MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1943.
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News From Jackson County for
Men in the Armed Services
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Data.
Dear-
Among the week's most in
teresting news is that about
awards to Medford servicemen,
parents of Cpl. Raymond B.
Crosby, now a prisoner of war
in Germany, and the late Sec
ond Lt. Robert D. Olson, having
' had information from the war
department concerning decora
tions for the two men. Lt. Ol
son's parents have received
.j copies of two general orders an-
A-nouncing the award of the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and the
Air Medal posthumously to the
young aviator who was co-pilot
' of a B-17 in the North African
war theater.
The Cross was awarded for
Lt. Olson's feat of successfully
landing his plane on a small
field when it had been badlv
disabled from enemy fire, the
landing being made without
further injury to members of
the crew injured In battle. The
Air Medal was awarded in rec
ognition of Lt. Olson's partici
pation in five air sorties against
the enemy.
The coveted Silver Star has
been awarded to Cpl. Crosby for
gallantry in action according to
the letter received by his par-
i. ents from the war department.
T Cpl. Crosby was taken prisoner
during the early part of the Af
rican campaign, was first in
terned in Italy and later was
transferred to Germany.
Pfc. Lloyd L. Romlne has been
reported as wounded in action
in Sicily. He Jias since recov
ered and is again on active duty.
Lt. Vance Boswell, who lived
In Medford as a boy, has been
interned by the Swiss according
to word received here by rela
tives. Lt. Boswell was bombar
dier on a plane forced down in
Switzerland while on a bombine
mission.
Thomas Dallaire,- whose three
brothers and sister are all also
in the- country's service, ha3
been promoted to the rank of
first lieutenant at Watertown,
I N. Y., where he is stationed
"with the infantry. Victor Dal
laire is with the army in North
Africa and is on the staff of the
Stars and Stripes. Phil Dallaire.
in the navy, is stationed In Aus
tralia and T. Sgt. John Dallaire
is stationed at Camp White near
his home. Mrs. Dick French
(Mary Dallaire) is the WAC and
is stationed in Houston. Ts
Harold E. Sander ha. ln
advanced to the rank of captain
at Long Beach, Calif., where he
IS With the ferrvine cnmmnnH
His two brothers are also in the
air corps, Aubrey Sander being
an assistant night officer at
uorr Field, Arcadia, Fla., and
F. Cyril Sander being stationed
at Tampa, Fla.
Claude Manke. who was re
cently here to visit his parents
has been advanced to the rank
of ensign. Ensign Manke, whose
eight years in the navy includes
Dame action in the south Pa
clfic area, is now at Pacific
Beach.
Pvt. Ray Johnson has been as
signed to the College of the City
of New York under the army
special training program, and
Cadet Robert K. Stead is now
at Indiana University where he
is studying engineering under
the. army college training pro
gram. Cpl. William Dolph
Janes has been selected for of
ficer candidate school and has
left Camp Roberts for Ft. Ben
ning. First Lt. Martin Luther, Jr.,
who spent several weeks In ttw
valley after his return from
North Africa, is now stationed
at Gieger Field, Spokane. Lt.
Luther is a bomber pilot in the
AAF. Donald L. Peart has grad
uated from George Field in
Illinois and was commissioned
a second lieutenant and Aviation
Student William Cate finished
his course at Ellensburg, Wash.,
and has reported to Santa Ana
air base in California. Pvt.
Floyd Yarnell has been assigned
to Gustavus Adolphus college in
Minnesota for pre-officer train
ing in the marine "corps.
Pvt. Ralph Matney has been
assigned to Ft. Knox for a spe
cial course in the wheeled ve
hicle department of the ' ar
mored school and Cpl. James
Baize, who recently graduated
with high honors from an ad'
vanced radio school in Tampa
Fla., has been assigned to a
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training cadre and will instruct
at Punta Gorda, Fla. Eldred
Peyton is now corporal, having
been promoted at Orlando, Fla.
' Among navy men in the news
was Edward Lee Watson, who
is now at the naval aviation sta
tion in Jacksonville, Fla., for
further - training. Watson, sea
man first class, wrote , his par
ents that recently bis training
had been on the shore or on the
water and that the resulting
deep tan was something to look
at. Vance Pearce, aviation ma
chinist's mate third-class, has
been transferred to a navy blimp
squadron'' following three
months' training at blimp squa
dron, Lakehurst, N. J. Stan
Smith, stationed at Mlramar-in
California,, has been promoted
to staff sergeant. ..
