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Show PAGE 6 SUNDAY HERALD U. S. Army Built 3,000 Caves To Learn Tactics . CAMP HOOD, Tex. (U.R) Because Be-cause its terrain closely resembles that of Okinawa and Japan, Camp Hood in the closing months of the war was the site of a top-secret project to investigate the problems prob-lems of cave warfare, it has been revealed. ' The project, which was labeled "Sphinx," was devised by the War Department to wipe out last-ditch defenders on the -Pacific islands as they retreated into their caves and other dug-in positions. Results Re-sults of the experiment now have been shown in a training film recently re-cently released. To make "Sphinx" possible hundreds of soldiers, tons of munitions mu-nitions and equipment were necessary. ne-cessary. Aircraft of all types were employed. About 3,000 caves like those used by the Japanese were constructed. Many of the caves were hidden and most of them could not be seen except by plane. ine caves wre duui at wiaDoer Point and Manning mountain.' which were designated as strong-j holds to be wiped out. Then the experiment to save, American lives began. Aerial re-! i connaissance was made and the caves were spotted. Underbrush and trees were cleared out so ground forces could see the targets. tar-gets. Vast areas were burned out.! Then pin-point firing was used to seal the cave entrances. Each cave was the particular target of a large artillery piece. Low-flying planes fired rockets. . Then the foot-soldier moved in. supported by artillery, moriar and rockets, planes and smoke screens Each assault squad, made up of '18 men. was accompanied by a tank. It was the foot-soldier's job to mop up the enemy, who would be forced by the sealing to come out of the entrance on the reverse re-verse side of the slope. Bombing, burning, firing and scaling con tinued until the project was com- U.S. Soldiers Search China For Missing( HONG KONG (U.R)--American soldiers who duringnhe war ranged rang-ed the vast wilderness of China as guerrillas, scout or intelligence agents today are venturing forth again on a similar but.-yet quite different missions. , These are the men who ..comprise ..com-prise the China Theater Search Detachment men whose duty it is to travel into the remote fastnesses fast-nesses and attempt to establish .the identity of soldiers listed as . "missing 4n action." Working in 10 teams which operate op-erate all the way from frozen Manchuria to sub-tropical Hainan Island, they already have sue ceeded in ascertaining the identity identi-ty of several hundred American soldiers who might otherwise re main for years in that nether -world category. Combining all the ingenuity of detectives, intelligence agents and China-wise veterans, it is tneir Job to track down clues where-ever where-ever they might lead and, if possible, pos-sible, recover the bodies of soldiers sol-diers for proper burial. Typical Searcher i One such searcher, who might be regarded -as typical of the Reams' personnel, is Sgt. Ed Van-denberg Van-denberg of Detroit, Mich. whom this correspondent recently . accompanied ac-companied on a comparatively easy mission not far fronVliong-Kong. fronVliong-Kong. Local newspaperman Frank Jong came along as interpreter!; Dandenberg, 25, look likeE'e-J cisely what he is forme combat engineer and football player, "having "hav-ing played for Lawrence Institute of Technology. He is a machine-tool machine-tool maker by trade. During his 14 nonths in China he also saw ervice with military intelligence and with AG AS (Air Ground Air Section), which during the war helped to recover shot-down air men I1U UlCl il, I nlotorl Supplies to Allied prisoners-of- pieiea twar and internees. In a motor launch with four 1, 111 U Chinese sailors loaned by the LOMeST WIZ 119$ Hoyai ixavy we iraveiea au mues up Hong Kong Harbor through mined waters to the tiny fishing ,village of Nam Lung, where the scauerea remains oi a Bnoi-uuw..; AMARILLO. Tex. (U.R) A B-25 had been reported. With us unique hobby nas dcveloped into were tnree pam oDiong wooaen a profitable occupation for an; coffins, one of which contained aiAmariUo housewife. j virtual arsenai, lor mese c pu-i a flair for rhyming and originate origin-ate waters. lality has won for Mrs. C. R. Sears The local inhabitants could; give j an accumulation of gold wrist us little information that was of:Watches, war bonds, encyclo-sny encyclo-sny use. They recalled the n)om- pedias, radios and refrigerators ing in April, 1945, when five 'during four years of consistent planes came over to strafe a!Jap- winning in national contests. anese destroyer lying sheltered in Mr. Sears started her winning a nearby cove. Several hits were j streak in 1941 when she sold scored, and the villagers ha3 the i poetry to the Denver Post and to satisfaction of helping to bury a the Southern Agriculture. number of Japanese dead. Since that time, Mrs. Sears has won in local and national contests con-tests ranging from writing limericks limer-icks or composing essays to 'finishing 'fin-ishing the sentence in 25 words or less." Four-time winner of the $75 radio prize offered for questions accepted on the Quiz Kids pro- Children Suffocate in Burning Home h - i A . j 'JL: ' " A --. j l '"'-" x "Jr." i ' V