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GENERAL PLEASED AFTER W OVER LEYIE BEACHHEAD Tour of Inspection Brings MacArthur Within 200 Yards of Jap Snipers. Youngster "Casts First Ballot n By William B. Dickinson United Press War Correspondent Gen. MacArthur's Headquar ters in the Philippines, Oct. 22 U.R) Troops o the 24th corps holding the southern beachhead on Leyte island have "establish ed themselves very satisfactor ily," Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today after a 10-mile tour of inspection that brought him within 200 yards of Jap snipers, presumably gunning for him. MacArthur was escorted throughout the beach tour by Maj. Gen. R. R. Hodge, com mander of the 24th corps, who was with him in the launch which carried him south along the beach to Hodge's area. Meets Krueger During the tour he also met Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger, com mander of the sixth army; Maj. Gen. A. V. Arnold, commanding the seventh division, and Maj. Gen. James Bradley, command er of the 96th division. Gen. MacArthur congratulated all of them on progress so far made our troops at several points are four to five miles in land but exhorted them to ex ert every possible effort to over come difficulties of terrain and spotty but fierce Japanese re sistance. For the first time since he reached the Philippines MacAr thur today made a dry landing from his launch instead of hav ing to wade ashore through knee-deep water. The launch I was made fast at a newly-constructed jetty and a "jeep-buffalo" a small tracked vehicle much like the larger buffalo was waiting for him there. Jap Snipers As the general was about to climb into the vehicle, Japa nese sniper fire sounded so near that many curious GIs who had gathered around MacArthur hastily seized their rifles and took cover. Within five minutes a bull dozer and a rifleman unearthed and killed one sniper, who had been only 200 yards from the general and his party. It seemed probable he had heard the gen eral was to visit the area. At division headquarters Krue ger and Arnold were waiting. MacArthur stepped briskly .from a Jeep into which he had trans ferred a short distance from the beach. He walked forward and threw both arms around Krueger. Casualties Light Arnold and Krueger then showed the supreme commander detailed maps of their positions. Arnold told MacArthur that cas ualties had been light in his sec tor, but that several hundred Japanese had been killed. As the generals' jeep started toward captured Dulag airfield, a short, dark, wiry little man wearing the eagles of a full col onel hurried across the road. MacArthur stepped from the jeep and warmly shook hands with Col. Rupcrto Kangelon. leader of the Leyte gucrrilas. . Dulag Devastated We drove through the smash ed and burned town of Dulag. past a shattered Catholic church. the front wall of which with its i cross was still standing. Every j pitiful house had burned to thej ground, and shattered bits of some were still burning. Bull dozer pushed through the smold ering embers to level sites for army construction. As we left the city Filipinos waved, cheered and gave mock military salutes, some of which the general returned. "I haven't worked with these divisions before," MacArthur I f) . c j (Acme Telephoto) The responsibility of easting his first vote apparently weighs heavily on P. M. 3C A. E. Bailey. 18, Macon, Ga., who takes advantage of Georgia's 18-ycar-old soldier voting privileges to mark his first ballot at remow Southwest Pacific bas- s a i d as we returned to the launch, "but they are fine out fits. The have certainly taken hold in a very satisfactory man ner. There are difficulties of terrain and some Japanese re sistance, but things are going very well. I'm glad to have those divisions with me." Olive .v3?- Barber's QJ Observations It was mighty hard to keep a straight face through it all but I managed. I hope. A friend of mine is book keeper for a certain business firm. I was to call for her at noon and we'd have lunch to gether. ' I arrived on time. Now my friend is a small woman; a sparrow-like woman, high strung, rapid of speech. She's constantly alert lest her rights be infringed upon and when the are she becomes sput teringly belligerent. Which she did when the owner of the store told her she must postpone her lunch until an absent member of the office force returned. The proprietor was an elder ly, thickset, mild mannered man. There was apprehension in his face and voice when he told her she'd have to wait; an apprehension founded, no doubt, on previous encounters with her. The deference of employe to employer isn't what it used to be. So now my friend! her eyes snapping, little body vi brant with indignation, stuck her sharp featured face as close to the be-spectacled one as she could and not rub noses with him, and let loose such a blast of shrill protest I