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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-18

-Cehey, Hsnford A. kOIak0wsk Pvt. Theodore \.
Mrs, Lucy Conley, wife, - Mrs Angelina KOlakow
Lansing. ski, mother 1927 Martin,
Denial ROy-NIrs Myr- Deuoi-
lie Denial mother $500 Letters P--Airs
Appoine Detroit Isabelle Letters mother,
Dokey Cpl. Leroy Eco s. ~ car D.,
-, - Lila Jean Piper. wife. Van
Mary NJ. Echler, mother, 60, NJ. -,
Mrs, Rose Sugden, mother,
limerick PNt Charles-diS Bay City.
eold IiHeINh VIE i'i' Swanson. Pfc Wiibert l.
i"'"" Mrs. Lillian Rutedge
Fettig. Pfc. Joseph Mrs ter Roscommon
Stella Fettg, mother, Sag TayIor pvt William =
nav Mrs Lola Taylor mother,
Gilbert, Cecit D-N1rS. Nicksburg.
,Iuanita l.. Gilbert. mother. THOMPSON pfc John R.
IlOl fled, Detroit Mrs. Virginia Thompson.
Chester, Th0mas-Mrs wife, Port Huron.
Betty NJ. GieS1er,-wife,-T oben. Pie. Frank Mrs
4i9 Seventeenth, Wyan- Nellie -Iohn,-no OF h F.
dotte. Maple City.
Jocham John Jr-NrS Ipdike, Pvt /. d. Wesley
Louise Jocham. mother, Mrs Charlotte Updike,
4ii4 Saint CLAIR Detroit. mother NeSick.
MARINE DEAD
Rybicd, Cpl. Walter - Mrs Sienkaniek TISgt. Zigmund
Mchana Rybick, mother ,t 9ar 7o55 senks3ek'
3663 Miller Hamtramck born
MARINE WOUNDED
tHmpbeti, Richard f~-NfrS. HaIgan Pvt. Robert NJ
iieen Nd'nPoeh mohe' Mrs Florence Hallgan.
mother 9623 Cheyenne.
Chop, Pvt. Bernard Mn ro,,,
John chop father, Flint ~
6osprove pfc william H Strohkrch, I'd 1t Paul D.
Mrs Emma { grove MIS- Nalda Sch"artzbauer,
mother Battle Creek WotheT tocneStet,
Frederick, Pfc. Glen ID - Wheeler. Pvt. Robert C.
MrS. feafce y hely' Mrs Elaine Wheeler wife,
mother O"oSSo 322 Maple Wyandotc
HorcL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-18

Buy War savings stamps the
convenient way Order thrm
delivered 10 your door from yeur
Detroit Times carrier-salesman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-18
The Det,oit Tunes
w. Honor Roll
~ Official Casualty List

Lists Michigan issued by government
next of KIN have been notified
--z ARMY WOUNDED -
Central Pacific Area)
Sraty Pfc. Henry JOseph-Mrs Bernce Stray mother Ca
City.
Mediterranean Area)
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31

10 anseiett, Dab ieber OpernireunS
lie iid leilten fam; lie betragen
$3.50, $500, $1.O0 uno rs Gent;
su oiclen Yreiien fommt nod oie
2O% 8un6eslteuer.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31

