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Page Eighteen. oun Paratrooper Says jumps Take Nerve; 'Freezing' Common 0 HAY WILSON An Interesting glimpse Into the life n( a parachutist in given by the letter of Hay Wilson, a local boy who is in the U. S. paratroop ers. He says: ! "Tlie fellows that refuse lo jump are given another chance, and then if they can't jump, they ore court martialed and punished in some way. 'Freezing' in the door and re fusing to jump are entirely dif ferent. Freezing' Is common, even tith the best of Jumpers and old timers. You're paralyzed in the door; you want to jump but you're sb scared that you can't move. No ten men could convince you to Jump the only thing to do is boot ihe fellow out the door and that's rather dangerous. Jumps Exciting I "After you go out the door, the propeller blast hits you with a ter rific force and you are blown clear of the plane. After falling 75 lo 100 feet your 'chute should be open. From the time you hit the door and jump until the time of your opening shock, you don't know what's happening. It hap pens so quickly you don't have time to think. And I ra telling you, when you land you could whip your weight In wildcats, for you're so excited you don't realize what you have done. You look up and see the others coming down and they look like match sticks dang ling on handkerchiefs. Just think ing about It Is excitement, and I don't know yet where I got the nerve to make my jumps. The real on will be overseas, of eourse. '""Our Jumps are en masse and every half-second a man goes out the door. You take 100 planes with 24 to a plane and let them all Jump that's a lot of men in the Irl Tumbling Saves Lets "As soon as your feet touch the ground, you tumble, still holding on to the suspension lines. You have to tumble to prevent landing too hard. Tumbling relaxes you and there Is less chance of break ing bones. The boys who break their legs are given medical dis charges, but can serve in field or coast artillery." , A new deposit of Iron ore, Im portant for war, has been located and staked on behalf of the Crown In Quebec province. EUGENE I IT 10..-: r.). Not only today but th. MJUilllCOd Vl(irtyr 364 EAST BROADWAY There Is no better place to qet your training than In Eugene Business College, 364 East Broadway A. . RUBIiRTS. President Phone Few people re sennit- "deif". Most people who re called "deaf" are really only td of Lm;, and could enjoy conversation ith family siid Iriends, music nd other normal activities with the New Symphonic Aiousticon. FREE PRIVATE DEMONSTRATION At Our Office 214 Miner Bldq. Phone 3636 or In jour hum Whether yon re now very hard of hearing or if you re just lining your hearing don t miw this opportu nity to leum how you ctn be helped to HI AR BETTTR rhanLt tn newdiu-nveriet of th 1 1 it Government Deafness Survey. jk lot Acousticon. LIEU AIID WOMEN III SERVICE By ANN CONNELL Captured Bicycle Much Enjoyed by Seamen Who Ride It Around Decks Ralph L. Spencer, petty officer third class with rating of cox swain, has written his mother, Mjs. Hallie Spencer, 1209 Emerald, that he has picked up a Japanese army rifle of 2516 calibre, also a Japan ese bicycle, both of which he hopes to be able to bring home someday. In the meantime, he reports, he and others aboard his ship have fun riding the "bike" around the decks. Coxswain Spencer Is 21, and Joined the navy October 31, 1940. Taking his boot training at San Diego, he later spent eight months aboard the Aircraft Carrier Lex ington. He was transferred to South Dakota for further training, until the bombing of Pearl Har bor, and was supposed to report back to the Lexington but by a lucky accident, as his mother views it, he was sent elsewhere and so escaped the Lexington's fate. He has been in several serious battles in the Solomons, and wears a four star campaign bar. Carol Edna Nelson Has Her Military Orders Private Carol Edna Nelson, 1259 Hilyard, has received her orders for transfer to Camp I.e jeune, N. C, for Indoctrination in the marine corps women's re serve. She will leave from Portland by train November 26 wilh eight other women pri vities and begin her training on the east coast December 1, ac cording to Sergeant L. L. Pitton ger, local recruiter. Miss Ncl- ' son enlisted at 841 