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ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944
VOL. XIII
Shumans Honored
At Church Reception
T111M ANU THAT
(By 01.11 ll.M r.lt)
l o I ¡io i .ilitor:
Now for a little friendly com ­
petition umong the Allies for the
first to enter Berlin.
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W ith rationing, ceilings and
freezing on practically everything
else, why not freeze local taxes?
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On Ju n e 14, 17/7, the Am erican
Congress form ally udopted the
S ta rs and S tripes as the national
flog.
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W ith the fad of Hume the Gar«
m ans lose the last bas.s for the
pretense th a t there Is still an
Italy in the Axis.
¿ /S - tfcH wrn/Ji è ’n i/irinctl -fin
V u /T' Jtea/vfo
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Speaking of w ar crim inals and
punishm ent, the Allies a t the Close
of World W ar 1 w ere cheated, at
Uie hands of G erm an Judges, In
th eir atte m p t to see Justice done.
The original list of 000 Germ an
officers and officials, who had
violated th e H ague conventions
and sta tu to ry laws was w hittled
down to to Indictm ents, of which,
however, only 12 w ere actually
brought before court .In the end,
half of the defendants were ac­
quitted, the o ther half sentenced
to mild prison term s but spirited
aw ay from their cells a fte r a few
days of confinem ent.
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If a chicken could ba developed
th a t dines exclusively on Insect
pests, Uncle Zeke says th a t he
could then have a com bination
Victory poultry yard and garden.
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The Victory gardener is begin­
ning to w orry why his plants don’t
look like those In the Med catalog.
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T h a t certain ly was a vociferous
call to p ray er fo r Ashland folks.
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Joseph 8 ta lin ’s real nam e is
Jos. Vissarionovich Pzugashullli.
Winning With War
Transportation
“The efficient operation and
b etter utlizatlon of refrigerator
ca rs during the p ast two years
has contributed in no sm all m eas­
ure to keeping A m erica the best-
fed nation in the world .even in
w artim e.”
This statem en t m ade by Colonel
J. Monroe Johnson, D irector of
the Office of Defense T ra n sp o rta ­
tion ,1s borne out by the fa ct th at
railroad refrig erato r ca rs in 1943
tran sp o rted more than 42,630,380
tons over 1941. These perishable
m ovem ents
w ere accomplished
w ith fa r less refrig erato r car
equipm ent in operation, DDT a s­
serts.
Colonel Johnson a ttrib u te s the
achievem ent to cooperation by re ­
frig e rato r ca r lines .the railroads,
th e B ureau of Service of the In te r­
s ta te Com merce Commission, and
th e
Association of A m erican
R ailroads w ith the Office of De­
fense T ran sportation and to an
organized effort by various indus­
tries an d trad e organizations en ­
gag ed in food distribution.
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M rs. Naomi G rünew ald and
daughter, M arguerite, left M on­
day evening for Oakland, where
they will visit indefinitely. Mrs.
Grünewald was a teacher in the
local junior high school last year.
M arguerite was editor of the
Rogue News last y ear and will
serve again in the sam e capacity
during h er senior y ear a t AHS.
S uperintendent Theo J. Norby
and fam ily are living tem porarily
a t th e p ith ia Hotel, while w aiting
to move into th e F. D. W agner
home on G ran ite S treet.
Superintendent and M rs. C. R.
Bowman have gone to Salem and
P o rtlan d on business.
W. B. HOTCHKISS
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
3OUTHERN OREGON MINER
to see
at the VARSITY THEATRE
(Friday and Saturday)
“CRY HAVOC”
and
“IDAHO”
or
(Sanday, Monday, Tuesday)
“THE FIGHTING SEABEES”
Please call at the Miner Offict
for Your Guest Tickets
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Number 20
Mrs. Bruce Gives
Burma Review .
The Itev. and Mrs. George Shu­
man and children w ere honored a t
a reception held a t the P resb y ter­
The W omen’s Society of C hris­
ian C hurch W ednesday evening of tian Service m et a t the M ethodist
last week.
