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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Yank ee SenOrita
By Lorena Carlton

would IL we could get anybody to
come" Demonstration tinged her
voice. Wasn't like this back in
New York"
The singer said acldly, Perhaps
people are more interested in free
meal back there than they are in
Mexico"
You should know. You vas al
ways bringin' EN- home like starv-
in kittens. Guys like Mr.. Dargen."
II had reference to Tod Patrick.
You surely have not forgotten that
he could do fairly well with the
meals at our place? ?"
Prism grinned and said with
smugness, why not? Theys such
good ones" She flicked dust from
the tnantel where actually there
was no dust. But, Miss Mallory.
you're gettin' me off M subject.
Cause next l said, over the tele-
phone. how far had the gentlemen
gone and maybe they'd be back in
time. So then" She paused TO give
her mistress a look of SLY self
esteem. Then he says no, they'd
gone to Vera Cruz and Wednesday
was the very soonest they'd be back
here"
Once more Mallory relaxed in the
big chair. Prism, you are simply
wonderful"
"Yes'm." Her features were so
agleam with pleased conceit that
they looked as If they had been
oiled. Il think myself it's nice to
know where them balloons are and
for how long. Only thing" Her
contented look was fading into a
dismal one. only thing" she said
again, rs we amt really doin' moth
in toward putin them murderers
where they belongs. We amt 'ac-
complicatin' anything along them
lines"
The blond girl looked thoughtful.
mo, you're right. l had depended
so much on Mr.. Blythe"
And he disappointed you?" in
serted Prism knowingly. Jus goes
to show you that your tuition
don't amount to a durn. Mr.. Tod is
certainly right about that"
oh" snapped Mallory. you
think Mr.. Tod is right about every
thing"
Her maid ignored that TO ask,
What did he say when you told
him about the murder ?"
The girl squirmed uncomfortably
We'll, Prism, you see there was a
slight hitch"
"Oh, stop gruntin' and wigglin
an 'fess up that you didn't even
tell him. Did you?" she demanded
when her mistress remained silent
for n few seconds.
mo" Again the blond girl sal
up straight. She began to take of
her shoes and STOCKINGS and unzip
her dress, all with absent minded
gestures. But had a good reason
not TO, Prism. had a dynamic rea.
SON" At first she had considered
hiding the friendship between the
brothers and Richard Blythe from
her servant. Now that she had de.
termined otherwise she raced or
get II said. Prism, hold on tc
something. The Invisible Man is q
good friend Of John and William
Smith"
How you know?-
HI, John. Hi, Bill" the CIR
initiated. That's how Mr.. Blythe
greeted them. They came into San.
born's while we were having break
fast Doesn't that sound friendly p
Prism picked up the girls blacL
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
CHAPTER TNENTY.NINE

THE SWEET. musical voice,
saying that Richard Blythe had
left the city, filled Mallory with ex-
ASPIRATION. II showed on her face
in a scowl and clamped lips. She
ended the connection with her fin
ger so that she could have the
pleasure Of slamming the receiver
upon its support, yet not offend the
Mexican girls ears.
That's enough O. that, young
ladyw reprimanded Prism. Amt
no way for a nice girl to be be-
havin'."
well, I'm mad"
Angry, perhaps" corrected the
colored woman. Mad is for dogs"
That's about how mad l am"
The thought Of Prism's correcting
the grammar Of anyone made her
burst into giggles. They did not
last long, however. Again the scowl
marred her beauty.
Prism crossed her arms over her
fat bosom. ANY fgnor moose can
tell you are in a tiZzy. So what Is
it now ?" she asked in weary tone.
"'Course l know the Invisible Man
is invisible again. l could get that
from your conversation. But Jus
remember your face afcre you get
all cranky over somebody and
quicker up like you was an infant"
Her words acted the same as IL
her plump hand had passed across
the girls brow. her usual correc-
tive measure. Mallory could feel
her forehead smoothing Itself.
She said, Il especially wanted TO
reach him. wanted him dinner
tonight"
"All this kowtowing to the In
visible Man" assailed the colored
woman. las if he was some great
general goin' to / e you away
from them balloons" AS a relief
to her jealousy, she picked up a
davenport cushion and pumped II
with hands that resembled boxing
gloves Better we work on the ba-
boons ourself." She Strengthened
abruptly. But we can't Theys
gone"
Mallory Baker wondered how
her maid could possibly know
who told you. Prism ?"
Nobody had to tell me. 1 was
out there leanin' over the balcony
watchin' all the ruckus along the
boulevard. People goin' every.
where. An I saw them come down
an get in their car"
How did you know them7 How
were you sure ?" Mallory had beer
relaxed in a large chair where she
had slung herself. sidewise. aftel
her unfruitful telephone call tC
Richard Blythe. Now she sat erect
her gaze jabbed that Of her maid
Prisms eyes were slightly re.
proachful. You told me. Miss NAL
1ory, that he was wearin' a white
scarf. Well. JUS like you told me
he was, and l spotted him easy
like. Faces just like cement, AIM
they?" The girl nodded. That. she
decided, was an expert description
so then" continued Prism, "aftel
i seen them drivin' off down Re
form boulevard ! get on the tele
phone and ask at the desk could
speak 10 Mr.. John Smith cause my
Miss Mallory wants TO invite hin
an his brother TO dinner"
you didn't know / intended hav
ing a dinner"
The Negroes fidgeted. "Of course
not, Miss Mallory. was Just STRAIT
egizin'. Like you said / mean you
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Saline News
Rotary CLUE eNrgRTAINs

