Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 03, 1945, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE Wtdnoidir. Oel. S, 194S L An account of the travels and experiences in the Soutli Pacific aboard the USS Alaska was re ceived this week by Mrs. Jean Gail in a letter from her hus band, Robert C. Gail, ARTlc, aboard the Alaska. Gail's wife and son reside at 1116 West Fourth street. Beginning with commission ing of the ship, the letter said in part: "Because the Alaska was the first of the 27,500 ton battle cruisers to join the fleet and to enter action with the enemy, everything about her was treat ed with deep secrecy during her first year of life. "After being commissioned and fitted out the Alaska made her shake-down cruise to the Gulf of Paria, off Trinidad, and for the next six weeks she under went last minute changes in her superstructure and fire-control equipment. There followed two weeks of speed trials off the naval base of Guantanamo, Cuba, before we went through from loss of OlrUr Woment If you lososomtjch dur ing monthly period that you (eel weak, "dragged out" this may be due to low blood Iron. Bo try Lydla K. Plnkham's TABi.rrs ono of tho best home ways to help build up red blood In ouch coses. Unkham'a Tablets are one of the great est blood-Iron tonics you can buy. follow label directions. lydia L PinMiam's TAC ISTS the Panama Canal. As we went through the canal that day our new address became co fleet post office, San Francisco." Gail's letter continues with accounts of the ship's action with task force 58, which Included participating in carrier attacks against Tokyo, the invasion of Iwo Jima and action in the Kyushu and Okinawa areas. The Alaska also served with task forces 38 and 95 and now that the war is over is steaming along with task force 71 in the Yellow Sea. "While we arc waiting to assist in the occupa tion," the letter said, "We're counting up our points and I leave It to you to guess what one thought is uppermost in the mind of every man on board the good ship Alaska." FEW JAPlSE STILL IN CAMPS San Francisco, Oct. 3 (U.R) Less.than 18,000 persons of Jap anese descent remain in reloca tion centers and unnecded camps are being closed on schedule, the War Relocation Authority an nounced today. R. B. Cozzcns, assistant direct or of the WRA. said less than half of the 111,000 originnlly evacuated from the west coast plan to return to their former homes. The others are moving to the east and middlewest. Cozzens reported closing of sections of one relocation center at Gila River, Ariz., and two others at Poston, Ariz. Nine camps are still open. Of the 17,000 Japanese still held at Tule Lake, 6,000 are sub ject to federal department of Justice action. Engines for the "Shootlna Star," first American-made Jet plane, nave only one moving part. FAIRCII1LD CABIN PLANE m ftHARTPR crouinc -7jv wiinii i hit Vkll I I Vb PHONE 757 or 794-J 2-WAY RADIO EQUIPPED STUDENT INSTRUCTION! New Training Planes! M fir M FLYING SERVICE Grants Pass, Oregon ! IS Cpl. Donald O. Dorothy, Jack sonvllle, has received the bronze star for meritorious service in Europe, according to a dispatch received from the European theater of operations. The citation, signed by his commanding officer, read in part: "For meritorious service In connection with military opera tions as construction foreman 332nd engineers general service regiment, from April 13 to 24, 1945. Cpl. Dorothy distinguished himself by directing personnel under his command. His con tinued good humor and willing ness to work long hours was an inspiration to his fellow workers and contributed greatly to com pletion of the project on the scheduled date. Cpl. Dorothy, who attended Jacksonville schools, entered the service in May, 1942, and went overseas in August of the same year. He has served in France, Belgium and Germany. Med ford Sailor Sees Native Life In Pacific Islands Hubbard Bros. and Hubbard-Wray Co. WILL CLOSE THURSDAY, 1:30 P.M. For the Afternoon IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY of FCRTUNATUS HUBBARD O If.' 2.1" iiiari ita Myrlin H. Scott, BMlc, navy man who has made ten crossings cf the equator during 34 months overseas, writes of his visits to many south Pacific islands in a letter received this week by a friend here. Scott and his twin brother, Melvin, and family are former residents of Mcdford. Besides visiting the Carolina islands, Guadalcanal, New Cale donia, and many other islands during 15 months aboard an LST. Scott wrote of the Philip pines as follows: ' I ve been to every largo is land In the Philippines and have been ashore on most of them and have been through the native villaQes. I just left Manila a few days ago While I was there I was given liberty and a chance to go ashore The people back In the States and in Medford reallv don't know what its like out here until they have seen it with their own eyes. "Medford is heaven compared with Manila." Documentary Film To Boost Australia San Francisco, Oct. 3 (U.R) Melbourne radio reported today that Ralph Foster, Canadian film producer and director of the Australian National Films board, has outlined a campaign to pub licize Australia with documen tary