The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1945, Page 8

MONDAY. 1 ’ FREDEL IN TOWN -~ (Ivll SERVI(E | Marshal Fredel, of Whitehorse, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. — D'RE(TOR w'll ANCHORAGE MAN HERE w rdnesday evening in Parish Hall SPEAK TON|GHI Lester H. Boiler, of Anchorage, ‘undcr the auspices of the Knlghts} The Federal Empioyees of Juneau is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. | guest at the Baranof Hotel. of Columbus and the Catholic| are sponsoring an address by James | P. Cooley, Regional Director of the McCULLOUGH HERE OSLLEYT IN TOWN Daughters of America, to the de-| 18, 1945 DEE ZUPAN HERE Dee Zupan, of Anchorage, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. S e WINSTON IN TOWN Frank Winston, of Tacoma, is a ~~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR ]UNEAU ALASKA REV \ y [wil bé'tn charge"of thé Shrine ot} M l VASSEUR \.‘~mnt Terese. He came from Ket- i ’ | chikan, where he has been an aux- REV BUDDE Io ‘1lmry military chaplain, and also chaplain of the Ketchikan General Transfers Announced by, unable to swim even . achieve sufficient height to bail out. Finally reaching the North Afri- can shoreline, he saw he would be | unable to clear the low range of {hills guarding the coast, chose a |spot to lay her down, bnt was (hrown off his calculations by the open belly of his ship—which sent him into a stall sooner than he| Crashing to the Thirfeen Times Decoraled Veleran of Europe Combat Hospital. A public farewell is being given Sidney McCullough, of Wrangell, R. J. Osllet, of Seattle, is a guest has arrived in Juneau and is a,at the Baranof Hotel. Seeks Flying Future Here Juneau is we)cnmma back this week one of its former sons who has completed his part—a mighty big part—in the victorious strife against the enemies of the United States; Major Thomas White, Fighter Squadron Commander, U. S§. Army Air Forces, now on in- active statls Major White is a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force as well as of the AAF. During more than three years of combat action over North Africa and in the European theater of operations he was dec- orated 13 times,. shot down 13 enemy planes—all in the air and was himself shot down with serious injury. Twin in' Navy A son of Walter E. White, who was for six years until December 1036 a pharmacist with the Butler- Mauro Drug Co., in Juneau, Major White has a twin brother, Ennis, still on active service with the U. S. Navy. Rated as aviation metal- smith 1/c, Ennis White is now completing three months of spec- jalist training at the Navy School at Norman, Oklahoma, following which he expects to return to his | former post in Puerto Rico. Major White's parents are now residents of Kelso, Washington, | where the elder White operates a drug store. Discharged from ac- tive duty very recently on the| Armys newly-inaugurated point| tem—he has acquired a total of 1 points, almost three times the| Number required — Major White | made his second North Atlantic flight, from England to the United Btates where he spent only a few| days before heading back to Alaska —where he likes it much better. ‘Goodwin Instructor Major White flew into Juneau by PAA plarie on June 13 and is now ooking - over opportunities to con- tinue his flying caréer. He holds 8 commercial pilot’s license for single and multi-engine land anies. Taught to fly by Dean| win, now a pilot for Alaska Ooastal Alrlines here, at Swan Is- Iand Airport, ‘near Portland, Ore- g, ten years ago, Major White held a commercial license before Joining with the RCAF in 1940. . The 24-year-old Major left Ju- neau in April, 1835. Previously he had attended school here and was @-famillar figure around airplane hangars. Despite his combat ex-| periences he still has the urge Lm fly just as strongly as when l\c’ was a wide-eyed lad ogling the ships of the air here ten ye ago That is why he has had his com- | mercial rating restored and i searching out a commercial flying opening. With RCAF First For one and one-half years the now Major was with the RCAF,' part of the time based in England, but mostly serving as an instructor in Canada. With the RCAF ll(‘ held the rank of Pilot Officer. Be-| fore joining Canada’s fliers, he held | a commission as Second Lu‘uten-‘ lant in the U. S. Army Reserve. with the U. S. entry into the war, he sensed an opportunity to get into combat and succeeded in | securujng active status as a Second Lt. in the AAF, from which he rose to Major rank through his achievements against the Italians and Germans. As a fighter pilot he flew the twin-boomed P-38s, long-range Lockheed sky scourges, first in North Africa then with |the Eighth Airforce from England.