The Iola Register from Iola, Kansas • 1

STATS HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOPEKA KANSAS COMP 4 t- The Weekly ReriMer, Established 1867. The lola Daily Register, Established 1897. VOLUME XLVII No. 16S IOLA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1944. Ruefessor to The lola Psily Register, The lola Daily Record, and lola Daily Index.

SIX PAGES The Weather Makes Invasion Eve Visit to Home Fleet A Jo fhe WAR TODAY gT mm wmm Hh BY DEWITT MACKENZIE The question of how tough the Allies should be in exacting retribution from Germany for her bloody A The Term D-Day Used As Security Measure (By th Associated Press) The term D-Day, now prominent in the news from Britain, is an army expression used to refer to, but not reveal, the time fixed for a military action such as an attack on a local front or the start of an Invasion. Similar verbal camouflage is H-Hour, the exact minute for action on D-Day. The expressions are this wars counterparts of the World War I term zero-hour, the time when troops went over the top from their trenches to attack the enemy. In discussing high strategy commanders may frequently mention D-Day even though all present know exactly what day is meant. Thus the secret is safe even if the walls have ears.

Air Assau New Peak of Intensity About 3,360 Tons of Bombs Dumped on Invasion Targets in Probably the Heaviest Day of Aerial Offensive in History; Channel Skies Dark Today With Swarms of Allied Planes Carrying the Non-Stop Pounding Into 25th Day; Fall of Sevastopol Seems Imminent As Reds Attack From Three Sides; Nazis Stage Surprise Withdrawal in Italy (By RICHARD McMURRAY, Associated Press War Editor.) Around 2,000 American planes bombed seven airfields and three railroad yards in France, Belgium, and Luxemborg today in perhaps the heaviest day of aerial offensive the world has ever known, spreading creeping paralysis upon the Nazi war machine now tensely awaiting invasion. In the bright light of a bombers moon, 750 British Lancasters and Halifaxes poured up to 3,360 tons of bombs into tactical targets in France, Belgium and Germany, ripping up railways, airfields and defense points. Ten bombers were lost over Haine St. Pierre in Belgium, a seaplane base and airdrome near Brest, the French invasion coast, the Ruhr and the German Pray for D-Day Weather Break Maps Flood Control Plan System of Reservoirs To Impound Waters of Neosho Outlined at C. of C.

Meeting The plan for control of floods on the Neosho river which has been evolved by the water resources division of the State Board of Agriculture was outlined before the lola chamber of commerce last night by R. V. Smrha, senior engineer. It is a portion of the state plan for water resources development which was authorized by the legis lature in 1939. The Neosho was the first stream studied by the depart ment.

The engineers believe that the Neosho can best be controlled by building reservoir to impound flood waters. These would not be power projects. The surplus water would be released as the floods recede al though It is suggested that a small amount of w'ater be stored for use in drouth years. Five Dam Sites Considered Five possible dam sites have been considered. These are near the towns of Hartford, Strawn.

lola. Council Grove and Marion. The plan does not call for the erection of dams at all five points. Only two or perhaps three reservoirs would be necessary to control most floods, Mr. Smrha said.

A number of factors of an economic as well as an engineering nature would be considered before definite sites would be chosen. Mr. Smrha dealt at some length on the proposed dam at Strawn. This would be immediately below the mouth of the Cottonwood river and would control about three-fourths of the water normally passing lola at the time of an average flood. Would Control Most Floods Present plans call for a dam about two miles long and of sufficient height to store water to a depth of 40 feet.

Using the data available, which is not complete, this dam would have impounded enough water, if it had been in existence two weeks ago, to have kept the maximum height of the Neosho at lola at about 17 or 18 feet or oniy two or three feet above bankfull. The flood earlier in the month would have been completely controlled as would most overflows. Mr. Smrha stated that the reservoirs planned would not eliminate all floods along the Neosho. They would control all but the extremely heavy rains of the nature which occur on an average of only once every 25 years or so.

These floods would be greatly reduced In volume. A great amount of data concerning the Neosho and its tributaries has been collected by the water resources division and this is now available to the public. The report can be secured from the State Board of Agriculture. Probably a Federal Project The flood control plan proposed by the state would probably be a federal project and built under the direction of the War Department. It is likely that local approval would be necessary before any action would be taken by the Federal government, Mr.

