KEY MAN IN NAVY UPROAR
Capt . Crommelin Rated Tops
As Flyer; Skipper of Carriers
' Bjr RUTH COWAN
Washington, Oct. ( What manner of man if Capt. John
G. Crommelin, Jr.?
In appearance, the key man in the current uproar about navy
morale is slim, and two inches short of six feet. He weighs 170
pounds. He has a quick, rangy stride.
He nas sanay olona hair, and
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lined face indicates his inner
tenseness.
Last Sunday he was 47 years
old. He was born in Montgomery
Ala.
He had a distinguished war
record. And very shortly he was
due to be considered for pro
motion to Rear Admiral.
His friends say he has the ten
acity of a bulldog. He is posi
tive in his convictions.
As a pilot he is rated "Top."
Rear Adm. Austin K. Doyle,
'head of the naval air training
program, described him as "one
of the greatest naval aviators of
all time."
His 1923 class yearbook at the
naval academy described him as
"carrying a mean wallop" in his
fist. He was introduced as "a
typical southern gentleman, fond
of dogs, little children and pretty
women."
The young ensign was keenly
interested in aviation. But first
the navy required he spend two
years on sea duty. This done, he
went to the naval air station at
Pensacola, Fla.
From the time he finished his
training in 1926 until the out
break of the war he had a van
ity of aviation assignments that
gave him extensive training.
When war came, he was on
duty in Washington. In June,
1942, he was assigned to the
carrier Enterprise.
While Crommelin served with
the "Big E," it participated in
the occupation of Guadalcanal
and in the battles of the Stewart
Islands, the Solomon Islands, and
the Rennel Islands.
He was commended lor es
pecially meritorious performance
of duty under fire." His "calm
courage" was noted, as well as
the skillful aggressiveness and
fighting spirit he was credited
with installing in the pilots he
led.
He was aboard the Liscombe
Bay when she was torpedoed and
sunk in the Gilbert Islands.
In recent weeks there has been
an outcropping of "Letters to
Editors" about Crommelin. One
of these came from a former en
listed man who told of Crom
melin's courage when the Lis
combe Bay was sunk.
He wrote, after Crommelin,
cue craft he quite calmly dis
cussed whether it was worth
while for him to hang on.
After the war, Crommelin had
more Washington duty and then,
when the new aircraft carrier
Saipan was ready to go to sea,
he was named her first skipper.
A couple of more assignments
and then, last April, he was at
tached to the joint chief of staff,
this country's military high
command. Then he publicly
charged that the navy's offensive
is "being nibbled to death" and
its morale destroyed.
He said he realized he likely
was tossing away his navy ca
reer, but did in the hope that
congress would investigate.
He and Mrs. Crommelin, the
former Lillian E. Landis of San
Diego. Calif., have three child
ren. The family calls Wetumpka,
Ala., home.
He is one of five brothers, all
graduates of the naval academy.
Alt but one trained as pilots.
Two were killed in the last war.
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(ALASKA TO MAINE
J Steel Engineer to Cross
Continent With Husky Teem
Capita! Journal, Satan, Ore., Monday, October 1ft, 1919 It
Seattle, Oct. 10 A New England steel engineer, who pians
a 5000-mile cross-continent trek from Fairbanks. Alaska, to
Lewiston, Me., with a team of Siberian huskies arrived here!
today en route to his Jumping off point.
Cecil A. Moore said that he would leave Fairbanks October 15 jail churches
Czechs to Seize
Control of Churches
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct.;
The Prague press says the
state will take over control of
in Czechoslovakia
Editor-in-Chief
For Scripps Dies
Washington. Oct. 10 U,
George B. Parker, 83, editor-in-
chief of the Scripps-Howard
newspapers, died today at em
ergency hospital.
Parker was stricken last Wed
nesday. Death resulted from an In
ternal hemorrhage.
