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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1943 PAGE THREE 1 1 3ERVE AS TARGET :FI Allied Ambulance Attacked 1 By Germans In North Af ' rica Becomes Pyre. Br Henry T. Gorrell United Press Correspondent : With the British Eighth Army t the Wadl Bel El Chebir, Dec. 11 (Delayed) (U.R) An am bulance with bis Red Crosses Minted on its sides crawled lowly down the steep bank of this dried river bed this after noon, lurched, and came to a too. its wheels churning the foft sand. .. I had been watching two sup ply trucks burning up ahead of us alone the desert track. They told their own story. The Stuka bombers were out We could hear planes ap- Droaching as we went out and started heaving at the ambu lance, as everybody does in the desert when a vehicle is stalled When the ambulance was clear I asked the London cockney driver what was happening up front. A Little Naws "News, sir?" he asked, push ing his steel helmet on the back of his head. "They say weve booted a couple of hundred Eveties (Italians) out of Fort Bungun." He meant the Fort Bu Gnem, BO miles inland. "They set the place afire and ' ran like hell, they did, sir," the ' driver continued. "There's nothing much here. We're having a bit of a shoofly. : We knocked out four Jerry tanks today. We smartened him up a bit, sir; so he's been giving us a spot of bother with the Stukas and Mes. (Messerschmitt fighters.) "I've got a fellow In here with a busted Jaw.. Shrapnel. I've got to get him to the MO. (medical Officer). "Happy New Year to you, sir," and with a Jaunty wave of his hand he was off. He never saw the new year. As he drove off, the distant drone of airplane engines deep ened to a full throated roar. There followed a whine which with the big bowl of the Wadi for a sounding board was mag nified a hundred fold. -Srakas Strike Sixteen Stukas leveled out for a bomb run. 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Gen. Howard K. Ramay, left, of Waynesboro, Miss., lealer of bomber units In the Mid Pacific, congratulates flight leader Col. William A. Matheny, right, of Spokane. Wash., on the successful Christmas Eva bombing raid on Jap-held Wake Island, on which 76.000 pounds of bombs were dropped. Not a plane was lost In the attack. all round us. The bottom of my stomach seemed to sock my chin and I was coughing from the stench of cordite, mixed with the churned up clouds of sand. The Stukas were getting away when the antiaircraft guns in the Wadis started up. Then the fighter planes came. Not SO feet above us they criss-crossed the Wadi bowl, shooting like mad. I suppose we all prayed as the bullets hit around us in the sand In which we had buried our noses. When it was over I looked around. The ambulance we had helped to push out was a blaz ing funeral pyre. The cockney driver was mor tally wounded, twisted up with his steering wheel. They got him out somehow but they couldn't get out the fellow with the busted jaw. He did not need a doctor any more. Later in the strange serene silence of the desert I stood bareheaded as American field service ambulance men and a couple of British truck drivers lowered the cockney driver into his grave. Revenge We got a measure of revenge for the cockney. Not half an Phone 2969 INSPECTORS r wm i i m 'ij iiiiii mmj AV f , w - f hour after he had been buried in the "awful bleakness of the desert another wave of Stukas and Mes. came over. Royal air force fighters were waiting for them. They never had a chance to do more than jettison their bombs and run. There was a rattle of machine gun fire as a Spitfire went for a Messerschmitt and r Kitty Hawk went for a Stuka. I saw two enemy planes burst into flame in the sky as the sun set over the grave of Private X. Both planes hurtled to the sand and exploded. A big column of black smoke mushroomed from where they crashed. Gold Hill, Jan. S (Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. Creighton Thompson. Virginia Centers and Kelly Clement visited friends and rel atives In San Francisco last week and attended ' the East- West, game there on New Year's Day. F Edmund Meunier, father of Mrs. Joe Blair and Aurelle Meunier of this city, passed away December 26 at his home in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada, fol lowing an attack of apoplexy. He had visited his son and daughter here a couple of times. O. C. Monson of Oakndge, Oregon, is acting as Southern Pacific agent at the local depot during the absence of L. R. Welsh. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McGuire and daughter Joanne returned home New Year's Day from Tigard and Newberg, Oregon, where they were guests of their parents during the vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Martin and family arc moving into the Millie Walker tenant house from their orchard home which they sold recently. Miss Dorothy Frost, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Frost of Sams Valley, was guest of Mrs. Minnie Byerly for several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Cum- mings of Portland are parents of a seven and half pound baby boy, born December 27. Mrs. Cummings is the former Edith Howes, - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howes of Glendora Gar dens. Mrs. Lucy Snyder returned to her home at the Ace of Spades on Thursday from San Francisco and Los Angeles. Larry and Donald Kell, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kell of Oakland, Cal., came Sunday to visit their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kell and family. They had spent the past several months here with their grand parents and spent the Christmas holiday with their parents at Oakland, returning Sunday. According to word received here by relatives, Roy Kilgore, of the U. S. army, is now in Africa. He was among the first volunteers from Gold Hill to join the army. LAST YEAR'S ILLS Measles were the most preva lent disease in Jackson county last year, with 622 cases, accord ing to the report of the Jackson county health office. Other ills of childhood listed included 346 cases of mumps, 323 cases of chickenpox, and 100 cases of scarlet fever. There were 10 cases of tuber culosis; typhoid fever, three; diphtheria, one; scarlet fever, 23, and infantile paralysis, two. Cm Mall Tribune want Ada, I Cold HH1 I f 'mi sit U ft HI . v The Grange Roxy Ann Grange members and guests gathered for a boun tiful New Year's dinner at the hall Friday evening. A short session of grange was called and a class of candidates obligated in first and second de grees. Installation of officers was also a part of the evening's program. Monday the ladies of the Home Economics club met at the hall to prepare the floors for waxing. The master is calling a spe cial meeting of officers for Mon day, Jan. 11, at 8 p. m., at the hall and is anxious for all to at tend. fin iwSi Mora Ihmm mil thm therm together, therm It tor pom erne eoldler who . Mtt'STromm bark. Amduho doet not meh hereelt Whmnt.. . Bnwrf.. .It ho motet . . . Whmt ran t mo to helpt Foa many soldiers' and sailors' wives, the WAAC is the answer to a special need. Many women are finding in service to their country a common bond of bright purpose and shared experience the feeling that they are backing up their fighting men. BILLIONS SAVED THROUGH OPA IS BY Secretary Of Local Board Cites Research Division $24 Billion Total. The United States government and its civilians have been saved approximately 24 billion dollars through the nationwide price control and rationing program of the Office of Price Adminis tration, according to an an nouncement made today by Ho- bart Price, executive secretary! of OPA'i Medford war price and rationing board. This huge sav ing was revealed by the research division of the OPA at Wash ington, according to Mb. Price. The analysis shows that 20 billion dollars have been saved by the United States government for the period from May, 1942, to October 31, 1942, in purchases for the armed forces, war agen cies, lend-lease program and other government functions. Savings to civilians, Mr. Price stated, amounted to four bil lion dollars for the same period, partially allocated as follows: clothing, 318 million; beef and veal, 68 million; pork, 121 mil lion; canned fruits and vege tables, SO million; beverages, 21 million; cereal and bakery prod ucts, 18 million; and otljer items for a total of four billion dollars. "This is concrete evidence of the value of the vast price con- trol and rationing program of the OPA," commented Mr. Price. "It shows in a graphic manner that our cheerful compliance with the requirements of the OPA not only aids our govern ment substantially, but each and every one of us as consumers." JUDGE RATIONS TOO Cleveland (U.R) Traffic law violators face a double menace in police court here. Judge Perry Frey is also chairman of a rationing board. x LIEUT. LUTHER IN FLYING PORTRESS Lt. Martin Luther of Medford, now stationed in northern Africa with the army air corps, partici pated in a recent air attack on Tunisia, press dispatches report. o Kf .. Lt. Martin Luther Lt. Luther, co-pilot of one of the famous Boeing Flying Fort resses, was one of seven Oregon men who participated in the attack, described by the dispatch as a heavy foray taking place January 3. Lt. Luther's wife resides at Central Point and reports that her husband's letters have been coming through