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News Os Six Men158th InfantryFighting JapsWord received this week of

six Coolidge “AmericanBushmasters” fighting theJaps with Company D,158th Infantry.

News of six Coolidge men serv-ing with Company D, 158th Infan-

try. in the Southwest Pacific cameto the Examiner today. The menare S/Sgt. Lon Harrell, Pfc. Theo-idore Mode, Cpl. Charlie Etcheison,

his brother Cpl. Leslie Etcheison,

Ist Sgt. Frank E. Lewis and Pfc.Randolph Chadborn.

Pfc. Mode's father, James Mode,

was officially notified on June 20ththat his son was wounded in ac-tion in Sarmi, New Guinea on May

30th. The communication statedthat reports of his condition wouldfollow. It was not until Mr. Mode

received a letter this week fromCpl. Jason R. Burke of CasaGrande, however, serving with hisson, that he knew what happened.“Your son, Theodore has asked meto write you,” Cpl. Burke's V-Mailstates; "and let you know that heis o.k. He was wounded in hisleft arm two nights ago, by Jap-

anese soldiers on a rading party

in our camp area. He was shot in

the arm as they first attacked ourpositions. He is in a hospital feel-

ing fine. We have been on thefront for some time. I myself live

in Casa Grande and I knew Theo-dore before we got in the army.”Burke goes on to tell how Pfc.Mode shot one Jap and clubbed an-other ever the head with his rifle.He was with Casa Grande NationalGuard and left with first groupfor Panama when war was declared

in 1941.Company D, 158 th Infantry,

trained for jungle fighting in Pan-

ama for a year and earned the

nickname of “America’s Bush-masters” before being sent over-seas. Since then, their tactics andlearning have been put to good useagainst the Japs.

First Sgt. Lewis writes home

about the orchids that nativessome times plant in cocoanut

sheila for decorative purposes. They

are a small wild variety, he says,

but very beautiful. He wonderswhether the gardenia bush in hismother’s garden is still growing.There is a lot to write about, Lewissays, but if he put it in a letterit would get censored, so he coot-fines himself to safe subjects.Lewis was recently released from

the hospital, but mentions itbriefly with the statement, “I amout of the hospital now.” “Speedy”the company’s honey bear whichwas captured as a cub and is theirmascot, has been sick for about

two weeks, Lewis says. “We arebeginning to wonder if he willcome out of it. We have become

quite attached to him and wouldsure hate to lose him.” Lewis isthe son of Mrs. D. T. Lewis and is

known to Coolidge friends as“Pinky.”

S/Sgt. Harrell writes on Japaneserice paper that he has been feeling

“sorta tired lately, as those Nipssure disturb a fellow’s test andsleep.” The mail situation is pret-ty good where they are, Harrellsays, and he has been receiving

the Examiner “right up on thefront lines.” He also speaks of“Speedy” and says the pictures hesent of the honey bear and him-self “were the last ones taken ofSpeedy before he died.” Harrellhad Speedy with him a long timeand “so much counted on bringing

him home with me when this is

over. The fellow who said waris hell—l sure agree with him.”Sgt. Harrell is the son of Mr. andMrs. J. P. Harrell and the fatherof Lon Harrell, Jr., seaman secondclass, now training at a base inConnecticut. Sgt. Harrell says thathe hopes his son will never haveto go through with what he has.

The Etchieson boys, both corpor-als, are sons of Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Etchieson, North Coolidge. Theyhave made their home here since1939, where they were employed forthe most part in ranch work. Thebrothers have been together sincethey entered service. Pfc. Chad-born is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.

W. Chadborn and helped his fatherin the electrical business before heentered service.

The boys of the 158th will beglad when its time to come home,“the Japs are pretty tough fightingand are sure hard to see in thejungle.” It’s been almost threeyears since the boys were here.

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Club Library To BeOpen Thru Summer

Coolidge Womans Club Librarywill be open each Tuesday morn-ing from 9 to 11 o’clock and eachFriday evening from 8 to 10 o’clockthroughout the summer.