| | Participant in seven major cam- !pnlgns Major White was awarded the Air Medal with 10 clusters and | \the Distinguished Flying Cross with | [cluster. On March 3, 1043, he was| | with the first group of American| planes to fly over Berlin. The | weather was so tough they callcd‘ ihack the bombers, “but forgot to | recall us,” he said. H With many tales to tell of the air battles over Europe, the North | Africa campaign is foremost in his | mind. It was there he was shot | down. | Suicide Mission | Flying a “suicide mission” out or! Tunis against the Italians, hls‘, squadron encountered intense op- position as it neared the target. | Though his plane was so shattered by gunfire that it would have been | generally considered unflyable, Major White succeeded in loosing | his bombs over the objective. Then | commenced the struggle to get “home,” back across the Mediter- | ranean. With the belly of his ship | blown away, both turbo-super- | chargers shot out, one wing tank gone and one engine dead, Major White clipped the wave tops on the long trail back; unable to gain | more than 50 feet or nlmude and | | | e — | distance from the fl: had anticipated. i ground, the P-38 rebounded, then | did an end-over before coming to; rest—only to burst into flames. Injured in Crash The Major drew his handgun and Bishop Fitzgerald-Fare- i well on Wednesday | The announcement of several shot an opening through the cock-|changes in pastorates was made by |Fuest at the Gastineau Hotel. i pit enclosure through which he laboriously crawled. With a broken | back and neck he staggered a little| ing cauldron ! that had been his craft. He ex-|gjyity. ! pended the last of his ammunition| The Rev. Wm. J. LeVasseur, S, J., against hostile Arabs encompassing | who came to Juneau in 1930 from him, then lost consciousness as they | Montana, will go from here to Mont | were closing in just as his plane gt Michaels Church in Spokane rumllv exploded. On awakening at|wash. He has become well known a field hospital he found that he|quring his stay in Juneau, partic- {had been rescued from the Arabs ularly for his work in connection at the last moment by a British|ith the building of the Shrine of patrol which had spotted his crash.!saint Terese. Convalescence was followed by) The Rev. Louis Fink will succeed transfer to England for Major!the Rey. LeVasseur, coming to Ju- White : neau from Fairbanks, where he has He is staying in Juneau at the|peen pastor of the Catholic Church Baranof Hotel, and hopes to make!there, his home here again. ! The Rev. Edward Budde will go B 17 from Juneau to Port Townsend, MR. MRS. UNDER#ILL HERE | Wash, and his successor in Juneau, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Underhill, the Rev. Wm. McIntyre, will come of Brodington, Florida, are guests here from the same place. at the Hotel Juneau. The Rev. Budde has had many ' years of service in Alaska, having PRE-NATAL (Lll\l(' come to Juneau in 1933 from Fair- The regular pre-natal clinic will| banks and Nome. be held tomorrow afternoon from The many friends of Rev. Wm 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock at the Gov- McIntyre will be happy to welcome ernment Hospital, with Dr. H. F. him home again, as Juneau is his Kaack in charge. | home town, and his father, Ed Mc- — e |Intyre, is a well known Juneau LOUISE ASHER IN TOWN | resident. He is expected to arrive Louise Asher, of Portland, is a!in Juneau today. guest at the Hotel Juneau. * The Rev. A. McNamara, S. J the Most Rev. Walter J. Fitzgerald, | 8. J., successor to the late Bishop {Joseph R. Crimont, yesterday at masses at the Church of the Na- So fragrant g Schilling VACUUM PACKED | parting | their successors. is pastors and to welcome | Eleventh Civil Service Region, in the | Masonic Temple tonight at 8:00] —,r——— o'clock. guest at the Hotel Juneau. - e ——— Robert E. Stewart, of Renton, is Empire Want-ads Tring resulis! ja guest at the Baranof Hotel. Mr. Cooley will speak on “Postwar | Federal Employment and the Status | | of War Service and Schedule A-1-9 ;m‘ Alaska Appointments.” All Fed- ‘enl Employees, particularly those who have been appointed .,mce March 16, 1942. are urged to nttcnn LANKERT HERE M. E. Lankert, of Cordova, is a e SHURAS IN TOWN Walter O. Shuras, of Fairbanks, a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. Amvmg Tonight . . . Will Be On Display Tuesday Morning... . Avocados Bunch Carrots Celery Lettuce Cucumbers Parsley Green Onions Apricots Plums Zuchinni Squash Parsnips . . . 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Ask that your bond be issued by the CAPITOL THEATRE . . . and your ticket is mailed to you with it! The MOTION PICTURE OPERATORS are DONATING their TIME for the PREMIERE . . . Let’s All Do Our Part!