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PAGE TEN THE EVENING HERALD,' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON May.SB. 1043 Navy Tells Heroic Story Of 'Patwing 10,' Patrol Which Fought Japs to End Br WALTER LOGAN WASHINGTON, May 25 (UP The navy Saturday night tolct for the first time the heroic story of patrol wing No. 10 Patwing 10 which started In the Philippines at the outset of the war with 40 ponderous patrol bombers and ended, up In Australia 90 days later with two. The PBY patrol bombers and their daring crews wrote their story In flame and smojta across the southwest Pacific before numerically superior Japanese fighter planes had downed most of them. It was these same Jap planes which ruthlessly mach-1 p. . p. , ciiyii iur utum lnegunned the men who . were forced to bail out of the Ameri can flying boats. The story of Patwing 10, as told by the navy, Is a series of scattered incidents involving men and planes that fought against overwhelming odds. Take for example the story of Chief Aviation Mate T. T. Bond, Og- den, Utah: Bond's plane was four hours out of Java when It was at tacked by 12 Japanese fighters, After the best resistance had proved hopeless, orders were given for the eight-man crew to bail out as the flying boat began a 12,000-foot dive toward the . tea. Bond and three others had parachuted out when the third pilot, C. J. Bannowsky Jr., of . Menard, Tex., aviation chief ma chinist's mate, saw the remain' ing four would not be able to bail out in time. He took over "I was very fortunate in mak ing . a good landing," Bannow sky said later, "as the fabric on the wings was missing." But that wasn't all of the story, for the men who bailed out were machinegunned by the Japanese fliers. "At first we would duck under the water for protection, but afterwards we got so tired we Just watched," Bond said. . Mike Kelly, chief machinist' mate of Mendham, N. J, told how his flight dropped IS tons of bombs on a battleship of the Kongo class, hid in some clouds to escape the Japanese, and then flew to Cavite, which was being bombed when they got there, A few days later Kelly's group bombed a flotilla of cruis- . era and destroyers reported to be without air protection." Only two of 12 PBY's returned from that flight Jap Zero fighters, which had been lurking in some clouds, did in the other 10. One of the men escaping with Kelly was John Cumberland, aviation chief machinist s mate, Salina, Kaa, who floated for 20 hours on a rait The tune was frequent- . ly punctuated by machine gun lire from enemy planes. C- M. Richardson, aviation machinists's mate 1st class, of Savannah, Ga- was followed to Ail borne base by the Japanese and attacked after his plane ' landed. But be held his fire until . lit could "see the slants of their yes." His plane suffered 700 holes, but Richardson had only light hand and leg wounds "horsefly bites." On Christmas day, on Bataan peninsula, Lieut (Jr. Grade) H. : B. Swenson,' Stockton, . Calif., and J. S. Clark, naval aviation pilot of Falrhope, Ala., were amazed to see their floating and supposedly deserted ship snout ing bullets alternately from the bow, center and tail guns at en- , amy attackers. Inside they found Mechanic ' Roland D. Foster of Harvey, N. v., iirippea 10 me waist, run- . ning from one gun to the other. Be not only manned all three - guns, but sprayed water on a burning mattress and manned the pumps to bail out the water pouring in through 250 holes. . For five weeks Patwing 10 was a ground force with Gen, Douglas MacArthur on Bataan, ' dodging into L-shaped foxholes to avoid strafing. "If during a bombing raid someone didn't like his particu lar spot,' he could yell 'switch' and we'd all change corners. This rather broke the monot ony," Swenson said. Their Ba- ' taan commander was Cmdr. Francis J. Bridget, South Or- . ange, N. J. By that time most of the re maining bombers of Patwing 10 rad hedge-hopped south to Java. A whole new squadron was brought in from Honolulu and the Dutch made the Americans a present of six brand new Fdii, By Feb. 19 after the fall of Java most of the Patwing 10 group wound up at Port Dar win, just in time for the devas tating Japanese raids which sank the U. S. Destroyer Peary. Pat- British bomb crew stands neck deep in bundles of destruction at bomb dump in Libya. wing 10 s mother ship was berthed at Port Darwin at that time and Lieut. Cmdr. Ether idge Grant, Menlo Park, Calif.. started out for her. En route, his small boat was sunk and as he floundered in the water he saw the tender steam away, but he was filled with pride "for the shiD. her af terdeck blazing like fury, her ack-acks throwing up a ring of steel ana lire. The ship, he continued, was heading for the open sea. black smoke belching from her fun nels. It was as masterly a job of seamansfiip as history records. TThe bomb hit had smashed the rudder control; the ship had to be steered by hand. There were bombs to dodge and dive bombers to fight. There was a roaring fire engulfing the after end of the ship." In the absence of the skiDDer. we executive oaicer. Lieut. L. O. Woods, Annapolis. Md.. orougnt ine tender to safe har bor . "because of excellent sea manship and calm courage on the part of bis men." That was the end of Pa twine 10. The outfit was broken ud with some of the personnel transferred to other units, some left on Corregidor with Lieut Gen. Johnathan M. Wainwright some returning to the United States. . Those returning home voiced the same sentiment "I want to get back out there and fight those Nippers." STOCKS UP AS no I APPEARS IN Officers Recover Car Stolen Sunday J. W. Sanders, Baldwin hotel. reported to city police the theft of his 1933 sedan which he left parked on Klamath avenue be tween Seventh . and Eighth streets about 9:40 p. m. Sunday. At 