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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withdrawn."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
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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.
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pared American Style
Raise Own Chickens.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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. . .
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)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.
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...Great Devotion to Duty...;
Meritorious Public Service"
in Covering the News at Orari
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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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