Willamette j street early this fall. Mars Finds Magazine Story by Local Man Paul Mars, proprietor of Mars' Shoe Repair shop, arrived home the first of the week on medical discharge from the army of the United States. He served eight months overseas, in New Cale donia. He tells that one of the first magazines he opened, over seas, was a 1941 copy of Popular Mechanics, containing a short ar ticle and picture submitted by Glenn Hassclrooth, Kcgisler Guaid' reporter. Lt. Pitney Personnel Officer at Big Base Mrs. C. t:. Pitney of Route 5 has received from her son, Lt. William' E. Pitney, personnel and training officer at the ,155th sub depot of the air service command, at Clov Is, N. M., an Illustrated article i concerning the base. The sub rlc- pot recently celebrated its second j : annivexary, and it was announced . that construction had been com- i pleted within the two years. The I I depot, which has a military staff j of seven with Lt. Col. Donald Mc- I Donald as commanding officer, j employs 528 civilians in the main- tenanre and repair of planes. RECENTLY GRAD1JATF.U Donald Robert Stewart, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cameron Stewart, Route 5, Eugene, recent ly was graduated in a class of 118 Bluejackets from the naval train ing school on the Iowa State col lege rumpus at Ames, Iowa, and advanced to the rate of motor machinist's male, third class. Salecrucrrd your future by training for business at a good school, NOWI ENROLL TODAY lutur call, (or wall trained stanoaraDhers and bookkeepers. 6t Fiitrnr, Oregon No oblisinon. ) QG(DQ)800G(i)Q W U 4.- A Kermit Stevens Also Awarded Silver Star COLONEL STEVENS hermit D, Stevens, former Eu genean who recently was named a full colonel, by announcement rf Brigadier General Frederick L. Andercon, commanding general of the Eighth Bomber Command "somewhere in England," also was awarded the silver st;ir recently for "gallantly in acllim" while leading his crown of Flying For tresses on a daylight bombing raid . oxer ijeimany. cerning Colonel Stevens reads E5 follows: "Colonel Stevens, who re cently took over command of one of the veteran Flying Fortress heavy bombardment groups in the Eighth Air Force, played an out standing part in the initial organ isation and development of the Eighth Bomber Command in the European theater of operations. He came overseas in the early months of 1942 with the small group of officers, under command of Lt. General Carl Spaatz, that formed the nucleus of the mighty air force destined to follow." Colonel Stevens is the son of Mrs. Jennie ! E. Stevens. 1508 Thirteenth Aven- 1 ue east. His wife, Mrs. Marian i Stevens, lives at 2208 N.E. Knott street, Portland. Cottage Grove Man Wins Lieutenant's Bars Roger E. Braswell of 817 Main street, Cottage Grove, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in Ihe army of the United States after successfully completing a course of training at the adjutant general's school at Fort Washing ton, Md. Lieutenant Braswell was one of a selected group of enlisted men I drawn from virtually all arms and , branches of the service and des ignated to attend the officer can didate school. Alice Richardson Now Made WAC Corporal The promotion of Corporal Alice L. Richardson from the grade of private first class rer cently was announced by the commanding officer of the army . air base at Clovis, N. M. Cor poral Richardson has been in service since March 31, 1943, and this promotion speaks for her ability as a soldier. She is Ihe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Richardson of Hannaford, N. D., but she enlisted from Eugene. Lt. Gene Demaqalski GetS Commission, WinaS ' , Lt. Gene Demagalskl, son of Mrs. Helen M. Casteel of Eugene, received his wings and commis sion early this monlh when he was graduated from Ihe Malta, Tex., army air forces pilot school, it is announced by Col. Donald B. Phillips, commanding officer. l.t. DemaRiilski, a University high school graduate, was assign ed to Marfa from Marana basic flying school, at Marana, Ariz. ARRIVES AT SCHOOL I Imrles K. llallin, 18, son of Mr. I ami Mrs. Hugo Hallin. 