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ivessel-which was sunk-spoiled
that plan.
Doolittle was the first to take
off from the Hornet in one of the
specially equipped, twin-engined
North American Mitchell" bomb
Iers at $40 a. m. on April 18
1912. Shortly, all 10 were in the
air headed toward Toxic after
Itake-offs in a heavy sea sent
waves over the carriers bow and
forced the pilots TO time their
take-offs with the up-beat of the
flight deck.
The primary objective of the
bomb the Japanese
I'M a i n a n d - was accomplished
with complete success" the war
department said. Not A single
American plane was lost in Japan
proper.
MORE FOR TOXIC
What is more, the war depart
Iment assures, Toxic is due to be
hit again.
"Tf the secrecy (of Shangri-La)
could always have been kept
from the Japanese-which i'm
the end was impossible lit
would naturally have added to
the tension with which Japan
awaits the attacks that still lie
ahead" the report said
Besides its destructive and
psychological effects, the war de-
'partment emphasized, the raid
resulted in freezing within Japan
enemy airplanes and other forces
which might have been used in
defensive operations elsewhere.
This was one of the deciding
factors in the decision to keep
details Of the American operations
"a secret for more than year.
This was why President Roosevelt
referred TO the raid base as
Shanghai" a mythical place.
FORCED TO DEFEND CITY
"As long rs this secrecy could
be maintained" the war depart
ment pointed out. "the japanese
. were obliged to set up ,kFenses
against a number OF possibilities.
They could not be sure
whether the planes had come
from China, or an aircraft car
rier, or some stepping stone i'm
the North Pacific. They did not
know when the attack might he
repeated. Thus, the Japanese
were forced to tie up part Of
their military strength during
crucial months"
Months ago the Japanese claimed
10 know the secret of Shangri-La
They named the Hornet. They
had already had their revenge on
that gallant ship sending her "a
the bottom IN the battle of Santa
Cruz on Oct 26. 1912.
Had fate been more kindly. the
aftermath of the raid might have
been a happier one. But almost
from the start, hard luck inter.
vened! After evading two enemy
patrol vessels. the Hornet ran into
2 third. This was 500 miles of
Toxic.
UPSET IN TIME
The take-off had been planned
az a point about 400 miles from
the enemy capital. 1t was to have
been Just before dark, so that tho
attack could be carried out al
night and the planes could con
tinue on 10 land at specified
Chinese airfields in the morning.
7 But fear that the third patro
vessel, which was. sunk. might have
radloed warning caused the i'm
mediate launching Of the planes
10 hours ahead of schedule.
What happened over Japan has
already been told by Doolittlt
himself. The planes flew in so low
Is or 20 fret above sea level
that they were almost skimmini
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21
MARRIED DETROIT GIRL

Curd came 10 Detroit on leave
to marry Arlene McGinnis, 70, oi
5737 Missouri. They are now liv'
inc at an eastern seaport.
when we picked up Doc
llttle's planes" Curd said, "the
bomber crew members didn't
know what was up at the time.
when we found out that
Doolittle was aboard we were
excited. of course. But II was
not until we were several hum
dred miles outside Toxic that we
knew we were going TO bomb
Toxic. The last l saw of the
bombers, they were heading
straight for the Land of the
Rising Sun in beautiful forma-
ton"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21
By JOE JAMES CUSTER
Tnlted rrc.. stnn Cnrresnondrnt

Plans for the bombing Of Toxic
were conceived soon after the Jap
anese attack on Pearl Harbor and
/ have excellent reason TO believe
they originated with President
Roosevelt.
Very few men knew Of the al
rancementS. Ous was 6cn Mar
shall, chief of staff and another
Gen. Arnold. commander of the
army air forces.
Jimmy Doolittle himself did not
know until plans were far ad-
vanced what his target was gong
10 be. He was called in and asked
20 select and train army fliers for
a special misslon-to fly long
range planes from a carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21
RETURN TO DUTY

Noellert suffered only m n o r
burns during the fighting when a
Jap plane crash dived on deck
only a few feet from him.
Both men are now b k in
service.
The Japanese radio charged
some time ago that the planes
which bombed Toxic had been
based on a carrier, but this was
not substantiated until Monday
when a dispatch from Allied head
quarters in North Africa verified
the Jap assertion.
However. this version described
the base as aircraft carriers,
while Curd referred specifically to
the carrier on which he was sta
toned, as an actual base. He said
another carrier was along with its
fighter planes as an escort.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21
TRAINED IN FLORIDA

