AGE EIGHT
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLSr.ORECON
Robot Fighter Said
To Make Fastest
Controlled Flight .
n.. rnlNVT.m DANKER
A FIGHTER BASE IN BRIT
AIN, Aug. 18 (Delayed) Wi
llie tirsi inree buil-u puuu u
tt-propelled fighter plane the
ME-163 "Flying Wing'1 in close
quarter combat expressed belief
today that in a vertical dive it
made the fastest controlled
tlight ever achieved by man.
(A section of the story at this
hnini lltDn rlnlfktoH hV PPhsOrS.)
The first detailed description
Of the Mfc-ltM was given uy
Col. John Murphy, Tulsa, Okla.,
- o.rannl4 ivfnctnnc cmmHrnn
W t I J -v." o 1
commander who shot down the
first Japanese plane m tne Aleu
tians, Lt. Cyril W. Jones Jr., of
Athens, Tenn., and Lt. Jimmy C.
Shoffit of Fort Worth, Tex.
Diving on four rocket planes
which attacked a Fortress forma-
PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (")
Republican war veterans clubs
will be organized through Ore
gon. This was announced by
the state GOP central committee
which reelected all old officers
Saturday.
Neil R. Allen, Grants Pass,
chairman; Kenneth Nielsen, Eu
gene, secretary, and Howard
Wall. Portland, treasurer, were
elected without opposition.
The committee voted also to
recommend to the state legis
lature that its membership be
enlarged to include all cpunty
chairmen and vice chairmen.
Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois
congressman, declared at a Sat
urday night republican rally
that the U. S. senate's refusal
to ratify the secretly negotiated
Versailles treaty is a warning
against a "one manpeace . alter
. this war. ; . .
He asserted that the Versailles
negotiations , a n d President
Roosevelt's conferences with
Churchill and Stalin parallel.
B-29 Crash Landing
Injures Two Men
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 W) Two
of six men aboard a B-29 Super
fortress received slight injuries
Saturday when the plane made
a crash landing in Puget Sound
near Redondo beach. . Boeing of
ficials said the plane was on a
routine check flight"
Those aboard the plane, the
company statement saia, were
J. A. Johnson, pilot; Frank
yager, co-piiot; uaroia u. nut
fington, Stanley J. Elliott.
George F. Stein, all of the Boe-
jng company, and J. D. Peterson,
representative of the Bendix
Aviation . corporation. Which
two were injured was not dis
closed.
Churchill Praises
American Troops
ROME, Aug. 21 OP) Prime
Minister Churchill praised the
American fifth army today as
one of the great striking forces
of the allied nations and paid a
special compliment to U. S.
troops of Japanese and negro
ancestry.. .
- Churchill paid his tribute to
the fifth after witnessing a pa
rade of the famed 34th infantry
division, i . -
"The 34th was the first, or
among the first, of all United
States troops to leave- the new
world and carry by their sacri
fices - and valor the precious
messing of freedom and justice
to lands enslaved," the prime
minister said.
He spent the night with Lt.
Gen. Mark Clark, commander
of the fifth army, at advanced
headquarters, and conferred
while there with Maj. Gen.
Charles Bolte, newly appointed
commander of the 34th.
A fifth army spokesman said
future operations were discussed.
Record Launching
Makes History
' PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21 tfP)
Naval launching history was
made at the Philadelphia navy
yards yesterday when the An
tietam, 27,000 ton aircraft car
rier, and the Los Angeles and
the Chicago, 13,000 ton cruisers,
slid down the ways.
Ralph A. Bard, undersecretary
of the navy said it was "the
largest launching at one time
and one place in all naval his
tory." ' ;
Hon near Leipzig yesterday they
destroyed two and damaged a
third all at point blank range.
Cant. Arthur F. Jeffrey of San
Francisco, Calif., a 0-38 Light
ning pilot, three weeks ago shot
down the only other ME-163 de
stroyed so far but got his at long
range and could give - only a
sketchy description ol it.
Bird shaped ME - 163s (15
words censored) swished by Fly
ing Fortresses-so swiftly that the
crews did not realize wnat they
were. (20 words censored.)
The Mustang pilots, however,
identified the "Flying Wings" as
far as 12- miles off because of a
spectacular dense white cloud
trailing half a mile behind.
They nicknamed the new
planes "Jetties" because they
are jet-propelled - like buzz
bombs. Americans and British' also
have developed jet - propelled
fighter planes, but so -far there
has been no announcement of
their use.
The pilots agreed the plane
was' powered only by the rocket
propellant. The cloud trail is
from the burning fuel.
