TEN MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE
Peacetime Woes Of Men In Pacific
Exceed Hardships Of War Declares
Yeoman Frank Hull Serving On LST
An informative picture o the
confusion resulting in the Pa
cific from the efforts of the army
and navy to return men home
as speedily as possible and still
carry on essential occupation
and other tasks, is contained in
recent letters of Frank Hull, jr.,
yeoman first class on the LST
778.
Letters written while the LST
travels between Okinawa, Korea
and other bases, tell of lack of
supplies, thousands of men wait
ing in ports without transporta-
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Different sizes, different flavors, even in
pods on the same vine. That's the way Del
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only Del Monte goes Nature one better.
First, Del Monte takes out the peas too
young to have flavor, the peas so old they
have passed the prime of flavor.
Then, selects just the best of all the rest
and packs them together so the sweeter
flavor of the smaller sizes blends with
the richer flavor of the larger.
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the Pacific Coast.
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tion and other interesting details.
Writing Oct. 10 young Hull de
scribed a rough trip from Oki
nawa to Korea and said that be
fore leaving Okinawa the LST
had taken to sea in an effort to
outrun a typhoon. The LST, ac
cording to Hull, is hard to man
age in a storm and "between
fighting the elements and dodg
ing floating mines, all hands,
plus the army, had a miserable
time."
No Fresh Food
"To make our woes even moK
complete, we haven't had any
fresh provisions for three weeks.
Nothing but dehydrated foods
and a limited selection of can
ned goods." After describing a
typical day's menu he added "1
can assure you it is far from a
satisfactory diet, regardless of
what the army and navy public
ity departments have to say
about it. Such stories arc writ
ten In Washington. Since the end
of the war the navy's system of
supply has for some reason fail
ed to operate efficiently."
Later he wrote, "Truly, since
the end of the war it has been
far rougher and inconvenient out
here than before. We have been
continuously on the move and
short of everything."
in a tmrd letter the young
man said "It is pretty tough see
ing many of your shipmates
grow old and gray-haired in a
short span of 2 or 3 months.
This thing is beginning to tell
on them. The duty has been
tough. Everyone accepted the
good with the bad before the sur
render but now every man's
thoughts are of home and loved
ones.
Men Tired, Exasperated
"Tough, level-headed fellows,
who were always in the middle
of everything pitching for all
they were worth are becoming
listless, tired, discouraged, ex
asperated and mad. You see the
war is over, at least that Is the
claim, and instead of a let-up
they keep pouring it on and on.
It is go, go, go, plus adverse
weather and LST's Just don't
take rough weather in their
stride.
"Another thing, each Island we
visit, each navy base, has thou
sands of men on them sitting
around with enough points to go
home but no transportation. We
hear stories of ships returning to
the states, see ships sitting idle
In harbors for days (arrive in a
port and see ships sitting at an-
peas? You bet !
CaxCtf Qaxdcn. Peas
brand of peas on
jRirsr7-' ' rrt'; JjHh ,p,clal ,,raln of
-JSCgpf f r' itiMffwA wh,r ,0" ond "mo,
! chor that were there two weeks
ago when we left). The fellows
feel they are getting the dirty
end of the stick.
"The picture is bad, but per
haps we out here are looking at
it from a selfish point of view
and with rather limited knowl
edge. But if the navy would ad
nut it, things arc not running too
smoothly.
Yeoman Hull has been in the
navy about four years.
Y
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Sgt. E. G. Nye of Prospect Is
spending a furlough at his home
after serving the past year and
a half in the China and India
theaters of operation. Sgt. Nye
was a member of the 426th night
fighter squadron attached to the
14th air force, commanded by
Gen. Claire Chcnnault.
Sgt. Nye took part In bomb
ing and strafing attacks on Jap
anese railroads, bases, air fields
and other installations in China
and helped drive the Nips off
the huge B-29 strips and to make
way for the big planes to carry
on their devastating work
against the enemy.
The sergeant, who has been In
the army for the past 3'4 years,
had only the highest praise for
the pluckiness of the Chinese
people. He told of the high death
rate and commented that it is a
wonder the Chinese are able to
survive because of the many di
seases. An ancient custom of the
Chinese, still in practice, is to
bury their dead above ground
with a high pile of dirt being
placed over the body. It is a
crime to disturb one of the
mounds, Sgt. Nyc said, and be
cause of the great number of
graves, they deprive the Chinese
former of, badly needed land. It
was necessary to move some
graves to make room for a B-29
landing strip, the sergeant con
tinued, for there was not room
enough in the valley where the
strip was to be built to land the
big craft without moving some
of the graves.
HIGHWAY TRAGEDY
Reno, Nov., Nov. 5 (U.R) Po
lice today were investigating the
wreck of two huge oil trucks In
which Lloyd Anderson, 30, of
Reno, and an unidentified man
were burned to death on the
Donner summit after the vehicles
collided on the icy pavement
nine miles north of Truckce late
yesterday.
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START TRAINING
AS NAVY PILOTS
Charles Maben Gerhardt, 705
Palm street, and Russell Max
Killingsworth, Jacksonville Star
route, box 127-A, Medford, re
ported to the California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, Nov. 1,
to begin naval air cadet educa
tion, according to announcement
Lfrom the office of naval procure
ment, kJCdiui;.
