Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, January 11, 1945
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GOD IS MY
CO-PILOT
C o l. R o b e r t L .S c o tt
W N U R tL tA b E .
The *tory Urn* fa r: Attar graduaUng
front West Point as a second lisutsaant,
Robert Scott » In * hl* wing* at Rally
Field, Texas, and takes up pursuit flying.
When the w ar break* out ba I* an In­
structor In California and told ha la too
old for combat flying. Ha appeals to
several G enerali lor a chance Io fly a
combat plane and Anally gets a break.
He flies a bomber to India, where
becomes a ferry pilot but this does not
appeal to him . After vlalUng Gen. Chen
nault' be gets a KlUybaw k and toon
becomes a "one man a ir tore*’’ over
Hurm a.
He Is made commanding of
Brer of the tlr d lighter group, taking
over the AVG, and leaves for the Kweilin
area to lake charge of tighter operations.
Well now, you hold that picture of no Chinese In the city of Hengyang
Tex Hill for a minute while I show would ever forget the night.
him to you in another light
We got our four ships Into the air SENATORIAL CIGARETTE
One day over Hengyang, after we at staggered altitudes. We heard
INVESTIGATION
had broken the Japanese wave with the radio reports from Richardson
our assault and support and there giving the latest positions of the
Senator Wlbble—As I stand here
were some fifteen Zeros burning Japs.
MRS. R U T H W Y E T H SPEARS
Reported over Changsha. doing my part in the great battle
Bedford H ill*
New York
around among the pagodas of this Then North of the field. Then all
Draw er 10
Hunan capital, I saw an odd sight was silent while we waited. In our for the preservation of that thing
which la so deur to America, the
down
below. There was one lone positions over the field we placed
Enclose IS cents tor pattern No. >07.
cigurette, I sometimes wonder If my
Jap. doubtless of the suicide Satnu
ourselves down-moon—that is, where colleagues fully appreciate the part
Na me
rai school, for though his buddies
T _l E R E is an all-purpose bulle-
the bombers would have to fly be­ played by it In the life of our glori­
Address
had either been shot down in their
> tin and blackboard that will
tween us and the moon and thus ous country. What, 1 ask. would
attempted strafing attack or had
be w elcom ed by juniors and sen­
silhouette themselves aguinst the civilization be without it? What
turned for home, this arrogant fob full orange light.
iors. Its g a y ly s t e n c i l e d
or
would democracy be with no
lower of the Shinto Shrine was
painted top and bottom trim
Then I saw the five bombers smoke-rings curling above it? What
strafing
the
field—alone.
Two
of
us
m ak es it quite handsom e enough
would a free wurld be with no
rolled to go get him, but from the against the moon. They were at
for front hall, kitchen, sew ing
CHAPTER X V II
13,000 feet. I know 1 swore be­ ashes on the ruga?
end
of
the
field
towards
the
river
and rum pus room or nursery. It
cause they were below me. and I
Senator Itunkrm—Does the Nena-
also has a num ber o f special
The surprise was that another I saw a P-40 pull out of a dive and could imagine the cursing of every tor contend that the world could
head
for
the
Jap.
It
was
Tex
Hill.
features that one does not find in
plane had now been found several
G o eery on vo en c lf! Gently, mildly,
As the two fighters drew together one of the others who were at the not survive on the old-fashioned clay
■arestiasi left-oven" out of the wav
wsy with a miles from the bomber. It was sup­
ordinary bulletin boards.
cep or tw o of Garfield Tse, the popular all-
In
this breath-taking, head-on uttack. wrong altitude, for we could not pipe of our forefathers?
posed to be a fighter, being smaller,
berb "internal clestucr." Gsrflcld Tea is
The m ain part m a y be m ade of
1
saw
their tracers meeting and for change altitude until the first at­
Senator Wibbie—We have passed
• ’cyre-all," but if yon want grat/e
and it had burned upon crashing. I
plywood or com position board and
relief from temporary conaipation
a second I didn't know whether the tack. But they were ut Johnny's beyond the era o f pipes. They ure a
therefore
received
credit
for
two
en­
«wAead draaic drug», try a rup of
is finished with a sp ecial black
height, and 1 listened for him to say
thu fragrant, 10-herC tea, as directed
emy planes destroyed on July 31. It ships ran together or both exploded that he saw them. Down the field relic of the days before munkind,
paint m ixture so that it m a y be
on package. You U /»ef better. /eeA
in
the
air.