Then Doolittle took his crew
and "a planes from Texas TO a
site in Florida where the topogra-
ply and general conditions closely
approached those of Japan.
The fiers marked strips on an
airheld and practiced taking off
after a run of approximately 800
feet. They also practiced low fly
ing and low level bombing
In order 10 preserve the secret
of the Norden bombsight should
any of the B-25's be forced down
In Japan, the sight was replaced
with a simple 20-cent sight de-
yised by Capt. (now major c. R.
Greening of Hoquiam, Wash.
Some of the planes cracked up
during the practice periods. Others
were weeded out. Careful mea-
surements of the flight deck of the
aircraft carrier Hornet showed
that 16 was the maximum number
Of B-25s that could be carried.
The 76-foot wing span Of the
planes made it impossible TO store
them in the hangar deck and they
had to be carried on the fight
deck. Lashed together on the
fight deck. the B-25s took up so
much space that the first plane
of - that was Doolittle's ship -
had less than 500 feet of runway.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21

mel and burned by the bomb eX.
ploSion, was carried 10 the fantail
OF the carrier and lay there fol
hours with the salt spray Smartine
his burns.
He was later transferred 10 an
other ship and then shipped home
The wound in his back had healed
when he arrived in Detroit.
Nocllert. an aviation ordnance
man, whose work was 10 help load
the planes with bombs, was up or
the catwalk OF the carrier when
the battle cry was raised.
I'VE had some extra machine
guns up there" he said. "and
the first thing I knew a plane
flew by with a big red sun
painted on IL. After that they
came like flies. You couldn't tell
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21

Like sending him a gift every
day. Order The Detroit Times
mailed daily To your man In the
armed forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21
JUST LIKE A MOVIE


Curd said that Doolittle was in
the first plane 10 take Oft and
that the whole scene. with the
giant bombers being warmed up
looked like something out OF a
Hollywood thriller.
81 can't explain the feeling
that seemed 10 shoot through me
rs I watched them take Off"
Curd said, "my face got all
flushed up. / was so proud at
that minute TO be an American
that I could have cried"
Curd told how the big land.
based planes were 50 heavily
loaded with bombs that their
pilots were leery about taking of
from the carrier.
"Nhen the pilots raced down
the runway some of them would
pull up and away before they got
to the end Of IT," he explained.
"Others, when they got 10 the
end of the runway seemed To
drop ont Of sight, 10 reappear
a moment later Swimming across
the top Of the waves.
PROUD TO BE on SHIP
I'VE never saw the planes
after they took oft. hut we were
proud 10 be aboard the ship
that was Shanghai"
More details Of the "Shangri
La came from John r Nocllcrt
p. of 227 Euclid. MI Clemens
another crew member Of IN,
FornetN
eyes. they were there" NOEL
ierf said briefly And we were
very proud But he declined
20 comment further
Perhaps moro vivid Yet In TIT
memory Of Curd - the-Slnkng o
the Hornet ir a later battle,
II was In the forward mess
hall when the call 90 battle sta
+ tionS came. II must have been
only a few minutes after 10 in
the morning. 7 was with two
other sailors, and hit the deck
with them.
THE next thing I remember
was the sound Of our own guns.
The sailor on my right was dead
and the other mans eve WAS
shot out"
Curd, wounded himself by snrap
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21

the wave tops. Then they famed
out, each plane with specific OBJ
jectives-one tank factory an
other a shipyard, still another a
steel plant.
One by one. each objective was
checked off. There were powder
factories, machinery works, rail-
road yards, docks, arsenals and oil
refineries. Just for good measure,
bombs were dropped on a new
cruiser or battleship under con-
struction.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE
There was anti-aircraft fire,
some heavy, but no real damage
was done. And there were at least
30 pursuit planes aloft but they
couldn't lay finger on the hedge
hopping Americans.
Over Toxic, it was exactly ac-
cording TO plan.
But ahead lay trouble. Upon
leaving Japan the scattered air
planes ran into a storm
"Their already depleted gas
oIine reserves were drained fur
ther as they bucked the winds"
the official account said Dark
ness was coming on and the un-
familiar terrain added TO the
difficulties. There were no light
beacons or landing flares. Tn
able TO go farther, there i'm the
darkness 5000 TO 10000 feet
above a strange land, the great
majority of the men bailed out"
Most of the men landed in un-
occupied China and succeeded in
reaching Chungking, Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek's capital.
EIGHT CAPTURED
But some less fortunate landed
in occupied China. This led to
the capture of eight Others man.
aged TO make their way out of
enemy territory with the aid of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21
PICKS $50 VOLUNTEERS