A number of new books havebeen added to the library shelves,according to those in charge. Nonclub members can obtain libraryprivileges by the purchase of a

dollar membership card.

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VOLUME FIFTEEN

255,000 —QUOTA

225,000

175,000 111¦ 150,000

125,000 H

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HI 50,000

25,000 Ig

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Each week Coolidge's total

to date on the Fifth War Loan

Campaign will be shown onthis thermometer. The quota

to be reached is $255,000 whichis cash and not face value to

be raised. Coolidge has goneover the top in previous drives,

and although this is the largestamount allocated, it is expectedat the conclusion of the driveto see a figure posted wellabove the $255,000 mark onthe thermometer.

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Larry D. Sowell, motor mach-inists mate 3/C, is back in anEnglish port, “safe but verytired” after three days and nightsparticipation in the invasion,according to a letter receivedMonday by his parents, Mr. andMrs. Fred Sowell. Serving onan L.S.T., Sowell’s ship landedtanks and “hauled in the wound-ed.” At present it is in port forrepairs. “Some of the Germanwounded we hauled back,” Sow-ell writes: “predict that the warwill be over by September.” Hisletter, the»first his parents havereceived in a month, was dulypassed by the censor.

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Paper CollectionIs Slated HereFor Tomorrow

Beginning Saturday, July 1,scrap paper will be collected in theresidential area of Coolidge. Col-lection will be made in West Cool-idge and south of Central Ave. to-morrow. Collection will be made inthe area east of Arizona Boulevardand north of Central Aevnue onSaturday, July 8. Collections willbe made every other week there-after.

Those who will do the collectingrequest that residents have papers,magazines, and boxes securely tiedwith strong cord or wire and placedat the curb so they will not bemissed. Scrap paper is still a ma-jor war shortage and weekly col-lections will be continued in thedowntown area.

0• George Simmons returned tues-day from a short visit with Mr. andMrs. O. E. Gather, Casa Grande.

Coolidge War Bond Sales Reach .

$193,000 As Drive Enters Stretch?

Total sales almost four-fifths of City quota as sth WarBond Drive nears final week. State slightly more thanhalf of quota. Pinal county total $508,460 towardmillion dollar goal.

the county-wide average. Through-out the county sales reached $508,-460 late yesterday while the county

quota is $1,000,000.Plans are being made in Cool-

idge for a final wind-up bond rally

before the final closing date of thedrive according to chairman Gross-miller, who is now negotiating withHoward Pyle, state entertainmentchairman, for one of the divisionsof Arizona Cavalcade entertainers.No definite announcement of therally date can be made until ne-gotiations are completed.

State bond sales had reached agrand total of $17,103,232 last nightwhich is more than half of Arizon-a's $32,000,000 quota.

Coconino was the first Arizonacounty to go over the top when it

reached its $750,000 quota Wedne4\day night with $275 to spare.

J. E. Refsnes, executive director,Arizona War Finance committeesaid today there should be no idlemoney during war period as he

outlined types of bonds to meetevery purpose.

For tax payments or income ser-ies “C” savings notes. For busi-

ness reserves and working capitalthere are certificates and couponbonds ranging from 7-8 per centto 2 per cent as well as series “E”and “F” bonds and war savingsstamps. “With this assortmentis no need for any person to haveidle money.’ Refsnes concluded.

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Coolidge BusinessI Houses To CloseFor July 4th

Many Coolidge stores are takingadvantage of July 4, which falls

;on Tuesday, to give their employ-ees a triple holiday, Sunday, Mon-day and Tuesday.

Most stores and business houses,with the exception of places of a-

I musement, will be closed on July, 4th.

