ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943 VOL. XI OSC Honor* Ace Grad; • ?<> Million Pounds Metal Ashland Postoffice Often College Honored Also Collected by Chev. Dealers On Saturday Afternoons ASHLAND U.S.O. NEWS NOTES MI m Frances E. Dodda, Aah Ittiwl 1)80 <iir«*«tor, visited Gump I White thia week, hiii I interview- 1 e<l Public Relation* Officer, Lt Kenn«* h Lucky, about dlstribu-1 lion of th«* weekly Ashland 1)80 bulletin Lt Lucky recently viwiled the Ashland center and noting that the center "ha» a lot to offer aohiiera," naked that 5(X> bulle- tina be distributed In I'luup Whit»' Inalead of th«* uauul 300 weekly. 75 ENJOY KANDWHHEM— Heventy-flve visiting añidiera enjoyed aandwiciiea und cotte«* in th«? Ashland UBo Center Sunday at the uauul buffet supper. The men apreail their own sandwiches and carried their own dishes to the kitchen. Junior ho«« tease a were present to help the soldiet guests serve the supper. PICTURE* SHOWN— Featured now on the bulletin board of the Asiikuxl U8O center are prints of the pictures taken <>t U8O activities, by Bob Kent. Heve ral orders for reprints have been made. NUMBER 52 New President of Federal Council of Churches, Bishop II Hl Georg«? , Tucker, heud of Episcopal Church, wants unite»! Church action for for victory und just peace. • ——— Annual Pre** Conference To Open Friday, Jan. 22 ‘ U of O„ Eugene. Jan. 20 Th«* 25th annual Oregon Press confer- ■ cnee will open on the University | of Oregon campus Friday, Janu ary 22, with representatives from most of the s ates leading papers ' expected to be on hand for the MONTHLY PLAN COMPLETED two day session. Mary Conn Mrs. Paul Finnell, chairman of i Brown, K< dmond. is president of Refreshments Committee of the the association. Nearly every diacusrion oy con USO, has announced the monthly plan for providing refreahmenta ference representatives will cen for USO week ends Th«* first ter around some phase of the week was taken care of by the war as it affects the press in Trinity Guild. which «ionatrd general and Oregon newspapers Ui Repr«*senlatives of homemade ctKtkles i aúlles of th«* par icular Presbyterian Church provided various war agencies, including cookies for the second week, la the censorship office, office of dies of the Mrthodiat Church the war information, WI’B und OPA. third w««ek The Hospital Auxi will b«* on hand to answer ques liary Sewing club will meet at tions the USO and bake doughnuts tor Featured speaker for th«* meet the fourth week end The ladies ing will be Wendell Webb, As of tile Chris;ian Science Church sociate! Press correspondent who will provide refreshments for the covered the battle of Midway. fifth week end. Governor Earl Snell and retiring Mrs hlnnell asks anyone will Governor Charles A Sprague al ing to donate cookies, to call her, so are expected to appear on the t«?epbonc 3451. program of the journalistic gath ering WIVES CLUB MEETS— ------------ a ...... - The Service Men* Wives club West. Point, Annapolis met Tuesday at 12:30 for a cov Examinations Feb. 6 ered dish lunch and social games Fifteen members were present Civil Service examinations for The business meeting was con ducted by Mrs W«*sley Cartright, the purpose of aiding members of who announced that wives of all Ccngress In making d***t gr,allot s officers and enlisted* arc invited to the United S:ates Military an«l to attend the club meetings each Naval Academies have been poet- Tuesday at 12:30 sharp, at the ponoi from January 23rd to USO clubhouse in Idthia Park. , February 6th. Congressman Har Also, women of Ashlund are in ris Ellsworth states. The change vited to Join the group on Thurs ' in date is requdlted by the War More time is re days at onc-thir.y for the physi Department. cal training of k««ep-fit hour. quired for that Department to This activity is not limited to determine the number appoint- service men's wives, and «»thers : ments available to members of will tie welcomed. For this ac- | Congress tivity slacks should be worn Accordingly. Civil Service ex aminations will be held February EXECUTIVE MEETING HEI.D I 6th in the post office building The Ashland Junior Hostess in cities in the Oregon Fourth Ix-ague officers held an execu- I Congressional District listed by tive meeting at a dinner in the the Civil Service Commission, Eugene, Marshfield, Plaza Cafe. Wednesday, January namely; 13. Among the problems con Roseburg and Medford. slderAd was tile President's Ball, Th«* exact number of appoint which falls on January 27. It ment* that will be made from will be a formal affair, and it the new Fourth District