SPEED 700 If TO
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Washington, Dec. 12 U.R
Fighter planes with top speeds
of more than 700 miles an hour
almost the speed of sound
will be in service- In the near
future, Rear Admiral DeWitt C.
Ramsey, chief of the navy's
bureau of aeronautics, reported
to the house naval affairs com
mittee today.
The highest operational speed
on navy fighter planes now in
use is around 400 miles an hour,
although some have approached
the speed of sound in dives. .
'.'It is anticipated that in the
near future the top speeds of
fighter aircraft in service will
approach the sonic range, and
be accompanied by further mark
ed increases in rates of climb
and service . ceilings," Ramsey
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said in a report on naval avia
tion from July, 1040, to October, 1
1944. .
The report said new types of
planes are either In production
or in the experimental stage.
Reporting that the Hell Diver
bomber delivers twice the bomb
load at much greater range and
higher speed than the veteran
Dauntless dive bombers, the re
port added: -
A vigorous experimental pro
gram is underway to produce
dive bombers which will carry
still greater loads of bombs for
increased distances at even high
er speeds." - -
FAVOR PENALTIES
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London, Dec. 12 U.R) The
British labor party In -annual
conference today adopted a reso
lution demanding "full repara
tion and restitution for the vic
tims of German and Japanese
aggression."
Opponents argued that the
sense of the resolution was to
clear the way for importation
into Britain of "German slave
labor" for post-war reconstruc
tion. The trade unions represent
ed at the convention appeared
unimpressed with this alleged
danger.
After bitter debate the dele
gates adopted by an overwhelm
ing majority the resolution,
which declared that "neither the
German nor Japanese people can
be acquitted of all responsibility
for the crimes committed in
their names."
The bloc' of trade union votes
crushed all proposed amend
ments attempting to condemn
suggestions for the partition of
Germany or attempts to convert
Germany Into a wholly agricul
tural country.
The chief speakers were De
puty Prime Minister Clement R,
Attlee, who denounced the "sen
timentalism" for all attempts to
differentiate between the Nazis
and the German people, and Will
Lawther, head of the Mine
Workers federation.
PRIVATE HAROLD BRAY
IS WOUNDED IN ACTION
Washington, Dec. 12 U.PJ
The war department announced
today that Pvt. Harold D. Bray
wife, Mrs. Genevieve E. Bray,
618 Victory street, Medford, Ore.
had been wounded in action
In the European area.
The city directory listed no
(-Harold D. Bray and relatives
could not immediately be con
tacted.
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Ernest Llnd, route 3, box 42,
recently received a newspaper
article describing the miraculous
escape of his brother, Pfc. Leon
Lind, from a German prison
camp. Pfc. Lind is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Lind of Iowa
City, la.
The article stated Lind was
drafted in April, 1941, and a
year later arrived in Belfast,
Ireland. After spending the sum
mer on maneuvers there, he
joined the British Commandos
and was sent to Africa for action.
He was taken prisoner by the
Germans at Bizerte on Dec. 1,
1942. With 14 other prisoners,
he was flown to Sicily and then
taken to an Italian prison camp
20 miles from Naples. Life in
the camp was pretty bad. Lind
said. The beds were full of lice,
fleas and bedbudgs in fact, all
Italy seemed to be that way.
There were 1,300 men In the
group and they shared four
showers. Each man got a shower
every two months. The Germans
t.eated them well, Lind said.
Food at the camp consisted
mostly of bread and macaroni
arid coffee was made from chest
nuts or something equally as
bad.. Toilet facilities were holes
in the floor.
Mall Late
Mall was months behind but
most of it did get through. Red
Cross packages, when they fin
ally were received, were excep
tionally -welcome. .
When the allies started to
bomb Naples, men In the camp
were transferred to another
camp on the Adriatic coast. At
the new site were a few means
of recreation and the men form
ed a small orchestra among the
prisoners and played each Sun-
day afternoon.
Details of Lind's escape from
this camp are of necessity a mili
tary secret. About the middle of
the night of Sept. 13, 1943, about
1,300 escaped. Lind learned later
that that many were recaptured.
Lind said he and his buddies hid
for a week in a cave some 10
or 15 miles from the camp. Later
tney made their way south and
were housed by Italian peasants
about a mile from the German
lines. They spent most of the
winter there and moved further
south when the Germans retreat
e-'. from the Italian patriot ad
vance. They finally made their way
to Foggia, a 12th air force base.
From there they were flown
to Oran, where they caught a
boat for home. "When we landed
at Boston", Lind said, "it just
didn't seem real." They were
taken to Fort Miles Standish,
where Lind was given a 21-day
furlough, after which he report
ed to Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
ior reassignment.
