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CLASSIFIED GOD IS MY CO-PILOT DEPARTM ENT RABBITS & SKINS V A N T L ive R abb it« 4 l o l l h a . w h i l e 2<C, colored 22c. old ones 10c. W a n t Itab b lt «kina, p o u ltry, veal. Kuby k Co., 935 I . W F ro e t, P o rtla n d . Orogon. C o l. RABBITS '• A N T E D 4 to 4 .||. live ra h b lta , lop prices Sherwood's, M 771« k n lth , ■pokana, W a a h in ffto n Q ian. 8535. HELP W A N T E D F 1O 1 are in te re s te d in a p erm anent poat w a r p osition a s a F in e A rts o p ra lo r such as- e m b ro idery, chen ille. Bone«« and fe lt e m b le m *, here ia y o u r o p p o rtu n ity . E x c e lle n t pay w h ile ,w‘ rn ln K 40 hrs., & days per » « . L ig h t w ork In m odern fa c to ry In d ow nto w n d is tric t. M u s t b«j IS I tow Ä Ä Avenus, ¿ ~ W . B’ w ~ : h ° % 1’ h8 L .S c o ff The alory Uiua fa r: Robert Scott Is (radu ated from West Point a t a second lieutenant, and after winning bl* wings at Kelly Field lakea up pursuit ly in g . When Ibe w ar breaks out ke Is an Instructor In California and told he Is too old for com b ai flylnr He appeals Io one General aft er another for a chance to By a rom bai plane and finally Ike opportunity comes He says goodby to his wife and child and flies a four-motor bomber Io India, where be becomes a ferry pilot, tying supplies to Burm a. After Burm a falls he visits General Chennault and tells him his story. Chenn.iult promises that the flrsl »••49 to a rrive from Africa will be his. Scoli soon ____________________________ gets a Kittyhaw k and flies the skies H * «e«, k l. «rs. Jap. r e f req. ----- M A N IV A N T E D — S E L L In yo u r home C H A P T E R X II county. O ld successful com pany ‘-argo line spices, e x tra c ts , stock anil o th e r fa rm products Goods A fter following the Salween to the supplied on cred it. O u r fre e s ift opens every door to you W r ite South until I could see Lashio, I today. T he L a u ra Co.. Box 175. turned West for the field and came D e F e re . ’ F a. -------------- in right on the treetops, strafing the .IG H T fa c to ry essential , n . ! a n t i' a ir C r a ft Kuns in tw 0 Passes O n d u s try Exiierien ce unnecessary. 5- tbe second run across the field I felt o X o'n'eUSb «H h7f’ r d e X T ’ ^r,'. ?nd? eard bullets Hitting my ship, A m e r i c a n CBAC- but didn't see their origin until near- "i.v in ner.«,,n ” Authorized .B w ."A 1SL»i4.61 wi'.'wu&n re fe rra l required. GOOD E L E C T R IC IA N to ,o° ,ate Down close ‘° the West end of the field, almost under the w o r t ” nn • ? * * ’ " J a PaneSe « ro u nd SO,‘ They » e re grouped into two squares like the old Macedonian pha- lanJt' 3nd W6re flrin< rifles at me 1 ing houses. R eference req uired, f . turned m y guns on them and could » o x 72. E n n m c la w , W ash.______ see the fifty-calibre fire taking good C O M P E T E N T R A D IO re p a ir m an to : *° li from the Jap ranks. But even salary T h ir ty to f o r ty .f iv e years o f p re fe rre d M ust have had con- w o rk “and esieeiaB y* a ir in g oZdweTl- d le r s - per- demonstration of perfect battle dis- m anent. parents w o rk in g , care sm all Cipline. L ater on one of the AVG child M a te wages expected. B ox sees u:n to . ld u m e 0181 ». . . he h ad 181, F o r t G am ble, W a s h in g to n . ,C 6 S ' T e x of the squares of about a hundred men and there were only two or three on their feet, those few still were shooting at him when he left the field. FO R SA L l CALIFORNIA DEEDED LANDS Leaving Lashio. I went to Katha looking for a Jap train on the ra il way, but succeeded only in gather ing a little more ground-fire. From . there I went back North to Bhamo. and seeing no barges, continued on t n 1 f t ions, send $5 m oney o rd er to to M yitkyina, keeping very close to c ^ V V o a t ^ a . ^ ^ i ’ k. £ - rfa « Irraw addy. and M illio n Acres C a lifo rn ia S ta te Deeded J-ands now a v a ila b le fo r s e ttle m e n t; fro m 25c to $1.50 