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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-22
Birthday Observed

An unusually interesting occa-
sion was the surprise birthday par
ty at which S5 children, grandchil-
dren and Observation-Disclosures cele-
brated the SEVENTEEN birthday of
Mrs. Isaac Morton at her home,
Thursday afternoon. Games and
singing and refreshments OF tea and
a birthday cake occupied the time.
A feature fthe day was the pres
ence of two sets Of four genera
tions-one Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Louis
Harmon. Mrs. Elmer Zahn and lit
tie Dolores Zahn, and the other,
Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Helen Burt, Mrs.
George Sears and little George
Sears. Mrs. Morton received many
lovely gifts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-22

Mrs. Arthur B. Curtis has re-
turned this week from visits in Min
neapolis and Chicago.
Mrs. Anna Stuart and Mrs. Rob
ert Schrepper' were in Detroit,
Wednesday to see Gloria Swanson
in Let Us Be Gay"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04
HELP ON
PRICE BILL?

The New York Times says the
oil and coal blocs of congress at
Washington have apparently joined
forces for the purpose of bringing
about higher prices for these two
important natural resources. These
forces repeatedly joined in circu-
lating a petition among the house
members which brought to the
floor a bin providing for around
60 cents a barrel increase in crude
oil prices by writing a parity for
mula for petroleum into law.
Under an agreement that an
amendment win be attached which
win make a rise in coal prices
possible. members representing the
coal producing areas have joined
the oil group. For about year
the oil group has been seeking
an increase in price of 35 cents
barrel. However, Sterilization Di-
rector Fred M. Vinson has refused
to approve such an increase, al
though it has been recommended
by Harold L. Ickes, petroleum adj
ministrator for war.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04

Stepping from luxurious car,
the extensively dressed middle
aged woman haughtily approached
the o. d.
Il wish to see my son, Mont
morency Montpelier" she said.
''Who?" asked the o. ID.
"Montmorency Montpelier. He is
a tall, handsome, blue-eyed young
man with deli"
@Oh sure, know who you mean"
interrupted the O. D., and, turning
toward the drill field, he shouted:
Hey, Stinkee-ee-eylv
Teacher tells the youngin's to
originate few verses of poetry
something that would rhyme.
Little Johnnie writes:
This morning as | came to school,
While strolling through the grass,
stepped into mud hole,
Almost up to my knee.
But Johnnie" SEE the teacher.
THAT doesn't rhyme"
II know it DON'T" SEE Johnnie.
1.-THE hole wasn't deep enough"
Guest: MY world I'm thirsty"
Hostess: Wait a moment; I'll get
you some water"
Guest: II said thirsty, not dirty"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04
Do State Lines Brighten You?

have a common characteristic
the presence of the Rocky noun
tains which jut up along the
western boundaries of each
state. East of these mountains,
in each state, there is faulting
and folding, caused by the noun
tain thrust.
Recently, Wyoming has begun
to cash in on the effects of deep
drilling.
Interestingly enough, one of
the fields in which deep drilling
has paid huge results is at Elk
Basin. And, ironically enough,
Elk Basin is squarely on the
Mountaineering line, ignoring
the neat little divisions of the
mapmakers. Both states will
soon see a boost in oil produc-
ton figures, resulting from the
development of this field.
No one disagrees with that
view, least of all operators famil-
lar with the field.
Yet Wyoming continues to get
deep test well after deep test
well.
Many of them are being drilled
because operators who own the
shallow production have equip
ment near at hand with which to
go deeper. It is more sensible for
them to drill their own leases
deeper, than to go afield in
search of new deep test pros
poets.
In comparison, the deep tests
drilling in Montana are few and
far between, though this condi-
ton is changing rapidly.
After having been held back
for nearly two decades by col
ored lines on a map, geological
opinion is shifting TO the agree
ment that if the deep drilling of
shallow fields in Wyoming has
produced gushers in the deeper
horizons, there is no sensible
reason why the same procedure
in Montana should not produce
like favorable results.
Now that everyone is begin
ming to admit it, the theory gains
weight
Montana fields are now get
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04

