SIX -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.
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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.
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Spokane 73
WiiKhtrgton, D. C. H S3
Yakima 7B
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Closing time for Classified Ads 8:30
m. loo Lata to Claaalfy 13:13 p. in
est BUV KOVJ!
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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.
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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
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