The three Dietrich boys are
all home this week, called by the
illness of their father. ,Cpl. Rob
ert Dietrich came from: his post
at Blackburn air .base, Colum
bus, Ohio; Cpl. Merle Dietrich
from Camp Butner, N. C, and
Lt. Benjamin R. Dietrich from
Bruning air base in. Nebraska.
Also here is Ensign Harold Ste
vens from Jacksonville, Fla.,
and C. R. Minger, chief pharma
cist's mate at the naval, hospital
at Mare Island. . .
Cyril H. Albert, -radioman
first class, has arrived in Med
ford to visit his mother and
brought his bride of two weeks,
the former Fay Cloeren of
Pennsylvania. Upon leaving
here Albert reports in Bremer
ton, Wash. .'Also in Bremerton
is Lee F. Cook, hospital corps
men, who reported there this
week after a short visit in Med
ford with his parents. He was
en route from San Diego where
he had been attending hospital
corosmen school.
Fred H. Wilcox, electrician's
mate third class, has gone to a
destroyer base in California' aft
er a week's stay in Medford.
Two other servicemen at home
are Harold Clement, army avia
tion mechanic at Chico, Calif;,
and Staff Sgt. Donald ' Gray,
who Is home after 14 months In
the Aleutian Islands. When his
furlough is up Sgt. Gray will go
to Ft. Benning for officer train
ing.
Cherokee Seller, seaman first
class, is back In Medford to re
cruit for the SPARS and Pvt. O.
Ivanhoe has reported at Ft.
Des Moines for basic training in
the WAC. .
Sophomores and new students
were initiated at high school
last week, with boys wearing
girls' clothing and girls wearing
slacks and necklaces of vege
tables, and with Leigh: Eden and
Neysa Wall in- charge. Dale
Nledermeyer was In charge of
"kangaroo" court.
Medford high's Black Tornado
continues to do all right for-it
self. Last Friday night the local
boys defeated Marshfield, 14 to
0, with Steve Dippel scoring
both touchdowns,-one on a 48
yard run. They play at Eureka,
Calif., tomorrow afternoon,
Other southern Oregon games
last Friday saw Klamath Falls
down Salem, 31 to 13; Grants
Pass defeat Bend, 21 to. 6 arid
Ashland slaughter Dunsmuir, 47
to 0. The Medford-Klamath
game will be played at Klamath
Falls the night of October is.
Maybe its rationing, but ac
cording to reports, literally hun
dreds of hunters are out trying
to kill deer. A great many are
successful,' too, and 165 have
been put Into cold storage in
Medford plants. -
The weather has been super
fine for harvesting and hunting,
with the September Just ending
the hottest ever recorded, since
1911. Average temperature for
the month was 70.9 degrees and
there was only a trace of rain.
The pears and ' other crops are
being rapidly harvested and the
pears are expected to be com
pletely harvested by the middle
of this month. .
Federal court has been in ses
sion this week, and for the first
time in the history of the coun
ty, women are serving as jurors.
Needless to say, it's the war,
for -only a lack of- male jurors
brought about calling of the
women. The name of Mrs.
Hattie House was the first
drawn.. . T
Work is going ahead on Jack
son county's roll of honor : of
servicemen and women and
questionnaires are being made
available to families. The roll
will be assembled. at :the Cham
ber of Commerce in Medford.
Jackson County Farm Notes
' ' Compiled by County Office O.S.C. Extension Service
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Save Leaves
For the Garden
' Many home gardeners are
handicapped right from the start
because of a lack of organic mat
ter in the soil. This lack can be
made up at least in part by use
of leaves from trees and scrubs,
lawn clippings or organic ma
terials from the garden such as
bean vines, cabbage leaves, etc.
There are two ways of hand
ling these materials. Most de
sirable is to add them directly to
the soil. If this is not suitable
for your conditions, they can
be made into a compost heap
and used -next spring when the
soil is prepared.
' One method of making com
post is to pile leaves or other
organic refuse one foot deep and
covering an area the desired size
of the compost heap. Sprinkle
over each square yard of this
layer the following material: IVi
pound of amonium "sulfate, V
pound of , superphosphate, V
pound of ground lime. Add
enough water to make the layer
moist. Rapid decomposition de
pends upon the addition of the
chemical fertilizer and keeping
the materials moist.
