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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-01-13
GETS FINED : SENTENCED

Rein Bertram, charged with
failure to support minor child
rem, was arrested in Billings on
Monday on a bench warrant is
sued ny Justice of the Peace
Charles A. CorkinS.
Rertram had failed to appear
for trial on the charges.
He was sentenced to pay a
fine of $500 and serve 80 days in
the county jail.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-01-13
1T. SANDS IN
PACIFIC AREA

1t. Warren Sands of Chinook,
Mont, has just rounded out his
first quarter million miles of
flying after a record of "a hours
of combat flying in ten days,
according to a dispatch from the
advanced headquarters of the
AAF
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VERLIE VENNE IS
THIRD CROW WAC

When Miss Verlie Venue of
Grow Agency enlisted in the
WAC on Dec. 7 she was the
third Grow Indian girl to join
that organization. She is now in
trainioo Of Fort DasM0ineS. Ia.
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PROMOTED TO CORPORAL

Private Glen Grooms, son of
Mrs. Mabel Grooms of Hardin
has been promoted to the rank
of corporal. He is serving with
the third infantry division of
the fifth army in Italy.
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LAD BREAKS LEG

Bobby Haug, 9, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Haug, incurred a
broken leg while ice skating
Sunday on the pond near the
city hall.
Both bones were fractured be-
low the knee. Bobby is receiving
treatment here.
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LETTER FROM

Mrs. Minnie kirkpatrick of
Hardin last week received a let
ter from Senator Burton K
Wheeler, regarding the wound
ng of her son, Henry Klein.
The senator extended his and
Mrs. Wneeler's sympathy.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-01-13

Kenneth Skaugstad of Lake
Park, Mimi, has accepted a pos
ltiOn at Kuchera'S store.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-01-13

These are the men who will lead the Mg awahedA Allied "scndn t' invasion of Europe Left to right
Gen. Dwight Esnhwers supreme commander of Allied onn n@S Air chief Marshal SRA Arthur Ted
der deputy to Eisenhower Lieut. Gen. Carl smah" chfo all the American staegh air forces hatw will
Tedr as Ehenhowers dephy Indicated that air power was to be major weapon in the
battle to- crush the fortress of Europe Esnmwerw who had never before made a prediction ID months OF
announced ah left AlMY to sumeh his new post that eve will win the Euman war in 1914"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-01-13

BACK THE ATTACK
THE Fourth War Loan drive|
starts on January 10. Every
one must do their share to|
make the day of victory nearer.
County quota --------- 1922, 900
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-01-13

M ans Mrs. Henry Hinkle
are the parents of a daughter
horn 1T the Hardin General
hospital last week.
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Back The Attack With Bonds
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Sergt. Stuort Back
After 19 Missions

Sergt. Raymond c. Stuart, former
Washington taxicab driver, expects
to return soon. He was wounded
after participating in 10 missions
with the 9th Air Force.
The 26-year-old tail gunner de-
stroyed three German planes and
hit three others which went uncon-
firmed. He holds the Distinguished
Flying Cross and Air Medal with
three Oak Leaf Clusters.
1t was the jar of crash-landing
back from a Schweinfurt raid that
gave Sergt. Stuart what he describes
only as shaking up" of his hands
and legs. That shake-up put him
in hospitals in England for seven
months, and will keep him at the
AAF Convalescent Center and re-
gional hospital at Mitchell Field.
N. Y, for several more months.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Two D. {. Officers Serve
kir Forces in Russia

Two Washington area officers re-
Gently have been assigned to the
Eastern Command of United States
Strategic Air Forces somewhere in
Russia.
Maj, Ralph P. Dunn, 67O0 Selkirk
drive, Bethesda, Md, who was among
the picked group sent to Russia to
established Eastern Command is in
spector general He also serves the
command as judge advocate.
Maj, Dunn, who practiced law in
Washington, was graduated from
Georgetown University and Ameri-
can University.
Capt. William L. Breese, BOIL
Gates road NV, is aide to Mai. Gen
Robert L. Wash, commanding gen.
eral of Eastern Command. A gradu-
ate of Harvard University, he was
with the Social Security Board and
American Red Cross in WASHINGTON
before he entered the Army in July
1912
Evening star., 1944-07-23
PVT. luttreII in Outfit
.Quietinq Nazi Guns