per acre. State wide; tim b er, g razing , a g r ic u ltu r a l: cou ntry and c ity locations. H om e seekers w anted, not speculators For prices. m a p s / f i i V n ^ T l a i i k s ^ n i r V r i k I C a lifo rn ia . C H O IC E wheat ranch o f 1300 acres 12 m iles fro m L ew iston . Id a h o ; 1165 ?a"e’,w ^ a t 'Uh i f f t 'cOrop pur" chaser; cat. combine, and a ll o th er equipm ent included; also so head w ith bath. CfurnaceK and X c ’t r k d t y l m o stly a ll hog tig h t w ith s p rin g and _4% in te re s t W r ite F re d d . W o oster, 415 M a ln S tre e t, L ew is to n , Idah o. v- m ----------------------- - strafed the gun positions of the ene- m y 00 fleld W ith 0 ,6 last of ammunition. When I landed I had alm ° S,‘ hUndred m iles' Whlc“ IS JUSt about the lim it for a fighter ship, especially since I had , t r a i e d at full throttle for several m in u te s . There were a few holes * T Ship' but mOstI> fabric oi the rudder and the flippers. The Japs couldn't learn to lead me enough; 1 «uesi they'd never hunted game birds, i r S A L E — F in e 40 acre fa rm 1 mile fro m Enum claw’, W a s h in g to n on . Paved h ig h w a y . C ity w ater, lig h ts . In less than an hour I took off elephone, and school bus. E x c e p - a ^ a i n a n d » w a s I a ~ u tionallv good b uildin es and good . f 31" 3 n d 013(16 a shorter trip to producing soil. I f interested price **’ ° ß a ung and Katha, searching o aJd r0etqhuterst,nf0rw !’,,li0nc o ^ ,.iebre Ä place or ■wish. house in ° ' Bob tow n In 8 *" •* trade. Enumcl»w- ------------------- — -------------------------------- A c ^ Oi5 m ^ S' ^ ' Ä . ' ~ at V X E cem ent block house w ith 2 a p a rt- m ents. 3 greenhouses 6500 feet, lo t h p n q T h a «500 fee t hot beds. T h i is is good enough to sell 27000.00 w o rth a year. Sale price »14.000.00. »6.000.00 irl 3 l)a v m ‘‘nts at S'T, .nt. F uch a G arden * B u rs e ry . 1856 C hestnut, C larkston , W ash in g to n . A fter 8etllng m ore fuel I went back and strafed M yitkyina. turned South, and caught a barge of enemy equipment riv frhabTa°t 7 ^ , \ didn't siok rlv e r boat, I put at least eight hun- dred rounds of am m unition in i t ___ a a •* and left it settling in the w ater and drifting slowly with the current. The crew either were killed or jumped into the river. And now. to close the big day, I B ! L L D O Z E R S . t r a c t o r s , winches, drum s graders, c a rry -a lls , com pres got in the a ir again and set m y sors, log gin g equipm ent, cem ent v i brato rs, fa llin g and bucking saws. courS6 f ° r the bridge on the Sal- U V O C 40nr» r.z-n«.,!., nr new * J- ,n6h - ds' 1 7nn p la te ; w een about twenty m iles West of tanks 400 to 1200 gal. h ea tin g unit« I had received a radio D avann y E q uip . Co., I l l s W . Wlck- Paoshan. <rson SL. S e a ttle , W a s h in g to n , phone report that the A VG under Tom A i d e : 383F b l e c t b ic h o t f l a t b s N O W A V A IE A L B E , o nly »12.95. N a tio n a lly ad v e rtis e d make. S lig h tly used D ouble b urner, sealed units t’ M i * v?®?!18 <:uaran teed s a tis fa c to ry. M a il orders p ro m p tly fille d Postage prepaid. Send check or monev o rder t„ S M IT H BRO S., 780 ■■ 19th S tre e t. Corv a llis , Oregon. FARM & GARDEN TRACTORS Jones. Bishop, and Tex H ill were dive-bombing the Japs who were constructing a pontoon bridge there. Reaching the rendezvous point, I couldn’t see a thing except some burning trucks that the A VG had strafed on the Jap side of the Sal ween; evidently I had got to the bat tle too late. I had turned South towards Lashio and was flying through a moderate rain when, down below on the B ur ma Road, I saw a troop column W A T E R V IL L E H o te l fo r Sale; 25 marching South, probably towards A t this point the Burm a root” ». 5 fu rn is h e d a p a rtm e n ts .’ dln- Chefang. Id ft» ^ T ' ^ 1?bby' k itc h *‘" a 'l com- Road is about eight thousand feet »17 b’J* |n'"’ " Brice t l i m s ' C c ¿ ° Wn bab’ "c<‘ *a a v above sea level, rising nearby to its ® w . c. " h t a g t E 5 ° ’ owner> W i t , r - ceiling, just over nine thousand feet. W a lk in g 4 rid in g models, no c e rtlfl- 5,a,^ or P rio rity reouired. Bd Short. • , r m _ ■ G arden T ra c to rs , 5881 1st A ve. g„ S e a ttle . W a sh. ? 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The troops below me were Japa nese soldiers, evidently retreating from the I mauling they had taken back there on the river, when the A VG had bombed them with five- hundred-pound bombs. I turned to the side, to watch them— they were in heavy rain, and from the stand point of their own safety they were in the worst possible place on the road. The Burm a Road was cut out of red Yunnan clay, and there were steep banks on both sides of the column— besides I don’t think they had heard me over the roar of the rain, and I know they hadn’t seen m y ship. I turned m y gun switches on and dove for the kill, sighting carefully through my lighted sight. M y trac ers struck the target dead center, for I had held m y fire until thè last moment. There was no need of doing this job at high speed, for if I m erely cruised I'd have longer to shoot at them and could also look out for the hills hidden in the rain •n d the clouds. This tim e there was no dust, but the red, muddy water went up like a geyser. The six Fifties seemed to cut the column to bits. As I passed over, I could see those who hadn't been hit trying desperat ly to craw l up the muddy bank to the safety of the trees and •lipping back. Turning very close to the hills, I came back over. Every now and then I d lose them, for the rain was heavy and it was dark in the clouds, Symbol of the Am erican Volun teer Group “ Flying Tigers“ which made aerial combat history over China and Burm a when the Japs were having their inning. The AVG was later inducted into the A rm y A ir Corps, with General Claire Chennault as commander. that these younger pilots knew a m illion times more about combat than I did. I'd corner some of these Flying Tigers and ask them ques tions, for I longed for the day when I'd get to fly on attacking missions with them. At first they were hard to know. The men they had met as represent ing our A rm y in China had been pretty harsh with these high-strung flyers, who after all had done the greatest job in the w ar against the enemy. In the beginning they were reluctant to answer my questions or tell me the secrets of their success in combat. They couldn't understand why a Colonel in the A rm y A ir Corps had to know anything. As George Paxton put it: Didn’t the Arm y know everything? “ Seems like to m e,” he said, “ every arm y officer we've seen out here knows all the answers." When he found out that I was se rious, and that my ambition was to get over there and fly with them and learn combat from them, so that in the end I might teach it to our younger pilots who would be coming out, he told me things that I would never have learned otherwise. “ F irs t,” he said, leading me off under the wing of one of the P-40's, “ first, the Old M an says, never turn with one of the Zeros. He says that's bad." A. 7 ? A General Quiz o- o- O O. O- O- o r»- O- O. o. o. •ClM ?»!•»«• ■rUkala. AH r». George's ship was seen to tra il smoke and dive straight down, from about fifteen thousand feet. Doctor Gentry said they watched the stride- en Forty and knew who It was by the number. As it disappeared be- hind the trees they m entally crossed the boy Paxton off their list of liv- tng men But George and the sturdy P-40 were not through. There was the surging scream of an Allison en gine's last boost, and the ship skimmed over the trees and made a belly landing on the soft part of the field Even then, considering the number of Japs who had been using George for target practice and the way the ship looked, with big holes in the tail, wings, and fuse lage, as they drove out for him Th the jeep they expected to find Just a body. ,h " 5" ,ry 2. W ho pu luted the renow n Sis- , 3 w !,\i i ' g t «» l i ^ “ ‘J 3 the n a ,n c of the k,,ob- ¿¡,111.7 ’* rance on the fro n t of u saddle? “ ll ' 4. 