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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14
Sailor Recounts Vivid Memories
From Around War Torn World

Pearl Harbor the Coral Sea
. l.. New Britain :. Guadalcanal
+. the shrieking and bursting Of
bombs the booming of big
guns and the barking of ack-ack
guns.
All these and a thousand more
vivid memories Of events, places
and things that are woven into the
furious pattern of World War II.
are etched into the mind of How
ard E Brannon of Coolidge, a navy
macEinist's mate, first class, cur
rently home for a well-earned rest
after three straight years at sea
with the fighting United States
Navy.
Like most men who have been
in the thick of things, however.
Petty Officer Brannon minimizes
the experiences which he has been
through, the perils to which he and
his shipmates have been exposed
and generally prefers not to talk
muc habout the whole thing.
ut isn't so tough out there" he
says. "The worst thing is being
away from home and all. . It's
great to be back again"
Brannon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard C. Brannon of Coolidge,
and a graduate of Coolidge Union
High School, enlisted in the navy
in 1910. He was aboard a ship at
Pearl Harbor on December Z,
tie notorious 'day of infamy"
when the Jap bombs rained down
upon that Hawaiian Island out
post.
Brannon's ship came through
that assault undamaged and, mir
acuously, despite the many attacks
and battles it has since been in
volved in, has never suffered any
thing more than minor damage
due a near miss by a Jap bomb.
He has been station aboard the
same ship throughout Lis navy ca
reer.
The Pearl Harbor attack, Bran
non said, was his most frightening
experience of all his years at sea
and in battle.
Il guess I was really scared" he
candidly admitted. "But we came
through all right, although some
of the Jap planes passed 80 low
over my ship that I could have lit
them with a rock"
After Pearl Harbor, Brannon
went into the South Pacific area;
then to Australia. Later, he was
In on the Guadalcanal invasion
and helped land the first Marine
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14
FLA Chapters To
Attend Regional
Speaking Contest
Will be held Tuesday al
Phoenix. Florence award
ed $25 war bond for be-
ing high-point chapter at
federation field day.

Membtrs of Future Farmers Of
America chapters in Coolidge and
Florence will have an opportunity
to attend the first FLA regional
public speaking contest to be held
in the Southwest The contest
will be held Tuesday at Phoenix,
with the finals being staged Tues
day evening in tie WestwardHo
hotel.
Boys making the trip will have
an enjoyable time all around. not
only being able to hear the eleven
western state winners in their
speaking, but they will also be
guests at large banquet Tuesday
and will be taken on a tour of
Phoenix by the Chamber of Com
merce.
Representing Arizona in the
speaking will be Marvin Johnson
of Wilcox. Making the trip from
Coolidge with Elmo Jensen, in
structor, will be Willie Storie,
Coolidge chapter president; Albert
Singh. vice president; Jack Gallo
way, secretary; Bill Ware, report
er; Bob Skousen and Floyd Ham
mon.
Going up from Florence with
Blaine Hardy, instructor, will be
James Dunn, Ed Pratt, Loren
Pratt, Carl Brown, and Lawrence
Johnson.
At the federation field day in
Tempe Friday, Florence came off
with top honors, winning $25 war
bond given the school having the
highest number of points. Edward
Pratt Of Florence was high point
man for the day In agronomy judg-
ing while James Dunn was fourth
highest in agronomy and Gilardo
Padilla was higk in hog judging.
Making the trip from Florence
were Loren and Ed Pratt, Law
renee Johnson, James Dunn, Wal
ter Brunenkant, Carl Brown and
Gilardo Padilla.
Mesa won the ball game and
title. defeating Florence in the last
game 33 to 10.
In recent mission field day at
Phoenix Jack Galloway of Cool
idge ranked 18Th out of 100 CON-
petitors in dairy cattle judging.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14
Carl Hayden Will
Be Candidate For
Senate Reelection

Carl Hayden, who has served
Arizona in the United States Sen
ate since it first became a state,
has announced his candidacy for
reelection, subject to the Demo
cratic primary in July. He is be-
ginning his 32nd term as a senator
from this state.
In an address delivered at Phoe-
nix April 6, Senator Harry S. Tru-
man of Missouri, praised Senator
Hayden highly, saying of him:
Il wish l had the reputation in
congress as legislator that Carl
Hayden has. He has been recog-
nized time and again as the ablest
legislator in tie Senate of the
United States. would rather have
him on my side than any of the
other senators when want to get
something done.
"a mans usefulness to his state
is gauged by his length of service.
particularly when he is now in the
senate of the United States. Carl
Hayden is the ranking member of
the most powerful committee in
tie senate = the appropriation
committee. When l want to get
anything for Missouri / go to see
Carl Hayden. When any of the
other senators in Washington want
to get something through the ap-
preparations committee they don't
go to the chairman, they go to Carl
Hayden. He knows what it is all
about and it would be disaster
to this nation, and particularly to
the state of Arizona if you don't
keep Carl Hayden in tie senate
of the United States. I know you
have too much sense not to do
that"
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14
Mother-Daughter
Banquet Slated
AtCUHS Tonight