saline, Mfeh, AFr. The Ro-
tary entertained the ladies' At
dinner at the Tavern Thursday
evening. The decorations and APP
pointments were appropriate to the
Easter season and each guest was
presented with a red rose. The
program. in charge Of Alvin Gross.
consisted Of assembly singing, a
quiz and identification OF photo
graphs. The speaker was Prof.
Husscy. president OF the Ann Ar
Dor Rotary club. whose subject
Prehistoric Man" was illustrated
with slides. 4 social hour follow
ed. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Staebler
Ann ArbOr, were guests.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
MAN FILLS WomAN's JOB

KANSAS CITY. Mo.--UP-Many
a woman has taken a mans place
in business and the armed forces
during the present war. but proceed
u.e was reversed here In Kansas
City recently. A man stepped into
a womans job when Miss Lucille
Laughlin, an employe OF the Fed
eral Bureau OF Narcotics. entered
the WACs. Office officials say the
arrangement will be temporary.
however. until another woman can
be trained for the position.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Capt. Sutherland Weds
Miss Roberta Trospeu

Ann Arbor, Mich. Apr. MIR
and Mrs. H. Peter Trosper are
announcing the marriage of their
daughter. Roberta. to Capt. Jack
r. Sutherland in simple rites in
the home of the bride Wednesday
evening, Vows were exchanged
with Rev. DR.. Henry Lewis. rec.
tor of st. Andrews Episcopal
Church officiating. Mrs. William
p. Giefel was her sisters attend
ant and the groom was attended
by Capt. John Sulzmann.
Only a few relatives and close
family friends were present.
Capt Sutherland had Just re-
turned from the Pacific area COM
bat zone. having landed in San
Francisco Saturday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Fifty Years Ago

St Lke Parish Aid Society held eighteenth annual meet
ing with large denominations
we'll the members hearing reports
Fannie CheeVer Burton reelected direcress;
Shuo is vice drectres Peyon Sullivan secretary and
Miss Alice H. Gilbert treasurer business meeting
supper served in the church house parors
assembly delightful by Misses
Iarnham Mabel Warner aud Marie Messrz
Ellis and n. W. Van Cleye.
Walter Ballard has bought l35 Forbes
tate in Augusta. Consideration $500.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
URGE COYOTE PLANE HUNTS

OKLAHOMA ClTY-rP-As A
means Of helping reduce Okla
homas growing coyote and wolf
population. the aviation committee
OF the Oklahoma City chamber OF
commerce has recommended the
animals be hunted by plane
through the facilities Of the states
civil air patrol. The predatory ami
mails are reported TO be killing con-
siderable poultry and young calves
and lambs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07

in Ann Arbor Township where he
had been a lifelong resident. He
married Miss Hilda f. Fiegel Nov.
26, 1925. and she survives him. as
do his mother, Mrs. Mary d. Braun,
Ann Arbor Township; two sons,
Charles and David Braun. all
home: a brother. Simon w. Braun,
York Township. and sister. Miss
Cylyia Braun. Ann Arbor Township.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Scout Promotions Given

Clarence Johnson, scoutmaster,
has announced the following pro-
motions and merit badge awards:
tenderfoot, David Loyleit. Robert
Klustcr. Robert Bredernitz and
Donald steiner second class,
Frank Randall. Robert Cook, Cal
win Hieber and David Martin; first
class. Russell Widmayer. George
Silveus and Wayne Otto; safety
and athletics, Wayne otto; cook
ing. George Cook, and Russell
Widmayer was chosen one OF the
patrol leaders.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
In Honor Of Son .

