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.
Colonel Schneider came re
cently from San Diego and suc
ceeded Col. George O. Van Or-den.
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