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News From Jackson County for
Men in the Armed Services
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Dear-
Christmas- spirit hit Medford
this week with several church,
civic and fraternal groups plan
ning special services and gather
ings, emphasizing Yuletide mu
sic and messages. Most county
schools will be closed from Dec.
22 to Jan. 2, and students from
the University of Oregon and
State College and other schools
are arriving home for the holi
day vacation.
A summary of the past week's
activities shows the appointment
of Robert A. Duff as chairman
of the Jackson County Salvage
committee, succeeding Wayne
H. Jamison, and citizens are
making preparations now for
salvage drives in January.
Dr. C. H. Paske and Earl Sims
won ton award in' the city bowl
ing tournament concluded this
week, and Alan Klrcher and
Herbert Nill were awarded the
highest scouting medals, the
Eagle rank. 'Lee Bussey is being
Installed new worshipful master
of Medford lodge No. 103, A. F.
and AM. tonight.
Herb Crain, navy recruiter In
Medford, won the award for
navy recruits for the' second con
secutive month. C. Lyall (Flash)
Fidler is writing a monthly col
umn in Bit and Spur, magazine
for horse enthusiasts, and Geo.
Buchanan has announced that
be is entering partnership with
a Pacific coast textile man, to
serve as manufacturers' repre
sentative here and do wholesal
ing in specialized lines.
Coos Bay high school's barn
storming basketball team took a
close 40 to 39 victory over Ash
land last week, and lost 44 to 27
in their game with the Medford
hoopsters. .
Announcement was also made
of the engagement of Miss Joan
Stoehr to E. Cordell Eubanks
ot San Francisco and Oakland,
and the wedding is to be Dec. 27
in Medford.
. A daughter was born to Lt.
and Mrs. William Dolph Janes
in Portland, and Staff Sgt. and
Mrs. Robert C. Wright (Hazel
Cowan) are parents of a son
born at Camp White. Both men
are now overseas.
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Awards received by local ser
vicemen include the silver star
for gallantry in action, given to
Capt. Richard Burton Thierolf,
now in the Philippine Islands,
and the Air Medal and Oak Leaf
Cluster, awarded to Major Edgar
L,. Tharp, stationed at Colorado
Springs, Colo., on behalf of his
son, S-Sgt. Wallace L. Tharp,
now a prisoner of war in Ger-
manyf The Purple Heart medal
has been awarded posthumously
to Clement J. Haas, killed in
action in France Sept. 9, and
Charles W. Campbell, F 1-c, has
been cited for heroism in saving
a shipmate from drowning.
Local soldiers now taking
part in the battle in Italy in
clude Col. R. W. Broedlow, regi
mental commander; Lt. Col,
Howard W. Reynolds, battalion
commander; Sgt. Eloy Cordova,
first cook, and Pvt. James W
Glenn, cannoneer, , all members
of the 361st infantry regiment.
and Sgt. MacDonald Coleman of
Central Point, with the Fifth
army. First Lt. Robert A. Lewis
ot Jacksonville is a member of a
heavy bombardment group of
Flying Fortresses based in Italy
which was recently cited for
"outstanding performance of
duty." -Men
in the 399th Infantry regl-
ment of the 100th division in
clude Pfc. Robert IT. Kyle, jr.
ot Medford and Pvt. David M.
Cox ot Ashland.
Sgt. Sheldon Eller has written
praising the Red Cross services
overseas. Seabee Guy D. Corliss,
SK 2-c in the South Pacific, ap
pears in two pictures of the
Sept. IS edition of 'The Leather
neck."
Capt. Robert W. Crews and
First Lt. Donald R. Grigsby are
expected home on leave soon
after overseas duty, and First
Lt. Frank Robers has just re
turned from overseas. Second
Lt. George H. Peake and Flight
Officer Merton LeRoy have ar
rived in England, while Major
Lester F. Mielsen is now - in
France.
Second Lt. Marlon Horton Is
in Oakland, Calif., awaiting as
signment, and Staff Sgt. Alvin
L. -Til ton has been assigned to
overseas duty. Aviation Cadet
Dale E. Erickson Is taking basic
flight instruction In Kansas, and
Oran C. Chastaln is at the avia
tion cadet center at San An
tonio, Tex. Pvt. Robert Lowe
Steacy is in an army hospital in
England.
Willard A. Cave has been pro
moted to motor machinist's
mate second class. Jiro Shimodo
has been inducted into the army
from Ohio.
Home on leave this week
were Staff Sgt. Charles William
(Bill) Lovell after 32 months in
the South Pacific; Pfc. Douglas
E. Jones after 14 months in ihe
Pacific; Bill Peck, Jr., just re
turned from the Philippine
islands; staff Sgt. and Mrs.
Jack S. Ganfield, from Everett,
Wash.; Pvt. Myron Corcoran
from' Camp Beale, Calif.; Ensign
and Mrs. . Stanley Jones from
San Francisco; Charles Elmer
Hinkle, S 2-c from Farragut; J.
D. Lubbers, Jr. ARM 3-c from
De Land, Fla.; Second Lt. Rich
ard McElhose from Great Bend
Kan.; Cpl. Bob Dietrich from
Lockbourne army air field, Co
lumbus, Ohio; and Pfc. Gerald
L. Bishop who has now reporetd
to Camp Beale. ;
Honorably discharged from
the army were Leland E. Jones
and William Maxwell Black,
both returned from overseas
duty In the Asiatic-Pacific area
ENGLISH RAINS
DURING WARTIME
TOLD IN LETTER
Reclamationiats
Name CP. Men on
District 4 Board
C.I.O. INTERVENES
San Francisco, Dec. 22. (U.R)
The executive board of the
San Francisco C.I.O. council to
day adopted a resolution calling
for the reinstatement of Dr.