3:06 a. m. Monday, officers found Sanders' car at Sixth and Klamath and arrested Wallace "Bob" Adams, Olene. He was lodged in the city Jail, charged with larceny of a car and early Monday afternoon transferred to the county jail. MOON'S SURFACE KNOWN Telescopes give us such de tailed views of the moon's sur face, the heights of the moun tains, and the diameter; of its craters, that some areas of the moon are better known than some regions of our own earth. By MAX L. BROWN NEW YORK, May 25 (UP) Evidence accumulated during the last week that America is winning "the battle of produc tion." Output of war material al ready is, or soon will be, run ning well ahead of even the most optimistic expectations. The federal reserve board dis closed that its adjusted index of industrial activity rose 2 points in April to 174 per cent of the 1935-39 base of 100, a new rec ord high, reflecting expansion "at a rapid rate" oi output of armaments of all kinds, which more than offset civilian produc tion declines. Heavy buying of "peace shares" and weakness In arma ment issues featured dealings in the stock market until Mr. Roosevelt's warning. At the close of the week, 462 of the 1040 issues traded on the big board were higher, 396 were lower, and 182 were unchanged. a. total oi i issues set new highs and there were 157 new lows. Stock sales were 2.018, 810 shares, against 1.534,937 week ago. Stock price changes this week included: American Telephone 116, up 11: Chrysler 58. ud i General Motors 351, up I; Beth lehem 511, off 2; U. S. Steel 45 J, off i; American Tobacco B 401, up li; corn products 461 up 21; Du Pont 107. off 11; Sears Roebuck 491, up 2i; Standard Oil company (N. J.) 34, oft United Aircraft 241, off Westinghouse Electric 671 Pepsi-Cola 20, up 1; Santa Fe 34, oH li; Norfolk and Western 1501, up 21; Consolidated Edison 121, off 1; and North American 71, off i. Soldiers' Paper 1 , ' i i jay murixfcjj' ELB Maj.-Gen. Russell P. Hartle, commander of U. S. troops In North Ireland, reads first Issue of The Start and Stripes, a weekly newspaper for Ameri can forces. . - BELLS SCARE BIRDS Whenever he desires, the in genious farmer of Sumatra can ring bird-frightening bells in his rice fields by means of a system of cords running from a central tower to all parts of his fields, t II off Agent Coming Here To Organize Gas Rationing Program PORTLAND, May 25 CP) An organization for gasoline ration ing registration will be set up in Oregon this week. Represen tatives of the OPA will be sent to scattered sections to advise registrars. David Clint will go to Klam- atft Falls and Roy Coffey to tugene. Both came recently from Washington, D. C. William R. Edlund of the Portland of fice will go to La Grande. Smith. Elected by KC Convention PENDLETON, May 25 MR ine Oregon Knights of Colum bus ordered purchase yesterday of war bonds wi,th surplus funds of the state council. Resolutions at the close of the annual state convention sup ported the government in ef forts for an early war victory. utto u. Smltn of Klamath Falls was elected state deputy. All other officers were re-elected. Gas Defense Class Slated at KUHS A class in gas defense will be held at the high school audi torium at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday with L. Orth Sisemore as the instructor. This is one of the basic courses in defense training, according to Arnold Gralapp, defense train ing chief. The one evening's class will complete the require ments for this course, he stated. "CANNED CACTUS" Mexican cooks use the young, tender leaves of the opuntia cactus in many dishes, and one California cannery now offers "canned cactus." I BISTl XCTIVt A T t A It 1 i "3 fboat CU Ml 1U1 Don't make the fceir'apa i Dave Shirk Trains At Great Lakes GREAT LAKES, 111., David P. Shirk, 37, 633 North Ninth street, Klamath Falls, who en listed recently in the U. S naval reserve with the rating of chief carpenter's mate, lias reported for training at the U. S. naval training station her. Following this training period, during which the recruit recolvos the elementary fundamentals of seamanship and navul proced ure, he will be assignod to active duty either with the United States fleet it sea or at naval shore station either her or abroad. "QRANDFATHEn Or PINES" The Chile pine, first discov ered In Chile, is conilderod the grandfather of til pines. It was thriving tree In the Juraaiie Period, millions of years ago, The Pilot tub projects from Uia leading dg of an alrplan wing, and la uiod to measur a If speeds, ' JadijMtice DRESS DECEIVER for expectant mother $4.95 Not the least bit telling is this remarkable moter- 1 nity dress that 'adjusts It-- i self to your figure. It's a redingote style, Ingeni ously designed, excellent ly finished ... in wash able royon prints! Sizes 12-20. - ... 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The Herald and News will be published each afternoon ex cept Sunday. Exactly the same comics and cartoons will be continued, and the Saturday paper will feature 4-page colored comics, a week-end Photo-Magazine page and a full society section. The local news reporting personnel of both present editions will be combined into a news staff of six experts, augmented by a two-man camera reporting and photo engraving depart ment. 40 community correspondents will round out the local news coverage of the entire Klamath basin. Full leased wires of the Associated Press will bring best world wide news coverage daily. NEA and Associated Press telemat photo services will supply spot news pictures of the day. Advertisers will still have the complete coverage of 9506 homes at their disposal, and in some instances will benefit from fas ter delivery to outlying sections. Keep Up With the Times in the Herald and News Send the Paper to YOUR Soldier! THE HER AID. and NEWS ) LJ