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Evening star., 1945-08-08
Hamilton National
Plans Is Per Cent
Stock Dividend
nv EDWARD c. STONE.

directors OF CllS f1dIullUOu ma
tional Bank have recommended tt
the stockholders the declaration oi
a 25 per cent stock dividend, to bt
distributed to shareholders on the
basis of one share for each foui
owned; also an offering to share
holders of 25,000 shares at $50 pei
share on the basis of one share fol
each two shares now owned, Presi-
dent Wilmer j. Waller announced
today.
The board voted yesterday to hold
a special meeting of the sharehold-
ers on September II to take action
on the recommendations. When
the new financing is completed, the
Hamilton will have outstanding ST.
500 shares of stock of $40 par value
an increase in the capital account
from 100000 to $1,750,000. Sur
plus account will be $1,750,000, with
approximately 100000 in undivided
profits and reserves, or total capital
of about $4,200,000.
President Waller said today that
the bank opened on September 25
1888, with deposits of $8,725, ,451 and
capital funds of $1,250,000. AS of
July 81, this year, deposits were $685.
125,578 and capital and reserves
s3,392,865.
Every effort has been made to
build up capital to correspond with
deposit growth and very real prog
ress has been made. In less than
IL years capital funds have almost
tripled entirely from earnings but
in that same period deposits have
increased 10 times over, Mr.. Waller
said
Banks to Get Check Relief.
Banks cashing bad" government
checks are to be granted protection
from indefinite liability by a six
year statute of limitations, accord
ing to bulletin issued today by the
Washington office of the American
Bankers Association for the secre-
taries Of State associations.
At present banks can be held IL
able whenever the forgeries are dis
covered, no matter how long a Pc
riod has elapsed before the Govern
ment asks reimbursement. The sit
uation has caused growing concern
among banks because of the i'm
mense growth in the number Of
checks each year.
The ABA has been working on a
relief measure for years, one salts
factory to the Government agencies
concerned. House Bill 129, carrying
the siXyear limitation, already
passed by the House, was reported
to the Senate on July 81, is now on
the Senate Calendar and its pas
sage" may be expected shortly after
the Senate reconvenes," the Bulle-
tin says.
One Banking Bill Passed.
The ABA legislative review states
that the only banking bill enacted
during the recent session was Pub
lie Law "a which reduced the gold
ratio to $50 against Federal Re-
serve notes and against deposits of
Federal Reserve Banks. This act
repealed provisions of earlier laws
authorizing issuance of $4,000, 600, 900
of greenbacks and issuance of Fed
eral Reserve Bank notes.
D. j. Needham, ABA general
counsel, believes special considera-
ton, when Congress reconvenes, will
be given the Full Employment
Bill" aid for displaced war veterans,
broadening Of the Social Security
Act, and Government reorganiza-
ton. These subjects are outside the
banking field but any laws enacted
will affect banks both directly and
indirectly, he says.
Evening star., 1945-08-08
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 fP1.---A better than
| favorable weekly weather report depressed
cotton futures in moderate trading today.
The Government forecast placed the
bales larger than the average trade guess.
Early gains had been registered on mill
| buying and short covering but the tend
was reversed on the crop announcement.
The spot cotton market was quiet
Late afternoon prices. were 10 to 20
cents bale lower. October: 22.76; De-
| cember, % 70, and March, 22.7S. y
Evening star., 1945-08-08
Dividends Announced
SELECTED llsr or ISSUES.

NEW YORK. Aug. 8. R-Dividends
declared:
Evening star., 1945-08-08
Market Averages
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Aug. g R--Foreign ex-
change rates follow tGreat Britain In dol
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
kst, 9A per cent discount or .9O.75
Europe: Great Britain, 4.O2sz, un.
changed,
Latin America: Argentina free. $500,
.02 of . cent higher: Brazil, free, 5.25;
Evening star., 1945-08-08

far this year. e2To extra. f3Se extra.
h So 90 extra. 10c extra. Paid in 1914.
$40 extra.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-05-28

I1no ii narisAl, kakrsna =. All
he ne spomnis vec njenega
okrutnega, prikritega smehlja-
ia? 2 menoj se je pad igraia ka-
lkor macka 4 nliAjo- !"
"Oh, to je hudo, ze1o hudo. @
tenn nisem prav mic vedel. Sal Sc
vendar nj dosti brigala zate in ii
j. pustila vse, kar 81 hotela. Kar
GudiI sem &c temu.''
Moje ceylje in ohleko mislis /?
Da, YES, oboje Sc il je zdelo grdo
in smesno, JAZZ pa sem Sc potem
zacela nalasc nositi Sc ohlapne-
je. TakO sem bila najvarnejsa
pred MO. Sal sem dovolj grda!
|Samo moi lasje SO lepi, in &c bi
I'll vedel, kako jih sovrazi!
"a mole Mse lie slo tudi tisto
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-05-28

name il II mi prilel r. folilc ma
|proti.. ii mole oci 50 srecale two
be kakor takrat mad robom
Ikupe.
s.Kakpr norecA sem bill Preis-
|kaf sem vse dvofisce l brsIhno-
vim vodnjakom, ki nina nfti IL
hoda1 Tekel sem Ma cestos Xrhil
sem Sc vFsvb pqdelavnidb i1i norel
Ipo njejs dokler Sc .1lisem z ncgn
Izadel oh koveeg. edaj Use mi. je
.vrnilae zavest. " koyceg sem
zmetal svoje reci. VedeI sem, kje
81, saj je bilo " listih dosti oItebi
nap1sanega. Ujel sem vlak, pot
niski vlak ajslabse vrste, in po-
tovanje znjim je bilo pravo TRIP
ljenje. Sam ne vem, kako mi je
bilo pri dust, ko me je vlak tn
odlozil. Kaj maj bi pocel? Toda
vsaj to sem hotel zvedeti, kje
stanujes. In tedaj sta me dobila
oba zdravnika. 20, Dusica, kaj
81 storila? To te je stalo kos ziv-
ljenja, In Sc zdaj Sc nisi cisto po-
pravila ]. =
.Nekoliko zraka prostosti
sem pokusila--in zdaj je hudo,
in to, kar lezi pred mano, tudi."
"Rozamarija, zakaj? Ali ne
stori oce vsega, kar zelis TIA
ko rad te je incl zmerom. Po-
glej vendar, kakot zari sonce ma
tvojih rokah. Cez nekaj tednov
pride pomlad cez morje, takrat
pa pojdes lahko pogledat, kak-
sna je ma tvojem domu."
"Toliko lepega je! Toda maj
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-05-28

Ma pekao ie poskuSAl .boli
'ali rlali poRree eeeno posneti zlato
lsple etea0 otrasje Leonardo da
Vinciia Il ss
sDolga pot jej hilas strasne so
bile nestetes crne reke, XII ie tako
tezavno spriti dez ME. .Zmerpm
80 drne il ,velike, divie, a mrtya-
.skostilap bite dial lje, in mn niiho-
viii bHegoyib Sc zgrozi dpsa, XII
lie take nezna. Toda tudi to sem
morala prestati. In potem sem te
nasla. Toda bio je kakor pri
kraljevi h6eri $ steklene gore.
ISpal 81" .
I'm bill sem tako surov, da sem
spal dalje. Ne vem, Q tebi Sc mi
je sanjalo J"
In nekoc sem te videla, ko 81
rezljal gosi i. in ko sem Sc vr-
Mia v izbo, je bila prazna :. in
spet sem te inorala It'll iskat I. :.
Toda nisem tie nasla.
I'm potem te nisem mogla vec
iskati, ker sem bila bolna, in te-
10 je drzalo svojo duso z zelezni-
mi kremplji. Toda ma bozicni We
Ger so me n1inile same cd sebe
vse boleciney lezala sem pod .jel-
ko in bila sem sama, in tudi pref
.je prislo kakor drugace. Tedaj
sem 81 mislila, da te iscem po-
slednjic. Kajti slutila sem: zdaj
pride zlata prostost, in ko bonn
pri tistih, XII hodijo z lahkimi
nogami, potem me tudi ne bos
vec videl in cutil."
''Kako 81 storila, .da 81 sc ma
posled dotaknila moje neumne
duse, XII je spala ?" je sepnil.
. '.Nasla sem te, Harro; morda
81 cato, ker je bill bozic, mislil
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-05-28

