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HUNS IN FLIGHT Y By Henry T. Gorrell United Press War Correspondent With U. S. First Army Spear heads Near the Belgian Border, Sept. 2 (U.R) Desperate fear maddened Germans are burning entire villages and murdering scores of French civilians as they hurriedly withdraw from this border area. The reports of German atroc ities, most of them carried out by men of Adolf Hitler's Elite SS, are mounting by the hour. I have personally seen some of the evidences of their brutality at the small village of Plomig, where the mutilated bodies of 14 Frenchmen lie in state in a small schoolhouse, surrounded by Al lied flags and flowers and with nn inscription on .one of the blackboards reading: "Here are 14 French martyrs murdered by the Germans our allies will avenge them." According to eyewitnesses, the 14 Frenchmen, clad in peas ants' work clothes, were bound hand and foot, riddled with ma chinegun fire and then mauled with pickaxes. Before the executions, which took place in the courtyard of the town hall, the houses of the victims were set afire and when I came on the scene last night they were still burning. All around the village I could see other fires from burning haylofts. It was in this fashion that the Germans avenged the killing of a lone German soldier by an un identified French man in Plo mig. Some of the 14 bodies were so badly mutilated with clubs and axes that they were unfit to be seen, so they had been cov ered with white sheets. The heads of all the corpses were caved in. CHURCHES TO CELEBRATE New Marlboro, Mass. (U.R) The Rev. Arthur Simmons, new ly-appointed Congregational min-j ister, is looking forward to a year of anniversary celebrations. His church here will observe its 200th aniversary, his church in Hartsville its 150, and his Mill River chapel its 100th. Gebhard Transferred Frank lin Hal Gebhard, radio man third class recently completed six months' stay at a naval ra dio station at Port Isabel, Tex., on the Gulf coast and has been transferred to Washington, D.C. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gebhard of Central Point. PARATROOPER A COP Portland, Ore., Sept. 2 (U.R) Clifford R. Cunningham, who participated in D-day as a para trooper, was today in a new uni form that of the Portland po lice department. r The Best Way To be safe at a railway crossing . . . Ii to have our safer brakes, and . . . Then step on them in time . . . To let the train go by. Crater Lake Motors 6th & Ivy - Ph. 2297 lnr ttr t- HMfi .ill J LOCAL and Cited State police Friday cited John A. Tepouac, 28, of Gold Hill to appear in justice of the peace court at 3 p. m, Sept. 11 on a charge of driving a car without a tail light. Sentenced Mildred Ruth Morgan Smith, 19, charged with disorderly conduct, was sentenced in city police court Saturday morning to serve 10 days in the county jail. Fined $25 Ole Burreson of Gold Hill, charged with being drunk in a Dublic dace. Daid a ' fine of $25 and S4.50 costs in I justice of the peace court Sat urday morning. Return! To Duty Pf c. Alvin . . A. Alexander left Tuesday to Lutenant Visits Mr. and return to his army station at Mrs- Claude Chapman of North Sana Barbara after spending six Pa''c highway, Gold Hill, days here visiting his parents, were Pleasantly surprised Thurs Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Alexander day evening when Lt. Dale Le- of Almond St. Returns Mrs. Edward C. Evanson returned to Medford Friday from Oxnard, Calif., where she had been visiting her husband, a storekeeper second class stationed at present at the naval base. Port Hueneme. Slightly Hurt Mrs. R. E. Carley of Central Point .was slightly hurt Friday afternoon when her car ran off the road near the Table Rock store and struck a chuck hole. She re ceived medical attention at Community hospital. On Furlough Sgt. and Mrs. Dale Forncrook are visiting rel atives and friends in Medford for a few days while the ser geant is on furlough from Camp Van Dorn, Miss. Mrs. Forn crook makes her home at pres- j ent near the sergeant s station. They will leave here Tuesday to return to Mississippi. Two Resign Two employees of the local war price and ra tion board resigned last week. Mrs. Evelyn H. Wamburg is leaving soon with her husband, Lawrence, to reside in San Francisco and Miss Joan Burke plans to enter the fall term of the University of Oregon the middle of this month. On Leave Marvin L. Crock er, aviation radioman second class, member of the famous "Black Cat" patrol squadron, is