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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-07
KIWANIS LEASES
BOYS CAMP LAND

Kiwanis Club members were in
formed at, their noon luncheon
meeting at the Friendly yesterday
that the committee on Boys
Brigade work has successfully
negotiated a 25-year lease on II
acres of the Nicholson N. Nixon
estate at Porter's Neck at the very
nominal figure of $1.00 per year
for use as a Boys Brigade camp
site.
Wilbur R. Dosher, reporting fo1
the committee, said that under
terms of the lease, the club has the
option of an additional Is years at
the same rental, provided the site
is continued as Boys Brigade
summer. camp.
Following announcement of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-07
AND so TO BED.

The recent extension Of city
limits added a lot to Whining.
ton police beats, but not az
much as some people think.
Sgt. L. B. Rourk of the police
department said a man in
Warsaw called the department
ana wanted the local force to
come to his aid.
The fellow told Sergeant
ROurk that he had been in .
fight and his opponent pulled
a gun on him.
..Sorry," was the sergeant's
reply" city limits have not
been extended that far" May
be next year we can help you,
If you still want our police pro-
lection"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-07
WATER PROJECTS
MAY GET BOOST
Sl,l99,5OO Allotted By
Committee To 22N. e..
River Jobs
Wilmington Star
Washington, d. c., Bureau


WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. O.
Klyer and harbor projects in the
wilmington area received promise
Of financial aid when the House
appropriations committee, in re-
porting out the War department
civil functions bill for the fiscal
year 1946-47, yesterday recon-
mehded allotments amounting to
a. 500 for the maintenance of
u SUCH projects in North Carolina.
Inc recommend grants are as
cape Fear river, at and below
wilmington, $1s5, 1000, maintenance;
eape Fear river above Whining
.on' $4,000, maintenance, $4,000
operation and care; Northeast
va, mape Fear river; $1,000; Lock
woo Folly river, $1,000.
Examinations, surveys and con-
M shgencies: Wilmington, $4,000;
MOrehead City harbor, $4,000.
continued on Page Two; Col. 81
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Along The Cape Fear

Barwick asked him the routine
question, What three motor We
hicles are permitted to use
sirens?"
The. colored boy got along all
right with two. One, he said, was
the police car and the other was
the ambulance. But he couldn
think of the third. BarWick kept
prodding him, but the boy couldn'
answer.
Finally, Barwick said the third
one was fire truck.
'Yassir," said the boy. but
Use from Chinquapin. We doesn't
have no fire truck there"
WRONG ANSWER - Barwick
examines quite a few would-be
drivers. He has a few trick ques-
tions. One of them usually stumps
lot of the applicants. 1t is:
If you're driving down the roao
at 7O-miles-per-hour and a child
ran out into the road and the only
way you could keep from hitting
the child would be to turn your
automobile off the road and hit
a tree, which would you hit, the
child or the tree?
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Most Rations To Be Affect.
ed In Presidents Effort .
To Aid Stricken. -
WHISKEY, BEER HIT
Darker Bread To Appear
On American Tables I'm.
der New Wheat Plans
Full text of President Tru-
mans message will be found
on Page II.

WASHINGTON, Feb. G.
(P)-Darker bread, less tasty
pastries, and far less whiskey
and beer were decreed for
Americans today as President
Truman moved to share this
country's short wheat supply
to avert what he called mass
starvation" abroad.
Further, a reduction in the
nations high level of meat
and poultry production was
requested as an additional
means of making more wheat
available for bread for the
hungry in other lands.
Informal Rationing ~
The President, in a state
ment declaring the world
faces a serious food crisis,
called upon storekeepers and
other distributors to institute
informal rationing of foods
that may be scarce for the
months Immediately ahead.
Although he did not list
foods expected to be short, he
undoubtedly referred to bread.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-07

supplies; it is also concerned with,
and is bound to play an influential
role in shaping our policy about,
oil supplies in other parts of the
world. Where oil is involved the
high officials Of the Navy Depart
ment should be above all suspicion,
political or personal, warranted OF
unWarranted. Mr.. Pauley would
always be suspect, and every ac-
ton of the United States govern
ment in critical areas like the
Middle East and 1ndonesia, where
oil is so important, would be laid
open to suspicion.
Since he has no other experience
right quick, the tree.
Most Of the applicants jot down
which makes MIN indispensable in
the Navy Department.. it is the
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. s.
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NCSC Heads
East Coast
Selections
Outstanding Record OF
Local Facilities Cited In
Recommendations
20 SHIPS TALKED"
SPA Report On Maritime
Com mission Yards
Studied By Congress
Especial to the Starr

