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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1945)
On The Home Front MEDFORDvJTEIBUNB News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services Th Mail Tribune suggests you clip and mall thU news roundup to a relative or friend In service. Dear- Medlord bleb's bas k e t b a 1 1 team, already holders of the southern Oregon conference championship, won the district four playoff at Ashland last week-end. They took a thrilling - 28 to 25 win over Klamath Falls in an overtime period the first night and went on to down Ash land 46 to 33 in the finals. They now must play the winner of district three, to be decided In a tournament to be played this week-end, for the right to enter state meet at Salem March 15, 16 and 17. Annual selection of all-star conference basketball team was made the past week with first team berths going to Jerry Ross Bob Watson, Darrell Riggs and Larry Hayes, all of Medford, and Al Riebel, Grants Pass, and Jim Palmer, Klamath Falls. . Riggs and Palmer tied. Home folk have had a busy week, with early gardeners tak-. A ' lng advantage of a few warm days to burn weeds and spade the victory garden plot, house wives washing windows and curtains and schoolboys wonder ing if it isn't time to make a kite to try on the March winds The first day of March was a typical day with a little snow, . a little rain and a little sun shine, without much warmth, however. Snow and rain last week-end and Monday brightened irriga tion prospects and reports of the snow readings taken Feb. 25 on the Annie Spring course showed the snow depth to be a bit higher than the same time last year and much above the January reading. - Many of the home folk are preparing to aid the annual Red Cross war fund d rive, which i starts this week with Ben Hard er again serving as county chair man. This county's quota is $54,000, same as last year. Cir cuit court, however, had a hard time finding anyone to serve on ; the spring jury, business men farmers and housewives all pleading lack of time. A new cooperative dairy or ganization for the county was formed this week and directors elected. Donald Campbell has been awarded a citation of merit , from the state defense council for his work as chief air raid warden for two Medford pre cincts. The marriage license bureau hit a new war low February with but 21 licenses issued. The divorce court, however, finds ' business increasing. Some kind of a record must have been set during the week for news about servicemen, with stories coming from many parts of the world. Good news to friends of Mrs. Ed. Barnett, the former Cecile Elizabeth ! Humphreys, was that she had been released from the Santo Tomas prison camp in the Phil ippines and was reported "in GUYEE'S o MARKET o U. S. and Federally Graded Meats Piggly Wiggly S. Riverside at 13th and S. Central WHERE YOU GET QUALITY FOR LESS PRICE! TASTY OCEAN FRESH SEA FOODS for lha Fancy Colored HENS Frying Size RABBITS mm Data. good condition". Citations and awards make an Impressive array this week. Sec ond Lt. Ralph D. Van Clever, with the 19th fighter unit in France, has been awarded an air medal and oak leaf cluster for flights with his Thunderbolt, "Who Cres"j T. Sgt. Samuel P. Hamilton, at an 8th AAF sta tion in England, has been award ed an oak leaf cluster to the ait medal and T. Sgt. .Gene Black ford has been decorated for "meritorious achievement". He is with the Third air division in England. Pfc. Eugene J. Hughes, with the Seventh army in France, has been given the purple heart and another purple heart wearer Is Staff Sgt. Bob Tuttle, B-29 gun ner based on Saipan, who wrote that he had a bump on his head and a scratch on his chin" after a raid over Tokyo. Lee Reynolds has been awarded the bronze star for military operations in the Philippines and T. Sgt. Franklin Fanger has received the silver star for gallantry in action during raids over Hun gary. Sgt. Fanger has been re turned to this country and the award was made at Chanute Field. ...... A letter of commendation has been given Staff Sgt. Howard McNamara for action on Tinian and Saipan. In the headlines for being wounded in action this week were Pfc. Lee Hubler, wounded on Luzon; Sgt. Charles E. Clark, wounded in Belgium and now in a hospital in France: Pfc Lucius Lull, wounded in the .European theater. Sgt. Clark has been awarded a bronze star Wendall M. Vaughn, Sic, has been awarded the Navy and Marine corps medal for heroism Now listed as missing is Sgt. Ray Casebeer who had been serving in Germany. He was an infantryman with the Fourth Division and had been on the continent since November. Ma rine Sgt. S. M. Bullis has been hospitalized at a Pacific island base for burns received from ex ploding gasoline in his tank." Pvt. James Misenhimer died Jan. 29 of wounds suffered dur ing the battle of Manila, Pvt. William H. Bartlett was killed in Belgium Feb. 6 and Lt Robert W.i Riddle, Ashland, was killed in action on Luzon Feb. 6. From hither and yon around the world comes word that Pfc. Edward H. McLean is serving with the Fifth army in Italy, that Sgt. Jesse P. Babcock is with an engineer's regiment of the Fifth army and Sgt. Charles L. Johnston is now with the allied "force headquarters in Italy. Cpl. Cecil H. Wise, also serving as a member of the signal center, allied force head quarters in Italy, is with a com pany recently receiving the meritorious service unit plaque Cpl. James Jack recently cele SEASON Fresh CHINOOK SALMON OYSTERS KIPPERED SALMON HALIBUT and SHRIMP No Points Fresh GROUND VEAL Nice for Meat Leaf. QEa No Point Pound VUw LUNCH MEATS Nice Asserted. OCa No Point found 036 Swift' Premium CHOICE LAMB. Th best on th Market! brated his second anniversary of overseas service at a special din ner and dance staged by the Red Cross for men at an AAF service command hospital in Italy. From the Pacific area it was an nounced that Stanley S. Smith 'has been promoted to technical sergeant in the marine corps and