WITH 5TH ARMY, Italy.-Pvt.
Herman E. Luttrell of Washington.
D. c., was member of 5th Army
infantry patrol which knocked out
two German machine gun nests in a
foray into enemy lines on the Ital-
ian front.
Our action made it possible to
send tanks UP this valley later when
the push started" said Sergt. G. L..
Esposito, who headed the patrol
I'VE had been given the mission Of
assaulting a German command post
on a particularly stony hill where
the offensive was to start. After we
had advanced to within 200 yards of
the German position, we sent out
two teams of Browning automatic
rlf1emen, one on hill facing the CP
and the other in house. The path
we had to follow was heavily mined
but mortar fire, about 100 yards
ahead of us, detonated the mines
and covered the route of our ad-
vance. We were able to make our
way up the slope safely by stepping
in shell holes.
I'VE had advanced almost to our
objective without being seen," said
Pvt. Luttrell, when we spotted a
German machine gun nest only Is
yards away.
"As we were about to rush, a Jerry
popped his head out, saw us and
shouted warning to the others. We
got him with our Tommy guns before
ne had chance to swing his ma
chine gun on u.s.
Pvt. Luttrel's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred E. Luttrell, reside at
4407 Ord street NE, WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

Rabb, 1905 North Pershing drive,
Arlington, in England; Sergt. Fred
erick B. Kraft, 4601 Highland ave-
nue.. in England; Second 1t. James
M. Jones, 308 Second street NE, in
England; First 1t. Clifford M. Briggs,
2901 Connecticut avenue NV, in
the South Pacific: Second 1t. Rob-
ert c. Mckee, 5846 Sherrier place
NV, in Italy.
These men have received the Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal:
1t. Mckee of the Sherrier place
address; First 1t. Ivy L. Belote, jr.,
2811 Mill avenue NE, in England;
Second 1t. Thomas K. Campbell,
TIA North Wayne street, Arlington,
in England; Flight Officer James P.
Jennings, 3508 Twenty-fourth street
NE, in England; Staff Sergt. Aus
ton v. Minks, GIG Kennedy street
NV, in England.
Tech. Sergt. Francis j. Bradburn
of La Plata, Md, in England; Sec
ond 1t. n o. Hobbs, 1916 Six
teentll street NV, in England; Sec
ond 1t. Mark Turner, jr., of Hern-
don, Va, in England.
Three Washington flyers have
added the second Oak Leaf Cluster
to their air medals: First 1t. Dom
aid V. Mayer, 1925 K street NV, in
England; Second 1t. Norman H
Heller, 1437 Montana avenue NE, In
Italy, and Second 1t. Cletus T. Hord
6645 Georgia avenue NV, in Eng
land.
Sixth doughboys Of the 9th In
fant-y, f-hting on the Cherbourn
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Neuenhahn Back in U. s.;
Helped Plan Invasions +

After spending 1S months overseas
gathering data for and planning for
the Sicilian, Italian and French in
vasions, Capt. William C. Neuen-
hahn, 1916 Michigan avenue NE,
has been returned to the United
States, according to dispatch from
Atlantic City, N. j.
A former combat pilot, Capt.
Neuenhahn is awaiting reassignment
at the AAF Redistribution Station.
He flew one mission in a P-38 recon-
naissance plane from North Africa
and then was detailed to assist with
invasion data.
Capt. Neuenhahn, a graduate of
George Washington University, was
with the Civil Aeronautics Authority
two years and a member of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey for seven
years. He Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William E. Neuenhahn, and
his wife lives at 1925 Downing
street NE.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

ond, because 33 seconds after our
bombs burst the first Americans
would set foot on that stretch Of
beach, and Jerry must be stunned,
II only momentarily.
Some day I want to tell you every
detail: Of the streams Of gray trac-
ers that could reach US easily at our
height, but none OF us cared q damn
for ourselves-we just didn't want to
let those guys down; of the brave
little PAT that was laying q smoke
screen between the warships and
shore when something hit him and
he blew up and fell on the water
burning.
II shot (filmeO the whole thing,
and realized then there was a real
war going on down there. Naval
shells went through our formation
without hitting any one. We dropped
our bombs smack where they were
supposed to 90, at the last possible
second, and at such a height we were
In danger Of being blown out of the
skyDby the blast.
Il got some beautiful pictures.
Naval guns flashed in the bay and
coastal batteries as far up and down
the shore as you could see were
blinking. No one ever saw so many
boats In one place before, they say.
I can believe it. It was a big show
and had a grandstand seat, for I
Just watch and shoot my camera
while the rest of the crew have
their hands too full of their own
jobs to have much time to look.
We went in so low saw a man
shooting pistol at us. And right
after that I found myself looking
through the finder down the bar
rels Of a three-gun light flax bat
terry. with the flame spouting out
Of them.
For various reasons, others of
my detachment got only a few feet
OF f1lm that morning. While I lost
one camera early in the game, /
covered the affair to my semi
satisfaction. was pleased to hear,
nevertheless, that we scooped the
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Marine Survey
Section IsCuIIed
'Sniper Bait