WASHINGTON, Feb. g.
Because of the outstanding
r I'd established by the
North Carolina Shipbuilding
company, it was learned on
good authority here t Q d a y
that the Wilmington facility
will be allotted contracts to
build it's share of any new
work which may be contem-
plated by the U. S. Maritime
commission.
Prediction of a continuation
of activity at the Whining
ton yard was based on the
forecast that the commission
will build more ships with the
figure of "at least 20" being
given.
Report Studied
Meantime, the official report Of
the Surplus Property administra-
ton on the disposal of wartime
shipyards was being studied by
congressional leaders Interested in
the American Merchant marine.
This report listed three Mari
time commission yards as recon-
mended for retention on a perma-
nent basis for shipbuilding. stor.
age and repair work. These yards
are North Carolina, the only one
on the East coast so designated,
Bethlehem at Alemeda, California,
and Kaiser, at Vancouver, Wash
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26 CHARGES FACE
2 'DESPERAD0ES'

George Mills and Dennis Forbes
have been charged with two sepa-
rate warrants each stating they
are "suspected' of having broken
into, entered and stolen one single
barreled shotgun and one % caliber
rifle from the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Jones, Topsail resi-
dents. The warrant also charges
them with having been connected
with stealing other personal prop
erty which with the gun and rifle
have a total value of $3.50.
The other two warrants charge
the men with willfully and feloni-
ously assaulting the Joneses with
firearms and robbing them of $40.31
cash, Sheriff j. T. Brown, Burgaw,
said last night.
The four warrants are the first
of 26 collective papers which are
expected to be served on the two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-07
HIGHWAY PATROL
NEEDS MEN HERE
Members Before War Not
Returning To Old Jobs
In Unit

The New Hanoyer unit OF the
State Highway patrol is in need OF
more patrolmen, officials indicated
yesterday.
Sergeant J. R. Smith, who is in
charge of the local unit, said that
number of men employed here
and at other points in the state be-
fore they were drafted or volun-
teered for service with the armed
forces are not coming back to their
old jobs.
Some of the me mare finding
better jobs and some of them are
still in service, the sergeant ex-
planned, throughout the state, the
need for more patrolmen is in evil
dence."
Although there had been previous
indications by some officials that
the unit operating in New Hanover
is we'll stated, Sergeant Smith
statement is borne out in the, fact
that two former patrolmen who
have been discharged from the SER
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-07
VIOLENCE MARKS
LAB0R'S UNREST
Two Killed In Illinois; Tug
boat w ork ers Defy
Government
By The Associated Press

Two fatal shootings in an ILL
nois railroad strike fracas and a
call from the Office of DefeAse
Transportation for Army and
Navy authorities to man New
York harbor's strikebound tugboats
marked the nations postwar la
Dor picture yesterday.
Lawrence c. Turner, Federal
manager of the struck tugboat
facilities, sent out a request for
Army and Navy help to restore
shipping after representatives of
$500 striking ALL longshoremen
voted against returning to work
on government-seiz boats.
The strikebound Toledo, Peoria
and Western railroad-one of the
first properties seized by the gov
ro1
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Weather Table

NJ, FORECAST
iair ~ and South Carolina - Thursday
becoming mild in afternoon.
Eastern Standard Time)
M. my U. S. Weather Bureau)
enJienYeoro!ogical data for the "a hours
E3u pm. yesterday.
Inn Temperatures
Ian 9c0U am. 40; 1880 am. 81: 1880 pm. Sc:
''S0 pm. SO. D"'' wv
No raHlnum 70; Minimum At; Mean So;
,.,o Humidity
I'm i'o y am. "a; 1880 am. 90; 1880 pm. rs;
rot., Precipitation
"z ~ inches.
o2 soi al. since the first of the month
tF,. Tides For Today
L io N the Tide Tables published by
Noast and Geodetic Survey
wining4o. High Low
A'lefon $3.50 1870 am. 8:49 am
Mssorh 2:01 pm. 907 pm
'Oi4poro Inlet II :37 am. 5:27 am
Sunrise 7:o4 am; Sunset SUNS '5:4s as pm Pm
Rive etse 1927 am; Moonset 1l:47 pm
am VT Stage at Fayetteville, N C. at ,
Wednesday, 1915 feet.
"ontinued on Page Two; Col. A.
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CAMP DAVIS Use
BASED ON BILL
Old Status Seen If Congress
Passes Selective Serv-
ice Measure
Wilmington Star
washington. ID. C.. Bureau


WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
When the Army's reorganization
plan for peace-time operations is
approved by the high command,
Camp Davis, North Carolina
famous wartime anti-aircraft
training center, the largest in the
nation, now being used as a sup
ply storage base by the Marine
corps, may. revert to its former
status.
An officer in the Pentagon said
today that a strong possibility ex-
lists of the camps becoming again
training ground for anti-aircraft
personnel, if Congress adopts the
Administrations plan of perman-
ent compulsory military training.
Should Congress fail to adopt
N~V ~
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Wilmington and vicinity Thursday
generally fair, becoming mild in after
noon.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11

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1871.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11
YourGIRights
Questions ana Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
Bv DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON Veterans and
their relatives have sent in the FOL
lowing questions:
Q-My brother just got back
from overseas, where he was in
several battles. He refuses to go
outside or to try to get work. He
just sits in the house and talks
about the war. ! am a widow, and
I can't afford to support him if he
doesn't help. l hate to leave him
alone in the house. I am desperate.
What car I do?
A-Your brother apparently
needs help from Veterans Adj
ministration doctor. Explain the
situation to the nearest VA contact
representative. If it is cecided
he doesn't need medical attention,
he can get money from the gov
eminent for rehabilitation training
or as a readjustment allowance UNI
til he can find something tc do.
Q-Is it possible for veteran to
get a government-guaranteed loan
for the purchase of house, and
at the same time to get money
from the government for continu-
ing his education?
Al il theoretically possible.
But if you are attending school,
you will probably find it difficult
to get any loan agency to lend
you money with which to buy a
house.
Q-My son was in the Marine
Corps for close to three years, yet
he never had one day of furlough.
Can he get any money for the fur
lough time ne should have re-
ceived
A-No. A bill has been intro
duced which would give enlisted
men the same type of terminal
leave officers receive, but Con-
gress has taken no action on it.
Q-My son is getting veterans
unemployment compensation. viii
this be deducted from any future
bonus he might receive from the
government?
A-No.
Q-My husband was 4-F during
the war. Last month he was
drafted. Will he be eligible for
the CT benefits when he gets out?
Ayes, if he serves on active
duty longer than 80 days, and if
his discha1 ge is other than dishon-
orable.
(Questions will be answered
only in this space-not by MALL
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11
GOVERNMENT SWINGS
BEHIND PROGRAM TO
AID DAIRY OUTPUT

WASHINGTON, April 10.-UD-
The government was believed
Wednesday to be swinging behind
a compromise program to spur
dairy production with both addl,
tional subsidies and some outrlgh'
price increases.
Specific details of the program
are expected to be announced
soon, perhaps, Wednesday. Its pur-
pose will be to increase milk, but
ter and cheese supplies by rellev-
ing the squeeze" on producers
who contend there is no profit IN
these items under present celhngs.
Government agencies first were
reported working on a plan Tor
across-the-b ard increases IN
dairy prices. 1t called for as much en-
as cent a quart increase in milk
prices with corresponding hikes
in the price of butter and cheese.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11
MARCH CIRCULATION
REPORT SHOWS TOTAL
OF 1868 BOOKS

