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THE SUN, NEWHERRY, 3. C„ JANUARY 8, 1943
Washington, D. C.
‘INSIDE’ HERO STORY
Behind the award of the Congres
sional Medal of Honor to 31-year-old
Lieut. Com. Bruce McCandless of
the U. S. Cruiser San Francisco is
a story almost without parallel in
the annals of naval warfare.
Inside fact is that shortly before
he was cited for heroism “above and
beyond the call of duty,” in the
smashing November 13 Solomons
naval victory, McCandless wasn’t
sure whether he would be decorated
or hauled on the carpet for insubor
dination.
His citation was one of glittering
generalities, but here is the whole
story of what happened:
McCandless was on the bridge of
the San Francisco when it led a
spectacular assault between two col
umns of Jap vessels, firing point-
blank at both. In the roaring 35-
minute engagement, Rear Admiral
Daniel J. Callaghan, commander of
the task force, and Capt. Cassin
Young, skipper of the San Francisco,
were killed, as well as other officers
outranking McCandless.
The young lieutenant commander
did not notify superior officers on
other vessels in the task force of
Callaghan’s death, but immediately
took command and began giving or
ders to the other vessels in Cal
laghan’s name. Ordinarily, this
would constitute a rank breach of
discipline. However, McCandless
acted as he did for two reasons:
(1) He was thoroughly familiar
with the plan of attack, having been
present at strategy powwows of
Callaghan and Young when it was
mapped out, and he feared there
might be a slipup in carrying out
the daring task maneuver if the
command passed to another ship
after Callaghan's death.
(2) It was vital to keep the news
of Callaghan’s death from the Japs,
and they undoubtedly would have
intercepted the radio communica
tion.
After the engagement, when a
friend suggested that he might be
decorated for his brilliant “incog
nito” leadership, McCandless is quot
ed as replying that he would be
lucky to get off without a “court
martial.” However, the navy was
only too glad to give praise where
praise was due.
» • *
MARCHING INTO TOKYO
Mel Maas of Minnesota, who is
both marine corps colonel and con
gressman, has two mementos from
the Solomons—a 50-yen Jap note and
a 10-shilling note of Jap invasion
money.
Maas got the money off dead Jap
soldiers.
The other day he was displaying
it to Representative Gordon Canfield
of New Jersey and two British
WRENS, comparable to our WAVES,
who were having lunch with Can-
field in the house restaurant. The
WRENS, Third Officers Dorothy
Taite and Elizabeth Gibson, were
especially interested in the yen
note, which was covered with bright-
colored designs and pictures.
“Be sure to give that money back
to me,” said Maas. “I have big
plans for it.”
“Yes, these notes will make a
wonderful souvenir to show your
grandchildren,” commented one of
the WRENS.
“Souvenir — nothing,” exclaimed-
Maas. “I’m keeping that money to
spend in Tokyo.”
• • *
GUARDING THE WHITE HOUSE
The White House called Speaker
Sam Rayburn the other day, asked
him to come in to see the President,
bringing with him a group of con
gressmen of his own choosing.
When they arrived at the front
gate of the White House, in the
speaker’s car, the chauffeur said to
the Secret Service men: “This is
the speaker and members of con
gress.”
The guards were skeptical. “The
speaker is all right, but how about
these other men?” Whereupon they
insisted upon a personal examina
tion of the other members of con
gress.
When Rayburn got inside the White
House, he was as mad as that good-
natured Texan ever becomes. He
found a senior officer of Secret Serv
ice and said: “Look here, when I
am asked to bring members of con
gress to th? White House, I want
them to be admitted without any
third degree examination. You ought
to know I wouldn’t bring any bomb
throwers!”
Note: The White House has been
more closely guarded in this war
than at any other time in history;
including World War I. Streets on
three sides are blocked off, and no
one can get near without a pass,
even a member of congress.
• • •
MERRY-GO-ROUND
c. The Germans are trying to scare
Franco out of making a commercial
deal to sell us certain critical ma
terials which have been going to
Germany.
C. Practically every young officer in
the navy department here is asking
for active duty, and many are get
ting it. Waves of WAVES are re
placing them.
C The Pennsylvania Quaker village
of Swarthmore is subscribing for a
bomber to bear the name “Swarth
more.”
STUDY OF MAN GONE SLIGHTLY
MAD THROUGH RATION RULES
Mr. Twitchell took two more let
ters from ration boards from the
letterman and weighed them care
fully. Then he handed them back.
“Sorry. Can’t use ’em,” he said.
“I’ve already had my two and a
half pounds this week.”
“Get the sugar bowl," he com
manded, addressing Mis. Twitchell.
“What for?” she asked.
“Got to turn in all but five lumps,”
he said.
• • •
Elmer then stood on his head in
the middle of the living room and
put on his glasses.
“What on earth are you doing
now?” demanded Mrs. Twitchell.
“Got to copy the serial numbers
on the sidewalls of all my oil burn
ers,” he snapped.
