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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1942 PAGE THREE STERN IN SOLOMONS VISIT U. S. S. McFarland Delivers Gas, Torpedoes, Ammuni tion on Guadalcanal. Br Frank Trtmsine United Press Staff Correspondent Pearl Harbor, Dec. 30 (De layed) (U.PJ Lieut. Comdr. Clement Alderman, 36, brought the seaplane tender McFarland back from Guadalcanal today. She had delivered valuable cargo of aviation gasoline, tor pedoes, bombs and ammunition and had her stern and rudder blown off by the Japanese. McFarland went unescorted and returned unassisted, with makeshift rudder and stern. She delivered her cargo under fire and shot down four of nine at tacking dive bombers. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander- in-chief of the Pacific fleet, sent his congratulations. Sank Sub In July She already had distinguished herself by attacking and prob ably sinking a Japanese subma rine last July. Alderman, of Portland, Ore., and Lieut. Earle G. Gardner, 29, of Aliceville, Ala., the executive officer, told of the voyage to Guadalcanal. On Oct. 14, she was loaded "beyond capacity" with aviation gasoline. Including a deckload, aerial torpedoes, bombs and mis cellaneous ammunition and set out alone from a forward base for Guadalcanal. En route, the crew saw a car rier-based Japanese torpedo plane. It hovered around, looking the ship over, and finally flew off. A little later, the crew saw antiaircraft fire over the north era horizon, and believed It was from the destroyer Meredith, which sank that day after a bat tle with all the planes of a Japa nese carrier. Alderman had timed his ar rival off Guadalcanal for day light, Oct. 16. Told io Withdraw They started in, but received a direc'lve to withdraw because of lmrr I ent heavy air and sur face ac'on." "We were right next-door to - our destination." Alderman said "We were supposed to get in and deliver the cargo and couldn't see any percentage in withdraw ing, provided no ships were In the Immediate vicinity. So we sent a message requesting per mission to come in and unload "We marked time in the vicin ity awaiting a reply, ducking back and forth Into rain squalls until authorization came. "Meanwhile, other ships on similar missions in the area had withdrawn." McFarland went In at high speed and arrived off Lunga Point about 11:19 p. m., but found the usual discharge point, where a small patrol boat had been beached, under Japanese bombardment. She retired east ward around the point and start ed unloading with the help of marines. "We were about one third dis charged when we received a dis patch that a submarine periscope had been sighted offshore," Al derman said. "We got up steam and moved slowly eastward with the barges still tied alongside. We were discharging gasoline in to them. While underway, we were attacked by nine enemy Achii 89s (dive bombers) about 5:15 p. m. Bomb Hits Stern "Each plane dropped two me dium bombs, some close along side. The last bomb hit directly on the stern in the depth charge rack, setting off the depth charges. They caused a terrific HOW YOUR SALVAGE HELPS HIM METAL ' ITIll HIIMIT COMTAIMI 1MIOIIM.T U 4M MOUNT Of Ml TaV4 Aft UTTVI waste mm inhMW urn uue km fctooMC Vw V Ju5 oVk QSTIIIS WjlWW OvooiiEi ins 'jij yXb vmmmi w$&-- & "m ,cup flnu V?5fe MmT tmi umi 41 r 1 WWtJef INCIUPI t MUCH N kWFmvVl m Mitsa aj a hat mom amo j . J -AikV tl OH Oif asvttOf COM J Wm " tOiCH (iNI IO j ?tX m ' 40 CAtroci $v r' III J ssra HOUSEWIVES IN BRITAIN board tnrv bit ol "mbbiih- around tht This Britiih Gavrnmnt potter thowt them how try scrip ol mIvoso bolps tho boyt on tho bstdtlroati. concussion, blew the entire stern and rudder off and knocked ev erybody off their feet. I was on the bridge 'and lucky enough to land on a pile. 'Casualties were heavy, in cluding a number of crewmen and passengers, some of whom were walking wounded from Guadalcanal. A number of them were in the washroom in the stern of the ship. 