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FACE EIGHT I .'f'. l-.V-i. J V f , V ' 1 dm W MZDFOPD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1943 ; f.A LITTLE GIRL SENDS HER DOG OFF TO WAR r ,.- ... -,twmmm tavlth whirl. Britisher. BlMl. .yi.jruig uiv iu)cu vvuibb " ' women and children, have accepted their lot despite unprece dented hardships and suffering on the home front, thii little English lau, who has teen many friends and playmates carried away in wake of crushing Luftwaffe air raids, parti with still another friend, Towsa, a mongrel dog who has been her pal since infancy. Taking matters in her own hands, she wrote to British army authorities offering to lend her dog for any one of the many duties he can perform with the armed forces. In skilled hands, the dogs are trained for roles both on the front lines and at home. Towsa was accepted and assigned to Guard Dog Training Center. Canines in this service are trained to detect suspicious characters, and give warnings, not by bark ing, but by certain signs. HERTS US UPLT. TOWSA IS IN.' i3 : x !h ... A I r . -. l 1L al" ADJUSTING TAG A PAINFUL CHOKE. XOWSA GETS ACQUAINTED AT CAMP. 7 . ..ves.os --'W i i i 'I'hispj -ax I n- Ill f -w. . I I WKMv.''? I TW8A WTCHES AS SHE WRITES TO ABMT. SHE SHOWS DOQ AND MOTHER TOWSA'S -PAPrpa. '""'" . nr- tTW nil 1- ' "",nU11S FIELD FIND DOGS' SIXTH SENSE OF DANGER A VITAI. Am IN Kn. wwamw. . I . . mMM N n raY S5 J2:iniinii p nnmwiprn st ( a a si I Bi I o - m uii vv a v i h mm m mM s si u u i im . r 'niiiuiir-ii II Ul ILll I 1111 I i II NEW EXECUTIVE OE CAMP S.C.U. Popular Officer Here Since Construction Days of Camp Has Long Career Camp White, Jan. 11 Lt Col Park B. Herrlrk hmma tha v ecutive officer of the Service Command Unit at Camp White January 1. The new executive officer came to this post last July, about two months before tne formal dedication of Camp wnite and needs no introduction to the officers and enlisted men here. He starts his new duties with the best wishes of all with whom he has been associated. His past work and sterling ability make his appointment a very popular one. Lt Col. Herrick brings to this new post the experience gained from 23 years of military serv ice. For 22 years he has served as a commissioned officer, hav ing graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in June, 1920. Lt. Col. Park B. Herrick was born In Springfield, Vt., August 15, 1895. Graduating froh high school there in 1914, he spent three years at Norwich univers ity at Northfleld, Vt During , these three years he was also a member of the Vermont National 1 Guard. In June, 1917, he recelv- ea an appointment to West Point. Here was the beginning of both an army and athletic career. Re ceiving his commission In June, 1920, he took along the coveted "A," won on the football grid Iron, as one of the varsity at ma iimi maier. First to Artllltrv The youni llntnnf. assignment was to the field ar- luiery school at Fort Knox, Ky., from which he ffrflriuntH in a.. ... inn. ..I"" .. uai, IP!, nfl was men m hntto , - J umtcr m me r irsi Field Artil lery at Fort Sill, Okla., from September, 1921 until June, 1923. While stationed there his athletic activity was resumed, looiDau Demg his major sport, this time as both coach and player. After a few months with the Fourth Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston TWn r r- Herrick was assigned to the Thirteenth Field Artillery, sta tioned at Hawaii. There h. ... sumed command of the Head quarters Batters, First BattaJ Ion. And he had the pleasure of playing on the Hawaiian ment football team. In 1927 he reiurnea to duty In Vermont. rui our VPHPI ft nraai .tut at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, as a i i iery commander of the Seventh Field Artillery. Again he gave generously of his time to athletics, this time as foot ball coach at his station, and in 1928. freghmnn fni.4k.ll - i. -a University of Vermont. From 1931 to 1937, were spent with the R.O.T.C. nt rni State college. Two of these years ha was freshman football coach at the university and for five years ha alcn .l - R.O.T.C. pistol team. While on amy ne was nromoted in h. VX; To LIGHTEN YOUR BURDEN O T hJour ' '''' wh" kr- ' den Is indeed heavy one, the fault- k..n... of our COMPLETE