Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 07, 1945, Image 6

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., September 07, 1945, Page 6, Image 6

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1945)

Prev Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextSIX -MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUIf Friday, Sept. T, 184S Houston Survivors Tell Of Treatment As Jap Captives By Waller Bundle United Presi Correspondent Calcutta, Sept. 7 4J.R) Sur vlvors, long given up for dead revealed today that the Amen can cruiser Houston, which van Ished without trace after the bat tle of the Java Sea, was sunK in flumes by a Japanese task force off the Java coast with a los of 644 of her 1,012-mnn crew. Of 368 survivors who reached Java's beaches and were captur ed by the Japanese, 220 were sent to Burma where 69 died along with 62 other American and 20,000 allied prisoners of war laboring in the steaming sun mi construction of the iiurma Thailand railroad. Others Still Missing Tn- remainder of those res- from the Houston were ent to Janan as "technicians' .nrl haven't been heard from The Houston group of survlv. ors and members of the 131st t.vi: (national cuard) field ar tillery' battalion also captured on Java were flown into Lai' cutta from Thailand yesterday Most were gaunt and hollow eyed and suffering from malnutrition. (Oh fell iwimw-MCKtD SUQ3T , IN MOUTUHl- A RESISTANT JlJ CsRTONS '" f GRANUIATIO '; I lr SEE HUMPHREY FOR CASH for your 1841 or 1842 Car HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Ave. One out of every four of the 473 American soldiers and sail ors working on the railway pro ject died. One officer estimated that the 131st, which was only one week out of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese struck, had left one-fourth of Its 258 surviv ors buried beside the deep cuts and steep grades of the railway. ThiV lav mixed among the TOTAL CASUALTY LIST DROPS 547 OVER PAST WEEK OBITUARY WILLIAM F. PUHL Services for William F. Puhl, Gold Hill, who passed away in Grants Pass Thursday, will be held in the Conger-Morris Chap el at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiat ing . Interment will be In Siski you Memorial Park. The Eagles Lodge, Medford, and the Gold Hill Grange, will participate in the services as he was a charter member of both organizations. He was born in Germany on July 27, 1869, coming to the U. S. when 19 years old. For the past 40 years he had made Washington, Sept. 7 (U.R) U. S. combat casualties of World War II were computed at 1,070,452 today. This was a drop of 547 from the total computed a week ago. bv 150 rinrincr ih wnnlc hut J his home in the Gold Hill com- gravej of 150.000 Thai and Bur- armv to(as wore reduced bymunity. , mese slave laborers who were,697 dlle readjustments in the I Surviving are his wife, Mrs. missing category. Carrie Puhl, Gold Hill; four It was the second consecutive i children. Fred and Kenneth week the army figure has ' Puhl, Chicago; Louis, of Helena, dropped instead of Increasing. ! Mont., and Mrs. Gretchen I. The total included 250.008 Schnieder, Seattle; two step dead, 651,261 wounded, 3S 923 daughters, Mrs. Bonita A. Kes- missing and 123,272 prisoners of j terson, Klamath Falls, and Mrs. war. Hulda L. Avena, Sacramento. The army total of 922,587 In- also seven grandchildren and eluded 27,976 missinR, a de- three great-grandchildren, crease of about 3.500 in this1 category during the past week. The casualty table: Army Naw Total H03.:i7 V1H17 ?3rt.0!6 also worked to death by the Jap anese. Cruelties Told Over 100 of those already rescued from both outfits pieced togetner a story of beatings, star vation and bad treatment which rivalled the worst horrors of Batam. Thev were fed a starvation diet of two meals a day consist ing of rice supplemented occas ionally by meat, or thin soup made from boiled radishes. Some men were driven to eating rats, snakes, cats and dogs. They