody afternoon on Guadal-
canal, we found out. That was
the day two squadrons of Jap
torpedo bombers were obliterated.
Two young Jap airmen had man.
aged to live unhurt through the
destruction of their plane and
had been taken prisoner. They
were both asked how they had
felt when Is bombers were sent
out and one came back, when
20 Zeros were sent out and none
came back, when 33 planes were
sent out and only one came back,
when, day after day, on mission
after mission, it was only the
odd planes that survived. They
answered with enough difference
to show that they had not been
coached and that they were an
sWering honestly, to the best of
their ability. They did not
blame their planes, their train
ing or their officers or develop
any great fear of us. Instead,
each said he felt as all Jap air
men felt, that the dead were re-
sponsible for their own deaths,
they had not done their work
properly.
Americans do not blame the
dead for their deaths. Our tradi-
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tions and teachings are against
it. The Fascists-and the Jap
anese are purer Fascists than the
Germans and the Italians, each
of whom has had something of
a democratic tradition - cannot
seem to conceive of their state or
their superiors being wrong, but
automatically think of themselves
as being wrong. So they blame
their dead for having died But
We, as democrats. have too much
respect for the individual man to
blame, without overwhelming evil
dence, our dead for having died.
So, when Torpedo was wiped
out on Thursday morning, June
4, 1912, in about the time it takes
to stamp out pile of ants, it
looked to those of us on the
outside as if torpedo bombing
were about to become a lost art.
That, those of us on the outside
felt, was too bad because no man
has ever thought of more
devastating weapon against a
ship at sea than a torpedo, and
the airplane has numerous mag
nlflcent advantages over the sub
marine and the destroyer in
delivering torpedoes. But it is
against our idea of how to fight
a war to buy expensive planes
for one-way rides and send men
out who know they have no
chance to come back.
But the Navy did not agree.
Nor did Torpedo agree. The
Navy seemed to know without
asking that Torpedo would not
feel this way for, without being
asked. Torpedo 8 was thrown
directly from Midway into the
battle for the Solomons-a series
of engagements into which the
Japs put about five times the
naval strength they used at Mid
way and much more naval
strength than they used against
the Malay Peninsula and Java.
Torpedo 8 went into the battle
with two veterans of Midway,
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Switzerland Official Warns
War May Involve Country
By the Associated Press

BS me ASSOC iateC Press.
GENEVA, April 12-The chief of
the political department of neutral
Switzerland. Dr. Marcel Pilet GOlaz.
warned his countrymen last night
that the war is approaching a crisis
which might involve Switzerland
militarily, but he asserted that the
country was resolved to take up
arms if necessary to defend its ira
ditional neutrality.
Speaking before a congress Of the
Radical Democratic party, Dr.. Pilet
Golaz said the near future is SOM
ber,' and he added that the period
of trials is not ended
The sad reality he said. lis very
different. The belllgerentS are far
from relaxing their efforts to defend
themselves to the extreme The war
is intensifying and running like fury
toward paroXySm.
BY morning and night, rightly or
wrongly. there is talk of invasion Of
our continent"
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to the bomber and The submarine.
AL this costs money-vast sums
of money. We must not bubble
over the amount. 1t is a price of
the victory that America demands.
We must do our part at home as
the soldier does his overseas. and
we must do it to the full as the
soldier does who lays down his life.
Buy your share of War bonds"
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Photograph for Weddings

Two organists have joined the
ROYAL Air Force, but brides may
choose their own wedding tunes
and have them played for cere-
monies in ST. James Church in
Clifton, England. A Victrola has
been installed with an amplifier at
tachment and recordings are played
during services.
Evening star., 1943-04-12

