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PORTLAND INQUIRER
Hero of Ship Disaster
Flys Home From Italy
MIAMI, FLA .—Flow n back to
th e S tates from Italy by an
ocean-spanning plane of th e A ir
T ransport Com m and, S taff Serg
ean t A rn e tt W. Lee, of M emphis,
Tennessee, w ho last M arch was
aw arded the Soldier’s M edal for
outstanding courage in effecting
th e rescue of a num ber of his
fellow soldiers trap p ed on a to r
pedoed ship, is en route hom e on
furlough a fte r clearing A TC’s
M iam i A rm y A ir Field.
A v eteran of 3 m onths in the
service, of w hich he sp en t 28
m onths overseas, S ergean t Lee
w as in charge of a group of men
aboard a tra n sp o rt in the Med-
ite ra n n ea n w hen, w ithout w a rn
ing, an enem y torpedo struck
th e ship, killed a num ber of his
m en outright, and w ounding and
trap p in g others in debris in the
hold.
D espite the danger of th e con
tin u ally rising w ater and the
shifting debris, Sergeant Lee let
him self down into the hold w ith
a rope and w ith feverish w ork
m anaged to clear aw ay enough
debris to rescue th e w ounded
m en. He left the hold only on
orders of the captain of the ship,
w hen rising w aters m ade fu rth e r
rescue w ork impossible.
In addition to the Soldier’s
M edal, Sergeant Lee w ears five
b a ttle stars on his th e a te r rib
bons and the P u rp le H eart for
w ounds received in action. His
original assignm ent overseas was
w ith an a n tia irsra ft organization,
and he w as la te d tra n sfe rre d to
a Q u arterm aster C orps truck
company.
Before en terin g th e A rm y he
was em ployed as an assistant
chem ist w ith a tex tile finishing
com pany in M emphis, and plans
to re tu rn to th a t job following
his discharge from th e Arm y.
He is th e son of Mr. and Mrs.
W alter Lee, w ho live w ith his
tw o d au g h ters a t 1023 N orth
M anassas A venue, M emphis.
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OUT OF WORK
SATCHMO ON WHIRLWIND TOUR
SHAKE BUNGALOW ; 6 cheery
rooms, oak floors, garage, full
cem ent basem ent. A utom atic
w ater heater, good condition.
Term s or bargain for cash;
ow ner 302 N. C herry St.
QUOTES—
OF THE WEEK
“Thanks for practically noth
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Diego, Cal., judge who awarded
her only 10$ of $50 damages
sought.
ENTERPRISE CHAPTER
NO. 1 O. E. S.
M eetings 1st W ednesday each
m onths 8:00 p. m.
P rince H all Tem ple, F. & A. M.
116 N. E. Russell St.
Dollie Paries, W.M.
Lenora G askin, S ecretary
“Isn’t there a ban on talking
about postwar?”—Sec. of Comm.
Henry Wallace, at press confer
ence.
Dahlia Temple No. 202
“Only a ban on doing some
thing about it !” — Response by
new spaper correspondent at
‘ same.
I. B. P. O. E. W.
M eets every 1st and 3rd T uesday
2504 N. W illiam s Ave., 8 p. m.
Mrs. L ethe Peck, D au g h ter R uler
“There’s nothing much that
free enterprise cannot—or could
not—accomplish in this land of op
portunity.”— Lowell Mellett, col
umnist, one time of Washington.
Golden West 844. GUOF
“Benefit to the public is the
basis of U. S. patent grant legis
lation.”—Senior Judge Evan A.
Evans, Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals.
E x c l u s i v e to T e d Y a l e « P u b l i c a t i o n ,
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, world’s greatest trumpet player, is booked solid
for a tour of the South after setting a new attendance record at the Earle
Theatre in Philadelphia. Musical aggregation is slated for another
movie after completion of one-nighter dates playing Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and key cities in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas enroute to the coast. The film, “ Pillar To Post”
is now being shown in a nationwide release by Warner Brothers. Play-
dates are aplenty as Armstrong zooms southward. .Reese Dupree,
popular promoter, hails the band as the greatest attraction. “ I’ve
booked them all,” he told our staff correspondent. A feather in
Satchmo’s cap is the Rocky Mount June-German date on June 18.
Itinerary calls for band’s appearance under Dupree’s promotion at
Suffolk, Va.,-June 15; Township Auditorium, Columbia, S. C., June 22,
(following the June-German affair)/On July 5 Armstrong will play the
City Auditorium, Macon, Ga., and the following night the City Audito
rium, Waycro6S, Georgia.
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“It takes about 100 years be
fore a man gets any sense.”—
Geo. Robt. Lore, B ridgeport,
Conn.,cele brating 101st birthday.
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