A single-seater, it has a stub
by fuselage only two-thirds' as
long as the broad tapering wings.
(Six words censored). The -pilots
sit under a glass canopy in the
fuselage. (Seven words censor
ed.) . . -' . ,
Flashes of
Life
By The Auociated Press
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
WILMINGTON, Calif.
There's some point in a soldier
being at the port of embarkation
station hospital on his Birthday.
Local 100 of the United Rubber
Workers of America, Los An
geles, gives this birthday eift to
any patient: A free telephone
call anywhere in . the .United
States.
...
MANNA
: VANCOUVER, Wash. A. E.
Robinson, 77, and his. wife. 76.
were sadly surveying the fire-
blackened ruins of their little
farm home. A stranger came up,
handed them. $100 and walked
away with:
VJust consider that it came
from the Lord.
DOWN A RAT HOLE
TUSTIN. Calif. The local ra
tion board replaced the 1085
gasoline ration stamps Lew Betts
reported stolen from his filling
station. But when he came back
a second time to report the same
Joss, . the board said twice was
once too often.
It turned out all right, though.
tie finally found the coupons.
A mama rat had used them as
bedding for the youngsters.
RESCUE
: KANSAS CITY "Oh. we
must have left them ur there.
cried Paula DreilLng and Helen
liirk.
So firemen, who had just fin.
ished rescuing them from a" sec
ond floor dance studio in which
they had inadvertently been
locked, climbed back up the lad-
der and brought down their
purses.
Capsized Steamship
To Be Salvaged
By Navy Experts
PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (P)
Navy salvage experts will re
move the capsized Russian steam'
ship from the Willamette river
beside Port of Portland dry-
docks.
Col. Ralph A. Tudor, U. S. dis
trict army engineer, said the
army had rejected all bids for
removal of the wreck and re-
qested the navy's salvage service
to taKe over the job.
WARNING CARS
COQUILLE. Aug. 21 m
The Coos County Livestock Ship
pers' association will send spe
cial warning cars ahead of its
large trucks on the Coast high
way in compliance with an or
der of the state agriculture di
rector. County Agent George
Jenkins reports.
DIAPER RASH
One of nature's greatest aids to baby
health, is sleep. Aid rest and sleep by
soothing and relieving diaper rash
with Mexsana, the soothing, medi
cated powder. Believes itching and
cools burning of torturing irritation.
A favorite for over forty years. Costa
little. Greater savings in the larger
sizes. Be sure you demand Mexsana.
ANNUAL STEAK FEED
of.
. Klamath Post No.' 8, American Legion
. at ''
MOORE PARK
Tuesday, August 22, 1944, 6:30 p.- m.
BARBECUED BEEF
Plus All the Trimmings and Refreihmen'
Admission $1.00 Per Plate
All Legionnaires and their families and guests are urged
to attend. Members from neighboring posts are cordially
- invited.
. Installation of Officers for Merrill. Malin
and Klamath Post No. 8, Following the Feed.
SGT. LES FINLEY,
, . Chairman.
WOMEN IN
Llna Gladys Harris, daughter
of Mrs. Isa M. Freeman, Shev
lin, Oregon, has completed en
listment' in the Women's Army
Corps and will leave for the
basic training center at Fort
Des Moines, Iowa during the
latter part of August. After
basic, she will be assigned to
the surgical technician school.
Mrs. Harris graduated from
the Silver . Lake . high school,
Silver Lake, Oregon.
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE
LIBERATOR STATION, Eng
land Holder of one of the finest
aircraft repair records in its
B-24 Liberator division is the
eighth air service command sub
depot headed by Major Roy W.
Graves Jr., of Houston. Texas.
This unit, in operation for less
than six months, has handled
more than 1000 work orders for
repair and modifications of dam
aged heavy bombers.
contributing to tha seneral
excellence of the sub-depot is
Cpl. Antonio Ortis of Klamath
Falls, who is a sheet metal specialist.
.
MOTHER RECEIVES WORD
Mrs. Maud Boggs, 4615 Shasta i
way, heard recently from her
three sons who are overseas.
Two of them, Pvt. Adrian Stra-
aer, zo, and t ieia gook Archie
Boggs, 22, are in Italy, and Sgt.
Robert J. (Butch) Strader, 22, is
in a hospital in the South Pacific
recovering from wounds re
ceived during the initial attack
on Guam. Mrs. Boggs also has
a' grandson in the service, Cpl.
Don Elverud, who is in the radio
ground crew and is now on his
way overseas."
in tne letter received by Mrs.
