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PAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1943 IT- IN JACKSON CO. RECRUIT DRIVE Legion Auxiliary Sponsors Effort Here WAC Carni val Caravan Nov. 5-6. One of the most intensive recruiting campaigns in the his tory of the U. S. army was introduced in Jackson county Saturday as Mrs. Herb Alford, chairman of the WAC, recruit' ing committee of Medford Post American Legion Auxiliary, an nounced that her organizatior. would sponsor locally the Wom en's Army Corps' nation-wide enrollment program expected to produce some 70,000 much need ed recruits for duty with the WACs. s "Prompting the ' campaign," explained Mrs. Alford, "is the hope of replacing army casual ties, thus far, with women sol diers. It will be the obligation of each county to recruit as many of its women as it has suffered battle casualties since December 7, 1941. Some 13 soldiers from Jackson county have been reported killed or missing. We must replace eacn of them with a WAC enrollee." Another feature of the1 drive will be the forming of WAC companies representing each of the 48 states. All women re cruited in this county will be assigned to av- special Oregon unit and will wear the insignia of the state on her uniform as well as march under its colors. Although the campaign will not end until December 7, Jack son county will endeavor to reach its goal during the visit of the novel WAC Carnival Caravan which will be here November 5 and 6. In connection with the WAC recruiting Campaign in Medford Mayor C. A. Meeker has issued the following proclamation: "Whereas, the week of Octo ber 25 to November 3 has been set aside as National WAC Re cruiting Week, and ".Whereas, women between the ages of zo and 4 are eligible, and "Whereas, It is necessary" that a woman relieve a man in order to take the place of the wounded and killed in action, "Therefore, I, C. A. Meeker, Mayor of the City of Medford, Oregon, do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 25 to November 3. 1943 as "Recruit ing Week" and call upon all citizens of Medford to cooperate in this recruiting effort as national patriotic duty. "Whereunto, I have set my hand this 22nd day of October, 1943. - ',. "C. A. Meeker, Mayor, City of Medford.' PURPLE HEART TO PVT. n Mrs. Bessie Hen Zattlin. a former resident of Medford, she and her husband having oper ated the Hotel AJlen some time ago, passed away Wednesday in Marshfield, Ore. Mrs. Zattlin was 'born on July 23, 1886, at Byron, Calif.. and came to Oregon when a little girl, the family makinp. their home in various parts of tne state. She was united in marriage to August Zattlin July 28. 190U at The Dalles, Ore. She is sur vived by her husband and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Goswick of Medford. Funeral services will be held at Perl funeral home Monday at 2 p. m., the Rev. W. A. Dawes, pastor ol the First Baptist church officiating. Interment will follow in Siskiyou Memo rial Park. Nicholas Jackson Backti, passed away Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edith Paugh, on Orchard Home Drive, Mr. Backes was born in Illi nois on Aug. 19, 1868. He made his home at Central Valley, Calif., for the past seven years, and before that lived in Med ford. Mr. Backes was a car penter by trade, but because illness had been retired for the past few years. He is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Dasie May Cory Houston, Texas; Mrs. Paugh, of Medford, and Mrs. Ruby Ruth Redmond, Gladwater, Texas; two sons, George O. Backes, Her long,. Calif., and Ernest E. Backes, Hines, Calif.; a sistei, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Pasadena. Calif. Funeral services will be an nounced Monday, in charge of Perl funeral home. Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Teague of Route 2, near Talent, uncle and aunt and guardians of the late Pvt. Boyd Fargier, young soldier whose death was report ed recently, have received Purole Heart award in 'recog nition of his heroism and "mili tary merit." A certificate was received previously telling, them of the award, and saying it was foi "military merit and wounds received in action, resulting in his death August 6, 1943." Mr. and Mrs. Teague have not yet received information as to the location of the battlefield where he died. Pvt. Fareier entered the army three vears aso at the age of 17. Prior to his enlistment, he was a student at Phoenix high school. WORKERS WARNED Ln Anee'es. Oct. 23 (U.R) The 10th regional War Labor Board today warned workeis who walked off their Jobs at the National Biscuit company plant here they must return before their demands for a pay boost will be considered. Use Mall Trunin Want Ads. OBITUARY MM BITTER AFTER DEATH OF OAKES JURY TOLD Nasau, Bahamas, Oct. 23 (U.R) The day after the slaying of wealthy Sir Harry Oakes, Alfred De Marigny, his son-in-law, said mat Oakes "should have been killed anyhow,'' and asked if "a man could be convicted in Brit ish courts if the murder weapon is not found," a policeman tes tified at De Marigny's murder trial today. Police plowed up De Mar',2- ny's chicken farm and searched his - other - properties, another witness testified,. In a fruitless search for the weapon used tn bludgeon to death Oakes in the bedroom. of his ocean-front villa, Westbourn. on the moraine of July 8. Police Lt. John Douglas, who guarded De Marigny after Oakes' bloody and beaten body was found on a smouldering bed by Harold Shristie and until the young French count was arrest ed and charged with the mur der 35 hours later, described his conversations with De Marigny. the defendant told him, Doug las testified, that he and his father-in-law had never been able to get along. "That guy, Harry, was an old and snould have been killed anyhow," Douglas quot ed De Marigny as saying at the chicken farm. Then De Marigny asked, Doug las said, "in British court could a man be convicted if the murder weapon is not found?" Douglas said he replied: "Don't worry about it, Freddie." Later Douglas said De Marigny asked if a person could be con victed on circumstantial evidence. - The sport of racquets achieved social recognition in England in SALVAGE PLANNED No information has been re ceived by local salvage commit tees regarding the collection of waste paper, it was stated yes terday. Recent