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Solomons Sortie Nets 20
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Br Tech. Sgt. Jinn W. Hurlbut
Marine Corp tomoii
Correspondent
(Distributed by United Press)
Tulagl, Solomon Islandf, Nov,
8 (Delayed) (UP.) Forty ma
rine! Just returned from the
island of Malaita, where they
executed one of the most suc
cessful patrol actions carried out
In the Solomons.
Led by First Lieut. J. Wendell
Crain of Ada, Okla., the patrol
attacked a 22-man Japanese unit
at Cap Astrolabe, on the north
west tip of Malaita. Nineteen
Japs were killed and three
wounded. One of the Injured
was captured and the other two
escaped. Short-wave radio equip
ment, machine guns and rifles
were seized.
Perfect Execution
There was not a single marine
casualty.
'The mission was perfectly
planned, perfectly executed and
completely successful," said
Lieut. Col. Robert G. Hunt, of
Coronado, Calif., commanding
officer of the contlnguent which
supplied the patrol.
The patrol set out and trav
elled through the Jungle for
12V4 hours, arriving at its ob
jective at 6:30 a. m. the next
day.
"We Just got Into position on
time," Crain said. "It was get
ting light when the six teams
into which the patrol had been
divided circled the camp. We
completely covered three flanks
and the ocean was on the other
aide, so the Japs couldn't get
away.
'The team I was with crawled
within 15 yards of the mess-hall.
We watched them walk around,
wash up and brush their teeth,
getting ready for chow. At 7:45
a. m., 14 of them were in the
mess-hall eating native potatoes
and bananas and drinking cof
fee. "We had hoped to get all 22
together but when two of the
14 prepared to leave, I decided
to give the signal to commence
firing. A corporal in my team
had a tommy gun' and the
others used automatic rifles and
tprlngflelds. We got every one
of the 14 in the mess-hall.
Boon Over
"All the others who were
killed were nearby. Three had
walked down the road toward
the river, and two of them were
killed. The third was wounded
In the chest, and ran into the
bush. Two of them were down
t the beach. One was wounded
and ha surrendered when he
aw his comrade killed. The rest
were Just outside the mess-hall.
One of them made a break for
the radio shack probably to try
to send a message but he only
took about three steps before
he went down.
"It was all over In five min
utes. They didn't fire a single
ahot. It was so sudden and such
a complete surprise, they didn't
ven scream.
"The natives were overjoyed
at our success. The Japs had
been living on their gardens and
stealing their chickens. The na
tives gave us plenty of fruit and
sang a lot of native songs for
us. Before we loft, thev were
all singing the 'Marine Corps
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'The day we left they lined
up and gave us three cheers, in
typical fashion. You know, "Hip,
hip, horrayl Hip, hip, horrayl'
jusi uxe mat."
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A meeting of the Priorities
and Control Materials Plan will
be held in the auditorium of the
court house Wednesday, Decem
ber IS. at 7:30 d. m. Mnnnfao.
turers, machine shop operators
and others interested in priori
ties are invited. The chamber
of commerce has been notified
by J. Fred Bergesch, regional
district manager of the WPB,
that Nelson English, specialist.
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TRAIL BLAZERS Whether it's Japs or Jeeps, U. S. army of occupation on the Island of New
Guinea, in the Southern Pacific, is capable of coping with the situation at hand. Here infantry
men hack a road for mechanized units throuaii the dense lunele in the Owen Stanley range. .
will Illustrate his talk with
charts explaining the purpose of
the plan and its effect on indus
try. Mr. English will be at the
chamber of commerce office
from 1 o'clock until S:30 Wed
nesday afternoon. Those desir
ing to discuss a priority prob
lem with Mr. English are asked
to please call the chamber of
commerce for an appointment
RED CROSS ASKS
SPECIAL EFFORT
By Mrs. W. M. Davis
If each Jackson County wo
man would make a special ef
fort to give three hours each
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
in the Red Cross workroom in
the court house auditorium,
making surgical dressings, be
tween now and Christmas, more
of America's boys could enjoy
the greater comfort of having
wounds dressed properly. What
more worthy Christmas gift
could any woman give? Each
should be proud to adopt the
slogan of the Production Corps:
Red Cross dressings
Are special blessings
To our boys so far away,
So let a 3-hour shift
Be your willing gift
From now 'till Christmas
Day."