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LOOK FOA THl Ì CUA«ANTf f » HANOiOMe MiW MCKACt J 5. Spain. 6. A ugustine. 7. Asbestos. Instead, they found George Pax 8. A p re lim in a ry ton standing by the side of his ship, tre a ty . swearing and shaking his fist at (he sky. "----- ? NOW QUINTUPLETS r / i e Q ueationa ' ' ’r l.“ ‘ on o rtn , Y X “ d ra ft Doctor Gentry said he looked Into the cockpit. The instrument panel was just about shot away, the rud der pedals were partly shot to pieces, the arm or of the pilot's seat was badly bent—but Paxton was out there yelling: those little snakes Even his Texas boots were practi cally shot off. Two doctors picked rivets from George’s back a ll the afternoon, and Jap explosive p a rti cles from his feet, legs and hands. The worst injuries had been caused by the Japanese explosive bullets hitting the seat arm or and driving the rivets through Into George's back But for the arm or, those ex plosives would have been in Pax ton's back, instead of just the rivets. seen the same thing down in Thai- land; and tha‘ be'd strafed one »V. »V. f » - ’ 4 « f MF o ! ANOTHER ? h' b ü ' , : : Ä I still say can't shoot!" w a nted — R e lia b le housekeeper 1368-S F I, Los Angelas 53, C a lifo rn ia . s : X < v . (V . (V . I S . O . «V . (V . o » »V. « S . ( V . (V . O ; w N u n u tA S t »o dark that my tracers burned b ril liant to the ground and then rico cheted away into the a ir again, still burning. I think it was in my third pass, as the Japs seemed to be giv ing up the effort to clim b off the road, that I decided my ship would be called “Old Exterm inator. Their officers must have called double-time, for they spread out as much as they could and ran South on the road through the rain. I kept on cutting them to pieces until my amm unition was gone; 1 fired 1.890 rounds into those three or four hun dred Japanese, and I don't think more than a handful escaped. As the M ay days drifted into weeks, I made up little schemes to fool the Japs. Perhaps the schemes worked, perhaps they didn't—any- way they eased the disappointment of not getting letters from m y wife and little girl and from the other folks back home Ounng this month 1 went to China as much as possible to talk to m em bers of the AVG. Some of these pi lots 1 had taught to fly in the A rm y Schools back home. I had checked quite a few of them and 1 was old er. but I'm glad I realized then s i d e i a b l e X ^ r i e n - e ’‘ , » n r K h a K ,C° ? ’ a f t e r 1 h ad m a d e th re e rUnS ° n siaerapie experience* and be able to r „ a j fu rn is h re lia b le references. F. O. Ulem» 1 noted that they continued to Box 72. E n u m c la w . Washington. hold their positions, an excellent . , ~ ~ :-------------------- — “ ^ e r i^ ^ t^ d ^ ^ e J ^ e - C On May 17. I flew with the AVG on a mission from Kunming into Indo- China. Squadron Leader Bishop led the attack. I flew the wing position with R T. Smith, one of the aces of the Flying Tigers and one of the pilots I remembered checking dur ing his training days at Santa M a ria, California. We got off the Kunming fleld with our fighters and headed South over the lakes at twelve thousand feet. In a few minutes we passed Meng- tze and the clouds thinned out and the weather got pretty clear. We went just about over Laokay, on the Chinese-Indo-Chlna border. Then we followed the R iver Rouge through the very crooked gorge In the mountains, on South towards Ha- noi. ASK MOTHER, SHE KNOWS .7 CLABBER GIRL Preserve the American Way of Life By Buying United States War Bonds ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ A- Just about halfway between the border and Hanoi we saw a train coming North on the railroad. Bish op led four of us down to strafe it while the other four stayed at twelve thousand