Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 20, 1945, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE TuMdar. Feb. 20. 194S 46 ARMY PILOTS HOLD RECORD OF PLANES DOWNED Washington, Feb. 80 (U.R) Forty-six U. S. army fighter pilots have ihot down 15 or more enemy planes each, the war department disclosed to- day. The report wai based on rec- SPRING MERCHANDISE Costs. Suits. Millinery Alteration by Sxperu Specializing LADIES' COATS & SUITS IN HALF SIZES Burelson's Ladies' Ready-To-Wear 31 No. Central Avenue FtMlNlNE SIMPU At M-3 fxSm I i A Rcfrcaalnl icaito with rrtpW actioa Censor Doacfae powder for iatlnttc acnoaaj Tgketl Thk powdrr deuuej rflee tivclv. wotbrt tcnilfivr tiuuo, uid la powrrfuUf dcodomiog Delightfully fragrant. 109 Ian. ma irlUsit aMdidatl aoucbr odor Eceoonlcil. StitfKtor- or rout muoty back. All Dtuggim. ords from all theaters up to Feb. 15. - Maj. Richard L Bong, Poplar, Wis., now in this country, leads with a score of 40 Japa nese planes downed in the south west Pacific. Maj. Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., who was killed in action in the Philippines on Jan. 7, was next with 38. Leading ace of the European theater and third In the overall list is Lt. Col. John C. Meyer, Forest Hills, N. Y., eighth air force pilot credited with 37V4. Meyer took the lead in the Euro pean theater Dec. 30 when he shot down his 35th plane. He was hurt in an automobile acci dent in Belgium Jan. 29. Prisoner Fourth Lt. Col. Francis S. Gabreskl, Oil City, Pa., a prisoner of war, is in fourth place with 28, and Mai. George E. Preddy, Greens boro, N. C, who was killed Christmas Day was fifth with 27V4. Gabreskl and Preddy were both members of the eighth air force. Holders of sixth to 10th place and their scores: Ma. Robert S. Johnson, Law- ton, Okla., Eighth air force, 27; Col. Charles H. MacDonald. Ar lington, Va., Fifth air force, 28: Lt. Col. David C. Schilling, Traverse City, Mich., Eighth air force, 24; Capt. Don S. Gentile, Piqua, O., Eighth air force, 23, and Lt. Col. Gerald R. Johnson, Eugene, Ore., Fifth air force, 23. KLAMATH WATER NOT NEEDED IN CENTRAIVALLEY River Diversion Seen Not Necessary for Many Years; Irrigation Factor. SOLAR TO EXPAND San Diego, Calif., Feb. 20 (U.R) Solar Aircraft Co, today announced a $1,000,000 building and equipment program for manufacturing Superfortress ex haust systems and stainless steel parts for jet-propelled planes. Sacramento, Feb. 20. (U.R) Irrigation water and power.needs of interior California do' not re quire the diversion of the Klam ath river to the Sacramento, John C. Beebe of San Francisco, regional administrator for the federal power commission, de clared today. Beebe told an Interim legis lative committee that Irrigation needs would be the "controlling factor" in any eventual decision to divert the Klamath. He added that In his opinion such need will not occur for many years. Investigation Routine The U. S. army engineers corps, which is making a study of the possible diversion, was not requested to do so by the power commission, Beebe said. The investigation by the en gineers is "routine," he said. R. S. Calland, assistant re gional director of the U. S. bu reau of reclamation, told the committee that the bureau's overall plana call for doubling the supply of irrigation waier In the central valley. Calland said, however, that the bureau has no plan and is not investigating any plan for diversion of Klamath river water into the Sacramento river. It is making surveys for diversion of the Trinity river into the Sac ramento, he said. Reservoirs Planned The bureau's overall plan for the central valley contemplates construction of some 26 new water storage reservoirs on the east side of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. These res ervoirs, Calland said, would make available about 8,000,000 acre feet of new water each year. During 1944, he said, about 8,500,000 acre-feet of irrigation water was used in the central valley. The water irrigated about half of the 9,200,000 acres of land suitable for irrigation farm' lng, he added. SET. CHAPMAN . ' r ' ILE) . 9 O A Limited Number Are Under Construction TO meet the urgent demand for Cold Storage Locker we are expanding thii department and making available these new lockers. Theta lockers are CENTRALLY LOCATED AT OUR PLANT JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM MAIN STREET. They are accessible LONGER HOURS, too from 7:00 a. m. 