MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1943
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Allied Ambulance Attacked
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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. There was a
high pitched moan as bombs hit
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Brig. 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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.. 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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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