Beatrice Daily Sun from Beatrice, Nebraska • Page 16

BEATRICE DAILY SUN Beatrice. Sunday, Pec. 16. 1945 i. Greaves, above, led aloud during the Pearl investigation and there- set off political fireworks.

jj'Ifis presence was forcefully by Sen. Scott Lucas, Democrat. Republicans Greaves was merely "in of files." Democrats sus- pected that Greaves, a former Jlepublican national research expert, was a political kibitzer, storing up ammunition l''i lor the 1946 campaigns. fMasterson's Aide Is New Husker Line Coach LINCOLN, Dec. 15 CSV-Navy Gomer Jones, former Ohio sTCr has been engaged as Nebraska's football line coach.

Jones played professional foot' ball and has considerable coaching experience;" having served at St. Mary's Navy Pre Flight School as line coach under Lt. Com. Bernie Masterson, new Nebraska head coach. Masterson had been author' teed by the athletic board to select aline coach.

Report Oft the Wax, Marshall fttprt rf CMrf rf Staff of U. S. Armr MI 1945, tt StcnUrf of War Ik. 'Meanest Major' Loses Title; Is Promoted ADVANCE WESTWARD From the Gilberts, Admiral Nimitz turnea to seizure of several atolls in the Marshall islands. On 31 January, 1944, after two days of Intense air and naval bombardment, the 7th Division, veteran of Attu, landed on the southern islands of Kwajaleln atoll, while the 4th Marine Division attacked the northern tip at Namur and Roi.

These divisions were part of the Marine Amphibious Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Holland M. Smith. By 8 Tebruary all resistance had ceased.

Majuro, with its excellent naval anchorage, was also occupied. Then after heavy attacks by carrier ilanes, a combat team of the 27th Mvision and a marine combat earn landed on finiwetok atoll on 9 February and completed its cap- ure on 22 February. Control of the Marshalls enable the Interdic- ion by air of the enemy naval base Truk until the advance into the "arolines could definitely isolate t. Truk also came under attack Thirteenth Air Force B-24's ased in the Admiralties. Airfields Gained Concurrent with these moves vere operations in the southwest gainst the western end of New Sritain, to establish control of Vi- tiaz and Dampier Straits.

On 15 December 1943 a reinforced cavalry regiment landed on three beaches in the Arawe area. The airdrome dor, on the north coast of New Guinea, and by 7 January an airstrip was in use. The Admiralty islands, lying west of the Bismarck Archipelago, were strategically important because of their airfields and harbor. An operation was originally scheduled for April 1944. but 29 February General MacArthur accompanied advance elements of the 1st Cavalry Division, transported on Vice Admiral Thomas C.

Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet destroyers and high-speed transports to reconnoiter Los Negros island. He was prepared to follow in force if the situation warranted. Little opposition was found, and the remainder of the division was committed. Mo- mote airdrome was captured, and the beachhead secured after a series of fanatical counterattacks. During the remainder of March and the early part of April, the occupation of Manus and the adjacent islands was completed.

jap Surprised at Hollandla The next move to Hollandia and Aitape on 22 April involved a leapfrog advance westward of more than 400 miles. Since the landings were beyond the effective range of army fighters, air support was few provided by naval carriers. At Hollandia were located three ex By Hal Boyle With the American army in the Pacific, Dec. 15 is the story of the meanest major who ever wore oak leaves, Besides being petty and arbitrary he was saddled with a brain that couldn't stand much exercise. He was dumb.

On the ship coming over from the States he got in a big argument with fellow officers, trying- to convince them that rainwater was salty just like sea water. "How else do you think the sea srets salty?" he said. So they had to wait until a storm came up to convince him. They caught some rainwater then, and the major had to admit after sampling it that rainwater isn't salty, only he still couldn't figure out how sea water got that way. Takes Private's Pistol By grace of his rank he soon was supply officer in a replace- camp.

