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Soldiers Carve Bowling
Alley in Heart of Jungle
' SPOKANE, Wash., May 20 0P)
When the American soldier
wants to bowl, he bowls, Cadet
Dick Coolcy discovered, even If
he must carvo his alley, his pins
and his ball out of the New
Guinea jungle.
Cooley, who "still can't be
lieve it," told o locating the
world's most unique bowling par
lor in a letter made public to
day by a Spokane bowling club
the Benevolent and Protecting
Order of Keglers.
"We were walking around the
bomb craters among the tall
palm trees watching some of the
boys at work on slit trenches
when First Lt. Irving Hoyt of
Portland, Ore., asked 'How
would you like to go bowling?' "
Coolcy wrote.
"Here in the Jungle his boys
In between patrolling for Japs
had constructed a bowling alley.
I ... It can probably claim to
be the only bowling alley on any
fighting front in the world; cer
tainly it can claim to be the first
and only bowling alley in New
Guinea.
"Constructing it in regulation
size, the boys built their alley in
two weeks under the wide eyes
of astonished natives. From
jungle hardwood they carved a
16-pound ball, patiently molding
it for a two-fingered grip. I
can vouch that she rolls true.
"The pins were shaped from
the same hardwood by the same
patient hands while the alley was
devised from the wooden floor
of an abandoned missionary
Shack. And a very good alley it
makes, even without wax polish.
Gun oil is just as good, or even
shoe polish.
"The alley is set up under a
native shack open at the sides
Reyef Recall
Nicks Giants
Dictionary
TORONTO, May 20 () Man
ager Gabby Hartnett says that
his Jersey City Giants were nick
ed for "muchos pesos" $75,000
to be exact when the New York
Giants recalled Napoleon Reyef,
the Cuban infielder, froirj their
uiiernauonai. league larm C1UD.
"I lost ";a $50,000. ball player
and a $25,000 interpreter," moan
ed Gabby; explaining that Reyef
had. carried ah' English-Spanish
dictionary and: had.: used it to
help Catcher Andres Fleitas, also
a Cuban, learn signals.
t "It took Fleitas three weeks
to learn our signals with Reyes
working that Spanish dictionary
overtime,'! Hartnett said. "So
when Reyef is heading for the
train to New York I say: 'Look,
Nap, leave that dictionary be
hind. I'll need it with Fleitas'."
Springfield
Claims School
Tennis Title
PORTLAND, May 20 (Pj
Claim of Springfield high
school's unbeaten tennis team to
the state title strengthened today
when a scheduled match with
Grant High, Portland city titlist,
was ruled out by state and city
scholastic authorities. .
Springfield players motored
to Portland yesterday for the
match on the Irvington courts
but Grant players were forbid
den to play.
It was reported that a pro
posed match between Grant and
Stadium High of Tacoma, Wash
ington champion, had been aban
doned. .
THE HIT OF
Not Ov.r sUJ .ftp I
and roofed against the rain with
woven thatch. The boys have
constructed a thatched backstop
and have even devised a return
ramp of bamboo.
"The crowning touch is the ad
dition of a grinning native pin
boy. He lifts his legs in the
professional manner as the ball
rolls in to send the pins flying,
and he sets 'cm up with the ease
of years of practice. .
"In quiet moments between
the scraps with the Japs the boys
hold Intramural bowling con
tests deep in the heart of the
jungle."
Too Tennis
m
Men Meet in
Title Match
CORVALLIS, May 20 fjip)
Leading tennis players of the
northern division colleges will
meet in Corvallis this weekend
for the league championships.
Preliminaries will be Friday
afternoon with the final rounds
Saturday.
Washington's defending cham
pions are favored. The power
ful Huskies swept through the
dual competition without a loss.
Their stiffest competition prob
ably will come from Oregon
State.
Bob Odman, Washington's ail
American net ace, is expected to
win the singles championship,
while Odman and Don Pack of
the Huskies probably will battle
it out with Dick Hallock and
Ivan Hatfield or Barney Osipo-
vich of the Beavers for the dou
bles crown.