| Gin gutter Geil bieies nnberboffl
sroBen grfolges, ser bas Shasam1
annebmen Iabt, SaB oamit eine tpei.
tere arieesanleibe i'm laufenoen So,
lenocriabre unnotia iein miro, erfl1ri
| lid natiirlid) oamit, oaB sic Mnleibe,
iperbung Oiesmal bon getpaltigen
&riegsereignilien begiinitiet mar. 6lel
sod ser gceinn oieier &eimatfroni
&aene seitlid fait eenau nit sen
eriten SnpaiionstGmpfen in NorS'
franfreid) 5l,iammen. Sic mdftige
@eqe oes patriotiIdfen Gntbliiasnn,s,
Sen sic oamaligen Nahridten bon Ser
Snpaiionsfiiite in Ser Seinat unierer
tapieren &iimpfer cntfeiielte, lit aber
fir Sic riidblidenoe 8etrahtllne crit
red,t Elm @rl,no su Itol5er 8enug-
tlulng.
Gum llnterlbieo bon Sen pprauf-
gesangenen &riegsanleiben tuar ser
FINITE y9ripe" audi in allen Teilen
erfolgreid), iotpobl biniihtlid) oes
gpnoabiotes an Gin5elperionen, tpic
an grlperbsgcieuIf,often rnb anoerc
forporatipe Snueltitoren. ssreilid er-
geben iid) 5,piifen oieien perihieoenen
3Iaiien l1nterihieSe i'm 8raoe BEG
anleiheerfplees. Der @eiamtabias
bon Bombs on gin5elperionerl iiber.
ities oas prosrammdBi9e 3iel I'M 6
1ro5ent. rrabrenS Sic &orppratiunen
ibre Quote Inn 43 Yroaent iiberltie-
gen. Sim eeringiten .rur Der lleber-
lhub iiber Die E:osrammqilote beiin
Gertrieb Ser Bombs ser Serie 6. Sm=
merbin, aud in oieiem Sale sebt bas
grgebnis, ucnn aud, MIR I'M elm &C.
ridges, uber ore Vripar1lllgeH ocs
Shabamtcs binals.
Ser beIdjeiocnere Inteil ser Snb;-
pionen nno E1rtneridafteu ionie
insbeionoere Ocr rGolfs6ono" -@au.
fer, Sic Hapiere Ser rSerie 6" lino
niht nit llnretbt als rYeople :
Bombs" beseidnet iporoen, on Sem
Griolg ser fiinften arisgsanlcibe ent-
bGlt fiir sic fiiuftigen &riegsanleibe-
iperber sic Mabnung, ale lire 8rdtte
an sic slufriitteluns ser Gin5elnen IN
ser breiten Maiie 5ll ieben. IS mare
aber falid,, Dem ltmltano, oaB Die
Maiie sic Grluartltngcn Ser Gegies
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31

Nm 5reitag, Sen 10. September,
ilnoet obenbs 8 ltbr i'm gaaiaal Ses
9otel Glepelano cine Geriammluns
itatt, o;e BON Dem bieiigcn Hoten
&reu3 berufen puroe. Mls Saupt-
iprederin muroe 6rau 9erman &i.
oct geponnen, sic iiber Die 5iiriorge
BON amerifaniihen aricgsgefange-
nen ipre6en miro.
1rau &iaer, oie dltelte Iodter bon
8alter Iamroif, Dem beriibmten
Neutib ancrifaniihen Iirigenten
un0 Gomponiitell, fommt BON Waib-
ington, no lie in ser Mbteilung fir
&rie9sgelangene oes 9iotcn &reu5es
t6tig lit.
GerWanote uno Jreltnoe bon Col
batcn uno Matroien uno 3ip:lii item,
SIC in ieinolihen 2Gnocrn >geiaugen
gebalten waroen, iino ireunolihit
eingeluNen, 5u Ser Geriammtllng gu
fommen. Sim 10. September baben
tie bie bette 3e!egenbcit 5u eriabren
Die fiir uniere Beiansenen geiorgt
miro. slui 8rlnb ser 2ilten peiB
man, oaB iiber 800 2elte aus Dem
Gupaboaa Gountp in 8efangenibait
gerieten.
Utan miro Hafete ieben, mie lie
pom &oten &reIS regelmGbig unter
Den 6eianaenen perteilt meroen
Iusgeitellt lit audi Material, oas
ber unter Sen 8ernanOten uertpilt
miro ME sic beIouoere 8eiargenen,
5e.tllng, &arten uno 3eitlhriiten, sic
bon Den Scfanaenen berausseeeben
meroen:. Sm NnIhluB an oie GeOe
ton lrau &iaer lit cine ;Sragep,-
rlobe anseiebt, in ser gerrDanote
uno 6reuuSe Inn Mufflarung uber
leoen Bunft eriuden f0nnen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31

