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Laurel outlook., 1945-11-28
PROCEEDINGS
OCTOBER SESSION

OOlODEh
The Board of County Commits
sioners met in regular session fol
the October term on October LIST
1915, and held twenty-nine sessions
during the term. Parts of foul
days was taken up with County
Welfare work, with County Welfare
Supervisor Mccarthy in attendance
The Board approved the follow
ing appointments: Kathryn Little
office deputy in the Sheriff's office;
Shirley Parks deputy in the Audi
tors office; Catherine Ann Ham
mer, secretary and stenographer in
the County Attorneys office; Mae
Hoff. Ada B. Grisham and Lorene
Bates, as assistants in the County
Clerks office.
The following ~revocations of ap-
pointments were approved: By the
County Clerk: Martha OSWALD
deputy and Dolores Higgins, assist
ant; By the Sheriff: May O'Donnell,
office deputy.
The quarterly reports, for the
quarter ending September 30th, of
Emil Borberg, Justice of Peace of
Billings Judicial Township and F.
H. Suddith, justice of Peace of
Laurel Judicial Township were filed.
The commissioners were granted
permission to absent themselves
from the State at various times in
the next sixty days.
The Board approved the applica-
ton of Geo. Smith for a dance hall
license for the Horseshoe Bar and
license was issued by the clerk.
Application was made to the
State for a refund of $468.00, cov-
ering gasoline tax on $3.50 gal
Ions of gasoline used by the County
Highway Department.
The Board ordered a duplicate
warrant issued to Theodore Roybal
for $500 on the County poor fund,
warrant No. 1892 issued on Sep
TENDER 18th, 1915, having been lost,
upon filing a bond in the amount
of $500.
The report of the County Audi
tor showing the results of his ex-
animation of the fee books and
accounts of the several County and
Township officers for the month
of September was approved.
The acceptance of the County
Treasurer of $100,000.00 in U. S.
Treasury notes, pledged by the Bill
lings State Bank to secure County
deposits in the said bank was APP
proved by the Board.
The following County Tax title
property was sold at private sale:
To Carrie E. Tempero for
$4,000, Ek of Section IS, 5N, 30E.
To Bessie Herde for $101.00, Lots
1 to 6 incl, Block. IS, Nutting Sub
division. Laurel.
To Frank Mackey for $9,288.82,
Lands in various sections in 3 and
A North, Ranges 26 to 27 East.
To William r. Peters for 100000,
of section IL, IN, 26E.
To Lon j. Marsh for $9,997.45,
Lands in various sections, 5N and
% and 20 East. -.
To Ralph Bolts for $6,515.22, All
sections 8, 25 and 35, GIN, 80 East;
Sections II, Is, II and %, GIN, 81
East.
To Charles E. and Helene B.
Burke for $500, Lot 10, Block 10,
Laurel Heights Subdivision, Laurel.
To Louis Dousman for $4,000,
NEA Section &c, 3N, 81 East.
To Josef Hack for 100000, NE
Section 81, 5N, 81 East.
To Hiram & Fac Cruising for
$3.50, Lots L, 2 and 3, Block 81,
Town of Broadview.
To James A. Rodman for $4,000,
Lots 18, 10, 20 and Frac. Lot Fl,
Block ESQ, End addition, Billings.
The following claims were ex-
.mined, allowed, ordered paid and
warrants drawn:
U11lN.,@N,A CArrntxy
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Annual Woman S
Club Luncheon
On We Day

