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Show rriTE SOUTH rOURTFR ON THS Bombing Crews From Texas, Oklahoma, Based in England, Pound Hitlers Europe Tales of the Big Town: Williston Rich of the Time mag factory tried for years to convince his colleagues there that Bob Hope would make an interesting profile d . . . . . . But he was always So he went on a short holiday, and tlie bosses suddenly decided that Hope should be given a salute , . . The piece was prepared by the guy So pinch-hittin- g for Mr. Rich So Readers Digest what? picked it up and sent the pinch-hitte- r a check for $1,0001 nh-nh- ... ... Southwestern Boys Eager to Finish Job And Get Back Home By SGT. JIM SWARTZ JR. Released by Western Newspaper Union. The tender beauty of an English spring surrounds this American medium bomber station, but the fighting men from the U. S. A. are too busy with their big job to notice it. Most of these fellows come Texas from the Southwest and Oklahoma from the cat tie ranches and oil fields. The Intelligentsia: Tommy Harmon, the hero, will do a book on his war adventures for Crowell . . . Poet Joseph Auslanders The (poetry in epic form) is his best . . . Senator James A. Meads book, 'Tell the Folks Back will arrive May 8th via Home, . y . Kyle Crich Appleton-Centurton of Colliers once wrote the novel is a dying literary form. Stoiies are best told via straight reporting or biog . . . Kyles first novel, The Proud People, is in its 3rd year old printing . . . Eighty-seveS. S. McClure (founder of the old McClures mag) will receive the Order of Merit plus $1,000 cash prize from the Natl Institute of Arts and Letters . . . Stanley Richards new play script (a cartoon in three acts) is titled: Marriage Is for Single People . . . When Billy Rose hears d he about some heel or marks the name down on his ver long Drop Dead List. THE CREW of a medium bombing plane is a strongly welded five-lin-k chain, in the conception of ergt. W. D. Morey of Kelly Field, Texas. The five men navigator, mechanic, I talked to a score of these fliers pilot, bombardier and gunner train, at a Marauder bomber station in fiy and fight as one. rural England. I heard them e Inside, around a warm, past experiences in the skies over stove, there is Ramon Western, a Europe . . . spin their dreams of crew chief from Alvord, Texas. victory . . . and plan for a peaceful And next to him there is a young future back in their home towns In mechanic by the name of Tommy the Southwest. Busselie, a Houston youth who used And I saw a look of determination to play a saxophone in a home-tow- n on the faces of these men that made orchestra. Then, to round out the me glad I wouldn't be one of the Texas trio, there is Bob Allen, enemy when these Yanks from another Houstonian and an aircraft Texas and Oklahoma take their electrician. bombers to the Nazis invasion front I wondered about that legend on the door, and Tommy Busselie gave yard. Alex Owen Is one of these fighting me the details. We call it the Gangsters Roost neighbors of yours. He came all the way from Tyler, Texas, to man a because that explains how some of gun in this war, and hes us ground crew chiefs get our equipthe kind of lad youd like to know. ment. (This with a wide grin playAlex enlisted in the air forces ing across Tommys face.) "And as back in 1941, after making friends for the word Texicans, that was with countless citizens of Tyler from behind the counter in Mens Clothing at a local department store. Today he is a veteran tail gunner with 39 missions over France, Holland and Belgium to his credit. And he wears the coveted Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and five Oak Leaf clusters. What does the Big Show mean to Alex Owen? Ask him and youll get an answer as honest and straightforward as a fellow-Texan- s word of honor. I wouldnt miss it for one helluva lot, he told me that day. Sure, its rough. Were not fighting a war . with kid gloves on, man. Back to Tyler That was Alexs story, and its much like the one I heard from another Southwestemer that day at this American bomber base in rural England. His name is Joe Shouse, an engineer-gunne- r from Coweta, Oklahoma, a small, friendly town 30 A MARAUDER soars through fleecy clouds over the miles from Tulsa. patchwork EngJoe (officially, he is Staff Sergeant lish countryside, en route to a bombing mission on the continent. The 6 is the fastest medium bomber in the world, with a speed of more vetJoe W. Shouse) is a eran of 35 missions, and he says the than 350 miles per hour, delivered by its two engines. (All pictures official U. S. Air Force photos.) coming invasion cant start too soon. Back in 1941 and part of 1942, Joe the child of a sergeant from big things from him. No, hes no was a sheet metal worker for the New brain who doesnt know how lousy grease like me . . Jersey Spartan Aircraft company, in Tulsa. to spell Texans. These foreigners hes a bombermonkey de luxe. pilot, But when you mention postwar And thats the story, as I heard hand us a lot of laughs, he told me. plans to the young Oklahoma gunRamon Western is a Texan with it, of the Scotls personal offensive ner he says he has put them all on a clear-cu- t idea of what hes going against the Axis. the shelf for the duration. to do to help win this war. Two McKinney Boys. too excited about the job 'Im A crew chief, he