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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1943)
PAGE EIGHT HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON August 8, 1 1)411 STATE U HOLDS FIELD HR Sunday, August 8. has been designated as the first of four field maneuvers for - Oregon State Guard companies in this area. Extensive plans have been formulated for various types of field practice, according to Ma jor D. D. Van Fleet, command ing officer of the 19th battalion with headquarters here. It Is expected that Company C of the 19th battalion, and company B, of the first regi ment will turn out in full strength as well as units from Lakeview. Chiloquin and Mer rill. Malin. An innovation of this year's maneuvers will be the work of the communications squad of the headquarters company. This detail, headed by Lt. Gilbert Holte has been working hard with field telephones and sema phores and should add greatly to the annual maneuvers. Last year's maneuvers were enjoyed by all those who took part in them. Sunday's action will take place in a series of hills north of the city and all members of state guard com panies are requested to assem ble at the armory at 8 a. m. Sunday. Each guardsman will bring his own rations for noon day lunch. SGT. O. J. HORNTE. Now, If Happened This Way Captain Robert E, Smith, who was long with General Chen nault's command ia China and claims eight enemy planes to his credit, is shown talking ormt his experiences with his uncle. R. W. Browning. Klamath Falls. Captain Smith visited here last weekend.' Veteran Flier Tells How Chinese Shot at Him, Then Apologized With Banquets How friendly Chinese shot at ! his plane, and hurriedly got out No Information On Increased Sugar Allotments No information has yet been leceUed by the war price and rationing board of any increase in sugar allotments, it was re ported today. Details on reports read in newspapers or beard over the radio have not been extended to the board and they have no in formation about increases in sugar for canning purposes or for industrial and institutional Josephine County Sheriff Appointed GRANTS PASS, Aug. 3 UP) Lord Lewis, tor the past 14 years chief deputy sheriff, was named shenfi of Josephine county this morning by the county court. He -succeeds A Donley Barnes, who resigned to take a defense job in Portland. him by mistake and apologized with receptions and banquets was told by Captain Robert E. Smith, United States army air corps, on a visit here Sunday with his uncle, - Robert Brown ing, of Klamath Falls. The veteran of 70 combat mission. - with eight enemy planes to his credit, has seen ac tion in Africa as well as the far east. He came down on the Klamath airport Saturday eve ning in a P-30, and took off Sun day afternoon to return to his station at Oakland. Calif. Target for Chinese Captain Smith's experience as a Chinese flag he had with him.i He waved the flag: the shooting' stopped, and the Chinese came! out to look him over. Writing! on the flag convinced them he was a friendly American.. Word spread and a throng of jabbering Chinese gathered around to see the Yankee flier. Presently, he heard a friendly voice speak in the English lan guage, and looked up to see an' American missionary, who from, then on acted as his companion! and interpreter. The missionary. long as I stayed in that com munity, said Captain Smith. "Local police lined up and stood at attention in my honor. The mayor and other dignitaries played host. They were con stantly apologizing for shooting at me. Some time later, after he had rejoined his outfit, the plane was salvaged from the sandbar. Captain Smith spent 10 months with Brigadier General Claire Chennault's command in China, and there saw action in scores of strafing and bombing missions. He was attached to the Flying Tigers in an observer capacity to learn their meuioas. before that famed organization was dissolved and became part of the U. S. air forces. Closest Shave It was while with General Chennault that Captain Smith had what he regards as his "greatest day and his closest shave." On that day he and an other flier piled into formation of 20 Zeros, which were loafing high over a Chinese city to pro tect a force of bombers attacking the city. Selecting a Zero as his target. CaDUin Smith darted to the at tack and saw the plane shudder and drop out of formation, ob viously hit. Before the other planes could turn on him, he had started a sharp descent and dropped in an almost vertical dive for 19.000 feet, escaping them. The other American, pi lot had no such luck, and was lost. Thrilling Stories Those were only two of the brilliant stories recounted by Captain Smith on his brief stay here. It was his second trip to Klamath Falls, and he agreed that a lot of things have hap pened to him since he visited the Brownings two years ago. However, he has not yet real ized an ambition to fly around the world. When he went to the far east, he flew by way of thei KNOX CREDITS SEABEES FOR ALLIED GAINS Ganong Retained to Defend County In Frank Howard Case Klamath county has retained William Ganong to assist in the defense in the pending case of Frank Z. Howard versus Klam ath county. In his complaint Howard asks tor back pay of SI 30 a month which, allegedly, the