Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946, September 14, 1944, Image 6

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    SEWING CIRCLE NEEMÆWORK
Shopping Bag of Crochet Cotton
CLASSIFIED
departm ent
RABBIT SKINS
P O U L T R Y . Hide», Wool. Good W h IU
f r ie r tarn« rab b it aklna <0« to $1 00
a lb
Sh ip or ask Pr,£ * i . 1 B u b I *
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ro n .___________
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RABBIT SKINS WANTED
It
to 40 cento
( F r y e r ! skins.
crs »1
Dos.
I.nce. W s r r sn.
Ea. Paid fo r W h lta
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P r P*'
Sh ip to B. B.
Oregon._________ _
help wanted
W aitresses JS0.00 m onth and m a in -
r .n a n ’e^ cooks h e lp e rs »S0.00 m onth
and m aintenance; 8 hour day. At
te n d a n u l»S 00 to »119.00 m onth and
m aintenance
W e s te rn S ta te Mos
GOD IS MY
CO-PILOT
C o l. R o b e r t L .S c o ff
Hr
WNU RELEASE
To obtain com plete crochetln« dire«-
lion* for the Strln« M arketing Ila « (P a t-
tern No. 549«) »end 19 cent» In coin, your
name, address and the pattern num ber.
Due to an unuwually la m e dem and and
current w ar conditions. sllxhtly mure tint«
l l required In nillnB ordera for a faw of
the moat popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
■EWING CIBCLB NKKDI.KWORK
149 Naw Muntfomery Bt.
San Pranctaco, Calif.
Enclose 19 cents (plus one cent to
cover cost of m alUn«) for P attern
The partnership began. He taught
But I had reckoned without the
N o..
old preacher, who had me arrested me some fundamentals, like taxying
N am e—
for disturbing the noisy peace. When faster and faster until the ship was
I got out of jail, more embarrassed almost ready to take off. I went to
Address-
, than anything else. 1 swore ven­ Chandler Field in Atlanta and took
geance on the Holy Rollers and the several lessons with the Instructors
old preacher. Early one morning there in Engles and Jennys, until
while delivering papers I took a ra ­ one day I trusted myself to take
zor blade and cut off fifty feet of off from the racetrack of my home­
canvas from the side wall of the town fairgrounds. I still don't see
converted circus tent—took it away how. I got by with the flight, be­
cause I knew nothing about co­
and hid it in the woods.
I had no use for the purloined ordination of controls or the tech­
canvas, and to excuse myself from nique of flying—though no one
Common sandpaper is good to
a nagging conscience I tried to for­ seemed to know much about them in
use in cleaning suede purse«,
those
days.
But
the
ship
was
a
get it. But every morning I saw
shoes or Jackets. It remove» th«
the jagged hole that I had made pretty safe old crate, the wing skids
dirt and freshens the fabric.
saved
me
from
digging
a
wingtip
in
for vengeance. Later on I decided
to build a glider, and for wing­ on the forthcoming ground-loops,
In grinding an ax on a motor-
covering the canvas was ideal. and I got away with murder.
driven emery wheel or grindstone,
Then, with the cloth stretched over
All of this ended very suddenly.
keep the fingers on the ax-head
the ribs of the airfoils and varnished The street-car conductor instructor
to test its temperature. If the
for tightening, even with American ‘ of mine came back to land one
metal gets uncomfortably hot in
insignia painted on the fuselage, I night and hooked the Jenny’s right
the hand, stop grinding to keep
found myself ready to fly. Two of | wing on the guy-wire of a smoke­
th » n x f r o m Iosina its temper.
my friends helped me pull it to I stack. That was the last of him and
the roof of a high colonial home in the last of my Jenny, because they I JNBLEACHED string, house-
Next time the cream won’t whip
Macon, and with them steadying both burned.
hold twine, crochet cotton will try this: add the white ol on egg
the wings I ran down the sloping
make this lft-inch folding bag.
