The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 2

I I 1 THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 21 1945 Plane Carries Buckners Body to 'Stilwell Named If eber County Coming to Ogen Chief Okinawa Suicide Planes Sink I Destroyer Abele Elephants Play Large Role (Continued From Page One) vision to brine all its vehicles in In Bond Drive (Continued From Pae One) his associates ill 0ILCT cord acclaim him "a iVvdl guy And About Divorce Even Jennifer Jones his- former wife who has just obtained a divorce from Bob could find nothing stronger to say about him to convince the judge but that he 'Continued From Ifage One) Nimitz and under the operational control of the joint: chiefs of staff Lieutenant Generkl Roy Gei-ger a marine general now is serving as a stop-gap commander ol the Tenth army in the mopping up operations on Okinawa The 63-year-old Stilwell known WASHINGTON June 21 The double blow of a Jap suicide plane and a jet propelled Baka bomb broke In two and sank the destroyer JMafrnert while she was on bicket duty off Oki stayed out an However the first showers of the 1943 monsoon trapped many of the 23rd vehicles and the elephants trudged back through the mud to drag the bogged trucks and guns out to high ground By the time the army was ready Ao return after the monsoon all the bridges again had been relaid by the elephant gang The colonel's elephants have casions wnicn inVVrfered made her nervous and interierea with her career The nights that Bob stayed out i n-nhi iii tne ones an nigni wctc when he was ordered by the studio to work and he slept in hi dress iSSBl jBifcjfflBBMBB3E '1 Hrs 'V-- bHIme7 WWWW EEftTfCBEe -i pSig3BRL iiil jBbBiViIMim iBlfflCfflilV'EIMEEE Sfcad as "Vinegar Joe" kiows the enemy as do few other iield commanders After his long and i distinguished service in the Burm-China theatre he was known to have been anxious to take another crack at lps as a field pommander He had served asi Lof army groiuAd forces in Washington since ijiis return from Chungking Served in China Stilwell was commander-in-chief of American: round forces in China and military adviser to Generalissimo Chiang! Kai-Shek before his recall to Washington ft was Stilwell Who foueht the been asked to crank broken down trucks to spray tar on jungle roads with their trunks and to have guns fired from their backs In the elephant camps records are kept as in any other military office All the animals have their names sex age origin and brand recorded Their ages range from 8 vears to over 60 In spite of the fact he is a killer with five charges against him a big elephant named "Randoola" is the pride of the herd Colonel Williams said He can lift a five-ton deadweight log in his tusk and Robert Walker ing room awaiting nights the call for his scene doesn come until early morning and it is too late to go home then Judging from what Jennifer told me in her enthusiastic praise of Bob in every way I can only form the opinion now of then separation that they were married too young and Jennifer is just growing up She admits that she doesn't know what she wants right now She had to tell the judge something to get her divorce so that's what she decided to tell him She and Bob are still the best of friends Since the separation of Jennifer and Bob his entire spare time from picture work has fceen devoted to his two little sous whom he adores Bobby is five and Michael is fouft in the mountains for a real rest before he has to begin his next picture He hopes that the bond sale tomorrow night will be one of the best yet TAKEN TO PLANE Litter bearers carry the body of Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckraer Jr to a marine corps evacuation plane for burial in a rear area A Jap artillery shell killed the fighting San Francisco general while he was observing front line attack by marine corps combat teams Navy radio-tele- I photo from Guam place it in position to the precision of an inch Higher Rank Won By JVews and Views Japs when they Invaded Burma and with his slim command was chased out of the country "I claim we took a hell of a beating" he said as he came out of the Burma wiMt at the head of his forces and he promptly set about organizing to fight back into the country This he did with the ultimate result that the road which bears his name was cut through northern Burma re-establishing a ground supply route to China 1 FURN MATtRESS CO UO Delegates Complete Work (Continued From Page One) Ronald Smith A message from Chabua Assam declares Ronald Mmith son of Mr and Mrs Dayrel Smith 1236 Twenty-fifth Ogden has re Okinawa Victory Won By Yanks (Continued From Page One) Bobby Recalls Snow Little Bobby whom Bob brought to Ogden last winter has never gotten over talking about the fun he had in the snow here He gave Bob a real thrill when he came down Twenty-seventh street hill was "Some time this fall when flood of passenger cars and freight on to the Pacific coast" I esterday Mrs Louise Somer- ainnA on a sled at tne age 01 vilte in starting out her bond drivo marie a luck strike "I thought I'd die before he Road reached me at tne oottom 01 me hni Rnh told me "but ot course Riverdale IS At the confectionary store of) nawa April 12 The ship's I loss was announced April 20 but' the navy today told additional detail? of her final action Casualties were 81 dead and 32 wounded I