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. -.IT EPULIS .; TO ME I see a ray f hope .for the people and lor .',vYshington in the. appeal of the ' war labor board that workers and employers settle their grievances , a V home, without appeal to WLB. .The vice-chairman, Dr. George W. Tbylor. is quoted as saying: -. "'Collective bargaining Is tend Ing to break down because too v often the parties say, when a . igrievance arises. Take it to the war labor board. The board can't . handle the vast number of griev . anpes. It can't do it with its lim ited facilities, and shouldn't do It if it could.' , s That's something, "right out of the horse's mouth. This busi . nets of packing up local troubles In an old kitbag and shipping it -off to Washington ; inevitably re - suits in two things: the weaken- fjig of local government and the - building . up . of - the vast bureau-cracy-: the - country is now com plaining of. " .The usual response of a federal bureau is to expand and expand, hire mora . and more . people, un ' 'iJer the claim, that they are needed to take care of the business pushed on . them. Dr. Taylor ': is correct . when he says of his board that it . shouldn't try to handle local Com plaint, even if it could. - ? I This, -leviathan Of government, row ' in ' general condemnation as greedy and overgrown ., bureau . eracy got that way ii large meas ure because people in local com- " muni des, men in business, in la - tor organizations, ran to Wash- , Sngton. with ev e r y cut finger. ', These matters ought to be handled .. at home.' It. Is plain stubbornness i - which causes disputants to unload ..- their controversies on a federal agency. If neutral decision is re- u quired it can just as well be ob- . tamed right at home. . I notice the conference of gov ernors ' taking up the cudgels for , states'- rights. Very well; but are riates willing to assume responsi bilities? And are they willing to - pay their own way without suck- - ing pap from Washington? As long as they are mendicants they can't njoy even self-respect. -, t The basis : of popular govern ment is -local government. Self .. government : begins; at : home. Changing 'conditions make it ad ; .visable that : problems s of wider concern be treated on a regional or 'national basis; but there r main a host of chore for people to do in their own businesses and their own coinmuxtities, I ; hope that other federal agencies' assert themselves ; and joll back on;, loi cali ties the-problems that are truly their own. " - ' - Cherry Crop Xabor Better y Prospects Still Not v ... Good Enough to rr Slack Off . - - -T -v -.'"-- "i- . By RALPH C. CURTIS ' ' . - Brighter ; prospects for meeting the cherry harvest labor crisis but not so bright as to warrant a letdown in any sector on the recruiting', effort - ere reported Thursday.) The over-all picture had Improved, a spokesman for the emergency farm labor service said, both as to the immediate supply ol cherry: pickers and as -to- the ; general turnout over . the ; Ipng Jourth of July weekend.. . Pickers reporting at the Unit ed States employment service office for transportation to the orchards Thursday m e r n 1 g i were onlr about -lee ; short of . the demand. Instead ef :St te .(Turn to Page 2 Story E) . " Milk Producers Given) 7P rice Boost 1 Milk producers serving the Sa lenx market were granted an In crease of 2 cents a pound, butter fat basis, Thursday by the regional office of ;OPA but prices to the consumer j were left unchanged. ,The new price to producers is 37 cents;, the jwholesals priced remains J 1.75 .eents a 1 quart and the re tail price 113.5 cents. : ' i- For producers serving ether markets In Marion county the prices were left nnchanged. Ke ' tall prices are the same as those . la Salem bet the price to pro- dacers remains 15 cents. The prices which will still prevail ; In Marion eonnty outside ef Sa ' lem, tS cents to producers, 11.75 I cents wholesale and 1U cents ' re till were made snt ferns t.revgfcoel-v.t k e ITillamette Y&ilev- except Salem and Pert-' land,, and far Clatsop and Co-I-nlla counties. ; ITowever, a . tfiLcr price ta prodaeers was. established for Tillamook eoan ty and lower prices were set for Lincoln county and Lane west - ef t?:? Ccr.st rasge. ". 1 . . , ' Portland's retail . price - remains r ::hest ia the state at 14 cents a . -rt. ItJ.isi unchanged," but the ' -rice to producers was .increased . cm 87 cents to S 5 cents.. "ri 1 The announcement released by r.ichard G.' Montgomery, : district CPA director, said the increases , rre granted "to offset . the in-rrt'-td cost cf production, dj.e to ' labor end feed costs." . IJ.t LUwart, district OPA efli J::i cut tLcse axe r - ' n Bo: !