'til 10:00 p. m. If you wish to reserve one of these lockers we tuggest that you ACT NOW. A $2.00 deposit will hold any one of them. No telephone reserva tions can be accepted. See ui at oncel ALSO EXTRA LARGE LOCKERS For Commercial Users A-ONE BREWING CO. CLICQUOT CLUB BOTTLING COMPANY 301 North Fir Street T. Sgt. Everett E. Chapman of Gold Hill Is a member of a light bomber group which has been awarded a war department citation, a release from Italy states, giving the sergeant the right to wear the distinguished unit badge. The citation was granted "in recognition of outstanding serv ices rendered the 47th Bombard ment Group on Feb. 22, 1943, at Kasserine Pass, where with allied positions overrun by the enemy, A-20 Havocs of the group repeatedly drove home bombing and strafing attacks through rain, fog and complete overcast skies and finally brought about an enemy retreat through the Pass, thus saving the allied holdings in Algeria and Tunisia," the release states. T. Sgt. Chapman has been with the bombardment group since April of 1941 and overseas since September of 1942, the release states. PAROLED GIRL IN LAW HANDS AGAIN A 15 -year -old paroled minor girl was arrested by the police Saturday night at the basketball game at Medford High school and is helrl In n,,n. ty Jail after being accused of stealing lady's handbag from a arawer Demnd a checking counter in the Westslde Safeway Store. The DUrsA wai Tho nmn. erty of a checker at the store wno gave police a description of the girl which led to her sub sequent arrest. The purse contained about S22 in cash nnrl n McrarAtto lighter. Money and lighter were ooin missing irom the bag when lt Was found later nt another grocery store, according to po lice reports. The girl and younger brother took the bulk of the cash home to their moth er With the storv that thv hurl earned it raking leaves in Med- iora, we police stated. POLICE DESTROY DYNAMITE CACHE Police officers callarl tn lnv. tlgate a barrel containing 36 sticks of dynamite and four caps in a field back of Medford High school, vesterdav nut th mlnria of ' several parents at rest wnen iney destroyed the explo sives In Bear Creek. Several children playing in the vicinity of the dynamite led to a call to the police station by Some Of their riarentjr nffinrra said. The dynamite left in the ueid seven or eight months ago was removed by Officer Dick Baize who nulverizi it nnri threw it in Bear Creek, he said. The four caps were exploded with a fuse. Apparently the owner of the dvnnmltn whn hnH used lt to blow out tree stumps, was also afraid to remove it, police stated. NEW RECRUITING MARK FOR NAVY IN OREGON Enlistment records for the last nine months were shattered in the Oregon Navy recruiting district in January with the en rolling of 333 17-year-old vol unteers, Lt. Comdr. John F. Bichler, officer in charge of the main station in Portland, has re ported to Chief W. R. Cumley in charge of the Medford sub station. Previous high point was last April, when 369 enlistees were signed. Enlistments In the Navy's radar training program showed a substantial Increase over the previous several months, it was reported. COL GUNN STORY OF INTEREST TO MEDFORD COUPLE Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Bower, 729 West 13th street, were deep ly Interested In an article which appeared recently concerning Col. Paul I. (Pappy) Gunn, who has become an almost legend' ary figure with Lt. Gen. George Kenny's air forces. Mr. and Mrs. Bower became acquainted with Col. Gunn while visiting their daughter at Alameda, Calif., in May 1942. He was a friend of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Boyle, also friends of the Bowers' daughter, and Col. Gunn had taught Boyle how to fly long before the war. At that time Col. Gunn told them he was going back to the Philip pines to get his family interned there. ' He made three desperate at tempts to rescue his family, ac cording to the article. The third time the Japs shot him down in the sea, but he was rescued by a patrol boat. Col. Gunn worked out several inventions to aid the war ef fort, among them heavier fire power, from A-20s and B-ZSs, tail camera for Mitchell bomb ers and a new aerial torpedo. He continued his flying missions but the Japs finally got him. He is now recovering from a bullet wound in his left shoul der.' That's why he wasn't there to greet his family when they were released from Santo Tomas. SLATED MONDAY At the opening of the Febru ary term of the circuit court next Monday a new grand jury, composed of the first seven names drawn from the jury list will be drawn and sworn in. A short session is anticipated by the district attorney's office. One of the cases coming be fore the new grand -jury will be that of Fred A. Wolf, 62, held in the county jail charged with the alleged knife slaying of Percy Harold Ijames, 42, in a sidewalk altercation early this month in Gold Hill. Most of the leading witnesses in the case are residents of Gold Hill. According to the sheriff's office, Wolf has retained Attorney Don R. Newbury as counsel. A number of other criminal mat ters are also scheduled to be brought to the attention of the lnquistorial body. A light criminal and civil trial calendar In circuit court is expected. " 'ERS0NAL TAX FILING IS DELAYED BY SOME The county assessor's office reported today there were still a number of taxpayers in this county who have not filed their personal assessments blanks as required by law. Final day for so doing is Thursday, March 1. New residents are informed, that under Oregon law, the tax payer makes out his own per sonal assessment and is not call ed on by deputy assessors as In most states. ' 50fleterIOMICr1FeeVer1hirtieeee'l MONEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. 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