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OF NAVAL FLIER -TOLD
IN DIM
Warship Picks Up Body
From Liferaft Mother,
Girl, Home, Main Interest
Elkhart. Ind, Sept. 20 OJ.R)
"To Helen I loved her until the
end. I love Mom . . . wish I could
eat some of ner cooking."
Thinking of his girl, his moth
er and the food he ate at home,
Naval Aviation Radioman Jack
Cooper. 23 died on a liferaft in
the Pacific When a warship
picked up his body a few days
later they found him clutching
a diary of his dying days he had
written to his ' Mom "
The navy sent the diary, writ
ten on the fly leaves of his wal
let, to his mother, Mrs Henry
Clevenz. Cooper was reported
killed in action June 15.
Wounded in Kneee
While adrift on the raft, he
was strafed by a Japanese plane
and wounded in Goth knees, but
he scribbled into the diary a
record of what a fighting man
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur waves to his men on beach at Morotai from his landing barge after making tour
around Island, northernmost of the Halmahera group, to survey situation in person. With this Jap Island
In his grasp. MacArthur Is now rushing plans for his iong-antlclpated return to the Philippines, only 275
miles to the north. Photo by Frank Prist, NEA-Acme photographer for War Picture Pool.
thinks of at the end. Mostly it
was about his mother and about
his sweetheart, Helen E. Chec
chlo, whom he called "Big
Eyes."
The diary follows: '
"Piece of shrapnel In compass
case hit our plane Mom . . .;
wings are in sewing kit. am en
titled to all stars and more. Be
sure to check insurance, etc.
Back pay 10 000 ins. (Roses) to
remind me of Helen.
"I've always loved her. Love
kisses same for you Mom, Dad
and all.
"Now July 8 weak (navy de
letion). Can't catch fish no rain
love Big Eyes
"July 9 Little rain (navy de
letion) headed west.
Land Close
"July 10 Rain last night,
very weak, land close some
where. "July 11 Mavis flew over
no see left eye bad shape
still have water. Drifting N. E.
"July 12 Little cloudy, no
planes, no land, headed north
p. m. Jap Nell saw me strafed
hit me in both legs bandaged
them drifting E.
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"July 13 Very weak from
loss of blood land in sight no
food since the 4th 6 ounces of
water left going fast.
"July 14 Catch one small
fish last p. m. very very won't
last over today Plenty fish but
can't sit up very slight breeze.
i If this is my last day, tell my
i Big Eyes to be happy with some
one else.
"I'm back to salt water God
bless you all surprise July 15
tell Helen I found God be hap
py love . . . no. rain for 2 week.
"To Helen I loved her until
the end Jack.
"I love Mom Dad and all wish
I could eat some of her cooking."
VIRGINA HAS FLOOD
Richmond, Va.. Sept. 20 (U.R)
Floodwaters swept down the
James, Roanoke and Dan rivers
today, threatening low - lying
communities with submersion,
after destroying 210 highway
bridges in the past 24 hours and
taking a heavy .nil of late farm
crops in the western part of the
state.
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FAMED SEABEES
EN ROUTE HOME
San Francisco, Sept. 20 (U.R)
Twenty-three hundred Sea
bees, including the famous Sixth
battalion which built and main
tained Guadalcanal's Henderson
field virtually under fire, were
en route to their home today
after an absence of from 21 to
27 months.
In addition to the Sixth, the
36th and 40th battalions, veter
ans of Bougainville, Los Negros
and the Admiralties, arrived at
San Francirco yesterday.
The Sixth battalion was
thrown together 10 days before
shoving off for the bitter Solo
mons battle. Their commander,
Joseph P. Blundon, Keyser, W.
Vo. said they arrived as "par
tially armed civilians."
Splendor-of-Sun water falls
in Japan are 350 feet high.
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OFFENSE
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BURMA'S STRANGE
Brayton C. Case, 27 Years
In Burma,, Drowns In
Muddy Mogaung River.
Br Jack Guinn
United Press Correspondent
Stilwell's Headquarters,
North Burma (U.R) Underneath
the waters of the muddy Mo
gaung River lies the body of
one of Burma's strangest men,
a Johnny Appleseed of a mis
sionary who spent 27 years in
Burma teaching the natives how
to plant and grow American
vegetables and died trying to
resettle the natives who had
been driven out of their homes
by the Japanese.
This man, who drowned on
July 14 when he was swept
away in the raging currents of
the monsoon-flooded Mogaung
River, was Brayton C. Case,
who always listed his next of
kin as the American Baptist
Foreign Missionary Society, 152
Madison Avenue, New York.
Case was drowned in the In
dawgi Lake area of North Bur
ma while on a trip down the
Mogaung River to see about re
settling natives in territory
which had been won back from
the Japanese by the Allies.
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according to reports and he at
tempted to swim ashore. He
was wearing heavy rubber boots
for walking in the deep Burma
mud, and failed to remove them
when he jumped into the swift
current. The boots filled with
water and made it impossible
for Case to swim. The current
swept him 100 yards down the
river before two British sol
diers, who jumped into the
water in an attempt to save him,
could not reach him. They al
most drowned before they made
H to shore.
Probably the last American
to see Case alive, the officer
who put him on the boat, 1st Lt.
Robert T. Lindsay of Dallas,
Tex., and Tucson, Ariz., said,
"Mr. Case wasn't afraid of the
devil himself, and he wasn't
afraid of that river, and that's
probably what killed him."