Many of fhe casualties were trapped in cdmpartments and weht down with the ship Others were killed when their life raft was bombed by 4 JaP plane elter the ship had been abandoned' The plane the navy report said a single engine "Zeke" fightdr which dived through a blazing coife of anti-aircraft fire from the ship's guns to score a hit on the starboard side penetrating the deck to he after engine room The plane's bomb exploded inside the ship breaking the shaft and keel A minute later the Baka bomb came skimming over the water at more than 400 miles an hour to crash into tlie ship at the water-line on the! starboard side beneath the forward stack setting off a second! terrific explosion jThe ship first came under attack about one forty-five when a group of three enemy dive bombers appeared One made a run on the shipf Hit by AA fire and set afire it swerved off course attempting unsuccessfully to crash -a nearby landing craft Soon others appeared and by two I the Abele was surrounded by 'enemy planes Some made feints at the ship but stayed out of gun range At two-forty two attacking planes came in low and fast wing-to-wing One was splashed at bout 4000 yards but the other scored although hit many times by 40 imm and 20 mm guns I No sooner had the explosion from that irash died out than observers sighted the Baka bomb bearing down on the ship Four 20 mm gunl were firing on the "human bomfb" when it struck the side of the jship i The ship built by the Bath Iron Works Corpi Bath Me and commissioned July 4 1944 left a western Pacific anchorage for the Okinawa operation March 20 arriving March 125 Under command Of Comdr A 1 Parker Baltimore she sejrved as screening ship for heavier units in the preliminary phases of the action and joined fat the bombardment of the beaches' prior to the landing Wonderful for Skin and Scalp Irritations Invisible' Liquid Promptly Relieves Aids Healing To quickly moot he the Itching burning of eesema psoriasis skin and scalp irri-I tattoos due to external csum spply kquid'lema a Doctor a fo-muia backed I by 35 years' success Zemo ALSO aids healing Being stainless invisible you can spply Zemo any time for prompt rtliaf it won't show on skin Over Now Open cently been promoted to the grade of first lieutenant in the medical administrative corp Lieut Smith has been overseas for many months and is authorized to wear the ETO and Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbons He is now stationed in a large hospital along the supply routes to the Burma and China fronts Prior to his entry into active service he served as a medical laboratory technician with the civil service commission He entered on active duty on April 28 1943 He recently met his brother of your take care to- the crops are harvested and the man-power shortage is over you may be on your way across the ocean" Many of the men have been six years away from their homes A number of them were in the Ethiopia campaign None of them have any regrets for the defeat of Germany or the passing of Mussolini This is the first day of summer The warm days have come although there is a touch of spring left in the air Mr Francis: The following is a poem sent to me by Pfc Harvey Neuteboom of Ogden who is in a hospital in Hawaii recovering from wounds received on Iwo Jima on March 12 My son Pvt Howard Hanson was killed in the CLEANING MAT Lena Hurley near her home in jWest Ogden she received 2000 peonies for a bond Those pennies were weighted doim with the love of children for caiidy and thus the childish love wais turned to love of -country TRESS and UPHOLSTERING work Mr Tims will appreciate will remain through the closing session about 24 hours later When he leaves to fly back to Washington by way of his home own Independence Mo he will take the charter with him to submit to the Senate with a plea for speedy ratification World Trusteeship Among sections of the charter which won committee approval was a chapter setting up a system Of international trusteeships for government of internationally-held territories and also setting forth standards for colonial powers in the government of all dependent peoples The charter does not specifically mention independence but it promises the development of self-government and free political serving his and new I had boys stationed at intervals along the line just in cast" And Bobby's still giving his dad thrills Bob takes him and Michael to LaCienega park frequently and they use most of Bob's allowance as he puts it tming the ponies (Bob's business manager allows him just so mucn to spend He's looking to the future) "I want the bigges' and wildes' one" Bobby shouts and Michael not wanting to be outdont wants the same And Bob stands on the sideline watching them a lump as big as all outdoors in his throat Since Bob's "Bataan when he customers Phone 2 2558 Ji Capt Dayrel Smith on a busy street in India iflrs Somerville before ending hef search for more pennies then nickels dimes and finally dollars sold $2250 in bonds She walked across the viaduct after invading the office of Pepce where she was richly rewarded for her efforts The office forjee subscribed to the limit for coma vntt1a nn the same day and Harvey was kind enough to write me and later to send tne poem i hope you find room for it in your rniumn The author seems to have bonds 1 1 That is what helDs make America