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1 SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE NAVY PILOT GETS 4 ENEMY PLANES AND JAP CAPTORS , Washington, Jan. 13 (U.fS A navy pilot accomplished tome- thing unique when he not only ahot down tour enemy planes in one flight but also picked off . two more Japs with his revolver , while bobbing around the Pa cific in a life-jacket, the navy disclosed tonight. . The Industrious Hellcat pilot was Ens. Clarence A. Borley, Yakima, Wash., who accounted for his four planes in a sweep -over Formosa recently. Anti-aircraft fire forced him down in the water, and two Jap anese headed for him in a small sailing dinghy from the nearby enemy shore. Borley waited un til they were within SO yards, then opened fire with a .38 cali bre revolver. It was not until five days later that an American submarine rescued him and then he had to convince his res cuers that he wasn't a Jap. ESCAPE MEASLES Richmond, Va., Jan. 13. (U.R) Sen, Alben W. Barkley, D Ky., can take it easy he's not likely to catch film actress Marie McDonald's measles. Barkley and Miss McDonald were guests of the Touchdown Club in Washington recently and; ' posea togetner lor pnotograpn- ers. Then she came here Thurs day and went to bed with what her doctor called 'one of the worst cases of measles I've looked at in years." ' ' But Steve Lambert, studio representative a e e o m p anying Mis McDonald, said he had been assured that "it's not the old black contagious kind of meas les." Lambert was released from quarantine yesterday. OKAVRADIO link San Diego, Jan. 13 (U.R) The police of San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, are going to be a real International law and order team now since the approval to day by the federal communica tions commission1' for a linking Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheomatie Pftin Qslckly . If you suffer from rtMunwtle. arih TitH or neurlus pain, uy thli ilmple Inexpensive home recipe that thou eanda are uttns. 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"The tractors then flounder ed through 400 yards of shallow water to shore," said the 50-year-old electrician's mate," and for the first couple of days the Japs kept throwing mortar shells at our cranes. I can still hear them popping around me." SEEK YOUTHS FOR HOLD-UP, MURDER San Francisco, Jan. 13. (U.R) Three youths between 17-19 years of age held up a small grocery store in the Ingleslde residential district here tonight, shooting and killing the pro prietor and escaping in a stolen convertible sedan which they later abandoned several miles away, police reported. The grocer, Dave Petrovlch, 45, was shot In the stomach when he resisted the trio and died in the ambulance on the way to an emergency hospital. Police said the youths were well-dressed and may be con nected with the recent string of convertible thefts from Union Square garage. L HEAD LATIN MEET Washington. Jan. 13. U.PJ Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., will head the U. S. delegation to next month's conference of American repub lics in Mexico City, and it was believed here tonight that the Argentine government now ex cluded from the parley may be invited later to present Its view of circumstances which have led to its diplomatic isolation. Stettinius' decision to head this country's delegates, was offici ally announced by the state de partment today. A Prescription For In 1945 MILK V: a. LABOR WARNED BY SECY. PERKINS.TO WATCH ITS STEP Washington, Jan. 13. (U.R) Secretary of Labor Perkins to night warned labor unions that failure to assume their full "pub lic responsibilities" will result in weakening of laws which she said had given American labor unprecedented protection; In what may be her last an nual report, Miss Perkins also: 1 Called on labor to devote the coming years to "develop ment of a program of public service." 2 Called for postwar con solidation within the labor de partment of all government agencies having to do with la bor and labor-management re lations. 3 Back-handedly chlded the war labor board's finding that wages have kept pace with liv ing costs, commenting that even "the most competent repre sentatives of government . . . when charged with an official decision on wages can hardly be as well informed about any practical situation as are the workers and employers directly Involved." 4 Recommended anew that the social security program be expanded and that provision be made for more aijd better hous ing and for increased adult and occupational training. Miss Perkins and Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes are the only two members of Presi dent Roosevelt's original cab inet who still hold their posi tions. - Many observers, how ever, expect her resignation to be announced shortly. OF Washington, Jan. -13. (U.R) Brig. Gen. Allen C. McBrlde, 58, one of the heroes of Bataan, died last May 9 In a Japanese prison camp on Formosa, his widow, Mrs. Avis McBrlde, said tonight. Word of McBrlde's death reached here only recently, Mrs. McBrlde told the United Press, In a letter from another Interned officer, Maj. Gen. George Park er. There has been no confirma tion from the International Red Cross. WAR WORKER BILKED Seattle, Jan. 13. (U.R) Two Montana oil land salesmen were freed on $3,000 bond each to night after pleading guilty to grand larceny, after they were accused of swindling an elderly shipyard worker out of $3,400 In cash and war bonds accumu lated while working In a Seattle shipyard. PVT. PERSHING HONORED With the U. S. 7th Army, Jan. 13 (U.R) Pvt. William B. Pershing, Los Angeles, a third cousin of Gen. John J. Pershing, was awarded the soldiers medal today for herpism near La Ban cs, Italy, last June. ALTCJ A AIR CHIEF SAYS T OF E Boston, Jan. 13 (U.R) Gen. H. Hv Arnold, commander of the U. S. army air forces, said to night that past Superfortress raids on Japan were "merely the prologue" of the bombing In store for that country and prom ised that our air strength will make the enemy "wish the air plane had never been Invented." Addressing the annual dinner of the Washington chapter of the National Sojourners, Arnold said he anticipated a long, hard and bitter struggle against Ja pan. "Remember this," he said, "Japan is not a group of mod erately small islands covered with inflamable paper buildings some people seem to think. "Her Inner empire the is lands plus Korea and Manchuria it mmR m J fx t rift 0 If Mi C covers an area of more than 730,000 square miles. This area comprises a highly developed, almost self-sufficient Industrial and agricultural unit three times the size of Germany. And this industrial unit has now had a chance to disperse. "Dispersed or concentrated, Japanese industry will not sur vive the bombardment In store for it. We will hit their factories, their oil fields, and their cities, first with our B-29s then, as our bases draw closer, with Fort resses and Liberators and even with our lighter aircraft." GOP NAMES CHAIRMAN Seattle, Jan. 13. (U.R) J. M. "Bud" Bawley, of Olympia, Wash., today was elected state chairman of . the Republican party after a wordy verbal battle as to whether his opponent was asking the state central commit tee to repudiate Ex-Gov. Arthur B. Langlie's Republican policies. Salem, Ore., Jan. 13. U.R) Edward-Sol Warden, 61, a guard at , Oregon state penitentiary since 1914, died at a Salem hos pital today. He had been in ill health since he was stabbed In an attempted prison break in 1043. OREOONTAlf RETURNS FAIRMOUNT, W. Va., Jan. 13. (U.R) Benjamin Franklin Male, a 73-year-old repentant farmer, was given the "run of the Marion cbunty jail" tonight after he returned voluntarily from St. Helens, Ore., to answer a 40-year-old murder charge. BAKERY HEAD PASSES Los Angeles, Jan. 13 U.R) Bert Folx, 51-year-old president GAS Will be short again this sum mer. NOW is the time to plan that out-door ' living room I specialise In first-class con crete and masonry. Fireplaces, Bird Baths. Fountains, Patios, etc.. Driveways and Walks. FRANCIS "RED" BRISBINE 614 E. Jackson St Ch 91 HP I of the Folx French BaWnf Co.. collapsed in a market today and was pronounced dead of a heart attack on arrival at a hospital. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada. 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