'One of the barges took fire from blast and shot fire 200 feet In the air, but we found out later that all aboard the barge were not killed and not all of the gasoline destroyed, so we de livered some of our gasoline and all of our bombs, torpedoes and ammunition anyway. We downed four planes. U.S. F Men Want Their Chow Pre pared American Style Raise Own Chickens. T AT W. MAIN USQ A gay New Year's eve party is being planned for service men at the West Main street recrea tion center of the USO. The party is to be from 10 p. m. un til 12:30 a. m. Special enter tainment will include a quizz contest and an old-fashioned sing-song. Many prizes will be given, the main prize to be a long-distance telephone call from the winning service man to his home anywhere In the United States. .Refreshments will be served. All service men and their wives are Invited to spend New Year's eve at this USO center, located at 218 West Main street. J. B. AUTEN DIES AFTER LONG ILL John Benjamin Auten of this city died at a local hospital yes terday afternoon after a long illness. Funeral services which are in charge of Perl's Funeral home, will be announced later. He was born in Indiana Dec. 20, 1872 and spent most of his life in Klamath Falls. He is sur vived by three children, Mrs. Eino Hemmila, of this city; Mrs. Harry "Lloyd, of Tacoma, Wash , and Glyn Auten of Portland and two grandchildren, Georgia and Michael Hemmila of this city. Uao Mill Tn Bum Want Ads. ft. I. IiLm. 4-IL J . pRESCRlPTOM No,wftreo'chtghir.ctd." MTe make that explanation now and again because aome cut- . comers, attracted by our "pro fession! atmosphere' sod Doting our exacting standards, conclude that we must "charge like everything. But actual comparison will show it costs oo more often leu to bring Erescripttons to Headquarters, ere the careful compounding of prescriptions is part mount. DEALER'S IMPRINT 29 NORTH CENTRAL AVE. MEDFORD CENTER BLDG. Happy New Year TO ALL OUR PATRONS AND FRIENDS Let Us All Rasolva To "TOP THAT 10 IY 1943" HEATH MU3 STORE, INC. PHONE 3551 MAIL ORDER SERVICE L MEETING TONIGHT Members and friends of the First Christian Church will hold their annual meeting and elec tion of officers this evening at 6:45. A pot-luck dinner will pre cede the meeting with a fellow ship hour to follow. Allan Curry, chairman of the official board of the church will preside. John Hirschler, as sistant director of the Medford U.S.O., will give the invocation prayer. Ernie Savage will lead the fellowship sing. Several members and friends of the church will give two minute talks on "What the First Chris tian Church Has Meant to Me in 1942." R. W. Coleman, the minister, will review the printed reports and Leonard Mayfield will bring an address on "1943 Challenges the Church." According to the pastor this has been a very meaningful and successful year for the church. All financial goals have been met, sixty-five new members have been added, the Sunday school has had an excellent staff of teachers and a fine spirit of unity and optimism has been characteristic of the congrega tion. An assistant to the minister has been voted for the coming year. Tl PASSES AGED 82 Thomas A. Stevens, 82, who came to Medford from Iowa in 1883, passed away Tuesday. He was born in Illinois, September IS, 1860. He was married here soon after his arrival, to Maryann Smith. They later moved to Cal ifornia and returned to Medford In 1911. Mrs. Stevens passed away In May, 1938. Five children survive, Fred. Claude and Alva Stevens, all of Medford; Mrs. Robt. Lewis, Cen tral Point and Mrs. William Force of Gold Hill. Also three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the Conger chapel at 1 p. m. Saturday with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Interment will be In the Ruch cemetery. ONE DOZEN ROSES F( Br Walter Brings United Press staff correspondent U. S. Air Base. Northern India (Delayed) (U.B A can of sec ond-grade American pears cost $1.25 at this out-of-the-way base from which U. S. airmen are operating against the Japanese ti Burma and cnina. I also paid a dollar a pound for sausages and a dollar a pound for peanut butter import ed from the United States. These prices give an idea of the cost of imported looas, which often cost 500 per cent more than at home. Even at this Indian base. American fighters want their "chow" prepared American- stvle. The problem of food supply for Uncle Sam's airmen scat tered over many airfields in the tea-raising country is being han dled by a young lieutenant who used to be a newspaper reporter, and a crew of hardworking en listed men. v Lt. John E. Uhler, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., and his men some times work around the clock keeping the Americans fed. Theirs is the job of finding and delivering "quality grub from the markets of Calcutta, the veg etable gardens of rural India, and