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On The Home Front MedforivwTribune News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services Ths Moll Tribune suggetti you clip mud mail this news roundup to relative or friend in service. Dat Dr.. Two new organization! are being formed in Medford and Jackson county. Medford ski ers are to meet Sunday to form a Ski Patrol to aid in army rescue work in event of loss of army or navy planes in inac cessible regions and local sports men have organized a county chapter of the Izaak Walton league. Sales this year for the Christ mas seals were the largest in history, the chairman reporting more than $4,000 had been col lected. In the recent paper sal vage drive about five carloads of paper weighing about 178 tons was collected and shipped. Frank Hull has been reelect ed president of the Oregon Chambers of Commerce Execu tives' association. A week of clear, cold weather nded yesterday with a wind storm end heavy rain. Precipi tation in the hills is running somewhat below normal accord ing to snow and water surveys. Offsetting the good news of the release of many prisoners In the Philippine . Islands was the large number of casualties reported during the week. Two men were reported killed in ac tion, First Lt. Cecil C. Hunt in France and John B. Blakeley, urn too PflSTEURiZtD SX1M MILK ADOS TO ITS GOODNESS 2L i 1 ' 1 BMle, killed In an explosion on a minesweeper in the south Pacific. Lt. Hunt's father. Cap tain Cecil C. Hunt, was killed last April In a plane crash in Mississippi. Listed as wounded in action were Pfe. Anthony Klimek, Eur ope; Sgt. Wayne W. White, Bel gium; Pfc. Leon L. Evans, France; First Sgt. Clarence W. Taylor, Europe; Pvt. Thomas E. BJajr, Europe; First Lt. Frank Carleton Preston, Third Army; ftc. Leonard S. Lyons. Bel gium; William Marvin Peck, Sic; and Pvt. Lee Whillock. Germany. Pfc. Evans" brother. Staff Sgt. Tyley Evans, sent a message to .the effect that he had survived the German drive in Belgium but had lost all his personal effects. The silver star medal has been awarded posthumously to rirsi Lt. Robert R. Hammond. killed in action in Italy May 28 of 1944, and Louis J. Rentz. hospital apprentice first class, has been awarded the bronze star medal for heroic action un der fire during a beach evacua tion on Tmian island July 24, 1044. Rentz is now on Sainan. This week an air medal and two oak clusters were present- ed to the parents of First Lt. Donald W. Applegate, a prisoner-of-war of the Germans since being shot down April 13, 1944, during a raid over Hungary. Relatives of Pvt. Herbert Mitchell, a Japanese prisoner since the fall of Corregidor, re cently had their second com munication from him stating that he was well and asking for picture of his family. He is thought to be at Osaka prisoner-of-war camp. From the MAAF headquar ters in Italy comes word that Pvt. Maxine L. Pearce and oth er members of her WAC pla toon recently celebrated their first anniversary of overseas service. The platoon landed in Casablanca one day in Janu ary 1944. Also from Italy is a story about Staff Sgt. Robert J. Carney, radio operator and gunner for a B-25 who recently participated in the 650th mis sion of his group on New Year's day. . , Two reunions were in the news this week. The Holley brothers. Chief Carpenter's A Crust of Bread - . SI... WW5 THIS VERY YOUNG GREEK, tit mmy fch Mm, i tBtitii tht kt( i a difficult titualion. Hi nam happen! t b Chaiatambo Maktit. But fci it aniy on of thouiand who bava aurvivad IbT and on-hai yaT f and German occupation. Head bandatad, ba i aaatad npoa a beam that anct formed pait of bit borne, now in rubbio. He baa a moitel oi bread, but bit distended atomach indicate mainntrition. He baa an exprtnion in bit aytl aid beyond hit yean. He bai lie lunibin, bat not much tit. Mate Fay Holley and Lt. Roy 1 D. Holley, navy, met for the first time in three years at a South Pacific port. Orval Oli ver, Sic, wrote that he was standing in front of a theater near his overseas base when he looked up to see his brother, Herman, TMElc, walking down the street. James W. Glenn, cannoneer with the 91st Division in Italy, has been promoted to private first class and George Freden burg has been promoted to staff sergeant at a south Pacific base. Cpl. Budd Gail recently arrived in France for duty with the sig nal corps and Cpl. Lawrence Wills has completed his orienta tion course at an air base in England. Pfc. Clayton Cannon is now serving on Guadalcanal and Cpl. Nelson Cannon Is in the Philippine Islands. Roby L. Isaacs, ARM3c, has reported at Alameda after a 30- day leave here. He