MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1943.
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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.
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4 apt. bakiog powder t cup milk
ltsp.Mli . Hi cups chopped
I cup Albert Cora cooked leftover
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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.
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