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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1944)
CAPTAIN If BEE TELLS ROTARIANS OE Although Australian forces were officially credited with the capture or Salamaua, New Guinea Jap base, American doughboy souvenir seekers were in the city before the Aussies ar rived, Capt. Weldon McBee told the Medford Rotary club Tues day. Speaking at the Hotel Med ford, McBee told of the early days of the rugged South Pacific fighting following the move ment of the 41st Division to that war theater In March, 1942. The speaker voiced the pride of the 41st Division officers and men in the term "Butchers" ap plied to that division by the Japs in broadcasts from Radio Tokyo. Few American outfits have seen as much fighting as the HH, dating from the early campaigns in New Guinea to re cent operations in the island hopping drive toward the Philip pines. This division, embracing the local Medford national guard companies, was called to service in September, 1940, and in March, 1942, began its 22-day convoy journey to Australia. This convoy was in the Coral Sea at the time of the great naval battle. An American vic tory undoubtedly saved the many ships and men. Interesting highlights on the training period in Australia were related, prior to" the movement of elements of the 41st to New Guinea. "The 'Japs are over-rated as soldiers," McBee told Rotarians. "Tropical diseases were our greatest enemies and, despite precautions, they took a heavy toll." Methods of campaigning against "disorganized resistance" in the area in which Captain McBee's regiment operated, were outlined. Later the speaker was transferred to a unit attach ed to the navy for the training Bo sure it's . . PURE CANE SUGAR insist on fM EF1NERY. PACKED CONTAINERS SUGAR I TCANin I ?arautel.anding Saves BomBerand Crew 1 .. -II . rSSl I -4 -Hi m' 1 oiive :$M, L Jfe', t-t- ' .Barber's ifv.rnj. H , .-rt:5-;! v Observations S.JO'SRi S 1.11 - y vs- I WWI I t- ' 1 - tAcmt Tclmhoto) Jap anti-aircraft fire shot out the brakes and landing flaps of this B-24 Liberator over Yap. out Hie giant craft was brought Into a safe landing at southwest Pacific base by means of two parachutes anchored to gun mounta on either side of crippled plane. The ripcords were pulled when plane hit runway and the heavy bomber slid to a sale stop. Credit for the Ingenious touch went to the bombardier. Lieutenant Allen Bolotln of Chicago. Said the lieutenant: "I read about It In an Intelligence report." of soldiers In amphibious war fare. Men trained by the speak er are now participating in am phibious operations in the Philippine area. He is in this country through the revolving service plan only recently ini tiated in the South Pacific area. ARGENTINA DENOUNCED Washington, July 19 (U.PJ The American Federation of Labor has denounced the Argen tine government for imprisoning Juan Antonio Solari, described by the AFL as "one of the most articulate and aggressive ad vocates of democracy and free trade unionism in that country." Us. Mall Tribune Want Ada. Informal Dinner Given Monday For , Actor Clark Gable Clark Gable was guest of honor at an informal dinner party. Monday evening, given by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lange and their daughter, Mona, at Chalk er's Motel near Gold Hill. Cock tails were served preceding the 8 o'clock dinner, and dancing was enjoyed afterward. ' Present for the affair were Sybil Gibson, Carol Gibson, Peggy Gibson, Vee Gibson and Cedric F. Hefferan, all of We- Ask-You-Inn Lodge, where Gable is staying during his va cation in the valley, Gable and the hosts. Recently placed on the in active list of the army air force, Gable will return to Hollywood next week to complete editing of a film made for the army dur ing flights over Germans from England. Gable, who holds the rank of a major, will return to his movie career this fall after two years' absence, serving in the army in this country and abroad. At present he is spend ing a vacation fishing from his property on Rogue River. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 6:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. ihe proudest t'dle this title the proudest in the Army. For wherever Wacs are working, both here and overseas, there you find a job well done. And done with a spirit so gallant and fine that high Army officers everywhere say of the WAC... "They're soldiers. Good soldiersi" jgMlllil' lP'Y Jp? IT CONSISTS of two simple words. w1 -4 Jet Yet everv sold!er who's worth Ws "tejtjg V ', .r, ' salt covets it. ." j V?cAi "V ' J J; ' This title is simply: v ' ' " ' "Cood SoldieT" !feCf v iPji t0" sn'' ius' happenstance that so : - " WfWt"' many women in the WAC have earned ' x ' E$ ' x. 1 ' ' Making strategy v("t ' j"ft, " maps for combat Mi Good soldiers... , -?2ceMgW-4 j.:, WO MENS ARMY CORPS -rr. .. N. ' JT W F0K rvU.INroKMATtoneboaHhWemtn'&ArmyCorp$,gotoyour naru( U.S. Army Rterutting Station. Or mart fA coupon below. f Checking pilots to Jpi -jj A snoS; - ----vL andfrom"arzones Vw cnv- "i,dren if - Tv- swll. Wednesday. July 19, 1944 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE THRES The little apartment next my own is so full of happiness it spills out the doors, splashes through the windows and sprays over all who come near it. Yet surely there is nothing about the couple who live there to attract such magic. The man is away most of the time at his job and the woman is neither very clever nor very good looking. Nor is their apartment any thing special. In fact you would consider it a most ordinary one since it s but poorly furnished and with few modern conveni ences. Yet the woman must think those three rooms the most won derful in the world, the way she cares for them. The panes of the tall old fashioned windows are kept shining, the curtains crisp. The little coal burning stove is always having a pie or some cup cakes or a pudding taken out of its oven. And all the time the little woman is bustling about, her face flushed as much with he'r i joy in her work as from the work itself, those rooms are sel dom free from visitors. She seems to consider their presence very natural; she doesn t blame any one for liking to be in her wonderful home. It's exactly where she wants to be herself. ! This week she's been papering i the living room. The pattern is a j mixture of blue morning glories i and silver stripes. She had quite a time matching the morning glories, but she did. The blue of the flowers matches the blue of her eyes, but the shine of the silver stripes can't match the shiningness of her smile as she looks on the miracle she's ac complished on the walls of the room. The thing which surprises me most is the women who come to look, admire and many times help her at her renovating task. For these women have far love lier homes of their own; homes which must be astonished at the way they're having the doors shut on their spacious rooms, upholstered furniture and mod ern conveniences while their mistresses go to spend their time in the little apartment. I've grown to believe it's the Joyous activity of their hostess- which attracts them. Maybe they think her utter contentment is infecti ous and that some of It will rub off on them. She sings softly to herself when alone. She called to me Just now that she was whipping up a batch of biscuits for Bill, ner nusDand. More than ever, I wished I could be doing the same for mine. Since I couldn't, I wrote him a letter, (the mall man had Just carried off the other one written today) telling him how I'd like to. So even Frank will partake of the happi ness of the little apartment for some of it splashed Into the pages of my letter. "Put blue handles on the new built-lns. Daddy; the color of blue morn ing glories," I added. Draft Dodsrer Has Time To Reflect Los Angeles, July 19 (U.R) Wllliah Huah Witt. Jr.. 23 u,h did not want to go war because ne naa not voted for any of the law makers, tnrinv sentence of four years in federal prison lor failure to report for his army physical. "I don't want any part of this war because it was all caused by political bigwigs in Washing ton," he told Federal Judge Leon R. Yankwich yesterday. , FLIER KILLED San Francisco, July 19 (U.R) 2nd Lt. Clarence A. 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