La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 21, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPage Six TUB LA GRANDE EVEN1NQ OBSERVER, LA GRANPE, OKEGOB Thursday, June 21, 1945 ThlH la n trur minry of Hie nM wlio fly the "hump" nn r Inir pnMNenirrr nnd onriro over the hlirh lllinalaynii between ludln nnd Clilnn. Pilots cull It the touirbeat alrllue roulo ia tlie , world. , ATTACK BY ZEROS VIII fHE weather was not half as bad as it had promised to bo, and I decided that after all it wasn't going to be too tough on the Little Colonel. But I Judged the man too charitably; it was plenty tough on him. Apparent ly the reason he was puzzling over that map for so long was that he couldn't understand it. Or if he could, then ho was un able to read it and fly the plane at the same time. In any event he was lost over the Himalayas for. four hours on the crossing and when he brought the B-17 into Kunming that afternoon, Just as I was about to start back with another cargo, he showed the first sign of skill and flying sense that he had shown all day. The plane was on its last few drops of gas. The outer starboard engine was dead and the othor on tho same side was coughing as ho came in over the rim of hills surrounding tho field; but in spite of that he brought his ship down with no mora than o violent jolt and a near ground loop, "What did you soy to him, Gen?" Tony wanted to know. "I didn't soy anything," I re plied. "I just stood on tho run way and watched him as ho climbed out of tho plane," "You weren't even laughing?" "Woll maybo I was, a llttlo bit anywny," I admitted. "But the guy was a good sport, at that. He saw mo standing there and he started to turn away, as though he didn't recognize mo. But then he spun , around, squared his shouldcre and saluted, and I popped a saluto right buck." AS a general rule we in the C. N. A. C. flew singly, al though occasionally two or three planes would be loaded and ready at the same time and if the pilots dcided to (ly the Bame route they might toko oft together and fly formutlon all the way over. The safer and more common pro cedure, however, was for planes leaving at the same time to fly half a mile or a mile apart so as to offer a less attractive target to Jap fighter planes in case they were patrolling tho route. Our radios, when they were working, mado intcrplano conver sation possible during the entire four- or five-hour run, in con trast to when we flew singly and could only send or receive code signals after wo were half an hour out of the base. And while chatting back and forth with tho other planes was likely to betray our position to Japs in the vicin ity, wo still did it now and then when necessary , , , Glnglss and I were about three hundred miles out of Dinjan one day in February, enjoying the first clear weather wo had had in sovcral weeks. At 15,000 foot we wcro well above the ovorcast and the sun was bright on the wings of the panes. Below was an end less sea of white cloud, broken only here and there by convec tional currents moving up over the mountains below. Passing above a hole in the clouds like that wo could look down and get a brief glimpse of tho snow capped peak shining blulsh-whlto in tho sun. When wo woro in Calcutta a short time before, tho dunce bands and music boxes were in tho grip of Blng Crosby's latest hit, "White Christmas," and see ing the snow on ono of those mountain pcuks brought the song to mind. I put my microphone against my throat und begun to sing. Ginglss know the words and he too Joined in. The result was not beautiful, but it sounded so to us. Even Tsui, my sober faced little Chinese radioman, and my solemn co-pilot, Eddie Qulnn, were tapping their feet to the rhythm as Al and I went into a specially catchy "bubububub" passage. Suddenly Ginglss broke in with. "We're attracting, an au dience, Gen. Six P-40's are foiling In right behind us." ' T DROPPED the mike and made a quick shift to the left to get a squint at our guests. Singing on the intcrplone sets was dis couraged by the authorities, and I didn't know but what there might be plenty of authority rid ing in those P-40's. But what I saw