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TWELVT MEDTOHD MAIL THIBtTNE Sunday. October , 1944 SEALS JAPS IN E Pvt. Charles A. Williams, Ex pert With TNT, Disposes Foe Refusing to Surrender By Sergeant Harold A. Breard, nf Monroe, La., a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent. Guam (Delayed) It took 12,00 pounds of TNT and the supervision of an expert Marine Corps demolitlonist to seal the four entrances of an elaborate Japanese cave near the northern tip of Guam. " Approximately 40 Japs, many of them officers, were killed in trying to escape entombment during the two-day siege of the cave. They had been given ample opportunity to surrender, but chose to die, even though organized resistance on the is land had been broken. Army forces operating with the Marines hemmed the Japs in the cave, but the reinforced con crete entrances had foiled the best efforts of the soldiers to blast them shut. Charge poles, ong sticks with dynamite at- tion e, lho ,unnels indicated tne fore the tunnels were sealed held grenades to their chests and died by their own hands. ine majority, however, were mowed down by the rifle and .automatic weapon fire of the soldiers covering the demoli tion ists. "There's no telling how many Japs were killed by that terri fic explosion," said Captain Horn. "The careful construe Just 2 drops Penetro Nose Drops in each nostril help you breathe freer almost Instantly, to Rtve your hrad cold air. 26c 214 umcs asmucn lorDuc. Caution: Use only as directed. Always Ket l'enetro Nose Drops tached to one end, had proved ineffictive. The Japs, in fact, had tossed several of the poles back at the soldiers before the dynamite had exploded. Miner Given Job The help of Marine engineers was sought late the second day. One of their best dcmolitionists, Marine Private First Class Charles A. Williams, of Route 4, Medford, Ore., a miner in civil ian life, was assigned to the job. He decided to crumble the en trances from above with heavy charges of TNT. Holes were dug down to the reinforced concrete roofs of the tunnels. Three hundred pounds of explosives were packed into each hole. The charges were exploded simultaneously. The earth trembled violently in the vicin ity. It was dark by the time he finished and Private First Class Williams wasn't able to see how well he had done his work. The next day, however, his com manding officer, Captain Char les H. Horn, of Kent, Wash., was informed the entrances had been sealed effectively. Some Japs Suicide Several of the Japs who rush ed from the cave entrances be- cave was a command post of some sort. The entrance to the tunnels were about six feet wide and 10 feet high and the best built we saw on the island." Pfc. Williams wasn't available for comment. He was busy blasting a well for a Marine in fantry outfit. "That fellow," said his first sergeant, "would rather fool with dynamito and TNT than eat."' Pfc. Williams is not registered with either selective service boards in Jackson county and other information concerning him was not available. ElsLsUeaiiuclsaMU MIHWMPJUJI III mum mt jmwiih fcfitrtrt.i'i.M','" MTiYlM E; 82, IN JAIL Hurry! Hurry! Choose Now From These Overseas Gift SPECIALS ONLY ONE MORE WEEK! Octobor 15 it the closing date for overseas mailing , . . choose and mail hit gift NOW. It's a good idea, too, to choose gifts for service men and women in this country it means better selections, better val uesand saves a last minute rush! FITTED TOILET KITS From S2.95 SHOE POLISHING KIT Brittle, Dauber and Polishing Brush, Shine Cloth,, Nugget Polish SOCKS Khaki, Cotton IT. 5C NECKTIES 75C S S1.00 SEWING KITS 50C ,0 S1r50 BUTTON POLISHING CLOTHS '....25C COMB and BRUSH SET. 50C Si 65C LEATHER PICTURE FRAMES...; SI -00 portfolios 65c & SI .25 81.25 & S1.85 SI. GO S1.09 PLAYING CARDS FOUNTAIN PENS S100 UP PA- WATCH STRAPS and BRACELETS HUG Up cigarett: -ases 50C up WRITING MON WALLETS. RAZOR BLADES, Gift Boxed 40 Blue Blades Visit Our JEWELRY DEPARTMENT For Watches, Diamonds and Costume Jewelry For Men and Women. PEOPLES' LOAN CO. 2291t Eait Main St. Stato License P-137 Leon Edward Champlin, 62, resident of 242 North Grape street is being held on an open charge in the county jail follow- ! in altercations involving stab- ! bin" of a soldier. Pvt. Stanley M. Sanchez, SCU, Camp White on Ross Lane Friday ni"ht about 8 p. m. according to Information released by the district attorney, George Neilson. Champlin, in company with two women, Sanchez and an , other soldier were riding on Ross Lane and in an argument, evidently over the car, the stab bing occurred. The district at torney's office and Camp White officials were investigating the witnesses yesterday. Champlin, who was arrested by stato police and taken to the county Jail, Is a fireman at the Medford air base. The wounded soldier was tak en to Community hospital where he received medical attention and transferred later to the hos pital at Camp White. Further charges may be filed depending on the condition of Sanchez, AT A little prach sells for 10 shillings, or $2.02 apiece In Eng land, according to a letter writ ten by Preston J. Card, U. S. N., to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Sunden, 304 South Central avenue. "Wormy little apples bring 10 cents a pound and most