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LAST SHOT FIRED B Relating how the Cruiser Con cord, on which he has been sta tioned for the past four years had the honor of firing the last shot coming from a major vessel in shore bombardment in this war, Phil E. Robinson, GMlc re cently wrote to his parents in Medford. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Robinson, 836 Taylor street. Robinson has been home on leave but once in the past four years. His duties have taken him to many ports on both the North and South American con tinents and in the letter he re called some of the highlights of the cruiser's war experiences. "It has been the Concord's job to heip keep the pressure on the northe-rn end of the Japanese em- pire by making a total of eight shore bombardments on the Ku- rile chain and by harassing Jap shipping around the Kuriles," he wrote. "Two such strikes were made into the Okhatak Sea. Our last trip to the Kurile Chain was made just previous to the end of the war The Concord has the honor of firing the last shot on a shore bombardment by a major vessel in this war. "An interesting sidelight, and a very interesting trip, too, was the voyage on which we took Adm. R. E. Byrd to a variety of places in the Pacific, finally end ing in the Society Islands. That was in September, October and November of 1943. It was for his accomplishments on this trip that Adm. Byrd was awarded the Legion of Merit." "The old Concord finally came through. We thought it quite a distinction to have been able to fire tie last round on Jap held territory " Robinson, whose ship is now based in the Aleutian Is- Was it a Waltzing Whatsit? A soldier in a military hospital looked down at the food tray his nurse had brought. There was a quaint little stranger. A comic figurine, you might call it a thingummy. Or was it a whatsit waltzing among the dishes? Because it appeared to wink at him, the soldier felt certain it was not a gadget. A gadget is too sobcrsided for such shen anigans. But he couldn't decide whether it, was a thingamajig or a hootcnannit. They're both the playboy type. Well, he commenced to laugh. And that, sir, was very impor tant. A laugh was just what the doctor ordered but couldn't provide. It released that inner tension medicine couldn't get at. Some Western woman had fashioned that little life saver. She is one of many, many women who give up their leisure time to make things for men in military hospitals little things even Uncle Sam can't buy . . . tilings with the"woman's touch" . , . tabic favors . . . scrap books filled with chosen stories, art icles, cartoons . . . ornaments for Easter, the Fourth, Thanks giving . . . homey "et ceteras". Christmas will be a grander day in the hospitals because one group, for instance, spends weeks fashioning tin cans -j-F's of the metal drive into Christmas-tree ornaments. They shear out slick designs. They apply shellac. They sprinkle on tinseL Vet it's something else that makes those trinkets shine. That's something called heart. That's what truly turns those thingummies and whatsits, those hootenannies and gadgets into medicine quite beyond a physician's magic. That's what transmutes the hard work these women put into their hospital projects to something finer than rubies. Imperial City Reduced to AsHes &3 r? zfr-z ? wVfV' vrv5 i&X -"?NtfCta: , gotten, jtmwur .itt .-j-matsjM'.im ( Acme J ctt'iihotot Picture shows the remains of the once proud capital city of Japan reduced to vast area ot rulible and destruc tion by terrific pounding of U. S. Air Force. B-29's flew over Tokyo leaving a steady stream ot bombs that flattened the city, and left only a comparativ e handful of buildings iu many city blocks. lands, was at one time employed by the Mail Tribune. T no i COUNTY PICTURES Jackson county's Industries and scenic spots are being photo graphed this week by Ray Atkin son ol the National Geographic magazine staff, the pictures to be used in connection with a Geo graphic article on Oregon, ac cording to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Sunday Atkinson photo graphed Crater and Diamond Lakes. Monday he took scenes in Ashland's Lithia Park and of his toric Jacksonville spots. Yester day the Dhotographcr visited or chards and packing plants and today he is taking pictures of cat tle and cattle ranches in the county. It is understood that the pho tographer will visit Josephine countv