Army Plane Rams
Gas Storage Tank
CHICAGO, May 20 W) A
large army airplane rammed into
a gas company storage tank on
the south side today and set the
tank afire.
The plane, which was based at
the Fort Worth, Tex., army air
field rammed the huge tank
squarely, and plunged to the
ground in flames. The tank is
one of the People's Gas and
Light and Coke company at 71st
street and South St. Louis ave
nue, and serves Chicago's south'
west side.
WUatljouBuyWitU
WAR BONDS
American airmen are battering
away at Hitler's war machine
throughout? Europe. Precision day
light bombing is taking a heavy toll
of Der Fuehrer's production plants
both in Germany and conquered ter
ritory. The huge, rugged Consoli
dated Liberators are playing their
part, coming home safely, otttimti
with wings and control surfaces bul
let riddled.
The four-motored Liberators cost
about 1350,000. Your purchase of
War Bonds helps pay for them so
our airmen may have superiority
over the Nazi dictators. Keep buy-;
ing War Bonds, regularly, every!
payday. You must If we are to win. '
Yon Have Done Your Bit Now Do
Your Best.'
U. S. Treatury Dtfartmtnt
THE-YEAR
M-12: Our Tank Killer and Its
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The best tank divisions the axis could throw Into the Battle of. Tunisia were no match tor the U. S.
Army's new M-12 tank destroyer, shown In top photo at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Md. Huge 155
mm. cannon is mounted on medium tank chassis, combining speed with paralyzing tire power. Bot
tom photo shows the 155-mm. gun in action as field piece.
Rain. Mud and Lumber
Among the very first things of
my writing that got into print
was a "poem" called 'The
Doughboy's Prayer." It started
off like this:
"He walked his Post at midnight,
And he walked it in the mud,
While the wind and rain blew
through him,
Chilling every drop of blood."
And so on, as terrible as that
to the end. But the thing had
fact and fervor. I'd been on
guard duty from January into
late March, 1918, in railway
yards at Montoir, near St. Naz
aire, in la wet France. Two
hours on and four off out of
every 24, slogging through muck
between piles of lumber and
other materials with which the
Engineers were building a vast
supply base. For all those of us
in our Infantry detachment
knew, we'd be making the same
miserable rounds until the end
of the war.
So, after two months of it, I
relieved my feelings in rhyme.
It was long, but The Stars and
Stripes printed it in pretty large
type. Many more men of the
AEF were doing hard, dull,
dirty work than were fighting.
Soldiering As a Job ...
We of the 182nd Infantry
wanted to fight for we had been
trained for it. So did the men
of the 17th Engineers, who were
stuck with us in the mudholes
and lumber piles of Montoir
they were a combat outfit of the
regular army.
But the 17th Engineers were
kept back at the work of con
structing and maintaining a base
port because of the skill, training
and experience of its men. Green
outfits could carry on the simpler
stuff of the sappers in the front
line trenches, but not the high
ly technical jobs of base build
ing.
The great majority of the men
In the armed forces In this war
are in service that means mono
tonous guard duty, or skilled
labor, or hard work, dirty work,
dull work, or technical tasks that
would bring big salaries to the
doers if they were civilians.
Most of them may never hope
for the great adventure of battle
action.
Theirs is the duty of the sold
ier, -not the glory. Theirs is
soldier's pay. Nothing counts
but Orders and Duty.
Mostly, soldiering is a job,
Mostly, the jobs of the soldier
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' tions. Applicant must be under 40 years old. For interview
tea Mr. E, V. Smith betwton 10 a, m. and 4 p. m May 21st.
Tha Goodyear Tire Ic Rubber Company Inc.
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Phone 7672
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Br,."'t-! ' " :..i-"""',"T' 7rTTw"T,?TTr"'-
. are pretty much like those of
. civilians in the war. But outside
the work itself, similarity ends.
What s the Answer?
