anaheim-gazette 1945-02-15

B-29's Big Brother Now Under Mass Production at Consolidated-Vultee IN MARIANAS Writing from somewhere in the Marianas S/Sgt. Donald A. Suhr gives a vivid account of his life there and says that it rains almost all the time, but that no one pays any attention to it unless it is an especially hard rain. Swimming is one of the few pastimes that the men can enjoy, he writes and while most of them go swimming in trunks he prefers "pants and all" because of his great size. "I'd feel too self-conscious otherwise," he writes. His greatest disappointment is lack of beer and "even when we get it we are limited to six bottles a week." Sgt. Tells of Life On Atoll in Letter To His Mother A vivid description of life in the Marianas as seen through the eyes of Staff Sgt. Jack Lee, former Santa Ana business man and son of Mrs. Grace Lee, 703 N. Zeyn street, was told in a recent letter to his mother. Before his entry into the U.S. Army, Sgt. Lee owned an office machine and supply business and though he is now working for Uncle Sam he is still repairing typewriters. While American engineers use high speed methods the Japs build airstrips by laying lime rocks by The Vultee Field Division Consolidated Vultee Aircraft prepared to extend its production schedules on major combat for the recently-announced 2 Privateer today with announcement that Convair's San Diego vision has just been granted additional $45,000,000. Navy for the flying battleship. Almost the entire emp section of the Privateer—per cent of the complete plant at Downey. Just 10 days ago the awarded the company a $000 extension of its contract the PB4Y-2 which recently revealed as having been in production for the past year. The two contracts, totaling 000,000, are in addition to our orders for the Navy's long-range search planes and extend production into 1946 according to Carl W. Coslow, Field division manager. Squadrons of the new t packing planes are now fighting against the Japs in the rent Pacific offensive. The heavily armed plane in the service, the Privateer is well to slug it out with Japan while on its lonely, uneasy missions. They are already credited seeking out and destroying sands of tons of enemy shells including units of the Jap A cantilever-wing mount with improved Pratt & Wanley. WAR PRISONER First reported missing in action, Pfc. Cornelio R. Masciel of Anaheim is now known to be a prisoner of war in Germany. His mother, Mrs. Dominga Maschiel, resides at 1118 Santa Ana street. OVERSEAS SOON Pfc. Glenn Walls, formerly of Anaheim, is now completing his training at Ft. Benning, Georgia and expects to leave for overseas in the very near future. ANAHEIM AIR MAN PROMOTED IN RANK Kenneth J. Robinson has been promoted to the grade of Private First Class, it was announced recently at the Ontario Army Air Field in California. He is an aerial engineer at this Fourth Air Force fighter base. Pfc. Robinson was graduated from high school in Fullerton. He has attended the Lockheed Service school, Burbank, Calif. His wife resides at 20 North Emily St., Anaheim, Calif. FLYS TO NEBRASKA Lt. James D. Burden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burden of 125 North Ohio street, left by plane Monday for Lincoln, Nebraska following a 15 day furlough enjoyed here with his family and friends. He expects to be in Lincoln for only a few weeks after which he will be assigned to a plane. Lt. Burden is with the Army Air Force and has been in service for the past two years. WRITES OF HIGH MORALE Writing friends about the high morale in his outfit Corwin "Corky" Rouquet, who is serving with the Fifth Army in Italy, says that everyone is homesick "but not moody. We all just want to be able to live like human beings once again." The letter was written on Jan. 8 and at the time there was two feet of snow on the ground "and it's still snowing." For a New Year's present he received a new stripe on his sleeve and is now a technical sergeant. WITH MERCHANT MARINE Marvin Fluegge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fluegge of Rt. 1, Anaheim is serving with the merchant marine in the Pacific area. He left on a cruise early in December having entered that service in November, 1944. Marvin attended Anaheim Union high school for a year, but graduated from the Garden Grove High School. ON LEAVE Johnny Heinz, son of Joseph the Marianas as seen through the eyes of Staff Sgt. Jack Lee, former Santa Ana business man and son of Mrs. Grace Lee, 703 N.Zeyn street, was told in a recent letter to his mother. Before his entry into the U.S. Army, Sgt. Lee owned an office machine and supply business and though he is now working for Uncle Sam he is still repairing typewriters. While American engineers use high speed methods the Japs build airstrips by laying lime rocks by hand and inserting smaller rocks