1358 High, has arrived at St. Cloud State Teachers college, located at St. Cloud, Minn. Here he will take a course of instruction under ASTP for approximately five months, prior lo appointment as an avia tion cadet in the AAF. When the Mrs. Works, too PHONE 123 Kimbf ' TLa " ' i -x.. .... ies, pnone ij, ine tugene i.uauiv, becauna you're so busy with ether household duties' oiler working hours. Wo cent help you with your housework ond we'll do our very best to continue giving you the hiq'.-.es! cf quality and service. Call us tomorrowl EUGENE Eugene's Pioneer BAND BOX 178 West 8th THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON. James Larsen, Local Seaman, Guard, Given Commendation James Ellsworth Larsen, Sea man First Class, USNR, of Eugene, has been commended by the Chief of Naval Personnel for excep tional bravery as a member of an armed guard unit, according to a direct communication from the naval headquarters at Portland. Seaman Larsen is 'the son of Andrew K. Larsen, Route 1, Eu gene. He enlisted in the navy in Portland August 4, 1942. The complete text of his commenda tion follows: ' "The Chief of Naval' Personnel takes pleasure in commending you for exceptional bravery as a mem ber of the armed guard unit aboard a merchantman during a voyage through thei Mediterran ean war zone. "A report of the experience re veals that your vessel and the areas about her were subjected to viciously persistent aerial bomb ing, strafing, and torpedo attacks day after day by waves of enemy Cjerman planes. Because of the prompt and fearless defensive ac tion with which the men of the navy gun crew met each assault, sending up terruic Dan-ages oi m- stantaneous, accurate, and deadly ! '... .Hal,in r,1M ,,,m. i to come within range. The armed ' guard unit aided in sending three : aircraft into brilliant, flaming crashes, and scored hits on at least four others, while one plane diving directly on their ship was forced to turn away and flee from their blazing guns, jettisoning its ; bombs and losing altitude when : last seen. By unfailing vigilence you and your shipmates were often among the first to engage the raiders, thereby not only sav- : ing your ship from destruction , jUt aso jnfjctmg seVere punish- j ment upon the enemy. "The courage, endurance, and skill wilh which you devoted ! yourself to duty on the above oc-! casion were in keeping with tne : highest traditions of the naval service. Margaret Coram Gets . Petty Officer Rating Promoted to the petty officer rate of storekeeper third class at her recent graduation from the naval training school on the Indiana University campus, at Bloomington, Ind., "Bluejack et" Margaret E. Coram, 26, of Blachly, is ready to release a shore-stationed male store keeper for sea duty. The woman reservist was se lected for this special schooling on the basis of aptitude test re sults and past civilian experi ence. Radioman Lawson Has Second Wound, in Foot Mr. an Mrs. Leo Lawson of Westfir have received word from their son, Roy "Cleo" Lawson, RM 3-C, USN, that he is hospital- I ized in bouth America lor a 1 wound in the foot. He was i wounded previously, also, an arm j injury. The letter, received a fortnight ago, said he "had hoped to get home on leave by Christmas but the navy had changed his mind." He has not had a leave since entering the service, in May, 1942. Sergeant Gerald Orem Is Recently Promoted Sgt. Gerald Orem, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Orem, 364 Sev enth Avenue east, recently re ceived his promotion from cor poral's rating, at the army air base at Hayward, Calif. He enter ed the service in October. 1942. His brother. Loyal Orem, 17, i organization, sings a song he corn has been accepted for service in Psed. "Frensettn." He earlier the merchant marine, and left Saturday, Nov. 13 from Portland, for a training school at Avalon, Calif. Bissell is Navigator Lt. Eugene P. Bissell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Bissell, 687 Cheshire, has completed a course at the Texas navigation schools, at San Marcos, Tex. For 18 weeks he took training in the exacting science of flying by stars, instru ments, landmarks and radio, and at its completion received the sil ver wings of an aerial navigator. ARMSTRONG LINOLEUM Expert Installation LYONS & PETERS 1303 Willamette LAUNDRY Laundry Service DRY CLEANERS Phone 123 or 124 ID 535 rr yl . f r , i L Ik n r ' . I -1 V ' I J MAJ. LALRENCE E. FISCHER, whose wife, Ruth Staton