Illinois Valley News, Thursday, April 20, 1911
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Service Officer
Busy Official
NEWS FROM OUR
BOYS IN SERVICE
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BY TEFF
The taxpayers of the county i Gay K. Smith in Florida
should appreciate what the County
April 2. 1944.
Service Officer, Hugh Could, is
doing for the citizens of the coun Dear Mr. and Mrs. Athey:
This is just a short note to let
ty.
Any endeavor that brings in you know of my new address. Af
money, foreign money, to the coun ter every change of station it
ty is certainly a paying propose takes about two weeks for the I.
tion, and through the efforts of V. News to catch up wi^h me and
Mr. Gould, almost $20,000.00 has I sure miss getting it every week.
As you would imagine the weath
been paid to veterans in Josephine
county. Of course some of this er “way down" here in Florida is
would have come anyway, but a really great—nice sunshiny days,
large share of the money would warm sea breezes and plenty of
never have reached here without white fleecy clouds.
Carlstrom field is nearly out of
the help of the service officer.
Here is what Mr. Gould has done this world” compared to most army
posts. In fact it is more like a
in one month :
406 resort establishment than an army
Contacts made
36 field. Of course, the army disci
Cases reviewed
3 pline here is just as straight-laced
Hospitalization ....
135 as it is anywhere but the beauty
Letters written
101 of this place sure helps to brighten
Letters received
............. 3 army life. On top of all that we
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$2,230.32 couldn’t ask for better living quar
Compensation secured
$992.69 ters or better food than we get
Back pay secured
M right here.
Affidavits made
I’ve only been here a week and
Cases sent to national service
1 1 I’m already well occupied with the
officer
...13 job of learning to fly. If I con
Same to state
tinue making reasonable progress
$12,200.00
Mustered out pay
$2.736.00 I should solo in about a week or
Dependents pay
$975.75 10 days, in any cae. I’m giving
Back pay dependents
this flying all I’ve got. Our in
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structors here at Carlstrom field
are
as good or better than any,
Threats of Further
other instructors in this world.
(¡as Cuts Are Voiced
1 want to thank you for keep
ing the good “olile” I. V. News
Further cuts in gasoline rations
coming my way. and here’s hop
are faced by Pacific Coast motor ing you have- a beautiful day there
ists unless a share-the-ride program
in the valley for Easter Sunday.
to be introduced this month results
Sincerely your friend,
in extensive savings of fuel. Gel
CAY K. SMITH. JR.
ton C. Judah. San Francisco, re
Address: A c Cay K. Smith,
gional officer of the Office of De
Squadron 4, Class 44-1
fense Transportation (ODT) has
Carlstrom Field,
disclosed.
Arcadia, Florida.
Judah told a State War council
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advis iry committee applicants for
“It” and “C" cards will soon be re-1
quired to clear through share-the-, Another Slant on
l ide desks at ration boards before Death of lohn Alling
obtaining renewals.
Steps pointing to further reduc
Recently we published a re
tions in gasoline consumption have port that the car John Alling was
been necessitated because the cut found dead in, had been stolen
in “A” coupon values has result from a Klamath. Calif., resident.
ed in no appreciable decrease in A new item in the Cresent City
driving, Judah said.
American gives us another slant,
Further coupon-value cuts are and we are glad to correct any er-
planned unless the share-the-ride ror.
Following is the American
program is KO per cent successful, story:
the committee was told.
The body of John Henry Alling,
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35, was found slumped over the
wheel of a 1933 Ford coupe he had
State Fertilizer Guide
been driving on a side road near 1
the Oregon-California line Monday
Issued by OSC Station
morning. The car, it is said, be
An Oregon guide to the use of longed to Virgil P. Hoschouer of I
fortailiz.ers under food production Klamath, from whom Alli.ag had
order No. 5 has been issued by the borrowed it to take Mr. and Mrs.
O. S. C. experiment station as sta lames Robins, also 'f Klamath, to
tion circular of information 325, the hospital in this city. Instead,
which is a revision of a similar cir it is said, Alling took the couple
to Grants Pass and it was on the
cular issued a year ago.
This lu ief mimeographed circu return trip that his death occured.
It is reported that the death was
lar gives the maximum amounts of
fertilizer per ac re for \ arious crops apparently due to natural causes.
Attendants at the state quar- ’
as recommended by the experl
meat station. Under the federal antine station notified Sheriff
order the rate of application pel Huffman of the finding of the body
acre allowed is based on exneri- and he t igether with Under Sheriff
tn ent station findings in this state. F r a n k Blackerby investigated.
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Card Party April 22 at Auxili
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fulfillment of our plans for providing luxurious new buses and a finer,
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