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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-02

"a" GAS RATION BOOK, issued to James
Temple. 1904 Oglethorpe St NV RIA 42s6
&C" GASOLINE RATION BOOK, issued 10
Eenry G MOL, l2ll Gallatin st. NV
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also has been asked to give talk
on the subject for each of the
courses.
Mrs. Harde has also recently
been made files co-ordinator for
the Information Service in the Dis
trlct. Under her supervision are 13
desks and file chairmen And this
is another important and painstak-
ing job. These files not only are
complete records of everything the
service man or woman may want to
know about the city, but they are
up-to-date records of everything she
may want to know. And keeping
those records up to date is a full
time job in itself.
AS if all this weren't enough, Mrs.
Harde edits the Information Serv-
ice Bulletin which comes out every
week.
The Hardes came to WASHINGTON
about two and half years ago from
their home in New York. With
them they brought their two small
boys, one 6 and one 10, two pet
cats and their dog. They settled
themselves in an attractive house
and Mr.. Harde went to work with
the War Food Administration.
Mrs. Harde had done consider
able Red Cross work in New York.
She had taken advanced first
courses and the regulation Red
Cross home nursing course. Here
she took the War Hospitality Infor-
nation Service course, too. Then
she began work at the desk at the
USO lounge at Union Station. She
also served at the desk at the Sal
vation Army USO and at the infor-
nation desk at the Stage. Door
Canteen. She is delightful to talk
to, pretty and gay and smartly
dressed. She plays the piano for
her own amusement and that of her
friends, and she says the accom-
that has stood her in good
stead in these times Is her ability to |
cook.
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Barbara Baker Wed Yesterday,
miss Virgin Also Is Bride

and Mrs. Arthur German of Mary
land. On her paternal side she is
the great-granddaughter of the late
Charles S. Baker. Representative
from New York. She attended Hol-
ton-Arms and the Madeira Schools
and George Washington University,
and Is a member of the Junior
League of this city.
1t. Crook is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick L. Crook of Corpus
Christi, who came to Washington
for the wedding. He is a graduate
of Washington and Lee University,
class of 1941, and he entered the
service shortly before Pearl Harbor.
1t. Cook and his bride will be
at home after December IS at 1915
Kenyon street.
Senator Kenneth McKelIar of
Tennessee attended the wedding
yesterday of his nephew 1t. q. 60
Robert Bonnie McKellar and Miss
Beatrice Mary Wright. The wedding
took place in All Souls Memorial
Episcopal Church. Canon James
Henderson of the Washington
Cathedral of St Peter and st Paul
officiating at 4:30 o'clock, Mr.. E, H.
D. McGehee, organist, playing the
wedding music.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Will Wright and
her father escorted her and gave
(See WEDDINGS, page B-41
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(See BROOKS, Page BID
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Cabinet officer
Will Attend
Benefit Ball

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Edward r. Stettinius, jr. will make
their first appearance at large
social function since he assumed his
new Office when they attend the
United Nations Club Charity Ball in
the Presidential Room of the Statler
Hotel Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Stettinius has been generous
in her support of the activities of the
United Nations Club and with other
members in cabinet, United States
Supreme Court and diplomatic cir
cles is one of the sponsors of the
ball. The new Secretary of State
is honorary chairman of the benefit.
The benefit has twofold pur-
pose. Part of the proceeds will be
donated to the United Nations Re-
lief Christmas Bazaar and part will
be given to the fund for the pur-
chase of a permanent home in
Washington for the United Nations
Club.
An impressive program has been
arranged for the affair. under the
general Craftsmanship of Brig. Gen.
Albert Lyman Cox The ball will
open at 9 o'clock with music and
dancing and at 1890 o'clock there
will be colorful United Nations
pageant featuring the massing of
the colors of the "A United and
Associated Nations. The door prize
will be portrait to be painted by
Thomas E. Stephens, renowned
British artist, and at midnight other
awards will be presented
Mrs. George Maurice Morris and
Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim are
chairmen for boxes for the ball, Miss
Sue Rosenberg is ticket chairman
and Mrs. Dwight Prouty, jr., is
chairman of advertising.
The ball will be a fitting climax
to the Christmas Bazaar, which will
open tomorrow in the congress
sional ballroom of the Statler and
will continue through Tuesday and
Wednesday from IL o'clock each
morning until II o'clock each
evening.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guest Of
honor at the bazaar tomorrow after
noon, her arrival at o'clock being
(See BENEFIT BALL, Page A-4)
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MAJ, Mrs. SnoV
Have Guests

