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ROSEBURG, NEWS REVIEW. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1927.
M PAR HE M ASi"I HE WASP"N0W "THE FLYING FLEA"
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MCE UDEZ SOON TO FLY TO U. S., BROUGHT DOWN 62 ALLIED PLANES
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- BY MILTON BRONNER
t ' NEA Service Writer
3 BEHI.IN, Sept. 2. Ouo of Our-
miiny'ii greatest war acoH plans nn
aerial trip to America for the near
-1 future
He In Ernst Udut, vlclor In 02
- romhutB with allied planes, known
to his aquudron companions In
3 1618 as "The Wui," and - today
. ouu, of Europe's most J prominent
peace time aviators. '
Today tho nickname "The Flea"
- has replaced his war-time monlck
nr. It has been given him by
' vtrjends because of his habit of
' liopplng all ubout Europe
7"" Risked Life Many Times
" 'Udet plans to hop from Ham-
i...buis to the Azores and thenco to
.America. It seems safe to predict
lhat If ho starts he will finish; his
life must he proof against catas
trophe. If ho could poBslbly have
,, hilled himsolt he would have done
;i It long ago.
At 13 ho had built a successful
glider. Not much later he was
n motorcycle racer. Finding those
' sports tame, ho took to Bkl-Jump-...Ing,
and at 18 he became a flyer.
Ho had heon flying a year when
ine wai uiunn uut miu i.v who u.
dered to tho westorn front.
Throughout the war be sought
''danger, took the groatest risks.
" ' Ho preferred to fly alone and
his chief delight was to drop into
Die middle of an allied squadron
iljp'f a dozen planes, Bhoot down one
of them and let tho other eloven
chase Mm. .
, When he was promoted to tho
., command of asquudron ho was
grieved, for now he must fly with
others. His style waa cramned.
8talked Death Four years
He came through tho whole war
' "almost without a scratch, and is
flying todayt his nerves unshaken
jy catastrophes which mado men
,Jal and nervous wrecks-of hun-
j gic experience in war lime, an ox
,i perlonce which In Itself would
v maao most people nevor. wibu io
i see an atrpinne again: (
i "Cruising along about a mile anil
apart, hands wildly waving. Ho
was whizzing down , to certain
death, dying a thousand deaths
every second. I never learned
who ho was, his nationality, or
from where he had fallen.''
Through horrors like this, Udet
i of its price,
J. 0.
Eynsb.Udcb-vidor in sixty-two
lived and fought four years;
Udet s first service was aa fly-
lng observer for an artillery regl
inont. ; , : ;' i I.) ' ' ,
We' were then In Alsace," he
says, "and iny second flight came
nour being my last., j j
"I had an observer Willi me and
we had ' flown .about three miles
lilgh whei)-we lilt a tremendous
thick cloud: bank In which we wore
completely .lost,.1-WorBe ':yet, our
controls, won).? Wo. cnio . down
uii-uugn mo ciouu anu esiiniaieu
we must be IS miles within the
ohomy linos. Dy good luck wo Just
managed to glide to earth In a po
tato field one mile back of our
own lines. . I got the Iron Cross.
second class, for lhat.
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Roseburg, Oregon
Phone 458
combats with, Allied piancs;
,i . Many Narrow Escapes , '.
. i"It was some time- before I be
gan really to have command .over
mnchlnes.r I had several accidents
in which either tho machine or 1
or, both sustained injuries.
i"I-hud,two air combats -in .which
nothing serlouB happened to either
sido, but Jn my third I- made my
first kill, Iiwus high, in ,the ,uir
when I saw ,,a squadron . of, -18
French airplanes. I - mado a
Ktraight drop like a hawk,, which
brought , me by, surprise among.
them.
"At the short, distance of 150
f eot 'I let the nearest machine have
the full contents of my machine
guns. The French plane dropped
burning to "artb - near Muehlhau-
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sen. That's how 1 won the Iron
Cross, Ili'Kt class.
"On September 10, 1917, the
French for the first lime flew over
that part of our lines with bombs.
1 dropped down amid a squadron
of them and my shooting forced
one of them to land. . 1 iiad to do
the same thing because or severe
shooting my plane received. The
cumlcul thing was that the French
loser made a beautiful landing and
I, the (Jerman winner, made a rot
ten landing. The French came
out of their machine and shook
handB cordially. They even looked
sheepishly at the sign they had
puinted on their machine "Here
comes the destroyer.' We had a
laugh together over that. .
Preferred Solo Fighting
"As long as I was merely a fight
er In the air, I preferred to go with
my plane alone, Instead of making
purt or a group. A group was eusljy
spotted and the enemy had warn
ing that you were coming.
