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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
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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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IUY WAR iONDS and rtt THEMJ
TS CHARLES SKEVINGTON
Camp Carson, Colo. T5
Charles Skevington, formerly
of Rogue River, Ore., son of
Mrs. Sara Suggs, San Jose,
Calif., is now at the U. S. Army
General hospital at Camp Car
son. He fought in the battle for
Belgium and in Germany.
CPL. CHARLES RICE.
With the 32nd Infantry Divi
sion in the Philippines Cor
poral Charles F. Rice, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Rice, 901 W. 1 1th
street, Metlford, Ore., has been
promoted from private first
class to corporal.
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
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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.
The American Fruit Growers' shop is staffed with four capable
mechanics, including one diesel man, and has all the modern
equipment essential to making a good and efficient shop.
OWe want you to feel free to come in and ask for estimates on the
probable work needed. We would also like to have. you take
advantage of our parts and general supply store located in the
main building. We are dealers for Cletrac Crawler Tractors,
Oliver Wheel Tractors and other farm ma
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