thought the old gentleman might well be blown over. He tried to retreat but she followed after and further sounded the pibroch. This was always her time off! He'd said so- himself! Who did he think he was anyway to push her lunch hour all over the clock! She'd had only coffee and toast for breakfast; her friend had had only coffee and toast for breakfast. Did he want women fainting right there before him from hunger? At this the man's badgered expression gave way to one of whimsical amusement as he looked at my buxum self. As a prospective faintee from un dernourishment I didn't alarm him. But the close range verbal barrange went on. It was her lunch hour! She was being put upon! This was a democracy! Look at the clock! Ten minutes late already! All this delivered with machine gun rapidity and in a voice cracklingly electric. With an outflung of arms in acknowledged defeat the old gentleman told her for Pete's sake go to lunch. We did, leav ing him wagging his head in weak bewilderment. I could al most hear his thoughts: Was he the boss or was she? A man's world? Phooey! Merchant Marine Development Is Roosevelt Wish Washington, Oct. 26 U.R Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of ,the maritime com mission, and Henry J. Kaiser, Pacific coast industrialist, an nounced today after a luncheon conference with President Roosevelt that he had requested "immediate inauguration" of a "bold and daring" program to improve the American merchant marine. The President urged construc tion of new, modernized cargo vessels and low-travel-cost pas senger ships in yards erected for war production, the men said. Land and Kaiser quoted the President as telling them: "We must not let our mer chant marine become static design and build our advance models as soon as shipyard space and manpower are available. WEATHER Northern California: Clear today and tonight, partly cloudy Friday,' cooler along the coast today and in coastal valleys Friday. CUTS MILK COOLING COST Farmers using electric power find that milk can be cooled at 0i cents per 100 pounds, as against 40',i cents by ice. rj E. f 6.00-16 j ISE1 CARS Urgently Needed! SEE US BEFORE YOU SELL CRATER LAKE MOTORS Sixth and Ivy Phon. 2297 COUNTY 4-H BOY TAKES PRIZE IN STATE CONTEST Valleyview and Brownsboro Girls Win Awards With Projects in Contests. Cake CreeE 4-H'er Morton Bradshaw, Jackson county 4H club boy for the past nine years has been judged state winner in the National Meat Animal contest sponsored by Thos. E. Wilson Co., according to word just received from II C. Seymour, state club leader He will be awarded a gold watch by Mr. Wilson. Judging of the contest was done entirely on records submitted by Morton m competition with boys from all over the state. Merlon's rec ords are now being sent to Chi cago where they will be judged for sectional and national hon ors. If he wins in the sectional competition, which includes tiie eleven western states, Merton will receive a trip to the 23rd National 4H Club Congress, to be held in Chicago, December 3 to 6, 1944. The winner in na tional competition will receive a $200 scholarship to any land grant college in the United States that he chooses to attend. Merton started his club work in 1935 with one baby beef calf t " 1 "1 J, O, 8- Merton Bradshaw, Lake Creek 4-H member, state winner in the National Meat Animal contest sponsored by the Thos. E. Wilson Co., will be awarded a gold watch. The Jackson county boy is shown above with his Hereford which he exhibited in the recent 4-H club show and Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland. and one half acre of corn. With this beginning his club work has grown to include 29 steers and eight hogs for show during his club career. Since Jits father! death in 1940, Merton has been operating the ranch for his mother and doing his club work at odd times. Hard work and tenacity have won for Merton one of the high est 411 club honors in the state of Oregon. Allenc Owens of Valleyview will receive a $25 war bond for winning a place in the state blue award group of the Na tional Food for Victory contest. This is Allene's second war bond in state competition in two years, she having been placed in the blue award group of the National Garden Contest last year. Dorothy Stanley of Browns boro will receive a gold medal as the county winner in the Na tional Clothing Achievement contest. Use Mali Tribunt Want Aat. Thursday. Oci. S, 1844 MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE ELZVBI? AMMUNITION CUT TO New York, Oct. 26 (U.PJ Regional Director Lewis S. Greenlcaf, Jr., of the War Pro duction Board, said in a press conference today that ammuni tion was being rationed to fight ing men because of shortages. He quoted Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell, chief of army ser vice forces as his authority. 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