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WOrdsra
Strikers Back
Immediately
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.--The
war labor board Tuesday di
rected striking employes of the
Brewster Aeronautical corpora
tion, Johnsville, Pa., to return to
work " immediately and uncondi
tionally, and .notified union offi
. cials it would, take all steps with
in Its authority to obtain comoli-
anee. The vote was unanimous." :
- Public Member Wayne I
Morse, compliance officer of the :
board, told the union officials
in s telegram: "You and the :
members of your C union have ;
; no right to place your alleged
labor grievances' above the
needs and welfare of our armed -.
forces.? , -Thousands
of Brewster workers
left their jobs yesterday protest-
guards,' members ,' of the coast
suaru tcuiyuwy reserve . . .. - --
TnAa-r at n tfnrrrtv mnc trt-
Ing, the workers voted formally
to declare themselves on strike
despite a WLB request last night
that they return! ;j ... - '
Later, after receiving" WLB's
-v '"unconditional" order, aa auth
orized union spokesman said the
workers would meet ; again ;
Thursday to "discuss the sltua
. tlon" but that It would be lm-r .
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earlier.".. '. . -' ' .. .,. "... .
- The . strike' resolution said in
part that y the ;; workers ' would re
turn "if T the ' government takes
over the factory. -f
The vote was taken ' despite a
statement by, Thomas Lorenzo, lo
cal president of the CIO Automo
bile .Workers of America, that a
strike ballot would be "a technical
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vunauun ua. tuc ouuui-vuuuau
- act which requires a 30-day no
tice before a walkout vote. -
A resolution , adopted at the
meeting also demanded the im
mediate release of 'the arrested
guards," who were charged by the
fourth naval district with refusal
to take their posts in violation of
their- oaths of allegiance. .
Ion and paid by Brewster, have
been Involved in a dispute over
seniority rights, demanding that
they be permitted to select their
posts on the basis of length of
employment,' . y .
j Leaders of the union were not
available immediately for com-
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order. '
Before the board acted the Phil
adelphia regional office - of the,
war manpower commission . di
rected that no statement of avail
ability be given to any' Brewster
employe at Johnsville. Without
such a statement a worker vir
tually is frozen in his job
The commission also ordered
the US employment .service to
send no new workers to the plant.
Bette Davis' Husband
Critically Injured
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 24.HP
Arthur Farnsworth, aviation con
cern executive and husband of
Screen Star Bette Davis, was still
critically ill itonight in Hollywood
hospital. He was found lying, un-r
conscious on , Hollywood boulevard
yesterday.'"'" -'.- , '.. , -vi ' .. ": .
- Dr. Paul Moore, summoned by
Miss Davis, said Farnsworth, had
sustained a fractured , skull and
was still semi-conscious. "
We .have been unable to as
certain what caused . the skull
fracture, said Dr. Moore." "Mr.
Farnsworth has not been able to
talk 'coherently. He is - gravely
Ill.aftd it would be futile to say
what will be the outcome.. -
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t. Hartwell York of Baker recently
Was elected district commander
f the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Canadian and American troops crowd the beach of an Aleutian Island
landing craft for the trip to Kiska which the Japs had evacuated.
' motorized units. ?. ' . '
US Fliers S5orn Nazi Airmen
On First Shuttle Bombing Trip.
' . ; " By JOHN F. CHESTER : i:
A US BOMBER BASE IN ENGLAND, August 24-P)-Haggard
but happy and with great scorn for nazi fighter opposition, Ameri
can crews set their Flying Fortresses down Tuesday night com
pleting, their first . England-North African round-trip shuttle;
bombing in - which they blasted
aviation targets around, Bordeaux
on the return , trip. . - :
. The trip, home was quiet, with
a minimum of flak, the men said,
and they, termed what little fighter
opposition they met "the Germans'
second team." They had bombed
Regensburg, Germany, on the way
out, meeting heavy opposition on
that part of the' mission.