roof and flew out into space. Now
As the years went on I moved up ; Take it to market in your purse. to the cream , chill and try again.
in those days I knew nothing of in the Boy Scouts until at seventeen, It’s strong enough to hold a raft of
To save fuel, always measure
"main-spars,” “center sections,” or in 1925, I was one of the highest in groceries.
the water before heating rather
"wing-loading.” With a crack like the country, and had more merit
than heating a kettle full of wuter
the closing of the Jail door, the wing badges than any other Scout in the
then measuring out what is
buckled in the center and I crashed South. With all of them, however, 1
needed. Don’t forget it’« patriotic
Greatest Ballyhoo
sixty-seven feet to the ground. The my schooling had suffered, for to _
to conserve everything, including
Cherokee rose bush—that sacred me flying and athletics came before
State flower of Georgia into which I books and such. I sometimes think i The greatest build-up ever given fuel I
—•—
fell—probably saved my life, but the only way I ever completed high a movie actress before she ap­
For crisp bacon that is juicy
the thorns stayed with me for • school was for my patient mother peared on the screen was the
within, dust lightly on both sides
long time.
and father to promise to let me ballyhoo about Jane Russell.
After my father had pulled me work my way to Europe on freight- > Between November, 1940, and with flour before frying slowly.
from the wreckage—more scared ers in the summer only when I February, 1943, during the produc­
than hurt—I was ordered to tear could pass studies like Spanish and tion of her first and only picture,
A half teaspoon of oil of pepper­
the glider apart. I did, but saved English. I don't think, though, that The Outlaw, the lady was pub­ mint added to the filling for choco­
the ill-fated canvas for other plans. my parents knew I had resolved to licized by some 65 magazine arti­ late pie gives a new and different
Later on it was used to cover the go to West Point. For after talking cles and 50,000 photographs.
flavor.
barrel-stave ribs of a home-made to men in the Air Corps I had d is-'
canoe which was intended to trans­ covered that if a boy went to the
port me down the Ocmulgee River Training center at Brooks Field,
to the sea, some twelve hundred near San Antonio, as a Flying Ca­
miles away as the winding river det, his future was rather indeflnit..
ran. I had made about six hun­ The Government would train you to
dred miles of the trip when the sail­ fly. give you the best course in the
ing canoe caught on a snag and , world. Then they would order you
F 000 00 E. C. Strah m . A r lin g to n , Ore­
the current rolled us to the muddy ; to active duty as a Reserve Officer
gon
bottom, tangled in the rope rigging for about a year. After that, due
AUTHOR'S NOTE
D I N T Y ’S A U T O C A M P — T w o acres, 14
of the sail. In the seconds that fol­ to economy programs, it might all
cabins, th ree houses: shade, law n,
deep w ell, good w a te r system , gas
My decision for the title of this lowed I nearly drowned—I saw my be over.
In cabins. Established 19 years. Age
whole misspent life parade before
reason fo r s e llin g. 320.000: term s, book was probably made back there
Wanting to fly for the rest of my
▼ lrgll W ln terrow d , 1414 8. F ir st,
my eyes. Finally the rope broke life, I had charted my course. I
in
Kunming
one
afternoon
as
the
Y a k im a . W ash.
and I swam ashore; but I had al­ resolved to go to the Military Acad­
N o t being able to h ire com petent help doctor dug those five rivet heads
I have decided to sell m y business from my back. They had been driv­ ready decided to leave the sacred
emy and become a regular army
con sistin g of Stock o f general m er­ en in when a Jap explosive bullet canvas, seasoning forever, at the
officer first; then to be ordered to
chandise, F ix tu re s . B u i l d i n g and ,
bottom of the Ocmulgee River.
L o c k e r box p la n t. 107 boxes located I i hit the armor plate behind my seat.
the Air Corps Training Center as a
In prosperous w heat section. I . M. To keep my mind off the pain the
Once
again
my
mind
turned
to
fly­
student officer. After completing the
M a y fie ld , M a n s fie ld . W ash.
big Cantonese intern of Doctor Man- ing. I confined my aircraft con­ flying course, I would have a life­
F A N C Y E n glish Cavies fo r fo u n d a­ get’s kept talking to me. He seemed
struction to scale models, and final­ time in front of me as a pilot in the
tion breeding stock a t reduced prices.