He went 10 a training field IN
Texas and selected $50 volunteers.
None of them was advised of the
exact mission, but merely told
that il was secret and dangerous.
The group Included mechanics.
The North American B-25, a
two-engined medium bomber. was
chosen as the plane that most
nearly fitted the specifications for
the mission. Special equipment
was installed. including extra gas
tanks, and some changes were
made in the plane.
The rear turret gun under the
belly was replaced by a dummy
OGDEN gun. and blister and a
gun were installed on top Of the
fuselage about midway back on
the plane. y
That was done because the
planes were going to fly at low
level and had no need for belly
gun whereas they could use q gun
on top the fuselage TO fight of
enemy aircraft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21

over mountainous
and difficult terrain until they
reached medical aid"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21
SANK JAP SHIP

Meanwhile, Curd said, fighting
ships in the Doolittle convoy had
sunk some japanese vessels which
had sighted them and might have
betrayed their positions by radio
aT don't know just how far
from the coast of Japan we were
when we sighted enemy ships"
Curd said.
I'VE knew that II they saw us
and reached port or used their
wireless we would be sunk. /
don't mean the ship, 1 mean
Toxic would have been warned.
As II happened, our escort got
10 them first and finished them
off,"
Curd. before Doolittle took off,
was one of the few men on the
ship to get his autograph.
1 Just walked up to him and
asked him for it," Cprd said.
"He was n regular guy, he said,
Sure, sailor, and signed right
there. I lost the autograph and
a number of other things when
the carrier was sunk later on"
The rest of the pilots and crews
of the 16 bombers were swell
men, Curd said.
when we were of duty" he
explained. 1--WE would talk TO
them. They knew, of course,
the tough job that they faced,
but they didn't let on. They
laughed all the time, and when
they took off they were still
smiling and waving to us"
When the last bomber had left
the carrier raced for port TO pick
up the rest of her fighting planes.
Curd never saw the bombers again.
But ! read about them" he
said. land man, oh, man. was l
proud sure wish l had that
autograph"
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l(Coutinued on Page IL
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Trinity Church, Clayton: Service
on Sunday next at the home of DR..
and Mrs. Richard Comegys of even-
ing prayer and sermon.
Mrs. Elmer Cats received a tele-
gram on Sunday informing her of
the death of her brother, DR.. Enoch
A. Moffett, who died Sunday a. m.
at his residence in Charlotte, N. c.
Miss Betty Eichholz spent sever
al days last week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Eichholz.
Mrs. John Rambo spent last
Wednesday in Wilmington.
P. F. C. Ralph Carrow is spend
ing several days with Mr.. and Mrs.
William C. Boggs.
Mrs. Raymond Hudson spent Sat
urday in Dover.
Mrs. Charles Stewart spent We'd
nesday in Philadelphia.
Miss Elinor James Miller of Hy-
attsville, Md, and Miss Virginia
Mod of Smyrna spent asst Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Boggs.
Rev. Willard White of Cumber-
land, Nd, spent the weekend with
his sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Neal Sullivan and family.
Mr.. Neal Sullivan is critically i'll
at his home.
Pvt. James T. Burris of Louis
vile, Kentucky, spent an eight-day
furlough with his mother, Mrs
Thomas H. Burris of near Clayton
Miss Betty Eichholz of Clayton
has accepted a position with the
dupont Company in Wilmington.
Professor w. B. Thornburgh, Sea-
ford, will speak in Ewell Methodist
Church, Clayton, on Sunday, Feb
ruary 81, at IL o'clock. Prof
Thornburgh is one of the leading
laymen of the Peninsula Confercer
of the Methodist Church and comes
with an important message.
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Feb. IL Mr..
George o. Smith, who has been a
popular employee of the American
Store for years, has resigned to
accept defense work.
Mrs. Elmer Truax, who has been
ill in a hospital at San Fernando,
California, is improving slowly.
Mrs. William Burris, Sr., and
Mrs. William Burris, Jr., were re-
cent visitors of Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Cole and
daughter Peggy, and Roland Tar
button of Marshallton, were week.
end visitors of their mother, Mrs.
Glen Tarbutton who has been ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Ford of Do
yer, were Saturday visitors of her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Mr.. John Sickman and son
Jackie, of Marcus Hook, spent Sat-
urday with Mr.. and Mrs. George T..
Sickman.
Robert Reichelt has returned
home to go to Smyrna High School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Cole of Smyr-
ma visited with friends here Sun
day.
Little Jackie Gaulke, who has
been ill in Chester Hospital, is re-
ported much improved. Jackie is
a grandchild of Mrs. Louis Gaulke,
Mr.. George Davis of Talleyville,
Miss Mildred Davis of Chester, Pa,
We're recent visitors of their mother
Mrs. Emma Davis.
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
TOWNSEND