spending a 21-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crocker on Lone Pine road, after having been on active duty in the South Pacific for nine months. To Roseburg Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Hess and son, Vaughan of 512 W. Palm St., are moving to Roseburg where Mr. Hess will have charge of the freight office of Oregon-California Fast Freight. Hess recently received a medical discharge from the Third Marines after being in several hospitals following the first battle at Bougainville. Entertains Mrs. Virginia Carr, an employe of the Port land postoffice, Mrs. Bertha King of the Grants Pass post office and her husband, Sid King and Mrs. and Mrs. I. B. Matney of Grants Pass were en tertained by Virginia Ramskill fit 115 Kincr Kf yvrpntlv Mrs ' Matney is the mother of Mrs. Carr and Mrs. King, and Mrs. Carr, Mrs. King and Mrs. Ram skill are cousins. Forfeits Bond Doris M. Curtwright, 19, Medford, who was arrested by Ashland city police Wednesday on a charge of reckless driving, forfeited a bond of $25 when she failed to appear in Ashland city police court Friday. In driving out of Lithia Park, she narrowly missed a police car and motor cycle and hit the rear of a parked car belonging to Fred Taylor, parked in front of the city hall. No serious damage resulted to either vehicle. PERSONAL Receiving Training Charles L. Cummons, 25, 403 W. Clark St., is receiving his initial naval indoctrination at the naval train ing center, Great Lakes, 111., ac cording to an announcement from the station. His recruit training consists of instruction in seamanship, military drill and general naval procedure., Johnson Home Wallace John son, Flc, is home on leave, hav ing completed a naval electri cian's course at Purdue univer sity in Indiana. Johnson will leave Wednesday for Treasure Island, where he will report for gyro-compass training. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl John son, 1416 West Tenth street. Roy Kaegi of Ashland, home on leave after his recent return from combat duty in Italy, vis isted them to bring news of their son, Technical Sgt. Ever ett Chapman who served in Italy in the same AAF squad ron with the lieutenant. Sgt. Chapman was crew chief of the plane piloted by Lt. Kaegi. Selected Sgt. C. B. McCrack-! en, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. ; McCracken of 1129 Niantic street, has been selected for of ficer's training and is now at the officer candidate school at Ab erdeen, Md., according to re ports received by his parents. Sgt. McCracken was a manager for the nation-wide Thomas Scalp Specialist company before going into service and resided in Pittsburgh. Pa. His wife is a lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps and is now stationed at Camp Kohler, Cal. She is the former Florence Howe of Med ford. 16 LISTED WOUNDED Washington, Sept. 2 U.R) The War Department made pub lic tonight the names of 1793 U. S. soldiers wounded in ac tion, including, from Oregon: Central Pacific area: Clark, Pfc. Dale R., Oakridge. Joplin, Pfc. David G., Klam ath Falls. Slampher, Capt. Joseph P., Portland. Wooldridge, Pfs., Charles A.. I Portland. European area: Abramson, Pvt. Vernon D., Portland. Adams, Portland. Cipolla, waukee. Denby, land. T4th Gr., Jack T., Pfc, Roger J., Mil Sgt. John A., Port- Hardie, Pvt. Earl E Condon. Hurley, Pvt Portland. William H. Jr., Kiser, Pvt. Joseph D., Baker. Moore, Pvt. James E., Port land. Peek, Pvt. Alva J Portland. Perkins, Pvt. Bernard B., Portland. Rhorer, Pfc. Harry M. Jr., Lakeview. Ludvikscn, 1st Lt. Lester P., Silverton. DEATH COMES 10 ELMER J. Ii Elmer J. Wright, a resident of the Sams Valley district for Vr last 26 years, passed away at his home early Thursday eve ning following a brief illness. Mr. Wright was born In Frank fort, Kan., on December, 19, 1890. On February 14, 1918, Mr. Wright was married to Miss Clara Rinehart at Topcka, Kan. To this union were born three children, one son passing away in his early youth. Mr. Wright is survived by his widow, Clara Wright, two chil dren, Harold E. Wright, located at Fort Benning, Ga., Mrs. Eleanor Cummings of Bcatty. Ore. He is also survived by six brothers, three sisters and two grandchildren. Rev. D. E. Millard will offi ciate and grave side services will be held at the cemetery in Sams Valley. Time of service will be an nounced later, pending arrival of the son from Georgia. Perl Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. I'M Mill Trlbum Want Ads. WANTED! Teletype Operator or Good Typiit American