TIM ES. WILLAMINA. OKEC,ON
THURSDAY. SEPT. 28. 1944
CLASSIFIED
1 a. m. Cruising low at eight hundred
feet, we got some unforgctnble
views of the steaming Brazilian Jun
d e pa r t m e n t
gle.
Looking out to sea, we noticed
I that the blue color already was
H ELP W ANTED___
| changing to the murkiness of the
Amazon, though we were about a
•
Pm om
n o w e n g a g e d in e,»en««a)
WNU Rfc.LE.AbE.
hundred miles from its mouth. Fly
C o l. R o b e r t L .S c o t t
t n d u . t r r w i l l no« a p p /y w l l h a u l » « • « » -
ing
low,
I
noted
that
the
hump
of
n
ie
n
t
a
l
a
a
a
ll a b l li ip h a m l b . i t lo c a l
posite of the tail gunner—he never
The «lory Ihu» fa r: Robert Scott. *
U a il a d
S t a le , IC m p la fm a n I S a i n t a .
■ell made West Point graduate. wins his
did know «'here he had been but Brazil near the coast was fiat and
Washlngton. D. C.
green and hot as hell—temperature
wines at K e lly Held. Texas, and m arries
alwavs got there first.
CONGRESSMEN
TO LONDON
ninety-six
and
humidity
about
nine
a g irl from Georgia. F ro m Mitchel Field,
And so the eight of them made
N . ¥ .. he Is sent to P anam a »h e re his
Without any publicity, the British
ty-nine per cent at 10:55 a. m. We
ex perien ced man
up
my
crew—eight
good
soldiers
real pursuit training is begun In a P - lii-
For auto ports departm ent W il l in g to te n r h
reached the mouth of the greatest government has quietly moved to
who
had
volunteered
and
who
want
tig ht individ ual Good wogr» h o u rs . w u rM
He is given a Jo* constructing flying
log conditions. Concern bundling notional
ed to hurt the enemy. None of river in the world at 11:35 E.W.T. improve British good will by arrang
Selds which would some day protect the
lings, o ffn s g«M>d opportunity F n rn.»nrnt.
Here
the
width
of
the
Amazon
is
ing
air
transportation
for
six
con
them worried about whether or not
Canal. He begins to train other pilots.
A u th r e f reci
n t i i i / a i ’ to » i r . < m i < < «
he'd get home—for he knew of big about one hundred and fifty miles. gressmen to London. They will in
The w ar is getting closer and he Is un-
I MW I l l M A l i * » ) , f t 'A lt l * 44. W « s k l» g U B .
Boys will have their fun too, no spect the damage dane by the robot
happv because he reallres he is getting
ger things that had to be done.
fa i* .e r and farth er from actual comhat
We had to test everything, for it m atter if you are flying low over blitz and take side trips into France.
duty. As director of training tn a »win-
The British embassy did not actu
was over sixteen thousand miles to the greatest of rivers. As we crossed
FARMS
engine school tn C alifornia he writes to
Japan the way we were having to the equator—old Zero Degrees Lat. ally invite the congressmen to come
G eneral after G eneral ashing for a
I OH B A I I
B O n c r n l m i fro m O ro fin o ,
at
11:56
a.
m
.,
at
West
Longitude
I
to
England,
but
made
a
point
of
let
go; there couldn't be a slip-up on
Id a h o M «« re« fo r m la n d . S p rin g w a te r.
chance to fight. When that chance comes
this mission, and so we didn’t take 49 degrees 32 minutes—I saw those ting three Republicans and three
be realises that his wife and child
a chance. When finally all was set of my crew who had been in the Democrats know that seats on Brit
m eant A m erica for him .
1 was about nervous enough to bite South latitudes before take paper ish planes leaving New York for
were available.
STATIONERY
my nails off. for my ship was to cups of water and drop them on London
First
go
me
neaas
oi
uiose
wno
wen-
u„,««,-
r irst pair
p air to
k «> were
w «- i <- Representa-
n c p i» , ...»
the
heads
of
those
who
were
unini-
CHAPTER VI
be last to leave the States. I had tiated, thus making them subjects of J tives Jam es m Richards,
111 »
I 'l l « » « T . I X « l m i l l
» T A T I« » !« -
South Cnro-
IK Y .