=
He is in con-
slant need of
p | a n e S a n d
t a n ks, guns,
ships, and a
thousand other
items of war
materiel, all of
which wear out,
are lost at sea
or destroyed on
the battlefield.
War is al
ways WaSteful
and this war
more so than
ever before due
Evening star., 1943-04-12

whisky to give an ounce and one
quarter to each man, and the fellows
made enough racket over it to make
the moon 60 behind a cloud.
A Sudden GoOd-by.
When the day to leave Norfolk
came, Swede sprang it on the fell
lows suddenly. When a man takes
off from those who love him to meet
Evening star., 1943-04-12

of American parents and had lived
most of his life in France. He sup
piled French songs on the slightest
provocation and, if there happened
to be a moment in which he could
be heard, 1t. Jack Barnum of
Poland, Ohio, was sure to holler,
whats all the silence about"
Barnum was, in little while, to
Evening star., 1943-04-12

sound his special clarion call at sea
when Thurman and Frenchy who
had been thought dead were found
alive. And, little while after that,
Barnum found a bottle of whisky
on Guadalcanal and came bearing
it and crying, Party. party, let's
have a party" Swede presided at
that one, too. There was enough
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07
PITFALLS OF LOVE

WHOA" Dicky bsde me
with a teasing smile. Rein the
ponies"
did you see her 20 down ."
asked. banally enough. and
was properly abashed at his
answer.
Not having n periscope. and
not being otherwise equipped To
look around corners, ] did not"
he returned But I heard YOU
coming chppety-clip. across the
corridor, and knew that you
would never have risked max
ing even that slight noise II the
Wilderness Woman had still
been on the floor"
II wonder IL Dina has ar
rived" ] said next, conscious
that / was being inexcusably
Jittery, but finding 1t mpos-
sible to keep the query back.
TAKES MADGE IN HAND
lie shot keen glance AZ me
and put both hands on my
shoulders.
Pull yourself together" he
com m n d e d. "Everythings
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07

going all right 40 far. It's
lead pipe cinch that dame didn't
suspect anything, or would
have had TO dash to your res
cue 10 keep her from chewing
you into bits.
I'll know the minute Olina
crosses the threshold OF the
hotel" he went on. my listen
Ing post near the door will
phone me up here. Then III
summon the guards on this floor
to their battle stations, just
behind the slightly opened doors
OF their rooms. III be behind
this one. and the guard who
comes up with Dina and Ruth
--sncognito, Of course-will 40
straight To 1922. unlock the
door with his key. 10 In and
shut the door again. A second
later he'll open IL again. the
merest crack, 40 "a TO be ready
for any emergency.
MUST BE IN EVIDENCE
But you're the one who will
have 10 he on your toes hrst,"
he said. You are the only one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07
By ADELE GARRISON

who can be In evidence, and you
must he In the hall near Ruth
Hayes door when she and OlinR
come up to II, so that Olina can
see you and know you're at
hand.
Then I'd advise you To skit-
ter into that Exit alcove," he
continued. Ruth won't pay
any attention To YOU. She's 40
accustomed 90 native servants.
down i'm the wilderness, who are
only few degrees removed
from monkeys. that she under
estimates the ones she finds up
here. You'll be able 10 listen
with all your ears for any out
cry Of Olina's. You don't think
the girl will be so frightened.
II Ruth does tackle her. that
she'll he afraid to yell Maid"
as Dad told her
II can't imagine Oilna be
ing really frightened ut any
thing Ruth Hayes could do here
In the open" l said.
THE TELEPHONE RINGS
Exactly" I anwered. and
then started toward the door
as the telephone pealed.
speaking" ne said laconi-
caiiy. In answer sIFniSed 10
the inquiTng utterance Of his
name al the other end Of the
wire. "Okay. understand.
Wen be ready up here, from
now on.
He put up the receiver, and
turned 10 me.
DINA ENTERS
"Olina just came In. and IL
on her way 10 the spot where
Ruth Hayes IL waiting for her"
he said stand here Just a
second"
He stepped into the hall. raised
a small whistle 10 his lips and
blew upon II family yet audib1y
At the signal three Stalwart
men appeared at the doors Of the
rooms 10 WHICH they had been
assigned
Coming up" Dicky said
terSely Get back, and keep
on your toes"
They obeyed him without com
ment. and then my husband took
me by the shoulders again.
Continued Monday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07