One night, passing by a tent, he looked inside and saw an automatic pistol 1'iug by a bunk. It had been issued to a private on military police duty and he had left the Aveapon unguarded while he left his tent on a brief errand. Seeing the tent was empty, the major quickly stepped in, pulled the pistol from its holster, pocketed it and stepped back out into the night. No one saw him, and a minutes later the private returned to find his gun gone. He searched for it and then upbraided cellent Jap airfields, and Humboldt his tent-mates when they returned.

bay was suitable as an advanced naval ancTS'upply base. The airfields were found to rech overland, so General MacArthur occupied Tion Cape Gloucester, was a desira- a ei fighters the i The red, white and blue octofoil on the shoulder patch of the Ninth Division is the 15th cen- i tury heraldic symbol for the ninth ble link in the chain of bases nea essary to permit the air forces to pave the way for further advances. During a period of weeks the area was subjected to intensive aerial bombardment and on 26 December the 1st Marine Division landed and 4 days later captured the airdrome. By mid-March joint operations of the marines and the army's Arawe force had secured western New Britain. While this fighting was in progress General MacArthur's advance westward continued.

On 2 January 1944 a regiment combat team of the 32d Division made a jump of 110 miles to land near Sai- Give "HIM" The Gifts He Wants BILL FOLDS 2.95 to 4.95 It Belts Suspenders $1 to $2 NECKTIES An Outstanding Selection 65c to $2.50 Stevens Hats 4.95 to 6.95 Hosiery Sport and Dress Styles 35c to 65c SPORT AND LOAFER COATS Plain Colors and Two-Tones 13.50 to 16.95 Handkerchiefs White and Colored Borders 25c to 50c Scarfs A Large Selection Plain and Fancy 1.95 to 3.50 HETHERINGTON Clothing Co. airstrip there- Three main landings were made by troops of the 24th, 32d, and 41st Divisions of Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger's I Corps, one just east of Aitape, one in Humboldt bay, and one in Tanah- merah bay.

The Jap was taken by surprise; "fewer than 5,000 of his troops were in the entire Hollandia area. By 30 April airfields there were in our hands. General Krue- ger's Sixth army headquarters i moved into Hollandia 6 July 1944; I General MacArthur brought his i headquarters up from Brisbane on 8 September 1944. On this same date General Eichelberger was as- signed to command the newly activated Eighth army with headquarters alse at Hollandia. Cutt Off 50,000 Japs The Hollandia-Aitape operation cut off more than 50,000 Japanese troops to the eastward.

The advance westward was continued iii mid-May when elements of the 41st Division made an unopposed landing near Arara. A days later a regiment of the same division capture the offshore island of Wakde with its airstrip and extended the beachhead on the mainland to include Maffin bay. Later in the month our 41st Division landed 330 miles farther west on Biak island, strategically located off Geelvink bay. The 8,000 well-equipped Japanese troops on I the island put up fierce resistance, and it was 22 June before Kiak's three airfilds were in use. In another surprise attack, this time supported bv paratroops, a regimental combat team occupied No- emfoor island in early July.

The possession of the airfield at this point gave much needed breadth and depth to the air deployment, permitting the further penetration and dislocation of enemy supply lines in the southwest Pacific. By this time Japanese air had almost disappeared from the New Guinea area except for an occasional raid on landing craft or over established beachheads. A landing at Sansapor on 30 July by elements of our 6th Division secured air and naval bases still further west, on the Vogelkop peninsula. Although 18,000 Japanese garrisoned the Vogelkop peninsula, General MacArthur again caught the enemy off balance and resistance was slight (Next: Pacific Gains Continue). thinking: one of them had hidden it as a joke.

But they denied having seen it. and he was reluctantly compelled to list his weapon as missing. Soldier Punished Other officers, knowing the boy was a conscientious soldier and realizing: the gim must still be somewhere in the camp area, were willing to write off the matter. But not the major. "It's time we had a few object lessons on carefulness about equipment," he said.