"I liked to fly high, hidden often
from the foe by the glare of the
bud. I could thus drop like a kite
amid even overwhelming numbers
of enemy machines and put one of
them or even two out of business.
You see, they often got in - each
other's way and were often afraid
to fire, lest they Injure their own
side.
"Later, when I "was promoted
leader of a battle squadron and
later still made chief of a whole
group of 50 planes, I had to change
my tactics and lead- my men. That
somewhat cramped my style.
"Pride over my promotion gave
me one of my greatest scares. I
wanted' to mark my elevation- 1-y
smashing a big captive enemy bal
loon. Just when I was hovering
over the tiling, about ten English
Sopwlths appeared on the scene
and made for me.
"I rose Into a very thick cloud
bank. After a while I thought I
would tuke a look above it. 1
dived back. Some of the Sopwilhs
were faithfully waiting for me. I
took a look below. ' Some were
there too. Finally I escaped ihem,
but my. compass went wrong, aud
opy by good luck did I reaqh our
own lines,' 70 miles from where I
had started, i r . ' ! . !
"My closest flhave was once
when I sent an' English plane to
earth.; Wanting to - land - myself
and thinking wo were back of our
own Hues, I was nearly on the
ground when I saw several hundred-
Tommies coming on the run,
rifles in their hands, i I just did
manage to- rise und get out of
harm's way. i . i.i -First
Fight With Americans
- -"Your ; American fellows .were
good sports. My first 1 encounter
ASHLAND WOMEN
HURT JN COLLISION
OF AUTOMOBILES
CHIOO. Calif.,' ' Sept ' 3 Eight
women and a child were Injured
last night In a collision between
two automobiles on the highway
nine miles north of here.
The In Juried: Miss Katharine
Vincent of Ashland, Oregon, frao
lured skull; Mrs. Vincent of Ash
land, cut hand; Mrs. Springer of
Ashland, fractured skull; MtsB
Iluth Aitken of, Ashland, cut right
arm; - Mrs. S.- A. Hempe of Gerbort
Calif., cut bend; Audreygene Hem
pe, her daughter aged, 2 years, cut
head; Mrs. Ed Houdnshclt and her
daughter, Lucy, cut heud; Misa
Louise Houdasholt, dislocated col
lur bone and cut leg. Miss Aitken
was driving the Ashland party
south, while Mrs. Hempe was drlr
vlng the Oerber party north when
the machines collided. Both auto
mobiles were wrecked.
- The Injured were picked up by
pnsslng motorists and brought horo
to a hospital. Physicians expected
lhat oil would recover.
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ii iff Careful.
ness ortrlooh
ing no Rct
lhat could b (Helpful
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Phone 112
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"jtJle vw diKtzin& down to
w:cu .everjr. ouvua.i never learned voq ue V&3'
with them vas ytiou a squadron .of
ours encountered a squadron of
Nteu porta bp ' which ;-wero painted
the French ' colors. f,: ( -
"I shot down one of them and
landed next to it. . The young- pilot
was wounded In the leg nni head.
Wo shook hands. I groetod htm
In French, but he did not neeiyi to
understand a word'tiiid then Real
ized 1 bad at last met an Ameri
can. ' 1- v ' J. r. a. y i. - -
"I told 'him we had" shot down
two others of his squadron. Ho
gahieljr Hold: ;; '" 1 ;!., ?'
"Oha ver good morning for
us! But'we'll do bettexv This Is
only th$ first iuuli.R."j
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DETAILS 1 READY; PARIS
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The Palace
(By NEA Service.)
PARIS, Sept. 3. The A. E. F In
rest billets and recreation camps
used to remark occasionally, that
this business of going to France
wouldn't be such a bad racket if
onty there wasn't a war going on.
For France itself, as a goal for
travelers, has Its points.
Accordingly, when the French
government sent to the American
Legion convention ot 1924 a warm
invitation to the legionnaires to
hold their 1927 convention In Paris,
the former A. E. F.-ers lost little
time In accepting.
And now tho vanguard of the
"Second A. E. F." is descending
on Paris once more. The 1927
convention of the American Le
gion is about to open In the capi
tal of France, and some 30,000 ex
service men are on the way.
Paris It Ready
Everything here is In readlneas.
The vast hall of the Palace
Trocadero. where the sessions will
be held. Is decorated and refur
nished: the Palais d'Orsay, where
the famous "40 and 8" will con
vene, has been prepared for any
thing; the Hotel Continental is
ready to resound to the tread ot
those femluine feet that will bear
the lady members of the legion
auxiliary about Paris.
