BOMBER PERILED
BY RUBBER RAFT
ON OCEAN FLIGHT
Br Russell Annabel
United Press War Correspondent
Headquarters, 11th AAT, Nov.
J7 U.R The hostile sky over
Paramushiro In . the northern
Kuriles la filled with some ex
traordinary hazards to airmen
flak, Zeros, tog and ice-filled
clouds but the first instance of
bomber being nearly downed
there by a rubber life raft was
disclosed today.
The Mitchell bomber, piloted
by Lt. Donald Hofferth, Jackson,
Mich., had bucked head -winds
cross the north' Pacific ocean
from Its Aleutian base to bomb
and strafe the enemy bases on
northern Paramushiro, and so
much gasoline had been used
fighting the winds that Hofferth
decided he would have to jetti
son all removable equipment In
order to get back .
. Raft Thrown Out
Among the items of equipment
thrown out was the rubber life
raft. In some manner the raft
became Inflated as it was being
pushed out through the hatch,
and its steel mooring line fouled
on the bomber's tail assembly. v
The drag of the large raft was
so great that Hofferth had diffi
culty keeping the bomber In
level flight while hls crewmen
held a hasty conference to figure
out how to get rid of the raft.
The five crew members were
Lt. George Cooper, Jr., co-pllot,
Denver; Lt. Javk B. Evans, bom
bardies, Detroit; Sgt. Thomas
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fr.
Ronald Colman in a scene from the gorgeous technlcolar
drama, "Kismet," with Marlene Dietrich, James Craig and Ed
ward Arnold. The picture starts tomorrow at the Craterlan.
O'Brien, engineer, Woodslde, L?
I.. N. Y.; Sgt. George E. Twomey,
gunner, Washington, D. C, and
Cpl. Michael Harrington, gunner,
Bedford, Mass.
Deflated With Shots
Sgts. Twomey and Harrington
deflated the raft with shots from
their .43 pistols, then cut a large
hole in the side of the plane with
belt knives and tried to shoot
the steel line in two. When the
latter strategm failed, Twomey
crawled part way out a window
while-Harrington held his legs,
and succeeded in firing a shot
that parted the line.
The bomber was brought in
safely to its base.
WEATHER
Northern California Cloudy
with intermittent rain today, to
night and Wednesday, Little
temperature change.
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WILL NOT OPEN ANY
EVENING BEFORE
CHRISTMAS EXCEPT
Saturday Night
Please Do Your Shopping
During the Day
NO JAP KNOCKOUT
SEEN BEFORE '46
Ashland Apartment
Damaged By Blaze
Ashland, Dec. 19 Fire at
about 7:30 this morning did con
siderable damage to an apart
ment belonging to Chelf of Po
lice C. P. Talent in the Ashland
hotel. It started in the clothes
closet and destroyed clothes and
other articles. Everything in the
closet was a complete loss, fire
men said. Smoke and water did
some damage to the front room
with one chair being burned and
a davenport damaged by smoke
and water.
Firemen could not Immediate
ly determine the cause of the
blaze.
S. J. BLARELY, 70, OF
. ROGUE RIVER PASSES
Giants Pass, Dec. 19 S. J.
(Sandy) Blakely, 70, of Rogue
River, died at the hospital here
Monday, following an operation.
He is survived by 15 children,
four of whom are in the service.
Mrs. Blakely was killed about
seven years ago in an automo
bile 'accident on the Redwood
highway. , . .
Blakely was born in Iowa on
February 16, 1874, and came to
Grants Pass in 1909. A short
time later, he moved to Rogue
River where he has been a farm
er until the present time.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
DOWNEY FAR AHEAD
Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 19
(U.PJ U. S. Sen. Sheridan Dow
ney, a Democrat, was re-elected
November 7 by a 151,602 vote
majority over Republican Lt.
Gov. Frederick F. Houser, of
ficial figures released by Sec
retary Frank M. Jordan showed
today. Downey received l.vat),-
155 votes to 1,576,553 for Hou
ser.
Closing time for Classified Ada 9
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p. m.
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. Pearl Harbor, Dee. 19 U.B
Japan still will "be on her feet
and fighting in 1946," In the
opinion of Lt. Gen. Millard F.
Harmon, commander of U. S.
army ir forces In .the Pacific
areas.
Harmon, who directs the
strategic bombing of the enemy's
homeland, said in a speech sum
marizing results of the Super
fortress raids on Japan, that the
"Pacific operations were going
fine for a start but they've only
just begun."
He debunked the popular be
lief that Tokyo Is a tinder-box
that can be knocked out by a
few incendiary bombs and dis
closed that the Japanese had con
structed a large system of fire
breaks throughout the city.
"No one gives the Jap credit
for being a resourceful enemy
except those who have fought
him," Harmon saia.
ProsDect
Prostect. Dec. 19 Over'' 200
people attended the Prospect
hieh school night CIUD entertain
ment December 15. Christmas
decorations were used through'
out the gymnasium, making an
attractive setting for the uoor
show, that was interspersed with
dancing by the audience, one oi
the high lights of the evening
was a song by the Christmas
carolers, dedicated to Mrs. Fran
ces Pearson, who served as an
Instructor for 20 years in the
local high school. Arleigh An
derson, of the senior class, was
master of ceremonies and Mrs.
Elizabeth Flannery, who direct
ed the entertainment also, was
piano accompanist.