"This man has lost valuable government property. He will have to pay for it. is tin- only way we can teach these men to'be moi-e careful." He called the private before him and told him that he must foot the cost of the gun and that it be deducted from the boy's pay Soon after that the private was transferred to another island post. But the incident rankled many enlisted men in the major's own outfit, and when months' later he prepared to go on another assignment one of his supply men noted he was packing- an automatic pistol. The man checked the records and found none had been issued to the major.

He told his suspicions quietly to a sympathetic officer who found a way to check the numbers on the major's gun, and found it was the same weapon taken from the private's tent. By then, no one knew where the private was and there was no way to make amends. The commanding officer called the major on the carpet, however, and his sole punishment was a bawling tho knowledge that every man in camp was contemptous of him for his shabby trick. Well, he went his way and joined a new outfit and everybody at his. old place was glad to forget him.

Whether he ever mended his manners nobody is sure, but they do know he has lost the distinction of being "the meanest major" in the army, He got promoted to lieutenant- colonel. OPA Committee Asks Rent Control In State OMAHA, Dec. 15 control for all rural and urban properties in Nebraska has been recommended by the Omaha district OPA labor advisory committee. The group, which met yesterday, also requested that OPA extend the eviction period from three to six months in Nebraska and criticized the agency for removing citrus fruits from price control. It also asked re-instatement of price control on wall paper.

The S6th and 97th Infantry Divisions were the only two sent to the Pacific to help in the occupation of Japan after they had seen action in Europe. Southeast Bankers On New Committees DAVID CITY, Dec. 15 UP) 1946 committee chairmen for the Nebraska bankers association reconversion program were announced by President V. E. They include: E.

Mbor, Humboldt. State Kotouc, Humboldt. Installment Richard W. Trefz, Beatrice- Chair of Koutoc, Humboldt, Food gifts to Russia in 1945 included 310,000,000 pounds of meats 106,000,000 pounds of lard, 8,541.000 pounds of butter; 110,000,000 pounds of sugar, 36,000,000 pounds of vegetable oils. Griswold Has Praise For Soil Methods WEEPING WATER, Dec.

15 (JPh- Fanner-organized soil conservation districts were termed the American way of handling the erosion problem by Gov. Dwight Griswold. The state's chief executive, who spoke last night at a Cass ctiunty soil conservation district recognition banquet, said; "The point I wish to put across here is that through these soil conservation programs you are able to retain the full benefit of individualism and at the same time participate in practices which science and expert technicians have developed. "Isn't it much better to have a voluntary program like this than it would be to have one in which these same practices woudl be forced upon the soil through governmental control?" Lincoln To Be Host To Ex-Gov. Stassen LINCOLN, Dec.

15 Grlswold will be host here Monday noon at the executive mansion! at a noon luncheon honoring former Governor Harold Stassen of 1 Minnesota. Attending the luncheon will a group of Nebraska newspaper editors and publishers. Stassen is coming to Lincoln from Omaha and will return to Omaha Monday afternoon. OMAHA SECTOR FLOODED OMAHA million gallons of water from a broken water main flooded a section of north Omaha Friday. Officials said the main, laid in 1888, may have broken due to the shifting of earth caused by the change in ture.

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The firm, the Northwest Realty said the additional houses will be built if conditions warrant that much construction atter the first 25 are completed. 46 lots comprise the Roberta addition in northwest Holdrege, on which there is no present construction. Construction will begin as soon as materials can be brought onto ground. He expressed belief the first 25 houses will be completed within six months. The homes will sell from $6,000 to $8,000.

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And the deflated tire and tube may turn crosswise, or pull off the rim, rolling away altogether and throwing your car out of control. But you will have proven blowout profee- lion when you ride in a 1946 Dodge, Do Soto or Chrysler! Blowouts may still occur, of course but they will be robbed of most of their danger. Chrysler Corporation feature, ft ejM i impossible for flat tiro 16 pull off, even of higher speeds. Because tire and tube remain in place, you slow to a safe, straight stop. Solidly and tightly the tire stays on the rim.

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