TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Auguit 30. 1944
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Men and women of a German
hospital unit, which surrendered
In a body to officers of the Unit
ed States Third army in France,
lnfermed staff members of an
American evacuat-on hospital
unit thai they had been with
out plasma for blood transfu
sions for some time and in some
instances had been in such dire
need that blood had been taken
from the sligntly wounded for
transfusions for the serious
cases. This information was con
tained In a censored letter which
Mr: and Mrs. G. Q D'Albini of
45 Quince street received yes
terday from their daughter, Lt.
Corlnne D'Albini, army nurse.
The nurse wrote that the Ger
mans were literally amazed nt
the sight of the supplies and
equipment which the American
hospital unit had and declared
that the German units had had
no nev equipment for long pe
riods. ' The nurse described the unit's
swift movement across France
and said the hospital outfits
were hard pressed to keep up
with the Third army troops,
commanded by Lt. Gen. George
S. Patton. After moving for
ward about 130 mile In one 24
hour period, the unit stopped
momentarily only to be ordered
ahead again at once, the nurse
wrote. She stated that work for
the unit was intermittent, "de
pending upon whether the Jer
ries are fighting or running,"
Casualties are much lighter
than was anticipated, the nurse
declared, and she said that three
out of every four patients are
either German soldiers or French
civilians. While the unit Is ade
quately staffed. Lt. D'Albini
said, the captured German hos
pital unit was put to work In
stead of being sent back, the
nurses and corpsmin being al
lowed to care for minor cases.
She told of caring for French
children who had been Injured
In explosions and fires and said
the French generally were over
joyed at the trend of the war
and very grateful for the med
ical care given them by the
Americans. One grateful French
father gave the nurses a puppy,
she wrote, and commented that
caring for the little dog had
raised the morale of the out
fit considerably.
Lt. D'Albini has been In
France since July 12. She re
ceived her army nurse training
at Camp White.
The Army Ordnance Armory
SILVER STAR
BY SGT.
OF
at bpringdcld, Mass., Is con
ducting a four-year course, lead-1
ing to an expert toolmaker cer
tificate. Thirteen honorably dis-,
taking courses In such subjects
engineering drawing, shop
mathematics, shop trigonomet
ry, gun theory, metallurgy and
heat treatment, thread grinding,
jig borers, first aid, foreman-1
ship and management produc
tion engineering, and shop the
ory.
Allied Force Advance Press
Headquarters, Italy Sergeant
George W. Simmons, husband
of Mrs. Emma Simmons, ftt. 4,
Medford, Ore., recently was
awarded the Silver Star, third
highest War Department decor
ation for gallantry In action.
Although wounded, he refused
to be evacuated In the Fifth
Army's fight for Velletrl and
remained on guard anainst en
emy patrols throughout an en
tire night.
While leading his platoon In
attack against strong German
positions Sgt. Simmons was hit
In the face with a rifle grenade.
It failed to explode and rico
cheted Into the path of the man
on his left, killing him. The
sergeant's face was painfully
cut but he remained in com
mand pointing out enemy gun
emplacements and firing Into
counterattacking enemy groups.
During the night Sgt. Sim
mon's platoon was withdrawn.
He remained after them, cov
ering the withdrawal and hold-1
lng the position until morning
when the enemy forces fled. He
has fully recovered from his
wounds and Is back in action
with the 30th "Texas" Division.
ent grade school and Phoenix
high school until going Into the
service. Mrs. Simmons, the for
mer Emma Dorathean Moore,
and the Simmons 13-month-old
daughter, Sharon, are residing
with Mrs. Simmons' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Moore, Route 4.
The sergeant's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. P. E. Simmons of the
Ft. Baker road.
HIGH QUINT ACE
Sgt. Simmons Is well known
In the Talent and Phoenix dis
tricts, having attended the Tal-
Pvt. Lee Reynolds, former
Medford high school basketball
star, has written his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Reynolds of
36 North Peach street, of action
against the Japs In the South
west Pacific.
"We have been In combat for
quite some time and it was real
ly a rugged life, but we were
successful in accomplishing our
mission and the boys did a swell
job of bumping off the Nips,"
ho wrote.
"We are now back at the cc-
coanut grove taking life easy.
This place Is almost like para
dise compared to the jungles.
If you could have only seen me
when we first returned, really
a rough looking individual with
a month s beard.
"We are now getting three
squares of hot food a day and
does it ever taste delicious after
eating rations In the hot, rainy
jungles. We now have six-man
tents and cots to sleep on, a
real improvement over the fox
holes."
OFT WEDDED BUflpEYERS ASSIGNED
PRIVATE AWAITSJO WALLA WALLA
MOVES BY WIVES
Carlyle. III., Aug. 30. OJ.R)
The multiple wives of James C.
King, buck private from Wcn
dover, Utah, whose Impersona
tions of an officer revealed his
tangled marital life, waited
silently today to see which Mrs.
King would make the first
move.
Wife No. 3, the former Reva
Baty, Carlyle, opened the in
quiry that showed King's marry
ing habits when she told State's
Attorney Joseph Schlarmann
that her husband removed his
lieutenant's uniform before re
turning to the Wendover air
base. King told her, she said,
that he preferred a private's uni
form because he didn't like to
salute enlisted men. Further In
vestigation revealed the addi
tional wives.
No formal charges have yet
been filed against King. He is
still married to Betty Ashworth, ,
Centralia, 111., wife No. 3; Tina!
Mao Tanner, Jackson, Miss.;
wife No. 4; and Reva Baty, No. I
5. He married Rosemary Talbot, I
Denver Colo., In May, two
months after his nuptials with
Miss Batty.
W. Richard Meyers, Jewish
Welfare Board representative
on the Riverside USO staff for
the past two years, has been
transferred to the Walla Walla,
Wash., USO club. The oldest di
rector at the local center in
point of service when he left,
Meyers and his family have
made their home in Medford for
the past two years.
At first on temporary assign
ment to the Walla Walla center,
Meyers left here about six
weeks ago and returned shortly
after to act as head of the Riv
erside club while Capt. Robert
Angel was on vacation. H"! left
again two weeks ago to accept
a permanent assignment in
Washington, and his wife and
daughter plan to leave by plane
today and join him.
Coming here on his first USO
assignment, Meyers was former
ly engaged in the teaching field
at Los Angeles. His new as
signment as area director en
tails work with all Jewish men
in the service or any war ca
pacity in the area around Walla
Walla, in addition to regular
USO work.
Ponce de Leon landed in Flor
ida in search of the Fountain of
Youth in 1513.
jSPANISH PEOPLE
URGED TO BREAK
NAZI RELATIONS
By United Press
The Moscow radio broadcast
an appeal today to the Spanish
people calling on them to oust
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
and to effectuate a break with
Nazi Germany in order to "gain
a place for Spain among the
democratic and freedom-loving
nations."
Charging that Franco was a
"willing host for all fascists who
are trying to escape the peoples'
justice," the Moscow broadcast
declared that the Spanish gov
ernment already had given
refuge to "French fascists" from
Algiers and several Gestapo
agents and "Vichy traitors
from France.
'The Spanish people should
know of the danger that might
fall on their country by shelter
ing the remains of fascism . . .
"It is now .time to brejBk off
with Germany, to decide wheth
er one prefers to Join the fate of
Germany or save himself from
ruin."
South America's Sao Francis
co river measures 1,800 miles in
length.
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