May 6, 1048
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oTail Gunners Lifeless
Hand Releases Raft From
Sunken Bomber, Saves Crew
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By OLEN CLEMENTS
WITH THIS U, S. AIRKOnCE
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC,
April 10 (Delayed) JP) Copt
L. F. Krobs, of Fonda, In., pilot
of a big B-24, looked anxiously
out thu pianos window for a
place to lund,
Henderson fluid on Guudiil
cannl Island was cloned In Unlit
by rain and fog and darkm-ss,
and co-Pilot Jack Nowell, Co
lumblli, Mo., culled out that
thera was practlcully no gaso'
Unit Inft.
Krobs hud but nno choice
art her down and hopa they
were over water. Ho ordered
the radio antenna reeled out
200 feet aa a feeler for land or
water or Jugged mountains that
form the southern Solomons,
'Then ho started down through
fo and rain.
Kvery man In the nino-mun
crew huIcI a silent prayer and
waited for death or a fighting
chanco In tho wuter, If they
were lucky. They had donned
life preservers and huddled to
gether In the radio compart
ment omldshlp,' rcudy to ro
lease Ufa rufts und then crawl
through the top hatch when
the plane hit the wntcr.
Tho bomber descended a
thousand feet a minute. Two
engines quit. Out of gas. Rain
and clouds oblllornled every
thing, even tho durkness of
night.
Suddenly there wns a blind
ing flush below. This Is It,
thought every mini. The anten
na hud hit something and the
bomber had but 200 feet to de-
cend. Was It land or water?
ends of sweat broko out on
every man's brow.
Krebs let her down ever so
slowly, repeating to hlmoclf
each foot that he would never
make It. Nowell hdd his eyes
glued to tho Instrument board.
Tho men huddled In the radio
room and Sgt. A. S. Hatfield,
Salt Lako City, reached for tho
handle to release the big lifo
raft. The tall gunner moved to
release the small raft.
Then she hit with a big
splash. The bomber broko Into
three pieces. The tail sank with
blurp. With the toll went tho
tall gunner and the raft for
which he was reaching when
last seen.
I Hatfield was knocked but by
the shock. The nose of the
lane flipped downward and
robs and Nowell were trap.
ped Inside the cabin while tho
water rushed In.
By super-human efforts they
managed to crawl ouUldo the
windows and swim to the sur
face. All of tho bomber then
sunk from sight. It was black
s pitch and an hour before
dawn. Krebs called to the
swimming men. All wero there
but the tall gunner. He didn't
get out
Then came the most horrible
realization of all none of the
life rafta had been released. It
was sink or swim and nobody
knew where to or how far.
Krebs called to tho men to
form a circle, having read or
heard somewhere that If a
group forms a circle In the
wuter tho sharks are not likely
to strike.
One by one ha rounded them
up: Lieut. James lieed, Nash
ville, Tonn.; Llout. J. D. New
mnn, Luke Charles, La.; Sgt.
Ciustafson; Sgt. M, E. Hatfield;
Sgt. Sheehan; Sgt. A. S. Hat
field, and Llout, Nowell. Only
the toll gunner was missing
There was nothing to do now
but wuit. Nobody said much of
anything. There was nothing
much to say. If only the tall
gunner hnd managed to release
his raft tharo might have been
somo hope.
One enlisted man said he
saw tho toll gunnor almost
reach tho raft's release when
tho crash came. They mused
over this for an hour, wishing
but not during to hope that
dawn would bring now hope.
Finally It grow light enough
to see. Nowhere was the raft
to be seen. Practically all
abandoned hope then.
Suddenly tho wuter ripped
and up shot a email raft from
the deep, Krebs saw It first
und yelled. Then they all
yolled. It was the raft the tall
gunner had been trying to re
lease when he died.
Tho men piled into It and
sighted land 20 miles away.
They fought a strong current
for two days and nights and
reached safety on an island,
where they were rescued later.
Back in the harness now,
each of tho fortunate eight will
tell you that It wasn't fate that
released that raft below water
but the dead hand of the tail
gunner, whose name cannot be
released because the war de
partment won't permit the
publishing of tha name of the
war dead, oxcept as released In
Washington.
Jockey of 1907
Kentucky Derby
Winner Dies .
DETROIT, May 8 (P) Little
Andy Minder, 62, whose claim
to fame was that he rode Pink
Star to victory In the 1007 Ken'
tucky darby, died hero yester.
day.
Friends of Minder recalled
that he never had much to say
except when horse racing was
mentioned, upon which he would
tell of bringing Pink Star, a 13-1
shot, homo In front by two
lengths on a muddy track.
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Tha First Presbyterian Sun
day school, with Mrs. Theo
dore Smith as general superin
tendent, will present a special
Mother's Day program during
the school period, which opens
Sunday at 8:45 a. m. Every moth
er attending will receive a uni
que and attractive gift of per
manent spiritual value.-
The sacrament of baptism will
be administered during the
morning worship period, at 11
o'clbck. Parents of children to
be baptized are requested to
contact the pastor, the Rev.
Theodore Smith, dial 6477, in
order that certificates of buptism
mny be prepared In advance.
Quartz Mt.
Lowln Robblns has resigned
the position as logging superin
tendent for tho Bly Logging
company, which Is a subsidiary
of the Ewauna Box company. As
yet no one has been named to
take his placo.
Mrs. Luclle Barnes of Olcne,
visited her son Jimmy Barnes,
and his family In Quartz moun
tain last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McMurren
and family and Eddie Francos
were weekend visitors in Klam
ath Falls this week. .
Mrs. Peggy Barnes and Mrs.
