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Forecast of Roaeburg and wl
olnlty: Clear tonight and Wed
nesday; warmer Wednesday.
Highest temp, for any July ..-..107
Lowest temp, for any July ...40
Highest temp, yesterday 79
Lowest temp last night 51
Preolpltatlon yesterday ..0
Precipitation from July 1...W...14
Defloit from July 1, 1945:j.......1S
Deficit from Sept. 1, 1944 ..6.28
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In Chicago; Weds
WAVEin Berlin
BERLIN, July 31 (API
While the army inspector gener
al's office inquired Into the mari
tal status of Capt. Carl G. Schultz,
the Chicago officer expressed un
dying love today for Wave Sal.
Kanella Koulouvaris, whom Tie
married in Berlin last Monday In
a civil ceremony. .
An elaborate church ceremony
planned by the couple for yester
day was called off after Mr.
Kuth Priscilla Schultz of the
same- Chicago address as that
listed in the captain's service rec
ord said she was Schultz's wife
and the mother of his two small
children.
The army, however, forgot to
tell the guests that the wedding
was off, and a .restless audience
filling the flower-banked church
sat listening to wedding tunes and
craning their necks looking for
the bride and bridegroom who
never showed up.
Two hours before the planned
ceremony the captain was placed
under detention as the army
checked a statement by Schultz ;
that last May he received a mes
fagc from the Red Cross Inform
ing him of the death of his wife
In an accident.
(In Chicago Mrs. SchulU' salril
she learned of the affair through
hews dispatches and that "only
a few days ago I had a letter from
my husband saying he was being
sent to the Pacific and would not
be home to see me and the chil
dren. I've cabled him to try and
straighten this out.") .
Battle-Scarred
Texas Vet Still
In His 14th Year
TAUNTON Mass., July 31
(AP) A battle-scarred Texn9
GI, a returned overseas veteran,
was en route today while, army
authorities rcchecked his state
ment that he was only 14 years
old. .-.
Pvt.. Robert Kelso of Houston.
who wears the Purple Heart and
two buttle stars earned during
his six-months of fighting in
France and Germany, told news
men that he would be 15 Sep
tember 20 and that he entered the
army after going to a Houston
draft board July l, w, and tie
flaring himself 18 that day.
After his Induction at Fort
Sill, Okla., the youth, who said he
left high school In his first year
telephoned his mother.
"Mom was going to report1 me
to army authorities, nut Pml
fixed everything," he said with a
grin. ' .
"It's his lite, let him live it;"
Kelso quoted his father as saying.
Nicknamed "Junior" by his
342nd Armored Field artillery
buddies, some of whom he said
knew his age, Kelso was hospital
tod for six weeks after beingbay-
" m,.h ...i,,,.n-u. it
erations at Oppcrhopen, Ger
many. Taking a picture of a girl,
whom he Identified only as "Glo
ria, the cutest gal in Texas,"
from his barracks bag, he said he
was worried and hoped every
thing was all right as he had not
received a letter from her for
ubout three months.
At. Houston, fifteen-year-old
Gloria Noas snld Private Kelso
has nothing to worry nhoul.
"I'm still crazy about Bob," she
said.
Mrs. Doris Mary Rite hey
Of Drain Passes Away
Mrs. Doris Mary Ritebcy, 41,
wife of Lloyd Ritchie, well-known
resident of Drain died at her
home Sunday after a short Illness.
.She was horn In Olympia, Wash.,
August 15, 1000, and resided in
Drain for the last 27 years. She
was married to Mr. Rltchey Feb.
27, 1019.
Surviving her besides her hus
band are a daughter, Betty Lou
King, Drain; a son, Leslie
Ititchey, U. S. navy. New London.'
Cong.; two. brothers,' Raymond
Hakor, Bend. Ore,, and Forrest
Baker, Pendleton, and a sister,
Mrs, Virginia Walters, Seattle.
The bodv has been removed to
Stearns mortuary. Oakland. Fu
neral rervices have not been ar
ranged. ,
TIMBER PROTECTION
By Charles V. Stanton
Huge forest fires burning- in the NorthweBterti part of
the state should cause realization here in Southern Oregon
of enhanced value of our own timber lands and necessity for
extreme care in their preservation. We have the largest re
maining stand of merchantable timber on the Pacific coast.
As fire eats through millions of feet 6f green timber in the
Tillamook area, the commercial worth of our Southern Ore
gon forests grows, just as any commodity increases in value
through scarcity.
