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.
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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
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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
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Lydia E. Pinkhnm's Compound li
famous to relieve periodic pain snd
accompanying nervous, weak, tired
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monthly disturbances. Made espe
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Follow label direction.
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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
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