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Our Men and
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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-
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nearly all the protective food ele
ments of the whole grain declared
essential to human nutrition.
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Women in the
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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