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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1945)
On The Home Front MEDFORDkTRIBUNE News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mail Tribune suggests you clip and mall this news roundup to a relative or friend in service. Date. Dear. Medford folk- celebrated V-E Day Tuesday with the rest of the nation, but it was a quiet cele bration. After waiting for tne final announcement for several days and experiencing a few "false alarms," people heard the news calmly and took-up their tasks as usual. Probably it will be a different story when the Japanese are conquered and the war is really over. Big news for Thursday was a wire from Washington stating that the Camp White station hos pital had been released to the navy. The large hospital has been almost completely idle for many months. Also interesting was the news that the PUC has granted permission for the Rogue Transit company to operate a bus between Medford and Ash land and intermediate points. Occupying the attention of the city now are a number of pro jects. Including organization of the Medford Hoard of Christian RHurntlnn. wMi-h in annnsnrin? I hiring of a reljgious educator to I teacn moie nistory ana litera ture In the public schools. An other DaDer drive is on. this one being sponsored by the Boy Scouts. The 1945-46 tax budget has been completed by the coun- tv rnnrl anH trm tax committee and is approximately the same as last year. LiOOKing lorwara io fruit harvest, representatives of the war food administration and the state college extension serv ice met here with local employ ers. Requests for 1,000 Mexican nationals and 500 German prison laborers has been made. - Enlistments are being sought Uv (V.o Inral state guard unit. part of a state-wide action to In! crease the guard numbers. The city has started an extensive pro gram of city street improvement. Two noted women ' visitors were in the city this week. Miss Marian Martin, assistant national pk&lrman nf th ReDUblican party spoke here Monday and Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, presi dent-general of the DAR, was here Wednesday. - rfav finds more service men and women returning home. RELIABLE GROCERY CHET LEONARD PHIL WHITLOCK Free Delivery Service , DIAL 2126 For FREE DELIVERY conforming with new O.D.T. Regulations. 117 NORTH CENTRAL AVE. Apple Sauce ..... ... ........ . . .No. 2 can 19c Prune Plums . ... . 2 jar 29c Orange Juice . .". . . . .No. 2 can 24c Dates .... .10-oz. pkg. 49c Ripe Olives . . . ... .-. .. .... . . . .pt. jar 29c Grapefruit Juice .............. .47-oz.1 can 40c Salmon, Pink ......... ..... ...... Ub. can 26c Green Lima Beans . . No. 2 can 25c Dried Beets, Del Monte. ....... .303 jar 15c Tomato Paste ... .2 cans 19c Mayonnaise, NalleyV ........ ... ...... .pint 35c Vienna Sausage . .2 for 25c TILLAMOOK Cheese per lb. 35 THE BEST IN FINE PRODUCE Fresh Peas, full pods ..... 2 lbs. 25c Squash, Zucchini or Summer .lb. 19c Sunkist Oranges, 200 size. doz. 43c Sunkist Lemons, 360 size. doz. 29c Salton Sea Grapefruit lb. 10c Fancy U. S. No. 1 Potatoes ,. 5 lbs. 26c wsj iWmiwwJBHi.iwi.ii.mniwii ' , I- ,."- K my$, ctoxoxaws- eSfNO CL0R0Xr...mM'6tstMP0firANT t.ncrKN&VyOUWEMA Y...iTHUPSPftmCT '-Tr7T.,ncrvFFPER! I tea HEACTH! THOKVuon ns" THE USE of Clorox in clean I odd. lOYOUrr:rOor.ongT,V;coa. k?Jdebvh nizedbyneaimu making home and simple AndJehadd. cleansing. , .. , , Y2ilA if.ullra-refineel.free) from 'SSnrfuihroem.l Why take H flOSSST SiSLorY chance, with inf ec i .. "TA"? Clorox moke, tile. -ras- lion oo"m--. . . -d --i .-necessary chance, wimimnv- Clorox moke. HU, When its WW Here now are Sgt. Alfred M. Beck, his sister, Cpl. LaMurle Beck Witt, and Cpl. Witt's hus band, first Lt. Richard Witt. The sergeant is a crew chief for a B-29 unit at Yuma, Ariz., Cpl. Witt, WAC, came here from Ft. Sam Houston and reports next to Camp Lee, Va., and the lieuten ant is home after 38 months in the Southwest Pacific during which he received a field promo tion from technical sergeant to second lieutenant. He saw serv- ice in almost all of the island campaigns and last was with the Fifth AAF as an aerial photog. rapher. t First Lt. Robert Brown, bomb er pilot, is home from Italy; Pvt. Colin J. Gould, home from New Guinea and Australia says he likes the Australians and plans- to go back on a visit some time; Lt. W. J Naumes, USNR, is here from Pearl Harbor; Marine Cpl. James L. Abbott is home after service on Iwo Jima; Pfc. Harold Berry has returned after spend ing two years in Iran and Pfc William Groat has returned after 13 months in New Guinea and the Philippines. From Luzon comes the news that Pfc. Ralph J. Matlack has been awarded a bronze star and Second Lt. Merlin G. Dow, co pilot of a bomber based in Eng. land, has received an