for top-cover. We circled over the train as we spiralled down to attack, and while the speed of the dive built up I got my gun- switch on and tried to trim the ship for the increasing speed. As we levelled off and went In for the kill, I saw Bishop's tracers hitting the engine. By the tim e I got there—in number two position, on Bishop's wing now—the white steam was spraying from the punc tured boiler. I saw the engineer and firemen jum p from the locomotive, and as we went on down the cars, shooting into them. I saw Jap sol diers and probably Vichy French civilians jum ping off too. We came back and set some of the cars on fire. It was a cinch now, for the train had stopped and was no longer weaving through the narrow curves of the gorge. I learned that the Jap ship would outmaneuver anything and would While the boys talked to one an outclimb the P-40 four to one. “ But that doesn’t m a tte r,” Paxton said. other, we re-formed and I heard “ The P-40 is the strongest ship in Bishop say. “ L e t’s bomb the rail- ! the world. I t ’s heavy as hell, but road yards at Laokay with our that makes it out-dive just about frags.” (Fragm entation bombs.) I anything, and it'll out-dive the Jap thought then that was wrong, for we two to one. With those two Fifties had alerted Laokay as we flew over and the four thirty-caliber guns in and they were probably listening to the B's we have done pretty good. us and would be waiting for us. Now with the six Fifties in the new That didn't m atter, though; we'd get the railroad yards and some of the Kittyhawks we out-gun anything.” an ti-aircraft crews too. if they didn't Ee told me that Hill, Rector, Bond, look out Neal, Lawler, and other aces had We spiralled down to bomb the seen Zeros disintegrate in front of their six Fifties, and went on to ad target and I saw Bishop’s bombs hit vise that I use the good qualities of dead center on the round-house. the P-40’s against the bad qualities Then I dropped mine. Just at that of the Jap, but never try to beat him instant Bishop's fighter belched fire at his own game—climbing and m a and smoke, and I saw him slide his canopy open and Jump. His chute neuverability. Paxton did me a lot of good—he opened so close In front of my ship that I pulled up for fear I'd run into got me m y first flight with the AVG it. I hung there for what seemed on the Em peror's birthday. But the like hours, with my a ir speed indi Jap didn’t come in. We were the cating three hundred miles an hour most griped bunch you've ever seen. Everyone up and waiting at three while black bursts of anti-aircraft fire broke all around me. The ship a. m .—and then the dirty so-and- just seemed to stand still, but I j so’s didn’t have the guts to come ini saw Bishop floating down towards I heard a story on George Paxton the river that was the boundary that will show you the kind of tough between China and Indo-China. At Texan he was. It was down over the very last moment, as I got my Rangoon, near Mingaladon a ir nose down and got out of the cen drome, in the early days of the Bur ter of the anti-aircraft, I saw an ma war. Doctor Gentry, who told unlucky wind blow the chute back me the story, said that the squadron to the Indo-Chinese or Jap side o r George was in was aloft and engag the river, and Bishop was captured ing the Japanese over the fleld. Look We heard from him later that he ing upstairs, you could see the con was really a prisoner of the French densation streamers criss-crossing and was getting along all right. the sky, and every now and then a We re-formed North of Laokay tra il of smoke as a Jap Zero burned and went back to Kunming. General and plunged towards the earth. Chennault said that the train wasn’t F in a lly eight or nine Zeros ganged worth Bishop—we should have left up on George Paxton. They got Laokay alone. on his tail and they got all over him. I (Til BE CONTINUED) BAD SKIDS AHEAD! 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