served eight months overseas and par ticipated in the Palau and Saioan engagements. Also home is Preston J. Card, metalsmith first class, for the first time in four years. He has been on At lantic sea duty and will next be on duty at New Orleans. His brother, Roger E. Card, Seabee, is now at a storage ammunition point on the Columbia. Home after 34 months Jn the 10 ARRESTED IIP DYMIG Auburn, Cal Feb. (U.KJ District Attorney Clarence S. Tlndalt disclosed today that two men in addition to two previ ously apprehended are being held on suspicion of participat ing in the attempted dynamiting ot tha ranch property of Sumio Dai, e returned Japanese-American, Jan. 19. A soldier, Alvln Johnson, and Charles P. Watson, a local rancher, were arrested early this morning. Johnson is a brother of Pvt. E. Watson, who was arrested yesterday but whose name was not announced until today. Elmer Johnson was AWOL Irom Camp John Knight, Oafc- cana. .ttis brother also is AWOL from an army camp in Kansas, rinflail said. Tindall said Charles Watson has not been questioned but that th other three men have ad mitted dynamiting and burning. No Time To Grouse In 12th Air Force Men like Cpl. Roy S. Dodd of Medford haven't time to com plain of the rain and mud in uaiy, according to a news re lease from the Twelfth Air Force service command Jn Italy, for with the fast pace set by the air force Ms transportation sec tion, is constantly hauling the gas and bombs for combat air craft. Cpl. Dodd participated in the French and Italian cam paigns, the release states, and now has 17 month overseas duty. Ho entered h tervic in October ol 1942 and was trained at Camp Lee, Va. Mrs. Dodd resides at B42 North Bartiett street hera and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. Dodd, Sr., live at yoncaua, Or Lake Creek Lake Creek, Feb. 2 Lake rvlc Recreation will meet oirtiin. Sattirdav nteht Feb. tVih eveninfi "will be tpend la ninvlntf nrosressivft Rames. Re-' fntehmimla will be served at a small charge. Mrs. Minnie Pech and Mrs, Margaret Pech called on Mrs. Arthur Barrel! last week. "WillBTd Welch has been home on furlough. He Is In the para troons at Fort Benning, Ga. Guests at the Hoettt home Tuesday evenm were Mr, and Mrs. John Yfheeler and daugh ters Gavle and Carolyn, Ells-' umrtYi MacCannon and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Van Darfy and daugh ter Sharon. A meeting was held at the Lake Creek community hall Monday night to redrganize the Recreation club A good crowd attended. Lake Creek Extension writ will meet Wednesday, Feb. 7, at the home of Mrs. Wm. Hoeflt The demonstration will be Friday, Ttb. r IMS VEDFOJ1D MAIL THJBOTfX XVZJ Quick Salads," demonstrated by Mrs. Cearga and Mrs. Stookec WAR STRIKES COUNTY Huntington, Ind. !U.B Three Huntington county soldiers who went overseas together and were In th same major engage ment, but not tha sama unit, were war casualties on the same day. Wounded were Pvt. Hugh Barber and Pvt. Harold Becker, while Pvt. Uaurlca Barnes w placed aa th olsclag-la-actioa list. Of MUZ TWdom rA Aaa. TRUCKS F 08 mi trW V ouriell ST Vt Any Distance Wtt' Motiloit Station Mala aad tv Para tltS Man! What flavor! end a primary pp)y at yitomlfl C irom u HALF a Desert Grapefruit They're full-to-bnrstini' wjuj jujee rjen, .luscious juice that comes of being sunshine-blessed J Taste of half a Desert Grapefruit at breakfast tomorrow. That halt pro vides an adult's pricoart upply ol vitamin C. For more nJoy this health-giving fruit . a "starter eourse"for dinner. Or uaa the fiavorfui seg ments in safaris. Every wvj. Desert Grapefruit brings you iip-swiaciting good 'health from the desert." To help feel your best irS VITALLY IMPORTANT T ' PROPER IRON LEVEL IN THE D KEEP BLOOD One-ounce dish of KELLOGG'S Ad-Bran gives over VSrd your daily minimum iron needs Everyone, young or old, needs iron constantly to help keep up the "iron level" in the blood to help keep vitality up to par. The best place to get iron is in foods. But there are only a Jew foods that have a significant amount cf iron. Thus, your diet can be lacking In iron with out your knowing it and your "iron level" may decline. Fortunately, there is one everyday breakfast cereal that is a rich, inexpensive source of readily assimilable iron. It's KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN, which actually gives you more available iron than spinach. And, in addition to Iron richness, this nut brown, crunchy breakfast cereal is an important natural source of calcium, phosphorus, and vita mins Bi, Bi and niacin. That's because all-bran, produced by Kollogg's in Battle Creek, Is made from the