Wilson E. Shelly has been pro noted to first lieutenant with the 98th Division in the Philip pines. Thos. S. Humphries is now a technical sergeant with the Eighth AAF, England, and Leslie L. McCue has been made a captain. He is serving with the Third army as a chaplain. Home from overseas now are Seely Johnston, CMlc, Seabees, after two years in the Pacific and L. W. Robinson, overseas 21 months with the Seabees. Mayn- ard O. Atterbury, EMlc, and Pfc. Gilbert B. Thompson, are both home now, the former hav ing spent 23 months in the Pa cific and the latter 14 months in the same war theater. Major Bruce H. Hammond and, his bride were here for a few days last week. The major. on sea duty for the marine corps for a long period, reports next to San Diego. Lt. Dowd Cooper, who spent many months In the South Pacific with the air corps, is also back in the states on leave. First Lt. Richard Wright, who made 34 missions over nprmnnt before returning home, is now at Midland, Tex., attending instruc tors' school. Returning to the COUntV this WPelr oftar Hoi no honorably discharged from the service were uilbert Stuart, for merlv a chief in the Seabees; Marvin C. Heide- man, formerly a machinist in the navy and Cpl. Gordon Ash craft. Stuart Kprvprl In tho Cmith Pacific, Heideman in the Medi terranean area and Ashcraft in ine Tunisian and Italian cam paigns. Ensign Robert Webber Is nome on leave having graduated and been pnmmiHinnui n, 7 i university several days ago, and -pi. dames it. uiark has entered the field nrtlllorv ntti- J "'.i.i vanur date school at Ft. 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Harlow Carpenter has reported at Camp Roberta for basic infan try training. June Younger, widow of Lt. Donald Younger, has joined the Waves, and Betty Latham has gone to Portland to start train ing as an army cadet nurse. Among the servicemen home this week after completing vari ous phases of training are Rich ard David Holmes from Farra but; Charles Alvln Pena, Farra gut; Charles Alvin Pena, Farra- lough from Mississippi; Bob Weisenburger, Great Lakes training station; Jim Tucker, San Diego; Dick Alford, Carroll college; Bill Bauman, Willam ette university; Donald L. Ca hill, S2c, San Diego; Pvt. Paul Atkins, Camp Wolters; R. B. Mc Kay, Willamette university; C A. Hansen, UCLA; Robert N Funk, S2c, Farragut; Bill Ha gen, reporting next to Alameda, Calif., after duty at Corpus ChristL Engagements of interest are those of Dorthea Olsen to Capt Raymond H. Ross of the famous Amprirnl Division: Elizabeth Evanson to William Fellersen of Orland, Calif.; Dorothy Gill to Rnhert F I.lndstrom. San MateO. Calif. Weddings were those of Nancy Greger, Tacoma, to -pi Roger W. Cram; D'Lorraine Stockstill of Picayne, Miss., to Cpl. Ted G. Jantzer; and Donna Jacobs to Cpl. Eldon unastain Both Cpl. Cram and Cpl. Chas tain are returned veterans. WEATHER Northern California Partly cloudy today, tonight and bat nrHnv with fpw scattered show ers extreme south portion to day and in extreme north por tion Saturday, slightly warmer north portion today. RELIABLE GROCERY CHET LEONARD PHIL WHITLOCK Free Delivery Service For FREE DELIVERY conforming with new O.D.T. Regulations. 1T7 NORTH CENTRAL AVE. and Thrifty Foods Group 2 , Community OPA price assure low cost when vou shop at the Reliable. Fig Bars, Sunshine, Filled with Golden Figs, fine for school lunches RHINELAND BREAK IS RAZZLE DAZZLE RACE FORRWNE Yankees Moving So Fast No Time to Halt for Meals; Both Sides Dead Unburied By Ann Strlngar United Press War Correspondent Herrath, Germany, Feb. 28 (U.PJIt s a real break-through on the Rhlneland front Normandy all over againl Everything Is moving and moving fast. ' The Yanks raced through this little town five and a half miles from Muenchen-Gladbach so fast they munched their rations on the march. They didn't even stop for a cup of water to wash them down. German civilians had no time to seek shelter In their cellars as the war passed them by. Race for Rhine It's a razzle-dazzle race for the Rhine. Prisoners are pouring In by the hundreds. Some told me they had marched 40 miles to rein force the front line only to Vtnt the Americans already were be hind them. All along the line, American command posts are on the move trying to catch up with their troops. Even the military police are not sure where the next post Is located, what roads are safe or what towns are cleared. One colonel said one of his battalions had been completely out of contact for the past 24 hours. Another had not been heard from since dawn. Burning villages a few hun dred yards off the line of march are by-passed without even a search. So long as there is' no artillery fire fro mthat direction. Point We've many point -saving suggestions, too, which help to stretch precious point and provide really good eat ing for all the family. Wider choice of food to vary the menu personal courteous service conven ient delivery service in town are all added advantages of Reliable shopping. the doughboys keep going. In many nlaces. American and German medical men are tend ing wounded in the same shel ters. They use the same ambu lances and share medicine, band ages and stretchers. Some have been without sleep for 48 hours. Llka Generals' Dteara It's the kind nf an nHvnno generals dream about. But it's an advance in war. And In war, an advance is not Just a game. mere is smoke and piles of eiTlDtv. shell In rtltr-ho. Th are ugly splotches of blood soak ing into me mud. There are scattered nazl hel mets hurled carelessly into fields beside the road. There are GI nelmets, too. And there Is the unmistakable smell of an advance heavy, hot and sweetish. It means that troops are moving so fast they haven't time to bur ythe enemy dead or even their own some times. Passing doughboys pause pen- hans to nlaPA A hlnnlrot nr toinv. be a blood-soaked flag, over their own fallen comrades. But that's all they have time to do. I IT'S. SPRING W w , . 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