film. Foster, on leave from the Canadian Film board for one year, said the "documentary film is nnlv nnrt of a bis mib- llclty scheme calling also for co operation of tho newspapers, radio and leaders of national life," according to the broadce.st recorded by United Press. Alaska Homestead Facilities Limited Washington, Oct. 3 (U.R) Servicemen and women should think twice before setting out to homestead in Alaska, a House Appropriations sub committee reported today. The five man sub-committee, headed by Rep. Jed Johnson, D., Okla., listed conclusions based on a recent 38-day inspection tour of Alaska. Honicsteading opportunities, the report said, are "limited" and not "as flattering as some re ports had indicated." No. 1 War Criminal 1 I --v. j ( A E A 1 etrphmof HIj gold teeth shining, Tojo opens window of his home in Tokyo to ask Yank Army officers, who came to make his arrest as war criminal No. 1, what their business was. Few mo ments later lie shot himself, tearing gash ill his side, in unsuccessful sui cide attempt. We Cover AH 30 Wear Points With Our Complete CIRCO DEE TEE CLEANER is our scientific method of cleaning. It Icjvci gears spotlessly clean. LUBRICATION DEPT. OPEN 8 TO 6 LEWIS' SUPER-SERVICE 8th and Front Phono 2119 SKEETERS WILL MARK GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skectcrs, long-time residents of Jackson county, will celebrate their gold en wedding anniversary Sunday by holding informal open house nt their home, Old Crater Lake highway. Friends and relatives of the widely known couple are invited to call between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock during the afternoon. The Skecters' address Is Route A, Box 3. GOLD HILL GARDEN CLUB MEETING SET FOR OCT. 5 Gold Hill, Oct. 3 U.R Gold Hill Garden club will meet at the home of Mrs. Fred Jones, Oct, 5 at 2 p. m. Anyone inter ested is invited to attend, ac cording to Hazel Holdonu-ss, chairman. The need for more Veterans' Administration nurses was ex pressed yesterday by F.. L. Knight, local contact representa tive of the Veterans' Administra tion, and information about the career opportunities in veterans' hospitals was given. According to a report sent Mr. Knight, 165,790 young veterans of World War II have been ad mitted to administration hos pitals to fight new battles asainst disease and disabilities and they need the best nursing care. Salaries of nurses have been increased and educational pro grams are now being developed to keep nurses informed on the latest in medicines, treatments and nursing techniques, the re port states. A new policy of auto matic rotation after a period of two years in an isolated Vet erans' Administration hospital will prevent any feeling that nurses are being assigned indefi- notely to any one remote facility. Four Air Bases On Inactive List San Francisco, Oct. 3 (U R)- - MaJ. Gen. Willis H. Hale, com manding general of the Fourth Air force, today announced 'he temporary inactivation of four ; more air bases on the west coast. ; Inactivated were the Ontano Army Air field and Van Nuys j Metropolitan airport in Califor-1 nia; Paine field near Evor-tt, ' Wash., and Mountain Home i Army Air field, Idaho. 1 II KILLED AT Grants Pass, Oct. 3 James Al fred Doak, 51, Williams, and Howard W. Gifford, about 50, recently of Klamath Falls, were ing at the Brown Brothers saw ing att he Brown Brothers saw mill near Williams, when they were crushed by a log which rolled from a truck they were unloading. The two men had loosened the chains and binders around the logs and had crawled beneath the load to pull the chains from beneath when the smallest of the five logs on the truck suddenly toppled on them. James A. Doak was borri at Williams October 2, 1894, and had spent all but 15 years of his life in that community. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle Doak; four daughters, Vera June Doak of Grants Pass, Shirley Ivis Doak, Ilia Patterson, and Velma Fern Doak, all of Wil liams; two sons, Vernon Doak and Douglas Stewart Doak, both of Williams; and a brother, Clar ence Doak of Grants Pass. Nothing could be learned of Gifford, only that he came to this community recently from Klam ath Galls. His mother is believed to reside in Roseburg. St. Mary's Alumni Meeting Tonight A meeting of the alumni of St. Mory's academy will be held tonight in the academy auditor ium beginning at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Ronala W. Baker, president, an nounced yesterday. The meeting has been espec ially called to discuss plans for a dinner dance to be held the last of this month and it is re quested that all members, in cluding those who have attend ed the St. Mary's high school without graduating, attend. P.-T. A. Activities Central Point P.