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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE OVER TOKYO GETS BACK T0SA I P A N Superb Flying Saved Craft After Heroic Battle Last January Hdqrs., 73rd Bomb Wln Sal pan, Aug. 20 (U.R) The twice rammed Superfortress "Irish Lassie" fought its way safely home after the historic Jan. 27 raid on Tokyo despite uch se vere damage that the crew al most bailed out over Japan. Superb flying and the unbrok en will of American soldiers to fight to live brought the ship in for a crash-1 a n d 1 n g that wrecked the plane but only two men were injured. With the lifting of security re strictions, the story of the Irish Lassie could be told today. Three Zeros had been downed by the B-29 when TSgt. James F. McHugh, New York, opened up on a fourth. But that fighter came straight down and smashed into the left wing just behind the No. 1 engine. The plane rip ped out eight feet of the aileron one-third of the huge landing flap, and tore up the gas tank Flight Engineer Lt. Robert Watson, Pomeroy, Wash., said there wasn't much jolt. The navi gator, 1st Lt. John J. Faubion Austin, Tex., didn't even know they had been rammed. Enemy fire struck Radio Op orator Sgt. Walter Klnnczak Plymouth, Pi., and he dropped to the floor. Then Tallgunner SSgt Charles Mulligan, Henderson, Ky., caught another fighter com lng straight at the tail. He and TAKE A PEEK at the New Fall Fashions This is an lnvitation.n cons in today and b th first to set th Molting naw Fall and Winter stylasl Ka'vt Just raoalvsd th advance aeo tion of fashion pages of our bit Fall Catalof. And ' it's slowing with important naws in suits, ooats and furs I But here's the beat news of all not only can you read nVinul thai luscious new things, but you can order thea now for lunedlateN delivery! MONTGOMERY WARD a k. VJXv age i'AM'W.I' YW, he AGE OF FLIGHT The Age of Flight, hrn almost etrryone will travel !r air, is already here. Hut right now llie ait lines ere Hill facf.l villi a Mg job moving, the faMrst way, essential civilian anil mililary passrngrr-rargo traffic. Tint's hy e don't slums lisvf space available for you. However, wild much additional equipment alri-adv on order, we hope that anon you ran enjoy the speed, comfort ami low fares offered liy United Mainliners, Municipal Airport Telephone; 7111 Monday, Aug. 20, 1945 the Jap poured hundreds of rounds at each other, Bullets hit his right hand but he kept firing. Then the enemy fighter bored right into the gunner's compart ment. The crash ripped out the left side of the glass-enclosed bubble, ripped off the left stabi lizer and snapped all but one of the control cables. The bomber dropped 8,000 feet before Co-Pilot Leonard Fox, Downey, Pa., found that his controls could pull the plane out of the dive. Sgt. Clarence O. Leach, Mar tins Ferry, O., and Sgt. Marvin E. Meyer, Boone, Iowa, manned the turrets for the running fight out to sea. SSgt. Lewis E. Nel lums, Pcnsacola, Fla., aided Klimczak. It took an hour to cut Mulli gan loose. He was held in the shattered compartment only by torn metal snapped in his cloth ing which kept him from drop ping through the gaping hole. Both his hands were frozen and later were amputated. , The B-29 dropped out of con trol when they swung in over the Saipan airfield and almost crashed into an embankment at the end of the strip. But at the last second it rose over the hump, skidded hundreds of fect and came to rest a mass of wreckage. Nine members were decorated for their part in the mission. Al though the entire crew was ordered grounded after the flight, McHugh and Meyer fin ally managed to 'fight" their way back to flying duty. TOTAL TAX LEVY FOR CITIES IDE The tolal county, city and school tax levy for cities of Jack son county, as fixed by the county assessor, arc as follows: Ashland, 39.6 mills; Mcdford, 35.3; Butte Falls 56.4 mills; Cen tral Point. 32.5; Eagle Point 39.5; Gold Hill, 58.3; Jacksonville, 62.5; Phoenix, 50.7; Rogue River, 45.9; and Talent, 43.6 mills. Special city levies are as fol lows; Ashland, 14.2 mills; Butte Falls, 20.8; Central Point, 22.9; Eagle Point, 11.7; Ciold Hill, 23.8; Jacksonville, 27.3; Mcd ford, 17.5; Phoenix, 23; Rogue River 9 2; and Talent, 20.3 mills. The high school levy in all school districts not maintaining a high school Is 4.3 mills. The county levy, outside of the city of Ashland is 8.6 mills. In Ashland it Is 7. mills. That muni cipality makes Its own of .1 of a mill for the library fund, and a 1.5 mill county road levy. E Washington. Aug. 20 (U.R) The War department announced tonight that the 5th lntamry division a veteran unit of 150 days of combat in Europe will be sent to the Pacific area at the specific request of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The department emphasized, however, that about 1,100 high point or over age men, who arc likely to be eligible for discharge under any downward revision of the army's point system, will be transferred out of the division before it is again sent oversells. CAFE OWNER SLAIN Denver, Colo., Aug. 20 (U.R) A. L. Richardson, 67-year-old owner-operator of one of Den ver's most famous eating places, was found shot to death in the downtown cafe shortly after dawn today. JOB PROBLEM DUE Washington, Aug- 20 (U.R) Nine of the nation's 166 princi pal labor market areas will face serious unemployment problems by Oct. 15, the War Manpower commission reported. ...AND YOU UNITED ) cai i FIVE YEAR TO Soviet Program To Surpass Pre-War Record For Economic Gains Moscow, Aug. 20 (U.R) Rus sia announced today the launch ing of a super five-year plan de signed to repair the nation's war damage and surpass its pre-war economic development by 1950. For the next five years, life In Russia will be harnessed to the restoration and expansion of the basic heavy industries to give