The coming convention- Is no'
going to be just another eonvei.
Hon . It Is going to bo an inter
certain death, cLymA alWsani
, Killer thnt he was in war time,
he has none of the air of a kilter
today. He is rather chunky of
build, smiling, blue-eyed, kindly.
He has a liking for American cig-,
arets and '.English "visky-soda." ,
Theoretically, his home , is in
Munich,' where his father was an
engineer,' but Ernst Udet Is seldom
there" When I talked with him, he
had just flown in from Copenha
gen, Denmark. When he had told
his story he hopped off for Augs
burg. From there he was to go to
Bucharest, Rumania; then to Con
stantinople, and from there1 back
to Copenhagen all as a matter of
course for a flying flea.1 '
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.
Trocadero, where the legion will'
national event, and France and
the legion have laid their plans ac
cordingly. - -
First and foremost, the legion
has fixed things so that individual
members can make the trip much
more cheaply than they could if
they went ns ordinary tourists.
Amerlcnn railways have granted
hnlf-fare privileges; European
railroads have shaved prices
slinrnH" nlenninhfn ctiTminnlpH
nt'0 rnihipnil thntr mini nt.n
Thirty thousand hotel rooms In
Paris were contracted for by the
legion long ago. These contrncls
were signed while tho franc was
low. and big savings' are the
consequence. Motor transporta
tion has been arranged for most of
the battlefield tours, at a further
saving.
Altogether, It Is estimated that
the legion members can make the
trip for at least $250 less than II
would cost If ho went as a private
individual.
Some of the veterans are al
ready here. The bulk of them,
however, will not arrive until the
third week in September, when the
! liner. Leviathan, which carried so
many thousands of soldiers during
I the war, and which has been deslg
i nated flagship ot this second he
Sirs, docks with General Pershln.
.National Commander Howard Sav.
age, many other distinguished
"A WORD FITLY SPOKEN" ;
The wise man says "A. word fitly
sopken, how good It is." Many a
time a word fitly 'spoken has
hown a depositor the road to
success. Our expert advice is at
the disposal of all our clients.
The RoseburNational Bank
, ; RoseDur.ore : :
GLENGARY AND GREEN NEWS
Mr. Rustbad and Carlson fam
ilies of the Green-valley have mov
ed to the Quarry. We are sorry to
see them leave the neighborhood.
Miss Nell .McGhehey is on the
sick list.
Mr. Stencil waB a caller nt the
C; ,C, Groves home the .list.
Mrs. Jack Weaver has been vis
iting Jn Roseburg for the past
week. , - - .
F. I. Betts returned from Port
land this morning. - -
i Lee Morrison loft with a load
of produce for Klamath Falls, Fri
day. -
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TODAY'S BASEB?ALL:
National '
At New York H. II. E.
Philadelphia .. 5 9 0
New York -. 9 1
: Batteries; Ferguson, Decatur
and Wilson; Barnes, Fltzsliumons;
Henly and Cummiugs. , c.
First Game-At Boston . n. H. E.
Brooklyn 3 10 2
Boston 4 12 1
Batteries; Potty, Ehrhardt and
Deberry,' Kenlino ;' "Greehf iold and
Gibson. . i . :
American
- At Philadelphia n. H. E.
New York .....0 4 0
Philadelphia .. ..' .....'. .....1 1 G 0
Bat eries: Moore, ' Pennock and
P. Collins; Grove and' Cochrane, i
At Pittsburgh ' E. H. E.
St. Louis :.......:..'....: 0 5 1
Pittsburgh .. :...... 14 18 2
Batteries: H. Bell, Littlejolm
nnd O'Farrell, Schulte; Hill and
Smith. ' I :-.
Second Game--Boston R. H. E.
Brooklyn . ; 6 7 0
Boston :........:..4 11 1
AWAITS "SECOND AE. F."
hold its convention.
guests and a whole host' of ordi
nary ex-hlgh privates.
Many Tours Planned
The meetings or the legion in
Paris will comprise only a part
of the activities. Extensive tours
to all battlefields where American
troops fought have been arranged,
these tours having been divided
into five districts the first dis
trict including northern France
and Belgium; the second, the
Alsmn.Mnrne rptrfnn nnH rh.io.,,
Thierry; the third. Verdun and
me meuse-Argonne sector; the
fourth, the St. Mihlel reRion; the
fifth, the Chamtmetia mimiri. ...t
of Rheims.
