Kamekazi Attacks On U.S. Vessels
Told In Letter To Bt. Falls Man
i Describing the Japanese sui
cide plane attacks and other history-making
experiences in re
cent weeks while with the Paci
fic fleet, Ned Hutter, navy chief
machinist recently wrote to his
brother-in-law, Daid Thompson
of Butte Falls Hutter stated
that his ship left Peail Harbor
the first of March and that he
had seen no land except Japa
nese islands since then This
long period at sea was a record,
he said, but one which he didn't
enjoy holding.
Describing several encounters
with the enemy of varying in
tensity Hutter then continued
"at dawn the fun began again
They sent in hundreds of bomb
ers and fighters. The bombers
that got through would drop
their bombs and then come back
tu strafe the ship with machine
guns and cannon fire. We
knocked off several with ma
chine guns alone. I watched
one fall so close to us that I
could have hit the pilot, sitting
on the wing, after he had landed
in the water, with a pistol. We
did not fire at him but the ship
astern of us happened to be
heading for him and the last
seen of him he was diving in the
water and pieces of the plane
were flying all over.
Carrier Hit
"The carrier next to us had
taken on her planes and was re
fueling and gassing and loading1
bombs on them when a suicide
pilot came out of the clouds and
dropped his bomb dead center
on her and then crashed into
the parked planes himself. A
terrific explosion was the result
and the ship caught fire all over
and burned and exploded for
three hours but -never sank. We
were then assigned to guard it
back to a base. We took it
about 200 miles out and then
left it and went back into the
fight.
"The next day was the same
except that all the pilots the
Japs sent out were suicide
planes. These were just regular
planes, but instead of carrying
bombs they have about 1,500 or
2,000 pounds of high explosives
in them. They just pick out a
ship and. crash into it. It is
much better that way as they
are surer of hitting it, but the
minor detail is that they never
get a chance to go home and
get their medals for bravery.
When you hit them in the air,
they explode with a blinding
flash that lights the sky up for
miles.. We got several of them
and one landed so close to us
that it practically swamped the
ship with the wave that it threw
up on us when it exploded
Several of our men were hurt
pretty bad from the force of the
explosion.
Woman Pilot
"One of the ships was hit with
a suicide plane and the force of
the explosion threw the pilot
out. The, pilot landed on deck
naturally dead, but investigation
proved it to be a woman suicide
pilot. Since this time we have
spotted several more. They
come under the heading of pilots
and are so killed along with the
rest of them. We have captured
but two pilots. They were both
gotten the same day and were
taken for questioning. Several
times we have thrown ropes
over the side for some to climb
aboard if they wish. None other
than these two ever have. Some
just swim away or dive in the
water or sit' there and look at
you.
- "Things continued this way
for several days and It soon be
came apparent that the Japs
didn't have enough planes to
keep it up. Their raids became
less and less and on some days
we weren't bothered at all. On
April 1, Easter Sunday, we ef
fected a landing on the Island
of Okinawa. This was the
largest amphibious operation of
the war. Over 4,000 ships par
ticipated in this raid and land
ing." Hutter closed by saying that
he hoped "this is over soon so
we can go hunting and fishing
again."
NAB NAZI MONSTER
London, June 7 (U.R) The
Luxembourg radio said today
that Paul Hoffman, the man re
sponsible for the cremation of
Nazi victims at the notorious
Maidanek concentration camp,
had been arrested in Poland.
IS DETAILED FQR
CATTLE FEEDERS
Washington, June 7 U.PJ
The War Food Administration
today detailed the method of
payment of the subsidy to cat
tle feeders under the new $40,
000.000 incentive program.
The program, announced last
month by War Mobilizer Fred
M. Vinson, is designed to en
courage feeding of cattle to
heavier weights, avoid higher
consumer prices and channel
more cattle to legitimate slaughterers.
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100 pounds is payable for all
good and choice cattle weighing
800 pounds or more sold on or
after May 19. Sight drafts, re
deemable immediately by loc.l
banks, will be issued to feeders
by local agricultural adjust
ment agency offices.
In applying for payment the
feeder must present evidence
verifying the date of sale, name
of buyer, point of sale, number
of head sold, total liveweight,
price received and name of
slaughterer to whom delivered.
The subsidy will be paid on a
"drove" basis that is, applying
to the average weight of eligible
cattle marketed in a group.
Slaughterers who finish cattle
themselves also are eligible for
the subsidy.
Chaplin Denied New
Trial on Paternity
Hollywood, June 7 (U.R)
perior Judge Clarence L. Kin
caid today denied Charlie Chap
lin's motion for a new trial of
Joan Barry's paternity case
against him.
His attorney, Charles E. M1I
llkan, had asked the court for a
third trial of her charge. The
first resulted In a hung jury and
the second left Chaplin the
child's legally declared father
and paying $75 a week for her
support.
Chaplin still has 10 days, how
ever, to appeal to a higher court.
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE I1VB
MURDER AND SUICIDE
San Diego, June 7 (U.R)
Woodrow Wilson Haley, 30,
stopped his auto In the center
of a heavily traveled highway
east of here last night and shot
his wife, Gladys, 24, to death
and then killed himself with
shot through the head, the coro
ner's office reported. Deputy
Coroner Lloyd Jones said the
shooting climaxed an argument.
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