vital outer layers of finest wheat KELLOGG'S Ad-Bran is made from the VITAL OUTER LAYERS of finest wheat You know that the skin of a potato and the peel of an apple are richest in vitamins and minerals. In the vital outer layers of wheat, too. Nature ttores some of the grain's most important nutrients. ALL-BRAN is made of these vital outer layers and is more abundant in many food elements than whole wheat itself. America's Great Regulating Cereal And, in addition to being a storehouse of iron and other important elements, fiunous KELLOGG'S all-bran is Nature's great relulatino cereal. Millions eat it regularly. It's America's most widely used regulating food. Just a one-ounce serving eaten daily is usually adequate- for satisfactory taxation, all-bran does not interfere with normal digestion. It is triple-milled for golden softness. Be sura your family gets a good start on its requirements of iron and other important food elements! Serve kellogg's all-bran regularly. . - KsasssaaUBaasafc ' . J MORE BLOOD DONATIONS HEEDED NOW Mi Edith Jn MeyT, 835 Trinity Kv., Bronx, N. Y., gave her iirrt pint of blood on bar 2 1 it birthday, two yean ago. To date, the ha donated 7 pint Other patriots ere urged to donate blood tor mxtmtij seeded pUtma, Fluid pert of the blood ft fettered fa e few hour. Maintaining the body's proper "iron ltrvl" helps to rebuild the red corpuscle. Eat XXLLOOQ'l ALL-SHAH BS ACCTCei, in muffin, or on other cereal. southwest Pacific is Sgt. Roy L. Huson who has been serving with the famous 41st Infantry Division in New Guinea and Australia. His twin brother, Cpi. Ray Huson, home a year ago, is now in the Philippine Islands. Others home are Pfc. Winston Frohreich after 18 months on the Aleutian Islands; Lt. ()g) George F. Tucker, O. S. Mari time Service after duty in In dia, and the Bayiiss brothers. First Lt. Warren C. of the ma rine corps and James W., AMMlc, the latter home after 22 months in the southwest Pa cific. Eddie B. McMahan is noma alter four years in the army, having been honorably discharged- at DeWitt Genera hospital in California. Harold Wright has returned to Sams Valley after being honorably dis charged at Ft. Lewis and Albert M. Harrison, S2c, has been hon orably discharged at the navy convalescent hospital, . Santa Cruz. . Richard E. Sturgill is training for maritime service at Cata- lina Island and Volney M. Brock is taking marine "boot" camp training at San Diego. Dan Cupid seems to have been unusually busy, with many engagements and weddings in the news. ' Engagements are those of Rosalind Cramer to Meivin F. (Bud) Hoover; Jeanne Villair, Cave Junction, to Rob ert Guy Davis; Mary Lou Glen denning of St. Joseph, Mo., to Lt. William L. Walker. Wed dings announced were Opal Mae Frost to Robert Hanlln, 'USN; Idabelle Wallace, Athena, O., to James W. Bayiiss, USN; Miss Mary Hage, Seattle, to Major Bruce Bennett Hammond; Joyce Holte of Lewis-ton. Ida., to El bert F. Coleman; Betty Janes ) F Pennington to Flight Officer tlj Nick Gerritsen, San de Fuca, Wash., Frances Parker to Wil liam Oatman; Laura Dungey to Lee Marsden. Home to vJsit this week are Pvt. Harlow Carpenter, who has finished ASTRP training at Ore gon State college Pvt. Marshall O. Bessoffette, Jr., and wife from Ft. Bliss, Tex.; Lt. Lester M. Stlnson and Mrs. Stlnson from Camp Crowder, Mo.; Pvt. and Mrs. Ernest Cox from Ft. Banning, Ga.; Cpl. Lowell Iver son, formerly with the 41st Di vision and now in Nebraska; Pvt. J. Carlisle Crouch from Ft. Lewis. IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY AT LIMNS' TELEPHONE 2239 0 flOMAwg Yet, fcousewivet tio know QUALITY and mott of them do qvtcMy mag. niie their favorite nationally-known brands here at Lumans'. They recognize the grand quality of Lumans' meats, too, and th freshness of our produce. Moreover, they see fa Lma' low price avfag that help ta keep withfa the budget Shop tomorrow at Lumans' home-owned, friendly store and see how pleasant and profitable a visit to this store can be. J t 3'V FfiESHEGOS MtftCE HEAT 3rada A Larga No. 1 44c Per Doz. 2 lbs for 35c TILLAflOOXC'.lEESE . . ... . 37c lb. LACK OF NURSES FORCE THOSE ON DUTY TO RUN Paris, Feb. 2 flJ.PJ There is critical shortage of 1,600 nurses in the European theatre of operations and those on duty "are running, not walking, from ward to ward," Gen. Paul B. Hawley, chief surgeon of Eta, told the United Press today. Hawley added that one hos pital unit arrived in France without any nurses "and this Is only the first of several nurce less units." Cm Mill Tr(bun Wnt Sold to you fresh when ftavot is beat. 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