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PAGE TWO SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL-NEWS, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA Sunday, August 8, 1943 OPA Field Chief Another Italian Airfield Blasted Loses Baggage C. Of To Aid In Listing Used S. C. Lad In South Pacific Memorial Rite (The following story was written by Staff Sergeant Maurice E. Moran, Pittsburgh, a marine corps combat correspondent).

Pi Silver Star Medal Sent Wife Of Hero The silver star medal awarded Lieutenant Commander Gus B. Lofberg, U. S. Navy, reported missing, was received this past week by his wife, Mrs. G.

B. Lofberg, Jr. The reason for this award is given in the following excerpt from the citation: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as commanding oflicer of the U. S. S.

Little during action Services Open At Adventist Camp Meeting It was a large and appreciative audience that listened to President W. A. Nelson as he delivered the first sermon at the Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting, corner of 26th avenue and Capitola drive, Friday night. He chose as his theme the seriousness in the world today, which makes real the need of the hope, the comfort, and saving power found in the Lord Jesus. The speaker briefly described the serious situation in which our mm.

AiMl Leaving rows of bomb bursts, Mitchell bombers of the Northwest African Air Forces ripped up an airfield northwest of Naples as Allied air forces stepped Another Attempted Break From Alcatraz Is Failure old world finds itself, stressiag especially the fact that many are sat at heart because of the notices of casualties in this global war. But he said "Thank God, we as Christians are not left without hope, for the blessed Saviour, just leaving this old world, looking down through the ages and viewing its sorrows said, 'I will not leave you That comfort is very real to the one who accepts the word of Christ." Meeting at 6 a.m. Despite the early hour and the brisk morning air a goodly number were in attendance at the 8 o'clock meeting yesterday morning in the pavilion and the youth tabernacle. Attendance in the youth's division is not as large this year as in past years, due to the fact that so many of the young men arc serving their country. Many soldiers from nearby camps are, however, attending the meetings.

Superintendent of this department is Ira Follett, son of a missionary, who for many years has worked among the North American Indians. Fifteen hundred are in attendance at the meetings. Elder Meade MacGuire, secretary of the general conference, spoke at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at the same hour that the frame tabernacle across the road was filled with eager youth listening to Missionary Eric B. Hare. A crowd in the pavilion at 2.30 o'clock heard Elder E.

M. Fishell of Glendale on outstanding facts of the literature work carried on by Seventh-day Advcntists throughout the world. At 4:15 a young people's rally was staged and at 7 o'clock the pavilion was filled to hear Missionary Hare tell his experiences in Burma. The daily program throughout the week will be a devotional meeting at 6 a.m. for young people and adults; family worship at H.15; daily preaching at 11 a.m., 2:30 and 7 p.m.; with a 4:15 parenls' meeting today, Monday and Tuesday.

Today a special feature will he a service men's meeting in charge of Elder K. H. Wood of the War Service Commission. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 4:15 will be medical instruction under Dr. G.

K. Abbott, supcrin tendent of the St. Helena Sanitarium, with nurses and other members of his staff. Name Ships In Tribute Clergymen Washington Famous American clergymen are memorialized by wartime ship launchings. Of destroyers, the U.S.S.

Kirkpatrick is named for a Presbyterian navy chaplain, and the U.S.S. Schmitt for a Roman Catholic chaplain, both killed at Pearl Harbor. Of Liberty (cargo) ships, there are the S.S. Dwight L. Moody, named for the 19th century evangelist; the S.S.

John Mary Odin, for tho first Catholic bishop of Galveston; the S.S. Francis Asbury and the S.S. Jason Lee, named for pioneer Methodist preachers. By The Associated Press San Francisco, Aug. 7 Ted II.

Walters, Arkansas bank attempted to escape from Alcatraz federal prison today but was caught by guards on the rocky edge of the island. Warden J. A. Johnston said Walters, serving 30 years for bank robbery, automobile theft and assault, from Fort Smith, Arkansas, sneaked out of the laundry building and climbed a barbed wire fence. Walters was missed when the regular count of prisoners was made and the alarm was sounded.