Smrha said. More than sixty business men and (Continued on Page 6, No. 1) KANSAS Scattered showers and thunderstorms in east; partly cloudy In west portion tonight and Wednesday; warmer tonight with lowest temperatures 50 in northwest to 60 in southeast; cooler in west portion Wednesday. Temperature Highest for the 24 hours ending 5 p. m.

yesterday, 67. lowest last night 45; normal for today 63; deficiency yesterday excess since January 1, 71 degrees; this date last year highest 55; lowest 49. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. today, total for this year to date, 16.61; excess since January 1, 6.01 inches.

Sunrise 6:17 a. set 8:20 p. m. Thermograph Readings Ending Flood Warning System Poor C. of C.

Endorses Petition Urging More Adequate Protection A concerted effort to obtain better and more accurate flood warning protection along the Neosho is being made by Allen county river bottom farmers and was endorsed in a special resolution passed by the chamber of commerce last night. Flood damage here two weeks ago was considerably higher than it would have been if official radio reports had not been grossly inaccurate. On the Tuesday when the flood peak actually reached here about 10 a. the official weather bureau flood observer 'at Tulsa predicted a two-foot rise which never came and which obviously was based on the water which had passed here the night before. That rise was not predicted in time to prevent heavy stock loss to many farmers during the night.

Prepares Petition C. Stovall, stockman from Neosho Falls decided to do something about it and prepared petitions to the United States Weather Bureau in Washington citing these errors and requesting the central flood warning office to be returned to Topeka and made the direct responsibility of S. D. Flora, Kansas weather observer. By now he has obtained the signature of virtually every farmer in the flood area between Neosho Falls and lola.

107 in all. Others will be passed among farmers as far north as LeRoy. Mr. Stovall brought these petitions to the chamber of commerce meeting last night and a motion was unanimously passed there endorsing the petitions and directing the secretary to write letters to other chambers of commerce along the Neosho inviting them to pass similar resolutions and back up the request. WALLS FUNERAL TOMORROW Funeral services for Russell G.

Walls, who died following a railroad accident last Saturday night, will be held at 2:00 p. m. tomorrow at the Sleeper chapel. It was erroneously stated last night that the services would be held today. Union ote At Wards Today i Orderliness Marks Balloting on Disputed Question; Results to Be Given Tonight Chicago, May 9.

(AP) Montgomery Ward and Company employes voted today on whether they wish to bo represented in collective bargaining by a CIO union, a fundamental question in a labor dispute which led to government seizure of the firms Chicago plants. The balloting under jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board proceeded In orderly fashion. Each eligible employe was assigned time bo vote, on company time, at one of 11 polling places scattered about the huge plant, or he could vote on his own time at lunch hour or before or after a shift. Reporters who looked In on one or two polling places before the press was shooed away from all of them saw workers appearing singly, In twos or threes, having their eligibility checked by company and union watchers, casting their votes and dropping their pink ballots, all in an atmosphere of quiet efficiency. About 4,900 Eligible to Vote The NLRB said approximately 4,900 employes wrere eligible to vote.

Both the company and the CIO United Mall Order, Warehouse and Retail Employes Union used advertising space before the election. The company confined its message in the ad and in posters around the plant to urging the employes to vote. The union supported by other CIO groups, urged the workers to vote yes on the representation question. Early this morning representatives of about 25 CIO unions distributed literature to employes coming to work. Business As Usual By mid-morning, however, this activity had ended.

Office and clerical work in the plant and business In the big retail store proceeded with no outward sign of the election. polls were open, from 6:20.. a. m. to 7 p.

Central War Time. The NLRB said ballots would be counted immediately after the close and results announced on the eve of a federal court decision in the company-government legal contest over the seizure. Fred Goyette, Humboldt, Dies After Short Illness to Tha Humboldt, Mav 9. Fred Goyette. 69, passed away at the Johnson hospital at Chanute early yesterday morning, following a weeks severe illness.

He was bom on a farm near Els-more January 27. 1855, and spent his entire life in Allen county. He was married to Miss Waive Chezem. of lola in 1913. They made their home at Elsmore where he was engaged in the farming industry for several years.