in the crevices. Their equipment is good, however, he wrote. In telling of how we rebuilt airstrips for use of B-29's he said: "In building the B-29 base it was necessary to move 4,000,000 square yards of rock and coral. A bluff which stood in the path of one runway was removed." "War brings normal business and civilian economy to a standstill but now the Marianas have a healthy civilian economy operating complete with a local variety of OPA price control. "At first it was found unwise to pay local labor wages as there were no goods available to buy and money in native hands became mischief money that was traded to soldiers for government equipment. To prevent this wages were withheld for two months until trade goods could be shipped in. Now wages have been fixed at a standard level of 35 to 50 cents a day, plus food, clothing and shelter. "Ceilings have also been established for services. Barbers prominently post their rates (shave and haircut: five cents) under signs in English and native languages warning customers not to pay more. Seamstress shops qualify their prices (trousers or dresses: 30 cents) with notices that no additional charge will be made for materials. Under such rules business is brisk." MORALE DESCRIBED Of the morale of the men in that area Sgt. Lee has this to say: "It isn't the work we do, the food, the other fellows, the Army that gets most of the men down. It is the continuity of it, morning, noon and night, days seemingly without end and there is no escape. No job is too hard if you can go to a dance, out to dinner, talk and be with people like you. I feel unaffected myself but can see the dejection in others as time goes by and they are no closer to going home, to escape, to break the chain of continuous and uneventful passing of time." For myself, while lying on my packing planes are now ing against the Japs in the rent Pacific offensive. The heavily armed plane in the service, the Privateer is wipe to slug it out with Japan while on its lonely, unreliable missions. They are already credited seeking out and destroying sands of tons of enemy ships including units of the Japanese A cantilever-wing motor with improved Pratt & W twin wasp engines, 26 foot fin, the 62,000-65,000 pound weight plane has a max speed of more than 250 mph hour. It carries twelve mugs and has a range of over 000 miles. The fuselage is feet longer than that of its liar twin-fin B-24 companion. Fullerton Flyer Back After Long Tour in Pacific Lieutenant (jg) Joe E.E.U.S.N.R., of 613 North Street, Fullerton, has recalled from a tour of duty in the where he served as a patrol commander and pilot in the vvy's Patrol Bombing Squad Thirty-Four (VPB-34). His squadron, which flew famous Catalina flying boat tinguished itself for its reliable rescue work, as well as combat strikes against shipping. Lieut. (jg) Ball is credited accomplishing one of the standing rescue missions in Pacific. When an American driver went down off Leyte, his carrying a crew of seven, and packed 56 of the suit into the Catalina—a large senger load than had ever been carried in this plane. Though two Japanese deserts were standing nearby during the time of the pick-up they nor the enemy batteries opened up on the lina. The big flying boat was taxied three miles before took off, landed safely 45 m later at an Allied base. In a previous mission, (jg) Ball's plane scored four hits on an enemy 600-ton which was sent to the bottom this action he received tinguished Flying Cross. Lieut. (jg) Ball, who is 25 old, was graduated from the university of California. 'Eddie' Manion WITH MERCHANT MARINE Marvin Fluegge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fluegge of Rt. 1, Anaheim is serving with the merchant marine in the Pacific area. He left on a cruise early in December having entered that service in November, 1944. Marvin attended Anaheim Union high school for a year, but graduated from the Garden Grove High School. ON LEAVE Johnny Heinz, son of Joseph Heinz of North Palm street is enjoying a leave at home following completion of Navy V-12 classes at Cal Tech. Upon completion of his leave the end of this month he will report to Camp Endicott, R.I. for amphibious officer's candidate school. He has three brothers in the service, Eddie is in the Navy and stationed at Treasure Island; Joe is pilot in the Navy Transport Service and Carl is a lieutenant in the Army and is serving in the Pacific. ANAHEIM MAN IN 'BOOT' TRAINING AT U.S. MARITIME CATALINA BASE Lawrence Paulson, whose home is at 1122 Diamond, is now in "Boot" training as an apprentice seaman at the U.S. Maritime Service's great West Coast base at Catalina Island, it was announced today by Lt. (jg) J. F. Grundeen, enrolling officer at 514 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles. Paulson is busy gaining the knowledge and experience