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JAPANESE

SMASHED:

PLAN

NEMY aircraft searching She was a fast ship and turned ou his carriers. Each flat top had two

for

lightning circle to dodge Plotcher's force, bombs. But. Iacking fighter cover, ed around her.

the cruisers and three destroyera pack- sighted Rear Admiral she was wide open to methodical assault. Three 1,000 pounders ploughed up her decks and flames shot through.

Grace's squadron 40 miles south-west of Jomard Passage, A wave of eight Japanesc tor- pedo carrying planes attacked with plenty of determination, but defective technique.

Two torpedoes thrashed very close to the cruiser Australia, but she was saved by skilful Coming in evasive action. astern of the squadron, 19 heavy bombers attacked from about 18.000 feet, and the Australia was straddled from all direc- tions, but was not hit.

The ships had no afr support, but by split second manoeuvring and The steadiness of the ack-nek gun- ners, they were saved from damage. Five bombers were shot into the Flying bomb, fragments killed two ratings on the US Cruiser Chicago and Bever men were wounded on the Australian ships.

sca.

Had this attack destroyed or dis- persed Grace's squadron, it is cer

enemy's thin that some of the troopships would have broken the blockade of the Louisiades and Port Moresby would have been uncover, So it was that in its successful battle for survival, the Australian squadron played a vital role in the general action.

ext.

Deprived of the air cover from seaplane carrier the Shotto ant a and unable

through to penetrate

Passoge or Chins elther Jomard Strait While the Australian Japanese north-west.

transport flect turned

A

bombers

he was partly successful and the It closed when the Japanese hot- bombers and torpedo planes became ly ngialled by aircraft to which separated. Disaster to the Shoho land-based planes from · Port

Moresby on the previous day prompted in added their weight, were forced to and North-Queensland to devine speelal measures to protect flee from the Louisiades archipelago many miles out to sea to avoid an- nihilation.

Their main covering force raced through Bougainville Strait in Its retreat back to Truk.

This battle cost the enemy one cloud large aircraft carrier, three heavy cruisers, and light cruiser, three destruyers, five transports and other small

Vessola sunk, It also cont them severe damage and probable sinking of one. cruiser und one destroyer and severe dumare to more than 20 ships, including two itcraft carriers, three cruisers, two tenders and three destroyers. More than 100 Japanese aircraft were shot down. Allied losses were one ear- fler, one destroyer, one tanker and

6 planes.

of Allied swarm plunged through the nimbus and emerged just astern of the

carrier Japanese

Shokaku. She swung a sharp right turn and open ed all her guns.

them. The

Torn To Pieces TORPEDO-planes coming in be,

neath the dive bombers lossed tor- Ack-nek Bre bounced the bom- pedoes which hit her amidships and practically tore her to pieces. Hit bers, but did not stop

big carrier Inomed up with by ten heavy bombs and fifteen tor- pedoes; the Sholio completed three empty flight deck. Its planes turns, stopped dead, und then, gone after our carrier. Torpedoes belching a huge cloud of smoke and wore cut loose and, entebing The flame, went down with most of her planes sul on board.

carrier under the stern, staggered her badly. Bombs tore great holes

had

and billow's of were shot through

the sea under her flameslot cloud, anale

Just as the carrier vanished from in her flight deck

bombs smushed the auperstructure orange fame.

She and stern of a heavy cruiser. staggered under the terrific pound- ing and sank in a weiter of smoke and flames.

with

Lexington's End

two THE carrier swung to the left

THE

a mile-long smoke trail.

brighter. A

Enemy Thwarted

WHAT did the Coral Sea Victory

W achieve?

A

First, it certainly stayed alf frontal attack on Port Moresby and the southern New Guinea coast. also thwarted an enemy attempt to secure focilold on Cape York with peninsula to close Torres Straits as Her first step in a major plan to isolate

Australia. That much was proved by information which later cane Inlo

single still

The possession of Alfled Intelligence. In addition, it dealt the first real- attendant cruisers by severe blow at Japanese naval

these Reacting sharply severe blows, the Japanese burled

more planes from deck was badly wrecked and the into the fight

They their remaining two carriers. also brought it bombers from larges grew Rabaul, while shore-based Allied ack-ack gun in the stern was bombers from Port Moresby and fring, and two North Queensland helped in the re- conuaissance and added their fire to that of the Navy planes, Finally, in the growing darkness, the oppos ing forces brolte contact.