' One bombardier after anoth
er reported that his bombs bit ,
dead center on the targets
around the . Bordeaux airport.
There was little doubt that the
ment had been in North Africa.
They climbed out of their battle
scarred planes wearing fezzes and
carrying Arab daggers and other
souvenirs. '
! One crew brought back a small
Arabian donkey. They had im
provised an oxygen sack for it for
the high altitude flight '
Lieut Bernard Otto of Pueblo,
Colo, navigator on the "Rikki Tik
ki Tavi, who completed 25 mis
sions and thus bee a m e "high
man! at this base, said that "Just
about the only real trouble we
had going down or coming back
was poor visibility after we drop
ped our bombs today.
jWe dropped down to 50t
feet but it was so thick at times
we 'couldn't even see the next;
ship-
Lieut John S. Jamison of 3273
Dunckley street Portland, Ore.,
who was on the same Fortress,
said . the Bordeaux airfield . was in
a heavily ; wooded area and that
the Germans kept their planes
hidden in the woods.
Those were what we w wit aft
er," Jamison said. "And believe
me, those woods and installations
around the field were smoking
plenty when we left" -
t CoL Archie Old Jr of At
lanta,;. Tex, commander of a
bombardment group, reported -that
both bis own group and
another made the long shuttle
- night without losing a plane or :
; , Miracle's crew provided ; a big
laugh when they led their tiny,
coal-black donkey- "Moe for Mo
hamet" into the briefing room
where Brig. Gen. Frederick L. An
derson, commander of the US
eighth ? bombing command, and
other officers were interrogating
the men who had Just landed.
The entire crew had chipped in
400 f r a n c s $8 to them and
bought the animal from ; an old
Arab 'who had demanded 500
francs, refusing their initial offer
of, 300 francs and two packages of
cigarets.' ;k-. v
; Moe I for Mohamet already., has
found American cigarets extreme
ly palatable." L '
t One "daring young Flying Fort
ress pilot : returning to : another
bomber base in England after the
raid over Vfllacoublay airfield
near Paris Tuesday flew himself
into the hall of aerial fame by do
ing what ; they; said could not be
done4anding one of , the. lumber
ing forts safely on only one engine."
: Insofar as is known, at this
field,' It was the first time, the !
feat had,, been . accomplished ln
the European theater of opera-
tions of the US army.
' ; sThe flier was First Lt Immanuel
Flette,; 25, ; of Rockeville, Conn.,
who really came home on a wing
arid a prayer. ' " "--!.
' Leading- one' element of the lead
squadron which bombed Villacou
blay airfield near' Paris, Klette's
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unnamed ship one of the few not
bearing a fancy name was bad
ly damaged by flak just as it
starred' a bomb run .' and had to
limp back alone with trouble pil
ing on trouble all the way .
The first direct hit put the num
ber four engine out flf commission
and pierced ; the ball l turret A
short time later number three en
gine coughed out with a broken
oil line. J':l'
- "We did not have, a chance to
bold our altitude, ; so we turned
for home .without ; dropping . our
bombs," Klette related. ; f s
" "We ducked around between
cloud formations to keep out of
sight of : enemy fighters. Our es
corts must " have, missed . us, ; for
they never did come down to cov
er us."
Slowly - losing altitude, Klette
shoved the big ship, along as fast
as the , two remaining engines
would carry it and picked out a
place to cross the coast where he
figured from experience . he . was
the least likely to encounter flak.
He made it still carrying a full
bomb load rather than drop the
explosives - indiscriminately over
France. I ,: ; ,
... The bombs finally were
dumped harmlessly over "the
English channel f as f the ship
plodded on for Its base, never
at a height: of more than 209
feet Then, just as it reached
the field, number one , engine
caught fire.
" A yell went up from scores . of
men on the ground who were out
to welcome the cripple home.
Crews of crash wagons and am
bulances stood ready for action.
Everyone was watching for men
to bail out of the blazing ship.
