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ON THE HOME FRONT Medford$Wtribune News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mail Tribune suggests you clip and mail thU newi roundup to a relative or friend In service. Dear.. Many matters of public inter est here have been sharing the good war news in recent days, and while the folks at home have been planning how V-day will be celebrated, when the Europeaa war is ended, they also are considering the matter of building a new county hospi tal, are pondering on whether or not to support the proposal to build irrigation and power dams on the upper Rogue and are showing interest in the idea of acquiring river frontage on the Camp White reservation for a state park when the camp land is put up fo sale. OVER TH LABOR DAY WEE&-E.U a! ASHLAND TWIN M PLUNGES !mk Two Fool ONE WARM 9 ONE COOL 2 New Barbecue Pits Everyone Invited! Concession Stand Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, etc. Make Ihe most of swim ming NOW. We close our season after September 10. Mr. and Mrs. Owen C. Gragg, Owners zzzzzz: Once In m APPLY AT ANY MEDFORD PACKING PLANT NOW! Date. The county, hospital matter will be on the November ballot, enough signers have been ob tained for an initiative petition. Dairymen are workine nn n nrn. posal to build a cooperative I creamery and cheese factory. Marking Labor Day will be the close of the annual tourna ment at the Rogue Valley golf course and the horse show plan ned by the Ashland Riding asso ciation. In connection with the annual tournament it has been announced that the club plans a memorial trophy which will honor Lt. Robert R. Hammond, one of the city's finest golfers m lid if LJ -s! Experienced Fruit Urgently Needed Packin Rogue River Valley's perishable fruit crop must be packed with out delay. All who have had experience in packing fruit are asked to lend a hand in this Important job. The lucceti of this year's crop it vitally necessary to the economic welfare of thil area in monthi to come. Here it your opportunity to earn money and help your country and your neighbors! who was killed In action In Italy May 28. Rain started falling yesterday morning, first for more than a month. It brought to an end sev eral hot days during which the season's largest fire burned over about 125 acres of land in the Elk creek district and logging operations were temporarily suspended in some areas due to the fire hazards. Two letters from the Pacific theater published this week made interesting reading to the people at home. In one Lt. Spen cer Weills, marine fighter pilot, told of being stationed on Guam and described the "mess" which was the aftermath of battle. Weills maintained he was get ting fat on K rations. From India Sgt. Bob Archer wrote of his method of snitching rides while en route to Calcutta and describ ed his visit to numerous "shrines", including Firpos bar. Like many other servicemen, the sergeant complains that he misses plain, cold milk 'more than anything else in the way of food. Another interesting letter was from Lt. Corinne D'Albini, army nurse who wrote that her hospi tal unit was having a hard time keeping up with the Third army in France. Casualties are lighter than expected, she said, and captured Germans are simply amazed over the American sup plies and equipment. Staff Sgt. Joe Pruitt wrote from Corsica to say that the island reminded him of Oregon and that he was too busy to go swimming. Action in the southwest Pacific was de scribed in a letter by Pvt. Lee Reynolds, who said that he had just ended a combat period and was glad to get back to meals and a cot to sleep on, A story about First Lt. Ray mond Ross, with the Americal division, is to the effect that he has worked out a way to cook "choka", a native vegetable which he described as a cross between a summer squash and a cucumber. Leading the news of honors and decorations is award of the Silver Star to Sgt. George Sim mons for gallantry in action in Italy. The story recites that the sergeant, though wounded, cov ered the withdrawal of his pla toon, holding his position until the enemy fled. Staff Sgt. Geo. R. Roberts has been given the Distinguished Flying Cross fol lowing 30 missions from an Eng lish base as a Fortress waist gun ner and is expected home soon. Air Medals have been presented to First Lt. R. A. Wilcox, Marau der bombardier based in Europe; to Second Lt. Mark K. Miller, Fortress bombardier at an Eng lish base; First Lt. Robert von der Hellen, bomber pilot in Eng land, and Capt. Thomas Shearin has been awarded two Oak Leaf clusters for his Air Medal. Capt. Shearin is with the 13th AAF in the South Pacific and is pilot edf ord Fruit "Make Your Own Bed" Coming Starting Sunday for a three . day showing at the Craterian, is "Make Your Own Bed," star-1 of a B-24. From a 12th AAF base in the Mediterranean comes word that Sgt. Donald R. Stone recently flew his 50th mission as radio operator of a B-25. Eugene R. Birk, with the 25th Infantry Di vision in the South Pacific, has .been promoted to staff sergeant and Claude E. Atkins has been promoted to corporal at an Afrl-I can air service command base. Pfc. Dean Davis and Roy Rus sell, S-C 3c, recently met in Hawaii for the first time in a year. The two are school friends. Capt. H. E. Schrecengost arrived in Medford last week from Alas ka, where he spent two years, in time for some hundred-degree weather which the officer found rather a contrast to the Alaskan climate. He returns to his post after a month's leave. Harlin Seiler, government construction employee, is in Medford on a brief vacation after two and a half years in Hawaii. Visitors here this week were Lt. Worlow C. Purdin and his bride, the former Marjorie Scott