Over hundred persons are ex-
pected to be present at the annual
mother-daughter banquet at Cool
idge union high school tonight
where members of the Home Eco
nomics club, under the instruction
Of Mrs. A. s. Addington. will be
hostesses.
The banquet wiM be prepared by
members Of the home economics
class and served by FLA boys.
There will be a musical program,
address on 1.-The American Home
by Mrs. c. A. Christensen, follow
ed by other brief talks. The spring
motif will be used in decorations
and table appointments.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14

detachment on that now historic
battle-ground.
1t was at Guadalcanal that his
skip and others with it fought off
three Jap air attacks, during which
his vessel suffered slight damage
from Jap bomb.
Subsequently, Brannon saw
heavy action in the battle of Savo
Island, in the Coral Sea, in the oc-
cupation of Woodlark Island and
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14
Nomination
Petitions To Be
Filed By tuesday
Those failing to vote in last
general election must re-
register before voting in
primary July 18. Regis
: tration deadline is June
IL. Men in service will
be able to vote by abb
sentee ballot.

While the war will claim the
greater degree of interest this
year, nevertheless Pinal county
residents, along with other people
in the United States, are going to
be mighty interested in the home
front, especially with regard to
election. This years primary falls
on July IS. the 18th Tuesday prior
to the succeeding general election.
which will be November Z.
For those seeking office, Tues
day, April IS, will be an important
day as it is the deadline for filing
nomination petitions for the pri-
mary. Such petitions should be
filed not more than 40 nor less
than 80 days before July II.
Pinal county board of supervi-
sors must complete preparation of
the ballots by May 3 and tie no
tice OF the primary election must
be published starting May 19.
For those interested in changing
their registration, from one pre-
cinct to another, the deadline date
is June II. Change of registration
may be made 80 days before any
preceding election If the elector
moves from one precinct to an
other.
Pinal county residents should
bear in mind that if they failed to
vote at the last general election
they are no longer registered and
they must re-register before they
can vote this year. If they voted
at the last election they are ELI
gible to vote again this year as
their registration is still on file
with the county recorder.
Deadline for registration this
year is June IL.
At this years primary, qualified
electors will vote on two repre-
sentatives for congress, judge OF
state supreme court, governor,
secretary of state, attorney gen.
eral, state treasurer. state audi
tor. state superintendent of public
instruction, state mine inspector.
corporation commissioner, tex
commissioner, and state senator.
County offices to be filled will be
sheriff. supervisor from each dis
trict, treasurer, recorder, attorney,
assessor, and superintendent of
schools. Precinct offices will be
a justice of the peace, constable.
end precinct committeeman.
1t will be possible for men in
service to vote this year. Any per
son in the military service. with
proper age qualifications, who h
absent from the state may be reg
istered upon application of wife or
husband, parents or next Of kin,
or If none of these Is living, by
any voter having sufficient knowl-
edge concerning the person in SER
vice. heRlStratlon Tor the primary
will close June 2 and for the gen.
eral election October 2.
The military ballot is stream
lined" identical in context with the
regular ballot but printed on light
weight paper suitable for airmail.
and only one-fourth the size of the
regular ballot.
If a man in service is registered
by relatives, lie is not registered
by party, but primary ballot for
each party is sent him and he
chooses the one he prefers. II he
voted in last years general elec-
ton, the ballot of his party will
be sent him.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14

. Mrs Chester Nall, nee Bobby
Virginia Peters, has returned from
South Carolina, where she went
to be with her husband, Sgt. Ches-
ter Nall, before he left for over
seas duty. SEe also visited his
parents in Dallas, Texas, for four
months and has now returned to
remain with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Peters, for the dura-
tion.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14
Griffin Drug Store
In Florence Sold
To Ryan-Evans Co.

