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i Our Men and Nation's CPL. RICE LOSES TOOTH WHEN HIT BY JAP GRENADE With the 32nd Division in Northern Luzon, P. I. "I am all in favor of these motorized pa trols," stated Corporal Charles f. Rice, of Medford, Ore., and the 32nd (Red Arrow) division's 126th infantry, "because it is, by far, a more modern method of locomotion than hiking. How ever, it is very embarrassing when you are sitting there se renely watching the scenery roll slowly by, and suddenly out of a clear sky drops a cloud of hand grenades followed by a fusillade of shots." Returning Horn Rice, who is now returning home on demobilization, and nine buddies from the anti-tank company were waylaid while pa trolling a mountain road in a 34-ton truck. When the ead started flying, Rice and several others leaped out of the truck and crawled underneath it for cover. Rice and the others un der the truck found they couldn't see much to shoot at, although they were on the receiving end of a lot of grenade fragments. At about that point a group of engineers came rushing to the rescue, so the Japs, having lost their officer, decided they would cut that engagement short, and took off for unknown places. Tooth Gone Rice crawled out from under neath the truck, and started ex amining himself for wounds. He didn't see any blood, but sud denly became aware of a numb feeling and found a hand-grenade had knocked out a tooth. Cpl. Rice entered the army in October, 1941, and joined the 32nd at Saidor, New Guinea. He saw heavy fighting on Leyte, and went through four months of ac tion in the rugged Caraballo mountains of northern Luzon, where the above episode took place. The awards he has re ceived during his assignment as gunner on a 37mm. anti-tank gun include the purple heart, combat infantry badge, Philip pine liberation medal with one star, and the good conduct med al. He is entitled to wear three bronze campaign stars on his Asiatic-Pacific ribbon. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rice, and his wife, Eileen, live at 910 West 11th street, Medford, Oregon. Nancy Wall Ottumwa, Iowa Advance ment in ratings for more than 80 enlisted personnel on duty at the Naval Air Station was an nounced recently. Among those promoted was Nancy Wall, route 2, box 1944,' Medford, to rank of storekeeper, third class. T'5 Andrew Owlngi Vic. Kenneth Ambrose Madigan Hospital Center, Ft. Lewis, Wash. Overseas veter ans of Washington, Oregon and California arrived recently at Madigan Convalescent Hospital for a period of reconditioning. Among the veterans were T5 Andrew E. Owings, General De livery, and Pfc. Kenneth W. Am brose, 124 King street, both of Medford. Sgt. Ivan Harrington A Ninth Air Force Bomber Base, France The promotion of Ivan W. Harrington, 32, of Med ford, Ore., to first sergeant was recently announced by the 397th bombardment group, famed as the "bridge busters." His wife, Mrs. Francis A. Harrington, lives at Medford, General Delivery. Sgt. Harrington Joined his B-26 Marauder squadron as an administrative clerk in the or- Kellogg' Corn Flakes bring you nearly all the protective food ele ments of the whole grain declared essential to human nutrition. n"""""m""toto CAP hi Women in the Service derly room, shortly after its ac tivation at MacDill Field, Fla., on April 20, 1943. Prior to be ing made "First Joe," he was the squadron's sergeant major, be ing a staff sergeant. Sgt. Harrington entered the service on November 30. 1942 and arrived overseas on March 22, 1944. Cpl. Lemmie Trantham With the Fifth Army, Italy- Corporal Lemmie F. Trantham of Eagle Point, Ore., is returning home from the Fifth army's 91st "Powder River" division in Italy under the adjusted service rating system. He left after attending a farewell ceremony at which Major General William G. Live say, the division commander, spoke. Trantham was a cook with the 91st Quartermaster Com pany. His wife, Dorothy R. Tran tham, lives in Eagle Point. Pvt. Donald James Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss. The job of helping keep Ameri ca's giant bombs in fighting trim for their aerial assaults on the axis awaits Pvt. Donald R. James, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. James, Rt. No. 1, box 137A, Med ford, Ore. Pvt. James was enrolled here recently for Keesler Field's 76 day basic airplane and engine mechanics course, having quali fied for the Army Air - Forces Training Command