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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
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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.
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KNIFE THROWER HELD
Chicago, Jan. 16 U.R) Henry
Smith, 33, was held today on
charges of throwing a knife
which fatally wounded Henry
Smith, 38, during a quarrel over
payment for drinks.
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