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Thursday, June 28, 1945 Fagu Six IHfC LA GllANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON A Arts I rl II V .171L At lit Thin In n Ime -ulitry nf Hie mi'ii mIii. ll- lli "Iiiiihii" curry IllJt llflMnrlllClTN tint! rnrui (HIT (lie Illicit llliniiliijflK Jtrtivcfii llidlli mill riilim. IMIiiU I'llll It llip titintl,t ulrlliit ruiif ill llie uurld. MY CO-PILOT GOES BATTY XIV TTftfEN I returned to duty at Dinjan two new boys were assigned to my plane, a co-pilot named Huns and a radio operator named LI. They were smart boys, both of them, but on our third trip together I had one of the worst experiences of my Hying career with Hung. We wore coming back from Kunming with a loud of tin and the overcast was soup-thick all the way up to 24,000 feet. The plane I was given was an ex perimental model with special su perchurged engines, designed to permit greater altitude than the JJC-a s and C-47's whose celling was 24,500 feet. At 25,000 feet we came out above the overcast. The tempera ture at that altitude was far be low zero. The heater In the plane vnrn't working very well, and an r.ddcd disadvantage was that we hod been using our oxygen al most constantly since lenving Kunming four hours before. We were over the most dan gerous part of tho hills, about an hour out of Dinjnn, with known peaks rising as high as 24,000 fcit, when this boy Hung sud denly hollered, "Uoohow! Boo how!" In Chinese that mennt "No good!" I jerked around to see what vas wrong. Hung imme diately grabbed the controls and shot th plane down in a steep dive Into the overcast. With a load of tin you just don't do things like that for fear of shift ing tho cargo, and anyway I couldn't see anything wrong. I reached out, knocking his hands from the controls, righted the ConirloM, 1045. Pastel "Mules" By MRS. ANNE CABOT Crocheted of pale blue or pale pink nit'iutMiiied cotton tlumd, they'll wear beautifully as they are crocheted over n hmv of ordi nary twine. The fluffy limps make them unusually dainty looking. You'll want to make a couple of pairs as trousseaux gifts make thorn in more prac tical colors for your family. They're dandy summer bathroom and bedroom "scuffs"! To obtain complete crocheting instructions for the pastel "mules" (pattern No. 57 10) si.vs include small, medium and huge, send 15 cents in coin, plus 1 cent postage, your name, address and the pal- British Field Marshal HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured British Field Marshal, Sir Hmold 10 Draws 12 Blessings 14 Hither 15 Binds 1H Indian coin Iff Negative 20 Apportion 21 Superlative sulTix 22 Africon worm 23 European river 2 Unaspiratcd 3 Otherwise 4 Greek letter 5 Soon 0 Roman emperor 7 District At torney (ab.) 8 Heating device 0 Factual 11 Window parts 12 Make beer 13 Ox (var.) 1(1 Booty 17 Remain 24 Large deer 25 Fish eggs 20 Thoughtless 2B Mrhnldl 211 Morindin dy 30 Post 33 He helped free the nations of Europe 37 Nocturnal bird 38 Bulgarian coin 30 Name 42 Near 44 Game like halma 4fl Cuts 47 Like 48 Vegetable 40 Pay 52 Scratched ngiiln VF.ItnCAL 1 Takes as one's own ft'.'?!!1'! J I mm- ; 12. U N h lb If 18 H " "a n is fs ir"IZZI rrfo 7.7-1 .ii f s5" is 5o il i-J nl 1 1 7 ship and started to climb up again, EVERYTHING, was all right for about five minutes. Twice I asked Hung what the hell he was trying to do, but he didn't answer. Ho continued to stare directly ahead and kept his hands clenched in his lap. The overcast was climbing higher by then, we were going right into it, and I was busy with the instruments, chock ing our position ugainst the known peaks in tho vicinity. And when you re under oxygen for a long stretch you doublecheck those things because it's easy to get careless woozy the stuff Is so much like a drug. Without warning this time Hung grabbed the controls again. He really had a death grip on them, and he was heading us straight down Into almost certain death. I had no alternative. I reached over, pulled olf his oxy gen mask with my right hand, loosened my safety belt and came around in a roundhouse with my left, catching him suuarcly on the jaw. His head bobbed over on his shoulder, his hands relaxed on the controls, and I pulled out of the dive. I don't know how close we came to disaster because I conldn t see a hundred feet ahead of me. According to my charts wo should have hit a 23, 000 foot peak at that point, and m sure we must have missed t by only a