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August 29, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
HEAT
I'VE GOT D' COOLEST SPOT IN TOWN
Battle Of Atlantic Is A Foul Business But Navy Holds Aces
Once a U-boat has been truly "spotted" by our convoy escorts of Atlantic fighting-ships, he would be a brave man who laid longer odds than 2 to 1 about its chances of escape. In fact, those hard-bitten sub- marine smashers who have boon my shipmates during the past few weeks would laugh at you if you voiced the opinion that a "found" U-boat had better than one chance in five of gotting away.
That is the heartening news I bring you from far out in the Atlantic after a trip there in
Suddenly, there was a ring-buzz) sea death which were to be indled
apologised for breaking off our talk on П hundy phone. The oflicer out to Itler's "terror fleet."
and took the receiver.
yes ..Thanks. Well.
a British destroyer, writes n "Yes "News of the World" reporter. [ser to them!" I heard him say. He replaced the phone and turned 10 I must not give figures; but my me with a smile like the dawn of destroyer and our "pais" the cor-day. veites brought safely into this coun-
"Any moment now," shouted someone into my ear. And as he spoke we fred. A few moments of quiet; then the night smashed into depth charges exploded. a milling tumult of sound as our
Out To Destroy
try nearly 100 heavily laden mer-| "You're going to have fun after chant ships-big ones at that from all. A bunch of U-boats are con-depth charges heaved into position
verging on the convoy!" he said,
the other side of the ocean.
Not a second to waste
Out they went
More
A bolling One hundred ships, or thereabouts, Just that, "A bunch of U-boats," sea which seelbed and writhed like and not one lost. Thousands of tons How and from what source the in- living thing".
Eerle Boating of vital material for our war show, formation reached us I cannot, must flares tossed bleakly on the waves not, say. But within the space of ato mark where the charges had been full speed ahead, streaming her few deep breaths our destroyer was dropped.
and every ouvre safely home.
Somewhere beneath the lashing
Have you ever celebrated a great veension with cups of coroa? I wake across the ocean as we raced waves lay the nest of U-boats. "De- Jave. And this is why.
to meet the menace.
It was hear sundown when the Darkness _enveloped______us, and affair started. The shadows were throughout the entire ship there was lengthening across the-wild waves, a bubbly feeling of excitement-a- and we were hundreds of miles from sense of stirring things to come. land.
I was ол the bridge with our "asdic" offcer. His job is the spot-1
Stand-by Depth Charges
I groped my way dangerously
stroy or be destroyed" was our pennant that night. We were out lo destroy,
It was down when we finished. My teeth were chattering with the cold and the reaction of the exelle- ment.
With our wake carving chalklines
ting of U-boats, Not so long ago he from the bridge in the darks, and across the ocean, we returned to the played cricket for Oxford and covered the sea-lashed deck until I Hampshire... Not so long ago. reached the shelter of the quarter-convey which, all this time, bod deck, with its sinister-looking loads been battling its way homewards
eyes of the
His life now is very different. of depth charges and its group of under the watchful But the Navy still has that typically eager men, telling stories and grine/escort we had left with it. Engilul "cricket outlook" an lening widely, hall from the jokes Some things are just not done. And and half from the tension of the it is that sense of things which are
"not cricket," which gives the Navy! moment.
its bitter loathing of U-boats.
.
streaks of day slashing the darkened And it was then, with the first sky, that I drank steaming hot cocoa Suddenly, the destroyer made a Champagne in a Mayfair restaurant to celebrate the night that had gone. The sneaking up and stabbing in touching the wave-tops in the surge that thick, hot drinke from a chipped frightening swing; her masts almost could not have tasted so grund as the back methods of Hitler's under- of that fantastic angle. And as cup on the quarter-deck. sen pirates rub the Navy the wrong suddenly, the beat-beat of our high-| way. And it is not prudent to make powered engines ceased. the Navy angry.
The Battle of the Atlantic is a
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There in the darkness we lay for real, vivid, and foul business; but, "Bunch" Converging a while. Sent, listening, watchful. Speaking as one who has been in a Then an order cracked out. "Stand bit of it, I will say this: The Navy As I was saying, I was standing by depth charges." And if you've holds the aces. chatting with our "die" oficer: never seen men happy at their jobs, Around us plodded the weighed- you should have been with me. about his U-boats and the destruc- Hitler con foam at the mouth down merchantmen, supreme in Those troops of ours-in the Navy tion he hopes they will wrenk, but their indifferenco lo everything that the sailors are all called troops--would-not-like to-be-in-the boots) smell of Boche. They have the laughed aloud in their delight as of any one of his submarine men in most complete faith in the Navy. they manned the canisters of deep-the Atlantic.
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R.A. Painted Pictures On Photographs
Old Sensation Recalled
"It is a new treaty that is wanted, new world ever defeated, where freedom and liberty are enthroned. the central figure in one
A MAN who, 10 years ago, was of the greatest Royal Academy sensations, died in England recently..
Women's Chance "The-whole-mechanism-of-peace must be directed to equip this, old world, with a new unity, a new pur pose and a higher and nobler civili-nt
sation.
Tils is not a war of Capital v. Labour, it is Victory v. Defeat."
Mr Bevin said he wanted 170,000 women for the Services--not for washing up dishes-but for highly technical work.
He was Reginald Grenville Eves, R.A., an offelal war artist. He died Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham. He was 65.
were
In 1931 it was found that three of Mr Eves's pictures which had been hung at the Academy were photo- graphs painted over. They withdrawn
and
returned to him. Mr Eves explained at the time "There are great opportunities for that he was in danger of losing the women and they cun make an use of his arm through neuritis, and enormous contribution to victory, if nd sought the aid of a photographie they came forward now" he said. background to simplify his task, not want the civilian Industries knowing that he was infringing an carried on by the older people, and Acntiemy rule. I want the younger people to get Into munitions, the factories, and the Services,
Two years later he was elected an Associate, and in 1939 elected an Academician,
"The women have played a mug- Mr Ever was appointed П war nificent part in their stubborn re- artist in 1940, and went to France with the BEF. He was deputed to paint the first English portrait of General Gamelin.
sistance to and resolute courage against bombing
"Now I want them to say, I shall come into the Services and work in order that the boys can answer the enemy in his own terms.""
He counselled the trade union members not to encourage too much the "ouble-time Sunday," because he found that he got the biggest out- put round, about 50 hours,
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