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FAGE TEN- MEDFORD MAIL. TRIBUNE,-MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1943 : r-1 mm m mmm am bl m SIU5AR1 OF THE WAVES by ALLEN EPPES DM. tr DolUc rutin InUuto. Im. Susan Esterbreok. New York Clamour firU decide! to Join the Wave. She la belnf eourUd bj Pierre Dupre, a Fightini French man, and by Dick Crali, who has a Washington war Job. However, she ha (alien in lore with liax ?ej Rogers, Army flyer, and has promised to wait (or him until the end of the war. After be goes away, she goes to a Wave train ing center in New England. On the war there, she meets another Wave, Louise Larsen, a (ormet maid In her home. Despite the difference in their social status, the two girls make (rtends Su san telling Louise about Harvey, and Louise telling Susan about her nance, a Coast Guardsman named Pete. Meanwhile, Pierre has been threatened by a group of Nasi agents headed by Carl Cooper. They are trying to use Pierre to get information about a war plant owned by Susan's father, and they warn Pierre that, unless he cooperates, harm will come to his relatives in France, They order him to And out when Susan Is coming homo on furlough and to get her to bow him through the, plant. When Susan receives a letter from him saying that he would like to see the plant when she comes borne, both she and Louise are puzzled by bis Interest In It, seemed so Important now utterly trivial?" "Right," the girl replied. 1 used to think I couldn't possibly get along without a certain very ex pensive facial cream and now I grab a ten-cent tube at the drug store." Susan was so busy, and so com pletely wrapped up In what she was doing, that she torgot about such things as furloughs. 8he did not even mind her mother and father not getting up to see her. Her mother wrote her: "I'm sD ready to come up - any week-end, but your father can't seem to get away. I could come up alone, but. believe It or not, darling. I'm giv ing two hours a day to work at the Red Cross. I've even taken your place with the air wardens." Susan was happy to hear that her mother bad actually arrived at the point where she realized it was her war as well as the next man's or woman's. But sh smiled as she visualized her mother walk ing up and down the block, wear ing a tin helmet, carrying a flash light, and yelling to people to turn out their lights. Only, of course, her mother wouldn't really yell. She'd be awfully polite about ltl A ND then, finally, came a letter .ra from Harvey. Wherever he was. be wrote that he was coming home. "When this reaches you." his CHAPTER XX letter said. "I shall be back In the TCi YOU stiDDOse I can aet a States. II all goes well, I'll grab a furlough before long?" tay m Manhattan. Couid you Susan said, as she and Louise manage a furlough about the twen headed back toward their tleth?" It was now the fifteenth. ... Five more days and Harvey would quarters. be in New York! Susan's heartbeats "Couldn't , say." Louise angered. qulckened Bl the thought of seeing -But lets hope we both can get nlm Dancmg, aeein? shows, away. Pete gets his Saturdays and or just alttlng together m some Sundays off now and then, and qulet.spot where they could feast I'd like to go dancing with nlm. their eyes on each other, and talk She sighed. "Boy, do I miss him talk talk and the sweet things he says I I Bne ran mt0 Louise as she set don't suppose the Navy could ever mt for offlce to request B fur change me Into a woman who dldn t iough like a man to lean on." "Where are you going In such a "They ore nice." said Susan , hurry?" Louise asked, dreamily, thinking of Harvey. 'I To RS)j for a furlough," said never realized before how much Susan. "Harvey's coming home I" men mean In a girl's life. When Louise said, "Gosh, I'll see If I you don't have them around, you can get one, too. If you don't mind." appreciate their value. "Mind!" said Susan. "I'd love it Louise asked. "What news from rm dylng to have you take a look your other two beaux?" at Harvey." "None whatsoever from the one "YouH get an eyeful when you I want to hear from." Susan said.' ggg pete. also." Louise laughed. "I suppose the one who insists -Tfe have a foursome." 