Maj. Michael M. Snow Royal
Engineers, who is on duty with a
British mission here, and Mrs. Snow
have as their guest Mrs. George
Dent of Front Royal. Mrs. Dent
will go to Warrenton Tuesday to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. S,
Grubbs. She was Miss Hoyce Ann
Grubbs before her marriage and
her friendship for Mrs. Snow began
IN California. Mrs. Snow as Miss
Priscilla Wrightson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Wrightson
spent some time in Los Angeles and
met Mrs. Dent when the latter
visited her brother-in-la and sister
Capt. and Mrs. K. R. Balch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Bucking-
ham were hosts last evening in
Silver Spring, giving square dance
for Mrs. Dent, and Friday evening
Mrs. Snow was hostess to group OF
IL at a spaghetti party.
Mrs. Prescott Niles Arnold. sister
OF Mrs. Snow gave luncheon
Tuesday in her home in Bethesda for
Mrs. Dent.
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Pre-H0Hday Parties Are Varied

Varied are the activities on soci-
ety's calendar this week and in
cluded in today's interesting enter
tainments is large reception to be
given by former Gov and Mrs
Clifford Pinchot in honor of Mr.
William Courtenay. Weu-known
British war correspondent. The 300
guests have been invited to the
Pinchot home on Rhode Island
avenue at AIS O'Clock. when tea
and other refreshments will be
served, together with the showing
of colored moving pictures of Leyte
and other Pacific campaigns by Mr..
Courtenay.
Also entertaining a distinguished
group today will be Mrs. George
Mesta, whose luncheon at the Sui
grave Club for company of 30 will
be given in honor of Senator and
Mrs. Elmer Thomas from her home
State, Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell Moorhead
have invitations out for an after-6
party Friday, when they will enter
tain in honor of the new Republican
Evening star., 1944-12-03

