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Ben Kerns Sees Famous Nazi
Prisoners VVhe Stationed
Wth rmy InHun's Country
rtONKKIt COMMUNITY J
W. Kerns of Hid Keno rond Iiiih
received tho lnllowliitf 1 c 1 1 u r
I rum Ilia mm, Hen, whu la sta
tioned with tliti army In Cior
mnny. A brother, Jim, la nlao
stationed In Curmiiiiy, Dun
writes:
"Every time I walk Into thu
room now, 1 oxpuct to find Jim
, thoru. llu drove up to visit mo
over thu weekend, unri wo really
hud u Kood tlmu Just kcuIiiu c-'iich
other. Ho hud to como ubuul
100 miles, hut ono of hla pals
hud u hrothur here, too, ao they
could inuko tho trip, 1 wua nblu
to trade Kiiurd shifts ao I work
ed lit nlKlit, henee wo hud till
of Siiturdiiy uvcnlnu uud Sun
dtiy toKothor.
"Jim looka wonderful hotter
thiin when 1 suw him In New
i York, lien been tlirouuh u lot
' hut It hasn't let It lifted him.
(ionh, II wua good to sec him,
talk iihoiit thu family, compare
pictures und notea. llu uU! me
a pistol, lunu'thlnu I huva been
tumble to find. A1m, ha showod
me hla ciimcru, n mi per- cundid
with built-in Hifhl meter, runuc
finder and ull aorta of other cx
ncnslvo devices. 1 expected to
find mi cKUbeiilcr on It It had
everythinu clac. bundiiy we
went for a lout! wulk, took
a o m a picture uud fixed my
pistol. Tlio camera la ao compli
cated that u camera fiend friend
of mine showed Jim 'where he
hud been wronif In pulliiiR the
lena out, hence none or me pic
ture may be iiood. We took
aomo correct onea which Jim
will aend to you If they turn
out.
"If he atnya where he la he
may net up a if a I n Saturduy
nluht. I took him up to ace Doc
tor Giiiik on hla furtn he'a tho
chemist. We nt on hla veranda
with hla family and lovely
dnuuhtrr-ln-law and the doctor
dracrlhcd hla trip to America
20 yearn alio. He can tell you
of hla trip, tlio cities and atutea
in mora detail than I can. Ilia
nccatora' theories of electricity
and math are atudlcd by all of
ua. ilia own work on ammonia
In chemistry Is In every high
achool client book.
"I can't get used to Jim not
twins' here now. Humors atiu
abound but I believe we will
atay hero for aomo time. We can
( now go swimming end boating,
besldca having a movie In town.
That along- with all tho free
time I have to read and visit
German friends I make, makes
my life interest no.
"So far, dad, I can practically
count myself I u c K y boms in
tho army. I actually got to live
in New York, a secret ambition
I've had since I was a kid. I've
met and made friends with peo-
Pie an over tne suuej ana now
m visiting Europe peaceably.
It Isn't fair that one guy should
get all the breaks.
; "I was prepared to write let
ters home minimizing the hard-
The Joke That Turned
, By EARL WHITLOCK
Ono of the reasons why you
can buy an electric light bulb
today for only 15c, which back
In 1031 would
havo cost 35c or
4,0c, and which
Would have de
livered only
half as much Il
lumination a t
tjuit, Is tho joko
which tho old
timers at Con
or u I Electric
used to play on
new engineers. Invariably these
rlovlces were assigned tho "lm
rJoiudbla" Job of frosting light
. bulbs from the Inside.
Everyone knew that such a
tyulb would diffusa mora light,
with less flbsorbtion. Everyone
also knew the thing simply
couldn't bo done.
! Ono day, howovcr the
rlcophyto happened to be named
Marvin Pipkin and the. poor
goof refused to see tho Joke,
He actually took tho stunt ser
iously and set out In dead earn-
ost to find out how to do this
Inside frosting stuff,
; And ho riot only solved tho
problem ljut, for good measure,
found an otchlng acid - which
gave liny rounded pits Instead
of sharp-edged depressions, .so
that each bulb was strength
onod. ' v ,.
i Thoso "can't-bc-done" things!