mortuary ,ery. Ic. relieves you of all detail,. Our reason. bit charge, too. it within your reach. It Is III Ll ? AV h"""ed co"y - with understanding sympathy. CONGER Funeral Parlor . Phone 1U7 'IS W. Mala St rank of caotaln Artillery. Eventual Years The years 1937 to 1942 were eventful for the man who had chosen the army as a career of service for the country and his fellnw.min nTaHimtiMfl i ... w.Huua...ia, 11U1U Quartermaster school In Phila- aeipnia, in June 1939, Lt. Col. Herrick became master for Quarry Heights and Corozal, Panama. He was pro moted in mnW at thl. 1 j. n, ul As Drevlnu1v nn hi. n.ra. irom loreign outy, his first post was ai rori tthan Aiipn vt this time B9 nnt niinrtarmD.(a. In AprU, 1942, Lt. Col. Herrick attended the third refresher course at the Quartermaster school. Fort Lee, Va. Before leaving Fort Ethan Allen h. hon- attained the rank of lieutenant coionei. Came Here In Jul TTfl innnt nn. m . I- . t. . - . v,.c mviiiiii ti i run Lavenworth. Kan in th. menu ana general staff school before Boins to hi. ment with th oit rnfnnn. m vision, soon to be reactivated at wmp wnite, Oregon. Lt. Col. Hurrtrlr ronAPnj . . . iiivcu iui duty at Camp White in July of im as commanding officer of the 416th Quartermaster Battal ion and divisin nnngrWmn.... of the 91st Infantry Division. It was approximately six weeks ago that he ram. tn th. c.iM - -w ...w US1 ,IVC Command Unit as director of operations and training division nraoquarters, Camp White. as executive officer of the Service Command ITnlt r. line, oi. nerricK begins the lmnortant Hntl. nf hi. - " w ma I1CW assignment with all the zeal and energy that has characterized his entire military career. !E GOLD IL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SHOWS BIG DROP Weather cnnHiiinn. ..j t and gas rationing has reduced the number of traffic and auto complaints, not to mention the number of autos on the high ways, county authorities report week there were only a half dnipn ap e - :i j . Justice court, most of them for minor onenses, such at no muf. tiers, nn (nil link j license stickers. Autos mrm nnlta. ni.-.4ia..i towns, but on the highways tne-e Is a marked past month. Mrs. Minnie L. Amsbary, 76, cscsed awav in finiA uin c.. day sfternoon. She was born in Black River Falls, Wis., on De cember 19, 1866. On August 8. 1905 she warn nnitori In ..:... - ... . .Ugl to Chas. Amsbary, who survives. There is also one son, Howard. in Walla Walla, Wash. Time of th mvlna n.Ml k. announced later by the Conger Funeral Parlors. DIES BRAVERY AT BASE IN NORTH INDIA Ginger Rogers' Cold Delays Film Making Hollywood .Tan 11 II m 1" Urn ActrpM MarlA 1 j was hurrying back to her film uuues toaay after a weekend trip to Reno where she married former Movie Agent Vie Orsattl now a test pilot for Lockheed aircraft She told frlnnri h h.j v.. ab'e to take a few days off from ner worn in faramount's "Lady in the Dark" hoi-mica h. star. Actress Ginger Rogers, was confined home with a cold. Niedrich Rites 2 P. M. Tuesday Fight Back with Chins Out When Japs Bomb Area- Engineers Repair Quickly Funeral prvfri a j.i. - w nucic f ivil, W 11C Ol Charles Niedrich. 34 Willamette ire, win te conducted from the Perl flinral hnm. T..A.. . ..v... . ucauaj ' P. m., me nev. Louis Kirby. pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Remains will be forwarder! to Sn.i. Calif., for interment. Saved Mehrem la 132 Years Todav nLi ? . Mnaiju, jan. ii tu.K) Sayed Mehrem observed his birthday today and said he was 132 years old. Although he looks as if he might be In his 80 s, he claims that he was born at Cairo, Egypt Jan. 11, 1811 and that he was 82 when he came to Chicago for the World s Columbian Exposi tion in 1893. ClMlfii Urn tor n. .... . m. Too late la ciu.tr. i n p. d. ' kK COLOS'MISERIES PElMFTRfl " ""owrnmeuirmtjontnB aiuuoa swi btt. M, dwU sutiDls i By Walter Brlggs United Press Correspondent U. S. Air Raw In nTn.h. India. (Delayed! rilPi tk men who stood im with h. strongest in recent Japanese """"""e" ui mis area ana lousht back with their chins out be long to a unit of negro engineers. Their conduct and bravery during and after th. .i.n... attacks won them the personal commendations of Brig. Gen. Clayton Bissell, commander of the Tenth air f nrr. nn.v.tinH in the China-Burma-India thea ter, and Brig. Gen. Caleb V. Haynes of Mount Airv w n commander of the India task lorce. Conduct Praised General Riiull t.ui j .Kin(mcu Maj. Donald L. Jarrett, Oak- iana, ja., executive officer of me negro organization: "Reports say the conduct of the colored troops was magnificent In their return to duty and the damage to the a i rdrn m . ... 