radio announce ments to the effect that another waste paper collection campaign is to be carried on, In the past Medford Boy Scouts participated in the col lection of waste paper, but Scout executives have received word to the effect that no col lections were planned in Ore gon. It is understood mat xne collections are being made at points closer to industrial cent ers in order that the bulky waste paper need not be shipped great distances. Los Angeles, Oct. 23 U.B Six fire companies battled flams which broke out In the Soutbeig California Gas company's buu. diene plant today, destroying lsg barrels of naphtha. SELECTED GREEN wm SLAIES $6.50 BIG LOADS ORDER EARLY MEDFORD FUEL CO. 1122 NO. CENTRAL. TEL. 3111 FUED OVER COWS' NEAR C1VALLIS ENDS IN MURDER Corvallls, Ore., Oct. 23. (U.R) A lengthy feud over care of livestock today ended in the murder of Clinton L. Deal, 56, and the arrest of Addison Mere dith, about 60, a neighboring farmer. ' Before he died from rifle bul let wounds, Deal told District Attorney Fred McHenry that Meredith accused him of poison ing Deal's cattle and fired point blank as Deal opened a highway gate. The victim said Meredith fired at him three different times and lectured him on .the care of cattle as he slumped on the run ning board, mortally wounded. Sheriff W. M. Harper said Meredith admitted the shooting. McHenry said he would file a first degree murder charge. . The feud began six months ago when Sheriff Harper asked Deal to care for Meredith s cattle during some litigation in volving the murder suspect. Deal took the cattle across the highway to his pasture but Meredith quarreled with him on their care, and accused him of poisoning them. When Deal tried to give back the cattle, Meredith refused. As Deal left home last night to attend a church affair, Mere dith was waiting at the corner of the pasture with his deer rifle. McHenry said he believed Meredith would have fired at the first person to come along, al though he was aware it hap pened to be Deal. I 1 I r wjjwr o ' j ill,-, r of km Yh J ' :T CRASH KILLS 20 Lawson Field, Fort Benninc Ga., Oct. 23 U.R Twenty pet sons were killed here last night when an army transport plane crashed while on a routine night parachute mission, the public re lations office announced lonigm. Officials said cause of the crash had not been determined but that a board of qualified army air force officers has been appointed and are lnvestigatinn, Rodeo, as a national sport gained its real impetus in 192i with the creation in California of the Rodeo Assocation of America. CHICKEN AND STEAK DHIIIERS-DAIiCIKG OPEN 6 P. M. lo 2 A. M. Every Evening Except Tuesday " , KYLE'S RESTAURANT On Pacific Highway at Central Point FOR RESERVATIONS Phone Central Point 472 -Aim fa The following is paragraph (f) from a captured order issued by the headquarters, 125th German Infantry Regiment regarding mass executions. . ' , The execution is to be carried out in a very regi mental manner with an officer in charge. Two : . to jour men are to be detailed Jor each man to be shot. Aim for the heart and head. A jter the volley the officer responsible will, on orders from the attending medical officer, fire a final shot into the body of each with a regulation pistol. Death is to be certified by the medical officer. : ... . ;. - , Read it again. And again, until you have it memorized by heart. But don't shiver there in the security of your comfortable home. Borrow a cup of courage from this band of patriots who fell in graves... unmarked on their native heath, somewhere in Yugoslavia. . t . . . For their deeds they paid with their lives'. Deeds which helped to bring victory to their allies in the desert there,' - across the Mediterranean. For their guerilla warfare tied up Nazi' hordes, Italian divisions and all their fighting equipment and supplies that otherwise might have been' ferried across to stem the rising tide of defeat. v But what keeps men like these and their compatriots' from Norway to China fighting on? , Your generosity . helps. .Your .spare dollars buy the aid that keeps their fighting hearts pumping! . fCall it charity if you dare. Better to call it your viae . job. And this job is on three fronts. For your dollars must maintain the morale of our own men wherever they may fight. They must be used to help oiir allies to keep them in the fight. Nor can they forget the needy here at home Social agencies on the home front have, " among their vital tasks, those of keeping up morale and keeping . down divorce, desertion, broken homes and child neglect. Overtaxed hospital facilities must be re- i inforced by community home nursing programs. Th ' stabilizing influence of essential recreational service) ; is more important than ever. . Y Because today's job is a three-front job for your dot ! lars, the seventeen American war agencies have banded ' together into the National War Fund and joined with our local agencies in a single united campaign. They are asking you to give only once this time instead of coming : to you separately throughout the year.' " .. . This way, it is easier for you. It assures maximum efiec- ' tive use of the contributions you give for one and all. And because you will be asked to give but once... we ask you to give unstintingly for victory. Give in one sum the contributions you would normally make for : these causes in a year. And then ask yourself if that is ' enough to pay for your share of the victory. Honestly now.. .is it enough? You're right, brother! Doubling your contribution this year would be a good beginning. .... Give ONCE for ALL these Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Girls Community Club Jackson County Public Health Assn., Jackson County Recreation Committee USO United Seamen's Servlc War Prisoners Aid Polish War Relief Queen Wilhelmina Fund -Russian War Relief United China Relief United Cxechoslovak Relief United Yugoslav Relief Fund Refugee Relief Trustees United States Committee for the Care of European Children Belgian War Relief Society Frlenas or lumjibbu., British War Relief Society Greek War Rel ef Assn. French Relief Fund Norwegian Relief This aopeal for funds to meet the needs of the Medford Community nd War Chest is published by . t For 33 Year Medford'a Leading Store Give Generously To the MEDFORD COMMUNITY And WAR CHEST RIGHT HOW!