For the past 26 years he has been employed as a rural mail carrier, and was a member of the district Rural Carrier Association, and served as president of the association. He also served as an officer in other capacities for the association. He came to Humboldt with his family about five years ago, and has been operating one of the rural routes from the Humboldt post-office since that lime. He was a member of the Methodist church, a member of the Masonic Order, a member of the Ordr of Eastern Star. He had served as Worshipful Master of the Masonic Order of Savonburg.

and was also Worthy patron of the Savonburg chapter, O. E. S. Survivors include his wife, Waive Goyette and daughter, Joan of the home, and three other daughters. They Mrs.

O. E. Ard, Mrs. Dale, Blunt' of Wichita, and Mrs. Orval Daniel, of Fc.

Worth Texas. Three grand children also survive. Orlin Ard Barbara and Dale Blunt, of Wichita. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 oclock, from the Methodist church at Humboldt, with the Rev. C.

F. Jenkins, pastor of the church in charge. The Ma-, sonic Order wiil have charge of the last rites at the cemetery. Burial will be In the Elsmore cemetery. Put Pressure On Portugal Seek Agreement Limiting or Stopping Wolfram Exports to Reich BY WADE WERNER Lisbon, May 9.

(AP) Efforts of the United States and Britain to throttle the flow of strategic minerals from neutral countries to Germany appear likely to result soon In an agreement whereby Portugal will curtail, if not suspend entirely, her wolfram shipments to the Reich. American Ambassador R. Henry Norweb and British Ambassador Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell are collaborating on the matter and it is Understood their Instructions have been to press for a complete embargo on shipments of the steelhardening tungsten ore to the Reich. However, the terms of a Spanlsh-American-British agreement of May 2 which cut Spains shipments of wolfram to Germany from an average of around 100 tons monthly to 40 tons, suggest the possibility of a compromise agreement taking- into consideration Portugals economic situation. Danger In Sudden Cut Portugal produces three times as much wolfram as Spain.

In 1941 Portuguese exports of the ore totalled $34,000,000. Premier -Antonio Salazar-, nuts Portugals government on a budget of less than $100,000,000, which is a deliberately frugal figure aimed at keeping the country on an even keel. Obviously there would be difficulties involved in suddenly cutting the exports of wolfram. Around 70,000 workers are employed in the wolfram mines and many would be deprived of work If (Continued on Page 6, No. 3) Caldwell Funeral Service Wednesday at Mildred i Spatial Tba Reriatar) Bayard, May 9.

The funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Caldwell, who died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Floyd McCormack, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 oclock at the Metn-odist church with the Rev. G. M.

Pierce officiating. Burial will be in the Kincaid cemetery. Eagerness to Fight Shown in Transfers Washington. May 9. (AP) More than 2,000 applications for transfer to the infantry have been received since the armys announcement last month that enlisted men under 32 in this country could make the switch in order to join the doughboys in fighting the enemy at close quarters.

A war department announcement said bids are running at the rate of 200 a day. Transfers are made in grade with no loss of pay. city of Osnabruck. It was the 25th straight day in which the Allied soldiers of the sky had ridden the enemy airways as if they were their own. American targets before noon, were rail yards at Liege in Belgium, the city of Luxembourg and at Thiom-ville in France north of Metz; and airfields at Thiomville, St.

Dizier, Laon-Couvron, Laonathies, Juvincourt all in France; and at St. Trond and Florennes in Belgium. Russian artillery blasted away at the beleaguered survivors of two Axis armies in Sevastopol, the main defense belt of which was shattered yesterday in Soviet advances up to four over the bodies of 4,000 enemy 'dead. Sevastopol was under attack from all three land sides and the German and Romanian survivors were trying frantically to escape by any kind of boat. A dozen evacuation ships including four transports were sunk yesterday.

A surprise German withdrawal in Italy 25 miles inland in the mountains from the Adriatic near Palena was followed up by Allied troops. Artillery wras active on other fronts. Weather grounded heavy and medium Allied bombers although lighter planes destroyed 34 vehicles, damaged 39, and demolished a German headquarters at Crebic in Yugoslavia. The channel skies swarmed with shuttle flights of every type of Allied plane during the morning and great explosiohs on the French coast shook houses in England. The entire German radio network went dead.

