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rnn' > > ^ ' Fi|« Twa JOHNSBURG \ C# Thursday , July 6, 1MI' [With Ernie Pyle at the Front 'Here's How It On a B-26 Bombing Run * Crews Know Their Business; Morale is Good Among BritislizBasedvFU^s By Ernie Pyle. A U. S. BOMBER STATION IN ENGLAND -These are some of the , t'hys who have been blasting out our invasion path pn the continent of Europe. For nearly a year they have been hammering at the wall of ritfenpe the Germans have thrown up. How well they have blasted We will know before the -summer is over. They are a squadron of B-26 Marauder bombers. They are*representative of the entire mighty weight of the tactical bombers of the Ninth air force. I have come to spend a few days with them because 1 wanted to get. a taste of the pr-e-invasion assault from the air standpoint before we get a mouthful of the invasion proper from the ground. ' The way I happened to come to ® By Mrs. Arthur Klein •(V. Mr. Raymond Hettermann has returned to M undelete seminary to resume his studies. A solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass was sung: by His Excellency, Bishop Boylan, and assisted by Chancellor Rev. Franey, Rev. A.: J. Neidert,! which Rev. Nick Schmitt, Rev: J. Daleiden, Rev. Mr. Raymond Hettermann and Ernie Pyle this Certain squadron is one of those things. One night in London I was sitting,, at a' table with some friends in a publiC;. house when two boys in uniform leaned over from the next table arid asked if I weren't So-and-so.» . I s a i d y e s , whereupon we got t o t a l k i n g a n d then we got to be pals and eventually we adjourned from one place to another, as Damon Runyon would say. and kept on adjourning throughout the evening, and a good time was had by all. These boys were B-26 bombardiers, and in, the course of the evening's events^ they asked if I wouldn't come and live with their squadron awhile. Being nothing if not accommodating, I said sure, , why not. And here we are. ^ The two boys were Lieuts. Lindsey Green (2360 Chestnut street), San Francisco, and Jack Arnold (603 N. Fourteenth street), East St. Louis, 311. Being redheaded, Lieutenant Arnold goes by the name of "Red Dog." They are both very nice people indeed. The boys say this is the best Squadron in England. Nine put of ten squadrons, or infantry companies, or quartermaster battalions, will say the same thing about themselves. It is a good omen when they talk like that. This station seems to me to have about the finest spirit I've run onto in our army. It is due, k think, largely to the fact that the whole organization has been made into a real team. , •' ; ' • The commander of this group is Col. Wilson R. Wood, Chico, Texas. Five years ago he was an enlisted man. Today, at 25, he is a full colonel. He is. a steady, human person and he has got what it takes to blend thousands of men together into a driving unit:.. • " •' • -. " •/. . . The job of the B-26s is severalfold. For one thing, they had to rid upper France and the Low coun^ tries of German lighters as far as possible, to clear the way for our heavy bombers pn. .their' long ti;ips into Germany. They have done this not so much by bombing airdromes, which can be immediately rep a i r e d , S a s b y b l a s t i n g t h e enemj's reserve supplies of planes, engines and propellers. Their second job is to disrupt the enemy's supply system. Much of their work of late has been on railroad marshalling yards, and along with A-20s'&nd fighter-bombers they have succeeded to a point where British papers say Germany cannot maintain a western front by rail. And third, they constantly work on the enemy's military installations along the Channel coast. They feel, that they have done a good job. If they haven't I'm going to be plenty sore at them one of these days, because I might be in the vicinity and if there's anything that makes me sick at the stomacb it's a military installation in good working order. •••* The B-26 is ,a bomber which is Very fast and carries a two-ton bomb load. In its early stages it had a' bad name^it was a "hotT plane which took great skill to fry and which killer! more people in training than :t did in combat. But the B-26 has lived down the bad nair.e. The. boys of this squadron .wouldn't fly in anything -else. They like 'it becaire it can take quick', srid. violent ^evasive action when the flak is bothtrsome, and because can. run- pretty well from • fighters] V.'".' ' vl: - Its record over here is excellent. ! Bombing accuracy.' frap been high and losses have been extremely low. And as for accidents--the thing that , cursed .the plane in its early' days-' they have been next to ^nonexistent 'here. • The boys so convinced me of the B-26's invulnerability that I took ray courage in my hand and vent oil ft trip With them. • * •• •* •* ' , " ' •• They got us up at 2 in the morning. •Red Dog gave me an extra pair of long drawers to put on. Chief gave me his combat pants,, as I had given mine away in Italy. Also I" put on extra sweaters and a mackinaw. Then we walked through the> moonlight under the trees to the mess hall. It was only 2:30 a. m., but we ate. breakfast before the take-off. And we had two reai fried eggs too. It was almost worth getting up for. We'"drove out to the field in a jeep. Some of the boys rode their bicycles. There were a couple of hundred crewman altogether. At the field we went into a big room, brightly lighted, and sat on benches for the briefing. The briefing lasted almost an hour. Everything was explained in detail--how we would take off, how we would rendezvous in the dark, where we would make the turn toward our target. Then we went to the locker room and got our gear. Red Dog got me a pair of flying boots, a Mae West life preserver, a parachute and a set of earphones. We got in the jeep again arid rode out to the plane. We stood around talking with the ground crew. Finally, 10 minutes before take-off time, we got into the plane. One of the boys boosted me up through a hatch in the bottom of the plane, for it was high, and with so many clothes I could hardly move. I Sat back in the radio compartment on some parachutes for the take-off. Red Dog Was the only one of the crew who put on his chute. He .said I didn't need mine. V Rrlensed by Western! Newspaper Union., IJNCLE SAM PLAYS SANTA CLAUS . UNtLE SAM is playing international Santa Claus in a big way, many times greater than in World War I. Aside from the billions Senator Butler says we have donated 1jo our South American cousins, we are slated to give an oil development to Canada that has. cost American taxpayers close to $150,000,000. In Iceland we, are to pull out the day the war ends and leave airfields and other developments that ljave cost us marty millions. That/same thing is true in Frenc h and Egyptian Africa. In the Near East we have built airfields, roads and railroads, all to be donated to foreign governments when the war is over. The Santa Claus acts of World War 1 were but piker stuff as compared with what merry old Uncle Sam u doing this time. WAR EFFORT i V AND WORK STOPPAGES „ THE MINER WHO DIGS the fuel or the mineral from the earth, the railroad employee who transports war material, the workman in the steel mills and the factories who transforms materials into planea. tanks, guns, ships and ail the equipment needed for war, and the pro- thy McAuley, Dolores Michels, Doris ducer of food that makes the war j I.lichels, Jane Michels, Joan Micheis, effort possible, are all soldiers in the common cause of preserving American freedom. Our armed Thiel, Paul Tonyan and Marilyn Turner. Donald Michels has beep given an honorable discharge from the army and is making his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Michels and sister, Doiores. Pvt. Lloyd Oeffling' of Camp Grant spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. l'eter Oeffling, and sister, Kathleen. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fritz are busy remodeling the Emma Michels home they recently purchased^ ! Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Buchner and . daughter of Alvado, Ohio, and Miss Clara Buchner and sister, Stella Logsdon and children of Fostoria, Ohio, spent a few days with Mr. and i Mrs. Wm. May and friends. ; Sunday evening guests in the Wm. | Pierce home were Mr. and Mrs. Steve i i May, Mr. #nd Mrs. Jos. King and; iSally, Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Freund, j i Mr. and Mrs. Jos. L. Freund, Jlr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Freund. and Mr. and; Mrs. Wm. May and Richard; . j | Mr. and Mrs. John* Huemann of ! Chicago, attended the centennial.! • Mrs. Ella Knorst and daughter, Mary, are spending a couple of weeks with , „ I her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. H. confirmation climaxing' a perfect 'day. | Huemann. - Those confirmed by His Excellency,' Gerald Klaus of . Jos. Himpelmann with Mrs. Frank Charles Weingart, Rev. Foffel, for the deceased members of the parish. M iss Dorothy Michels and Ange DeBori^ are enjoying their'vacations with his mother in Denver, Colo. Sunday guests in the Frank. Michels home, honoring their daughters, Doris, Joan and Jean on their confirmation were Mr. and Mrs. George Michels and Delores, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Michels and daughters and Mr. and Mrp. Arthur Klein and daughters, Miss June Klaus and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. P. Michels. • ' The centennial was ,well. attended in St. John's church Tuesday with post in Camp Pickett, Va.,. Tuesd evening. - Mr. and Mrs. Chicago and Mrs. and son visited Freund and Mrs. Monday afternoon Rev. Foffel, Miss Mary K. Schmitt, and Misses Margie and Rita Vach of Sterling attended the centennial and spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freund. Mr. an^Mrs. Prank Freund visiteu in the JoSeph Kroh home Saturday evening. * Rev. Nick Schmitt of Oklahoma attended the centennial and visited with relatives, the past two weeks. While here he read the Mass in the chapel at Chapel Hill observing' the 100th f "anniversary of the chapel. Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Harold Freund are the parents of a daughter, Donna Lee, born at Scott Field, 111,, hospital on'June 22. ': _ Famine Country Sixteen major famines were recorded in India between 1660 and 1770. * Pink Eye Infectious /j Generally considered infectious^- ' pink eye may spread rapidly front' one animal to another in a herd; . .. There is first a watery discharge from the eye accompanied by swell* ing and reddening of the lids. Th^i covering of the eye may be inflame4 ' and the blood vessels stand out c l e a r l y . As the d i s e a s e p r o g r e s s e s , T .1 the watery discharge becomes ' cloudy and grayish in character, an<f the clear portion of the eye getssmoky or grayish in color. In ae*" 0 vere cases, • ulcers may be noticed on the cornea. ^ Affected animals should be iso« lated and kept in darkened quar* ters in the stable from which fiie^ can be excluded. Laxative and nu> ^ tritious feed should be given and aq *. ointment containing some artfiseptia such as boric acid or sulfanilamide*: should be applied twice daily to the * ' " forces fyave done, and are doing, their job. Those who produce food have done their full part. The same cannot be said fbr all of the others Mrs. Theresa Olson of Evanston returned to her home after spending a wteek with her parents, Mr. and Mrs^.Jos.- H. Huemann. Arthur Klein, in company with Albert and Benny Britz and George j Sanders returned home Saturday j after spending a week of . fishing at Ripley, Wisconsin. 1 Sr. M. Victricia Schaefer, Sr. M. j Jacob Schaefer, Sr. M. Lambert Wil-1 liams, Sr. M. Albertina King, Sr. ; Catherine May, Betty Ann Miller, j M.j Emmanuel Freund, Sr. M. Junilla James Miller, Donald Miller, Robert: Stilling, Sr. M. Johanna Fj-eund, Sr. | Miller, Joan Nell, Etigene Nett, Doris • M. Jerome Williams, Sr. M. Arcadia : Ann Oeffling, John Schmitt, Dorothy | Blake, Sr. M. Jeremiah Blake and Pishop Boylan were: William Adams,, Richard Adams, Kenneth Adams, El- j >len Adams, Betty Joan Diedrich, Nor-j man Freund, Doris Jean iFreund, Clarence Freund, Elaine Freund, j Marilyn Freund, Richard Hiller, Norman Hiller, Patricia Huemann, Thomas Huemann, Donald K a r l s , Kenneth i Karls, Marvin Karls, George King, Sally King, William McAuley, Doro- ASPHALT Dust Layer Schmitt, Rita Schmitt, Jane Schmitt, Rosemary Schmitt, Phyllis Smith, Daniel Stilling, Raymond Thelen, | old Thiel, Donald Thiel, Dolores who are essential to winning a war, j Clarence "Vhele;; Lucina Thelen, Har the purpose of which is the preservation of their liberties. It is hard for those who are doing their part to see why those who, for personal gain, would block or retard the war effort, should be coddled and pampered as striking