Homer P. Rainey as president of
the University of Texas.
A letter received by Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Hydes, Hawthorne
avenue, Medford, from their
nephew, Norman Hiller, a resi
dent of Sheffield, England, gives
an account of hardships wnlch
English people are forced to
undergo during wartime.
Hiller wrote that people in
his community have become so
used to not being able to get
things, go places or do things
that they seldom mention lt
even among themselves any
more. Curtailment of bus ser
vice due to tire and gas shortage
makes the city almost dead after
9:30 p.m., Hiller stated. '
"Food rationing, which to you
is only just coming Into opera
tion, is with us a matter of
course, but it has been so well
arranged that we seem to get
just about the minimum essen
tial quantity of most things to
keep us pretty well up to par,"
the letter stated.
Dairy products have been
hard hit by the war in Engla.id
with two pints of milk a' week
per person the ration. Eggs seem
to have practically disappeared,
Hiller wrote, with the average
being about one egg for each
person per month.
Coal Scarce
One ton of coal hat been
allowed for three months heat
ing purposes, with clothes a dear
item. Hiller stated he has been
allowed about 50 clothing cou
pons for a year. No clothing can
be purchased without coupons;
a suit takes 26 coupons, an over
coat 16, a pair of shoes 7, a shirt
7, a pair of socks 2, a handker
chief 1 and so on. Regardless of
Quality, the coupons are the
same, Hiller explained. The
clothing coupons must also be
used for table cloths, tea towels
and personal towels. There is a
tax upon everything except es
sentials; that is, fuel and food,
Hiller wrote.
Hiller wrote that he feels the
European war may be over in
another year and stated it is
likely the German people at
home would crack first. He
commented on the grand job
America is doing in the Pacific
war against Japan "with very
little help from us."
Salem, Ore., Dec. 22. CJ.PJ
The Oregon Reclamation con
gress, winding up its first meet
ing since 1941, late yesterday
elected Ed Lage, Hood River, as
president of the congress for the
ensuing year.
George Cochran, La Grande,
and Art King, Corvallis, were
named vice president and secretary.
The congress also elected Its
new board of directors at the
last session of the convention.
They include:
Dist No. 4 Victor Boehl.
Grants Pass; Charles Edwards,
Eugene; Niel Allen, Grants
Pass; William Tugman, Eugene;
Held carter, Grants Pass.
The Troop Carrier Command,
youngest command ot the U, S.
Army Air Forces, is larger to
day than the whole of the Amer
ican air forces three years ago,
according to the Office of War
Information.
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To all our good friends everywhere we send our
deepest best wishes for the health and safety
of loved ones; for the welfare of our great
nation; for a speedy Victory and a just peace.
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COMPANY
OREGON
BICYCLE CEILING
PRICES REVEALED
Dollar-and-cent celling prices,
In line with those ot March,
1942, for newly authorized war
model balloon tire bicycles and
war model folding bicycles were
announced today by the OPA,
effective Dec. 18, setting maxi
mum prices for sales by manu
facturers, wholesalers and re
tailers. Four types of war model bi
cycles have been designated for
pricing purposes: Lightweight
folding bicycles, balloon-tire
folding bicycles, lightweight
conventional bicycles and bal-
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loon-tire conventional bicycles.
Typical retail ceiling prices
for these four types, without
headlights, when sold in east
ern states are: Lightweight fold
ing bicycles, $41.78; balloon
tire folding bicycles, $44.80;
lightweight conventional , bi
cycles, $32.30; and balloon-tiro
conventional bicycles, $34.7$.
In the western zone, retail
prices would be $2 and $2.20
higher because . ot additional
freight rates.
ROLLING PIN
WILL BE CLOSED
DEC. 23 JAN. 2
FOR REMODELING
So Thar Our Staffs May
Enjoy the Holiday Season "
Medford Lumber
Dealers
Will Close From Friday Nite
Dec. 22 'til Tuesday, Dec. 26
We with one and all a -Verrie
Merrie Christmas!
Bruce Bauer Lumber Co,
1 and 2
Copeland Lumber Yard
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Big Fines Lumber Company .... , . .
Crater Lake Lumber Co. "eororo lumoer company
Cameron Moffitt Lumber
Company
Porter Lumber Company
R. O. Stehenton Lumber Co.
In YOUR Home This Yuletide
We Are Happy to Announce
That Our Beautiful
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1 p.
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YULETIDE
CLUSTERS
will bo available to residents of Medford and
urrounding communities this week for only
These ara the tama beautiful
door-hangers wa advertise and
ell nationally for $4.95 de
We have had many calls from local people regarding these beau
tiful door and window hangers, and we are making this special
announcement for the benefit of our many Medford friends.
You will want one of these beauties when you see them, for
there are so many ways these Yuletide Clusters can be used.
You can put "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"
on your own front door with this exciting arrangement of fir
boughs, huge sugar-pine cones, a little golden bell that tinkles
merrily every time the door is opened, and scarlet satin bows
with streamers that gleam with holiday greetings and good
wishes to your Christmas guests.
Or, if you prefer, you can decorate your mantel or holiday table
with this touch of our own fresh, green, western forests, and
add just the right finishing touch to your holiday home with
the fragance of spicy, fresh fir-boughs.
Or, it can be hung in the window to tell your friends and
neighbors that your household is keeping Christmas.
Because of this attractive price, $2.00, our supply will not last,
so come in early, or call and we will gladly reserve one for
you. You can pick your Clusters up at our new Fir Street Pack
ing Plant . . . but don't delay, we want as many of our Medford
friends as possible to share the joy of giving and receiving
one of our nationally famous Yuletide Clusters.
AMERICAN FRUIT
GROWERS, Inc.
As1
213 S. Fir Street
Telephone 5214