EIGHT 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-
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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.
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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. '
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