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MEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE, tEDFORP, OREGON, THURSDAY, XUGUST 16, 1934. Thelme, of Berkeley, Calif., were over, night gueeta at the borne of Mra. Vet. tel'a aleter, Mra. W. M. Kanaen Tuea day. Mr. and Mra. Ed Tucker and Mr. and Mra. Earl Tucker and children enjoyed a picnic In the park at Aah- land on Sunday of laat week. George Brown and daughter, Helen, and John Beam made a trip to Huckleberry mountain last Thursday. Mra. Jeese Glaae had as guesta on Tuesday of last week Mra. Albert Glass and daughter, Miss Irma. Other guest at the Olaaa home on Friday were Mrs. Blyham and daughters and Mra. Askew. Miss Dally of Medford la In charge of Wright's store and aerrlce atatlon while Mr. and Mrs. Wright and the coaat. Bill 8waln accompanied them on the trip. Mr. and Mra. Percy Henry and children or Imperial valley arrived Tuesday for an extended visit with their parenta, Mr. end Mrs. J. D. Henry and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tucker. Gertrude Bloomlngcamp of Horn brook, Calif., la a guest at ths boms of her aunt. Mra. L. J. feobrer and uncles, W. M. and O. A. Hansen and families. Use Mall Tribune want ada. Beat Uer on Holidays BRIDGEPORT, O. (UP) Married In 1930. George T. Koch observed Labor Day the next year and New Year'a of 1933 by beating his wile, Sadie, she charged In a divorce pe tltlon. Brownsboro BROWNSBORO. Aug. 19. (Spl.) Mr,. Ruth Vettel and daughter. children are spending a few daya at BY RECENT DEATH Jackson County Veteran Res cued Wounded Comrade From Inferno of Exploding Munitions Dump in 1918 PXGE TWELVE Edward Fswcett, who ws fatally Injured Tuesday, at the head of El liott creek In aisklyou county, la the subject of the following Interesting communication published tn the Med ford Mall Tribune, November 10, 1023: To the Editor: This la a acoop on a war story that broke more than seven years ago; as big a story of heroism as the World war or any other ever produced; a story that merely proves that the poet knew bis oil when he ssld: "Full many a tale of purest ray serene, the dark unfathomed eaves of alienee bear." When the medals and the war dec orations are proudly displayed tomor row on the chest of many a worthy hero celebrating the Armistice anni versary, one of Jackson county's stal wart sons, E. C. Fawcett, will In all probability be peacefully digging In a mine In the alienee of the hills of Jackson county, and yet for colfl grey nerve, for Individual bravery, Fawcett's feat, on the war swept Vesle, back In August or 1918, has parallel In the annals of war. If you can get the picture of continuous drum fire of falling shells, of s big ammunition dump with tons of big shells, band grenades and explosives, on fire and explod lng with the regularity of firecrack ers on a Chinese new year; of a wounded soldier with clothes on fire, lying In the center of this Inferno; of soldiers fleeing In ail directions from the falling explosives; then you can gather some Idea of Fawoett'a remarkable feat. Fawcett bad Just put In five days And nights of volunteer service In packing grub and ammunition thru sv none awept by machine gun fire; fee was weak and sick with dysentery, but when his great opportunity came he did ot hesitate or measure the chancea. Here la the story, as writ ten by an eye witness, Ollbert Stuart, sow one of the foremost building contractors In southern Oregon: This happened I think, on the fith day of August, 1018. When Jerry fell back from the Marne river, he left large dumpa of ammunition acat tered along the roada. There was one of these dumps (a big one) on the road above Cherre Chartreuse, a bunch of 150's some 77'a, lota of pow der, hand grenades and all other kinds of explosive Junk, This dump wan about a mile or a mile and a half from the Vesle river. 1 There was quite a war on the Vesle, The Americans (we were with the 4th division) crossed the river on August 4. but the German defense was too atrong and our losses too heavy to gain more ground. "The fighting was heavy for aev eral daya, but about the 8th of Au gust the Americans quit attacking and started building defensive works. We, the engineers, were digging ditches, stringing barbed wire, and all of the other stuff that goea with war. The company to which Ed Faw cett and X belonged were camped within about 200 yards of the cap tured German ammunition dump, dug Into the regular 'fox holes' for alee ping quarters. We worked the night of the 8th, stringing wire and digging trenches near Munt Saint Mar tan, and came back at aayllght to aleep. O company, of the aame regi ment were working In the woods near where we had been atrlnglng wire, but were sheltered by the trees so could work In the daytime. Along about 5 o'clock In the afternoon (we of R company had slept during the day, and were waiting for chow) two; squads of O company men were com ing back from their work on the road that led by the ammunition dump. I don't know what set that dump off. There were lots of shells com ing over, also German planes had been bombing quite a .lot and one or the other got a direct hit and the dump blew up; first, a terrific roar, and then the continuous explosion of shells. Most of the men going by were killed, several more were wound ed. One of the men, badly wounded, maa lying by the exploding pile of shells. Ed Fawoett saw It happen and saw the wounded man lying helpless. It wasn't a pleasant place, sheila of different sires wero bursting all around, cast Iron was raining all over the country, I think everybody that could get under cover did so. I know X did. Ed didn't dive Into a hole, Instead he wslked Into that Inferno of ex- i plodlng shells, took that 300 pounds of helpless wounded soldier and drag ged him to aafety. Thai's about all there was to the greatest exhibition ! of cool nerve thai I saw or heard i about In the war." j (filgned) GILBERT STUART, ! Ex-buck private, 4th engineer. Had Fawoett served In the British army, tt u safe to any that within a week he would have been deco rated with Britain's greatest war med-1 al, the Victoria Cross. Months after ward, down In Germany, he received a carbon copy of a citation, written , on paper that was but little better than wrapping psper that a butcher uses for meat. Fawcett Is of the quiet and retlr- j lng type. He was well past 40 when he en ll.i ted for the war, and there ' are not In Jackson county, or the state of Oregon, outside of hie com rades in the service, a doren people who ever heard of hla war exploits. All of which goea to show the wis-: dom of Grsy, when he wrote his fsm ous elegy. K. K. KELLY. Port HotiMun Made Money HOUSTON. Texaa ur Port Hous ton made a profit of more than 2ft.. 148 from city facilities of the ship, channel during the first six months of the .fiscal year ending July 30. i 1034. 1 sasBksassjsi -aawBssss.BiiBsssBssssssne 13" Xi'i "jrr p vJrKra vnr i 55 sTJ fill Extra Big Suite! Extra Big Value! All Tapestry (0) $5 Down, $5 Monthly, Plus Carrying; Charge A suite for homes where people like to stretch out and lounge comfortably. 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