- ; j'DC-SpeakciSays- -I Summer May Sec Token Raids " jwASlIINGTON, July 1 -) The American t public was warned Thursday that the axis may bomb United States cities thU: summer in an effort to cripple forthcoming allied of fensives by creating a public clam or ; for withdrawal of air. strength from the battle zones to the home front . ; t , ',r. - - The war is approaching a vig orous summer, and anything: can happen,, said D. C. .Speaker, the mythical ' District " of Columbia spokesman who frequiently repre sents authoritative sources. " F He said the warnins carried the clear impllcatiop that If such atr attacks occur, military lead ers ' expect the' eonntrv to "take H In the realisation that major - air strength is committed te' of-. f entire operations overseas, and any change ' in : that strategy - eoald only prolong the war with - a resnltant waste ef lives or soldiers and sailors. - "' j . " i. The : enemy could launch at tacks ' against; Atlantic or Pacific coasts from aircraft carriers or from ' submarines, carrying - float planes, or against-the eastern part ofj ; the; country by long-range, land-based bombers, starting from Germany -itself..' -'yii have no assurance that an air , raid on either the east or. the west coast could hoV.bemde with a I limited : measure . of t success," Speaker said. - ; , - The risk of enemy air attack in this rcountryr has f been , carefully calculated, he continued,.' and: the decision reached to continue spot ting tthe bulk of American air strength "at the point of greatest leverage in .other words,: in the enemy's backyard, not in ours. Railroad Men Appeal to FR . WASHINGTON, July 1 , Union leaders representing 1,000, 0Q0 non-operating railroad work ers Thursday night appealed di rectly - to : President Roosevelt , as Fred M. Vinson, economic stabil ization director, issued an opinion "which appeared to block any sub stantial wage increase for" the workers, except for those in low er, wage brackets.- . Union officials were reported up Inj arms and -talking of invoking jthe strike' vote provisions . of the railway labor act iinlesa President Roosevelt overrules .Vinson. ' . Authority maximum ; prices and that, any producer or distributor, may sell at; lower prices if he sees fit. , " I The order Includes an "antl piratingM claase te. prevent dis tributors from going into lower price areas and draining them of their milk supplies. Under ; this section the prices are set - by counties and cities and these prices are the highest at which . milk may be boaght or sold re-. ' gardless of the price In another area where It might be market ed, A statement Issued by Stew art said In part: "We ; were confronted with ; a number of issues in this present milk situation..-. - . " j"In the first place we were un der an inhibition, by the depart ment"' of "agriculture -not loT'set Euid milk prices schih tat they would attract milk away, trer .the manufactured milk industries. The manufacture of dried r and 1 pro cessed ; milk ; for -export to ' the armed forces must be increased. It has already reached a higher per capita rate, than at any time in our history," . "TTe, of eourse, also realise that there Is a scarcity ef feed, tat price increases whatever they shoe! I be would net pre vids feed xhtn none exists. i !"We realize ; that milk produ cer's costs have increased but we sre also bound fcy the president's holi the line order and must held retail prices frcm run-ewsy ta Ibiiig 13 1 cD No 'Crackers For Fourth This Year "No," says Gen. John I De- Witt, . v-iir'-;"? -h";;J-i;:; "No," says Gov. .Earl Saell. "And no," says rroup rang tng, from the state police, through the sheriff and his dep uties, and the city police, even .that friendly cop en the corners No what? No firecrackers. No cap pistols. No reman candles. And that DOES mean yon; Jun ior. And yea, toe. Junior's dad. Fourth ef July morn I going to. be one day In the year 'When' Mom can get that extra; sleep without the noise of simulated battle expiating under her bed room window. Because there's a real war going on' and men are fighting Japs and Baals rather than forest fires. - But : there ; are ; still picnics. And bicycle trips. And the ro deo. And In just another week, the circus. Who cares about fire crackers, anyway. - '. Kaiser Yard Accused of i Faulty Vork , ' PORTLAND, Ore., July J.