As
the
smoke
thinned
I
and womankind, reuched that stage
had been my first aerial combat, and
“ o r* better! ztr M 2»«* ««rf
used as a blackboard as well as
they told us later that you could of development where the very
saw
the
P-40
flash
on
through
and
Avail* feed Horn, lO t-lft-fO r.
I felt very proud indeed.
for pin-ups o f all sorts. The use­
out into the clear, but the Jap hear the moan of one Allison engine home wus built around the cigarette.
raCEI SAMPlf TRML PACKAGE!
We found the reported prisoner,
fu l trough at the bottom holds that
Writs far gtnersm u a g lt . m.agh
crashed and burned on the field of as a P-40 moved in for the attack, With the last drop of my blood I
but he was dead. While being ques­
far 4 cast. Is : Cartels Tea Co. Alat
elusive chalk, eraser, m em o pad,
Hengyang.
Hill and the Jap had could hear it above the sound of the will hold the fort against those re­
tioned he had tried to escape, had
pencil and thum btack. Both the at 3rd. Beooilya 32. B. y. o .s t 0-3«
shot it out nose to nose, and once ten radial engines on the enemy actionaries who would plunge our
killed several Chinese, had wound­
trough and scalloped finish at the
again I thought of the days of West­ bombers.
wives, mothers, and sisters and
ed others, and In turn had been ern gunplay.
top m a y be m ade o f plywood or
The seconds dragged, and then we kiddles back Into those dark ages
mortally wounded. Lieutenant Cluck
scrap s or other thin wood and
heurd Johnny say, "Okay, I see when nicotine-stained fingers were
Hfl CgRTLI K U U EISA ISTtllAL liateitssne.
got to him before he died, but was
em." And now we saw their ex­ the privilege of princes and prelates,
Things kept right on happening at
unable to get any valuable informa­
Hengyang, for after all there are hausts, looking like ten bushel-bas­ when the great blessing of blowing
tion.
Japanese bases fanning out In many kets of blue fire. For a full second, amoke through the nose was un­
My first aerial engagement start­
directions— East, North. Northeast, as the enemy bombers moved to­ known to the masses, and when that
ed a story in Delhi—I found out
South, and Southeast. Some of them ward« the target that was our field, great blessing to all mankind, the
about It four months later. The were within an hour’s flight of our all was quiet, and I wondered If ashtray, was almost unknown.
story told there was to the effect
field. Hankow was the one to the Johnny had lost them in the dark­
Senator Toopsey—In my grand­
that I had engaged an enemy bomb­
North on the Yangtse
The Japs ness, Then I saw him, so close to father's time they had to use old
er over China, and regardless of its
the enemy ships that he seemed to saucers for trays.
escort of two Zeros, had shot it
be in formation with them—and
Senator Hunkrm—I remember my
down. It had crashed Into the
clearly over my radio I heard John­ grandfather going around the old
ground, and when they located It,
ny Alison say. “ Watch the fire­ homo looking In vain for something
they also found the two Zeros, which
works ”
to empty bis pipe Into, and finally
had dived into the rice paddies
using grandma’s ginger jar.
Six
lines
of
tracers
went
Into
one
SLieeay
at the tail of the bomber, one on
of the bombers and glowed brighter
Senator Wibbie (resuming) — My
each side. Thus had the embar­
than the two bushel-baskets of ex­ friends, thia is one of the gravest
rassed pilots committed hara-kiri,
haust fire. The first Jap bomber hours in history. This country must
for they had lost face by having the
trailed fire, slowly turned on its face that great question, can our
ship that they were escorting de­
back, and spun crazily towards people get all the cigarettes they
stroyed.
