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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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