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Thuridy, March 8, 1945
Boy Blamed For ' "
unlocking a switch February 20
on the Pepco interurban line to
Oregon City.. The switch head
ed the train onto a siding where
lt struck a derail button.
Another train was derailed in
the same spot March 2; and on
two other occasions an operator
saw tne open switch ' in time to
halt. The 13-year-old, held for
juvenile authorities, insisted he
only unlocked the switch once.
Invention of roller skates
netted a profit of $1,000,000 for
the inventor.
Wood shavings, not sawdust,
is the material used to cover
circus arenas.
Former Slave to Give
Earnings to Red Cross
PORTLAND, March 8 (Pi A
02-year-old former negro slave
who marched through Georgia
as a drummer with Sherman's
army, will give his March 15th
earning as a bootblack to the
Red Cross again this year. .3
Tom Howell said 20 cent
shines should double his last
year's donation of $18, collected I
on 10-cent polishing Jobs. : J
If It's a 'trozen' article you '
need, advertise for a used one
in the classified.
Our Fighting Mnimals
Train Derailment'
PORTLAND. March 8 f11 A
train derailment was blamed to
day on a 13-year-old boy who
naa omamed a switcn Key and
lock.
Police said the boy admitted
MONTGOMERY WARD
By ARCHIE WELLB
,.oamKNTO. March 8 (!)
Lvcrlnli 'r Pw'n "
iMlilatlve calendar contln-
today delaying consldor
of "y nl"jr measure of
IWMAKERS IN
JALIFORNIA
DELAY ACTION
Lrrui administration forces
T " -j 1 nrin settlement of
t uiw of whether tha $118,.
ooo of elnto tnx cuts effect
, the last lKl-sliituro nro to
Sraiillnui'd iinolliiir two years
E Mich 1" U' SI oo.ouo.ooo
ildv to C1" -'0t"l""
r i.'.iiik nubile projects.
.t. i.i riiirHlntir .Iiilin.
IR). Berkeley, millior of the
Liuro in the lower noimo iiuw
Lnicrtwdrd In postponing .
T urn nifiiipMlua endorsc-
Etof the odmlnislrnllon 1)111"
Keep "-
frl by B rt'iuuiii;nii whiilii'i uii
Ei lalor iinsiui;iin:u mhh.-.
I- T . . ...
lolmson took no position
L,.j mil 11 nxnenditures are
Cwn and, with a anbHtitute
f -ui.,.nii Waller J. Fourt's
L for pnrty approval of Ills
11 carrying out U governor's
Xmraendnlloiiii for keeping
V.-.. ...I. In iiffni.l turn Vnni-M
US IW" ---
'ourl. however, disclosed ho
I auk the assembly ways mid
m committee -to set llin
uurca for hearing within a
dayi.
iltinwlillo hcnlth insurance
L ku.ni.Mivl ituirn flP ll'MX hv
Simon consent, until Inter In
month,
sjembly Seiikcr Charles Ly
expressed the opinion the
rrnor's tux measures unci the
1,000,000 budget will be
n consideration nhend of
:r major measures,
four-H News
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0 -T?fiMe 1
America a wild life liaa gone to war n land, on sea and In the
air. Top to bottom: the "Heaver" hauls a heavy transport truck and
aupplira anhorc in the Hebrides. Amphibious cousin of the Jeep is
the "Duck", a carrier of troops and lichlweicht caruo. In the air,
the Navy haa the famous "Wildcat," whose feats in the Pacific al
ready are legendary. Latest addition to this flcWinc menagerie and
the vehicle now playing a major role in the invasion of the Philip
pines Is the versatile "Alligator," shown going through an exhaus
tive land and water test at the Graham-Palgc Motors proving
grounds at Detroit. t
the i ll Cooklim club of Mh
wu organized r oorunry zu
i. Officers elected nrc ns fol-
President, Kosnllo Fairs;
president, Uotty Ciintrnll:
leliry, Nancy Ilcndrl.x; yell
dor, tucn mcauiiiio unci
i reporter, Mario Fields.
c decided for n name of our
b which Is "Tho Nine
lkle."
ht members received their
lord books and looked them
t ind itudlcd tho different
ookinK I wns nssluni'd n Hem-
ilmllon on "Milk Toast" for
next meet Inn.
Meeting was adjourned.
. MARIE FIELDS,
News Reporter.
p-Nisei to Meet
Gresham Friday
iRESHAM. Orn Mnnli n i.Ti
pom who do not oppose ro
ll of Japanesc-Amcrlcnns ' to
njtiiic const will nioel f rl-
night in Hrnshnni tulifirn n
IbnB . reeentlv nsunmKlnrl tn
h opposition to tho Nlsol.
iw mceiniR will bo cd by
lilt 20 hndn.w. ,., ..,..:
1I workers, cducnto'ra, mln-
una nirmcrs of Clncknmns
unoniiin counties, spenk-
Will nnlnrln '
Maries A. Spriiuuc.
8Uinrp mrT .
W GERMANY, March 8 111
"nam j. u'Lonnor. or Mll
uec, said today Hint when
PlatOOn hpilni, oln'.liiM in
fly on a group of Gormnns
q leers look careful aim
fc'llcd each other.
alifornin iplnnti.i.
fi Hint X-rnys Increase the
ly ' "unni poisons ns much
P per cent.
Potion's Swim Across Sure
River Proved It Possible
BALTIMORE. Mnrch 8 M')
When Lt. Gen. George S. Potion
ordered thousands of his men to
swim across the swift and cold
Sure river with their equipment,
he knew it could be done and
just to prove It, he did.
The slory of Potion's Inspiring
swim across tho 150-foot Sure,
a wntcr obstacle under heavy
enemy fire nenr the meeting
place of the Luxembourg, Goi
mnn and Belgian borders, was
told by ono of Ilic men who fol
lowed 'him SSgl. Thomas J.
Deflbaugli of Cumberland, Md
Dcflbaugh said that despite the
hall of enemy machine gun and
artillery fire, the Sure had to be
crossed quickly so that the
fourth division could take the
town of Bcttcndorf on the op
posllc bonk, relieving pressure
on the trapped American forces
at Bnslogne last December.
The soldier, touring Baltimore
war olnnls wlln other Hnstognc
heroes, said tho troops first be
gan to cross the river In throe-
mini boats. Chunks of Ice in the
wntcr gave evidence of the Sure s
temperature.
"After - a while, however
DeflbniiKh said, "Gen. Patton
called the boats back and ordered
the men to swim across with
rifles, bazookas and everything
they could carry because they
were " 'sitting pigeons' for tho
German.1? while In the boats, sit
ting two or three foot out of the
water.'
General Patton reasoned that
troops swimming the river
would present much smaller tar.
gets to the enemy.
ro show his men tnnt tno river
could be swum, Gen. Patton
Jumped into the water and swam
to the opposlto bank and then
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AC electric welders.
Oxygen and acetylene.'
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SESSLER BROS.
swam back, Defibaugh : con
tiniKfd. "Thousands of troops
followed him," the staff sergeant
concluded.
Ancient Peruvian textiles in
cluded every typo of weaving
known today and some we do
not know. Tho finest Peruvian
fnbrrcs contained 270 threads to
ine inch.
Millions Say Whexi
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