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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1945)
Oh The Home Front MEDFORDv)TBIBUNE News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services Tht Mall Tribune mggeiU you clip and mall thil newi roundup to a relative or irland In service. Data.. Dear. With the end of the war in Europe expected momentarily, churches and business men have completed plans for VE Day and await the final word. Churches will hold a union service of praise and thanksgiving. SJummer weather came to the valley this week, with highs of 91 recorded both Tuesday and Wednesday. An electrical storm occurred Wednesday evening, but so far as is known, set no fires. The warm weather has started the spring run-off from the hills and Irrigators are mak ing use of the water. Last snow survey made in Crater Lake park showed eight inches more water in the snow than for the same survey last year. At a recent meeting of the Medford Izaack Walton league here the group released a formal resolution pledging support to to State Game commission in Its efforts to prevent the building of any high dams in the Rogue Biver. Medford Council of Church Women held the annual May Fellowship Day program today and the Elks club held the an nual crab feed and May party Tuesday night. . The good news of released prisoners continue to come in. Sgt. Lloyd Albern, who has been a prisoner-of-war of the Ger mans since last September, has been released and is expected home and Pfc. Truman J. Craw ford was announced as released from a prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippine Islands. Also re leased from a German camp was Pfc. Clarence Nelson. His broth ers are both in service, Capt. Ibsen Nelson being in the South Pacific and Cpl. Kermit Nelson being in Europe with the 3rd army. Many wounded men were on this week's casualty list. Pfc. John P. Moffat and Lt. William D. Janes were both wounded while serving in Germany about the middle of April and Cpl Charles F. Rice and Ray H. Mann have been wounded dur ing action in the Pacific region. Staff Sgt. Jack H. Sparlin is also listed as having been wounded in European action and Pfc. Harold L. Barr, Prospect, and Sgt. Richard K. DeMers, Ash land, are listed as missing in action. Don D. Sellers of Trail was wounded while serving with the 41st division on Min- r0f 30 Qrisp-Solksiyj kjxsasnssi fSZV THC 6MINS ARC 6KCAT FOODS S Imm Kellogg's Rice Krispies equal the whole ripe grain in nearly all the protective food elements declared essential to human nutrition. danao. He has been overseas for more than three years. Charles R. Burdett, chief commissary steward with the navy, was killed in action re cently while on Pacific duty with the navy and Audrey Price Miles has been informed of the death of her husband, Sgt. Miles, who was with the 96th division in Okinawa. M. Sgt. Clare L. Conaway has been awarded a bronze star for service in connection with air craft raids on the Japanese main land from the Mariana Islands. Sgt. Richard Foster, serving in the Southwest Pacific, has been decorated with an air medal. A letter from Lt. Bob- Cuff el re cently told of conditions on Sai pan, where he is stationed with the 20th air force, and on Iwo Jima, where his ship landed for repairs on a return flight. Capt. Dwlght H. Findley is now chief of general surgery for the 26th general hospital at Barl, Italy, and .'Sgt. - Robert Meals has just arrived overseas for duty as armorer gunner on a B-17. Cpl. Orval Thomas is serving with the 8th AAF in Germany as a radio repairman. M. Sgt. Frank White and S. Sgt. Wayne White were recently home together for the first time in many months. The former is stationed at Los Angeles and the latter has returned to Camp Car son for hospitalization. He holds the silver star, bronze star, pres idential citation, oak leaf clus ter and combat infantryman's badge. Sgt. Lynn DeMille is at Ft. George Wright hospital in Spo kane after serving 27 months in the CBI theater and Capt. Fielding Weatherford is now at tending the fighter