was first introduced to th American screen as the lovable naive sailor with a group of tough ma (Continued From Pas One) island which lies 900 miles from Tokyo and 510 from Shanghai the 77th division had driven into the Kerama islands on March 26 and won six of them wiping out bases from which the Japs could have launched flanking attacks on the main force going into Okinawa Thirty hours after the invasion the Americans had cut through to Okinawa's east coast By April 18 the northern end of the which is 65 miles long and two to 18 miles wide had been reached and three-fourths of Okinawa was ours The other one-fourth of the island however turned out to be the bloodiest battlefield of the Pacific war 17 Masses for Next Move Radio Tokyo said informed quarters in the Jap capital reported American preparations under way "for their next operations which in all probability will involve direct invasion" of Japan Tokyo cited these signs of American intentions: 1 B-29 raids on small as well as large Jap cities point to an attempt to destroy the country's transportation network and factories in a prelude to invasion 2 More than 100 American transports are at anchor in the American-won Kerama islands southwest of Okinawa and two naval task forces have appeared near Miyako island farther southwest 3 General Douglas MacArthur's establishment of a western Pacific command indicates that large bases are to be set up for the assembly of personnel and material for an invasion of Japan great in its war efforts the devo-tiofi of the mothers of America to the cause What is ffninff tn haDDen to pas senger traffic in the next few mefnths? 1 1 Railroad officials are predicting V9 nor nnf nt riiHltr now 'lift tj vw riding in Pullmans will be forced to (stay off the trains At present the Fives of the railroad men in positions of responsi-hilStv are beinc made miserable bv rines he soared with meteoric precision right to the top Everyone was talking about the "sailor" in the picture Then came "See Here Private Hargrove' 'Madame Curie" "Since You Want Away" "Thirty Seconds Over Tttryo'-The Clock" "Her Highness and the Bell Boy" and his latest one the name of which he hasn told me Other Pictures Planned Many pictures are being planned for Bob but he has worked so hard these past two" years that he had to ask for a rest before he starts another He recently returned from New York where he made seven personal appearances a day Rnh nlans to sav a hurried hello WHEN FRONTIER CINIUZyVriOrj MERGED Jjj been not one but a group of survivors of the battle As Harvey writes "It expresses more clearly than I could how we feel" You have my permission to print the note of explanation also Sincerely MRS JU ANITA HANSON K-4 Victory Road Washington TcrrBCC 771 "They All Met God On Iwo" At last it's quiet on Iwo at last the battle is won And we who are left say a prayer of thanks Because our job is done In the shadow of Mt Surabuchi where crosses mark our dead We read the names of our buddies And stand with bended head I'- We recall good times together and the sacrifices shared But we can't see why they had Truman Predicts Improvement (Continued From Page On) their recent talk in Washington but he had not read his statement and consequently could not comment directly In adding however that he expected a marked improvement hinder the new administration he said he was not reflecting the present food administration but that improvement and solution of the current food crisis would result from efforts that have been under way for a long time people appealing to them for "res ervations Travplprs in Offden are beeinnina to 3 find themselves stranded for lack of reservations to his folks Mr and Mrs Horace Walker upon his arrival and then hie himself away someplace to die While the rest of us were spared head of a big eastern concern who could not get out of Ogden short of an appeal to the high officials of 1 the Union Pacific and other lines At last report he was waiting still waiting At Ogden arsenal last evening the Second street Italians put on a musical program of much merit for the benefit of the 700 Italians former prisoners of war who are working at the arsenal 25UU00W packages sold! In 3 sue Ail drugstores FMQ jks guests they had a group of Ogderites who thoroughly enjoyed the 16-piece orchestra the singers and a team of comedians MOTORISTS SAVE MONEY Park your car at the centrally located Parking Center "Kear the Center of Everything" PARKING CENTER 2457-63 Klesel Avenue South of Paramount Theatre Shopping Theatres Dancing Dining DAILY WEEKLY OR MONTHLY RATES So we say to you and truiy our hearts are filled with pain But we know some distant day We all shall meet again And if one should ask me how I know I would just reply "We all met God on Iwo Not just those who had to die" So to their loved ones back home hold up your heads with pride For they all are true heroes The marines who fought and died And to all mankind throughout our land let's not forget their pain This time let's build a lasting peace So their death will not be in vain tThe Italians now that they are beginning to get letters from home are afflicted with nostalgia or viae too PROOF 1 "1 iTheir homesickness caused several of them to ask their visitors "How long will it be before we cap leave for home?" 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