Japan's Suicide Pilots Locked In
When Plane Takes Air Against Foe
ing speed of 400 miles an hour
Unable either to bale or land
the plane without exploding it,
the pilot is doomed even before
he dives on his assigned objec
tive After the takeoff, reliable
sources said, a suicide pilot cir
cles the field three times while
the entire personnel of the base
stands at attention and salutes.
The pilots usually are sent
against battleships and aircraft
carriers.
H,T. Bawden Named
Assistant At Camp
Red Cross Office
Camp Bowie, Tex., and Redmond
(Ore.) Army Air Base.
As assistant field director his
efforts will be directed mainly
toward itinerant coverage of
Army and Navy posts and bases
in the vast five-county area
served by the Camp White Red
Cross office.
Thursday. April 19, 194S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
paper used in America now merly it was Imported from
comes from Brevard, N. C. For- France.
and a diving speed of 600 miles
an hour.
The planes explode when
either the nose or a wing
touches a solid object.
Some Chines
The suicide pilots normally
are Japanese, though a few Chi
nese puppets also are being
trained. They are given six
months' training and a final
three-month leave before tak
ing off on their final mission.
The pilots are locked Into the
cockpit from the outside before
the takeoff and carry no para
chute. The wheels automatical
ly drop away after the plane
leaves the ground.
Camp White Appointment
of H. T. Bawden' as assistant
field director of the Camp White
Red Cross branch was announced
today.
Previous to last May, when he
became engaged in Red Cross
work, Bawden was dean of stu
dents at New Mexico State Col
lege at Las Cruces, N. M., where
his wife and family reside.
He comes here from Portland
Army Air Base, and earlier was
assigned to Red Cross offices at
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By Albert Ravenholt
United Press Correspondent
Kunming, China, April 19
dj.pj Reliable sources said to
day that the Japanese have be
gun large-scale production of a
sew type suicide plane which
may prove more damaging in
some respects than Germany's
vaunted V-bombs.
The planes will replace the
more expensive regular combat
planes which Japanese suicide
pilots have been loading with
explosives and crashing into
American warships.
Ton of Explosive
The new planes, now under
construction in Manchuria, car
ry a long ton of explosives
2,240 pounds built into their
nose like a torpedo warhead.
The pilot sits in the center of
the plane, which is a pusher
type with propeller in the rear
It was designed to have a cruis
from loss of
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of the Items have been cut In price, too, In full
accordance with the War Production Board's
regulations on such matters. But, because these
regulations won't permit us to cut all the prices,
and because merchandise shortages prevent us
from bringing you off the things you usually ex
pect in WARD WEEK, we do not feel justified In
calling this a Ward Week sale. Of course, we ad
expect shortages these daysl But in spite of short
ages, we think you'll be pleasantly surprised by
the merchandise in this ad. Study it carefully.
You'll find that Wards, as always, brings you the
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POINTS WHEN YOU PLANT A
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The vegetables you raise this summer, and preserve
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stamps. And Ihs year the extra food you grow may
be needed more than ever before. The canned
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and beans that can be shipped to our fighting men
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WOMEN'S AND EXTRA SIZES
Yes, we have your size in new washable cotton dresses, even If you
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tnade scarce bf the war are
atck sell eats. la order that
nr supply of such Items may
Brlnf the sraatest food to th
greatest number of people, we
suie all customers to buy only
what they peed.
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