No man is known definitely to have escaped the island since it be- came a federal prison in 1934. Five months ago four prisoners, three of them ranking public ene- against enemy Japanese forces off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. When hostile vessels moved in under the misty haze of night and bombarded our shore positions, Lieutenant Commander Lofberg, although seriously handicapped by limitation of fire power and reduction of armament, unhesitatingly steamed forward to challenge the attacking foe. "Suddenly spotlighted under a flood of illumination from two forces of Japanese destroyers, he fought his ship with courageous determination and grim defiance, well aware that she was unequipped to engage an outnumbering force in battle. Scoring several hits on the enemy while attempting to withdraw before a vigorous curtain of fire, he kept his guns blazing away until the Little was eventually struck and set aflame.

"His brilliant leadership and relentless fighting spirit, maintained with utter disregard for personal safety, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States naval service." Lieut. Com. Lofberg' was graduated from Anapolis in 1927. His mother now makes her home on Hclway Drive in Santa Cruz. Mrs.

Rosamund Stickles is a sister. Crocheron Sees Harvest Likely If City Folk Aid By The Associated Pres Berkeley, Aug. 7. The farm la bor situation in California will not become critical "if city people, in considerable number, will continue to volunteer for harvest work on their vacations and week-ends," B. II.

Crocheron, director of the agricultural extension service, said today. He emphasized there is an actual shortage, however, and said 25 of the state's 48 counties are expected to be affected by it this month. His report indicated a crisis probably would be reached in September and October "when California's major crops will make excessive demands on the farm labor supply." Crocheron expressed surprise at the number of migratory workers shown in preliminary estimates of persons available. But said "until these migratory workers actually apply for work on the farms we cannot be certain that this unexpected farm labor source is as numerous as indicated." More Sugar For Us All In Sight By The Associated Press Detroit, Aug. 7 A 10 per cent increase in sugar rationing for commercial users, which means more bakery goods, candy and soft drinks, will be put into effect within a few days, Price Administrator Prentiss Brown disclosed today.

He indicated that the move might be a forerunner of a general lifting of sugar rationing for all consumers. EDITOR ENLISTS By The Associated Press Carson City, Aug. 7 Den-; vcr Dickerson, 29, owner-editor of the weekly Carson City Chronicle' and speaker of the Nevada asscm-1 bly at the 1943 session, waived his statutory draft exemption and en-! listed in tho army today as a pri-! vatc. if up their attacks in Sicily and on the Italian mainland. North African Air Forces photo by Signal Corps radiophoto.

mies, tried to escape but failed. One, James A. Boarman, drowned after being shot while attempting to swim away from "The Rock." The other three, Floyd Hamilton, Fred Hunter and Harold Brest, were captured, Hamilton after hiding for three days in a cold, rocky cave at the edge of the island. Walters and Hamilton, the onetime public enemy No. 1, were partners in crime for a time.

Walters escaped from the Texas stale prison in 193G and was captured near Dallas after a four-month search. He and Hamilton robbed the bank of Bradley, of more than SG00 a short time later and both were sentenced to Alcatraz. iinnuieiiil I j. v. released from the two planes, shadows of which are visible at renter.

S. Army Signal Corps radiophoto from the South la-cific. F.I.KS ATTENTION You are requested to assemble at our club rooms on Monday, August 9, at a. m. for the purpose of attending the funeral of Brother Louis Cantoni.

Our officers will conduct services at White's Mortuary at 1 1 a. EDWIN L. ANDERSON, Exalted Ruler. R. A.

Macaulay, Adv.881t Secretary. WANTED For Cash Immediately HARKKLEI) WHISKEY WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS BOX 26 ENT1N 11 I'? i OFFICE Bomb Hidden Jap Barges linery Charles S. Knight, director of the industrial department the war production board in San Francisco, has requested the Santa Cruz chamber of commerce to contact Santa Cruz dealers, in and handlers of used equipment and machinery in a request to them to lend assistance to a vital phase of the war production program. A new branch of the WPB has been set up to assist in channeling used equipment and machinery into the war effort and it is their wish to have the co-operation of all those to whom used equipment is at any time accessible. Paul Forgey, president of the chamber of commerce, and Col.