In keeping with wartime simplic-
ity, the wedding arrangements for
the marriage yesterday of Miss Bar
bara Baker and 1t. Edward Carter
Crook. U. S. N R., were not elab-
crate in any detail A few vases of
white flowers effectively arranged
against a background of stately
palms were used to decorate St.
Adams Church for the ceremony,
and a similar decoration was used
in the Baker home on Hillbrook
lane for the reception which fol-
lowed. The Rev. Charles T. Warner
was the officiating clergyman.
The bride, who is the daughter
of Mrs. Charles Silas Baker and
the late Mr.. Baker, was escorted
to the altar and later given in mar
riage by her uncle, Mr.. Warren
Baker of New York, formerly of
Baltimore. Her wedding gown of
white chiffon had a design of scroll
work on the bodice and sleeves, and
her tulle veil, held by a coronet of
the scroll work, fell to the end of
her long train. She carried a cas-
cade bouquet of white camellias and
stephanotis.
Attending the bride as matron of
honor was her cousin, Mrs. William
c. Mott, and her other attendants
were Miss Mary Brookings, Miss
Flavia Lee, Miss Helen Tucker An
dreWs, Miss Glover Brown and Miss
Catherine Lansing. All wore gray
blue chiffon gowns, the bodices en-
broidered with silver thread and
fashioned with long full sleeves.
They carried cascade bouquets of
silver eucalyptus leaves, the same
leaves forming bandeaux for their
hair.
Mr.. Forbes Amory of the Amer
ican Field Service was best man for
1t. Crook and the ushers were 1t.
Comdr. Leo Fox, 1t. Gregg Everen-
gam, 1t. Austin Beale, Ensign
Robert Rothermell and Mr.. Howell
Keller, all of the U. S. N. r., and
Mr.. Thomas Robertson of Corpus
Christi.
| Yesterdays bride is the fifth gen.
Grafton of her family to live in the
Capital, She is the granddaughter
of Mrs. Wilton j. Lambert and the
late Mr.. Lambert and the great
| granddaughter of the late Senator
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Senator from New Jersey and
Mrs. H. Alexander Smith. Senator
Smith, whose home is in Prince
ton. will be sworn in Thursday. Like
Mrs Moorhead, he is a member Of
the board of directors of the For
elgn Policy Association, and the
guests Friday will be a number of
friends Of that group here in Wash
ington. together with many of those
with whom Senator and Mrs. Smith
will come in contast in the formers
new official capacity
Mrs. c. A. Berendsen. wife of the
New Zealand Minister. and Mrs.
Henry F. Grady, wife of the former
Assistant Secretary of State, will be
guests Of honor at a tea to be given
Sunday, December II, from to 6
o'clock by Mrs. Walter Wyatt and
Mrs. Julian E. Gillespie, at Mrs.
Wyatt's home on Kalnlia road.
December 18 has been chosen by
Mrs. r. S. Risien, wife of 1t. Col.
Risien, as the date for the luncheon
which she will give at the Carlton
tSee HOLIDAY PARTIES. Pg. B-6)
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TRANSPORTATION Important Item
In CHy's Wartime Services
BY Betty Grove Smith.

Well wager 10 to / that there
isn't a question on Washington's
transportation facilities that will
stump lovely Mrs. Dudley B. Harde.
She not only has all the answers
at her finger tips, but she herself
made a map that simplif1es the
system to even the most new-to-
Washington man or woman.
1t was after working for many
months as volunteer with the War
Hospitality Information Service
that Mrs. Harde was asked by Mrs.
Clifford Davis, chairman of informa-
ton, to do the map. Working in co-
operation with the Capital Transit
Co., Mrs. Harde did a thorough and
excellent job of it. She spared no
time or effort to make the map
complete and accurate. She spent
time in the surveyors Office, in the
puohc library, and she worked at
home on the map for more than
eight weeks. AS a result, although
she is not herself Washingtonian,
she knows probably as much about
the city's transportation as any one
here
Now. you have to work with serv-
Ice men and women to know how
important the problem of transpor-
tation here is to them. Almost any
service that they require while
they're In Washington is largely de-
pendent on transportation. If they
need housing accommodations. the
first question is how to get there.
II they want to go to church, to 60
sightseeing, to go to any of the
recreational centers or to do Christ
mas shopping, they've got to know
the easiest and quickest and best
way to reach their destination. And
Mrs. Harde is the lady who can tell
them. That's one of the reasons
she was chosen for the Planning
Committee of the new sightseeing
courses which will be available to
any interested groups or individuals
and will begin December (. She |
Evening star., 1944-12-03
| Mrs. GatIug
Is Married
To 1t. White