Items of Personal and Social Inter
ut Cleaned About Naighborhnod
Townsend, Feb. 17-Mrs. Walter
Lee spent a recent visit in Newark
with her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Berry.
Homer Lynch of Ardmore, Pa,
was caller at the home of rela-
tives, near town last week.
Mr.. adm Mrs. Paul Weigel have
returned from Salem, N. j., where
they attended the funeral of Mr..
Weigeps mother.
The Women's Society of Chris
titan Service met at the home of
Mrs. Ruth Daniels Tuesday even
ing.
Sergeant John A. Lyman, who
has been stationed at Geiger Field,
Spokane, Wash, has been released
from the Army and returned home
Tuesday morning.
Laymen's Day will be observed
Sunday, February 21st, at both
Townsend and Blackmird Churches.
Mr.. Howard R. Moore, of Houston,
will be the speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Lurty and
two daughters, Mary and Ruth, and
son Wells, also daughter, Mrs.
Mildred Inglebe, of Middletown,
spent WEDNESDAY with Mr.. and Mrs.
N. w. VanHorn.
A very interesting letter has
been received from James Austin
Hart, III, who is now located at
Miami Beach, Fla, the letter being
received by his father, James A..
Hart, Jr. The young man is in the
Air Corps.
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18

NOTICE
In pursuance of an order of Ernest B.
Raughley. Register of Wills, in and for
Kent County. Delaware. dated Feb. s, A. d.
1e43 notice is hereby given of the granting
Letters of Testamentary on the estate of
Charles E. Sherwood on the Sth day of
February A. d. 1913. All persons having
claims aaginst the said Charles E. Sher-
wood, decd. are Required to exhibit the
same to such Executor within one year af-
ter the date of the granting of such Let
tiers, or abide by the law in that behalf.
which provides that such claims against the
said estate not so exhibited shall be for
ever barred.
THE FRUIT GROWERS NATIONAL
BANK & TRUST co. OF SMYRNA
By Harley R. Bodley. Pres.
Charles E. Sherwood, decd.
Executor of
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
NOTICE

In pursuance of an order of Ernest B.
Raughley. Register of Wills, in and for
Kent County. Delaware. dated Feb. s. A. D.
1913 notice is hereby given of the granting
Letters of Testamentary on the estate of
Susie H. Sherwood on the 8th day of Feb
ruary A. d. 1913. All persons having
claims against the said Susie H. Sherwood
are required to exhibit the same to such
Executor within one year after the date of
the granting of such Letters. or abide by
the law in that behalf. which provides that
such claims against the said estate not SC
exhibited shall be forever barred.
THE FRUIT GROWERS NATIONAL
BANK & TRUST co. OF SMYRNA
By Harley R. Bodley, Pres.
Executor of
Susie H. Sherwood. decd.
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18

The rainy weather stumped the
muskrat trapping business, causing
big slump in the work, many of
the trappers reporting only one
half of the amount caught under
fair conditions. Before the storm
came there was an excellent catch
daily, and the business went on
with the usual profit for those will
ing to withstand the hardships of
diligent trapping. The furs are
holding at S1.85 and are likely to
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
NOTICE

NOTICE
In pursuance of an order of ERNEST B.
RAUGHLEY, Register of Wills, in and for
Kent County. Delaware, dated January %.
A. d. 1943 notice is hereby given of the
granting Letters Testamentary on the
estate of George Carter on the 25th day of
January A. d. 1943. All persons having
claims against the said George Carter,
such Executrix within one year after the
date of the granting of such Letters, or
abide by the law in that behalf. which pro-
vides that such claims against the said
estate not so exhibited shall be forever
barred.
ANN BOWEN CARTER,
Executrix of
George Carter, decd.
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
FOR SALE

