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1 Jt .F (One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1945 THE WAYNESV1LLE MOUNTAINEER I Page 10 'J 1 v if ; ti'i c !; 1 i III. i ;. f"t,'. 1 f 'I H v t if 4 , SI 0;, 5 J 'I'M u 1 ! i m 4 V ' J' 1 is t.r n ! .11" I Local Man Writes From Marianas Of Raids Oh Japan The following account has been sent The Mountaineer by S-Sgt. Jack Justice of the 497th Bombard ment group of raids on Tokyo, Naygoa and Osaka: All Advanced Base in the Mari anas March 16th, 1945 Since a great amount of secrecy concerning our whereabouts has been lifted .RANGERS WHO FREED JAP CAPTIVES MEET FDR brief ac raids on I am going to give you a count of the consecutive the Japanese homeland. The first one was the capital. The city of Tokyo. The night of March 8th. such activity was going on here in the Marianas. Everybody was waiting. Waiting for time oil'. Hundreds ol Superfortresses were lined up for their visit to the home of the little yellow man. Thetf came the take-off. It seemed those giant bird; of the oilier world that fly so high and so iar knew their job. Like some silver pre-historic monster of the past came back to earth to do a job. They were to do a job and a great one. To carry the largest load of incendiary bombs in the history of the world. Fire that a few hours later was to he released in lashing fury on the Japanese mainland. Then came the time for take-off. The first on the race down the runway was like a ljcacon of flashing silver. Then others fol lowed in great numbers. The water of the Pacific carried away . the sound of racing engines. Steel props were churning the afternoon i air. Then around three o'clock j on the morning of March 9th. iound our planes well inside the Japanese defenses. Then the city of Tokyo was sight ed. Sweeping in at low altitudes. i too low for the enemy to counter act, they struck. Then bombs be gan to rain from bombbays. The skies of Japan became red with the fires of warehouses and in dustrial districts, leaping in some places as high as 1,500 feet into the sky. At anywhere from P.O0U feet up the smoke could be semell ed strongly in airplane cabins. The heat was intense. To anyone over here it is very interesting, tor it mutely tells us that the wai ls drawing ever closer to an end. Then on the night of March 10th, came the second phase of this aerial bombardment. Planes were put into commission. Bombs were loaded. Everything was placed in- i to tip-top shape. Where this time -.-pwpwwj-h --i''""-""3r; i, ...... rctfrra? " T1- ?m csV7 r yj ' yx r i t PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS twelve offlcersand men of the Ranger Battalion, who helped liberate 513 Allied I captives from the Cabanatuan prison on Luzon, during their call at the White House. Included in the group j re: Capt. Robert W. Prince, Seattle, Wash.; Lt. Melville H. Schmidt, New Orleans, La.; Sgt. Robert Ander- ' nn. Trpntnn Tnn ' Sfft ThfwlnrA 1? i ri :i rij-in Dallnfl rTv Rot Willinm T? I J . , 1 -,t t 1 i . , . . i o - , , , -'tj , . , . xuuitri, n. v t iui iu , wivia.; agt, Harold Hard, Coldwater, Mich.; Pfc. Leland Provencher, Lynchfield, Minn.; Pfc. Charles Swain (shaking T 1 .,,:4u 7,. : . J T" T-- 11 r : . TV- 11 : i , r: , - . uiiiud wi"i uats xmiuvni., ix:avci j-iunt, vtiu., jri.v. iluii xiuiei, i igeon, iviicn.; vie. Lieroy MyerofT, x.vujiKvine, jnu.; iagt. v-iiunes crown, unicago rieignis, in.; ana 'ic. unoert Lox, Iinterprise, Ore. The men wut wur war pianis in groups ol lour to leil 01 tneir experiences tignung the Japs. international) ATflftST SmtOFA 41 USE 666 TABLETS. SALVE. N0E DROPS would tliev strike, some one asked'.' Then it was found that the city was to be the large! for that night. Once again Mhose mighlv planes lined up for the take olT. Kvery one tense. What will be the out come of the raid.' What will be tin' reaction of the Japanese i"m pire? Hut, nevertheless our job is bombing. So once more the earth trembled and I he air vibrated with the roar of airciall engines. Once again into the Pacific skies went the Superfortresses. Once again vengance rode (he night wind. For American sailors lost at sea. I'm' fellow airmen lost in planes, aiul broken hearted mothers back home. Ml the boys who were dead Iron) that fatal and cowardly act on December 7th. 1941. All this rode in the bomb racks on B-29's that nigbt. Once more the skies ol Japan were fill with scream of lire bombs racing on their way to earth, to return in fire and smoke. Then again two nights latrr Osaka, another of Japan's indus trial cities, became the objective. unce more planes made mcir run and thus one of the greatest bomb ing raids in history was carried out. Aircraft engine factories were burned to the ground. So you see. people of the United States, your bonds and stamps are carrying the war to the