P e r « < H » A llf » d r a g c o n te n t o r o n io n
worried every minute of the time the sacred realm of Jupiter Rex as |jna Democrat, and Karl
«
k
m
C
i
r
c
u
l
e
r
»
h
o
w
ln
g
r
n
a
n
v
d iffe r e n t
Mundt,
Doug was an ideal flying officer, we had been waiting for fear that
k in d s B e nt. M e » SMI. I n g l e w e e d . C a l i f .
end it was to him that I first turned some brass hat would get my orders identified from the realm of Neptune j South Dukota Republican. They
for advice on how I should make changed before I could get on my Rex on the sea. We crossed the Ama- were followed by Democratic Con-
RABBIT SKINS
myself acquainted with this big air way. The other twelve ships had zon, from just West of Point Grossa pressman Brooks Huys of Arkansas
FOULTltY. llld«». W ool (loud whllo
plane. Doug had learned to fly at gone, with Colonel Haynes leading over Bahia Santa Rosa to Mixiana Is- an<j Republican Walter Judd of Mln-
f r ie r l a m , ra b b it nklnn »00 Io ( I ? •
* lb
S h ip <>r nnk p rlre n .
M uby *
the period when I had been instruct in his B-24. They all made their land, thence to Isla da Marajo This ncsota. The latter trip may be sig
Co.. »38 a w F r o n t. F o r lla n fl. O ra-
oci
i island
e ln n /l
i in
n
t the
ho
ruY
m ith
n
• r occurred
t ^ n u r r o /1 n only
n l v II a f few
i’U
mouth
of f the nifleant since • it
ing. I had taught his class to fly: way to the East separately, with l last
now the tables were turned and he instructions to meet in Karachi. In river is one hundred miles wide and days after these two had introduced
HELP W ANTED
would have to be the instructor for dia. for final orders. And Karachi reputedly has more cattle on the their resolution calling for bi-parti
single ranch than any other ranch san consideration of the peace term s
a while. Don’t forget that as yet I was 12,000 miles away.
I'.Nl’KIUilK >VN I>
in the world. Soon we came to Rio by this country.
hadn’t flown a B-17E.
MtNKWnRKKItM.
As
soon
as
we
could
leave
the
E X I'E IU IN 'T I' ,,r I .%»•: X I'KIUKNCKD
P ara, crossed it in a thunderstorm,
Introducing myself to my co-pilot,
The last pair includes Republican
||>KAI. t'NI'KKOItoUNI»
I said, “ How about showing me how West coast of Florida, we loaded and were over Belem, where we Walt Horan of Washington and Dem
WORKING i'ONDITIONa.
up
and
crossed
the
State.
Going
on
C
ool.
d
ry and »'---d » e n illn ilo n «Irxifl
landed in the blackness of a tropical ocrat Chet Holifleld of California,
to fly this ship—I want to see.how
B o u n in , i i ,r «In g le nnd in n rrie .l m r a
to work these turbos and such. He East over West Palm Beach, I rang rain at 12:40 E.W.T.
llolifield, incidentally, was plnnning
T IM E A N I' I'N K IIA I.K liV B H
K " l l T i It n l'It H
i M i t 'I t l . K
merely grinned at me in disbelief. the alarm bell, putting all men on
On April 4, we left Belem for Na a quick trip overseas in order to
the
alert,
and
we
dropped
down.
T I M E K«»lt S E V E N T H I'A T .
