HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE TWO
This Hero Is Too Tough
For 50 Japs to Tackle
, OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 81 m
It wis a case of frying or fight
ing against fantastic odds.
And so Private Eugene O.
Moore of the IX. S. marines
cam out of his disabled and blaz
ing tank to do hand-to-hand bat
tle with more than 80 howling
Japanese.
The Japs used bullets, gren
' ades, clubs, fists and feet One
even poked him with a fish
, spear. ,
' The 22-year-old former Huron,
S. D., high school football player
got the beating of his life, but
be lived. His outfit wiped out
the Japs Moore failed to kill, and
now he if back from the Solo
mon islands to recuperate, visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Moore, and tell his story.
The lean, six-foot-three marine
was gun loader In a tank that
was lightered from Gavutu is
land last August 8 to a nearby
Jap-held island. A Jap ignited
the vehicle with gasoline. A
grenade killed some of the crew.
"When the fire started."
Moore said, "I grabbed an ex
tinguisher but I couldn't bring
the flames under control.
"I killed one Jap who stuck
his face into the turret of my
tank, firing my .43 right at him.
"I knew I either was going to
get burned to death or shot, and
1 decided that a bullet was quick-
hospital In a month, and is happy
to be able to embrace his mother.
"I got a bigger kick out of see
ing her again than I did when I
staggered into our lines and
knew I was sate after the beating
1 took."
HIGH SCHOOL
News Notes and
i ' Comment '
"I figured X might be safer
backing out, so I climbed out
feet first
"The little guys must have
thought I was a Mickey Mouse
cartoon coming out in sections,
I am so long.
"Anyway, they were yelling
that cilly Japanese in my ear
ail the time.
- "They kept kicking, beating
and punching me, and I guess all
that saved my life was my heavy,
padded crash helmet
"One Jap stabbed me with a
three-pronged fish spear. An
other clubbed me with a gun
butt. Of course, I had a lot of
burns, too, and a head wound
that X guess came from the gren
ade that exploded in the tank."
- Finally they left Moore for
. dead.- Two hours later he re
gained consciousness. Around
him were 41 dead Japanese. He
found out later that Private Ken
neth Koon, marine sharpshooter
from Summitville, Ind., picked
off most of the Japs from a near
by hiding place.
Moore hopes to be out of the
By PAT MORGAN
Eight o'clock Friday evening,
October 30. It was time tor the
kick-off of the combat between
the Klamath Pelicans and the
Grants Pass Cavemen.
Mo scores were made in the
first quarter, but there was a
terrific struggle for the pig
skin. One team would gain
yardage, then lose, gain again,
lose. Second quarter excite
ment galore! Three touchdowns!
"Baldy" Foster, after making
a run of 00 yards, made a
touchdown. Then the score
went up to 13-0. Klamath scor
ed again 19-0, and again 25
0. Near the end, Dick Prairie
made a touchdown, making the
score 31-0, Klamath's favor.
Although the Cavemen lost
they put up a good fight, as
was expected, and most of the
Grants Pass boys were sportsmen-like
and upheld a friendly
standing with the Klamath Falls
townspeople.
Although the piano dance
music was almost drowned out
by boards banging and boys
shouting as the dance band
stand was being erected, the
girls in the fourth and fifth
period gym classes danced on
though nothing were hap
pening. Considering the speed
with which they were jitterbug
gin', it looked as though noth
ing could stop them.
The students swayed their
heads and tapped their feet in
rhythm to swing music played
by the KUHS "Music Makers"
Friday in a brief pep assembly
held in the auditorium before
the dance.
Coach Frank Ramsey inform
ed the students that Arnold
Selby, quarterback, had been
chosen as team captain for the
game with the Grants Pass
Cavemen. Coach Ramsey also
stated that Wayne Yancey,
U. S. Oyer Egypt: Bombs for Rommel
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(NCA Radio-Tilephoto)
Here's one of the most important phases of the battle of North Africa
aerial warfare. Bombs from a formation of American "Mitchell" B-25
medium bombers head downward toward Rommel's Nazi forces and sup
ply lines as R. A. T. and U. S. aircraft continue their shuttle relays that
batter the enemy on the western desert. Photo radioed Cairo-New York.
junior on the Pelican squad.
would follow Lester Bishop's
exaxmple and buy a zoot suit
if the Klamath eleven won the
game.
Ken Wilson, a graduate of
KUHS and a navy aviation
cadet, spoke to the students.
He said that the team needed
plenty of support from the
whole student body,
As there has been some ques
tion on the election of the
freshman class officers, it hasn't
been completed as yet
Mt. Hood Stages
Shifts Departure
Time Schedule
Effective November 1, Mt.
Hood Stages, operating from the
Pacific Greyhound terminal in
Klamath Falls, will change their
departure time to 8 a. m. and
12:45 p. m. for Bend, Portland,
The Dalles, Yakima, Spokane,
Burns, Boise and east
This change will offer im
proved connections with other
bus lines operating throughout
the northwest, it was stated by
Ruth Snyder, local representa
tive of the bus company.
Insurance on your furniture Is
surprisingly inexpensive. Phone
Hans Norland. 7176.
Lillian Ferguson
Leaves for Service
With Army Corps
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ferguson
of 3440 Cannon avenue, now
have a daughter, as well as a son,
In the services, it was learned
here with the announcement
that Miss Lillian Ferguson left
Friday for Fort Des Moines, la.,
to join the Women's Army Aux
iliary Corps.
Miss Ferguson has been asso
ciated with Bowerman's Phar
macy In San Francisco for the
past several years, and left' for
her new - duties from the Bay
city. She completed her. school
ing at Kansas university, and has
frequently visited in Klamath
Falls, where she has many
friends.
James H. Ferguson Is a sea
man first class and radioman
second class in the U. S. navy,
and is now on active duty off the
Pacific coast
THIRST QUENCHER
HOLLYWOOD The coffee
situation isn't bothering .George
Paris. . I
In hit little eating place he 1
has put up a . sign:
"We have plenty of coffee.
First cup, 5 cents. Second cup,
' $100."
Burial of Dead Commences
In Tornado-Struck Town
BERRYVILI.E, Ark., Oct. 31
W) Burin of the dead and re
habilitation of the homeless com
menced today in this small Ozark
mountain . community where a
tornado lato Thursday night
killed at least 29 persons and in
jured more than 200 others.
The Red Cross, quickly coor
dinating the efforts of state and
local welfare agencies with Its
own, estimated there were more
than 500 persons homeless, that
130 homes were demolished and
another 130 heavily dnuiAged.
The agency's field representa
tives said surveys showed prob
ably another 200 persons suf
fered lesser injuries that requir
ed no medical attention.
Infirmaries Empty
Definite identification of a few
of the dead had not been com
pleted today.
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first major disaster In which the HIIIIIM aJL'''J-,MIJliiarlllli
state defense council's emergen- And
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