labor has been. Sr. M. Ildelphons Blake attended thecentennial Tuesday and visited with ! friends and relatives. j Pvt. Harold Smith, son of Mr. and; Mrs. Fred J. Smith, returned to his j ROAD SURFACING i' Skokie Valley | Asphalt Co. DesPUines, lit Phone 116*. F«W DitMMI COIIM Poultry MM When twi notice w»i jet boty qtuddjr witfc ftRh* Movement tested tifiicn in thi - PRINK For cold* and breathing trouble*. Help* pn- »ent ipread; relieves (vmptoms. Woikiboa the Intld* agaiust such disorders. Used alone, or ia mere caca, [ with VAl'O-SPRAY. SPRAY WITH VAPO-SPRAY Onrkatdi of the birds. Rapid io Mtiaa, high in antiseptic and in- • "lalutnlue. Ot VAPO-SPRAY v Ltenulsioo NOW, and be pro-' pved. Bolger's Drug Store Green Street McHeoff ti We were running light, and it didn't take long to get off the ground. I had never been in a B-26 before. The engines seemed to make a terrific clatter. There were runway markers, and I could see them whiz past the window as we roared down the runway. A flame about a foot long shot out of the exhausts and* it worried me at first, but finally I d e c i d e d t h a t w a s . t h e ; v a s ^ s u f * posed to be. ' ' •K *• * At 12,000 feet up it begins to get daylight before it does on the ground, and while we could now see each other plainly in our B-26, things were still darkly indistinct in England, far down there below us. Now and then a light would flash on the ground--some kind of marker beacon for us. We passed over some airdromes with their runway lights still on. Far in the distance ^e could see one lone white light--probably a window some early-rising farmer had forgotten to black out. "Red Dog" Arnold, the bombardv- r, was sitting in the copilot's seat, sipce we weren't carrying a copilot. The boys got me a tin box to sit on right behind Red Dog so I could get a better view. We climbed higher, and at a certain place the whole group of B-26s made a turn and headed for the target. This wasn't a J mission over enemy territory," and there was no danger to it. As,we neared the target Red Dog crawled forward through a little -opening into the nose, where the bombardier usually sits. "The entire nose is plexiglas, and you can see straight down and all around. He •motioned for me to join him. I squeezed into the tiny compartment. There was barely room for the two of us. The motors made less noise up there. By now daylight had come and everything below'w^ts e'ea.- and spectacular. ,, I stayed in the'nose until we were well on the way home, and then crawled back and sat in the copilot's seat beside Chief Collins. The sun came out, the air was smooth, and it was wonderful flying along there over England so early in the morning. , WOMEN GET A NEW NICHE IN INDUSTRY WE MAY NOT REAP perceptible new ideals from war, but each one in which we engage changes, to a perceptible extent, our social ideas. The result of the present war will give to women a radically enlarged place in industry. The nation's demand for women workers in war industries will mean woman's demands for industrial jobs when war production is over. A survey made by the Family Economic bureau'of the Northwestern Life Insurance company, shows two out nf each three women who new have jobs in ; war industries insist on continuing ! on an industrial payroll when peace comes. Sixty-nine per cent of the married women now holding war jobs, say they want postwar jobs It all adds up to a need for more ; factory jobs than we have ever . known before, and more competition r for men workers. i SMASHING STRIKES AGAINST GOVERNMENT L CALVIN COOLIDGE, as gd^ertior : of Massachusetts, squashed a police j strike in Boston as a strike against the government. That action made Calvin Coolidge President of the United States. In war time what is ; 1 a strike of coal miners, railroad ! employees, workers in an airplane ' factory, shipyard or other plant or ; industry engaged in production for war purposes? They are strikes I against the government at a crucial j time. They might be the cause of i , defeat for our armed forces and be4 the cause of a heavy loss of soldiers j and sailors lives. The man who, by | drastic measures if necessary, will I i put a stop to such strikes in war j i time will enshrine himself, in the j hearts 6f all loyal American citizens. ! TAXES CAN REACH • A MAXIMUM ; •THAT THERE IS A POINT at -1 Which high income and inheritance j 1 taxes can produce a diminishing tax j return for the government was dem- ; Otstrated in the early twenties. In ! 1922, President Coolidge recommend- j ed to congress that, the then maxi- ! mum rate of 46 pef cent be reduced to a maximum of 25 per cent. Con- ! gress acted on that recommenda- I tion. Within three years the total collected had materially increased. The difference between 25 and 46 per certt had gone back into industry ! to create pre jobs, produce-more j commodities and increase the na- ! tional income. Fifteen states are ' asking for constitutional amend-1V ment that would limit the national j income tax rate to a maximum oi 25 per cent. 1 V A LARGER .PERCENTAGE ot j the boys and girls of rural communities make good in the home town than in the large cities. It is a ^ place of opportunity. i .: , Omar Pays Good Wages! We have immediate openings on three sampler routes. College students or former mate men, please phone Wauconda 3321 or write " OMAR INC. Wanconda, I1L, for immediate employment. CLARENCE'S SHOP Bird Houses,* Lawn Chairs, Pier Benches, Swings, Trellises, Wheelbarrows, Wagons, etc. Barn and House Brooms, Market Baskets and Wash Baskets, hand woven; genuine Leather Belts, Billfolds, etc. diARENCE J. SMITH JOHNSBURG, ILLINOIS AMERICAS BIGGEST VALUEI TIi* Return Trip-- In the Copilot's Seat •;-#e eanie back over our home air- ! wheels touched, drome, pet led uft one by one, and j learn later that landed. Rett Dog. stayed'..up in the nose •'during-,.' the landing, so I stayed in the. copilot's seat. Landing is about the most dangerous part of flying, yet: |t"s-the one sensation, I' love1 most, 'especially when riding up front.-' Chief put the big plane down so easily we hardly knew when the I was shocked to we landed at the frightening speed of more thai) 100 miles an hour. It's just as wet} I didn't know at the time. We sat in the plane for a couple of rhinutes while Chief filled out some reports, and then opened the hatch in the floor and. dropped out. I was the first of the greup to hit the g r o u n d . . : . / • ' PRODUCE THE TOOLS-the farrti er must have to plant and harvest his craps. Provide the fertilizer he must have to make them grow. Cutout the bureaucratic red tape handi caps so he can-get these onto his farm, and he will produce the crops' that will mean no one will be hungry, and that will put a quietus rin the black markets. Food is a. first essential of war. ? * • . • , " WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO does not get you a n y w h e r e . I t : is what you do that counts. ' „ -,c^vcf U.S. 090 t He. VfM SAVINGS BOND S6M* ,•- * Pi® v Bonds are your best buy today! :• War Bonds are the safest investment in the world. O Tough Initiation Tha -knocking out of boys' teeth as a test of endurance during initiation ceremonies is a fairly common practice among tribesmen, especial- Australia. Split Wood Green wood five inches or more in diameter should be split if it is to be burned soon. Even a few days time will dry the split wood somewhat, and the split wood catches fire more easily m «tove or fucnace. Read Labels . In giving medicines, get the habit of reading the labels twice so there'll be no mixup. The bitter taste of some medicines is concealed if followed by • sip of very cold water: Use Leftovers Some popular dishes which are improved by leftover turkey, duck,- goose or&chicken are soups, broths, stews, casseroles, creamed dishes, salads, and hash; Corn Silage • Good corn silage has approximately one-third as much feeding value as good alfalfa hay. Corn silage has 28.3 per cent dry matter, 1.3 per cent protein, 18.7 per cent total digestible nutrients. Alfalfa hay has 90.4 per cent dry matter, 1„0.6 per cent protein, 50.3 per cent total digestible nutrients. WAR BONDS---your way yourcountry'sattackl , to back War Bonds return you $4 for -every $3 in 10 years. War Bonds will help keep prices down. War Bonds will help win the peace by increasing purchasing power after the war. War Bonds mean education for your children, security for yoip» funds for retirement. Buy more than Sis'ore! . far : tm wi SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN f&INOlt »\ Or