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V Our Men and Women in the Nation's Service T! IS E TO OF MAI With the 313th Troop Carrier Group, France Personnel Offi cer Theodore A. Nave of this group has recently been promot ed to the rank of major, and continues to play an important part in the successful operation of this all-important unit of the army air force. Major Nave, whose father, Clemens D. Nave, resides in Crete, Nebr., attended school there, graduating from Crete high school in 1937. From there he moved to Medford, Ore., where he lived with his uncle, the late George A. Hunt. While in Medford, he worked at First National bank. When the war emergency be gan to threaten the peace of the U. S., Nave was one of the earli est volunteers. He joined the army air force in the patter part of 1940 and in 1942 was assigned to the 313th group. Since then, in this unit, he has earned one promotion after another until at present he is one of the main administrative officers of his unit. Major Nave wears a uniform with the Eureopean-African-Mid-dle Eastern campaign ribbon with seven bronze battle stars, and the distinguished unit cita tion with oak leaf cluster award ed to the 313th group for two outstanding performances as a unit in combat. Major Nave has a brother who is also in the army, SSgt. Edward C. Nave who has served with the Signal Corps in the Italian campaign. Lyle Jarmin A IX Engineer Command Bat talion, Germany Lyle E. Jar min, of Medford, Ore., has been promoted to staff sergeant in the 846th engineer aviation bat talion, now building and recon structing airfields in Germany. Sergeant Jarmin is a platoon sergeant, serving in the battalion which is engaged in the 9th en gineer command's huge air drome construction program to base airfields on the continent. Mr. and Mrs. Marie Webster Jarmin, his parents, reside at 823 Sherman street, Medford, Oregon. For Delivery This Year APPLY NOW Most All Sizes Available GULLEN MOTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. 123 S. Riverside Ph. 71 16 Cpl. Edgar Edwards Geiger Field, Wash. Cpl. Ed gar A. Edwards, son of Mr. Frank Edwards of Medford, Ore., has begun training as an aviation engineer of the air forces at Geiger Field, Spokane, Wash., according to word received re cently from Colonel James W. Park, commanding officer of this base. Sgt. Norman Meeds With the 32nd Infantry Divi sion in Northern Luzon, P. I. Staff Sergeant Norman A. Meeds of Jacksonville, Ore., led his eight man patrol against a Jap pillbox and knocked out a heavy machine gun position dur ing the bitter fighting along the twisting Villa Verde Trail on Luzon. Entering the army in July, 1943, Meeds trained at Camp Roberts, Calif., before coming overseas in May, 1944. Veteran of three major campaigns, he holds the Purple Heart with an oak leaf cluster, the combat in fantryman badge, the good con duct medal, the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and the Philippine liber ation medal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Meeds, who live in Jacksonville. PARTS and SERVICE for III mi l WASHERS and REFHKJKBATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlett. Phona 2419 i Sgt. William Skou At An Air Service Command Depot In Italy Sgt. William Carlsen Skou, husband of Mrs. Amy Skou, 18 South Peach street, Medford, Ore., and for merly of Oakland, Calif., a mem ber of the 84th depot supply squadron, is on his way home after 18 months at an air force general depot in Naples, Italy. Sgt. Skou came overseas in De- j cember, 1943, landing in Naples, I Italy, the following month, and has been stationed in Naples I ever since. Frank J. Richey Aboard the USS Gregory in the Western Pacific (Delayed) Frank J. Richey, 21, torpedo man's mate, second class, USNR, son of Mrs. i. A. Richey, 518 Haven street, Medford, Ore., serves aboard this destroyer which already has shot down six enemy planes and taken part in two major engagements, al though she h:is been fighting in the Pacific theater only since last October. Pvt. Earl Barnhart Camp Wolters, Texas Pvt. Earl H. Barnhart of Medford, Ore., now stationed at this infan try replacement training center, has been awarded the expert in fantryman's badge after success fully completing a series of rigid tests and courses for eligibility. Pvt. Betty Garrels New Orleans, La. Pvt. Betty M. Garrels, Gold Hill, is a mem ber of the transportation corps school Wac detachment, which has been designated a meritori ous service unit by Major Gener al Charles P. Gross, chief of transportation. The award is a rare honor for Wac service detachments and en titles members of the unit to wear a special golden wreath in signia. The citation was for out standing devotion to duty in the performance of exceptionally dif ficult tasks, achievement and maintenance of a high standard of discipline, a low punishment rate, appearance of personnel, installations and equipment, and enthusiastic execution of orders. Private Garrels is the daugh ter of Mrs. Ethel A. Hancock, Gold Hill. She enlisted in Port land December 22, 1944. Randall K. Watson Randall Kellogg Watson re cently completed studies at Na val Air Technical Training Cen ter at Norman, Okla., and grad uated with the rank of seaman, second class. He specialized in aviation ordnance. Kellogg will be transferred to a naval unit afloat or will be sent to another shore station for further instruc tion and work. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Watson, King's Highway. Pfc. Upton Laporte x Pfc. Upton S. Laporte, Phoe nix, was one of the United States soldiers who took part in flag raising ceremonies at Fort Ehr- enbreitstein, Germany, in ob servance, of Army Day, accord ing to a dispatch received from Headquarters, Com municatlon Zone, ETO. Men of Co. E, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th "Bloody Bucket" division, stood as guard of honr as the same flag which was lowered in the last war was again raised over the fortress. 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LOUIS 3, MISSOURI Alan Ladd, Gail Russell Coming '.Wf. lV;. . ) Alan Ladd and Gail Russell i latest movie thriller, "Salty O' find a mutual interest in each Rourke," opening at the Crater other in this scene from Ladd'sl ian Wednesday. Atom Bomb May Shake Japs' Determination To Fight On By Ralph Heinien United Press War Analyst The unloosening of the basic powers of the universe contained in the first atomic bomb may shake the alleged determination of the Japanese people to fight on rather than reject the Pots dam ultimatum. Overnight the whole potency of war has been increased a thousand fold. Japan's vulnera bility, an isolated island now completely blockaded by air and sea surface forces and by under water mines, is such that con tinued resistance can only bring irreparable devastation. Militarists Hold Power No one knows that better, to day, than Japan's industrialists and, perhaps, the imperial court. But war remains the prerogative of the Japanese military caste. There are no indications thus far that the military caste will sur render the authority and power they hold to the Japanese gov ernment. Talk about the imminence of Japanese surrender will continue to be "loose talk" until the civil industrial and financial caste can dispossess the military caste of their power within the cab inet. The next cabinet shakeup will indicate clearly whether Ja pan wants peace. There may have been many in Japan who discounted as "Yankee bluff" our warning in the Potsdam communique that "utter destruction" would follow Japanese rejection of the peace program. When the catastrophic consequences of a single "atomic bomb" are known to the Japan ese themselves, however, that vision of utter destruction takes on an entirely new significance. Open for Invasion At this crucial point in the war today, the Japanese home islands are, in the words of Ad miral Nimitz and many officers of his staff, wide open for in vasion. Yet the Japanese army is to all intents and purposes in tact and undefeated. The Japanese navy has lost so many warships that it no longer can present a balanced force. The enemy submarine fleet, how ever, is still a menace. The Japanese air force is esti mated at 750,000 men. Produc tion which was 1200 planes a month until early this year is un deniably smaller now. Japan no longer is master of T Orljjlnatcd by Nelson E. Bo hall, former chief engineer of the Oregon Gas and Electric, com pany and the Southern Oregon Gas company in Medford, a new and revolutionary technique of drafting is now speeding produc tion in western war plants ac cording to an article appearing in the August issue of "Western Industry" published today. Known as isogonic drafting, the technique evolved from a new system of gcometery, devel oped in California during the war, and permits three dimen sional drawing to scale for the first time in history. Bohall lived in Medford about five years, leaving here around IS years ago, according to local friends. He and his wife made their home on the South Pacific highway, and Bohall was active in the American Legion. California-Pacific Utilities has since taken over the Southern Oregon Gas company, Through the superimpositlon of eacn transparent piece of ma terial on which separate draw ings are made, each worker handling the overlay has a clear idea of where the particular in stallation goes in relation to others in the compartment. Use of the new technique is expected to extend into all fields in which drafting is used. An Tuesday. Aug. 7. 194S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE industrial production drawing department, of the war produc tion training school of the San Francisco unified school district, has been set up under Bohall's direction, and similar organiza tions have been set up at Mare Island navy training school, Alameda, Berkeley high school, and at Oakland. ACTOR ROBBED . Hollywood, Aug. 7 (U.R) Movie Actor Louis Adlon today reported to police he was held up by four bandits who robbed him of a $2300 sapphire and diamond ring and $180 cash after slugging him, Closing time for Classified Ada 8:39 a. m. Too Late to Classify 12:15 p. m. your crispy green salads taste better made with half her home waters and more than half her home skies. But British sources estimated: today that Japan has 4,000.000 men in its active ground forces,; plus a Japanese home guard of unknown value but estimated at at another 2,500,000 to 3,000,000. i The front-line or active army is, believed to be distributed rough-, ly as follows: j Jap Home islands 1,700,000 Manchuria ..... 750,000 China 650.000 Malaya and bypassed 1 islands 600.000 1 Kuriles and northern peninsulas 300,000 V V. 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