“Aw, Colonel,” he said, “you can
on some lend-lease
tal at 6:55 a. m., and climbed to . check » un
imu-tv««, m atters
E a a e n lln l W a r In d u n lry .
flv the thing—why, you taught me
A u ll io r lt r d l l r f . r m l lie q u lre d .
ten thousand feet in order to top as for the house Democratic leader-
A p p ly
to fly.” I finally got him to give me
much of the cumulus ns possible. We ship. Each pair consists of one Re-
M E T A L IN E or lillA N G V IK W
M IN I«
some cockpit instruction by explain
A T .MI T A 1 .IN E E A I.I.H
had to skirt one great anvil-head publican nnd one Democrat, with
or
ing that though I had many thou
reaching up into the sub-strato- {he British determined to do all they
>1? O L D N A T IO N A L H A N K 111,1X1.
sand hours in PT’s, BT’s, and other
H IM .K A N I: W N
sphere near Bahia San Luiz. This can to prevent inter-party strife in
r i f o . N K I t I V . 4 1 >5
trainers, and knew lots about single-
sterm covered about fifty miles, but tHe U.S.A. from interfering with the
seaters and fast twin-engine medi
we got around it without going into peace conference
Establish Yourself
um bombers, I knew nothing about
its turbulence. As we went on
The congressmen were told by the
NOW
such planes as this big devil.
South of the equator the haze di British: "We have already been host
He showed me the approved meth
In P e rm a n e n t Jo b
minished gradually and the country to several American scientists and
od of starting the four engines, when
became dry, making us think we educators for brief trips across, and j
3 MECHANICS NEEDED
to use the booster switches, how to
were over western Texas. We land we don’t like to discriminate against
IMMEDIATELY
set the turbos, how to lock the tail
ed at Natal, our jump-off point for congressmen.”
Karn up io »71 a woofe.
wheel—and generally how to pick
•
•
•
I'lraaanl
aiirr«undlnga.
i the South Atlantic crossing, at 12 25
laundry furntnhed,
up that fifty-seven thousand pounds
E.W.T.
ALLIED SKI TROOPS
O th , r e in i'lo y e ad van tag ed .
of flying dynamite and take it around
t><>wnt»»n ItH 'a lln n
This was to be a real day’s flight.
For the first time in the war, Ca
A u lh n ria r-1 It i - f r r r a l llo q u lre fl.
the field. I flew it for two landings
For we were not to be able to spend nadian and American ski troops are
W R I T K O R W IH K
that afternoon, and that night I
the night at Natal. Our run from due to see the sort of action they
TACOMA AUTO SALES
climbed all over the Fortress, read
Belem to Natal of nine hundred were trained for.
7SS-7JJ I t r . i d w a y
7 0 - 7 » « C om m oreo
the entire maintenance manual, and
T a rn m a . W 'a a liln g ln n
miles, then the crossing of nineteen
The first special service force,
learned from scratch what made the
hundred miles to Liberia, plus the trained in mountain warfare at Hel
I - o l t M K I l T K A 'T I K I t H
T im nchooln
big ship go. Next day I soloed it
n --d
you
«'oil fo r Inform ation.
run down the hump of Africa to a ena, Mont., and in Alaska and the
B u rtb w a n t
T a a c h a ra -
A a a o c la tlo a ,
for over four hours, and after the
Pan-American base on the Gold Aleutians, is now in southern France
O u a r d ia a B ld g . F o r t l a n d , O ra . B B .
twentieth landing I felt as if I was
I Coast—this last almost nine hun with the forces of General Patch. A
OSM.
ready to start for war.
dred miles—had to be made with thrust across the Maritime Alps into
W A lT R K H M K H and C le rk n I'r rir in n e n t
Then we tested everything—fired
w o rk
« U h ee tn b lln h ed fir m
No
out stops, except short ones for fuel. northern Italy will give them their
n ig h t or S un day w o rk , good w agaa.
all guns at targets in the everglades,
For
all
practical
purposes,
then,
we
A u lii
r< -f
r. i B hodaa loe B tora,
first actual skiing action. This spe
Col. Scott’s superior officers. Gen.
and the cordite from all those roar
1318 Second A va.. B e a tila 1, W a s h .
had thirty-seven hundred miles to cial service force includes both Ca
ing fifty calibres gave even the Joseph Stilwell, left, and Gen. Claire make in one day.
nadians and Americans, and will
swampy “ glades” a sweet aroma. Chennault.
FOR SALE
We
got
ship
serviced
we g
o i the
m e big
ms s
n ip s
e m v e u and
proDaoiy
e r n ia n
probably come up against o German
My gunners were eager to be on the
ready
for
the
trip,
then
went
to
the
rear-guard
units
ns
the
Allied
ar-
boo
A.
