Evening star. [volume], April 09, 1943, Page B-2, Image 19

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_I ARTS
CHINESE SCREENS, JEWELRY,
SILKS. FURNITURE, LAMPS, Etc.
1518 CONN. AVE. TEL. DU. 4535
Capri Isn't Beautiful
To D. C. Flyer Bucking
Heavy Flak Bursts
Lt. James W. Gillespie
Helped in Protection of
Africa-Bound Convoy
! Ly a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UINTED STATES AIR STATION
IN ENGLAND (By Mail).—For Lt.
James W. Gillespie, former student
in Washington, the "beautiful isle of
Capri" has no romantic associations.
It is the place, he says, "where you
could hear flak dragging on the
bottom of the plane like pebbles
against the bottom of an automo
bile when you drive over a newly
tarred stretch of road.
American bombers raiding Italy
from Africa have encountered some
of the most effective flak batteries
there. Naples, Lt. Gillespie says, is
about the best defended city in
Southern Europe. It is surrounded
by efficient anti-aircraft batteries,
probably manned by Germans.
But by far the hottest target he
himself has encountered is Bizerte
from which he returned with 320
holes in his ship and with the oxy
gen, hydraulic and electrical sys
tems out of commission. A 20-mm.
shell has burst in the face of one
of his crew. Despite this, the ship
was brought in safely.
Protected Convoy.
Since flying to England in a re
placement bomber, Lt. Gillespie has
taken part in 23 operations and has.
had 195 hours of combat flying, to
say nothing of several diversion
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operations. He started on Western
European bombing operations and
then, as part of the Coastal Com
mand, formed part of the umbrella
thrown over the Bay of Biscay for
convoys going to Africa. They were
attacked there once by seven Mes
serschmidtt 210s and succeeded in
shooting two down.
In the same squadron is First Lt.
James A. Latane, University of Vir
ginia ’42, nephew of Dr. John Latane,
Latin American expert and dean of
Johns Hopkins University. Lt. La
tane, navigator of the Eager Beaver,
has taken part in 23 operations and
several diversion flights. Starting
with a raid on Cherbourg shortly
after arriving in England, his crew
also was made part of the Bay of
Biscay umbrella and then sent to
Africa, from which it has Just re
turned here.
In the same crew are Tail Gunner
Violes Flannery, a Pennington Gap
(Va.) High School boy a little over a
year ago, and Waist Gunner Rupert
G. Thacker of Roanoke. Between
them they have one German fighter
to their credit.
Lest Over Desert.
Probably the most thrilling adven
ture of this crew was being lost for
nine and a half hours in the dark
over the desert. They found them
selves over a thick carpet of cloud
through which there was no possi
bility of sighting any object to get
bearings. They found one hole in
the cloud but when they went
through it found themselves directly
over Gabes. The enemy opened up a
terrific flak fire on them.
Finally they picked up the smoke
stream of a train and followed it
until they were able to pick up radio
signals. They finally landed at the
home station with less than 10 min
utes supply of gas left. This crew is
among those which has dropped in
on Malta, which they describe as
■ looking very much like pictures of
the Acropolis in history books.”
Tell of Officers’ Death.
From them came the story of the
death of Lt. Gordon Sorrell of Balti
more and his whole crew while form
ing part of the Bay of Biscay um
brella. They were returning in a
dense fog from one of (he patrol
operations when they crashed into a
hillside near the Bristol Channel.
The bomber was a total wreck and
all the men were killed. This is the
worst loss this particular squadron
has met.
The latest word received by the
members is that at least two of the
| crew of the Double Trouble, shot
I down over Sousse in January, are
! safe in a German prison camp. One
of these is Navigator Luther C. Cox
of Femdale, Md., near Annapolis,
who was one of the six out of a crew
of 10 who jumped.
Two Jail Inmates Hunted
After Escape at Ball Game
Police today were maintaining a
sharp watch at all bus terminals
and the Union Station for two in
mates of the District Jail who
strolled to freedom yesterday during
a baseball game at the jail's recrea
tion field.
The two, bbth natives of South
Carolina, are Charles Cummings. 33,
I and Melvin Brazell. 21. Both were
! attired in khaki shirt and pants
when they walked away. The num
ber 200 is stamped in the seats of
their trousers.
Police described Cummings as
being 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing
136 pounds, with blond hair. Brazell
was stout and of medium height,
! with light, wavy hair.
Boats Serve in Shortage
Because of the gasoline shortage.
Argentina has established steamer
service on the Rio Negro to carry
fruits and wines from producing
areas to markets.
Newspaper Uncovers 1
Food Price Violations
Survey of 144 Items
Shows 76 Over Ceiling
By the Associated Pres*.
BALTIMORE, April 9—nie Balti
more Sun said today that a survey
of 144 retail food and meat markets ;
disclosed 76 separate violations of j
ceiling prices ranging from 1 to 2 j
cents for a head of lettuce or a !
pound of butter to 7 to 12 cents for
sliced ham.
“Price excesses were not confined
to food under ceilings,” The Sun
said. “Sixty and 75 cents a bunch
for asparagus was the rule rather
than the exception.
"The same market that charged
20 cents for a cucumber took 15
cents for a green pepper. These
three commodities are not under
price control.
“The most common overcharge
was for potatoes.
“In the Belair and North Avenue
markets overcharges ranged from
4 to 10 cents for a 5-pound sack.”
Berbers Increase Herds
Berbers, original inhabitants of
French Morocco, are raising more
than 16,000.000 sheep and goats,
nearly double the number cared for
10 years ago.
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