few seconds. In any event, 1 replaced the oxygen mask on i lung's limp face and wo got buck to 2U.U20 feet and made the crossing without further trouble. We were down to about 7000 feet and within sight of Dinjan when Hung slowly roused him self and began to feel his chin. What the hell happened to you.'" I demanded. I still felt I hndn t settled my score with him. Hung looked at me, startled. J. C. Winston Co.; Distributed Nr. A City News In Brief Manuel T. Larue and Albert Shui p, both of I-a Grande, were arrested last night on charges of assault and battery. They were taken to municipal court, where they were fined $'Jf) each. Harry McCarthy has returned from a 10-day business trip to Portland and Seattle. Hick Until ing who is mnjoring in iiLTountini' :it th: University of Oregon, is hom j for the summer vacation and is working at the Hunting traelor company. Dob Kopp, who this spring completed his second year at the University of Oregon, Kugene, is here for the summer and is em ployed in the Umatilla national forest. Kopp is majoring in geology at the university. Deeds Filed I. it D. llim.sti'n i't n. to Ruth L. Kilgiuv, Lot 7, Ulk. 2, Pleas ant Home addition, La Grande, $1. Alberta Goodman et al to II. S. Ovorpeck et ux, purl ion of Lots 111, 111, 20, Hlk. 1011, Chaplin's addition, l.a Grande, $10. WALLOP The eiejit-ineh (200 mm. i gun, ivrrntly added to Uncle Sam's artillery, can hurl u 240-pound shell for a distance of 20 miles. A baseball diamond is really a square, tern number to Aniu Cabot, La Grande Kvening Observer, 70!) Milieu slrcel, San Francisco, Calif. A nun ir III rri'vlniin I'iukIci iTvn HAHRY U!" ' P . - TRUMAN I..WKOK rrrae! c JA.KM IcIn.oi.' 'iM O V".' 21! Owns 3(j m,,-s .,, 27 Kveiy one 40 (Vie 30 Topers 41 Feniinlnn HI final name :vl Change 41? Bench 3-1 lie comiiund- 4;i Kmopean ed the rjv,,r forces in the 44 Cleanser Mediter- 4:i ivker stake lanean M) We 33 Prohibit 51 Sun Rod ' notning, captain,'" he said. "I I'm all right." "What was our highest alti tude?" I asked hlrn. "Eighteen thousano, sir," he re plied instantly. "You don't remember going above 18,000?" I asked. "No, sir. We haven't been above 18,000," Hung said. "What are you rubbing your jaw for?" "It's sore. I must have bumped It. I don't remember. I don't know when , . ." TTUNG was too good a boy to do what he had done unless he was out of his head, and by the time we landed I could make a pretty good guess as to the cause of his conduct. To some extent it was typical of the Chi nese, even the smart ones like Hung. Little details irk them; they aren't naturally scientific iu their thinking or in their con. duct; and If they can't see the immediate value of a procedurn or a policy they are likely to figure it is unimportant. That may not be true of all Chinese, but it Is definitely true of the ones I have known. It was true of Hung. "Let's see your mask." I said to him as soon as we stepped out of the plane at Dinjan. He handed it to me and I tilted it. A good half-ounce of water ran out into my hand. I shook the water from my palm and handed the mask back to him. If that ever happens again, Hung," I said, "I'm going to re port you." The most dangerous mistake a person can make who is depend ent on an oxygen mask is to let the condensed moisture from his breath remain in the mask after using it. The orders are specifla n that regard: you drain your mask and dry it every time you use it. Hung had failed to do so. and In the intense cold above 18,000 feet a little clot of Ice had formed in the tube, almost com pletely blocking off his oxygen supply. Most people would have fuintcd undor such circumstances; Hung had gmic batty instead, (To lie Conuuuuu) SERVICE. INC For Juniors t?5 8859 11-18 By SUE BURNETT Pert, young and very smart is this junior "date" frock with fit ted corselet waut and unusual yoke and shouldvr treatment. Make it checks, all-over floral prints or polkadols. Pattern No. 885!) is designed for sizes 11. 12. 13, 11. Hi and 18. Size 12, reipiires 3 yards of 35 or 39 inch material; 3 yards ric-rac to trim. For this pattern, send 20 cents, in coins, your name, address, size desired and the pattern num ber to Sue Burnett, La Grande Fvenint! Observer, 1W Mission St.. San Francisco, Calif. Ready now the spring issue of Fashion, .lust 15 cents. A cum uli to guide in planning wardrobe needs for all the family. Official Iiecord8 Water tinned on. 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