Mentre details of the nir-sea struggle were released to Australia MacArthur's plecement in General daily communiques. The continu- ing battle was followed with an- xiety by all Australians, us failed to appreciate its crucial im- portance for this country.

Jap.

Claims

none

were blazing away at the attackers and air power and scattered the When the greatest concentration of Japanese as the bombers raced on. Ares on the Shokaku were mastered warships, planes

transports she was just able to struggle back in gathered together since the

for Juva. 'Truk.

Again the Japanese reaction was Thirty-six dive bombers and Awift.

from the eighteen torpedo planes Shokaku and the two other carriers launched a counter attack while the American planes, were still attackt-

ing.

Their principal target was the

misses.

ond

Battle

made

TICKETS

"Single?" "That's my business".

According To Culbertson

(Copyright 1947, by Ely Culbertson)

At times the dolence conalsts solely of gulding the declarer to the wrong thesse. For example:

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Beyond that all was conjecture.

that There was no sound evidence this specifle Japanese force aimed at a full-scale attempt to invnde Aus- trails, nor was there any convinc ing evidence that the whole, or part, of the expedition Intended to strike

South's leap to three no trump, at the northern Queensland const Between Cairns and Townsville

anything to without

resembling 33,000-tons carrier. Lexington, which

bases.

spade stopper, was a bold action, was hit by two torpedoes and two secure bombing

It was rather the long-range dan-but, most definitely, was the only that had a grain of logic. Her crew fought and beat ger to Australia which this Japanese nation squadron remained on guard, the WITH its customary irresponsibl. borbs and further shaken by near

For one thing the opponents might Wlity, Tokyo Radio claimed the sink- the fires and recovered her aircraft, movement constituted, that ing of the United States battleship Several hours after the battle, while an Allied victory in the Coral Sea

at

not lead spades; for another, the Capture of Port Moresby 20 essential. California and the US carrier Sara-

the carrier was steaming

suit might be only four cards long toga (neither of which took part in knots, she was rucked by a terrifle and control of all New Guinea and

in a defender's hand; for a third, in of Torres Straits would have given which British explosion

started res the enstagement), and the

important half-

North might turn up with a spade battleship Warspite, which was many parts of the ship. Ignition of the enemy a mist

stopper. 10,000 miles from the Louisiades. petrol vapour from fractured petrol way staging point from which

lines below decks was believed to mount a formidable invasion effort. It would have added incredible dif- The Prime Minister (MF Curtin) be the cause.

that Parliament

the

feulties to the task of defending the battle told

continent. would not decide the war, but would determine the immediate objects to be pursued by ourselves and the enemy and would vitally affect the whole conduct of operations in this theatre.

Two-way Battle ·

WHEN contact was made between the United States and Japanese south-west of the carrier-planes Louisiades, a territic two-way battle developed. Seventy-six American planes were hurled into this Aght, 36 bumbers and scouts, 24 with tor- pedves and 16 fighters. A elbud layer had broken over the islands and they had blue sky and perfect vision when they attacked a

Just 26,000 tons Japanese carrier, turning into the wind to launch her aircraft.

new

as

This carrier was first identified as the Ryukaku and announced such by the United States Navy De- partment in its Coral Sea communi que on June 12, 1942, Some doubt to her exuct Identity developed later. The Japanese built their car riers in pairs, Shokoku and Zuikaku, Soryu and Hiryu, Kaga and Akagi. "The Ryukaku hud a sister ship, the Shoho. In an official report dated March 27, 1944, the Commander-in- Chief of the United States Fleet, Admiral Ernest J. King, stated that the big carrier attacked off Misime Island

Australian was the Shoho. Naval Inelligence reports also iden

the Shoho. tified her as

She was blasted heavily just 015 she turned. A 300-poundur struck

her square on the flight deck and kept her from launching her planes.

.

стан

For five hours Lexington's

the ship. fought heroleally to save but the explosion hud smashed the Wounded men re-fighting gear. were transferred to destroyers, and, with flames sweeping along her en- aban- tire length, the carrier was duned. The destroyer Plicips sank her with torpedoes.