0• Miss Vivian Hohman is visiting

friends in California., • Mr. and Mrs. T.' L. Cowan andfamily returned Monday from CampVerde, near Bartlett Dam, wherethey spent four days extracting

honey from 300 bee hives ownedby Robert Bechtel. Mrs. Cowanis Mr. Bechtel’s sister.• Mrs. Noro Beagle returned fromTucson, Sunday, where she wascalled because of the Illness of herniece, Dorothy Edwards, daugh-of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Edwards.Mrs. Beagle was there four days.• Mr. and Mrs. Newton Cooper,

Casa Grande, were guests at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Chap-man Thursday evening for a Span-ish dinner.• Mrs. Elizabeth Cauthen re-turned home Sunday from sixweek’s in a Tucson Hospital asthe result of a broken hip. She isMrs. Tom Edward’s mother.• Mr. and Mrs. Neil Record anddaughter Mary Lu, Phoenix, wereguests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.Will Hodges on Sunday.• A two-fold patriotic window dis-play designed to further the saleof War Bonds over July 4th maybe seen at Bloch’s Variety Storeon Coolidge Avenue. Against abackground of red, white and blue,the photographs of over 20 Cool-idge men in the armed forces aredisplayed in an array of patrioticframes, grouped about the perti-nent reminder of a War Bond.

0PFC. WILLIS GOODWIN returnedhome Thursday with a new brideafter spending two and a half yearsin Newfoundland. This is his firstfurlough since he entered servicethree years ago. He is the son ofMr. and Mrs. Willie Goodwin and acousin of Sgt. John D. Wadkins,who gave his life for his country.

Goodwin was marled Saturday,June 24th, to Miss Evelyn Breanon,a telephone operator at New Bed-ford, Mass. He has been back inthe states two weeks. A memberof the U. S. Coast Guards,. Good-win was born March 9,1920, at AdaOklahoma. He came to Coolidge in1940 and worked on the Guy Atta-way Ranch with his cousin, John,until they entered the service.

TYLER SHAW, S 2/C, is hereon leave visiting his parents, Mr.and Mrs. R. F. Shaw. He has twobrothers in the serive, T/Sgt. Tay-lor Shaw, and Lt, John EdwardShaw.

With a total sale of War Bondsaggregating $193,000 Coolidge bondbuyers have almost reached thethree-quarter mark toward theirgoal of a $255,000 quota for thesth war loan drive according to

Melvin Grossmiller, Coolidge chair-man.

Coolidge per centage of sales a-gainst quota is much higher than

Casa Grande To\

Stage War Bond ,Rally-Auction

Casa Grande Is combining a warbond rally fomorrow night with anold time political gettogether in a

celebration expected to

attract folks from all sections ofCasa Grande valley.

Near $250 in merchant donatedgifts will be auctioned to those at-tending the rally and politicalspeakers will include Bill Coxon,candidate for governor, Dan Garvey

for secretary of state, Thad M.Moore for state tax commission,

Lyn Earley for county assessor,Howard McKinney for state mineinspector, Charles S. Goff for statesenator, James Herron, Jr. forsheriff, A. G, McAlister, supremecourt judge, E. P. Cline for attor- ,

ney general, John R. Murdock forcongress and Homer Ward for con-stable.

A feature of the evening will be

Claude Weinhold of Coolidge andhis three musketeers hillbilly or-chestra.

All state and county candidatesare invited to attend the affair.

Main street in Casa Grande willbe roped off for the affair whichwill start at 5:30 tomorrowk (Sat-urday) night.

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Haskell AntonioIs PosthumouslyAwarded Silver Star

Pfc. Haskell O. Antonio wasposthumously awarded the SilverStar for bravery under fire on theAdmiralty Islands, according to

announcement by the war depart-ment Monday. Antonio was bot*nin Blackwater, May 29, 1908 and re-ceived his education at Sacatonand Phoenix Indian School. He isthe son of Juan O. Antonio, whoresides in this district.

Antonio went overseas in Juneof 1943. He was mortally wounded,his citation said, when he ran tothe aid of four comrades who hadbeen hit by enemy fire in advanc-ing at Lorengau, Manus Island.Antonio braved intense raking bymachine guns, it continued, and*“although unsuccessful in his mis-sion, his gallant attempt, his will-ingness to sacrifice his life to aidhis comrades, is in keeping withthe highest traditions of heroism.”