C hurch last F riday with the presi­
Welcome addresses w ere given dent, Mrs. George Mason, presid­
a t the dinner table representing ing. The m orning session was giv­
various organizations. Dr. George en over to reports and other ne­
W. Bruce spoke for th e M inister­ cessary business.
ial Association; Mrs. J. W. McCoy I A fter the luncheon hour the
for the W omen’s Association; Mrs. m eeting w as called to order by
G. M. F ro st for th e M arth a Gil- the prOgrram ieader, Mrs. J. R.
lette Guild, M rs. W. M. Poley for M cCracken. Mrs. C E. Anderson
the Sunday School, Miss Florence , had charge of the devotions uaing
Allen for th e choir, M iss P a tric ia 1 aa a tOpjc “S p iritu al House Clean-
Bell fo r the young people, G. M. 1 i n g ..
I'ro st for the session and W W
The rem aining tim e w as given
Robison for the trusteees. Rev.
over
to Mrs. G. W B ruce who
Shum an responded to the ad d ress­
reviewed the book, “B urm a S u r­
es of welcome, expressing ap p re­
geon." by Gordon Seagrave. The
ciation fo r the welcome given to
him and his family. J . A. Lang- author is the surgeon of the book.
He tells hum orously of sta rtin g
trey was to astm aster.
S peciil musical num bers includ­ his medical mission w ith a w aste­
ed several clarinet trio selections basket full of broken-down su r­
by R obert E lh art, M ary Corthell, gical instru m en ts salvaged from
and Joan Helm and two violin Johns Hopkins, w here he studied.
num bers by Miss Vyvyan F ree­ "All I w anted w as plenty of ju n ­
man accom panied by Mrs. J. W. gle and thousands of sick people
to treat, preferably w ith su rg e ry .”,
McCoy.
he writes. His wish w as g ran ted
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tenfold: Overcom ing th e g re a te st
difficulties h e b u i l t hospitals,
W a r S e r v ic e D a y
trained native g irls fo r n u rses
Southern Pacific W ar Service I %nd accomplished a v ast a m u n t
So. Pac. Plans for
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The G reeks long ago m ade ce r­
tain so-called music a crim e
ag ain st the state. In these modern
days» It’s a pity th a t the yowling
and caterw auling over the radio
could not be placed in the sam e
category.
FOREST FIRES
e ^ a c rific e and suffering . . . a final crude resting p la ce ... O ur
words cannot pay adequate tribute to his deeds . . . O u r homage
seems in itself a fu tile thing . . . it must remain for us to match
in unswerving purpose . . . the matchless devotion o f his effort.
TALENT NEWS
Daily vacation school began
Monday, Ju n e 5, to continue
through June 16, w ith a closing
program in the evening. H ours
will be from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.
each day Mondays through F ri­
days. The corps of teachers are
headed by Mrs. C larence Hold-
rige a s superintendent.
Agnes
Lacy Is the song leader. There
a re four departm ents: Beginners,
in charge of Mrs. W alty, with
Elsie H ershberge assistan t; p ri­
m ary. in charge of M rs. Quinn,
w ith Mrs. Floyd assisting; junior,
in charge of M argaret Moore, and
interm ediate in charge of Agnes
Lacy. Dr. and Mrs. B ruce will
be present for some of the ses­
sions. S tudy and activities in all
d epartm ents will cen ter around
the life of C hrist.
Mrs. J. H ouseholder and son,
R obert, of Lake Creek spent last
week visiting Mr. and M rs. Ralph
Householder on the old Pacific
H ighw ay south of T alent and re­
turned to th eir hom e Monday.
M rs. B lanche H ungate and Mrs.
Bessie Mickel w ere business call­
ers in Medford S aturday.
P e rry S keeters of Prospect
spent a couple of days last week
w ith his grandm other, M rs. Belle
Skeeters.
M rs. Elizabeth P alm er, 87 years
old, passed aw ay a t her home in
T alent T hursday evening. She
had been ill since the death of
h er daughter, Mrs: B ertha H un­
gate, whose death occurred May
2. Mrs. P alm er's funeral services
w ere hfeld M onday afternoon at
2 o’clock a t the Litw iller F u ­
neral Home. Dr. Bruce gave, the
sermon. In term en t was m ade in
th e fam ily plot a t the M ountain
View Cem etery.
