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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1944)
September 14, 1944 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PACE THAU OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE 1 fei fe 5 Prisoner ReUaiod Word linn lir-un received hero by Mm. Kurl Whlllock thut her son-in-law, Lt. llulpli Duckmlcr Jr. him been ovueunted from Honiuiilii and Is now In u honpitiit In ltnly. Lt. llockmlnr wus u prisoner of war In Hninanln until ho was re leased with u lnrga group ot filers Mny 7. Ms wife, tho former Duwn Kvcrott, in now In Spokane with 1 ) In purentn, Mr. unci Mrs. Bnck in lor. They have two small chil dren, ages 11 w o c k a and 2 years. From Italy Pvt. Theodore 13. Case, 11142 KUI1S Rradunlo unci son of Mr. and Mrs. T. I). Case, (IK) Washington, Is homo on u 21-day furlough, lie has been serving with tho paratroops In Italy, whero ho took part In ac tual combat until his fool win Injured on one of his Jumps. Mo was In a hospital In Italy when his paratroop outfit helped with the Invasion of southern France. Pvt. Caso will go from hero to Santa Barbara for replace ment, Because of his foot In jury, ho will now bo In limited service. Mujor Donald Edward Bailey, son of Commander Byron Bailey, senior medical officer at the naval air' sta tion, If tho now chlof of medical supply at Letter man General hospital In San Francisco. Be fore being sta tioned at Letter man, ho was at Camp II a an, Calif., In the medical supply department. UULUMUUb, O., Sen Lieutenant Gordon L. Wirth of III 4 East Main, Klamath Kails, has reported to the AAF train ing command's Lockbourne army air base to take a course ot instruction In flying the B-17 Flying Fortress. Upon completion of his courso here, ho will bo a qualified pilot of this famous army bomber. Ho won his wings on August 4, 1044 at George Field, Indiana and took his previous flying training at Lafayctto, Louisiana and Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. He was originally commission ed In tho coast artillery corps on October 22, 1042. AN EIGHTH AAF FIGHTER STATION, England Corporal Ronald Brooks ot Klamath Fulls, Oregon, has "bought himself a pleco of tho nlr force." . He was among tho first sold iers stationed on this Eighth Fighter Command Mustang base to make a purchase In tho war bond campaign staged by the eighth air force to buy a "Vic tory Squadron." All planes flown by tho Eighth will be represented In tho "Victory Squadron," and each officer and enlisted man buying bonds In the drlvo becomes a "share holder." . Brooks, who formerly resided at 1820 Johnson, Klamath Fulls, Is on duly in tho ordnance sec tion of a Mustang squadron. Mrs. L. F. Klrkpatrick, 1000 Esplanade, havo rcccivca worn of the promotion to a first lieu tenant of their son, Donald C Klrkpatrick, who Is with u bomber squadron in England. Ir a recent letter, Lt. Klrkpatrlcl told of a furlough spent in Lon don during which ho became acquainted with a Londoner, Davo O'Gormon, who Is In show business and who had traveled extensively In the United States, at one time visiting In Portland, Ore. With O'Gormnn as his com panion, the lieutenant had the opportunity of seeing most of the huge city's famed and his toric .spots, such at Whitehall, Downing street, Buckingham palace, Scotland Yard; the houses of parliament, Westmin ster Abbey, and the Tower of London that ho considered the most Interesting of all. Ho also mentioned lunching at tho Troc nclcro, named after Hollywood's famed night club. AN AIR SERVICE COM MAND STATION, England Sgt. Gideon C. Palmer of Che mult, Ore., now assigned to this giant air service command mod ification ond repair . depot, is helping to keep America's fight ers and bombers swarming over western Europe in support o our advancing armies. He is the son ot Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Palmer ot Chemult, Ore. Before entering the air forc es, he was employed as a logger by the Shcvlln-Hixon company in Bond, Ore. Ho attended La Pine high school in LaPine, Ore. CAMP CHAFFEE, Ark. Sgt. Ray H. Scherer, who joined tho armv in Anrll. 