Before entering service, Pfc. An-tonio worked for seven years forthe late Scott Prouty on his dairyranch southeast of Coolidge. JuanAntonio refused to believe his sonhad been killed until his deathwas confirmed by a letter fromheadquarters, signed by GeneralDouglas MacArthur, in which thegeneral told Juan of his son’s brav-ery, and death.

Airman KilledIn Car AccidentEast Os Coolidge

Pfc. Roy William Bailey, 21, wasfatally injured 3 miles east of Cool-idge on Coolidge Avenue Tuesdaynight at 6:20 when the left reartire of the car he was driving blewout, causing it to overturn. Bailey,who was alone in the car, suffereda fatal skull fracture, according tohighway patrolman Dan Kinser.

Bailey died the following morn-ing at 9:40 in Florence POW CampHospital. His body will be ship-ped to his home in Fayette, Ohio,for burial. His next of kin is hismother, Mrs. Myrtle Bailey.

0• Mrs. David A. Brewer and fourdaughters returned Sunday from

! Boulder City, Nevada, to maketheir home in Coolidge. Mrs.Brewer has been employed for thepast year and a half in the med-ical supply department of the armycamp at Boulder City.

? Now In France

Pfc. Guy S. Hulcjl, is with theinvasion troops in France, ac-cording to a letter received Mon-day by his mother, Mrs. Ira Av-eritt. Beyond this, Hulcy gaveno news except that he is well.He has been serving overseas

since March, as gunner with ananti air craft unit. He has livedin Coolidge since 1930 and wasemployed at Boswell Gin for 12years before entering service inAugust of 1942.

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Mrs. ShearwoodReplaces Mrs. BrewerAs Ranger At Ruins

Mrs. Jessica W. Shearwood, Dun-kirk, New York, replaced Mrs. Sally

Brewer as ranger at Casa GrandeNational Monument, when the lat-

ter was transferred to Tumacacorias ranger, Monday.

Mrs. Shearwood is a graduate of

Smith College and was social di-rectress for cruisers of the Swed-ish-American lines. She and Mr.Shearwood, a writer, have madetheir home at Vah-Ki Inn for anumber of months because of his

health. They will occupy the EdJory home at the Ruins when thelatter leave next week.

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Bruce Buys DesertCase; Ida AddingtonTo Manage Business

Fred Bruce has purchased theDesert Case on Main ’Street fromW. C. Wilkins. Remodeling was

completed this week and the casewill be open for business undernew management on Monday.

Mrs. Ida Addington, former co-owner and manager of the PineKnot and Broadway Cases on Ariz-

ona Boulevard, will take over com-

plete management of the DesertCase. Mrs. Addington is wellknown for her culinary art, thatis based on a number of years’ ex-perience both here and in Tucson.

0-• Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Chapmanwere transacting business in Phoe-nix, Tuesday.

COOLIDGE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30 1944 NUMBER 17

The Yanks Are Coming

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American assault troops land on a beachhead on the northern coast of France. Half-tracks towing artOlerj*and beached “Ducks” indicate that the landings of the first ware were successful. A long line of troops is movHing forward from center to far right. The smoke is from a barrage being laid down by naval forces to protecflthe landing. Fight by the side of these fighting men of ours by buying EXTRA War Bonds during the Fifth!War Loan. From U. S. T/auuoo

Parents Hear From Service Man’sBuddy How Their Son Lost His Life

At last, word has come to Mr.nad Mrs. H. E. Ebeling of Flor-ence, of how their son, Cpl. ChesterEbeling gave his 1 life for his coun-try on April 16th near Los Negros,

Island, Admiralty Group. Not un-til the Ebelings, distraught by themeager news that reached themthrough official channels,' receiveda letter from their son’s buddy,.Cpl. Joe A. Huffmeyer, this week,did they really know what happen-

ed. The censor who read that let-ter let it go through to them.

The boy whom the letter con-cerns was born August 16, 1919,in Richmond, Indiana, and came toFlorence with his parents at theage of 13. After completing hisschooling he ran his father’s fillingstation at Owl Head and workedas a well driller at Martin’s DesertBeach, Coolidge for eighteenmonths before enlisting in 1941,shortly before Pearl Harbor.