During Christmas week dress
ings will be made Tuesday and
Wednesday, the 22nd and 23rd.
Instead of Tuesday and Thurs
day, in the hope more women
will be able to work. There is
an urgent demand for dressings.
Make your Christmas giving
complete by remembering those
who are fighting for you.
PERRYJ.FRAKER
Ashland, Dec. 12 (Spl.V-
Perry J. Fraker, 64, passed
away at the hospital here De
cember II after two years of
failing health. Mr. Fraker, who
lived on Ashland Route 2, near
Talent, was born June 12, 1878,
In Nashville, Ind. He married
Margaret Corn, July 14, 1899,
In Indiana. They came to the
Rogue River valley seven years
ago.
Besides the wife there are left
to mourn, a daughter, Mrs.
Damon Floyd, Ashland; sons
Chester Fraker, Mcdford, and
J. W. Fraker, Strieker, Ore., a
granddaughter, Phyllis Ann
Floyd, Ashland, and a brother,
Mandy Fraker, Franklin, Ind.
Mr. Fraker had been a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church
in Waterville, O., for many
years.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 1:30 p. m., at the
LitwIUer Funeral home, with
Intarmsnl In , Mmintnin V i U.
cemetery. Ashland. I
NO STRIKE
Seattle, Dec. 14 (U.B The
proposed strike vote of we
coast martime unions was with
drawn today after the War Shl
ping Administration rescindec
orders assigning sailors from an
east coast union to a Liberty
ship being completed In Port
land this week. i
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Draft Classifications
Washington, Dec. 14. (U.R)
The Office of War Information
today issued the following re
vised list of selective service
classifications:
1-A: Registrants available for
general military service.
1-AO: Conscientious objectors
available for non-combatant
military service when found ac
ceptable to the land or naval
forces.
1-C: Registrants who have
been inducted into, enlisted in,
or appointed to tne armed
forces. ,
2-A: Necessary or essential
men in civilian activity.
2-B: Necessary or essential
men in the war production pro
gram, excluding agriculture.
2-C: Necessary or essential
men In agriculture.
3-A: Registrants with depend
ents, engaged in less essential
industry or agriculture.
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EVERY RESIDENT
(Contributed)
As one phase of the Civilian
Service Corps the Block Leader
Plan headed by Mrs. W. Alex
Kuehlthau, chief block leader,
is being organized with four
teen section leaders appointed
in all sections of the city. These
section leaders in turn have ap
pointed many, and are still ap
pointing individuals in one or
more blocks according to the
population. It is requested and
expected that the block leaders
will receive the section leaders
cordially and cooperatively
when they call to explain the
plan of the Civilian Service
Corps.
Briefly, this plan is practical
and necessary to disseminate in
formation, and perform other
work which is the citizens' part
in helping to win the war. It
should be clear to all that ow
ing to lack of transportation,
thHt this block system must be
efficient. Mrs. Kuehlthau and
the section leaders are devoting
their time to the organization.
Will all please cooperate.
KINO GEORGE 47 TODAY
London. Dpt. 14 fllP) Kins
George VI observed his 47th
birthday today. The anniver
sary was marked nnlv hv m
simple' gathering of the royal
lamiiy.
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3-B: Registrants with depend
ents, engaged in an activity
necessary to the war production
program.
3- C: Registrants with depend
ents, engaged in essential agri
culture. 4- A: Registrants who before
induction have become 45 years
of age since they registered.
4-B: Registrants deferred spe
cifically by the law itself.
4-C: Aliens not acceptable to
the armed forces or who waived
their rights to become citizens
to avoid military service.
4-D: Ministers of religion or
divinity students.
4-E: Conscientious objectors
available only for service in civi
lian work of national import
ance. 4-F: Registrants who are men
tally, morally, or physically un
acceptable to the farmed forces.
4-H: Registrants who are 38 to
45 years of age.
LILLA OASIS,
Ltlla Jane Saltmarsh Hasklns,
long-time resident of the Ster
ling and Applegate district,
passed away early Sunday morn
ing at a local nursing home.
