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TWISTERS KILL 44 Cooks at Slack Alrdepot In Shreveport, La., began moving personal belongings
from their barracks after a tornado struck the base and killed three men. The South and Southwest, hit
bard by tornadoes, counted 44 dead, hundreds Injured, and thousands of dollars lost In property damage.
Arctic Warfare Will Demand Tough
Indoctrination, Correspondent' Says
By Noel Mostert .tontion on the road and not on
United Press Correspondent the cramped compartment and
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carrlrd by dliliatrh rider from Ihe
"ront" of ria. Sweet-briar where
.....I u..B staff Correipondenl
Noel Molten ll Ihe only reporter thui
fir to have arrnii'"r" , ,!
dlrertly Into murk warfare In Ine
combined Canadian-United Stalei war
guinea.)
With Defending Force In the
Yukon, Feb. 17 (U.R) Three
days in the Swcetbriar front line
convinced this reporter that Arc
tice warfare will demand the
toughest indoctrination yot de
vised and that the troops here
till had a lot to learn.
The experience was morale
ahattcrinR, bitter, and utterly
depressing.
. In Snowmobile
For 72 hours I alternately
crouched in or drove a snowmo
bile, built camp on three-foot
deep snowbanks, and Joined
snowshoe pntrols scouting for
the "enemy." I plnyed the full
role of a member of Canada's
toughest winter-trained force,
th" Princess Patricia's Canadian
light infantry of Calgary.
The regiment was pushing up
the Alaska highway to hold the
"invader" at bay. Even the rigor
ous training which had prepared
these men for the exercise didn't
prevent some from collapsing
with fatigue over the wheels of
their vehicles, belching with
nausea after traveling three days
and nights with little food and
sleep, and suffering acute head
ache from (he general strain.
Calls for Hard Narvas
Arctic fighting takes more
than ordinary guts and brawn. It
calls for nerves as hard as the
mountains which rear above this
northern highway and emotion
as cold as Ihe snows which cover
them. In other words, the sol
dier must build a bulwark
against despair.
We spent a long night In the 8 D.m. In the school builrline
darkened vehicle, skirting cliff i There will be a discussion of
luces and straining to keep at- school problems.
Penguin, as the snowmobile is
known, has been arcticized. This
word is a new contribution to
the modern vocabulary and
means that the vehicle was
equipped to withstand the north
ern cold.
Along the way, several ve
hicles lay nose-deep in drifts
where they had careened off the
road when the drivers fell
asleep. One stood on a pass blaz
ing furiously. It caught fire
when troops, against orders, at
tempted to light a stove in the
rear.
40 Balow at Night
I came close to the breaking
point on the rare occasions when
we pitched camp. Generally, it
ws around two or three in the
morning after spending the day
on the road and when the mer
cury was at its lowest., The night
temperature averages 30 to 40
below zero.
The snowmobile ploughed off
Ihe road into the drifts. We
clambered out. fiddled at lash
ings with half-frozen hands to
loosen equipment and then shov
elled snow aside over a twelve-
Car Verstegen On
Board Of Directors
Of Lone Pine School
Carl Verstegen has been
named to the board of directors
of the Lone Pine school district
No. 10 to replace Henry Padg
ham, resigned, it was announced
today. Verslegen will serve un
til the end of the present school
year.
The board also announced
that a special meeting of the tax
payers in the Lone Pine district
tas been called for March 8 at
foot square for the tent.
The lowest ebb reached was
in "going to ground," as the
army put it wading, sometimes
waist-high, through the white
stuff to chop down a spruce or
fir, the brunches of which were
stripped for tent-floor insula
tion, i
Cured Alfalfa Meal
Still Shows Low Price
Sun-cured alfalfa meals still
reflect lower prices at the major
markets, it was reported today
by the Oregon State college ex
tension service. At the Portland
market, sun-cured meal was sell
ing: for $40 a ton. down $2 from
last week. Dehydrated meal is
steady at S67 to $68. .
Alfalfa hay markets, in the
Pacific northwest have register
ed the first price decline for
manv weeks, l ie extension serv
ice said. At Portland prices of
cood quality alfalfa hay from
Idaho are quoted at S3.V50 to
$36.50 a ton in carlots. This is
unchanged to a dollar lower
than a week ago. Oregon and
Washington alfalfa hay is $39.50
to $41 a ton.
Oregon and Washington grow
ers are holding firmly but of
ferings are liberal from Idaho.
CROSBY, HOPE PRAISED
Harlingen, Tox., Feb. 17 (U.R)
Money makers Bing Crosby nd
Rob Hope have done as mrich
for golf as money-winners Sat
iny Snead and Jimmy Demaret,
a PGA official said today. I
STANFORD RUGBY LOSES
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 17
(U.R) The University of British
Columbia Thundcrbirds defeated
Stanford Indians 11-8 here yes
terday in the first game' of an
international rugby series.
Dead line Sunday Claa.ilflcd la .1
Noon Saturday!
ibun,;lll(, Fch 17 Final
n...na .larlrannvUlp'a March
of Dimes drive showed a total
of $453.25. according to Arthur
Davies, president of Jackson
ville T.lnne rluh which SDOn-
sored the campaign here. Ben
Anderson neadea ine ciuo in ine
drive.
Figures showed special gifts
$10: schools. SI 10.88; Boy scouts'
mile o' dimes $64.25; dimes
banks ifi stores, $46.02; dimes'
cards, 1 13.65; donkey basket
ball, $81.25 and dance,
Excessive speed is a factor in
two out of five fatal traffic ac
cidents. A heavy foot on the gas
pedal is one foot in the grave.
Bliss Heine Troupes
Plan Several Programs
Bliss Heine announced today
that his troupes are booked
ahead for several programs and
that it is important for all mem
bers to attend their respective
classes in order that they may
participate in program work.
With the present warmer weath
er, Heine states that attendance
should reach 100 per cent.
Last week Norma Funk was
promoted to senior captain and
Carolyn Funk to first lieutenant
in the baton section. Ten addi
tional girls Joined the section last
week and the group now num
bers nearly 200 students.
Mr. Heine stales that news
papers are still wanted for the
fund-raising project and these
may be left on the front porch at
916 West Tenth street. He add
ed that no pick-ups would be
available for a time. The news
papers are needed for immedi
ate turnover, he said.
At the nresent rale of deaths
and injuries, one out of every j
two Americans alive today eith- j
er has been or will be injured i
in a traffic accident during his
or her lifetime or will die as
a result of such an accident. I
Believe distress y Vi),m rVTf
almost instantly. ( iMOKUv iM
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