Approximately 20 lumber concerns have been operating
in the area in -which fires now are raging. Some of them
may be able to salvage enough timber to stay in business for
a few years, but it is very possible the majority of those
mills must seek new territory. Southern Oregon is about
the only place left within the state where cutting capacity
can be increased.
Some idea of what has happened in the Tillamook area
may be gained from comparison. The original fire destroyed
about 13 billion feet of timber. That timber would have sup
plied all of the mills now operating in Douglas county for
a period of 26 years. The area is equal td about one-fourth of
our entire TJmpqua National forest.
"' Now fires are raging again over the same territory.
Patches of green timber which escaped the first blaze are
being destroyed. Few trees will be left to reseed the area. A
good start had been made on production, both by natural
seeding and by planting. Now all of this reproduction has
been wiped out.
It is a difficult task to restore timber to a large area
which has been subjected to burning. A small burn
will reseed quickly. But a standing, mature tree will scatter
its seeds only about a quarter of a mile. So when thousands
of acres are involved and seed trees destroyed, nature must
be given assistance. Handicaps to restocking are numerous
in a burned-over area, Unsightly, charred snags are left to
become tinder dry. Quick-growing brush and ferns create
a tangled jungle on the forest floor. This undergrowth, by
providing shade and preserving moisture, aids reproduction
of trees but at the same time adds to danger of recurring
fire.
In the Tillamook area the wind fans the blaze through the
fresh ground growth. Weather-whitened snags blaze like
torches, their scales, often as
in your hands, are carried high into the aid by the draft
and fall, still blazing, long distances ahead of the main body
of fire to start now fires. Leaping from ridge to ridge and
leaving growth in canyons to be consumed by the slower
advance of the fire, the blaze sweeps ahead faster than pro
tective lines can be built, hurdling the feeble barriers which
weary men have placed in the path. .
In the rouring flames arid billowing s.T.oke men's fortunes,
and sometimes their lives, are
resent a lifetime of Work and savings stand silent and rust
ing in the blackened ruins of what was once a verdant forest
Matorlals which could have housed happy families in com
fortable homes are blowing
Flames leap from trees which
struction of an industrial plant, ah office building, schools or
hospitals. Now in cinders are trees which might have sup
plied the boards to aid our fighting forces to a speedier
victory in the Pacific or which might have hastened re
storation of war-devastl lands.
And it is all so unnecessary. Of the three large fires now
raging through the old Tillamook burn, one started from
a carelessly dropped cigaret. Another was definitely man
caused, although exact determination of origin has not been
established. Origin of the third also is uncertain, but is be
lieved to have been due to somoone's curelessness.
The losses suffered In the Tillamook area should add to
our sense of responsibility in the protection of our Southern
Oregon timber which grows more valuable with each passing
day. The Japs with their goofy balloons are trying to burn
our forests, but there has been no official report of a
single forest fire in Oregon from a Jap balloon. But three
careless persons have accomplished in the Tillamook area
what the Japs htlve spent millions of dollars trying to do.
In realization of what Southern Oregon timber means
to future community welfare,
operation in its protection.
Rebuff May Cause
DeGaulle to Resign
PARIS. iuly 30 (AP) Politi
cal observers speculated today
whether Gen. I)e Gaulle would
resign as head of the French pro
visional government as the re
sult of a sharp rebuff administer
ed to him last niiiht by the con
sultative assembly, which reject
ed overwhelmingly his plans for
a constitutional referendum.
After long and arclnionious de
bate, the assembly turned down
by a vote of 210 to 1!) tne govern
ment's proposal to hold a reler
endtim during the October nation
al elections to determine wheth
er the electorate favored a return
to the Third Republic's 1875 con
stitution. The assembly then adopted,
IWi to 45, a left-wing counter
proposal, already condemned by
De Gaulle, proposing election of
a sovereign unicameral legisla
ture with representatives o f
France's colonies participating.
During the session IX- Gaulle
had told delegates he would
stick by his guns, and many con
strued this as n threat either to
resign or to force the dismissal
of some members of his cabinet.
Export Cargo Intended
For Russia Heavily Cut
PORTLAND, Ore., July 30
(AP) Two Russian citizens who
sought to ship home thousands
of dollars worth of privately
owned merchandise, including ra
ROSEBURg NEWS-REVIEW, ROSE3URS, OREGON,
largo as the paper you hold
consumed. Mills which rep
away in that rolling smoke.
might have been Used iti con
let's give every possible co
tioned food and shoes, will be
limited to $10 worth of foodstuff
per person.
