EIGHT MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, August 21. 1944
Pinkley Blown Across Room
By Buzzbomb Landing Nearby
On London, the recipients of Hitler's robot bombi are said to
have "had it" whether they have been killed or merely maimed
or, fortuitously, survive unscathed. United Press vice president
and general European manager, Virgil Pinkley, "had it" and wrote
the following dispatch vividly recounting what the Nazi random
terror weapon means to the average London civilian.)
By Virgil Pinkley
(UP War Correspondent)
London, Aug. 21. U.R) The
radio church service was con
cluding as the pastor intoned:
"Lord, teach us to be forgiving
of our enemies."
Then wham, and I "had it.
I was blown from one end of
the room over a settee and
against the wall at the other. My
head roared. Gongs rang in my
ears.
Screams Heard
The radio had gone dead. I
lay there against the wall, feel
ing my eyes. I heard glass fall
ing. From outside came screams,
moans and sobs. I got to my feet
swaying, smelling smoke and
through the broken windows,
saw a great funnel of debris 50
yards away.
The apartment was a mess and
the robot bomb had hit only in
the vicinity. One door was
knocked off the hinges and an
other had had its lock ripped
out.
Waiting for an elevator which
did not come I recalled that I
had not heard that flying bomb
roar in nor the motor cut off.
Usually just before they hit and
loosen their ton of explosive,
the robots sputter and cough
once or twice like a cold out
board motor, before they cut off,
glide briefly and explode. This
one hadn't.
When I reached ' the lower
floor the shattered glass of doors
was littered half way up the
stair cases. Reaching the street
level reception hall 1 walked
over a crust of glass. At the
doorway desk, the woman at
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tendant was bleeding severely.
A moment later an AMP first aid
worker rushed up and applied a
bandage.
Lovely Packet
"What a lovely Sunday morn
ing packet," she said.
I hurried several doors down
the street to a large apartment
house into which the flying
bomb had ploughed in near the
top. Already ARP workers, bob
bies, American GI's, sailors and
Red Cross workers were arriv
ing. American privates, corporals
and sergeants drove jeeps up
over piles of glass, bricks and
building stones into the build
ing's entrance as police roped
off the area and ambulances and
fire engines drew up.
Stumbling through the door
way, came a father carrying his
four or five year old daughter in
his arms. The entire right side
of her face had been sheared off.
She was mercifully asleep for
ever Lord, teach us to be for
giving of our enemies The radio
preacher's edict rang through my
brain.
The sobbing father said:
"Those dirty bastards. Those
dirty bastards." The American
corporals said over and over as
they backed their Jeep off of
piles of bricks: "Those
1 Those 1"
Lord, teach us to be forgiving of
our enemies.
Stream of Injured
Next to emerge were two
women, bleeding. They were be
ing half carried by two ARP
workers and an RAF sergeant
and pilot.
Then came a steady stream of
Sunday morning recipients of
Germany's terror weapon, ap
plied blindly to women, children
and old people.
One young woman stumbled
out on the arm of a policeman.
She had tied a night gown
around her badly cut arm. Two
American MP's carried out an
elderly man still wearing pa
jamas whose injured head was
wrapped in a shirt.
I left tho scene with a real
heartache and walked past two
beaten, broken churches, blasted
in tho big blitz of former years
and they reminded me of that
dead child and the sermon.
Then I found tiny splinters of
glass In my fingers. I looked at
my hat. It contained dozens of
glass splinters and needles. Some
of them were transferred to my
fingers when I put it on.
I will never forget tho dead
child and "Lord, teach us to be
forgiving to our enemies."
A Declaration of Independence
was made May 20, 1773, at
Mccklcnberg, N. C.
You will b vitally Interested in the August 10th
Issue of the Federal Register on page 9745 which
proposes that the Fluorine .(Cryolite), tolerance
be raised to 7 milligrams of Fluorine expressed as
F per kilogram of fruit. This Is roughly equivalent
to .05 grains per pound. The old Fluorine tolerance
was .02 grains per pound.
Apple and pear growers who have entered Into an
extensive use of Kryocide (Natural Cryolite) this
season for the control of the Codling Moth will find
this to be good news. KRYOCIDE IS NATURAL
CRYOLITE.
ACICUITUAI CHIMICAU DIVISION
ncuuiwitituiA
UA C r& RING CO. Or WtsltlNCTON
TACOMA, WASHINGTON
DUE ABOUT SEPT. 1
AT BAGLLEY PLANT
The Eaglcy Canning company
of Ashland, now engaged in can
ning sweet corn, plans to start
about September 1 canning to
matoes, according to Manager'
Ralph E. Koozer. The commor-
cial tomatoes are expected to be
ready for harvest by that time.
Truck garden tomatoes will be
at their peak the coming week
and are arriving at local stores
In sizeable quantities.