Daddy. what is a bachelor2"
My boy, bachelor Is a man
who didn't have car when he
was young"
It's getting so you can't tell what
color bathing suit girl Is wearing
when her back is turned
And the old maid SEE: Don't put
Miss on my tombstone when am
gone, for / haven't missed as much
as you think / have"
A couple of leatherneck aviators
had been shot down and were float
ing around the Pacific in their
rubber boat when a Jap submarine
surfaced and its crew called on
the Americans to surrender.
The marine fliers held whis-
pered conference.
That's the stuff, said one 10 the
other. Let m think we're giving
up. Then, when they get Close
Wen ram EN-"
And where is Cadet Smith,"
"A. w. o. L."
What do you mean by that?"
After women or liquor"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04

ting deep tests, and many more
are in prospect. If you can bring
yourself to ignore the little red
line on the map separating Wyo-
ming and Montana, you'll agree
that conditions are roughly sim
liar and that Montana's shallow
fields, with their output of more
than 100000, 900 in oil. are pref
ty good signposts.
Shallow fields pointed the way
to deep oil in Wyoming, and they
can have no other meaning in
Montana.
Long delay IN bringing about
the deep drilling has been
CALLING to many, and a source of
deep-seated irritation.
But there has been, and is, a
silver lining.
Members of this organization
hold royalties on virtually every
recognized structure of any con-
sequence in the entire state of
Montana. These have been OBJ
tanned at figures that seem
ridiculously low to one con-
versant with royalty values in
the mid-continent area, and even
in Wyoming.
Had one single deep gusher
been tapped in the Devonian
horizon in Montana at any time
within the past Is years, asking
prices for these royalties would
have been many times the price
at which we obtained them.
And-not a single Montana
royalty held by a member has
been disproved by the drill, be-
cause no drill has as yet really
probed the potentialities of ANY
structure on which our members
hold royalties.
Things are happening in Mon
tana, and more things win hap
pen during the coming year. A
bulletin soon to be issued will in
form members concerning some
of the things they may expect.
Meantime, If you haven't already
done so, now would be a good
time to check up on your dis
proven" royalties, and put them
where you can find them easily.
There may be good news con-
corning many of them-soon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04
Wyoming TO Fight u. S.
For Title 10 Rich Areu
In Elk B0sin Field
(COntinusd frOEa Page II

eral land grant effected when the
state was admitted to the union.
The government withdrew the
land, which lies in township So
north, range 100 west, in 1913.
claiming it was mineral bearing.
The Ohio Oil company has oper-
ated three shallow wells on the
northeast quarter of the section
several years.
When the Mule Creek company
brought in the deep test well under
federal permit on an outer edge of
the oil structure within the section.
the state challenged its operating
rights under the previous state
claim, and leased the area to the
Ohio Oil company two weeks ago
The state agreement with the
Ohio company, Hunt announced. is
on royalty contract for sliding
scale payments up to 221s cents a
barrel.
This will mean a great deal to
wyoming, if our rights are estab-
lished in the courts" Hunt said
The field is regarded by oil men
generally as the field in the nation
today"
Hunt declined to estimate the
possible value of the field, but said
indications are at may be another
Salt Creek"
The Ohio Oil company, Hunt said
mas agreed to handle all legal action
over ownership and probably viii
start suit in federal court in Chew
enne in two weeks"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04

One of the great barriers to a
true understanding of regional
oil possibilities is an ordinary
map of the United States.
An ordinary map ignores the
facts of terrain and of subsurface
and instead blithely divides the
nation into neat little patches,
each with a different color.
Each of the patches is called a
state, and if the map is of the
ordinary type the casual impress
sion gained is that state line is
an actual barrier, with actual
physical meaning, instead of the
arbitrary device of lawmakers to
divide a nation into easily man.
aged subdivisions.
How true this is, and how it
has influenced casual thinking,
may be seen by looking at a map
showing the states of Montana
and Wyoming.
Oil was discovered in Wyo-
ming before Montana had
single producing well.
Wyoming got pretty thor
ough going over by operators as
early as two decades ago, and as
is inevitable in a region where
there are true oil-bearing forma-
tons, some huge fields and big
wells were brought in. To the
casual mind, the name Wyoming
began to mean oil.
No such meaning attached to
the name Montana, because this
state had had no drilling. Many
operators were vehement in the
declaration no oil would ever
be found in Montana.
That notion has since been dis
PEELED, of course, but some of the
ideas of the mapmakers still per-
sist.
In the minds of many, the
edicts of the mapmakers still
hold sway.
To them there rs an actual
barrier running east and west
separating Wyoming on the
south from Montana on the
north.
Actually, of course, there is nc
such barrier.
Both Montana and Wyoming
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04

