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Lee G.
Miller
Bomber Crew
Has Close Call
On Formosa Raid
By LEE G. MILLER
43rd HEAVY BOMBARD
MENT GROUP, Luzon 2nd
Lieutenant Chuck Wilt is 21. He
was graduuted in 1!J42 from Al
toona (Pa.) hit!" school und ut
IB enlisted in the uir forces. He
isn't married, but "it will only
take'a minute once I get homo,"
he said.
Chuck is a B-24 pilot in the
"Lucky Dice" squadron of this
veteran bomber group. He and
his crew left the states only last
Feb. fl. They had three missions
from a New G u i n ea base
against Wewnk and Rabaul as
curtain-raisers before coming on
to Luzon. From here they had
made one run to Canton and a
coupla to Formosa. Then they
went on another strike to Form
osa, and four of the ll-man ciew
didn't come hack. Neither did
the airplane.
Tlicy were over the target
area on Formosa when the plane
lias hit simultaneously by flak
und by fragments from a disinte
Ijialing Sister shi)) .vhich had
taken a direct hit in its bomb
load.
Thoio Jap gunners had our
. altitude exactly and they
i tracked in all the way in."
Lieutenant Wilt said. "They
hit u )ust as our bombs were'
away. I don't know whether
' we hit our target. Nobody had
time to look.
"Flak Hew through the waist
of the plane. Some fuel lines
were shot out. The engineer
(Cpl. Rosario "Sammy" Docarln.
Philadelphia) tried to slop the
leakagci mil the fuel kept on
flowing and vaporizing. It
looked like smoke.
"It was binning our eyes so
badly we could hardly see.
"I told the co-pilot to call the
' Cats and give our position, ami
l told the crew to prepare to
hull not
"One engine was already out
jind another was acting up. Two
Catlina rescue planes appeared
and circled as we jumped. Some
P-51s stuck around too, and kept
hetwem us and four Jap barges
moored to an island.
"We jumped from about (1000
feet. It went off just the way
we had been trained. 'No, none
of us had ever jumped before.
Hut there 'wasn't any reluctance
about getting out. That gasoline
was getting bad, ami we were
afraid of lire. It
"The radio operator served as
sort of a jump master. Five men
went out the bomb bay and six
out of the camel n hatch. I jump
ed last.
"The paruchutos of the nose
gunnor (Cpl. Robert C. Hanson,
Kenosha, Wis.) and the bom
bardior (ho is missing bo his
name can't bo used) had boon
partly spilled and they jumped
holding tho chutes in their
arms. That was all right, but
lho bombirdior couldn't find
his Mao Wtst. It may have
blown out w h o n tho flak
knocked off the top of lho nose
turret.
"He and one of the others
jumped at the same time and
figured that one Mae West might
help keep them both allnat in
the water. Hut the wind drifted
them apart and nobody saw the
bnmbardiir hit the water. Ho
hasn't been louncl.
"The top turret gunm r (Cpl.
Millie J. "Cactus" Cole, Sterling,
'lex.) had some trouble e,ettiiH:
out of his chute when he hit I he
wat; r. He made the mistake of
opening the ihest strap first, so
he had difficulty getting one el
the leg stiaps unfastened lull he
made it.
"The risers on my chute had
got kind of wound up, so tin
thute spun me around and
around. It unfasten--d the three
straps on the way dim n, and
just as my feel touch: d the watei
1 held niv anus un Ktr;ii;hl and
the chute 1 1 1 ... t . . I olf tue way
it's supposed to"
A filth air force Caliihna
piloted by Capt. Cordon I), ClK'V
picked Chuck up alter he 'had
lieen in the water an hour and
a half. Thi' sea was choppier
than is sale fur a Cat. hut liny
and his crew pu ked up six men.
ii.lililm-; Chuck Wilt, and a sec
ond Cat piloted by l.u ul. Waltei
li. Griflilh I .sctu-d a si venth,
Corporal Hansen, alter loui
bonis.
Tho Cats had dropped some
rubber bouts before nliyliliuy.
end a B-17 rescue plane drop
ped one p those new wooden !
rescue boatt by triple para
chute. Seme o( tho men were
rescued from these.
Wilt's Mae West had failed to
inllale allium, ideally So he had
lo blow it up while Inadinc.
wattr. Meantime he had released
his yellow dye inaiker, which
helped save his life by guiding
the Cat but made him gnud and
fick when he swallowed a lot
ol it while inflating the Mae
West.
Captain CJrey let Chuck fly
the Cat home, after he and th-
in the air. j
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Oaks Backslide,
Drop 11-1 Game
Hut Head Solons
By United Press
The Oakland Acorns, who only
a few weeks ago uppeared to be
the best balanced club in the Pa
cific coast league, air now having
troubles on and off the field.
