75 years ago

November 14, 1944

Ensign E.F. Peterson, USNR, of Hoquiam, was the co-pilot of a Black Cat plane which recently blew up three ships on a single bombing run in Davao gulf, the Philippines.

The attack was made about midnight with the PBY gliding in toward its target in the dim moonlight and it made history — the sinking of 12,890 tons of combat shipping at one crack.

A few days before the triple sinking, Ensign Peterson was co-pilot in another extremely successful flight over Davao gulf. This time, his Black Cat bombed and destroyed a middle-sized and a small cargo ship, representing a total tonnage of 3,000.

November 15, 1944

When Sergeant Walter Bennett, full-blooded Clallam Indian, was a schoolboy living at Queets, he shared a fondness for hunting and woodslore with most Indian boys who grew up near the forests and streams of the Quinault reservation.

That early experience has earned him wide recognition as a scout, with the 5th army in Italy.

According to a recent article in the army newspaper Stars and Stripes: “Bennett is well known throughout his regiment for his ability to use an expert huntsman’s tactics on tracking down the enemy. When his company is on the offensive, he directed a light mortor squad which knocked out three German machine gun nests within a few minutes last week.”

50 years ago

November 14, 1969

The peal of the historic bell of the United Methodist Church of Willapa will have special significance Sunday morning as it will mark the start of the 80th anniversary celebration of the founding of the church.

The 400-pound bell, still is use, came from the McShane Bell Foundry, Baltimore, and cost $95.69 plus a freight bill of $29.75 for shipping around Cape Horn.

November 15, 1969

Saturday, no newspaper published

25 years ago

November 14, 1994

Hundreds of passengers left Paris, London and Brussels this morning on the inaugural public run of high-speed trains through the channel tunnel.

The Eurostar passenger train left for its three-hour six-minute ride to downtown London on schedue with 794 passengers aboard. Then minutes after leaving the Gare du Nord in Paris, the 18-car train hit its top speed of 187 mph. Later, it cut its speed to 100 mph as it passed through the 31.4-mile tunnel from a point near Calais, France, to Folkestone, England.

First-class passengers pay $311 for a round trip —comparable to airfare between the two cities.

November 15, 1994

Ann Swanson, formerly of Aberdeen, placed third in the National Women’s Club Championship golf tournament Sunday at the TPC course in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Swanson, the 1992 National Club Champion who now lives in the Seattle area, finished with a 54-hole total of 225, six strokes behind Lori McCabe, a former touring pro who has regained her amateur status.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom