Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 13, 1942, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextBob Hurd, Eagle Point Soldier Interviewed by Roving Reporter At Officers' School in England . Ln"ed,1Press he Mall Tribune last week, told B rrfof riof. pi """"""1 " lieutenant of Roberl E'h? ?A rf,.n,? PAUlt; f F- 8- rmy otiic'"' candidate school In England. An interesting sidelight on the local man's experience oversees was published recently in the Sioux City (Iowa) Times. Several Timet subscribers clipped the piece and aent It to Lt Hurd'. parents. Mr. and Mr. E Hurt. o7 Eagle Point In addition to Robert, who graduated from Medford high school in 1931, and is a former member of Medford's National Guard Co. A, the Hurd'i have another son, George Hurd, who graduated from Medford high In 1939, and has been assistant controller at the airport in Seat tle since the first of this year. He recently Joined the army air corps and Is awaiting a call to duty. The Iowa paper's reference to the Eagle Point soldier is con tained in a column written by "Ernie Pyle, the Roving Re porter," and Is datelined from "Somewhere In England." The article follows, in part "This new army officers' school over here is scheduled so rigidly that I couldn't move in with the soldiers as at other camps without disrupting their routine, so I've been living as a guest at the colonel's home. "However, I did want to have more than a passing chat with some of them. So Col. Layman said for me to choose any of the student soldiers I wanted and he would ask them over to his house that evening, and excuse them from their study period. "So I picked out three names at random, and the colonel sent word for the three men to be at his house between 8 and 8:19, which, of course, is after blackout "They arrived full of wonder ment over why they were be ing called to the commandant's borne, and they practically glis tened, they were so clean. " 'You should have seen us shining the heels of our shoes before we came over,' one of them said after the colonel had introduced us and left The colonel Is cranky about the heels of your shoes.' The four of us sat and chatted for two hours. They left at 10:30, and felt their way home In the dark of a downpour. They were all swell. "These three future officers were Robert W. Erkert, from Toledo, Ohio; Irving Ward Le maux, Jr., from Indianapolis, and Robert B. Hurd, from Eagle Point, Ore. "Bob Hurd Is short and black haired and you can see the west erner in his still tanned face. He has been in the army for five years. I asked him how he happened to enlist. He said, AJPIPLES 4al DELICIOUS Four Grades And Sixes For Standard Lug NEWTOWNS Four Grades And Sires Foi Standard Lug PINNACLE PLANT NUMBER 4 Corner lHh And Front Streets FOR WINTER COMFORT GLASS IN YOUR SERVICE PORCH INSTALL STORM WINDOWS THE COST IS MODERATE PADGHAM PLANING MILL 33 1309 COURT 'Well, we Just had a tough win ter, so I went in the army.' "Bob's father Is manager of the Eagle Point Irrigation Dis trict near Medford, in southern Oregon. Bob worked on a ranch after high school, and then for a fruit packing company. He is 28. 'Tor the last few years he has been driver and orderly for MaJ. Gen. Lee. The general personally picked Hurd for of ficers' school. ' "As one of the boys said: It's plenty tough here, but we love it." "And they do love it. These three, and all the others of the first class of 50. They love it because they've got a chance in a million, a chance none of them ever dreamed of getting." The Grange Eagle Point Grange A Christmas program will precede the regular Eagle Point Grange meeting Tuesday night in the Grange hall. The public Is Invited to attend the program which will start at 8 p. m. The program follows: Christmas songs, skit, "Is There a Santa Claus?"; solo, Mrs. Jessie McGraw; talk, "My Ex periences," by Lt. Lyle Cing cade, home on furlough from army duty In Alaska; solo, "Holy City," A. C. Hyde. Phoenix Grange Home Economics Club of Phoenix will meet at the hall Wednesday with a covered dish dinner at noon. Project for the morning will be the cleaning of the Grange Hall. During the aft ernoon, the regular meeting will be held, and an exchange of Christmas gifts will be had. AU ladies are urged to be on band to assist with the cleaning, and enjoy the Christmas exchange. Fairlawn, N. J., Dec. 12 U.R) The war developed a new shortage today. John Clauss, a livestock dealer, reported a seri ous scarcity of cats, which are needed in New York laboratories for testing digitalis, a heart