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V JAPANESE LEARN ARE SUBSTANTIAL By Russell Annabel United Press War Correspondent Headquarters, 11th AAP, Jan. 7 (U.R) One of the disconcert ing things the Kurile Japs are finding out over in their gun bristling "purple heart alley" be tween Faramushiro and Shi mushu is that you can shoot seven bells and ten command ments out ol American war planes and they not only keep flying they continue to be the deadliest planes In the air. Maybe the best recent ex ample of this occurred when a Mitchell bomber piloted by Capt. John C Hamilton, Bridgeport, Neb., with Lt. 'Rex Todd, Vis alia, Calif., as co-pilot, went in at deck-level altitude off Para- mushiro to bomb and strafe three Jap ships. 42 Holes In Plane When the engagement was over the Mitchell had 42 holes In her, her fuel tanks were punc tured, her wing surfaces were damaged, and her flight instru ments and hydraulic system were shot out but two out of the three Jap ships were left sinking. During the first bombing run over the heavily armed ships, the Mitchell went in through curtains of bursting flak and skip-bombed one of the ships so successfully that it was blown completely out of the water. A second run accounted for the second ship as efficiently if not as spectacularly despite the Iran o BOO other MONARCH Foods-all last as Coo! Romantic Roles Linda Darnell and James Cardwell are the romantic leads in "Sweet and Low-Down." the musical comedy which features Benny Goodman and his band Lynn Bari and Jack Oakie. It starts tomorrow at the Rialto. "Saddle Leather Law," plays as the companion feature starring unanes starrett with Dub Tay lor and Vi Athens. tic barrage thrown up by enemy gunners. So we limped back home. made a crash landing from which we got out without a scratch," said Capt. George K. Bone'y, Bel- lingham, Wash., gunnery officer on the mission. "Believe m these planes are tops." Few New Gadgets Are Result Of War Says Henry Ford II Chicago, Jan 16 (UP.) Henry Ford II, vice-president of the Ford Motor company, told a con- lerence of the newspaper ex ecutives advertising association today that "very little that can be called new" has been develop ed as a result of the war. . He said that Americans "can not rely on television and plas tics and 70-passenger airplanes to build a new future for us." The war may have hastened developments, refinements and applications that had lagged in the easy going days of peace, he said, "but the record will show that practically all things listed in roseate prophesies as being the war's contribution to the foundations of a greater future were here before the war every one of them." FEAR HITLER MAY GO UNPUNISHED Washington, Jan. 18 U.B The National Lawyers guild, pro testing that Adolf Hitler may yet escape his deserved punishment on grounds of "sovereign immun ity, warned today that the United States must prevent ab stract and empty theory from blocking full retribution from axis war criminals. It stated that there Is a "firm basis in well-established princi ples of law" for punishment of war criminals and that legal technicalities must be avoided that would block their prosecution. The guild recommended that the United States establish mili tary or civilian commissions sim ilar to the Russian investigating commissions. "Until this is done," lt said, "it will be diffi cult to carry through with the trial and punishment of the guilty." The statement coincided with reports that the work of the United Nations war crimes com mission in London was at a standstill, reportedly because it had been Ignored by the British foreign office. Dispatches from London said the foreign office favored exile, rather than capi tal punishment, for such crim inals as Hitler. The Lawyer's guild expressed concern over reluctance to apply the death penalty. The doctrine of "sovereign immunity," it said should be applied to "the friend ly sovereign, not the hostile one." meeting and a prise was won by Lillian Autenrieth. The Fields and Hoffman fam ilies will serve at Grange Janih ary 18. Hollywood Artists To Appear Here In Western Jamboree A "Western Jamboree," show and dance featuring Smiley Frog" Bumette and artists who have been featured on the Holly wood and National Barn Dance and Grand Ole Opery radio programs, will come to Mer rick's Ball Room Thursday, January 25. Bumette, the hilarious comic screen pal of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers in numerous musi cal westerns, will spark the stage show with his inimitable mixture of humor and music, Continuous entertainment from 9 'til 1 Is promised, with dancing and stage shows alternating without intermission. The Jimmy Dean Trio, which has ' received acclaim on the Barn Dance radio program, will vocalize in Texas style, along with Tex Ann,-sensational cow girl-vocalist and Merl Travis, guitarist and star of Columbia, Republic and Universal pictures, Jimmy Walker, featured on the Hollywood Barn Dance radio show; George Banby, western accordionist; and novelty har monious ace Billy Russell will be featured with other acts. "Frog" Burnette, rotund per former with the high squeaky voice which changes to a deep rumble without notice, Is a one- man show in himself. PLANES COLLIDE Fallon, Nev., Jan. 16 (U.R) Two Corsair F4U fighter planes collided in midair about two miles southeast of here late yes terday afternoon. Both from the Fallon naval auxiliary air sta tion, one crashed and burned killing the pilot, the other pulled out after starting to fall and