technical school with outstanding marks on the army mechanical aptitude tests. Douglas E. Savoy Douglas E. Savoy of 256 Beatty street, Medford, has been graduated from the U. S. Naval Air Gunners school at Miami, Fla. With the Pacific as his eventu al destination, Savoy now will be transferred to an air station where he will receive operation al training as an aircrew mem ber. He Is the son of Mrs. Walter Dailey of the Beatty street ad dress. Lt. Harold Wilcox With the 96th Infantry Divi sion on Okinawa 1st Lt. Har old E. Wilcox, Medford, Ore., has been awarded the bronze star medal for heroic services on Ok inawa. In making the award, Maj. Gen. J. L. Bradley, commanding the 96th division, cited Lt. Wil cox for his courageous leader ship when he assumed command of his company during a fierce engagement and reorganized it to withstand enemy counter-at tacks. He was seriously wound ed in this action which occurred April 9, and has been evacuated to the United States. He was awarded the purple heart for these wounds. A veteran of the Leyte cam paign when he landed with Tenth army assault troops on Okinawa, Lt. Wilcox was a member of the 383rd infantry. His wife, Mrs. Eleanor P. Wil cox, lives at 408 South Oakdale, Medford. Sgt. Eloy Cordova With the Fifth Army, Italy- Sergeant Eloy Cordova of Med ford, Ore., is returning home from the Fifth army s 91st "Pow der River" division in Italy un der the adjusted service rating system. He left after attending a fare well ceremony at which Major General William G. Livesay, the division commander, spoke. Cordova was a cook In Com pany C of the 361st infantry regiment. His wife, Dorothy J., lives at 1018 West 10th street, Medford. T'Sgt. Thomas S. Humphries An Eight Air Force Service Command Station, England Technical Sergeant Thomas S. Humphries is a member of the air inspector's office at this large aerial repair depot where B-17 nasu ER ISADVOCATEOF BIGGERffllLIES Wife of Navy Man With 14 Children Says Women Have Too Much Leisure. By Patricia Cowan United Press Staff Correspondent Winona, Minn., July 17 (U.R) The mother of Slc Roman L. Springer's champion family of 14 has a remedy for at least part of the world's troubles bigger families. . Mrs. Rose Springer, 40, thinks people have "too much time on their hands to bum around and get into trouble." "They should have more chil dren," the plump, blue-eyed, brown-haired mother said em phatically. "A big family keeps your time and mind occupied." Eleven at Home Mrs. Springer should know. She is father and mother to 11 of the 50-year-old champion navy papa's brood while he serves as a messenger in the captain's of fice at Camp Kearney auxiliary Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif. "Besides," she added with a smile, "it's nice to have so many when they grow up, not just two or three." Three of her youngsters al ready are grown up, and all are in service. The eldest, Marion. 22. is a clerk in the WAC at Fort Lewis, Wash. Marion was home in June and when she went back to Washington she married a sailor, Donald Puckett. Before joining the Women's Army, Mar ion worked at Kaiser shipyards. S2C Robert M. Springer, who "Just couldn't wait to enlist," is aboard ship in the South Pacific. Flying Fortresses are recondi tioned. As a technician inspector TSgt. Humphries is called upon to inspect all types of material from airplanes to jeeps to see that they are in perfect condi tion. One of his biggest jobs is the checking of repaired aircraft, seeing that the job of recondi tioning is properly carried out and that all technical orders are filled. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Humphries, 322 East 12th street, Medford, Ore., he entered the service in December, 1941, and has been overseas 32 months. A graduate of Medford high school he was formerly employed by the Sunrise Auto Court in Med ford. it . Mi. . SETTING UP HOUSEKEEPING beside a wall m Neuf Brisach, Alsace, mother works over stove while children play. When town was captured by Americans only one building was found intact. Of 1.603 inhabitants, only few remain. These find shelter around forts built in Medieval davs. PFC. James R. Springer, who has been in the army two years, fought at Aschen and the battle of the Rhine and now is home ward bound before going to the Pacific. Jim Favorite Son Jim is the chief reason Papa Springer enlisted in March, 1944. "Roman thinks the world of Jim," Mrs. Springer explained. "Jim's