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The Ely miner., 1943-04-08
FOREWORD
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This story was told me largely In the
officers quarters of the Motor Torpedo
Boat station at Melville. Rhode Island,
by four young officers OF MTB Squadron
3, whe were all that was left OF the
squadron which proudly sailed for the
Philippines last summer. A fifth officer.
Lieutenant Henry J. Birmingham. has
since arrived from Australia.
These men had been singled out from
the multitude for return to America be-
cause General Macarthur believed that
the MTB's had proved their worth in
warfare, and hoped that these officers
could bring back to America their actual
battle experience. by which rainees
could benefit.
Their Squadron Commander. Lieuten-
ant John BuIkeley (now Lieutenant-Com-
mander) Of course needs no tntroduc-
ton, as he is already a national hero
for his part in bringing Macarthur out
of Bataan. But because the navy was
then keeping him so busy fulfilling his
obligations as a national hero, Bulkeley
had to delegate to Lieutenant Robert
Boiling Kelly a major part Of the task Of
rounding out the narrative. I think the
reader will agree that the choice was
wise, for Lieutenant Kelly. in addition to
being a brave and competent naval off,
Ger. has a sense of narrative and keen
eye for significant detail, two attributes
which may never help him in battle but
which were of great value to this book.
Ensigns Anthony Akers and George E.
Cox Jr.. also contributed much vivid
detail
As a result, I found when I had
finished that had not Just the adventure
story of a single squadron, but IN the
background the whole tragic panorama
of the Philippine campaign-America'
little Dunl1irk.
We are a democracy. running a war.
II our mistakes are concealed from US,
they can never be corrected. Facts
are frequently and properly withheld in
a war. because the enemy would take
advantage of our weaknesses If he knew
them. But this story now can safely
be told because the sad chapter Is ended.
The Japanese know Just how inadequate
our equipment was, because they de-
stroyed or captured practically all of it.
I have been wandering in and out of
wars since 1889. and many times before
have I seen the sad young men come
out OF battle-come with the whistle OF
flying steel and the rumble of falling
walls still in their ears, come out to
the fat, well fed cities behind the lines,
where the complacent citizens always
choose from the newsstands those papers
whose headlines proclaim every skirnish
as a magnificent victory.
And through those plump cities the sad
young men back from battle wander as
strangers in a strange land. talking a
grim language Of realism which the
SNUG citizenry doesn't understand, try
ing to tell of a tragedy which few enjoy
hearing.
These four sad young men differ from
those have talked to in Europe only In
that they are Americans. and the trag-
edy they bear witness to Is our own
failure, and the smugness they struggle
against Is our own complacency.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

mer, we snuck through the Panama
Canal one night, and were steaming
up Manila Bay in the early fall.
"On my way back here last week,
I had few hours in Honolulu, and
the boys were still talking about
how they'd been surprised on De-
cember z. I don't know why they
should have been, because they got
the same warning we did in Manila.
That war was maybe days, perhaps
even only hours, away. The only
thing that surprised us was that it
was Pearl Harbor that got the first
attack, not us.
''We'd been following the negotia-
tions. We knew we needed sixty
more days to put the islands in
shape for decent defense. We need
ed planes and tanks. Most impor-
tant of all, at least half the Filipino
army had never had a uniform on
until few weeks before the fighting
started. They needed training, and
Washington knew this just as well
as we did, and of course didn't want
war.
"But now for a little geography.
Here's Manila Bay-a big beautiful
harbor twenty miles across. At the
far end is the city of Manila, and if
you were suddenly put down there,
you'd think you were in Los Angeles,
until you noticed the faces of the
people. At the mouth of Manila Bay,
the upper lip is Bataan Peninsula
and the lower one is Batangas, with
the Rock-Corregidor Island-a hard
little pill between the two lips. And
we are stationed at Cavite, the big
American naval base on the lower
side of the bay, about halfway be-
tween Manila and the harbor's S
mouth.
Were under orders of Admiral
Hart, who is Commander in Chief
Of the Far Eastern feet, based
there. Only how long will we stay?
Because as war drew close, runors
began to fly. If it came soon, we
might be getting out because we
didn't have air superiority. The Japs
could run down from Formosa and
bag our little Asiatic fleet, so maybe
we'd be pulling out for the southern
islands, waiting for aircraft carriers
which would bring fighters to pro-
tect US.
"The night of December we were
all asleep in the officers quarters
at Cavite," Bulkeley went on, when
my telephone rang about three in
the morning and I first learned the
Japs had struck at Pearl Harbor." I"
When they shook me, I didn't
believe it." said Ensign Akers. He's
tall, dark silent Texan. ST was
| sure they were kidding. I just said,
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