Nan Wood Honevman, Collec
tor of customs, said she did not
know what would be done with
tne remainder of butter sugar
hams and other commodities
seized when district OPA dls
covered the crates on a Portland
pier.
The owners, A. Povalishin and
his wife, were named In an OPA
suit asking a federal Injunction.
I). S. district court denied It he
cause "national policies" were
involved..
The customs official said the
case now is OPA's responsibility.
Strike Vote Requested by
Lumber Unions' Councli
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 30 -
(AP) -The northwest Council of
AFI. Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers has asked the National Labor
Relations board to hold a strike
vote among members of -130 un
ion locals.
Kenneth Pnvis. council sccre
lnry, said today the ballot under
NLHU procedure must come
within 30,davs of petitions being
filed by locals. If approved the
strike ballot must again be
passed on by the council.
He said the Loggci-s and Saw
mill Workers have asked an In
duslry-wlde minimum wage of
$1.10 per hour, compared with
existing 75 to 90 cents. Opera
tors denied the request.
About 60,000 Northwest luiu
ber worker are Involved.
British Switch to
Socialism May Be
Copied Elsewhere
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst "
The London. Times - known
both as the Thunderer and as the
Englishman's Bible) remarks of
British labor's great victory that
there's no reason "why the world
should look for any revolutionary
change in foreign or indeed in
ddmestic policy."
Having lived in England many
years your columnist accepts that
as a fair appraisal. The land of
Cedric the Saxon aristocracy,
middle-class and labor rarely
has leaped without taking a good
look.
However, we shall make a mis
take if we don't recognize this
political turn-over as epochal, not
only for Britain but for the world.
What might be regarded as a
passing storm in one of the more
inflammable countries of the con
tinent, cannot be dismissed light
ly In staid England.
War Pledges to be Kept
The voters of this traditionally
conservative count ry have given
a clear mandate to try the exper
iment of socialistic nationaliza
tion. Of course we needn't worry
about this affecting John Bull s
pledges regarding the war and
global rehabilitation. His word is
his bond. Still, this "swing to the
left" is likely to affect the out
side world both politically and
economically. -
We may expect, I believe, that
socialism's surge to power In Brit
ain will afford strong encourage
ment for similar movements on
the European continent, which al
ready is seething with political
leftist ferment. And probably this
encouragement Won't be confined
to the mere psychological effect,
for governments like Spanish
Generalissimo Franco's dictator
ship can hardly look for support
from Britain's new labor regime.
Also, British labor Is dead
against what It calls Tory Imper
ialism, and therefore there may
be some modification In London's
attitude toward the old zones of
influence.
NO Rashness Expeeted
The economic side strikes me
as being a potential block-buster
unless handled with extreme
care. Any sweeping experiment
in state ownership, and the con-
seauent displacement of private
enterprise, would be bound to pro
duce a big change, and whether
it would be for the better or for
the worse is one of the imponder
ables. Certainly it would affect
not only England but foreign
countries, including the United
States. Britain is a mighty cog in
world economy.
Precisely because It is an expe
dition into the unknown, many
observers believe that the labor
Ites will proceed circumspectly.
Probably the first changes will
include nationalization of .the
coal mines and transport. So far
as the mines are concerned, one
feels sure that the majority of
English Deonle will welcome the'
change if for no other reason
than to Dcuer tne pngnt or me
great army of miners who long
nave sutierea terriDie poverty.
Wholesale nationalization over
night doesn't seem likely. Prime
Minister Attlces government is
making its experiment at one of
the most trying times in Britain's
history. It faces a tremendous
task of post war rehabilitation,
and the people want quick action
in providing Better rations, more
clothes, new homes. They won't
stand for delays clue to experi
mentation in nationalization.
KRNR
Mutual Broadoastlng System,
1490 Kllooyole.
EEMAIN1NO HOURS TOOAT
4:00 Fred Morrison, rioofh Chemical.
4:1.1 Rrx Miller, MODISCO. ,
4:13 Good News lro.-ram. Assembly
or oof.
U:M Ham Mors, S. A W. Fine Foods..
Olid Hopfrmsn, Honor.,
ft:.'tO Tom Mix. Raliton's Torino
0:1,1 Nlpht News Wire, Studeboker.
SiOO ctahriol Meatier, Portion's Tooth
poHte.