Flames f were f shooting wildly
around the nose of the plane and
smoke poured from it like a chim
ney. . .t j-.h -- -
Suddenly , the i smoke disap
peared. He has ; weathered it
shouted officers watching the ship
through glasses as it circled .the
field, i i
v Meanwhile up in the plane
Klette calmly ordered the entire
crew into the radio compartment
to brace themselves for' a crash
landing." ' : ,
I figured I could land her okay
somehow," he related afterwards.
; "The men were not prepared to
parachute. I knew I could not hold
her up . long enough for them to
jump and somebody surely would
be killed." '-", f li-r: '
So with three idle motors' he
turned . his big- muddy-colored
plane into "the wind. Down she
drifted without so much as a wav
era perfect landing. -
The crew piled out' and threw
their arms around Klette's neck.
He just grinned and asked, "Have
a nice trip fellows?" , i; t-
"I was just lucky," said Klette-
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Bailey Lads
In Mississippi
Governor Vote
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 24.-P)
Thomas M." Bailey, veteran Meri
dian legislator, took' an early lead
Tuesday night over former Gov
ernor Martin-. S ennett . (Mike)
Conner hi 'the unofficial count of
votes, froin toda y's democratic
runoff gubernatorial primary. ,
Democratic - nomination is -tantamount
.to election-in Mississippi.
Returns from ,1484 of 1631 pre
cincts gave Bailey .117,922 and
Conner 106,712 ? J " ;?
Conner '"served as h Mississippi's
44th governor during the 1932-35
term. He" promisedT.if elected, a
business administration. ' - ? -'
Bailey, speaker of the house of
representatives for 16 years, es
poused the cause "of the "little
man" in' his campaign. - J
Both candidates were outspoken
against . the ."trend toward- bu
reaucracy" in national ' government-
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Rubinoff Sued &
For ienatioii
; CHICAGO, Aug. 24-(flJ)-A 150,
000 damage suit charging aliena
tion of affections was filed In
federal court Tuesday against Da
vid Rubinoff of New York who
was identified by James F.
Byrnes, attorney for the plaintiff,
as the noted - orchestra and con
cert violinist - " r. y f
: The suit which challenges the
constitutionality; of a seven year
old Illinois law outlawing such
cases, was filed on behalf of John
Ganek of Chicago. It charged Ru
binoff "wilfully and maliciously"
alienated the affections of Ganek's
26 year old .wife, Margaret on
Oct 1, 1938. Mrs. Ganek died
July 1, 1939, and her death was
attributed to pneumonia.
Because the Illinois law pro
vides for criminal proceedings
against either the litigant or law
yer in 'an alienations of affections
case the suit 'seeks an order re
straining both state and county
officials from such action.' 1
Hampson to Write
Pacific War News ;
PORTLAND, Aug. 24.-)-Fred
ILiy Hampson, v an ; editor in the
Portland bureau of the Associar
ted Press for five years, has been
given a? war - assignment ,in ; the
Pacific theater, Harold Turnblad,
western division editor, said
Tuesday. ". . ' . f v j; y
" Hampson, state editor and , au
thor of the c olum n, "Oregon
Sports Notes," will leave - Port
land Wednesday, for Sah Fran
cisco to awaii transportation; to
Honolulu, his base of operations,
He has been accredited to Admir
al Chester Nimitz. 1
who was drafted into the army out
of Columbia university early in
1941. .-
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18,000 Diwvn
In E1L6 Tuhiiel
When Bombed
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ters dispatch from Zurich Tues
day said that 18,000 persons
drowned when the Elbe tunnel,
under the . sands, of . the, Elbe riv
er, was hit 'during' one of the re
cent "saturation" allied air raids
on Hamburg -
While the dispatch did not give
any details, , the tunnel, ; which
was large enough to hold thous
ands of persons, presumably was
being used for an air raid shelter.