whose father is W. D. Scott of Aruba, Netherlands West Indies, and who had been attending school in Arizona and Arkansas. The wedding took place shortly after Lt. Purdin returned from overseas after serving 14 months as a pilot with the 15th AAF. Other weddings announced were those of Pfc. Edward Shoemaker to Miss Elsie Gleason of Chicago, and Dorothie Rice to Sgt. Daniel Boverini of Cicero, 111., who was stationed at Camp White for many months as leader of the SCU orchestra. Jack C. Orey, aviation radioman third class, has been home after graduating from the navy air base at Hutchinson, Kan., and also here was his fiancee,. Miss Norma Larson of Berkeley, Calif. Tom Gerety is now stationed at Miami, Fla., for naval gun nery training and Bill Van Dyke Plants! ring Jack Carson, Jane Wyman and Alan Hale, recent "graduate of the naval aviation ordnance school at Nor man, Okla., is now stationed at the Los Alamitos air base in California. William Bostwlck recently completed training at the Naval Air center at Norman, being fourth highest man in his class. Verne L. Still, navy hospi tal apprentice first class, has graduated from the field medi cal school at the marine base at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Pvt. Walter McEwen, recently Inducted, is training at Ft. Knox and has been awarded medals for marksmanship. Pvt. Johnny Baldwin has reported at Camp, Savannah, Ga., for basic train-1 ing. C. Aubrey Sander of the air corps enlisted reserves has been promoted to squadron comman- der at Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla. , His brother, Capt. Harold Snn der of the Ferrying command is stationed at Long Beach, Calif., j and a younger brother, Fred Cyril Sander, is stationed at Drew Field, Tampa, Fla. On the "at home" list this week are Jeanne Lorraine Swayne, electricians mate from Washington, D. C; Lt. R. D. Fifer, Harvard, Neb., air field; Lt. Max Peirce, engineering offi cer for the navy, Oakland; David Irving, (with Mrs. Irving and baby David) from Treasure Island, where Irving is a chief petty officer; Sgt. Russell W. Roseborough, Mountain' Home, Ida.; Sheldon Muir, Farragut, Ida.; Don Caton, also from Far ragut; T. Sgt. John E. Wilkin son, with Mrs. Wilson, from Ft. Benning, Ga.; Pvt. Willace R. Casebeer, Camp Roberts; Sgt. James R. Bell, Hobbs, N. M. Among the "new arrivals" are twin daughters born to Lt. and Mrs. Aaron J. Ayres at Red lands, Calif. Lt. Ayres recently returned from England where he completed 30 missions as pilot of a B-17. imii't jsu mm mmjjmjmt At Y PLAN FOR RETURN HOMEJHROOPS Nazi Collapse Means Exo dus For Some Others Needed In Pacific Zone. Washington, Sept. 1 (UB With the collapse of German re sistance, the exodus of hundreds of American troops from Europe will begin. Today, five years after the second world war started, the army Is perfecting plans to re verse its great mass movement of humanity. Some of the Americans In Europe will come home fairly soon after Germany quits, some will go directly to the Far East to fight the Japanese, and some will remain abroad to enforce the first phases of European peace. American commanders in the Pacific will have first call on American manpower released with Germany's defeat to meet their immediate needs, subject to limitation of transportation facilities and the strategic situa tion in that theater. Because of the type o war fare in the Pacific, the Allies will not need there Immediately too large a portion of the troops released in Europe. In the is land to island fighting amphib ious combat forces are small compared with the large Euro pean armies. Until there is a place for them to fight large numbers cannot be utilized. And it is not anticipated that the Pa cific commanders will ever need all the forces released by peace in Europe. So when Germany capitulates, that part of the American forces freed from combat there and not needed immediately for occupa tion in Europe or combat in the Far East will start moving home ward as transport is available. Some repatriated individuals and units may expect later to proceed to the Pacific after. an interval at home. But the shrink ing over-all combat manpower requirements will permit the army to commence discharging troops after victory in Europe. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said recently that this plan would be ready for an nouncement soon. Meanwhile army sources will not discuss the plan. SEES TELEVISION 5 YRS. AFTER WAR Chicago, Sept. 1 U.m At least 100 master television sta tions serving areas containing 67,000,000 persons will be in operation within five years after the war, according to Paul Chamberlain of the General Electric Co. Chamberlain told the closing session of the National Associa tion of Broadcasters executives war conference yesterday that the feasibility of television net works has been proven by four years of experimental operation of a relay between New York City and Schenectady, N. Y. Find Mother Guilty of Death Own Baby Los Angeles, Sept. 1 (U.R) Mrs. Lrla Eva Pruitt, 21, today awaited sentence on a verdict of manslaughter for killing her de formed five-months-old son. A Jury convicted the red haired young Texan late yester dny after a three-day trial dur Ing which Mrs. Pruitt denied repeatedly that she had hurled the child into a chair In a Jealous rage. Earlier she assertedly had confessed to police that she was angered when her husband, Pvt. James Earl Pruitt, wrote her from Camp Polk, La., that he no longer loved her. America was named for Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine ! who made earlv exDloratlons J sailing for Portugal. m EVERY WRECKED Car can be repaired, and . . . 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