Case was well known to
American troops in Burma and
was a frequent visitor to Lt.
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's com
bat headquarters. He conduct
ed the funeral service for the
first American dead in the first
official American cemetery in
Burma,
Walked Everywhsre
Llndsey said Case was "about
six-foot-two, a great big, long
legged rawboned man." He
walked everywhere he went,
"all over the Himalaya moun
tain range," according to 1st Lt.
Richard W. While of Macon,
Ga., carrying a 30-pound sack
of seeds for his native friends
in addition to his other equip
ment. One story around Stil
well's headquarters is that a
group of officers made a hike
over certain sections of the
mountains in Burma and sent
back a report containing the
recommendation that no officer
over the age of thirty should be
permitted to make that walk.
Then they discovered that Case,
whose age is between 55 and 60,
had been making this same
walk, carrying all his equip
ment and his seeds.
Lindsey said that Case "knew
every dialect in Burma." For
a time, he conducted a school
for American officers and
taught them the rudiments of
Burmese and lectured them on
how to get along with the na
tives and how to survive in the
jungle. He showed them what
wild plants were edible and
which were poisonous.
But his main work was with
the natives. He showed them
how to clear sections of the
jungle, how to plant seeds, such
as tomatoes, potatoes, corn, and
then showed them the advan
tages of digging with an Ameri
can hoe and raking with an
American rake, a violent depar
ture from established custom
to which the natives did not
always immediately take.
Herded Natives
As Stilwell's forces moved
right along with them, herding
across North Burma, Case sent
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NOTICE
To the Public
It hat come to my attention that parties ropreionfing
thcmselvei to be connected with the Refrigeration Com
pany, 223 West Jackson, hare been operating In the city.
I have no rcpreicntative and advise patroni to get in direct
touch with me when in need of Refrigeration Service
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his natlvaa along an! getting
them resettled In villages and
talking them into beginning gar
dens which would make them
self-sufficient. Officers at Stil
well's headquarters said that
"Mr. Case used to worry us to
death for permission to go some
where but you couldn't get
mad at him, you had to admire
him for his persistence."
His persistence and his desire
to be always pushing forward
caused his death. Lindsey said
that when he put Case into the
boat on the morning of July 14,
he told him the river had not
been cleared for travel, that he
did not think it safe for the mis
sionary to travel.
"Well, Mr. Case Just grunted
and said: 'I got to go' and climb
ed in the boat. That's the way
he was, abrupt like that."
Nobody knew much about
CBse's private life. Nobody
knows, not even officials at
headquarters, how old he was.
They don't know whether he
had any fr.mily or any relatives.
But they know he had friends.
There are hundreds of natives
throughout North Burma who
will mourn the death of Mis
sionary Case.
Gold Hill
Gold Hill, Sept. 20 (U.R)
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hogue of
Tule Lake, Cal., were mid-week
visitors at the home of Mrs. S.
M. Thayer, Sams Valley.
Recent visitors at the Gold
Hill Auto Park were Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Julian, and baby
son of Alameda, Cal. Mrs. Juli
an is a niece of Mrs. John Cogs
well. Mrs. Effie Countz has as her
guest her granddaughter and ,
family . of California. Mrs.
Countz plans to spend a week !
vacationing in California ac
companied by Miss Mae Wilson,
leaving the OK Pastime in the
able hands of Oscar.
Miss Katherine Hays has re
turned from Chico, Cal., where
she has spent the greater part
of the summer. She will enter j
her senior .year at the high
school there.
Miss Eileen Frost has given
up her job at the Pinnacle
Packing Co., In Medford to re
turn to high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Arty Laws, In
fant daughter Elizabeth Ann,
and son Ronnie spent the week
en in their Gold Hill home. Mr.
Laws Is working in the woods
on Williams Creek near Pro
volt. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Force have
returned to Williams Creek to
Bill's Job in the timber.
The Alva Walker store was
burglarized last week, though
nothing of great value was
taken. Things were scattered
on the floor from the shelves,
and pastries damaged. Youth
ful vandals are suspected.
Mrs. Phyllis Seldon has
moved to Medford so that her
son, Allan can attend Medford
high school. Mrs. Seldon will
commute from Medford to Gold
Hill to her position on the staff
of Gold Hill high school.
The windows of the Jehovah
Witness church were broken
the past weekend. Services
were being held at the time but
no one was injured.
Capt. and Mrs. Paul and two
daughters are moving to Med
ford. They have been living in
the Rourke home, and have
made many friends here, and
will be greatly missed.
The fire department was
called to put out a grass fire
back of the Alva Cook home
near the schools Tuesday. The
John Boggis family occupies
the Cook house.
Miss Betty Jean Taylor, who
has been helping on the farm
of her grandparents In Louisi
ana, has arrived to make her
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Dcnsmore, and sis
ters, Dorothy Taylor and San
dra Jean Dcnsmore.
The Clarence Buttcrflelds
have moved Into the home of
Mrs. Bctts, near the high school.
Mrs. Jack Cannon has gone
to San Francisco to be with her
daughter, who is III thqre.
The Cecil Johnsons have re
turned from Prospect to their
home here In Gold Hill which
has been occupied by the Clar
ence Butterficlds.
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Pan-American World Airways
announced tonay mat it naa iiica
applications with the civil aero
nautics board for new air routes
and extensions of its pre-war
routes that wou'd link every
continent by air and provide an
American .flag airway around
the world.
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