Bob Hopes set for another of those
crOss-country tours of army, navy
and marine posts and bases, which
is good news for the men who'll
benefit; he gives them a swell show.
In fact, he probably works harder
at entertaining servicemen than at
anything else.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08
CHAPTER I

''You don't understand, said the
young naval officer, 1--WE were ex-
pendable." He was very earnest as
he loIled on the bunk in the officers
quarters of the torpedo station at
Newport, along with the other three
officers who had also just got out Of
the Philippines.
I admitted I didn't understand.
"Well, it's like this. Suppose
you're a sergeant machine-gunner,
and your army is retreating and
the enemy advancing. The captain
takes you to a machine gun covering
the road. You're to stay here and
hold this position he tells you. For
how long?' you ask. Never mind
he answers, Just hold it. Then you
know you're eXpendable. In a war,
anything can be expendable-money
or gasoline or equipment or most
usually men. They are expending
you and that machine gun to get
zine. They don't expect to see Ell
ther one again. They expect you to
stay there and spray that road with
steel until you're killed or captured,
holding up the enemy for few min
utes or even precious quarter of
an hour.
"You know the situation-that
those few minutes gained are worth
the life of man to your army. So
you don't mind it until you come
back here where people waste hours
and days and sometimes weeks,
when you've seen your friends give
their lives to save minutes"
Look, never mind about that"
said Lieutenant John Bulkeley, the
senior officer. people don't like to
hear about that. I've learned that
in the week I've been back. Let's
start at the beginning. And first a
word about US.
"We four are what is left of Motor
Torpedo Boat Squadron three. Last
fall there were six little boats-and
about dozen men to boat. Each
one is a plywood speedboat, seventy
feet long and twenty feet wide, pow
cred by three Packard motors which
can send her roaring over the top
of the water about as fast as Pack
ard automobile ever gets chance to
travel on highway. So fast, in
fact, that those motors have to be
changed every few hundred hours.
They should be, but what happens to
that pretty theory in a war is an
other story-we lost every spare mo-
tor when our bases were bombed,
and some of those in the boats had
to do quadruple their allotted term
before the boats were lost-but
that's getting ahead of the story.
Zach boat is armed with four
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08
IN VAIN REGRET

The grief-stricken mother ,Uho
writes this letter is faced ,0ith an
alarming problem. Her young
daughter, ,oho has had all the
advantages of a good home and
devoted parents, has grosUn ,UiId,
unreasonable and headstrong.
Without doubt she is doomed
to the greatest misery, once her
little fling is ouer, unless some
thing cun be done to keep her
from tUasting her precious youth,
then spending the rest of her
hopeless life in uain regret.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

Dale Evans, songstress on Edgar
Bergen's radio show, has been given
the feminine lead in Roy Rogers
new picture, Song of Texas" for
Republic Studios. Her last picture
was Swing Your Partner"
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

From an old French word
"mes" derived from the Latin
word "missus" meaning a course
at a meal, comes the Army's
name "mess" for it's breakfast,
dinner, and supper. Favorite meal
with the soldier is chicken dinner
his favorite cigarette, Camel.
(Based on actual sales records
from Post Exchanges.) A carton
of Camels, by the way, is the gift
he prefers first of all from the
folks back home. He's said so.
Local tobacco dealers are featur-
ing Camel cartons to send any,
where to men In the armed forces.
ADV.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08


WHAT the well-dressed young
w lady of l to 5 years will wear
this spring is right here-a gaily
printed ensemble consisting of
playsuit, overall and dress. Ev-
eryone's going to be the happier
for these clothes-the youngster
because they are so pretty and
sensible and her mother because
they are practically no bother at
all.
Pattern No 1868 is in sizes 1. 2. :. { aEd
5 years. Size dress takes 1ss yards S.
inch material. overall 13s yards. playsuit
70 yard; 8Ia yards binding.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more
time is required in filling orders for
few of the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

Jack Miller, orchestra director for
Kate Smith and 'The Aldrich Fam
ily," can drop off to sleep any time.
He dozed off In the studio before a
recent "Aldrich Family broadcast,
so the cast slipped out and sent a
page in to wake him and explain
that the program was over and all
visitors must leave. He spent a
frenzied five minutes before he
caught up with the truth.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

