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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1942. PAGE SEVEN fiENERAL DEWITT BOSS OF COAST'S DEPENSEFORGES Officer With 44- Years Ex perience in Army People Know He Means Business Bv Sam Jackson Wide World Features Writer San Francisco Lieut Gen. John Lesesne DeWitt comes very near being all things to all men. He's the authority who called 'off the Rose Bowl game as far as California was concerned and closed up its big racing plants. He's the man wha's trans planting the Japanese from the coast island. He's the power whom thou sands of civilian defense work ers are trying to please and who makes public officials step lively. In short, he's the commanding general of the Western Defense Com'otnd. This is the Army's entir organization in the part cf the country that directly faces the Japanese danger. It com- Scenic Beauties Surround Camp White ' '""At "-'r- "-- - - -Jf . v. y fel' . ',- -Vw 'v. ' " ., s, V-'- l rHSr ' lMttMMr Wit iii n i -nun n inniiiwin?nifrit ihi-ti nil i niinin , l'iVf-''-4'kM"- -"" in ml dlers slated for service In re gions where the temperatures are low. Crater Lake, on of the world's scenic wonders, is only a little over on hour's driving Urn from Camp Gorg Whit. Rogue river, on of th country's belt known trout and salmon streams. rise In th vicinity of Cr.ter Lak and flows through th military reservation. prises the eight westernmost states and Alaska, with a civil population of 12,000.000. Very. Very Busy Though he Is personally re ticent and very very busy with strictly army affairs he cannot help being a public figure probably the ' most conspicuous cr.e in the entire west. His name 's in the western press more often than Douglas MacArthur's. This is partly because of the ceaseless flow of orders that go rut, many of them vitally affect- WELCOME A 9 1st. Division j Buy War Bonds to Buy Bullets J t for the Soldier You Just Passed! mvM Visit Camp White Activation Day Saturday KARL'S Kr SHOES 230 EAST MAIN WELCOME 91 st. Division Here's Hoping You'll Do As Good a Job As the Old 91st E2 The Officers and Men of the 91st are doing their part are you doing yours? BUY U. S. WAR BONDS Visit Camp White Activation Day Saturday Owl Club Men In Uniform Always Welcome Ing civilian life, and all signed, "J. L. DeWitt, commanding." DeWitt Is 82 years old and has been in the Army 44 years. He started not by. the West Point route, but by taking an exami nation for a second lieutenancy while he was a student at Princeton during the Spanish American war. Yet his background la army thru and thru. He is the son of a general and the brother of a general, and his one son is a major. Born at Fort Sidney, Ne- . braska, he lived at western i army posts long enough ago to ! remember when there was In dian fighting. j Soon after he was com missioned he saw action in the Philippines, and has served four separate tours of duty there. In ;he first World War he was over- eas as an officer of the supply service and was awarded the distinguished service medal and e'ected in officer of the Legion I of Honor. His various peace time assignments included a four-year stretch as quarter master general. Works Long Hours In his San Francisco head quarters, DeWitt works seven days a week and has an Army cot in his office. He used to be j quite a horseman but has little time for riding now and says his reading has been cut to strictly military subjects. Mild mannered, but with a j firm rinsing voice born of long I command of men, DeWitt is a pleasant and smiling talker when he has time to unbend. He professes that he has spent an uneventful life, fails to recall any especially memorable inci dents In his career. From the beginning of his ad- ministration, people in all walks of life learned that they re living j under a general who means busi ! T.ess. He has restored the military alute in public, limited the , hours his soldiers may be sold I liquor, and made them slow ! down their gleeful speed in their teens. He's cracked down on San Franrisco for its Ineffective . blackout and on Reno for its vice, and went to bat in Wash ington about the leakage of mil itary news out of Alaska. Land and other public