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PAGE TWBtiTH GERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON July 24, 1948 GM REVEALS PRODUCTION op 14 mis f DETROIT, July 34 ( Gen- erl Motors corporation dis closed today with war depart ment approval that the new army tank plant ' built by its Fisher body division . has been completed and is rolling out the all-welded M-4 type of land dreadnaught in trainload quan tities. : Lines of freight cars loaded with , tanks wrapped in protec tive covering now leave, the plant on a special track almost daily, the announcement said. : when the United States en tered the war, the welded M-4 tank was only In a blueprint stage. In January Fisher Body received a contract to build the new type of battle wagon, and although the first tank was not scheduled to be built until the niw nlant was comDleted. en gineers went to work immedi ately in another factory, me first of the M-4's was turned out in 47 days. By the time the new . plant was finished large numbers of the new. tanks had been started on their way to the battle front. "General Lees The M-4's are designated "Oeneral Lees" by the British, the war department in Wash- lneton said, and some nave al ready seen action on the Egyp tian battle front. The tanKS are 2R tn 30-ton machines, about the same size as the "General Ri-ants." Among the principal develop ments in the M-4 tank over its r,rfli.pps!!ors is increased fire nnd imoroved location f--iit 75 mm. gun In a turret that revolves in a ' complete rlrde. In addition It is highly maneuverable and Is protected by a tough hide of heavy armor plate. . It was at this tank plant, at Grand Blanc, Mich., where a strike recently delayed work. The plant resumed normal, ac tivities Wednesday with the end of a week-long walkout. " State Meat Dealers Asked to Join in ; Nation-Wide Supply PORTLAND, July 24 m- The' Portland OPA office., re ceived a request from Price Ad ministrator Leon Henderson to day that Oregon livestock and melt dealers cooperate in a pro gram ip' supply all parts of the country- wift ' meats in ..usual amounts. '. The request admitted r this might entail some . temporary sacrifices. . , i ; Voluntary allocation 'of avail able civilian supplies is suggest ed In an effort to "tide the country over its temporary sum mer seasonal period of meat shortage, which Is - accentuated by the large demand from the armed forces and lease-lend.". OPA Puts Control" On Lumber Suited To Aircraft Use ." . WASHINGTON, July 24 (IP) The office of price administra tion today placed west coast hemlock and noble fir suitable for aircraft use under the price . controls applying to aircraft spruce. . - ' ' The war department recently determined to accept the hem lock and fir as substitutes for ' spruce in airplane production as a means of enlarging the supply of. aircraft lumber. The price established by OPA is the same as that prevailing, for aircraft spruce. j. Only aircraft grades of these lumbers are affected. MILLS IDLE - I .' SHELTON, July 24 (P) Two Simpson logging company lum ber mills at McCleary were idle today as the result of an AFL CIO jurisdictional dispute Charles Savage, business agent for the International Woodwork ers of America (CIO) said the AFL-Affiliated Sawmill and ' Timberworkers unionists struck to force 75 IWA members into their union. The tie-up affect ed 400 workers. . . Attention Masons All Masons ara asked to re port at the Masonic Temple, Saturday, July 25th, at 10 a. m, for the purpose of con ducting funeral services for Brother D, A. Kenyon at Ward's Funeral Home. Also ' Please report at -2t4S p. m. at Earl Whltlock's Funeral Horn for tha purpose of con ducting iunsral services for Brother James B. Burnett. l - J. F. FLOCK,. W. M. Unglamorous Little Tub Plays Nursemaid to Big Catalinas in Aleutians (Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of stories by Staff Correspondent Keith Wheeler of the Chicago Times on action in the Aleutian is lands). By KEITH WHEELER ABOARD U. S. SEAPLANE TENDER IN THE ALEUTIANS. June 24 (Delayed) The wind is a wild 70-knot gale - hurling whitecaps- across the bay, and tonight no planes will be in the air neither ours nor the Jap anese. The battle of the Aleutians is riot yet over. The Japs are still in Kiska. But tonight it's all right to relax a little and consider how things have been with this un glamorous little tub- and her brood of lumbering PBY-.Oata-Una flying boats.