Tuesday, May 9Th, was the date
set for the annual NogaleS Woman S
Club luncheon, which turned out to
be an observance of We Day, as
well.
Acting as toastmistreSs Of the
affair, held at The Cavern, was
Mrs. E. S. Edmonson, who intro
duced the president of the Southern
District of Arizona Federation of
Wonen's Clubs, Mrs. Charles 8.
Smith.
The report of the War Service
Committee, of which Mrs. w. W..
Musgrave is chairman, was read by
Mrs. Harry Bump; the Art Com
nittee report was lead by Mrs. B.
J. Jones for the chairman, Mrs.
Dawes Karam; while Mrs. I. H.
Shannon read the Public Welfare
report for Mrs. Fred Gilmore.
Mrs. Paul Frink. literary chair
man, reported the meetings OF that
section, and Mrs. Daniel Hopkins
explained the cancellation of the
Flower Show this spring. The fl
nancial report was given by the
treasurer, Mrs. L. M. Hattenbach.
A gracious surprise gesture was
extended to all those present, when
corsages from the lovely rose gar
dens of Mrs I. P. Gaxiola were
presented just before the luncheon.
Installation of the new officers
was completed with the introduction
of Mrs. Fred Gilmore, the new presl-
dent.
Officers and directors installed
were: Mesdames Fred Gilmore, Har-
ry M. Bump, S. NJ. Arnold, q. G.
Simmons, Jr., H. r. Chatham, L.
M. Hattenbach, Gordon Farley, D.
D. Karam, Daniel Hopkins, Paul
Frink, Glenn Harker, Charles Ven
able, Kenneth Rocker, Charles S,
Smith, ]. A. Harrison, ]. E. Wise.
Recognition was also accorded two
HE II1CulDC1o PAC0 AsAAO o. L. = ~
comb and Mrs. Kate Burgoon.
Among those present were: Mes
danes H. r. Chatham, Fred Gill
more, Gordon Farley, S. M. Arnold
Harry Bump, Kate Burgoon, Ro!
Cheshire, E. S. Edmonson, Pau
Frink, Lloyd Gayman, F. l.. Gill
more, Mary Glissan. L. M. Hatten-
bach, Glenn Harker, Daniel Hop
kins, B. j. Jones, H. j. Karns, Ear
Mock, j. v. Robins, I. H. Shannon
Charles S. Smith, Vinta Davenport
I. P. Gaxiola, o. A. Sherman, 2. G
Simmons, Jr., E. Titcomb, c. B
Wilde, Walter Freeman, j. E. Wise
Bert Smith, s. T. Hill, Ed Leahy
William Murray, Roger Frink, Ros'
Marie Frink and Noreen Arnold.
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Steak Fry In
Honor
Of Mrs. Best

Last Friday evening, as courtesy
to Mrs. G. O. Best, who is moving
to Lochiel to reside, employees Of
the local telephone company and
their families held steak fry at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. l.. Vim
yard.
Those attending were Messrs. and
Mesdames L. Vinyard, G. O. Best,
Kenneth Rocker, Edward Roberts,
Jr., Mike Farmer, Roy Harmon,
Henry Shreve, M. K. Ring, Mes
danes Bertha Woods, Maybe
Arana, Delfina Urbina, Armida
Cargaro, R. MacGregor, Misses Ar
celia Vidal, Josephine Itule, Eva
Morales, Ruth Jones, Shirley Rock
er, Bertha Jaramillo, Joyce Har-
mon, Lucille Murchison, Teresa
Franklin, Cruzita Valdez, Griselda
Vidal, and Kenneth Rocker, Barry
Vinyard, Jim Mathin.
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Buffet Supper
AT Home Of
Mrs. Gaxiola

Last Thursday afternoon, some
eighty guests were hidden to the
home of Mrs. 1. P. Gaxiola for one
of the happiest parties of the
month.
A six-string Mexican orchestra
provided a musical background
throughout the evening.
Cocktails were served at five, to
be followed at nine by delicious
buffet supper. Those present in
cluded Senoritas Irma Fleischer,
Maria Perez, Carmen Gonzalez, Ce-
ella Ramirez, Josefina Rivera, Do
lores Echevarria, and Senoras de
Astiazan, Embrick, Guerra. Mum
guia, Gamble, Robinson, Astiazaran,
Hambleton, Uruchutu, Fleischer,
Baker, Chas. Smith. Hazel Wise,
Luengas, Camou, Hoeffer, Elias,
Rincon, Santacruz, Fleischer, Cam
podonico, Alcantar, Ibarrola, Rivera,
Aguilar, Ibarrola, Mix, Cerrato,
Mascarenas, Aviles, Ochoa, Escalan-
te. Saldamando, Holler, Carreno,
Mazon. Camou, Borland, Holler,
Kerson. Baffert, Ashby, Encinas,
Merritt. Fleischer, Shane, Fleischer,
Larriva, Manson, Pima. BarDaran,
Elias, Ibarrola, Pima, lbarrola,
Padres, Espinosa, Padres, Montana,
i
Aguilar, Pima, Coppola, Schrader'
Donnadieu.
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Ballad For
| Americans GiUen
At Rotary Meeting