Miss L ottie Besnick of Bell­
view and M rs. S arah C lark of
A shland called on friends here
T hursday evening.
M rs. Roy E stes m ade a busi­
ness trip to Chicco, Calif., last
Tuesday a n d
returned home
T hursday morning.
T hirty-eight people m et on Me­
m orial Day in the m orning and
w orked a t repairing the old B ap­
tist Church. Men of the F riends’
C hurch congregation releveled the
en tire foundation, rebuilt the
porch in fro n t and set tile for a
new fro n t bridge. A crew of
young people tore off the old
p aper on th e ceiling and walls
and ladies helped prepare the
walls fo r redecoration. The la­
dies also prepared a bountiful
dinner fo r the w orkers which was
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Federal Kent Control
Still in bflect Mere
v o n tra ry to w idespread local
belief there has been no relax a­
tion ui h e e d ia i ren t control in
m e M edtord defense re n ta l area,
m e erroneous opinion apparently
originated in puolicity wmeh re­
moved restrictions on h'ttA nous­
ing, to m ake them available for
general rental wneu form erly they
were available only to essential
w orkers.
In the opinion of local rent
control officials, the theory of the
F ederal regulation of rents m akes
necessary a continuance of rent
control, and so far, a t least, there
is no indication of rem oving the
adm inistration of the ren t regu­
lation in the im m ediate future.
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Four Bergstrom Boys
In Service of Country
W ord nas been received th at
Pfc. C arl B ergstrom , who is with
the In fa n try P arach u te Co., left
recently for the E uropean th eatre
of war. He received his training
in N orth C arolina.
Lt. David B ergstrom , who is a
pilot on a Bomber, left ab o u t the
sam e tim e fo r the Pacific area.
These boys a re sons of Mr. and
M rs. C. L. B ergstrom who also
have tw o o ther sons in the service.
S /S g t. John B ergstrom has been
serving in England for the p ast
y ear ,and H arvey B ergstrom is a
firs t class p etty officer s a v in g in
the P acific area.
The B ergstrom boys grew up in
A shland, g ra d u a tin g from Ash­
land High School.
USO Club Used by
Overseas Men
A new type visitor w as seen
a t the USO on Sunday—men
from overseas duty are being sent
to C am p W hite for a rest period
before being reassigned to active
d u ty again. Some men told in ter­
esting events th a t happened in
N orth A frica, England .N orth Ire ­
land, Hawaii, the A leutians and
New Guinea.
Also some of th e E ngineer F o r­
estry B attalion groups used the
USO Club for a stopping place to
aw ait tru c k s to tak e them out
to the bivouac area. One officer
w ith a g ro u p com m ented on how
nice th e club w as and thought
th eir men w ere lucky to have the
use of th e facilities here.
Mrs. Roy F razier and Mrs. Ted
L ockhart w ere a t Cam p W hite on
business Of the Ashland USO,
Wednesday,
Greyhound Urges
Women to Join
Medical Corps
I "Serve w ith th e Navy Medical
¡Corps,’’ urgea ra c ific Greyhouna
Lines in tneir cu rren t ad v ertise­
m ent released in m ore th an five
hundred w estern new spapers. Tnis
is another advertisem ent in P aci­
fic G reyhound’s series in coopera­
tion w ith th e recruiting program
of the arm ed forces, chiefly aim eu
a t g ettin g women to enlist in the
various auxiliaries. O thers were
Seauees, M arines, W aves, and
W acs.
This la te st advertisem ent fe a t­
ures both the N avy Nurse Corps,
open to trained nurses, and the
w aves H ospital C orps which u r­
g ently needs o ther women to
serv e in the naval hospitals, cleri­
cal capacities, and as helpers in
th e w ards, laboratories and p h a r­
macies. M uch of this w ork Is now
being done by m ale hospital corps-
men, and women can release men
for d u ty on th e fig h tin g fronts.