Ruth Daves entertained at a
birthday party for their hus-
bands, Jimmy Barnes and Dave j
Daves. Present besides the
guests of honor were Mr. and 1
Mrs. Cecil Hertzog. j
Mrs. Vera Real went to Klam
oth Falls Monday of this week
for medical attention. Mrs. Real !
has had a severe ear infection
for the past three weeks. Her
condition Is now much Im
proved. She was accompanied
to town by her daughter, Mrs.
Barnes, and her grandson, Jim
my Dean.
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By ANITA CWYN CAMPBELL
Sunduy, Muy 16, Is the date set
for bacculuurcuto services at tho
high school. Tho program fol
lows: Major W. C. Curry, presiding!
Scripture rending Rev. R. C.
Johnson, First Covenunt church.
Message "Tho Hour Is
Come," Rov. Cecil C. Brown,
First Baptist church.
Benediction Rev. A. Theo
dore Smith, First Presbyterian
church.
The high school orchestra, di
rected by Mrs. Duvld Burgoync
and the mixed chorus, directed
by Andrew Loncy Jr., will fur-
man me music.
lotgon of the
First National
bank will be the
speaker at com
mencement o n
May 10.
k.- ar m . . .
l'V j Gifts were
club advisors at
the Girls League meeting
Thursday morning. Jean Under
wood and Donna Brotherton en
tertained with a piano and vocal
solo. Twenty-seven new Pep
Peppers wore presented with a
corsage of lilacs, tied with red
ribbon.
The Senior Follies seemed to
bO OUltC a SUCCeu if It ran ha
judged by student reaction. One :
hundred and thlrtv.fivn rfnllnr. '
wos cleared after deducting the '
I government amusement tax. The
! purtlclpunts all did a fine Job
und credit should also go to those
who worked backstage,
! .
Ailocn Dyer, representative of
tho Slute Council of War Nurs
ing, tipoke to glrlai Interested
about the definite need of stu
dent nurses. Advantages were
told and questions asked and
answered. '
Paul Landry spoke to the
, homo management classes about
j tho Insurance of personal prop
! erty.
j ....
' Dick Valllancour, broad jump
; er, and Jim Bocchi, discus throw
j cr and high Jumper, and Ralph
Foster as extra, traveled to Eu
gene today with Paul Deller,
I coach, Frank Ramsey and Jos
1 eph Peak, to enter the state track
meet Friday. ,
Courthouse Records
Marriages
SPOONEMORE-COPE. Dal
ton Charles Spoonemore, 22,
soldier. Native of Texas, resi
dent of Greenville, Texas. Rose
mary Cope, 22, teacher. Native
of Louisiana, resident of Palo
Alto, California.
DENNIS -REDIFER. William
Bert Dennis, 19, mill worker.
Native of Oregon, resident of
Klamath Falls. Shirley Jeanne
Rcdifer, 19, bakery worker. Na
tive of Oregon, resident of
Klamath Falls.
JACKSON - CLARK. Arthur
Wilburn Jackson, 43, carpenter.
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Klamath Falls. Doris Pearl
Clark, 40, housewife. Native of
Wisconsin, resident of Klamath
Falls.
WEST-THOMAS. William
Patterson West, 49, farmer. Na
tive of Tennessee, resident of
Klamath Falls. Opal Ferne Tho
mas, 33, houscwlfo. Native of
Kansas, resident of Klamath
Falls.
Son of Chinese
Leader Studies
At Hill Academy
PORTLAND, May 6 W) For
two years a frail, bespectacled
Chinese boy has been a student
at Hill Military academy here.
His Identity was disclosed to
day. - He Is Chang Lu Ling, 12,
son of young Marshal Chang
Hsueh-Liang, the Manchurian
military leader who kidnapped
Chiang-Kai-shek in 1936 in the
prelude to the Slno-Japanese
war.
The boy said his mother
brought him to this country
three years ago, then returned
to China where she and his fath
er remain.
It is time to dispel the Idea
which still prevails among
American children that all Mex
icans are bandits, and the idea
in the minds of Mexican chil
dren that all Americans are
gangsters. Dr. Rlcardo Hill,
Mexican consul in New York.
Oregon News Notes
Br The Associated Press
Adna W. Leonard, Methodist
bishop who lost his life in the
Iceland crash of a plane Monday
with Lieut. Gen. Frank M. An
drews and 12 others, was at one
time a trustee of Willamette uni
versity, Portlanders recalled. . ,
Benton county's Oregon Trail
Centennial committee will be
headed by John C. Burtner, Ore
gon State college extension ed
itor . . . Two youths escaped
from the Oregon City Jail by
climbing up the chimney, ruin
ing it, officers said, by knocking
out many bricks.
The Right Rev. Benjamin D.
Dagwell, bishop of Oregon's
Episcopal diocese, and Harold
Wendell, also of Portland, were
named to the Reed college board
of regents ... A federal court
jury at Portland returned a
verdict for Harold and Olive Al
lison, Salem, defendants in an
automobile accident damage ac
tion brought by Max Werbolof-
sky, a soldier . . , The Oregon
Fraternal Congress, meeting in
Portland, will observe the Ore
gon Trail Centennial Saturday
When in Medford
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OBITUARY ,
, JOE SCALETTI
Joe Scalettl, a resident of
Klamath county for the last 17
years, passed away in this city
on Wednesday morning, May 8,
1943, following a brief illness.
The deceased was a native of
Sondrio, Italy, and was aged
58 years, 1 month and 17 days
when called. The deceased it
survived by relatives in Italy.
The remains rest at Wards
Klamath Funeral home, 929
High street. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced at a
later date.
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