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Col. Emmens Named Representative On
Allied Board For Control Of Rumania
WORD FLIER
: IS APPOINTED TO
IMPORTANT POST
' t,t. Col. Robert O. Emmens,
' Wert ford aviator who participate
d In the historic Jim Doolittle
bombing raid on Tokyo in im
and subsequently spent IB
1 months In Russia where his
'plane was forced down, has.
been named as one of four
United States military repre
sentatives on the Allied Control
commission for Rumania, the
war department has announced.
Lt. Col. Emmens, recently home
on a brief leave, has been serv
ing as deputy commander at
the army air base m ureenvuie,
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The commission Is composed
of Russian, British and United
.States delegates who will su
pervise. under the direction of
the Soviet High command,
terms of the armistice between
Rumania and the U.8.S.R. It
is understood that Col. Emmens
. will probably bear chief respon
' sibllity among American dele
gates for the aviation terms of
.the armistice.
,; Other American members of
the commission are Brig. Gen.
'Cortlandt Van Rensselaer
Schuyler, U.S.A., Com, Philip
, B. Brannen, USSR, and Lt.
i Col. Grady C. McGlassen, army
l quartermaster corps.
Long Held Secret
Return of Cot. Emmens and
other members of the bomber
: crew to this country was for
'many months a strict military
secret since they had been in
.terned by the Russians in ac
cordance with International law.
, Official release of the news of
their return was made known
last week approximately the
; same time as the announcement
'of the colonel's appointment to
the Rumanian commission. Ex
act details of their return from
: Russia were not revealed, how
ever. .
' The five fliers Interned by the
.Russians .were Col. Emmens,
then a first lieutenant; Lt. Col.
Edward 3, York, San Antonio,
Tex., than a captain) Second Lt,
Nolan A. ' Herndon, Sulphur
Springs, Tex.; Sgt. Theodore H.
Laban, Kenosha, Wis., and Cpl.
David W. Pohl, Wellesley, Mass,
These men were the only crew
of the, IS carrier-based bombers
who managed to land their
plane without destroying Jt
Starr rinally Teld
On April ii, 1B4I, six days
after the historic raid, the Rua
Maybe youWt seen some of those Grs with
Tank Destroyer
They're a peat
their service and
itching for the day
would be lifted to they could tell the world
what it's all about.
We know how they've felt for they've been
training witKBuick's baby-the M-18 Hellcat
dreamed up, developed and brought to produc
, lion by Buick men, with the enthusiastic aid of
Ordnance experts.
Then came the big day. The Hellcat went
into action, with its 55-mile top speed and
its heavy-slugging 76-mm, cannon.
Fresh from the fighting front, an offMal
Army observer called it -the hottest
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LT. COL. ROBERT G. EMMENS
sians revealed that they were
holding the American aviators
and until that time nationality
of the aviators making the raid
was not known. The war de
partment shortly after stated
that army planes had made the
raid but it was not until April
of 1S43 that the full story was
told. At this time the Japanese
admitted executing several of
the Doolittle fliers who fell
into their hands after bailing
out oyer China.
A Russian communique in
April of 1842 stated that the
American bomber had landed
safely at Khabarovsk, BOO miles
northwest of Tokyo, 400 miles
northeast of Vladvostok and 200
miles inland from the Pacific.
No statements were Issued by
the filers and correspondents
were not allowed to visit them.
The story reveals that prepar
ations for the raid were made
at Eglln, Field, Fla., where a
naval Instructor trained the fil
ers on the problem of getting
their 26,000-pound planes off
the short . carrier runway. It
was planned that the U. S. S.
Hornet would carry the bomb
ers to within 400 miles of the
Japanese coast, protected by a
task force. Originally it had
been decided . that the planes
would take off at dusk on April
19, 1042, bomb Tokyo, Yoko
hama, Nagoya, Kobe and Osaka
at dark and fly on all night and
emblems on their shoulders.
bunch of guys proud of
for months they've been
when the hush-hush lid
one
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uf. At
make emergency landings on
fields built Just for this purpose
by the Chinese.
Plans Go Awry
These carefully laid plans
were upset by a Japanese patrol
boat which spotted the task
force at 7:30 a. m. on April 18
while the force was still some
800 miles off tee Japanese coast.
Doolittle, fearing that the boat
might have radioed information
of the force, quickly decided to
take off at once and allow the
ships to turn back to safer
waters. t
. At 8 a. m. the planes began
taking off the cramped ' deck,
loaded with five-gallon gasoline
tins. They reached their des
tination, successfully bombed
the targets and escaped from
the Japanese mainland. Beyond
the mainland, however, they ran
into trouble because they now
were arriving over China In the
dark Instead of at dawn. They
carried no radio equipment and
the emergency fields were un
Ughted. Not a single plane reached a
field. Two came down In the
China sea and others made belly
landings in rice paddles. Most
were abandoned in mid-air and
the crews took to their para
chutes, one out of approximate
ly 90 men being killed in the
parachute landings.' '
" Happy Ending
No one has hazarded a guess
thing In armored warfare," which
grand news to our ears.