has not was decided that a larger hall yet b«*en determined, Congress than that of the USO club house man Ellsworth says, but author will be need«*«! Margaretta Barnt- ization to take the Civil Service housc was put in charge of In examination will be sent anyone vestigating the possibilitlM for eligible if application is made larger accommodations An or- Such applications should be ad chestra will be secured for the dressed to Congressman Harris occasion if at all possiblt* Marie EILswiuth. Ib'ile OffiM Building. Pochelu was placed in charg«* of Washington, D. C., and must be decorating the hall, the decora- received by him not later than iions to be in the national colors I January 20, 1943. of red, white and blue. Candidates for admission to thc Methods of (contributing to the Military Academy must be bc- natlixial fund of returns front tween the ages of 17 and 22; for the ITeaident's Ball will be the Naval Academy, between the worked out later. ages of 17 and 21. Candidates Present at the meeting were for both Academys must never Mary Gean Hendricks, Presidimi; have been married. Marie Pochelu and Madge Mit- cheli, first and second vice-presi- dents; Ddrothy Burket, ■ecretary; Upton, director of the USO Virginia Hales and Frances YMCA unit at Medford. White, Junior hostess chairmen; The Coordina ing Council meets Margareite Barnhouse, and di r- subject to call, on an average of ector Frances Dodds. once a month. It was announced that 36 jun ior hostesses attended th«* dance Two visitors from the Klamath at Number one Service Club at Commandos stopped recently at I the Ashland center, Miss Dorothy amp White, Wednesday evening. Gilchrist and Miss Shirley Me- ATTENDS MEETING— Monigal. Miss 'Frances E. Dodds, USO Two sailors, Jim Cleveland and director, attended a meeting of j Ed Ihiniels, both first class bug the Coordinating Council In Med lers who are on 15 day leave, ford this week. Discussion at the »topped at the Ashland uso meeting turned on recreation at ' Thursday and were treated to Camp Whit«* and vicinity service 1 coffee and cookies, They were clubs, dances and other programs on their way back to boat in of interest to service men, San Francisco harbor, They A special guest of the meeting have been stationed tn Iceland. was Major Anderson from Fort | Miss Julia Hollick gave twelve Ix*wis, who was one of the speak- j jars of fruit juice to the USO •rs. Another speaker waa George [ recently, DETROIT, Jan 18 More than OREGON STATE COLLEGE Tile special “Hom«-«<>ming" stag«*d . 120 million pounds of scrap me h«*re in honor <rf Captain Marion tals suffi« ten: to build Uncle Carl, marine flying ace with 16 Sam 20 more submarines, six des Jap plane* to his credit, was troyers an«J a cruiser have been mud«* the occasion for an out collect«?«) by the 8.(XX) Chevrolet standing patriotic demonstration dealers in America as a portion of on the pan of the entire institu their contribution to the war pro gram. tion. An activity sponsored by the The college itself wax pi<-s«*nt«*d Victory S«* vice J>*ague, patriotic with a distinguish«! service alliance of American motorists award by the United Stat«*» trea supported by Chevrole dealers, sury department for service» ren the scrap drive has been a con dered already in th«* war waving.*« tinuing operation, under the gen Ix»nd and stamp drives. Jmmc- eral super-inion of William E. iatcly following the special con Holler. Chr zrolet general sales vocation where this was present I manager. ed. individual students and »tud- Cumulative totals through Nov- ent organization» purchased more ember show that the dealers have than *14,<XX) in war bonds while collect ed: Captain and Mrs. Carl assisted at of iron and th«* c«d)eg<* victory center. steel 1,099,855 lbs lead; 197,- Captain Carl ,a 38 graduate in 832 lbw oqpper, 171,943 lbw. brass; mechanical engineering, urged 104,827 Ibe aluminum, and 1 598- students to keep their work in 668 lbs of other meals good condition here until «silled n addition, 7.128.923 lbs of and plan to finiuh their <x»urses scrap rubber have been amass«*«! in case they are called before by Chevrolet dealers to swell graduation Good head work Uncle Sam's dimlniifhing rubber »aves many “necks" in buttle, he stocks. Other items coll«?cted in added. cluded 933,203 lbs of paper, 205,978 lbs. of rags, 7,088 lb«, of burlap bags, 3,228 lb«, of rope Farmers Setting High I and 145,051 lb«, of miscellaneous Goals But Need Labor scrap. • In the reporting period, dealers junked 6,269 cars and sold an Oregon farmers generally are planning their 1943 farm opera other 6,225 