>30.ooo.
11« ooo C mm H. I In c u l
with
the
crew
firing
at
the
white-
way, and I soon found that they
tiv a tio n , bulaiK «' good punture, aurne
Command Hotel. There we
chase the Nazis toward the
knew exactly what they were doing. caps out over the Gulf Stream. The Ferry
tlm
l»er,
SO
M.
N o r th Spokane, on
. found
-.-a
. .... . —
. T thir
Ih ir .
B re n n c r pass
two
more crews of « our
g ra v e l
ro ad .
M a ll.
School.
M ilk
Private Motley was my tail gun guns were working fine but we teen heavy bombers. One group
ro u te.
9-11. m o d ern houar. la rg e
ner. During the entire trip I think couldn't take a chance. I had to oi these had turned back the night
ti.irn. o th e r b u ild in g s, tr a c to r ondi
ELECTION IN BRITAIN
fa rm equlnm «-nt. nino l m * r or. 4S0
he stayed in the tail ninety per cent learn light now whether the crew before with one engine out. The
A
school land, a ll no .idow O w n e r
British
government leaders aren't
could
work
as
a
team,
for
once
we
of the time, just to get used to the
Chas. B M c B w eeney. V s k , W ash.
other, piloted by Col. Gerry Mason, saying anything about it, but Roose
started
it
would
be
too
late.
way to handle the tail turret. I used
F O R S A L E < •om ph-te r« M a u ra n t e q u ip
Now we were poised for our flight had nearly come to grief on the velt has been tipped off by Churchill
m ent In c lu d in g fo u n ta in doing good
to say of Motley that he just didn t
way
in
from
Belem.
The
rubber
busln« f
P r ic e » !
to
w e ll
O w n e r,
care where he was going—he want to Puerto Rico. In our two-day life-rafts in the Forts are carried in that immediately after the fall of
M onna B o n tm erfeld . S a n d p o in t, Id a .
Germany a general election will be
wait for technical changes on the
ed to see where he had been.
two compartments where the wing
H K K IlK IK K A T t »ItH — Lw rgn v a rie ty
Sergeant Aaltonen, the engineer, engines I worried more than ever, of the B-17 joins the big fuselage. held in England.
c o m m e rc ia l a lte a fo r ntorea, r e a ta u -
In
fact,
Churchill’s
Conservative
for
the
other
twelve
ships
were
gone
ra n ta , In a tlt ut Iona.
N o household
was charged with keeping the en
This is to facilitate their automatic party leaders have already sent in
and
I
was
getting
frantic
lest
some
■ B. H I R K E S W A L D C O .
gines functioning properly, and in
release upon contact with the wa
310 M W 5th , cor. E v e r e tt
B R 1305
general the entire enlisted personnel thing might change the orders. Fi ter should the ship have to land at structions down to their borough
P o rtla n d . O regon
was under him. He was a diligent nally, after having to wait during sea. They are of course tied to leaders to begin organizing for a
Finn and one of the bravest men days of perfect weather, we took off the airplane with strong manila national election.
O N E ’go' gaa C a te rp illa r tra c to r com -
Churchill’s party strategists have
p la te w lth bulldojD-r an»l d ru in and
I have ever seen. I can see Aalto in heavy rain for Borinquen Field, rope, and it is on this hemp that
lig lit f ’arc o to g r in g arc h
H e n ry A.
already had conferences with lead
nen now, standing there behind my P. R.
L a rs o n L o g g ln g C o„ M ont« 4, Bog
the present tale hangs. In the flight ers of the Labor party and have
Two
of
our
flight’s
Fortresses
were
358.