Boggs from her son "Butch," was
an account of his experience
when the marines invaded
Guam. An excerpt from the let
ter follows:
"I hit the beach with the usual
assault waves. We went right
on through faster than we ex
pected to. Our resistance was
quite "heavy, but that just
slowed us up a little.
"WelJ, things went as expect
ed all along. It was toward the
evening of the second day that
I was hit. I wasn't really hit,
but was too close when a Jap
mortar shell exploded. It sort
of knocked me nuts for awhile.
I came to aboard ship and was
just a little crazy, sprawling,
hollering and fighting a one-man
war. This lasted, for a few hours,
and then I felt-as though I had
lust awakened and could remem
ber only faintly what had hap
pened during that period.
"At present I'm in perfect
health, enjoying my stay here. I
know it won't last long for it Is
just too good to be true. I'm at
a hosmtal on a really beautiful
island. We have even got nurses
here Boy. I darn near fainted
when I saw them. I sleep in a.
nice hut, springs, sheets, etc. We
have a Ked cross rec-hall, store
movies, etc." .
Letters from Set. Strader's
friends may be sent to Base Hos
pital b wavy 14U, 70 fleet Fost
office, San Francisco, Calif.
: Cleo C. Epps, fireman 2c,
whose family lives at 4614 Den
ver, Klamath Falls, has been as
signed to the crew of an LST,
a landing ship, tank, at the am
phibious training base at Camp
oraoioro, va. -
'
AN AIR SERVICE COM
MAND DEPOT IN ENGLAND
Sgt. Ervin D. House, son of Mrs.
M. F. House of 1814 Etna, Klam
ath Falls, is now serving as a
welder in the metal manufactur
ing section of the largest air
English Hail New Hero
America's Gen. Ration
LONDON, Aug. 21 (T) Brit
ons are hailing a new hero Lt.
Gen. George S. Pntton Jr., in
which they see embodiment of
many qualities frequently attrib
uted to Americans: dnsh, daring
and a rip-roaring drive.
They ore applying such terms
as "legendary" to the exploits of
Pnlton, whose, tankmen are rid
ing roughshod through the Ger
mans into the heart of France.
The press continually relates his
exploits with tanks, six-shooters
and swords on and off the battle
field. The British (fro familiar with
the soldier-slapping incident of
Patton's stormy career, but in
the words, of the London News
Chronicle Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower's faith in Pntton's ability
"secured his services for the
swiftest outflanking move of any
army-in history."
The News Chronicle has
picked "Son-of-a-Gun General"
Patton as its "man of the week."
The London Evening Standard
editorially lauded Patton and
his men, commenting:
"There have been few sights
to equal tho Americans on that
day (their Avrnnchcs break
through.) A never ending ar
mored host was sweeping into
France. The sumo casual young
men who lived among us and
shared our trials niui olonsures
were now thundering out tho an
nihilation of un army and the
liberation of n country.
"And lending them was a le
gendary general Patton of the
grim juw and disconcerting maiv
nors.
An editorial page feature In
the News Chroniclo described
him as "superman" in iiupeiir-
once and possessing a "drive and
dash that doesn't count tho cost
because he believes victory Is
won more cheaply that way."
The News Chronicle said Pat
ton has constantly justified his
"theory of firo and movement
moving into the enemy and
pushing past him." It added:
"Patton's tactics hnve taken
the German blitzkrieg of 1940
and, with America's overwhelm
ing war-making resources, have
torged lt into nn Irresistible
weapon to turn against tho ag.
gressor."
Navy Air Group Acclaimed
For Sustained Air Combat
WASHINGTON, Aug.' 19 ffl
A record for sustained combat
flying by carrier based aviation
is claimed for navy air group
25. recently returned from the
Pacific.
, The navy reported today the
pilots and air crewmen flew
against the Japanese an aver
age of nearly four hours daily
for 23 continuous davs in the
current Marianas. operations.
Normally flyers are 'able to
rest between shorter carrier
strikes, but this time the power
ful task force 58, of which ail-
group 25 was a unit, sailed to
the Marianas and .stayed there.
"We didn't win the war," said
Lieutenant Commander Robert
H. Price of Webster Groves,
Mo., and Shelbyville, 111., the
air group commander, "but we
did a lot of work."
The group, now home for
rest and rehabilitation, flew for
ten months from a light aircraft
carrier of the independence
class, which fought in nine ac
tions. The air group destroyed a
total of 120 Japanese aircraft
service command depot in Brit
ain.
. Before entering the air forces
in November, 1942, he was em
ployed as a hooker on railroad
landings by William Raymond,
logging contractor, in Klamath
Falls. Sgt. House attended Curtis-Wright
Technical Institute in
Olendale, Calif.