There was new baby at Tom
my's house - and Tommy just
couldn't understand her ways.
Mother, what Is she doing now"
he asked while watching the baby
nurse.
His mother replied: Tommy, the
baby has to eat the same as you
do. She is having her dinner now"
What exclaimed Tommy in
amazement. "All that meat and no
potatoesl"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04

Send contribution to the sunburst
Badger.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-12-04

It's getting SO you can't tell what
color bathing suit a girl Is wearing
when her back is turned.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07

aUa"sk podmor"ea Ad@1 e meta "eaaVno to snno IA Sc e @ee@a ma s'eaozemI
|pAe nj pousdno, alto ko 10 je zadaae oNnskab om6a Ma podmorMis I" j"o moaOe
caad a DO re&no DO rMMn Spodaj i Uda Sc zadnH kMcp odnDrnHe H Je ST. "a Uer'
no U moske gobMe OkoH podmorncen auajo Hajansh nornarH prot rMMcu IA d@m a
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07
r. DECOURCELLE:
Moo
LJUBEZNI
r O M A NJ I. D E l.

To hi mama nakopalo samo sit
nosti -. Steer pa ona nj prav
mic kriva -. Sal ne We, da je
Slimak ozenjen. Dovolj DO, &c
zadavis NIGGA.
- Da, NIGGA! In videl
hos, da Sc prav mic ne bojim...
Same pokazi mi ju skupaj!
- Izvoli, re drew, &c hoces.
Same obljubiti mi moras, da
hos moja, ko postanes vdova...
Steer 81 mi pa re obljubila. To
je torej sklenjeno.
Da, VISA bonn tvoja ni-
kogar drugega ne bonn ljubila.
Posadil 81 jo je ma kolena,
sepetal il je S sladkim glasom
o ljubezni in 10 gledal z onim
zapeljivim pogledom, XII Sc mu
nj moglo upirati nobeno zensko
srce.
- Da, VISA moja! -. Sal tie
imam rad, prisegam ii, Zefyri-
ma, da mole srce kar gori "a
te!
In pritisnil je svoje ustnice
ma nabrekle ustnice debeluhaste
babnice.
Naenkrat Sc mu je pa izvila
IL objema, zakrilila je z rokami,
kakor hi Sc hotela oprijeti po-
stelje, potem Sc je pa zavalila
pijana k hogan svoje postelje,
mrmrajoc:
- Isidore! Tvoja bonn
... VISA tvoja maScevana
-. Rada tie imam -. Daj mi Sc
pitt -.
Panoufle Sc je ozrl ma MO,
kako Sc valja pc tleh, potem Sc
je pa zasmejal, rekoc:
- Dovolj ga ina! -. Dobila
je pravocasno svoj delez .
Ko hos VISA moja, kakor 81 pray
kar dejala, Sc hos morala Cd
vaditi tie lepe cednosti, dusica
-. kajti &c hi takole pila, hi
ne ostalo mic "a tvojega fan
ia -. Zaenkrat pa mislim, da
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07

- Nikar ne razbijaj stekle-
nice! - je dejal Panoufle in
il iztrgal steklenico IL rok. -
Kaj je treba tn razgrajati? S
tenn tt ne DO prav mic pomaga-
no.
Nalil il je Sc en- kozareek
zganja in opazoval skrivaj uci-
mex svojih besed.
- Svetlolaska je! -. Zelo
mlada -. Komaj sedemnajst
let il je -. Vsak drugi dan no.
di "a MO -. In cakaj, has zdaj
je njegova ura ia hip DO
najbrz pr Mi.
A! -. to je grozno 80. to
je grozno! Vec nj mogla
spraviti liz sebe, kajti alkohol
il je bill. re mocno stopil v glavo.
Cd jeze in pijanosti il je BIZ
la stopila kri V glavo. Dvigni-
la Sc je in odma:jala pc sobi,
mrmrajoc:
- &c hi bilo res, kar mi pri-
povedujes, dragi moi, hi Sc
o~svetila 49,. bogme, poSteno hi
Sc osvetila.
- Osvetila? Kako pa?
- Poglej, s temle nozem.
In zamahnila je s kuhinjskim
nozem Xxi je z MIN malo pref
rezala kruh.
Panoufle Sc je zadovoljno ma
smehnil.
- In midva hi zivela potem
skupaj, a? je vprasal.
- Da, skupaj -. Toda sele
pc moji osveti, pref ne.
- To hi bio treba opraviti
spretno, brez hrupa. Povem ii,
kako.
- Najprej hocem vedeti, ali
me Slimak res vara.
- To yves. Pokazem ii ga
skupaj z ljubico.
- Skupaj! Videti ju
skupaj! O, oba zadavim, &c ju
zalotim.
- Deklino? Cemu neki? 49,.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07
Mali oglasi

