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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TFIBONB Mondef. Auguil it. 1944 VIVIDLY TOLD BY SPENCER WEILS Marine Fighter Pilot Writes Kin Here Of Condition After Fierce Frays A vivid picture of the condi tion of Guam nfter the fierce battles which resuited In Its re capture by the American forces, and of living conditions for the troops stationed there, is given In a letter received by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. S. Wcills of 30 Kecne Way, from their son, Lt. Spen cer Wellls, marine Corsair fight er pilot. The pilot wrote: "Suddenly we are told that lt Is all OK to tell our locations and where we have been, so here goes: Quote, "Honoraole bon is now reposing In comparative discomfort on Island of Guam," unquote. We flew in here from a carrier on which we had been for some time. It was like go ing from a penthouse to a hobo Jungle on the outskirts or town. Life aboard a carrier is very comfortable, once one gets the hang of lt, and the food Is in estimably superior. Here on Guam things are best described as 'rugged.' They are Improving every day, and wlli undoubtedly be pretty good by the time we leave (we expect to be here for some time). "As a native of a far west ern state my squadron expected me to show them the ropes and generally lead the way to es tablishing a camp (or bivouac, as I am tiying to learn to say). They have been mightily disap pointed for I have been as awk we may get some hot chow pret ty soon, but I am Inclined to have my doubts. "We haven't had any mail for over two weeks. They say there is quite a bit of it on the island, but they can't spare men to sort it. My sack is now water-proof, mud-proof, fly-proof and mosquito-proof, so I am living as if at the Ritz. We bathe out of our helmets (if we have been able to collect enough rain water) at 6:30 p. m., for at that time the flies have hit the pads, and the mosquitoes have not gotten up yet, Right afterwards we get under the netting and smoke and talk for several hours before going to sleep. We have all been dead tired since we arrived. "Was on Canton Island, and also at the base Epiritu Santo, New Hebrides, before moving north again. The old Pacific ocean Is getting to be just an alley for me, now. "I must leave you, now, and do my laundry. Flying here is not exceptionally exciting, often monotonous, but I wouldn't trade with anyone back in the states FORMER GRID ACE OF MEDFORD HIGH AIR MEDAL ELMHIRSTS BUY An Eighth AAF Bomber Sta-! tion, England Second Lieuten ant Mark K. Miller, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Miller, Sr., of 917 Yakima place, Seattle Wash., has been decorated with the Air Medal, lt was recently announced by the commanding general, Ninth Air Force. The citation which accompan- A cash transaction, well above six figures, has been closed be tween Edward Stallcup & Sons, Co., and J. A. and C. G. F.lmhirst whereby the Stallcup Co. turned over its entire holdings in Sis kiyou county, California, to the Elmhirsts. The Stallcup ranch, com monly known as Big Spring ranch because of the location of the third largest spring in the United States on its premises, is famous as one of the most pictur esque ranches of the west. This LAST RITES FOR TOMORROW 2 P J. May Jordan MacDonough, wife of A. J. MacDonough, pass ed away at their home, 817 Cath erine St., Saturday evening fol lowing an illness of more than a year's duration. She was born at Dubuque, Iowa, where she grew to wo manhood and taught vocal music and directed church choirs until coming to Medford nearly thirty years ago and where she con tinued to teach For a number of years, she directed the choir In the Meth- led Lieutenant Miller's decora tion read: "For exceptionally ' fse rancnea oi ine west, mnriinrinn. phi,mn. ,hii ! is the first time that it has serving as the bombardier of a B-17 Flying Fortress on a num ber of sustained bomber combat missions over Germany and en emy occupied Europe. The cour age, coolness and skill displayed j ers of tne American Aristocrats' meritorious achievement while! "me iirsi ume inai it nas ever iiiuuguu uwxiersiup lur lt was built up from government land by the Stallcups some 57 years ago. The Elmhirsts are widely known as the owners and breed- ward at 'roughing If as If I,'odist cnurch here and was lead. were born