INTERESTING SENSATIONS
OF AIRMEN IN BATTLE
WHEN BIG SHELL COMES
"The most striking thing to me
about being under gun fire in an aero
plane is the unreality of it,” said a
British aviator who has been flying in
Plunders since the outbreak of the war.
“The roar of your own engine drowns
the sound of the guns on the earth,
and even the detonations of the shells
which do not burst very close at hand
are rarely heard. Sharpnel bullets *ly
in a broad cone straight ahead—thit
is, In the same direction as that In
which the shell Itself is moving -so
that practically the only shell *hat
ever does any harm to you i3 the one
which bursts directly beneaath your
machine, and which, therefore, you do
not sec explode. The little puff bolls
of smoke which blossom out around
you arc parfoctly harmless. At the
worst a few of their spent bullets
may shower back upon you, sometimes
so gently that you can see, and even
rrach a hand and catch them. A Bhell
bursting even immediately over you
is rot dangerous In itself, but ra'herj
omlnou3 as indicating the fact that j
the ‘Archies' have you well ranged.
The back kick from the shell-casing;
might stun you If It hit you on the
bend, but the chance of that is almost
negligible.
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"Ordinary heavy artillery is rarely
uecd against air craft, but occasional
, ly one’s work takes him Into an air
jcne in which some of the big shells
are traveling. This is one of the
nest remarkable experiences that can
.all to the lot of an airman; In fact,
the weirdest sensution3 of my whole
.'lying experience are connected with
he occasion on which I blunderod
nto the road of a passing ’42.’
“As you doubtless know, the Ger
mans have used their 17-in. gun3 fori
intermittent bombardment of Dun
kirk, and other points 15 or 20 miles
!>< hind the lines right down to the I
p: csent time. Well, 1 was at an nlti
; udn of about 6,000 feet one day, anil
el'mblng higher at as easy angle,;
when one of these big fellows, almost
tit the end of lt3 long flight, came J
plowing along in the opposito direct- :
tlen. First a dark 11:tie blur appear
ed In the air ahead, and at an angle
of about 36 degrees—a little steeper
than the one at which 1 was climbing —
nhove me. At first it seemed to be
coming right at me. and I swerved
to the left in an Instinctive effort to
dodge the threatened blow. Then a
sort of droning hum became audible,
even above the roar of my engine,
and this sound Increased during the
two or three seconds that elapsed be
fore the big missile came even with
and swept by me. It was probably
several hundred yards away, at its
r.ff?re3t, but the distance seemed less.
"A few faint stirrings of air began
to rock my machino even before the
shell went by, but the full force of
the 'air wash' was not felt for a frac
tion of a second later. Then an al
most solid wall of air nearly throw
me on my 'beam ends,' and I was
really hard put to get the reeling
ms chine back on an 'even keel.' For
‘he next mile or two the air was like |
the water in the wake of a big sldo
wheeler—all chopped to pieces—and
the machine rocked like a springless
motor lorry going over cobbles. The
air was disturbed for some seconds I
ar‘er a big roar astern told me the '12'
had come to earth.”—Popular Mech
anics.
ALASKA
JOTES
(From Our Exchanges.)
Deputy Marshal Frank Huffman re
ports that the new jail and office
building at Matanuska Junction, on
the line of the government railroad,
are almost completed.
B. A. Boss, formerly connected
with the Wells Fargo Nevada Na- .
tlonal bank in San Francisco has ac
cepted a position with the bank of
Alaska at Skagway.
The 11-year-old daughter of Chief
Jim Boss, of a tribe of Indians living
at Lake Debarge, was drowned recent
ly by falling overboard from a canoe
ol the lake a short distance from the
shore.
he new railroad town of Nenaaa
is reported to be alive with building
operations since the recent sale ol
lots there.
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Tyonek natives are reported to be;
finding a ready market for their
season's output of dried salmon In
Anchorage at 10 cents per pound.
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8. M. Draft president of the Sew
drawn his application tor a telephone
franchise at that place because of
restrictions Imposed by tho city
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council.
One hundred and fifty five children
arc enrolled In the public school at
Ketchikan, und this number Is ex
pected to be Increased 25 per ront
within the next month or two.
Superintendent McFarland, of the
Venus mine, near Whitehorse, stales
that the mine will make regular
semi-monthly ore shipments in the
future.
E. L. Smith, president of the Cache
Creek Dredging Company is author
We lead in quality and prieea.
Gent* Furnishing* and Fur Goods,
Full lino Air O Lite Lamps.
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Hand. • "Wateh ua Grew."
lty for the statement thut the com
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received by Gus Bystedt, an Eagle j
Itlver farmer, near Anchorage, for \
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the railroad town.
Lieutenant Mears has returned to
Anchorage after taking Attorney J. C.
Cotton, for the commission, over the i
lire of the railroad to Broad Pass.
Attorney Cotton went through to
Fairbanks.
The Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce gave a banquet in honor of
J. L. McPherson, head of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, while he was In that city
a short time ago.
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