At this point, Mrs. Twitchell went
upstairs and quietly summoned the
doctor.
• • •
The doctor arrived as Elmer
was leaning over a table repeat
ing his name and address over
and over again and giving his
height, age and color of eyes.
“Elmer, what are you doing
now?” asked the wife.
“Jnst another registration,” he
snapped.
The doctor motioned to Mrs.
Twitchell to sit down and whis
pered that it would be better just
to observe Elmer without any
comment for a while.
* • •
Elmer took from his pocket a
small thermometer and held it in his
mouth a few moments. Then he read
it. “Seventy-nine degrees,” he an
nounced. “They can make trouble
for me for having a temperature like
that. I could have avoided it all,
though.”
Mrs. Twitchell forgot herself and
asked: “How?”
“By switching from meat to coal,”
he barked. “You remember all those
warnings that all cars should keep
down to two cups a mile.”
• • •
He then went into the kitchen,
took the coffee pot and threw it
away.
“Got to get something small
er,” he said. “I’m only an ‘A’
card holder. My allowance is to
be cut to three gallons a week
now. Used to be allowed four.
Tried to join a Share-the-Mocha
club but couldn’t do it.”
Elmer walked to the telephone.
“Hello. Is this Henderson?” he
asked. “Just want to tell you
about the butter. It was worth
retreading so I called the ex
press company and turned it in.”
» • •
“Quite a case,” observed the doc
tor, making notes.
Mr. Twitchell now got a can of
gasoline, poured out a small quan
tity, added condensed milk, a pinch
of sugar and proceeded to drink it.
“Tastes lousy,” he said, “but a ra
tion order is a ration order.”
Suddenly he put the cup aside and
remarked, “I forget this was a cof
feeless Tuesday.”
* * *
“How long has he been acting
like this?” asked the doctor.
“Just for the last day or two,”
said Mrs. Twitchell.
“Who’s that?” demanded El
mer, suddenly noticing the doc
tor. “Ah, I recognize him now.
He’s the federal furnace inspec
tor. It’s okay, inspector. I laid
my furnace up for the winter
and am heating the house by
bicycle now.”
The doctor at this point sneaked
up behind Elmer and slugged
him with a heavy paperweight,
knocking him cold.
“It’s the only way to handle
these cases,” he said to Mrs.
Twitchell. “I’m getting more of
’em every day.”
• * *
Father’s pretty dizzy now—
They’ve tossed him into bed:
To get those tire numbers he
Stood too long on his head.
• • •
Sign over a Connecticut movie
house:
The General Died at Dawn
with
Jukebox Jennie
* * *
Now that butter is to be rationed
we ought to see less of the fellow
who always took about a pound of
it on his knife and said: “Please
put a little toast on this.”
* * *
New slogan: Praise the war and
don’t pass the butter.
m * m
NO USE
Last night 1 sprayed my radio
IFith strong insecticide.
But just the same Laval got through;
He’s tough, as hippo hide.
* * •
Many stores are now rationing ice
cream, and refusing to sell any to
take out. One man says his wife |
wanted a pint for a sick child, and
so explained to the ice-cream clerk.
But the reply—believe it or not—
was: “You’ll have to get a prescrip
tion.”
• • •
Horse meat, so labeled, is now being
sold in many cities, and it is selling pretty
fast. Some people say it isn't bad. Elmer
Twitchell insists ifs pretty good. “It all
depends on the horse,” he declares.
Ransacking Davy Jones’ Locker Off North Africa
Lieut. George N. Ankers of Seattle Is in eharge of raising ships sunk during the North African campaign.
He is shown at right surveying Oran harbor, where American and Royal navy divers have already begun
the task of raising battered ships, sunk mostly by Allied bombs. Left: When General Grant tanks were
being unloaded at Algiers one fell Into the water. A crewman who went down with his tank is shown being
brought to the surface by a French diver. The crewman recovered.
Five Marine Fighters Bring Down 110 Jap Planes
Five pilots of a marine fighter squadron which has accounted for 110 Jap planes in two months’ fighting
are shown near one of their Grumman fighters on Guadalcanal, in picture at left. They are .deft to right),
Lieut. Roger Hoberman; Lieut. Cecil Doyle; Capt. Joseph Foss (who tops the list with 22 planes shot down);
William Marontate, and Lieut. Roy Ruddell. Right: A Jap fighter pilot, captured after being shot down during
a dogfight over Guadalcanal, has plenty to say during an interview with a U. S. interpreter. The prisoner and
others have shown a surprising willingness to give information concerning their own forces.
Jungle Hikes Precede Action in Buna-Gona
Best Fighter Plqne
After being flown across New Guinea to the Buna-Gona area, U. S.
troops hiked six days through the jungles before getting into action with
the Japs. Here they found plenty of action, with the Japs coming out
second best. Photo shows a group of American troops as they were gath
ered around an exhausted Jap as he was lying on the ground.
Maj. Thomas Hitchcock, who re
cently returned to the United States
from England, is shown in front of
a P-51 Mustang, in Inglewood, Calif.