-P)-Henry J. Kaiser's Oregon. Ship building ' corporation, a mighty builder of liberty ships, tops the list of 13 maritime commission yards in ? the ; number ; of i faulty ships delivered,' a congressional committee was .told here Thurs day, v ' -i ' - Rep. James . Van 2Landt (R Pa), member of . the committee. which -is surveying merchant ship building, made the charge after witnesses had told of difficulties encountered In ship construction in the Portland-Vancouver, Wash., area.-' v'r'-fH-- "Ore son Shipbuilding eorpo rattoa stands oat in the number of ships ' delivered; but also ta the" number r of failures, Van , Zandt said. "1 think it Is the. : duty of congress, to find eat about these failures. ' 'j;v :c ' He said one liberty . was lost in the Red sea, : one in thef North Atlantic, loaded "with war mate rials. Two others 'also broke up without enemy action, he said. The four, ships were . designated ' only by construction numbers. ' When 165 ships had been de livered by Oregon Ship, ho said, the score stood: seven major fail ures, nine repairable failures. - He pointed out that the tank er Schenectady, built at Kaiser's 8waa Island yard, broke In two while tied to an outfitting dock - In the Willamette river here, and that the first aircraft . ear , rier launched in the Kaiser Van ' eouver : yard ; and christened by" Mrs. Franklin D. Roooovelt, had net ret left the Columbia. The '- congressmen were told the car rier had. "wavering plates, caused, by faulty welding and . light plates. This carrier, said George Fen ton, the yard's maritime commis sion bull inspector, withstood ex acting "hogging" tests without damage. He said a "curtain plate" bulged but did. not interfere, with operation of the vessel, and was not straightened because : of the need for speed in delivering the vessel.'-- . - Strike Halts Work at Ford Lincoln. Plant : DETROIT, July l-iy-Produc-Uon of jeep parts and tank en gines at the Lincoln plant of the Ford- Motor company was -halted Thursday niht as employes walked out in a diruts- over-a change of working hours. 'William H. Rooks, of the state labor media tion, board said. V A Ford spokesman . aid 11C0 employes t on the night' shift walked out in group and were joined .. later by the remaining workers. "TLe employes walked out because tho company wanted to change their shl't from to 11:53 p. n. la 4 (a roII-M r Ceeks saii. ' ': The presider; cf local -5 CO of the UAW-CIOt tried in vain to get them to return to work and union committeemen tcid r:e thst they would , do everyeir j they couIJ to have the sir'LIcr rrii-t-hilt ca the j-b." . Zclzu Ort-sn, -i Li LJ V . Where IfanltG Attaclted ;Tj::::::::::r::r:::::::::::::::::::::::::.v :::::::::: i::!::xi;!!nill:l!i;:;li;iHII:i!lli!!ii!!:i!!!:: 4 tOUCAlNVILLI liiSiisiiii MWIMflVM :::::::::::V "Vn:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: T " ::::.:;iJ.:-:-' wtvIulA :: ISASCl I iiliiiillliiilniiiiHiiiiilip The New Georgia group northwest ., ef allied operations in the South Pacific MacArthur's men bare already completed eonquest of Kendo va island In the group and have turned their runs on the Associated Press War Map. 1 - . t -,", I . i v ' l B ritish Newsman Tells of American AtfdckHn Eacific V'" By HENRY KEYS - " --- r. v v i; ' ;Undon Dofly Ejipiess War Corresponoont ' ' . ; Xnrtrlbuted by tho Associated Prcas -. y-. . (Copyrixht ISO tor London Dally xacpross. , - '. ; : :''1 lieprolucUon;-n. whole wmi tiit rLAcsiup of,a:'"PIStroyeix:division be tween rendova ISLAND A14I MUNDA POINT, June 30 (Delayed) -This eyewitness story la a -world beat and should re main so for k couple of days. It wasliftch-hiked a thpusand miles by sea, land and air to reach the Nearest raditf. " V' - . ' ' ; An all-out American assault on the Japanese stronghold of New Georgia island got away to a flying start at dawn this morning. - The brilliantly conceived and daringly : executed plan caught the Japs flat-footed; the landing of men and materials had ac tually begun before the enemy shore batteries openeoTfire at this destroyer screen. r j .:- "" I - -j Now that it is over and we have gotten way with one of the most brazen attacks against the Japanese it is almost impossible to believe we have accomplished the objective. It was conceded that to succeed in its entirety the blow should take the Japanese by surprise. - - ,--,,-.' r , . - Confident of Success ' j- : -: We were confident it would,; even though we recognized the Japanese must be fully aware that something was in the wind soon Indeed, it was not until yesterday morning that the plan went. into effect and orders, compiled in painstaking detail over many months, were distributed. From that moment the beach was the busiest scene. A-Zsi'k II-iiv' "r'iiX;ir . Loading immediately was begun of transports, smaller convert ed destroyer transports and new type .invasion ships.