- ; - She's , a little ship, old and cramped. Once she was a four- tjirHip 'lt ilmvfr hilt ihpv rini I out half her power plant and- used the former firerooms to store extra food, aviation gas, bombs and men. Then they sent her out to nurse the Cats. Not even her most charitable friend could call her a warship. She's no' more a fighting shin than are the 15-ton flying boats she -serves. But. the war has produced no more valorous chap ter tnan the stubborn fight the cats and the tender are making against, the - first invasion of American soil since 1812. For Kiska, after all. is Amer ican soil. Bleak, remote, dreary and useless as it is, Kiska is still America. Baptism of Fire The little tender lay in Dutch Harbor on ; June 3, when the Mitsubishi first howled through the clouds mantling Mt. Bally hoo s frosty crown. It was there she received her baptism of fire, and when a Zero caught a Cat on. the water and burned it up the tender's crew saw the first of her charges destroyed a heart-breaking sight, to be re peated more than once in the savage days that followed. - (one paragraph censored at this point). When the Jap planes went away, they left two Zeros and a Mitsubishi shot full of the ten der s macmnegun fire and burn ingon- Mt. Ballyhoo's flanks. In the days that followed, the Catalinas flew ceaselessly up and down the island chain-in the- eternal miasmic fogs. And where the Cats went the tender followed; lugging gasoline, fresh bombs, hot . meals and a few hours shelter from' one foggy danger cove to another. Once in her- uncharted wan derings I . am . told- she caught Jap submarine on the surface, She isn't a fighting ship, as was said before, but she stopped long enough to drop four depth charges and" saw the crushed undersea boat rise to the sur face,, roll over and sink. (One paragraph , censored at this point). In tune the PBY rrpw w haggard wrecks and their planes weren't much better.: Some men flew ; 102 hours in two -weeks and the planes were , beached for repairs .only when thev would fly no longer. .Whenever a 'plane-cracked-up in the surf, bleary-eyed repair crews striD- ped off its usable' parts to patch planes shot - to- tatters by the japs.' , ..-'' Sarcastic "Humor The. Cat pilots, worn as they were, viewed with sarcastic hu mor, the.chores. required of their elephantine . craft. They were flying patrols ' and. - searches, fighting . Zeros, carrying- tor pedoes and using their clumsy crates as. dive-bombers.- A PBY is as big as a barn, and euvers'like a battleship. - Wryly the pilots dubbed their outfit the "PBY interceptor com mand", and designated Dutch Harbor "PBY elimination base.' At one time quite a few hulk ing planes were basing on the utile tender. Men took two- hour turns in her unmade bunks and then were routed out to fly their reloaded - planes ' to Kiska making -room-for other, even -wearier crews to rest. The tender's cooks served meals 24 hours a day arid a -crew that landed judiciously could have its choice of breakfast or lunch. Mealtimes ran together arid sometimes overlapped.' One crew flew three round trips to Kiska with .only three, hour, rest i. periods between the long hops. One PBY found . itself sha dowed by a faster Japanese f our- moiorea seaplane.