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ON THE HOME FRONT MedfordTribune News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mail Tribune suggests you clip and mail this news roundup to a relativa or iriand in service. Data. Dear. Like all other towns and cities of this nation, Medford spent Tuesday with thoughts for nothing but the invasion, As the long-awaited news came in, plans were made for the city's observance of D Day, this con sisting mostly of special prayer services, held in the Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic and Naz arene churches. Whistles and bells at 3 p. m. marked the clos , ing of business houses for an hour in order that workers might attend the prayer meet ings. Noise-makers of all sorts will be used next Monday at 10 a. m. to herald the opening of the Fifth War Loan drive, starting in all sections of the country on the same day. Elaborate plans are being made for the drive. , Although most high school and college students have com pleted courses for the year, very few are having what could real ly be termed vacations, for a large percentage plan on work ing or re-enrolling for summer sessions. Medford senior high school graduated 184 seniors . last Friday night and this week saw many of the girls already at work and the boys either working or leaving to report to (raining. University of Oregon students returned to Medford last week, but Oregon Staters are still in classes. Don Knips was valedictorian of the 1944 class s '.all Lovejoy, salutatorian. . -..ious awards were won by Harry Nordwlck, Paula Blanton, Lu ella Arnold, Robert Kruggel, Roger Wolf, Jim Tucker, Bill Barnum, Eloise Peyton, Ber nice Steams, Don Dixon, Jack Baker, Dale Niedermeyer, Mary Crane and Lowell Cooley. Baker and Niedermeyer have also left Medford, Baker to report to Great Lakes, 111., for navy radar U-aining and Niedermeyer to an other radar station. The past week has been an unusually "newsy" one, with stories from all war theaters about Medford and Jackson county servicemen. First Lt. James A. Arming, a fighter pilot with Chennault's 14th AAF in China, has-been awarded a Dis tinguished Flying Cross after having completed 50 combat missions. From the South Paci fic comes word that Lt. Jack Martin of Gold Hill was recent ly awarded an Air Medal and promoted to first lieutenant, most of his missions having been over Rabaul. A story from Green Island in the South Pa cific relates how Lt. David G. McLaren of Rogue River, with two other pilots in a flying boat, rescued a pilot who bailed out of his plane less than 100 yards from Japanese shore positions. An interview with Staff Sgt. MelvfTi Bushnell, written from I " 7th AAF headquarters In the central Pacific, tells of his lucky plane "Lady." The Liberator has been on 27 missions and has but four "scars" as a result. In one raid "Lady's" crew shot ddwn three Zeros, were credited with three probables and again escaped unharmed. A story from Italy tells of the award of a Sil ver Star to Staff Sgt. Charles Harold (Ike) Stone, who was a grade and Junior high student here at one time for the rescue of three comrades under fire. FWt Lt. Raymond H.. Ross, has been awarded the Silver Star for rescuing a wounded man under intense machine gun fire during a battle at Bougainville, Solomon Islands. An Air Medal was awarded posthumously to Lt. Don Field here this week, the presentation being made to his parents. Lt. Field was declared missing after a fierce battle over the Mediter ranean and North African shores on April 5, 1943. On the week's casualty lists were Pvt. Donald Morton, killed in action in Italy, and Second Lt. Ben Dietrich, co-pilot . of an army bomber, killed in a crash in Italy. Cpl. August D. Vosika, elec trician with an AAF Liberator group, has been issued a Dis tinguished Unit badge since his group received a Presidential Citation following a low level attack on Ploesti, Roumania, oil fields last fall. The group oper ates out of an Italian base. . Also from Italy comes news of Rob ert A. Wilcox, bombardier-navi gator, who has been promoted to first lieutenant. Lt. R. L. von der Hellen was recently assigned to duty in England, being a crew member of