Thoso aro the things . these
youngsters coming out of school
and college will whet their
tooth on , . . Greatly to the
world's benefit. '
; "Memory Garden Is tor your
comfort and convenience.". '.
Next Monday Mr. Whltlock
of the Earl Whltlock Funeral
Homo will comment on "Labor
A Day." .
li 111,11 1) nil I
1 1
ships, but I've no hardships.
Living witli live men In un old
German liouau Is practically like
being out of tho army. In my
work hero 1'vo been able to sea
many nazl underlings (oven
Hlnimlcr's mistress) In defeat in
our prison. Sometimes I think
I'm prlvllugud to be hero ut a
lima Ilka this, to sua Germany
first hand, though I don't voice
this thought or the follows
would think 1 wua crazy.
"If I get to go to school over
hero thero Is a small chuncc
my cup of luck will run over,
"I'm atudylng the lunguugc
on my own, partly to pasa the
lime while standing guard, but
mostly to get ao I can talk to
the people The pooplo can't buy
as much as a piece of thread
everything la barter. Food la
terribly low und will bo ao un
til after harvest. Even we have
gout meat now and then, Evou
black bread und potatoes are
among the scarcest Items."
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i LOOKS TOWARD HOME
Master Hgt. John Groves Is
now waiting transportation home
from Europe. Ho is eligible for
a discharge under the new pel it
aystem, having been in the serv
ice thrco years, Two and a half
year have been spent overseas,
with headquarters and head
quarters company of the combat
engineers.
He Inn been awarded the
Purple Heart, Bronze Star and
fivo battle stars.
Two brothers, Floyd and
Steve, are also In Europe await
ing redeployment.'
PATIENT AT McCAW
Awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in Italy, Sgt.
Merle J, Akin Is a patient at Mc
Caw General hospital, WaUa
Walla, Wash.
Sgt. Akin enlisted In the army
In 1042, went tn Africa in April,
1044, and landed at Naples In
July. He was a member of the
01st Infantry division, 301 infan
try regiment, ond fought up the
coast of Italy to Rome.
On June 22, when Akln's com
pany was moving against a tank
concentration, he was hit by ar
tillery shell fragments In his
right leg.
Upon recovery, he was reas
signed to a quartermaster laun
m'O JuJ fit
' jtrt yfl, H tjou'n<uxiMuj
mjiuj ijoullikttobji
, . oOuj1bmotow widths
dry and Joined the unit at Pita
In January. He served us mo
ehunla In a mobile luundry unit.
Ha was awarded tho Quarter
muster Unit citation for out
standing sorvlcu,
On Juno 8, Sgt. Akin wont to
tho hospital and wua roturnod to
the United Slates, arriving ut
McCaw August 1,
Tho Purplo Heart wtis award
ed Akin at Naples. Ho also
wears tho European Theater rib
bon with two stars, the Good
Conduct medal, and tho Combat
Infantryman's badge.
His mother, Mrs. O. M. Me
dina, lives at 342 Murtln, Klam
ath Falls.
DISCHARGED
DcWITT GENERAL HOSPI
TAL PKC Lonior M. Uelwllor,
whoso residence Is at 1402 Day
ton street, Kluinalh Kails, lias
received un honorable dischurgc.
A patient at DeWItt General hos-
filial, Auburn, Calif., since May,
io bus been recovering from In
juries received whllo serving In
tho Europeun theater of opera
tions. Ovoraeua for 11 months, ho"
served with tlio fifth armored
division in Franco and Germany.
Ho was Injured und received u
shell concussion on November 25
while in battle In tho Huntgen
forest, Germany.
Detwllor wears the Purple
Heart, European Theater ribbon,
Good Conduct medal and Com
bat Infantry budge. He entered
the service 25 months ugo.
His wife, Elda, Is now living
In Auburn.
PROMOTED
ELMENDOHF FIELD, Alaska
In a recent announcement by
the commanding officer of the
Aluska air depot, Cpl John W.
Mathca, son of William E.
Matbes, Kansas City, Mo., has
been promoted to sergeant.
Sgt. Mathca Is a supply ser
geant with the 03rd air depot
group of the 11th air force.