oak leaf cluster to his air medal. Staff Sgt. Eugene R. Birk has received tne purple heart for wounds re ceived on Luzon. He has recov ered and is now in action in the Caraballo mountains. Pvt. John L. Hubler has also received the purple heart -for wounds re ceived in the Philippine cam paign. Hubler has been over seas for 23 months. A presiden tial citation was recently award ed to the naval combat demoli tion unit to which Wendall M. Vaughn of Trail belongs. Harold L. Sleight, first pilot serving in the Marianas with a B-24 unit, has been promoted to first lieutenant and Jim Lewis, serving with a tank battalion in the Third Army, has been pro moted to sergeant. Sgt. Roger Headlee and S. Sgt. Jack Thomp son recently discovered that they were stationed about 40 miles apart in Burma. Sgt. John C. Anderson is now serving with the 15th AAF in Italy and Pvt. George T. Dunphy is starting his 20th month over seas and is now on Luzon. A dispatch from Iwo Jima re lates that Marine Pfc. Norman MtfMahan recently risked his life under fire to bring an injured companion to safety. He is a vet eran of Roi-Namur, Saipan and Tinian campaigns. First Lt. William Dolph Janes, recently wounded in Germany, was flown to this country and is now in McCaw hospital, Walla Walla. His wife and small daugn ter have gone to Walla Walla to be near the Injured man. Walter L. Dye, fifth grade technician, has also been returned to this country by plane for hospitaliza tion after serving a year in Eu rope. After completing 69 round trips over the Himalayan "hump," Lt. Carroll R. Clement has returned to this country and is at the fighter transitional school at Greenwood, Miss. On the casualty list this week are Sgt. Kenneth Lewman, for merly of the Berrydale district here, killed in action in Ger many; Lt. Richard Hewitt, bomb er co-pilot missing in action over Germany; Staff Sgt. Marc B. Jar min, wounded in Italy but now returned to duty; Pfc. Robert R. Freel, Rogue River, wounded while serving in Europe and Pvt. Cecil E. Rodgers, Butte Falls, wounded during service in the Pacific theater. St. Mary's high school held the annual junior prom and banquet j this week and tonight the Shrine club is giving a big benefit dance i children's hospital. Mrs. Lillie Weathers has announced the en gagement of her daughter, Helen, to Fred R. Nichols, Jacksonville, now with the U. S. maritime service. compared with 17,193,000 bush els produced last year. "Bogie" Now Free To Marry Bacall Las Vegas, Nev., May 11 QJ.R) Mayo Methot, sporting a sun Friday. May 11. 1HS MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THR EX tan after her six weeks' Nevada vacation, this afternoon was granted an uncontested divorce from Humphrey Bogart, movie tough guy. Judge George E. Marshall granted the divorce in a brief, private hearing. All paperi in the case were sealed. Cloama time for Sunday Too Late 117 a ju oaiuroay uierna to Clautl Please remember I I Washington, May 11 OJ.R) The Agricultural Department to day predicted that the 1945 win ter wheat crop will total 835. 186,000 bushels, compared with an estimated production of 862,- 515,000 bushels made on April 1. The forecast was made as of May 1 and compares with a ' 1944 production of 764,073,000 -bushels. I In the first estimate of rye production for the season, the crop reporting board estimated a yield of 28,872,000 bushels, compared- with actual production of 25,872,000 bushels last year. 1 Prospects for 1945 crop pro duction as of May 1," the board said, "were not quite as bright as a month earlier but promised. from a near-record intended acreage, a total output that would compare rather favorably with the excellent showing of the last three years." Widespread freezing tempera tures "dealt a severe blow" to fruit, early vegetables and gar dens during the last month. The peach crop on May 1 was indicated at 25,829,000 bushels J I P 'lot 1 YOU can't go wrong In choosing one of these gay cotton washable! for Mother. For Mother take great pride in keeping her ap pearance up to muff even while tending her household duties. We've a crisp, fresh selection of wish frocks from which to make your choice. STYLED BY O demi-tasse O Betty Baxley O Alice Frock Sizes 10 to 2AVt $3.95,o $7.95 PAY LESS AND DRESS BITTER M. M. DEPT. STORE DANGER! J -Vt- .' " " ARE YOU DRIVING A n 11 . Split-toed Japanese shoes that help snipers climb trees make wonderful souvenirs. So they're some times left behind, cleverly attached to explosives that would maim souvenir hunter who wasn't wise to such Booby Traps. Safety First . . . Start Safety Shellubrication Today Seven and a half years I That's the average age of ill cart on the road. Naturally, the older they get, the more attention they need to keep 'em rolling. 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