Mr.. and Mrs: Fred Griffin have
sold their drug store in Florence
to the Ryan-Evans company. Pur-
chase of the Florence concern
brings the number of Ryan-Evans
stores to four, there being two in
Phoenix and one in Casa Grande.
Larry Evans, Jr., is of Phoenix,
and ]. B. Ryan, who operates drug
stores in Globe, Miami and Supe-
rior, lives in Globe.
E. B. Madrid of Phoenix will
manage the Florence store. Mr..
and Mrs. Griffin have no plans for
the immediate future but will re.
main in Florence for at least a
month. They have operated their
store since September of 1924.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14

. Mrs. r. H. Alexander and chill.
dren returned home Monday from
Alabama for an indefinite stay,
during which Mrs. Alexander will
take care Of business matters per.
tanning to their property here
Major Alexander Is still at Max
well Field.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14

. Mrs. Earl McEuen and children
spent the Easter holidays visiting
Mrs. McEuen's mother, Mrs. Olive
Mattice of Pima, Arizona.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14

= Mrs. Elizabeth Ware of Glen
dale is visiting heE;Hnd and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.RFHnd Mrs. G. w.
Ware.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14

. Jack Underwood of Coolidge en-
tered Florence hospital Tuesday
for an operation.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-14

COOLIDGE DAM
262.536 Acre Feet of
Water a a a b e
April 13, 1914; 6,130
Acre Feet Loss for
Week.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
.1!urnage Holds Six
For Grand Jury in
Narcotic Law Case

Six men were held for action OF
the grand jury and the case of a
seventh was continued today when
they appeared before United States
Commissioner Needham C. Turn
age for hearings on charges of vio-
lating the Harrison Narcotic Act
and the Narcotic Drug Import and
Export Act. All pleaded not guilty
and were held in bonds ranging
from 500 to $1,000.
John w. Healey, SO, colored, of
the HOO block of T street NV,
who was arrested last night. was
held under 81 900 bond and a hear
ing was set for September IA be-
fore Commissioner Hl11age. LIE
Roy w. Morrison. agent In charge
OF the Washington field office of
the Federal Bureau ef Narcotics.
said an ounce of heroin was seized
in Healey's quarters when he was
arrested on a charge of selling
narcotics to addicts.
David Chan, 48, of the 700 block
Of Sixth street NV, was held for
the grand jury on two counts and
total bond was set at $1,000. Chan
was arrested August 3 and again
on August II on charges of pos
sessing and selling heroin, Mr.. Nor
rison said.
Others arraigned were: Lee All
Sam, %, of the 900 block of Eighth
street NV: Percy B. Azerovitz. 81,
Of the 500 block of Fifth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-08-31

a whole formation of Mosquitoes
swarmed over the target. which was
left q mass OF burning wreckage.
One train was wrecked at a cross
ing of the Somme between Alniens
and st. Valery by bombing and
strafing.
Nazis Bomb Scissors.
The German news agency Trans
ocean said German bombers also
were active over France during the
night, attacking scissors only q
few hours after its capture by
Americans.
Last nights operations followed
up an attack by more than 1,00t
American heavy bombers with ar
escort of about the same size yes
terday on the German ports Of
Kiel and Bremen and flying bomt
installations in the Pas-de Calais
area. All planes returned safely.
Two waves of United States 9th
Air Force Marauders, using the
pathfinder technique to hit theil
targets through thick clouds, last
night bombed the heavily fortified
little island of Cezambre where the
Germans are still blocking entrance
to the st. Malo Harbor on the
Breton coast.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
| Poles Seize Pesaro
las Allies Push Drive
Toward Gothic Line
M the Associafaa RYess


ROME, Aug. 31.-The Adriatic
port Of Pesaro, one Of the east
ern anchors of the Germans
Gothic Line, has fallen to Polish
troops, and Allied forces now
are In contact with strong enemy
positions farther inland after
storming across the Foglia River
on a broad front, it was an
nounced today.
Pesaro fell only after q bitter
fight in which both infantry and
armor participated. The Germans
counterattacked fiercely yesterday
after the Poles had invested part of
the city, but were repulsed with
heavy losses.
; The Poles announced they had
taken sizable bag of prisoners In
the fighting.
Dispatches from the front said
that in some places farther west
9th Army troops drove. across the
Foglia SO swiftly that the Germans
had not even had time to lay
mines.
Headquarters said, however, that
the forces already at grips with posi-
tions in the Gothic Line-on which
the enemy Is expected to make his
main stand in defense of Northern
Italy-were meeting stiff resistance.
Reports from the field said that
not NaZi was left on the south
bank Of the Foglia for distance of
l6 miles inland from the Adriatic
Other 9th Army forces farther
inland, headquarters said, were ap-
preaching the Foglia after occupying
the town of Urbino and pushing on
five miles beyond in an advance
through difficult mountain terrain in
the Apprentices. Urbino is an i'm
portant art center and the home of
the National Gallery of Marche
Province.
On the central sector of the front
further advances In the upper Tiber
and Arno Valleys also brought Allied
troops close to the Gothic Line.
North Of Pontassieve, which is
just east of Florence, several i'm
portant features were captured,
headquarters said, but enemy resist
ance was reported becoming stronger
hourly In this sector.
The situation on the 5th Armv
front in the west remained un-
changed.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Accord Reported Near
On Small Nations Role
In Postwar Security
By the Associated Press.