Hengyang. right over the town. Be­ need, and upon which their lasting
Well, it was a laugh. But I'm
low, I could see a few flashes from happiness depends. Deprivo us of
fairly certain the one Zero didn't
the exploding enemy bombs, but our cigarettes and you strike a blow
commit suicide—I ’m prone to be­
most of them seemed short of the at the very foundation of liberty.
lieve that some good, honest lead,
target area and very scattered. Would Thomas Jefferson stand Idly
poisoning from six fifty - calibre
Johnny's tracers were still going by today and watch long lines of
American machine guns had a lot
Into the enemy ships and 1 could mothers and daughters waiting pa­
ischmann’s yellow label Y e a s t -
to do with i t
see their return fire now, but it tiently before the store offering but
M ajor Tex H ill was the Squadron
seemed to go in no certain direc­ one pack to a customer? Would
with those EXTRA vitamins
commander of the outfit that I had
tion. I had moved in closer, trying Jackson submit to cigarette ra­
come to live with at Hengyang. He
lU',CK # * leLer»etochimnnVreart
to get to the altitude of the fight
tioning? Would Lincoln. Cleveland.
was a blue-eyed Texan, lean and
McKinley and the great Teddy
On
the
ground
the
mechanics
and
4 cup lukewarm water
lanky, six-feet-two of fighting blood.
Roosevelt have stood unmoved by
the Chinese Interpreters had
3 cups silted flour
I imagine if he had lived in the
grandstand seat for one of the best the suffering Involved when thou­
frontier days of the American West,
moving pictures that has ever been sands of our school children were
he would have been a gunman over
xcept that this was real. They obliged to reduce their cigarette
d be sure 11» , ^ ita rn ln s . Add
lukg-
there around the Pecos River—but
too
had heard Johnny say, “Watch quota by as many as two smokes
th aii those extra
perfectly smooth,
a gunman on the side of the Law. I
M aj. “Tex” Hill, AVG and squad­
ips flour and beat ™ ” rp;nough to make
the
fireworks," and had seen and per day?
used to shut my eyes out there, sit­ ron C.O. and Col. Meriam C. Cooper.
and TeB^ uu^ 8B^ S e into rolls and place
heard the heavy guns of the P-40
h. Knead well. Shape m . „ Jne irom
ting on the alert in Hunan, and
jver and let
Si moderate
Senator Toopsey (getting Into the
think about him. I could picture sent their bombers to worry us from They could see pieces of the bomber
that drawling Texan walking slow­ up there, and before we caught on coming off and going back into the spirit)—The important place of the
ly through a border town with two how to do it, they made life mis­ slipstream, reflecting the glow of the cigarette In our civilization is plain
pearl-handled 45’s swinging low at erable tor us. They had gotten tired fire that came with the explosion. to all. With it we conquer, without
his hips. Walking with his arms of sending their day bombers down, Then the whole sky lighted as the It we fail. I have a few statistics
stiff at his sides, and watching with for they lost too many; so now they first one plunged to the earth, with here marking the extent of the crisis
his cold, blue eyes some “villain” had resorted to a period of constant the fire making a queer sound as the now confronting us. In 11 of the
wreckage fell.
northern states 60 per cent of the
that was approaching the other way. night attack.
Just when the full moon In the
The lone fighter now was sliding women and children haven't been
I could almost hear the hot lead
spitting from those guns as the two clear sky would begin to light the over behind the other bombers, and able to Inhale in weeks. In 8 west­
shot it out, and I could always see ground like daylight, the telephone the second one was exploding and ern states over 80 per cent of the
the villain fall, with Tex standing would start ringing, the Chinese in­ turning over. The third one tried to wives and mothers do not know
terpreters would begin to stick the turn, seemed to hang for seconds where their next smoke is coming
there looking at his smoking guns
Tex would always have won, for he little flags into the Map, and we'd against the full moon, then dove In from. In 4 border states the nico­
tine stains are fading fast."
was the greatest fighter that I ever know that the Jap was on the way. flames in a pitch that got steeper
A strong Democratic senator—
saw, the most loyal officer, and the We'd be just about to sit down to and steeper. Several thousand feet
Let
us here snd now place the blame
supper
after
a
hard
day’s
work
on
below
our
level
it
exploded
and
best friend.
the alert. We'd leave the rice and burning gasoline fell with it. The for the cigarette shortage where It
I ’d seen Tex shoot down Japs in
fish and squash, amid the houseboys* light of the three burning bombers belongs, at the door of Herbert
the sky and I had followed on his
calls of “Jln-bao—” la ir raid), and combined with the brilliant moon­ Hoover.
wing to learn the toctics of the
A Left Winger—Right! But let us
we'd rush for our planes that had light to make the night like day.
