When The Japs Got In

FIFTY-THREE minutes before they arrived at Pearl Harbour, on Dec ember 7, Staff Sergeant Joseph Lockard detected the incoming fleet of Jap planes, and twice warned his superior officer. “Oh, turn the darned thing off!” exclaimed that gentleman, peevishly; and the warning was not passed on. And so the Japs got in, and wrecked the great American naval base. Sergeant Lockard has been awarded the Distinguished Ser vice Medal. Many people would like to know what was awarded the officer—but, on that subject, Uncle Sam is grim, and dumb.