8u on waiting for you is working hard gftn sah, having completely forgot and dreaming of the day when you ten by now that she was an ex- come uiaiuuuiH "uuic, uuuuB n uu- glamour girl and Louise an ex- ladles' maid. Their friendship had grown dur ing the weeks at the training school, and it was. to Susan, almost as though she and Louise had been friends from the beginning of time. "Come on, she urged, "weu form. "I suppose sp," said Susan. "Poor Dick!" "Stop worrying about Dick," said Louise, "and start worrying about that lecture we've got to attend this evenlntr." "All about battleships." Susan m.ke .nDlicatlon tosether. sighed. "And what I doirt know -Right with you!" said Louise. aoout Datuesrups wuum uu uuei g"TJT In San Francisco, at the rVDRINQ the next lew wee. J headquarters of the Ferry Com. tnere was ume ume ior ousan mand. Harvey was making a re- to think ol the tnree men in ner Dort to his commanding officer. life. Scheduled for a future assign- , "Good work!" the officer said, ment In "communications," she when he had finished. "You rate , found It necessary to work hard on s short leave. I presume you wont such problems as code, radio, and mind." typing. And the harder she worked, -no, sir," said Harvey. Td like the more she liked It. to go to New York as soon as it uoae especjany mtereaieu iter, can he arranged. -and she was complimented for her n wat arranged and. a few days adeptness In that particular line, later, he was on a transcontinental She liked typing, too, even though ninrta Wpnrllno fnr New York and it meant she had to sacrifice her susanl He hoped she'd been able long, sienaer nans, one now naa to get a furlough, them short and rounded, and there was little time for using polish on them. "Funny, lsnt It," she said to another girl, "how things that once (To be continued) (The character! tn this serial org fictitious ' fCosr. UHS. fer onmircr pnbiuhint Co.1 ON THE HOME FRONT MEDFORDjgiaWrRIBUNE News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mall Tribuno 'suggests you clip and mall this news roundup to a relative or friend In service. Date- Dear.. The Home Front ha recov ered from the shock of being In advertently labelled "Washing ton Letter" In last week's Issue, with a by-line by Congressman Harris Ellsworth, and is pre pared with the week's news about service-men and women and the folks at home. Medford football fans have been pretty gloomy the past week, -for last Friday night their Black Tornado was walloped by Klamath Falls, 40 to 7. It was Klamath's fourth win over Med ford in 30 years. The Tigers never had a chanoo against what looks like the best Pelican team In history. Steve Dippel scored Med ford's touchdown In the fourth quarter on a brilliant 52 yard run after catching a pass. On the same night, Ashland downed Grants Pass, 20 to 13 end it looks like the Medford Ashland game hore Armistice Day will be something to see. Tonight, Medford plays at Grants Pass. Civic activities this week are centered In the annual Commun ity Chest drive which started Monday. The quota is $43,718 for six local and 17 national or ganizations and committees, the latter being grouped under the National War Fund. Figures announced this week by the Portland OPA show that Jackson county's population is now nearly BO.,000 on the basis of 40,022 copies of ration book two Issued up to October 1. This is 12,800 more than the census figure of 36,213 for 1940. Pop ulation of Medford proper is es timated at 17,000. A more ac curate figure will be obtained when registration for ration book four, to take place October 26-29, has been completed. With its eyes on this growing population, the city council and planning commission met this week for an informal planning conference on sanitation and health problems which w)U have to be faced after the war.. Dis cussed were sewage disposal, food control and the need of additional park and recreational facilities, such as an out-door swimming pool. In connection with the In creasing population it should be noted that Jackson county births for September numbered 114, an all-time high. Previous high was 93 births for June of this year. The local Chamber of Com merce has been notified that two tankers now under construction at the Kaiser company ship yards in Portland are to be named after hlstorlal places in this district. The boats are to be christened the S. S. Table Rock and the S. S. Jacksonville. About 60 valley riders took nart in an Informal horse show ini Snnrtnv sponsored by the Dodge Riding academy. This was the second show which the academy has sponsored this fall for the entertainment of local horse lovers. Four young men received their orders this week to report to the navy under the college training program. ' Bill Van Dyke reports November 1 to Carroll College, Helena, Mont., as a naval aviation student; Jerry McDougall and Don. Lue are to report November 1 at Colorado State college where they, will begin navy officer training and Bill Bauman goes to Willamette university at Salem as a pre-medics student.. Ffc. Weldon Stauffer has com municated with his parents In Ashland from the Japanese prison camp. Camp Hoten, Muk den, Manchuke, after a silence of more than 20 months. Pfc. Stauffer was taken prisoner. on the Philippine Islands. .He said that he was in good health and in good spirits. . A marine pilot, Lt. Raymond K. Wolff, of Medford, made the headlines this week as the 're sult of an encounter with a Zero over a New Georgia island, with Lt. Wolff emerging the winner. Lt. Wolff was cited last month for having participated in two strafing missions in the south west Pacific. Six of Seaman Elmer Settell's navy buddies recently were In Medford. for an over-night plane stop and while at a dance, rec ognized Elmer's mother from a picture which her son keeps with him. The surprised Mrs. Settell was much pleased to re ceive news of her son, who is with a dfatroyer crew operating in the Pacific. Seaman Settell has entirely recovered from slieht injuries received In . an explosion on the ship. In Medford briefly last weeK- end was Aviation' Cadet Mark (Mickey) Miller. Jr.. 