Mrs. Hasklns is the last remain
ing child of the late Mary E.
and Joseph B. Saltmarsh, pio
neers of the Sterling district
Lilla Jane Haskins was born
September 18, 1867, year of the
big gold strike at Sterling. She
spent her entire life in this com
munity. On March 17, 1888, she mar
ried John Alonzo Haskins, and
to this union was born one son,
John Edward Haskins. Mrs.
Haskins, due to an affliction of
her son has spent her life caring
for him, giving him what educa
tion she could.
Mrs. Haskins leaves to mourn
her passing her son, one half
sister, Mrs. Cora Rankin of
Siherton, Ore., many nieces and
nephews, and many friends.
Funeral services will be held
at Perl Funeral home Tuesday
at 2 p. m. Rev. Randall, mis
sionary of the American Sunday
School union will officiate and
interment will be in the family
plot at Jacksonville.
Berlin, Dec. 14. (German
Broadcast Recorded by UP In
New York) Two of Japan's
leading newspapers Tokyo
Nichi Nichi and Osaka Mainichi
will merge and appear after
January 1 as the Mainichi Shim
bun dispatches from Tokyo said
today. The report said the
merged newspaper would be a
"national" publication.
and Stamps Regularlyl
A warrant charging A. K.
Owens and Bertha Van Hill,
operators of the Zero Club near
the northern city limits, "with
selling mixer and furnishing
facilities for serving of intoxi
cating liquor," has been issued
by the state police and state
liquor control agents. Bail was
fixed at 100 and hearing on
the case is set for Wednesday.
The defendants when arraigned
entered a plea of not guilty.
Counsel for the operators con
tends the Justice court has no
jurisdiction over the case and
that it should be heard in circuit
court. This point of law will be
decided at the Wednesday hear
ing. Deputy District Attorney Alli
son Moulton said the case would
probably be held as an indictable
misdemeanor, and referred
direct to the grand jury. It is
the understanding of-the authori
ties the resort has been declared
"out of bounds" by Camp White
authorities.
The complaint charges that
mixer for intoxicating liquors
was sold and served at the Zero
Club to Oliver Reeves and L. P.
Fontine, special liquor agents,
last week.
Under Oregon liquor laws, es
tablishments like the Zero club
must have a license for serving
mixers, and the complaints
charges no such license Is
possessed by the place.
Kin Of Mrs. Swem
'Talks' To New Baby
From Far Honolulu
Mrs. Jack Swem, 38 Ross
Court, recently received a copy
of the Ho.iolulu Advertiser tell
ing of a remarkable long-distance
trans - Pacific telephone
"conversation" held between her
nephew, Ansel W. Stubbs, and
his baby daughter, Shirley Ann,
then one-week old.
Stubbs, a civil service em
ploye with the U. S. army sta
tioned in Honolulu, telephoned
his wife and their new-born
child at Bethany hosnital. Kan.
sas City, Mo. Across thousands'
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the Fensacola, Fla., Naval Station when little "Douggle" Dray broke lnte
the formal formation to give her dad. Lieutenant James S. Gray, her
own award after he'd received a gold star in lieu of his second Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for heroic action in the South Pacific. Others
are Lieutenant I. H. McFherson, center, and Lieutenant Nela Berger.
Official U. S. Navy photo.
of miles of land and ocean, he
heard the voice of his child
whom he had never seen.
"To get the infant to 'speak'
to her daddy her feet were
tickled," said the newspaper
story. "Her response was voci
ferous and took most of the first
three minutes of the call."
Mrs. Swem explained that her
nephew's wife was sent home
from Honolulu to have the baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs, she said,
visited here three years ago be
fore going to Hawaii.
JESUIT LEADER DIES
Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 14.
(U.R) Dispatches from Rome re
ported the death last night of
the Very Rev. Vladimir Led-
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Order) in Rome. Selection of
his successor will be deferred by
travel difficulties until after end
of the war, when Jesuit father
superiors from all parts of the
world will convene in Rome to
elect a new head of the order.
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Berlin, Dec. 14 (German
broadcast recorded by U. P. in
Near York Emperor Hirohito
has visited the Ise shrine to
report to his ancestors on the
successes of the Japanese army
and to ask their aid in winning
final victory, an official news
agency Tokyo dispatch said to
day. the visit sensational, the dis
patch said, because the emperor
had made similar visits only
on his enthronement and the
2,600th anniversary of the Jap.
anese empire.
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