Some 4,500 planes flew against the Germans Monday and in swirling air battles over Berlin, Brunswick and France, destroyed 119 German fighters. The Americans lost 41 bombers and 13 fighters manned by about 400 fliers. GANDHI VERY WEAK New Delhi, May 9. (AP) Mohandas K. Gandhi's private secretary said today that the Indian Nationalist leader was very weak and that all visitors were forbidden.

He indicated that Mondays stream of visitors had taxed Gandhi's strength. Gandhi was released from detention by the British last weekend on grounds of health. By LEO S. DISHER (Representing the Combined American Press) (Distributed by the AP.) Aboard the Flagship of British Home Fleet, (undated) Gen. Sir Bernard L.

Montgomery, commander of British ground forces for the western invasion, recently made an official Invasion eve visit to the home fleet and told thousands of sailors something of the immediate task of the Allied armies. He also expressed his appreciation for the navys vital role In the African and Sicilian victories, as he personally inspected several vessels at this vast base. Montgomery, who arrived at the base in an American plane manned by his own American crew, was greeted by Admiral Sir Bruce Frazer, commander in chief of the home fleet. He witnessed the ceremonial of sunset and stood at salute while buglers sounded retreat. Besides inspecting a famous aircraft carrier, Montgomery also went aboard a destroyer as he travelled through the base amid uproarious cheers from every sailor and WREN stationed here.

Set Japs On Heels Enemy on Defensive In India-Burma Area; Repulsed in China; Island Bases Blasted By RICHARD C. BERGHOLZ (AmoeiitM Ir War Editor) Japans far-flung forces were pounded by heavy aerial blows the length of their Pacific defense perimeter, were set back in their faltering Indian campaign and were repulsed by a sharp counter-attack in Chinas northern Honan province. The Wakde Island-Sarmi area in Dutch New Guinea, Japans closest base to the new Allied airfields at Hollandia, was blasted with 295 tons of explosives, an Allied communique reported today, while other planes ripped enemy defenses in the Schouten Islands 140 miles farther northwest for the third time in 24 hours. Fighters from Hol-landias' airfields assisted by downing nine Japanese interceptors. Pound Targets in Carolines Other Allied planes pounded targets off New Guinea's west tip and hit Rabaul, New Britain, with a 53-ton attack.

Woleai in the Carolines was bombed and three freighters of a five-ship convoy were sunk 175 miles west of Truk. Marines captured the once-potent Cape Hoskins airdrome on New Britains north-central coast without enemy opposition. Central Pacific land-based bombers hit Guam, former U. S. base 1,600 miles east of the Philippines, for the second time of the war.

Seven Japanese planes were shot down, three more probably and two were damaged. In the far north, Paramushiro in the Kuriles took a daylight strike from navy Ventura bombers. Japs on Defensive in India Allied southeast Asia headquarters reported the Japanese now are on the defensive on the India-Burma front and have left more than 750 dead on the Kohima battlefront in northeastern India in a sharp clash May 4-6. Chinas hard-pressed troops rallied to the defense of Loyang and have driven the Japanese invaders (Continued on Page 6, No. 4) Now Is Time to Mow Buck Brush, Says Goodbary Buck brush, one of the major pasture pests, should be mowed now, Allan Goodbary, farm bureau agent said this momlrg.

If mowed during the first part of May for two or three consecutive years buck brush can be largely eliminated. Goodbary believes. If farmers get prior approval the AAA will pay 50c per acre for the mowing of the weed. Full information may be secured from the Farm Bureau or at the AAA office. Use Power Mower On The Courthouse Park A power mowing machine was being used this morning In an effort to gain control of the court house lawn which has gone untrimmed so far this spring.

During April the grass and dandelions grew rapidly and the rain, coupled with a manpower shortage, prevented giving the lawn proper attention. As a result the dandelions and some of the grass have already gone to seed. Denies New Deal Hand In Lewis-AFL Affair Washington. May 9. (AP) John L.

Lewiss charge that New Deal politicians had wrecked efforts to reunite his United Mine Workers (UMW) and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) brought a prompt Democratic disclaimer today. Senator Tunnell told reporters it certainly was news to him if the administrations Palace Guard had moved, as Lewis declared in a letter to AFL President William Green, to prevent consalidation of the two organizations. Driest and Sunniest Spring in Years Has West Europe in Shape For Allied Invasion London, May 9. (AP) Probably the driest and sunniest spring since Adolf Hitler overran the low countries four years ago has put the terrain of western Europe in good condition for Invading ground and air foices. An expert on operational weather gave that summary of conditions and added that good invasion weather probably would continue through May and June.

