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TWELVE MEDfORD KAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Aug. i. 1945 PFC. FORCE WINS BRONZE STAR IN T t William R. Force, serving with the 87th Mountain Infantry in Italy, has been awarded ine bronze atar for meritorious serv ice near Mr. Magglore, Italy, on April 22, according to word re ceived by his parents Mr. and Mr. H E Force. Gold Hill. He served as a radio operator at the time of the citation. The citation said in part, "While his company attacked an enemy held hill, heavy concen trations of hostile mortar and machine gun fire harassed for ward elements. With utter disre gard for his personal safety and without hesitation, Pfc. Force left his position of shelter and .climbed to the top of a small hill, exposing himself to deadly fire, to maintain communicatoins between his cbmmander and platoons. As a result, company control was maintained. His spirit and personal courage re flect the highest tradition of the army." In Aleutians First Prior to going to Italy where he has been since January, Pfc. Force served five months in the Aleutians. He has been in the armed service for nearly 30 months. Pfc. Force had attended Uni versity of Oregon for 1V4 years prior to enlistment and before going to the university was Gold Hill correspondent for the Med ford Mall Tribune. He is ex pected to arrive home about Au gust 20, his father said. Returned Soldiers Suffering Malaria Should Get Forms LT. CHUCK CLAY Lt. (Jg) Chuck Clay, USNR, told the Kiwanis Club some of the difficulties of packaging en countered by the army and navy at the service club's noon luncheon-meeting at Holland Hotel Wednesday. Lt. Clay explained efforts to prevent loss of equip ment in transit and said loss had been reduced from 50 per cent to almost nothing as result of im proved packaging. Lt John Neilson, recently re turned from the European thea ter of war, gave a brief talk Wil ing oi his experiences. He has been on every continent except Asia, he told the club. New members taken into the organization were Sheriff How ard C. Gault and Rev. Dclbcrt W. Daniels. Max Millhollin and A. O. Crooks were guests. Frank J. Holbrook, service of ficer for Jackson County Chap ter No. 8, Disabled American Veterans, has received a supply of forms which he states should ba secured and filled out by re turned servicemen who are sub ject to malarial attacks. Compensation paid to malaria victims Is subject to periodic re view by veterans administration examining boards, Holbrook says, and the affidavit, properly filled out and notorized, is con sidered proof of the serviceman's malarial condition. Space is pro vided on the blank for state ments by witnesses of a veter an's attack and signature of his physician. Blanks and further Informa tion may be secured from Hol brook, 205 Liberty building, telephone number 4082. Fayette S helled y Gets Posthumous Award of Medals Presentation of the air medal and two oak leaf clusters to Mrs. Winabell Shclledy, wife of Sgt. Fayette Shelledy, who was killed in action over Nor way, April 7, 1945, was made Tuesday at her home at 27 New town street, by Major Albert F. Clauss, Jr., of the Mcdford army ir base. Shelledy, who served with the 8th air force, was also awarded posthumously the purple heart and the citation of honor, signed by Gen. H. II. Arnold. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Shelledy, reside at Rich mond, Calif. Dog Halts Car From Backing Over Child A dog belonging to Richard Ya.inglon. 5844 E. Green Lake Way, Seattle, is somewhat of a heroine. The Fox Terrier and Spaniel dog leaped from the back scat of Yarlnglon's car and dashed under the machine to prevent her master from run ning over a two and a half year old girl. The child had fallen be neath the machine while it was being driven out of the Yaring ton driveway, according to a news story which was sent by Yanngton to Mrs. Sid W. Rich ardson, of the Jackson County Humane society, Mr. and Mrs. Yarlnglon op erated Dui'khorn Mineral Springs, located about right miles east of Ashland, before moving to Seattle. Mrs. Yarlng ton Is the former Mrs. Ray Toft of Mcdford. June Living Costs Highest Since 1921 Statistics Reveal Washington, Aug. 2 (U.R) Living costs in June were the highest since 1921, the Labor Department said today. The Department's Bureau of Labor statistics gave no compur- . n ,n.,e I mqi alive ngures lur lutj uuu mi, but said a survey showed prices i of living essentials went up JO.B I per cent from August, 1939. June i prices the BLS added, were 3.9 per cent higner man mose oi ; June, 1944. i The Bureau's cost of living in dex for June 15, 1945, stood at 129 per cent of the 1935-39 aver age, rood prices had risen 41.1 per cent above the 1935-39 aver age, clothing 45.4 per cent, rent 8.3, fuel and electricity 10, and house furnishings 45.8. I Consumers, the survey showed now nay highei prices for fresh i fruits and vegetables, eggs, cloth ing, and house furnishings than they have paid since the start of the war. Marine Barracks Officer Shifted Klamath Falls, Ore., Aug. 2 U.R) Col. Merlin Schneider, of Clatskanic, Ore., who became commanding officer of the Klam ath Falls Marine Barracks only a week ago, has been reassigned and will report soon to Camp Pendleton, It was learned today. Col. Charles T. Brooks of San Francisco, new commanding of ficer for the barracks, has been with the San Francisco depot and supply division of the Marine Corps. 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