stim ulant used in the armed forces. The cats are not injured in the tests. He said farmers used to raise them, but have stopped since the war started. YOUR HOLIDAY SUPPLY DEPOSIT FOR CONTAINERS OR BRING YOUR OWN 50c AND UP 75' AND UP AND ST. MEDFORD MAIL OF 11. P. ' TO SPEAK HERE The Mail Tribune, cooperating with the Medford Rotary club and the League of Women Vot ers, has arranged for a lecture here by Virgil Pinkley, United Virgil Pinkley Press European manager, who has just returned from a 10- months, 68,000-mile newsgather ing trip which carried him around the world and in the course of which he visited 22 countries which are either in volved or vitally affected by the war. Pinkley's talk will be given In the Medford high school auditorium, Saturday, December 19, at 8:30 p. m. Admission -vill be free and a section of seats will be reserved for the 91st with Major General C. H. Ger heardt. Since the outbreak of World War II, Pinkley has covered more fighting fronts than any other American correspondent. He estimates that he has travel ed more than 179,000 miles and visited 43 countries, covering as signments, inspecting coverage and transmission facilities, and opening new bureaus for United Press. In the course of his latest globe-girdling tour, Pinkley visited Hawaii, the Philippines. Guam, Midway, Singapore. He spent six weeks in India where he Interviewed many Indian leaders. He visited Iran, Iraq and spent three weeks in Palestine. Pinkley arrived in Libya at the start of the British drive last fall and spent several weeks at the front and in Cairo from where he directed the United Press staff which once more Is covering vital desert action. During his assignment to the Libyan front Pinkley twice had narrow escapes from serious in- Jury. Once a machine-gun bullet , from a dive-bombing German i plane cut through his muffler i and grazed his neck. Inflicting a , slight flesh wound. On another j occasion, as he dived Into a fox . hole, an exploding shell from an j Axis aerial cannon drove a piece ! of sharpnel through his shoe, i The toe and sole of the shoe were cut through, the sharpnel passing between his big and sec ond toes without injuring him. 35-Year-Old Veteran The newspaper career of this 39-year-old "young veteran" of the United Press began in 1924 when he was attending San Ber nardino, Cal., high school. Dur ing that period he corresponded for southern California news papers. He spent his high school and summer vacations working on newspapers and, after being i graduated from the University of Southern California, worked his way to Europe on a lumber , boat in 1929. I Pinkley Joined the United ! Press London sta. that same I year. He was there at the time of the fall of the second British Labor government, election of the first National government , and Britain's departure from the 1 gold standard. I Later in 1931 Pinkley was transferred to Washington for a year and a haU. There he cover ed such key runs as the treasury and Justice departments. . At Olympic Games After a series of domestic as signments In bureaus in Cal If or- ! nia and Oregon, Pinkley went to Rome. He was on hand for the outbreak of the Italo-Ethloplan conflict. Latir he co-ered the l 1938 Olympic games in Ger PHONE 47S0 1 TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1942 many and from there went to London. While in London Pinkley broke the story of the Hoover moratorium, on which the United Press scored a note worthy beat And from Rome he- correctly forecast the Italian In vasion of Ethiopia. , Pinkley covered the divorce hearing of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, at Ipswich, England, in October, 1938, transmitting the story direct to New York by trans Atlantic phone. In addition to being an out standing news executive and re porter, Pinkley is an accomplish ed speaker. Last year, during a brief visit to the United States ha spoke to audiences totaling more than 40,000 people in a series of appearances in princi pal cities from coast to coast and his account of his personal ex periences covering war were carried to additional thousands by radio. Cat Matt mbune Want Ma,' Too Late to Classify FOR BATiTi Ouwowy ow, 1st calf S helfcre. 