sent one bomber, Before I left this Marauder staIve got now, Joe told me that day Damita," on 40 missions to Hitlers tion that afternoon, I happened in his Nissen hut home at this European fortress. Then, across a couple of aerial gunners tottering Marauder base. when the trim Marauder went dowm who made me wonder if I were s and fellow-gunneHis like to tell you how cool Joe is one day, Ramon took up the fight standing on Main street in Mcunder fire, and after a brief conver- with a successor, Damita II. He Kinney, Texas. sation with him you agree with has been in England since June, First, there was a fighting son of them. And when I left Joe that day 1943, and hed be as happy as a the Lone Star state by the name of knee-dee- p in Forest I figured Id met the typical fight- bomber mechanic (Staff Sergeant Forest C.) tomorif invasion the started grease from man the Southwest. ing Board, and before I had even gotten Then, a few minutes later, in row morning. his name, I was introduced to Before the war, Ramon worked another Nissen hut, I met other air Jimmy Ashley, another men force from home his way through three years of staff sergeant gunner. Both of these your school at John Tarleton Junior air force fighting men came from college, at Stephensville, and Texas McKinney to fight their share of A. & M. college. He lacks only a this war, and because their thoughts few hours credit for a degree in on this Invasion Eve are as genuagriculture, and when he gets back ine as a Texas handshake, I thought to Texas he wants to go back for youd like to know them. that sheep-skin- . Only this time he Forest is a veteran of 35 missions wont have to work his way, because territory, and hes hes bought a pile of War Savings over enemy daddy of the McKinney duo, at bonds for that education. the age of 33. Back home, he was a Wants to Go Jap Hunting. traveling salesman for a bill-folAnd when the war in Europe is company, with a territory that won, Ramon says hed like to take stretched across Missouri, Arkanhis Marauder (always a crew chief sas, western Tennessee, Louisiana calls the ship he works on his and Mississippi. Then came the Fourth of July, ship) to the South Pacific and send it out 1942. The McKinney flier says it was (FRANCE The two Houston youths in that nothing more than a coincidence Nissen hut told me that those sentithat he enlisted on such a patriotic ) A ments were theirs, in spades! occasion but when you talk to him Bob Allen, for example. you get the idea that it shouldnt Bob is an electrician for several have happened any other way. Lets get the job over with, FROM BASES in England, me- ground crews at this field, and he sumhimself his about kid doesnt likable Texan told me, because the Gerdium bombers range deep into schedule. These sum- Im anxious to get back on my old mer many, France and Norway, wreck- mer sleeping in England dont start job. Heck, Ive still got my sample nights ing enemy factories, harbor instal. . . which means case . . . and a list of my old custill midnight lations and railroad yards. well darned near work the clock tomers." towns . . . and their stories are the around, I guess. But Ill just put off And there you have the real story until I get back home. of how these fighting sons of Amerkind you like to hear, too, because the shut-ey- e And when he gets back, he says icas great Southwest are meeting these neighbors of yours will all be in the aerial front lines when the hell probably finish this education the great challenge. Theres a gleam big fight comes home to the Nazis. at the University of Texas. Then he in their clear, straight-lookin- g eyes. There were three Texans in that wants to take up where he left off as And theres determination in their Nissen hut, and as you approach its a field salesman for a heating sys- hearts. Texan and Oklahoman tofront door you see this sign over- tem firm in Houston. gether, theyll be over here until its One of the most colorful charachead: The Gangsters Roost: Texitime to make the welcome trek back ters at this station is Walter Scott, a home. cans Included. After a recent raid in Italy (afr cording to Irv Hoffman) an Army surgeon told the chaplain that one poor fellow was beyond hope. The chaplain leaned over the wounded man and said: My dear fellow, you are badly hurt. Have you anything to say or any word for your family? My inside coat pocket, moaned the soldier, painfully. The chaplain felt the pocket and Is this what you removed a wallet. want? he asked . . . Yes. whispered the soldier, Ill bet you THAI that I wont die! He didnt. FLYING CADETS at Ellington Field, Texas, practice their radio code sending and receiving with the roar of the great motors thundering in their ears. These future bombardiers and navigators know that whch they are in air combat they will have to hear above the crash of bombs, crackling of machine guns as well as and booming of aek-ae- k the hum of the engines. The fl ing schools of iTexas are turning out thousands or air corps men monthly. Some of the men from a redistribution center were entertaining at the Latin Quarter the other midnight . . . When they finished they tipped the waiters lavishly ' and to hand him called over a bus-bo- y a few dollars . . . Thank you Lieutenant," he said, but I couldn't accept any gratuity. Just waiting You on you has been a pleasure. see, I