next. Newton A. F inkier Passes In Fresno News of the death of Newton A. Finkler, former Medford res ident, has been received here. Finkler passed away Sunday, August 26, at his home in Fres no, Calif., after having been in ill health for several months. Finkler, who left Medford a few years ago after an extended residence here, is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. Curtis C. Darby, and two grand sons, all of Fresno. HOME HEGIRA GROWS Kingman, Ariz., Sept. 5 (U.R) Homewardbound war workers, averaging eight to a car, passed through the Kingman state high way inspection station en route to the east last month at twice the rate for August, 1944, offic ials said today. A total of 14, 380 cars were counted through the station last month, compared to 6,420 a year ago. Daily Weather Report FORF.CASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy to clou.-iy with occasional light show ers tonifiht and Thursday. Warmer Thursday. Oreeon: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with tew showers near mountains, blichtly warmer inursday. Gentle westerly wind off coast. LOCAL, DATA Temperature a year aro today: Highest 103; Lowest 51. Total monthly precipitation: 0 Deliciency for the month: .0 inches. Tot.u precipitation since September 1. 1945 0 inches. Deficiency for the season: .04 inches. Relauve humidity at 5 30 p. m. yes terday: 42 'b; 5.30 today: tt3'0. Tomorrow Sunrine 6:41 a. m. Sunset 7:37 p. m. Obseivations Taken at 4:30 a. m., 120 Meridian Time. High Low Prec. Boise ua 02 lioston .. ..... 08 Chicago US 05 51) Denver bureKa Havre Los Ar.eeles .Med fore. - New l'ork Phoenix i'ortland .... , ill , 70 . 86 103 . ni , 74 . 05 .114 69 87 . 82 71 54 50 Heno RoseLurg Salt Lone City C-an t"i dncisco Seattle Spokane Washington, D. C. Vakima 63 49 CHECKERS WANTED GOOD PERMANENT POSITIONS PLEASANT WORKING CONDITIONS -GOOD WAGES Apply in person at either Safeway Store in Medford 3 Col. Nicol Smith (Acme TeJcphoto) Lt. Col. Nicol Smith, Office of Strategic Service, reveals In Wash ington, D. C, that about 300 sur vivors of cruiser Houston, sunk earlj In war. are Interned In Jap prison camp In Thailand. Col. Smith re vealed that five of survivors escaped from the camp to a guerrilla camp In Thailand operated by representa tive of the O. S. S., bringing first word that, any of Houston's crew had survived. Final Rites For Talent Resident Scheduled Friday Ashland, Sept. 5 Funeral services for Edwin Deacon, re tired Methodist clergyman and resident of Talent for the past 18 years, will be hold at Litwil ler Funeral Home Friday at 1:30 p.m., with interment in the IOOF addition of Mountain View cemetery. Deacon passed away at the Medford Osteopathic Clinic hos pital Sept. 3 as result of a cere bral hemorrhage suffered in a fall. He is survived by a niece in Tacoma, Wash., and other rela tives in the eastern states. Court House News Marriages Raymond II. Chambers Leola A. Edmondson. Elwood Milton Clark and and Louise Mae Fawver. Bert Moore and Elizabeth Anna Donnelly. James Edwin Putman and Rosa Esther Whaley. Vernon Dale Gleaves and Vir ginia Fay Hawley. Zedor DeMello and Loma Ma rie Waterhouse. MODEL DIVORCE Hollywood, Sept. 5 (U.R) Model Muriel Kane's friends said she always looked as if she were about to burst into tears during her eight-month marriage to Lt. Cmdr. Walter Kane. To day she held a divorce from the former actor's agent. "Our tem peraments clashed and he would pick and nag at me constantly," she told Superior Judge Jess E. Stephens. it 1 and RuirT SHOWERS NOT TO Showers that fell last night over the Rogue River valley will not delay more than half a day, harvesting of the Bartlott pear crop, now nearing an end, Assist ant County Agent C. B. Cindy reports. The precipitation was not general, and reports indicate it fell heaviest in the hills. Growers hope to complete the Bartielt harvest this week-end and start picking and packing Howeils and D'Anjous the first of next week. The assistant county agent said the estimate by packers of the Bartlctt crop, at a million boxes was a conservative figure. The crop is rated as the largest in the records of this section. MERCHANTS URGED TO WATCH CHECK CASHING District Attorney George W. Neilson has again issued a warn ing to merchants and others to use caution in cashing checks for strangers His office has received numerous complaints the past 10 days. The district attorney states with the