B
e
llln
g
h
a
m
,
W
«
ih
.
seat and the co-pilot’s seat, unper
down the coast some malfunction
turbed in the roughest of storms, waiting in Puerto Rico for minor re had caused one of these compart sought their support for a continua
COO K e g lx te rc d B e rk s h ire , F a ll-S p r in g
Bred u llts , sows, I mmuto , w e a n lin g s .
from the violent currents of the pairs, so we felt a little less lone ments to spring open—and out came tion of a future coalition govern
F ro m 5 ch am pio n boari- P rlcnd to
equatorial front of the Hamadans some. Just in case the authorities the heavy, five-man boat. At the ment. The Labor leaders of the
a««ll I v b b Stock P a rm a , M ew B oaton,
Hl.
to the Shimals of Africa and Ara in Washington decided to stop the speed of two hundred miles an hour Churchill cabinet, however, have
bia. Eternally watching the many last ship or the last two ships in with which it struck the tail section said no. They believe that after the
G O O D fa rm home, W e n a tc h e e v a lle y ,
g ro w a n y th in g , la rg e m odern house,
instruments, wating to correct the our mission, I got my crew up long as it went back on its rope in the war, Labor should go on its own.
1 3 g aerea Ir rig a te d . Io ta o f b u ild -
Conservative leaders, however,
slightest trouble even before it hap before daylight next morning, and slipstream of two engines, it nearly
IngN
W.
C
L a n te r ,
C aahm ara,
W aah.
pened. When we were lost over we soon were heading South for took the entire horizontal stabilizer figure that the rank and file of the
Trinidad,
ahead
oi
the
other
two.
Labor
party
will
not
follow
their
trackless seas he was never ruffled,
IN C O M E p ro p e rty fo r aide. On H ig h
A real night take-off from Trini off. Only by very skillful piloting leaders but, instead, will follow
but ready at all times with informa
w a y >1» n e a r In rg e c ity
7-room
had
Gerry
Mason
managed
to
get
houne, f> c a b in *, f il lin g e la tio n , lunch
tion as to fuel consumption and the dad—we were airborne in the dark the Fort and his crew of ten to Na Churchill.
r».».m
15000 fu ll p rice
S h a ll S ta
Churchill’s move in calling the
best RPM’s for cruising. Once when ness at 5:20 a. m. As the wheels
tio n , J e ffa ra o n . O ra.
he was told that we would probably left the ground I realized very quick tal.Just the same, in my attempted general election immediately after
Q U IL T IN G ?
S llka , co tto ns, v e lv e ts ,
w o o le n *
fta m p lr a
fre e !
R a in b o w ,
have to land in the Atlantic there ly how great a load we were lifting. nap that afternoon, I grinned at the arm istice is considered very
D ech erd , T a n n .
This
was
the
first
time
we
had
tak
shrewd
timing.
Today
he
is
popu
was no change in the expression on
the thought that we in old “Hades
his face; he simply began to move en off with full load of fuel, and it Ab Altar” were passing ahead of lar in England. A few months from
SPE C IA L
the provisions to a point where they seemed to me that I almost had to two more ships of the flight. Boy, now he may not be. The British
S O N G l ’OK.M.S W A N T K D I You a«rid
could be quickly placed in the rub break my arms to keep the tail I dreamed, they’ll have a hell of a prime minister will stand on his
th e w ords
I ’ll compone th e m unie
ber boats. His job in case of attack from going all the way back to the job getting me back there into the war record, and his cooperation with
F re e e x a m in a tio n E lio t W r ig h t . Box
jungle—for
all
practical
purposes
3 0 6 1 -Y , P o r tla n d , Ore.
Roosevelt will not be played down
was to man the top turret with its
the Fortress tried a loop. (It must training center now! It’s four thou as one reason why he should be re
twin Fifties.
sand
miles
back
to
Florida
and
in
Sergeant Baldbridge was the head have been that case of Scotch, add
turned to power. It is expected
HEALTH TO Y O U I
radioman. His secondary duty was ed suddenly to the other sixty thou the morning I ’ll be across the At that the Conservative party will win
Correct R ecta// C o lo n A l l m t n H
lantic.
to handle one of the waist guns back sand pounds.) Finally we got the
without too much difficulty.
