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YANKS GIVE JAPS
Admiral' Gives Piggy-Back Ride
FIGHT FORMAKM
Hand to Hand Combat Feat
ures Gilberts Invasion
Nips Try Many Tricks.
Br H. D. Qulgg
United Press Correspondent
With Fighting 69th,' Makln.
Gilberts, Nov. 25 01SOA fan
atical Japanese officer dived in
to an American foxhole in' the
dark and ran his sword under
the shoulder blade and into, the
left lung of a private of the 27th
division.
The soldier grabbed the
sword, keeping the Japanese
from withdrawing It for another
blow, and started swinging his
Jungle knife. The Japanese died,
slashed wide open. The soldier
went to a field hospital with his
wounds.
Smmi rf InmtaneM
Such has been the heroic
fighting on this island. There
are scores of other instances. '
Sgt. Chester Dey of Lambert
..ma m .t ont mad when four
Japanese rushed his machinegun
and wounded all but one mem
ber of his crew. He picked up a
rifle and went out, swinging the
weapon like a club. He won
back his gun from the dying
Japanese.
eoiHidr whose name.
.UlUkl'U ' ' " "
t that nt th man who tussled
with the sword wlelder must be
kept secret, received orders not
tn flro from his foxhole iol feBT
nf nitt.no his comrades. When a
Japanese Jumped into his fox
knio h milled off his helmet and
beat the Japanese to death with
it, then, to mane sure, Buaugi
him with a strip 01 canvas.
- fiat Jan Snioer
Pvt. Vernon L. Woods of West
Point, Ga a company first aid
man was with a Dlatoon Dinned
'down amidst trees by enemy
vifla nnri machlneffun fire
Mlrllaf with Wnnda saw a Jni
on oca sninar niminff and killed
him irith a miirlr hit! shnL ther
the soldier charged other Jap
vanasa. He sot a bullet in the ab
domen. Woods dres.td the
wound under fire until both
warn racpllpri.
A Japanese sniper thought it
was funny and kept laughing as
he drove corp. nouen v.
rt ' V.iifn ftf Ctomfnrfi Pnnn an.
"J other first aid man, back Into a
foxhole as u neeie iriea inree
times to reach Fvt. ueorge w
Carpenter' of Marshfield, O.,
rlii hari turn laff wnnnris.
O'Keefe mace it on the fourth
frv Thn lainfhinff Jananese nut
In another bullet that passed
under O'Keefe s arm and infuct
ad a third lee wound on Caroen-
ter. The two stuck It out
through the night, firing rifles
and machineguns. Next day 18
dead Jananese. killed by Car
' center and his squad, lay in
front of the position.
flvanada fmnaiaai '
When a grenade landed in his
foxhole, Pvt. cnaner uononue
of Brooklyn, N. Y., rammed it
tntn tha sand with a rifle butt
It exploded, knocking out one
nlriiar hut naifhar Dnnnhna nor
three others with him was in
jured. A Jananese sneaked up to
rvnv T.nran Smtt of Overland
Me., in the dark, trying to find
position, and said in excellent
Ara vnil In thara?"
"Yeah," said Scott, and shot
him through the heart,
Navv Snios Edge
Of Middie Blouse
Washington, Dec. 18 (U.PJ
The navy is eliminating four to
six inches from the length of
the uniform Jumper-sometlms
called "middie blouse" worn
by all enlisted men below the
ratine of chief petty omcer.
The navy estimated today
that it will save $2,000,000 an
nually as a result
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safely
Stops Perspiration
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shins. Does doc imtste skin.
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right titer stuns.
S, I tuandy scom pertpirmtioo for
1 to 5 Urs. Prevents odor.
4. A pare, white, gresselMS,
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RAIDS ON REICH
Alaska is scheduled tor Janu
ary when a composite force of
troops from Alaskan and Aleu
tian bases participate in the
most extensive combat maneu
vers ever held in the territory.
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck
ner Jr., commander of the
Alaskan department, today an
nounced the six-week maneu
vers would take place in the
rugged foothills of an ' Alaska
range north of Talkeetna.
Geologists believe the Sierra
Nevada range is still rising.
Nazi Plane Output
Reduced by Raids
' London, Dee. 16 (U.R The
Dally Telegraph's air correspond-
ieni amia waay uiai onusn ana
' A marlr-.fi air mid. tiava rut
German . plan production by
one-third.