A total Of 3,068 books were
circulated from the Wilmington
Public Library in March, &C.
cording to a report issued to the
city council by Miss Emma Wood
ward, librarian, yesterday.
The total includes books circu-
lated from the Lake Forest library
and the Bookmobile. The break
down of figures was:
Public library-children's books,
555; adults books, 6,201; Lake
Forest Observation-Disclosures books,
873; adults books, 1,035; Book
mobile-Riverside apartments, 60;
Raleigh building 931; Vance build
ing, 1888; Wrightsboro, 387; HeWes
building, 119; Washington Catlett,
735; Winter Park, At; Seagate, 146;
Wrightsville sound, Sc; Wrightsville
Beach, 70; Kure's Beach, 70; and
Carolina Beach, 419.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11
THURSDAY, APRIL IL

THURSDAY. APRIL IL
1870 AM-Family A1taI.
7:45-Musical Clock.
s:oo-News With Martin Agronsky.
s:15-Novelty Trio.
8:3o-Musical Clock.
s:55-UP News.
s:ooLThe breakfast Club With Don
Mcneil.
10:00-My True Story.
10 :25-Betty Croker.
1o:3o-Hymns of All Churches.
10 :45-The Listening Post.
11:oo-Breakfast in Hollywood - Tom
Brenamen.
11:45-Ted Malone.
1900 N-Glamour Manor.
1890 PM-Club Matinee.
1:0o-Baukhage Talking
1:15-Musical Interlude.
25-News-Wiimington news.
1:3o-Mid-Day Musical.
1:45-Our Singing Land.
2:oO-John B. Kennedy-News.
2:15-EtheI and Albert.
2:30-Bride and Groom.
3:oO-Al Pearce and His Gang.
3:3o-Ladies Be Seated.
4:oo-Jack Berch and Boys.
4:15--Little Show.
4:30-Time for Women.
4:45-Hop Harrigan.
500 PM-Terry and Pirates.
5:15-Wesleyan Methodist Church.
5:30-Salute to the Hits.
5.45-Not So Quite Please.
S:O0-Kiernan's Corner
6:15-Musical Interlude.
6:20-Sports Parade
6:25-News - Wilmington Star
s:3o-Your Richfield Reporter.
e:45-The Barry Wood Show.
7:o0-Headline Edition
7:15-Evening Request Program.
7:3o-Professor Quiz.
8:oo-Evening Request Program.
8:15-Earl GodWin-News.
8:30-America's Town Meeting OF the
Air.
9:30-Detect and Collect.
9:55-Chester Morrison
10:00-Concert Time.
1o:30-Here's Morgan.
10.45-String Ensemble.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11
OVER THE NETWORK
THURSDAY. APRIL IL