the Flying Fortress, "Round Trip." Pvt. DeVere Taylor was recently assigned to an engi neer's supply company In the South Pacific. Sgt. Parks R. Shelley and Lt. Harry Bessley are both now overseas. Roger E. Card arrived home recently after " a year's service in the Aleutian islands. He is a store keeper first class. Also home is Staff Sgt. Olaf W. Severason who has completed a year's com bat service In the . southwest Pacific area. Richard W. Hewitt has gradu ated from the armys bomber school at Blackland field and was commissioned a second lieu tenant while Halbert S. Deuel, Jr., graduated this week from Culver Military academy in In diana. Robert D. Littrell is to graduate as a service pilot in the ATC June 15 at Midland, Tex., and another graduate is Lloyd G. Lyman who was com missioned an ensign at the naval midshipmens school, University of Notre Dame, May 31. Barton LaFon has been advanced to first lieutenant at Pecos, Tex. T. Sgt. Wlllard W. Pedersen has designed a camera mount for use by reconnaissance units which has been accepted by the army and is now training as a section chief, aeronautics pho tography unit. Ft. Meyer, Fla. He was formerly at Muroc Field, Calif. A story from England states that Pvt. Wilbur M. F. Smith is among the switchboard per sonnel of the U. S. army's Brit ish telephone system and that the army men operators have difficulty because of the differ ence in word usage and enuncia tions of the British and Amer ican languages. Three recently enlistees in the WAC are Irene Chetwood, Mrs. Helen M. Peterson and Jacque line Speirs. Marine Private Mil lie Ella McCord completed her training in North Carolina and is now stationed in San Fran cisco, and Nora Mae Wilson, seaman first class in the Spars has returned to her station in Boston after a visit In the coun ty with her parents. The Pruett twins, Dean and "The North Star" Coming Sunday u I , V " T'T v s I v..y m . . Hm I 1 1 a Frldar. June 9. 1844 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE i Starting Sunday at the Cra- Walter Huston, Walter Brennan terian is "The North Star," with and Ann Harding. Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews,! Red Tanks Eager For Berlin Race Says Newspaper Moscow, June . 9 (U.R) The Russian press again published detailed reports on the progress of the Allied western Invasion today and the official army newspaper Red Star predicted that Soviet armies "soon" would launch a complementary offensive against Germany from the east. "It is time to finish off the Germans," Red Star said in commenting on the opening of the western front. Our tanks are straining to race for the pavements of Berlin. "The war has crossed the channel Bnd Germany feels its hot breath." i RELIABLE GROCERY CHET LEONARD PHIL WHITLOCK , Free Delivery Service DIAL 2126 For FREE DELIV E R Y Conforming with new O. D. T. Regulations. Dale, have been assigned to the naval air center at Memphis, Tenn. Another set of twins in the news are the new daughters of Lt. and Mrs. Martin Luther, Jr. The twins were born June 6 at, Boise, Ida., near where the lieutenant is stationed. Recent visitors here were Staff Sgt. E. M. Hoffman, who has been instructing in aerial gunnery at Buckingham Field, Fla., and now reports to Tana pah, Nev. He also went to Port land to meet his brother, A. A. Hoffman, chief aviation ord nance man now stationed off the coast of Washington. Announced during the week were the weddings of Gretchen McAllister to First Lt. Donald H. Mills of Detroit; Helen Mar caldo of Jersey City to Arthur C. Kent, yeoman in the navy; Katherine Larsen of Sacramento to Ensign Eugene Ash; Char lotte Beeson to Robert C. Toon, both now of Hollywood. Lieutenant Faces 3 Years at Labor Los Angeles, June 9 (U.R) Lt. Ronald H. Heldreich, termin al island transportation officer, convicted by a San Diego court martial pn 22 counts of stealing government property has been sentenced to three years at hard labor, 11th naval district officers confirmed today. Heldreich was charged with stealing a tractor, lumber, tools, paint, rope, and other imple ments for use on his Chino, Cal., farm. The "Falling Away" WHEN? 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