Only 6S0 planes were pro
duced in October out of the quo
ta of 800 to 1000, the correspond
ent said.
Mt mil Trunin win aas.
London. Deo.. 18 (U.P.) A
powerful force of U. S. Flying
Fortresses and Liberators re-
siimad thn davlight bombinff
offensive against Germany to
day, battling through one of the
most heavily-defended areas in
the reich to drive nome u neavy
and concentrated attack on an
important enemy target.
Raturnlns to the attack after
a two-day lull, an hour-long pro
cession of the giant bombers and
their Thunderbolt and Light
ning fighter escorts streamed
out across northwest Germany
hrniith haaw anti-aircraft fire
and sporadic Nazi fighter oppo
sition.
Preliminary resorts on the
mm .bM tha tnrcat. not Imme
diately identified by the U. S.
8th air force, was given a
thorough-going plastering.
Nazarene Choir
To Give Cantata
Sunday Evening
The thirty-voice choir of the
Medford Church of the Naza
rene will Dresent a cantata.
"The ; Chorus in the SKles," at
7:30 p. m. Sunday, under direc
tion 01 John liDy wun ivirs.
Ruth Eby accompanist.
. The cantata numbers inciuae:
'O Hill and Vales of Beth
lehem," choir.
"While Shepherds Watched.
ladles' quartet, Clara Dennison.
Velma- Duneean, verl Micnaei
and Esther McUne.
"Room in My Heart for Thee,"
mezzo-soprano solo, Mrs. ' ilea
trice Yoakum.
"Come and Worship," choir.1
"Peace, Good Will," ladles'
chorus.
'Glory to God," soprano obli
gate, Mrs. Helen VonSteln.
"Mary Watched Beside the
Manger, "contralto obligate, Mrs.
Ethel Kornstad. .
"Follow Yonder Star," bass
solo, George McUne.
-"The Lord Is Como," choir.
'The Chorus in the Skies,"
choir.
During the intermission break
In the cantata the pastor. Rev.
Fred M. Weatherford, will speak
briefly on "The Magi and the
King of Kings."
At the 10:45 morning hour a
dominant feature will be the
presentation of some of the old
Christmas carols by the choir
and a message by the Reverend
Weatherford on "The Prince of
Peace and a Sword."
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 16.T-JU.B
L. D. Brewer, monitor for the
British Broadcasting corpora
tion, reported today he recorded
a Tokyo radio broadcast saying
American forces have invaded
New Britain island In the Solo
mon islands.
The same broadcast. Brewer
reported, claimed the American
aircraft carrier Saratoga was
sunk in the South Pacific
New Britain is the seat of
Japan's big Rabaul naval base,
the enemy's "Pearl Harbor" of
the South Pacific
(The Japanese frequently and
erroneously .in the past have
claimed the sinking of the Sara
toga and many other American
aircraft carriers. It was re
ported officially yesterday that
the Saratoga was a unit of a
naval task force which ap
proached close to the big Japa
nese naval base at Truk in an
unsuccessful effort to lure the
Japanese fleet out for fight.)
PLEEIANESE
CHASED, STRAFED
British Flu Deaths
Thousand in Week
London, Dec. 18 (U.PJ The
Daily Telegraph said today that
official figures on influenza
deaths throughout Great Britain
to be released this weekend
would show nearly 1,000 vlc .ims
during the past week, highest
total since the epidemic began.
Last week s total was 709.
' (The British radio, broadcast
ing a report from Stockholm
and recorded by CBS, said the
disease killed 2,000 Berlin resl
dents last week.)
Chungking, Dec. 16. (U.R)
Chinese troops pursued retreat
ing Japanese columns north
eastward through the Rice Bowl
area of central China today,
while American and Chinese
warplanes bombed and machine
gunned the fleeing invaders.
A Chinese high command
communique said the Japanese
forces driven out of Changteh
last week were withdrawing
rapidly toward the Yangtze
river under relentless attack by
land and air.
Enemy rear-guards battled
the pursuing Chinese and the
communique said heavy fighting
was in progress at a number of
points..
ALASKA FORCES PLAN
DRILL FOR DEFENSE
Headquarters. Alaskan De
partment, Dec. 16 (U.PJ A full
fledged dress rehearsal for pre
paredness in the defense of
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