from the long lines of sup ply that dodge here and there from America. Raise Own Chickens American mess officers and cooks furnish the culinary touch that turns the food Into the dishes the men learned to relish In the camps of Mississippi, Ok lahoma or New York. To obtain fresh foods for daily use known by the army as "A' rations Uhler dispatches truck over an 1,800-mile route twice weekly. The drivers buy all the fresh and canned goods they can find. A bargeful of food is purchased monthly at Calcutta, but some times it's necessary to bring in food by twin-engined transport planes from Calcutta. Most of the army canned ra tions arriving from the United States are held to build up a reserve supply. The quartermas ter draws some foods from the British army but this is unsatis factory because the men say that British foodstuffs "taste differ ent." Uhler's staff has established a butchery for animals bought from Indian contractors. Indian bakers make bread daily from American ingredients. The Americans have started to raise chickens and ducks and Intend to plant trick gardens to be cul tivated by Indian labor. Tea-Planters Co-operat. English, Scotch and Irish tea planters have been of great help in development of the American bases. Many have closed their estates in order to put thousands of their laborers to work build ing air fields, railway sidings, roads and troop shelters. The Americans say that the tea-planters are "mighty fine people." A middle-aged Dubliner, Ber nard j. Fierce, who closed bis plantation to assist in building an airfield, frequently entertains American officers at afternoon tea and tennis. "We planters are growing to like the Americans here im. mensely, and we get along Jolly well together," Pierce said. While native women sit under the tropical sun cracking bould ers by the plane runways, scant ily ciaa coolies carry rock for filling In the surface, pour asphalt and roll the ground for an average of 16 cents a day wages. The workers are pleased with the pay because it's somewhat more than they get on the tea plantations. Lcther Leagues Head Worship Service At Zion Church Sunday Prefacing a year's weekly study and discussion of various phases of the theme "Faith," the combined Luther league of Zion English Lutheran church. West Fourth at Oakdale, will present a worship service Sunday at 7:30 p. m. entitled "The Victory of Faith." A social hour with refreshments will follow the service which is open to the public and to which especially are Invited men and women of Camp White. Miss Joyce Thompson will be leader of the evening's worship hour with Miss Paula Blanton as scripture reader. Brief read ings, comments and prayers will be presented by Miss Georgia Thompson, Myrla Bali and Charles Gerhardt Lieut Otto Ewaldson will sing a solo. Highlight of the worship hour will be three short meditations on the theme of "Faith" with Miss Verna Paulson speaking on The Facta on Which Faith Rests," David Dawson on "The Contacts of Faith," and Lieut Paul Holscher on "Success of Power." S6T. EHRHEART IN LUNCHEON TALK Tech. Sgt.. Dan Ehrheart, gun ner on a Flying Fortress and possessor of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Order of Purple Heart, was the principal speaker at Tuesday noon's regu lar weekly luncheon-meeting of the Kiwanis club in Hotel Med ford. Sgt. Ehrheart, home on fur lough from months of combat duty in the southwest Pacific, told of his many harrowing ex periences in the Island fighting and described at length the feel ings of the American fighting men In that area. "One of the main things that our men in the Pacific find hard to understand," declared Ehr heart, "are the petty complain ings of so-called hardships of those at home." The flier also forces disliked the rumor of strikes In the United States and the refusal of many workers to work overtime at their Jobs, while the boys in khaki are put ting up their lives to defend their country. Following his talk Sgt. Ehr- hart, a graduate of Medford high, answered questions of interested Kiwanians, and while some could not be answered because of mili tary secrecy, the Informal dis cussion brought out many Inter esting experiences of the army flier. Musical entertainment was provided by E. B. DeVoe, who sang a solo acompanied by Se bastian Apollo, club pianist, and by Dr. Walter Hoppe, Raymond Reter and DeVoe, who sang two numbers. Guests at the meeting were William