6. SOB
hisa "a emo druzino, Fireplace"
"china cabinet, - "breakfast
ROOM, podstresje, 2 garaze. Ma
1871 Renwood Ave-, cd E. 1876
st. Cena $1,000, takoj Sc zahte-
va $4,000.
Hiso sc lahko vidi vsak dan
pc 5. uri popoldne ali v nedeljo
popoldne. - &c vas zanima, po-
klicite
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07

bill re do koze premocil. Mislil
je samo, kako srecen DO S svo-
Jim dragim tovarisem.
Poslusala bosta samo tiste
krasne besede, XII so z mimi
usmiljenke V bolnici poucevale
MEGA. Ucila Sc bosta, delala in
citala vedno skupaj, drug po-
leg drugega.
Gotovo Milcek Sc nj mogel
priti POM :. toda pozabil ma
svojo obljubo seveda nj. O tenn
je bill Claudinet trdno prepri-
can.
Vendar Sc je pa njegovo ST.
cece pri tel nisli krcilo in SOL
re, XII jih nj mogel zadrzevati,
so mu zalile oci, ceprav je po-
navljal sam pri sebi:
- y, ne, ne, ne DO poZabil,
da ina tn svojega najboljsega
prijatelja 20 tenn sem trdno
preprican.
Naenkrat so Sc mu pa v praz-
nino uprte oei zaiskrile in ne
kan cudnO ie prebledel.
Hotel je vstati, pa nj mo-
gel. Kolena so Sc mu sibila, no.
&c ga MISC hotele vec nositi.
Hotel je bezati ...
Oprijemati Sc je moral Ii
du, da hi ne padel.
Bill je ma bulvarju de la Gla-
ciere, ma koncu ulice, kjer Sc je
naenkrat ustAvil izvoscek.
Il kocije i. . ne, nj Sc mo-
til! je izstopil Milcek.
Da, bill je Milcek! =. Dobro
ga je spoznal, ceprav je bill
drugace oblecen, ceprav je bila
VISA njegova zunanjost izpre-
menjena -.
Bill je Milcek!
Govoril je q izyosckom -. .
MOI mu je odgovarjal, kimal
je z glayo V sznak, da razume
kaj mu pripoveduje decek. Ia
vii je $ kocijo k hodniku, odlo-
I'll bic, privezal vajeti in zle-
Eel $ kozla.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07

Milcek mu je narocil, maj ga
pocaka.
Milcek je zavil v ulico de la
Sante, previdno je stopal pc
hodniku, bojec Sc, da hi ga KIDD
ne spoznal. Ia vsak slucaj 81
je drzal robec pred obrazom.
Claudinet ga je pa kljub te-
mu spoznal.
Bill je samo nekaj korakov
cd NIGGA.
Tisti hip sta opazila drug
drugega in Claudinet je omah-
nil napol onesvescen v prijate-
ljevo n~arocje. Objela sta Sc in
81 sepetala z drhtecim glasom.
- Koncno! -. ii 81! - je
Sepetal Claudinet I'll 81!
-. All, sal sem vedel, da pri-
deS. Cakal sem tie.
Milcek mu nj mogel takoj
odgovoriti.
Gledal je svojega prijatelja
in groza ga je obhajala pri po-
gledu ma strasno izpremembo,
XII je bila nastala pc njegovem
odhodu ma prijateljevem obra-
Zu.
Ceprav Sc je premagoval, so
Sc mu ma obrazu jasno poznali
sledovi bolestne groze.
!. - Cudno Sc tt zdi, da sem Sc
tako i%zpremenil, je-li? - je de-
jail z otoznim smehljajem Clau-
dinet, XII je takoj uganil Mile
kove misli -. Tako je vedno,
&c Sc srecava pc dolgi locitvi,
Kar spomni Sc, kako je bio,
ko so tie odnesli cd dobre gospe
in tie prignali nazaj v mas br-
log -. Sal Sc gotovo Sc spo-
minjas bio je tam doll v
Point-du-Jouru Tudi ta-
KRAFT te je obsla groza, ko 81 me
zagledal -. Mislil 81, da uni
ram, in tudi JAZZ sem mislil ia
ko :. Pa sem .vendar Sc xiv -.
In cello bolje Sc pocutim; zdaj
kasljam samo Sc zjutraj
Toda brez tebe mi je bilo dolg-
cas-, a vendar sem,bil srecen, ko
sem mislil ma tvojo sreco. Bos
videl, da bonn kmalu zdrav;
zdaj, ko sva zopet skupaj, bo
mole okrevanje magic napredo-
valo ... Sal 81 prisel pome,
kaj ne?
- Da, da! Pote prihajam.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07
L.Petrich
1901 Kildeer Ave.
IvY 1914