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Schock Ell.
tertained at sunday dinner for their
son Raymond who was confirmed
al the Lutheran Church. Those who
attended were Mr.. and Mrs. John
VANITY. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wan
ty. and son Dean, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Schrock and family, and Mr..
and Mrs. Chester Mead, Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Receive Baptism

The sacrament OF baptism was
rendered Sunday morning by Rev.
W. +. Boettcher, pastor OF Whit
taker Evangelical Church to Miss
Agnes Baer Mrs. Margaret Chic,
Mrs. Birtie Powers. Wilma. Beyer-
ly and Donna Williams,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Carl w. Braun Rites
to be Saturday

Ann Arbor, Mich, Apr Flu.
neral services will be Saturday az
ternoon at o'clock from the Much
liz Chapel for Carl w. Braun. "a.
1890 Whitmore Lake Rd., who died
in st. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Wednesday.
Mr.. Braun was born June -. 1889
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Birthday Observed

Those who helped Mrs. VIII
VANITY OF Milan to celebrate her
birthday Friday evening were Mr.
and Mrs. Will Mason, Maybee, Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Dennison, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glare VANITY and family, Mi
Ian. Mr.. and Mrs. George Osborne
and Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Vedder,
Whitaker.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Methodist Women Meet

The three groups of Methodist
women met on Tuesday evening.
the Mary l.. chapter at the home
of Mrs. Donald Ford, the Ruth
chapter with Mrs. lie Roy Story;
and the Esther with Mrs. Robert
Merchant at her home ON Maple
Rd
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
JOINS HUSBAND

Whitaker, Mich, apr. - Mrs.
]. Ross Slabaugh left Monday TO
Join her husband. II. ]. Ross Sla-
baugh who is in Charleston, South
Carolina.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Returns Home

Miss Jeanette clay returned to
her home in East Lansing Sunday
after spending her weeks vacation
from MISC at the home of her Sis
ter. Mrs. Don Francisco. Mr.. and
Mrs. Francisco and family return
ed with her Sunday to spend the
day at the Clay home. Friends of
Miss Clay, who Is former Saline
resident and graduated from the
Saline High School, will be inter-
ested to hear that she has been
initiated into the Tau Sigma hon
orary sorority of the Applied Sci
ence and Liberal Arts Department.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07

Mrs. Fred Sellen left Sunday for
visit with relatives in Detroit
and Madison. Wis. Her sisters,
who have been with her since Mr..
Sellen's death, Mrs. Rose Alva and
Mrs. Lena Splitter, went to their
homes in Detroit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Neil Hathaway had several stitches taken shoulder at
Boyer Hospital following riding with his
father Leon Hathaway Z. Cross St
flat iron. while still In
the home Of Mrs. S. W Parsons.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07

Mrs. Lynn Squires and Mrs. Ir.
vim Bright. Judd Road. spent Sat
urday with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
buckingham.
Sunday afternoon callers OF Mr..
and Mrs. o. L. Vedder were Mr.
and Mrs. Perry Vedder. Milan.
and Kermit Freeman. Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
In Hospital

Mrs. Robert Brown called on
her sister, Mrs. Alice Berkiey, who
is in ST. Josephs Hospital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07

Sunday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Garrod and Marjory called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Wendt.
Sherman Rd., Milan. Mr.. Wendt
has been i'll with pneumonia.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
LENTEN REDUCINGDIET
BY Or. CIendening
sefVrdoy-5oo coieriss
BREAKFAST

ey Or. Clendening
sefvrdoy-5oo. coleriss
BREAKFAST
tablespoons apple sauce.
. tablespoons Grspenuts - no
sugar, 4 cup whole milk.
cup coffee-no cream or sugar.
LUNCHEON
medium size or two small hsh
balls made from leftover fish
Cucumber e. lettuce salad-lemon,
vinegar or mineral oil or sour
cream dressing.
cup tea-no cream or sugar
DINNER
broiled cube steak.
2 tablespoons peas.
] small cup cake.
cup cofee-no cream or sugar.
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Evening star., 1944-05-28
Portraits of Seven Washington Negroes
In National Museum Display of Leaders