Five homes on Smyrna-Clayton
Boulevard, all conveniences. These
homes are desirable for investment
purposes.
Will sell separately or as a whole
The National Bank of Smyrna,
Executor, George w. Turner Estate
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18

remain around that price the whole
season on account of the war condi-
tons.
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE OF
charge by calling DOVER TAO R
13. No animals removed unless cal
is made Immediately and no an
imals dying from a contagious dis
ease will be removed
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18
Financial Statement
Town of Smyrna
SMYRNA, DELAWARE
JANUARY 81, 1912 TO JANUARY 81, 1943

TO CITIZENS SMYRNA:
following summary of their
activities during the to tibet citizens for their consideration
During the first the year confusion and
ant surrounding the outbreak of the led Council take
cautions safeguard the health safety of the community that
involved the expenditure of considerable funds
expenditures guarding the water
manning the defense supplies the Civilian Defense
of the maintenance of tn
ting posts
center been since other
devised to take of these needs.
These expenses
their continuance indefinite time and the anticipated
emergency fire equipment that has not been obnable date
compelled prepare raising additional past
necessated increase in the poll tax and property
expenses connection with
mentioned services and with little likelihood of obtaining
The hosiery mill property which the
factory would economic asset to
paid for it, and with the uncertainty of wartime conditions
to industrial activities Council felt prudent to dispose OF the
property opportunity do presented itself
repairs suggested agency
electric facilities have been effected insofar
possible to do under the restricted limitations
equipment of this type
The donations organizations
purchased for the Citizens Hose Company
Minor extensions the system
Explosives of Ekon however the W. P has been abolished
activities the jurisdiction the
the Council made application for the
this program which Council hopes will be approved
addition to the ordinary the Town and extra
lars ($4O0O) of the Towns bonded indebtedness
report prepared by Charles Har
rngton Public Accountant follows:
Smyrna times., 1943-02-18

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-23
RcciDp: Pusnire and AcOrHs
Mrs. Boers Coffee
Is Ersotz: Ersotz So?
By ARTHUR BUGS BAER

-Four weeks ago wrote about the substitutes my wife Is
using To garnsh the breakfast nook.
l don't know whether have caught up on our war
program days getting longer but the tea is getting
weaker.
don't know what they put in tea balls these days All
know they sink three times and come up only twice
My wife has developed an ersaz coffee Erstaz so
She makes of powdered pumice hicory and granu-
lated acorns 1t is rationed down to gulp saucer.
After you you don't know whether to chase your
morning train climb tree
She makes it up in a laundry bag She doesn't use the
grounds twice She them blowout patches
the hot water boiler.
said before cup would make Paul Revere whistle
for his boss.
Two cups would make the boss whistle
She made pie of sawdust prunes and all
cabbage filler The mice have left can't get
bait their traps they stayed they would have to
eat what we eat do without.
BY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-23
Better Health N S"i'%H"a
BY Dr. Logan CIendening

CIR FRANCIS DRAKE. &C,
- cordihg to reliable chron-
icler, was\a at bowls on Devon
sward when the pe-s-se n & er
brought him the news that the
panish armada had been
sighted.
II will win my game first" he
replied coolly. land finish with
the Don afterward."
1t might be hoped that some
of his assurance and detachment
could be instilled in the origi-
majors of the planned economy
for the home front in the United
States.
Sir Francis tended both TO the
home front and the war.
!. as a nutritioniSt, have been
king over the plans and
schedules Of the National Re-
search Council on Nutrition as
published in a press dispatch.
4 CAT can look AT a king, and
"A / suppose ewspap r
nutritionist can look at a bu-
reaucrat. and / confess 10 a
considerable disagreement with
their recommendations as stated.
First, the total number OF
a atorIeSD which The National Re-
search Council recommends for
each adult in the United States
daily is $500.
This, in my opinion, is con-
siderably too low.
In 1871 the per capita per day
consumption Of the average
adult American was 3,4S0 Gallo
ries.
In England, according 10 re-
ports. the average adult gets
$500 calories a day.
/ do not believe many adult
Americans OF a weight Of 80
pounds or over consume as little
as $500 calorieS day.
For most of US the breakfast
is about 500 calories. lunch is
about 1000 calories and dinner
about 1.400.
This is more or less Of a
minimum ration and under con-
ditions Of activity most OF US
eat more than this.
A MOTHER objection which I
n have is the recommendation
that the average adult consumes
66 grams of protein A day.
Nutritionists in general. eSpe-
cially theoretical nutritionists,
are obsessed with the idea OF
pushing down the protein con-
sumption to the lowest possible
point, but few of them recon-
mend officially that less than
100 grams of protein be taken
day person.
All the theory about 66 grams