Manager Dolph Camilli is on
the pan for alleged inferior judg
ment in handling of his pitchers
and for not sticking himself into
the lineup at first base; outfield
er Frank Hawkins, the leading
hitter, is riding the bench until
Friday because of profane lan
guage, and some of the. pitcher
who were .lupposed to be reliable
lave been cousins to the weak
est batsmen in the circuit.
Soloni Win Easily
The Oaks took their second
straight licking from Sacramento
last night, 11 to 1, to drop six an 1
one-half games off the pace in
third place. At the rate they've
been going, a seventh-place berth
by Sunday night isn't impossible.
Only two and one-half games
separate them from that fate.
Jack Lotz was battered for sev
en runs in the first inning by the
Solons, while Giles Knowles held
Oakland to five scattered blow.
Jim Grant led the stickmen with
two doubles and a single.
The second-place Seattle Rai
neieis battered San Francisco, U
to 4. Hal Turn-in got off to a poor
start, allowing the Seals two run
on three hits in the third inning,
but his teammates jumped on
Ken Brondell for lour markers
in the fourth rnd the same num
ber in the eighth. Hal Patchell
collected three singles in six trip.i.
Portland m lintaintd its throe
game lead by dividing a twin bill
with Los Ang-'les. Tho Beavers
pounded out a 15-2 victory in th ;
opener behind Roy Holscr's hurl
ing and Spencer Harris three-run
homer. The Angclr took the
nightcap, 2-1. when Mel Ilicki
drove a round tripper over tlx
rightfield will. George Cornell.
was on the hi I:.
The tailend Hollywood Stais
went 14 innings to stop San Di
ego, :t to 1. Uronks Holder hit
a double lo send acioss Jim Hill
with the winning run. Newt
Kimball got credit for the vic
tory. TODAY
S PORTVPARADE.
By JACK CUDDY
UP Stuff Corrospondcnl
NEW YORK, June 7 (UP)
This is "D"-day fur the league
lending No v York Yankees. The
"IV symoolizes a date for three
Yank players with Uncle Sam
a date for pre-induction physical
examinations.
The physicians at Grand Cen
tral Palace may detei mine even
more than future piay whether
the Yanks will win their first
American league pennant for new
President Larry McPhail and his
moneyed associates.
This is true because two of the
trio of performers are key men
in the Yankee line-up. Center
fielder Johnny Lindell and sec
ond baseman Snufly Stirnweiss.
The third examinee is pitch:-!-
Hill Zuher, a veteran who has '"'.
to win his firrl victory for the
Yanks this season, hut who is
considered a manpower cog in
the Yanks' nonnil stall'.
This thivo-way date comes .it
a bad time for one of the wea
est clubs in Yankee history. It
enjoys a ,"irst- )lace advantage of
P.. games over the chnllcngin::
Detroit Tigers, although it has
been playing less than .(100 ball.
The Yanks are leading larg.'ly be
cause they hive been less ha. I
than the o'her rinks in the Ainer
ican circuit.
Pre-v'xammalion handicappers
figured tha' centerfielder l.inde'l
was almos' certain to be llltliu't-
d, whereas there wasn't much
haiuv th i1. senuul-sacker Stirn
weiss would be grabbed.
Lindell, centerfielner and clean
up hitter, li an l.'I-ycar-old fatiic.
nf one d. tumbler. lie passed ;.
phvsical .'x.un. nation a veal .u:o
Api il at Camden, N .!., bu'.
ttasiit called due (o relax
illall neeils last spring.
Snuffy S! ii nweiss was expect
ed In be reieeled by Ihe examin
ing physicians because of stom
ach ulcois. he is taken. !'.
mid
inks
be .1 se
because
blow lo lhc
Chuck's S Sgt.
key, Altooua, I
many mutual h u-nds.
Chuck is clingiiii; ,i hope that
S"ine of Ihe lour missing men of
ins crew may . picked
HORSE SALE
Several Good Saddle Horses
Heiuly Demand for Killer Horses
200 Head Feeder Hogs
Vsiiul Kim of Cut lie
Friday, Juno S
La Grande Livestock Comm. Co.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
I'hone 600
Complete Local Reports
Thursday, June 7, 191")
Stain Helps Ferriss
Win From Athletics
NEW YORK, June 7 (UP) The "lucky shower" which soaked
pitcher Dave Ferriss io the skin as he shivered his way to his
eighth straight major league victory, was credited today with sav
ing the rookie Red Sox glamour boy from his first premature show
rrIn Tip!
