/ ■V WAR BONDS THIS A M I THAT (Ity OLD TIMER) To the E d ito r i A political p arty cannot long remain pure where there I m not a stro n g opposition. Number 14 ASHLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 27. 1944 VOL. XIII Earl Rogers New AKS Principal Karl Rogers, Junior high school principal, has been advanced to < Y Y senior high school print:,pal for Remember the good old pro the com ing school year. Mr. Rog v itam in daya when we took only ers hoc been connected with the sulphur and m olasses In the Ashland school system for 16 spring 7 years. He was graduated from the U niversity of Oregon. Y Y Y In the first days of the w ar Clifford E .Rohmson, present when H itler was quiet we knew he high school principal, has resigned was up to som ething. Nowadays to become principal of the Albany when he Is quiet we know' he Is ! high school, which Is a step up In under som ething. sa la ry as well as size of school. Y Y Y ^ * Succeeding Mr, R ogers as Jun R esidents of Tokyo, we read, ior high school principal will be are suffering from a fuel sh o rt Roland P arks, who is a t present, age. 'They shoudn’t w orry too dean of men and assistan t prin- much before long the Allies will I ctpal a t the senior high school. m ake It plenty hot enough for Mr. P ark s Is also a g rad u ate of 1 the U niversity of Oregon, them. j J o h n K o e h l e r succeeds Mr. Y Y Y W inkles’ swan song m ight Just i P a rk s as assistan t principal and as well have been a duet with 1 continues his teaching In a rt In B ricker chim ing In on the final struction. Mr. Koehler is a gradu- a te of the U niversity of W ashing- notes. ton. y y y W ith W lllkle out of the race B ricker’s chances ns a com pro mise candidate have faded and Dewey’s nom ination appears a foregone conclusion. Over 3,000 C am pfire Girls and Bluebirds attended the launching y y y T ',i re are tjow more than 7,(MIO of the S. S. "Cam p N am anu”, 64th full time employees on the s ta te Swan Island Tanker, on Tuesday, payroll. Thirty-five years ago a t 11:30 A. M. a t the Swan Island there were only 1,820. This rep Ynrd of the K aiser Company, Inc. resents an Increase of nearly 400 Portland. The ship, a 16,800 ton Tanker, pt r cent In the 25 y ea r period is nam ed for the nationally fam since 1019. ous C am pfire G irls’ cam p located y y y S ta te employees now and as of on the Sandy R iver some th irty miles east of P ortland. This cam p 1919: 1944 1919 Is the sum m er scene of C am pfire Dept. 1649 81 Girl activity in the S late of O re Highway gon, and w as founded In 1921. 555 1549 H igher education 997 Hospitals, pen, etc. 91 320 Industrial accident 66 113 Public Service 110 a Tax Commission New activities since 1919— A bill to g ra n t commissions to W elfare Commission 416 students who have com pleted the 405 Liquor Commission civil adm inistration pilot tra in U nem ploym ent Com. 140 ing course before entering the 224 S ta te Pottos arm ed forces has been introduced in the U. S. Senate by Senator 1 1 1 Edison showed the first moving R ufus C. Holman. pictures April 27. 1896, thus giv ing birth to a business th a t since has run Into billions. The "talkies" were introduced in 1927. OUR DEM OCuACY by Mat -ij ire late of a nation trad Atòt » Kj tftat w esuw er* coNGfeu.ow. A t P a u l r e v e r e ' s w a r n in g o u r f ir s t R E V O L U T IO N A R Y SO LD IER S - TH E M IN U T E M E N ,— l e f t plow and bench and sto r e an d o f f . c e r o 1 /O H T C .'& e & T V A N D A F / I E E N A T IO N . Full Senior Week i TALENT NEWS Scheduled at AHS W ith less than fo u r weeks of school left, the A shland High School seniors are m aking plans for Senior Week, clim ax of the year. M ost of th e program and pro cedures will be sim ilar to those of previous years. However, the class decided by vote not to have tables for flowers o r o ther g ifts a t the com m encem ent and are asking th a t friends who m ay wish to give such rem em brances send them to th eir homes. H ick Day, traditio n al program , opens Senior W eek on May 10. Jack Newton will act as ch air m an fo r this afternoon