Gerhardt is a graduate of Med
ford senior high school. Killings
worth was graduated from Jack
sonville high school.
As part of the navy's recently
announced peace-time continua
tion of its famed V-5 pilot train
ing program, 2,400 young men
were selected to enter leading
colleges throughout the nation.
One year of college training will
prepare them for pre-flight and
flight training. Upon completion
they will be commissioned either
ensigns in the navy or 2nd lieu
tenants in the marine corps.
The Office of Naval Officer
Procurement, 1311 Exchange
Building, 117 Marion street, Se
attle 4, Wash., has started selec
tion of applicants for the March
1 class. Young men 17 through
19 years of age who will be high
school eraduates by February 25
are eligible to apply.
THE GRANGE
Gold Hill Grange
Gold Hill Grange officers were
elected at the Nov. 1 meeting as
follows:
Master, John Gray; overseer,
Roy Cameron; lecturer, Adah
Jones; steward, Ora Dahl; assist
ant steward, Glen Chase; chap
lain, Myrtle Reed; secretary,
Lyndal Cameron; gate keeper.
Roy Bornaman; Ceres, Vada
Dahl; Pomona, Ann Christensen;
Flora, Beverly Christensen; lady
assistant steward, Edna Chase
Talent Grange
At the last regular meeting of
Talent Grange the annual elec
tion of officers was held as fol
lows: Master, L. H. Gallatin
overseer, Harry Hamilton; lec
turer, Mrs. R. D. Adrian; chap
lain, Mrs. Margaret Harris;
treasurer, Geo. Hartley; secre
tary, Mrs. Ruth Straus; steward
Ira Culver; assistant steward
Steve Lunak; gatekeeper, R. D
Adrian; Ceres, Mrs. Margaret
Mathes; Pomona, Mrs. Anna
Lunak; Flora, Mrs. Elva New-
loy 0onoJ Support
Iho Victory Loon I
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Lt. Hansen Cited
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U. Glenn A. Hansen. USN,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Harry W.
Hansen. 52 Ross Court, Medford.
Or., whose wifo, Barbara, lives
at Mercedes, Tex., was racently
presented with the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross at ceremonies
in the Philippines. Ha won th
award for 20 combat missions in
the southwest Pacific as pilot
of a Navv plane. (Official Navy
Photo).
man; lady assistant, Mrs. Mar
garet Hamilton; executive com
mittee, Lloyd Lacey.
Talent Grange will hold its an
nual Booster Night Thursday,
Nov. 8, with eovered dish supper
at 6:30. Grangers and their
friends are invited.
On Saturday, Nov. 10, the
Grange will serve a turkey din
ner between o ana p. re
mainder of the evening will be
given over to a dance.
Upper Applegate Grange
Obligations in the first and
second degrees were given Mr.
and Mrs. George W, Sconyers at
at the meeting of Upper Apple
gate Grange held Oct. 13.
An interesting lecture hour
was participated in by all mem
bers. George Sconyers was appoint
ed chairman of the victory bond
drive.
The quarterly report, read by
the secretary, Edward Finley,
showed three new members
gained.
Next meeting will be Nov. 10.
A covered dish dinner will be
enjoyed at 6:30 p. m.
A committee including Mr.
and Mrs. Scoville and Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Port served refresh
ments at the close of the meet
ing. Upper Applegate Grange will
hold a Thanksgiving dance the
night of Nov. 22.
RENT CEILING POLICY
FIXED FOR NEW HOMES
Washington, Nov. 5 (U.R)
The Office of Price Administra
tion today announced a rent-ccil-ing
policy for new homes under
which increased building costs
since 1939 will be taken into
consideration.
Maximum rents on new hous-
to provide plenty of energy for your family
if you serve plenty of rich, luscious-tasting
Fluhrer's Enriched Bread. Bread is the most
economical source of food energy because there
is NO WASTE and it is nearly 100 digestible.
A man can walk farther and work longer on
the energy supplied in a loaf of Fluhrer's En
riched Bread than he can on the equivalent in
vestment in any other food. But be sure to ask
for
ENRICHED
BREAD
to be certain of the FRESHEST and BEST! -Enriched
with energy-building iron, calcium and
vitamin Bl popped right out of the oven for
FRESHNESS, this bread is the very finest you
can buy anywhere! And you'll find that :
Fluhrer's Enriched Bread STAYS FRESH
LONGER, too, and is GOOD TO THE LAST
CRUMB!
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To Be Certain of
the Best, Choose
the Package With the
Distinctive Red. End
Ing will be based on the follow
ing formula: Prevailing rents for
comparable accommodations on
th. riat af which maximum
rents were frozen in each com
munity plus a substantial allow
ance to offset current higher
construction costs.
Uio Mill Trlbuno Want Ads.
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MOBE OLD MURDER
Sacramento, ' Nov. 5 (U.R)
District Attorney John Quincy
Brown today. announced that
new investigations are being
made into the case of Severing
Paiva, 27, convicted of the ice
box . slaying of his sisters n ,
years ago.
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