ington and lives at 21o3 Second
street NV Educated at Amherst
College. Harvard University and the
University of Madrid, Spain, he
practices with Houston, Houston and
Hastie. He is professor emeritus of
Howard University.
DR.. johnson was born at Paris
Tenn, in 1890. He was educated at
the Academy of Roger Williams Uni
versity, Nashville, Tenn; Howe In
stitute, Memphis; Morehouse Col
lege, Atlanta; Chicago University,
Rochester Theological Seminary
Harvary University and Howard. He
is an ordained Baptist minister.
Graduate Of Harvard.
Judge Hastie, born at Knoxville,
Tenn, in 1904, is graduate of Am
herst College and Harvard Univer-
sity. He was admitted to the Dis
trict Bar in 1881 and practices with
the law firm Of Houston, Houston g.
Hastie. He also has served as
assistant solicitor for the Interior
Department, judge of the District
Court of the Virgin Islands and
civilian aide to the Secretary of
War. His home is 1707 S street NV.
DR.. Locke, born at Philadelphia in
1886, attended the Philadelphia
School of Pedagogy and Harvard,
Oxford and Berlin Universities. He
is the author of several books on
subjects dealing with the Negro.
He lives at 1926 r street NV.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

the Smithsonian Institution. The
Washington residents are among 19
well-known Negro personalities por-
trayed.
Included are Brig. Gen Benjamin
Oliver Davis, assistant to the in
spector general of the Army; Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, president of
the National Council of Negro Wom-
en-; DIR. Charles H. Houston, attor-
rey, and DR.. Charles Drew, chief
OF surgery at Freedmen's Hospital
and professor of surgery at Howard
University; Howard President DR..
Mordecai w. johnson, Judge William
II. Hastie, dean of the Howard law
school, and DR.. Alain LIE Roy Locke,
Howard philosophy professor.
Born I'm Capital.
Gen. Davis, 1921 S street NV,
was born in Washington and at
tended Howard University. He first
saw military service in 1898 with the
9Th United States Volunteer In
fantry. Since then he has served in
the Philippines during the insurrec-
ton there, as military attache at
Monrovia, Liberia, and later with
the Mexican Border Patrol. In the
years 1880 to 1888 he accompanied
six parties of Gold Star mothers on
pilgrimages to the cemeteries of
Europe.
Mrs. Bethune was born near
Evening star., 1944-05-28
CoIored Teacher Test
Dates Are June 9-1O

Examinations for coloTed senior
high school teachers in the District
will be held June and 10, the Board
of Education announced yesterday.
Written. examinations starting at
T:30 m. will be given the first day
at Miner Teachers College. Physical
examinations will be given the fol-
lowing day at Banneker Junior High
School beginning at $50 am. Oral
examinations for out-of-town appli-
cants also will be held June 9, but
those for residents will be given on
the call Of the board of examiners.
The examination will include
physiology and hygiene, with special
reference to "the nature and effects
of alcoholic drinks and other mar
cotics upon the human system"
Requirements include satisfactory
completion of at least "a semester
hours in professional education and
q masters degree or five years
teaching experience in senior high
schools if the applicant has bach
elor's degree from an accredited
teachers college.
Applicants must be citizens, Of
good moral character and not over
IS years old. Written documents in
proof of qualifications must be sub
mitted to the board of examiners.
Applicants, with the necessary docu-
ments, should be submitted at least
10 days before the examination.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

Maysville, s. c., IN 1875, one
of II children. She educated
herself and before she was 80
had founded the Bethane Cook
man College at Daytona Beach, Fla.
She was president of that institu-
ton for 81 years. AS director of the
Division of Negro Affairs of the
National Youth Administration, Mrs,
Bethune supervised the develop
ment and extension of educational
Evening star., 1944-05-28

Seven Washingtonians are among
the leading American Negro citizens
whose portraits are on display at the
National Museum in a special ex-
hibition by Artists Laura Wheeler
Waring and Betsy Graves Reyneau
which will end today.
The exhibition was opened May 2
when. Vice President Wallace pre-
sented a portrait of George Wash
ington Carver by Mrs. Reyneau to
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Warren u. Christmon,
Pittsburgh Editor, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, May 27.-Warren
U. Christman, 81, managing editor
of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, died
today at his suburban Mount
Lebanon home after an illness of
two months.
For 80 years he had been man.
aging editor of the old Pittsburgh
Post and then of the Post Gazette,
A native of Minersville, Pa, he
worked on newspapers in Tifin,
Ohio, Canton, Ohio, Cincinnati
Ohio, and Denver, Colo, before COM
ing to Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

and recreational facilities for Negro
youth all over the country. Her
home is 1918 Vermont avenue NV.
DR.. Drew received the Spingarn
Medal for 1943 "for the highest and
noblest achievement by an Ameri-
lean Negro" in March,, He was
cited for his work as director of
the Blood TRANSMISSION Association
of New York City. which supplied
blood plasma to the British during
the days of the blitz.
Won Scholarship.
A native of Washington, DR.. Drew
attended McGil University in Mont
real and Columbia University and
won a Rockefeller Fellowship in
surgery. He resides at 1924 Sher-
man avenue NV.
DR.. Houston is a native of Wash
Evening star., 1944-05-28