I fl 'Q' T0-
REACHING HIGH A big sur
prise m National league is
Tommy Holmes, outfielder of
Boston Braves, who still leads
sluggers in both major circuits
as race r.ears one-third mark.
Tommy Mars stayed close lo .400
mark all duri.ig early season.
Baseball Standings
By United Press
Coast League
W L Pet.
Portland 40 25 .015
Seattle 117 27 .57a
Oakland M 33 .!)07
Sacramento 3:1 Xi .50')
San Fran-r.'co 32 33 .4!I2
Los Angeles 32 34 .4115
San Diego 32 3(1 .471
Hollywood 23 41 .350
American League
New York 25 17 .(110
Detroit 21 10 .503
St. Louis 10 IB .514
Chicago 20 1!) .51 t
Huston 21 20 .512
Cleveland 17 20 .4.')!)
Washington 10 22 .450
Philadelphia 15 25 .375
National Lcaguo
New York 27 15 .(14.1
Pittsburgh 23 10 .501
St. Louis 23 18 .501
llrooklyn 22 10 .537
Chicago 10 ID .514
Cincinnati 211 10 .513
Huston 17 21 .4-17
Philadelphia 10 33 .233
I)i May gin's Wife Is
Given Final Decree
HOLLYWOOD, June 7 (UP)
Actress Dorothy Arnold yester
day received h"i' final divorce d-1-
iciee from Joe llu.laggio. New
I York Yaniiee baseball star now .1
! sergc.m! in th" army air forces.
Miss At'iold was granted an
j intei locubu v decree in May. 104 1
I w hen slu1 dose: ibed the baseball
player as ha zing "never acted
! like a inar.icd man."
considered '.in' best second base ,
I man in the tutors. He is hittim:
about 371. l" i ll 1. 1 ng next to Elton
al bal lie 2a and married,
and a fal !i t. i
.ubcr. ,11 married and a fatli-
vu losing starts this !
inpcared as a relief
tiler gauies that the -
Last year he won
se en lor the Yanks.
lal bal II.. i. 25 and married. CJEQ 'iX&- " "
i and a fad t. i fll&gS A DRAMA Of :
.liber. ,! married and a falli- Zy2.K!S 1 i THI PACIFICI
er, made l .v.i losing starts this I SuISm 'h .'XU "'- (
season, and uipcared as a relief ! ft V I tfSSjLSiiiuStf
er in lour other games that tin' rtjrSmtFrSSmyt.
Yanks lo.'. Last year he won I "jlpVlS'lKSsJ
live and l,s seven lor the Yanks. , I XX?!'r!i'r S
'p. k&8Sbw:A r 'JBS
SPORTS
rage 8
er in the dressing room
Ferriss, b jthorcd by recurrence.
of the chronic asthma which
caused his discharge from the
army air forces, might not have
been able lo make the grade for
the 5 to 2 victory over the Ath
letics at B iston had it not been
for the rain which enabled him
to breathe easier.
The Red Sox won the second
game on I lie strength of relief
pitching by Francis (Red) Bar
rett, who gav-. only one hit in
four scoreless Minings for a 3 lo
2 victory.
Tigers Beat Cleveland
Little Frank (Stubby) Over
mire kept up his fine work as a
"fill-in" pilchei for the injured
Alton Benton of the Tigers, win
ning his f.jurlh straight game,
an 8 to 1 job over the Indians at
Cleveland. Roger (Doc) Cramer,
wdio batted in four runs with a
triple and three singles, led the
12-hit attack on lime Cleveland
pitchers.
Tho While Sox, getting ail
tight pitching from Orval Grove
and superb lidding from start to
finish, blanked the Prawns. 4 to
0, at Chicago. Grove, winning
his fifth game, gave up eight hiU.
F.mil (Dutch) Leonard of th-.1
Senators wasn't satisfied with
pitching a four hit, 4 to 0 victory
over the Yankees at Washington
for his thir I shutout He also lert
his team at bat with three hits,
scoring one run and driving in
two.
Bneky Walters, winning his
third straight game after getting
off lo one of the poorest starts in i
Ins caieer, pitched the Reds to a
3 lo 0, six-hit victory at Pitts
burgh. The Braves rr.n Philadelphia':!
losses to nine straight by takin'!
a double header, 15 tc 1 and 7 to
3. Mort Coopci won his fourth
game without a defeat in the
opener and Johnny Mulchings
was steady in the pinches lo gain
credit for liie srennd game win.
Chicago at Si. Louis in the Na
tional was i-ained out and Brook
lyn and New York were not
scheduled.
Indians Will Reenter
College Athletics
PALO ALTO, Cal.. June 7 (UPi
Stanford uni ersity will resume
intercollegiate athletic compel i
tion with the winkr quarter in
January. 101(1, and will field iis
first footb ill team since 1042 next
year, it was announced today.
