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erenow one-page cGiinsi Tt OHTGOrr STATECMAir. Cakm, Oregon. Sunday Morning, ITorexkber 23, XS43 Yanlts Fight Battle of House By DON WHITEHEAD WITH THE, FIFTH ARMY AT FORNELLI, Italy, Nov. 2-(De- laved WiPy-The "battle of . the house", was one of those savage, Isolated fights which characterize present- operations along the Ger mans' touted winterlines one of many patrol skirmishes In which Americans excelled. .-. The battle site was a three- . story stone farmhouse in a muddy field between the little towns of Rochetta and New Rochetta. The Action occurred a week ago, but troops in the rainswept bills were still talking about it today.- . Twenty-four Germans caught 12 Americans In "the house." For three and a half hours the Americans fought like their . pioneer forebears fought when their cabins were ' besieged . by4 - Indians. whenjhe fighting end-' d enly four naxis were alive. . . "Because of fights like that one," said Lt-'Fordyce Gorham of Williamsport, .Pa., .''Germans offi cers issued orders that there were to be no more patrols into our territory. We gobbled them all up on three straight nights. We cap tured or killed every man in four enemy patrols. Not - a man got away. That sort of discouraged them." In this fight,; a young lieuten ant led his reconnaissance patrol of 111 men "toward the German line. They had ; tommy-guns, pis tols, knives and grenades. The lieutenant's name cannot be told. He is dead now. But he bad, accounted for a German offi cer,, several of. that officer's men and an Italian traitor. As his men slipped into ene . my. territory, they saw Germans approaching. Ontnumbe red I two-to-one; they slipped . Into the farm house, : hoping to re- main ' undetected so that they could continue scouting. But an Italian civilian had seen them. He led the Germans to the house. Some Germans set up a ma chine-gun and sprayed the house while 'others, tried to get in. Ev ery time they tried they met a burst from a tommy-gun. y They lobbed concussion gre nades through ' the windows. When a grenade.; would fall Into ne room the Americans would rasn into another, wait out the explosion, then rush back . to toss grenades at the enemy. One German detail was throw ing grenades from a blind spot beneath a window. "Ill take care of the devils," the lieutenant said. He leaned out the window .and threw -a grenade into their midst, but before he could duck back in side a bullet ripped through his skull and he fell back dead. Sgt Donald B. Greaber of Salt Lake City, Utah, took command, and the fight went on. When "reinforcements arrived, Sgt. Greaber and his men had ev- Buying Trip Made by Air I "7A 1 Dr. Harry Brown is shown here boarding a. United Air Lines plane In connection with his recent buying trip to New York City and Chicago on behalf of Brown's Jewelry and Opticians, of which he Is proprietor. He reports that merchandise Is scarce. While on this trip he managed, with some difficulty, to visit his two sons, ' 14. Louis Brown, who is an aviation radio technician stationed at the army airport at Long Beach, Calif., and Pvt. Robert Brown, who Is in the Infantry at Fort Benning, Ga. While In the south he met Norma Shearer and ether members of a troupe of .film celebrities who were appearing at military camps. Christmas Party Planned by Cilib LINCOLN The No ve m b e r meeting of Lincoln Community club was held Tuesday ' night be cause of the Thanksgiving holi day. Mrs. Nels Yenckel was chair man at the business meeting when plans were discussed for the Christmas meeting, the date be ing decided as December 22. Mrs. Roy. Hammer, teacher will arrange and direct the program, and appoint her assistants for pro gram, treats and tree. Mrs. Lois Crawford played for group sing ing which was led by Grace Ash-ford. A humorous play, Entertaining Sister's Beau was presented by school children, Dolores Merrick, Genevieve Ashford, Martha and I Albert Williams and a reading was given by Franklin Williams. Mrs. Lois Crawford, secretary- treasurer, gave a report. The com mittee served cider, coffee and doughnuts at the close of the meeting. ery thing under control. The "bat tle of the house" was over. The Germans had been caught in their own trap. Valley Births WOODBURN A son, NeaL jr. was a Thanksgiving arrival in the family of Mr. and Mrs.' Neal But terfield. The child was born at the Silverton hospital and is the third child, having an older brother, Carl, and a sister, Annie May, The grandparents are f Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sims and Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Butterfield, both fami lies of Woodburn. A .1 a n . aaugnier, nuin Ann, six pounds and six ounces in weight, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Serres Friday, November 19. She is the third child in the family, the others are a boy and a girl. Mrs. Serres and baby are doing nicely at the Hubbard hospital. . TOMAHAWK; Wis. -(P- A couple of Milwaukee hunters had their deer dropped right in their laps today, but it was the wrong kind of deer and the nimrods didn't appreciate it anyway. Deerless and disgusted, C. J. Ogram and George MAGalloway, were heading homeward when a big buck leaped into the path of their car, shattering ; the wind shield and injuring itself fatally. The buck season closed Monday. Only does and spike-horns are fair game now. , TwoChurches . To Cooperate - WEST SALEM - W. D. Helse. chairman of the West Salem sal vage committee, has announced that the West Salem Methodist church and the Mennonite church will be collection depots for dis carded clothing for this area. Both churches have ' volunteered - td sponsor the drive. In addition , to old clothing, old rags of all kinds will be collected. The rags must be clean but the clothing will be : renovated, and packed by cleaners with whom previous arrangements have been made. . ' In each of the . designated churches there will either be some one to receive the contributions or boxes in the entries of 'the churches. A house to house can vass will be made for outmoded clothing or old rags. Those having such are asked to bring them to one of the ' two churches , where they; will be sorted and .packed. This campaign is being conducted from November 22 to December 4 inclusive.' t'Jj:. ' -; :: - Rags are urgently needed for wiping cloths in war industries and for the army and navy. Every one is asked to respond as soon as possible , as the time is short. Infants Help, Hinder War "CHest Solicitation ST LOUIS-)-Probably - the proungest participants in the St. Louis . war chest drive are two boys, both under two years old. wnose mothers lor lack of do mestic help carry them alone while soliciting ' . . . - Said Mrs.' E. O- Wokurka, one of the mothers, "the children help us get a more sympathetic hear ing. The only trouble is, a lot of people want to visit with the chil dren and this slows us down in making our rounds Albany Vets Plan Session - ALBANY Cam p - Phillips, United American Spanish War Veterans,, and the auxiliary will meet Sunday afternoon in the Veterans Memorial building for' a 1:3 o'clock. turkey dinner; Busi ness meetings will follow the dinner. aWyn Department officers - of , the or?" ganization are to be special guests and during the business . sessions will make the annual official in spection of the officers' work. 1 The " camp and auxiliary - will meet the last Sunday afternoon of the month, during the next five months. The remainder of ' the year meetings are held on the last! Saturday night of each month.. Edgar S: Logsdon is command er of Phillips camp, and Mrs. Em ma Pliska president of the aux-1 iliary. . .- I FRI EN DLY EN EM I El A aiinr'tat, -Alice- (rlrhf. 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