0y the Associated PfeS9.
British, Russian and American
delegates to the Dumbarton Oaks
security talks were reported today
to be reaching agreement on the
role of smaller nations in a future
world peace organization.
The plan to have a council of II
members at the top of the security
agency has met with general favor
it was learned. A settlement seems
In the ofi1ng that would require a
majority vote by the council, in
cluding the big four. for some types
OF decisions and a thirds vote
for the most important decisions.
Chinese ideas parallel this view,
it is understood. The Chinese Gov
eminent Is being kept informed of
the progress OF the talks, now in
their second week.
Secretary of State Hull said yes
terday that working out machinery
for maintaining peace and security
was the exclusive concern of the
conference, and 1t is understood
that China has agreed to leave aside
for the moment the question OF
the future Of Japanese-mandated
islands and Korea, just as the other
powers are shelving European and
African territorial questions.
Mr.. Hull also told his news con-
ference he believed the final charter
for the security organization would
go before Congress separately from
any treaty settling the war.
China is not represented at the,
current Dumbarton Oaks meetings
because Russia is not at war with
Japan, but Chinese memorandum
on world security has been circu-
lated among the conferees and DR..
Wellington Koo, chief Chinese dele
gate, has been informed of Russian
proposals. The Chinese will Join
British and American delegates in
talks at the conclusion of discus
sions with the Russians, probably at
the end Of next week.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Wounded
.Yank Bombers Blast
Nazi Munitions Depot
Southeast Of Dieppe
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 3l.-American
Havoc dive bombers exploded an
ammunition dump five miles south
east Of Dieppe today in an opera
ton ahead Of the fast-moving Brit
ish and Canadian armies.
The dump was In the Darques
Forest, where Havocs bombed a
large German oil depot yesterday.
Marauder medium bombers made
their second attack in 10 hours on
the fortified island Of Cezembre,
which bars access to the mouth OF
st. Malo Harbor.
British Mosquitoes struck at enemy
war transport and industry in Nor
thern France and Germany last
night despite the handicap of poor
weather.
Rail Targets Hit.
While the Mosquitoes bombed the
industrial center of Frankfurt with
out loss other squadrons OF these
speedy all-purpose raiders, operat-
ing as fighter bomberS, battered rail
targets from the fighting front to
the German borders.
They plowed through storms and
clouds as low as 500 feet and
wrecked trains and tracks directly
in the path of the retreating Ger
mans.
Strings of rolling stock were left
burning in widespread operations
extending beyond the Ardennes Gap
down to Metz and Saarbrucken.
One crew, finding a large concen-
tration Of railroad cars in the yards
at Sedan, called for help. Soon
Evening star., 1944-08-31
y the Associated Press.

Representative Monroney, Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma said today he is
asking the War Department to keep
open" the possibility OF playing the
Army Navy football game in one of
the big cities as a victory celebra-
ton in honor of our servicemen in
the event that Germany collapses
soon."
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
announced yesterday that the game
would be played at Annapolis De-
cember 2, with tickets limited to
persons living in the Annapolis area.
December 2 is more than 80 days
away, Mr. Monroney told a reporter.
A lot can happen in the meantime,
he added, and If Germany is beaten
quickly the Army-Navy game could
be switched to some place like New
York as late as November"
Noting that a desire to avoid un-
necessary burden on transportation
facilities was given as a principal
reason for playing the game in An
napolis, the Oklahoman commented:
IF the European phase Of the war
Is still in progress we must accept
Forrestal's decision. Bats IL, Ger
many collapses the burden On trans-
Evening star., 1944-08-31
1000 Pieces of JeweIry
Abandoned by Thieves
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3l.-Police
picked up 1000 stolen antique Jew
elry pieces in an open lot, where
thieves tossed them, and then went
hunting for 81 additional missing
items.
1--WE threw them in the Schuylkill
River" said a trio held by police
I'VE thought maybe we would be
too conspicuous wearing so much
antique jewelry."
The jewelry was stolen last month
from Miss Marion Leaders Ritten-
house Antique Studios. Miss Leader
valued the pieces at 5000 to $1,000.
Held on charges of burglary are
Adam Gill, %; Peter Ricardo. Is,
ana Vincent Castelina, 80. all Of
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Paris Stirred by Nozi Sloyings
Of5OF renchmen Without rial