BY invitation of James Manson,
the Ballad for Americans was pre-
sented at Fridays Rotary Club
meeting by 20 members of the No
gales High School Speech Choir.
It was written by John LaTouche
and Earl Robinson and sung on
radio by Paul Robertson and chorus.
1t is great poetic outcry in speech
and song against intolerance. 1t
was given by special adaptation to
the speech choir under the direction
of Mrs. Virginia Smith, assisted by
Miss Kathryn Boone.
Mrs. Smith and Miss Boone, ana
the 20 students, will journey to Tue
son to broadcast the program over
KVOA at 4:25 pm, tomorrow.
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Hongee Lopez
Honor Guest
At Dinner Party

Miss Hongee Lopez of Patagonia,
celebrated her twentieth birthday
Friday at a dinner party given in
her honor at the Cavern Cafe by
Mr.. and Mrs. O. J. Fleming and
Miss Sief
Her sister, Miss Maria Clara Lo-
pez, and number of her friends
attended the party
Following the birthday dinner an
evening of dancing was enjoyed by
all at The Cavern and later at the
Club Verde. Among the many gifts
she received from her friends was a
corSage of red roses
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Eastern Star
Officers Here
On official Visit

Last night Unity Chapter, Order
of Eastern Star, received the official
visit of the Worthy Grand Matron
and Worthy Grand Patron of the
Grand Chapter of the State of Ari-
zona, Mrs. Addie NJ Lindsay of SAT-
ford, and Mr.. Roy w. Skidmore of
Tucson.
Mrs. Lon Bellman, who is Grand
Martha, was presented with a gift
by the chapter.
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NINTH BIRTHDAY

Tuesday was big day in the life
of Alfredo Puchi, Jr. In addition
to We Day, he learned he was
sharing his birthday with President
Truman. A number of friends were
asked to help him celebrate his
ninth birthday. In the garden, an
exciting pinata in the Semblance of
ship was suspended. and was
broken by Bobby Goldsmith.
Mrs. John Phillips departed Mon
day to visit her husband in Mexico
for the next two or three weeks.
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VISIT HUACHUCA

Mrs. Leroy Schilling, MRS. John
zuck. Mrs. John McClung and Sec
retary Carl Curley Of the Chamber
Of Commerce were visitors at Fl.
Huachuca this week arranging for a
2O-piece band to play at the Legion
Auxiliary war bond dance at the
Elks Ballroom tonight.
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ures even higher. They like to keep
their own figures shipshape, too. so
when the night whistle blows they
hit for the gym class which the
National Y.W.C.A. runs for them
in an industrial USO. Backbends,
kicks. and similar strenuous capers
may sound like busman's holiday
for high-speed workers -- but this
quintet claims they're just the
thing to relax ,tRut nerves and
muscles.
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MEET FIVE pretty reasons why a
I'VE Wilmington N c.. shipyard
manages to build a new ship for
Uncle Sam on an average of every
5k days
These trim lasses. shown here In
their Keep Fit class at the Will
mingtOn USO are welders. time
keepers and the like for the North
Carolina Shipbuilding Company
where they work full.steam ahead
to push battleship production fig.
Nogales international., 1945-05-11
ELM STREET CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

Mrs Paul Frink was elected pres
ident of the Elm Street Mothers
Club at their regular meeting We'd
nesday. Mrs. E. o. Bejarano was
selected for vice-president; Mrs.
Enrique Torres, secretary, and Mrs.
Frank Ecker, treasurer. A very
colorful program of Spanish and
Russian dances in elaborate cos
tune followed the business meeting.
These numbers, reminiscent of May
5, were arranged by. Mrs. Torres.
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DINNER PARTY IN
HONOR OF MISSOURIAN