county owes him for services rendered since July. 1942. in conjunction with his duties as county sur veyor. William Kuykcndall Is attor ney for tho plaintiff. Much of the credit for the United Nations' gains against the axis is due to the miracu lous achievements of the U. S. navy's construction battalions (Sea bees), according to a recent statement by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. These are the men .who build advance basea beyond the continental limits of the United States and who defend these vital installa tions. But, as the allies extend their gains in enemy territory, the greater becomes the need for additional men for the Scabcrs. Right now the situation is criti cal, according to D. T. Schrei ber. of the Klamath Falls navy recruiting station. Thousands of skilled workers are needed im mediately for duty in the com bat areas. Mechanics, carpenters, ma chinists, draftsmen, electricians, riggers, powermen. pipe-fitters and plumbers, welders, wharf builders and concrete workers re a few of the skilled work men so greatly in demand. Any roan with experience in one of these trades can qualify for a petty officer rating in the Sea bees. Schreiber reports, and is asked to go to the navy recruit ing station without delay for a preliminary interview. UNDILUTED LOS ANGELES. OPi Up-only slixhtly increased dunne stairs, firemen drenched flames ; the drive. P MIKE BOND REPORT WEYERHAEUSER CAMP 4 Mrs. Earl Cruick&hank. Mrs. Hal Ogle and Mrs. Wayne Knapp of Weyerhaeuser Camp 4 were in charge of the savings bond and stamp drive in their community during July. Per sonal contact was the method used. Almost all the families called on report that they use the pay roll deduction plan to purchase bonds regularly, and they also buy stamps. Dorothy Wilcoxen and Bar bara Johnson are among the young people who finished till ing a stamp book, bought a bond and started another stamp book during the month. Stamp books were given to people who were ready for new books. Mrs. Harry Carroll of the Camp 4 store has a supply of stamps and reports her sales JAYCEES TO CONDUCT SPUD L ABOR SURVEY Junior chamber of commerce members voted ' their meeting Monday evening to adopt as an organization project a survey to be made in connection with com munity support of the fall po tato harvest program. A committee headed by Charles Finch will determine the exact form of the survey, which wiU cover the business district. Purpose is to stimulate interest In assisting In the har vest and to get a preliminary idea as to how much help can be expected from the business district if an emergency arises. The chamber was asked to un dertake this work by Myrle C. Adams, who has charge of the Recruiting of Seobees, WAVES Stressed at Meeting Recruiting of WAVES and Sen. bees was stressed at a PortluitV recruiter conference, First Clii." Specialist Dan Schreiber laid U'. 'day. Because of the large quota' set for Oregon during the month of August for the enlistment nf men In the construction buttnl. Inn, many applicants will bt sent to Portland without being Interviewed by Warrant far. pouter Leo Wolgamood, who will be hero late In AiiKiut. The Scabee quota for thin month Is approximately tight times the number usually en listed, Schreiber said. the harvest work campaign In city and suburbs. Malcolm Eplcy, Klamath newspaper man, reviewed liluh. lights of a recent trip to Wal. Ingtnn, New Yora ana Boston in an after-dinner talk to the Juni chamber. The meeting was In In the Pelican cafe party rooi' Automobiles operated on gravel consume 10 per cent mm a gasoline than those driven on concrete. 5 a Rev. Overmeyer. came from Columbus. Ohio, where Captain a target for Chinese who thought ; Smith went to soci he was a Jap uciuiied just after the Americans- treated Hong, Kong to a dive-bombing raid! several months ago. Newspaper, stories at the time said all the raiding ships, returned to base but one. That one was Captain Smith's plane. On the way back from Hong Kong he had engine trouble and was forced to seek an emergency landing place. He picked a sand bar in a river, and came down successfully, wheels up. Almost immediately rifle shots broke out from the brush and bullets splattered in the water about Captain Smith's plane. . Hides Behind Plane The flier took refuge behind The Social Whirl "From then on, life was a' round of parties and banquets as Atlantic and Africa. He re turned the same way. He has yet to fly the Pacific j The post-war transition period! will not be easy. A great many! men and a great many women! are going to be out of work. ! Mary Anderson, director Labor Department women's bureau. with water. Downstairs, patrons of a street level bar quenched thirsts with beverages. Upraised umbrellas protected them and their beer from the water dripping through the ceiling. Members of the committee (xpresscd he hope that their work w-ould increase future sales. Approximately 2.300.000 auto mobiles were taken out of serv , ice since May 1, 1942. - i Good News DEAFENED OIM ISaeMOMI COMPANY ANNOUNCES A Now High-Efficiency Low Cost Hoofing Aid 0 ) ' ty Omii MeeMrtM rr far Uaa M y'ara lifi at Ihm jer L Sort lot W tratk4 m Uu pjUn.-to fkrrffrl a tth iHWry ttr ami b aft et4. 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