Said F. W. A ckerm an, Vice
P resid en t of Greyhound Lines:
“Anyone who h as been in the
Navy, as I have, will appreciate
th e need for wom en in o u r mili­
ta ry hospitals. I well rem em ber
the men n u rses of th e last w ar;
they were well trained and cap ­
able enough, but o u r wounded
fig h ters should have as fa r as
possible the care of women nurses,
and, furtherm ore, the men are
urgently needed to serve on the
b attlefronts. Pacific Greyhound is
happy to cooperate by m eans of
this advertising w ith the re cru it­
ing of women for the arm ed fo r­
ces. We look upon this advertising
as a fu rth e r extension of the tra n s ­
portation service we a re providing
fo r the A rm y and N avy.”
Pacific G reyhound Lines’ appeal
to women to serve w ith the Navy
Medical Corps ap p ears on page 2
of today's Miner.
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LARGE CROWD AT USO DANCE
A very good crowd enjoyed the
clubhouse facilities S a t u r d a y
night. D uring the coffee hour, 5
to 8, th e hostesses w ere Miss
E thel Reed and Mrs. Noami
G ruenwald.
H ostesses fo r the
dance following w ere Mrs. C ar­
rie O H a rra , desk; M rs. Sid Reed,
odor; M rs. F rances Silver, Mrs.
A lb erta Leonard and Mrs. Edith
i Good, refreshm ents.
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H enry Newton was ill w ith the
flu last week.
Day, in honor of th e com pany’s j 0 wor
more th an 2*>000 form er em ployes! When the w ar came to B urm a,
now in the arm ed forces, will be . D r S eagraves w as commisssioned
observed this year on W ednesday. Ia M ajor G eneral in the M edical
June 14, P resid en t A. T. M ercier i Corps to care for the wounded,
announced today.
D r- S eagraves and his un it joined
The railro ad ’s trib u te to its ' the re treat w ith General Stillwell,
service men and women will fall I 3X1 d the book ends w.th a day by
on F lag Day, and th e noon hour ' day account of the historic tre k
and evening rallies of Southern j through the jungle to India.
Pacific personnel will be in keep-
Mrs. Seagraves is living a t R ed­
ing w ith national exercises in lands, California a t the p resen t
honor of Old Glory. Southren P a- I time, and Mrs. B ruce read a le tte r
cific’s representation in th e arm ed , which cam e from her in which
forces has grow n in size to an she sta te s th a t her husband is in
A rm y division, th e num oei nav- In d ia .still w orking w ith General
ing increased 3000 in the p ast Stillwell.
year, i t w as pointed out.
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P lan s fo r Southern Pacific W ar £ t . R e n t S t u d y i n g
Service Day, i t w as stated , en- ■
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com pass the com pany’s far-flu n g A t A l e x a n d r i a , - L a .
lines and agencies in the U nited I L t R obert M K ent J r n av ig at.
S tates, w ith its 100,000 em ployes o r,
^ 3hiand, Oregou, will soon
particip atin g , p i e day w ill be com pjet e an intensive course in
highlighted in th e railroad am i y com Pat flying a t th e Alexandrio
by the w earing of m in iatu re S. P. A rm y A ir Field> Alexandriai
service flag s bearing th e n u m e r - lan d
th e n ear fu tu re he wiu
als 15,000.
I go overseas to a com bat area.
" I t is fittin g th a t w e again
pledge our support to our service • « e 13
mte mbei\
a F lying
m en and women and pay hom age i F o r t e s crew fram ed by th e sec-
to the 56 from our railroad fam - ! ° nd A*r Force, which h as the
ily who have alread y m ade the
r e a d y i n g four-engine
_ e sacrifice,
~ said P resid en t , bom _ ber crew s fo r overseas duty.
suprem
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M ercier in a m essage to th e com- i Listed am ong th e in stru cto rs
pan y ’s m en and women regard- ; ®t th e A lexandria A rm y A ir Field
ing the special tribute. “Let us a™ m ore than 250 officers and en-
continue to do our best by per- listed men who have seen action
form ing o u r jobs w ith th e utm ost bi every th e a tre of w^r. These
efficiency and safety, subscribe , veteran s direct crew s through
generously to th e F ifth W ar Loan, tra in in g conditions th a t sim u late
and prom ote good team w ork in ac tu a l com bat.
L t. K ent is the son of Mr. nad
the w ar effort w ith friendly serv ­
Mrs. R obert M. Kent, 743 N o rth
ice to all.”
M ain St., