THE REGISTER-GUARD. EUGENE. OREGON
Pa se Ten
v.
U. S. S. Lexington Hit
Japs Hard Before
Being Knocked Out
1
' rvwy-g,T aa
JAP PLANE CLOSES IX TO ATTACK 1. S. S. LEXINGTON A Japanese torpedo
plane (arrow) "hedge hops" over anti-aircraft bursts as it closed in to attack the V. S. Lex
ington in the Coral sea battle. White spray at left was thrown up by bursting anti-aircraft
shells, exploding as they hit the water. Black puff of AA fire at right indicates another Jap
plane attacking from that direction. The Lexington, badly damaged in the attack, later
blew op and sank.
. , : - . :.... - . " . -
--- MlMHIIil'"lr 4 "
r
JAP CARRIER FIRED BY NAVY PLANES IN CORAL SEA Flaming debris sprinkled
the water and smoke plumed from a Japanese carrier of the Shoknko class, ns she weaved
in tho Coral Sea making a big "S" in her wake. Navy torpedo and dive-bombing planes left
her ablaze on the morning of May 8,
over one cruiser, while going In.
That cruiser didn't tire at ui. She
must have mistaken us (or some of
their own the weather was so
bad it was an easy mistake to
make. !
"We slid through a bit of scud
and came out astern of the carrier. !
Her lookouts recognized us and
she began a sharp right turn. All
the anti-aircraft guns in the unit
uponed up on us, bounced us
around some, but didn't stop us. !
'Several enemy fighters I saw
Messerschmitt types with liquid
cooled engines, Zeros and older
fixed landing gear types mixed to
gether came at us, but we were
in the final run by that time, well
fanned out.
Carrier Decka Empty
"Just before I let my fish (tor
pedo) go I could see the carrier
well. Her decks were empty all
her planes were in the air, either
defending the ship or pounding
our own carriers. We saw the
whole Jap vessel jump as our tor
pedoes began exploding. Then we
were busy dodging fighters, call
ing down our own fighting pilots,
and heading home.
"We closed up into a tight for
mation so all our gunners could
get cross fire into any Jap fighters
bothering us. It was well, too, be
cause 12 Jappies came down on us.
They came cautiously because we
were flying only 30 feet above the ,
water.
"After several gentle passe, in
our direction two of the Zeros got
caught in our gunners' converg
ing fire and dropped flaming into
the sea. The rest cleared out, and
left us alone. Our problem then
became one of nursing our fuel
we were damned low so that we
ceuld make it back home. Thirty
miles out one plane's tanks ran
dry. The pilot made a perfect,
wheels-up landing. Later a des
troyer picked up the pilot and his
two men. The rest of us made it
back. We could hardly believe
from the way the Lexington looked
a that time, that she had been
hurt."
Let us revert for a moment to ,
the attack on Japanese carrier. No.
l. As Lomm. Brett s torpedo
planes came snaking out of the
low cloud. Comm. Ault's four
heavy dive bombers were gaining
altitude for their attacks. They
first flew over the Japanese at j
3.500 feet, picked the carrier from
amid the formations below. The
Japanese ships momentarily were '
11: clear air but were steaming fast :
for a rainsquall.
Bombers l'nmoVsted
The four planes turned intt
their dives just as the first tor
pedoes Were being released. Much !
of the carrier's anti-aircraft were
busy with the torpedo planes i
there being 11 of them and
Comm. Ault's bombers were not !
molested in their swift, straight i
descent. The result was that three i
of their bombs plunged through
the carrier's deck. Towering
masses of smoke and debris rose
after each blast.
"The bombs seemed to act in
a dual manner." one of the tor
pedo pilots who saw the dive
bombers come down said after-
Olive Barber
ward: "Not only did they tear that
carrier apart but they also had an
incendiary effect. Of course, that's
not so strange. Carrier have huge
gasofme ' Once thU .tarts to Yum , THOSE VARIOUSLY-MINDED FRIENDS
its goodbye." '
Only one of this force of four ( n acquaintance of mine lately of good report," and I know o
dive bombers reached the ""'gave me her own particular me- surely that did the neea arise
ington after the baule. A cloud of thod of selecling friends. She is thls woman would rise to my
Zeros intercepted Comm. Ault i g DJr nature; has a great defense; would believe no ill of
little force and shot down three. :, niinl, nv,u t
The commander's last words over have o((en feU uneasy about
the radio were: u.ideiv different tvDes which at-
"My rear gunner is badly hit. trac, me WM un5eemly j nave ! minded friends. May their tribes
m niwi told myself, to enjoy a woman oi . no increase:
fn unlit fin-J j-
.... ..v lu a , tven
then, she would not repeat it.
jcs, i neea an tnese variously
the water.'
Heroes Many
The dive bombing pilots of
United States carrier II were busy
meanwhile, dropping their big ex
plosive charges on and around the
questionable character almost as
much as I did the minister's wife.
But my friend gave me an ex
planation of how this may be.
She enjoys one person, she ex-
Women Workers Said
Making Good At Jobs
ii Thi.r utp plained, because she makes a good " AaHllVurON, June 20. (U.R)
24 nf these which accounts for the dinner companion, although she j war Pla"t managers who have
?-r number of hits seven -as Sht have nothing to offer if ljt ! hired thousands of women work
cornPareT with the iTxington" erature were being discussed. An-, . , wen pleased with the way,
SaTof three on the carrier her er of her friends is intensely Jher are n .ng good m Indus
dive bombers hit The Lexing- civic-minded, and the zeal with ' 'J' Thelma McKelvey, chief of
ton's main dive 'bomber group, I which she enters into poliUcal I "e women s division of the war
remember, did not find the Japan- issues stimulate and entertains "Power commission, reported
ese at all. and the only dive bomb- those about her. Still another
ing support given the torpedo "end has such sympathy and . Ils' McKelvey, just returned
Planes was by four planes. understanding that she can talk , fr?m a tour of west coast Indus-;
planes as oy tour P'"- ' h nal problems tries, said about 2,000,000 women1
Tn, lZT?LtnJr??i wit her and this bringing them kill be employed in war plants:
S he open clarifies many a by end of the year. Pointing
oay battle came during the attack situation i c"' that housing and transports!
of United States carrier II's dive f'uation. problem restrict th. i i
bombing groups. Lieut. John L. ' began to understand why it ; 'nJ c wnr? .Th
rowers oe of the pilots, had told U that I am attracted by such I '"on ' new J" m
his comrades that he was going to : divergent personalities. I once P''m sa'd.atIeYery wo" I
put his big bomb into a Japanese taught with a girl who was my . hiT, ,
carrier "come hell or high water." antitype in every way. and her nYp'L l'
Powers' dive was watched by thought processes continually such as San Dle and Seattle."
a number of men. They said he amazed me. She was not evep BAR EXAMINATION'S
held his ship straight for the what the world calls a very q at fm T,',n -n im c- .
Japanese deck until he was uown "moral" person, and my family . ia. studnu " fl, S'ty
to 500 feet-point-blank range never ceased to marvel at our minattons at the capi to here
even for a dive bomber There mutual enjoyment of each other. Monday and Tuesday P' J
he released his bomb and began i An extremist in dress, it was number in many years, the su-
i.u, is inline wciji iiuuiiHiii iu iivr mat nvr nai oe preme court said today
true to its mark and the resulting the latest model, while I usually
explosion shattered not only the wore no hat at all, or if I did, draft Rnmn 'Trpt
Jap ship but also Powers' plane, it would likely be a weird affair,, pAPMiNr-rnNT m m mm
"There is no question that John ' purchased season before last. No I From a rosTor r7 iL ,h7 i n1
knew what he was doing." one of doubt she considered me a dowdy ! J X TL lc" an4,r0
his fellow pilots told me. "He knew creature, and I know I thought nUha c ouole of Woorow wnsin,"
that if you go below about 700 feet her rather shallow. Yet some- ; S Robert E Lee a TTolas ET
m your recovery the blast will get thing about her set my wits at a i son. , Mariin Luther Jn OUvcr
you every time. To stay above 700 new and sparkling tempo. In her ; Cromwell, a Lloyd George, a Hon-
feet means you must release your presence, I put my best foot for- rv Ford an Al Smith and 2 Kin
bomb no lower than 1.000 feet. He wafd. A fine gift, that, to receive ' George
held his to 500 and was probably from any one. I 4
ssiw32sjjr:i": u has m frM askf FOr d.rT
God blesi" him " ' count among my frlends a fcw of ' CAMP CALLEN, Cal. (U.B Pvt.