Fischer, lives at 570 Tenth Avenue west, is commanding officer of the 46th base headquarters and air base squadron at the army air field at Kingman, Ariz. Eugene Marine Pilot m avi , mi. VfflFfjC IjirPM Hit 'v VII w SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC (Delayed) With 10 attacks against Japanese land in stallations to his credit, including a direct hit on three heavy anti- aircraft guns, First Lieutenant i John E. .Jaqua, 22, of Lugene, a marine torpedo bomber pilot, re- cently completed his first tour of duty in the combat zone. Lieutenant Jaqua saw action over Kolombangara, Shortland, Ballale, and New Georgia islands in the Solomons. His hit on the ack-ack emplacement was at Kol- ombangara, "My bomb. landed right in the middle of them," he says. "One minute they were firing. The next, wmeni. Lieutenant Jaqua left Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., after three years to enlist in February, 1942. He was commissioned at Corpus Christi, Tex., November 16, 1942. After several months' duly in the United States, he left for overseas, His wife, Rosamond, is living in Long Beach, Calif., and his par ents reside in Eugene. Weight is Instructor Of Aviation Students U. C. Weight, a graduate of the University of Oregon in the class of 1941, is now a flight instructor of aviation students for the army air forces at Ellensburg, Wn. Weight received his civilian Dilot training at the university in 1940 and his secondary training at Kla- math Falls in 1942. The link in. strument training he received at Yakima, Wn., and secondary in structors' course at Prineville, Ore., account for the exception ally good flight record he has at tained. Mr. Weight has 425 hours of safe flying to his credit with only one forced landine. He went to Ellensburg in July of 1943. Sgt. Don Bowman in 2nd All-Soldier Show Sgt. Don Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Bowman, 910 Jackson street, has appeared in an all-soldier show, "You've Had It, Yank" which was given at the base where he is stationed in Eng- land under the auspices of the American Red Cross. The show was directed by Miss Frances Abbott of the Red Cross Aeroclub. It has been given at several nearby military bases. Sgt. Bowman, whose work on the field is with a transportation ; " in ano.ner similar froduc- lion. You'll Like Our Personal Loan Plan . . . IT'S ECONOMICAL ... IT'SCONVENIENT REPAYABLE IN CONVENIENT MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Eugene Home Owned and Home Managed Since 1883 Deposits Up to W000 Insured Through the F.D.I.C. Sergeant Evonuk Has Third Air Medal for 25 Flight Missions SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI NEA: A bronze oak leaf cluster in lieu of a third award of the Air Medal has been made to Sgt. Eu gene Evonuk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Evonuk, Route 2, Eugene, "for meritorious achievement" while participating In 25 opera tional flight missions In the Southwest Pacific area, during which hostile contact was probable and expected. The award was made by Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney, com mander of the allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific. These operational missions con sisted of dropping supplies and j transporting troops to advanced positions in General MacArthur"s coordinated air, land and sea of fensive against the Japanese in New Guinea and northward from Australia. Beckett Is Officer in Transportation Corps John Beckett, a graduate as sistant in the school of business administration at the University of Oregon before his enlistment in the army in July, 1942, at Cam bridge, Mass., has been graduat ed from the transportation corps officer candidate school at New Orleans, La., and commissioned a second lieutenant in the army of the United States. He has now been assigned to active duty in this newest branch of army serv ice forces. His wife, Elizabeth Debusk Beckett, resides in Eu gene, , Phillips' Two Sons Write from Overseas Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips of Franklin have had letters re cently from their two sons, both of whom entered the army in. April of 1942, and have not re turned on furlough. Cpl. Ellis Phillips now is in Australia. He finds the folk very friendly, and