-For most of the day the beach was black with, men and trucks and the channel in' which the ships stood was pimpled with dozens of small landing boats which frequently were hidden in showers of spray as they plowed through.. the choppy sea.1 , J.-! -.--- - ' - - ' f . By lunchtime, when I returned to the beach to board the de stroyer .whiciL, I was accompanying on the operation, the beach was more or less deserted, however. Keys Nearly Killed . I was nearly out of the war before I got into it. I was crouch ing in the shelter of a machinegun mounting on a landing boat to escape the drenching seas breaking over me when suddenly the machinegun broke loose and hurtled down, -v ? -. " . . A quick-witted army boy grabbed and pulled at-it as it fell, dragging it to one side. It only caught me a glancing blow, merely scratching and bruising my shoulder. Tut afraid I must admit that I felt somewhat scarey yesterday and looking out for a good omen. Aboard "the can" I quickly met her captain and commander ol the destroyer division. Quiet, confident, men Jhey were and they imparted sufficient of their sureness to make me glad, I, had ac cepted advice to accompany the destroyer We took off in midafternoon feeling a curious mixture of ex citement and, perhaps excusably, apprehension. So far the Jap hadn't attented a major raid similar to that of a couple of weeks ago and that meant he didn't know we were on the move or that he was saving himself to strike at sunset. - " - 1 , - Japs Tchcn by Surprise But he wasn't. The Jap was being taken by surprise. Over in the wardroom of "the can last night the gunnery and navigation officers were clustered over maps and charts,icommittins to mem ory in infinite detail the treacherous reefs and sand kes which choke this westernmost neck of the Blanche channel and plot ting the range for guns. - ' . . '- -' ' - , . On the accuracy of those charts and1 the -knowledge "of our guides depended the initial success. There were navigational hazards aplenty last night merely because ef the smaller ships, whose navigational facilities were limited. , . ' . In the welcome rain of the pitch-black ni-ht some of these were unavoidably kept nosing in among the main body of ships. Some smalled ones at niht time have the appearance of submarines, and this required all bands "to keep a sharps look-out. r ?. f f Thtf'bcilins, v.akcs and downwavrs cf ther phbsphcrcrccnt waters gleair.ci with a dull fire, and through binoculars and in spite of the intense darkness, tlick masses of ships could be seen as they rounded Iltle Hook in order to run up Blanche channel toy the landing rjsce..-.. '1 1'-. Away the i c! t'.a rr.-In convey, destroyers landfi tfe-ps'cn the t!-;y hi: .s ! T: u, Ana and IIcMrana vhich T-srd tl.2 1C3-yard-wii (.-'.: ...M er-ally smzll r.cndova hiiLor. TI, jur- -a to rr 2 Ctary A) . .:: X lcralz July 2. IZil 7 SOLOMON IS. hi (11 I :::::;;:::::::::: o a. 2 OO STATUTE MILES ,.c rtOalDAv-ili!: ::i CUADALCANAlljHHi ::5R!i::: lENNfU I. ef Guadalcanal Is the new center Japanese air base at Mnnds or part prohibited) 4 i -1 i -- -1 Fiu iiae Worse -'Icket; Sayi Shortage ; 7U1 Spread to i T : - T7et Coast l WASHINGTON, July 1 -(P) The "wartime gasoline f amine probably will spread from east ern states to thr midwest short ly; and to the Pacific coast be fore the year is out,! Secretary Ickes indicated. Thursday forcing tighter curbs on motorists through out the natlbnvH.. .j. Ickes, talking to reporters in his role of "petroleum . administrator, pictured the situation by sections kv- this: r-'v""---'-v. i - . J East coast Getting a r e c o r d supply of oO by railroad and due in two weeks to begin getting more oil Tas N the -, III inois-to-New . ; Yoirk leg of the "big inch" pipeline from Texas is completed, but unlikely to . have anything additional for civilians because military demands are huge and growing. ; ' j " Iid west-Troubled by declining prod action that already Is in sufficient for Its needs, already closer . than . ever . to "more se : vera restrictions ' and ; likely to ; get them ; as the eastward pipe- line leg -gets bite fuller opera tion within a few weeks, free fas' railroad tank ears to haul ' away snare ell from the midwest to the "east. ;'S , : r : " 1' "Mi Pacific coast Headed toward a deficiency of crude oil before the end of the year as military de mands bite deeply toto lsuppues while" Calif orhia production falls a r situation, which "could, - and probably ' would, ' mean more : se vere' rationing there." -j P - The Rocky mountain 4 territory was not mentioned specifically, by Ickes, but ' informed ' sources said its oil position was so closely tied in with the midwest and. the Pa cific coast that it probably would share the restrictions that appear to be approaching for those areas. Churchill Says Allies Asked j For Giraud . " - I - - - -1 - ,i LONDON, July l.-iVP rime Minister Churchill disclosed in the house of commons Thursday- that the United States and British gov ernments had ' asked the contro versial De Gaulle-Giraud national committee of liberation on- June It that General Henri Giraud be retained "on military grounds" as commander of French t forces -in North Africa for the present time. -A request far assurances "that there should be no Important change in the French command In North Africa at the present time, was made to the commit tee, he said, en behalf ef Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower, allied eemmander-ln-chlef. - j" . t The representation ' -as made on military grounds and "implied no decision to .invest 'Eisenhower with full control over the political organization in North Africa, the prime minister said m response to a question by Xaborite ; Emanuel ShinwelL' ' ' CbttrchCl's unequivocal words . 'cans 'amid the stormy reaction of the press and soma political ." circles, Here tto what, was de-f t scribed by some, ewspapers SS slighting treatment or Gen. Charles ' te 3aUe, Flahtlng French leader. t . Following, so closely on Church- " (Turn to Page 1-Story D) - ; Shalieup Hits 1 Jap Of ficials ' ' Br the Associated Press ' : 1 The Tokyo radio , broadcast a Japanese home ministry, an nouncement Thursday of a rhske up Invclvir.j 113 hih cf:i- 3 in a rscve to concentrate responsibil ity in tie hands of Premier IUdtki Tcjo's personal rrpointees and cc nscli d. st s Jap: "f s 47 prefectures ir.t3 ruae "regional - blocs" pre-r.-.-tIy for i-cttsr efficiency i.i Eieclin -"-y r..:::Ury threat ti t! e Japanese mainland.' . - - Only . 23 cf tl.s "old ' 47t prtiec tursl governors vere lcft in t!.eir rests," scccrf Ir.2 y Japanese 1 rca'caitj ricrtcJ-td-t!:s' ell':? t! wr I -.'.:.T7.'.'.zn by Unittd A meMCSiini- i v ... ji ii ; : . . . -Casualties JAfii AMiouali ; ' Some 'Landing. BdaiaiEall -, ' ? ALUED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA Friday, July 2(A) American- have speedily completed conquest of Rendova island in the central Solomons, turned shore batteries on the nearby. Jap anese air base at Munda and destroyed 101 enemy planes which tried to break up the Solomons landings, the high command an nounced today; :'rr'x-':r.f -':v;-.""-;'.'.;i---f.-.'-i t jWhile everywhere, the. ground ? fighters received - ample sup port from .strafing and bombing planes, participants id the grow ing south "and "southwest Pacific offensive against, the Japanese consolidated positions, including those newly established near Salamaua, New Guinea. - , H. ; A' spokesman for General Doug las MacArthur said our casualties were light - throughout the entire area although we had some, land ing boats damaged in treacherous waters , around the Solomons.: In the landing at Nassau bay : just below Salamaua,. probably the most difficult from an amphibious standpoint, .there . was . not . a sin gle; casualty. txr'-'-A ; ' In a story of speedy eenquest, the communique today reported that United States forces which landed ..en - Rend ova June - St completed their operation short ly after midday by destreylag the small but tenacleus Japan eso garrison. ; .;. ::f.t'x r The allied aerial action was .most impresslv.:i ' Combers struck at Rabaul,New Britain, from which the Japan ese might parry, the allied thrusts and other planes rained death on enemy forces opposing the land ings near Salamau, New Guinea. - . Complete occupation - of ' Ren dova would continue ,m . speedy ac tion.1 Landings . were made only Wednesday on that . island which not only puts allied 'forces within easy, range of Munda . but also within fighter range, otRabaul it self. , V .. . ' . 'v '-A-?