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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DEC. 23, 1944
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To Protect Men
Invading France
By Sam Smith
(United Press SUff Corresponilent)
Kansas City, Mo. (IPi "Ameri
can troops wore protective cloth
ing." Remember that one short line
In the D-day stories from Nor
mandy, North Africa, Sicily and
Italy? Probably not, because It re
ceived no conspicuous place in the
reports of great happenings.
There is a story nenina mar.
line of type ot 20 years ol labora
tory plugging , Between ine iwu
' world wars by a small group of
officers of the army's chemical
warfare service to neutralize the
blister types of gases.
Because those men refused to
quit in the face of apparently in
surmountable odds and lack of
funds, soldiers of this nation go
into battle today wearing armor
against such gases as mustard
and Lewisite. It will throw off the
blistering vapors of those gases
better than the old chain mail of
the knights errant blunted the ar
rows of the longbowmen.
Formula Guarded
The formula is one of the most
closelv euarded of Uncle Sam's
war secrets. Even details of the
process itself are known to but a
, few officers because facts of only
passing Interest to a layman
mlgnt permit enemy cnemisis 10
narrow the field In a search for
the Invaluable compound.
There are plants in this coun
try today which treat regular
army issue clothing to armor it
against blister gases. One of them
is within the compound of the
Kansas City quartermaster depot.
Other specially constructed plants
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Mum.nng mav have to scurrv around in Washington looking for
sleeping quarters, but there's no shortage of housing forducks in'
;the district, as is shown by .this plentiful flock, vacationing brieflyi
in the capital before journeying farther south. Picturesque National'
Capital Parks' refuge on Potomac is favorite parking spot of pintails:
end such.
mnnufnnture the carefullv euard-1 flict.
Prt rhemlral which Is the secret of The chemical warfare service
protective clothing.
MaJ. J. R. Cooper, in charge of
the plant here under administra
tive supervision of Col. Clarence
Blake, depot commandant and
technical director of the industrial
section of the chemical warfare
service, told today of those heart
breaking 20 years of work which,
quite possibly, helped to eliminate
to date gas wanare in this con
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Tues. and Wed., Der. 26 and 27
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BRADETICH BROS. DAIRY
went to work in an effort to neu
tralize blister gases late in the
last war, when 75 per cent of the
artillery shells fire carried gases
he said.
But, when peace returned, the
nation wanted to forget war. Ap
propriations in those gay 1920's
for research into gas wanare
were few and small.
Develoned at Arsenal
"However, they kept working
on this, as they received funds,"
he related. "By 1938 about 20
years after they started they ar
rived at this process.- It was
worked out under the direct su
pervision of the chemical warfare
service at the Edgewood, N. J.,
arsenal."
How many formulae were de
veloped, .then discarded, before
the successful one was found re
mained untold. But the number
was large.
"It was a very difficult prob
lem," Maj. Cooper said. "The
chemical had to neutralize the
gas. It had to stand laundering.
It could not cause deterioration
and it could not injure the skin
of the wearer.
All clothing, from underwear
to the outer garments, from socks'
to gloves and woolen hoods fitting
over and around gas masks, is im
pregnated. A soldier so armored
in his GI garments Is safe from
all forms of blister gases other
than direct contact with them in
heavy liquid form. ,
Only Nation So Equipped
The American soldier is the
only soldier in the world to have
that protection. Maj. Cooper said
ne aounrea n tne enemy could
determine the impregnating
cnemicat lor many months after
beginning a study of captured
clothing. Even then, many more
months would he required to man-
uiaciure it and the equipment
neeciea to produce the clothing.
ine plants in this countrv went
into operation early in 1942, only
a few weeks after we entered the
war. Everything was read v.
thanks to the men who never
quit during those 20 years of re-
sea rcn.
Those plants can turn out pro
tective clothing for many thou
sands of fighting men every day.
The figure Is surprisingly large.
As you watch the bales of cloth.
Ing go through the sealed vats
and the dryers and on out to
fighting men. you remember the
warnings of allied leaders that we
are ready should the enemy re
sort to gas warfare. The bales
represent one reason why we are
ready.