Nv. 1914
Bungalow S 6 sobami, gorko-
ia ma vroco vodo, lota 60x150,
ma E. 176 St., cd Lake Shore
Blvd. Hiso lahko vidite pc do
govoru. - Cena $40, 1000.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07

gre vse pc sreci -. pripravlje-
ma 81 re tako, da lahko takoj
postanes vdova Ia cas- pa
tudi ne smem drzati rok kri-
zem. Gre "a to, da uredimo vse
potrebno in zasacimo tvojega
mozicka in flagranti.
Segel je v Yep nepremicno le-
zece Zefyrine in il vel denar-
nico.
- TIE il ne smem pustiti, ker
hi jo utegnil KIDD ukrasti, - je
zamrmral smeje.
In odsel je.
Ma vogalu, ko je hotel zaviti
v ulico de la Sante, je srecal
Claudineta. Yes premrazen je
ubozec sklepetal z zobmi.
- Aha, cakas, da prispe av-
tobus, XII vozi ma pokopalisce, -
je dejal Panoufle gredoc mimo.
In pripomnil je strupeno,
skodozeljno:
- Pojdi Sc malo pogret v to
luknjo, 'teta Sc ga je nakresala
tako temeljito, da spi ko kla-
da 80. Pojdi, nalozi malo drv
v pee, da ne poide ogenj.
In odsel je zvenketajoc Ze-
fyrinim denarjem v zepu.
Kakor vsi nesrecnezi, XII jih
razjeda neozdravljiva bolezen,
je incl tudi Claudinet navadno
sanjati pc cele dodge ure, pc &C.
lie dneve smele SAME o bodocno-
sti.
Bas je sanjaril o bodocnosti
in tidal gradove v oblakih, bill
je yes srecen in Re vnaprej Sc
je veselil, kako lepo DO Sc ziv-
ljenje.
- Milcek, - je mislil sam
pri sebi, - Sc vrne, kakor mi je
obljubil, in me odvede k do
bri gospe. Ona mi DO stregla in
ozdravel Dom. Potem pa pride
pit
pomlad, slisal bonn Sc enkrat
pticke zvrgoleti in videl drevie
zeleneti.
Ubozec nj cutil dezja, XII ga ie
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-05-07
Pref nisi mogel priti !.
sem dObro vedel.

Pref nisi mogel priti !.
To sem dobro vedel.
- Sal sem Sc komaj vrnil v
Pariz. sele vceraj smo Sc vrnili
IL Bretagne, kjer smo Sc mudili
vec mesecev. Pisati ii pa il
nisem mogel. Slimak
bi bill zvedel "a najin naslov in
ker je moi oce, hi me bill lahko
zahteval nazaj in me prisilil,
da bi Sc vrnil k MENU.
- Slimak! Tvoj oce? /.
Da, to je res, to je res! Toda
cudno, da tega ne morem YER
jeti.
- In vendar je res -. je de-
jail Milcek otozno; - in strasno
je, &c 81 prisiljen sovraziti in
prezirati svojega oceta.
To tt rad verjamem, - je
odgovoril Claudinet In
morda je Sc bolje, &c clovek
sploh ne pozna svojega oceta
in &c je sam ma svetu, kakor
sem JAZZ. Toda povej mi, ali je
gospod, XII 81 ga resil in XII 81 z
MIN odsel, dober S teboj?
49, Tako, da ii ne morem po-
vedati.
(Dalje prihodnjic>
Evening star., 1943-11-03

