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n Our Men and Women in the Nation's Service JACKSON COUNTY MEN TO POLICE S.F. Camp Beale, Calif., April 17. Brigadier General Oscar B. Abbott, Camp Beale commander announces two Jackson county men, Cpl. John E. Gage of Med ford and Pfc. Paul Kent of Eagle Point are members of the crack 749th Military Police battalion fmm this Dost that has been ' j chosen by the army to do the y policing at the United Nations Peace Conference in San Fran- I Cisco. The 749th MPs will be j stationed in the conference city i- ' throughout the weeks of the meeting to safeguard visiting dignitaries, direct crowds and as sist government officials at the Important sessions. The job of escorting dignitar ies who attend conferences is not new to men of the outfit com manded by Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Hennessy. They were called upon to guard President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mme r.hiani? Kai-Shek and other world figures during visits to California. The entire battalion was rushed to the scene of the disastrous Port Chicago explo sion near San Francisco last summer when an ammunition depot exploded and wrecked surrounding towns. Also, the 749th did extensive and irnDort- ant policing of aliens on the CAMPBELL'S MILK PASTEURIZED or RAW Grade A at your favorite Grocer, or 'phone 4190 SOUND TRUCK and Public Address Systems FOR RENTI Any Place - Any rima Any Occasion FIDLEH NEWS AGENCY Phone 41134 VI 6U38 121 No Rlvenlda. Medturd S. M. WADE Commercial and Domestic Refrigerators Repaired 5302 Phone 3378 Pacific coast during the first months of the war. LYLE WRIGHT Lyle Wright, a member of the merchant marine who has made trips all over the Pacific, includ ing a trip to Iwo Jima, left re cently to return to his ship aftei a visit with his brother, Herbert Wright on Elk creek, friends and relatives at Butte Falls, and his mother, Mrs. Harry Stokes at Grants Pass. Wright holds the presidential citation and other citations for valor under fire. He is a graduate of Butte Falls high school. FRED H. WILCOX Aboard USS Prince Georges in a Pacific Port (Delayed) Storm-battered and shrapnel pocked, her war paint faded, the Prince Georges is shoving off an another workhorse cruise. And Fred H. Wilcox, electrician's mate first class, son of Ralph H. Wilcox, of Rt. 1, Medford, Ore., is leaving with her, ready and willing to help take her to any destination. Three times she has sailed Into ice-filled water off Amchitka where Jap float Zeros tried vain ly to plaster bombs on her deck. She's been off Saipan too so near the beach that marine gun fire deafened her crew and Jap shrapnel dented her super-struc ture; rained down on her decks LT. HARRY CORBIN An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England First Lieuten ant Harry L. Corbin, 26, Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress pilot from Medford, Oregon, re cently experienced his baptism of fire, when he participated in tne aerial Dombardment of a motor transport and tank works at Zwickau, Germany. Lt. Corbin's wife, Mrs. Bever ly L. Corbin, lives at 814 W. 8th. Medford. He was employed as a cowboy with the Seis and Wil son Cattle Co., of Correo, New Mexico, prior to his entrance into- the armed forces, in July, 1941. CAPT, MORACE MECKLEM San Francisco, Calif. News of the- promotion of Horace Mecklem, whose home is Oswe go, Ore., to the rank of captain in the army transportation corps was recently announced at head quarters of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, Fort Ma son, where he is on duty In the troop movement division. Captain Mecklem was man ager of the New England Mu tual Life Insurance Co. agency at Medford, Ore., before he en tered military service in May 1942. CLIFFORD MEDLEY Clifford Medley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Medley of Cen tral Point, recently graduated from a 12-weeks' course In elec tronics and hydraulics in a navy school at San Diego with a mark of 95.25, highest in his class of 42 men. He was given his choice of three places of trans fer and selected Camp Shoe maker, Calif. . Medley attended Medford high school before entering the navy. He received his boot training at Farragut, Ida., and was a gunnery instructor at Bremerton, Wash., for about a year before being sent to San Diego. A younger brother. Walter, is now taking boot training at San Diego. Medley's wife and baby reside at Benecia,- Calif, PVT. SYLVANUS HUNT , Somewhere in the Pacific (Delayed In a baby picture contest, sponsored by a Red Cross unit, Marine Private Syl vanus R. Hunt was the proud, but slightly embarrassed, father of the "Best Dressed Child." Fourteen-month-old son James was not present to receive his prize, of course, so his Leather neck dad stood up for him. Young" Jimmy's picture, show ing him strictly nude, won for him a diaper. The competition brought out more than 150 dog-eared snap shots from .the billfolds of the overseas Marines, and the gal lery of children's pictures in the camp's recreation center at tracted more attention than any layout of glamorous pin-up art. Hunt's wife, Lois, and theii three children are living on Route 4, Medford. Private Hunt enlisted in May, 1944. rested, replaced their numerals, sewed on their patches, and were ready to go over the Rhine. His wife, Helen with his two-year-old daughter, Doris Ann, whom, he has never seen, lives In Phoenix. His mother is Mrs. P. . A. Tracy of Central Point. SGT. JOSEPH HUMPHRIES Sgt. Joseph S. Humphries of Medford, Ore., soon will return home on furlough from 32 months of duty In the Mediter ranean theater of operations, where he served with the 15th air force with a supply unit. He will visit his parents, who live at 322 East 12th street. 