Man Held in Bend
On Check Count
After allegedly leaving a trail
of spurious checks which extend
ed from Seattle, through Wash
ington and Oregon to Klamath
halls and back to Bend, Frederick
Warden Alban, 35, a salesman of
Sleubenville, O.. was arrested
here today by State Officer Earl
Huff. Sgt. L. L. Hirtzel, in com-,
mand of state officers in this dis
trict, said that Aioan aumiueu
passing about 34 bad checks from
which he realized about $500.
i oral officers learned that a
warrant had been issued for Al
h.nn's arrest In Portland.
In Bend, according' to officers.
six business establishments were
victimized by Alban, who cashed
checks ranging from $10 to $20.
These victims were the Brandis
Thrift-Wise Drug store, Cash
man's clothing, Donner Flower
shop, S. & N. Men's clothing, the
Pilot Butte inn and the Bend Drug
store.
Put Under Arrest
First tiD on the case came from
one of the drue stores after a
check had been cashed. They
called police and told them of
their suspicion, and furnished a
description of Alban. City police
and Officer Huff immediately be
gan an investigation. The suspect
was arrested this morning after
having been trailed by Huff since
late yesterday.
Officers said that Alban ad
mitted forgeries in Seattle, Ta
coma.' Portland, Eugene, Rose-
burg, Grants Pass, M e d f o r d
Klamath Falls and Bend.
State police were undecided
shortly after' making the arrest
whether to turn Alban over to
Portland authorities or to file on
him here.
Santa Shaves
For Holiday;
Face Is Red
Portland, Ore , ; Dec. 23 (IP)
Santa Claus is not only nimble
with his reindeer, but he is also
nimble wltted.
. Posed before the entrance to a
Portland west side nursery where
a large group or youngsters
awaited him, old Santa; suddenly
found that he was beardless.
After attendants had frantically
sought in vain for the missing
beard and were just about ready
to call the whole tning off, old
St. Nick proved himself equal to
the occasion.
Strutting out on the stage
Santa unburdened himself with
the following explanation:
"Mrs. Santa Clause," he boomed,
despite his embarassment, "would
n't let me out of the house this
morning until I had shaved."
Trinity Lutheran
Plans Services
Trinity Lutheran church will
hold its annual children's Christ
mas service Sunday evening,
Christmas eve, beginning at 7:30,
it was announced today. The fea
ture of the service will be the
recitation of the Christmas story
in the words of the Bible while
colored slides are shown on a
screen. There will also be Christ
mas songs and carols for both
the children and for the congregation.
On Christmas morning at 10:30
there will again be a special
Christmas service, featuring the
message, " j he Marvelous Birth of
Jesus," by the pastor.
There will also be a Christmas
broadcast of the Lutheran Hour
Sunday morning at 9:30 on Sta
tion kbind. .
Eleanor Bechen
To Leave Bank
Miss Eleanor Bechen, who has
been with the Bank of Bend since
its establishment, has announced
her resignation from the bank
staff effective December 30. Miss
Bechen has been In banking work
in Bend since 1924 when she
joined the then locally owned
First National. On its failure she
went with the newly organized
Lumbermens Bank and when it
was- purchased by the First Na
tional of Portland she joined its
3taff here leaving for a position
with the Bank of Bend when it
was organized in 1936. She has no
plans for the future.
Stubborn Flue
Blaze Checked
A stubborn flue fire at the W.
E. Naylor home, 1422 West First
street, early today caused city
firemen to make two' runs there.
Firemen were.first summoned
to the Naylor home shortly be
fore 1 a. m., when they extin
guished a fire in the chimney.
Two hours and a half later they
were again called to check on
smoldering floor and roof tim
bers, which were charred by the
over-heated flue. Slight damage
was done to the dwelling, firemen
reported.
New Jap Balloon
Reported Found
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 23 HP)
Federal bureau of Investigation of-i
ficials today refused to comment j
on a report that two small boys:
had "found a large balloon, be-j
llevcd similar to the one discov
ered Dec.. 11 at Kalispell, Mont.,j
In the woods near Fort Lewis. i
The boys insisted that the ba-j
loon was similar to the Kalispell I
balloon which trailed an elastic I
cable and carried VaVid incendiary!
device. 1 j
An army spokesman said the;
balloon may have come from a
weather station. '
The Kalispell balloon, which
was large enough to support a
basket capable of carrying four or
five men, was made of a high
grade processed paper and carried
markings indicating that it had
been completed in Japan Oct. 31,
1944.