i ' r " A y t J - - l - s" .A I - 1 gjt v ' - A : - X Survey Reveals Sentiment For Housing Action Lumber Sifter X - 1 V : i -"-Til INT- y 1 S V V , NEW YORK (Spl.) The U. S. people are strikingly in favor of positive government action to end the severe housing shortage, the Fortune Survey of Public Opinion reveals, reporting that: 81.3 per cent ox the people want rent ceilings maintained; ; 63.2 per cent want ceiling prices I kept on building materials; 75.6 per cent want these ma terials channeled into the low-i cost residential field by government govern-ment action; 48.1 per cent (a plurality) want the government to embark on a large-scale home-building pro gram; 80.0 per cent want govern: ment loans to individuals for lowr and medium-priced- housing. "All these measures happen to be fairly close to recommendations recommenda-tions announced by Housing Expediter Ex-pediter Wilsorv W. Wyatt after this survey was finished," Fortune points out. "The people seem to be In a mood to put overwhelming political pressure behind legislation that would im- Any eariy auempi to remove rent ceilings would, obviously, te extremely continues, t '.''ri.j.ji' ; ? rv 'v vn. frr - - - i--n ii - I till. If ti.rijiJ)Aif.S)ZZf A Senate agricultural subcommittee, subcom-mittee, headed by Sen. William F. Knowland, of California, will investigate proposed export of American lumber despite the domestic housing shortage. Knowland said Civilian Production Produc-tion Administration has authorized author-ized the export of 250,000,000 IKEA TtUphotol Firemen apply artificial respiration to tour ctitldren who weTe suItocAted amonj home-owners 77.4 per cent when fire broke out in their one-room shack home, near Portland. Ore., i yant he rent cellings maintain-where maintain-where their mother had locked them for safety while ahe left the house. ed Youngsters, all of whom died, are Sandra, 5; Allen. 34: Grace, 16 months, i The gurvey whiCh is conducted and Barbara. 4 months, children of Mrs. Eileen Andrews. Neighbors, see- . Eimo Roper 8lso reports that Ing the Are, broke in and removed tne cmioren, wno were ""c01""0 two-thirds of the U. S. people are board feet in the first Quarter of unpopular, Fortune , 1946. with about a billion feet to disclosing that even 1 be shipped by year's end. SI 200 In Bonds but not burned. Plan Expansion Of Utah Industry The Utah Manufacturer? asso ciation, with the aid of a appointed committee will conduct con-duct studies and surveys to determine de-termine problems affecting industrial indus-trial expansion of the state, then propose and undertake action to promote further industrial- expansion expan-sion in Utah. The University of Utah research re-search business bureau will cooperate co-operate in the movement as well as other interested organizations. As soon as definite information Is obtained as to just what is needed need-ed to promote the industrialization industrializa-tion of Utah, a program will be formulated to carry out the com mittee's objectives'. Utah Relics To Escape Bombing Plane Exploded' But one of the planes 1 was struck by the ship's anti-aircraft fire. It crashed against an' adjacent ad-jacent mountainside and ex plod -- ed in a shower of flaming oil. The fisherfoik led us across baked rice-paddies to the deso late sun-swept hillside half aigram. Mrs. Sears now has enoueh "mile away, where, the charred i certificates to get radios for her wrecKage ana lusea meiai lay own home and most of her rela- Utah Eggs-Best In United States If it were not for ceiling prices, New York and west coast buyers would pay from six to eight cents a dozen more for Utah eggs than eggs from any other part ol the The cruiser USS Salt Lake City newlv:is soon to be destroyed along witn oiner ODSoieie vessels in an mom bomb test to be launched by the U. S. navy. The ships bell, the silver service and escutcheon however, will be returned to Utah to be placed on permanent exhibition. The Utah State Historical society so-ciety through its secretary, Marguerite Mar-guerite L. Sinclair, following negotiations ne-gotiations with the navy will pay transportation expenses for the return of the relics. The silver service will go to the Navy Sci ence building at the University of Utah, the escutcheon to the city and county building and the bell to the historic archives at the state capitol. nation. Utah poultrymen have been told. Future marketing prospects for Utah eggs are very bright, egg producers have been notified and eastern and western markets have been totally unable to get enough Utah eggs because of armed forces priorities. aware of a serious shortage of housing in their own communi ties, while house-hunting is at its height in the North Atlantic states and in the far wes 1946 Favorable For Sheep Raisers DAVIS, Cal. (U.R) Easing of labor shortages, continued government gov-ernment purchase of wool, and the excellent condition of ranges were expected to make 1946 a good year for sheep raisers. Dr. James F. Wilson, professor of animal husbandry at the Davis campus of the University of California, Cali-fornia, said the future would be uncertain without federal wool purchases because of the indirect restrictions on the uses to which domestic wool clip can be put. He listed pricing and other