-The Jbd show ed no disposition to attack and seemed willing-to tag along for ever, me PBY captain refused to go home, and thus lead the enemy to his-base. When their strange game of hide-and-seek had gone on eight hours the C BY skipper grew bored with aiting for attack and decided . When In Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe . and Anne .Earley : .' Proprietors to bring the matter to a close. He turned to attack the Jap plane. It ran away. . PBY Nou Divas Dive bombing a PBY turned out to be something the design er had never thought about. Over Kiska the pilots would force the nose down and go rum bling through- the soup like landslide. The heavy plane would plunge into the clear over the Japs. The bombs would fall clear and both pilots would have to heave back on the yoke to pull their plummeting jugger naut out of its dive. The big boats. would pull out with their long panels flapping like a sea gull's swings and nobody knows how. they hung together. ; . .One .plane shadowed a Jap anese carrier 16 hours, ducking in and out of the soup. Finally a Zero closed with him and shot off his rudder. He gave up then and flew home, unable to turn exceP' w" aueron roniroi. xiis crippled plane gave up almost within sight of the base and' he landed at sea. A patrol boat rescued the crew. Another plane was cruising along just under the clouds when the pilot heard gunfire. He thought, his own gunners were testing their weapons but changed, his mind when he look ed around and saw tracers criss crossing the two feet of space between himself and the navi gator. One Hit An aerial cannon hot carried away a wing strut and other bullets slashed open the gas tanks. One man was 'hit in the leg. The pilot plunged for cloud, eluded the three Japs on his tail and started home. Three hours later the last gas run out through bullet holes and they came down at sea. Despite efforts to plug the holes 'with bandages and cotton-the bullet torn hull sank and the crew took to their rubber boats. They were rescued the next day. Another plane dodged . six hunting Zeros for two hours and finally eluded them. Every time he came out of the soup he saw zeros. But his gas outlasted theirs and finally he went back to shadowing the Jap ships. The time finally came when the tender and her Cats could no longer maintain their pre carious location. They loaded the flying boats with the last of the gasoline, took aboard the villagers, two wnite men,; one white woman -and a dozen, or so Aleuts, burned the village ana pulled out Now, reprovisioned, refueled and ready for more, they re set tled in another base, ready -tp tight or move without notice. Godwin to Head OCD's New Forest Fire Fighters WASHINGTON, July 24 VP) David P. Godwin, assistant chief of the United States forest serv ice fire control division, has been appointed national coordinator of OCD's new forest fire fighters service. Civil Defense Director James M. Landis has announced.' The service will be compar able in structure to the civil air patrol and would cooperate with other governmental agencies in mobilizing man power needed to safeguard the nation's timber re sources during the war, Landis said. FDR Consults Chief Justice Stone on Rubber Situation WASHTNGGTON. July 24 (JPi President Roosevelt told report ers today he had consulted Chief Justice Harlan F, Stone on the rubber situation, but had not asked him to make a survey of the problem. Asked, whether, he intended to ask the chief justice to take such an assignment, the presi dent said he doubted It. ' ' SUGAR HILL. N. H.. Julv 24 VP) Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone said today that he did riot intend to accept the task of making an independent inaulrv in the rubber situation to end present controversies over the problem. Here for his summer vacation. the chief justice, when told stories had been published to the effect that President Roose velt had asked him to make such an Inquiry, said: MM Fviciory Garden $"44 1 1 25 It. "8tn- e,9J I ' I I HOSe "fl9 Saturday , ) J.l HT TULELAKE J. V. Owens, sales manager for the California Oregon Power company and guest speaker at the Tulclake Rotary club Wednesday lunch eon, urged continued support of the fighting forces who must have equipment to hold against the axis forces. Consistent buy ing of war bonds is the only way in which many of those at homo can help, and he stated that the company for which he works Is pledged 100 per cent for a 10 per cent investment of incomes, Tha Rotary club has been invited to hold its meeting next week at Newell and will be en tertained in the staff mess with Otis Roper as