transitional school at Greenwood, Miss., aft er having recently returned from the European theater of op erations. Home from overseas are Sgt. Jesse Barcock, after 31 months in Italy and other thea ters, and Marion Hardy, SM3c, who served 14 minths in the Pa cific. There has been considerable "Cupid's news" in recent days. Announced Sunday were the weddings of Dr. Luke Vorheis to Carol Crone of Eugene; Col leen Imhausen to Melvin Miller of Shady Cove; Delma Carter, Prospect, to Cpl. Delbert Pars ed, marine; Elizabeth Evanson to William Carl Felleson of Or land, Calif., where the couple is residing, and Dorthea Olsen to Capt. Raymond Ross. The cap tain, publicized by the Americal Division as its most famous pa trol leader and organizer of the Dime a Dozen club, with the cap tain paying his scouts a dime for each 12 Japs they killed, is re turning to the Philippine Islands the first of June. The engagement of Huldah Rose to S. Sgt. J. L. Fisher of Springfield has been announced and Lee Spencer Bullis and his bride, the former Elizabeth Lawrence of Mansfield, Ga., have arrived in Medford to re side. The groom has been at Tulane university since his dis charge from the navy. . The Junior Prom was held last week, and Nancy Swem was crowned queen. Her princesses were Evelyn Van Hise, Margo Gammill, Gloria Preston, Betty Lou Baker, Beverly Conser, June Bosworth and Joan Hoppe. RELIABLE GROCERY CHET LEONARD PHIL WHITLOCK Free Delivery Service DIAL 2126 For FREE DELIVERY conlormina with new O.D.T. Regulations. 117 NORTH CENTRAL AVE. Stuffed OIive bottle 25c Apple Juice, S. & W. .Pts. 18c; Qts. 40c Minced Clams, Pioneer, Razor. ., can 30c Syrup, Lumberjack. Lge. bottle 29c Beans with Chili Mb. jar 16c Hi-Ho Crackers, Sunshine. . . . . . .Pkg. 19c Rubvettes, S. & W ....... ........ .jar 18c Apple Butter : ,. . . .larger jar 29c Grapefruit Marmalade 1-lb. jar 32c Orange Marmalade, Bittersweet 1-lb 25c; 2 lb. 43c Kraft Dinner ,. 2 Pkgs. 19c Ripe Olives, Pts.. Lge. 29c SCHILLING COFFEE Drip or Regular 1 lb. 32c - 2 lbs. 63c . THE BEST IN FINE PRODUCE Fresh Peas, Sweet Full Pods. ..... . . . . .2 lbs. 29c Fancy Local Spinach ,...2 lbs. 25c Fancy Local Radishes, red or white. . .,.,.2 for 15c Sunkist Oranges, 200 size doz. 45c Sunkist Lemons, 360 size . doz. 29c Salton Sea Grapefruit. lb. 10c Barbara ' Inskeep, sophomore at Stanford, is getting an Inside view of the world security con ference at San Francisco since she is attending some of the sessions and interviewing dele gates for the Stanford Daily. She is also staff photographer for both the daily newspaper and the annual. Many Medford people are at tending some of the conference sessions. ACKLES. LEONE Kenny Ackles and Antone Leone, making their initial ap pearances at Medford armory last night, were welcomed with open arms by the wrestling en thusiasts. Ackles' speed and knowledge of the game endear ed him to the crowd as he went four rounds to a draw with Georges Dusette, each gaining a fall.- Leone dealt Tony Ross a bad time as he gained a one-fall de cision in the opener. In the final round both gladiators were bat tling outside the ring and among the spectators before Leone clamped on a reverse headlock, made famous here as the Gold Hill crab by Bob Kenaston.to win the bout. : "Sneeze" Achieu took two out of three tumbles from Tony Morelli in the main event. Mo relli won the first with a smoth er hold and dropped the second to two sonnenbergs and a press. In the fourth round Morelli threw Achieu out of the ring by the hair and they scuffled among the ringsidcrs until referee Earl Yoakley and a second stopped them. Yoakley then gave Achieu the bout on a disqualification. juniorsofTball ; T Medford Junior high's softball team took a 2 to 1 lead in their series with Ashland here yester day when they defeated the Lithia City team 15 to 14 in a free-hitting game. Beare, on the mound for Ashland, blew up in the second and seventh innings to give Medford seven and four runs respectively. Ashland had a 14-11 lead go ing into the final frame but Beare walked in two runs and Brittson, Medford pitcher, got a single to score the winning run They play the final game of the season at Ashland Thursday. Ashland Beare and Cullop. Medford Brittson and Carter. HOW THEY, STAND National New York 9 Chicago 7 Boston 7 St. Louis 6 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati S Pittsburgh S Philadelphia 4 4 .692 4 .636 5 .583 5 .545 8 .455 6 .455 7 .417 7 .364 American Chicago New York .. Detroit Philadelphia Washington . St. Louis ... Boston ... 