6:in Music Voa Remember, DooflM
suopir.
8:30 Voice of the Army.
:t0 Thin Ii Our Duty, Bishop's
Studio.
7:S0 state and Local Newo, Keel
Motor.
7:0.1 Musrlal Interlude
1:1,1 standard Oil Newo, Jim Dorle.
l:!to The Male Quartet, O. W. Vonnf
Olid Son,
7:1,1 House of Mrlodr, Oopco.
0:110- A Date With Annalnrlfl.
o;l, Itutlnesl Man's Garden, Form
Bureau.
P::to Knaphot. Kampfer'o.
K:l.l Crown Mill MynUrle.
B:.v Munk-al Interlude.
P:IMI Alfca Sellier Nfi.
0:13 Itex Miller. Wlldroot.
0:30 Adventures of Nero Wolfe,
.terpen.
tO:oo Kreil Morrison, .H.vimi Tires.
10:15 Miulc for tho NigM
10:.1O -Sign Off.
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t:.itv -Yawn Proi.
:W Schrtrkrr Auction.
,:no Nm-j, J. A. Folr Company.
.:IV Mmltt Time, i Produrl.
l:;io .HUte and Local Newt, tlorlnff
OpMrftl.
Otidd Furniture.
7 ;4ft Khpotiody In Wax.
Sioo Dr l.ooi Talboi. Lot Anietas
nihil- lm.tllt.lr.
""Tikc II Caay. Time. Htnilfv.
What Do Yon Know. Bihop
Ktadlos.
:-Vt (."Hit tdwardii, Clrort 1ahnrlrr.
jj;00 Wllltara ,,, and tha Newi,
Krtml.
:1.V-Knnfi by Mortar Dofrntr, Cc
tU.
ftrto Prayer.
B:ai Man Abwul Town, Josaf and
l.awflR
Shppr Huld, nrth and Maf-
.hutl-WclN.
D Musical Intertticlr.
tn:0 ,.lka SelUer New.
1t:li Someihlni to Talk Aboat, WlH-
ront.
n::tawMenthnlalam XnunUlntfrs
t0:l Snap-Shnp KampOr's.
11;ftiw.whtrl of Fortune.
Htt.WMuMrt Clock. Modern K.rntture.
12:00- -Musical Interlude.
t :t0 Sport Review, DnnKum Transfer.
iTi.o Knimn nammary, Aaaoclated Dis
tributor. 13:2.1-Rhythm flt Random.
13 I SUte ws, II rt.fr. Motora.
12:45 Nrws-Revlcw of the Air.
Terminal Mark el Report., Slf
1;-Mn an tht street. Henninfer
!:l3-Jnhm.on Famllv.
t an Summer! lute MelodiM
2:00Muslral Hl-Jtnki,
2:13Penny Serenade.
? -tS Western Serenade.
Clrltfin Reporltna'.
Dual? Becord. Mnoljomtry Ward
TUESDAY. JULY 3 T. 1945
Comedienne
HORIZONTAL 55 Sea skeleton
. L8 Fictuxed.
screen
comedienne
11 Prayer
13 Motive
14 Corded fabrlo
19 Brazilian
Indian.
18 Poem
19 Manuscript
(ab.)
20 Words of .
- opposite
meanings
il Symbol for
erbium
23 Ken pjroduct
24 Male child
20 Genus of
VERTICAL
1 Previous
2 War god '
3 Peck , ,
4 Nova Scotia .
(ab.) ,
t Youthful
6 Rays I
1 Sun god
8 Uniformity ,.
(comb, form)
t Secret
message
10 Vitality
12 Louse egg
13 Royal Navy
Yeoman (ab.)
16 International
language
frogs
28 Depend
30 Blackbird of
cuckoo family
31 Golf device
32 Brown (Fr.)
33 Roman date
39 doctrine
37 Bronze
38 Ne.Mexlco
(ab.)
40 Violent
streams
49 Lira (ab.)
46 Apex
,48 Renter
49 Parson bird
50 Makes into
law
52 Feminine
name
54 She is also I
'star
HO
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Carrier Intrepid,
Repaired Sth time.
Goes Back to War
WASHINGTON, July 31 (AP)
Nearly 300 Japanese ships have
felt the stinp; of the U. S. S. In
trepid, herself hit oftener than
any other American aircraft car
rier.