on Front street and never got farther out of town than Oakdale. To make matters our gear was delayed er of the irusic in the Jackson ville grange. Music has been her vocation, and she has written many articles for the music Jour- somewhere along the line and ), and also othcr publications. those first nights spent without mosquito nets or other stuff was ' not a situation to be desired, 'and as a consequence, I look back on the early davs and nights of horror with a shudder of great Intensity. "There Is a great deal to do, but when we have no official business, we often go on trips of exploration. The places of greatest Interest are the caves where the Japs had dug In. There booty la occasionally found (though the foot marines did not leave much) and awe some sights are to be seen. The other day Jack Butler and I went through ten of them; they extend Into the cliffs for some times a hundred yards, with mBny niches and cross passage ways. There Is no light, of course, so we carried flashlights and wore gas masks, because of the odor. I won't try to describe In detail the gruesome business, but I will say that our marines really made a MESS of those Japs and Jur.t didn't bother to clean It up. My admlrntion for tho marines is simply unbound ed they are wonderful fight ers. One sergeant that I know went Into one cave after five Jap snipers. Ho only had a .45 Colt, but he got them all, and came out loaded with booty (or swag). "We have to be pretty care ful about lights at night (any time after dnrk) because snip ers are often flushed right out from under one's nose Getting up at night is worth your life, because the fellow in the next tent may shoot you. A few night ago one of our pilots told a wnter pnil hanging on a tripod to 'HALT' and then held his posture, breath and .45 for fif teen minutes waiting lor the enemy to move. A number of funny Incidents like that. This morning I rose HEAVILY at 5:30 a. m. and was on the ALEUT until 12:00, although we didn't have to go up. We are lust like the marine pilots at Enlewetok (my last Island base before go ing on a lor ine attacks to come. "Guam reminds us all of Oahu. although It Is somewhat ; mure blown up. Still, this place doesn't look half ns bad as Enl wetok. Kwajaloln or Tnrawa: those is'imds are so sm.ill that not an inch seemed to have es caped a bomb or hell. "Kvcrvbndv well, a lot of guys are getting sik this week: also last we'k: mostly dysen tery and di-gue fever, but so fur I am still In the pink and get , ting fat on K rations, If such a tiling is a possibility. They say Mrs. MacDonough was a lover or the outdoors, and spent much time in her floral gardens and because of her enthusiastic boost ing for southern Oregon, more than a half dozen substantial families have located here permanently. In her native town In Iowa, she leaves hosts of friends, "he was a mci.ibcr of the Methodist church there. Besides her husband, she leaves two nieces and one nephew, Mrs. Steve Nye of Tal ent; Vlrgina Sherwood and Clar ence Jordan of Medford, also a sister In - law, Fannie Jordan Medford. Funeral services will be held In the Conger-Morris chapel, 2 p. m, Tuesday with the Rev. D D. Randall officiating. Pall bear er, will be: George W. Howard, F. E. Redden, Ray Lewis, E. J. Ncnman, C. A. Meeker, anc A, L. Vroman. Two vocal numbers, "Down In the Valley" and "Go ing Home," will be rendered by Mrs. George Wendt, Mrs. Otto Nlcdermeyer, Henry Nledcr meyer and Chester Wendt. Friends desiring to pay final respect, may call at the cha.jel any time until 1 p. m. Tuesday. Final rites will be In tho Med ford I.O.O.F. cemetery. Brush Fires Rage Los Angeles Area Los Angeles, Aug. 28. (U.R) Feeding on tinder-dry grass and brush and fanned I shifting winds, fire raged over a handful tf widely scattered and isolated areas in southern California to day while dog-tired forestry crews and servicemen stamped out the last embers of two othcr fon t hi 1 1 blazes. Additional volunteers were called J,i to battle the ragini flumes In San Marcos "s In the Santa Ynez valley when chang ing winds fanned tho fire Into new in.enslty last night. The energy In ono day's out put of U. S." bituminous coal mines could lift 4.100,720.000 carrier), Just waiting j inlonc m" ,ID 1,1,0 ,nc air- MONEY TO LOAN! On JEWELHY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Ui.d and unre dtemtd