chairman. Chair man for this week's meeting was Ranee Stover, manager of the Tulelake power office. Ro tarians of Klamath Falls have also been Invited to Newell next week. Rotary guests were Nicholas Long and A. H. Patterson, Klam ath Falls, Vince Court, Alturas. Charles Scharfenstein, manager of Mason - Ehrman, Klamath Falls, was also a guest of the club. ODT Orders Cut In Mileage For Carriers WASHINGTON, July 24 VP) Aiming at more rigid conserva tion of trucks, the office of de fense transportation Thursday ordered that, effective August I, over-the-road or long dis tance contract and private car riers must reduce their total mileage by at least 25 per cent as compared with the corres ponding month of 1941. Certain adjustments will be allowed for increases or de creases in business during the past year. All farmer-operated and all tank trucks are exempt from the entire order. A general permit also was Is sued exempting for three months any private or contract carrier from- certain provisions of the order when engaged In trans porting farm products to market, processing places, warehouses or. to other carriers or in hauling supplies back to the farm. The permit exempts such trucks from the 25 per cent mileage reduction and existing limits on the number of deliveries. 20-30's Plan Installation For Saturday Installation of new officers of the 20-30 club is scheduled for Saturday evening at Cal-Ore, ac-, cording to an announcement made today. Past and present members and their wives are in vited to attend. At its regular Wednesday meeting, the club ' decided to take over repainting of the safe ty signs used , at school street crossings, and plans - to have them fully reconditioned by the time school opens. The 20-30 membership drive is now in full swing, it was point ed out, and those interested in joining were urged to contact Redmond Coghlan, John Sand- meyer or Stewart Patty. If It's a "frozen" article vou rieed, advertise for a used one in the classified. "I have not accepted any such responsibility and I do not in tend to." The New York Times, in a Washington dispatch, said that President ' Roosevelt had been counseled to nominate some one in- whom the public would have full confidence to get to the bot-. torn of the situation, so that an official policy could be based on the findings. The chief Justice said he had no further comment on the re port. KEEP COOL! Wear SLACKS M ., SPORT SHIRTS M M RUDrsr; th ind Mtln ch urcnes (Continued from Page Eight) First Methodist Church "In the Heart of the City," at North Tenth and High streets. Rev. Victor Phillips, minister, wsldenco 1005 High Btreet, tele phone 3688. Morning worship at 11 a. m Mrs. William Tcrwllliger, direc tor of music, Mrs. E, S. Vontch, accompanist. The prelude will be, "Aria," by Giordan!. The offtrtory will bo "Theme," from the t fifth symphony," by Tschaikowsky. Barbara Powers Burgoyne will piny a violin solo, "Thais," by Massenet, Olla Mae Carter accompanying. The min ister will preach on the subject, "God's Road Builders," Methodist Youth Fellowship will meet at 7 p. m. The young people who attended institute at Suttle lake will give reports of the week's study, recreation, and fellowship. Church Sunday school meets at 9:45 a. m. Don R, Drury Is the general superintendent and Dr. Peter H. Rozcndnl, the assist ant. Trained teachers and graded lessons. . The public Is cordially wel come to worship, with us. Altamont Community Presbyterian Church Services are held in the Alta mont Junior high school on South Sixth street. Rev. Hugh Bronson is the minister; Mrs. Kenton Knight, director of music; A. C. Olson, superintend ent of tho Sunday school. Sunday school meets at 9:45 a. m. Attendance last Sunday 1U8. Morning worship begins at 11a. m. and will Include reports by Margaret McClcllan, Harold Peyton, and Dale Gllson who at tended Fir Point Young Pcoolc's Summer conference. The pre- mae win do "Humorcske." the offertory "Let Him In," the choir anthem "Trusting in Jesus," and the postlude "Fol lowing Jesus." Sigma Pi C. E. will co to Lake o' the Woods for an evening vesper service. Junior high C. E. meets at 7 p. m. Choir praciice on Wednesday evening at 0 p. m. , worship service at Mt. Lakl ramrmmiiy cnurcn at H:45 a, m. with Rev. Hugh Bronson in charge. First Baptist Church Eighth street at Washington. "The Church With a Message." Rev. Cecil C. Brown, paster. nesioence, 14 North Eighth street. Phone 7439. H. G. Shlrey, inline director. Bible school, 8:45 . m., with Interesting classes for every age group ana consecrated teachers in charge. George O. Welch, su perintendent. Morning worship service. 