Jantzer Girls club entertained
with a Christmas party at the
home of Mrs. Charles B. Broom-
field, December 14. Gifts were
exchanged from the Beautifully
decorated tree, followed by re
freshments served by the host
ess. Members attending includ
ed: Mrs. Richard Dltsworth, Mrs.
Everett Shafer, Mrs. Archie Mc-
Killop, Mrs. Ralph Lacy, Mrs.
Frank Doty, Mrs. Albert Wright,
Mrs. Henry Dufer, Mrs. Ralph
Mallory, Mrs. Paul Snook, Mrs
Ben Haynes, Mrs. Paul Dalton,
and Mrs. Broomfield.
Mrs. Floyd K. Kelley was host
ess for the Bridge club Christ
mas party, December 13. Chick
en luncheon was served at small
tables to Mrs. Earl Ulrich, Mrs
Wallace Dinkens, Mrs. E. E
Fraedrick, Jr., Mrs. Mary E
Grieve, Mrs. James H. Grieve,
Mrs. Elmer Clemens, Mrs. Ed
mund W. Pease, and Mrs. Kel
ley. After the exchange of gifts.
bridge was in play, with high
score prize won by Mrs. Clem
-ens, and Mrs. Dinkens w
awarded the consolation prize.
Mrs. Charles B. Broomfield
gave birthday dinner, honor
ing her husband December 12
Covers were placed- for Mr. and
Mrs. R. Ceford Garoutte, Miss
Dorothy Fairchlld, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie McKlllop and- daughters,
Susan and Sally, Mr. and Mrs.
Broomfield and son Robert.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer M. Clem
ens left December 15 for Los
Angeles to visit for three weeks
with their daughter, Miss Doro
thy, also Mrs. Clemens' nieces,
Mrs. Fred Rollyson and Mrs.
William Broadway, and brother-
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Fett, at ' Redondo Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemens' house
guests for the past two weeks,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swan and
Mrs. Nellie Cooke of Spokane,
accompanied them as far south
as Orland, Calif., where they
will spend a few weeks with
relatives.
Miss Shirley Gibson, who Is
employed at Medford. scent the
'week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Gibson.-
HONOR ROLL
Names of Roosevelt grade
school pupils who made the
honor roll for the second six
weeks' period of this term were
released today as follows:
IB Joanne Classen, Sue Col
ley, Carol Ann Lewis, Meredith
Foote and Carol Denman.
1A Susan Bagley.
2B Melissa Jennings, Bar
bara Bauer and Suzanne Relch
steln. 2A Larry Ross and Vemece
Tighe.
3B Sandra Hubbard, Carole
Prlngle, Fay Zier, Georgia Hem
mlla, Constance Clark and Roger
Pingstaff.
4B Jimmle Roberts, Gall Mc
Duffee and Kathryn McAllister.
SB Nancy Jennings, Patricia
Lydlard and Billy McAllister.
I 5B Elizabeth Collins and
Richard Roberts.
6A Robert Rentchler.
Housewife Delays
Call For Firemen
Until Hour Right
Tacoma, Wash., Dee. 19
(OB Yes, Virginia, fire de
partments operate 24 hours
a day for free.
Firemen called to extin
guish a routine chimney
blaze asked the lady of the
house how long the fire had
been burning.
"Oh, about two hours, '
but we tried to keep it down
as long as we could," the
woman replied.
"Why didn't you call us
before?" the astonished
smoke eaters uuerled.
"Well, we didn't think you
came to work until 8 a. m"
the housewife answered.
"And besides, we had to be
sure we had enough money
to pay you."
COL ROBERT McCORMICK
WILL MARRY SOCIALITE
Chicago, Dec. 19 (U.R) Col.
Robert R. McCormick, publisher
of the Chicago Tribune, wffl
marry Mrs. Maryland Mathison
Hooper, prominent C h 1 e a g o
socialite, in a quiet ceremony
here at 8 p. m. Thursday.
Chauncey McCormick, the 64
y ear-old publisher's cousin,- an
nounced the forthcoming mar
riage, which will take place at
his Lake Shore home.
Mrs. Hooper, mother of two
teen-aged daughters, divorced
her husband, Henry Hooper, In
Mexico November su.
JAP WAR PRISONERS
WILL GET SUPPLIES
By United Press
Supplies for American war
prisoners in Japanese internment
camps have arrived at Vladivos
tok and will be distributed by
Japanese vessels "immediately,1
Sadao Iguchl, spokesman of the
Fur Remodeling
and Repairing
Rallnlng, Cleaning and
- Glasing
rranees Dallaire Ph. 2628
Woodrow and Crater Lake
Tuesday. Dee. 18. 1844 MEDFORD MAIL TMBUHE FITS
Japanese board of Information,
said today.
Tokyo radio, recorded by
United Press, San Francisco,
quoted Iguchl as saying that
the assurance or suety of navi
gation of Japanese ships carrying
these comfort kits has arrived
from the American government
a few days ago."
ClotJns Urn for Sunday Too un
to CUuffy 5:30 Saturday aJUmooo
Plaase ramambar.
Cm Hall Tribuna Want Ada.
Stearns, Flynn & Co.
Certified Public Accountants- Tax Counselors
Portland and Salem, Orvon
Announce the opening of an office In
ROSEBURG, OREGON
December 11, 1944
Office: 201 Pacific Building Telephone: 336
MONEY
TO LOAN!
On JEWELRY. CAMERAS
and MUSICAL INSTRU
MENTS. Used and unre
deemed fewelry at great
sa'ngs
PEOPLES LOAN GO.
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