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Our Men and
Nation's
Women in the
Service
LIEUT. HAMMOND
PACIFIC HEROISM
Marine First Lieutenant Her
bert L. Hammond. Jr., of 20
Newton street, Medford, recent-
in .
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11'
fry. .
Lt. Herbert Hammond, Jr.
ly wa. awarded a bronze star
medal at a Pacific base for hero
ism as commander of an engi
neer platoon on Iwo Jima, the
marine corps announced today.
A graduate of Oregon State
College, he was employed by the
Oregon State Forest service be
fore entering the service in 1943.
His citation roads, in part:
"First Lieutenant Hammond,
in command of an engineer pla
toon, employed his unit skillful
ly throughout the operation, de
stroying many fanatically de
fended enemy emplacements.
"During the period March 2
to March 3, the platoon, under
his fearless leadership, used a
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USED CAR EXCHANGE
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total of two and one-half tons of
demolitions to destroy a strong
point of enemy caves and pill
boxes, many of them in front of
friendly lines."
Sgt. Donald Higgini
TSgt. Donald L. Higgins. 712
West 1 1th street, is a member of
the 660th Engineer-Topographi
cal Battalion, which has mapped
every American military opera
tion from the air war against
Germany to D-Day and the cam
paigns of France and Germany
The mappers will use more than
5.000 aerial photographs for
their work in mapping Bavaria
and Austria.
Lt. Walker Trent
United States Forces in Aus
tria First Lt. Walker M
Trcese, whose wife. Barbara
Jean, resides at 112 Medford
Heights. Medford, Oregon, was
among the first Americans to en
ter Vienna as a member of Gen
Mark Clark's forces. The force
will function as an army of oc
cupation in the American sector
of Austria, exercising military
control over governmental agen
cies during the .rehabilitation
period.
Sgt. Ted Vance
Ted Vance, whose wife and
two sons reside at route 3, box
190, Medford, was recently pro
moted to sergeant at the .Infan
try Replacement Training Cen
ter, Camp Roberts, cant.
Robert Rigot
Aboard the USS North Caro
lina, Off Japan (Delayed) Rob
ert E. Riggs. 22. coxswain
USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oli
ver S. Riggs, Route 2, is serving
aboard this battleship which is
part of the powerful Pacific
fleet engaged in occupying
J n Dan.
Under the operational control
of Admiral William F. Halsey.
USN, Commander of the 3rd
fleet, the North Carolina, one of
the "glamor" ships of the fleet,
assembled with 11 other battle
ships, 17 aircraft carriers, five
escort carriers, 20 cruisers and
more than 290 other U. S. ships
to carry out the first stages of
the occupation of the Japanese
home islands.
! Brmerhaven, Germany Henry t
S. Fitch, Route 1. Medford, Ore
; gon, serving with the pharma
; ceutical service of the 248th sta
: tion was recently promoted to
sergeant.
Sgt. Fitch's unit recently took
over directly from the Germans
the second largest naval hospi
tal of the German Reich.
During 21 months' service
overseas, Sgt. Fitch was sta
tioned with his unit in Wales.
England and France. He was
formerly employed as a Junior
with the Federal Fish and Wild
Life service.
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Japs Under British Control
Soon Learn Who Won War
Donald McClure
Tn the Western Pacific Don
ald William McClure, radioman,
first class, USN, Route 1, Med
ford, Ore., Is serving aboard the
USS The Sullivans, which car
ries more than the legend of the
five Sullivan brothers. On her
stack is painted the only green
shamrock in the United States
Fleet.
The battle record carried by
USS The Sullivajis includes six
iimjur eiifc;ab"t-1n-"-cU ii- aihi
shalls, New Guinea, the Mari
anas, the Philippines, Iwo Jima
and Okinawa eight Jop planes
shot down and the rescue of 347
officers and men.
Henry Fitch
With U. S. Service Troops,
Schilling
Mustard Sauce
A special treat with cold
meats and cheese
Sgt. Douglas North
With the 40th Infantry Divi
sion in the Philippines Staff
Sergeant Douglas E. North, 839
W. 13th street, Medford. Oregon,
has been awarded the air medal
"for meritorious achievement
while participating In aerial
flight near Fort Stotsenbury,
Luzon."