of en ter taining acts followed by a m ati nee dance. An overnight hike to Mt. Ashland, a sk atin g p arty, Junior-Senior picnic, and a h ay rack ride and barn dance will be the other social features. The baccalaureate service will be held Sunday evening, M ay 21, in the M ethodist C hurch. Commencem ent services will be Wednesday, May 24, in the Ju n io r High School gym. I rtiatrihnM nn o of f r rep e n o o r rt t c cards a r d s and an d D istribution of annuals on F riday, M ay 26, will officially close th e school year. ------------ 0------------ SMALL CHILD DHOW NED 'ib is com m unity w as th e scene of a trag ic accident when the 18 onths old son of Mr. and Mrs. H ow ard Combs of W agner Creek w as drowned in the T alent i r r i gation ditch Sunday, A pril 23. The m other m issed the child sh o rtly before noon and a fte r a search of th e prem ises fad ed to locate him a general alarm was given and under the leadership of the S ta te Police and county of- . ficers a large posee w as form ed and an intensive search w as s ta r t ed. The w ater w as turned off the Irrig atio n Company ditches. Many m en s ta rte d the search of the course of these stream s. Mr. R ay Casley of W agner Creek, a m em ber of the posse a fte r trav ersin g approxim ately three m iles found the body of the child a t a point n ear Phoenix. The sym pathies of this com m unity are extended to the p aren ts of th e child in this hour of g re a t sorrow . M r. and Mrs. W ill H ew itt and | d au g h ter Helen and g ran d daugh- t te r of Phoenix visited a t the home of M rs. M eda Fox Tuesday. Bernice Anderson is m aking an extended visit in Oreville, C alifo r n ia w ith relatives. Floyd Schm itt, F a rm e r’s A uto mobile insurance supervisor of Eugene was tran sa ctin g business in Talent, S aturday. M rs. O ra Boyd of E ugene is i visiting h er m other, M rs. Nellie M. C. Reynolds, USO Associate Sm ith on A nderson Creek. Regional Executive, h as sent not- M r. and M rs. E a rl Connor of ices to the A shland USO of a Vol- M edford w ere business callers Q u r h e r o e s o f today , like , the m in u t e m en unteer Conference to be held in ! here W ednesday m orning. They OF 1 7 7 5 a r e f ig h t in g to r e t a in 1 P ortland ,May 3. The N ational are fo rm er residents of T alent. T H IS L IB E R T Y A N D F R E E D O M . I USO, according to M r. Reynolds, M rs. Law rence B u rn e tt received TH E E N T IR E N A T IO N IS B E H IN D T H E M . I is arran g in g fo r a one-day con- WOrd th a t her husband h as been ; ference for all USO volunteers, tran sferre d from th e navy train - The P o rtlan d USO Council will m g station a t F a rra g u t, Idaho to I sponsor th is conference. San Francisco, C alifornia, w here DELSMAN BOYS IN | The m eeting will be held a t he is atten d in g ra d a r school. Mr. WRECK SATURDAY the Young W om en's C hristian As- B u rn ett w as recently home for a . I John D elsm an 17 and Jam es sociation, 834 S.W. Broadw ay, 15 day furlough. Delsman 15, sons of C aptain and M rs. G e o r g e N e w l u n and P ortland, from 9:30-5:06. Mrs. C harles A. Delsman. were C harles A. S prague will seek Mrs. Jew ell L ockhart, director daughter, M rs. V elm a Colwell Injured S atn rd ay in a tra in -c a r the Republican nom ination to the ' of the Ashland USO, urges any w ere — shopping ----- . . „ and visiting in collision. The boys w ere in a United S ta te s Senate for the seat USO w orker who m ay be in P o rt- Ashland, Tuesday Chevrolet truck which was stru ck held by th e late C harles L. Me- 1 land a t the tim e to visit th e con- 1 Mr. and Mrs. Boyd H am ilton, by the passenger tra in S aturd ay Nary, in the M ay prim aries. ' ference. H ighlights of the pro- • who have been living a t,P ro s p e c t evening a t 6:30. * ' the p ast w inter, retu rn ed to Tal- The form er G overnor of Ore g ram a re as follows: Jam es w as released from the gon set a distinguished record 10:00 - Invocation, Rev. George ent for the sum m er. hospital Sunday, b u t John, who during his term of service from J. Campbell, m em ber P o rtland A1 S h erard w as