of the time no fresh fruit is to be had at any price," Card wrote Ho stated he had received c package of nuts and films re cently from his parents and took some of the nuts ashore and gnvc them to sonic English folk 'They sure did appreciate them, as they were the first nuts they hart Hart since the war started five years ago." The sailor said that grapes sell lor ju shillings or S8.08 a pound He added that he would "give a lot to sink my teeth in a good peach or pear. I haven't done cither since I left home three and a half years ago," the letter said. . E Klamath Falls. Oct. "7 (Rr.. ial) The wrockaeo nf in air plane found in the forest of western Klamath county by two deer hunters was Identified Friday as the remnants of crashed plane previously In spected, photographed and dynamited by the army air force. Thfl lni7ln.mrt(nr ViiIUk trainer clashed April 14. kllllnE the pilot. I.t. Adnh.h Ropers lVllcvue . Wash. A n.isspni!nr dipt. William H. Carpenter, es caped, lhe wreckage was ft 5V LOW WEEKLY RATES CHATUR hotel Across From Craterlan Theatre Phons 4174 SINGLE $4.50 to $6 0OU8LE ... $7.50 to $U .1w 8 1 m hobs Innar Sprinq Mattraa Fro ".howars Clean Roomal dynamited when It was decided salvage was impossible. Al Rider and Bob Boldischar hunters, rediscovered the wreck ed plane and reported to Sheriff Lloyd Low. TURTLE DROWNS DOG Columbia, Mo. (UP) A Col umbia woman whose dog drown ed in a lake near here the other day was informed by veterinari ans that the pet had been bitten, and drowned, by a turtle. BIRTHS POXLEITNER To Mr. and Mrs. Leo H., Phoenix, Oct. 7, 1944, a girl, 8 lbs., at Sacred Herat Hospital. SKUNKS RAID BEES PESHTIGO, Wis. (UP) Skunks raided the apiary of Kor bert (Cubby) Arcllambault on the Mayflower farm here end dined on bees. But It might Inter est the skunks to know that Chubby isn't too burned up any more. He is harvesting at least 2,500 lbs. of honey which, ac cording to Chubby, Is nothing to 1-e sneezed at, skunks or no skuns. Ose Mail Tribune Want Ada. RIGEL To Mr. and Mrs. Les lie, Butte Falls, Oct. 5, 1944, a girl, 7 lbs., at Community Hospital. The average rainfall for the. United States is about 29 inches. I C. L. PERKINS Doctor of OPTOMETRY Successor to Or. E D Elwood Betterment of Human Vision LENSES PRESCRIBED Ph. 3881 214 Fluhrcr Bldg. Cor. Main & Central. Medford BEST PHOTOS REASONABLE PRICES E. HAYDEN JONES PHOTO STUDIO PHONE 3364 607 W. 2nd Phona uumbM under nam Mrs Fred UaU PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Part-Time Bookkeeping Systems Installed or Revliett Income Tax anrt Social Security Real EstaU Loam A. V. HARDY 20 Laurel St. Phone 4793 The Act that Wasn t on the Program How it feels to hold a soldier's hand when he's being blinded forever! Turn the page quick if you want to. This isn't pleasant. It if true. And every true American should wad it. It happened to that young, lovely film star, Louise Allbritton. They didn't tell her that day in Hollywood when the U.S.O. invited her to join an overseas troupe that anything like this would ever happen. . They didn't tell her because they didn't know either. This "act" was never on any program. She went overseas. Gave show after show, many of them to the accompaniment of the thunder of enemy guns. Then one night she gave a show, and as usual, it was more than a show. It was, to its audience, a dream of home come true. Here was a live, lovely American girl a symbol of all the girls all the boys had left behind them. A week later she was asked to visit the wounded In a base hospital, and as she passed bctweecn the long rows of cots, a voice, weak and shy, called her name. She bent over the youngster's cot. "I was in the audi ence at ," lie whispered. "Since then we were in the fighting at They got my right eye. In a few minutes the doctors are going to take out the other one. It's gotta be done, they told me. My girl at home looks a lot like you. So if you could be well, the last tiling I'll ever see in this world if you could stay with me untiWd be a lot happier . . ." She didn't answer. She couldn't." Could you? But she stayed there with the boy's single-eyed gaze fixed upon her, and her hand in his, until they wheeled him to the operating room and the anaesthetist's merciful cone slipped over his face, and the last thing he saw, or ever was to see, was her face so much like the face of the girl at home he loved . . . But for the grace of God it could have been your boy upon that operating table. So for that boy and every boy fighting our battles for us everywhere in the world, support the National War Fund of which the U.S.O. is one of the 19 participating agencies. You can do this by giving to j our local Community War Fund. For boys in battle zones-and prison camps. For starving Allies and for "casualties" right here on the home front. For everyone and everything concerned including your own conscience-give . . . give . . . give . . . NOW! twiii .,vH 's ,t s: t ts sraHstisisii i liiiriiittial nfliMaui.,. A The Annual Campaign for the MEDFORD COMMUNITY CHEST and NATIONAL WAR FUND Begins Monday Tomorrow Give Generously Please! This tpptal for fundi to maet tha needs of the Medford Com munity and War Chatt Is published by . . . S For 34 Years Mcdford's Leading Store 3 L BM-l-,,B,B'SW'WsalaWla