IHChSDAI, NIL IL
Eastern Standard Time PM. - Subtract
One Hour for est, 2 Hours for MIST.
Changes in programs as listed are due
to corrections by networks made
too late to incorporate.
5:3o-Just Plain Bill, Dramatic - NBC
Cimarron Tavern Serial Story - CHS
The Jack Armstrong serial-ABc-east
Captain Meningitis Story - MBS-basic
5:45-Front Page Terrell Serial - NBC
Sparrow and The Hawk, Serial-NBC
Tennessee Jed. Drama Skit-ABC-east
HOO Harrigan in Repeat-other ABC
Tom Mix. Serial Series-MBS-basi
6OO-News Report for Is Minis. - NBC
Quincy Howe and News Period - CHS
Walter Herman and News - ABC-east
Repeat of the Terry Serial - ABC-west
Howe's Answers, Repeat - MBS-west
6:15-Echoes of Tropics; Sports NBC
Waitin' for Clayton, Song Time = CHS
Repeat from Dick Tracy - ABC-west
Repeat Superman Serial - MBS-west
6 30-Skyline Roof, G. MacRae = CHS
Jack Armstrong in Repeat - ABC-west
6:45-Lowell Thomas & Newscast - NBC
World News and Commentary ABC
Cal Tinney's Commentary - ABC-basic
Tennessee Jed, in Repeat - ABC-west
Tom Mix, Serial Repeat - MBs-west
7:Oo-Radio's Supper Club - NBC-basic
Lanny Ross and Song Show CHS
News Commentary g. Overseas - ABC
Fulton Lewis, Jr., & Comment - MBS
7:15-News & Comment of World - NBC
Tenor Jack Smith Sings CBS-basic
RAYMOND Swing and Comment - Abe
Dancing Music for IS Minutes = MbS
7:30-Bob Burns Comedy - NBC-baslc
Mr.. Keen, 80 Min. Drama ~ CBS-baslc
Dancing Music Orchestra = other CHS
Prof. Quiz Back on the Air - Abe
Arthur Dale in Comment - ABC
7:45-Kaltenborn Comment - NBC-wesf
Inside of Sports, Bill Brandt - MBs
8:OO-Geo. Burns & Oracle Alle1f-NBC
Suspense Mystery Drama Show - Chs
Lum &, Abner Comedy Skit -. Abe
Drama in Caring Playhouse - MBs
8:15-Earl Goodwin in Comment - Abe
s:3O-Dinah Shores Open House-NBC
F'BI in Peace and War, Drama-CBS
American Town Meeting Forum-ABC
Dick Powell's Mystery Drama-MBS
8:55-Five Minutes News Period-CBS
9 :O0-Bing Crosby's Music Hall - NBC
Music from Andre Kostelanetz-CBS
Gabriel Heater and Commentaries
9:15-Rea1 Life Stories, Drama - MBS
9:3O-Jack Haley's Variety - NBc-basic
Hobby Lobby by Dave Elman - CHS
Detect and Collect by a Quiz ABC
Weekly Concert from Antonini-MBS
9:55-Five Minutes News Show - ABC
l0:O0-Abbott & Costello Comedy-NBC
Island Venture, Drama Series CHS
Curtain Time Dramatic Series - ABC
You Make the News. Dramatic-MBS
l030-The Rudy Vallee Varietee - NBC
The Danny O'Neil Song Theater-CBS
Henry Morgan: Dance Music ABC
Orchestra with Dancing Tunes - MBS
11:O0-News for IS Minutes NBC-basic
The Supper Club R peat other NBC
News; Variety, Dande h.-CBS & ABC
News Dance Band Shows, 2 h.-MBS
II :15-Variety & News to l am. NBC
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11
Radio Programs
WMFD Wilmington-14O0 KC
1910 ON YOUR DIAL

11:15-l240 Club.
l1:5SBilly Arthur.
l2:o0-Lyle Van-MBS.
l2:l5-Morton Downey-MBS.
l2:3O-Richard Maxwell-MBS.
l2:45-July Lang-MBS.
l:00-United Press News.
1:05-Melodic Moods.
1:15-Tropical Tempo Time
1:30-Melody Lane
1:45-John ]. Antkony-MBS
2:00-Cedric Foster-MBS
2:15-Smiie Time-MBS
2:30-Queen For A Day-MBS
3:O0-News Wilmington News
3:05-Music Box
4:00-Erskine Johnson-MBS
4:15-Johnson Family-MBS
4:30-Atlantic Beach Melody Hour
4:45-Glee Club Serenade
4:55-United Press News
5:00-Meet The Band
5:15-Superman-MBS
5:3o-Captain Midnight-MBS
5:45-Tom Mix-MBS
60o-News Roundups
6:15-Twilight Serenade
6:30-Sports Parade
6:45-Musical Cocktails
700-Fulton Lewis, Jr.-MBS
7:15-Blue Ribbon Revue
7:30-To Be Announced-MBS
7:45-Band of The Day
8:0O-Camp Lejeune News
3:15-The Nocturne Hour
8:30-Fresh Up Show-MBS
9:O0-Gabriel Heatter-MBS
9:15-The Bandwagon
9:30-Spotligh Bands-MBS
1O:OO-To Be Announced
10 :3o-Bill McCune's Orch.-MBS
11:o0-All The News-MBS
11:15-Sign Off
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WING