Back In action after her fourth
damaging brush with tho enemy
in is action-filled months, the in
trepid is after new laurels to add
to her record that already in
cludes 80 Japanese ships sunk,
30 probably sunk and 179 dam
aged, m
me navy prouaiy recounted tne
carrier's give and take ability.
On the giving side,-her pilots' toll
Includes one enemy flattop sent
to the bottom and an assist in
the sinking of the 45,000-ton su
per-battleship, the Yamato.
ane intrepid took nor nrst en
efify hit Feb. 16, 1944, Off Truk
when a single Japanese plane
dropped a torpedo that swept her
decks with flame and hopelessly
Jammed her rudder.
The carrier caught it again last
October 29 when one of the early
Japanese suicide planes hit her
flight deck as she was maneuver
ing off Luzon. Ten gunners were
killed.
On November 25, while the In
trepid was helping soften enemy
resistance in the Philippines, an
other Japanese plane, a Zeke, hit
her flight deck, killing 33 men.
While fires were being fought,
another suicide plane hit.
Again repaired, the Intrepid re
turned to action with fast car
rier task force 58 and saw action
in the battle in which the carrier
Franklin was severely damaged
last March. One suicide plane
aiming for the Franklin crashed
into the water so near the In
trepid that her flight deck was
set afire by burning fragments.
On April 16, as her planes were
blasting the Japanese home is
lands, one of five suicide craft
broke through the screen of ack
ack and crashed on the flight
deck. The bomb tore through to
the hangar deck, where its ex
plosion killed nine men and
wounded 21.
Resulting flames destroyed 3G
planes, but the "fires were out in
less than an hour.
Now the Intrepid is hunting for
more trouble.
DIAL-LOG
By SUSAN
Um mmlnrl vnll that tnnltrht at
8:30 you'll hear Snapshots, and at
9:30 there is the Amazing Nero
Wolfe. This is also tne nigni iot
Music You Remember at 6:15,
Annaloris at 8:00, and Rex Miller
at 9:15 too, so dial 1490 rigltt now
so you won't miss any of them.
tr nt.nn' Inn 'vnnno vnil'll
remember Francis X. Bushman,
who plays INero woue m ine new
Tuesday show. Remember when
he and Beverly Bayne used to be
Ua mni-i (iimnnc r-nimln nf the si
lent screen ! very, very, roman
tic. Please note this advance notice
Vi;J,J nlnhl at 7-DO- Hll-
IUI ,uuili 3"nj .hi,... ...
man Adventure presents one of
1111' ItlWl V,V. .,J -
of the war, "The Story of Radar,"
In dramatized torm. mere proo-
hoiin hrwn mflW H rfflimentS.
misunderstandings and discus
sions of radar than any of the de-
velopments or science during inis
war, and here Is your chance to
S 4.vgfntlrmT,tiiT Sermad-.
4:M Fred) Mnrrlnon, riouh rhfmlrtl.
4:IJ Rf Miller. National Blscoll Co.
4:n-Lt'M Dnnc.
4 . Gnhprr MeniiairfS. Church of CTirm
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jtrirvftupfrman, KHon(t.
Turn Ml. RaUtnn'n Pnrtna.
Niahl New) Wire. Rlndebkr.
ftrfHr-flattrle, Hrallrr, Krrnil.
:IA V. 9- Bocaa of tha World sf
Sport.
Spotlight flanda. Cora Cot.
1HHt-Haman Advtntara, Rera Cooper
7:30 Lone Ranger.
p-on Main Line. SoufTiem Pacific..-..
' ft :-rrh -VP Tltnf , STan-Uii,
a:iw aik ltBr New.
fM.W-fterrrlr Saint. E. O. HI..
o;AArmy Air Force ScIaI Program
lt;-.rrtd MorrUon, Rosabarg Pfcar
Miocjr. ft'lS-oLate HPOTti New. Texaca.
10:20 Muitc for Ul NifUS.
10.30 tn Ottt
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mi
17 Within
20 Opposed
21 Sallies
23 Tedium
29 Requires
39 Girl's name
41 Legal point
42 Registered
nurse (ab.)
43 Babylonian
t
27 Swiss river
deity
29 Sheltered slde44 Compass point
32 Raillery
49 Moon-goddess
34 Occurring in
regular succession
36 Maxim " "
37 Garret
47 Cushion ,
49 Pinnacle .s.1
51 Channel ;
Islands-(ab.)
53 Negative
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get a really authentic explana
tion. The time again, 7 o'clock on
Wednesday evening; so be sure
to listen in.
