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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1943)
PAGE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON July 17, 1043 ROGERS NAMED TO PROCURE AIR CADETS An urgent need for young men between 17 and 26 years of age to apply for enlistment In the army air corps wag ex pressed here this week by a representative of Colonel J. J. Fulmer, state recruiting chief, s he appointed Leslie Rogers, chairman of aviation cadet pro curement in Klamath Falls at 412 Main street, or the Elks lodge. Rogers explains that as local chairman he will have complete Information about the army air corps recruiting program and will take applications from those who wish to indicate their desire to be physically and men tally examined by the cadet board when it visits here. This unusual opportunity to lgn for air crew training is offered to two groups. Qualified 17-year-olds may enlist in the army air corps enlisted reserve. Upon their enrollment they will be presented with official avia tion cadet "Silver Wings" which will be worn on their civilian clothes to Indicate that they are future flying soldiers. These men will not be called until after their eighteenth birthday. They may continue with their civilian employment or education until such time as they are called for training. Men from 18 to 26 inclusive, who are of draft age, may take the cadet examinations and if found qualified will be author ized to volunteer for induction into the air corps. To be eligi ble for this program the appli cant must not have received his orders to report for induction from his selective service board. According to the explanation given the local chairman the examining board will visit this district on August 10 and 11 and will conduct the examina tions in the Klamath Falls arm ory. Full information may be obtained from Rogers or from the army recruiting office, 219 Poet Office building. If you want to sell it phone The Herald and News "want eds," 8124. mmm am mssm HMS)(iM! (MESiiuisr cvVj . tMsaiiwi mam C ROSALIND RUSSELL ''ST ""srSni FRED MaeMURRAY In f) JK 111 I J Jill SUNDAY "FLIGHT FOR LaCXj- Xl. -S3lIW) 1 ' " ' -J N - , ; As the Invasion of Sicily progressed, a U. 8. landing craft Is shown unloading cargo ana personnel under tirj on a beach at Sicily. Yanks lost no time In getting their equipment ashore to combat the Axis defenders of Mussolini's island stronghold. OlXiclal U. S. Army Signal Corps Radlo-Telephoto. Experiences Behind Enemy Lines Told by By C. R. CUNNINGHAM Representing the Combined American Press. (Distributed by The Associated Press) WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN SICILY Two young Ameri can paratroopers returned to this armored post command to night after spending 72 hours behind the enemy's lines dis-l rupting communications, knock-' ing out guns and gathering in-: formation. j They are Sgt, Henry Cum- j mings, 22, of Eunice, La., and Pvt. Douglas Clark, 23, of New York City, who became separ-1 ated from the rest of their units when they Jumped behind en emy lines. j . "We Just made the best of it," Cummings said. "We crawled and walked all night long cut- ting wires and trying our bestj not to be discovered. When it was daylight we tried to get ! our bearings, but we realized--we had to lie low because we would have been dead ducks if1 we didn't" - . . "We had to shoof "our way out of a couple of tight spots," Clark said. - "One time we were hiding alongside the main road behind a tree when a whole column of Italian trucks passed by us. We could have reached out and touched them. '"The last truck "stopped right Yanks Unload Under Fire in Paratroopers by our tree. The driver spotted us and yelled, so I let him have it. Then the other guy started yelling for help but we didn't , Nt fffMIM LAST 'Perfect Specimen" STARTS SUNDAY A WILD AND WOOLY ROUNDUP OF BANDITS! RioGrHcb; Sicily (KEA Radio Tlplioioi want him to give our position away so we poured a little lead into him. He stopped yelling. "Then we high-tailed it out of there, crawling on our bellies and all the time cutting wires and doing all the damage we could." Classified Ads Brins Results. Mi UU HUU j DAY and "Apache Kid' HUBIR Tflcj. CLARK i m Downward Trend in Living Costs Begun BOSTON, July 17 (ft1) Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown declared today that the OPA recently had started a downward trend In living costs for the first time and that it would battle to reduce the cost of living "until our objective is won." f "You have already seen reduc tions In the price of meats and butter and you will seo other re ductions in the near future," he told the Boston chamber of commerce. t i " M. 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It 1 1 H Song and WU1 53ifeKtefee: CESAR rdv II 'ROVERS RANGERS," Insurance Company President Dies - PORTLAND, July 17 (P) Charles Francis Adams, chair STARTS First Klamath Showing tp i ( i m . idiii rf r U ground of Com along and roll on that rolUr-eoattor of fun with Batty and th boyi at they take a hilarious holiday at America's razzlo-dazzle paraditol BETTY GRABLE GEORGE MONTGOMERY mrnmmmmmwm Sport " can't make man of the board of the First National bank of Portland, and President of Oregon Mutual Llfo Insurance company, died Inst night at the age of II. SUNDAY the ftfi Oior it stick"