were made to work wiln pick and shovel in a broiling heat from 10 to 20 hours a day. They had to lug huge timbers great distances on their bare shoulders. The Japanese guards were al ways there to beat them with rifle butts, bamboo staves, fists or heels, for the simplest infrac tion of innumerable rules. Painful ulcers of the sick were; hama, Sept. 7 Irrigation Season Draws to Close In Rogue River Valley The irrigation season In the Rogue River valley now drawing to a close was successful as a whole, according to Watermaster Clinton Smith. All the main crops have been made and the water is now being used in some areas for final hay crop and pas tures. In the districts where the stream flow is low, some of the ditches have been closed. The season Is scheduled to end be tween September 25 and October 1. A sod-soaking fall rain is hoped for as pasture insurance and to keep fields green. No estimates have yet been made on the hold-over water in the main irrigation district reser voirs, but is figured it will not be any lower than last year. THE COW SPECIALIZES GN PRODUCING MILK Killed wminl-a 571.581 72 1172 6l.2fil Missing 27.?7fi 10U7 .711023 Prisoner 1 1 !.4H 3,1,21 12.1272 Of the army wounded. 358, 880 have returned to duty. Of the army prisoners, 97,773 have been liberated. PATRICK M. MeCOY Patrick Michael McCoy, 54, passed away in a local hospital at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. He was sticken with a heart attack at Central Point at 10:30 a.m. and brought to Medford in the Con- I ger-Morrls ambulance. He died i without regaining consciousness. I The body is at the Conger-Morris i Funeral Parlors and the coroner I is attempting to locate relatives. New Jap Carrier Had Rriof u. s. Field Hospital. Ynko- Dailv Weather Renort deliberately kicked, and others half-crazed with malaria were forced to keep working. When they collapsed and could no long er work, they were denied any food. Court Records Justice Court Harold G. Johnson, driver axle overload, $10.73 and costs. Pete A. Adams, failure to transfer title, $1 and costs. Dale P. Newtown, no vehicle license, $1 and costs; no opera tor's license, $1 and costs. Allan E. Bunnel, no tall light, $1 and costs. Frank T. Arnold and Leon C. Taylor, conducting business of plumbing without registration, $1 and costs each. Jim H. Jcnks, driver axle overload, cited. Harrold A. Allen, angling without license, $23 nnd costs. Police Court Sllvanla R. Garcia and George Howe, drunk, released on $5 bail. Dillard A. Rnmsoy, drunk, five days jnil, suspended. Court House News Divorce Complaints Helen P. Albright vs. Gerald R. Albright. Wallace Edward Cunningham vs. Irma Zelma Cunningham. W. Divorce Decree Rhea Favor vs. Daniel Favor. Clay Elmore Higglns vs. June Elizabeth Hlggins. Ettle Barry Pair vs. E. J. Pair. Owens Valley Piute Indians claim to have been overlords of the region from the dawn of tri bal existence until the coming of the whites. pfiV vicpf f d kids like ?VTf 'u' P,ato cn'P ,rt ''jSorV' ' t3 ,nt mo" popular lunch sZSl 5sP-r,il food- ThfV dJ ,rtt S Tti because (hey are fresh snd I xffi' v delicious. They dd energy I 'vKtjifej'jSoA because potatoes re high I energy food. They have I iiSftfJ-ii S't'ifK? ,n" 8'nd potato flavor-- I 'OTlit "They Are SABINIZFD'' 1 5fitli, tffflk ,ne new,-modern method -OAT Cfcj means . ETa" Ti'TPl fresher. potato tbips I Chips. ..Potato new Japanese - (U.R) A brand aircraft carrier i FORECASTS had scarcely left the ways dur-;"nd Saturday. Slowly rlsln tempera, ing launching ceremonies in the ! "o'uion: Clear tonllht and Saturday. Eskimo Pays Price In Child's Murder Walla Walla, Sept. 7 (U.R) His wife's last appeal for a stay of execution denied, Joe Bill, Eskimo sex-slayer of five-year-old Irma Irene McGough, of Seattle, died on the gallows of the state penitentiary today. Bill claimed he killed the Seattle child "in a moment of drunken tnadness" April 12. In a last statement, the Eskimo said: "All I wish