Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 13

For Victory ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH (Established January IS, 1836) Sc Per Copy ALTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1945 Member of The Associated Press Best Pictures Comics, Features In The TELEGRAPH River Man Injured on Ship WOOD avenue. nl SUIL 22 Sea- illzman, son of is recovering in Pedro, following a fall Seaman sen-ice two 8 1 ommunity ten in seven I 1 following a imi from co srannn Zltzman.has pneumonia litis and is expected to bo spital for six months. The wounded men in the has been in enlisting while Alton-Wood ilgh school. He il major battles red to the hos- from the Banning, Calif. Resident Dies Wood River Man's Bomber Fires 12 Planes on I wo Jima WOOD RIVE hero Cll tl rs I1 er ly pleasant place Friday WOOD dinne I the home of Mr.

ISnley of tthebirtl his son, i daughter, Word has been death Tuesday Burnett at Van- Burnett for- Wood River, at in avenues, when at Ohio funeral will take p. m. at in Vandalia. Dinner double birth- Saturday at mid Mrs. Merle avenue, in days of.

Mr. Man- David Lee. Guests McNary, Chi- larold Vernor Dkothy Jean, end Pope and chil- Jlr, ami Royal ciglibors Royal Neigh- ivill hold a social Mrs. Jessie Elizabeth Hill, WOOD RIVER le Friday at will begin at WOOD R1VEF Gordon, and Mrs. sisting.

Baptist Minion Circle The Mission the Baptist Church will he church all day sew on Volute Cross Meet- 10 clock. LcRinn jliixiliary Ladies Auxil- How bombs dropped from the 7th AAF, Liberator, "The Sunset- ter," set afire a string of 12 Jap planes lined up along an Iwo Jjma Island airstrip, was told by 2nd Lt. Stewart P. Green, Wood River, Illinois, copilot of the bomber. The Jap aircraft, was destroyed during one of the 15 combat missions which Lt.

Green has flown over Iwo Jima. "The Japs had lined up the planes all In row," said Lt. Green. "Along with other Liberators In the squadron we made a run right down the line. We raked the string from one end to the other with 100 pound bombs end fragment bombs, leaving the planes afire." "The Sunsetter" was attacked by Jap fighters 18 limes but emerged without suffcrlrig serious damage.

"On one of the missions to Iwo Jima we had three Jap fighter pilots put on quite a show for said Lt. Green. "They were out ol range some distance ahead of us doing barrel rolls, loops and othei acrobatics. Two of the planes peeled off and made a pass at us. We could see the guns blinking.

Each ducked under our right wing, am although the nose gunner and the top turret gunner fired at the Japs, they flew away. "During another mission to Iwo Jima a Jap fighter pilot made nose attack but we surprised hirr by turning into his path and mak ing him pull up into a stall. As flew away on our right, fire fron nose turret, top turret and righ waist guns raked his plane fron one end lo the other. We could se the tracers bouncing off -the armo plate on its belly. The pilot evi dently decided he'd had enoug because he hung high out of rang and never bothered us again." Lt.

Green has flown 25 mission in the central Pacific. In additio to Iwo Jima, he has flown strikes against Yap, Wake, Truk Chichi Jima and Haha Jima. was interviewed while resting from combat at a rest camp in Hawai He is the son of Mr. and Mr: B. Green, 729 Condit stree Wood River, Illinois.

He was grac lv v. 1J o( the American Legion hem I's'hort business meeting Monday at the Lecion hall, followed a George Washington party. 1 wives, daughters, tors of Legion- Arms Elizabeth guest at the ited her with a on hatchet, bear- the recipient, and i during the eve- to order by guests were Imothcrs and sis Sgt. a Isioneham met ior and prese) urge Washing the nsme of wor Meeting was iMrs. E.

R. Payne, after which IColor Bearer, IV guests, am M. F. Manning, President of tin SFenton Soliday fend Aims of th uated from Wood River Hig School in 1940 and attended th University of Illinois. As a member of the famed lit Heavy Bombardment group of th 7th AAF, Lt.

Green has been com mended by Major General Rober Douglass, commanding the AAF, for his part "In the cam? aighs which have taken a large 'ction of the Pacific from the en- my's hands." General Douglass issued his commendation along with a personal message of congratulations as the roup rounded out Us fifth year, no of the oldest, most-traveled eavy bomber outfits in the Pa- ific. Wood River Club to Hear Toastmistresses WOOD RIVER, Feb. 22. (Spe- lal.) Members of Alton Toast ilslress Club will present the ram at the Feb. 26th meeting iVood River Junior Woman's Club, vlrs.

William T. Bacheldor, is rogram chairman. Hostesses for the evening will be rtrs. Robert Wilson, Mrs. Curtis Warren, Mrs.

Olive Schoppett and Mrs. Eugene Crippin. Upturns to Base WOOD RIVER. Pvt. Edwin F.

Doerr of 629 Whitelaw avenue has to the air base at Kingman, after spending 20-days' eave visiting his wife and baby, Mickey. Pvt. Doerr, mechanic in Air Corps, repairs cadet planes. This is his first furlough in 18 months of service. He previously liad been stationed at Burbank, alif.

Women of Moose WOOD RIVER. A special meeting of the Women of the Moose will be held tonight at 8 at the Moose Hall on Ferguson avenue. Kum-Joln-Us Class WOOD RIVER. The Kum- Join-Us Class, of the First Presbyterian Church met Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. E.

Kimmel of 300 Sotier Place. The hostesses were Mrs. M. A. Rogers Mrs.