Picking of J. F. Hale and Li
beria peaches is due to start next
week. They are the main peach
crop of the valley. The Rogue
River cannery here plans to can
peaches shipped in from Califor
nia, for a week or ten days and
then start on pears.
Harvesting of apples Is now
underway on the Charles A.
Wing orchard. He repbrts the
crop will be double that of re
cent previous years, with a pos-,
sible 35 to 40 cars; The average
for several years has been from
15 to 20 cars.
Threshing of wheat and other
grains is about over and thresh
ing of seed crops Is due to start
generally around the first of the
month.
Johnston Sees Need
For Cooperation
Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 21
flip) Frir Johnston. Dresident
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce, told a week-end
meeting of the Washington State
Junior Chamber of Commerce
that the American and Russian
npnnln will have to work togeth
er In the post-war world.
Although we do not want their
system of government in our
country, Johnston said. "I be-
lintrn tn f-nnnnrntinn with them
and long-term credits where
they can be mutually worked
out."
Daily Weather Report
ForrraMi
MprUord nru! vicinity: Clenr tonight
and Tuesday. Slightly cooler.
Oregon: Clem tonight nnd Tuesday
except fog constat section!. Cooler
southwestern Bert tons.
I -oral Data
Trmpernturo 11 year ago today:
Hlr.'bfst, lowest, 411.
Tolnl monthly prccipltntlon, .11
Inch. Excess for the month, .or Inch.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, lf43, 10,04 Inches. Deficiency
(or tho season, .(tfl inch.
Relative humidity at 4 30 p. m. yes
terday, 22; 4-30 n. m. today, 71.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 6:2ft a. in., sunset 8:01 p. m.
Past 24 hours: High Low I'rec.
Rolse HH fl
Moston 80 03
CIlKMk'O .... i9
Denver 00 AH
Fur ok a . fM
Havre 78 23
I. os Angclca 74 fid
.Hertford , 90 55
New York
Omaha 75 RS T
Phoenix 108 110 ' w.
Portland - H4 B5
Reno 01 40 ......
Hiwemirit H!. 50
Salt Lake 01 00 , ......
San Francisco ..... PO M T
Settle 70 AO ,
Smt vane HI 47
WnshmKtnn. D. C. HI 63
Yakima 7 61
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FOR 0. S. FLEE!
Philadelphia, Aug. 21 U.E)
The world's mightiest fleet
that of the United States navy
was richer by three aaaiuonai
fighting units today following
the launching or Jj.uuu-ton
cruisers Los Angeles and Chi
caiio and the 27.000-ton aircraft
carrier Antietam at the Phila
delphia navy yard yesterday.
The three warships were
launched within five minutes of
each other by flooding drydoeks.
The navy said it was the great
est mass launching in naval his
tory. Mrs. Fletcher Bowron, wife of
the mayor of Los Angeles, and
Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of
Chicago's mayor, christened the
cruisers, which were purchased
by war bond subscriptions in
those two cities. Sales were over
subscribed in both instances.
Chalker's Lauded
For Hospitality
to Army Officers
' A letter of appreciation for
the hospitality extended officers
attached to the Western Person
nel Reassignment Center has
been received by Ray Lange,
manager of Chalker's Motel and
lodge on the Pacific highway
near Gold Hill. The letter, writ
ten by Captain Aldus E. Gridley,
chief of the special services
branch, follows in part:
"I should like to take this
opportunity to express thanks
and appreciation for the cour
tesy and cooperation of yoursen
and staff in making the facilities
of Chalker's available to the of
ficers, their families and friends
during the past few months.
"I want you to know that you
have been of material assistance
in our morale program. Chalk
er's and its fine facilities have
been invaluable. The passing of
leisure time is always a problem
but the activities of Chalker's
have made leisure a pleasure for
all who participated.
"I only wish it were possible
to have a transcript of all the
words of praise which have been
heaped upon your heads. The
charm and hospitality which has
been so graciously bestowed
upon the officers and their fam
ilies and friends has made a last
ing impression in their hearts.
We are very grateful."
War Correspondent
Thomas Treanor Is
Killed Near Paris
London, Aug. 21 CUR' War
Correspondent Thomas Stanley
Treanor, front reporter for the
Los Angeles Times and the Na
tional Broadcasting company,
died In a field hospital In France
early Saturday morning from
injuries suffered In a "tank ac
cident" near Dreux, it was an
nounced today.
(The announcement gave no
details of the accident, but an
NBC statement In New York
said the reporter was injured
fatally when a Jeep In which he
was riding was run over by an
American tank.)
(The NBC announcement in
dicated that Treanor was riding
toward Paris, apparently hoping
to enter the city with or before
the first American troops.)
Treanor recently summed up
his war experiences in a book
entitled "One Damn' Thing Af
ter Another."