--' ;', v Australians who : landed - at Naasan bay, leas thaa 15 miles'. Jbelow Salamaua were reported attacking the Japanese In that sector which Is hist across Dam pier stralt: from New. Britain. (Turn to Page 2 Story B) ExSHS Basketball Star o as it 4 Editor's Note! lu. Ira T. Wlntermutc. bukrtbaH star at Salem high school and Oregon State college before enlisting- In the army air corps in ' 193S. awarded tho Distinguished Flying Cross for hio "coolness and cour afgo under fire" In tho battle of tho Aleutians, haa written for American Magazina an article entitled "War in i the Fog.-. By perm U si on, excerpta ' from the article.-which; appears in the August American Issued today, are -published ncrewiUu - , -By MAJ. IRA T. WINTERMUTE The- weirdest war ever staged is being fought in the Aleutians, along that string of volcanic is- lands pointing westward at the throat of Japan. It's like a grim game of blind man's buff, of men with ban daged eyes reaching -out to w a r d a hidden e n e m y and knowing that : a stumble will i bring quick and certain death.' ' -' 'r . The bandage' over the eyes of American fliers hunting Japs in the Aleutians is fog; n nasty, pea soup ' fog, broken now and then by raging blizzards and-rain and thick elbnds, and only rarely, by the sun." ' The for hides net only - the enemy, but the" filers home base, his precious lancTtny field carved frost lava reck S C side eT a- mouaUin. It tllas ., him darlsarlonav lUtery heura '- basardotts misslona.- keepa him frera grills; beae as Us fatl restsrselessly.. nsas. act And down below - there's death Li a rourh and angry sea, cold .- -v;h . ta freeze a man to ice wLli ta hcur, There's death on lan 3, too, ca the Jagged edes and sharp peaks cf the ranges that rissi theer.. front the poundir.g surt An 1 there are winds that howl ir.i rtc-i to blow in all directions st cr.ee v.r.liwaws, they call &era up lire in the l?orth Pacific. - You - r ick up your paper and rca J a communique: ."North Fa t' C :t be rt i '.lacked III; 1.1 C :l-.2'the 't.'rr.cf-i. Tsui's veie ret cLserv . , k - . - 3 n u u n CarniVal Still Without Five a. 10SZ ICS j v Despite intimations by members of the American Legion ! commit tee on Salem's observance of 1 "the Fourth that games' closed Wed nesday night by the Legion-sponsored carnival in. Salem would be opened by nightfall, the carni val f continued On its swing way Thursday night minus games cT inarily pay off Sri'merrh,'.Utse . " -;r sno.-payon . nas neTr.iBg, is do with the .lexalltr of tho games la the opinion of City At- ' torney Lawrence N. Drawn. Thursday nJghi be hazarded a guess that at least some of the concessions closed by police Wednesday nlrht could net be considered lotteries, pinballs, marble or dart games and so would net be forbidden by the city erdinance. i - V, ' "As I understand the ordinance those; games dosed by my; order are Illegal in Salem, "said Chief of Police Frank Minto. A court test Of the ordinance would be wel- fTurn to Pace 2 Storr CI ouneement lies many a tale ef danger and death ef tireless labor In , bending bases and moving supplies, ef crude, lone ' : ly living In the nastiest climate in the- world. r . ; I was-stationed at an Aleutian base for three and a half: months. During that time I saw the target Klska dearly Just four times. We made about a dozen raids In that period; the 'fog grounded us the'rest of the time.,' Once I was lost on a raft in the ocean, and for four , days was marooned on a barren . Island. ' c ;.' ' , - 11 . .. i On our first mission we started In a flight, of three B-24 ; Libera tors '(Consolidated - 4 - e n g i n e bC4nbers). X had one ship, - and other pilots were Capt. Dick Ly coh and Ma. Jim Starkey. The weather wasn't bad, but halfway to Klska we ran into a solid front of fog then a bunch of scattered clouds, rain, and rough air. We couldn't see anything but a dull gray wall; .we felt hemmed in ly some eH genie, . , -. - Each plane . had to stride cut for itself and fly tyJnstrumc.t : ' X as.kd ' Lt. IL -T." Tity.i-r Freeman, , n a v I g a t e r, WLit eourse to fly, and he cave me a .heading.' ' ?Iy cr'"t, IX It. .A. ' iCyden. U;t saying. w."l - rnake it, and tc! 1 te crew ta eult woirjLojr. I seJ t'. e ra--lo operator to ccntact some- thing anytLag -anJ till ta the . crew, nVe're UrV I There was a dead sllenca. T. ; men sat back on the flight d. end prayed silently. I -d'i i. '::;. praying -myself, .and kept tc '.-.'.. . were r'7 yc-A-?. .1 w-t 2'. r-5rrct-"7t' ?"-'t..V'e (- ' -Lave c!i f-il i I . .1 f 1 1 O kdii Battle