My next to last civilian job in
1917 was in a pine sawmill. It
was driving a truck-team in the
yard. The rounds among the
lumber piles were not so differ
ent from those I later made in
guard duty at Montoir.. But in
the mill yard, if I'd been asked
to work two hours on and four
off, slog through mud, bow my
neck under freezing wind and
rain night and day, eat slum,
sleep on hay in a barracks about
as tight as a picket fence, all for
thirty bucks a month, of course
I'd have qbit. In fact, I quit the
teaming job just because it was
tiresome.
My work in that mill was as
important to the war effort then
as my later guard duty prob
ably more so, for the army need
ed all the lumber it could get
for cantonment construction. But
I didn't think much of that in
quitting it. If I'd walked off
my guard duty among the lum
ber piles in France, I'd have been
shot.
How do we figure such a tre
mendous difference in the work
of war? .
. The trouble in getting at the
answer is that the question is
always put up in terms of differ
ence between civilians at home
and the soldiers in the battle
lines. That is dramatic, but it
raises a false issue. To repeat,
most of our men in uniform arc
working men, not fighting men.
The plain, simple question is
that' of the difference between
the millions of soldiers and the
millions of civilians who are do
ing practically the same war
jobs,
I've got no brain for the an
swer. All I khow is that the
whole picture I see is the op
posite of the American idea of
50-50 fair play;
Sour milk will remove iron
rust from white cloth.
Worry of
FALSE TEETH
Slipping or Irritating?
Itin't bo mbrrfled by 1'mj tnUn UtlU
illfipln?. dropping or wabbling when yon
rut. tnlk or laugh. Jtint aprlnfclR llttln
FAHTKKT1I on your pint-!. Tlili pknMnt
powder ghtn a rrtnirksble I'nw of udduf
comfort nnd nwiirlty hy boldlng plain
mora firmly. No gummy, goory, party tsl
or ruling. H'a alfcalfnt f non-ncblj. 0t
FAHTKKTH at any drug Bforr.
155 - mm. Gun ,
A,
Fish Companies
Report Good Catch
ASTORIA, Ore., May 20 ")
The New England and Columbia
River Packers' association plants
today reported they had received
more than 300,000 pounds each
of bottom fish during the last
.three days. ,
The heavy catches of ling cod,
rock cod, flounder, sole and red
snapper has served to offset the
recent lull in salmon fishing. .
HIT-AND-RUN HOUSE
DUNCAN, Okla., (P) C. F.
Sikcs was knocked down and run
over by his own house.
He was standing near his
home on the bank of a flooded
creek when a sudden wall of
water swept It off its foundation.
"I was knocked Into the creek
and the house passed over me,"
he related.
His only injury was a scrape
on the head.
Wondering how
you'll feed your
dog with meat
rationed?
Dogs must have animal pro
teins to be properly fed. MEAL
form oro-pup provides the
maximum amount allowed by
the government . . , more than
minimum requirements set by
nutritional authorities. .
Furthermore, oro-pup gives
your dog every known min
eral and vitamin he needs
for growth and vigor. Dogs,
gobble It upl
And It's economical, also.
Two boxes MEAL FORM GRO-
pup are all you need buy to
feed an average, normal 15
pound dog for a week!
Also ovoilobl. In RIBBON jFORM
MADtIN BAJTll CRtlK BY
MEN AND
WOMEN IN
SERVICE .
Allen John O'Brien, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. Wtlllum O'Brion of
43 S Pacific Torrnce, grnduntcd
from the engineer officer enndi
ditto school, Fort Bclvolr, Vn., on
Mny 12. Ho is now n second
lieutenant in the corps uf tMigt
ncers, army of the. United Stales.
Young O'Brion was born Juno 7,
1014, attended Klamath Union
high school ami St. John's uni
versity at Collenevllle, Minn. He
is married to tho former Maxlno
Scholto. Their homo was at
41128 Peck drlvo In this city. Lt.
O'Brien entered tho army on Oc
tober 31, 1042, at Fort Ltnvl.s,
Wash., and befuro going into the
service was employed by tho
Great Northern railway as yard
engine foreman.