News of Its discovery was an
nounced Dec. 18, one week after
two lumbermen, O. B. Hill and his
son, Owen, found It in the woods.
K-iriir BATTI.ES MOTORIST flew through his windshield. A
EAGLE BAT, u"n battIe ensued but an Buck got
Kemmerer, Wyo. UPi-Tbe next sQme cuts on hjg head and a
time Leonard Buck, a rancher ,arge feather, which he's wearing
living near here, tangles with an jn nis hat.
eagle, it'll be outside his car and
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WRECK KILLS SOLDIER
Salinas, Cal., Dec. 23 UP One
soldier was killed and 42 other
persons were injured, five possib
ly fatally, when a Greyhound bus
plunged over a 55 foot embank
ment near Fort Ord last night; ac
cording to the California highway
patrol.
BEST WISHES
To Our
Friends and Customers
BETTY ROSE
Beauty Salon
Gertrude Zufelt
Lillian Campbell
JOIN RETIREMENT FUND
Chicago (U'i Municipal' employ-'
ees of seven cities and two vil-i
ages will be brought under the
Wisconsin municipal retirement;
fund on Jan. 1, making a total of
28 cities participating in the state
system, according to the Civil ser
vice assembly.
STORE GETS 'CLEANED'
Chicago tlH John Miller, owner
of a Chicago food mart, recently
was robbed. He reported to po
lice that burglars broke in and
took $3,272,196,000 red points, 90,-
000 blue points, and 1,600 sugar
coupons, good for 8,000 pounds of
sugar.
IT'S CHRISTMAS, SO
LET'S BE MERRY
. It is our sincere wish that
each of you will spend a rnost
enjoyable Yuletide season. We ,
wish this for you because you
Jhave been Kind ana consioer
ate to us the' past twelve
jrfr months and we think you, our
I J friends and customers, are de
ify , serving of all the joys of a suc
cessful Christmas.
So, now that it's Christmas,
let's be merry, let's make this
a real, old-fashioned American
Christmas, full of good cheer
for oil.
Merry Christmas!
Symons Bros. Jewelers
."The House of Beauty"
CROOK SAILOR WOUNDED
Prineville, Dec. 23 Rupert
Noble Davis, electrician's mate
3c, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert R. Davis of Prineville, has
been wounded in action, according
to an announcement today by the
navy department.
Bible Passages.
Selected by a nation-wide can
vass of pastors and chuplains, I
iiniio passages nave been dcsiir-i
nated for dally reading between
now and Christmas. Tho passage
for today's reading; follows:
Revelation 22.
Sunday
Psulm 90
Christmas
Luke 2
COME, LET US
REASON TOGETHER
CHURCH
of
CHRIST
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GETS GENERAL'S INSIGNIA
Akron, O. (tlvWes Smith of
Akron is 'way out In front in the
race to acquire army sleeve in
signia from working generals. He
has sleeve marks from Cens.
Mark Clark, Omar Bradley, Jo
seph W. Stilwell, George C. Ken
ny, Edson of "Edson's Raiders,"
and others,
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No matter what turn of
events, no matter what may be
fall us, somehow, someway,
Christmas is sure to come It
may be with scores of remem
bronces from those we know
it may only be o word of good
cheer from one real friend, but
from these expressions comes
the true application of tho
Christmas ean
And for that reason, there
will always be a Christmas And
as long as there is a Christmas
we welcome the opportunity it
affords to express our greetings
to everyone
STORE CLOSED SUNDAY MONDAY
fames' at 1 ki$tma$ime
No matter what the turmoil about us In the year ust past, no
matter how bitter or unhappy our experiences have been it's comfort
ing to know that there is one time of the year when Peace predominates.
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And so, with these thoughts in mind, moy we all think kindly,
one with another, and moy we enjoy the season to its richest, content
that we moy be better prepared for the
t problems of the morrow, t
Season s Greetings to all!
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... our wishes go this Christmas
To the men and women of our own
organization who are serving with
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To the sons and daughters of our friends
and neighbors who are shoulder to
shoulder with them in this war -fr
And in the same measure to all of you
here at home -sir
wishes for Christmas and the New 1
Year. '
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