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FOOT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. August II, 1944 ON THE HOME FRONT MEDFORD,kTRIBUNE News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services- Tht Mail Tribune suggests jou slip and mail this new. roundup to relative or friend in service. Data. Dear.. The valley's annual fruit har vest is again near with growers and packers making plans for picking and packing to Degin in a week or so. In Medford the riew packing plant of the Amer ican Fruit Growers is being com pleted this week and open house will be held Saturday ana sun day. A fair crop of Bartlctt pears Is anticipated, with the iruu re torted to be of good size. Thresh. ing of wheat and other grains Is also underway now and stores are showing locally grown corn small fruits and melons. With the weather still hot and picnics the order of the day, postal officials are warning resi dents that Christmas packages for overseas servicemen should be prepared before long. Mall Ing Is to start September 13, Another sign of the approach of fall is the effort of school boards to cign up teachers and a statement by the county school superintendent that several schools are still short of teach ers, especially men teachers. Coach Al Simpson has an nounced that the Medford Black Tornado squad will hold the first workout September 4. Senator Guy Cordon was in Medford last week to discuss local problems with citizens and left shortly after for Washington in order to arrive for the first of the reconversion legislation now up in congress. Jarmin's Drug store has been fold to John W, Taylor and sale of several city and country rest dences has been announced, the local real estate market remain ing brisk. Medford post of the American Legion, now having a membership of 385, has sent Ix delegates to the annual con vention in Portland this week. Of the membership, 67 World War II veterans. Making the fourth member of her family to go Into service Laurene Kell of Gold Hill has enlisted in the Waves. A brother, Leonard, is In the Fifth army, Italy; Ernest is a sergeant with the AAF England, and a third brother, Clarence, is a sergeant in the medical corps, Ft. Ben ning. Mary Wall, electrician's mate, also made the fourth mem ber of her family in service when flie joined the Waves. Her sis ter, Janet, is a storekeeper sec ond class at San Diego, a broth er, John, Runner's mate second class, is at San Bruno, and an other broihcr, Albert, fireman for the merchant marine, Is now home after sea duty. Mary Wall Is currently stationed at Wash ington, D. C. Among the few young women from Medford to go overseas is C h 1 o e Ellcnburg, Instrument technician. She specializes In the testing and overhauling of gy roscopic instruments for bomb ers and is leaving soon from Seattle for an air depot in the central Pacific. A former Med ford nurse, Lt. Patricia Clen- denning, was one of two evacua tion nurses to spend the night in France following the invasion! the hospital supply ship on which she was stationed having grounded. A story from Italy relates that T. Sgt. Wayne M. Fairchild is serving with a veteran B-25 bom bardment wing and has been given the Distinguished Unit Badge. Sgt. Fairchild s group came up through Egypt and sup ported the Eighth army in its drives against Rommel and then engaged in the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns before going into Italy. He has been overseas since February of 1943. Another story from the 12th AAF tells of Staff Sgt. Donald R. Stone, radio operator and gun ner on a Mitchell bomber, par ticipating n the 400th mission of his group, which operates in the Mediterranean area. This group was the first to bomb Rome and Sofia and the first to operate from Italian bases. Also from the 12th AAF comes word that First Lt. Robert A. Wilcox has flown 49 bombing missions over Italy and Germany. S. Sgt. George R. (Dick) Rob erts, gunner on a B-17, has com pleted the required missions from an English base and is awaiting further orders. He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters. Sgt. Joseph A. Boardman is due to arrive home after serving 26 months overseas with the air force. Pvt. Dale Job Is now serving with a chemical warfare unit in the Southwest Pacific and Sgt. Mark W. Roefft is stationed at an air service depot in England. Lt. Frank H. Rogers, Jr., has ar rived in Ireland with .an air force ur.lt. On the "missing in action" list this week are