two's Old Volcanoes Viewed
Bend Flier in Isle Strikes
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1945
By
Captain John A. Runge, Jr.. a
veteran of 40 missions over Jap
anese targets in the western Pa
cific, looked over The Bend
Bulletin yesterday evening with
more than casual interest, for on
page one was an air picture of a
target he knows very well rug-
iwo Jima island, 750 miles
irom Japan, and its old volcano,
Mt. Suribachi. Twelve, of Cap'
idin rtunges w missions were
over Iwo Jima, tiny volcanic is
land on which United States
marines and Japanese troops are
now locked in the bloodiest battle
01 Pacific warfare.
.. Mt. Suribachi, Captain Runge
Yrecalled as he studied The Bulle
,. tin's Iwo Jima picture, with battle
. ships standing off' shore and
landing craft racing through
white water, looks from the air
Very much like Central Oregon's
Lava butte. Both are about the
same height, 500 feet. However,
the young air captain admitted,
the Iwo Jima volcano appeared
far more "potent" than Lava
butte, for the base of Mt. Suri
bachi was bristling with anti-aircraft
batteries that spewed flak
into the Pacific skies.
Captain Runge, son of Mrs.
Stella Pearl Runge of Bend and
John A. Runge, Sr. veteran of
world war No. 1 and former Bend
resident who is now in govern
ment service in New Mexico, has
little to say about his Pacific tour
of duty. However, the story of
his missions, in strikes against
the Marianas prior to their cap
ture by U. S. forces, and blows
against Wake, Iwo Jima and
releases. As a result of his Pa
cific missions, the press release
stated. Captain Runge won the
Distinguished Flying Cross with
one oak cluster and the United
States air medal with three oak
leaf clusters. A graduate from
Bend high school with th nincc
jof 1940, Captain Runge was with
ine uena Auto Parts here before
entering the service on December
27,1941. His air training was at
Texas fields, and he has served
16 months overseas. - At the con
clusion of his 21 day leave, the
air officer will report at a western
base for reassignment.
One of the news stories from
the South Pacific said that Cap
tain Runge was the pilot of -a
rather far-famed bomber, "Come
Closer", noted for its good luck
under trying circumstances.
"Come Closer" was at times
punctured by flak, but Captain
Runge and his fellow crew mem
bers came through the Pacific
action without iniurv. Incidental
ly, Captain Runge mentioned that
when a small boy in Bend he car
ried me Bulletin's route No. 13,
and came through that experience
without misfortune.
In the far Pacific CaDtain
Runge met some Bend boys, one
of them Lt. Jack Dudrey, of Bend,
who was with the marines on Sal
pan. A Japanese sabre, two nip-
pon frags and a bayonet were
sent by Lt. Dudrey to his wife
in Portland, with Captain Runge
maKing me delivery. At a rest
camp in the Pacific, Captain
Runge, homeward bound, met Lt.
Max Griffith, also of Bend.
incidentally, Captain Runge
la ted in Seventh Air Force press had a little surprise .for his
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mother on his arrival here: Mrs.
Runge expecled to greet a first
lieutenant, and found her son
wearing the silver bai'S of a cap
tain. The Bend officer was made
captain on Feb. 8. '
A family reunion is in prospect
at the Runge home, for Mi's. Mary
Ellen Davis arrived this afternoon
from Seattle to spend a few days
with her mother, Mrs. Runge, and
her brother, Captain A. Runge.
Expected tomorrow from Seattle
are Mrs. Range's mother, Mrs.
Mary Ellen Pearl, and Miss Mar
garet P. Runge, a student at the
University of Washington.
House Is Scene
Of Fist Battle
Washington, Feb. 22 (fl'i Reps.
John E. Rankin, P., Miss., and
Frank E. Hook, D., Mich., en
gaged in a fist fight in the house
floor today. Hook had called Ran
kin "a dirty liar."
Rankin had made a reference
to the fair employment practice
committee group "and the dirty
communists, the gentleman from
Michigan is associated with."
Hook waved his right arm up
and down as he countered with
the "liar" retort.
The two congressmen, who
were about 10 feet distant, moved
toward each other. Rankin ap
peared to raise his arm in a ges
ture, and the two exchanged
punches before colleagues fell
upon them and pulled them apart.
Fighters Separated
As the group of more than a
dozen members, fell away from
the battling pair, Rep. E. E. Cox,
D., Ga., was holding the slender,
gray-haired Rankin by the left
arm. A floor attendant was at
the side of the stocky Hook.
Only about 40 members were
on the floor as the melee broke
out. Rep. Clare E. Hoffman, R.,
Mich., had been making a speech
attacking the congress of indus
trial organizations.
Supervision of
Halls Is Studied
A group of persons Interested
in maintaining high standards in
dance halls, beer parlors and
establishments operating gaming
tables outside of the city limits
of Bend met informally yesterday
afternoon with members of the
Deschutes county court.
The meeting was not called be
cause of any specific violation, but
simply to insure that the general
ly high standard conditions now
prevailing in such establishments
throughout the county be main
tained, it was explained. The meet
ing was held In the county court
rooms with the court present, as
it is the licensing -body for such
establishments.
It was agreed that, should dis
orderly or unseemly conduct be
reported by county officers, the
matter would be taken under con
sideration by the court. It was
also agreed that the 10 p. m. cur
few should be strictly observed
and that children and" intoxicated
persons should be forbidden entry
to such establishments.
Group Listed
Those present were Judge C. L.