the country a strong and well balanced economy. That was the underlying prin ciple of the instructions issued by the. Communist party's cen tral committee and and the coun cil of people's1 commissars to the state planning commission and various other commissariats over the week-end. The instructions stated that the plan should he aimed first at effecting "complete restora tion of the economy in the for merly occupied zones; secondly, post-war reorganization of the national economy, and thirdly, further development of all re gions of the Soviet Union." As a result of the program, the official announcement said, "pre-war development of the na tional economy should be con siderably surpassed by 1950." The program called for large- scale expansion of the national railway system. The program will require national effort surpassing any thing attempted by the Soviet Union in the years between the 1918 revolution and World War II, because the country will un dertake simultaneously two par allel plans of reconstruction and expansion. It had been believed generally that repairing the war damages alone would absorb Russia's eco nomic energies for many decades to come. But the new plan also calls for a tremendous industrial expansion of equal scope. Atom Bomb Plants Roads Costly Item Washington, Aug. 20 (U.R) The federal works agency re ported tonight that it spent $8, 726,597 in three years on com munity facilities required by atom bomb workers in Tennes see, Washington and New Mex ico. The money went for roads, Military Insignia and Warplane Buttons I IN EVERY PACKAGE of KELLOGG'S PEP I ' AUDi(Tf SET GET TOUR "- 0f 22BUiiunj i mnt ill FOR SALE We Offer for Sale Our CIRCULAR W Located 17 Miles North of Medford on ths Crater Lake Highway Daily Capacity 20,000 Feet 125 H. P. Diesel Motor and other necessary equipment Gulf Red Cedar Company, Inc. S. C. Star Route, Eagla Point, Oregon Telephone Eagle Point 2315 school!, hospitals, water works and nurseries. One allotment en abled Clinton, Tenn., to buy a garbage truck. The funds were spent in 20 communities that mushroomed beyond their abil ity to provide local services. More than half the total went for access roads. HALT LEND LEASE PORTLAND'S PORT Portland, Ore., Aug- 20 (U.R) Lend-lease operations through the Port of Portland under the supervision of the War Shipping administration for the Soviet Union and Great Britain were halted today after a directive for the stoppage of lend-lease from this harbor stopped activity at 5 p. m. Saturday, John Young, director of main tenance and repair for WSA here, said instructions for the stoppage had been received through the office of the Pacific coast director at San Francisco. The Soviet purchasing commis sion has also been notified. Maj. George W. Berry, head of the army transportation office in Portland, said the army had received no instructions and un til such orders were received, no change would be made in the flow of military supplies. Tliej army has been supplying the ma- j jority of lend-lease materials to Russia. I The new order directed that the Soviet government pay all ! bills and financial obligations- A i greater part of this port, which1 has been the chief wartime port on the west coast for lcnd-leae shipments, has been devoted to Russian vessels and huge stocks of supplies and materials have been loaded aboard Russian ves-; sels here. WAR PLANTS CLOSE New York, Aug. 20 (U.R) War contract cancellations and cutbacks will force Curtiss Wright Corporation and its sub sidiary, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, to close war-created production facilities at Lock land (Cincinnati) O., and Wood Ridge, N. J., President G. W. Vaughan said today. SKIPPERS HONORED ; Washington, Aug. 20 (U.R) Masters of two vessels won mer chant marine distinguished serv ice medals during July, bringing to 117 the total number of the medals awarded so far, the Mari time commission announced to day. Closing 11ms lor Classified Ads 8 30 ' a m 'loo Late to Classify 13:15 p m ! Start collecting pep buttons today ! 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"Accordingly," Byrnes said In a statement, "we disregarded that declaration and have con tinued to recognize the Thai minister in Washington as the minister of Thailand, although, of course, we did not recognize the Thailand government In Bangkok as it was under Japa nese control-" The Thai note announced the HJ'Jlsj.sjm auU siJ.ipsaissjisssssjssjsssassjsssssssssssssssssraaM isss ssssaasMMsjn ft.a-n irit rim Mr-fit mtAtu ysa i.sn l sss sm si sswsissssssssssssss sssi m isjiimir - -'! LONGER! i U government's determination to make reparations for any dam ages resulting to American in terests as result of prejudicial laws passed during the Japanese occupation. IS TOLD Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 20 i vu.ry ijerniany s inaouuy iu ' get down to brass tacks" in trans I lating research discoveries into production was a great factor In its defeat, two American scient ists just returned from a three- month survey of the defeated nation's laboratories said today Ihe Germans had so many projects going that they weie bound to hit on at least a few," the two men said. "Some of the things the Germans worked out on paper were completely fan tastic, or at least they appeared so until you saw that they would work." Much of the costume jewelry of the future will be plastics coated with metal, according to Plastics, magazine of the indus try. Your Baby May Have Good Reason to Cry After a nighfc of lost sleep, it is hard to bo patient with baby; but maybe, poor baby suffered from sting and burn of diaper rash. Sprinkle on Mexsana, the soothing, medicated powder relieve this misery. Family favorite for itch of minor skin troubles. Demand Mexsana. 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