enemy. We are proud of you and thank vou. WINNING CONTROL OF PALAWAN Mrs. Charles L. McMillan spent Easter week-end in Atlanta with her husband who is now located there. lT- . ir-rtM .ttrtHMrr ...... AMOTrX J SY Sfe 0Hf (FORMOSA yvl HANonp 1- jar S . h jlUZON 7 THAILAND O V CFJS'V I 9 Lf PHILIPPINE ft iXf m Wit JRtsz -J SINGAPORE (SUMATRA 1 DAtlk 2 AS AMERICAN LIBERATION FORCES, after landing on Palawan and Lubang islands, have gained "practical" control of the key bases on the western side ol the Philippines archipelago. As soon as airfields can be whipped into shape, possession ol Palawan will enable U. S. fliers to cut the short est enemy supply line to the big oil centers at Balikpapan on Borneo's east coast, and the lifeline to Jap outposts in Celebes and other East Indies islands. In addition, American bombers can wage an unceasing war of attrition against enemy shipping which runs the supply line to Singapore and the southeast Asia war theatre. (international) Belk- Hudson Brings You - - OVERALL Saturday At 9 A. M. (One Pair To A Customer) ALSO OVERALL JACKETS Savings 00 Work Clothes Brown, Blue, Gray WORK SHIRTS 97c 2.79 See Belk's For WORK SHOES 2.98 5.95 Good Quality WORK PANTS 1.79 3.95 You Always Save At Belk-Hudson's The Kind You Like SHOP CAPS 39c Good WORK SOX 15c 29c SELK4IUDS0N CO, Home Of Better Values" J. R. Boyd Named Director Of The Farmers Group H. A. Obsorne and Glenn Palmer Also Serving As Directors of Cooperative." For the first time in the history of the Farmers Federation a mem ber of a warehouse committee was appointed at an annual stockhold ers meeting. J. H. Boyd, of Way nesville, was appointed in that way at the general meeting in Ashoville. James G. K. McC.'lurc, president of the Farmers Federation, ex plained that it was not known at the time of the regular county meeting at Waynesville whether Mr. Boyd would accept such an ap pointment. II. A. Osborne, of Canton, was re-elected to the board of directors of the Farmers Feder ation at the meeting. Mr. Osborrte will serve for two years; Glenn Palmer, Kt. 2. Clyde, the other di rector for Haywood county, was elected last year and still has an other year to serve. Principal item of business at the meeting was the authorization of 50.000 ten dollar shares or half a million dollars worth of 5 pre ferred stock. This stock, Mr. Mc Clure said, will provide funds for ppst-war expansion and for frozen food locker plants and other mar keting facilities in the Western North Carolina territory served by the Farmers Federation. As the new stock is issued, out standing 4 and (Vv preferred stock will be called in and the new a"ii will oe issueii in reiurii. This will make for better equality among preferred stock holders. Mr. Mct'lure said. Wins Bronze Star Z, X )'V J SAVWK'O Cf.T ERYON I MAH1NE CPL. JOSEPH L. f W, m!.fymmm I PALMER, son of Mr. and Mrs CPL. JOSEPH L. PALMER, son of Mr. and Mrs Glenn C. Palmer, of C'rablrce. has recently been awardeJ the Bronze Star medal in a ceremony at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif. The award was made in recogni tion of his part in the evacuation of six wounded men dui int; the bat tle for Saipan. The citation point ed out that Cpl. Palmer, with one officer and six other enlisted men volunteered to go forward in the face of the uuabaling lire to eva cuate these casualties. Mrs. Roy Martin To Have Paper At UDC Meeting Youthful Hostess Has Party On First Birthdav Anniversary Little Mary Mac Barber, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Barber, observed her first birthday anniversary on Monday afternoon with a party for some of her friends. She was assisted by her sister, Elizabeth Barber, and Ann Williamson Prevost. The Easter motif was noted in all the party appointments. The guest list included the fol lowing: Mary Bushnell, Ann Tin- gen, Mariett way Lampnea, Mar tha Poe Neal, Lynn Kilpatrick, Bruce Quinn, Harris Prevost, Le- Roy Itoberson, and Thomas String- field Allen. Mrs. Roy Martin will have the paper of the afternoon at the April meeting of the Haywood Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy which will he hold with Mrs. (irover ('. Davis tomor row afternoon. .Mrs. ,),i lies I? Boyd, Jr., president, will preside. The members are asked to :i.-,scin-ble at H:.'i0 o'clock as a special program has been planned. IS GETTING UP NIGHTS GETTING YOU DOWN? Thousands say famous doctor's discovery gives blessed relief from irritation of the bladder caused by excess acidity in the urine Why Buffer needlessly from backaches, run-down feeling from excess acidity in lbe'urine Just try DR. KILMER'S SWAMP ROOT, the renowned herbal medicine. SWAMP ROOT acts fast on the PARK THEATRf WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA ' tfATINEE: Sunday 2 and 4 P. 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