Iwo's Wounded
Quickly Moved
From War Zone
(Editor's Note: the following story
w written liy Barbara MflW Finch,
nf Reuters, first woman correspondent
to land on Iwo Jimo for the com
bined American press,)
By Barbara Miller Finch
Represent! the Combined American Press
' (Distributed by United Press)
Aboard a Naval Air Evacua
tion Plane, March 5 (IP) Fifteen
boys, veterans of the grim battle
for Iwo Jima, are being flown to
base hospitals in the Marianas on
ly a few hours after they were
wounded.
As a volunteer nurse's aid, I
asked to make this flight back to
life and health with them. A new
naval evacuation unit has inaugur
ated daily hospitals planes to car
ry these boys from Iwo to Sai
pan and Guam.
It is a stimulating experience.
Every man on the plane even
the gray-faced marine who lost
his left leg and most of the toes
on his other foot by mortar fire
brightens eagerly at the mention
of a hospital. To him it means real
beds and cleanliness and rest by
nightfall.
The marine dozed off when first
we took off from Motoyama air
field number 1 at Iwo Jima. He
stirred restlessly and motioned me
close to his litter.
Still Moving -
"Are we still moving?" he
asked.
Our plane, the Nellie V, piloted
by Lt. Daniel H. Duren, USN, of
San Diego, Calif., was moving so
smoothly 9,000 feet above the
white clouds and blue water that
his question was understandable.
When I reassured him, he smiled
faintly, sighed and closed his eyes.
On another litter, a black-eyed
boy with an engaging smile was
fumbling with a small bundle of
blood-stained letters. Finally, he
managed to get one out of an
envelope and started to read it
half aloud. He looked up with a
grin.
"I'm afraid my girl will be pret
ty mad at me for getting her let
ters dirty," he said.
A 19-year-old New Hampshire
boy didn't understand why he let
a Jap snipers' bullet get him in
the leg after he had come through
the Marshalls and Saipan cam
paigns without a scratch.
Will Write Mother
"I'll have to write my mother
that I'm doing all right," he said.
-''Last--night -I was lying-there in
the dirt on Iwo with a bullet in my
leg. Tonight, I'll sleep in a hospi
tal bed. I don't believe it.
"The only trouble is that I hate
to leave the boys. I cried when the
captain came to say goodbye.'
On the beach at Iwo where I
visited the medical evacuation !
station serving the third, fourth
and fifth marine division, Lt.
Cmdr. Leo L. Thelen, of Elgin,
111., a medical company command
er, told a little Incident that exem
plified the attitude of wounded
marines. -
Two corpsmen carried a young
man with a bloody bandage
around his head. As they passed
us, he raised his head painfully,
grinned and called out:
Visitor Welcomed
"Hello, ma'am! What are you
doing here?"
It was his island, and wounded
or not, he was welcoming a guest.
Most of the marines brought to
the evacuation station, Dr. Thelen
said, suffer from extremely seri
o u s wounds. Horrible head
wounds are sickeningly frequent.
There is no complaint from the
boys on their stretchers and only
gratitude for the help they re
ceived. It was the same aboard the
plane when Pharmacist's mate
1c John A. Cronin, Tucson, Ariz.,
a former University of Arizona
pre-medical student brought the
wounded an extra blanket, admin
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Plane Wreckage
Pound Near Denio
Winnemucca, Nev., March 6 UP)
The charred wreckage of a B-24
Liberator bomber which had been
missing from Mountain Home,
Ida., airfield since last Friday,
was spotted late yesterday 20
miles west and five miles south of
Denio, Ore.
It was not known whether any
of the crew members survived.
Rescue and salvage parties were
immediately dispatched overland
to the scene of the crash.
The plane had been on a routine
training flight, army officials said.
Court Backs Jap
In Land Dispute
Oregon City, Ore., March 6 UP)
In the first decision involving Jap
anese - American ownership o f
land, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bergh,
Boring,' Ore., farmers, today were
under circuit orders to return the
farm they had leased from Masay
uckl Fujimoto, who has just come
back 'from a relocation center.
Circuit Judge Earl C. Latourette
Monday directed thS jury to find
the Bergh's guilty of forcible'en
try on the farm, near Boring,
about 20 miles southeast of Port
land. No other penalty was im
posed, other than immediate re
turn of the land to its owner.
The ' Berglis' attorney, Glen
Jack, held that the lease obtained
by them was for the duration
and not merely while the owner
was absent. He indicated he will
file an appeal.'
The new ruling, If sustained, is
expected to decide the future
course of other farmers and busi
nessmen who have leased, prop
erty owned by Americans of Japa
nese descent.
BACK IN BUSINESS
Portland, Ore., March 6 UP)
S. Tsubota who once was one
of the largest fruit and produce
farm operators in the mid-Columbia
area at Maryhlll, Wash., to
day was the first Japanese grow
er back at the east side wholesale
and vegetable market in Portland.
Although there were no demon
strations, many of the buyers
stood at a distance, curiously
watching Tsubota dispose of his
truck load of vegetables.
