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TUB LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Saturday, June 30, 1945 . '
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had
Thlw In n Inif iilory of thn
men M lio II r Ho "liumli" 'iirr
liitf itmtm'iiitiTM mill enroiii nvi'r
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Imllit null rliliui. I'llol cull II
tin' tmiKlirMt nlrlliif mule In llio
world.
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TVT! didn't have much to read
" nt the cottngo at Dinjan, so
every time we returned from Cal
cutta we brought back some mag-
l .. E..n.alimne n hnnk r
W two. I don't know who it was
mat Dioogm in me jumuuijt n
issue of Peck, but whoever it was
T V.li nc n ln-Mhof flnn Of
k.nc. tlio pictures in that magazinb hv1
f!Bt a profound effect on my life.
nf She was blonde, the girl in this
,5 picture. Blonde and blue-eyed
,( and built like well, like only one
girl in all the world, Gerry Kwing.
, That was her name. She was
4h pictured with a group of other
J"1 girls who danced with her at Hilly
' Rose's Diamond Horseshoe In
""J New York. They nil wore liltlc-
tfirl rnsllimps with short HOUnCCV
rallied skirts, Dig sasnes nronno.
their waists and colored bows In
ilmli. hnlr. Gerrv was slltinr; on
w? the floor reading a book at a kid
' party, and I sat there in the
r' lounge of our cottage on the other
J'1 si i of the world moaning softly
to iy--.:.t.
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lari
t'li.i , !ier pilots began to gather
or... md to see what was bother
ing me. When they saw that pic
ture the wolf in llicm came to the
surface with n chorus of low
whistles, deep sighs and smacking
lips. Petach In a Ironzy grabbed
the magazino out of my hands;
Bob Robertson snatched it nway
; rc. from him; I leaped on Robertson,
V?, but loo late. Land had it by then,
; " his eyes bulging ns he devoured
; Jj the beauty of that page. I was
; in agony for fear the sheet would
bo torn 'and then Glngiss, Solo-
: 1 mon-liko, saved the day. He
picked up a chair, balancing it
over Skippy's head.
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"Put that picture down, Brother
Lane." ho said. "We'll settle this
thing in gentlemanly fashion, be.
fore someone gets killed."
Sklppy obliged under the threat
of the raised chair and Glngiss
explained his plan.
"That girl is definitely a prize,
boys," Glngiss said. "She has ev
erythingand when I say every
thing. I mean to include that
gorgeous soft white thigh which
some of you may not have no
ticedlike hell! But we can't all
have that Eirl. We can't all even
dream of having her. Only one of
us can bo that lucky. We ll draw
lots, and the lucky winner will
get the picture all for himself;
he'll bo permitted to dream about
her all he wants; he may even
write her a letter. In fact; I
think that ought td be one of the
conditions. The winner will have
In write her a letter, and if she
replies he'll have to read her let
ter aloud to all or us. l ie n navo
to read us his letter, too, before
he sends it."
I was given the privilege of'
drawing the first card. Ginglss
shufried them and at least four
of the wolves cut them to moke
sure they weren't stacked. I
picked up the top card, turned it
over. It was the ace of spades.
My letter to Gerry Ewing was
a masterpiece in many ways, but
I still don't know why she never
onswer;d it. Even to this day
she Yds never given mo a good
explanation for that little bit' of
rudeness.
TWO of the boys who took part
in the brief melee over Gerry s
picture that night were Joo Ros
bcrt and "Ridge" Hammel, both of
Pennsylvania. Joe had been a
Flying Tiger before signing on
with C. N. A. C. and Ridge had
only recently joined us, hnvlng
transferred from Pan-American's
African branch. Ridge hadn't
checked out yet as a (light cap
tain on the Himalaya run and
was flying as a co-pilpt, usually
with Rosbert. They were sched
ulcd to take off the morning fol
lowing the discussion over the
picture a half an hour after me
on the run to Kunming. The
weather was mean even on the
ground that day; the monsoon
season was well begun, and rain
had been lashing the field all
night. It waa still pouring down
as I waded through the muck
from the flight office to my plane.
The first plane out every morn.'
ing always took about a half-hour
start on the others and radioed
back information about the
weather and any Jap activity no
ticed along the way. In view of
the Zeros Petach and I had run
intq on the southern route the
day beforu, I took the northern
route this time, oven though I
realized, because of the drop In
temperature overnight, that I
would probably be heading into
an ice storm.
''
ABOUT an hour out' of the base'
T rWirtnH' In hpflri' nmtlK. Th
plane was so loaded with ice I
couldn't get It above 17,000 feet
riot high enough to go over the
Hump on the northern route so
1 had cither to go ncic to uinjan
or take a chance on getting far
cnougn south to melt off the ice.
The Ice storm was moving west;-
apparently, because Rosbert rah
into it a shorter distance out of
Dirjon than I had 25 or 30 miny
utcs before. When I. told him
over the phones that I was goinjf
to head south I also told him
why. "If I (ried to got back tar
the base I'd take on a double
load, Joe, and I'm too heavy1 right
now to risk it." ' , '..