Sgt. North volunteered and on
three separate ilights acted as
observer for an artillery liaison
plane flying through intense en
emy fire to drop supplies to an
isolated unit of the veteran 40th
infantry division surrounded by
the enemy.
Russel Seaman
On the USS Bowie in the Pa
cific Russel E. Seaman, cox
swain, USNR, 628 West 10th
street, Medford, Ore., was en
gaged in practice landing opera
tions preparatory to the storm
ing of Japan's beaches, when the
announcement of peace came.
The maneuvers, carried out as
planned, had a sobering influ
ence on the crew of this attack
transport and gave the peace a
personal meaning.
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HOLD SPOTLIGHT
AT COURT
Two damage actions were filed
in circuit court yesterday. James
Mclntyre in a suit against hit
brother, George Mclntyre and
wife, seeks an accounting be
tween them relative to the oper
ation of a Josephine county
farm. In the other, I. O. Chap
man against Harvey Hertlcin,
damages are sought for an auto
truck crash on the Pacific high
way, September 12.
James Mclntyre in his com
plaint sets forth that in August,
1943, he quit his war defense
job in California, sold his war
bonds, auto and converted other
assets into cash, as his share of
the farm purchase. He alleges
that the defendant then refused
to enter Into any partnership
agreement, between August 1943
and last March 31, when he left
the farm. Last summer, the com
plaint recites, the defendant sold
the farm at a profit.
The plaintiff seeks $1800 for
labor performed on the farm,
$1150 for money advanced for
improvements, and asks that the
defendant's records and his own
be brought into court and an ac
counting be made.
Chapman in his action alleges
that on September 12, Hertlein
drove his auto on the Pacific
Highway in a negligent manner
resulting in a crash with the
truck and trailer, driven by
Chapman. He seeks $600 for
damages to the truck and trailer
and $720 for loss of their use.
PASTRAMI CHEAPER
Washington, Sept. 20 (U.R)
Pastrami and peppered beef,
popular sandwich meats fn Ko
sher delicatessens, arc coming
down in price, the office of price
administration said today. The
price for sliced dried beef also
is being reduced.
Closing time fnr Sunday Too Late
to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon
Please lemember
Concise Picture Given By
Commission Summaries;
Railroads Highest Value.
By Eldon Barrett
(United Press Correspondent)
Salem, Ore., Sept. 2 1 (U.R)
Statistically speaking, there are
78,769 horses and mules in the
state of Oregon valued at a total
of $1,913,590, an average of
$24.29 a head.
That bit of information Is con
tained in one of three charts
compiled by the Slate Tax com
mission and printed on a sheet
of paper, 33 by 13 inches, show
ing the summaries of the assess
ment rollB of Oregon for 1945.
ConclsePicture
The charts give a concise pic
ture of Oregon's wealth in real,
personal and public service prop
erties. For instance if a person wants
to know how many pigs are
rootin' around in Yamhill coun
ty, all he has to do is look under
the column titled "swine" and
count down through 35 counties
to No. 36. There it shows that
the pig population of County
Yamhill is 5,625. Value of
those Yamhill pigs is set at $'J8,
250, an average of $5.02 each,
which is way under ceiling price
at my meat market.
The chart shows there are
4,735,500.94 acres of tillable
lands in Oregon, with an aver
age value of $34.44 an acre.
Average worth of the state's 16,
987.237.33 acres of non-tillable
land is set at $3.76 an acre.
In the public service property
chart, it is revealed that the
total true cash value of Oregon
public service companies is
$360,349,938.94. The apportion
ed value set by the tax Commis
sion is $194,288,100.87.
Railroads Valuable
Steam railroads, union stations
and depot companies (all con
sidered together) have the
greatest wealth with a cash value
set at $170,583,660.50. Electri
cal companies are second with a
cash value of $122,801,219.
Express companies have the
smallest value with $213,867.20.