is that most of the young men I am leaving be hind will benefit by my mistakes that I made all through my life, and especially this one. I hope to God that He forgives me." I wftt-Mmi ata. .v asresy. COMSISHT tSiS. H'LIS SSOS COfFIl the. "Certainty specialization pays!" mooed the cow . . . "Just taste this rich, creamy milk." And for proof that it pays to give undivided attention to buying, blending, roasting, and packing the finest coffees obtainable, taste Hills Bros. Coffee. Every pound has the same matchless flavor. Everywhere those who drink Hills Bros. Coffee say "Now that's what I call good coffee!" HILLS BROS COFFEE, KC,-64Wi ft middle of 1042 when it was tor pedoed and sunk by an Amer ican submarine, American pris oners or war said today. Local frost east of Cascades tonight. Gentle variable wlndi off coait. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: HlKhe Tot. hest 100: lowest S3. Japanese standing bv to wave inchev f ags at the "lovful laiinrhiriL-" neheicncy for the month .03 Inchea. ' " . , jojilll Ullntlliru Total precipitation ilnce September nearly went mad when the rr- 1. m-tv na inrhei. Deficiency for the aeaaon: .03 inenci. in ner was sunk, the prisoners said " "" Rin tney naa , Relative humidity at S:J0 p. Deen working at nearby dorks yi"oy ; Toaay b-c during the launching. Riverside Market Reopens After Fire The Riverside Market, which was badly damaged by fire two months ago, has reopened with a complete new stock of foods. The interior has been painted white offering a bright new background for the merchandise. This week also marks the ninth anniversary of the found ing of the store, according to Charles Batcman, owner. Tomorrow Sunrise S44 a.m.: auniet 7:33p.m. Observations Taken At 5:30 A. M., 120 .Meridian Time High l.ow Prec. i Roite 73 41 Boston 84 Chicago 03 Denver OS Eureka 04 llavro 73 Los Angelea .................. 01 Closing time for Runrtay Too Lata to Classify 4 00 Saturday afternoon Please remember. 70 Medford New York Omnha I'hoenlx .., Portland . .. Keno Iloseburff ..........., Suit I tike 84 BS 03 110 73 IS 75 70 S7 Snn Francisco .... .Seattle SO Spokane 73 WiiKhtrgton, D. C. H S3 Yakima 7B SO 43 04 07 ST 67 80 S4 30 50 40 71 43 Closing time for Classified Ads 8:30 m. loo Lata to Claaalfy 13:13 p. in est BUV KOVJ! AeiosAfuu' 1 "nuK lots of .matt ones and N d! SwMt! thein nighty soocl! i mn sqlleere.cu (or juice, for the lunch fpf SunWist, the Anions citrus growers. m .. r A i. iii ; i Iff' ifH'"., v vtJ IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY AT LUMANS' TELEPHONE 2239 MAIN AND BARTLETT A Complete Food Department Store Filled With a Variety of for I18USEK HAPPY eh E E!s3 B S lb. Red Can 33e lb. Blue Can 27c HILLS BROS. COFFEE ! HUC0A 25c lb. CAMPBELL'S TOMATO SOUP 3 for 25c TILLAMOOK CHEESE 37c lb. SHAKER SALT M" 3 for 25c HUNT'S TOMATO SAUCE 3 for 23c SUHBRITE CLEANSER 3 for 17c SOY BEANS Ho. 2 size tins 9c WHITE ROSE BLEACH Special Sale Saturday! MILK 10c ca;r Carnation Borden Pat Sego LAMB hSL For Vitaminful Meals Sold to You Fresh When Flavor Is Best lb 38c LAHB ROAST Shoulder Cuti lb 30c Good supply of Choice Hens young and fat PORK FRESH SIDE lb 28c Pot Roast Hb 25c STEAK SIRLOIN TBONE Choice lb 35c RABBITS H lb 48c DILL PICKLES 3 for 10? STEAKS m lb 35c ROASTS Hb 25c Nice line of Choice Lunch Meats for that Picnic or Snack Short Ribs E, lb 20c BEEF BONELESS Cut in Cubes lb 30c It always pays to buy Your Meats at Lumans Visit the PAKERY DEPT. for all the good and tasty foods we are per mitted to offer in these days of shortening and sugar shortage. OVEN FRESH BREAD DAILY ALWAYS A Large Assortment of FINEST QUALITY POINT FREE O Canned Fruits In Heavy Syrup O Canned Vegetables Catsup Chili Sauce O Juices O Preserves Jams Jellies Stock Up NOW! WATERMELONS Sweet Potatoes, 2 lbs. 25c N. I Extri Fincy TOMATOES, local fancy 4 pounds 19c ORANGES, Sunkisi, large size dozen 43c LEMONS, Sunkisi juicy dozen 29c RED RIPE ib. M 2 l lH"l - Till I"'