The marriage of Mrs Louie Crud-
up Gatling of this city, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartholomew Moore
Gatling of Raleigh, to 1t Ferdinand
Roebling White, A. U. S., took place
yesterday morning at II o'clock in
st. Mary's Chapel of the Washing
ton Cathedral of st. Peter and St
Paul.
Dean John Wallace Suter ofici-
ated after an organ recital. Deep
pink chrysanthemums were used on
the altar.
Mr.. Bartholomew Moore Gatling,
1r., came from Atlanta to give his
sister In marriage, and 1t. George
Cook III, U. S. N. R., of Princeton
was the best man. The ushers were
1t. Comdr, James Gatling, U. S.
N. r., Capt. John Gatling, U. S. A.,
1t. Lambert Boyd. Mr.. John Colt of
Princeton. Mr.. Frank S. Katzenbach
and 1t. Hugh w Sloan, U. S. N. R.
The bride wore a striking wool
suit in a lovely shade of green with
paisley blouse designed with bow
OF the material which was outlined
with sequins. Her tiny hat matched
her suit and she carried a prayer
book with green orchids attached
Mrs. Otis Wingo, jr., of New York
daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs
Charles W. o. Bunker, was the
brides only attendant. She wore
a gray crepe gown and carried deer
pink chrysanthemums which match
ed the crown of her pill box hat OF
gray.
In the absence of the brides par
ents, who were unable to come to the
Capital for their daughters wedding
receiving with the couple at the
breakfast following the ceremony
were Admiral and Mrs. Bunker
Mrs. Bunker chose for the occasion
a becoming gown of green wool
with tiny flower hat to match
The breakfast was held in the
Carlton Room of the Carlton Hotel
which was decorated with white
blossoms and sprigs of holly A
tiered wedding cake formed the CEN
terpiece of the table.
After wedding trip 1t. and Mrs
White will temporarily reside at
Winthrop House 1t White is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William T
White of Hill Top, Princeton, N. j
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Diplomatic Activities
Visitors Here
From Scxtb
By Katharine NJ. Brooks.

The Venezuelan Ambassador, DR..
Diogenes Escalante. left Washington
yesterday for Caracas on a short
leave, and during his absence the
Counselor of the Embassy, Senor
Don Arturo Lares, will be charge
d'affaires. Sonora de Escalante will
remain in Washington and probably
will have with her in time for
Christmas her brother, DR.. Carlos
Alamo. who recently arrived in this
country from his post as Venezuelan
Consul at Havana. DR.. Alamo Is
spending several weeks in New York,
where he is staying at the Gotham.
The Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Cardenas have with them
for a short visit Senor Antonio San
tsero anc Sonora de Santiero of
Cuba, the latter, native of Spain,
being sister of the Second Secre-
tary OF the Embassy, Senor Don
Carlos de Goyeneche. Also with
them over the week end was the
Marchesa Cuevas, who came from
New York, where she is spending the
winter. The Ambassador and Sonora
de Cardenas had small number of
guests dining informally with them
last evening.
Other visitors in Washington are
the very popular DR.. Santiago F..
Bedoya, Peruvian Ambassador to
China, and Sonora de Bedoya. They
are staying at the Shoreham during
the formers leave of absence from
his present important post. DR..
Bedoya almost started his diplomatic
career In Washington, coming here
In 1920 from the Peruvian Embassy
In the Argentine as second secretary
of the embassy under the late Dr..
Francisco Alfono Pezet, who was
ambassador in this Capital for some
years. DR.. Bedoya remained at this
embassy during the short regime of
DR.. Pezet's successor, DR.. Herman
Velarde, and the late Senor Don
Manuel de Freyre V Santander.
After the departure of DR.. Velarde,
DR.. Bedoya served as charge d'I
affalres until the arrival of Senor
de Freyre from London, where he
was ambassador before coming to
Washington
DR.. Bedoya met Sonora de Bedoya
In Washington a week or 10 days
ago, making the 45,000-mile trip
from Chungking by plane. They
will go to California for Christmas
with Sonora de Bedoya's mother,
Mrs. Charles G. Matteson, with
whom they have not had visit of
any length for II years. Sonora de
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MRS. EDWARD r.
STETTTNIUS, Jr.

