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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1943. PAGE FIVE Travel Troubles In America Trivial Compared To China Say Recently Evacuated Pair Editor's note: Here's ' V, travel story. doesn t have a thing to do with long lines At thA tif-Wpt tttfttm fflnh crowded cars, the dilfulty in getting reservations during the Christmas season. It's the story of one man's 21.000 mile , trip with his wife and baby . out of Free China, told by , Karl Eskelund of the United Press who has Just arrived in this country. By Kail Eskelund . (United Press Correspondent) e New York, Dec. 14. u.R My wife and 20 months old daughter and I were worming our way through the crowds in the Grand Central station the other day at the end of our 21,-000-mile Journey out of China when he heard a woman's voice comnlainlne: ". , -. Never had such a ter rible trip in all my life. Travel in this country certainly Is awful. And the hotels my dear!" My wife looked at me and I looked at her. "Are you thinking of what Tm thinking?" she asked. "The rats at Anhwa?" "Right!" Night In Anhwa We wished we could have told the women in the Grand Central about the night we stayed at Anhwa so that she would appreciate, as . we did, the magnificent railway and hotel accommodations of the United States. - . ' . It was a day in January, 1941, when we were beginning our Journey which would bring us eventually to America. We were escaping with the aid of Chinese guides through the Japanese lines into Free China. At Anhwa the poor but hospit able farmers gave us the best room they had. It was small and drafty, with an earthen ' floor. We knew there was bubonic plague in the area.- -There was plenty of evidence that on the floor were rats, which harbor the fleas which spread the plague. We huddled in all our clothes on the- bed, a wooden board with two blankets not a very comfortable resting place for an expectant mother. Rats Take Candla The farmer had given us a small candle to set on the chair beside 'the bed. After saying goodnight lo my wife, I blew fihe candle out. Before I could place my head on the .sand filled pillow there was a sound 'of scurrying and squeaks. I struck a match. The candle had disappeared carried off by the rats. Our final lap to the United States was to have begun on October 13 on a China National . Aviation corporation plane for Calcutta. We were notified at noon on the 12th to take a special plane leaving in two hours. That change may have saved our lives, for on the fol lowing day the Jap fighters fell among our transports in the Hymalayas and brought , down two out of six. ' Little May was terrified by the takeoff but she sleot all through a rainstorm that threat- - wicu hj ioai ua iu pieces hu me way to Kunming, where I had spent many pleasant and ad venturesome month covering "the Flying Tigers. There were no hotel accommodations but an elderly lady friend took us In, May and I - shared the floor while my wife slept on the only bed. We fought a seemingly- endless battle against mosqui toes. Plana Rid Sever We went over the hump of the Hymalayas next day at 20, 000 feet, with some of the pas sengers sick from lack of oxy gen and from the severe buffet ing the plane took in the altern ate up and down drafts. It was bitterly cold. Little May slept 'like a trooper. . ' We still wore our woolen underwear when we went through the passport ordeal at Calcutta next day In 90 degree temperature. , . We had not -eaten for eight hours but the officials were very careful about getting all the details which we had been at great pains to give their counterparts at Chungking. We were questioned for three hours while May bawled in her moth er's lap. Then began the search for a hotel room. The Great Eastern was to have handled our reser vations but the army had taken it over and officers were sleep ing in the lobby and dining rooms. We toured the city in a taxicab, so tired and miserable we hardly noticed the hundreds of ragged, starving Indians lying in the gutters awaiting the re lief of death. Finally my wife broke down. We had Just been rejected by a small hotel. She collapsed in a chair with May bawling in her arms. The manager's fat wife rushed up, kissed the baby and asserted: "This poor darling should be in bed. Within two minutes she had ejected three British officers from their room and we had it We can testify about . train accommodations. We rode with eight persons In our compart ment the long miles between Calcutta . and Bombay, scram bling off at stops to get a little curry and rice. Then came "heaven" a hotel room at Bombay, the lux ury of the ice cream, the but ter, the cheese, which we had not tasted for two years, with which we gorged ourselves on the ship bound for America. We debarked at San Fran cisco and were fortunate enough to obtain two berths on an east bound train. Yes, the train was crowded. Yes, the diner serv ice was slow. But what luxury what unbelievable luxury it was to us. We even had a sup ply of paper diapers for. the baby! COAL LACK SEEN Washington, Dec. 14. (U.R) The Office of War Information said today that coal supplies will be at a "dangerously low level" by March and. warned that It above-ground stocks are not replenished during the sum mer, the situation next fall "will approach catastrophe." - In a report on the nation's coal outlook the OWI declared that consumers are facing an "acute" coal shortage now, and that all signs point to a still further deficit during the com ing months. It based its report on information gathered from the War Production board and from the Solid Fuels adminis tration, headed by Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes. The Medford corporation saw mill will close down next week for 30 days to make repairs to equipment and machinery, ac cording to Supt Everett Gilles pie. The mm has twen m aimosi continuous double-shift opera tion for the past two years leaving no time, for needed mechanical repairs. RATION BOARD JANITOR HAD TOO MANY COUPONS T.na AnffpVt TV 1 A fll.Rl Leon Russell, 43, former Janitor at an ingiewooa reuon Doara, tnHnv fni-eri twn vpnrs in tail for lllpffnt nnssessinn and transfer oi ration coupons gooa ror you, 000 gallons of gasoline. Russell was accused of selling 2700 C ration books to Willie Hawkins, a Hollywood service station operator, for $7.50 each. Hawkins, who said be sold the books for $10 apiece, previously was sentenced to 80 days In Jail. The number of degrees con ferred at the University of Ore gon in 1942-43 was 601. Pttsl-Coli CMiainy, Ion Island City. M. V. Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Medford IDEPS Corn Keel Redpe'lQ I lTirsBl i jjl G 3 ri? CORN BREAD MIAT ROLL-UPS ' 1 cups sifted flour 4 tbsps. shortening 4 apt. bakiog powder t cup milk ltsp.Mli . Hi cups chopped I cup Albert Cora cooked leftover Meal meat Sift flour, baking powder and sal t, stir In cons meal, theo work in shortening (bacon drip Kings may be used) as for baking powder iscuits. Stir in milk. Roll out on floured board to make a long rectangle. Spread with meat, season, roll up and cut into 12 slices. Bake in greased pan in hot oven (42) F.) about 23 minutes. Serve with creamed peas or other vegetable, or meat gravy poured over. Serves 6. Alhm Cans Mm, both Whin and Ydltw, h uboleiomt, fimt-JUtfrtd, fintttxtMrtdHjutl right" fir perfift cocking ruulttl i( THIS YEAR GIVE HER SOMETHING USEFUL . . . MONfOOMIRY WARD SQRIETIUNG that will last ctical gifts COLBS IN HEAD HIT HOLLM Hollywood, Dec. 14 (U.PJ Hollywood was one big sniffle today, with many a multi-million dollar epic wheezing to a halt because the high-priced help had colbs in the heabs. Most of those movie stars still on the job either had just recov ered or were beginning to feel ticklish In the nose, as Bob Hope reported between sneezes: - "You're lucky if vou can find a doctor at' all: they're all down with the flu, too." PEN SHAKEUPS DUE Sacramento, Dec. 14 (U.R) A general overhauling of Califor nia's prison system was indicat ed today by Gov. Earl Warren's announcement that he soon would call a special legislative session to consider prison mat ters. Wards Dr. A. A. Soule ' Announces Phono 2870 No Ans. Call Nurses' Registry 26S7 Chrysler Made Parts sUHPHREY MOTORS 33 So. 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