installations have been requisitioned right and left. Hob -Nails Out as Army Provides Better Shoes Boston, Aug. 12 (U.R In World War II, Johnny Dough boy Is going to march to victory in shoes that fit. Officials at the Boston Quartermaster Depot, where all shoes for the U S. Army are purchased, made that plain today in disclosing the improvements in fighting footwear between World War I and the current conflict. Back in '17, a lot of Uncle Sam's soldiers were certain that shoes came in only two sizes too big or too small. But all that is changed. Today, regular service shoes range in size from 5A to 12EE, and there s a la carte service for men with feet outside this range. Pvt. Leo Gulczewski of Buffalo, N. Y.J for example, required size 16C. Hob-Nails Too Slippery Hob-nai led boots no longer burden the feet of American sol diers. Today's warfare with ac cent on mechanization, sounded the death knell for that type, for now soldiers constantly come in contact with tanks, trucks and mobile artillery. Hob nails provided slippery footing on such vehicles. Although similar In cut and pattern to ihe Pershing "boot" cf the last war, today's service shoe is lighter and better ap pearlng than its predecessor. A composition rubber and carbon tap replaced the hob-nailed sole bnd rubber heels replaced the iron-ringed heel. At all army posts today a new military command can be heard "Fall in for shoe inspection." Two-fold In its purpose, the in spection is Intended to prevent possible foot injuries nd to pro long the life of shoes through economical repair in shops main tained by the quartermaster corps. Slippers for WAACs The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps ha not been left out of the foot picture. For the off- duty comfort of the WAAC's, an initial contract for 2 200 pairs i"f suppers has been approved by the quartermaster corps. The corps declines to say whether the slippers will be the boudoir tyle or every-day carpet slip pers. A comprehensive study by shoe men showed shoes Issued to the average American soldier of World War II are a half-size to a full size larger than those worn by the men of World War I. The general trend towards larger shoes for both men and women and better Army fitting tests were given by shoe men as reasons for the increase. Un- le Sam's modern day fighting man does not necessarily have hieoer feet than members of the 1917 A.EF. He does, however, wear shoes that fit. Along with the regulation type "Two" service shoe, three new malor types of fotwear have made their appearance In the soldier's "wardrobe". Un known to soldiers of the last war are the ski boots Issued to ski troopers: "parachute boots" especially designed for para chute battalions and the "cold climate boots" that are regular equipment for Uncle Sam's sol- IN ROCKIES AS TOURISTS DROP Denver, Colo. (U.R) It's mid summer In the Rockies, time for vacationists to come streaming Into cool mountain resorts, but the war not only has cut down severely on the visitors this year but it also is beginning to change the mountain area into a center of industrial and mili tary activity. Tourist travel has fallen off immensely following the rubber and gasoline shortages and the request of federal officials that air and train travel be elimin ated as much as possible. The famous Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico report a drop of 73 per cent in the number of visitors this year; Yellowstone park has had only 40 per cent of the normal number of tour ists and Dr. L. C. Hunt, Wyom ing s secretary of state, says only one-half as many visitors are entering the state this year. But, if tourist trade has fallen off, industrialization has reached a record peak in the region. Denver Crowded Denver, once the capital of the vacation region, has taken on new metropolitan atmos phere and is humming with business. Four army bases housing more than 40,000 sol diers two munitions plants, construction of a bomber plant and an arsenal combined with hundreds of government work' ers in regional federal offices hhve swelled the city's popula tion. Apartments and hotel rooms are scarce , street cars are Jammed, restaurants turn away customers. The situation