STETTINIUS, T.
The 1Dite of the ne1D Secre-
tary OF State ,Dill be among
the cabinet hosteSSeS attend
ing the gala United Nations
ball at the Statler Hotel
Wednesday evening. Secretary
Stettinius is honorary chair
man OF the benefit junction
1ohich is sponsored By the
United Nations Club.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
Sprinkler System
Causes Damage
Rear of Eyerly's Department
Store Water Soaked Saturday

A break in the stores sprinkler
system caused considerable damage
to part of the stock of Eyerly's De-
partment Store early Saturday
morning, but, thanks to the fore
sight of Mr.. Charles H. Eyerly,
proprietor, the damage was confined
to the rear of only one side of the
building.
In planning the building, Mr.
Eyerly, forseeing the possibility of
damage by water, had the building
designed so that, in the event of
just such an accident as occurred
on Saturday, the water would i'm
mediately drain to the back of the
building.
The break occurred between the
fifth floor and the roof, in the west
side of the building, and leaked
through all floors, to the basement.
The break was repaired immedi-
ately and the store opened on Sat
urday morning at the usual hour
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
Red Cross Makes
Novel Flight Kit

American Red Cross girls at an
Air Transport Command Base on the
African Gold Coast decided that
transient plane crews and ground
crews at lonely husband outposts
needed recreation and comfort kits
to make their tedious flights and sta
tons more comfortable.
From unused American Red Cross
Christmas boxes these enterprising
girls took playing cards, razor
blades, stationery, cigarettes,
matches. To this they added maya
zines and even moth-eaten editions
of hometown Sunday newspapers.
They descended upon the Quarter
master Corps and Special Service
branch of the army for additional
supplies. Result? The Bushtown
Flight Kit.
Each kit, packed in a number 10
paper bag, contains six magazines.
five packages of cigarettes, gum,
hard candy, Red Cross post cards,
pencils, 20 pieces of V-mail, comb,
razor blades, and other items.
Says Sara Smerud, American Red
Cross worker from New Albin, Iowa,
eve give the kit to a crew member,
who places it aboard his ship with
the understanding that if they do not
need it themselves they will drop it
off at some bush station where sup
plies are difficult to get"
Hundreds of Bushtown Flight Kits
are distributed each month to ferry
pilots, and are accepted as part of
the equipment on each combat plano
One pilot enthusiastically remarked,
This is swell kind of Red Cross
service, and we sure appreciate it."
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
Condemned Man Trains For Navy

Paul Henry Pazery, who is in
boot training at the cambridge Ma
val Training Station, says he's iv-
ing with death sentence over his
head, but expects ito beat the rap"
Pazery, whose home now is in
Valley Forge, Pa, told cambridge
officials he had been condemned to
death by the Vichy French regime
for his action in refusing to adhere
to the dictates of Marshal Petain
when Pazery was a member of the
French diplomatic service.
A graduate of st. Cyr, the West
Point of France, Pazery resigned at
Philadelphia as French attache in
1910 and became the first French
official publicly to denounce the Pc
tain Government.
Holding his first papers for Amer
lean citizenship, Pazery has no wor-
ries about beating the death sem
tence, saying, 1--WE shall lick those
Nazis, and how
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
5th War Loan Drive
Here Hits New High
Retailers Bureau Auction Over
WEI Going Great Guns

Washington County has done it
again
Asked to raise $2,S5O,OOO during
the 9Th War Loan Drive, purchases
have already passed the three mil
lion mark and, when the final re-
turns are in, the total will probably
reach $3,5O0,OOO.
The sale of the "E' series of bonds
has been helped considerably by the
Hagerstown Retailers Bureau FRA
dio Bond Auction" being conducted
every night over WEI. Sales total
ing over $4,000 have already been
made, with several valuable prizes
donated by the member merchants,
still to be bid on.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
JAP PRISONER LEARNS
OF GUADALCANAL'S FALL
By Stf. Sgt. Joseph L. ALI
MARINE Corps Combat Cores
pondentl

ny SUI. sgt. Joseph IL. ALI
MARINE Corps Combat Cores
pondent)
CAPE GLOUCESTER, New Brit
ain (Delayed)-An American-edu-
Gated Japanese prisoner, captured
in mopping-up operations in the
Eleanora Bay area, expressed the
opinion Japan would win the war
in five or six years"
Then a Marine officer asked him
if he had ever heard of Guadal-
canal.
Sure" he replied confidently,
Fifteen thousand Marines were
killed there"
But he lost some of his confidence,
and his expression changed TO one
of amazement as he was told: Take
a look around you. These are some
of the boys who were killed on
Guadalcanal."
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
YMCA Physical
Dept. Activities