11 o'clock. Sermon by the pastor. C. R. Larson Is general director of tho BTU which meets at 7 p. m. each Sunday. There are six unions adapted to all ago groups from beginners to adults, and Inspiring programs are ore. sented in each union. The pastor will speak asain nt the 8 o'clock worship service. Mia-week prayer servIi-A wm. nesday- evening at 7:30 o'clock. Choir rehearsal Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Radio service each Sunday morning over KFJI from 8:30 to 9 o'clock. St. Paul's Episcopal inurch . . i Celebration of the Holy Knh. arist, 8 a. m; , Church school end mornlns prayer, 11 a. m. The services Will be rnnrinMH by Reverend ' J. Henry Thomas. This will be the last Sunday Rev. Thomas will be here as he FREE Delivery Phone 4282 Mm- w lb. FRYERS white , ' 29?b COLORED HENS ... .; ib. 30C RABBITS . lb. 35c COLORED FRYERS lb. 35c HENS.-? r 225. must return to his parish in uerReley, California. Services for tho following ounciny will bo announced Inter. I EXTRA RUBBER SUPPLY, WPD SAYS WASHINGTON, July 24 (IP) ine war production board Is ex amlning the rubber industry's plans for meeting the civilian tire problem but thus far has found that "there Is no rubber of any kind available for any thing except the most essential purposes." A statement Issued by Rubber Coordinator Arthur Nowhall sold tho rubber Industry's pro gram called for use of 33,188 tons of thlokol retreading ma terial and 32,475 tons of butyl synthetic rubber, but that only about 15,000 tons of tho two substances would be made this year. Ncwhall added that the rub ber Industry program could be adopted only "If we can spare the reclaimed rubber, the crude rubber, the thlokol and tho butyl, and if all motorists would engage only in essential driving and if motorists will cut speeds to 40 miles an hour and if they tako the best care of their tires." Timber Entitled To Some Coverage As Farm Crops TACOMA, July 24 (!) The Wcyerhncuscr Timber company reported today tho war damage corporation had recognized tim ber as a crop and as such listed it as entitled to the sumo cov erage earlier accorded general farm crops. Weyerhaeuser said it conse quently had placed war damage Insuronco on Its standing timber in the Douglas fir region of Ore gon and Washington lying west of the Cascade rango and extend ing to the sea. Wooden Transport Plane Developed For Production PORTLAND, Oro July 24 m A wooden cargo transport plane model Is being developed by local wood piano engineers and designers for possible large-scale WHO V' CHILLS i"":,. LESLIE HOWARD MMY MORRIS FRANCIS SULLIVAN 1 fcWHM- - -V - - Companion Feature "THIS TIME FOR KEEPS': with - ' ANN RUTHERFORD ROBERT STERLING Saturday Mldnlghtl ESQUIRE TRULOVE'S Chicken Center 919 East Main Beef Short Ribs ft 'At; Y jr tt 2 Big Hits! construction, F. II. Kolley, head of the Yutcs Alrcruft corpora tion, Portland, sukl Thursday, The Yates company was or ganized in 1040 to produce a "basket-weave" typo of wooden trainer but wus later blocked by orders freezing the output of trainers. ill! 7 midsummer MIX OF Wmm YOU'LL WEAR RIGHT INTO FALL . . . Formerly Priced From $3.98 to $10.98 ( ' NOW . . . Dozens of lovely Summer Dresses from which to choose. Come see the whole striking collec tion . . . You'll save by doing so. , i Ninth St., Cor. Pine Kolley sulci 20 englliaors and designers of his firm wore con. strutting a teat modal under') government contract in the Troy, Ohio, plant of tho Waco Aircraft compuny. As soon as stutlo tests, are completed a flying mode) will be made. MONTGOMERY WARD- o o Phone 3188 f