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MERCHANT
SHIP ACTIVE
IN PHILIPPINES
LEYTE BEACHHEAD, P. I.—
(By Voice Press to ’SA, San Fran
cisco).—Liberty ships and other
American merchant vessels mass
ed in Leyte harbor in the Phil
ippines have been bearing the
brunt of the frequent Japanese
harrassing air raids, which have
been concentrated on the teem
ing Merchant Marine shipping,
crowded into the island harbor,
according to a report radioed
from the Leyte beachhead by
Lieut. John Macauley, U. S. Mar
itime Service.
Already two Liberty ships have
been crashed dived by Japanese
dive bombers, other merchant
ships have been strafed by ma
chine guns and there have been
several near misses by bombs,
Macauley relates. The two Liber
ties which were the object of Jap
suicidal sinking attempts suc
j ceeded by accurate marksman
ship in killing the pilots of the
two planes before they hit, caus
ing the planes to fall off port
and not crash the ships with, fatal
results. There were some casual
ties among merchant seamen apd
navy gunners aboard these ships
but damage to the vessels was
not sufficient to keep them from
•operating. Their skippers had
stated that they fully expected
to see the Philippine campaign
through regardless of being
short-handed.
American merchant shipping
has been pouring into Leyte
since the first day of the inva
sion, according to the eyewitness
report Liberty ships predomi
nate but some Victory ships were
used. Nearly all shipping com- |
panies in the San Francisco Bay
Area are represented with ships
and the merchant seaman crews
were nearly all recruitd from the
Bay Area. All merchant ships
were bringing combat troops.
Some carried food for starving
Filipino populace. Others were
loaded with ammunition, which
meant almost certain death for
the mrchant crew if the ships!
were struck.
Under enemy fire, the Mer
chant Marine crews are working
with army and navy men, un
loading the merchant ship car
goes into landing barges, work
ing 24 hours a day. The terrific
problem fo supplying four divi
sions at four diffreent areas in-1
land from Leyte beach is calling j
for an unending flow of supplies, j
Unloading is proceeding in rec
ord time of 70 hours or less per
ship. The merchant ships then
shuttle back to supply bases and
pick up more troops and equip
ment. They will probably partici
pate without rest in the whole
Philippine campaign.
Read it in The Nugget.
TEACHERS STICK TO LAST.
SURVEY DISCLOSES
LOS ANGELES —(AP)— Wom
en teachers have tended to stay
with their positions rather than
taking war jobs, but have sup
plemented their work with vol
unteer war effort, according to
a, survey of 4,387 members of Pi:
Lambda Theta, women’s educa
tional honorary, under supervi
sion of Dr. May V. Seagoe of
the University of California.
Only 5.5 per cent repor'ed they,
| were in full-time war jobs and
of those who stayed in their orig
inal cocupation only 1.9 thought
| they’d made a mistake.
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