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1 PAGE 4 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1944 ssswsap *1 '*■ ■ . „ ; wmm •.T A * ■-'* -i • ■ ;.> ♦ • § * 4 - ' ■‘V » ^ •• ** .■ . * «. .j ?. BESEä :l && ■ — * -< . <&.**■*> 3 » ? V •_<*” . «•<... . » i ■ YOUR INVASION! Washington, D. C , June 29.—Like so many other things In this war, the B-29 superfortress which bomb ed Japan was a secret withheld fr om the American people until the spectacular raid on the steel mills at Yawata. iMore than a million tons of scrap was shipped to those mills from the Pacific northwest prior to the war, valued at many millions of dollars*. It is true that scores of newspaper reporters knew all about the B-29s but they were pledged to secrecy and could not write a line until the raid had been made. As the superfortresses were com ing off the assembly lines hundred, of thousands of Chinese collies, men and women, were building airfields in China for the special use of this flying battleship. These airfield, were required as a base from which the B-29s could fly from China to Japan. Pictures of the Chinese at work were printed in many public ations, but the significance of these fields was not comprehended by the American reading public. What they saw was an army of coolies carry ing loads of rock in baskets bal anced on a pole over their should ers, the way the Chinese vegetable gardeners usd to vend their wares to housewives in Seattle. Portland and Tacoma. The airfields were bu ilt with hand-power, nothing else. One day a B-29 In a test flight crashed into a meat packing plant in Seattle, killing several people and wrecking part of the building. The public knew it was a new plane but made no inquiries, for testing new planes in the past three years has become routine. latter the B-29 we nt Into nuss production. The Boe ing company, in Its several factor ies, was doing a magnificent job. The big planes were taken to In dia and tihence flown to Ohiha and the Japanese agents knew all about them—the time of their arrival, th eir size and speed and the airfields in China. The Japs knew the B-29 wus intended to find its targets in the land of the mikado, and know ing this, they began decentralizin« their war Industries and surrounded the Yawata plant with anti-aircraft wepaons. So far as the enemy was concer ned, they were well advised as to the nature of this new bomber and realized that they were to be on the receiving end. But. what between the photographers of the collies po unding out an immense airfield with their bare hands and the loss of life and property when a bomb er fell In Seattle, the American pu blic could see no connection. Shipped out of the ports of the north Pacific have been many tons of medical supplies and food in tended for the American soldiers who are held as prisoners of war toy the Japanese. These consign ments have been taken ashore at Vladivostok, along with boots, but ter, farm machinery, etc., which the Russians will use. The supplies for the prisoners of war have been wa rehoused In the cold Siberian port for months Instead of being rushed to their destination. The hitch in the program lies at the door of Joe Stalin, the gallant ally of Uncle Sam, Stalin refuses to permit the Jap anese ships to enter the port of Vl adivostok and remove the food and merlcine. Why he has taken this stand is not explained, for the Jap anese are familiar with that port und they know everything that is being unloaded there, transported f*>m Pudget sound and the Colum bia river by ships of the Russian marine. All Russian vessels going from the United States to Vladivo stok must pass through waters con stantly patrolled by Japanese war ships. 80 delay In delivering the supplies to Americans held In pri son camps is not entirely the fault of the Japanese. Having refused to make an app ropriation of $600,000 for the fair employment practices committee tset up by presidential directive» the house finally recanted and that agency will now be able to funct ion. Primarily, the purpose of the committee Is to see that colored Inter-State Oil Co. pepole are not discriminated against in securing jobs. The house elim inated the appropriation when Rep- Stunz Lumber Co. John Rankin, a southern Democrat, read a list of active members of the Nyssa Lumber Co. committee and then showed, from the Dies committee report on un- American activities, that it was he Chadwick's Drive-in avily loaded with men who have been affiliated with the communist Inland Oil Co. party In recent years Rankin called the alleged communists and fellow travelers by name. Later there was Gordon’s Drive-in pressure from high official sources that caused a sufficient number of • ongraaamen to change their votes Nyssa Bowling Center and restore the half million dollars appropriation F ROM General Bradley, leading the Invasion ground forces, right through every rank, American men now face a brutal, desperate, able enemy. For this invasion has only begun — before our fighters lies a hard and bloody task, one that demands all their courage, backed by all your fa ith in their ultimate victory. That faith will be tested many times in this invasion — in grim struggles, set backs, possibly even temporary defeats. It will be up to you to remember that early victories usually only mean more savage opposition from a foe made more bitter, more ruthless as the shadow of his doom grows larger — up to you to keep that faith in days and nights of gloom as well as in hours of triumph. There is little that you can do to show that you realize what they must face, perhaps for many months. But one thing you can do—back the attack with every dollar you can spare! Let the Bonds you buy in this greatest of Drives be the measure of your belief in their ultimate victory! 5 * W AR LOAN BUY YOUR INVASION BONDS TODAY! _L This is an official U. S. Treasury advertisement—prepared under auspices of Treasury Department and VTar Advertising Council Towne’s Garage Food Mart A1 Thompson and Son Idaho Power Co. Gamble Store Nyssa Packing Co. Wilson Brothel's Atkeson’s Clothing Store Main’s Cleaners Ronald’s Shoe Shop Powell Service Station Nyssa Furniture Co. Farmers Supply Co-op Eder Hardware Co. Frank T. Morgan Moss-Ninemire Motor Co. Polar Cold Storage Plant Thompson Oil Co. t Hollingsworth Hdwe. & Imp. Co. Nyssa Elevator Boise Payette Lumber Co. Wray’s Dime Store