1 i - icpuilCU almost immedlatplv aft.n h. """ naea. j aesire you and your troops to know the per formance of voiir riiitv I. In ,u. line of the best tradiUons of the army.' General Havnn arriving h... the day after the second Jap- .iicsB raia, neara descriptions Of the efffpiannv .n 1 turbabllitv of th n. and relayed a message of "great work" tn thm hn....t. .... vneir officers. The negro cnslnwri IHUnK in firt hank- , V, . n w wurK after the Japanese Zero fighters disarjDeared after in.. .v. eldand filled up the holes in one runwav and worked into the night on another runway plugging a nuge pit created by a auu-pouna DOmD. Courage Shown Officers reoortarl aavoral In stances of exceptional courage. rvi. Biacn a. Anderson, Gay- hill, Tex., stood up in the middle of the airfield firing a machine vim whila . .Tan.n.. Zero fighter repeatedly swoop- u nun. naicners said the Japanese tracer shells "looked like thpv wora naccln. u j .. f "" UllUUgll Anderson's legs." Eventually his guu juiiimea ana Anderson raced across the fipM anH loan ed into a trench whpr ha wnipped out a pistol and con tinued firinc. TWO O t h a r a rtpmnnet.41nM similar bravery were Sgts. Clarence i: Jackson, of Wash ineton. D. C. and Elm.r stank. ens, of Cleveland. O. Officers oraisea srrr. Rainh Cnnii uotnan, Ala., for the speed with Which he rusher! 9 nnmnnn.. n 150 engineers to repair the uuiuuea ainicias. I Watched Snpll anrl hi. m.n unconcernedly wielding pick ouu suuvei a iew minutes after me raid, while manv nf th. ' J vt. IC91 of us were watrhino n. ik. nn. - n -" . . pur sible return of the strafers. One negro soldier looked up at me and erinned. "WpII thi. ... nothing. When thpv sninn j O" u start a real war?" GENERAL MTSSTwn United Natinna H.anl,.. " uuaiicis u mc ouuinwpn fan, tin inn 1 1 (U.R) Brig. Gen. Kenneth N. Walker, 44, one of the key fig ures in the allied air offensive over New Guinea, Is missing in action and must be presumed lost following a bomber raid on Rabaul Harbor Jan. 3, it was announced today. SOUVENIRS TAKEN FROM BATTLESHIP A souvenir hloplr n vnuul taken from the historic battle- snip Oregon, now being disman tled as part of the nation's sal vage camnaien. will ha eiven tn each Jackson countv phnni cnua purchasing a war bond be tween December 1R anrf l... 30. The blocks, supplied by the iicgun war savings Staff Portland, have been sent to Mrs. Walter Inch anting nn..nt.. -, tVJW.llJ suijcrimenaent oi schools. i-urcnase of the bond must be certified through the tenrh. ers of each school, Mrs. Inch siaiea. me souvenir blocks were taken from the inside of the Oreeon and hava an i....i: which reads "Original wrtnrl oauiusnip Oregon. 1896-1942 " A total of S.700 nt the .n.... li. guurcuiia nave Deen sent to the county. The famous hnttl use during the Snanich.Am...i van war ana maoe a MM.ni around the horn. After heins talr.n n . . . e v.. ti acuva auty the ship """ra near Portland and Used as a Ktata mamn.l.l ".wtiuiMI U1U11 " J recently ordered disman- " ur "ie salvage campaign. ARGENTINE LEADER DIES uUenOS Aire .Tan 11 mm Ex-President August in P Justo, 67, leading Argentine sun- Porter of the United Nations vausc, aiea loday following cerebral attack. GUERILLA PRAISED London, Jan. 11 fll.R) Tha Jugoslav government in exUt said today that Lieut Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, allied commander in chief in north. West Africa harl tal.nn.hJ . ..hu apiicu Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch, Jugo slav guerilla leader a warm mes sage of congratulation on hit fight against the axis. Um MU Tribune Want Ada. s HOTEL MAC'S FISH FRY 213 West Main St. CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS IN FAMILY WILL RE-OPEN ABOUT FRIDAY - JANUARY 15 1 1 FAIRMONT NN. HAS EVERVTH,NB rim v I V 1 w I W w n "A whir onh. . T - . rr, pHmnrully al Ukm (htoat arts 7tTt'.T.n?ra'h?' "TCl FfilBMOMT 'ssjiszSSS . - Bfcv V ' a onstffiHtti (