1042. at Klairmlh Falls, has arrived at Camp Chaf fee, where no is assigned to inc 16lh armored division. Sgt. Scherer is tho son of E. G. Scherer of route 3, box 203, Klamath Falls. Before entering the army he was employed as a gunsmith by the Gun store. Ho attended Randle high school in Randle, Wash., gradu ating in 1020. FORT KLAMATH From somewhere In Franco, Lt. Al fred U. Caslcl Ji, has written his parents, Mr, mid Mrs. Al fred B. Caslcl Sr., of Fort Klam ath, and his wife, Mrs. Alfred B. Custet Jr., of Klamath Falls, telling them thut hu has been awarded the Sliver Star, coveted high military honor given for ex ceptionally outstanding achieve ment. Because of strict censor ship, Lt. Cnstcl was unable to fllve uny of the dctuils as to why io was awurded the Silver Star. Ho Is a pilot of u P-3U with the army air corps, and had com pleted 35 combat missions to dato when last ho wrote homo to his parents and wife-. He had been stationed In England until shortly after D-Duy on June 6, when ho was transferred to France. Lt. Castcl stated that the Ger man Luftwaffe didn't worry the air corps much any more, but that flak was really terrific at times, and lt is really hard on the nerves to fly through it. A quotation from Lt. Castcl's letter to his parents this week follows. "News that Paris was liberated came through yester day, and boy, that really sound ed good.' lt means a lot In mo rale If not so much in territory. I guess tlio French underground did most of the work in liber ating tho city Itself." Commenting on the destruc tion wrought on tho cities at the front lines taken by tho allies, Lt. Castcl stated that nothing re mained but musses of rubble and brick, und thut tho general de struction was terrible. Meeting someone from your neighborhood In a fur-off for eign lund Is always a welcome and hoped-for experience to the boys in the service, and Lt. Cas tcl said in his letter thai ho had recently hud tho good luck to see u fellow pilot, Lt. Frank Hall of Chlloquin, who flics a P-47, this being tho first person from homo tiiat he has seen since being overseas. SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRAL IA Major John Kuykendall, M. C. of 23(13 McMillan street, Eugene, Oregon is doing import ant work in the medicui records section In the Office of the Chief Surgeon in Australia. Admin istrative in nature, this service is of prime Importance to the smooth functioning of the many mobile and stationary U. S. army hospital units in this theater. Prior to Hits assignment, Mai. Kuykendall performed similiur administrative duties In one of the mainlands large general army hospitals. MaJ. Kuykendall entered the U. S. medical corps service in 1041 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and has been overseas for more than two years. Before entering I he army he was a practicing physician and surgeon in Eugene, Oregon. Ho was graduated from prc medlcal school at the University of OrcRon In 1B28 and received his M.D. from the University of Oregon medical school In 1031. Ho is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Alpha Knppa Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. ' His father, D. V. Kuykendall, lives at (140 California avenue In Klumuth Falls and Mrs. Kuyken dall and their three children arc residents of Eugene. In Memory Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Bell received a letter here from a girl in Australia, Sep tember 8, the anniversary of the death of their son, Cpl. Vlr- w fit 04 yss gil Bell, who was killed during tho Salumlca battle in New Guinea a year ago. The girl. Heather Jenkinson of Flinders Parade, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, requested that the following poem bo published and that a copy of the paper in which it appeared be sent to her: "Memories arc a golden chain That bind us till wc meet again." Mr. and Mrs. Bell have two other sons who arc now over seas, PFC Calvin Bell, who Is with the fifth army in Italy, and Pvt. II II lard Bell, who is stationed in Guam. FORT DES MOINES, Iowa Private Barbara Donna Gray of Fort Klamath, Ore, is a member of Hie WAC unit which recently left hero for duty with the army at Hoff General hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif. In Sproguo Hlvor Pat Lud wick, U. S. cadet nurse corps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen IjUuwick, bprague River, ar rived August 27 and will spend a two-week vacation. Pat Is a Junior cadet at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland. She ac companied her parents to Lake view to visit Mrs. George Lov enborg and Mrs. Lovenborg over the holiday. She returned to her work September 10. Teamsters Granted Increase In Wages. A decree handed down by the trucking panel of the twelfth regional war labor board grant ed a wage Increase of SO cents a day to members of the Team sters union engaged in local pick up and delivery, according to Earl Edsall of the teamsters of flee here. The increase was made retro active as of June 1, 1943. Quarterly Dividend Declared by Board A third quarter dividend of $1.50 per share on common stock, and the usual J 1.50 divi dend on preferred stock, has been declared by the board of di rectors of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, accord ing to word received today by C. E. Seavey, local manager of the company. The common stock dividend CARDIGAN SWEATERS IJ.3 U II 5 FOULGER'S cm. compares with $1.78 for th third quarter of last year. " WORKERS NEEDED . . ! 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