Show OUR oun MEN DIEN wid anil WOMEN UNDER the COLORS roy stapp who enlisted in the annly air corps has na completed his basic training at wayna nebraska Nebi aska and has ben transferred to santa anna california where he expects to continue hla his studies I 1 he Is had ten hours of flying when he left wayne ward avard cuff ot of the coast patrol returned to watchorn Wat choin base babe san pedro california thursday of last week after an extended furlough spent with his mother mrs mra nettle king cal calvin ware who has been recovering from an operation at tte the kennedy general hospital in memphis tennessee Is spending his furlough with his wife and baby friends ot of mr and mrs orson B D olson of monroe will be interested in knowing that their son tex olson cison passed hla big required examination tor for the U S air corps which qualities qualifies him tor for aplaton cadet training friend of mr and mrs E F tate of salt lake city formerly of marysvale Marys vale will be interested in knowing that they have three sons serving under the colors the folloN following vIng letter leiter was recen by them from their son howard who has been serving in north africa dear folks I 1 have just rot returned dined from ft a I 1 most wonder wonderful ful trip every moment ot of it was simply grand I 1 met people and had expert 1 haie rinsed I 1 fany in d the e world I 1 cant tell where I 1 went except to say that I 1 was south of the equator eau ator I 1 could write a book I 1 beleve on the things I 1 saw sav the lives of some of the people I 1 met would make book of great interest in them selves I 1 wont have hae time to tell all by any means so will try to give just the highlights mentioning the things in orter at one stop we made in a central africa I 1 met alet two very tory charming women both aoth americans one a naval officers wife mrs mis white and the other mrs jean campbell mrs campbell Is going to be another osa johnson or better these two women were heaed tor for the belgian congo alone and were armed with nothing but cameras this Is mis afro campbells third trip into the congo I 1 could hardly believe two women would even dare such a thing tho the jobje object c t being to take pictures of life in the heart of africa and then presenting them in lecture form in the states sm she had her projector with her and showed us eight hundred feet taken in technicolor and they were marve nta nelous IOUs you watch one day her name will rank with the martin johnsons and frank bucks as explorers ot of africa at the same place I 1 met them I 1 saw not just one but thousands of ant hills as big as houses two lane highways cut through them would still leave part of them on each side I 1 took some pictures and hope they turn out from there we flew over oer the big game country and saw great hordes of zebras gorillas and gi giraffa we also saw ostriches and a number ot of other animals I 1 dont know the tha names of this was pas the country where the johnsons got most of their pictures and I 1 found out how they were able to get such good it Is really nothing to no trouble at all most 0 of the game Is quite tame before I 1 tell how I 1 must tell something else in oso johnsons last book she mentioned a mr air billyard leake leahe his wife and two young daughters w who ho helped them got get some of their best shots on their farm I 1 met those these two lovely girls and I 1 mean they are two 0 of the loveliest girls I 1 have ever known yes I 1 continued on last page our men and women UNDER the COLORS continued from page one even dated one of them she Is a lovely blond about five feet three and the very picture of beauty and health we danced one evening and went horseback riding and she is a charming dancer to me it was a treat ill never forget I 1 believe such things existed in that part of africa to get back to the Johlas johnsons ona and their pictures louise louisa that 1 Is her name told me that one ot of t their heir favorite pastimes was to d rive drive out into the game section and shoot a zebra they would then tie the zebra on the back of the car and drag it into country where they knew there were lions then they would untie the zebra and drive olt off a short way and watch the lions come up and devour it these girls think nothing of mounting their horses and riding all over their large farm alone you can see that it would be a simple matter to mount cameras around a spot and just wait tor for a picture among other people I 1 met were so some me english dignitaries who were passengers on our plane among them were lord and lady george london time Is drawing short so I 1 must bring this to a close god bless you all noward howard |