, ...x. p t .toi-a,.vav. me it-un busier, jz, oi Kansas, was
I fellowship we have enjoyed to- homesick for some home -town
Kether, and still do, is one of gossip. He wrote to his girl friend
my heart's dearest treasures. Yet j at Wichita, Kas., saying, "Let's
tea
KEN N ETH U HARi
son of Mrs. JIary TaliJ
gene, who was reportJ
ng in action in the
Bay area. His brother.
24, is on duty aboard
craft carrier.
School Elects
TnRANF Annual rhnn1 eler . " '"'"H"11; uireu uuve some lown uirt. - ine return
tion w., fheTd Tat the WEh 1 school ChuSe t0 the "clusion of all envelope contained a handful of
!L" . .A - L ,eh Rh. P"i others are of the "unhonored and Kansas' richest too soil.
this week. C. G. Smith was elected
director for two years in place of " J. n ,Ti 1 J
...y ".j :a deep, all-prevading smriritv 1
Warnock Seal & f " ' eh h
a three year term. John Mulligan facu'? 'or get,l'n,g at ,the heaTt
was elected clerk for one year. Ad- of thlnfs' ,so tnat 1 w"yS 5?
visory board members elected more clear.'y usuch P-oblcms as I
...or. T..nh Vr... ,r, I"! VtT dlSCUSS With him.
Crader. The budget for the com
ing year was voted.
Miss Mildred Petne of Lake
A firm believer In total ab
stinence, yet some of those whom
I have enjoyed most are given
Geneva, Wis., is visiting an aunt, ' o lingering o er long at their
Mrs. W. H. Lohrey. 1 cups. I have forgotten their weak-
Trie Raymond Woods family and j ness because of their strength.
Irene Briggs and Ruth Woods are , The one I have in mind just now
attending meetings of the Assem- never makes unkind remarks,
bly of God at Salem over the practising the admonition to dwell
week-end. ' only on those things which "are
SPECIAL
BLUE PLATE
DINNER
65c
Served Every Sunday
12:00 Noon Till 8:00 P. M.
Eugene Hotel
Broadway & Fearl Fh. 2000
L A
Shoe Repairing
GUARANTEED ETfi
WORKMANSHIP
While You Hiil Stri
Men's, Women'!, Childirl
Leather
Half Soles
Women's Top Lifts,
Composition or
Genuine Leather
Women's Toe Tips,
Genuine Leather
PENNEY'S
Shoe Repairing
National OpenM
Penney's Baiewi:
By STANLEY JOHNSTON
(Copyright, 1042 by The
Chicago Tribune)
Distributed by United Press Assn.
in her last fight the Lexington
Former Washday Slave
Now Does Her Laundry
the Easy Way . . .
Get free of bocruty-vvTockincj
wash-day ... do your laundry
tho easy wayl Send it to tin!
It's easy, it's thrifty. It's effi
cient. Your clothes come back
swoot smelling, and irosh,
spotlessly clean. Cull up for
details.
NEW SERVICE LAUNDRY
839 High Street Phone 825
(I))
8 M
Japanese were showering their Lexington from battle, that they
blitz upon us. sank one of the carriers and left
The only real records available' ,nothcr "I?" enveloped in fierce
tor the deeds of the day are the ,lamc- The leas' damage the
reports and memories of the gal-,f.cc0"d coul.d have suf-
was not merely on the receiving: lant boys who flew away to do , ,u "lula nae uccn a corn
end of battle blows. I their jobs. They sav that at least ' ,Sli, nK'f,
. Her airmen, banding with those three Japanese aircraft carriers op- ' COUUl ' ,JKe to"rt
of the second carrier in our tea- posed them in the fighting that )ur scouts were off at dawn,
borne air force, delivered a devai-day with more than IliO Japanese 1 They made contact with the Jap
tating left hook, followed by a planes. And they say, many of nncse at 8:10 a. m. on May 8. At
right cross to the Japnnese chin, them told me as much within an '' 30 m- our dive bombers and
almost at the moment when the 1 hour after their return to the torpedo planes with a small fight
er escort took the air to blast the
Japs.
