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THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
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Thin la a tfrne atorv of the
men who n In Btuu',-onrrj-Jus
pmMensrra and canrn over
the high lllmalaraa banveen
India and China. 1'llott mil It
Ian touvncal airllna ruule In tha
vrvrld.
OXYGEN ADDICT
XVIII
TTflTH every passing month the
air transport traffic across the
Himalayas made tremendous in
creases in volume. This also meant
increased Jap activity. Bomber
and flghtet bases had been well
established by the invaders by
then, and Allied transports that
risked the southern route at any
time of day or night were almost
bound to run a gauntlet ol at
tacking Zeros that swept into the
sky from a score ot hidden fields
in ltpnr Burma.
. Flying the northern route
meant spending at least three out
of every Ave hours of the average
trip under oxygen, and while
those masks are great things and
have saved many a man's life,
they have one strange little quirk
that finally licked me completely.
I didn't notice the subtle change
coming over me, but Al Gingiss
did. We got up from the break
fast table at the cottage near Din
jan one morning toward the end
ot April and I immediately
grabbed up my cap and flying
jacket Fetach and Sklppy Lone
and Robertson wore lolling back
in their chairs lighting their after
breakfast cigarets. Gingiss and
I were tne only ones on our feet.
"Come on, you bums!" I said.
"Let's got cuttln'l"
Robertson looked up, puzzled.
'What the hell is the rush? You
got a date somewhere?"
. I reached over and ruffled his
hair, laughing and horsing around
' like a six-f oar-old. I felt like a
million, lull ot energy and drive
ana, it I had analyzed myself,
of nerves. "You're gettin' old,
kid," I said. "All ot you birds,
Couurioht. 1945,
you're gettln' soft. Come on,
let's get cuttln'l"
TJOBERTSON got up because it
" was easier not to argue, and
Skippy and Petach reluctantly
left the table, too. We all plied
into the station wagon and started
off to the field.
"You're getting nnts, Gen,"
Sklppy said as we drove along.
"A bad case of ants. What's that
babe doln' to you down there in
Calcutta?"
"It isn't a babe that's doing
it," Gingiss said, "It's all this
damned oxygen we re using. The
stuff does something to you. . I
feel just like Gen most of the
time itching to get up there and
got that old mask on again."
I. started to deny that I felt
that way, but I couldn't. I sud
denly realized that what Gingiss
said was absolutely true. It
wasn't so much the flying that
sent thrills through me anymore,
it was that light and utterly
carthless feeling that came with
breathing oxygen that made me
so anxious to get back In the air.
1 ho trip across that day wasn't
difficult or exciting. It was a
routine flight. We ran into snow
an hour out ot Dlnjan, and be
fore we had reached 20,000 feet
we had had a 10-minutc battle
with convcctlonal currents that
forced us to fly at a 45 degree
anglo to clear the ranges. We
had run into a driving rainstorm
and climbed up and over it into
a 20-mlnute stretch of sleet. All
thoso things were normal on the
northern route but there was
one thing about that flight that
wasn't normal at nil. I felt as
though I were no longer tho mas
ter of myself or of my piano.
The instant I put on my oxygen
mask at 12,000 feet and took a
long deep breath I knew that I
hod lost 'a battle with on enemy
I hodn't even known existed. I
felt my entire body relax, tho
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tension that had filled me back at
the cottage was gone, I wasn't
restless, I was completely at ease.
I was an oxygen addict,
a
TJVDR a week I fought with my
self over that mysterious ad
diction. I tried to limit the
amount of the stuff I used. That
only made it worse. Then fatigue
would get to the point where I
wasn't flying well, my mind would
be slow and my reflexes sluggish.
I would take the necessary
amount then and try to be un
mindful of the subtle pleasure
It gave me. But it was a losing
battle. . . ., , , . . ,.,
And then coming baclc from
Kunming one day I developed
violent stomach cramps and had
to turn the controls ov'cr to my
co-pilot for almost an hour of the
trip. Not until we were down to
12,000 feet and I took off my
mask did I find any relief; then.
as we dropped lower, the cramps
gradually disappeared and I took
over the controls again. When
we got into Dinjan I talked to
Captain Woods about it, told him
what had happened and how the
oxygen had been affecting me
lately. He nodded and said,
"You're not the first one. Gen.
So far as the oxygen is concerned
you might be able to lick it by
taking a rest for a while, but the
cramps probably mean your pros
tute gland is being affected. I
don't know whether it's the oxy
gen or the altitude that does that,
but several boys have had to quit
for the same reason."
One of the Army doctors at the
base verified what Woods had
said and told me that sterility
might result If the prostate trou
ble continued. My agreement
with C. N. A. C. had been to fly
for them until June 15, which
was still a month away, but I
knew from tho experience I had
had coming bock across the Hump
that day that I was more of
hazard to them at that point than
en asset. Gingiss agreed with. me
when we talked it over that night,
and he decided to pull out, too.