still hot from shell explosion.
Pfc Eddie Maslanka, Detroit, found
it first, but made room for three
of u.s.
Snipers Cleared Away.
Marine invaders finally cleared
the snipers away, allowing Mas
lanka and other men in a commune
cations detail, including Pfc. Elmer
Anapes, Muscatine, Iowa; Pvts.
Ralph and Mike Gleason of Chi
cago, Pts. J. j. Ryan, Jersey City,
N. j., and Corpls. John Rapley, Hot
Springs, Ark, and Ole Wanean,
Minneapolis, to set up their ap-
paratus.
With the Japanese air attack
beaten of, our transports returned
to their original positions from de-
| fenSive maneuverS and unloaded the
first wave of regular marine troops.
Powerful tanks swan ponderously
to the beach and rumbled off into
the jungle Another landing beat
brought load of specially trained
marine war dogs-true "Devildogs. =
The beach is. beginning to fill up
with our troops. Boats are coming
and going.
The only sounds are those of uur
Evening star., 1943-11-03
BY REMBERT JAMES.

WITH MARINES ON BOUGAIN-
WILLIE ISLAND, North Solomons,
Nov. l Delayed (P).-At the foot of
d tuming volcano, United States ma
rlnes this morning began the con-
quest Of Japan's last and most pow
erful Solomons ENTHUSIASTICALLY
garrisoned Bougainville Island.
1t was an opposed landing, despite
heavy shelling by United States ma
val units and dive-bomber attacks
that between them raised more
smoke than l can now see pouring
from the continually smolderil.o
peak of Mount Bagana, rising $500
feet some 10 miles inland IRON the
landing point at Empress Augusta
Bay.
The marines came ashore shooting
after their landing boats survived a
heavy Shelling from Japanese NOR
tars. That was three hours ago, at
8:25 am. There followed two and
a half hours of almost continuous
machine gun and rifle firing as the
first assault wave of marines cleared
up enemy positions several miles
along the beachhead and pushed
into the jungle
During battle at Mix le Beach
japanese planes attempted to attack
our transports and destroyers lying
{. offshore. A few enemy planes got
through the screen of American
interceptor planes but I saw two
fall in flames.
240 Miles From Rabaul.
The landing on this biggest of
Solomons Islands-half again as
large as Guadalcanal-was made at
Cape Torokino, on the southwestern
side of Bougainville The landing
point is but 240 miles from the
enemy's New Britain fortress at
Rabaul
Our armada steamed into Empress
Augusta Bay and while nearing
Cape TorOkino the destroyer force
opened with terrific predawn bar
rage of smaller shells into the Jap
aneSe shore positions.
| 1t was an aWeSome sight as
streams of red tracer bullets il
Illuminated the gloom with many
richochetting off the water into the
shore.
Two thousand yards offshore our
transports quickly lowered hundreds
of small Higgins landing boats and
dropped cargo nets over the side
Marines scrambled down the nets
into their boats.
l was riding in speedy little
unarmored gig which for the next
10 hours gave me a grandstand
view of the entire operation AS
We raced in, ships and guns fired
over our heads and our dive bombers
then struck with deadly effect.
Thousands in Convoy.
Bullets Whistled overhead and
often struck the water near our gig.
A mortar landing near us rocked
our gig but none of the landing
craft hesltated, except three which
were struck
1t was amazing to watch hun
dreds Of these boats spread over a
| several-mile stretch of water. kick
ing up foam and racing in like a
pack Of wolves for the kill
The convoy, carrying thousands
OF marines, drew in sight of Mount
Bagana just daybreak
Boats of the first assault wave
left their mother ships at 7:l2 am.
and were beached l3 minutes later.
CoXsWsln A. J. Huard, Fall River.
Mass, pushed our landing boat up
against the black volcanic sands five
minutes later. Our troops rushed
into the water waist deep, ran onto
the beach and vanished into the
bush.
Directly ahead of US was a crater
Evening star., 1943-11-03

landing craft and the reassuring
buzz from the engines of two Navy
Hellcats overhead
This means that the beachhead
has been established successfully bv
the first wave of assault and that
new arrivals should land without
casualties.
1t is now 5 hours and As minutes
since the first assault boat touched
Bougainville's western beach.