3 .667 .667 .636 6 6 .500 6 7 .462 Cleveland - 3 .400 .385 .300 .656 .594 .545 .500 .485 .448 .424 .344 Pacific Coast Portland 21 Seattle 19 San Diego 18 Oakland 16 Sacramento . 16 Los Angeles 15 San Frand'co....l4 Hollywood 11 HITLER'S BIRTHPLACE ' WELCOMES AMERICANS Branau, Germany, May 2 (Delayed) (U.R) Adolf Hit ler's home town was "liberated" today by American tanks and infantry who were greeted with flowers and cheers. Not a shot was fired In this town, birthplace of Dcr Fuehrer. The American Doughfeet crossed the Inn river in small boats borrowed from obliging civilians. IDA LUPINO SUES Hollywood, May 4. (U.R)- Film star Ida Luplno today filed suit for divorce from Louis Hay- ' ward. 35, actor and former ma I rine captain who was awarded i tho bronze star during the Tara wa landing. Miss Luplno charg I ed extreme cruelty and asked 1 court approval of property set i tlement. Mother's Day Cards Choose from the finest lines In America di-' played here. SWEM'S - Book & Gift Shop MERCHANTS TELL PLANS TO CLOSE ON VICTORY DAY Plans for observance of VE Day by Medford business firms were announced today by the Medford Merchants association. Closing time for stores when the announcement of Germany's col- j lapse comes has been announc ed as follows: i If announcement Is received ! after 12:00 noon, stores will be closed immediately and will re main closed the following day. If announcement is received before 12:00 noon, when the stores are open, the stores shall be closed Immediately for the day only, and will be open the next business day. If announcement is received; at night, the stores will remain; closed the next business day. . i If announcement is received; on Sunday, the stores will re-' main closed the next business: day. The announcement includes j all beverage and soft-drink es-j tablishments. For restaurants: if announce-j ment is made before noon, they j will remain open through the! lunch hour till 2:00; then close for the balance of the day. If the announcement comes in the afternoon, they will close imme diately and remain closed the following day. Groceries and meat markets: If announcement is made during thi day, they will close immedi ately for the day and open the following day. If announcement is made during the night, they will open the following day as usual. .If the announcement comes on Saturday, they will re main open on Saturday and close on Sunday, Court House News Marrlagas Robert Anthony Morvay and Antoinette Estelle Fisher. Ernest James Cox and Betty June Colbeth. 1 Mildred Grlener vs. Carl Grle ner. Llola Mann vs. John W. Mann. Probata Court Estate of Anna Ruch, De ceased. Estate of Archie C. Nash, De ceased. Estate of D. A. Landon, Deceased. Former U. S. Sen. Charles Friday. May 4. 1945 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREB rbaf SViis:, tla bi" whhlfh !et z draft me" , ures for both world wars. PARTS and SERVICE Cor all miKN ol WAKIIKKI and BKFKIli-KATOKS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. . 31 N. Bartlatt. Phone 2419 S. M. WADE Commercial and Domestic Refrigerators Repaired 5302 Phone 4104 Divorce Decrees Granted Robert Everill Warriner vs. Ruth Sybil Warriner. , Josie M. Johnson vs. Nathan T. Johnson. Ansil F. Pearce vs. Maxine L. Pearce. Divorce Complaints Filed Betty Jean Stacey vs. William B. Stacey. Hulda Branson vs. Charles I. Branson. $AX,.kjixti For Summer 'fm a DAN RIVER Woven Seersucker COTTON -- WASHABLE This two-piece tuit-dress meant business, though you will wear it after-hours on dates. 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