,5rapiata BON Geroi, nit Sen On
men Mnoreoa uno Bleiber, sen Ser
rem Yalermo uno Nalters.
Samstag, Sen Is. September,
nabmittass: 6auit bon @ounoo, nit
sen 9ameu Senoerion unO 9leiber,
sen Serren Halermo, arapitt uno
@alters. Mben0s: giigoletto bon
Teroi nit oen Damen Yanpin: uno
Bopers. Sen &erren Gonlep. @al.
ters unO Grabitt.
SoHntas, oen II. September,
nabn1ittags: Carmen bon 8iaet, nit
oen Galnen Wayer uno Sencerion,
Sen Serren 8errp, Sonths uno @il-
herman. MbenSs: ST Gropatore,
nit Oen Iamen Stemart unS Qas-
fas, Sen Serren Nalentine, YaQa-
rini uno &rapitt.
8erihiecene ser bier auftretenoen
&iinitler iino Witglieber ser Vte-
tropolitan uno ser GDicagoer Oper.
&arten iino BEL 1aplors 5u bab.n; {;
Oortb:n fann man aub brieflid 0or-
beltellungen ien0en. Die Hreiie iino
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31

ruiiiiden 8alletts nno au1 ser be-
ritbmten italieniiben Sragooin GIea-
nora Iliie.
Mit groBer sSreuoe meroen ale
Spernfreunoe boren, Sab Dortune
GallO ieine San Carlo Operngeiea-
lhait naf Glepelano brirgt. 9ie
nciite 3eit ipielt sic @eieai6ait in
New g)orf unb perbrahte in sen let-
ten Sabren audi INNER langere 3eit
in Chicago. anoere StGote muroen
nur iiir fiirsere 8aitipieIe beiud)t.
Sn Gleuelano miro sic San Carlo
Spar pom IA. bis II. September
peilen. Die Nuifiibrungen iinoen
IN Dta'onic Auditorium an ser
GucIio s!uenue Itatt. 0olsenoe ieds
Sorltelllnsen nurSen iiir sic bier
5age angelebt:
Tonnerstag, Sen ID. September:
aioa BON Verbi nit Sen Iamen.
aasfas, 8oblep uno gleid)er, sen
Serren Serrp, 5bomas, Grapitt.
5reltag. ben Is. September: ga
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31
11e,.e Siis4eeitierpett'
8eitintiittttteett

@aibington 8ie Sic War 5000
Mominiltration BEL 8efanntgabe Der
2lnpeilung bon 6iidfonlerpen tiir ole
3eit bonn 1. Suli 1914 bis 80. Stunt
1915 mitteiIte, oiirfte oie omerita.
niIfe 3ipslbepolfcrung IN oieler Es'
riooe et,pas mebr Jildtonlerpen gu
erparten baben, ais in Der entlpre'
d,enoen Yeriooe bes Goriabres. Von
ser @eiamtproouftion bon 762 Will
lionen 8il,no sSiihfonierpen tonnen
3ipililten auf 1868 Millicnen Efuno
oas be;Bt 1870 rednen. Bro aopi Der
gep0lfcrlme miro oas fir oas font
menoe Ssabr 2.S Yfuno an 6lldfoas
lerper bebeuten - pergli6en nit rs
gf,no pro Gerion I'M Goriabre.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31

rung niGt in nod b0berem NaIe
ubertrofien bat, als tatiGcblid) aa-
Ibeben, cine iibertriebene 8eoeutuno
beisumelien uno Iib oaourb sic ssreu.
De al oieiem neilen Sriumpb am f.
nan5iellen Seftor ser Seimatfront
triiben 81 laiien 3uoem bari nidt
iiberleben fueroen, oaB ia auh sic i,
&rlessanlabe angelegten 0tittel ser
Observation-Disclosures umo Spar
falien Snpeititionen oes Golfes re-
pralentieren uno oie Snaniprudnal-
me bon Jonbs oieier Snilitute ourd,
Snfel Sam mitbin ebenfaGs slbiorbie.
rllns bon Spargeloern beoeutet nno
nidt inflationiitiiden Gbaratter lit.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31
Aeitlltate Ner lettei,
KriceSamlcitc