400 la rg e sows o f breeding age; also to find it hard to believe that I flew ly made a flying one which won the
Regular Army.
w eaning age pigs B a r r y O. Covey, the little fighter alone — that I first Boy Scout Aviation merit badge ,
The greatest fight I had was to
B t . 2, C le E ln m , W ash in g to n .
dropped the bombs—fired the six in that part of the country. I re- : get into the Military Academy, for
R E G IS T E R E D G uernsey b ull calves machine guns — changed the fuel member
when General Mitchell ; appointments were scarce in th e !
fro m cows w ith o ffic ia l records.
(Billy Mitchell) led a flight of fast­ South. I wrote all the Senators and
W r ite
fo r sales le a fle t.
M idd ale tanks — navigated and landed the
D a iry . P a c
H ig h w a y , B ld g s fle ld , fighter.
Finally, with disbelief in looking MB-3’s through the home Congressmen In Georgia, but found
W a sh in g to n .
his eyes, he looked at me and said, town. I crawled into one of the ! they had promised their quotas long
A G E pauses us to sell our re s ta u ra n t “Colonel, you are up there all alone
baggage compartments in hopes that . before. All such refusals merely
and tr a ile r p ark on h ig h w a y 99
between Tacom a and F o r t Lew is —even talk over the radio when you I would be flown on to Florida in i made me more determined to win
W r ite B . A. D e rb y sh ire, B t. 10, Box shoot the guns?” As I waited for this dawn-to-dusk flight.
But the i the opportunity. I wrote not only
943, T acom a, W a sh in g to n .
Neither can we.
him to go on with another question, mechanics found me. and I missed my own State political leaders but
I heard the old doctor say, “No, making the pursuit ship any tail- those of other States. Finally, the'
SPECIAL
If we could, we’d be able to tell you when you
son—you’re not up there alone—not heavier than it normally was.
Congressman of my Georgia dis-,
can have the CLARION radio you want.
It
was
far
back,
when
I
was
four
with all the things you come
DENTAL PÏATES
trict—at the earnest plea of home-'
or
five,
that
I
had
seen
my
first
air­
through.
You
have
the
greatest
co­
A H D ALL ■ R A N C H E S OS
town friends who knew of my Boy
But we can tell you this much:
pilot in the world even if there is plane. A pilot by the name of Ely | Scout record—gave me second alter­
DENTISTRY on
It will be very soon after we finish our job for
just room for one in that fighter spun in and was killed, and my i nate. This proved of little value;
CREDIT TERMS
horrified mother dragged me from the principal won out by merely
Toh« 5 ,1 0 , IS M onths to Roy
ship—no, you’re not alone.”
Uncle Sam.
I believe when this war is over the scene. It most certainly should presenting his high-school credits
D r . H arry S emler , D&rti&t
that we will be closer to God than have been an ill omen for my fly­ and passing the physical examina­
When civilian production is resumed, your
ALJSKY BLOC.' 3 m & MORHISOH • PORTLAND. ORE
at any time in the past. I believe ing future. However, I know that it tion. The next year I was given
CLARION dealer will be able to show you a
whetted my appetite to fly. I liked a first alternate from a Senator but
S O N G P O E M S W A N T E D ! You send this because I have seen instances
anything that flew and freed one again the principal won.
th e w ords. I ’ll compose th e music of real faith on all fronts. Take for
superb line o f table models, table combinations,
F re e e x a m in a tio n . E lio t W r ig h t, Box
instance: Just the other day a song from the earth, but most of all I
8861-T , P o rtla n d , Ore.