Jackson Asks Action on
War Criminals' Trials
LONDON. July 30 (AP) An
authoritative American source
said today Justice Robert H
Jackson had told British, Russian
and French representatives that
an agreement must be reached
tnis week on plans for trial of
war criminals.
Jackson is special U. S. prose
cutor for the war crimes trial.
The source said Jackson took
the position that unless talk
stops and action starts the Unit
ed States will move alone toward
bringing the major war criminals
to action.
The American supreme court
justice holds a strong hand since
a majority of the Germans like
ly to stand trial as war criminals
are in U. S. hands. These include
Hermann Goering, Joachim von
Ribbentrop, Julius Streicher, Ro
bert Ley and high-rankine gen
erals in Adolf Hitler's army.
Fruit Assn. Warehouse at
Odell in Toll of Flames
HOOD RIVER, Ore., July 30
(AP) A fruit warehouse of the
Hood River Apple Growers asso
ciation at Odell was destroyed by
fire yesterday when flames
spread irom a nearby grocery
store.
Loss was estimated at $85,000 to
S100.000 bv Association manaeer
J. E. Kiahre, who said he doubted
the 90,000-crate capacity plant
could be rebuilt before the dis
trict apple and pear harvest be
gins August 20.
Flames leveled the Lafferty
and Woods store and two dwell
ings in the rear of the store pro
perty. Loss was estimated at $25,-
000.
Meanwhile, across the Colum
bia river at White Salmon, fire
destroyed the Interstate Manufac
turing-company lumber mm. ine
loss was estimated by tho com
pany at $25,000.
Strike-Idle Workers
Are Reduced to 34,000
(By The Associated Press
'Settlement of seven labor dis
putes involving some 58,000 work
ers reduced the number of idle
throuehout the nation today to
34.000, the lowest in more than a
month.
Two of the settlements brought
an end to the strike of 30,000
Wright Aeronautical workers at
five plants in the Paterson, N. J.,
area, and some 20,000 ClO-United
Automobile Workers at the Dodge
Chicago B-29 engine plant of the
Chrysler corporation. Neither of
the two strikes was union author
ized. '
Shrine Honors Truman
WILKES BARRE. Pa., July 30
(API President Harry S. Tru
man has been, made an honorary
Shriner here. . .
Potentate Rulison Evans of
Irem temple, Ancient Arabic Or
der, Nobles of the Mystic, Shrine,
said the nation's chief executive
was elected at a special ceremony
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Transport Struck
By Suicide Plane
Wins Fire Battle
SEATTLE, July 31 (AP)
Three Kamikaze planes proved
just one too many for the gallant
attack transport Alpine and she
was forced to retire from Okin
awa battle for attention for grie
vous wounds, the 13th naval dis
trict revealed over the weekend.
The attack ocurred Easter day
as the Alpine was backing- up as
sault forces pouring troops, sup
plies and gunfire on the Japanese-held
island.
Just at dusk the three Japan
ese suiciders roared out over the
island. A cruiser knocked down
one, the Alpine's own got the
second. But the third closed in,
circling the Alpine's stern and
turning into a dive.
He careened over the port wine
of the signal bridge, slashed
througn the rigging, leit a wing
and part of the landing gear and
then pierced the steel deck.
Twenty-five Army men and
three sailors were killed instant
ly and it more Army men were
wounded as a heavy explosion
rocked the Alpine and a great
hole appeared in the transport's
side, inches above the waterline.
Flames were everywhere. Am
munition cases caught fire and
the crew risked sudden death as
they deluged them with . Xlre
hoses. The fire spread to an after
hold but was controlled by the
ship's carbon dioxide extinguish
er system.
Then came the task of getting
the wounded from twisted, smol
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dering wreckage. More than 250
crew members lost all clothing
and personal possessions.
ine ooay oi tne jap puot was
found and buried at sea the next
morning.
Yet the Alpine lived and soon
will be seeking her revenge, the
Navy asserted. "
Dog Is Motorycle Pal
Of Roseburg Soldier
T-4 Bill Niebuhr, of Roseburg,
motorcycle driver with the 794th
MP battalion, Lyons, France, is
the favorite of the battalion mas
cot, "General" according to a
feature published in "The Yankee
Boomer," official overseas news
paper of the Military Railway
Service. "General" is a dog who
joined the troops at Orari and
went through campaigns in Af
rica, Italy and France. His favor
ite ' pastime is riding with Nie
buhr on the lattcr's motorcycle.
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