AVG. I know that if there is any
not forget that the forces of re­
been assigned to night duty. Some­
The
number
four
enemy
ship
had
man
I
owe
my
life
to
during
the
post card for your freo
times the attack was a harassing turned back now, with an engine action as represented by Wall street,
co py of Flsisehm snn s
months I fought in China, it is MaJ
newly revired "The Bread
one only, and we'd return without shot out, but Ajax Baumler got it the capitalistic system and the
Tex Hill. Seeing what he did In
B aiket." Dozen* of aa*y
seeing them and go wearily back In ten miles North of the field. The United States chamber of commerce
^ p « . for bread., roll,
combat, and how he handled his
the moonlight to the hostel, get some last enemy dove out and turned for are also to blame.
de aerti. A dd re« Standard
ship; seeing his coolness on the
B r a n d * In c o r p o r a t e d ,
A Republican—There was no ciga­
tea and a cookie, and crawl in the home when he saw his three leaders
Grand Central Anne* Box
alert, and his keen desire for action.
rette shortage under Hoover!
bed.
477, N aw Y ork 17, N - Y .
burn,
but
Baumler
followed
him
I can hear Tex now. after he had
Just about the time the bead bit thirty miles North and shot him
Senator Earake—There probably
studied the plotting board that the
the pillow and the body felt a little down in flames.
was, but It was concealed by
interpreters were covering with little
comfortable the alert would go
From the ground, the watchers the Tory press.
red flags showing the positions of
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again. I'd hear the tinkle of a small told us later, they could hear the
the approaching Jap fighter ships. I
dinner bell and the plaintive voice of fifty-calibre guns above the noise of
Senator Bunkem—Are we sure
can hear him saying: "Well, gentle­
one of the houseboys— "Jin-bao, Jln- the smaller calibre Jap guns With­ there is a shortage? I listen to the
men, I think we’ll take off." And he
bao— please get up, master—Jin- in seconds after the attack, there radio and all the big cigarette com­
would smile as he pulled on his hel­
bao." Off we’d go again and Into were three ships burning around the panies are filling the air with sales
met and goggles.
tne sky. Sometimes the Jap would city walls, and none of the forma­ talks for their product. Why do they
Tex was the son of the Chaplain feint two or three times to make us tion got home.
do this If they are out of ciga­
of the Texas Rangers. Before the use valuable gasoline.
Sometimes
rettes?
AVG days he had been a Navy pilot he’d circle Hengyang by fifty miles
But something was the matter
Senator Earake—They are build­
flying off carrier decks, and in the and then go back to Hankow. We’d
with Alison. We could see his ship ing up good will.
Flying Tigers he had been second spend the night between the hostel
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and It was not flying normally. Ev­
only to Bob Neal as the leading ace. and the alert shack; but after all,
ery now and then it would stream
Senator Duffer—Would It be pos­
Tex was the most truthful man I as we used to say, you weren’t sup­
fire that was more than Just a back­ sible at this time for the senate
ever met—even his subconscious posed to be comfortable In a war,
fire. On the ground they could hear to take up the arms shortage on
thoughts were truthfui. He used to and we were no exception.
his engine missing badly.
the western front? It seems to me
tell me that one day after Madame
Sometimes, though, the Jap didn’t
Alison called in that he was hit, to be more important.
Chiang Kai-shek had pinned a med­ feint.
but would try to land his ship on
(Cries of “Throw him out” and
al on him for shooting down some
General Chennault got us to pick the field.
"No! No!)