cars for scrap. Bat tions for an output that will teries Junked numbered 10.273. In a letter to all Chevrolet equal or exceed most of the war dealers listing these scrap totals, production goals sei for the state this year, R. B. Taylor, chair Mr. Holler said: "Encouraging as the result has man of the stale USDA war board, reported at the end <rf the been to date, r«?cently inaugurated first weeg of the farm sign-up offensives of the Allied Nations drive now underway throughout accentuate the need for addition al scrap for the production of the »' ate. more tanks, guns, planes and am 'Ihe farm plans that have been munition than ever. To accom turned in so far indicate that plish this, the war production In Oregon farmers intend to operate dustrie« will need more scrap at top cajmcity to produce a than ever. ' maximum of essential crops The "The end of the year means in extent to which these int«yntlons ventory time for most business are carried out will depend on firm» an ideal lime for uncover the axsstance given by city dwel ing obsolete, broken, damaged or lers, women and school children idle part» and machinery which during peak cultivating and har- could feed the scrap rive. vesting wiisona. Taylor believes. "Scrap can help make 1943 the Taylor said that all of the re Victory year.” sources <>t the U. S. <h*[»artmeut of agriculture, co-ordtnated by TAX RETURNS— USDA war boards, will be used A state income tax auditor will to assist farmers get whatever is be at City Hall, Ashland, on n«*eded to obtain peak production from every farm. I »eating those February 27, March 1 and 2 in farm» needing assistance is one clusive, for the purpose of as of the main purposes of the cur sisting taxpayers in preparing to fill out their tax returns for the rent farm canvass. year 1942. Under the law recently passed by congress requiring govern ment agencies to work six «right- hour days, the local postoffice will remain open Saturday after noons until 6 p.m with full ser vice the same as other days of the week. Only one delivery on the rural rout«?» will be made on Saturday, but in the fity two deliveries to rf'Oidences are scheduled for Sat urdays Overtime pay will be giv«m the employes for this added work. CAMP WHITE NEWS NOTES MORTAR FIRING, JAN 18-24— Mortar firing will be conducted on the Beagle range of Camp White reservation January 28 to 24 Inclusive, at was announced to day from headquarters. Firing will be <»rried <xi between the hours of 8 a.m, and 5 p.m. Beagle range is defined as the area nine miles nor h of Medford that lieA in a rectangle six miles wide to the west of Rogue River and extends north for 10 miles from the mouth of Little Butte Having Meat Troubles? creek. Help Offered Via KOAC Military and civilian personnel are warned to remain out of the How to manage the family food ar«?a unlesfi they have business. supply with less meat is being Range guards will be posted to discussed three times a week enforce this order. over the st.ite-owm«Kl radio sta tion KOAC by three homemakers THIS AND THAT who have combined practical ex (By Old Timer J perience with a refre*her course To The Editor: in home economics at O S.C. On We believe that the time is op Monday, Wednesday, and Friday portune when concerted action ar 10:45 a.m. one of the three is was being taken to compile an on the program. honor roll of the men of the Mrs Fr«?d Morgan on Monday Ashland community in the arm discusses providing meat for ed forces of Uncle Sam. guest dinners Wednesday Mrs. rev E. G. Mawon speaks on meat ex It strikes us that this under tenders, and on Friday Mrs. Cur taking should receive the approv tis Mumford speaks on planning al and support of our civic or the meat supply for an entire ganizations. Let them take the week. These speakers are being matter up in their meeting» and heard every week now for an follow it up with the appointment indtrfinite period. of committees for a general con -------- •--------- ference of all organizations to More Farm Machinery further the project. . —9-------- Available in Oregon < < < A house-to-house canvass Oregon will get more farm should be made for the names of machinery for this year’s food he men in the service, the production job than the amounts branch of service along with the allocated under the original state next erf kin. No doubt Supt. T. quotas. Albert S. Girod of Salem, J. Norby could be enlisted in chairman of the state USDA war the movement and arrangements board’s farm machinery comm made to have high school stud ittee reports on his return from ents make the canvass for the