Secretary Peters of the YMCA
has announced the following sched-
ule of summer activities for the
"Y's" physical department:
Weekly hike trip on Saturdays;
mixed social swim on Wednesdays
at $50 p. M; family swim on Thurs
days at $3.50 p. m, and crafts classes
every afternoon.
In making the announcement OF
the summer schedule, Mr.. Peters
stated that additional classes and
activities would be added whenever
necessary.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
NATIVE TRANSPORTATION
USED BY LEATHERNECKS

SAIPAN, Marianas Islands (De-
layed) - Two Marines were seen
coming across a cane field here
yesterday behind a native OK which
they had hitched up to a small
wooden cart.
An enemy counter-at was on,
jeeps were few, and they had NOR
tar ammunition badly needed at the
front.
Urging the Flooding animal on
with impatient commands of gid
dy ap," they made their way for
ward with this native transporta-
ton unit to the front lines.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13
Local Fisherman
Lands A Big One

Frozen in big cake of ice, a 61a
pound small-mouthed bass was on
display in front of Spangler's Tackle.
Shop, West Franklin street, on Mon
day.
The big fellow, believed to be the
largest caught in Washington Coun-
ty in many years, was landed above
Dam No. by James c. Moore, 131
Elm street.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13

Occupational gasoline rations for
periods up to 30 days may be issued
an applicant who has not formed a
car pool, OPA says, and if at the end
of this period the ration board is not
satisfied that the applicant has done
his best to obtain riders, further oc-
cupational mileage will be denied.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13

q JCC1s AAASAA Viz AAi1bbSA VI bcl4A4AAS3
a Jap island popped up. So the Ma
rines went ashore and wiped out
enemy resistance before dark, but
too late for noon chow.
Just our luck" they moaned as
they re-embarked.
But the Navy had heart. They
saved the chicken for the evening
meal and served it instead of the
sailors traditional Sunday cold sup
per. Only those who have lived on
canned rations for a couple of
months, eating corned beef and then
more corned beef, can realize how
much the gesture was appreciated.
Practice makes perfect. Marines
had just seized an atoll in the heart
of the Jap sector. They were en-
route to another enemy possession,
with landing set for early next
morning.
That afternoon general quarters
was sounded and the ships Navy
gunners fired anti-aircraft at small
balloons released from the deck.
The drill was held about so miles
from a Jap base. Enemy planes
never showed up. 1t was just as
we'll for them that they didn't
Those ballons took a terrific drub-
bling, And a balloon presents a
much smaller target than a plane.
Two scenes on this island, recent
ly captured by U. S. Marines:
A Leatherneck, with helmet and
cartridge belt, and barefooted ma
tive youngster throwing small
rubber ball back and forth in a
game of catch while other native
children laugh and cheer as they
watch.
And mile to the east, the bat
tlefeld: a wall of rock, behind it Jap
bodies.
A force of Marines who had cap
tured two atolls from the Japanese
in four days returned to their ship
after day of fighting. A 12-foot
shark was swimming in the neigh
berhood of the ship, coming to the
surface to munich cardboard boxes
and anything else it could get its
teeth in.
A couple of Leathernecks broke
out their rifles, sighted in, and fired
A little later the dead shark turned
over on its back and sank through
the clear water of the lagoon.
A loud cheer rang out from all
Marines who watched the proceed
ings, though they never raised a
shout after crushing the Japs in a
pair of bloody battles that same
week.