Naf Dem nun porliegenoen ab-
ihIiebenoen amtlihen geriht bat oie
finite ariegsanleibe 20.6 MilliarOeu
Dollar in SnfeI Cams Gailen geIel.
tet. Giele JelfIteIluna miro bonn patri,
otiiden @uplifum nit nm 10 groberer
8enll1hlung uufgenommsn nerocn,
als biesnral oie Sanoclsbanfen I'M
eroben llnb gansen nusgeIhlollsn iud.
rem. Der Shabamtsbsridt liiBt fei-
men 3lpeifel oaran, bab Die Seimat,
front es an Ser pflihtmaBisen Stiit,
5uns ser &ricesirpnt in hem eeac!'.
nartiger entihcioenoen &riegsitooi'
INN niht feblen ldbt.
Das 2iel Ser iiinaiten Griessiinaa-
sierunssaftipn Ger Hegierung par
aui 16 Williarben Collar bentelien
auoroen. Gs ergibt it'd ntltbin cius
lteberlWreltltng oes Der ytatlon pom
Sdabamt geltedten ,3ieles I'm iait
eenau 80 Grosent. Nof feiner friibe-
rem &riegsanleibe mar Elm 'oi6er Gr,
fola beldieoen. Seine ser erlten bier
Anleiben bot Sen nnticnalen &riegs-
i1fel nm einen lolden tiicbtieen gat-
sen bereit)ert, rie sic finite.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31
SletteniefretGr yan,es y.
Serreital

lteber Den Mann ser nan Ocnl
plcsliben Sooe bon 0lotteniefretGr
6ranf &nor beiien in oieien arieas-
5eiten 10 tridtigen Eoiten iibernahm,
Sames @incent 6orreItal, bat man
bislang in Ser amerifaniidpn Def.
fentlidfeit ipenig gu b0ren 5efonr,cn
Ger neue 6lotteniefretGr, Der ie;t
1910 Sem sslotten-G department ailoc-
bort, miro burh stuei Gigenittaften
belonoers darafteriiiert: @eiGel>ci,-
belt mO rllbige Gnergie uno' Gid.
tigfeit. Gs lit 3. g. beseibneno fir
ibn. oaB er iid ME oie Miibe ge.na6t
bat, oie lbm iiber i'm ielblt pprg,leg-
ten Jragen fir oas geadiAlasaperf
iiber prominente DISQUALIFICATION.
~8bo's @bo?", gu beant,porten
Cine leiner beruorragenoiten Gisen.
ifaften lit iein Sinn fir 3ulammen-
arbeit, un0 nermutlieb tpar cS oieier.
Scr eritmalig Die slufmerfiamfs;t bon
Hraiioent SfooiepeIt cui ssorraital
lenfte. Oas mar 5ur Belt Ser ihlin,m-
iten 0epreiiiSn inn, Sabre 1888, als
elm Senatsai'sihub bie Xage an scr
Mttienb0rie rnteriuhte. 0urrcitaI.
Der oan1als BrGiioent elmer gSaa
StreetaSirma ipar, mar elmer ser
'penigen aus ienen 3reiie, Sic iid TO-
operatip 5eigten. uno nid)t oenl Nus-
lduB ale mosliden &inSerniiie il,
Den Weg 5u lpeen iudter Srp;id,
fir i'm lit in oieIer &iniid)t aud ei-
ner ieiner Musipriide: Gs miro, ii6
fir ieoen 8eiddftsmann ols bon I'M
idasbarem @ert ertpei,cn. iogte er,
tpenn er ieinen gerul mol fir Elm
Sabr iuehieln uno nit einem anSercn
taul6en f0nnte. 9as glei6e gilt auh
iiir Holitifer, iaste 6orreital. WeiSe
tpiiroen oaourh namlih ibrs Weiidts-
punfte enorm er,peitern l.nS sic Mn-
iidten oes anoeren better perit,ben
lernen.
Ser beute 52idbrige 5Ic.rsniefre-
tar itammt aus Beacon, u. y. Wad)
Gnoe ieiner Sdul5eit muroe ct &c
porter bel 3eitllngen in Ieinem Sci
mafsort io,pie in Yousbfeepiie nno
Mt. Sernon q. q. Gr tpcr aber iebr
ireiterbllorngsbeoiirftig unS trat oes.
balb in oas 0artmoutb goQeg, elm
Nad einem Sabre ued'eitc er sur
Hrinceton-llniperiit1t biniiber, 100 e,
| iih bis 5u ieiner @raonierllng i'm
Sabre 1915 ieinen 2cbensnrterball
als @erfituoent pproiente. Bur iclbcr
3eit fano CT aber aud nod geniieenl
Wniie, Die Meoaftion oes .Iaili
Yrincetonian" 5u beiorgen unb ben
stuoentenrat an5ugeb0ren. Seite be
boraugten Sportarten tparen T.rni'
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31
paS 3eitbilN int Spieocl
Scr preiSe