'who was en route from Las Vegas, Nev.-, to Carlsbad, N. M. Cadet Miller visited with his parents, who were here from Seattle, ana with his younger bgother. Jimmy, who played in the Klam- ath-Medford game uriaay Jimmy Miller is in the air corps reserve and goes into active service after graduating from high school in January. Avia tion- Cadet Harry Beasley was also In Medford for a brief time between training at Las Vegas and Carlsbad. He was acconv panied by Mrs. Beasley. , Home after 18 months in the Pacific area is First Lt. Donald W. Neilson. Lt. Nellson's broth er, First Lt. John Neilson, is also in the Pacific war zone, having been in New Guinea for the past seven montns. . james L. Stone, machinist s mate first class, was here for a short tune recently after action on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Stone was in the Aleutian Islands when the Japanese were driven from there. Others home from various parts of the country are Cpl. Alfred Beck from the airbase at Yuma, Ariz.; Major C. O. Love joy from Camp Gordon, Ga., Pvt. Clorin D. Moore from Phoenix, Ariz.; Sgt. C. W. Wil liams from ' Ft. Stevens, Ore.; William Lathrop, seaman sec ond class; Sgt. Leo Wagner from the Geneva air base; Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Stuart, .who leaves soon for overseas assign ment with the Seabees; William Uhrine from the marine train ine camo at San Diego and Wil liam Barber, carpenter's mate third class In the Seabees, from a coast base. ; Aviation Cadet Austin Murray Is now at Thunderblrd Field IL in Arizona, for primary flight training, and Edwin M. Lemire is at Michigan State college for aviation college training. Cadet John Saulsberry is now training at Santa Ana air base in Cali fornia and Don Monteitb has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the coast artillery corns after graduating from a arhnnl at Camn Davis. N. C. William Clute. in North Africa with an engineer's unit, has been promoted to- corporal, according to word received by Jacksonville friends from the former Medford Hi star football player. Also overseas is 2nd Lt, Clyde (Bus) Chamberlain,- who is with the army transport sup ply service, and this week when he sent his wife a cablegram he wished her "Merry Christmas ' Lt. Warren Bayliss of the im rlnes recently graduated, with honors, from flight Instructor's school at New Orleans and has been assigned to a California marine base. Charley Conoway has been promoted '.to technical sergeant at an Alaskan base and Norbert Miksche and Moreland Smith have completed refresher courses in radio at the U. S. Naval Armory In Chicago. Avia tion Cadet Ben W. Hansen is at Gary Field in California for his primary night training and will be joined soon by Mrs. Hansen. - George Fredenburg has grad uated from Wendover . aerial gunnery school In Utah and was made a sergeant. From Wend over Sgt.' Fredenburg was as signed to Gowen Field In Idaho. Lt. Charles Reum, is attending an antiaircraft school at Camp Davis, Calif. - . Capt. William McAllister and Cant. E. E. Kelly, who both re cently were commissioned in the army In the military government branch.' have been assigned to schools, the former at the Uni versity of Wisconsin- and Capt Kelly to Western Reserve at Cleveland, O. Of much interest is the an nouncement of. the engagement of Beulah Stephenson to First Lt. Harold Hartzell. The bride elect is attending Santa Monica Junior college in California and Lt. Hartzell is stationed at Santa Barbara with the marine corps. Recent weddings were those of Joyce Elaine West to Albert Hall: Delia Shults to Cpl. Norman Compton of Klamath Falls; Carol Lillie to Norman Cuddie of Seattle. Mr. Hall has since left for training in.the Sea bees. '. i - Members of the local Ameri can Legion auxiliary are to as sist with a campaign to recruit women foe the WAC. A recent enlistee - is Mrs. . . Georgia L. Green arid-she-has been sent to Ft. Oaelthorpe for training. Fvt. Phyllis Curry, who trained ' at Ft. Ogelthorpe, Is now stationed at Camp Pickett, Va., in a motor transDort division. Jeanne IjOF raine Swayne has enlisted in the WAVES and is at Hunter college in New York for training. KOW: Gospel Hour, KJR. 11 MO p. m, this Moving worn KOO, KEX: Dance Orcb., COW; News, KNX. KOMO. KOO; Folk Mu sic, KJR. Saturday 0:00 p. m. Hollywood House. KOW: Dance Or oh.. KSL. KOIN, KEX; News. KPO, KOMO: Walta Time. 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