Honoring their aunt, Mrs. w. H.
Guitar of Columbia, Mo-, Mrs. Ag-
mes Hamlin and daughter, Mrs.
Gwendolyn Dorothy, had as dinner
guests Wednesday evening at their
home on Smelter street: MIR. and
Mrs. F. u. Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. N.
D. Pomeroy, Mrs. Anna B. Ackley,
Mrs. Annie Regan, Miss Sheila Dor
othy and William C. Simonton.
Nogales international., 1945-05-11
PATAGONIA
NEWS
BY JOAN KANE

Upon the official announcement
of We, Reverend w. L. Pickett
opened the Community Church for
song services and a short sermon.
The townspeople and the high
school student body and faculty
attended the services. Other OBJ
servances of We Day were the ring
ing of the fire siren, the closing Of
stores, the dismissal of grammar
school students, and an afternoon
picnic of the high school.
After being in the Aleutian Is
lands for "a months, A. c. o. M.
Clyde Hawkins is spending 30-day
furlough with his wife (Ann Up
church).
| The Community Church held its
monthly pot luck luncheon last
night. Recreation and games for
children under thirteen are now be-
ing held at the home of Reverend
w. L. Pickett every Friday night.
The high school age group meet on
Tuesday nights.
i Mrs. Joe Whitworth, former beau
ty salon operator here, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Everett last weekend.
The Mesquite staff of the high
school attended the movie, meet
Me in St. Louis Tuesday night in
Nogales. The following night the
freshman class attended the same
movie
Gene Heavier, formerly of Elgin,
left recently for the Army. His
wife (Mable Dunham and three
daughters are now residing in Elgin
with Mr.. L. E. Heavier.
Among top winners at the Kinsley
rodeo last weekend were Edwin
Gardner and Howard Chapman, Jr.
Both took money in the bull riding.
Gardner placed second in the day
money Saturday, first in the day
, money Sunday, and first in the fl
mails. Chapman placed first in the
day money Saturday.
Austin (Rastus) Moss, former
cowboy at the w. D. Parker ranch,
was here this week on a leave fol-
lowing his training in boot camp at
San Diego.
Mrs. A. F. Parker of Phoenix was
house guest of Mrs. Grey Up
church this week.
Mrs Willie Etchells visited her
niece, Mrs. Sally Brewer, at Tuna
cacori last weekend.
Mrs. William Swyers and daugh-
ter. Jeannette, are leaving for Madi-
son, Wisconsin, May 25 to visit Mrs.
Swyers' mother Later in the sum-
mer Mrs SWyers will go to San
Diego in order to enroll in classes
in the college there.
Mr.. and Mrs Bob Bergier spent
We Day in Patagonia visiting
| friends.
Mrs. Alvie Adams and son, Dale,
of Tombstone are visiting in Pata-
gonia and Nogales.
Mrs. Ira Brooks is leaving the
first of the week to visit two sons
and a daughter in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. CaricO left
"wednesday on visit to Los Ange-
! les.
NINTH BIRTHDAY
| T1uacdov u7ac hiO doV in the life
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LINCOLN SCHOOL
MOTHERS CLUB

MOTHERS CLUB
The Lincoln School Mothers Club
will hold the last regular meeting
for this school year on Friday, May
18th, at o'clock Miss Thelma
Decker's 4th grade will present
program. Hostesses for the after
noon include Mrs. James V. Robins,
Mrs. Ben Capin and the refresh
ment chairman of the year, Mrs.
E. D. Algert.
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BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Mary Glissan entertained
members of her bridge club We'd
nesday afternoon at her home on
West street. Present were Mesdames
H. j. Karns, Emma O'Connor, VIM.
MacGregor, Louis Hudgin, A. ].
Milliken, Mona White, Lolita Tovrea,
and the hostess.
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Mrs. Herman Medlen and popular
young daughter, Suzonne Jane, are
expected to return home this week.
end from an extended visit in Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Stevens (Miss
Mary Hand, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Drachman, were
business visitors from Tucson in
Nogales Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Shinn ar
rived from Douglas last Friday. Mr..
Shinn returned Sunday to Douglas,
while Mrs. Shinn remained here for
a longer stay.
Regular meetings Of st. Andrew S
Episcopal Guild and the Home Ser
vice Corps, were postponed from
last Monday afternoon to next Mon
day.
Miss Carolyn Seitz who has been
confined to her home with influen-
"a, Was GdKc1 GO CIlo uOSplGdl GIl1S
week.
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Mrs. Frank Carroon, who was
taken to ST. Joseph's hospital Mon
day with bad case Of influenza, is
reported improving.
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Spending last weekend from Tue
son in Nogales were Mrs. Gene
. Hammond and Pvt. Irene Pollak.
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The Community Church held its
monthly pot luck luncheon last
night. Recreation and games for
children under thirteen are now be-
ing held at the home of Reverend
w. L. Pickett every Friday night
The high school age group meet or
Tuesday nights.
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OFFICERS WIVES CLUB

