Portland inquirer. (Portland, Or.) 1944-194?, June 21, 1945, Page Page 2, Image 2

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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
ing!”— Mrs. E. E. Wude to San
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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TINTING
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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435 SW. W ashington St.
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