In what way have we failed her?
We are not church members, but
Betty-Lou and her brothers went to
Sunday School when they were
small, and every lesson in honesty,
integrity, self-control that the boys
have had she has had, too. She
must be throw-back to some an
cestor of whom we are ignorant, for
both my husbands people and mine
have always been law-abiding, gen.
tie, good men and women. Must I
let this child go on until she does
something that destroys her chances
of happiness forever? How can
save her from herself? You must
have handled cases as desperate as
this one, and must be able to under
stand that, as far as we know, she
has no excuse for treating us this
way. What shall we do?"
Many Girls Ruin Own Lives.
This is a sad letter, and all the
sadder to me because I know of no
answer. Sometimes the kindest,
gentlest, most intelligent of parents
find themselves with a child whose
cold, hard, reckless nature is COM
plete mystery and often completely
inefficient parents have sons and
daughters who are the greatest pride
and honor to them. I know of one
fine young lawyer, upright and in
telligent and successful, whose
mother deserted him and ran off
with a lover, when he was only
three, and whose father then made
most unfortunate marriage, which
ended in his being taken away from
the custody of his own people. And
know a brother and sister, both
married now, both parents, both un-
usually fine persons, whose mothers
life was an actual scandal, the chill
dren themselves having been
dragged into court on one occasion
to testify in a particularly unsavory
suit.
And on the other hand there are
many cases like that of Betty-Lou,
young girl with every advantage
of background and cultivation,
who seems determined to ruin her
own life and the happiness of those
who love her.
Affection and patience are the
only cure, as far as her parents are
concerned. They must go on low
ing her, forgiving her, trying to help
her, until her own eyes are opened.
And that awakening may not come
until she has learned a bitter les
son.
Our town had Betty-Lou when
was a girl. A f1uffy-headed little
beauty named Bessy, who laughed
at the prudishness and dullness Of
the other girls lives, and boasted
of her conquests when the rest of us
were begging the virtuous mothers
of the nineties please to let us wear
corsets and put up our hair. Bessy
got into an escapade with a mar
ried man when she was II, had a
bad scare and quieted down for
awhile, married in haste at 10, was
divorced two years later, surrender
ing her little boy to his father, and
married again at about the time her
contemporaries were blissfully con-
sidering their first marital venture.
Then she was III for a long time
discovered that there could never be
other children, divorced the second
husband, tried In vain to get hold of
her boy, a sensitive little fellow of
II by this time, who loved his IA
ther and his stepmother more than
he possibly could the wild and wool
ly Bessy. So Bessy, at 33, took an
overdose of sleeping medicine, and
the story was ended. Except for
Bessy's father and mother, who
lived many years remembering it
all.
Betty-Lou is headed for just such
a history.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

and four children. But her most
famous juvenile role is Little Or.
phan Annie"-when she tours army
camps, entertaining the boys, she
gets vociferous requests for a ses.
sion with "Annie."
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17

come and have a nice time. Also
regular meeting and election o.
officers.
HcCOlIey's Methodist
Rev. d. T. Campbell, Pastor
Sunday, December 10.
Sunday School services in charge
of Vernon Walker, superintendent
at 200 P. M.
Preaching by pastor at P. Nj.
Union Methodist
Rev. d. 4. Campbell, Pastor
Sunday, December 10.
Sunday School services.
Faith Bible Holiness Church
Rev. Robert B. NailOr, Pastor
Sunday, December 10.
I Sunday School services at 200
/ p. NJ.
Preaching by Pastor.
I Everyone welcome.
Christmas program
SOng-ChOir.
Prayer-PastOr.
WelcOme-Richard West.
Welcome o hn and Donald
Green.
Patricia Walls.
PiafO solo Shirley Lee Filings
worth.
Christmas s''-Kathleen Abbott.
What We Say''-Hilda & George
FiOri.
Musical Wyenna Beebe
and Fredia Beebe.
"Tis Happy Christmas Time
Milton Webb, Warren Ellis
Schimpf. Preston Lee Beebe. James
Webster GOrlich. Lawrence Work
man. Nancy Lee Smith. Fay Edna
Carey. Ethel Mae Webb. Gerald
Webb and Katherine Louise Jones.
Christmas Time-Frarices Will
liams and Freddie Morris.
Piano duet-Jean and Charlotte
Ennis.
"A Landing Place Billy Wisse-
man.
Solo. christmas Miss
Tucker
Stars" Rhea Ireland. Frances
Short, Vernon Smith. Dolores john
son. Robert Webb. Milton john
son.
Solo. "The Bells'-Miss Tucker
THE Wilson Jones. Billy
EllingswOrth, Alvin Neibert. G. W.
Ennis. Jr.. Margie Clark. Doris
Jones. Jeanette Webb. Lee Moore,
Fredia Beebe.
SOng-ChOir.
A pageant. THE Bethlehem Star"
Joan Ennis, Jean Webb. Barbara
Dickersoh. jeanette Beebe Donald
Isaacs. ManfOrd Short. Howard
Morgan. Shirley Lea EllingswOrth,
Phyllis Dickerson. Donald Filings
worth. Marietta Morgan. Lewis
West. Betty Carey. Ralph Tucker.
Mary Ann Isaacs. Pearl Jones,
George Monlove, Edward Wisse
man. Gwendolyn Lynch. Paula
June Reed. Carlton Workman.
Thomas ShOckley. Robert Short.
Jr.. Shirley Carey, Fredetta Ire
land. Rosella Morgan. WyOnna
Beebe. Jeanette Wiley. Jesse Webb
and Sylvin Wisseman.
Remarks by pastor.
Benediction.
Musical selection.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Phillips
and daughter, Margaret. of Middle
town. spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Reuben Quillin.
Mrs. Bertha E. White is ill in the
Salisbury hospital. She has been
visited by her children. Mrs.
Frances Weaver, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Mary Perdue. of Wilmington;
John Townsend, of the Navy. Bani-
bridge. Md; Mrs. Elizabeth Adkins,
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17