was wounded in your sector, discharged, and Im now back helping the war effort by serving you and all other men in the war . . . Then he opened his white coat and displayed his campaign ribbons . . . The officers stood and saluted the bus-boIt was all very and thrilling. lumpy-in-the-thro- at A group of midtowners were gabbing about charges of innuendo over the radio, and a veteran re-- , called this Jimmy Walker story . During his first campaign for Mayor of New York, LaGuardia charged1 the popular Walker with all sorts of corruption, and Walker never answered. Why should I make his cam' paign for him? he said to a pal "I wont build him up. It would be fun, though, to ask him one question. What was he doing in Water-bur- y on July 16, 1928? Was LaGuardia there then? asked the friend. I dunno," replied Walker, but if I asked that question he could deny It until he was blue in the gills. A lot of suckers would still believe there was something fishy about him and Waterburyl Sid Sheldon reports that a company of boys from the Army Signal Corps were sent to the induction sta tion for overseas physicals. One of them (in the army three years) wandered into the wrong line and wound up being examined with selectees. The final doctor told him he was But, protested the soldier, Im already in the Army! Nonsense, snapped the medico, get dressed. and go home! The poor soldier got back into uniform, returned to camp and said nothing. How do you explain to a Top Sarge that youre Congress refused to put another heavy tax on horse racing. It imposed 30 per cent tax on night clubs where servicemen get real recreation. Racing has a powerful lobby In Washington, and the night club owners (with a 600 million dollar industry) had a very weak lobby. Some Chicago cafe people, however, sent the members of the Ways and Means Committee (and the Senate Finance Comm.) large posters, which burned the legislators to a crisp because they know they are true. The posters show thousands of people throwing away their money No at race tracks. The caption: tax here! They had a powerful lob- by!' The opposite side shows men in Uniform in night clubs enjoying themselves dancing, etc. The caption: These boys are giving their blood and had no lobby. They pay 30 per cent extra for their fun! That tax is the highest on anything In our history. n tunijiiw re-liv- pot-belli- er - B-2- er hut-mate- d Jap-huntin- g. a A y f u ' . . I - - - 1 : r . r 0, i f J iMuini SI ND wall your house that looks rather bare? Why not fill it with a group of matched brackets on which you may make Washington, D. C. an attractive arrangement of Mor e U. S. Troops tor India? and trailing vines? Certain senators, even including shows a set of three sketch This some of the Presidents supporters, are irked over curtailment of the brackets in a quaint Australian army, simultaneous with heart design over a davenport in British requests that we send more the living room. The center brack r..inrrrtr.nn bric-a-br- U. S. troops to India. The British request was made by Field Marshal Sir John Dill, former British Chief of Staff, now liaison officer in Washington. Sir John, personally one of the most charming and popular members of the British embassy, suggested to U. S. war chiefs that, in view of the Jap invasion of India, the United States might send more troops to that area. What The reply he got was: about the tremendous army you already have in India? Sir John had to admit that this huge British army is spread out through India largely for the purpose of preventing internal revolt. Senators who have learned about this conversation are all set to do some blasting,- should the White House send more U. S. troops to save the British Empire in India However, they probably wont have to blast, because the President himself is understood to feel strongly et is fourteen inches wide with one of the matching smaller brackets on each side. The sketch also shows how easy it is to cut out the heart design with a sharp knife after boring holes with a brace and bit. Any school boy who has the use of a coping saw or maybe a jig saw may make these graceful brackets. NOTE Mrs. Spears has prepared an actual size pattern lor all the pieces of this set ol wall brackets, with complete KAISERS NEW PLANE directions for cutting, assembling and finishing. The lines of these brackets are Very little has been heard of tlw so well proportioned that you will be proud giant wooden transport plane which to own them. Ask for Pattern 263 and enKaiser 15 cents, which covers cost and building close proposed Henry more than a year ago. However, mailing. Address: on that subject the plane is nearing completion though with no thanks to the navy. Behind the scenes, the navy has done all it could to block the plane and at one time proposed cancelling the contract Some insiders attribute this to pressure from the Martin bomber plant which has already constructed a giant flying boat. Mars, for the navy. However, the new Kaiser wooden transport plane will be so big that the Mars could almost be carried inside. Its fuselage alone will be big enough to hold a freight car. Its wing spread is 100 yards and it can carry a pay load of 60 tons, in addition to gasoline. At one time, the navy got so insistent that the contract for the plane be cancelled that famous record-holder Howard