Thursday, December 30, 1943 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER ARSITY jK^Ipya i - MORE MAJOR AWARDS that *»» othsi Met»« hct»r»' In Which Ule Serve - . r ♦niuJi Kil'tmH'fmn. AIR EXPRESS NOW IN ITS 17th YEAR <>■ Direct assignment to 53 differ­ ent jot» in the Womens At m.v Corps is now open to applicants under a new plan of recruitment announced ly Cai ' B- itti. i. gold, eim f WAC r« i uttt ■ i Oregon Recruiting District in Portla.nl Assignment to these jobs ex­ plained Capt. Ringgold, is based on civilian experience in these particular fields. Those qualify­ ing under this plan, which is called special assignment recruit­ ing for the Army Service Force-: may also indicate that they de­ sire duty within the geographic limits of the Ninth Service Com­ mand. Recruiting continues, a d d e d Cipt. Ringgold, for the sped i litre * jobs in the Air-WACs and for general assignments in the WAC's Quotas are now open for the following johs: General clerk. clerk-typist. Mght truck driver, nurses’ aide, cook, personnel clerk, medical techni cian. surgical technician, typist, stenographer, medical laboratory technician, non - specialist, mail clerk, chauffeur, duplicating ma­ chine operator, nbarmaciat, X-ray technician, supply clerk, stock clerk, file clerk. adminis!r'*i and technical clerk, baker, dental laboratory technician, photog-aph er. shipping clerk statistical clerk, teletype operator, stock control clerk. Librarian, bookkeeper, medical non - commissioned officer, sto-'k record clerk, chief clerk, shoe re­ pairman. message center clerk message center chief charlstn's assistant, ambulance driver, mo­ tor dispatcher, code clerk, ac­ countant. administrative non-com- missioned officer, first sergeant orderly, ward technician, supply strgeant, record and shinning clerk, office machine operator, auto paits clerk and gas and oil service woman. DAVIS—BRISTOE. JR. Miss Ada Loree Davis, daughter of Mrs. Rachel H. Davis, became the bride of Cpl. Sidney J. Bristoe. Jr. of Merced. California, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J Bristoe, of Central Point. They were mar­ ried at the Christian Church at Sacramento on December 24. -------------- o-------------- Mrs. J. E. Hays is ill with the flu this week. DICK FORAN C ommercial Vnited air express is starting its 17th year of opera­ tion in the States. It was on September 1. 1927, that the first regularly-scheduled air express ser­ vice was begun. At some 26 cities from coast to coast, airline and ex­ press officials witnessed the in­ auguration of an air cargo ser­ vice destined to grow from 17,000 shipments in 1928 to more than 1.405.000 shipments last year. Many of the first mail and ex­ press ships were single engined, open cockpit biplanes. Packages were stowed wherever there was room. Often tbe pilot sat on the cargo. Coast-to-coast shipments re­ quired 36 hours and 14>-refuellng «tops compared with present day -HAPPY 16 hour, overnight transcontinental flights. A 25-pound package from New York to the West Coast coat $65 in 1927; today the rate is $21 And for $1 00 a 25-pound package can be air-expressed up to 150 miles Recent rate reductions, effective July 15th. are Indicative of how growing air express volume bene tits the shipper. Post war air cargo rates, it la confidently believed, will be even lower. Pioneering in the development of air traffic aa early as 1919. the Railway Express Agency haa per formed the ground aervlcea of pick up and delivery of cargo for the domestic airlines . since 1927. Shipments essential to the na ■ lion * war production have boosted traffic volume to the point where an average of 40 tons of air expresa a day are handled at present. Cities and towns not on airline routes also are afforded the benefit of air express 3 mile s minute speed Uy coordinating air and rail ex press schedules, the 23.000 off air line offices served by Railway Ex press are linked to the 350 I’ S airport cities. The Increasing Im portance of this combination rail air express Is evident from figures for the first six months of this year, which showed an increase of 34.7 per cent, compared with the 1942 period More than 191.800 ship- ments were handled In tbe com blned service. Pvt Edna Gohren of Ogden Is spending the holidays in Ashland at rs and Chauffeurs is scheduled with friends She was formerly Ir ive in A■‘hi.uui, Mood «y on the Junior High School faculty. 8 i ■" t and wttr bn i duty at the City Hall between the hours of 9 a m and 5 p m . according to a recent announce­ ment released from the Secretary of State's office. All those wlsh- Mrs Hattie Konop was a dinner ing permits or licenses to drive cars are. asked to-get in touch guest Christmas Day at the home with the examiner during these of Mrs Beebe on North Pioneer, hours. Carma and Harry Chipman Shirley McMonigal Mildred Campbell Vivian Bostwick IN TECHNICOLOR > ti»rr.ng RAY MILLAND «(O' V W JOHN WAYNE PAULETTE GODDARD with ÄAYMOND MASSEY ROBERT PRESTON SUSAN HAYWARD LYNNE OVERMAN Continuous Shows SATURDAY and SUNDAY PALACE CAFE