government controls as restrictions restric-tions which prevent American wool manufacturers from utilizing the wool in adequate production amounts. The aim of restrictions, he said, was to create a supply of cheap clothing for the public. In effect, however, he asserted, they limit the manufacturer to production of cheap and unsatisfactory garments. The robin has one of the most varied sound assortments of all out birds, but most people are familiar with only the spring song. Pittsburgh Man Lives On Boat PITTSBURGH (U.R) If the housing problem is getting difficult, diffi-cult, you can always take "the way out" of. one Pittsburgher pack up and live on the. river. Burton E. Squires, who has been a "resident of the Allegheny river" since 1942, doesn't even contemplate returning to land. Squires' home a 48-foot power cruiser is anchored Just above the "Point," where the Allegheny and Monogahela rivers join In the heart of Pittsburgh. He said from this anchorage he has easy access to an electrical appliance agency, which he manages. The "floating home" itself is equipped with the kind of modern mod-ern conveniences most apartment dwellers dream of. They ranee from gas heat and electric refrigeration re-frigeration to a piano and no taxes. . The Chris-Craft is possibly the only power boat existing with gas, electricity and water piped aboard. When the neighbors get noisy and bquires decided to move to another anchorage in midstream, generators and stor age tanks take over. Squires said he can accommodate accommo-date at least six guests. Each cabin and stateroom has an individual indi-vidual thermostat to control temperature. tem-perature. There are two bathrooms. bath-rooms. The sitting room is equipped with overstuffed chairs, electric fans and an automatic record player. Richfield Man lif Charge jOf In v Beautification Horace J. Gunn, of Hlchfleld, has been named manager of the Beautiffcation division of the Utah Centennial, Donald P. TJoyd,! chairman ol the beautification committee has announced. The appointment has been confirmed by members of the state centers nial commission. Mr. Gunn will make his head" quarters in the Utah Centennial offices at 207 South Main street 4 Salt Lake City, but will travel extensively through the state and will work with local commiteea in Utah communities in outlining, and putting into effect projects for the beautification of those communities for the centennial year. The new manager is a grad-; uate of the U. S. A. C. at Logaiui the Richfield high school and at-a tenaea a. a. j. ai v-eoar juy. tie served two years overseas as al first lieutenant and wears the'j ETO ribbon with "two campaign stars and the bronze star. Hel has just been released from the service. Before entering the army he served in the Eastern States Mis-J sion of the LDS church, and as an instructor -in the Cedar City high school. tie is married to tne lormer Nadine Madsen, of Brigham City and has ' one son, Steven. Nearly one-fourth of the land fi area in China is so denuded, by z erosion that even weeds cannot grow. scattered and rusting. Here, look ing over the peaceful blue-green waters, they had removed and buried the five broken bodies. When we asked them to help u&( exhume the bodies, however, they demurred. Did we not know that it was the New Year Season, and that any bad luck incurred now would follow them throughout the tives. She won wrist watches three times in succession when the Fitch bandwagon staged its big-scale jingle contest. Although she has never stumped stump-ed the experts on Information Please, she is still trying. Two of her questions were accepted and used by that brogram. 11 1 1 . 1 . . mar oonas wnicn mrs. dears year? Only after much fast talk, acquired in contests during the hiiu me generuus uisiriouuuii 01 past lour vears total almost $1,200. "li shi" a lucky packet contain-' Her only advice to beginning ing money wrapped. in red paper,; contest enthusiasts is: "Don't be to ward off evil were we able to: discouraged." enlist their aid. I But all to no ava4, for there IcOURT TRIPS FATHER was no identification either: SALEM, Ore. U.R Declaring among the wreckage or in the that the integrity of the courts graves. must be maintained. Circuit Court Last-Minute Clue Judge E. M. Page found Giles C. We hoisted our burdens aboard iRaymer guilty of false swearing the launch and were about to re-jin a divorce case and sentenced turn from what appeared a fruit-jhim to one year in the Marion less mission when one of the: county jail and fined him $300. group let slip a vital bit of news. I Raymer had sworn he had no One of the fishermen had in his'children. The court found that he possession a name-bracelet which; was the father of eight. he had picked up at the scene of the crash. Ilirnnnrarilv in Iht tmilifnrv f0ma where a gnarled and ancient mar-1 ing place either in some U. S iner produced the tarnished silver sil-ver bracelet which might make possible the identification of all five fliers. He gave it to us in exchange for more "li shi," and we. went aboard for the return to Hong Kong plot back home. ! To assist in such recoveries both ' the U. S. army and the Chinese j government are offering rewards; for tips or clues. 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