This organization supplies aer
onautical materials and equip
ment for the 11th air force and
repairs and modifies aircraft
brought Into the depot from all
over Alaska. Sgt. Mathca has
been In Alaska since June 14,
1043. He received his basic
training at Fresno, Calif., and
further army training at a cleri
cal school In Los Angeles, Calif.
Before entering the service,
Sgt. Matbes was employed by
the Southern Paelfrc railroad at
Klamath Falls. Ore. He attend
ed Henley high school.
. .
REDEPLOYED
Lt. William E. Sweet, 1340
Wllford, Klamath Falls. Is a
member of tho 24th special ser
vice company which l.i now be
ing redeployed from Camp Chi
cago, near Reims, France, to the
United States for a 30-day fur
lough. OLDEST SAUSAGE
Salami is tho oldest kind of
sausage. Its name, applied by
ancient Greeks, has remained un
changed through the centuries.
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OREGON TDLD
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (A-)
Materials for public works con
struction in Washington and Ore
gon will be avullahlo in about
two months, a war production
hoard spokesman said Saturday,
Thu two states are due fur
approximately $ 1,0 0 0,000,000
worth of dams, reclamation,
roads, airways installations and
river and harbor projects already
blueprinted.
A summary of major federal
works' pluns follows:
The army corps of engineering
has $200,400,000 earmarked for
rivers und harbors und flood con
trol In Wushlngton und Oregon,
The bureau of reclamation and
the department of interior plan
$07,353,200 in irrigation develop
ment in Oregon and $411,488,
000 in Washington.
Oregon will receive $21,253,
080 worth of public roads funds
allocated under a 1044 road act.
The state must match the fed
eral money. Another $37,500,
000 will be spent on forest roads,
most of it in the two northwest
stales. .
; Tcnlatlvo plans of the civil
aeronautics administration call
for $6,570,000 in airport develop
ment for 83 communities In Ore
gon and $20,158,000 in Washing,
ton.
A three year rural electrifica
tion program calls for $7,000,000
in Oregon and $7,750,000 in
Washington,
JUVENILE HELD
SEATTLE, Aug. 27 (IP) Traf
fic Investigator M. E, Cook said
a 15-ycor-old boy was appre
hended yesterday In connection
with the traffic death Friday of
Louis Hallct, 76. A passenger
in the car Hallct was driving,
another 15-year-old, said he was
in the car when Hallct was
struck.
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Japs Claim Sinking 6 Times
But Enterprise
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 (!')
Damaged 15 times In four years
of war und "sunk" six times in
Jupuncsc propaganda, the air
craft currier Enterprise still is
"the fightingest carrier of the
fleet."
The navy said so today in de
tailing experiences of the "Big
E" only surviving U. S. carrier
in the South Pacific in 1042. In
those dark days the Enterprise
"hold the line" despite scars
from grievous wounds she re
ceived in the battles of the east
ern Solomons and Santa Cruz.
Her latest ond most serious
brush with disaster came on the
morning of last May 14 when a
bomb-laden Japanese suicide
plane crashed Into the flight
deck. The explosion blasted the
forward elevator more than 400
feet into the air, killed 13 and
injured 67. The flight deck
buckled.
Aboard the Enterprise at the
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See Goering Medals
SPOKANE, Aug. 27 (IP) A
dozen medals which Herman
Goering sported when the third
reich was his apple are on dis
play at the police station here.
They were brought back by
Harry Indhal, former policeman
now released from the army who
said he found them in Gocring's
room at Bcrchtcsgaden.
Some he had lo take off a
dazzling white uniform.
"The uniform couldn't hnvp
belonged to anybody but Goer
ing." Indahl said. "The panU
wore about six feet around the
waist.
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time was Vice Admiral Marc A.
Mitschcr, then commanding the
legendary task force 58. Less
than a week earlier, Milscher
hud been forced to transfer his
flag from the carrier Bunker
Hill when she suffered serious
damage from a kamikaze attack.
From the Enterprise, he moved
again to the Randolph.
Tho attack occurred as the
Enterprise, a part of task force
58, was helping protect troops
on the beach of Okinawa from
Japanese air attack. Twice be
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