The boys in the 4th Marine Divi-
sion survey section, headed by
Comdr. jeremiah S. Morton of
Friendship Heights, Md, call them
selves "sniper bait and it is a
pretty descriptive title. according to
a Marine Corps combat corre-
spondent.
The "sniper bait" boys, whose
duties take them forward of artillery
batteries, have gained their title
through the attraction they seem to
have for snlpers. A Jap sniper will
pass up targets for days, apparently
just waiting for the survey section.
Many times during the Saipan
engagement the men have had to
eliminate a sniper before they con-
tinue their work. Every man in the
outfit has suffered the attention of
at last one Jap sniper, but the COM
bination of marine combat ability
and poor Jap craftsmanship has
saved them from casualties.
Comdr. Morton, lent to the Marine
Corps in November, 1912, by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, had
been in the Washington Office of
the Survey since 1923. His wife and
their three daughters live at All
High street in Friendship Heights.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Flyer Describes Bomberrs Feelings on D-Doy

Delay. as viewed from the van
tage point Of an Army Air Force
cameraman whose newsreels have
been shown the world over. is pic
tured in q letter from First 1t.
Philip w. Browning to his father,
Capt. John w. Browning, AS East
Jefferson street, Falls Church, Va.
1t. Browning tersely describes
waiting for the invasion day, the
movement Of the armada and the
beachhead struggle as he witnessed
it amid bursting flax. Yet he pref
aces his letter by saying he cannot
discuss many Of the angles very in
telligently, but will add some
crumbs of personal observation"
"D-day was a big affair in the
States, we read" the lieutenant
wrote. Then, curiously: 1--WE were
tired Of waiting. While we had no
advance information, bet on the
day before that next day would be
it wagered Cd a fish and chips
dinner, and (2) I agreed not to
shave until D-day.
1--WE were thrilled by our early
morning briefing, but it was just as
exciting to think of what the others
we're doing. There were no solemn
thoughts in our heads, although we
knew that many of our boys would
die. Our hats were of to those kids
for the CUTS it would take to 60 in
over those beaches.
often when the tide was out I
had photographed (the beaches)
and marveled at the underwater
obstacles along the coasts. I have
been glad to be up there in bomb
er, with nothing more serious than
a few kinds of fax to bother us.
We've all had friends turn up
missing at mess, or seen them 20
down before our eyes, !" so some
how 1t doesn't seem very awful to
die. Well have lots of company.
by early dawn D-day) we found
we'd have to go in at dangerously
low altitude because of clouds. Our
target must be hit, and on the sec
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Icy Water of North Sea Still
Chi|Is D. 6. Flyer Back in u. S.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-Although
it was over 80 during the interview,
Staff Sergt. Joseph L. Kolarik of
Washington said he felt q bit chilly
as he recalled being "ditched" in
the North Sea in midwinter. He
is at the AAF Redistribution Gen.
ter here.
Had he and his mates been in
the water another 30 minutes they
would have died of exposure, a
doctor told him.
I'VE had bombed Kiel from
height of $4,000 feet when flax
knocked out our Forts two right
engines. We Immediately dropped
to 10000 feet and tried to have our
two remaining engines pull us as
near England as possible" Sergt.
Kolarik said. +,
However, we were losing alti-
tude and speed rapidly. We were
aware that we were going to crash
land sooner or later, so it was put
to vote whether to return to Ger
many and land, come down in Den
Evening star., 1944-07-23
DC. Nurse Has Served Iona
With New Guinea Base

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA,
In the course of her 10 months in
New Guinea, as member of the
Army Nurse Corps. Second 1t. Mary
L. McRae of Washington, D. c., has
attended hundreds of patients. She
has been assigned to a station hos
pital constructed primarily by its
own personnel and completed short
ly after the fall OF Buna.
1t. McRae recalls her first hectic
months here in December, 1912.
During the first half of 1943 the Or
ganization survived several enemy
air raids. On May II some 100 jap
anese planes attacked, their bombs
barely missing the hospital area.
Today the hospital operates in COM
parative peace.
1t. McRae joined the Station Hos
pltal at Camp Claiborne, La, in
May, 1912. In the same month she
was crossing the Pacific in a large
American liner converted into a
troop transport. Arriving in Aus
tralla in June, she was on the Ans
trallan mainland for six months be-
fore her unit moved to New Guinea
1t. McRae is a graduate of Eastern
High School and Capitol City School
OF Nursing, Washington, D. C. Her
mother, Mrs. j. r. McRae. resides
at 62O1 Wagner Lane, Fairway Hills,
Md.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
MerkIe Supplies First Aid
To Marines on Saipan