Die "gtem Dorf Sun" ioroert Sic
prumpte uno oefinitipc Mblpeiiung ei-
mes oertihen 6rieoensporidlags noel,
der Ser 3eitllns 5nfolgc in ser 1orm
eines Seitartifels ser oeutiden 3eit-
lhrift Berlin, ,Hom-Sofio" gefleioet
mar. Der Mrtifel erfl6rte, oaB barte
Jrieocnsbeaiusansen einen britten
Weltfrieg unpermeiSlif MAIDEN; Sic
itberbolferten Nationen nliibten 9e-
bensraum baben unS ser geriaiQer
Jrieoe, Der es perabldumt babe, oie-
ier Ioroerlmg itatt5useben, baben oc!,
gegen,partigen &onilift unuermeiolid)
gemadt ~0ie gerofientliduns oieies
Nrtitels, mebr nod ais ser Snbalt, iii
beseibneno," iagt bie Sun. ,Gr
griinbet ii6 auf Die 1beorie, oaB sic,
ier 2rieg niht berseblib lei, lpenn G.,
3n einem eften llebereinfommen
fiibre. 0ie Na5is, Die erfennen, oaI|
iie Sen Grleg nidt ge,uinnen fonnen,
modten oen Jrieoen gespinnen. @enr
lie oas irgenotpie er3uingen fGnnten
oann pdren iie 5u Der Mnli6t bered,,
tigf, Dob Die bon ibnen iiber Die @el1
losgelaiienen Shreden bon Nusen ge.
ueian iino. Natiirlid fann man ibne.
elm iolhes Manoper niht libel neb.
men. es muB aber NIT ser gleihei
gntidieoenbeit nie elm oeutibes Mili
tdrunternebmen bernidtet tueroen."
| Die .Nap Oorf ginles" slaubt or
Die Moglidfeit, baf oie Muiien Die Gr
oberung bon @arlhau bie0eiht Der
| ihoben baben, genau .pie Die Maiier
ten i'm Weiten Dor Der gro0eri,ng bor
Haris onran singen, 5uerlt Die oeui
ide z. Mrlnee aus5umer5en. Ga!
Blatt be6auert aud, bab sic Holen il
Wnrihau pieaeiht piele Weni1en
leben berseblih geopfert baben, tpei
fie es berabidumten, ibre militdriihe:
llnternebinltneen nit oenen Der Mui
len 5u foor6inieren.
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Dcues 23l,at tpirO jctt
aa<t Gmrcpa eeitieh

@aibington Gerifoffung BON Dol.
lem 8lut, nidt nur Blaslna, Sur6
Eransportilugscugc sll Oen europa'
ilten ariegsihauplGben bat begon-
men. Iamit iteigen oie Beoiiriniiie oes
&oten Grea5Fs an frii6em 8lut auf
1000 Yints tiiglid,. Mit Sen erMelten
8erbeiierlmgcn in Ser aonierpierung
bon friihen @lut lit audi Oie Slug.
ucrif)iiiung an bie lpeiter entfernten
Grieasid,aupldtc gaplant. Ger neMs
Ylan lit Elm suidtliNer 81 Der bereits
eriitierenoen Ysrarbsitung bon 100.
900 &ints 8lut taslid) in Hlasma.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31
Hippc>rcitte Gkeater
,,Nariuc @aibers" begann Mittmod)
nit ciner Wittcrnadts- -@oritellnn0

Der ne!e Slim oes $50 &aoio"s
betitelt vMarine 3aioers" begann inn
Sippobrome 2beater nit Hdt 8.
grien, 9fobert Gpan uno Hutb Sal
iep in 5itclrollen. Gs lit eine berrli6c
Hrobuftion in Shilberung bes Wa.
rineforps bas ME geidlagen ipuroe
in ser Musbiloung unb i'm &riee. CO
lit eine briliante Shiloerung ser Sic.
besgeitidte 5niicben 9tobert &yaE
uno &uth Suiiep. Iies Bib bringt
alien 8eiuGern cine CUTE llnterbal.
t,,ns. 0erpaiien Sic nidt Sen Slim
i'm &irpobrome 1beater ou ieben. el
lit iebr intereiiant.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-08-31
Die San Carlo 0psr gasiieri
vier Tage in Cleveland
BIige Eintrttspreise ermoegichen isdermonn, die
Auffuehrunqen ~ besuchen.