Jap. losses

Fletcher's task force, in May 6. once again carried the attack to the Japanese. His scout planes reported three enemy curriers and a large force of cruisers and destroyers, the enemy having changed course during the night, Fietcher's bom- bers this time had to stretch out to longer range and the weather had ships did not exchange a single shot. become dirty. Rolling storm clouds It was a unique running suu-and-air screened the enemy ships and the battle fought between the oppos. Japanese commauder wäs making ing forces over an area of hundreds full use of weather cover. In this of miles.

US ended the first engagemen: in naval history in which surface

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

THE fox had gone away, the Indian Rope Trick. Some say The pack was in full cry, it is partly ever there. Others 20 an that the boy The women in bowlers were further and say that there is neither bobbing up and down on their rope nor boy. But an old fool in

LIBRARY OF horses like puddings on a broken Madras told me once that even the

ART PHOTOS

conveyor-belt.

nudience is not really there. "How could it be," he added. "since it is well known that there is a cuch Suddenly a newcomer joined the thing as existence?" "But somebody. feld. But he was riding a camel, said I, "must exist to know that and yodelling Arabic nonsense as there is no existence."

sald Sir Robert Witt, CBE, who he plunged along. As he drew he, It is because nobody exists to retired recently from his activi- alongside the pretty daughter of a know anything that we know that ties as a solicitor in the City of JP. he leaned sideways and drew there is no existence to be known." her on to inty horse. What the "Oh, have date," said I impatient- London, is occupying himself devil are you doing?" she cried, ly. "They don't exist," he gold, with his life-time hobby the "Hush," said the Intruder, "thy de- taking one, but I will try the iden formation of the most compre-sert lover, Zubzub el Marshrat, bas of a date conceived by your dream-

come to carry thee off to his wad." self." hensive library. In the world of

And he bit hearilly into my photographs of pictures and And at that moment she recognised; Idea of a date.

beneath the sham swarthiness, the drawings of all Western schools coarse face of Caplatis Foulenough. There goes Flash! of art.

Soft answer

He has now over 500,000 photo- graphs.

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A

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Snall-Watching Society says that "snall-watching LANDLORD who set fire to his needs a clear head and n steady house in order to get the tenant eye." And sound nerves. The ex- out reminded me of that Earl of sitement of wailing for Kildare who, when reprimanded by ment is akin to the peculiar strain Henry VIII. for burning Cashel imposed on people who watch cheas. Cathedral, said, "I'm so sorry, Sire. In fact, I knew a man, who tried to

a move-

Sir Hobert began his famous col- but I thought the Archbishop was teach snails to play chess. But not lection as a graduate at Oxford and | inside." never forsople it. To-day he has

one of the beasts could be Induced to move like a knight. He was in love with a rather frivolous girl who found all this foolery. with SEE that a reward is being snails beneath contempi. Her

offered to anybody who can do pame turned out to bơ Gackwynde,j

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Rupert and Bill walk round the garden trolley in much, anxiety. Then together they lift it off the road and take it round to a quiet place behind the smithy and examine it. To their relief the axle is not broken but only badly bent. They take turns to tug and push it, without any success. "It's no good," sighs Bill. "fe's too strong for us, and if we're not careful we shall, smadly the handle with so much pressure." We must get help." declares Rupert.

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queer,

Wet led the diamond South won, cathed two clubs, then ded a spade toward dummy, hoping find the nce in front of the king-queen.

ta

ace.

East dashed that hope by cap- turing the queen with the When he returned South's lant

a diamond and stopper in that suit

was knocked out,

there was only one hope left for declarer.

Pat- ently, he could win club, two diamonds, and one spade, only four

80 the heart finesse became an urgent necessity. South crossed spade king and took the finesse, and its Success WON the success of the game contract.

to the

East was in too great a hurry. when he won the first spade lead. -It-was-not difficult w visualise South's exact holding and to foresce that if South found an unfavourable spude position he would: have to full back on a heart finesse which East knew would succeed, Thus, East should have ducked the first

without the spade tead

slightest hesitation, and it would have re- quired secand sight on South's part to risk the heart finesse. then and there, when apparently he had discovered that two spade tricks were there for him.

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