J.S.S. Bunker Hill
avedTo Fight Again
y Valiant Crewmen
A3IIINOTON. Juno 28 (I1)
oly wounded iiiul nut aflro by
juunucsu auicidu ninnus, mo
UOO-ton aircraft currlur
inker Kill wan saved to fight
fin by a diuigor-flllod inunuu
. It consisted of dumping
rljourd thousand of gallons
flaming giHiolino and loin ul
ler from flreflghtlng hose.
'J ho story o( tho Hunker Hill's
ileal, which rankud her lecond
jly to the Franklin as a surviv-
f; casualty of tit Im wiir, win
d by tho nuvy us tho ship
111 was undcriiiiliiK repairs nt
D Pugct Sound, Wash., nuvy
irrl. She win described thnro
I tho moat extensively damaged
in aver to enter the yard.
Tho Bunker Hill wna tho f InK
Ip of Vice Admiral Mure A.
Itacher, commander of fuat car
er tank forcca. For 08 conacc
ive days and nliilita her plane
v IO doom currying acniruiiiuii
: Japancao strong polnta.
I8S Caaualtlea
While many of nor planes
pro aloft, aupporiliiK marine
Id army ground uilvancea on
klnuwa eurly oitho morning
! May 11, the two aulclde
unoa struck wllhln :10 aoconda
I turn the Dunker Hill Into
tilling holocuunt which coat
III cnaunltlea. Including 37:1
lied or deud of wounds, 10
bin Inn. and 2(14 wounded.
The flrat aulclde plane
raked In fast and close to tho
tier. Just before It crashed
to 34 planes parked on the
!ght deck nrcimrlnu to take
It dropped a suo-pound do-
layed action bomb which crash
ed through tho flight deck and
out the aldo of the ahlp, explod
ing beforo It hit tno water.
Tho enemy plane aklddcd off
the duck Into the wator, but lta
craah had atartod largo flroi
among the parked pliinca.
Seconds lulur a alnglo engine
Jupaneao dlvo bomber came In
from tno atom, dcspiio una irom
a five-Inch shell and many
smaller projectiles from the car
rler'a AA bnttorlea, It dropped
a 1)00 pound bomb which pone
trnled tho ufler flluht deck and
exploded In tho galley deck Juat
below. Tho piano craahed on
tho flight deck Juat at the base
Of tno isianu.
Eacapti Injury
Admiral Mltacher caconed In
Jury, although three offlceri and
11 enlisted men of hla ataff were
killed nearby and 20 othcra were
wounded or overcome by amoke.
Tho aliln waa enveloped Im
mediately in flame and flro
and o x p 1 o d I n g ammunition
swept tho flight deck. Below,
tho hangar deck became a fur
nuce of burning gasoline fed by
fuel from several fuel lines and
exploding ammunition from
narked planes. But despite in
Umso limit and suffocating
sinoko, men stood at their posts
to ward on furtnor amicus and
fiuht tho flames.
Tho cruiser Wilkes Barre and
the destroyers Stembel, Charles
S. Sperry and English moved In
to lend a hand.
As thousands of tons of wator
were poured on tho flames, tho
weight of the wator caused the
ship to begin to list, and tho
naming gun anu on woro iurc
lug tho firefighters back against
the bulkhoad. On lower decks,
men were dying of heat and suf
focation. It was then that Copt. Goorgo
A. Soltz, Coronudo, Calif., tho
Bunker Hill's skipper, decided
on the maneuver that mount the
difference between life and
death for his ship.
Carrier Enters Turn
The destroyer were ordered
to stand clear. With the cruiser
Wilkes Barro kcculntt her bow
hard against the stricken ship's
starboard quarter, the listing
carrier went Into a wide, sweep
ing 70-dcgreo turn,
Gradually at first, and tnen
with a roar, tons of water and
burning gasoline and oil on the
hangar deck sloshed away from
the firefighters and poured over
tho edgo of the deck into the
sea.
With renowed Heart, fire
fighters resumed their task, and
moro than four hours after the
aulclde planes' attack, tho flro
was under control. Out of dan
ger, the ship waa able to pro
ceed under her own power.
The shin s chaplains, Comdr.
Abbott Peterson Jr., former pas
tor of First unitarian cnurcn,
Ithaca, N. Y and Lt. Comdr.