At their regular session Monday
evening, members of the Officers
Wives Club laid plans for their
participation in the Seventh War
Loan Drive. The meeting was held
at buffet supper at the Monte
yuma, those present being Mesdames
William Fits, Oscar Soto, I. H.
Shannon, Nat Feinn, Carmen Ham
bleton, Harold Isaacson, William
Ronstadt, William Murray, William
Proctor, Frank Holt, Daniel Hop
kins, w. G.. Barton, Richard P.
Dennison
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VISIT ROSE GARDENS
About twelve ladies accompanied
Mrs. I. P. Gaxiola to her home
Tuesday afternoon following the
Womans Club luncheon, to see her
rose gardens in full bloom, and were
conducted through her lovely home,
"Quinta Armida," which contains
many beautiful and rare furnish
ings, including a number of price
less antiques, in carefully planned
backgrounds.
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After being in the Aleutian Is
lands for "a months, A. G. o. M.
Clyde Hawkins is spending a 30-day
furlough with his wife (Ann Up
church,.
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Gene Heavier, formerly of Elgin,
left recently for the Army. His
wife CMable Dunham) and three
daughters are now residing in Elgin
with Mr.. L. E. Heavier.
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Mrs. Joe Whitworth, former beau
ty salon operator here, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Everett last weekend.
Evening star., 1945-05-13
Col. Gilman BIazes Trail
In New Type Of Bombing

18th AAF IN ITALY.-The Or
ganization commanded by Col. Nils
o. Gilman, 1901 Wyoming avenue
NV, Washington, D. c., the 9th
Bombardment Group, has been
awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to it's
Distinguished Unit Citation, for it's
attack on the Romano Americana
oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania,
last year.
Col. Ohman's part in this mission
was important as a new type of
theory was tested. The choice of
seven high priority targets in the
Ploesti area was delegated to the
lead formation and it was up to the
command pilot to pick, from infor-
nation radioed to him by recon-
naissa9ce plane, which one would
be attacked.
/, The 9th few the first Flying
Fortress mission from English bases
on August II, 1912, when it attacked
the railroad yards at Rouen, France.
1t was the first group to land in
North Africa, first to bomb from
North Africa, first to bomb Sardinia,
France and Germany from North
Africa, first to land in Russia on the
first shuttle mission, participated in
the first attack on Rome and the
frst attack on Berlin from the south.
It was the first heavy bombardment
group to fly more than ATS COM
bat missions,
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DC OfficerGets
Award to Officer
On Battle Scene

NEGROS, P. I.-Col. Raymond G..
Stanton, 4607 Connecticut avenue
NV, presented I'd 1t. Verlon Cole
man Of Salem, Calf, with the Bronze
Star award by dropping it from a
Cub iaison plane four hours after
the lieutenant had earned it in &C
ton in the mountains of this island.
The ink was still wet on the gen.
eral order announcing the award
made by Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush,
commander of the 40th Infantry Di-
vision, when it arrived by special
messenger at Col. Stanton's head
quarters.
Col. Stanton was flying over the
scene of battle and observed the
action from about 100 feet above
the field, he said, and 1t. Coleman's S
men were so well deployed that he
didn't lose one man and killed
Is Japs.
After the fight was over, Col.
Stanton flew back to his headquar-
ters and telephoned Gen. Brush, re-
questing the award for 1t. Coleman.
and flew back to the battlefield and
dropped the award to him with
letter of congratulation and an order
telling him to send in any recon-
mendations for decorations for
his men.
Evening star., 1945-05-13