Second Lt. Harry M. Beaslcy. bombardier of a B-17, declared missing after a raid over Europe from Eng .land, and Sgt. Herbert R. Bolts, paratrooper, declared missing since June 8 In France. Sgt. Botts has a sister, Cpl. Gynell Powell, serving at the Seattle Port of Embarkation with the WAC. Pvt Stanley Clyde Mor gan, wounded during the latter days of the battle of Salpan, Is now In an army hospital in Hawaii. He has been awarded the Purple Heart. After having been closed for some time navy recruiting was reopened In this area-for a few days and during that time 27 17-ycar-olds enlisted. Warrant Officer George Peck- ham writes from tho ure-fllght school at San Antonio Hint he is continuing his musical activities there and set some sort of a rec ord one day by singing for seven chapel services in a four-hour period. Among graduates at the naval academy, Annapolis, this month Is Morris Leonard, who expects to return to the west coast after wards, since he has been as signed to duty in the Pacific Alvln L. Wimer graduated Aug. 4 from the field at Douglas, Ariz., and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He and Mrs. Wimer (Jeanette House) are now home. Ensign D. C. Wimer is stationed on a carrier operating in the South Pacific. Another promotion in the news is that of Louis N. Iven to first lieutenant at an Eighth AAF bomber station. He is bom bardier of a B-17. Herbert Ewing Harper will graduate August 15 from the nrvy'g reserve officers' Indoctrination school at Tucson and will be commissioned an en sign. Second Lt. William F. Cate, fighter pilot, is home on leave and Cadet Harvey M. Morrell has completed basic flying at the Marana field. Recently ar rived in England, Lt. Maurice J. Sample has completed his orien tation course. Col. Frank (Har old) Taylor, with an engineer's unit, Is now In France and has Been awarded the Good Conduct Medal. Completing his tralnlnz. Cnl Jess Francis is now a gunner for a Liberator bomber and expects an overseas assignment and Cpl Louis J Clave has also com pleted his gunnery training. Charles A Chaplin will soon graduate from the naval air cen ter at Norman, Okla. Gerald Kubll, now in Hawaii, writes that he has been promoted to the rating of chief pharmacist's mate. John D. Blair has com pleted naval ordnance trainine and was rated seaman first class and will be reassigned soon. Pfc. Ted E. Marshall Is en rolled at Scott Field. 111., for radio training and Thomas Ger ety, seaman first class, has com pleted his course in aviation ord nance at Memphis. Pfc. Louis W. Powell has been transferred to Camp San Louis Obispo and Pfc. A. A. Alexander is stationed at the Santa Barbara marine base for radio and radar training. ueiDen jroxeii, seaman sec ond class, Is home after indoctri nation training at San Diego and James Ganfield, seaman first class, Is home from the Bremer ton navy yard. Sgt. Abe Halfhill Is home on furlough from Green ville, Miss. Completing service with the army in Australia and New Guinea, Clarence Betz Is home again and Gaylord L. Loop has reccivea nis honorable discharge from the navy after a year of service. Mary Jane Lewis and Pfc. Ber tram! Ellis of Shelton, Wash have announced their engage ment. Pfc Ellis is in France with n antiaircraft unit. Marriages announced are those of Capt. Kenneth Patlon to Marv Lov Reed of Hall, Tenn.; Evelyn Mina Maxfield of Burlington, Vt., and Ensign Eugene Haves: Evelyn Louise Zittercob, On tario, Ore , to Cadet Harry Lyle Thurman. Capt. and Mrs. Patton are at Boise, Ida.; Ensign and Mrs. Hayes were married at Camp MacDonough, N. Y., and Coming Sunday i ; ri.;- Dick Powell and Lucille Ball are starring In "Meet the People", coming Sunday to the Rialto for a three day engage ment. "Slightly Terrific", starts Leon Errol and Eddie Quillan. Cadet and Mrs. Thurman are liv ing near Yale university where the cadet is enrolled. THE GRANGE Eagle Point Grange At the last Tegular meeting of the Eagle Point Grange, Aug ust 1, Kermit and Melba De Haas were elected to member ship and first and second de grees were given James Towne. During lecture hour, Com missioner E. A. Powell discussed the proposed initiative measure for a more modern county hos pital. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brooks of Jose hine County. Pomona Master Brooks, rep resenting a trucking association, urged support of a uniform freighting truck law. The order voted to give the hall a new coat of paint. On the serving committee for the next meeting, Aug. 13, are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and daughter, Barbara, and Ed Cowden. H.E.C. will meet Aug. 30 at the home of Mrs. P. J. Robin son, with Lottie VanScoy act ing as co-hostess. Gold Hill Grange Gold Hill H.E.C. held another quilting party with covered dish luncheon at 12:30 p. m. August 9, with 14 members present. Chairman Florence Howes headed the business meeting. She invited members to her home "Glendora Gar dens," on Aug. 23 at 10 a. m. Covered dish luncheon will be served at 12:30 p. m. and ladies are asked to bring their own work. Ladies attending eranee meeting Aug. 17 when the Gold Hill Grange exemplifies third and fourth degrees for Hill, Sams Valley and candidates, are asked to cake or cookies. A Grange picnic is to be held at tho home of Nellie Smith on the Old Stage road at 1 p. m. August 13. Those attending are asked to bring dishes for a pot luck dinner, family and friends. Ethel .Martin was remem bered by her Flora friend and Eleanor Ganong received a gift. PLANE PROGRAM SHIFTS EMPHASIS TO SUPER SHIPS More B-29's, B-32's Aim; Change to Bring Release Over 100,000 Workers Washington, Aug. 11. U.R) The vast aircraft building pro gram, which sent aloft a mighty air army to help roll back axis armies in Europe and Africa, faced its first major retrench ment today and a shift in em phasis to the giant "super" bombers needed to defeat Japan. The war department advised the war production board last night that as a result of tne successful Normandy invasion it was cutting back production of four-motored B-24 Liberator bombers, C-46 cargo planes, and possibly P-47 Thunderbolt fight ers. The drastic readjustment will release 120,000 aircraft workers by the- end of 1944, but all of them will be needed in other vital industries. B-29 and B-32 Needed The war department said that emphasis in remaining plane output was being shifted to in creasing the production of B-29 Super-Fortresses, such as those that raided Japan and Sumatra yesterday, and the new B-32, another giant long range bomb er, whose full details have not yet been disclosed. The cutback, announced after extended consultations between military and civilian officials, was described as "the first ex ample of a long-range forward planning cutback of schedules by any of the procurement agen-1 cies." ' According to war department estimates it will release 20,000 workers in the next 30 days and an additional 100,000 during the remainder of the year. Los Angeles, Aug. 11. U.R) Shuffling of aircraft production schedules to emphasize long range types will not affect west coast plants, pre-war hub of the Industry and source of more than half the nation's output, army and industry men said to day. "Our schedules call for 100 per cent utilization of the pro duction facilities of the 12 fac tories of the seven aircraft com panies in California and Wash ington," said Brig. Gen. D. F. Stace, commanding general of the western district air force material command. I S. S. NICARAGUA Richmond, Cal., Aug. 11 (U.R) The S. S Nicaragua Victory was launched at the Permanente Metals Corp. yard here last night with Mrs. Matilda Quin tana, wife of the Nicaraguan consul in Los Angeles, sponsor ing the ship. It takes a year's food from 155 I acres to feed a bomber-building crew for the time it takes to build a single bomber. Daily Weather Report Forecasts: Medford and vicinity: Clear tonlcht and Saturday. Cooler Saturday. Oregon: Clear tonight and Satur day, but four on coast and partly cloudy In Willamette valley. Cooler Saturday. Local Data: Temperature a year ago today : Highest, 92; lowest, 49. Total monthly precipitation, .1 1 inches. Excess for the month. .06 Inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1943. 16.04 inches. Deficiency for the season, .67 Inches. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. r yesterday, 17: at 4:30 today, 73e,t. Tomorrow: Sunrise 6:16 a. m. Sunset 8:16 p. m. rast 24 nours: man JjOw rrec. Boise ... fi9 63 Boston 90 72 Chicago 99 77 . Denver 94 58 Eureka 68 52 Havre 77 50 Los Angelea 93 63 Meurord .... 95 as SIGN OF THE TIMES Price, Utah, Aug. 11 U.R Sign of the times, from the clas sified columns of the Price Sun Advocate: "Will the person who stole my alarm clock the evening of July 24th either return U. or awaken me every morning at 6:15?" MONTGOMERY WARD mrds .03 New York . Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno . 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