made a safe landing. THE GRANGE Gold Hill Grange Sixteen members and one vis itor, Nora Bailey, attended Gold Hill Grange HEC and covered dish luncheon at noon January 10. A business meeting was held at 2 o'clock in charge of Mary Shaw, new chairman. "America The Beautiful" was sung as the new theme song fol lowed by the pledge to the flag, Money and points Were re ceived for fat turned in and plans are being made for more fat to be turned in later. A card was sent to Mary Es- trensado who is in a hospital with a broken arm. Ladies quilted on two quilts during the America's Babies Well Diapered Ladies Of Congress Are Informed Br Frederick C. Othmaa .CUP Staff Correspondent) Washington, Jan. 13: (U.R) The ladies of congress discover ed to their amazement today that instead . of going naked,!, as charged, America's babies are re ceiving more diapers than ever before. . Rep. Mary Norton, D., N. J., called a hearing for congres sional ladies only to go into the charges and countercharges con cerning infant wear. She found herself blushlngly learning how, to fold diapers in accord with the latest scientific principles. The only other ladies who showed up Included Reps. Emily Taft Douglas, D., 111.; Margaret Chase Smith, R., Me., and Helen Gahagan Douglas, D., Calif. Mrs. Douglas of Hollywood posed for the folding demonstration in a furred hat and left shortly there after. This caused Mrs. Norton to look over the 50 men in the room and announce that it would seem men were more Interested in the subject than women, First witness was A. C. Hill, deputy vice chairman for civil ian requirements of the War Pro duction Board. He testified that the WPB long had been aware of babies and their clothing problems and that when the war started the gov ernment realized there would be more babies born. "There always are In war time," he said, "and we, there fore, Increased diaper yardage from 46,000,000 to 02,000,000 Every loom making diapers was frozen to that purpose, he said, and the army was prohib ited from using diaper cloth for cleaning guns and Industry from using it to wipe machinery. "The result may not have been perfect," he said, "but we now are manufacturing three dozen diapers for every baby that is born. That does not seem- criti cal to us." Tuesder. Jan. lt, 184S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUHE THUS DEAD ENGINEER Confessed Firebug - Cited As Murderer Chicago, Jan. 16 (U.R) Charles Bohme, 44-year-old crip ple, faced seven murder charges today after admitting that he set 27 fires on Chicago's south side during the past three months, and re-enacting for police the way he set one blaze which cost seven lives. Bohme, arrested Saturday while fleeing from the scene of a fire, said he started the fire '"to get warm" and would give no further explanation. WEATHER Northern California Partly cloudy today' with a few show ers over northern mountain sec tions; mostly clear tonight but with Increasing cloudiness north portion; Wednesday cloudy north part'with light rains dur ing afternoon; increasing cloudi ness central and southern por tions; little temperature change, Ogden, Utah, Jan. 16 (U.R) A dead engineer piloted the speeding 20-car mail and express train which thundered out of the pre-dawn darkness Decem ber 31 and ploughed into the rear end of the passenger sec tion of the Southern Pacific's crack "Pacific Limited," killing 50 persons and injuring four score more. ' Such was the testimony this morning by Col, Frank B Utah, who conducted an autopsy of the body of James McDonald, 64, grey-haired veteran engineer of the fast mall-express. "The engineer was dead of a heart attack before the crash," said Queens, pointing out that there was nothing to indicate the engineer had reacted at all to the steam which poured over his body as the huge locomotive ploughed deep into the rear Pullman of the passenger train. The testimony was given at an official coroner's Inquest into causes of the crash 22 miles west of Ogden at a railroad stop known as Bagley. Equitable Nearing $100 Million Mark In Property Loans The Equitable Savings and Loan Association, Portland, Ore., is nearing the $100 million mark in loans made since the association began in 1890, ac cording to word received by Clinton Spencer, local repre sentative for the association, from Ralph Cake, president of Equitable. Loans made since the association came into being now total over $96 millions. In comparison of December 30, 1944, with December 31, 1943, several notable gains and accomplishments are recorded. The association took advan- age of the unusually favorable real estate market to dispose of its remaining real estate. In addition to this, another notable gain is an addition to the re serves of $46,668.80, bringing the total In reserves to $1,192, 957.58. Liquidity of the association Is further strengthened by an in crease in government bond hold ings of $4,634,143.15, making a total of 27 of the assets in cash, government and munici pal bonds and investments. Funds invested in first mort gage loans total $14,053,164.52 and loans made since the organi zation of the association now to tal more than 96 million. Dur ing the year, the association ma tured $2,022,806.22 in certifi cates for its depositors, whlcn brings the total to in excess of 65 million of certificate ac counts which have been ma tured by people throughout the northwest. I a - .fnA RAIN CAPES Just the thing to wear over your suit, dress, or coat on these damp days. 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