A hit breaking the bank hear the
entrance to the 'tunnel, would let
the river f pour Into the structure.
j The FJbe tunnel was 'started in
1907 awi finishedl to 19 i'f.Ba?
trance to f the tunnel was gained
through elevators having a lift of
78 feet The huge shafts contained
separate elevators for motor ve
hicles and pedestrians. .
J.The cast, iron' tubes -under the
river .provided a roadway six feet
wide and two footwalks each four
feet wide. i : . .V . , - - .
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Guides. Berlin Raid
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- LONDON, Wednesday, Aug. 25.
-(PVrAn aerial traffic cop; direct
ed .the RAF mass, assault on -Berlin
Monday ,night,irtH . f?ve fa?
structions, to I me. raiders-, as they
came over - the; target fa v waves
from .the west --fj,,.), ,
Men : who i participated in the
bombing of Germany's No. 1 city
said today the raid director main
tained r a running pep ; talk
throughout .the .raid, : his jton e
clear,. calm and tough. ; .
- As. one ot the ; f 1 r s t. waves
reached .Berlin, the men heard: ,-
There 4.is absolutely, nothing
here to stop ' you c h a p sT The
searchlights look pretty, thick, but
they have not got glue." '- '
. . Another wave. was told: " , ' y
VThsxe'i', a Tbit of flak , among
the searchlights, but hone of it is
as bad as it looks. Now, boys, a
nice, 'steady run in."
Berlin Phone
Service Disrupted . , (
STOCKHOLM,' Wednesday, Aug.
25.-(JP)-The RAF-bombing of
Berlin Monday night apparently
has severely: disrupted telephone
service In the German capital.
' A Swedish correspondent . tele
phoning from Berlin was limited
to six minutes on the line. All
service was delayed and some ur
gent calls could not be put
through from Stockholm to Ber
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Mai. ' Gen, William ' G. Livesay has assumed command of the fist
. division at Camp White. He succeeded MaJ. Gen. Charles n. Ger-
hardt given a foreign assignment ; ,. . ,. -'i -
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; BtJFFALO, ;? NY. iEnsfgn
Kenneth. R.. Robinson, ."of. Pitts
burgh, who was aboard a destroy r
er sunk : during" tfie'? invasion of
Sicily, ' reported todayV y ' s-'
fl have, accomplished .my. mis
sion on the home front I've lan'd
ed a wife." -.' ; " " ' ..' .
Robinson and Miss Polly Dun
lap Hopkins of Buffalo were marT
ried .Friday,;' v";r'r v
ANNAPOUS, Md. -()- It took
Mrs. Samuel G. Walker; associate
USO director, three nights : to
worm out of a ' tongue-tied soldier-just'
what was on .his 'mind
in. following her around, but it
was worth it . ' r. 1
"Weli you see,! , he ... finaliy
mumbled, .;we.'reigping ' into ' new
barracks soon.' And the 'first thing
the fellows ',. dp When they ;move
Into barracks is to read their love
letters and I never had a love
letter.. Mrs. Walker, would you
write me.a.'love. letter?" '
V So Mrs.:Walker obliged.'"
. . RICHMOND, . Va.-vP)-Is there
an ornithologist . in:. the .house? , .
. 'Mrs. William Northrop reports a
blue-headed redbird , on her For
est Hills estate. There is no doubt
about it being, what it is and not
a red-bodied bluebird as it, has
the unmistakable crest of the car
dinal, she said.
HAMMONTON, N J iJf)-A sail
or aboard a US blimp ; scored a
ts adtjavs tjcasti
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Sometimes Bliti-Weinhard is temporarily; out
r, the piaure. .But it's always worth waiting for. Its 87-year
tradition of excellence is your guarantee of unvarying Quality
v and complete satisfaction. If your dealer
is outtf BlraVTeinhard today, remember, there w ill, be
? Bliu-Weinhard on his shelves in a day or two. .