Hope
of
entering
the
Academy
console combinations, battery sets, portables,
came out, “Coming in on a Wing prayed that destiny would make me '
seemed
to
wane,
for
I
was
approach­
and a Prayer." That could have a pilot of the fast, little single-seat­ ing maximum age limit for appli­
and chair-sides.
Hospital Helps
There are a number of easy-to- been conceived as a title or as the ers—a fighter pilot.
cants.
The
same
year
I
tried
a
Whether it be your next radio or your first
lmprovise hospital helps that will theme of the song only by some real
competitive examination with th«
In
1921
I
read
of
an
auction
sale
event.
A
ship
landed
with
an
en­
radio, make sure it is a CLARION.
make the task of the home nurse
National Guard, but failed the alge­
easier and give the patient added gine shot away—the fuselage gutted of war-time Jennys in Americus, bra subject. This failure at least
comfort. The average bed in the by fire and the plane riddled with Georgia. Gathering the largest for­ proved to me that though my studies
home is so low that it is difficult to bullets. One of the war correspond­ tune that I could collect, I drove in high school may have been
care for a patient. It can be raised ents hurried out to the wounded pi­ my cut-down Model-T racing Ford to passed, I had learned very little.
to a comfortable height through the lot and asked, “How in the world did buy myself a real plane. As the auc­ My stock in myself was at a low
The tioneer’s hammer hit the block for
use of solid hardwood blocks about you bring this ship in . .
ebb, there in 1926, when the high­
10 to 12 inches in height and from pilot shook his head, smiled and re­ the first time that morning I opened school principal did me the greatest
with
my
maximum
bid—Seventy-
6 to 8 inches square. Bore holes in plied, “I don’t know—ask the Man
five dollars! The auctioneer did look favor in the world by his remark:
the blocks to a depth of at least upstairs.”
my way, but the look was merely a “ Well, you really didn’t expect to
We
who
fly
are
going
to
get
to
two inches and a little larger in di­
go to West Point, did you?” And
ameter than the leg of the bed. Re­ know that Great Flying Boss in the frown. Far in the back of the the smile that accompanied the slur
hangar
a
heavy
voice
called,
“Six
sky
better
and
better.
My
personal
move the casters and place a block
ambition is that He permit me to hundred dollars.” And to this fat made me swear that by all that was
W A R W IC K M A N U F A C T U R IN G C O R P O R A T IO N
under each leg of the bed.
go again into combat against the man the Jennys went, one by one. high and holy I would get there.
4 6 4 0 W e s t H a r r i s o n S t r e e t , C h ic a g o 4 4 , Illin o is
The things that followed were
Jap or the Hun; that He help me I must have bid over a hundred
Used In War
chronologically peculiar for any boy.
times
before
the
morning
had
gone
just
a
little
to
shoot
down
a
hun­
Dogs have been used in many
I’ll bet I’m one of the few in this
military engagements, and in World dred Jap ships—even a thousand. —the sale had stopped for lur.ch world who was graduated from high
and
had
been
resumed.
Then
I
hope
He
lets
me
come
back
War I both the Germans and the
That afternoon I kept bidding, and school, attended two colleges, and
French had units for the purpose of to tell another story. I’m going to
as
I said “Seventy-five dollars” for then returned to high school to real­
name
that
one—the
sequel
to
this
message-bearing, locating of wound­
about
my hundredth time, I heard ly get the foundation I had missed.
one—GOD
IS
STILL
MY
CO-PILOT.
ed and scouting work. Until the
heavy breathing over my right I know I had at last learned that
R. L. S.
present war, however, American
shoulder. I turned to look at the what one of the old professors said
military and naval units merely
man who had been overbidding me, was right: “Not tor school, but for
CHAPTER I
made mascots of dogs—many of
and the deep voice said, “Now lis­ life, we learn.”
whom won immortality and world­
Returning to my old high school,
Even the angels in heaven must ten, son, I’m going to let you have
wide publicity. The procession ol
I
chose my own courses and sub­
this
one
for
your
seventy-five
dol­
have
shrugged
their
wings
after
the
“Jiggs” mascots in the marine
jected
myself to several periods of
lars.