regularly since his departure last September from Presque Isle, Me., for Af rica. Lt. Luther has been in the air force for more than a year and graduated from Wil liams Field, Arizona. Lt. Luther's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Luther, Sr., reside near Talent. Use Mall Tribune Want Ada, Yon who are left behind are not left out! Your courage, energy and ability are needed by the U. S. Army. Women in tho WAAC are doing many noncombatant duties vital to complex modern war. Your contribution, whether skilled or unskilled, will release a soldier for combat And if yon are receiving a wife's allot ment from a soldier, sailor or marine now, yon will continue to receive it when yon join the WAAC your WAAC pay alone ranges from $50 to $138 a month, the same as enlisted men in the Army. r (2) TO AFL Chiefs, Federal Officials and Industrial Leaders te Meet January 16-18. Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) Plans for a conference of American Fed eration of Labor chiefs, high federal officials and industrial leaders to be held here Jan. 16 18 on the war labor problems of the south neared completion to day. George L. Googe, southern representative of the AFL, said the conference had been arrang ed because of "the smith's im portance in the war effort." He said it would be the largest con ference of its kind ever held in this region. "The shortest route to Tokyo and Berlin" is to be the theme of the meeting, which will be at tended by AFL President Wil liam Green, the south s leading industrialists, as well as more than 5,000 official delegates from the federation's organiza tions in 11 southern states. To Speed Production "The south's importance in the war effort, the big ship building program on the South Atlantic and the Gulf, and other industries vital to the war pro gram, make lt imperative mat labor In the south be kept fully informed on the huge task fac ing America and the extent to which this nation and her allies depend upon the army of pro duction to support the armed forces, Googe said. He said it was believed that a program to speed war produc tion, through closer labor-management co-operation, would be worked out during the three-Jay coiference. Googe said the problems of federal and state legislation pro bably would be discussed and that the program would include study of the war labor board's functions, war manpower com S1 t0 The offensive is on every tohiier it needed at the front. Your enrollment in the WA A C will help note when your country needs yon most. If yon are a United States citizen, age 21 to 44 inclusive, of good repute, any race, color or creed, go now to your nearest U. S. Recruiting and Induction Station for full information on the openings, pay, pro motion and training of the WAAC. Your country and your soldier need yon. V. S. ARMY RECRUiTIXe AXD IXDVtTiOS SERVICE POST OFFICE BUILDIlfO, MEDFORD, ORE. mission operations, price con trol, rationing and civilian de fense, in addition to the mala theme of labor's part in the war. To Get All Viewpoints He pointed out that the Indus trialists, bankers, journalists and educators invited to the conference would provide a cross-section of thought based on experience essential to a pro gram of co-operation. "If we can find a way throueh this conference of hastening the victory by one day, it will be a great achievement," Googe said. If we can reduce industrial ac cidents through careful study and proper recommendations. we will have contributed to the production program. Nearly 50,. 000 men have been killed in war industry, on the job, or in connection with the job, sine Pearl Harbor. This Is a terrible drain on manpower, and a big detriment to production." He said the solution of houa. lng problems and the reduction of worker absences from the job aiso wiu add much to war pro duction. FEAST AND DANCE Veteran organizations of Matt. ford entertained some of their Camp White friends at a not luck dinner in the armory last nignt. The V.F.W.. the D.A.V- the American Legion and Span ish War Veterans were aU rep resented, rritz Nissen, com mander of Medford American Legion post, was master of cere monies and introduced heads of the other organizations. Mrs. Hitt, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Jarmin and Mrs. Goldsmith headed a group of ladies serving dinner which the - men from Camp White declared they relished and will remember for soma time. After ' the dinner a Camp White band of four piece played for a dance at the Lin coln school. Corpl. Norman Vogelpole called some of th numbers. ' They played the music the boys and girls heard as far back as "Old Grey Bon nett" and "Red Wing." Cm Mall Tribune Want Ads. tt w i