pref 81 Haeran1 sspef nafciti. tla
bonn ghti yesela. Ce clovek
yidi toliko lspnte, .rnu je prevec.
'In jon Sc takoJ prevec rasYese-
linn, ker nisen1 anidesar yec vaje-
ma. Ali bonn sploh Sc kdaj zdfa-
va? Ne cutim 'tegd. 70 tlldisne hi
bio na1hujses Ne hi mi bilo tre-
ba hoditi ma strasne plese in. v
idruzbe, ki se tjih tako bojim 4. J.
zmeFon hi lahko ostala ma
Braunecku. Harro, saj me sko-
raj mic nj, in mole racje noge"
Iznenada Sc Harro, Cd srca "a
smeje in Sc njen drobni smeh Sc
oglasi vines.
Mama sicer pravi, da mi ple-
.salcev ne bo nikoli manjkalo !;
ker sem princesa, bi lahko cd
gospodov zahtevala, da plesejo
z menoj. A vendar bi morala po-
tenn zmerom misliti, da Sc jeze
name. Smejes Sc, Harro, a &c Sc
ii ne bi smilila in &c ne bi bila ze
stara prijatelja, tudi ii najbrz
ne bi maral plesati z zensko, XII
nina prav mic pasu in XII hodi po
racjih nogah."
"Prav dobro 81 znala plesati
S svojimi racjimi nogami. Ali Sc
ne spominjas vec scinkaveevega
plesa in plesa lilij?"
pa, in, Harro, mani Sc bonn
morala spet priagoditi -"
cali je bila neprijazna S te-
boj? VI. Mislim, pred tisto hudo
zgodbo ?"
"saj 81 jo slikal, Harro. TAX
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-05-28
Aonel 0uzllll ~
lsYETNICA~uS MEN NoREC)
Posloyenil Boris RihtarsiS

|vsako leto mi nnoraS zas bozic .kaj
podariti. Sal YES. da me ze list
il tvoje. knjige "a skiciranje zelo
sosreci. O bozicu Sc mora Glo-
vek vselej cesa veseliti.'
Da, o boziGu,' reGe Harro in
|njegov g]as zveni, kakor bi ga
|poslusala skozi tencico. .Da, ta-
|krat 81 prisla k meni 80"
In Sc pref. Ko 81 rezljal IL le-
sa princeso v sobi, kjer 50 bill
ma stropu zlati, zaviti okraski." !"
ITO yes? To yes tudi ?"
Knez je izpustil svoj dnevnik.
Ali sta ga pozabila, ALI pa maj
bi Be on slisal?
"Pogosto. sem bila tam in te
gledala pri delu. Zakaj nisi dvig-
nil oci?"
Neumen sem in trdogiav in
ii 81 Toda kako je to mogo-
ce? Ali nisi vklenjena V jeco il
mesa in kosti, kakor JAZZ in mi
vsi? Kdo te je tega naucil ?"
me vem. Morda mole veliko
hrepenenje, samota. In ii nisi
tega nikoli poskusil?"
"Kako je mogoce -"
"cisto preprosto je. Poglej, &c
lezim, Sc iztegnem, kolikor Sc
morem, potisnem roke pod lase,
takole-vidis, in potem zacnem
hoditi v duhu nazaj v svojo otro-
sko dezelo. Saj 81 tudi ii tam po-
leg. Ma mic drugega ne smem
misliti, mocno moran hoteti, sa-
mo prav malo smem pref jesti in
cisto tho moran biti.,
In potem vzamem dan, uro,
kakor jo nosim v spominu, in
vanjo Sc vzivim. Potem mi leze
pritisk ma prsi, XII postaja moe
nejsi in n1ocnejsi, nato pa sumo
ME, kakor bi letela skozi morje
zraka.-Harro, ali 81 me videl
pred letom dni?"
"Dvigala 81 kupo. Hotel sem
81 domisljati, da sem zaspal in
sanjal."
'Tedaj Sc mi je prvic posre-
clio. In bila sem pri tebi v raz-
valini toda tako hudo me je
prevzelo, da sem izgubila zavest.
In potem sem te iskala, ko sem
bila tn v samoti in sramoti, in
nisem te nasla. Nikoli te nisem
nasla, ne " razvalini, ne v gozdo-
viii, kjer sva bila pogosto oba.
Tedaj sem bila zelo zalostna. In
naposled sem te lie dobila v izbi,
kjer SO bill ma stropu zlati, Ia
viii okraski." s.-.e.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-05-28