Robert E. Dcloncy, former as
sistant pastor of tho Immaculate
ConccDtlon church. Tuckahoe.
N. Y led volunteers who
searched the wreckage all night
for those who had died. The
next day. with the Bunker Hill
still In the battle zone, 3S2 men
wcro buried at sea.
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HERALD AMD IIEW8 THREl
' Describes Scan
ABOARD USS BUNKER
HILL. PUGET SOUND NAVY
YARD, Bromcrton, Wash. (De
layed) um "The heat and
smoke were so Intense that at
one time only three out of IS
men in our fire room were on
their feet," Chief Watcrtcndcr
Aaron J. Anderson, Salem, Ore,
of the war scarred carrier Bun
ker Hill said about work of the
crew below decks.
Smoke Doured Into the flro
room for two hours, Anderson,
wiia, wiui men iignung ior ineir
lives while striving to keep the
boilers going and water pressure
for the fire hoses up.
"We threw water on the men
when they passed out," said An
derson, "and then we gavo them
oxygen or stuck their noses into
air lines. I never saw such a
fearless bunch In my life. They
volunteered for one job after
another, never knowing wheth
er or not they were going Into a
death trap.
Attempts Fall
"One man brought back a fel
low who'd been overcome by
amoke. We gave him artificial
respiration for two hours, but
we couldn't get him breathing
again."
Chief Electricians' Mate
George C. Rcnken, whoso moth
er, Mrs. W. S. Taylor, lives at
Toledo, Ore., was unable to reach
his battle station through flames
and smoke but helped trapped
shipmates to safety. Then he
fought fires on the flight dock,
where more than 30 planes were
blazing.
"Everything happened so
quickly, It's hard to recall now
Just what I did," Renken said
when he was Interviewed after
the flames were put out .-
Travel Time Pay
Enforcement Tested
PORTLAND, Ore,, June 28
UP Tho government called wit
nesses today In tho labor de
partment's test suit to enforce
travel time pay for loggers.
Federal Attorney Dorothy M.
Williams, San Francisco, told
circuit court yesterday that the
Smith Woods Products com
pany, Coquille, Ore,, has refused
to pay loggers for time spent
traveling from the company's
Coon Creek camp to the logging
site.
The suit, filed by the wage
hour division, department of la
bor, asks an Injunction against
the firm to halt alleged violation
of the fair labor standards act
Classified Ada Bring Results.
Strong oninlon exists In tho
business district that the future.
north-south route of u. s. High
way No. 97 should go through
the central .pan or niarnaiii
Kalis, Director John Houston rc
nortcd to the chamber of com-
merco directors Wednesday
noon.
Ho said that a route through
the business district Is favored
over a suggested route by way
of California avenue. Houston
reported for the retail trade bu
reau of tho chamber.
Chamber directors . voted,
however, to refrain from endors
ing any particular local route
for highways, pointing out that
It has long been a policy of the
chamber to work for highway
construction In the area and Into
Klamath Falls, but not to enter
any specific local route location
questions.
It was pointed out that indiv
iduals might well express their
opinions to the city planning
commission and the highway
commission, but that the board
preferred to stick to the long
ostobllshed chamber policy.
No. 07 now passes through
tho center of the city by way of
Ninth street. Main street and
Riverside. Tho discussion relat
ed to future routing.
The board reversed Its action
of last week and went on record
In favor of development of a
system of airports through a fed
eral aid system on the basis of
needs, with the states doing the
principal planning work.
The Klamath Board of Real
tors suggested to the chamber
that It adopt a resolution oppos-
additional public hous-
Standard Cleaners
has been sold to
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Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Buckley i
ng any ad
ing units here unless an uiu'ore
seen emergency arises. - This
was referred to the housing com
mittee and no action was taken
Immediately by the board
The civic affairs committee
was instructed to study the prob
lem growing out oi a lacK ot an
ambulance for public service in
ruamatn rails.
The board adopted a resolu
tion lauding the public service
rendered by Mack Hoke, Pen
dleton, member - of the state
board of higher education, who
died last week.
BETTER PAY UP
TROY. N. Y-., June 28 W)
Troy goes back to the Indians
August 1 unless the U. S. gov
ernment comes through with
four bolts of calico for each
member of the Mohawk tribe of
the St. - Regis reservation In
this state.
The calico represents the an
nual rent for Troy, set by an old
Indian treaty which runs "as
long as the sun shines."
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