Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 01, 1945, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextrOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE ' Thursday. Mar. 1, 1S48 Our Men and Women in the Nation's Service FAMED 41ST TO 1BSERVE FOURTH YEAR OVERSEAS Headquarter!, 41st Division, Far Pacific Unless too pre occupied with the pressing busi ness of killing Japs the famed 41st Infantry Division will pause on March 22, and celebrate the commencement of Its fourth year of solid overseas service in com bat zones. The Pacific Northwest'B "Own," the 41st left the U. S. on March 22, 1042, and was the first American division to reach the Southwest Pacific. Since, the outfit has establish ed one of the most notable rec ords in combat in World War II. The men fought through the Buna-Sanananda-Gona campaign made the first amphibious as sault in the Southwest Pacific at Salamaua. and have smashed the Japs et Altape, Wakde, Hollan dla and Blak. Bsts World Record It was at Salamaua the 41st set the world record for con tinuous fighting In foxholes by enduring for 78 consecutive days and nights without relief or resoite. More Jap prlsoners-of-war have been taken by the 41t . than by any other division. The total of 1,218 Individual awards earned on the field of battle ex ceeds that of any other unit in the Pacific. Other than the 41st no outfit in this theatre of warfare has been honored with three Presi dential Unit Citations. The personnel of what is In dubitably the most famous of all National Guard divisions was largely drawn from Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. T'S CECIL H. WISE Allied Force ' Headquarters. Italy Operations of the Signal Center of Allied Force Head quarters In the Mediterranean Theatre of O crations Is the task of the 3154th Signal Service Company. This Is a unit of the 8141st Signal Service Group which Is. responsible for the com plex communications facilities throughout the theater. T'B Ce cil H. Wise, whose wife resides at S24 S. Grape street, Medford, Is a member of the Signal Cen ter. Men of this company are em ployed In all phases of message traffic and record, encode, route nd decode official messages. Some of them were among first troops to go overseas In 1D42 They have operated at AFHQ since its organization prior to the Invasion of North Africa. The company was recently awarded the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque for "superior per formance of duty In the perform ance of exceptionally difficult tasks." CPL. JAMES R. CLARK Fort Sill. Okla. (FAS) Corporal James R. Clark, Cen tral Point, Oregon, has entered the Field Artillery Officer Can didate School at this post. Upon completion of the 17 week course he will be commissioned as a second lieutenant of field artil lery in the Army of the United States. Corporal Clark was graduated from Southern Oregon College of Education with the class of 1941. He Is the ton to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hall, Central Point. T'4 CHARLES L. JOHNSTON Allied Force Headquarters. Italy T'4 Charles L. Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Johnston, 202 Stark street. Is a member of Headauarters Com pany of the 80th Signal Service Battalion, which operates and maintains motor transportation for the 3141st Signal Service Group of Allied Force Headquar ters, the unit responsible for the complex communication faclll ties in the Mediterranean Thea ter of Operations. When AFHQ moved from North Africa to Italy the com pany was responsible for the co ordinated movement of slpial personnel and equipment to em barkatlon Dolnts. and atmulun eously for rapid transport to various points in Italy, SGT. MANLEYLEOGETT An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England Sergeant Manley J. Leggett, 25, of Ash land, Ore., makes continuity tests on the receiver-Indicator unit of secret equipment, used on Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses for navigation and bombing through adverse weath er conditions. The intricate and Ingenious mechanisms, assigned to the care of Sgt. Leggett and his co workers, enable the heavies to pick out and pound German war targets even when they are en tirely obscured by thick cloud layers. Sgt. Leggett Is the son of Mrs. Fannie I. Leggett of 243 Mourt taln Avenue, Ashland. Before entering the Army Air Forces in November 1942, he was an air craft mechanic for the Boeing Aircraft Corporation, Seattle, Wash. The Ashland sergeant Is a member of the 486th Bomb Group, commanded by Colonel Glendon P, Overing, Orange, Mass. LEE REYNOLDS Lee Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Reynolds, 38 North Peach street, recently was awarded the Bronze Star for ac tion in the Pacific theatre of war. In a letter to Reynolds' parents, Ma). Gen. Leonard P. Wing wrote: "By direction of the President I have had the privilege of awarding to you." son, Lee, a Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in con nection with military operation? against the enemy on 10 Jan uary 1945, in the Philippine Islands. "I deem it a privilege to serve In the same Command with your son who typifies the finest in the American Army, a brave and gallant soldier. I Join with you in prayer for his safe return when this war is won.": Reynolds graduated from Medford high school In 1942 al ter starring In basketball and football. He entered the service June 8, 1943, and has served in New Caledonia, New Zealand. New Guinea and Luzon. He was wounded In the face and left arm by shrapnel on Jan. 23, POIRlSl GET FIRST BENEFIT OF RATE REDUCTIONS By the close of business Wed nesday, every customer served by the California Oregon Power company had received the first benefits of new, lower electrle rates put into effect Feb, 1, A. S. Cummins, president of the com pany, announced today. The company's billing requires full month to cover all cus tomers and the last of the Feb ruary bills at the new reduced rate was mailed Wednesday night, Cummins stated. Three factors reduction In In terest charges, Increased use of electric service and careful war time operation were all given 'Weed ANNOUNCING THI OPENING OP MEDFORD SAW SHOP Modern Equipment General Repairs Hammering Gumming Welding We Service Saws Up to 84 Inches Wl CALL FOR AND DELIVER 765 South Riverside, Medford, Or. Phone 3917 equal credit for the $325,000-a-year reduction in rates. Improvements Made "Improvements in the capital structure of the company, begun in 1942 and completed last year, resulted in substantial savings in interest charges which were passed on to our customers in the rate reduction," Cummins said. "Our customers are electrical ly minded, and by Increased use of electricity have helped ma terially to bring about a reduc tion in their own rates. "These factors and careful op eration of the system have offset the large increases in taxes,' in materials and in operating casts, which have come during recent years. Company employes have done an outstanding Job of ef ficient operation of the system under difficult conditions." Cummins also revealed that studies already had been started looking toward the next reduc tion in rates. "We do not know when it will be possible to make subsequent reductions," he said, "for that will be determined largely by the progress of the war and by other factors outside our control. But we intend to be fully prepared when the time comes and I hope K will not be too long in coming." Census Fund Signed ' Washington, March 1 (U.B President Roosevelt today signed legislation appropriating $6,784, 000 for completion of the agri cultural census which Is to be taken every five years. The fund was voted by congress over Re publican protests claiming it was an unnecessary expenditure dur ing war time. U Mall ITIInjiw Want 1l i 9 Amnm In each i nosirii linn imi k a shrink mem- . "-. norira nu, dw i ! tn halo vou i Drenma ireer. xeei l better, caution; l l.ne only aa direct I co. OC, OUC iycn isturty sola wuu 1 . 1 ' 1 "fl LESLIE'S PLUMBIIIG CO. MOVED TO 1036 COURT STREE1 MEDFORD PHONE S911 Appetizing yw Schilling VACUUM PACKED COFFEE DISCOVER ... really fresh fruits and vegetables selected by experts and rushed from farm to store, naturally fresh. 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