B. L. Olbert, Mrs. H. Stov er and Mrs.

Frank Diamond. Pvt. Lain Home WOOD RIVER. Pvt. Clairedon Lain, son of Mrs.

C. E. Best of 444 East Penning avenue, arrived home Tuesday for a rest period of 3 1 days. He reported lo Jefferson Bai racks before coming home fron overseas, and at the expiration the 30 days will go to Camp Howzi in Gainesville, Tex. His brothe Lowell Lain, Petty Officer the Seabees, is overseas.

English Editor Sends Word of Wood River Man ENGLISH With W. R. WOOD RIVER, Feb. 22 Pfc. Roy E.

Cook, a Third Army machine gunner, was among the 30 U. S. soldiers and air- ment from German battles who were flown to England Feb. 7 for their first visit to an English town, Northampton, It was learned by the Telegraph today In a letter from W. Cowper Barrons, managing editor of Northampton's evening paper, Chronicle Echo, and chairman of the town's Friendship Committee.

Pvt. Cook's parents Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cook, 790 Rice also received a letter from Barrons telling of their son's visit to England. All the men In the group had one straight to France from America and were wounded or nvalided when fighting on Ger man soil.

They arrived In North mpton in time for the matinee erformahce of the Savoy Cinema Western Approaches," a techni olor British film, exacted by off! ers and men of the Allied Navie md Merchant Fleets. During hree-hbur show the group alsi lowed the film, "Twilight Hour, based on the novel by Valentine roup photographs of the men were taken in the theater foyer. After the motion pictures, Pfc. look and the men were taken by special bus, provided by the Friendship Committee, to the lough Hotel, central American Red Cross Club for the past two and a half years in Northampton. The American personnel of the Red Cross and Barrons welcomed them to the lounge and served them a sumptuous tea with cakes and cookies "like mother used to make." 'Pfc.

Cook is in good spirits and sends all greetings to his home town," wrote the Friendship Committee chairman. The Wood River soldier's parents first learned their son had been injured when they received a letter early in February from a Red Cross worker in a hospital in France. He had been in combat in Luxembourg. Although they have never received government notice that their son was wounded, the group picture taken in Northampton shows Pfc. Cook's hands are bandaged.

The picture was sent by Barrons with his let ter. When packing clothes slip or -talcum powder into a sock. Wood River Garden Club Nominates New Officers WOOD RIVER Wood River Garden Study Club met at the home of Mrs. R. P.

Coffeen, at 2 i. m. Wednesday. Mrs. Joseph Jarker presided at the business meeting.

Mrs. H. B. Eaton gave an Interesting talk on plants for lower and vegetable gardens, a 'must" for civilians this year. Officers for the coming year, named by the nominating committee, are, Mrs.

Stanley Martin, pres- dent; Mrs. G. Theis, vice-president, and Mrs, Herman Schueler, vice-treasurer. Two new members were admitted to the club, Mrs. L.

C. Skiles and Mrs. Robert Rotsch. Spiced tea and cakes were served by the hostess's mother, Mrs. M.

Eslinger. Grandmother Dies WOOD RIVER. Hat-old Smithson of 905 has received word of the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Smithson, 94, at Tulsa, Okla. Mrs.

Smllhson Cheeso In War Cheeais once turned the tide In a naval battle between South American ships. The Uruguayan commander, Captain Coe, finding his amnuntlion gone, started firing rouid, hard cheeses. Admiral Brown, the Brazilian commander, thinking some new deadly weapon was being and fled. used, turned his ship Flmt Prohibition Bill Through the efforts of Neal Dow, the first prohibition bill ever passed In the United States was put through the Maine legislature In 1846. OPA OIll) LOT SHOE SALE FOR MEN AND WOMEN NOW GOING ON 10th til March 3rd WESTERN SHOE STORES 801 K.

JIROAIIWAY was a former resident of Wagner, 111., and the body will be brought lo Wagner for funeral services Friday at 1 la. m. Burial will be in Sulphur Springs Cemetery, Macoupin County. Giant Onions Giant Chinese green onions grow from two two and one- ialt feet long, two and one-half nches in diameter, and weigh more than three pounds apiece. Oddity Africa Is north of Europe.

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E. Me tiers, and Arms, Elizabeth Stoneham presented the flags, followed by, the (Pledge Allegiance and the singling of "Americi Mrs. Payne, president, welcomed introduced Mrs. who was the first Auxiliary. Mrs.

spoke on "Ideals Auxiliary." The meeting was tljen turned over to pe entertainment committee, Mrs. I Koss Davidson, I Mrs. Harry Fried-' eking- Mrs. Vfilliam Stoneham, Emmet Fitzgerald and Miss tlizabeth Stoneham. Cards were Iplayed, and pr zes were given to Mrs.

Ruth Thomas, Mrs. Verna Hay, Mrs. William Hanselman, Mrs. Amelia Bmgert, Mrs. G.

W. Mrs. G. Knauss, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs.

Mary Hutchin- Mrs, Har-y Camfield, Miss ary Napoli, Miss Margaret Mpoli, Attendance prize was pvardefl Mrs. Laura Durham. Red, white and Hue decorations toe used In tjhe hall and on the reshment ta the center-piece which was a Uncle Sam's hat Fled with smjll American flags, i.white and blue candles being on either side. Refreshments rved Mrs Herman Long her committee, followed by of! "God Bless xt meeting will be held 1 March 5 at Legion hall. Buy War "'ids and Stamps.

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