J. Foley of the Plkes vllle (Md.) Kiwanis club, and C. A. Smith of the Cloverhtll dairy. TATE OETS HISTORIC FARM Beacon, N. Y. flJJJ Historic Stonlkill Farms of pre-Revolu-tionary vintage has been turned into a practice and training farm for the New York State Institute of Applied Agriculture. The estate, belonging to the Ver planck family, was presented to the Institute by Baynard and Delancey Verplanck In return tor U Vm sun Tribune Want Ads. SOLDIERS' SWAPPING CLUB New Orleans (U.R A Swap pers club has been formed at USO here and one of the first swaps between soldiers was an automobile for an aeroplane. Then a Texas soldier swapped a 10-gallon hat for a derby, while a sailor traded in cornet for an said men in the American armed outboard motor. Hard Of Hearing Turn IdU Hours Info Man Hours. Contact SAM METE, Consultant FREE AUDIOMETRIC CHART DEMONSTRATION SONOTONE HEARING AIDS SONOTOHE Rra. 10, Jackson Co. Bk. Bldg. SdNOTONE Or PORTLAND 21 ralliaf Bldg.. Portland, Oregon Payroll Taxes Ahead In Illinois' Income Chicago (U.PJ Payroll taxes have replaced motor fuel reve nues as principal source of state tax collections, according to the Federation of Tax Administra tors. An analysis of collections for the fiscal years ending in 1942 showed that payroll taxes ac counted for 22.9 per cent of the total. This total. Incidentally, reached the record high of $4. 920,000,000, an increase of 9.4 per cent over 1941. The most marked . Increase was shown by tobacco taxes, with collections 31.7 per cent above last year's, followed by a 22.8 per cent increase in income taxes, both individual and cor porate. . . Closing tun tor Clusifled ids 9 u m. Too lit to Claaaltj 12:30 ELKS NEW YEAR'S EVE B A Est SB For Elks And Invited Guatrs ELKS TEMPLE A Party Yoi Won't Want To Hiss! DAFiCluG 10 TILL 2 Admission . Elks 99c Per Couple . Guests $1 JO Couple Including Tas )R MEDFORD GIRLMfllrM A Medford girl Is going to re ceive a dozen Talisman rosebuds New Year's day from her soldier boy. The order was left with the APO in San Francisco for the American Red Cross chapter in Medford to order and deliver the flowers to the address on New Year's day. - Chapter greetings of the Red Cross will accompany the sol dier's message. This is one of the many far-reaching services of the American Red Cross chapter. The number of women em ployed in the non-durable goods Industries increased during our first year of war by 110.000 largely In ammunition and ex plosive plants while the num ber of men decreased by 34, 000. For All Of Our PATRONS And FRIENDS It Tho Wish Of Tho Model Bakery - & t t'im'S a j (is I Fnr "fiYirflfirflinflrv HfTfiism Jk. VaV M AaVV VeV J MaW eh W , ...Great Devotion to Duty...; Meritorious Public Service" in Covering the News at Orari u my The United States Army Awards the Order of the Purple Heart to Leo S. Disher, of the United Press Major-General Lloyd R.Fredendall. of tht A. E. F. In Africa, recently awarded the Order of the Purple Heart to United Press War Correspondent Lao S. Dither. The citation accompanying the award read: '"Leo S. Disher, Jr.,' white serving with United States landing1 force in the capacity of war correspondent, at the harbor of Oran' during the early morning hours of Nov. 8, 1942, distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism and meritorious performance of duty against an armed enemy during the attack on that port. "In the face of withering enemy fire, although several timet', wounded, Disher remained at his post on the vessel which was' taking him ashore and continued to report for the public press lucid, accurate and detailed account of the action, in which the' greater part of the military and naval personnel aboard the ship became casualties. ."After being ordered to abandon ship, Disher swam to shore and.i although again wounded four times, continued to perform his duty in an exemplary manner. With complete disregard for hit personal safety, Disher displayed great devotion to duty and rendered meritorious public service by recording the details of the attack on the harbor of Oran.'' The conduct of Leo 8. Disher at Oran typifies the spirit of the entire, far-flung corps of United Press combat-sonc correspondents.' Upon their determination, their courage, their expertnesa rests the ability of the United Press to provide The World's Best Coverage, of the World's Biggest Newt. 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