GUAM.
We skirted east of Saipan and
others in this Marianas chain and
the first land I saw was about Is
minutes out of Two. But what a
sight! 1t was Minami, an almost
perfect volcanic cone that rises dra-
matically out of the oceans depths
to height of 5000 feet. Its near
perfect shape and the dramatic sud-
denness with which its steep slopes
thrust themselves into the blue
waters left me spellbound. We
passed it at about Is miles off, I
should judge, so it was within my
field of view for quite awhile. VOL
canoes always intrigued me and I
gazed at this one with Imagination
running riot. Here was the pinnacle
of submarine mountain 7 to 10
miles high. Around the Volcapo-
Bonin chain and just off the coast
of Japan proper are holes known as
The Great Deep, which are from
Y to 10 miles below the surface of
the water. Naturally, too, thought
this was long distance to sink if
we were shot down.
Minami has a counterpart in Kita
Two Jima, which is another cone of
the same height, approximately, and
which lies almost directly on the
north to the other side of Two Jima
at about the same distance-about
40 miles. Both can be seen from the
top of Mount Surabachi in favorable
weather. Hardly had Minami drifted
behind when the pressure in my
ears told me we were beginning the
gradual process of descent which
presages arrival at destination and
within a very short period there
loomed Two ahead.
B-29 Bursts Into Flame.
AS circumstances would have it,
our arrival was almost simultaneous
with the return of huge flock of
B-29s from one of the now-routine
strikes against Japan. Since Iwo's
main purpose is to take on" Grip
pied bombers or those with wounded
aboard, just as if she were a sta
t1onary fiat top, assumed that all
but a few of those landing there
had good reason to do so, since we
were kept up in the air nearly an
hour after arrival and spent the
time in circling around and flying
figure 8's. A couple of the big
babys came in with propellers
feathered. although that is the ex-
tent of any injury I saw in any of
those that flew past us or landed
beneath.
AT last we sat down on one of the
fields there and l placed foot on
soil little more than TOO miles
from Tokyo itself and even less to
the Japanese mainland. I looked
around at the notorious dunes of
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to talk to me, but it was impossible.
Then they saw the Air Force in
sigma and wanted to know If it was
Russian. I could understand the
word Russian I said, mo, Amer
ican." 1t turned out they were Rus
slams who had escaped a prison
camp. They took me to a house and
I had some bread. 1t tasted good,
as I had had only two candy bars
in three days. The next morning
they took me to fellow who could
speak little English. That is when
I found out they were Russians.
I stayed with them until the day
after Christmas, then went to an
underground group called Partisans.
On January l3, I left this group and
went to Russian group. In that
group were two Canadian flyers who
had crashed October II. 1 stayed
with them for a while, then went
with another group and then still
another, which took us through
the German-Russian front March
10. Did lot of walking. The food
was awful-watery soup and when
you were lucky, black bread. Snow
to sleep on. Well, when we finally
got into Russian hands we were
able to bath and I got clean under
wear. Got rid of lot of lice-they
nearly drove me nuts Before March
19 We slept in our clothes, because
the Germans would chase the Par
tisans high into the mountains. We
didn't have any food and would
sleep in the woods for a couple of
nights at time.
When we started for the front,
we had to come over three very high
mountains. -.,c first was the worst
walking for two days. Only one
half load of bread for three of us.
Well, anyway, the Lord helped us
make it. However, there were eight
Partisans who didn't MAKE it. We
figured they got tired, sat down to
rest and froze.
I had my flying boots on. They
were frozen stiff. The food in the
Russian Army is the same as the
Partisan's only they had more
Black bread and baloney we had for
nine days. Boy. it sure was good
to get back to our own Army.
I don't know what happened to
the others in our plane except two.
The co-pilot and radio operator
were taken to German hospital.
They were wounded on the plane.
Two others were killed in action
when the plane crashed and the
other five were captured. I was
told this by some French boys who
could speak English. They had
visited the hospital where the radio
operator was and had his address
and a picture of him in the bed. The
French boys lived near where the
plane crashed. They are forced to
work for the Germans. Guess
was just lucky to get away.