Get
it
and
get
the
hell
out
of
few
seconds
of
my
first
flight.
For
corps made the underslung-jawed
mathematics,
history, and English
here,
because
I’m
buying
all
the
back
home
in
Macon,
Georgia,
in
English bulldog almost a trademark
every day. The professors, who re­
rest
for
an
airline.”
Anyway
I
had
1920,
I
must
have
been,
even
at
age
for the Leathernecks.
twelve, the “vandal” type. There I a real plane, all crated up. I hauled membered me as seldom opening a
climbed the steeple of the Baptist it home on a truck, hid it in Br­ book, glanced at one another as
Go Astray
Just about 95 out of every 100 pa Church, and from the belfry took other boy’s garage so my parents though they thought they had a psy­
tients who, up to January 31, 1944 twelve whitish pigeons, carried them couldn’t find out about it, and be­ chopathic case on their hands. But
I acquired some of the knowledge I
had been admitted to the venerea) to a tent-meeting of Holy Rollers, gan trying to assemble the parts.
had
missed, and the next summer—
For
days
and
weeks
I
worked,
and
at
the
tense
moment
of
fanatic
disease Rapid Treatment centers op
June,
1927—1 went to Fort McPher­
but
couldn’t
get
the
knack
of
it.
Fi­
prayer
released
them.
I
can
re­
erated under the direction of the U
ASK MOTHER, SHE KNOWS
S. Public Health service, have been member nearly splitting my sides nally I received a letter from a son and enlisted in the Regular
Army
as
a
private.
There
I
be­
street-car
conductor
who
said
he
laughing
at
what
happened—the
girls. Slightly more than one-thirc
of these patients (34.1 per cent) have darkies were rolling on the sawdust had been a pilot in the war. He of­ came Private Scott, Serial Number
been between the ages of 15 and 19 floor. They were rolling their eyes fered to help me put the Jenny to­ 6355544, in Company " F ” of the
making this the second largest ag< and yelling, “Gideon, Gideon—hal­ gether, and teach me to fly and 22nd Infantry. Three months later,
group of patients. Ages 20 to 2/ leluiah—glory, glory!” I suppose the navigate, if I would give him use of after a preliminary examination, I
training in the Fourth Corp«
form the largest group—37.3 pet pigeons really did look like doves the plane for "barnstorming” over began
Area—West Point Prep School.
the
State
on
week-end«.
if
peace.
cent.
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D )
FO RM ORD
The author, Col. Robert I.. Scott Jr.,
served under my command from July
p lta l. Tort S te lle co o m . W a sM n c to “ 1, 1942, Io January 9, 194J, as com­
W A N T E l» — B la c k b e rry p ickers to live mander of my fighter fore«. The only
' o n fa rm . Cabins w ith llk h ta . dou bH
criticism of his actions as group com­
bunks, wood atovea, and w a te r fu r
mander MRS that he consistently sched­
nlshed Seaaon fro m
J
15. F in e fie ld s and p r e sa tlln ,. « a j .e s uled himself as a pilot on all possible
paid. W rite C. A. B y o n , »01 Sum ner missions. He led all types of combat
A v tn n L S u m n T . W o n .
missions but specialized in the most
dangerous, such ui long-range flights Io
FOR SALE
b e a u tifu l ffcwn G re a t Oans fe ­ strafe from minimum altitude Jap air­
m ales
fin e s t pedigreed cham pion dromes, motor vehicles, and shipping
parents, res- O n” has p o in t. In show deep in enemy territory. It it*» often
rin k
N e ith e r has yet been bred. necessary for me to forbid bis partici­
M v kennels overatocked '" e s s h ^ fo r
fle a fo r $200 and $150 cash Tor pation in combat missions in order to
each Also one golden bhlndle fem a le enable him to discharge the many other
G re a t Dane puppy th ree m ° n tb ? duties of a group commander.
old. same parents.
e«h !
