Independent from Long Beach, California • 5

Narrow THE I I' Sewage Runoff up 900,000 Gallons Average daily sewage runoff has increased 900,000 guDotis since last August, as the result of population growtji and ex tens loa Of sew age arilitles in new areas, accord big to reports filed with City Mgr, Sam EL Vickers. Hie increase was from to gallons. Hie three hour peals' went up from 23.200,000 gallons on a basis of a fuU day to 2300,000 gallons, against a maximum capacity of 20,000,000 1 gallons at the city screening plant in- the harbor. Hie overflow goes directly into the harbor, Vickers said. The city council has submitted a $3300300 issue, to voted on May 8, for a new sewage disposal system Including Revealed lllees of local coLnmanders who explained that the city was under constant Jap mountain gun a he 11- SHe insisted on driving ahead in up with forward patrol ele-t, I I was something we couldnt Believe," Colonel Egeborg said today.

"One -minute shells were foiling everywhere and yet, as we drove through and around the shell holes, not a single one fell. A minute or should a second -f-later, shells wenj raining down again." i Divine provkteneqf MacArthur might say so he has I Hie fourth time only 48 Hours later, when General MacArthur drove into Calumpit with the first patrol to enter the city. Ceri-fain that he could flush on ahead, he drove for a time following he believed to be; a' hastily laid signal craps line to reconnaissance i 4 It wasn't It '-was a Jap wire and MacArthur was in the. midst of no mans land onceagain, with artillery from both sides: passing low overhead and with the staccato hatter of machineguns punctuat-ig the otherwise quiet with angry buzz. i -i We ft fairly soon! after," IT.

COL HENBT AJ MUCCI, nmKreldthktafrsed 5101 silled ere wag. Shown! above bo was. enrolled nf Weet where1 be gfadueted in 1BSS, the colonel took 121 men of the Sixth- ranger' battalion mnd tot geerrlllas with him on the mile i penet ration Into territory tp free held a Cnhu in jNueva province. (InragNoMU Hne I a year. Independent Want Ad ifo tell your story completely may sell It quickly.

An little. post with mortars ami machine-guns. loaves from trees torn; by the enemys lead fell on maps General MacArthur was studying. GEN. DOUGLAS MaeAHTHUB He and tha division leader promptly stepped behind shelter a knee high, six inch wide rock wall.

McArthur remained i i He entered the Fort Sti area well ahead of his own troops and while driving towi racks memorable to him because it waa once his father's headquarters and later hia own MacAiS-thur was caught in the cross fire of American and Japanese artillery. He was in the middle of the radius, which is 500 yards KE. I Act of Providence 1 Hid third escape came at Bam-ban, when the general Local Carrier Pilot Home From Pacific I Lt. Frank C. Hearrell of 3317 Walnut avenue, has returned from a tour of duty as pilot of a navy fighter based on one of the navys big carriers in.the Pacific.

Attached to air group 18, he flew a Grummaan built Hellcat During his whirlwind combat tour he blasted five, planes out of the Sir, damaged six and destroyed one on the ground, assisted in knocking out six buildings, and made devastating strafing attacks on i Jap ground and made, strafing attacks on Jap shipping: His squadron, officially known as Fighting 18, but referred to unofficially as Two a Day 18. shot down the amazingly huge number of 172 enemy planes an average of better than two a day for its tour. I In addition. Fighting 19 destroyed or damaged more than 200 planes on the ground, sank a destroyer. beached another destroyer, knocked out 31 merchant ships, wrecked a great many ground installations and bombed and strafed Jap warships, Including a big carrier and two battleships.

His squadrons scoring was led by Lt. Cecil E. Harris. USNR, who shot down 24 Jap planes to become the countrys second highest scoring carrier pilot in point planes shot dowiv -1 Itditort Xota-Htra fa an Japw CM. Doe SzStEr JMCTMtiOIMl Newt 'CarrMpowdtmt bi -5T5tk retefw lw stStoeArthart uarfous htadquar-ZJTmTil long trail front Aw- SL jtm Guinea and finally 1 i LEE VAN ATTA rni" ifr ARTHUR'S HEAD-OERTERS ON Doudu MacArthur, with tisrogud lor the four narrow Sfnj-Tm death he expert-5X xenon, today: ranka as Incentive spurring on J2 wtft moving Manila hound tadTas he ranges far afield to hie army of libera- I jncerety believe die with his goMemMas- would on ms iieaa than steel helmet," one 1s senior staff offi- asserted today.

wo American field eommander 4 this war, and perhaps no commander In chief in history, has demonstrated more personal oour no ta the face of enemy fire than 5 KaeArthur. He was taken to die field day after day to add his sea fiery impetus to the mighty spuit headed for Manila, Already he has had. four dose fKipes from death during the central plains operations, but each dw he has returned again from his most advanced of, all high wamnd headquarters ion Luzon, as ho ton were aware that hia BKwnee is proving invaluable in murriog his attacking forces, i The story of MacArthurs personal novel since the inception of the Manila drive is little known, for throe lessons. he specifically has asked that no war correspondent accompany him into the field. Second, he travels with sny his two aides, and his exact itinerary rarely is known.

And third, military security prohibits Mining! the towns the; five star general has visited, i 1 But the five starred brain behind the spprdaching collapse of Manila defenders has been with Ms troops, and all too often ahead if them as many soldiers, push-toward the front and seeing from it before they will testify ever the sweep down the sun plains toward the Philip-jines capital city began, I i iDeesat Carry Gua -1 General MaCArthuv is out from 1 dusk, often covering miles On his unmarked wears his famed tscram-eggs" hat, khaki shirt open at the neck with the five star insignia bn both collars, pants which crumple long pair of pwr nightfall, and a low shoes. He carries neither revolver, nor Jinor steel helmet, i1 Some-smokes big cigars while At other times he pulls an unlighted Hia aides, of Cleveland, Pocatello Idaho, lire his hr escorts they each carry re-Jgnw while the driver of the Winiished Jeep has a long car-Bine in the Jeep's dashboard holster. kJ? MocActhurs direct order, mth Colonel Egeborg ahd Colonel bhrtisd must wear steel helmets. His four closest calls since he "wd hia troops i on Luzon ro easily itemized. i At Rosario; two weeks ago, tn he was conferring with, the Most forward command post, ad-JWng fits swiftest way to break In th area.

Jap nitrations opened fire on the geborg now shortly. xe are only ai few of tl ances MacArthur some irk field strips before his troops m. were on them; usually taciturn and fmlm-. rested foot soldiers have been both impressed and encouraged by MacArthurs willingness to expose himself to fire and possible death to, keep the1 allied lines I shoving constantly forward. 1 Througll iU the years to monds.

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