Allen, of the Deschutes county
court; Commissioners E. E. Vnrco
and A. E. Stevens: George Slm
erville, Rev. M. Thompson, Rev.
Robert Mellvenna, Carl A. John
son, Rev. G. R. V. Bolster, Sheriff
C. L. McCauley. Sgt. L. L. Hirt
zel of the state police. Rev. Ken
neth A. Tobias. S. P,. Barclay,
representing operators of beer
halls in Bend; Rev. E. J. Howell,
of Redmond; Rev. Elvin A. Fast,
of Redmond, and Rev. R. E. Nich
olas. '
With the exception of county
and state officials and Barclay,
the men Dresent did not represent
any organization but attended the
meeting ,as individuals interested
in maintaining orderly places of
amusement, it was reported to
day.
Warships Shell
Paramushiro
(Bjr United PrcM)
American warships bombarded
Paramushiro, site of a big Japa
nese naval base In the northern
Kurile islands, Monday night, the
Japanese Dome! news agency said
today.
Domei said the shelling was car
ried out by a task force of about
eight American warships, "ap
parently aiming at diverting Japa
nese strength from other areas of
battle in the Pacific."
BOTH WEAR WELL
Gloueestr, Mass. UPi Mr.' and
Mrs. Frefl Smith celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in a
house which once stood in Bos.
ton, but which was moved 30
miles to Gloucester aboard a
lighter some 80 years ago.
Although explosives and ammu
nitlon are not included In the
category of chemicals produced
By tne cnemlcal industry, tne m
dustry does produce large quan
tities oi ammonia, ammonium de
rivatives, nitrates, and other com
ponents ot explosives.
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PAGE THREE
Country's Father, in Marble,
Is Discovered' By Othman
Bv Frederick C. Othman
(United P Start Correapondent)
Washington, Feb. 22 UP Ah,
the shame of it! If I weren't by na
ture a cad and a low-down bum I
wouldn't be revealing the place
congress chose to conceal Its sad
dest experience with the arts. I
wouldn't lie telling you exactly
how you can get a look at the
Father of his Country In white
marble, 10 feet, six inches tall, and
mostly naked.
But I nm a trouble maker nt
heart and: in 1832 congress sllnped
ine ceicm-aiea sculptor, Herbert
GreenouRh, $5,000 to sculp a he
roic statue of George Washington.
Herbert took the money to Flor
ence, Italy. Six years later he
emerged with his 20-ton statue, se
curely wrapped in a wooden box.
It was so big he had to chop
down all the olive trees on one
side of the road from Florence
to Leghorn. This, plus some other
incidental expenses, cost congress
$8,311.90.
The engineers at Leghorn start
ed to hoist the statue onto a
boat, but the rope broke and
George Washington went through
the bottom. Then the boat sank on
top of the statue. Insurance took
care of this mishap without cost
to the taxpayers. The navy sent a
battleship to Leghorn, where the
sailors fished Washington out of
the mud.
You must romemler that was a
doggone big box. The ship docked
ai iew York, but the railroad tun
nels between there and here were
not big enough. The experts took
the statue to New Orleans and for
warded it to Washington by devi
ous routes, without tunnels.
' By now the statue had cost
$26,000 and some odd cents. Con
gress appropriated $2,000 more for
a base upon which to hold It and
the great day of the unveiling
came in 1841. The navy band
tootled, the lawmakers made
speeches, the speaker of the house
pulled the string and good-gosh-amlghty!
There was George Washington,
nearly twice as big as life, clad
as a Roman senator on the way to
his bath. His chest muscles rip
pled in the sunlight. A wreath
held down his curls. The sheet
tied around his waist barely saved
the proprieties. His toes, the big
ones, had thongs around 'em to
keep his Roman sandals from
falling off.
A horrified easD rose over rhnl.
tal hill; congress decided to dyna
mite its statue. Then it discovered
there was a law that the govern
ment could not destroy any of Its
works of art. The lawmakers had
bought a statue and they had to
keep it.
They built a shed (cost $1,G00)
to hide it and argued some more.
In 1908 they still were so mortified
they appropriated a final $5,000 to
tear down the shed, remove the
statue, and haul it to the Smith-,
sonian institution.
There you will find it in the
cellar under, the main building,
hidden behind a row of antique
printing presses. The boys still
are touchy about it; I asked the
guide where I could find it. He
looked me in the eye and said he
never heard of it.
And a happy George Washing
ton's birthday to everybody, con
gressmen and the Smithsonian in
stitution included.
Bend Man Invents
Rigid Life Rafts
The rigid pneumatic life rafts,
now widely used by the navy and
also by army engineers in the
construction ot pontoon bridges,
were invented by a Bend resident,
Bartholma B. Gervais, of route
one, he reported today.
Gervais stated that he Invented
the rafts while living In The
Dalles in 1917, and procured a
patent on them on Feb. 20, 1918.
Ho immediately gave the patent
to the U. S. government. The
rafts, ho believes, were not widely
used until current hostilities start
ed but, he stated today they are
now in world-wide use.
Gervais, a- member of a pioneer
family of Oregon stockmen, stat
ed that a tanker, recently launch
ed in Portland, was named after
his grandfather, Joseph Gervais.
BASEMENT BUTTERFLY
South Bend, Ind. IW An or
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little ahead of itself, for lt came
out of its shell In the basement
ot Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson's
house in cold January instead of
waiting for a warm spring month,
As soon as it came to, the butter
fly found a begonia plant and
made Itself at home.
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