Total value of real and per
sonal property In the 36 coun
ties Is figured at $803,877,232.
However, after veterans' and
widows' exemptions are taken
out the total taxable property is
figured at $890,270,071.
The total taxable added tn the
apportioned value of the public
service companies gives a grand
total of $1,084,558,171.67 on
whic hthe state may collect
taxes.
By James F. McQUncy
United Press Correspondent
Hong Kong, Sept. 21 (U.R)
British forces in this crown col-
j ony are treating the Japanese
, far more firmly than American
occupation authorities have been
1 handling the enemy In his home-
Kind and in Korea.
Here the Japanese know they
have lost the war and no non
sense about It.
When British officers tell the
Japanese to jump, they Jump
and jump high.
Put In Cempi
All Japanese troops and sai
lors In the colony were rounded
up in the first few days of the
occupation, disarmed, and put
into concentration camps.
Scattered rations were given
them. When they complained,
the British told them:
"This is just what you fed al
lied prisoners. It it was good
enough for them, it's bloody well
good enough for you!"
The only time the Japanese
come Out of their concentration
camps is to repair roads, put the
local airstrip back into shape
and clean up camp areas.
In Korea, American occupa
tion authorities kept Japanese
officers in power temporarily,
but the British in Hong Kong
ousted enemy authorities imme
diately. British soldiers took over and
In a few , hours had a powcf
plant operating and trains run
ning on limited schedule.
Japs Stripped
In Japan, American officers
argued that a soft approach was
necessary until sufficient occu
pation troops were landed.
Here, a couple of thousand
members of an RAF regiment
took control of Kowloon from
8.000 Japanese. They did not ask
the Japanese to turn in their
arms. The British made them
strip naked, then made sure that
all guns and ammunition were
confiscated.
British marine followd the
same pattern in occupying Hong
Kong Itself.
A practical example of the
British altitude was the conduct
of a press interview with Jap
anese Vice -Admiral Ruiparo
Fumlta. It was enlightening to
watch the British public rela
tions officer tell a Juoanese
guard:
"Tell the admiral to come
here. I want to sea the admiral
right now."
Fumita's hands shook through
out the interview. He answered
questions readily. Unlike mili
tary and navy leaders with
whom I talked in Japan, ho did
not say he quit fighting only be
cause the emperor ordered him
to do so. He said Japan was
forced to surrender.
Friday. Sept. 11, 194S
MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE SEVEN
As a final treat, the British
have abolished censorship here
because the war is over. This is
the first uncensorcd dispatch
I've forwarded from abroad
without fear of repercussion
since 1941,
My only concern Is that come
American censor might intercept
it en route.
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29 N. Central Phone 3551
Ue Mall Tribune Want Ada.
With victory and peace, the good things of life
are coming back again among them Blue Bell
potato chips, fresh and crisp as always. Within
90 days there should be plenty for everyone
no more shortages no more rationing all the
famous and delicious Blue Bell chips you want
when you want them. Until then, bear with your
grocer if he is temporarily low in stock.
Hunters Discover
Japanese Balloon
Mineral, Cal., Sept. 21 (UP)
Two deer hunters disclosed to
day they found a Japanese bal
loon in the Dry Lake vicinity
near the border of Lassen Na
tional park yesterday.
The hunters said they did not
touch the balloon and saw noth
ing to indicate how long it had
been there.
They reported the find to the
U. S. Forest Service which in
turn notified army officials and
it was taken in charge by an
army party.
HALSEY AT PEARL
Pearl Harbor, Sept. 21 (U.R)
Adm. William F. Halsey today
was back from Tokyo, where the
war ended, to Pearl Harbor
where it started. The navy de
clined to comment on his
presence here, but it was known
the "Bull" arrived yesterday,
He is expected to take part in
week-end celebrations in honor,
of him and other returning vet
erans of the Pacific war.
Closlnit time for Sunday Too Lat
ro Classify 4.00 Saturday aflarnooD
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lb 35c RABBITS H lb 48c
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lb 30c
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Fine
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lb 38c LAM3
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lb 28c Pot Roastf lb 25c
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