-T.A. Membership Week will be stressed at the meeting of the Central Point Parent-Teacher association set for Friday, Oct. 5, in the high school, officers an nounce. A membership drive will be conducted under the direction of Mrs. William Foley. Third grade pupils will present a program under direction of Miss Mabel Dodson and Miss Frances Tonn and following the program tea will be served in honor of the teachers, with mem bers of the executive committee as hostesses. All parents, especially new ar rivals in Central Point, are urged to attend the meeting. Mrs. Irene Anhorn is president of the group for 1945-46. Use Mall Tribune Want .da. ATOMIC BOMB SCARE CONVINCES NOVELIST Hollywood, Oct. 3 (U.R) Con vinced that the atomic bomb will wipe out the world's great cities. Trench novelist Maurice 1-icko-bra. BO, today prepared for death. Dekobra willed his valuables and his pet Pomeranian dog to the island of Tahiti and the in habitants of the planet Mars. And he directed that his body, if there is anything left of it, be given to the nearest biological institute for a study of radio activity. BIRTHS CONRAD To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest, Rt. 2, Box 180, Oct. 2, 1945. a girl, 8 pounds, at Com munity hospital. WHITE To Sgt. and Mrs. Jack E., 531 Talm St., Oct. 3. 1945. a girl, 6 lbs., at Sacred Heart Hospital. DEEN To Mr. and Mrs. El don. 409 Hill Ave.. Oct. 2. 1945. a girl, 7 lbs., at Sacred Heart Hospital. THE GRANGE Cantral Point Grange Or'ral Point Grange will meet Friday night with County Juvenile Otticer R. M. Elder opening the program at 8:30 oclotk with a talk on Juvenile delinquency. The program will be open to the public. WEATHER Northern California Chwr today, tonight and Thursday but with morning fog near ocean. Little temperature. Gent'e to moderate northerly wind off const. TOO GENEROUS Rochester. N. Y., Oct. 3 1' P Solomon 13. Hoimnn. 50. was held for grand jury action today he cause he paid up too many de partment store bills. Postal authorities said Hieinan never owed the stores anything him self. They said he lifted bills mailed to other persons and then paid them with worthless checks always in execs of the amounts due. (.' Mail Iricuai want Ala. Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On Creomulsion relieves prompt Iv be cause It awes r'Tht to tho scat of the trouble to help loosen and expel (term laden phlegm, ar.d aid nature to soothe and heal raw. tender, ln fUmed bronchi.il mucous mem branes. Tell your druonsi to sr 11 you a botUe of Creomulsion with the un tU'rruindiri? you must like the way it Quicklv alli.vs the couch or you are to hnve vcur rr.onev baclc. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Cheat Colds, Bronchitii Bazaar & Rummage Sale 9:00 to 6:00 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Lovely Hand - Crocheted Bedspread New Aprons New Towels Service Kits Quilt Pieces Dishes SPANISH WAR VETERANS AUXILIARY 40 Front Street Saga Of Schooner As Jap Sub Decoy Revealed By Navy San Francisco, Oct. 3 (U.R) The Saga of the USS Anacapa, which prowled the Pacific in search of Japanese submarines disguised as a lumber schooner, was revealed today by tne navy. The four-masted Coos Bay, which before the war carried lumber from the northwest to San Francisco, was selected in 1942 to act as bait for subma rines attempting to reach the Pacific coast area. The 336-foot ship was taken to San Diego and converted to a camouflaged "Q-boat" with four-inch guns mounted in deck houseaft and amidships and two three-inch guns hidden under plate flaps on the bow. She was equipped with Mie latest radar and sound gear as well as hidden guns for deoth charges and special clearance fjr large supplies of ammunition To complete her disguise, the Anacapa's decks were piled with lumber and her navy comple ment wore ordinary seamen clothing. Air Marker Planned By General Oil Co. Following recent announce ment by the Civil Air Patrol that it has secured the aid of General Petroleum Corporation in initiat ing an air marker program in the far western states, a list of critical points has been compiled by General and submitted to C.A.P. for aerial surveys. Medford is named as one of the'points at which the company is prepared to commence work immediately on an official mar ker. According ot C. C. Holmes, Mobilgas distributor in this area, General's storage tanks and warehouse here may be used as a base for the markings unless C.A.P.'s survey shows that an- nthpr lnratinn umuM ha mrti-A sirable from the standpoint of visiDimy irom tne air. Closing time for Classified Ads 8:30 m 'loo Late to Classify 12:13 p m fvi iu tin r mjLj. wtm E l I ra w WiW AT 0 'JSVCI AT ED O C I AT E D QUITS USING HARSH LAXATIVES Famous Cereal helps ex-constipation sufferer Are medicinal laxatives too harsh for your system? Then read this unsolicited letter: "I am a retired Mall Carrier and stnea 1 quit pounding the sidewalks I haven't had the exercise and I found it necessary to take medicinal laxatives until I discovered ,ll.L-.4.V. I really Ihink that medicinal laxatives are a little harsh when a person gets along In years: I am 69." James J. Walker. 612 8th Street South, Minne apolis 4, Minn. You, too, may never have to take another pill or purgative if your trouble is constipation due to lack of bulk. Eat a dish of KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAS' every day, and drink plenty of water. If not satisfied, send the empty carton to Kellogg's of Battle Creek. You will receive double tho money you paid for ii. ALL-BRAN is rot a purgative. 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