Dam at The Dalles
Held Possibility
Portland, Ore., March 6 (IP
Early post war construction of a
power and navigation dam on the
Columbia river at The Dalles, Ore.,
Is under consideration by the ar
my engineers, Col. Ralph A. Tu
dor, Portland district army engi
neer, disclosed today.
The district engineer's office
here has been instructed to submit
a review report on the proposal,
he said, the study to be completed
by autumn.
In Washington, D. C, Maj. Gen.
Eugene Reybold, chief of army
engineers, was quoted as saying
that a dam at The Dalles was an
ultimate part of the Columbia
river development program, al
though it was not included in the
rivers and harbors hill recently
passed by congress. The engineers
are studying whether to recom
mend this project for early post
war undertaking.
In that the Celilo canal is
deemed a possible transportation
bottleneck with development of
dams further up the river, the pro
posed dam at The Dalles is being
considered as a replacement for
that canal.
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Change of Rates
On Trucks Given
Study By Senate
By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
(United Pro Staff Correspondent)
Salem, Ore., March 6 (Hi The
' .i
Oregon senate today- took under
consideration legislat ion' to
change tax rates on trucks after
a hard-fought battle and passage
in the house Monday.
Two other bills passed the
house to give most state employes
civil service and retirement bene
fits, while the senate defeated sal
ary raise proposals for a number
of high state officials.
The transportation code Din
(HB345) came to the house with
a divided report, a majority of the
highways and highway revenues
committee recommending pas
sage and a minority asking de
feat. Ren. Robert A. Bennett said
that the bill, a result of an interim
committee study, was "theoreti
cally workable" . but contended
taxing carriers on a ton-miie
basis to be unworkable.
No Opposition
The state would not get as
much money from carrier under
this act as it does now," Bennett
said and charged that, because
they would pay less, there was no
opposition from truckers.
Reo. Burt snyuer, iaKeview,
chairman of the committee, and
Rep. Jack Greenwood, denied that
revenues would oe smaller, say
ing the new act would affect more
carriers than the existing law.
Some operators would be hit
much harder under this," Green
wood said, "but they feel that it
is a fair act and don't object to
paying their just portion. It
would protect the little fellow,"
he added.
Rep. Robert Duniway, Portland,
obiected to the bill because it
assessed carriers inside cities and
because he thought heavier trucks
are most destructive to the high
ways and should pay a higher
per capita rate than lighter
trucks.
City Trucks Included
Proponents countered that city
trucks were included because a
percentage of the highway funds
go to cities eventually, and noted
that trucks under 4000 pounds
were exempted.
Snyder said that it was "one
of the best bills introduced this
session". It had been studied by
experts and was the result of long
and studious work, he said.
The majority report was ac
cepted after a motion to substitute
the minority report failed 42 to 16
with two absent. Debate on the
measure lasted more than an
hour. It was placed on final pas
sage and carried with only six
dissents.
Cornett Bill Up
The proposed reapportionment
of senate seats in central and
eastern Oregon, which comes be
fore the senate late today, is ex
pected to cause some of the bit
terest controversy of the session.
Sen. Marshall Cornett, Klamath
Falls, sponsor, is seeking a single
senator for Klamath county, with
corresponding reshuffling of coun
ties, which would eliminate Sen.
Rex Ellis' 19th district.
FIVE CARS TAGGED
Five more automobiles have
been tagged by Traffic Officer
William Burton for asserted park
ing overtime, police reports re
vealed today. The cars were reg
istered to F. S. McGarvey, 3TGlen
road; Lucille Shewey, 383 Miller
street; A. G. Fisher, Pine Cone
rooms; T. B. Bailey,, South City
Limits motel, and F. E. Nutley,
Redmond.
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BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON. TUESDAY, MARCH 6,
Output of Planes ;
Below Schedule in
Period of Month
Washington. March 6 amThe
war Droduction board announced
today that 6,286 airplanes were ac-
vs i ...... Out It rtttit&n
ceptcu in r eoruury. dui,
plane proaueuon wus neon
per cent below -schedule.
It was the fourth consecutive
month in which production failed
to meet the goals set for it. Seri
ousness of the continued, below
schedule output is "further mag
nified," WLB'said, by the fact
that actual military requirements
in 'many Instances exceed the
working schedules. .
The February output totalled
71,300,000 pounds in terms of air
frame weight, exclusive of spares.
This was slightly less than Janu
ary production, the : announce
ment said. Altnougn avj icwm
planes were accepted in February
than in the preceding month, the
actual daily rate of output rose
slightly more than nine per cent
from 242 in January to 262 in
February, which had only 28 days.
TJie WPB's aircraft production
board presented the following tab
ulation of February output:
Production LAgf)
Bombers, scheduled, 2,364; pro
duced 2,263, or 4.3 per cent be
hind schedule.
Fiehters and naval reconnais
sance, scheduled 2,940; produced
2,873, or 2.3 behind
Transports, scheduled, 600; pro
duced 604, or .e aneaa. ,
Trainers, scheduled, 207;, pro
Huced 207. on schedule.