Besides the advantage in soldiers being able to move on a firm footing with the continued lack of rain, these specific benefits could be expected for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhowers invasion forces: Means Low Rivers A long period of dry weather means rivers fairly low and perhaps fordable even though bridges are blasted. An army would be damned unlucky if It got bogged down after mid-May, the expert said. Allied military men said that weather is not as much of a factor in western Europe as it is in Italy.

France and the low countries are criss-crossed with excellent roads, while the streams are generally small and offer no serious difficulties for a modem army. Fear Bad Break on D-Day The west wall also is well stocked with good air fields whose concrete runways are usable in all kinds of weather. The big Allied worry is that bad weather may break on D-Day. A storm is certain to cost the lives of thousands of soldiers trying to land on the beaches. One day of bad weather would more than offset months of good weather if it came at the wrong time.

SINATRA IN HOSPITAL New York, May 9. (AP) Frank Sinatra, radio and screen singing star who is suffering from a throat infection and with a fever, was reported in a comfortable condition today in Mount Sinai hospital. Sinatra was removed from his hotel quarters to the hospital on that we shouldnt be too harsh on orermany. The argument for leniency is the old and familiar one that the German people as a whole arent responsible for the acts of the government. This has cropped up in a somewhat sensational way In the International labor conference at Philadelphia, where the subject is being threshed out with considerable heat.

The pro and con of this have been epitomized by President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and Jan Masaryk, deputy prime minister of Czechoslovakia. We will not argue that Hitler should be punished," said Mr. Green. But we cant argue that all German people are responsible. We know how dictators can and do dominate their people.

I am not one to want the extermination of the entire German nation," said Mr. Masaryk, but alter the last war we lost the peace by not persuading the German nation that she was beaten. Masaryk, whose little country has suffered so terribly at the hands of the Nazis, might have gone on to point out that the Nazi warfare is ft throwback to blackest barbarism. has involved not only the subjection of many countries to servitude but the wholesale massacre of scores of thousands of civilians. However, that wouldnt disprove the claim that not all Germans are responsible.

There have been few thus far to ftrgue that the entire-German nation shouldn't be held responsible for tje war crime. That isnt to say that there arent good Germans, for of (Continued on Page 6. No. 2) On Lookout for Persons Dumping Dead Stock Sheriff Homer Troxel warned this morning that he is on the lookout for persons who are dumping dead stock upon the property of Allen county farmers. Several complaints have been received by the sheriff from land owners who have found dead hogs, calves and other animals In their sloughs and pastures.

The state law provides severe penalties for this practice which often pollutes streams and stock ponds and spreads disease. The carcasses of dead stock should be buried or given to firms who render them for fats. The sheriff plans to apprehend those suspected of the practice and will file charges against them. Wm. Elsworth Hartley, 628 North Oak, is Dead William Elsworth Hartley, retired smelter employee, died yesterday at St.

John's hospital. He was 73 years old. Mr. Hartley was bom at Fort Scott and came to lola In 1900. He has made this his home for the past, 44 years and worked in the smelters lor many years.

He lived with his sister. Miss Minnie Hartley, 628 North Oak street, who survives him. He' never married and there are no other Immediate relatives. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. Thursday, at the ReJe-ford Funeral home by the Rev.

Chester E. Sisney. Burial will be at Redfleld, Kas. Zone Nazarcne Meeting In lola Thursday The lola church of the Nazarene will be host, on Thursday, to a zone meeting of the denomination. Pastors and laymen from churches at Pittsburg, Girard.

Ft. Scott. Chanute and -Kansas, and Lamar and Nevada, Missouri, will attend. Speakers will include the Rev. Jarrette Aycock, district superintendent, the Rev.

Hugh Benner, Kansas City, and the Rev. Thalne Sanford, Topeka. Services will be held at 10:00 a. 1:30 p. m.

and 7:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited. The Rev. H.

O. Orndoff is pastor of the lola church. To Hold Scries of Revival Services at Humboldt (8eil RfiUr) Humboldt, May 9. Rev. R.