But what really warmed our hearts
flood of letters thousands of them
poured in from the men who've worked and
trained and lived with this destroyer, once they
teamed that Buick builds the Hellcat.
Buick powers the Liberator, too. And our mail
has been heavy with letters from flyers, telling
us how much faith they've come to feel in
those great-powered, Buick-built, valve-in-head
aircraft engines.
So pardon us, please, if we feel a bit proud
, about the way these boys write us. Such '
cheers as theirs are the finest reward any
could ask or hope for.
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as to why the remaining bomber
lost its directions, but its land
ing in Russian territory undam
aged and with its crew unhurt
has now happily ended with all
members of the crew back on
duty with the army.
While in Medford recently
Col. Emmens visited relatives.
He Is the son of Mrs. J. J. Em
mens, 1443 East Main street,
and the late Dr. Emmens. His
wife and small son, who had
been with the colonel in South
Carolina, returned to Medford
to reside while the officer is
carrying on his new duties with
the Rumanian commission.
High School News
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By
Student Reporters
Sf&rso Gammll Joan Hopp
The Roller Skating club sfart
ed its season with the first ses
sion on December 4. They now
have about 50 members and
membership is still open. At the
club's first meeting the follow
ing officers were elected: Pres
ident, Marilyn Wright; vice pres
ident, Carl WInklebleckr secre
tary, Betty Trulllnger; and
treasurer, Betty Shaw. Dues are
one dollar a month and three
sessions will be held each
month. After the club gets un
der way, members may have a
skating show, according, to Mr.
Sidney Bouck, adviser.
To welcome home the Black
Tornado, Oregon state football
champs, the Medford high band
and student body met the team
at the depot, when the boys re
turned Monday morning. As the
team stepped off the train, the
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was
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which
a
band played "On Medford",
while the students cheer , Sev
eral other selections were
played before the students re
turned to school, having been
excused until 10 o'clock.
Medford senior high's eight
outstanding girl volley ball
players went to Ashland Decem
ber 7, to represent the Girls'
Athletic association. They
played the girls' team of the
Southern Oregon college of ed
ucation. Girls who made the
trip included: Mildred Sheila
berger, Aletha Emerick, Evelyn
Byrne, Fanny Sullivan, Joyce
Clares, Barbara Olsen, Carmen
McGrew, and Shirley DeMoss.
Recently throughout the high
schools of the nation, there has
been a movement to promote
the reading of the Bible. As a
result of the poll taken by
chaplains and preachers over
the United States, a selection
of. the finest passages In the
Bible has been compiled for the
students to"read. A book report
credit is to be given when the
passages have been read. It is
hoped by the teachers that the
students, having a taste of this
truly great book, will be inter
ested in further reading of the
Bible.
Medford senior high's triple
trio entertained the Women's
Rotary club Wednesday of this
week. The members who sang
Included: JoAnn tJilmore, Har
riet Houghton, Evalyn Wat
kins, Dolores Wilkinson, June
Elliot, Margaret Drysdale, Joyce
Fraley, Marjorle Hammond, and
Marilyn Wright. The selections
were: "Virgin's Slumber Song";
"Jesus Is Born", and "Holy
Night."
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A number of students from
the art department drew pic
tures from life and results were
so "life-like" that their draw
ings were placed in the display
case In the main hall. Student
artists Included: Beverly Dark,
Vernice Vroman, Louise Ellis,
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Glen Crocker, Hortense Jen
nings, Dolores Poutre, Barbara
Maddox, Evelyn' Byrne, Joan
Adler, Margaret Drysdale, Al
eleven, Gloria Preston, Kath
leen Seekatz, Gall Codding,
and Bob Robinson.
Kiwanls club honored the
Black Tornado, Wednesday, by
having each Kiwanian take a
member of the football team to
luch at the Holland hotel. Guest
speaker was"Dr. Redford, pres
ident of the Southern colleM of
education. The topic of his talk
was the West Virginia industry.
Carl Reich was presented with a
prize.
Boy Scouts Assist
In Seal Sale Drive
Boy Scouts of Medford are
again this year playing their
part in the fight against tuber
culosis by assisting in the seal
sale drive of the Jackson Coun
ty Public Health association.
Mrs. Ruth E. Bauer, county
chairman, stated yesterday.
Christmas seal sale posters
were distributed by the Boy
Scouts to strategic part of the
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call attention to the sale, which
will continue until Christmas.
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Mark F. Wright, rtuta 4,' box
359, Medford, Ore., was recently
awarded the good conduct medal
for exemplary behavior, effic
iency, and fidelity at this large
air service command depot in
the ETO. Prior to his enlistment
in the service Cpl. Wriht was
employed by the Pain Field
Sub Depot, Everett, Wash.
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