On his return from abroad Hitch
cock said: “Current opinion in Eng
land, among bath American and
British fliers, is that the P-51 with
the Merlin engine will be the best
fighter plane in the world in 1943.”
While in England Maj. Hitchcock
served as assistant military attache
for air.
‘Flying Tiger’ Ace Decorates Aces in Chunking
Flying Twins
This radio photo (one of the first to be sent over the new U. S.-China
photo link) shows Gen. Claire L. Chennault, left, pinning a Distinguished
Flying Cross on the tunic of Maj. Edward F. Rector of Marshall, N. C.
Brother aces Maj. David (“Tex”) Hill of Hunt, Texas (seated) and Col.
Robert L. Scott of Macon, Ga., look on.
Cause of much confusion at the
navy’s pre-flight school in Athens,
Ga., are Gale and Hale Grebe,
twins from New Florence, Mo., who
are being trained to fly navy bomb
ers. Gale is at left in this picture
of the twins studying model planes.
QNE of my favorite athletes for
some 20 years has been a fellow
by the name of Heafrtley Anderson—
better known as Hunk.
With George Halas, former coach
and owner of the Chicago Bears,
now in war service.
Hunk is one of the
head co-coaches.
Pound for pound.
Hunk is the tough
est physical speci
men I’ve ever
known, and that in
cludes Joe Louis
and Strangler Lew
is. As a guard un
der Knute Rockne,
weighing 170
pounds. Hunk made
240 pounders surren
der and leave the field. They want
ed no part of Hunk, who, in addition
to amazing quickness and unusual
strength, always has had outstand
ing fighting spirit.
He was the type they might kill—
but never whip.
An Anderson Angle
This takes us back to the timv
Notre Dame decided to try out field
hockey. A big squad had assem
bled—then Hunk appeared. His
presence scattered most of the
hockey squad.
“Do you mean,” one of them
asked, “that I’m to play in a game
in which they are giving Hunk An
derson a stick? I don’t want any
part of it.”
As a coach in the old days, Hunk
may have been a better top ser
geant than a general of the Rockne
type, but that still goes as a tribute.
He certainly never has had a su
perior as a line coach.
He was given the impossible job
at Notre Dame of following Knute
Rockne. At the time this was an
impossible assignment.
His Toughest Job
Hunk’s toughest coaching job
came at North Carolina State some
years ago. Hunk had assembled a
strong Southern line and a Northern
backfield.
“I made one big mistake,” Hunk
told me later. “I thought the Civil
war was over. I soon found that
my Southern line was tackling and
stopping my Northern backfield be
fore it got started. I’d just forgot
ten to brush up on my history. I
discovered down South you eouldn’t
mix up Stonewall Jacksons and Rob
ert E. Lees with U. S. Grants and
William Tecumseh Shermans and
Philip Sheridans.”
The Strong Man
I doubt that football has ever pro
duced a stronger man than Eddie
Hart, Princeton’s old football cap
tain, now installed as a major in
the marines. His strong man rival
was Eddie Glass of Yale. The new
marine is no kid. He was Prince
ton’s leader back in 1910 and 1911,
when he played with a broken neck
protected by a special leather har
ness.
Now over 50, he is still in fine
physical shape and still one of the
strongest men I know. Something
after the manner of Pudge Heffel-
finger, who was still a football star
at 53 and not so bad at 65 when he
played a full period in a charity
game.
Two Eddie Hart examples—the
night he won a bet that three All-
Americans in the room couldn’t
bowl him over as he stood on one.
foot—the day in Paris during the*
last war when a 195-pound football
pal called from the second floor of
a Paris hotel—“I’m jumping, Eddie,
catch me.” Hart caught him.
The marines get a true marine in
Eddie Hart.
Eddie Hart coached the Army
football team that played in Paris
after the Armistice. Eddie Mahan
was on that Army squad. “It was
after this game,” Hart told me,
“that Marshal Foch said, ‘Any army
that plays this game is already well
trained for war. It is a game that
belongs to the strong and the fast
and to those who must think under
pressure. It is the type of competi
tive sport an army needs.’ ”
Efficiency
Col. Bob Neyland remarked a
short while back that when you can
get a team up to 80 per cent ef
ficiency in blocking and tackling you
have about reached the summit of
human expectancy.
This is true, with a few excep
tions.
Holy Cross passed 90 per cent in
this respect against Boston College,
and Washington’s Redskins were
close to 100 per cent against the
beaten Bears.
I’ve never seen a team that
tackled harder, blocked harder or
ran harder, going all out, than the
Redskins did against the Bears.
They had a record wound to cure
that had been festering for two
years, 73 to 0, and you could see on
practically every play they meant
to effect the cure.
Here was full proof of what a foot
ball team can do when it becomes
emotionally aroused.
Here was the answer to many of
the season’s upsets—to the way Au
burn felt about Georgia and Holy
Cross felt about Boston College.
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