Kyle Ballard has arrived from Owosso. and will begin a series of evangelistic meetings at the Pilgrim Holiness church this evening at 8 oclock. He will be assisted by Miss Lily Slaven and Miss Arminta Bilbe of Colony, who will have charge of the music. The revival will continue through May 21. Steaks and Fresh Tomatoes Fill Dreams of Men in Pacific Fleet (LEAVES FROM A WAR CORRESPONDENTS NOTEBOOK.) Lawton, Captain Ties Bongs Record The natives hereabouts subsist on fish and poi.

Pol is made ftom the taro root, a tube vaguely resembling the potato but much, much tougher. To get it ready for the table, the native house wife commits assault and battery on the stuff for hours, bakes it, fries it, stomps on it and finally serves it, usually in the form of a mushy stuff which has been aptly described as both looking and tasting like library paste. It is not popular with soldiers or sailors. The fish is all right if you have time to catch it. Few ship's companies do.

Ships at sea usually eat better than stations ashore. On a carrier, there are even such delicacies as celery, but the standby fresh vegetable is durable cabbage, with apples and oranges having a monopoly among fruits. Ripe olives a jre standard extras on any table. It is a sad ship which runs out of them during a cruise. From the frequency with which beets, canned and hot buttered, or canned and pickled, appear on every table, the conclusion Is inescapable that the war would be lost without them.

Both army and navy would starve to death. The food generally. Is perhaps better than most civilians in the states are eating nowadays. There is enough meat-even if mutton does show up too often and canned pnd dried vegetables are in abundance. The oddities are what everyone misses crabs, melons, soft fruits, luxury steaks, lettuce, fresh tomatoes.

Men stand on decks and drool when they talk about them. They itemize verbally the things they used to eat and the places where those things are to be found. Then they hear a chow call and rush for the lines. BY WILLIAM L. WORDEN Aboard an Aircraft Carrier in the Southwest Pacific.

(AP) They still dream about steaks and crab meat cocktails. Thats the way it is out here concerning the most interesting subject cn any mans warfront chow. The tropical isles of the Pacific have a few peculiarities mutton, cocoanuts and warm tea. The mutton comes from Australia and New Zealand aboard vessels of the U. S.

navy in tons, to loud groans from all onlookers. The sad fact is that the men dont like mutton. But it is fresh meat. And when naval stations are supplying ships 6,000 miles from San Francisco, they are not exactly in touch with the beefsteak sections of the U. S.

The cocoanut has practically nothing to do with ships and is more or less disappointing to men on shore stations. The newcomer to an isle usually rushes out and collects a cocoanut as one of his first acts. The natives, to whom cocoanuts are intensely personal property, have long since shrugged off these depredations. Besides, they dont last long. The newcomer struggles with his first cocoanut for a couple of nours, usually slices himself at least once trying to cut it open and then, as often as not, discovers that he has selected an old dry cocoanut with neither palatable flesh nor potable milk.

Later, he gets a little more selective, but after a few days he usually decides cocoanuts are not worth the trouble and pays no more attention to them. As for tabic use. there just isn't any for the fresh cocoanut. It's strictly an emergency food. Emergencies are seldom bad enough to make Its use necessary.

Allied Bomber Scores Hundredth Mission A United States Medium Bomber Base In England, May 9. (AP) The Marauder Mild and Bitter took part in the bombing of a German airfield in Fiance last evening and became the first Allied bomber in this big league theater to score its hundredth mission. Its closest competition are several RAF heavies which have done over 90. The pilot on Its hundredth was the pilot of its first Captain Paul Shannon, Attica, who was in on the first Marauder operation In this theater, a low level attack in May of 1942. Mild and Bitter" has carried 166 -different men thirty-one crews with never a man injured.

The only damage It ex- perienced was a dozen flak holes on one mission and' a shot-up vertical fin on another occasion. While Mrs. Carl Bong, Poplar, (left), mother of ace Maj. Richard Bong, was christening a ship at the Walter Butler shipyards, Superior, Mrs. Robert S.

Johnson, (right), Lawton, wife of Captain Johnson, received word that her husband had just tied Bongs record of 27 enemy planes shot down in combat. Mrs. Johnson telephoned the news to her mother-in-law and then went on to work as usual in a Lawton drug store saying, what it means jnost is that at this minute he is safe and well. (NEA Telephoto.).