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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1943)
4 Thurscl -, December 30, 1943 Those Who Are In It With a Yank like you, sad poet, what a mug you are, old bean. Where the din of canned music robs girl of blessed sleep, And she wakes at early morning •to the snorting of a jeep. Somewhere in Australia, where the nights were made for love, Where a Yankee reeling home ward calls down curses from above, Where you can’t enjoy the moon light or the balmy tropic night. For always ‘roynd the corner, there’s a blinking Yank in sight. Somewhere in Australia, where the air raid sirens scream, Where the Aussie girls are get ting thin for lack of their ice cream, Where the picture shows are crowded out with Yankees pleasure bent, Who think the world was made for them, their dollar and their cent. Somewhere in Australia, where the mails are always late, Where you never get a case on time, ‘cause Yankees musn’t wait. Where you can’t buy chocolates, since the Yankee horde has come, And you can’t walk down the footpath without comandeering gum. Somewhere in Australia there’s a Yank whose name is Mud, And we’ll never rest twixt Heav en and earth until we have his blood. So take him back to ‘Frisco, let him hear that mission bell, For despite the Japs and Tojo, we can manage just as well. SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND 4 In a letter received from Har old Davis by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis, he writes: ‘‘Dad, you told me all about one of your hunting trips, so I'll try to tell you about one of ours. “You hear and read all about the Fortress trips but never about ours. I assure you that the Germans know we’re over here, tho. This isn’t by any means the hardest trip nor the easiest one either, by a long ways. Sometimes we catch them flatfooted and don’t even get shot at. That’s the “gravy train,” tho, and it wouldn’t even be in teresting to read about. I assure you that I have no objections to them, tho. “They woke us up at 5:30 in the morning and said we were to be briefed at 7 o’clock. You put on all the warm clothes you have and about that time one of the enlisted men brings the crew's jeep up. Next comes breakfast of powdered eggs, coffee and toast or biscuits. You get down to the briefing room at about 6:59 and try to get a seat if there is any left. Then we fill out a clearance sheet. It gives the names of all your crew, the ship you fly that day. etc. We were flying our own ship, the “Old Crow.” They then showed us where we were going, the route in and out, etc., and told us what time we took off. Up to now its been like any other mission, but from here on out, they’re never the same. “We picked up our ’chutes, life vests, etc., and headed for the crate. After taking off we assembled in a group over the field and headed for France. Fly in Formation “We were flying in a box of six on the right side of the lead box. It’s not too good a seat to see from because most of the formation is behind you, but you can see enough. “At a fixed time over the channel, we picked up our fight er escort of RAF. Spitfires, one mighty swell fighter and no fooling. Without those we'd probably get shot by enemy fighters. This particular morning they met us right on the button, so there wasn't, any worrying on that score. As time draws near to meeting them, you’re really looking the skys over. They look an awful lot like a MF.109 and you never mak ethat mistake twice. The boys that fly them know it tho. so they’re pretty careful. “They put a cover over us at about 25,000 feet and then a bunch, of them fly much closer escort. As soon as you see them Vernonia Eagle pull in you feel just a little easier, but the coast line is right near. About that time comes the flak suit and steel helmet. That knocks hell out of the leath er jacket, white scarf and beau tiful fliyng helmet of .the movies, but its much more practical. Visibility Good • one lumber camp 27 womar’s SOVIET WOMEN CUT LUMBER NEW RESOURCES AID ALLIED CAUSE Colombia’s entrance into the war November 27 makes it the 14th American republic to join actively in the struggle against the Nazis. Thé importance of Co lombia’s action to the allies and to the United States in particu lar, lies in Colombia’s long coat line, which gives it access to the approaches to the Panama Canal from two oceans. Colombia also is an important source of gold, platinum, silver, copper, lead, manganese, and precious stones. teams are at work. The won. n Tens of thousands of Soviet women are busy getting in stocks of firewood for the wint er. During the summer one team of women cut down twice as much timber as a team of skilled lumberjacks. Their leader received the Order of Lenin. At have opened clubs, stores, res taurants, and laundries in the settlements, and have built fine highways through the forest, en abling the lumber to be removed much more quickly than was formerly possible. “Fortunately, in one way, the visability was excellent this day and you could see for miles. We crossed the French coast right on the dot and due to good intel ligence work were between two towns that had flak guns. Neither could quite reach us so it didn’t MEXICO GROWS bother too much. The flak was STRATEGIC PLANTS breaking quite a ways off bn Eight important new types of both sides in big black charac vegetation have been introduced teristic gobs and you could look into Mexico to furnish medicine over and see the red flashes on and insecticides for the United the ground where the guns were Nations and provide agricultural firing. Flak is funny stuff—if diversification which is expected you can just see the black smoke, to continue after the war. The it’s quite a ways off. If you can plants under cultivation include see the red flash as it bursts, red squill, a powerful rat-kil but can’t hear it, its getting ler that does npt harm Ijuman close enough to worry you. If beings or domestic animals; py you can hear it go off and the rethrum, an insecticide; bella ship bounces, its too close and donna, used for heart ailments it’s time to move, which you and corn plasters; senna, which can’t always do. provides a cathartic; derris, from “This day we had about 50 which rotenone, an insecticide, to 75 miles to penetrate before is obtained; peppermint, for we got to an airfield, our primary menthol; and henbane and stra target. All the way in we skirted monium, boith heart medicines. towns with flak and didn’t get anything close, but at and near the target, it was a different story. We were to be within range of 30 or 40 guns for about 10 minutes and during that • WITH WAR BONDS * time you really sweat. Flak is not and never can be very ac curate. but it can scare you. (Continnued next week) Aw Occasional Acquaintance will continue a valuable friendship 1 L J PRIVATE STOCK Straight RYE Whiskey 86 Proof Ja». Barclay & Co. Limited • Peoria, Illinois KEEP OH............ Sawdust... One local butcher apparently had too much Christmas. . .or was in a hurry. . .anyway Dolph Moon is wearing a bandage on his finger due to a cut received while sawing a bone. . .Much Christmas spirit was displayed at the grade school program last week especially at the end of the program when Santa appear ed. . .Santa was none other than E. H. Condit, former grade sup erintendent. . .How are you and your P-38 making it Ed? How do you like to get out of bed on the cold frosty mornings, put your feet on the Cold floor or into cold slippers, creep out and build the fires. It's no fun is it? Can you remember the hot days we had last summer? And then there’s a story to be heard by anyone who will just ask Hank King about napkins. The assurance has been given that Hank would like the op portunity to explain a mistake to anyone who will ask him! That’s our New Year Greeting. Win the War in '44. Resolve to make everything we do hasten the day of victory, of peace, of happiness. Save and work and fight—harder than ever—and keep BUYING MORE BONDS and / STAMPS as long as necessary. Happy New Yearl —Your Safeway Store People RATION CALENDAR Brown Stamps L-M-N-P-Q Expire January 1st! Brown Stamp R now good also Green Stamps D-E-F expire January 20 Sugar Stamp 29 expires Jan. 15 Why not tell Mom that instead of packing a lunch for you to let you get your lunch at the Cozy. You can get swell sandwiches and a bowl of soup, then top off your lunch with a dish of ice cream. The Cozy Phone 582 Mr. and Mr*. Frits Hausler PADRI vU&l&l URRDS COFFEE- y .U:; LITTLE MILL Green Cut DUItNC Del Monte G.B. (13) or Del Monte PEAS (18) TOMATOES 2 Regular or drip grind, SAY KIDS! Tomato Juice 2% 25c Standard (21 pts) HEINZ SOUP 11-oz 14c Veg & Chic-Noodle (4 pts) UM-PACKED IN GLASS i! PEACHES 303 glas; s 17c 128c RAISINS 15 oz. Safeway Produce 7 No. 2 50 lb. sk. 88c Xo. 1 15 lb. sk. 55c CABBAGE — CELERY LETTUCE — TOMATOES TURNIPS — ONIONS ORANGES, NAVEL APPLES, DELICIOUS COCOANUTS, FRESH 1 Of4 No. 2 can (5 points) H ¿J JLlJr* No. 2 Cans uJ* PORK & BEANS 14c Dennison’s (10 pts) 15% oz. RICE KR1SPIES 11c Kellogg reg. pkg. / Grapenuts Flakes 14c 12-oz. pkg. Red Tag Halves (18) 12c PANCAKE FLOUR 33c Sperry 48-oz pkg. Sun-Maid (4 pts) 43c MIXED NUTS Hills Coffee lb jar 33c Nob Hill Coffee-fresh grnd lb 23c Airway Coffee lb. bag 20c Ovaltine, Choc or plain 50c size 35< Apple Jce, New West qt jar 24c Cola Syrup, Mavis 12-oz bot 25c White Rock Water 24-oz bot 25c Sprkling Water, Can Dry 28 oz 20c Tender Leaf Tea, Black % lb 24c Karo Syrup, Blue Label 1% lb 15c Molasses, Brer Rab Gold 24 oz 24c Brown Sugar, 1-lb package 8c Pnut Butter, Beverly 1 lb 26c Margarine, Sun Bank (6 pt) lb 18c Kraft Cheese, Pimento (3) 5 oz 18c Anchovy Paste, Vittoria 2 oz 21c Spam, Tang or Prem (5) 12 oz 35c Ripe Olives, Lindsay med pint 22c Ritz Crackers lb package 23c Bread, Julia Lee Wright’s P/i-lb 12c 1QC BAKING POWDER 21c Clabber Girl 32 oz. No Peanuts lb bag 18c MASTER TOAST Combination 10-oz pkg DUFF’S MIX1ES 22c Muffin, Waffle 14-oz. pkg. Milk " 3 ¿JI Salad Dressing DUCMESS Miracle Whip KiS«. tall cans (1 point) baby can* it (M point) jJJu ».£ 23C 26C SAFEWAY MEATS 40c 6 LEG VEAL RST lb 35c 10 Hams, cntr sice lb 56c 7 Veal Rib Chops lb. 39c 7 HAMS lb. Ready-to-eat Ready-to-eat 4 PICNICS lb,. 35c Ready-to-eat 3 BACON lb. 33c GRADE A TURKEYS Under 16 lbs lb. 52c 16 to 20 lb. 20 lbs and up lb. 49c lb. 48c 5 Veal Shldr Steak lb 30c 3 Pk Shldr Roast lb 31c Arm cut Leghorn Fowl lb. 41c New York Dressed Fryers lb. New York Dressed 46c Bring Your SIERRA PINE 20c Toilet Soap 3 bars OLD DUTCH 7c Cleanser can CIGARETTES SHOPPING BAG and save paper for War Needs! DOG FOOD «X Red Heart 12-oz pkg 33c Camels, Chesterfields flat 50s DOG FOOD Calo Dehyd. 8-oz pkg Subject to Market Change and Available Stock