Saipan's occupation saw Navy
doctors and hospital corpsmen shar-
ing the dangers of the attacks and
counterattacks with the marines.
Among the male "angels of mercy"
was Pharmacist Mate Second Glass
Calvin H. Merkle, 10, 3l00 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
A dispatch from the Marianas de-
scribed tent down the road from
one Of the highest ridges well
within range of Jap rif1emen, where
the stretcher bearers took wounded
men. There during the height of
one attack they administered their
2O0th bottle of blood plasma and
up to the time the dispatch was
written the hospital unit had han
died 1000 casualties since landing
with one OF the first assault waves
on D-day, June Is. After treatment
at the tent station the casualties
were taken to the beach hospital.
Mlrkle participated in the battle
for Tarawa, his exploit being re-
ported in The Star, Januery4. When
a marine was shot by Jap, Merkle
lay beside him, his finger pressed
to an artery in the wounded mans
leg, until an American patrol ar
rived. Bullets tore the shield from
Merkle's helmet and dented it, but
he escaped injury.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Marine Artillery Unit
Kills 10 Japs in
Hand -to-Hand Fight

A group of 10 marines under
command of Sergt. Bill Goldings of
Glen Echo, Md, had just killed four
Japs on the road near their artillery
position on Saipan, when a call
came to reinforce beleagured
headquarters battery.
1t Is not often that marine artil-
lerymen get chance to meet the
enemy in hand-to-hand combat, a
Marine Corps combat correspondent
reports, and the final score of this
fray was exceptional.
I'VE reported to the major" Sergt.
Goldings related. He told us that
at least 120 Japs had tried to slip
past and even then were hiding in
nearby cane field.
e The sentry had challenged them
four times. afraid to open fire lest
he fire into his own troops. The
Army thought they were marines;
the marines thought they were
Army.
I'VE advanced on the field in
single file. l had 10 marines with
me. I brought them up on a line,
and opened fire. We kept advanc-
ing slowly, shooting at anything we
could see. We used a large number
OF hand grenadcs. The Japs, who
couldn't see us and who apparently
were badly frightened, answered us
with about five to one. They
simply threw hand grenades in
every direction. hoping to get us.
Quite often they threw our grenades
back at us to make things even
more confusing 4ao4
1--WE moved up through the cane
field, over the bodies of dead Japs,
until no one was firing back at us.
We killed 121 of them. It was quite
morning. 500
"Artillerymen don't usually get
involved in this kind of action. We
stay back and fire our guns in
support of assault troops, but I'm
proud of my men and the way they
handled themselves. The boys got
quite a kick out of it."
Sergt. Goldings lost two men, one
dead and one wounded.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

world by two days on pictures Of
the invasion. Our newsreels ran in
London the same afternoon and in
New York next day. =" have IS
missions now, the highest in the
unit except for one of my sergeants.
1--WE been in the Army over a
year and still like it very much"
1t. Browning, 38, attended high
school and Junior college in Port
Huron, Mich. He then worked as
projectionist in the moving picture
business. In 1929 he toured 13
countries in Europe on a motor
cycle.
His mother, Mrs. Louise Stark
weather Browning of New York,
and the two sisters she is visiting at
27l3 North Franklin road, Arling-
ton, Va, Florence and Carolyn,
are all silhouette artists. Another
OF 1t. Browning's sisters, Miss Mary
Eleanor Browning, is author of the
recently published book, "Our Ma
tion's Capitol" which contains
many Photographic views of Wash
tngton.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

the European theater June %.
Maj. Dean K. Given, 1923 Ransel-
Ter street, Alexandria, received the
Air Medal at an Air Transport Com
mand Base in India. He was riding
as passenger when the pilot lost
control at an altitude of 1000 feet.
The plane entered a spin from
which recovery seemed impossible, !"
the citation stated. displaying
great presence of mind, Maj. Given
took over the controls and recovered
the airplane from the spin at about
1,700 feet, thus averting a
tragic accident"
The Air Medal recently was pre-
sented Brig. Gen. George l.. Usher,
deputy commander of the 18th
AAF, in recognition of his partici-
patton in combat flights of a hazard
GUS nature. His wife lives at As
Woodmont avenue, Alexandria.
The Air Medal also was awarded
the following men:
Second 1t. Thomas J. Pearson, 81
Rhode Island avenue NE, in Eng
Evening star., 1944-07-23