MALIN Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Van Meter, have had recent
word from their son. Private
John van Meter, that he is still
moving up in Italy. He is serv
ing with an armored infantry di
vision in the 5th army and land
ed on the Anzio beachhead, later
going through Rome. He was
hospitalized for some time by ill
ness out is again witn nis unit.
A second son in the family
Corporal Ray Van Meter is with
a marine unit at Camp Pendle
ton near San Diego, serving in
the personnel department. Prior
to going to nis present location
he served in Alaska near Sitka.
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and damaged 30 more. Of those
destroyed, 37 were shot out of
the air. and 83 bombed and
strafed' on the ground.
a Japanese licht cruiser and
a 4000-ton cargo ship were
bombed and sunk by the group
also. Enemy ships damaged 'by
Dombs and strafing included
two destroyers. 15 carlo shins
;ind numerous smaller craft.
One of the snectacular Indi
vidual experiences of the air
group involved' Lieut. Comdr.
Price, who, flying a Grumman
Hellcat fighter, was shot down
by anti-aircraft fire in the midst
of a Jap convoy he was attack
ing, and spent 11 days on a liic
raft before he was rescued.
, He lived on an eight ounce
can of water, a seagull 'that
alighted on his toe. and two
fish which jumped into tho raft.
Six pilots of the group were
awarded the Air Medal on' their
return to the United States.
Search Continued
For Escaped Trusty
SALEM, Aug. 21 (P) Author
ities continued a search todnv
for Noble Clayton Smith, 30-
year-old Trusty, who escaped
irom tne state prison annex yesterday.
Smith was convicted In Mult
nomah county in 1835 of assault
and robbery while armed with
a dangerous weapon.. He was
serving a zu-ycar sentence.
Twelve state prison trustic's
now are at large.
FARM MEN NEEDED
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 21 (VP) A
growing need for replacements
for soldiers now In service will
necessitate withdrawal of many
young men from Idaho farms at
the conclusion of the 1944 har
vest. Brig. Gen. M. C. McConnel,
state selective service director,
said.
KILLED IN FRANCE
njtrur vnnK Alio. 21 (VP).
Tom Trennor, war correspondent
for tho L.OS Aliguies nines mm
tho National Broadcasting com
pany, has boon killed on tho roucl
to Purls.
AHvlees to supremo headquart
ers in London said It was report
ed -one other American- corres
pondent had been killed and
three wounded,
. Treanor's death was announced
from Franco by John MiicViine,
another NUC reporter there who
sulci tho Jeep In which Treanor
was riding was run ovor by nn
American tank. , ,
MiicVnno udded:
"Tom was where ho wanted
to bo, at tho very tip of the
units of tho American third nrmy
pushing toward Purls. There
were Germans behind nud all
around him.
' "It wns his groat ambition to
bo tho first rudlo correspondent
to reach Paris mid send the word
back to tho people buck home.
"Tom's loss will be great. Ho
was greatly loved by Ills fellow
correspondents ever ready and
enthusiastic ever wanting to
help. Ho was such a swell guy."
.Treanor recently published a
book of his experiences as a war
correspondent, called "One
Damned Thing After Another."
He is survived by his widow,
Eleanor Stlmson Trennor, mid
their three children, Thomas. 10,
Marshall, 8, and Cordelia, 5.
Canned Pea Price
Ceilings Raised
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (II
Price celling increases for pro
cessors of tho 1044 pnek of can
ned peas were announced yes
terday by the office of price ad
ministration. - -
Retail ceilings will bo the
samo as last year, OPA said,
since the added return to can
ners will be subsidized under the
commodity credit corporation
agreement Intended to hold the
price line on certain canned
foods. "
The new prices do not cover
wholesalers and retailers who
establish their prices by fixed
mark-ups. The pricing formula
for processors is the samo as
that recently announced for can
ned spinnrh. asparagus, and red
sour pitted cherries.
7:15 p.m.
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Prime Minister
Fires Yank Gun
ROME, Aug. 21 (!') l-i iivio
Minister Churchill pnrmmnlly
shot n big American uun at two
German cannon positions iitii'Mi
Of PImi, It was disclosed today.
Aftor.hu nulled tl)u lanyard,
tho shell foil 200 yards short of
tho tiirget. A gunnery officer
corrected tho elevation unci two
rounds later., both enemy guns
were destroyed. An iirililcry
spotter flying overhead report
ed fires and oxploslons ut both
gunplts.
Cliurclilll'i very personal
participation In the war oc
curred during u recent visit to
I ho fifth army front.
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