Uncle Sam needs your waste
bacon grease, drippinss, vegetable
shortening. Take them to your meat
dealer.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
British Forces
'Speed Drives
To Clear Antwerp

SU p r f M E HEADQUARTERS,
AEF', PARIS. Oct 27. CUP)-British
amphibiCuS troops and Canadian
infantrymen closed in from two
sides on the cornered German de-
tenders of the Schelde estuary is
lands Friday in a swift drive to re-
open the great port of Antwerp to
the Allied armies.
At the same time, powerful tank
and infantry columns of the British
Second Army cracked through the
stubborn German defenSeS in west
ern Holland at a half-dozen key
points on a 50-mile front from
S Hertogenbos ch to the Holland
deep.
Field dispatches said the Nazis,
the main anchors of their line torn
up or facing imminent capture,
were trying to withdraw the bulk
of their 10000 troops in that sector
back across the Mas river.
First reports said the Germans
were caught off guard by the Brit
ish landing and that the Tommies
fought their way a mile across the
Island within a matter of hours,
Winning a beachhead for the land
Continued on Pg 8, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
Navy DiscIoses
Fleet Strength
Now in Pacific

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. (UP)-
Navy day celebrations were held
throughout the land today as high
officials paiG tribute to the mighty
U. S. fleet for its latest victory over
the japanese but warned that heavy
fighting still lies ahead.
The navy disclosed that % battle
ships now are operating with the
fleet, at least 16 of them in the
Pacific where the Jap Imperial fleet
has just suffered its greatest de-
feat.
Records show that battleshipS pre-
sumably in the Pacific are the Cali
fornia, Idaho, Massachusetts, Mary
land, North Carolina, South Dakota
New Mexico, Tennessee, PennSylva-
MIA. Washington, New Jersey, Color
ado, Iowa, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Indiana.
At present, the fleet includes more
than 1155 combatant ships, 45,207
landing craft. 5000 smaller vessels,
and 3408l aircraft. Among these
are "a battleships. IA carriers of
the Essex class, eight of the Inde-
pendence class, and IS escort car
rierS of smaller tonnage.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
Bricker Raps
New Deals
Farm, Policies

WICHITA, KanS., Get. 27. CUP)-
Governor John w Bricker of Ohio
FriCay said flatly that farmers,
knowing themselves to be victims of
New Deal incompetence and bu-
reaucratic arrogance will vote Re-
publican in the national election a
week from next Tuesday.
Declaring that farmers had eS-
tabliShed new production records
not because of the New Deal but
in spite of the New Deal the nomi-
nee said weather and fluctuating
market prices were bad enough"
farm problems.
But when the farmer is faced
with the aCded uncertainties of gov
ernment control of his prices, labor,
machinery, transportation. and by
policy shifts in the middle of the
crop year" he continued, "he winds
up in a state of utter confusion
Bricker said it was because Of
this arbitrary control" that the
farmer has turned against the
New Deal"
He does not like it and he is
going to vote against it on Novem-
Der T. he said
The farmer, Bricker SaiG. wants,
and is determined to have, a free
and enlightened agricultural poll
cy."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
Three More Enemy Ships
Blasted While FIeeinq
Toll of Vessels
Lost by Nips
Increased TO 81
BY FRANK TREMAINE

PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 27.
(UP)-China-based bombers,
joining in the destruction of
the remnants of the Japan
ese fleet fleeing from the
Philippines, have sunk or
damaged three ships below
Hong Kong to boost the toll
of enemy vessels in the mo-
mentous four-day naval-air
battle to at least 81, it was
announced Friday.
A communiue from Gener-
al Joseph w. Stilwell's head
quarters in Chungking dis
closed that 14th air force
bombers had caught part of
a task force fleeing from the
Philippines in the South Chi
ma sea east of the Liuchow
peninsula and had hit a
transport, a freighter, and
a tanker, totaling 10000 tons.
Two direct bomb hits probably
sank the transport, while the
freighter, left listing and burning,
also was believed to have sunk.
The communique. increasing the
American bag in the battle of the
Philippines to between 10 and 16
ships sunk and 81 damaged, mark
&c the first official mention of jap
anese transports or cargo ships in
participating task force.
MAY PLAN LANDING
1t was possible that the task force
blasted by the l4th air force was
intending to land reinforcements in
the Philippines, while the main
Japanese naval battle forces engag-
ed the American Third and Seventh
fleets, but had turned and fled
when the other armacas met disas-
ter.
SwarmS of carrier planes from the
two American fleets still were blast
ing away at the battered remnants
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. 81