We wired Bond in Calcutta the
next day, and five days later we
flew our Inst frcignt.
(To Be Continued)
SERVICE, INC.
Our Boarding House
With Major Hoopl Out Our Way
Rose Filet
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By MRS. ANNE CABOT
Dig roses in full bloom funn a
bold design on a runner mensur-
ing 2b by IS inches. The rose
'design is one of the easiest fur
a filot beginner to crochet as tin
"blocks and spaces" arc so eas
ily counted. Make It In either
white or ecru thread.
To obtain completo crocheting
instructions and (ilet chart for
the rose runner (pattern No. 558-lj
send 15 cenls in coin, plus 1 cent
postage, your name, address and
the pattern number In Anne Ca
bot, l.a Grande Evening Observ
er, 0!) Mission St., San Fran.
Cisco, Calif. .
Deeds Filed
M. F. Wilkinson to Milo R.
Woollum et ux, S'! of Lot 5, 'all
of Lot 4, Blk. A, New Haven ad
dition, Ln Grande city, 10.
L. U. Noah ct ux to Nathan
T. Gray ut ux, portion of SE1'4
of SEW, Sec. 32 Twp. 1 S., R. 40
E, $10.
William W. Holden, by guard
ian, to li. E. Shcnficld et ux, Lot
12, portion of Lot 11, all in Blk.
4, Ilrlsom's addition, La Grande
city, $400.
Gertrude Shroll ct ux to Wil
liam B. Baxter et ux, Eli of Blk.
22, Swackhamer's addition, La
GGrande city, $1 and other con
siderations. Charley Ilibbert el ux to Grant
W. Wildo et ux, portion of NWKi
of SW'j, Sec. 2, Twp. 4 S., R. 39
E. $1 and other considerations.
Harry G. Steele et ux to Lizzie
Bushnell, Lois 4, 5, Blk. 30, Wil
liamson's addition, La Giancle
I city, $1 and other considerations.
Myrtle Hill el al to Arthur G.
Herrmann t UXi portion of Lot
4, Blk. C, Coggan's second addi
tion, L Grande city, $10 and other
(considerations.
R. L. McLean ct al to Herbert
Miller, E',i of E'i of Blk. 21),
Swuckhimimer's Second addition,
north Union, $!)(!(),
' Howard C. Smith et ux to Itur-
I ry French et ux, Lot 7, Blk- (II,
uiaplii. s addition, La Grande
cUy, $11100.
Pinafore
Building Permits
Herman lioeck, erect one-story
frame building to be used as ga
rage, on W'.ii of Lot 3, Blk. i)7,
Chaplin's addition, $IiO.
SABBATH EVERY DAY ,
Sabbath is observed every day
in the week by some religious
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day is the Christian sabbath, J
Monday the Greek, Tuesday the
1'ersian, Wednesday the Assyri
an, Thursday the Egyptian, Fri
day the Turkish, and Saturday
the Jewish.
Orchestra Leader
An,nrr In Prrvlmi I'uaalr
HORIZONTAL
1,7 Pictured
conductor of
London Phil
harmonic Or
chestra, Sir
14 Respect
15 Human being
16 Exist
17 Sore
10 Exclamations
20 Simple
22 He has a
sense
, of humor
23 Indians
24 Clergyman
' 28 Dried plum
27 Rage
28 Relaxed
29Apud (nb.)
30 Any
' 31 Disbursed
34 Strictness
38 Late
39 Ruth
40 Limbs
41 tVQnns'rn
tlve pronoun
45 Refuse from
crushed fruits
4 Greek Idler
, 47 Clans
49 Letter of
alphabet
80 Cylindrical
cigar
' 82 Lax
, M Foes
VERTICAL
1 Treads
2 Upon this
3 Exaggerate
4 Myself
5 Skill
6 Search
7 Ordered
B Paradise
9 Port of head
10 Centimeter
(no.)
11 Gap
12 Goddess of
wisdom
13 Smeared
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23 Metallic
element
25 Vacant
26 Fruit
31 Haw
.12 Minister
33 Type of fur
35 Feminine
nickname
18 Compass point 30 Minister
21 Missions 37 Niche
41 Woody plant
42 Show dislike
43 Ibidem (ab.)
44 Indian
material . weights
47 Three (prefix)
48 Placed
51 Decimeter
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of Mister
By SUE BURNETT
From a friend in Ohio came the
inspiration for this gay pinafore
that's so charming and easy to
make. This week's ABC special.
Pn'.'ern No. 8877 is designed for
siz;s 11, 12, 13, 14, and 18. Size
12, reoiiires 3'. yards of 35-inch
materia): 2'i yards lace to trim.
For this patten:, send i0 cents,
ln coins, your name, address,
size desired and the pattern num
ber to Sue Burnett, Ln Grande
Evening Observer, 71B Mission
St., San Francisco, Calif. "
Send for your cupy of the new
spring issue of Fashion just off
the press. Book full of smart,
up-to-tlie-minute styles. 15 cents.
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