Parker's son, George D., Jr.,
and his daughter, Mary, were
at the bedside when death came.
Parker, a newspaper man for
40 years, was a famed editorial
writer. In 1938, he was award
ed a Pulitzer prize for distin
guished editorial writing.
Most of his career as a news
paperman was with the Scripps-
Howard organization in Okla
homa City, Houston, Tex.,
Cleveland, New York City and
Washington.
A native of Ithaca, Mich., he
was graduated from the Uni
versity of Oklahoma in 1908.
In 1924, Parker was named
general editorial executive of
the Scripps-Howard newspapers.
Departs for Japan Felipe D' Aquino (right), husband of
convicted trator, Mrs. Iva Toguri D' Aquino (Tokyo Rose),
boards the S. S. Trade Winds in San Francisco to return to
Japan to renew his travel visa. His wife was convicted of trea
son and sentenced to ten years imprisonment and a $10,000
fine. Along to see him off are Mrs. D' Aquino's mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. Jan Toguri. Acme Telephoto)
78-Year-Old Still
Climbs Mountains
Los Angeles UP) Thomas E.
Clarke, 78, has climbed Mt.
Whitney for the 13th time.
What's more, the 8-foot, 160
pound Hemet, Calif., man scram
bled to the top of the nation's
highest peak, 14,496 feet, only
five and a half hours after
leaving the 10,000 foot level,
Clark made his latest ascent
with a friend. "When we rolled
out of our sleeping bags," he
said, "frost and ice were on the
ground." He said one inexpert
enced hiker collapsed near him
on the trail and had to be car.
ried down. For 30 years an in
spector of public works in Los
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Angeles, Clarke has been an en
thusiastic alpinist for as long as
he can remember. "In my
younger days I would even quit
good job to go off into the
mountains," he said.
His only complaint about his
last jaunt was the heavy traffic
on the trait and the discourtesy
of some cumbers, whom he com
pared to Sunday drivers. "I
was knocked down several
times," he said, "and I don't get
up so quick as I used to."
"Saved my
Life
A CotJ-iend for GAS-HEARTBURN"
H IiM) firm om.irh arid raiM painful, tuflocrt
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BELL-ANS for Acid Indigestion 25 e
and planned on arriving aw-
Lewiston 120 days later.
He said he has arranged for
food to be dropped by plane
along the route and that he
would be in touch with civiliza
tion by two-way radio.
"My route calls for use of the
old winter trail which means
that the first town 1 will reach
after leaving Fairbanks will be
Dawson Creek, B. C, 1,500 miles
from the starting point," Moore
said.
He said he expected snow
along the entire route, but was
taking along a set of wheels
to attach to his sled for riding
through towns and villages along
the way.
During World War II, Moore
was a member of a corps of
steelworkers and construction
engineers who erected a network
of radar warning towers along
the Kamchatka peninsula.
The rugged trip is sponsored
by Cecil A. Moore fund for under-privileged
children under
the auspices of the Auburn-
Lewiston clubs of Maine.
Proceeds for the sale of auto
graphed stamp cachets from 25
selected United States and Cana
dian stopovers will be used for
the establishment of a Maine
summer camp for needy children.
and Mrs. James Cooper
Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Purvine and Mrs. George Pur
vine of Parker, Mrs. W. B.
Kanne, Mrs. Belle Kerns, Mrs,
Richard Alderson, Mrs. E. F,
ion ivovemoer i under tne com-
of ,munist government's church con
trol bill.
The newspaper Svobodne SIo
vo said the bill which has been
bitterly opposed by the Roman
Catholic, becomes law that
Black, Mrs. Frank Fisher and day. It applies to all denomin-
Mrs. Carrie Smiley. fations.
Mrs. Gwynn Honored
Independence Several
friends and relatives surprised
Mrs. Lillie Gywnn at her home
The occasion was her birthday.
After visiting and opening gifts
refreshments were served to Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Wyant and Mr.
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