atan dln k. rare b arg a in a t $150 cash , His story is a record of persistence,
i f sold a t once. E x c e p tio n a l com ­ determination, and courage from early
panion guard-dogs fo r c h ild re n or boyhood. Having determined early in
adu lts. E x c e lle n t brood m a tro n s fo r
breeders
Ship an > w her » e x p £ as life that he had to fly, he overcame all
collect. M rs . M a r g a r e t P . M cP h e e t- obstacles in the toay Io the attainment
ix e . P . O. B o» $351. T reano , C a lif. of his ambition. This story alone should
P O U L T R Y & D A IR Y F A R M . SO acres be an inspiration Io every American
of which 35 under c u ltiv a tio n . M od­ boy. Having become a military pilot,
ern house, fin e barn and very fin e bis determined struggle Io meet the en­
hen house fo r 2,000 birds. Best
w a te r ayatem and s m a ll creek in emy and his glorious record first, as a
pasture. F u lly stocked and *<D»'PPfd , “One Man Air Force," and latlr, as com­
S m a ll
fa m ily
o rchard
and
nice mander of the American Fighters in
flo ra ls . L ig h ts , phone and school China, should be an inspiration to all
bus. 5 m iles fro m W in lo c k In one
o f best sm all fa rm centers o f the Americans of all ages.
state. N et e a rn in g fo r last y e a r
Colonel Scott's group of fighters al­
more than $6,000. P riced a t 3 19.500. ways operated against greatly superior
W r ite fo r d etails to V . O. M a rk in a ,
numbers of the enemy. Often the odds
W in lo c k . W ash in g to n .
were five to one against them. Their
N U T S i>ay o ff e v e ry y e a r ’. And you planes and equipment were usually bat­
have a ll w in te r to p la y . 200 acres.
Inc). 65 o f 18 yr. w a ln u ts In te r-s e t tered by hard usage and supplies were
w ith prunes, 25 A.
35 y r. s o ft- extremely limited. Both Scott and his
shells. 40 acres cleared land, f i n e handful of pilots had one resource in
w a te r svstem . good b u ild in g s 3 -9 .-
000 or 22.000 w ith o u t cro p.D an B a r - unlimited quantities—courage.They also
m on. l r o t t r, M ew barg, O regon. possessed initiative and a never-failing
M a n y others listed.
desire to destroy the enemy. They leorr
160 ACRES, w oven w ire fe n c e. 7 m ile s themselves out doing the work of ten
fro m Bend. 113 acres w a te r. 91 In times their number. They demonstrat­
c u ltiv a tio n Good o u tb ld g s , and m a­
ch in e ry 6-rm . house, lig h ts , w a te r, ed time and again that American pilots
phone: near school, d a ily m a ll. W ith and planes are superior to the Japs.
equipm ent $13.000 00. w ith o u t 310,- The results which they achieved prove
000. P red C a rte r. M onta 1, Box 324.
indisputably that the enemy ran be de­
Bend, Oregon.
stroyed or driven from China if ade­
T O U R IS T cou rt, 21 u n its; nice m odern quate equipment and supplies are
homo, grocery store, g en eral h a rd ­
w a re store, gro cery store, service made available. The offensive spirit
s ta tio n , fo u r pum ps. C ity sew er and displayed bv Scott and his early pilots
w ater. On fiv e acres. On h ig h w a y lives on in the men who replaced them.
30 Ben A apey. P.O . B o x 324, T w in They impatiently auait the weapons
P a lls , Idaho.
needed to drive on into the heart of
450 A C R E S . 1 m ile fro m A rlin g to n . Japan and to final victory.
200 tilla b le , rest n a tiv e grass. 50 A.
s u m m e rfa llo w . 18 cows. B u ll. G rade
C. L. CHENN.4ULT.
A d a iry , equipm ent, w a te r under
Major
General. A. V. S-,
ressure, 7 room house. E le c tric ity ,
Commanding, 14th Air Force.
ncome 37000.00 year.
P ric e 312.-
OUSEHOLD
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