1910 ON YOUR DIAL
THURSDAY. APRIL III
JACKSONVILLE, N. c.
6:30-Sign on.
6:45-Musica1 Clock.
6:30-Wilson Presents-TN.
7:0O-Wilmington Morning Star-Morn'
ing Headlines.
7:O5-Musical Clock.
7:45-News Roundup.
8:OO-Fairy Tales.
S:10-Under the Capital Dome.
8:15-Front Page News.
8:30-Musical Clock.
S:45-Sally Ann Time.
8:55-United Press Commentary.
9:00-United Press News.
9:05-Spotlight Rhythm.
9:15-Carolina Ranch Boys.
9:30-Shady Valley Folks-TN
9:45-In the Woman's World-MBS
1O:00-United Press News.
lO:05-Music for Listening.
l0:15-Melody Mustangs.
10 :30-Your Hit Parade.
l0:45-Waltz Time.
II :00-Cecil Brown-MBS
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11
ATU Agents Take Still
In Pender County Swamp

A 10o-gallon capacity steam-type
still and 300 gallons Of spent mash
were destroyed by Alcohol TAX
Unit agents yesterday morning IN
a swamp in Fender county.
ATU agents Lon Lowe, Charles
Gray, and Ernest Plate carried
out the raid.
No operators were apprehenoeo'
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END STRIKE

p, SHANGHAI, April 10 - U.D -
CAlhese messengers for American
~ British news services agreed
~ END their strike today after
we Bureau of Social Affairs or
ooa their salaries raised to $685.
~ a week. $35 in American mon
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11

WANTED TO BUY TO z ROOM HOUSE
Tor cash. Good location. No realtors.
write P. O. Box 1874
WANTED GOOD USED BEDROOM
suI'c and living room suite. preferably
m bic Call 2-2995
"ANTED-USED OIL STOVES IN GOOD
condition. Dial 5128.
WANTED PICKUP TRUCK. Reason
anle Dial 1923, or write P.O. Box 1927.
WANTED LIGHT COUPE OR ROAD
ser from owner. Cash. Dial 2-le40.
n. s. Tilden.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-11

The worlds first commercial
telephone exchange was opened az
New Haven, Conn.,, in 1878.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-09-28

via the Panama Canal. Although German submarines were still op- erating on a fairly large scale in the Atlantic, no contacts were made. Four days were spent in Balboa for minor repairs before proceeding on to Pearl Harbor. It was very pleasant trip, with many friendly plane and ship contacts, and much opportunity for training the crew.
 g May-31 May, 1944. In Pearl Harbor area for minor repairs and intensive training. Lieut.. Comdr. L. c. Farley, USNR, was examined and found to be physically unfit for sea duty, which proved to be quite a blow to the ships organi- zation, particularly the approach party. He was detached and Lieut.. Danegre took over the duties of Executive Officer. Lieut.. E. R. Eberle, USNR, and Ensign V. L. Cathey, UNR, reported aboard for duty.
 31 Mays August, 1944. First War Patrol, conducted in the East ern Philippine area, GA days dura- tion, 40 days on station. En route to station stopped by Midway for a few hours to top off fuel. About 2OOO CD on IT June sighted a large Japanese Task Force several hundred miles west of Saipan. We were directly ahead of this Force, and commenced tracking. They were making very high speed, and were heading towards Saipan, evil Gently going to the assistance of this island, as it had just been invaded by our forces. The closest ship was a large carrier, which was tracked by radar until we were forced to dive to avoid detection. Although a good Set-up on the car- rier was obtained, and 1t Is be- Eeved a successful attack could have been made, the tough decision was made to keep our presence unknown, obtain as much informa- ton on the enemy force as possi- ble, and relay this to our own forces as soon as possible. As the enemy force passed overhead count was made of their ships, and when clear, we surfaced and sent the information to our own surface forces. It was found out later that this information proved to be of