jewdrr at great savings PEOPLES LOAN CO. 229' E. Main Slr.M State License P 137 FOR SALE BALED SECOND CUTTING ALFALFA HAY $25 per Ton, a! Ranch a! Merrill, Ore. WILL START BALING AUGUST 30TH fifKENDREE COMPANY"' crrill, Ore. Phono 49 by Lieutenant Miller on these occasions -reflect great credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States." He Is a veteran of many of the Eighth Air Force's huge day light bombing assaults against the Nazi war machine. In 1940, Lieutenant Miller was graduated from the Medford famous Hereford herd. In 1937 they sold their holdings in Cali fornia and set out to tour the United States. Now in 1944 they are going back into the cattle business and plan to raise Aber deen Angus on their Siskiyou county ranch. BOTH SIDES SAY : THEY WILL Washington, Aug. 28 (U.R) While both republican and demo cratic leaders predict a 40-seat gain In their house membership in the coming election, an analy sis of past elections Indicated to day that the party winning the presidential race probably would win house control as well. Republicans insist they'll win control of the house whoever is elected president; democrats contend they'll re-elect Presi dent Roosevelt and a majority of the house members. The di vision in the house now Is very vear publicans, four minor party dm Mall Trtbun. Want Am. members and three vacancies. Records of party composition in the house since the Civil War show that in every presidential year except 1916 the party which elected the president increased its membership in the house. Rep. Charles A. Halleck of In diana, chairman of the republi can congressional campaign com mittee,, forecast that the republi cans will win about 40 additional seats from districts in which they polled 45 per cent or more of the 1942 congressional vote. He said the party would win control of the house by a "comfortable majority" if the trend shown In recent special elections con tinues. E1ITZER ONI I 1U DESERVED LEAVE An Air Service Command Sta tion "Somewhere in England" 1st Lt. Jack R. Kemnitzer of Medford, Oregon recently passed through this air service com mand station en route to a well earned rest after 36 missions as a pilot on a B-17. Here air service command of ficers "briefed" him on the ! necessity of safeguarding cer tain vital lniormaiion lie 1st Lt. Kemnitzer wit iwafttedf1 the Air Medal and three oak leaf clusters and D.F.C. He is the son of Mrs. Freeda G. Kemnitzer of 1815 Prune St., Medford, Oregon. , TT T" . I T A f A A 1 John W. McCormack of MassaVas a result of his combat expen- chusetts insisted the trend will not continue. He blamed repub lican gains in the house to fail-1 ure of the democratic vote to turn out and said the democrats would benefit from the increased vote in this presidential election Before Jiis return to the states, One-hundred tons of bitumin. ous coal will furnish 750,000 cubic feet of manufactured gas. f To reflma distress of MONTHLY Female Weakness (Also Tine Stomachic Took) Lydia E. Pinkhnm's Compound li famous to relieve periodic pain snd accompanying nervous, weak, tired out leellcga all due to functional monthly disturbances. Made espe cially Jor women it help nattce Follow label direction. LYDIA L PINKHAM'S compound SILENT ACE DONATES Aug high school. Medford, Oregon, "wo! ,,AU5 "V,"-.?.- il,nr h i.i .u 4i.ii vvu-uun Din nan, movie Kiuer and baseball teams. Prior to his entry Into the army air forces, in 1942, Lieu tenant Miller was a student at the Oregon State college. of two decades ago, has donated $50,000 to the city park com mission to beautify his former West Hollywood home as a pub lic park. DRIVERS GET RAISE Portland, Ore.. Aug. 28 (U.R) Ovcr-the-road bus drivers for the Oregon Motor Stages will re ceive $1.15 an hour pay under i sized can as a result of nricine the new ruling released bv the adjustments made todav bv the regional War labor Board today. I Office of Price Administration. CANNED CHERRIES UP Washington, Aug. 28 (U.R) Retail prices of canned Califor nia sweet cherries will go up , about 2 Vfccents for the popular i JUST RECEIVED -Outside' White House Paint. Extra Heavy Roof Stain in Brown, Red, Green Protect your house by giving it a coat of paint now before winter sets in. Come in now and get your supply of quality paint, while it is available. 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