Dr. Donald B. Tresidder. Stan
ford president, announced that
basketball will be tho first sport
lo be revi- ed. The 104G football
team will start spring practic
next April.
The British aircraft industiy
consisted ef 17 major factories
employing 24.01.0 workers in 1030,
but has expanded to a point
w her. tl.-erc were more than
15.000 lactones employing 1,731,
oiio woikors at the end of 1044.
Some historians aver that
America oike was called Fu Sang
and that a Buddhist missionary
Msib'd it as earlv as 450 A. 13.
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Restaurant, Hotel
Rations Cut To
Household Levels
WASHINGTON, June 7 (UP)
More meat for the average Amer
ican home '.his summer was seen
today as the office of price ad
ministration slashed hotel and
restaurant rations icr July and
August.
Tho OPA's actio- included cuts
of 20 per cent in hotel and res
taurant meat allotments, 12-1S
per cent cuts in their share of
canned fruit and vegetables and
20-25 per cent cuts in sugar.
The move was tne answer to
complaints 'hat people eating at
home were getting less than,
their share of the nation's liini
ed food supplies while others eat
ing out were getting relatively
more meat and other scarce foods.
The meat cut for eating places
tied in with other government
moves to relieve the acute short
age of civilian meat supplies and,
incidentally, halt growing criti
cism of governmeri food hand
ling. Actually there will not be
much, if any, more meat for ci
vilians from the overall point of
view this aummer. The civilian
allocation for the third quarter
is about the same as that for the
second qii e ter. The banning of
shipments abroad means not sj
much that extra moat will go lo
Americans but thai they won't
have to suffer a further, reduc
tion. Smaller restaurants and eating
places will not generally be af.
fected by Ihe new order because
their ratio1! allowances are al
ready in lino with rations al
lowed housewives.
Expulsion Clause
May Be Returned
To Security Pact
SAN FltANCISCO, Juno 7 (UP)
The bifi five powers scored a
new victory today when iv
4'ictitivu committee uf the
United Nations security confer
ence voted lo recommend that a
cunf.rrence Ui.'hnicnJ committee
re -open the question of whether
piovision should be made in the
unlemplated world organization
charter for expulsion of member
nations.
At the siimc time, a meeting of
the big five leaders of the confer
ence was called for late today.
There was no immediate crplan
alion for the session there was
no immediate explanation for the
session there was no indication
whether it presaged a break in
the veto power stalcmak which
ii: holding up final decision of
several impm tanl c o n ference
questions.
The executive committer's re
commendation of the expulsion
issue will go lo the steering com
mitter, composed of delegation
chief of all 50 United Nations
represented here.
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PATRIOT Expected io play
an important pari Ln ihe reha
bilitation of Norway is Paal
Berg, left, leader of the Nor
wegian underground movemo.it
during ihe years of Nasi occu
pation. The picture was made
at his first press conference
after emerging from hiding.
The Club Hipico, at Santiago,
Chile, is often referred to as the
"world's most beautiful race
track."
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Churches Oppose
Military Training
WASHINGTON. Juno 7 (UP)
Protestant nhurehfs today joined
the nationil Catholic welfare
conference and other education
and religious organizations in
opposing peicc tiir.e compuisory
military Iraininj.
Testifying beiorc the house
postwar military policy commit
tee Dr. Hubert J. Burgstahler,
representing t h e Protestant
group, said that "the peace should
establish procedures for control
ling military establishments ev
erywhere." Teacher Shortage
Confronts Schools
SALEM, Ore., June 7 (UP)
The most urgent problem facing
Oregon sehooh today is that of
acquiring riore teachers, countv
school superintendents were told
by Rex Putntm, superintendent
of public instruction, at their an-
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Life of KidPPer
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-Thomas riohinso, ' wus hpaW
for a lifetime In af.f '.lson ce" to
day and glad' of ''"
Only yesterda-' ha faced dca,h
in the electric r for lh kid
nanoina in lVA 01 Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll,
wealthy member
of one of
families of
Kentucky. ' '" 10 navc died
at 1:15 8..-; CWT Friday m the
death, ghtT'f ' the western
Kentucky! state P1-150" b"' Piesi
dent Trui"?n 3,0PPcd in to savj
him, witlf k'ss than38 hours to j
spare. ' ( '
Mr. nl'"man late vesiPi-Hnu
He
commutfi'd .Rob'nson's sentence
commuifi .
to life ifPnsonment
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At leor 1200 teachers are need
ed, Putniam said' the most diffi
cult arefls to supply being tho
rural on"s
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