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Commander
hear miss today on . DrZ Richard
M. Schindlef, his wife and daughter.-
y" .":-v" -' -.-.:v:-The.
Schindlers were driving to
ward Hammonton when they saw
the blimp, sailing' along- so low
.they .thought it was going, to land.
They . stepped from the car Just
as a' sailor leaned out of the blimp
and . dropped an egg (barnyard
variety.) : : ; : , . .: '
"He missed,' said Dri Schind
ler, "probably wasn't using' his
bombsight". ' 'y-' r '
; SCOTT FIELD, Ill.-P)-Sol-diers
in barracks 223 own a mon
grel pup which they regard as' the
perfect mascot . ' f or t their . radio
code class. '': : --v ': .' k -: - - '
The white dog has a brown tail
and three evenly spaced brown
spots along' its backbonespelling
out the letter "V In Morse sig
nals. .---
PHILADELPHIA (JPf-' Police
who arrested Raymond Porter, 19,
said he - was carrying ; a black-Jack.-
r -. v
"How come?! asked Magistrate
R Robinson Lowry. ; : 1 v.,
Porter explained that he " was
going to hunt rabbits by "waylay
ing them" in the fields.
,; He was fined $1(J for carrying
concealed weapons. " .
RICHMOND, - Va.-(P)-Lt. Wil
lima J.. (Billy) Sloan, army fight
er . pilot who downed .12 axis
planes In north African fighting.
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got home today for 23 days c 1
rest,' and agreed that thi3 v.cs r.o
time for train travel.
"Man, I really 'took a beating
on that train "coming down from
New , York, he said.'. "I'd much
rather be in a plane." "
The ' 22-year-old Richmond er
wears 13 oak' leaf clusters and the
distinguished flying cross. " '
- PUEBLO, Colo.(Jt)-Western
friendliness can be' overdone, ad
mits B.A. Ryan, Falcon, Colo.,
rancher. ; . ; . : "
He greeted a friend . with a
"Howdy, partner,", and a resound
ing slap on the back. - i -
The friend reeled through a
plate glass window. Ryan paid
$129 covering damage to the win
dow and merchandise .
ST. LOUIS-()-"New and im
proved pipe cleaners," the, sam
ple package was -marked, and A.
F, Frank, cigar store" owner, had
visions of at .last -satisfying dis-.
contented, pipe smokers who have
been successfully seeking the old
wire-and-cotton type, now a war
casualty. ;
- He opened the package in lt
were nine chicken feathers!
KNOXVILLE, " Tenn.-;p)-Eigh-ty
three year old Mrs. Elizabeth
Johnson" found she couldn't wear
a set of false teeth after she got
them.
Finally " she discovered what
was wrong a wisdom tooth was
coming in. '
DAYTON, OreH-John Wil
son, grain warehouse 'employe,
was curious about a can Just de
livered. 'He removed the lid and sniffed.
' - The contents he ; learned " the
hard way was a type of tear gas
used to exterminate rats. ' Wilson
was back to normal in a couple of
hours.' ' : ' -
- DETROIT-KiPHSomething may
come of that illegal dip which
war worker Betty Rae McNeill,
18, took at 1 a. m.' after climbing
the fence at Belle Isle beach.
' She got a suspended sentence
today after testifying that it was
"a shame" that she and five other
girls who went to the beach after
Working hours couldn't ' be al
lowed a swim. Referee Courtney
Fitzsimmonsof" traffic; court
agreed, then remarked: j
"It would be a good idea to keep
the beach open for afternoon shift
workers. ; After , all, , they need
healthful recreation, too."
CHARLESTOWN, W, V.-(JP) -The
strains of "Home, Sweet
Home" were in the air ; today as
workmen, renovating the old
Goetz harness factory for modern '
industrial use, placed the factory's
large steam whistle and siren in
shape for operation.
' 'Joseph TE. McCauley, a veteran
employee of the harness factory,
played the tune on the four pipes
.hat make up the long-silent
whistle. -
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