6ortl,ne Gallo errang ltf einen
guten Namen in ser @eIbihte oes
amerifaniiden 9beaters. 8enn iein
Sauptintereiie auh ser Sper gait,
10 niomete er feline &rait aub an
oeren fiinltleriid)en greigniiien mie
8altlpielen BON Nrna Hamlopa, Ges
Evening star., 1944-04-21

now who have things to learn be-
fore they get red hot. They're going
to follow you wherever you take
them. Remember that when you
take them anywhere. It's not only
your brains that are going to get
knocked out, but the brains of the
kids who are depending on you"
That gave me new slant and
kept the boys under as tight q
rein as Spike had kept me. But the
whole thing did not fall into place
for me until January IA of this year
when bounced myself into the bae
and had to use every single thing
T had ever learned in combat to GET
out with the Germans dead and my
self alive.
There is a little song 1t. Jack
Raphael of Tacoma, Wash, worked
up to commemorate the occasion
1t goes to the tune of Tramp
Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are March
ing" Here are the words:
Help, help. helpI I'm being clob-
bered
Down here by the railroad track
Two 1905 chase me around
And we're damn near to the
ground,
Tell them I got two II I don't
make 1t back"
Bags Two Hun Stragglers.
The song is good, but the way the
story really went was like this:
We were on sweep in the Paris
area and down there somewhere ]
saw and reported group of some
is or 20 Focke-Wul 1905 flying east
about 5000 feet below us. We
bounced them, and I picked out two
stragglers. 7 yelled to my No.
Evening star., 1944-04-21

that prevented me from acting on
my belief In myself. Otherwise,
probably would have had my beans
cooked in some gasoline fire long
before I learned how much there is
to know besides flying about this
business of fighting.
Held Under Tight Reins.
We were on the defensive then.
When we first started going on the
offensive with Flying Fortresses and
Liberators our fighter planes re-
manned on the defensive, their job
being to provide a close escort for
the heavy artillery and not to mix it
with the Germans but just to break
off their attacks.
During most of this period Capt.
Carl (Spike) Miley, Toledo (Ohio)
boy whose savvy I have only now
begun to appreciate, was my flight
leader and he kept tight check on
me to hold me In the formation.
wanted to make the touchdowns.
He wanted to keep the team to-
gether, running the interference for
the touchdown-scoring bombers.
We didn't quarrel, but I became
restless under his control. And the
more restless I got, the firmer did
Spike pull the reins. When he fin
ished his tour of operations last
September and was ordered home,
Spike recommended me for his place
as flight commander. After I got
the promotion he took me aside.
Responsibility and New Slant.
"All right" he said to me, you're
red hot and it's natural you should
want to be a firecracker over here.
But you've got boys following you
Evening star., 1944-04-21

gesture to throw the bodies q Two
Of his flyers down his throat there.
But In the meantime was with
out any wing man. ! found this opt
when, just after I pulled up awsy
from the trees, tracers started shoot
ing past me and saw two more
Focke-Wulfs on my tail, with notfi-
ing between me and them except
the very thin, very naked air.
When you're down on the deck
trading punches with Focke -Wuif
and spotting him that mechanical
advantage, you have to have some-
thing to help you. even II 1t Is only
the feeling Of fear in the enemyss
mind. But these two new boys were
not afraid Of me. Oh, no! They
came barreling right In, red hot for
the kill. They hadn't even seem rle
shoot down those other two euvs
and quite likely they thought / was
just some rabbit who had come
down to the deck to get out OF 4
tight going on upstairs. Psychology
wasn't going to help me with them.
Ito Be Coatinued.y
(copyrixht. 1914, By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. incl
Evening star., 1944-04-21
BY CAPT. DON S. GENTLE,
As Told to Ira WOlfert,