mark or take the 1O0-to-l chance
OF reaching England. We decided
on the latter.
Over the North Sea Spitfres
picked us up and we radioed them
our trouble. They in turn notified
passing convoy which dispatched
a destroyer. We were in the lev
water a half hour before the de-
stroyer reached us and were liter
ally frozen stiff.
We were put under the care of
the : destroyer's doctors and given
warm food and clothing. After that
we were returned to land by the
English Air Sea Rescue Squad"
Sergt. Kolarik is a tail gunner
He wears the Distinguished Flying
Cross and Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters. He entered the
service in October of 1912 and has
over 80 combat missions to his
credit. He Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Kolarik, 1876 North
Carolina avenue Sc, and his wife
lives at 800 Third street Sc.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

teenth street NV, navigator OF the
Flying Fortress Lovely Lady," re-
ceived the DFC for bombing as
saults, including D-day missions,
against Nazi targets in Europe.
Pfc. Left, 4522 Forty-flfth street
NV, won the DFC for "extraordi-
nary achievement as a radio oper-
ator during more than 300 hours of
operational flight In transport air
craft over the Assam China air
routes.
1t. Miller, 40O8 Forty-seventh
street NV, won the DFC and was
cited for his bombing and straflng
mission against enemy airdromes in
Yugoslavia May %, during which he
destroyed two enemy aircraft, four
trucks and vast quantities of vital
supplies.
The 18th Air Force Lightning pilot,
veteran of over SO combat missions,
shot down a Messerschmitt 100 over
Romania May 6 for his first victory.
1t. Cavour Langdon Mcmillan,
son of 1t. Col. and Mrs. Howard I.
Mcmillan, 1908 Dumbarton street
NV, received the Soldiers Medal.
The citation stated the AAF officer
was instrumental in rescuing the
crew members of a bomber which
burst into flames after it crashed,
at a total disregard of his per-
sonal safety" Location Of the crash,
which occurred last December, was
not disclosed.
Master Sergt. Paul w. Ciphon,
1850 Blaine street NE, was awarded
the Bronze Star for meritorious
achievement as line chief of a.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Warner in Triangular Bomb
Shuttle 10 Russia, ItaIy

Second 1t. John S. Warner. 625
North Carolina avenue Sc, took
part in one of the wars most color
full experiences the 9th Air Forces
three-way shuttle bombing attack
from England to Russia to Italy and
back to England.
1t. Warner, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert P. Warner, was in a select
group which struck at targets in
Germany, Poland, Romania and
France during the 1000 mile battle
flight.
According to an 9th AAF dispatch,
the 25-year-old Flying Fortress CO.
pilot had the following impression
of the Russian people:
Their hospitality was overwhelm-
ing" he said. Food and drink were
practically forced upon us. Every
one, from Red Army soldier to Rus
sian peasant, wanted to do some
thing for us. I shall never forget
the experience"
In Italy, 1t. Warner visited his
toric ruins and swan in the Adriatic
Sea between bombing assignments.
His group holds a presidential cita-
ton for gallantry in action over
Germany.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Arlington Flyer Damages
Nozi Ground Turoets

Along with the two German
planes, Second 1t. Merle R. Capp.
2008 North Smyth street, Arlington.
has to his credit, the Thunderbolt
fighter pilot has scored one of the
highest tolls of Nazi ground targets.
according to an 9th AAF dispatch
from England.
Since shortly before the Allied in
vasion of Northern France, 1t. Capp,
son of 1t. Col. and Mrs. George r.
Capp, has destroyed one locomotive.
German staff car containing sew
eral high-ranking German officers,
two box cars and an automotiye
troop carrier.
In addition, he has damaged q
power house, a truck, another staff
car, three locomotives, four trucks
and several assorted box cars.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
3 Former Policemen
In Fighting on Suipon

Three former District policemen,
all from the traffic division, have
landed on the island of Saipan in
the South Pacific.
Marine 1t. Col. John E. Fondahl,
who lived at 1904 Evarts street NV,
wrote Assist. Supt. Milton D. Smith
OF the Police Department that he
had discovered two other motorcycle
o1dcers on the island-Pvts. H. L..
Thompson and G. w. Rowand.
Col. Fondahl, former lieutenant in
the Traffic Division, was a member
OF the Police Department for II
years. His son John is a sergeant in
the Marine Corps.