R. C. Murphy, manager, in co-operation with the request, have arranged to compile the opinions of the 19 Santa Cruz dealers listed by the WPB and will forward this opinion to the meeting at the San Francisco merchandise mart on August 11, under the direction of W. D. Cloos, regional manager of the redistribution division of the WPB.

Public Market To Sell Fruit Is Opened InS. F. By The Associated Preii San Francisco, Aug. 7 Fruit growers will sell their crops directly to the public at a huge open air market which will open here Tuesday morning. Mayor Angelo Rossi ordered the market established as a means of aiding growers in selling pears and other fruit which cannot be handled in normal trade channels.

Nearly 1500 tons of fruit are expected to be placed on sale to small buyers by orchardists of Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Contra Costa counties in the opening day. A price of 4' i cents a pound has been set for pears. War Prisoners From Italy Flee Utah Orchard lsy The Auociated Prei Los Angeles, Aug. 7. The FBI broadcast a warning to the public tonight to keep a lookout for two Italian prisoners of war who escaped from their place of internment at Ogden, Utah, yesterday.

The men are Guiseppe Bramardi, I 25, and Antonio Ventura, 22, who made their break from a guarded fruit orchard where they were working. They were wearing blue denim trousers and blouses with the letters "PW" on the back and on the front of each trouser leg, but Chief Agent Richard B. Hood said they had changed the trousers and might now be wearing khaki pants issued to them when they came to the camp. Bramardi is 5 feet, 7'2 inches tall, weighs 160, has brown eyes, is dark complcxioned and speaks Italian and French fluentlv, but no English. Ventura, 5 feet, 9 inches, wciuhs 144, has brown eyes, fair complex- ion, speaks Italian and French and docs not understand English.

Honorary Mother For Day Picked By Soldiers On Leave By The AsROcialpd Press Phoenix. Aug. 7 A group of sunburned soldiers, on leave from nearby desert maneuvers, selected at random today an elderly woman walking on a downtown street and ushered her into a florist's shop without explanation. Inside they told her she was their honorary mother for the day and presented her with the largest potion lern in the place. Thev wished her well and hid her good- bye.

They didn't know she was Mis. Sherman Kelley, mother of in children, four of whom are in the armed forces on different fronts Santa Cruz Sentinel-News Established 1855 I Published dally with a Morning Edition, r-xcept Monday, and an LvenmK Edition, excrpt Saturday and Sunday by the Sentinel Publishing Company, at 25 Church Crm- California. Phone 3fi00. Fred McPherson, Publisher. The Santa Cruz Srntlnel-Newj represents the combination and continuation of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, established in lass, and the Sanla Cru? Evening News, established in 1107.

Entered as second class matter at the post ollice at Santa Member of the Associated Press. SUnscRIPTION RATES By mall payable In advance One Month -s i i I ns Six Months One Year 2.2a 4 IK) 7.00 MAIL vrilin ropv ni SANTA CHU. SENTINEL. NEWS TO EASi'EKN FRIENDS Postnpe required to mail copies of Santa Cmi Sentmel-News anywhere in the United States; 16 pages or under lc 1 the the the the of B. of of i I as I Somewhere in the South Pacific (Delayed) The notes of the service man's requiem "taps" climaxed Memorial Day ceremonies in which marines at this outpost honored their mates who had met death in the service.

One of the participants in the v. luucneu, zi, oi dox jau, Kouie 4, Santa Cruz, California, a son of Burton Mitchell. He was a member of the firing squad that fired volleys over the graves in the cemetery. "Bit Of America" The observance of Memorial Day was the first held on this foreign shore by marines in this conflict. The ceremonies were conducted in an orderly little "bit of America" a section of a beautifully tended green cemetery on a rolling hillside.

