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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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STOCKHOLM. July 17 )
Itnllun commentators are mak
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not transferring a single man
or plane from the Russian front
anoMhnt the Italians In the main
nre"dfending thotmclves, Romo
dispatches to the Dagens Nyhe
ter said today, '
In the search for rubber, near
ly 2000 varieties of plants found
In this hemisphere have been
tested.
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