"Okay, Gen," Rosbert replied;
But I'm not as far out as yoit
are. I think I'll head back and
wait for it to clear up. ..."
That was tho last we heard of
Joe Rosbert and Ridge Hammel
until 49 days later wheri they
came rumbling out of the jungto
on a British Army truck in what
was probably the most remark
able return from the unknown
world of Lower' Tibet that any
white men have ever made. '
(To Be Continued)
Copiriolit, 1015, J. C. Winston Co.; Dislribiifed NEA SERVICE. INC.
City News
In Brief
Automobiles owned by Jennie
Ricks and W. S. Dougherty, both
of La Grande, collided yesterday
at Fir and Jefferson streets, ac
cording to police reports.
Thomas Franklin O'Brien, Se
attle, was arrested shortly after
midnight on charges of being
drunk and disturbing the peace.
He was cited to appear in city
court.
Carl Gil son is leaving for
Porlliinri, whore he will attend a
state-wide conference of Young
Democratic clubs tomorrow in
the Multnomah hotel. Principal
: (leakers will be Justice William
O. Douglas of the United States
ruprt'ir.v' court, and James A. Far
ley, former postmaster general.
GilKim is state vice-president of
lie organization.
By MRS. ANNE CABOT
The gay red and while en
circled dishcloth, two potboiller.,
with practical loops by which to
hang them, the two red and white
window shade pulls arc certain
to givo your kitchen a gay nolo
nf cheerfulness. If your kitchen
is done in another color scheme
just combine the main color with
while so that the primer note nf
color is kept. Easy :o ciorli.t
and they make rianiU" rili'hen
shower ,":fts!
To obtain cnmi'.lete eror'u'tiii!!
instructions for tin- four piece
kitchen set (pattern No. 5H271
scud 1! cents in coin, plus 1 'Vnl
postage, your name, addnwi anil
County 4-II Group
Itetums from School
Forty-four delegates from Ui1
iim county have rctiinud from
Corvallis, where (hey attended
the :i()th annual 4-11 club sum
nvr school. Approximately 1,100
club members from Oregon at
ti niled the school. Chapci'ones
for the La Cirandc delegation
weiv Until Hagey and Phyllis
t'oi'hran.
Shirtwaist Frock
MEMORIAL SERVICE SETt
A nu'innrial service for A.
Donald K. Hnm-ning. who wu
killed in (iermany May (i, will ho
In Id at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St.
Piter's Kpiscopal chuti-h. Bishop
William P. Hi'iningtiui, Pendle
ton, will preach the .sermon.
the pattern number to Aniv Ca
bot. I.a Grande F.vening Observ
er, Vim Mission St.. San Fran-
I'lSl'O, I'iillf.
U. S. Senator
lnM lo I'ri'vlo
l.'OIMZONTAI,
1 Pictured U. S.
Srr.ator, Ken
neth D.
0 Mcrry-so-rounds
II Either
12F.ver (conlr )
13 Hypothetical
force
14 Laughter
sound
III Turkish title
17 Enclosure
in Mixed type
19 Doctrine
21 Friday (ab.)
22 Vegetable
23 Far (prefix)
25 Czar
26 Fold
29 Ho represents
(ab.)
i3 Tree
38 Male
37 Portuguoie ;
coin
3d Leavo
4nSalntc (ab.)
421 have
(contr.)
43 From (prefix)
44 Area measure
4a John (Gaelic)
t8 Tellurium
(symbol)
17 Lonely
)1 Scans
VKirncAi.
I Greek letter
2 Crawled
3 Joint
4 Deserve
5 Pound (ab.)
(1 Bend
7 Scrutinize
accounts
Htiight (ab.)
9 Track
10 Vessels
1 1 Monster
15 On the ocean
1(5 Toward the
stern
20 Ulemlrh
24 Large deer
Vic IV.. I,-
4 Ptltftlo
13.AIY
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25 Child
2(1 Pitch
27 Kmployed
211 Main
30 Gives forth
39 Mineral rock!
40 Lateral part
41 Soft mineral
48 Rhode Island
(ab.)
31 Church renter 49 Notury public
32 Compass point (ab i
34 Anew SO Steamship
35 Belief (nb.)
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By SUE BURNETT
Indispensable in your summer
wardrobe this good looking
shlrtw'aistcr' that's' ready for any
occasion. Easy to make and
wear'
Pattern No. 8797 is designed for
sizes 14, 1(1, 18, 20; 40, 42 and' 44.
Size 1(1, short' sleeves; required 4
yards of 35-inch material.
For this patten;, send 20 cents,
in coins, your name, address,
size desired and the pattern num
ber to Sue Burnett, La Grande
Evening Observer, 7KK1 Mission
St., San Francisco, Calif.
Send for your copy of the new
sluing issue of Fashion just oft
the press. Book full of smart,
up-to-the-minute styles. 15 cents.
Official Records
Water turned off. June 29:
.1 L. Ingeison, 808 N avenue.
Water tuiMcd on:
J. 1.. Ingersnn, 2403 Birch
street; I!. It. Schroth, 808 Second
street; A. J. Hill, 1008 First street.
Hold Everything
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Our Boarding House
With Major Hoople Out Our Way
J. R. Williams
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