Geometric rows of white' wooded crosses with the name and rank of the dead in black lettering mark the burial ground. In this ceremony, a bugler sound ed Last Call as an honor guard pre-J sented arms. Prayers were intoned by chaplains of units to which the fallen marines were attached. The firing squad volleyed salutes as officers of the men placed wreaths on the graves then the marines walked quietly away and back to their duties. Harvest Labor Mobilization Here Mapped A mobilization committee composed of representatives of local service, youth, and women's organizations to enroll Santa Cruzans for harvest labor for next fall is being organized by the Kiwanis club under Frank Beardsley in co-operation with the farm labor office, according to Henry Washburn, county farm advisor.

The organization is being perfected here "as a matter of insurance" to act if and when it becomes necessary, Washburn said. Representatives of the various organizations and the civilian defense council met Friday afternoon at Brownie's Tavern to perfect the organization. Another meeting is I scheduled for Thursday night. Allies I Allied bombers, carrying out a 10-day series of air raids on more than 200 Japanese barges, drawn up to the shore of Borgen bay on north coast of New Kentucky Holding State Primaries By The Associated Press Louisville, Aug. 7.

Former Slate Hiehvay Commissioner J. Lylrr Donaldson of Carrolllon, who was actively supported by Gov. Keen Johnson, led lliree opponents tonight for Democratic nomination for governor as unofficial returns from today's primary were tabulated. In ihe Republican primary former Court ol Appeals S. S.

Willis of Ashland was unopposed. I OR SOLDII'RS, HAKLOl IS OI OF liOl NDS By The Associated Press New York, Aug. 7. A larfce sec- tion of Harlem, where six neurons lost their lives in rioting last Sun- day and Monday, now is out of bounds on week-ends to all soldiers i except those visiting their fam- lilies in the the report Frank E. Marsh (above) of San Francisco, former OPA regional administrator for California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Arizona, took over his new duties as executive assistant to OPA General Manager Chester Bowles, to be in charge of field operations.

Lt. Lowell Bready Prefers Redwoods To Carolina Pines Lieutenant Lowell Bready, former member of the Sentinel editorial staff, has written to Ernest Otto from his Spartanburg, South Carolina, post where he is with the 71st battalion at Camp Croft. Bready described Spartanburg as a "city of about 25,000 souls and 34,500 pine trees but the pines don't have the personality of the California redwoods. The Blue Ridge mountains of Virginy which I have also seen," Bready continued, "may be marvelous but they can't compare with the scenery in the San Lorenzo valley." Bready's present task is testing recruits on their knowledge of weapons; "and a year ago," he says, "I didn't even know the difference between a stapling machine and a machine gun." Lieut. Bready was on the Sentinel staff in the hey-day of these other former staff members: Sergeant Doug Baldwin, who is now editing a newspaper at Camp Mc-Quaide; Sutton Christian, Red Cross worker in Alaska; George Moorad.

South Pacific war correspondent, and Irene Bohl, war worker in the Hawaiian Islands. Retired Teachers Picnic Wednesday Retired Teachers' picnic at La-veaga park Wednesday was reported an unqualified success with ideal weather and good food contributing to a pleasant day. A. S. Cotton, recently retired principal of an Oakland school, as well as an accountant and statistician, spoke on teachers' retirement.

He presented figures to show that a financially sound retirement system for the public schools of the state may be had on a 50-50 basis; that on this basis the state's contribution would be about $3,000,000 a year while the active teachers would make up a similar amount. About 45 association members were present besides Mr. and Mrs. Cotton and County Superintendent Janie Stocking as guests. i Lit 1 unwelcome The some can't did before But remember mail just as With the you can stay banking you to bank you find it Dr.