the climate and crops much like the Willamette valley. He has not met any Lane county boys there. ! P- .Cfcil luP,a. has , been on Guadalcanal for the past year. A letter mentioned being in action on Vella La Vella Island, saying: "As usual, the Slant-eyes got the worst of it." He said it had been more than 10 months since he had seen a while woman, and he "cer tainly would like to see somebody besides the armed forces and na tives." Cadet John Hess Made Sergeant of Squadron Aviation Cadet John L, Hesse Jr. son oi ur. anciiviis. jonn Li. nesse, ) 2228 Kincaid Btreet, Eugene, has been appointed a cadet flight ser geant in a squadron of aviation cadets taking their flying training at the Pecos Army Air Field, Pec os, Tex. Cadet Hesse la a graduate of University High school, class of 41 and was a student at the Ore gon State college prior to his en trance into the air corps. He was a member of Hi-Y at University high school and of Delta Upsilon fraternity at Oregon State. THREE AT SAN AXTOXIO Among 54 young men from Ore gon stationed as cadets at the army air forces preflight school for pilots, at San Antonio, Tex., are three from Eugene; Aviation Cadets Richard M. Averill. 1745 i Fairmount; Stanley E. Parrish, 1 450 H'Bh and Jack Wiseman, j 1943 Onyx. EXPERT ELECTRICAL REPAIR riioxE 234 f ELECTRIC S 100 Willamette 100 Willamette Clip end send the "Whistle" to .... .. Hometown A waaklj dlint at eommunltj nh. 1 Strife Says decided thi week when Mohawk de. I u.,.u -iv!c stadium to regain the Lane county alx-man -..j man quamifcd . for a Trl-County title tilt with Sprini. . ffM last Awkj.H h. -..!, . , t non 32-7. - Two untimely deathi rocked the local porta world during the week: Para maclna Dwaln Herbert, the fishtlnf ma rine who carried Unl High', athletic fortunee on hit ahouldera only a couple of yeara ago. waa killed In action in the south Pacific. . . . John A. "Coach Murray, on of the University of Ore gon'! gtaunchest athletic supporter died at hie Pendleton homo over the Week-end. e Orefon'e intercollegiate basketball eta son opened thla week-end againtt a couple of Portland teama. . . . More than 50 candidatee signed up for Ore gon Army basketball under Coach John Vocational Course Aid To Seaman and Parents Who Now Help Defense George W.' Zahn, -seaman J-C, has completed boot training at : Newport naval training station in Rhode Island, and has reported to Memphis, Tenn., for further train ing. A graduate of Eugene high school, Seaman Zahn also took a course in airplane mechanics at the Eugene Vocational school, and because of this, he says, was one of 18 out of 1000 men who were chosen to attend the school at Memphis. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Zahn of 522 Eleventh Av enue east, and it is interesting to know that Mr. and Mrs. Zahn, be coming interested in the aviation mechanics course through their son's work at the vocational school, i also enrolled for the course, and recently have been assigned to de fense work in Spokane. Good Conduct Medal Wen by PFC Foster PFC Edward A. Foster, son of Mrs. Eva Foster, 1442 Lincoln, now assigned to the 59th station hospital at Camp Chaffee, Ark., has been awarded the good con duct medal by Lt. Col. Francis D. Pierce, commanding officer. The good conduct medal was awarded to those enlisted men who had "demonstrated fidelity through faithful and exact per formance of duty and whose be havior had been such as to deserve emulation." The medal Is represented on the soldier's shirt or blouse by a red ribbon' with three vertical white stripes at each edge. After the war is over, the medal itself will be awarded. Rissberger Advances Aviation Cadet John G. Riss berger, son of Mr. and Mrs, John M. Rissberger, 66 Twenty-sixth Avenue east, has completed ap proximately two-thirds of his pi lot training at Bush Field, Augus ta, Ga., and will soon report to one of the eastern advanced fly ing schools for the final phase of his flight training. He is now well trained to step into the faster, more powerful ptanes with which he will become familiar at the ad vanced school. TRY OVERNIGHT CARE FOR MISERABLE COLDS- th way grandma did. She used mutton suet aha medicated herself to relieve colda' coughing and muscle aches. 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