The Count On-Me Club" was
entertained Wednesday night .at the
home of Mrs. Agnes Phillips.
Mrs. John Joyce arrived home
Saturday from Oklahoma. where
she will spend some time with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Esk-
ridge.
The w. S. c. S. was entertained
Thursday night at the home of
Mrs. Bessie Phillips.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17

Baltimore, Md, and WiIsie Majors.
Miss Sylvia Adkins has scarlet
fever.
Mrs. Twiford Eskridge is pa
tient in the Peninsula General
Hospital, in Salisbury, Md.
Mrs. Howard Furniss spent few
days last week in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley G. Hastings.
Mrs. Lulu Massey spent Tuesday in
Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs. John DuntOn, OF
Hollis, L. l., N. Y. were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hastings on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Moore and
daughter. of Delmar, were Sunday
guests of Mrs. Julia Moore.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
GLENDALE

George NJ. Reed. Jr., who has
been a patient N the Milford Me
mortal Hospital, returned home OIL
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Derrickson
visited relatives in Lewes on Sun
day.
Miss Mia Macklin has been on
the sick list.
Mrs m. E. Warren visited friends
last week.
A. r. Jones, Jr., who is employed
in Wilmington. spent the weekend
with his family here.
PFC. James Lynch and Pvt. Mil
lard Shemaken. of Beaver Falls,
Pa; Pvt. Edward Fraiser, of Fred
ericksburg, Va, returned to Fort
Dix. N. j., Sunday evening after
spending the day with James
Lynch's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lynch, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ornald Steele
and daughter, Donna. of George
town. visited Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
d. Moore and son last week.
Corp. and Mrs. Otis Webb visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Webb Satur-
day. Cpl. Otis Webb returned to
Fort Dix, N. j., Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Ireland and
daughters were guests of friends
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence E. War
rem visited relatives during the
weekend.
Alfred Love. Army, spent last
week with his mother. Mrs. J. Nor
ris. and grandmother. Mrs. Alfred
Clendaniel.
Chas. F. Messick. Army. Oregon.
is spending few days with his
wife, Mrs. Chas. Messick.
Mrs. F. J. Messick has been i'll
with la grippe
CHURCH NEWS
EllendaIe Methodist
Rev. ID. 7. Campbell. Pastor
Sunday. December 40.
Sunday School services at 10 A.
NJ. in charge of I. w. Warren. SUI
perintendent.
Preaching at IL A. NJ. by Pastor.
Epworth League service at 7:45
p. NJ.
Worship service at 500 p. NJ.
SPECIAI-Sunday morning. De-
cember 10. the Primary Dept. will
have Christmas party in the small
Sunday-school room. Santa will
probably be present, so all he
there.
PRACTICE.-The Primary Dept.
will practice the Christmas pro-
gram at the church on Monday eve
ming, Dec. 20. at 7:3O. All he
present.
SPECIAL-The Christmas pro-
gram will be held on Friday even
ing, Dec. oath, at 7:45 o'clock.
MEETING.-The New Market
WOman's Society for Christian
Service will meet with Mrs. Isaac
F. Warren. Sr.. at the Lone Ce-
dar," on Thursday evening. Decem-
ber 16. Each one bring ten-cent
article wrapped. no names. as
there is a surprise package for all,
All invited.
MEETING-Class No. 2 will meet
with Mrs. Fannie Short. Friday
evening. December Il. All members
please be present.
SPECIAL-0n Friday evening.
January IA. Glass No. will have
a big Sister" party in the school
auditorium. We will find the one
who bad our name for 1943 and re-
ceive a new name for 1914. so all .
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17

FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS ----
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
Make Brotherhood Real

IN HIS RECENT proclamation President
Franklin p. Roosevelt urged the American
people 10 observe Brotherhood Week which
will be celebrated from February ~ 70 Feb
rualy Is Among other things he said.
The preparation Of democracy de-
ponds UPON the brotherhood of man. The
American conviction in war and IN peace has
been THAI man fndS his freedom only when
he share ( Mitn othcrs People Of every ma
ton. every lace every creed are able 90 live
togethe as Americans Oh this basis
This IS .seie pat We need more Of the
Split q, huMaM brotherhood III ou own ma
tion and ta gg'oat the world Ii Is not
enough % Weaeh brotherhood with the lips.
1t must he fl' ia The heart and praclced in
every-dal Ife
Prote,cWt- atholics and jews Of the
nation are nanrag 70 oin in the observance
OF brotherhood Week as Synlbo Of the
unity essential taSiciolY Such nterdenom-
inational iMtcr-iacial cooperation and good
will are needed to hen establish reconstruct
ton attp the war
NearlE two centuries ago the Man Of
Galilee 'aggrt that a ncr are brothers and
that Cod Is the fateerof ALL When we come
70 realize t.is tact and practice the Golden
Rule more faithfully then We shall have real
Brotherhood a world and Justice and
peace viii reign
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
NFTyIITCM THE EATN ~ y HANCOCK
NEb WElIV I'LL IglHLJ

becomes glorious symbol OF
What our nation IS az heart Just
=, Z Mus has rs great moments
- great nations have their great
lmpulsrs and il Is upon the ris-
ing tides of these great national
Impulses that men like Washing
ton ana Carver arc borne TO I'M
Mortal fame To repeat. the pho
nnmenal rise of these greats Is
nothing as compared with the
lawly Negro Youths determine
sion in0mrfd nv their lives and
laboi- The life and labor OF
characters Ike Or Carver are
also. protests against the pro-
scripilons which hamper the Ne
rro race
II i good for Negroes to know
that there i n protest oI words
aud there Il II protest on worhs.
Va living mortal can 81, which
i the more ultimately effective.
The Negro In his laboratory may
he unite ~ effective in hl> pro-
tests against racial di>crlmina-
iion> ~ he who hctakc> himself
To the >oap-hox ON IIarlem'> high
WAYS. The country that can pro-
duce and glorli, tar,cr> j. n
rrcat countr, and this makes i all
The more dcpl0rahlc when that
country + endangered y, inc
dcadl, curse oi race prejudice r
the hody OF this death.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

George Washington Carver As | Knew Him

used. and the Gull was as VAL
liable for starch as was the choic-
ct potato.
on the visit TO The plant Or.
Carver again met a problem. up
on which he counscllcd with the
plant executives and later col
Elaborated with them and the Us.
Department of Agriculture. The
pftato had 10 be processed
upon digging as storing meant a
loss Of starch content for the
potato cured" as II remained In
storage. and tho starch became
sugar. Experimentation followed
end in my last talk with him
h, told me that they were Try
ine the idea of dchydratine the
pciatoes a. they came from the
fields ana processing them later,
This meant longer season. OF
plan, operation and consequently
he,tcr payrolls for the mill work.
crs
This simple illustration can he
multiplied thousand fold. and
whom 5nc thinks it out he can
lnadi, see tho tremendous and
incalculahlc service nr. carver
mas rendered and Will continue
10 render 10 the south land
Go he continued
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

the peanut means a larger none
iarv value for tho raw products
and consequently a greater return
per burhcl 70 the farmer For
tunately there can he no discrim-
nation in the prices paid colored
and white farmers for one cannot
lower the price 10 The one with
cut lowering tho entire market
Perhaps a concrete example
will make clear the limiiless
value and service Dr carver has
rendered The whole south re-
aarilos. OF location color or no.
siiion on my lasf trip with him
H. Api' 1897 " visited Laurel,
Mss and there saw an immense
factory engaged In the production
- starch from the sweet potato.
Tho idea was gained from a SIM
rle suggestion made by pr Car
yer IN lqlS 10 rural women, toll
ing them how 70 chain starch
from sweet potatoes
Industria'i>t- took the idea and
IN Laurel alone produced go ooe
pounds az starch from Tho 1896
crop 10 sweet potatoes grown IN
that area M added henefl' Vas
that ,hs pea'oc need not hc
graded. me rln ~ Tho fell was