Communications and special
purpose, scheduled 343; produced
339, or 1.2 behind.
Total production, 6,454 sched
uled, produced 6,286 or 2.6 behind.
The aircraft board said Febru
ary lag was concentrated "en
tirely in critical models," with twd
army and three navy plants ac
counting for failure to produce
227 planes. The board said that
the deficit was neiu dciow inree
per cent only because
several
the phantom vjiflh
a (fiery (finger
In the black night the Japs chuckled. No interceptors had interrupted
their raid on Allied lines. Then a stabbing fiery finger from nowhere and
the Mitsubishi exploded. "Black Widows" were on the prowl. Big as a
bomber, fast as a pursuit, agile as a light plane, the Black Widow is Amer
ica's first built-for-the-purpose night fighter. The Black Widow is another
famous fighting plane that tries its wings in the West on Chevron Aviation
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manufacturers produced both
critical and non-critical planes in
excess of schedule.
The Renton-Seattle B29 plant.
the country's largest, missed its
schedule "by a substantial numb
er," the board said. A good por
tion of this loss was made up,
however, by three other - B-29
plants which met or bettered their
schedules.
To Revise Program
The continued failure to meet
schedules at Renton has made it
necessary to revise Its program
downward, the board ' said, to a
point more nearly representing
its probable output. This, it said,
will correct material maldistribu
tion resulting from "unrealistic
schedules." - ,
The critically-needed navy pa
trol .bomber, manufactured by
Lockheed at Burbank, Calif., suf
fered a production lag in Febru
ary, the board said. Only 40 per
cent of the planes scheduled were
accepted. Principal reason, the
board said, was slow delivery of
sub-contracted wings from Good
year at Phoenix, Ariz.
The overall working schedule
for March calls for 6,937 planes
as compared with February s 6,
454, the board said.
Health Activities
Chairman Named
Mrs. James Burgess was named
health activities chairman for the
Deschutes County Health associa
tion in a meeting held Friday,
March 2, at the courthouse. Mem
bers of the Junior chamber of
commerce auxiliary heard Dr. W,
S. Ramsey. Glen Thompson, sani
tarian, and Lucy Davison, public
health nurse, discuss the work of
the department and the need for
volunteer workers in the chil
dren's clinics and other projects
of the county health service. A
film showing the techniques for
helpers was also shown.
Members of the Junior C. of C.
auxiliarv attending were: Mrs,
Bruce Gilbert, Mrs. Bruno Rath,
Mrs. Charles Boardman, Mrs.
Lowell Aplin, Mrs. W. R. Nance,
Mrs. William Burton. Mrs. Wll
fred Jossy, Mrs. Claude Cook,
Mrs. Harold Gentry, and Mrs.
Burgess.
1945
Bend Sergeants Are Members
Of Outfit Honored By 'Mac
'Nice work, Dalton. Tell regi
ment." '. .. 'r ' ; . .
This laconic message is a prized
souvenir of at least two Bend
boys, former members of Co. I,
who are now in the Philippines
theater ol war. The soldiers are
Sgt. Marvin Perry, son of Mrs.
Charles Lamerding, Bend, and Sgt.
Hugh Bean, son of Mr. and Mrs.
fc.dgar Bean, also of this city.
The message. .n signal code
form, was signed by General Mac-
Arthur and it was addressed to
Colonel James L. Dalton II, of an
infantry regiment that landed on
Luzon, apparently on "D-day." It
was a message of congratulation
to a fighting regiment. Colonel
Dalton heeded General MacAr-
.iter
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thur's request that the regiment
be told their commander-in-chief
was Dleased with their berform-
ance. Printed forms were prepared
for distribution to the entire regi
ment, and Colonel Dalton added
this note, referring to MacAr-
thur's "well done" message.
. VThis commendation c o me s
from a ereat soldier to each of
you for your courape and strength
In this hard fight. Our regiment
has done well," and will always
do well. - ' :
Sgt. Perry has sent his "souv
enir" to his mother. : ' ' ' "
" The two Bend sergeants have
been together since they sailed
for the South Pacific, to battle the
Japs on New Guinea. In the Philip
you've turned
to the waste paper drive
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pines they saw aciion not only in
the landings operations', but with
the 25th division on northern Lu--zon.
News that the 25th division
was in action was recently carried
in press dispatches.
Souvenirs sent home also In
clude a pamphlet addressed to
Filipino patriots and dropped on
Luzon prior to the invasion. Japa
nese invasion money was sent to
his mother by Sgt. Perry.
Both sergeants attended Bend
high school. . ,.
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DRUNK ARRESTS MADE
Said by arresting officers to
have been intoxicated on Bond
street shortly after midnight, Har
old NWers, 22, a millworker of
1490 Newport avenue, and Theo
dore Negus, 41, of 812 Delaware
avenue, were jailed and face ar
raignment In municipal court this
evening. - . .
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