EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE Wtdnoidir. Oel. S, 194S
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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
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help build up red blood In ouch coses.
Unkham'a Tablets are one of the great
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follow label directions.
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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.
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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
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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
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( 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.
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LUBRICATION DEPT. OPEN 8 TO 6
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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.
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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.
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Come and get it... Have a Coca-Cola
?l ir i i ft rTwrsniTsss,iii , mum las. .
. . "the Coke's in" at the Field P. X.
The news spread? when the Mobile Exchange comes up with good
thing? that remind your fighting Yank of home. It's like old home week
to hear the words Hate a Coc, bringing happy memories of days and
dates with the old gang. It says Kp up the good uvr; we're waiting
for you.
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