Corporal Frank N. Berglund
was promoted to sergetint Mny
1 at Walla Walla nrmy air bnao.
He is a member of tho army
band there. Tho now sergeant
Is the son of Mrs. Mary Berg
lund of 838 Walnut avenue.
SAVANNAH, Go. Corpornl
Ronald E. Whltlnch, former resU
dent of Klnmath Falls, Ore., has
been promoted to tho rank ol
sergeant, it was announced todny
by officers of his squadron nt
Hunter field, Snvaiinuh nrmy ulr
base.
Sgt. Whltlnch entered tho serv
Ico at Portland, Ore., In Septem
ber, 1941. Prior to entering the
service ho attended tho Unlvcr
slty of Oregon mid was inter em
ployed ns n mechanic, by the
Buick garage, Klamath Falls.
U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION,
Jacksonville, Flu. Harold Anv
old Romberg of 330 South 7th
street, Klamnth Fnlls, Ore., was
recently promoted to the rnnk ol
licutennnt from lieutenant, Jun
ior grade.
Lieutenant Romberg graduat
ed from Wabash college, Craw
fordsvlllc, Ind., In 1935, with an
AB degree and Crclghtou uni
versity School of Law, Omaha,
Ncbr., In 1939 with an LLB de
gree. He is on duty nt the nearby
naval air gunner's school as as
sistant range officer.
C. Stewart Blnkc is now sta
tioned nt Camp Roberts for 13
weeks of basic training. Pvt.
Bloke formerly resided at Chllo
quln. Mrs. Jean Bioko is visiting
her sons, who arc both in south
ern California nrmy camps. Mrs.
Blake spent Saturday and Sun
day, May S and 6, with Stewart
at Camp Roberts. Lt. John W.
Blake, formerly of Chlloquln, is
now a battery commander at
Camp Haan, Calif.
"Best In the long run" is an
admirable slogan, except for
the . hosiery manufacturer.
jJiereY
JVO BITTERNESS
THE. BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE.FAMQLUS
Opr. IQH,
BS(3M3aHBnCSESS3HBBBB9Bi
State Deputy
. SW.
Otto Smith, itato doputy ol
the Knights ol Columbus In
Oregon, announced Wodneidny
that the 05th annual itnlo con
vention of tho KC will bo hold
In Snlom May 21 and 22. Tho
convention has boon itroamllned
this year to Include only busi
ness sessions.
Held for Murder
(fif.A Trlrphoio)
Mls Knthlcen tnthnm, 33-ycar-oltl
Coiuolldated-Vultrc aircraft worker.
Is shown In a Fort Worth jnll. whrro
she U brliiR hold on chnrKf of mur
dering J. 11. Itlsncy ot Fort Worth.
Parachutes are designed to
withstand a falling velocity of
120 miles nn hour.
flud 9h!
White Moccasin Sport Oxfords
Sties 34 to 9
FOULGER'S
625 Main
"
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Mny 20, 1948
TREES DRINK FOQ
r,,ur,,riiln redwoods uro con
fined to tho constat range and fl
t,..-u ii.tiii ann lovol.
1 1, mi, ,.-,, , ......
They do not derive tlu'lr mols
lino front slimmer ruins, but
from fog, which blow 111 from
the sen,
Aiming tho presidential stump
collectors was President Ben.
jniiilii Harrison.
Heavers make mud pies and
wnl t h o m to advertise for
mules.
Tim Isle of Man In tho Irish
seas has neither snakes nor
loads.
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LOST Two sugar rnllon books,
Cllllon A. Christian, Gernld '
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STRAYED Small spotted pig,
around linger. Phono 3019.
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LOST No, 2 rnllon book. James
B. Orrell. 2344 Hope St. 8-22
LOST Green Parker fountain
pen. KiiKruved. Mnry L. Lnn
dry. Phono 49U8. Reward.
821
LOST Rnllon Book No. 1. Le
Hoy F. Baldwin, 1007 Austin.
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land S. Kemp, 1323 Martin
St. 5-22
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