Washington D. C. Quotas for names of the service men. many items will be increanM by < t < 25 'i, and some may be doubled When the canvass is complet’d, Girod «said. The increase is the the names should be published in result of WPB allocation of more the local newspapers in order materials to manufarturers. Even that corrections, if any, can be with the increases, new farm made Copies of the honor roll machinery will not begin to meet . should be run off on paper suit- all needs, Girod warned. i able for f raming and preserva County rationing committees tion under glasB, with space re will be advised of how much ad served for adding new names. ditional machinery will be al / < / located to each county, and will As a follow-up to the honor use information now being gath roll a permanent memorial should ered through the every-farmer be erected on the plaza. canvass to determine the farms < < < where the machines are most Job was a patient man but he needed. didn't have to worry about tires, gasoline, sugar and other commo dities. MOBILE SPECTACLE SHOPS FOR THE A.E.F. ~j < / r Nineteen-Forty-Two was a year of bumper crops—one of the big- ges; being Washington-inspired questionnaires. r < rf With Uncle Sam now* S115 bil lion dollars in debt, no one yet has come up with a workable method for unpriming the pump. < / < The U. S. Army quartermaster corps spend $404 annually on each soldier for food, clothing and supplies. < * 1 Since no more sliced bakery bread is the order of the OPA. the old bread knife has been whetted up for slieix'. 1 1 / Tojo says the war is just start ing. This means, of course, that he can see his own finish. < f < Berlin will not look the same to the Nazis streaking home from Russia. NEWBRY PLACED— State Senator Earl Newbry is serving on the following commit tees in the current legislature; Chairman of Municipal Affairs; V. S. Atmy Sigtul Cffi Pkoi» Shown above Is one of the Army’s new mobile optical unite built by the American Optical Company for over Vice Chairman, Agriculture. Vice Chairman of Irrigation and Drain seas service. These units will repslr or replace eyeglasses for soldiers in the field. age. member of Assessments and Southbridge, Mass. — Realising estimates that 15 per cent of the other instruments are a drill, axis Taxation, Federal Relations and that true vlaion Is vital to victory, men in the armed forces wear marker and a tensometer for recre Industries. ating a prescription from parts of a the United States Army has added glasses During World War I the Army shattered spectacle lens. something distinctively new to its A wide assortment of uncut mobile battle equipment—spectacle decided to attach to the A.E.F. an - JUST DUMB shops on wheels, to be driven with optical unit which was stationed in ground and polished lenses is a suburb of Paris As the head stocked aboard the truck, sufficient in ride shot of the front lines to repair or replace eyeglasses for quarters of thia original unit re to correct practically all types of mained stationary, It was Impos soldiers, thereby keeping their eyes sible to give speedy spectacle serv eye errors. Arranged in specially constructed cabinets reinforced and keen for action. ice to the soldiers in the field, the padded to withstand the shock of Designed and built by the Ameri reason why the present units were riding over rough terrain are 36.000 can Optical Company at the request designed to be completely mobile single vision lenses. 8.400 frames. of the Surgeon General's ofllce, so that they can follow a shifting 600 pairs of extra temples and 1.200 these unique, truck borne optical army. spectacle cases. shops—Aral of their kind and con The new mobile optical unit con The operators of the unit can ceived especially for field armies— sists of a two and a half ton truck edge and mount 120 single lense« are as complete as the average for carrying optical equipment and daily—sufficient for the average r«* optical shop In the heart of New machinery, and a one-ton trailer for qulrements of a field army of 300 York City. carrying the supplies of the crew 000 men. These operators perfor«* only the technical work of prepa« Each of the units, manned by a and a large tent. The optical equipment ranges ing the glasses, while the profe crew of eight army optical tech nicians, la designed to care for on- from diamonds for cutting lenses sional ophthalmic services of exam the-spot optical needs of a fighting to tour mounted emery stones for ining, refracting and prescribing army of 300,000 men. The Army edging an«l shaping them. Among are handled by Army doctors.