9-montht and u-raonthe. old; 1 16Mb, bets; 40 heavy pul lets, laying. Sunday or after 6 p. m. Ed Morton, Old Stag Road. Bout a. box dii. CHRISTMAS TREES WANTED NOW Will pay 38 eatra lor 100 trees. S to e It., 11 delivered by Dee. IS. 333 5. Riverside. WANTED Transportation to Portland Between the nth and iota Dee. Phone BOSS. FOR RALE Brown Swiss row, will freshen Mar. 10. Price 385. Mrs. I. Andrea, J'Tllle Highway. Box 17-B WANTED Oasollne w a a h I n g ma chine, good condition. Writ P. O. Boa 171, Talent. . GREENHOUSE II a 14. heating equip. ment, for aala or trade. P. O. Box 413. Ashland. SPECIAL TURKEY DINNER, Sunday 1.1:30 to 7 at Amy riaoe, jacJtson Tills. Phone 331. SMALL CREAM SEPARATOR, excel. lent condition. Price 130. Dial flail Sunday, or after 6 p. m. week days. 117 yyO tit, C aiy A '' ' t)lIWarmlln j I Oev arrsn-arennda V ' ' " II In rayon errpa that waabetl 14-44. FOR SALB Three Corker Spaniel puppies, aoa-t No. Riverside. WUTt FOR SALE We are arm selling those ales Rot Turkey Plat Dinners far 43 eta. Corned Beef Cebbecs S3 eta. ALSO Steaks. Bsndwlcno. Cniu Fountain Service Home mad Plea. Corn la and get acquainted. Learn about the 4th Wheel It eoaoame you Around the corner from the Allen Hotel. SS a. Front St. J. O. Barnes Phone 4011. FOR SALE 13- and IS" dry rtr slab. Call A47B alter S p. m. FOR RENT Comer of King and Steward Uvlns quarters, S rooms; also out building used for sleeping querters; also service station. Total rent too 00 or PM 00 without serv ice station. PoaaeasloB Jan. 1st. See J. C. Barnes at 4th Wheal, SI a. Front St. FOR SALE IS bead mixed dairy end beef heifers. Inquire Talent Peed Store, mornings. FOR SALE Ground grains for your dairy, bog and poultry feeds. Rome ry iseaa. name grains. Victor grown of quality Bursell. DR. NELSON. D. C office at resi dence, onffln Creek. FOR RENT Large house. Phone 6061. FOR KENT 3-room apt, furntahed. 1097 Court St. Call after 3:30 p. m.. except Sunday. FOR SALE Zenith S volt battery radio: gas washing machine motor; 30 gal. hot water tank. Rt. 3, Box S3, Ashland, Oregon. Morgan. WANTED Used combination reoord player and radio. Call Lt, Feno. Camp White, 6333. FOR EXCLUSIVE original gift eea at tractive display of plactlo art ecanea. Oregon plastic4 artist, Ited M. Hanaen. at Pittsburgh Paint Store. 193 W. Main St. Alaa large variety of choice framed acenea of every alaa and kind. LOST -Soldier's mother's alpper coin purse. Near Manna Store, con taining money. Reward. 31 Oeneeee. BICYCLE LIOHTS. carrlera. baakets. cnam guards, aire that boy eome j of the things he needs or his bike. Sims Broa- Sm rhtsa ond oth leetlonl All alias, all fabrics, all prlcasl SOUTH CENTRA. CHEMISTRY SETS Tool chests. 31 JS up. Suns Bros, S3 It. Fir. LIONEL ELECTRIO TRAIN lea. No trains left. But Blase Bros, have a few "extras' left. XACTO KNIFE BETS for the Model Builder's Chrlstmaa. Will Improve his work 100. 30c to S3-SO. other model knives. Se up. Slme Bros. WAOONS Rubber Urea. Large etas Sims Bros. MODEL AIRPLANE MOTORS Sata. air wheels, props. Complete line of supplies. Sims Bros. TOY WHEEL BARROWS eSSO, Blsts Bros. TRAPPERS I The market la good Sell your fur to Eagle Point Pox OrVE MYRTLB WOOD gVta for Chrlstmaa. See our dlsplsy si prices you can afford to pay. 309 aV lack aoa (near the Armory). RAW FURS WANTED Eastern prlrss sia lor musktsis. Minx, Bkuns ob Ceu, etc Deer, Elk. Beef and Pelts. Oame traps for aala. Medford Bargain Mouse, x i pi. orape st Ph. 3744. Buy War Stamps and VILLIS Loves PIIILLIS! ($ Pg 3) HEMORRHOIDS? If you are troubled wMi HEMORRHOIDS (PILES) get a bottle or SE UP today You must be absolutely sat isfied or your money will be refunded. WESTERN THRIFT MONTGOMERY WARD art In Words tramandout i FOS) BAL3J Weaner sigK day-old calf. 3S White Leghorn pullete. lay ing. W. O. Utile. Buckshot Bill R4, near Lena Pin Store. AOATES and ether fine stones la Jewelry, for Christmas pressnts Our stock Is larger and flner than aver. The Oem Ootufe, 7 collet North of Oold Rill, on U. a a- SHE WANTS PRICES YOU TO PAY! imM HOt OWN SCHOOL COLORS! Get her Cjui Snaggles tey're a M wM coiteae gjMtl Cuddly reyo plma si her ichool teem eotortt 4w. ...WITH BUNNY FUR TRIM! Gel her rfrpperi wtltl e poufF 'jtf wMtsj wMiwy he sr! hsf hits i- wi wIm of bluo rayon 1.00 U7 SOUTH CEHTRAl Wl HAVE JUST Till STL KP Y- V etwaierowl And series look. - Vjt l"f ribbed rayon sstM PAGE SEVEN poa bum by i bouss. double garage, large) lot, hardwood floors, uving room, din ing room, also fireplace, wood rang with coils. See Denny Top Notch Cafe. FOB SALE Registered cocker spaniel Sups. rea. eu e. mversiae. Phone TJ7 altar t p. m. MONTOOMISY WARD . AT WANT 1.29 ...WITH OAT UURODRYI Oet her embroidered sRs pert they're ft, aiw, miM RICH RAYON SATIN I Oet her Dutch girl sippet hal Whe or haie. ...WITH SHAGOY PLUSH CUFFS! 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