Fruit Growers, Inc. Phone 5214, Eiteniion 4 38 ENEMY PLANES LOST IN ATTACK Allied Headquarters, South west Pacific, Sunday, Sept. 3 U.R) Liberator bombers unload ed 110 tons of explosives on three Davao airdromes in day light Friday and destroyed 38 enemy planes in the heaviest at tack of the war against the Japanese-held Philippines, Gen Doug last MacArthur announced to day. The Liberator force overcame extremely bad weather to ex tend the American bombing1 line to the Philippines for the first time since 1942 and the heavy strike against Davao airdromes apparently caught the enemy by surprise, with only nine fighter planes taking to the air to inter cept the raiders. Following up three weeks of aerial activity by long-range pa trol planes over Mindanao isl and, the B 24s attacked the Da vao area and spread fragmenta tion bombs among parked planes and installations, causing exten sive damage and large fires, Mac- Arthur s communique said Thirty-seven Dlancs on the ground 26 fighters and 11 bombers were destroyed in the attack. One of the nine inter- ceptors was shot down by Lib erator gunners, against the loss of two bombers to anti-aircraft fire. Large fires were caused among barracks and installations and other areas surrounding the three important airfields, a spokesman said. WANT WLB RETAINED Los Angeles, Sept. 2 (U.R) Delegates to the seventh annual state CIO convention today urged that the National War La bor Board be retained as a me dium of solving labor-management disputes but vigorously condemned its present policies and personnel. Boston (U.R) A nursery shop sign solemnly admonished mothers as follows: "Don't feed the baby pickles, pie, beer or caviar." MAIL TRIBUNE OBITUARY LINDA ANNE HOSICK Services for Linda Anne Ho sick, infant daughter of Cpl. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hosick, Talent, were held at the graveside in the Talent cemetery Thursday afternoon. Arrangements were in care of the Conger-Morris chapel. I Cpl. Hosick flew here from Fort Riley, Kansas, where he is stationed, to attend the services. Also surviving are the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford I Garvin, Talent, and Mr. and : Mrs. Raymond Hosick, Eliza bethtown, 111. FELONS FIGHT FIRE San Rafael, Cal., Sept. 2 (U.R) Warden Clinton T. Duffy to night sent 40 convirts from San Quentin to help fight the forest fire raging near Willots, Cal. The men, who were requested by the state division of forestry, went in a special bus and were accompanied by guards. MARINE LEAGUE ELECTS Sacramento, Sept. 2 (U.R) The Marine Corps league, wind ing up its 1944 lutlional conven tion, today elected Allan Steven son, Utica, N. Y., as its com mandant, succeeding Wood, Cincinnati, Ohio Don't Forget To Solve Your Dessert Problem With Model Bakery Decorated CAKES J I 203 West Main. D l .mm-ik J Last Until Monday Sept. L AVERAGE, NORMAL Weather conditions during the seasonal year completed at the local weather bureau station September 1 were quite aver age, staying within normal lim its throughout the year, it was reported Saturday by officials. Highest temperature during the year was 102 degrees registered August 29 while the minimum of 21 degrees was noted in De cember, January and March. Total precipitation was 16.25 inches which is .59 below the 16.83 average. Monthly report for August, the month just passed, show the high temperature as 102 degrees on August 29 and low est, 45 degrees on August 25. Total precipitation was .31 inches, or .17 above normal for the month. Monthly mean max imum temperature was 87.4, Phono 4720 iiirni rm i - Thomas minimum, 52.3, making a monthly mean temperature of CLOSED Monday-LABOR Day Sunday. September 3, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE 69.9, 1.2 below the average 71.1 mean temperature. All reports show that weather during Aug ust was entirely normal, offi cials state. Twenty-one days of the month were clear, eight partly cloudy and two cloudy. F)E SALE LOGGING EQUIPMENT O 3 International D-40 1937 Model Trucks With Isacson Trailers (With 8-25 Tires) O 1 Mad With 1,000 Gallon Water Tank (With 36x8 Tires) O Miscellaneous Light Logging Equipment TKIS EQUIPMENT CAN BE SEEN AT TULE LAKE, CALIF. Phone Tule Lake 7104 Phone Klamaih Falls 4945 Address DOUG. PUCKETT TULE LAKE, CALIF. ! will be at The LITHIA HOTEL, Ashland, TODAY and MONDAY MORNING. Extreme high temperature for the month of August record ed at the local weather bureau since 1911 was 108 degrees, while the lowest ever noted waa I 40 degrees. 1 1