On top of this first layer of
compost, place a layer of man
ure or soil. This layer should be
two inches deep. Successive lay
ers of organic material and fer
tilizer shoud be added to the
compost heap until it is as large
as desired. Add water at regu
lar intervals to keep it moist,
but not dripping wet. After the
compost pile has been completed
for two or three months it
should be turned over and re-
piled.' This mixes the compost
and promotes rotting.
Do not be afraid of applying
too much compost to the garden.
Heavy applications aid materi
ally in loosening up the soil and
promoting good plant growth,
If large amounts of leaves are
worked directly into the soil
two pounds of ammonium sul
fate per square rod should be
added.
By C. B. CORDY,
' Assistant County Agent.
Extension Unit
Meetingi Slated
Next week will see the Jack
son county extension units
swinging into their fall program
with many units holding their
first meetings of the year. All
units will have foods and nutri
tion demonstrations, as their
central projects. The following
units will have the demonstra
tion "Get the Good from Your
Vegetables" given by the home
demonstration agent.
Ashland Tuesday, October
12, at Mrs. C. M. Bailey's, 123
Church St.
: Central Point Wednesday,
October 13, at Mrs. Ruby Down
ing's. ' :'.
Howard Thursday, October
14, at Mrs. Mildred Paynton's.
Project leaders will -demon
strate . "Time . Saving Devices in
Meal Preparation"at Oak Grove
on Tuesday, October 12, at the
home of Mrs. George West on
the Jacksonville highway; Tal
ent on Wednesday, October 13
at the City Hall; and Phoenix
on Friday, October IS, at Mrs.
Viola Freer's home.
All meetings will begin
promptly at 10:30 a. m.
Us Caution r;$r
In Canned Foods
With the'approach of fall and
winter when homemakers will
be using their home canned pro
duce in meal preparations, it is
time for another warning that
you should boil home canned
non-acid vegetables, meat and
poultry for 20 minutes before
tasting. This story of botulism
discovered this year is perhaps
unusual, but because of its dead
ly nature none of us should take
a chance with botulism in home
canned foods.
Dr. J. E. Simmons, professor
of bacteriology at Oregon State
College, reports that the first
case of .botulinus spoilage in
home canned - vegetables to be
positively identified in Oregon
for several years has been found
in some canned asparagus sent
to the Oregon State college bac
teriology department by a home-
maker in northern : Umatilla
county. .
As several jars of the spoiled
asparagus were thrown out, the
entire farm flock of chickens
was killed by eating it, but for
tunately no member of the fam
ily even tasted the product.
Investigation of the circum
stances surrounding the canning
of this asparagus, made by Mrs.
Myrtle Carter, Umatilla home
demonstration agent, revealed
that a pressure cooker was used
and that the jars of asparagus
were processed In the pressure
cooker for the recommended
time and at the proper pressure.
The difficulty is believed to
have arisen, however, from two
steps In the process. " -
The first was that, Instead ol
allowing the petcock of the
cooker to remain open till tne
air was fully exhausted - and
steam emerged, the cooker lid
was closed until - the pressure
began to rise and then was
opened for only IS seconds. This
Is not enough, according to pro
fessor Simmons, to completely
exhaust the air. The desired
temperature will not be obtained
at - the recommended pressure
unless the air is completely re
moved.-
A second step which probab
ly contributed to the spoilage
was that the water In which the
asparagus was blanched was
poured into the jars. Botulinus
spores . that . might otherwise
have been washed off were thus
returned to the product.
With' the marked Increase in
home vegetable canning this
year, utmost care is being -nrged
to avoid danger from 'such
spoilage.) The standard recom
mendation is that no non-acid
canned product, such as vege
tables or meat, which shows the
slightest indication of spoilage
should ever be tasted before
having been thoroughly boiled
after opening. Although there
may be hundreds of cases of
canned food spoilage caused by
other reasons than botulinus, it
is never safe to give spoiled
food to animals lest the whole
flock or herd may be killed.
Thorough boiling before you
taste is the only safe rule, says
Professor Simmons. Boiling
kills the poison eyen though not
the spores.'
By MARIAN J. FARRELL,
Home Demonstration Agent.
Airmail By Train
When Planes Full
Seattle, Oct. 8. (U.PJ Post
master George E. Starr of Seat
tle today said army pre-emption
of plane facilities has many
times forced postal authorities
to send bags of airmail by train.
"Postmasters are confronted
with the problem of holding air
mail until the next scheduled
mail plane or of putting the
mail on a train," he said. "Many
times the next plana comes
through fully loaded and the
train distribution would have
been faster."
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