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fOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, Mar " 141 On The Home Front MedfordiTribune News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mail Tribune suggests you clip and mall this news roundup to relative or friend in service. Date. Dear. Officials and veterans of this district were pleased to learn this week that the United States Veterans' Administration plans to establish a Medford office with a contact representative of the i 'ministration. It is be lieved that this will do away with the necessity of appoint rnent of a county service officer by the county, court. . The city fathers have set June J 2 as the date when Medford residei.ts will vote on special bond issue to cover the cost of six contemplated city Improve ment projects. Separate votes will be taken on bond issues for storm sewers, sanitary sewers, enlargement of the sewage dis posal plant, enlargements of the city library and improvement of the new city park on the banks of Bear Creek as well as con struction of a new Jackson street bridge. V e t e r a ns' organizations are planning the annual observance of Memorial Day and the Med ford AAUW chapter is carrying OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, MAY 19 AT THE NEW HOME OF THE O. K. POULTRY CO. 2nd and FIR STREETS Everyone Invited: Special prises. Watch this newspaper for our opening announcement next week. NEWLY INSTALLED Complete Mechanical Service BRAKE CHECK-UP MOTOR TUNE-UP LUBRICATION . YORK'S SERVICE STATION 9th and Central on a drive for books for overseas Red Cross libraries, A music fes tival was held yesterday by stu dents of Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass high schools, with a concert in the evening. Littrell Parts is holding open house Saturday in their new building at the corner of Sixth and Bartlett streets. After having been a prisoner of the Germans for more than two years, Cpl. Raymond B. Crosby has been released, a mes sage to his parents stated this week. Crosby was captured in Tunisia, was taken from -there to Italy and later into Germany, and was in Austria at the time of being released. Ho was awarded thj silver star during his lmpris- onmei ' presentation being made to. his parents. Sgt. Herbert Botts, a prisoner of the Germans since "D" Pay, was released by the Russians from fatalag 3C Jan. 31 and is now home. From his prison weight of 120 pounds Botts has gone to 105 since being released. Also freed is Cpl. Wil liam Klme, taken prisoner in Belgium December 17, and he has written his parents that he expects to be home soon. A wire was received this week from Pvt. Rodney Witham stat ing tliat he was alive and safe. Ha had been reported missing March 6 while serving with i .ijn. Sgt. James Lewis was wounded before hostilities ceased ' Germany and Sgt. Car roll Watson is now in a station hospital In England recovering from wounds suffered during a cross! J of the Roer in Germany. He holds the purple heart for wound t received in Holland last September, , Wearers of five battle stars each are M. Sgt. Bruce L. Blew, serving at a troop carrier base in the European theater, and Sgt Robert Taylor, serving with the 439th troop carried group in the European theater. Staff Sgt. Lawrence C. Wills, serving with the T' .hth AAF in England, has been awarded the second oak leaf cluster to his air medal and First Lt. John M. Saulsberry, al so with the Eighth, has been awarded an oak leaf cluster to the air medal. S. Sgt. Robert Yocom, with the same force, has received the air medal and one cluster. From Italy 'comes word that Sgt. John W. Latourrette flew hi- BOth combat mission as a radlo-i .ierator gunner with the ISth -iAF before action ceased in the Bologna area and Sgt. Jos- There's a telephone in the h ouse w liere I am movin an vou connect it or me itfc In normal times the answer would bes "Certainlyl When would you like to have it done?" We wish that we could give that answer today. But there is a serious shortage of telephone facilities. Telephone factories and manpower have been producing almost entirely for war. Others, like you, are waiting for telephone service. That telephone in the house you are moving to may be already "spoken for"- by somebody who has been waiting longer. We are sorry that the shortage in telephones, central office equipment, outside wires and . other facilities causes inconvenience to anyone. We will do our best to take care of as many orders as possible. Thanks for understanding. For Victory Boy United States War Bonds TH! PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY J3U 143 North Bartlett. , Telephone 2101 eph 7. Hope's maintenance unit in England has been awarded the meritorious service plague. Pvt. Lewis T. Buckley's engineering unit I'.as also been awarded the service plaque. He has served 30 months in north Africa, Italy and F-ance. Among the week's Interesting letters were those . from Capt. Thomas J. Fuson, medical officer serving In Germany, and Capt, W. H. Leever, who has seen ac tio.) in Tunisia, Italy and France. Included among the returning service. aen this week are Lt. James J. Boyle, silver star hold er, who served nine months In Europe with the Seventh Army; Lt, Harmon Edge, merchant ma rine veteran who survived three sinkings; and Lt. Col. Floyd Hart, who served nearly two years In the western Pacific with t!ie Seventh air force and wears the bronze star. Otht.'s home are T. Sgt. Olaf W. C.verson, who served on Bougainville, Guadalcanal and New Guinea for a year; Orville N. Stephenson, Sic, who wears four 1 nze battle stars earned du.ing seven months . in the southwest Pacific; T. Sgt. Robert D. Konroe, who served 27 months with the 14th air force in China and James Fredenburg, CM3c, in the south Pacific for twj years with a Seabee unit Lari Carlson, KMUc, has been home after seven month. Pacific sea duty, M. Sgt. Ancil B. Gunter is back in the United States after 28 months with the signal corps in the European theater and Sgt. Alfred Hooker has returned aft er 33 r nths in the southwest Pacific, also with the signal corps. Lt. (Jg) Harold H. Stevens, who flew a navy torpedo bomb er from the deck of the "Fight- L)on't RISK SUNSTROKE C3 SUN CLARE . . . J PLAY SAFE . . . 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