Hugh" Benner of Kansas City lost his baggage and missed his train, but arrived in Santa Cruz in time for a speaking at Beulah Park. It happened in Ogden, Utah: conductor said it would be an hour and a half till the Challenger pulled out, but fifteen minutes later, while Dr. Benner explored Ogden, his coach was switched to Overland Limited and whisked away and with it went his baggage and Pullman reservation. An hour later the Kansas City clergyman doubted the wisdom of sightseeing in Odgen as he pondered the quirks of war-time travel They finally made room for minister in the smoker, but it was 3 a. m.

before a berth was available; they wired ahead for the baggage. Dr. Benner, who is widely traveled and is now speaking at the Nazarene camp meeting, told his audience Friday that: "The press, radio, and modern travel have made the world one great community. In these days of war and uncertainty, religion has its greatest opportunity to aid humanity." Nazi Tanker Is Torpedo Victim By The Associated Press Istanbul, Aug. 6 (Delayed).

The 10.000-ton German tanker Firuz entered Istanbul harbor late tonight, badly damaged by a torpedo hit near the bow. She was loaded with Rumanian gasoline and it was presumed she was torpedoed by a Soviet submar ine close to the Black sea mouth the Bosporus. The Firuz is of former French registry. Hershey Urges Nation Built Up To Army Fitness By The Auociated Preii San Francisco, Aug. 7.

A nation-wide program of physical training after the war, "to prevent a repetition of the present large number of rejections," was urged todav by Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey, national director of selective service. He spoke at a press conference here. The general said there currently were 3,000.900 age-eligible men classified as 4 F's rejected for military service.

He foresaw a possible re-ciassification of some them, but said this reservoir and that of the 100.000 youths he coming 13 years old each month could not meet the rpouirements 2,000,000 men within the next year. Some of the needed military manpower will have to come from the group of 7.000,000 pre-war fathers between 18 and 37, he said. About 2.000,000 of these probably could pass requirements, he estimated, "but I don't believe we will have to take all of them anvway within the next 12 months." Demand For Autos 'After War Grows By Tho Auociated Press Detroit, Aug. 7. The backlog of demand for passenger automo biles in the post-war period is piling up steadily as American motorists continue to scrap old cars virtually no replacements, Figures compiled by the salvage tlu' production lu)anl that in the 12 months ('nfiini; Junp 1.

500.000 iM wcrc scrapped. This is somewhat below the pre war aver- ol approximately 2.350.000 ed each year but considerably greater than many industry authorities expected in the face of a nation-wide drive for conservation. Bulgaria Flirting With Peace Hopes By The Associated Press Istanbul. Auij. 7 George Kios-' seivanow, former Bulgarian pre-1 mier, was reported today to have 'been summoned from virtual exile' ministor to Switzerland to con- fer with King Boris, at Sofia.

I Kio.sseivanow, who. as premier until February, 1940, advocated neutrality, was said to have Riven the king a pessimistic report of Axis prospects. it was believed here that the former premier may soon replace the pro Axis liogdull I'hilov and be -MO rtith the Allitfa. fight for the four great freedoms has deprived all of us of freedom of movement. You get around as freely as you STARTS TODAY Cont.

1 till II Robert Taylor Thomas Mitchell Guinea and camouflaged with branches in an attempt to make them blend with island foliage, have damaged a large number of the craft, Kombs at left were Espionage Charge By FBI Based On Secret Ink Notes The Associated Press Washington, Aug. 7. A 35-year-old South American employed by the office of coordinator of inter American affairs was arrested to day on charges of espionage. The accused is Roberto Lanas Vallecula, a native of Cali, Colombia, who worked for the inter-American bureau as a foreign language translator. J.

Kdgar Jloover, director of the federal bureau of investigation, whose agents made the arrest, said that Lanas admitted he had written three 'loiters in secret ink transmitting information concern ing the national defense efforts of the United Slates. The department of justice said its investigation disclosed that as frequently had received lare sums of money from in 1 iibiifi, l.i'tuiil tire and gas rationing began. that you can bank by easily as ever. aid of pen, paper, and ink at home and still do your 6afely and quickly. We invite with us by mail whenever will save you time or an (S333J? UttSf trip.

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