not. Ne u = "a bin slnela raz-
pustiti, ce 81 me bila giava -
bclj bolela. Sal sem vedela, ka-
ko 10 to draxi.
in taksno bo moje zivljen5e
ce bonn hotela ostati pri oGetu,
tom morala biti uboga mis-. Ia
wa razpraskana bonn morala So
,deti'v kotu. In vendar moran to
poizkusiti, ssojenu ocetu M
ljubo.
(Dalje prihodnjit)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-05-28
(No5al ljes,a,sie)

(N6d9lj jeVGtie) /
Danes pa bo Harro sedel pri
Rozimariji ia knez bo v sobici
odpravil svojo posto, XII cedalje
bolj narasca. Toda niti najvaz-
nejse reci ga ne morejo prfkie-
niti nase. Rozamarija bi morala
imeti zdaj mater. Mater, XII bi
cutila in slutila, kako je 2 ME
MIN otrokom in tenn dolgim Glo-
vekom, XII ga ma videz mic ne mo-
re zganiti. Rozamarija je po-
zdravila svojega prijatelja z oc-
mi, kakor ga le nekaj dni ne bi
bila videla. Kakor nekoc Dusica,
tako govori 2 MIN. @ umetnosti
govorita, zelo mnogo o umetno-
sti. Harro pravi sicer, da je to
"pogovor terpentinue," vendar
pa kaze vse, da mu je prav ia po-
govor zelo vsec.
Rozamarija We neverjetno n
mnogo o vseh mogeeih vprasa-
njih $ podroeja umetnosti. Knez
kar strmi. Ali res govorita tako
tudi takrat, kadar sta cisto sa-
ma? Matt bi seveda vse cutila,
in bi bila IL teh besed, il vseh
pogovorov 0 razpolozenjih, SEN
cab in barvah takoj odkrila
pravo jedro. Ali je Rozamarija
res Sc zmerom otrok in ljubi ve-
likega moza samo il stare nava-
de? Knee stoka in ne more napi-
sati niti kratkih navodil ia os-
krbnika ma Braunecku: Ne more
Sc znajti. In Sc druga nerazjas-
njena vprasanja nhucijo njegovo
srce.
In potem gre knez S poeasnimi
koraki proti steklenim vratom,
XII ga locijo cd predsobja pred
verando. Pc kratkem pomislja-
nju jih vendar hresce odpre. Sill
sati ga morata pae, onadva tam
-
zunaj, toda &c bi lie ujel kaksno
besedo !. In oba sta ga res sill
sala; toda soba je komaj pred
kratkim dobila opravo, in tuja
vrata jima ne povedo nicesar.
Knee je pri svoji posti -.
Harro sedi ma zelenem stolu,
enen izned tistih, XII skripljejo
yvseh sklepih in Sc jih lahko po-
sluzuje, kakor pravi sam, lie ma
odpoved. Knjigo "a skiciranje
ina pred seboj in rise boj dveh
kusearjev, XII ga je njegovo nitro
oko ujelo ma zeleni strehi cvet-
licnjaka pod verando in XII ga
Rozamarija nj mogla videti.
Knez slisi priduseno zveneci
sneh svoje hcere mad slicico raz-
drazenih zmajckov. Torej umet-
most in spet umetnost, misli
knee in pograb; ob6utkom po-
bitosti svoje pismo. Iznenada pa
prizveni tedaj cudno prisrcni
glas Rozemarije k njegovim
usesom.
"Da, ali bos jutri Sc tn, Har-
ro?"
20, jutri Sc zanesljivo. Da,
jutri se.''
"Prej moran zvedeti. Ne smes
kar izginiti, kajti poten1 te mno-
go let ne bonn videla. &c bonn Ii
vela pri starsih in morala poslu-
sati zmerom mamino voljo 81. !.
In nekat mi moras obljubiti:
Hi
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
HAPPY CHANDLER
TO QUIT IN FALL