always been his father's right-hand man They used to go fishing and hunting and trapping together ever since Jim was five." The elder Springer formerly worked in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Repair Shops at Winona and did some carpentering on the side. In De cember 1942. he took a job with a Chicago construction company and was in Havnes. Alaska, and White Horse, Canada, until Octo ber, 1943. So Mrs. Springer has had a big job for a long time. Of course. the children help. Sixteen-year- old Don, who plans to enlist in the navy next March, works with a roofing and siding contractor. He pays room and board and buys all his own clothes. Two Help Mother Barbara, 13 and Pat, 10, help around the house. They wash dishes regularly, aid in the clean ing, do the shopping and hang out clothes when Mrs. Springer washes. That's a task every other day. Barbara, blonde and rather quiet looks after chubby, eight- month-old Teresa and blonde, curly-locked Jean, when Mrs. Springer wants to see a movie. Or when she takes Pat to Gillette Hospital in St Paul for skin grafting operations. Pnt has had 17 operations since she suffered Merthwit fu Comic tars or o famous fruit of piquant latltfulneil. Whilo thousand! of Otrti of peon or grown annually in thii region, tho du Comic claims uniquo diitinc lion oi an outstanding (usury fruit. Th parent rrto of Ibli ipc.ii originated in Anger., Franco, lorge du Comic plant Ings were mad in the Northwest at the turn of the century. Ine always stands out l tfxf. ij I KftP ASKING fOR IT 1 JjljK 4. 7. sai'lST" " -'JUPSAta? V lit third degree burns when her clothing caught fire while she was playing with matches. "I'm going to go all through high school and go to college so I can be a nurse." peppy, brown eyed Pat declared. During the summer, Chuck, 14, stays on the farm of a friend 17 miles from Winona, but dur ing the school year, his time is taken up with studying. His three older brothers have insist ed he get his education. .Mrs Springer's chief wartime worries are too few red points and shoes. Tom, six, and Frankie, five, solve the problem in summer by going barefoot. The Springer's monthly gro cery bill is $100, no more. Mrs. Springer budfiets herself. She has to with fire and life insur ance taxes, water and electricity. They own their home in the northwest end of Winona. Mrs. Springer admits things are easier now with her hus band's $280 monthly allotment. More Chlckenpox On County Report Ten new cases of chickenpox, two of measles, three whooping cough, three mumps and one of trench mouth are listed on the weekly report of Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county health officer, for the week ended July 13. Seven cases of chicken pox are located in Medford and three in Prospect; Medford and Pros pect list one case each of measles; all whooping cough and mumps cases are in Medford; and the trench mouth is in Ashland. Uie Mall Tribune Want Ada. IITI.WIINHAI0 COMPANY Distributed by SNIDER DAIRY & PRODUCE COMPANY ... ---t v rat . .AS Supply of Lithia Water is Assured Ashland, July 17 Arrange ments are being completed to assure Ashland an adequate sup ply of Lithia water in the future, QUALITY IS ALWAYS IV0IITH WAITING F0n j Blitz-Weinhard's fame, like its golden color, shines through the years. That's because people of good taste, who know good taste, keep right on J asking for it . . , the beer so good It's guaranteed satisfying! mimmmmmm Guaranteed Satisfying BEER j Tuesday, July 17, 194S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREK Mayor T. S. Wiley has an nounced. After conferences with officials of the Dry Ice Manufac turing plant, near here, Wiley said the arrangements are being made to prevent any further breaks in the supply of water to city fountains, except in extreme emergencies. laal -i t-,.n .1 THE PROFESSIONAL . ; . who handles his cab like a polo pony, never takes, chances on the road and plays it safe in the garage, too, by using RPM Motor Oil. He knows it WON'T DRAIN OFF IDLE ENGINES, saves start-up wear on cold motors. RPM Motor OH Takes Better Care of Your Car, tool rOIIIAND. 0 f An additional pipeline to aug ment the present supply will bs rushed to completion, the mayor stated, so that the dry ice plant and city fountains will have an adequate supply of the famed water. Cloalng lima for Classified Art! 8:30 m. Too Late to Claailfy 13:15 p m. 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