ERE pleasant little that will you
every day II In numerical puzzle designed to spell out
fortune Count the letters FIRST the number
letters subtract the number IL less than
add number Start at the upper left
the OF
numbers left to right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give you 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Homes Require Moist Air
During Heating Months

forced air. may be placed almost
anywhere in the basement. II
the furnace you contemplate buy
ing is of the gravity type then il
should be placed in the center OF
the basement so that the warm air
will have the shortest possible dis
lance To travel TO reach each
room. Gravity type furnaces de-
pend upon the difference in weight
of the cold air and warm air for
distribution Of heat and a central
location is necessary for this to
function properly.
A copy Of the booklet (which
End?' containing valuable point
ers on how to save coal in hand
fired furnaces is yours for the
asking. Address your request Ia
Fuel Engineering Division Appa'
lachian Goals, Incorporated, Gin
cinnati, O. Or. if you need any
advice concerning your heating
plant, a letter addressed TO tho
same address will be answered
promptly. There is no charge fol-
this service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Heat Industry
Supplies Boilers
For Army, Navy

Heating, too, is helping to win
the war. SinSe the war began
virtually the entire production OF
the nations manufacturers Of
boilers and radiators has gone into
military and naval housing. hos
pitfalls, factories doing war work,
housing for war workers. ships Of
the merchant marine, and fighting
ships.
Government officials have
acknowledged the Importance of
heating equipment in protecting
the health Of mon and women in
the various branches Of the service.
Mai. Clemon j. Bishop at a re-
cent army-navy rally said:
Radiator production for army
and navy buildings Is just as
important as the gun and bullet
TO be used against the enemy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Damage Corp.
Asked TO Reveal
It's Future Policy

CHICAGO, May 2o-The War
Damage Corp. was urged today 10
announce soon some policy which
would permit future reductions in
rates in line with losses as cStao-
liShed and the return TO policy
holders Of any existing surplus
at the end of the war. The pro-
posal was made by Charles a.
MulleniX. president. ortgaG c
Bankers Association Of America.
who declared such action now
would. in his opinion, help stimu-
late renewals of policies for the
year beginning July and en-
courage writing Of new ones as
well Return OF surplus would re-
quire legislation such as the bill
Of Senator Brooks OF Illinois.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
New Wartime Styles
In Traffic Guides

Lewis Valentine. police commits
sioner Of New York City, tells how
800 miles of streets in his city
have been specially painted AS a
safety measure in the dimouts oc-
casioned by the submarine hazard.
Curbs along blocks on principal
streets are painted white in two
foot lengths with two-foot un-
painted spaces alternating with
the painted sections. Corner curbS
are similarly painted, except that
the alternating sections are one
foot in length. On secondary
streets the sections are four feet
in length. Center lines, four inches
wide, also are painted on these
streets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Industry Adopts
New Materials

The plumbing industry has al
ways been a user Of many metals
and materials, utilizing each for
the purpose or purposes for which
its characteristics made it most
suitable. As new materials made
their appearance, they were
adopted by the industry TO the ex-
tent TO which they were found to
possess the necessary characteris-
tics of economy and durability.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
ANNOUNCE RATES

The corporation has announced
that the rates inaugurated wher
war damage insurance was set "
would remain in effect for the
coming year. So far 100000 in
surance policies totaling l22 bill
lion dollars have been written anc
premiums Of 100 million dollar,
collected.
Protection Of property In
time of war Is national re-
sponsibility and the FEDERAL
agency To carry out this duty
ought not be prOflt-making
enterprise" he said. He criti-
cized the opinion held by some
that the government has the
right 10 show a profit on this
undertaking because 1t embarks
on so many other ventures in
the public interest which show
losses.
MAY PAY MORE
This IL the worst kind OF
reasoning in my opinion. II such
a policy guides the future OF war
damage insurance II will mean
that the property owners may,
In the end, pay much more for
warti me property insurance
than they should. Real property
would assume an excessive bur
den as IL IL doing under rent
control regulation. Exactly the
same thing has long been de-
monstrated I'm TAXATION because
real estate Is easy 10 get at, is
visible for all to see and hence
easy to tax.
Real estate today bears
far greater proportion of taxa
ton than other forms OF wealth.
IL should not be asked To bear
an Unnecessary burden through
inequita war damage
insurance"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Bureau Offers
Tips on Buying,
Storage Of Coal