H e m o rrh o id s (P ile « ), Fla-
We climbed out of the Fortress
• • •
aft of midships. Corporal Cobb was ship rigged properly and climbed
s u re , F iB tu la, H a rn ia (R u p
tu r e ) d a s tro y h e a lth -p o w e r
and
stepped
upon
Africa
at
11:05
on
top
of
the
clouds
at
eight
thou
second radioman; he would leave
NAZIS IN SPAIN
to e a r n - a b illt y to e n jo y life .
O u r m eth o d of tre a tm e n t
that to enter the lower turret. The sand feet. Later we had to go high G.M.T. Our crossing from Natal
Once again Nazi troops are mak
w ith o u t h o s p ita l o p e ra tio n
other waist gun on this flight was er to keep from going through the had been made in thirteen hours. ing for Spanish soil. Members of
s u c c e s s fu lly e m p lo y e d lor
33 y e a rs . L ib e r a l c re d it
to be handled by a radio officer, heavy tropical thunderheads; with Leaving the natives at work under the army which got its first taste of
term
s . C a ll fo r e x a m in a tio n
Royal
Air
Force
bosses,
we
hurried
our overload, neither Doug nor I
Lieutenant Hershey.
war seven years ago by putting
o r sen d fo r FR EE b o o k le t.
on
to
Operations,
where
we
ar
wanted
to
risk
the
turbulence
that
Franco in Madrid, today are steal
The navigator was a Lieutenant
Open Eyningt, Mon., Wed., Fri., 7 fo 5.30
ranged for clearance down the ing through the French countryside
whom I ’ll call Jack. He was a we knew was there.
coast.
Then
we
were
led
into
a
As the sun came up we could look
D r .C . J. DEAN CLINIC
below Bordeaux to be interned in
nervy kid who liked his job. I know
P h y d c ia n a n d S u rg e o n
that after our mission he made down through holes at intervals and thatch-roofed dining hall for good Spain rather than be captured by
N . E. C o r. E. B u rn ,Id « a n d G ra n d A v e
m any raids as navigator to bomb see the dark Atlantic near the Gui- hot food. If I hadn’t been so hungry the Fighting French. This was why
and
tired
from
the
extra
tension
I
T
e
le
p
h
o
n e EA«t 391 9 , P o rtla n d 14, O re g o n
anas.
the Spanish ambassador in Wash
the Japs in Rangoon.
had
been
subjected
to,
I
think
I’d
Over
Devil’s
Island
at
9:20,
I
saw
ington last week issued his state
We tested the bombardier and the
bombsight, too, before we started by our chart that we were only five have ‘gawked” at those wild-look ment barring Nazi exiles.
Wood Use»
ing
tribesmen
who
were
serving
us.
the flight. Lean, lanky, six-foot- degrees North of the equator. Com
However, a real test of U. S.-Span
Edible
sugar
can be derived from
one night we’d left the hotels of ish policy is in the making. Some
three Bombardier George—I never ing down lower to look at the French In
wood, and has been produced on a
South
America,
and
here
we
were,
penal
colony,
we
found
that
although
did see how he managed to wiggle
Nazi military men are already in
commercial scale In Euiope. Bark
into the nose of the Fortress. I the tem perature was comfortable on having our plates brought by jet- Spain, plus French collaborationists
fibers have been mixed with wool
black
bush
Negroes
with
rings
in
top
of
the
haze
at
six
thousand
feet,
can see him there now, tense over
who will later be charged with war
and felted or woven into fabrics.
their
ears
and
noses,
jabbering
away
down
in
the
soup
near
the
water
his sight, waiting for the bombs to
crim es against France. It will be
Much rayon is manufactured from
in
a
West
Coast
dialect.
To
them
we
had
difficulty
breathing.
Pass
go_ever with the cross-hairs on the
up to U. S. Ambassador Carlton
wood cellulose. And, of course, hous
target. George had a couple of fifty ing on over another river identified we were “ Bwana,” the food was Hayes, apologist for the Franco gov
ing has been one of the oldest and
“
chop,”
and
dessert
was
"sweet.”
as
the
Rio
Oyapok,
we
went
out
calibre guns up there in the nose
ernment, to deal with them.
greatest uses of wood.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
with him, too. He was just the op- over the Guianas into Brazil at 9:55
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