In addition. manv Ippfmtnalra.
ore planning tours to other coun
tries. Eighteen V.
have announced they will accept
me legion mentiiiration certifi
cates in lieu of passports.
Four of the welfare organiza
tions that served the A. E. F. dur
ing tho war are ready to serve
the visiting legionnaires. The Red
Cross has made ready first aid
stations In Paris and at other
points In France: the Knights of
ColUmbllS hAH HPrTAtnt-loa n .11
the ships, to provide for creature
comforts; the Salvation Armv has
a number of huts established, and
Is all rendv tn start frvln V. 1
of doughnuts again, and the
American i-iurary association has
,frMr,.;
AMERICAN LEGION
MEETING : .
'
. Meetings for -the year will
4 be resumed on Tuesday night,
Sept. 0. If the weather Is fair
4 the meeting 'will, be held at
Williams' watermelon patch nt
Ulllard and if ruiny ill the
armory. A 1 1 Legionulrres
4 please be present.
- ADJUTANT.
Batteries: Elliott and Henllne;
McQuillan, Morrison, Wertz, Gene
wich and Urban. - .
Second Game New York II. H. TSf
Philadelphia 4 13 1
New York .. .. ...1..7.7 11 -1
Batteries: Sweet!and...aud Jon
nard, Wilson; Benton and Taylor.
At Cincinnati R. H. E.
Chicago - I 5 0
Cincinnati ::........-..;...;...2 S 1
Batteries: Blnke, Nehf und Hart
nett; Lucas and Sukeforth, Hnr
grave. '
At Chicago . 1 5 0
Chicago :...4 6 1
Batteries: S haute and L. Sew
ell; Fabcr and Crouse.
Marriage Licenses Issued
Four marriage licenses were Is
sued today by County Clerk I. B.
Riddle to Orvllle O. McCulloch, of
Powers, and Gladys Finley, Of
Roseburg; Charles W. Fox, of
Portland and Vivian' , Orctitt of
Roseburg; Floyd Swearingen and
Gladys R. Bonn, of Elkton, and N.
A. Ellsworth and Mary Wilson, of
Reedsport.. : ' i
Try a classifies adv. In Wis p
per and watch results. You'll aura,
rpt 'Am.
I opened numerous rending rooms
here In Paris,
The Big -Parade .... t
The high point of the conven
tion, which opens September 19
and closes September 24, will he
the big parade on September 19.
- In the Place des Invalldes, un
der the shadow of the dome ot
the tomb of Napoleon, the parade
will form, to proceed down the
Avenue du Galllenl, named in
honor of the general 'who mar
shalled France's famous "taxlcab
army" at the first Battle of. the
Marne.
i iiciiuc me uiiiiuueiH will uiu
the Seine on the Pont Alexandre
III, swinging to the left until they
roach the Avenue President Wil
son. Then . they will turn down
the Avenue d'-fena to the Arc do
Trlomphe.
Here the French government
has prepared a great honor for
them. For the first time in his
tory, it is according to representa
tives of a foreign government, the
privilege of passing under one
nrch of this famous monument.
The legionaires will observe com
plete silence as they pass thru;
the bands will be stilled and I ho
marchers will proceed with bared
heails past the tomb of the un
known soldier.
Past Historic Spots
Then the parade will pass down
the world-famous Champs-Elysees
to the Place de la Concorde, where
stood the guillotine that beheaded
a king nnd queen of France during
the French revolution. From this
historic spot It will proceed, along
streets lined with world-famous
buildings, to the Boulevard dos
Tuilerles, where it will disband.
Paris will make a holiday for
this event: the aovernment. will
have many airplanes circling over
me city.
The first official act of the le
gion will be to place a wreath up
on the tomb of the unknown sol
dier. This will occur on Sunday,
September 18. on the eve ot tha
Inter the legion. In a bodv. will nay
tribute to the American World
war dead in impressive ceremonies
at Suresnes cemetery, near Paris.
un many, September 23, the le
gion probably will participate In
the laying of the cornerstone of
the great war memorial at Chateau
Thierry.
COMMUNITY CHEST
BEQUEST, $70,000,
UPHELD BY COURT
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 3 The
will of T. T. Prlckett, retired rail
road man who died In' Portland
on June 6, 1926, leaving the bulk
of his estate to the Portland com
munity ches.t and to Mrs. Jo.-e-Phine
P. Stapleton. 65, his house
keeper, was upheld In Its entire
ty by Presiding Circuit Judge Tai
well today. Under terma of the
will the community chest will be
benefactor to the extent of about
570,000. Mr. Prlckett left an estatfl
valued at more than $100,000.