With users OF coal being urged
TO buy next winters coal now. the
Plumbing and Heating Industries
Bureau offers suggestions on coal
storage.
1t is 10 the advantage Of the
householder to put in some time
during the spring or summer, and
as soon as possible, all the coal he
will need next winter, the bureua
points out.
This will assure the householder
of enough coal TO meet his require
ments Will at the same time
helping TO relieve the burden OF
transportation for the railroads
ODT officials have said that the
railroads will be able to do the
war job required of tn m next
winter if 70 per cent of the coal
needed for the next heating season
can be moved between April l and
Nov. Is.
LISTS RULES
Coal does not lose anything in
heat value in storage, the bureau
points out. The rule for safe
storage of coal are simple keeI
coal away from steam pipes, hot
water pipes, smoke pipes, gas
water heater flues, or other ex'
ternal sources of heat. DO not
low rubbish TO accumulate ir
coal bins or on top of coal ir
storage. Do not throw oily or dirty
rags on coal piles.
Most houses n Q d bigger Goa
bins-bins that will hold A seasons
supply of coal. In many cases il
is not difficult to increase coal Dir
capacity by extending the height
or width of the bin.
An average ton OF hituminou:
% ! occupies approximately AZ
cubic feet. Allowing five feet fol-
the average disable height for Goa
storage in typical basement, it /:
necessary TO provide floor space oI
eight feet square for a ton of coal
Coke runs approximately 70 cubic
feet per ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
improvements in Varnish

In meeting the highly accelerat-
ed demand for varnlSh. American
varniSh manufacturers have made
many improvements IN methods Of
manufacturing their products, in
GLIDING substitution of hot vapor
for fame in cooking the varnlSh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

The proper amount of moisture
in your home during the heating
months not only is important
from a health angle, but it also
protects and preserves rugs, furni-
ture. and clothing.
DRY skin" of which women
complain so often during the
winter can be traced, in most
cases, to insufficient humidity in
their homes.
And. during these war times,
humidity is doubly important, for
moist air is easier 10 heat than
dry ART actually feels warmer
at lower temperatures. Which
means you will not consume
nearly so much coal in heating
your home.
For these reasons, II is inn
portant to keep the water pan in
your furnace filled at all times.
Many persons have solved the
moisture problem by installing
automatic humidifiers in their old
furnaces. These are relatively In
expensive and have a float or
special type valve to maintain the
water level in the humidifier pan.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
Q-Is an automatic tempera-
ture control absolutely necessary
10 operate my furnace efficiently ?
A-Automatic temperature con-
troll is not absolutely necessary 10
obtain proper operation of the
furnace if you will watch your
draft adjustments carefully. How
ever. since automatic temperature
control requires no attention. II
does much better job than you
can do yourself and you are not
bothered. Since the cost is modest
we recommend installation OF
these controls.
! Owe are installing a new
furnace in our home. The present
! furnace is in the middle Of the
cellar. ! should like TO change the
location of the furnace so as &c
make a play room for the children
Will we have any trouble heating
/ the front rooms Of the house II
the furnace is placed in the rear
FORCED AIR
A-Furnaces which have fans
Ito force the heated air to al
parts of the house; in other words
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Valuable Glass

About 5000 years ago the Egyp-
tians learned 10 make glass beads,
which were considered as valuable
as gold and precious stones.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
No Substitutes

There is no substitute for the
time test in determining tho
durability of building materials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Preserves Wood

Unprotected wood has a ten
.dency to weather and dry out
until il becomes like finder. Paint
keeps wood in good condition.