was far worse than any C. N. A. C. or Army big shot, "P-40's my eye!" I yelled at Glnglss, grabbing tho mike again. "Those ore Zerosl" My slipping out to tho left to got a look at them had given them their cue, and they were already falling out one. by., one for the kill. Even as I slid my big transport into a dive for the nearest cloud formation I could see three of the Japs heading for me and three for Ginglss. "Hold onto- your hats, boysl Here we go again!" I yelled to Eddie and Tsui, and the three ot us instinctively ducked as wo waited for the rattle of machine gun bullets against the tall of the plane. Fortunately, we didn't have more than about one thou sand feet to dive before vve were in the clouds, and although one of the Zeros was within a hun dred yards of us when we went Into the enveloping mist none of his bullets touched the piano. Once In there, of course, wo were vlrtunlly Impossible to find, and that was the lust wo saw of tho Nips. After about five minutes Glnglss come in on tho mlko. "How you doln', Blng?" "All right," I said, "but I think I'll stay in here for a while." 'Me too," Glnglss replied. "Ono of the b put a row of polka dots in my right wing." (To no Continued) Copyright, 1045, J. C. Wtnsloti Co.; Distributed NEA SERVICE, INC. Mother, Daughter ft 5 76 9 By MRS. ANNE CABOT Crochet these cnnl summi'i'y and very prelty Dutch bnnni'ls in while or pnstiM straw yarn, in cottons or in chenille nnd you'll have the very nicest sort of sum mer huts! They look perfectly lovely with ginghum, sceisucki'V, pastel cation frocks and are just as nice to wear with dress-up frocks, also. To obtain complete croclit'tinii instructions for the mother unci daughter crocheted Dutch bon nets (pultern No. 5B75) mid Hie croched date bonnet (pultern No. 57li!l) send 15 cents in coin for each pattern plus 1 cent postage for cuh, your name, address ami the putivm number to Anne Cii bot, La Grande Evening Observ er, 71)11 Mission St., Han l'niii cisco, Calif. Opera Star Beverage Quotas To Be Reduced Due To Sugar Shortage "The supply of Coca-Cola in La Grande territory definitely will be affected by the further cur tailment in the supply of sugar nfter July 1st because the manu facturer ot that pppulur drink will r.ot compromise with tho use of substitutes. "However, an equitable system of rationing will be maintained in La Grande tcriitory during tho shortage," suid K. H. Williams, milliliter of the Cocn-Cola 13ut lling company. The O.P.A. announced that the allotment of sugar to industrial users would be cut to SO per cent of the sugur used in the third qua. lor of 11)41, effective July 1st. "I am .informed that this sugur slim luge is world-wide und not merely national und is directly attributed to the confusion in tile production und distribution of sugur occasioned by the war," said Williams. "Sugur is absolutely necessary in the manufacture of Coeu-Colu. We cannot und will not use swoi telling substitutes, and there fore will not compromise with the integrity of Cocu-Colu. Theieforo when sugur is short, there must be n shortage in the amount of Coca-Cola, but you can be certain that the quality of Coca-Cola will lemain unchanged. "My company is committed to play fair Willi our government and obey its regulations in both letter und spirit; to maintain the quality of our drink and to main lain an equitable distribution system to serve all our custom ers equally und that we will do. "We still have u war to win and that conies first, but we will attempt still to get you all of the Coca-Cola that is possible and what wo have will be available lo all. I only ask that if your dealer docs not have Coca-Cola .thftwrr to I'rt'i lotin I'uitiile I HORIZONTAL ; 1,5 Pictured opera singer 10 Intend 1 1 Alliance 12 European river ' 14 Threw I 10 Chills ; 19 Air (comb. ; form) I 20 Resound I 21 Converse 22 Limb 4 One time 5 Shove (I To the Inside 7 Nickel (symbol) BOf animal life ft Moor 12 College III Appear 15 Alternating current (;ib.) 17 Comfort 1H Meat dish 25 Decay A,i-' TO, OS, 7lXX LIacvr! AP iL PI mm I Uill ' 1 & All.. ;u i t am AIUHUR IS. 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