WASHINGTON, June a. Up -
Happy Chandler wants to cast two
votes before he quits the senate to
serve full time as basebalps high
commissioner.
That means he may be out OF the
Washington political scene by Sep
TENDER.
In an interview today prompted
by renewed reports that baseball
men want him to get into the sad
die as soon as possible, Senator A.
B. Chandler D-Ky) asserted:
. /. That he wants to vote on the
San Francisco Charter and on the
Breton Woods monetary plan be-
fore he considers dropping his SEN
ate chores.
g. That nothing else stands in the
way of his shift to baseball full
time after that
2 The senate proposes to act on
the Breton Woods agreements the
week of July 9. Some leaders anti
cipate action on the World Peace
Keeping organization by August l.,
and Majority Leader Barley Cd
Ky Chambers colleague, says
certainly by August IS"
Chandler said he wanted to
scotch once and for all'' any ideas
that Kentucky political situation
-"or any other politics" have any,
thing to do with his decision.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
DOCUMENTS SHOW
HITLER ATTEMPT

BERCHTESGADEN, June 81
R-Documentary evidence tn t
Hitler alternately threatened neu-
trail Turkey with total annihila-
ton and assured her of friend
ly cooperation when the German
army marched into neighboring
Bulgaria in the spring of 1941 has
been uncovered in the ruins of the
Nazi Fuehrer's mountain chalet.
Shorthand notes of three letters
addressed to President Ismet mo-
nu of Turkey-one over Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop' S
name and the other two over Hit.
Ter s-were discovered by this cor
respondent the morning after h e
U. S. Third division hoisted the
American flag over Hitler's hide
out. The notes, written during the
latter part of February, 1941, were
translated and confiscated by mill
tary authorities who provided me
with copies.
The communication from o n
Ribbentrop, on the last day of Feb
ruary, which he specifies was to
be delivered to Ankara 'by cour.
Ter only" declared:
II wish to inform your excellen-
cy that entry of German troops
into Bulgaria already has taken
place.
He added that the Bulgarian gov
eminent agreed to the entry aft
err Germany explained that this
action was not directed against
Turkey.
"In answer to the statement
made by your minister of war,
that German politics in the Bal
kans surely drive turkey into war,
Won Ribbentrop asked Inonu to
kindly note that the old German
Turkish friendship can continue I'm.
impaired by maintenance of strict
neutrality in connection with COM
ing events, while entry into war
will bring about danger of total
humiliation Of the Turkish state. :"
Hitler's letters hoped for
peace" and declared that a war
which was forced upon u.s. had re-
quired the German army to enter
Turkeys part Of the world. He said
it was the purpose of the German
government to erase for all time
British influence on the European
continent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
Carrier Bunker Hill
Lives To FIGHT Again
Victims of Jap Suicide Plane Off Okinawa,
$4,000 Ton Ship Braves Fire at Sea
After Suffering CSC Casualties

WASHINGTON, June 27.-lRA
japanese suicide planes scored
two direct bomb hits on the Car
rier Bunker Hill, causing 656 cas-
ualties, but the flagship of Vice
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher sur
vived four hours of flaming death
and will fight again.
The Navy disclosed today that
the Bunker Hill, despite losses
fof 373 dead, 10 missing and 264
wounded in the tragic episode off
Okinawa May II, is home under
her own power for repairs at the
Pugat Sound Navy yard.
A daring maneuver which liter
ally flung the fire from her hangar
deck capped the heroic efforts of
her crew and assisting ships to
conquer the flames.
Three hours after the attack.
firefighters were still Waging
a nip and tuck battle on the flam-
ing deck.
Tons of water, poured on count
1NSS lliOQooIlSo VI SdI1OllS VI l1dlIl
ing oil and gasoline, were forcing
the firefighters back against the
bulkhead. The sheer weight of
the water was causing a six degree
list in the ship. Below decks men
were dying from heat and suffoca-
ton.
The cruiser Wilkes-Barre,
member of the Task group, had
come alongside, placing her bow
hard against the Bunker Hills
starboard quarter, to add her hose
to the firefighting. With the Wilkes
Barre at her side, the Bunker
Hill went into a wide, 70 degree
turn at IL degree 3udder. In
turning - Navy account said, she
shifted the load of water across
the ship and "sumped the heart
of the roaring inferno on her
hanger deck out into the sea.
Men with lips too burned to
cheer rushed forward with their
hose" the Navy related. Fresh
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28
u. S. NOW URGED
TO KEEP GOODS