OF
EVERY DISLOYAL
JAP IS FAVORED
San Francisco, Dec. 12 U.R)
H. J. McClatchy, executive sec
retary of the' California joint im
migration committee, told a state
senate investigating committee
that he favored deportation "of
every Japanese who during the
course of the emergency nas
failed to render every available
service he possibly could.
McClatchy testified in connec-
tion with the committee's in
quiry into problems concerning
Japanese relocation on the Pa
cific coast. -
He said his committee ts op
posed to relocating Japanese dur
ing the war, and that the mem
bers feel military authorities
had a right to take Japanese
away from the coast. But, he ad
ded, if the army decides to send
the Japanese back here, the joint
immigration committee will
stand behind the decision; even
thoueh It does not approve.
"The war relocation authority
is forcing the military's hand in
sendine the JaDanese back to the
coast," McClatchy said. He be
lieved religious groups were do
ing the same thing.
The joint immigration com'
mittee advocates a ban on Jap
anese language school which pro
mote allegiance to Japan, Mc
Clatchy said, and it approved of
the Tule Lake tribunal set up to
determine loyalty.
He reported the committee al
so favors a peace treaty-provision
which will designate a place to
which disloyal Japanese-Ameri
cans may be deported If Japan
will not accept them. '
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POSTAL SERVICE
Postmaster General Walker
has advised the Medford post
office that a contract has been
let for 100,000,000 pbstal notes
and efforts are being made to
place this new type of money
order on sale at first class post
offices about January 1, 1945.
Postal notes will be made
available to postofflces other
than of the first class as rapidly
as stocks come from the presses.
However, from the beginning
they may be cashed at any post
office in the United States.
Eighteen denominations of
stamps will be Issued. They are
lc, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c, 6c, 7c, 8c, 9c,
10c, 20c, 30c, 40c, S0,c 60c, 70c,
80c and 90c. There will be eleven
denominations of notes: 0, $1
S2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10.
The United States had postal
notes from 1884 to 1894. They
were limited, however, to fixed
amounts and Inasmuch as they
were payable , to bearer, they
lacked the security of the con
ventional money order.
The new postal note is de
signed as a safe, convenient and
economical ' way of ' sending
through the mails amounts of
money not exceeding $10. Sim
plified methods of sale makes it
possible to handle the notes at a
uniform fee of Sc. The conven
tional money order is not being
displaced by the new note.
A person who wants a postal
note for $2.93 will go to the
money order window. The clerk
will affix a 90c and a 3c stamp
to a $2 postal note, and exchange
the note for $2.98 In cash. No
written applications are re
quired, no writing bjthe clerk.
The purchaser wrltesx In the
name of the payee on the note,
detaches his record stub on
which he records the payee's
name, and mails the postal note.
PT.GI
CAPTURES NAZ
With the 5th Army, Italy-
Carrying a six-shooter, western
style, Pvt. 1c MacDonald Cole
man of Central Point, Ore., went
Kraut hunting, killed three Ger
mans and captured 14 In north
ern Italy recently.
A radio operator in the 88th
"Blue Devil" division of Lt. Gen.
Mark W. Clark's 5th army, Cole
man started on a "souvenir
hunt" during an enemy artillery
and mortar barrage. He killed
three Nazis with as many shots
from his six-shooter and dashed
into a house to take cover from
further shells and bullets.
Inside the building be faced
six German machinegunners,
who, in their surprise, threw up
their hands.
"I had only three rounds left
In the revolver, Coleman said,
"so I rushed up to the one 1
thought was In charge and pam
med the pistol In his back. I told
him to call in everyone and he
must have understood English
because I certainly could not
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speak German. .
"It was a bluff, but it worked.
The big Nazi roared a command
and Krauts poured In from all
over. Four were machinegun
ners from upstairs and four
more manned mortars In the
basement."
Coleman then calmly marched
all 14 outside and turned them
over to guards. Returning to the
house he found eight machine
guns, two mortars, several ma
chine pistols and other equip
ment.
Coleman previously was credit
ed with wiping out seven Ger
mans in acton below Rome. He
serves with the 349th "Kraut,
killer" regiment, commanded by
Col. Joseph B. Crawford , of
Humboldt, Kan.
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somewhere in France, recently
wrote to his brothers, Glenn E.
and Cleo A. Johnson of Route 4,
describing some of his feelings
incurred while serving with the
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boys "over there" are not play
ing "cop and robber" as some
seem to think but are really go
ing through hell.
. He gave high praise for the
work of the Red Cross and urged
his people not to begrudge them
a thing.
The letter mentioned the cold
and rain In France and said the
men are managing to keep warm
and have plenty to eat.
Cpl. Johnson's wife resides In
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