Cpl. Huffmyer’s letter states;

“The day it happened I was sentout on a detail with the compres-sor truck and that afternoon at 3p. m. I heard the news. At firstI thought the Lieutenant was try-ing to play a joke, as Chet and I

was always by each others side ineverything that came or happened.He would always stay up until Icame in from a detail and I wouldalways stay up until he came in.It was seldom we were apart.

“When we left New Guinea, Chetcame ahead on the compressor. Hewas in the first battle of the Ad-miralties. I was left behind todrive an ammunition truck, for nogood reason at all—my place waswith Chet, but the motor sergeant

took my place for the time being.I came along later and again Chetand I were together. He had arough go of it and when I came inI relieved him, so he could cleanup and take a rest.

“We stayed together from then

Today Is DeadlineFor Purchase OsAuto Use Stamp

Today at 5:30 is the deadline

for purchase of federal auto

use stamps, which may be pro-

cured at Coolidge post office.Beginning July Ist motor ve-hicle owners will be penalizedfor not having the stamp af-

fixed to their windshields, ac-cording to W. P. ’Stewart, In-ternal Revenue Bureau Collect-or for Arizona.

Penalties range from $5 to$25 beside the cost of a stamp,

J. B. Boone, Coolidge postmas-ter said. More than 6,000 pen-alties were assessed last year

against persons in the statewho failed to purchase and dis-play the stamps, Mr. Boonesaid.

on for the next few weeks . ..

They started a supply line fromwhere we were, up to the frontlines by water, with small boatspowered by outboard motors. Theybuilt rafts, and of all the rigs youhave ever seen, they were usingthem. The first guy they had onthe boat couldn’t make it run anytoo hot. They had been runningthe boats for about two weeks,

when Chet and I was called to godown and blow up the rubber boats.While we were there, they couldn’tget the motor to run, so Chet said:“Get the hell out of the way.” 11lwasn’t long until the motor waspurring like a kitten.

“So the result was, he was puton the boat. He had only madearound six trips at night. I wentwith him to keep him company.

We had a lot of fun shooting atsharks and fish, as we came backfrom the front lines. It took from45 minutes to an hour and a halfto make a trip, depending on howrough the water was. We stayedwithin one and a half miles ofshore, the coral ran along theshore out to about 50 yards, wehad to stay clear of them. He

would work on the motors all day,while I ran the compressor and atnight we took off for places un-known.

“The day it happened I was sentacross the island to work, so Chettook off at 3 o’clock. The lieut-enant told the story ... On a boatwhich would only hold 13 men, awise guy put 29, some were sick

and others wounded. They hit abig wave, and 12 men made shore

out of the 29. Chet was nearly to

shallow water when he yelled to

another boy and said, “Ican’t makeit.” The boy yelled back, “Take

off your pants, Chet.” Chet an-

swered, “I can’t.” The boy triedto reach him to cut his pants off,but a wave hit Chet and he wasn’tseen after that. His sailor hatfloated around for a short time,

but he wasn’t seen after that. I

wasn’t within miles of him, due toa job I was sent on. It is some-thing I will never forget. I nowhave his job and rating, but it isnot the same.

“Mr. and Mrs. Ebeling, I prom-ise you from the bottom of my

heart to carry his rating and do thejob as he would, and to take allthe yellow little to hell, Ican before they get me. They don’tcome better than Chet. We hadbeen in many very tickelish spots,when our lives depended on thequick thinking of the other. Iwon’t trust my life in anybody’s

hands as I did his. I only wish ithad been me, truly I do. Iknow

what a blow it was. I have swornto carry on in his place until thejob is done. My chin is up and Iam determined to finish for Chet,then they can have their stripes,

and all.” The letter was signedsimply, “Chet’s buddy, Joe A.Huffmyer,”

COOLIDGE DAM175,825 Acre Feet of

Water availableJune 30, 1944; 10,189

Acre Feet Loss for

Week.