visiting rela- suffered m ore serious injuries, had 1939 to 1943. I t was Gov. Sprague USO council. G reetings, M ayor : tives and tran sa ctin g business in Y Y Y to rem ain in the hospital. Ashland, Tuesday. H aving used his last A gas cou who repeatedly w arned of the E arl Riley. M rs. L ath a n McDowell and pon, Uncle Zeke says they should 10:30 - Chief Speaker, Capt. th re a t to Jap a n in pre-w ar years. RICKS ENLISTS IN NAVY children of n ea r M edford spent A t the Conference of Governors | Douglas McKay, cull the big fight, "The W ar to j Enlisted ip the U. S. Naval held in Boston six m onths prior ] 11:00 - “The R etu rn in g Service- the day a t the hom e of M r, and M ake the W orld Safe for Pedes- 1 Reserve on April 20 w as Benjamin to P earl H arbor, S prague issued ■ man; his A ttitude", Corudr. Er- M rs. Ben C lark, F rid ay . tria n s.” Marion Ricks, R t. 1, Box 209 a solemn w arning of th e potential j n est J. N itschke and “How to Get F red K erby w as called to P o rt 1 1 1 Ashland, 17 year old son of Mr. l th exam ination l H rea C A t l VTA of the UHC Japanese empire. I 1 M Service V 1 T 1V V i for W l « H « « im a a a ”, , H ugh G. G ran t land for a physical •/ I t is said th k t the OPA has and Mrs. George M. Ricks. Ben Due to his far-sighted, a le rt lead- V eteran's A dm inistration, followed I for the arm y 60,000 persons, including 2,700 was enlisted and returned to ihs ership Oregon was the firs t sta te by discussion and questions. rs. rn C harles 1 M VT"° ”” '1 S k eeters w as ad law yers on th e payroll. home on inactive duty until a fte r in A m erica to have m itted to the Com munity H ospital to have an a irc ra ft From 12 to 2 o’clock s ta ff peo- 1 1 1 graduation when he will report observer system ready d when when the the pie and others will be available in M edford fo r m edical trea tm e n t. Do all the good you can and to a Navy T raining C enter for w ar broke out, and Oregon Na- for personal conference dealing GRANGE ADDS M EM BERS m ake no fuss about it. his recru it training. He enlisted tional G uard w as the first group with problem s of individual clubs, T alen t G range m et A pril 20 w ith 1 1 1 thru the Medford N avy Recruiting to be called into service in 1940. 2:00 - “Publicity and Public Re a good crowd in attendance. Six Y anks are now headed for the station according to H. W. Crain, His reorganization of the S ta te lations’’, Speakers: R obert C. Not- teen applications w ere balloted on Philippines. R ecruiting officer in charge. Em ploym ent Service w as a con son, Oregonian E ditorial S ta ff and m aking a to tal of th irty -fo u r new —----------o------------ hairm an stru ctiv e atta c k on our unem ploy V. *• A. Hurley, C ---------- — USO m em bers auice E LSBURYU BREW ER since jcuiucn> J a n u a ry y x. 1. n. A de- DOUGLAS— NELSON Council, Albany. Followed by dis- g ree team has been organized and m ent problem in 1939. Advisory Miss Elene Douglas, daughter F uneral services are being held com m ittees w ere appointed and cussion and questions. will in itiate in the th ird and of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Douglas of today in M yrtle Point, Ore., a t S enator Holm an has been ac s of V -------------- olunteers’’ fo u rth degrees a t th e second reg- « 3:00 — - - “Problem - --------------- Eugene, became the bride of Sgt. tive for several years as a m em the C hristian C hurch for E lsbury rapid progress w as m ade in re of V olunteers’’, , --------------- Miss u U < ar in H X M * * w ^ “ «*b XI I m l l C eeting C L L U g A Y L ay. C L J . 