Hughes, now a partner of Kaisers, had to plead with the RFC to let him continue. The big flying boat is being financed by RFC funds, and Hughes actually promised to put up a $500,000 performance bond in case of of contract, plus a guarantee to pay all costs personally beyond a certain date. The big plane should be finished early in the summer. FARMERS GET A BREAK Chalk up a score for Congress-ma- n Lyndon Johnson of Texas and Economic Czar Fred Vinson in helping the farmer on the price of eggs; also in cutting the profits of dried-eg- g manufacturers to the tune of several million dollars a week. It happened through a queer quirk in price ceilings. The price on dried eggs had been fixed by the OPA at 25 cents a pound, but meanwhile the price at which farmers were sellprocing their eggs to the dried-eg- g essors dropped from around 40 cents a dozen to 20 cents a dozen. Despite this drop in price, the dried-eg- g processors continued to get the benefit of the high ceiling price, while buying eggs from the farmers what they did before. at one-haThe spread between what the farmers got paid and what the egg processors sold for was so great that the processors were making money at the stupendous rate of until Texas $6,000,000 a week Lyndon Johnson stepped in with protests to Judge Vinson. The latter has now upped the price which the farmer gets for his eggs. MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 . Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 263. Name Address URGES! WORLD'S SEUEI AT UK Judge States All of the 83 past and present justices of the Supreme Court of the U. S. have come from 26 states, and 42 have been from only states: New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. 6 STOP on GO Tfce comedy quiz starring jot THURSDAY NIGHTS 10:30 P.M. E.W.T. on Ifcs entire BLUE CONSULT LOCAL network YOUR NEWSPAPER McKesson inc & bobbins, CALOX TOOTH POWDER VITAMIN B COMPLEX CAPSULES lf BEXa Shroud Is Bridal Gown In Japan it is the custom for an engaged woman to make a burial shroud for herself. She wears it first when she is married, then when she is dead. RUSSIAN WEARINESS U. S. officials just back from Russia report a war weariness among the Russian people. This is not to be confused with military strength Many or weakness. Obviously, the miliInsects tary machine is operating with an efficiency such as never before. For 25 years, Russia has been torn by war, revolution, or internal strain. Even during days of peace, the severe economic effort deprived the ordinary citizen of many elementary comforts of life. But now, they see victory around the corner and want it to gome quickly. Beyond that, they see security coming from cooperation with the other big powers of the world, 'Feather Money giving them the time necessary to In the Santa Cruz islands in the in state a which,, according build up to the precepts of the Soviet philoso- South Seas, wives are bought with ' phy, the dignity of the individual money made of feathers. can be recognized and enjoyed. . DONT LET MERRY-GO-ROUN- 32 'VJvkui'H yYETH M. YOU have a large o?kw peajcn DOspace somewhere in GO-R0U- robust youth who proudly boasts s that he is Indian (Seminole and Delaware tribes) and then The other 25 per adds, grinning: cent of me is as Irish as Paddys pig. Walt (or Chief, as hes known at this field) is one of the crack crew chiefs in his group. His ship, Baby Bumps, has gone out on 53 missions without turning back, and the Chief, who is a former oil field roustabout from Dewey, Oklahoma, is plenty proud of that record. Walt likes to talk about such things as the coming invasion, and the day when he can go back to the Oklahoma oil industry. Well, I volunteered in this mans army, didnt I? the Chief blasted out. And until this wars over in both leagues Im goin to stick it out. When the war in Europe is all wrapped up, the Chief wants to take his Marauder over to the South Pacific (with Ramon Western, his crew chief pal from Alvord, Texas) and send it out against the little yellow men. Then Walt says hell be ready to head back to Oklahoma. Is he going back to the oil fields? Hell, yes, is the Chiefs reply to that one. As I was leaving Walt with his second helping of steak and potatoes that day, he told me that I should have met the real hero of the Scott tribe. Hes my kid brother, Yoeman, Walt said. Right now hes finishing up aviation training back home, but one of these days youll be hearing three-fourth- (HOME FRONT D CJudge Sam Rosenman now occupies the suite of offices vacated by the late Marvin McIntyre, White House secretary. Rosenman formerly had only a tiny cubicle under the eaves . . . White House intimates suggest that the President probably doesnt intend to fill Macs place. Instead of three secretaries (Steve Early, Pa Watson and McIntyre) he will have only two, plus Sam If FDR Rosenman as counsel Intended to run again, he. might be more anxious to fill the vacant post. ... CONSTIPATION SLOW YOU UP When bowels are sluggish and yon feel irritable headachy do as millions do chew FEEN-A-MINthe modem - chewing-gu- lazativ Simply chew before you gc to bed, taking only in accordance with package directions sleep without being disturbed. Nex morning gentle, thorough relief, helping you feel swell again. Try Taste! good, is and economical. 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