is duplicated In smaller Colorado Springs and Pueblo where military and war Industry activities have started boom conditions with high school boys obtaining Jobs as common laborers at $53 a week. Mines Make Records Even in the lofty heart of the Rockies at Tennessee Pass, the war has had its effect. The road over the pass is barred to civi lians because of the fast-growing camp for the training of army troops in ski-ing and other winter maneuvers at Pando, Colo. Mines of the area are going full blast with the vanadium mines on the western slope of Colorado s mountains and the huge molybdenum mine at Cli max, Colo., turning out new production records daily. The molybdenum operators carry a daily advertisement in Colorado papers asking for workers. In New Mexico, the Chlno copper mines have reached their greatest output since the last war. Wyoming ranges are taxed to raise enough cattle to meet the nation's food demands. Army Evacuates Kules With Japs Pasadena. Cal (U.R) When the army completed the evacuation :f 97.000 Japanese from the coas tal areas to 'nerior reception enters, it thought it had done a perfect Job. But later It developed that thousands of the Japanese, Most of whom were agriculture work ers on their own account, had left their mules on their former Carms. Most of the mules responded 10 Japanese names like Toto. Jiro and Ito, but refused to do any thing at all whtn spoken in Eng tsh, except to bray. Under the ciicumstances, the army seized the dilemma by both r.orns and sometimes the mules ly both ears and they also are now being evacuated to the re ception centers For VICTORY Buy WAR BONDS and STAMPS Nowl Help to quip Medford's own 91st DIVISION. GREETINGS DIVISION DENNY'S TOP NOTCH CAFE SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE Just Off Main. Med. ford's Headquarters for GOOD EATSI AIR CONDI-TIONED-POPULAR PRICES-FRIENDLY SERVICE ' 1 .'FI I GREETINGS I h DRAFT YOUR ! DIMES AND DOLLARS "J JO ike 91st BI Y V. 8. WAR BONDS AD f Tomorrow t Medford'i J own Camp Whit-w STAMPS wU, y,, r-blrth of the . J famous fighting 91st t . and i these new guaits of our com- Nr" ? munlty will carry on th glor- f r L-r lou traditions of 1917 In the itfSte 4tt0 ifiimt ,,U,99I 9ln,t teiemi of f "Ns. 4S ' yAvV VlVlT aggression and tyrunny. V.'a'r ft -"'"JJnv asw proud of you, man of th'i 91st. 'ViL'' r-t 1JL2 Si Jl ly and glad you at with us. y.- ""'v - ' Va. "j j "POWDER RIVIR t V. J "T 'i BUCK" Hi Soldier! WELCOME to MEDFORD! TO th members of th new fight ing 91st Division at Camp . Whit and to th veterans of th Old 91st Division of world war fam w add our word of wel come. Medford and southern Oregon are glad to hare you hare, proud of your whole outfit, confident that you will bring glory to th Pin Tree Division's nam. W hop that your stay with us during th next few months will b an enjoyable on and that your training at Camp Whit will fit you for glorious achievement on battle fields In Germany or Japan. BACK UP THf 91 ST BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS NOWI CRATER LAKE MOTORS FORD LINCOLN -ZEPHYR r..EDF0RD'S OVill 91st rf ': . '- " i- Thla Fighting Man of the 91 tt Division With War Bonds and Stamps Behind Him He Can't Lose! HE'S DOING MS PAR? ...YOU CAN EDO YOURS HE'S en f th gamaet, steadiest, scrappiest soldiers that ever fougUt In any war . . He's tough, he's healthy and he has stepped out from his civilian Job to make th NEW 91st th finest division In th American Army . . . Now he's got a BIGGER JOB than ever to do and he's going to train hard at Camp Whit so that h can do that Job WELL . . But there's Just on thing he can't do. He can't furnish his own bullets, guns, pp and tanks . He's counting on YOU for that t . He's hoping that YOU are as fighting mad as h Is . . . that YOU remember PEARL HARBOR and BATAAN and JAVA . . . He's hoping that you are as handy with a dollar a h la with MI Garand rifle or 71 MM field gun . . He's hoping that you ar rs scrappy behind th lines as h will be at th front How about lit Will YOU back him NOW with War Bonds and Stamps? Will YOU LEND 10 t man who' GIVING all he's got? 10 TODAY FOR 100 VICTORY TOMORROW American Fruit Growers Inc. MEDFORD BLUE ff GOOSI OREGON