AN 9TH AIR FORCE FIGHTER
BASE, England, April 81 (By Wire
less) Looking back now from my
vantage point after some hundreds
of scraps with the Germans-oi
bouncing them and of being bounced
and of the bangs and prangs and
chickering's and of being clobbered-
I would say now that In those
ancient days of 1912 and 1943 the
confidence I had in my ability to
kill the Nazis and to keep them from
killing our men was misplaced.
I know now how much remained
for me to learn before I could
handle myself In the rough, fast,
bigrtime company they have operat-
ing over Europe. But in those days
7 didn't even know how little
knew.
After I had few fights under my
belt and made a few scores I be-
came again what I had been before
the war-a kid full of beans, who,
when he sits in an airplane, feels
there is nothing in the world that
can master him. Fortunately for
me, our side Of the war was up
against situation in those years
Evening star., 1944-04-21

ing this feeling into the Germans.
Only q few days before the mere
act OF diving down to the deck with
. Focke-wuh and Of showing my
self confident enough to be thrown
to him rs II + were b bone being
tossed to q dog had so panicked
him. despite his mechanical adj
vantage in 4 fight, that he had
Strengthened out In q run from
which, he hadn't d prayer OF d
chance OF emerging alive.
! was so intent on getting those
Huns that / couldn't think OF words
to- say into my radio to make sure
my wing man was still with me.
wanted to make sure but I couldn't
take my eyes on those Huns for q
second or I'd lose them. and besides
I just couldn't think OF any words
to say Into that radio. They
wouldn't come out of my head and
they wouldn't come into my mouth.
What happened to my wing man
was thAt, on the way down to the
deck we were bounced by some other
ferries and he turned on into them
to break up their attack. BY the
time he had done that we were as
good as million miles away from
him-those two Huns were racing
along the edge Of their graves and
was trying to push them In.
Wetwere lost to the sight OF any
thing In the air against the black,
hunkered-up green's Of the forest OF
Compeigne. I didn't realize I was
without any wing man to protect
my tail until after I had got both
Huns. One Of them crashed In the
open country at the edge OF the
woods and the second went splinter
ing into the middle Of all those trees
there.
Compeigne was where Hitler
forced his srmistice on the French
and 1t seemed to me q rather nice
Evening star., 1944-04-21

man and he said. Keep going. I'm
with you'll"
The Huns turned into me and We
closed the distance between US at
better than TOO miles an hour. All
the rate of TOO miles an hour you
can eat up all the distance there is
in one gulp, but when you're doing
it 1t seems slow. You can think OF
"a thousand things and nothing
seems to be happening In your life
except that the plane Is coming
slowly toward you and you're living
e. lifetime-like 1t was q speed-up
movie reel--and aging fast and
growing old and older and looking
suddenly at the end of your life in
just about the time 1t takes to say 1t.
This moment OF closing In on q
head-on attack can sometimes de-
eide q whole battle. The question
Is: WHO will break OH the attack
first?" The one who turns away
first goes on the defensive and the
fellow with the CUTS to stick 1t out
swings on his tail and has chance
to make the kill.
So I just sat still In the cockpit,
with my thumb on the gun teat,
5cozening it and stroking 1t, waiting
and growing old and older and look
ing suddenly at the end OF my life.
Then the Huns broke-and I knew
they were mine. They broke to-
gether to keep their formation and
I knew they were afraid Of me and
that I was going to kill them.
The Huns drove straight for the
deck. "A. Focke-Wulf 100 is better
on the deck than the kind of
Thunderbolt I was flying then.
thought I could make up the adj
vantage their machines gave them
by this feeling I had In myself and
that ! was sure I had instilled in
them that I was their master and
was going to kill them.
i I had had some experience instill-
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Drawings Put on Exhibit

A series of humorous drawings on
animal life by washington artist,
William H. Calfee, 1920 U street
NV, are now on exhibit at the
District Public Library, Eighth and
X streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Responsibility for Lives Of Men in His Flight
Proves Soldering Influence on Capt Gentle

Capt. Don S. Gentle, Piqna
fOhioj Sth Air Force flyer, tUho
has destroyed 80 German planes
in the air and on the ground,
tells the story OF air warfare in
the European theater. SiTth OF
q series