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Entering the army In Octo ber, 1941, Corporal Rice had basic training at Ft. Lewis, Washington. He came overseas in February, 1943 to Join the veteran 32nd infantry division and is now serving as a gunner in an anti-tank company on Lu zon. In addition to the Philip pine operations, Corporal Rice has seen action at Saidor and Aitape in New Guinea and Mor- atai in the Netherland East In dies. He was awarded the com bat Infantryman badge for ex emplary conduct under enemy fire during the Leyte campaign. SGT. MELVIN BUSHNELL SSgt. Melvin C. Buslinell. son of Mrs. Mary Bushnell of 838 Dakota Ave., Medford, was graduated last week from the Army A 1 r Forces Flexible Gunnery School, Laredo Army Air Field, Caredo, Texas, a member of the AAF Training Command. He is now qualified to take his place as a member of a bomber combat crew. Along with his diploma he re ceived a pair of aerial gunner's silver wings at brief graduation exercises held there. CPL. IRA KASDORf? With the Fifth Army, Italy Corporal Ira R. Kasdorf of Chi cago, 111., recently was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achievement in action on the 5th army front in northern Italy. Kasdorf, 24, Is a member of the 346th field artillery battal ion of the 91st "Powder River" division. Before -entering the army. Kasdorf lived at 6094 Nassau avenue, Chicago. His wife, Mrs. Mary Kosdorf, lives at 525 South Central avenue, Medford, Ore. In civilian life, he was a machine operator. LT. RALPH VAN CLEAVE A Ninth Air Force Fighter Bomber Base, France In an aerial battle between 18 Mas serchmidt and eight P-51 Mus tangs, Second Lieutenant Ralph D. Van Cleave, North Bend, Ore. destroyed an ME 109 and pro vided protection for his flight leader Major Lowell K. Brue land, Callcndar, Iowa ace, who knocked down another and dam aged four. It was the Ore gonian's first victory in over SO sorties and the Iowan s 174. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A Van Cleave, 1811 Meade, North Bend, he entered the service in August 1942. Lieutenant Van Cleave was employed as a pho tographer. He has been over seas with the 19th tactical air command for six months. He is a graduate of Medford high school. TS EDWARD INMAN T5 Edward W. Inman, on a Half Track in the 2nd armored division with the 9th army, if probably knocking at the gates of Berlin now. His flrt com bat duty was In North Africa on through Sicily, then up to England just before Chnstmns In 1943 where the "Hell on Wheels Division" made ready for D-Day. They swept up through Normandy, Belgium and Holland as "The Galloping Ghosts." They came back for the Ardennes battle in Belgium as an unidentified tank force, after the push back there they GET GOMfflP POINTS FOR AN EXTRA CHOP.' Extra red point j can help to much. Ott 1 red potata for each pound of ueed fats you turn In. Keep Saving Uaed Fata For the Fiehting Fronts and Home Front. CPL. JAMES F. FRY Miami, Fla. The palm-fring ed shores of Miami Beach look ed mighty good to a Medford vet eran as the big ATC plane nosed in for a landing. He was home or a long way nearer home after 28 months In India with the air corps. The happy warrior, who to day was clearing air transport command s Miami army air field after an ATC flight from India was Cpl. James F. Fry, 24, Med ford. Ore. A flight traffic clerk, Cpl. Fry flew 480 missions for 1040 hours. He wears the distinguished flying cross with the two oak leaf clusters, the air medal with three oak leaf clusters, the pur pie heart, the good conduct medal, the Asiatic-Pacific thea tre of operations ribbon, with one combat star, and the Buma India zone clasp. Married, his wife, Mrs Charlene M. Fry, resides at 118 Willamette avenue, Medford. His parents, Mr. and Mrs Ira C' Fry, live at Route 1, Murphy, Ore. per esnt less than slngle-englned fighters. The plane weighed a ton and a half. It was about 26-feet long with a 29-foot wing span. It mounted two .30 mm, cannons. Ue Mall Tribune Want Ada. Tuesday. April 17, 1943 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREK REFUSE DUMPERS FINED . Austin, Tex. (U.R) Persons convicted of dumping trash and garbage in Travis county, Tex., will be fined $10 to $200, with half the amount of the fine paid to the citizen who reports the violation, County Attorney Perry L. Jones announced recently. MARVIN STARK Bremerton, Wash. Marvin G. Stark, Coxswain, USNR, of Medford, Ore., is now stationed with the ship repair unit which is in training at the Puget Sound navy yard in Bremerton, Wash. His wife, Edith, and one-year-old daughter, Cheryle Ann, are residing in Medford at the Fluhrer Apartments. NAZI JEfPlANE With the American 9th Army April 17 (U.R) The German manager of a vast underground nazi jet-plane factory overrun by the 9th army said today that the jets attained speeds between 560 and 640 miles per hour in tests. This factory produced the Heinkel 162 jet-plane. It was overrun by the 9th army Wed nesday. . The manager, revealing secret details of the jet weapon, said It was propelled by crude oil and was catapulted into the air with rockets on the take-off. This factory was constructed at the 950-foot level in a salt mine outside of Egeld, 15 miles southwest of Magdeburg. It had produced up to four planes per day since it went into produc tion in January. Construction, the manager said, was relatively simple. He estimated the Jets cost about 40 AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS OYour tractors, trucks and general farm machinery are going into a very heavy seas'on'i work, and since parts and good me-., chanici are very hard to find, it it only reasonable that you should think very seriously of repairing and overhauling your farm machinery while this service is available. OA few hours work now may save you thousands of dollars later. As many of you know, when your tractor, truck and other farm machinery breaks down, it it very disappointing and costly. 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