first signs of fall, check forgers start operating. He urg es owners of check protectors to keep them locked up as a popu lar autumn criminal trick is to break into some office and steal the protector for use on bogus paper. "Fashion Right" Fall Suits Fine Fabrics - - ill km 3 'Wirt ! . j. Cardigan Cr Coat Styles in 100 Wools $49.95 to $90.95 MM OBITUARY CLARENCE W. ROSE Clarence W. Rose, who moved here two years ago from Eugene, passed away Tuesday at a local hospital. He was employed at the Sugar Pine mill at Central Point. Mr. Rose was born July 29, 1899, at Alma, Kans., and was urfitcd in marriage with Miss Joyce Von der Hellen in 1927. Survivors include the wife, two children, William Clarence and Nancy Joyce, his mother, Mrs. Oscar Rose, of Medford; three brothers. Oral Rose, Med ford; George Rose, Tacoma, and Roy Rose, Alma, Kans. Funeral services will be con ducted from the Perl Funeral Home Friday at 4 p. m., with the Rev. Father George Turney, rec tor of Saint Mark's Episcopal church officiating. Interment will take place in Siskiyou Me morial Park. WIB CONNER Wib Conner, Medford resi dent for 23 years, and beloved by a host of friends, passed away Monday at the family residence, 532 North Grape street. Mr. Conner was born at Wap papello, Mo., June 2, 1861. His wife, Mrs. Almedia Con ner, passed away in March, 1944. He is survived by the following children; Clarence Conner and Mrs. Alma Dye, of ' Medford; Mrs. Ethel Bennett, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Lillian Hanscom, Cen tral Point; Wilby and Warren Conner, Merrill, Ore.; stepchil dren, Joseph E. Hooper, Barns dall, Okla.; Charles Hooper, Bak ersfield, Cal.; Clyde Hooper, Klamath Falls, Ore.; Harold Smith, LaCrescenta, Cal., and Mrs. Clara Perkins, Yellow Jacket, Colo., and 43 grandchil dren. Funeral services will be con ducted from the Perl Funeral Home Monday at 2 p. m., with the Rev. Delbcrt Daniels officiat ing. Interment will be in Siski you Memorial Park. JAMES B. RUSH Joseph B. Rush passed awny in a Portland hospital Sunday. He was born in Pleasantvtlle, Penn., March 5, 1879. Mr. Rush leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Jessie M. Rush, of Medford; three sons, Frank L., San Francisco; Joseph Schilling Tea Impeccably Tailored Houndsrooth Check in Brown and Whife Black and White Grey Stripe Fuchsia Grape Aqua PAY LESS AND DRESS BETTER DEPT. STORE B., Jr., In the navy, and Rich ard E. Rush, U. S. army; one daughter, Mrs. Elaine Lingren, of Medford, also two brothers, Albert L. Rush, Portland, and Merle C. Rush, Fresno, Cal., and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home Thurs day at 10:30 a. m., the Rev. Bruce of the Methodist church in Ashland will officiate and in terment will be in Siskiyou Me morial Park. ANNA MAY WEBSTER Anna May Webster passed away at her home on East 12th street Tuesday. Mrs. Webster was born on April 16, 1893, at Beaver Lake, Alberta, Canada, On June 2, 1908, she was mar ried to Arthur Webster at Cas cade, B. C. Mr. and Mrs. Webster came to Jackson county in 1923. Left to mourn her passing are her husband, Arthur Webster, and three children, Mrs. Ruth Clark, Central Point; Mrs. Ruby Munshaw, Medford, and FUgnt Lt. Loren Webster, of the RCAF. Several brothers and sisters in Canada and two grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home Fri day at 2 p. m. The Rev. Rolph Hansen of the Federated church in Central Point will officiate and interment will be in Sis kiyou Memorial Park. An elaborate exhibition of photographs, comparing Ameri can and British railroad trains, stations, bridges and equipment propaied with the assistance of the United States Office of War Administration, was opened in London and will make an ex tended tour of English cities and towns, according to British Rail ways. SORTERS WANTED! Apply in person our plant Southern Oregon Sales rriivviSi'ifiiitiJ Its quality is a tradition, its flavor rich and satis fying. Try this finer tea. - Priced Right 1 S 5 JL H f1?',0 'I0","1' and ri,!ht !n Wm ow" backyard I This tine 1 II 1 T A includes a llvo foot bow, four fastflylng arrows, leather 1 We have ust the auiti you'll want for fall and winter smartness. You will ap preciate the unique tailoring and fine quality 100 wool in all our fall suits when you see the many handsome styles included in our superb collection of au tumn fashions. 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