Vital Statistics On
Cattle Population
Veterinarians' Plan
Chicago, Aug. 21 (U.R) A
n1nn for a national vital statis
tics service, whlrb will report
on livestock diseases throughout
the country In the same manner
in which human diseases are re
ported, was presented to the
American Veterinary Medical
convention today
"Both federal and stnte gov
ernments have spent millions on
animal disease control, yet we
have little or no authentic infor
mation on distribution and many
other important facts." Dr. A.
II. Quln. Kansas City, Mo head
of the association's vital statis
tics comml'tee, said In Introduc
Inir th nrnnosal. He suecested
that the livestock vital statistics
service be placed under the di
rection of the U. S. bureau of
animal Industry.
Return of Aleuts
To Cost $200,000
Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 21
(UP.) Cost of rehabilitating
Aleut natives forced out of their
homes by the Japanese Invasion
of the Aleutian Islands today
was estimated by military au
thorities at more than $200,000
The estimate was included in
n report on plans for returning
about 500 natives from evncua
turn camps in southeastern Alas
ka this fall to l'nnlnka, Kashe-
ga, Biorka and Makushin vil
luges on t'nalaska Island, Nikos-
ki on V'mnak Island, and Aku-
tan and Atka Islands.
First recorded voyages by Ara
bians. Irishmen. Welshmen. Chi
nese, Japanese and Frenchmen
to America were made before
1000 A. D.
SUBMARINES GET
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JAPANESE SHIPS
Washington, Aug. 21 (U.R)
American submarines, whittling
down the Japanese supply fleet
at an ever-increasing tempo, have
sunk 19 more enemy vessels, in
cluding two combatant ships,
the navy disclosed today.
The latest bag brings to 706
the number of Japanese vessels
sunk by American undersea
craft. In addition, another 37
have probably been sunk and at
least 115 damaged for an, over
all total of 858 Japanese craft
hit by American submersibles.
The navy stbpped announcing
additions to the probably sunk
and damaged, categories several
months ago, however, so that the
total of those classes do not pre
sent a true picture.
Today's sinkings brought to
35 the number of sinkings an
nounced this month.
Today's list Included one light
cruiser, one escort vessel, one
large tanker, three cargo trans
ports, and 13 cargo vessels.
DORSEY'S ACCUSER IS
HELD IN ILLEGAL ENTRY
Hollywood, Aug. 21 (U.R)
Antonio Icaza, Panamanian ac
tor currently suing Band Leader
Tommy Dorsey for $40,000 for
a knife-nicked ear which he said
he received in the celebrated
Dorsey-Jon Hall brawl, today
was hnld hv Immigration authori
ties for illegal entry into the,
united states.
Immigration officials said
Icaza, previously deported, en
tered the United States July 31
as a seaman.
Closing time tor ClaMlflfd J 9
a. in. Too UK to Classify. 13:30
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LAST RITES HERE
FOR W. L T
Graveside services for Wil
liam L. Thurman, former resi
dent of Medford and vicinity
who passed away August 13 in a
Seattle, Wash., hospital were
held at Siskiyou Memorial park,
Medford, this morning with in
terment following. Funeral serv
ices were conducted Friday in
Seattle.
Mr. Thurman was a member
of the volunteer fire department
for a number of years while in
Medford. He was also a mem
ber of the Christian Advent
church and at the time of his
death his membership was in
the Lewiston, Idaho, church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Grace Thurman of Seattle,
two sons, Robert of Seattle, and
Donald, U. S. army, one daugh
ter, Mrs. Peggy Daniels of Seat
tle, two .sisters and two half
sisters and three grandchildren.
Perl Funeral Home waS in
charge of funeral arrangements
here.
Montanans Reelect
Walker President
Francis Walker, Medford, was
re-elected president of the Mon
tana association at the annual
picnic and meeting held recently
in Ashland. About 100 former
Montana residents atte-ded.
A. F. Flowers of Medford was
elected vice-president and Mrs.
George Hoag, also of Medford,
was named secretary and treas
urer. During the meeting plans
were made for next year's gath
ering and the third Sunday in
July was selected as the date. A
program of speakers and mu.ic
was given and the remainder of
the day was spent in renewing
acquaintances.
Frenville's laws, taxing the
colonists, were enacted in Eng
land in 1764.
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To Be Established
Near Shasta Dam
Sacramento, Calif., Aug. (U.R)
Rep. Clair Engle, D Red Bluff,
today announced In a statement
released here that the U. S.
Bureau of Mines plans to build
a steel alloy pilot plant near
Shasta Dam in northern Califor
nia. Engle $aid he was informed
the plant will be used "to test
means of combing and using the
mineral resources of the entire
northern California area." About
$1,500,000 will be spent by the
Bureau of Mines to construct the
California plant and two others
in other states, he said.
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