that will enable him to deliver the "Victory Cargo" to our fighting forces and allies throughout the world. The Maritime Service, which is now accepting men between the ages of 17 and 50, offers the opportunity for red-blooded Americans to become seamen in our country's Merchant Marine which is playing such a vital part in winning the war. Please help make The Gazette a better newspaper by giving your local, society or personal news items. Phone 2206. IN FRANCE Harley Schacher, T/4, son of Mrs. Ruth Ross of Anaheim is serving in France with an armored division and according to a recent letter has recently seen action. He writes that everything is covered with snow but that his unit is fortunate to be "bunking" most of the time in houses instead of foxholes. He has seen several friends from Anaheim and if he ever gets to Paris he hopes to look up Edith Parks, WAC from Anaheim who is on duty there as a telephone operator. His address is T/4 Harley Schachner, Headquarters Co., 62nd A.I.B., APO 446, care postmaster, New York City. WAC RECRUITMENT Women's Army Corps recruitment will continue in 1945, emphasizing the need of qualified women for duty in Army hospitals, Ninth Service Command headquarters announced today. Now Under Mass Cidated-Vultee The Vultee Field Division of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. prepared to extend its production schedules on major components for the recently-announced FB4Y-Privateer today with announcement that Convair's San Diego division has just been granted an additional $45,000,000. Navy order for the flying battleship. Almost the entire empennage section of the Privateer—some 15 per cent of the complete plane—was produced at the Vultee Field plant at Downey. Just 10 days ago the Navy awarded the company a $40,000,000 extension of its contract for the PB4Y-2 which recently was revealed as having been in secret production for the past year. The two contracts, totaling $85,000,000, are in addition to previous orders for the Navy's newest long-range search planes and will blend production into 1946, according to Carl W. Coslow, Vultee field division manager. Squadrons of the new trouble-tracking planes are now operating against the Japs in the current Pacific offensive. The most heavily armed plane in the naval service, the Privateer is well able to slug it out with Jap planes while on its lonely, unescorted missions. They are already credited with taking out and destroying thousands of tons of enemy shipping, including units of the Jap Navy. Step into our YEAR ROUND GARDEN Select Yours with Satisfaction 'Fresh Daily' ALPHA BETA Super SELF-SERVICE Produce Dept. packing planes are now operatg against the Japs in the current Pacific offensive. The most havily armed plane in the naval service, the Privateer is well able to slug it out with Jap planes mile on its lonely, unescorted missions. They are already credited with seeking out and destroying thouands of tons of enemy shipping, including units of the Jap Navy. cantilever-wing monoplane with improved Pratt & Whitney win wasp engines, 26 foot single the 62,000-65,000 pound grossweight plane has a maximum speed of more than 250 miles per hour. It carries twelve machine tons and has a range of over 3,-10 miles. The fuselage is seven meters longer than that of its famir twin-fin B-24 compatriot. Fullerton Flyer Back After Long Four in Pacific Lieutenant (jg) Joe E. Ball, S.N.R., of 613 North Golden Seet, Fullerton, has returned from a tour of duty in the Pacific, where he served as a patrol plane commander and pilot in the Na- 's Patrol Bombing Squadron Dirty-Four (VPB-34). His squadron, which flew the nous Catalina flying boats, disguished itself for its remarkable rescue work, as well as its combat strikes against enemy zipping. Lieut. (jg) Ball is credited with complishing one of the outstanding rescue missions in the Pafic. When an American destroyment down off Leyte, his plane, arrying a crew of seven, landed and packed 56 of the survivors to the Catalina—a larger pasenger load than had ever previously been carried in this type one. Though two Japanese destroyer sorts were standing nearby during the time of the pick-up, neier they nor the enemy shore bitteries opened up on the Catala. The big flying boat, which is taxied three miles before it kick off, landed safely 45 minutes after at an Allied base. In a previous mission, Lieut. (jg) Ball's plane scored four bomb s on an enemy 600-ton tanker which was sent to the bottom. For its action he received the Disguished Flying Cross. Lieut. (jg) Ball, who is 29 years old, was graduated from the University of California. Eddie' Manion YEAR ROUND GARDEN Select Yours with Satisfaction 'Fresh Daily' ALPHA BETA Super SELF-SERVICE Produce Dept. Crisp, Solid CABBAGE 5¢ Lb. 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