WASHINGTON, June d. W.D -
Germany launched "Tarnung"
or camouflage campaign to help
German firms in the U. S. conceal
their activities shortly after W r
broke out in Europe, j m S E.
Markham, alien property custodian
revealed today.
Disclosing the plan on the basis
Of information just received from
Germany, Markham urged the gov
eminent to keep without compen-
sation to the owners all property
in this country seized from Ger
mans and Japanese.
Markham, who is at present out
of the country on an undisclosed
mission, submitted his testimony
in writing to the Senate Kilgore
subcommittee now holding hear
ings on German economic resource
es for third world war.
The subcommittee said it would
question Markham on his return.
It said it would continue its open
hearings tomorrow with testimony
of justice department witnesses
based on material obtained in Ger
many since We day.
Markham said that while no for
NAL recommendation had yet been
made to congress it was the joint
opinion of the treasury department
and his office that enemy property
should not be returned. He said
this proposal had been approved
by the State department.
THE net proceeds of the prop
erty will be available for the
claims which the government has
against Germany and Japan or for
any other purpose which congress
may determine, he declared.
Markham suggested that possibly
'their respective governments
might wish to reimburse the for
mer owners.
Markham said that G r m
firms in this country, realizing that
the United States might be drawn
into the war, begin in 1889 cam
paign to "cloak" their activities,
aided by the German government.
This was done, he said, by "sell-
ing" German owned stock in an
American company to non-Ger-
mans at a price which was only
a small part of its value. At the
same time the nominal owner
gave the Germans an option to re-
purchase at the same low price.
In other cases the sale was ap-
parently bona fide but the German
government retained control
through contracts with the Amer
lean company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

from the stern. Despite hits from
the carriers AA batteries, it
launched 500 pound bomb which
crashed through the afte- flight
deck and exploded in the gallery
deck below. The plane crashed in.
to the flight deck at the base OF
the island. 49,
!. Commodore Burke said two
other planes dove for the ship, but
missed.
Tho men of the Bunker Hill i'm.
mediately turned to the task Of
saving their ship. Fires and ex.
ploding ammunition swept the
flight deck where pilots and crew.
men had been caught in their
planes, but most of them escaped.
Below, where the second bomb
went off, the hangar deck quickly
became a furnace fed by gasoline
from. several fuel lines and ex-
ploding ammunition from parked
planes.
Despite intense heat and sui.
locating smoke, men stood by tnei-
posts to ward off further attacks
while firefighters tough the
flames.
There were so many acts OF
outstanding heroism, it would be
impossible to praise anyone over
another" said Capt. George A.
Seitz, Coronado, Calf. I'm proud
of every man who performed his
assigned duties, and words can't
express our Indebtedness to those
gallant men who died at their posts
below decks. They kept the boilers
going and the pressure in the fire
mains"
He recommended 28O of his
officers and men for awards.
Early in the ships fight for life,
the Wilkes-Barre and the destroy.
ers Stembel, Charles S. Sperry
and English moved in to add their
hose to the fight.
1t. James F. Burgess, Pleasant
Garden, N. c., was in charge OF
after air defense during the at
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-28

tack. He not only supervised gun
crews and ordnance repair, but
led firefi ghting parties into the
areas swept by fire and burning
ammunition.
The Navy gave this picture of
the ship after the fire were under
CONTROL
Decks were warped and twist
ed. Gun galleries a;nidships on the
port side had been virtually de-
stroyed. Others on the starboard
side hac been smashed by the
Wilkes-Barre when she came close
aboard in her rescue role. One
elevator, melted almost in two,
hung down into the smoking and
flame blackened hanger deck. The
gallery deck, where pilots and air
crewmen had sat for briefing that
morning, was completely demolish-
ed. The flight deck erupted crafty
toward the sky, a twisted mass of
wood and steel. The island struc.
ture, which had been engulfed in
flame after the second struck. was
shambles of torn catwalks and
mangled steel"
The Bunker Hill, built by the
Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River
Yard, Quincy, Mass, joined the
Pacific Fleet in the fall of 1913.
The Spanish conquistador, Fran
cisco Orellana, discovered the Am