The Japanese were fortunate In
being In an area of the sea where
there was an unusuallv larce num
ber of hard rainsqualls. These
served to screen parts of their
ocean fleet one squadron of
deven heavy dive-bombers from
the I.rxingtnn never did find a
Japanese target and returned with
1 lit striking a blow.
Our first contact with the enemy
was hi.-ute by one of the youngest
pilots on our scouting force. To
i.mplify his report Lieut. Comm.
Hubert Dixon, skipper of the scout
units, flew into the youngster's
sector and remained there two
hours and SO minutes. During
tK-it time he had a number of
brushes with enemy planes, but
remained over the hostile ships
sending out radio messages and di
icctional signals to lead the on
coming striking squadrons to the
target.
Humbert. Torpedo Plane Attack
The first American atlack came
when Comm. Hill Ault, leading
four heavy dive bombers, and
I.ieut. Comm. Jimmy Itrott at the
head of 11 torpedo planes struck
ai Japanese earner No. 1.
"The Japs were using the same
protective screen for their carrier
that we generally did white cruis
ing." Comm. Hrott said later. "It
v.as screened by several cruisers
and destroyers that we Ignored,
i veil to the extent of flying right
YOUR FRIENDLY
REX CAFE
NEWLY REDECORATED
AND AIR CONDITIONED
92 8th Ave. West
Open All Night Till 2 a. m.
Serving the Best Disjointed
Pan Fried Chicken in Town
55c. with Coffee!
Reu.r. POISON OAK
ask for ZEMACOI. made by
NORWICH.
PENNY-WISE DRUGS
40 F. Broadway 767 West 6th
S E L B Y
ARCH I'RKSIRMR SHOES
Exclusively at
BURCH'S
loco Millimrtte
DR. k r0 J
SEMLER
Dentist
In Chorga of Di, Fred Pogelcr. Registered Optometrist; Associate Optometrists: Or. W. W.
Fraiee, Oi. Robert Gilbert, Dr. M. J. Kelly, Dr. Arthur W. Ruhndorf ond Dr. Horry Frederick!
for LiSS mm.
Hc A PAY!
Yet, it actually costs you less than a dime a day to obtain protection for your most pretioBM
ession your eyei. Dr. Scmler's Liberal Credit Plan enables you to purchase trie gioswr
on easy terms, as low as 50c a week,
little there is no reason to neglect your
Let us explain the many
advantages of greatly-improved
Tri-Focals . . . just
like having an added pair
of glasses.
TP VP
Tri-Focali brin cleaw vision In Hit tntvrm.
4Jt tield, in addition to hflpinf yj rtd
ratilv m4 t bnr t dttont. BtcotiM
tni addition, aid In imarovtd artiot, Tri.
Focal moka it nnnactttarv for yon to tawint
or crona vear nock whan vtawina, orctt at
arm i wngin.
Purchase Tri-Fornls on Dr. Somlpr's
I. i born I Credit Terms Without
One Penny Additional Cost
AH Morfc
Fully
Guaranteed
Come here with
the assurance
of being able
to save with
sofety.. . . Re
gardless of how
little you pay,
we guarantee
satisfaction.
FltEE
Ilcplaccnicnt
... of broken lenses within one year
(Irumtlrst flaw tmptnij free Examination
Learn the truth about rovr eyet. witfout out east w
ofcliaotion. Yea can reel ainired tnat new (laitee
will NOT be preicnbed anlest ttiey ara etiential to
the protection and proerration at Tour pricelen era-
Hjnr.
When it costs so -r"oTl I
eyes a doy longer. ft0" ' jfwi I
Small
Paytwit"'
Balance
as
low
50
c
Moursi
:30 A.M. T
1:30 m.
2d FLOOR KYnBbK
TRD iitn MORRISON -j?7