exhumed from three pits in the
woods Of Vincennes, a suburb east Of
Paris.
Other pits were expected to yield
more bodies.
Those killed near Vincennes were
held prisoner in a chateau. Forty
escaped on August 10, a day after IA
captives had been tortured and
killed.
One Frenchman who was a pris-
oner in the chateau said this group
was compelled to dig its own burial
pit and then forced to dance in the
courtyard until exhausted while SIS
troops shot at their legs.
When they collapsed, he said, Nazi
soldiers put pistols to their heads
and fired. Other prisoners had to
carry the bodies to the pit and help
clean up the execution grounds.
Nine days ago, II more were
taken from the castle dungeon and
killed. One was shot before the
eyes of his 17-year-old brother.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Lee Powell, Lone Ranger
Of Movies, Killed in Action
(From Yesterdays Last Edition. J

(From Yesterdays Last Editton.)
By the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH, Calf. Aug. 3d.
Sergt. Lee Powell, 35, of the Marine
Corps. who as the masked Lone
Ranger. rode his white stallion
through Is episodes of a motion
picture serial. has been killed In
action, his widow, Mrs. Norma Pow
ell, said today.
With the Marines in the South
Pacific since November. 1882. Sergt
Powell fought at Tarawa and
Saipan. Mrs. Powell said she was
not informed where he met his
death. i.
Sergt. Powell attended the Uni
versity Of Montana, where he was
q football and track star. He toured
the United States and Canada with
Wallace Bros. Circus in his Lone
Ranger character. F5 ,<'
Evening star., 1944-08-31

Isabelle M. Corbin. A native OF
Washington, Pfc. Corbin worked ir
a dry goods store before entering
the Army in the infantry In Sep
tember, 194l. He went overseas In
February, 1943.
Wounded In the invasion, Pfc
Corbin went back to the front after
recovering and was wounded again.
He Is now in a hospital in Eng
land. feeling better" according to
a letter received Tuesday by the
family. He has a brother, Oliver
Corbin, in the Navy.
Pfc. Matthew A. Kerins, 28 Of
1888 Thirty-flfth street NV. also
was wounded In France. A native
of the District, Pfc. Kerins attended
Western High School and was en-
ployed as custodian at the Gordon
JuniorAHigh School be1oEeenteyine
the service in February. 1871. He
went overseas in September, 1912.
The family received letter yester-
day saying he was In hospital in
England and getting along we'll.
One brother, Sergt. James Kerins,
80, with the Army engineers, Is in
Evening star., 1944-08-31
On the Roll Of Honor
Three District Area Men Killed in Action,
Nine Are Wounded, Another MISSING

Three men from the Washington
area have been reported killed In
action. nine have been wounded and
another is missing. relatives have
been informed by the War and Navy
Departments. One Of those killed
and several OF the wounded have
been reported previously in The
Star.
Killed
Pfc. John Jay Kleiner, %, brother
of 1t. R. Murray Kleiner, now sta
toned in Ireland with the Signal
Corps. but whose home is at
1910 Forty-eighth avenue, Berwyn
Heights, Md, was killed in action
June 10 while serving with an in
fantry unit in France, 1t was learned
today.
Pvt. Kleiner, who attended Char
lotte Hall Academy and Gary School
at Aberdeen, Md. formerly worked
for the Western Electric co. here.
He entered service before Pearl
Harbor. served l8 months in Ice
land from February. 1912, to August,
l943, and went overseas again in
May.
Pfc. Joseph B. Kelliher, 81, of 1924
TWenty-ninth street NV. killed in
action in the invasion of France, Is
included in the latest War Depart
ment list of casualties. His parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius D. Kel-
liner: An earlier story of his death,
appeared IN The Star July q.
Pfc. Joseph Milwit, of 1855 In
graham street NV, also has been
killed. An earlier story of his death
appeared IN The Star on JuiS z6.
Wounded
Pfc. George E. Corbin, jr., 27, of
1923 Whitehaven parkway NV. was
wounded in action in France, accord
ing to word received by his wife. Mrs.