Japanese planes over Toungoo, she the best and most experienced pilots
To land a crippled fighter in day­
Senator Duffer — Is it not ad­
had asked him the next time he shot for the night interception missions.
light is quite a feat but to attempt visable that we look into the mat­
down one of those Japanese planes We’d use two to four ships and place
to land one at night, one that has ter of getting more shells to Gen­
to please think of her and dedicate them at different altitudes over the
been shot to pieces and may burst eral Patton, stopping the drift of
it to the people of China. Tex of field, and wait for the Jap in the
into flames any second, is more than workers from war factories and fo­
course said, “ Yes, M a’am . . . ”
light of the moon, with our lights that. We knew why Johnny was
I imagine that most any man out. On this particular night John­ taking the chance: we needed that cusing the attention of the American
among us would have said "Yes” to ny Alison was at 13,000 feet, and a ship if he could get It on the field, pubilo on the more vital aspects of
the world situation?
the Madame, and the next time we thousand feet lower we had Ajax even if it was shot to bits we needed
Chorus of Voices—What! And
shot down a Jap we would have told Baumler. I ’ll tell you about Johnny the parts that could be salvaged. It
the great lady all about It. We now, but we'll take up more on would have been perfectly all right make cigarettes a secondary issue! I
(The session ends in disorder.)
would have remembered after the Ajax later—for this was mostly if the pilot had gone over the side
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fight what we had promised her, and Johnny’s fight.
as soon as that engine began to fade
The
Gotham
Taxists Don’t See:
we would have gone in with a ro­
Alison was i superior airman, out that night. Whether or not he
To this w riter’» m ind one of the sights
mantic
story
of
how
we
had
met
the
fighter pilot, and officer, and was the had shot down three bombers, he
• G e t soothing, blessed relief from tormenting neuralgia
barbaric Japanese and had seen the ideal combat leader. A Florida boy, could have "hit the silk" and floated of New York worth teeing, yet teldom
pains—with fast-acting Ben-Gay! Your doctor knows the
Madame’s face in the skies as we he knew the Allison engine well to safety in his chute. But Johnny mentioned by the guide», is Washington
famous pain-relieving agents-m ethyl salicylate and men­
M arket. A combination county fair,
shot the enemy down . . . and had enough to have designed it.
He must have said, “The hell with that,
ood »how, Elks picnic, carnival and
thol. W ell,B en-G ay contains up to 2 Vi times more o f both
thought of her and the people of knew the P-40’s better than anyone I we need this ship—we always need
ome town "general »tore,” it is one of
these wonderfully soothing ingredients than five other
China. But not Tex H ill—he was have ever seen, for he had Instruct­ ships.” To keep old P-40’s that we
the town’s big »hows. During the noon
widely offered rub-ins. G et genuine, quick-action B en-Gay 1
too honest for that. He told me, ed the British in their use in the flew In flying condition we had to hour, when thousand» crowd into it to
“Colonel, I promised her that, and United Kingdom and then had gone rob parts from every airplane that lunch at it» uniqua clam, sandwich, fish
I really meant it. And I ’ve shot over to show the Russians how to we could salvage after a crackup. and quick-lunch bars, it is at its best.
B E N -G A Y — THE O R IG IN A L AN A L G E S IQ U E 'B A U M E
Pete’s C h ili Bar . . . H o tloafs Seafood
down about twelve Japs since that fly and repair them near Moscow. This Is called “cannibalizing” in
-p a /fj
| R H E U M A T IS M |
T H E R E ’ S ALSO
B ar . . . Charlie's Oyster Bar , , , The
promise four months ago. But you Tonight he was about to carve hi>
the lingo of field depots In the Air H o llo af Bakery Bar . . . and many oth-
v I A m N u D s c C l O e L D p S a in > | FO
m il d b e n gay
know I never can remember to think name with his six fifty-calibre guns Corps, and covers a multitude of a r t . . . w ith, in most cases, the five-cent
r U '>
DUE TO
R C H IL D R E N
about her when I ’m In a battle—I ’m In such a manner that few of us sins.
cup of coffee still reigning like soma-
too busy.”
Bing out of bygone days!-.
would ever forget It, and certainly
(TO BE C O N T IN U E D )
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CONSTIPATION
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