1 R V C efreshm A i C O U 1 H ents E U LU R obert T. Nelson, son of Judge ber of both the m ilitary affairs Brewer, who passed aw ay a t his ducing the num ber of unemployed. L “Training Tn + A T - 11 z u r TV» e r v n t/v w T T A » » » . • » J xL A M arg aret Milley, D irector USO-TA ancj om time dancing followed the The Oregon W ar Indu stries pool and Mrs. A. O. Nelson of Silver- and naval affairs Senate com m it home in Ashland Sunday. - _ , . . I buisness. A t the next re g u la r Mr. B rew er w as born in th e form ed on S p ra g u e s request has Service, Vancouver ton, last W ednesday evening, Ap tees. He has initiated and pushed 4:15 - The Conferecne m em bers m eeting, May 4, th e p ro g ram will responsible for millions of ril 19, a t the F irst C hristian through m any different appropria W illiam ette Valley December 9, | are g uests of the Young W om en's ‘ be in honor of M others’ Day. In dollars w orth of defense business Church in Eugene. Following the tions building up the defenses of 1863. C hristian Association a t tea. ch arg e of refreshm ents will be brought to o u r local m anufac cerem ony a reception w as held ' the entire Pacific Coast area and Survivors Include his wife, three tu rers. In addition to th e rapid Mrs. C. E. Borg, M rs. Tom Bell a t th e church. A laska. A t the request of Sen ! daughters, Mrs. Belva Lundy, Mrs. George R igby of Philadel- and M rs. Learning. Mrs. Nelson Is vocal music su a to r R obert Reynolds, chairm an of i Paisley, Ore.; Mrs. Jennie Santos, strid es ahfead m ade in defense, and ......w d _____ o _______________ uring Charles A. phia, Pennsylvania, left Monday ------------ o pervisor in th e local school. Sgt the m ilitary affairs committee, he S an ta M aria, Calif., and Mrs. Le- labor conditions rag u u e e’s s a adm inistration Gov- , e evening her home ap p rag am u i u i i n i u u u a as a \jruv- v e n in g i for ui n ei n u m c a a fte n v , r a a . visit , jw.rs. L«arKin r -o r i- M rs. L arkin CiruDD G rubb is in P o rt- Nelson has been stationed at 1 m ade a thorough inspection trip | ona Thompson, S an ta M aria., and S ernor, is the fo restry program de- ' w ith her aunt, Mrs. Reba P . Kel- lajid this week atten d in g th e s ta te Camp W hite fo r som e time, through the defense zones in I one son, D elm er B rew er of Ash- (Continued on B ack P ag e) ' seY- I P.T.A. convention. o A laska and the A leutian Islands. 1 land. S. S. “Camp Namanu Launched Tuesday Local USO Volunteers Invited to State Meet Holman Active in Senate Committees Sprague Has Fine Record of Service j kannasto in marines F rom Ashland, F rederick H. K annasto, 17, and Jacque T. Ross, 17, enlisted in the M arine Corps April 25. The m arines will report for ‘‘boot’’ train ing a t San Diego on completion of the present term in the local high school. p v t K annasto is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John K annasto of 219 G rant Street. Pvt. R oss is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E a rl Gracey of R oute 2. i , ___ They Were in the A ttack—Are You Backing Them Up With War Bonds? LOYAL M. BATES and Companion Are Invited to Be G uests of the 3OUTHERN OREGON MINER to see j at the VARSITY THEATRE (Friday and Saturday) "Riders of the Deadline” AND r ‘HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE” or 3snday, Monday, Tuesday) "MADAME CURIE” lane call a t the M iner Offict for Yonr Guest Tickets John B. One, 36, of Cincinnati, Ohio, a Motor Machinist 2nd Cl., was wounded during the invasion of Sicily. Doctors found 115 pieces of shrapnel when they op erated. A brother is a prisoner in Germany. Both are buying War Bands. Walter Fclrtag, 20, of New York, was also wounded during the in vasion of Sicily. He was in seven hospitals In Africa before being returned to the hospital at St. Albans. A brother,*his mother and himself buy War Bonds regularly. Do yea? A strafing German pilot wounded Lt. (jg) Hinton E. Kinney, 31, of Carrollton, Ga., during the Sicili an invasion, one bullet going through his right knee. He has just bought a >1,000 War Bond. Are you buying your share of War Bonds? ! Voight W. Baker, 30, of Detroit, Mich,, is a Seabee. The ship he was on was torpedoed. His wife, brother and dad all work In the same defense plant in Detroit and buy War Bonds regularly. Baker owns $1,609 worth. Are you buy ing your share of War Bonds? Fire Controlman 3rd Class Wil liam C. Wenzel, 18, of Massilon, Ohio, a member of a destroyer’s crew, was wounded at Bizerte in the Tunisian campaign. He re ceived shrapnel wounds in both legs. The War Bonds you buy as sure him the best hospital care.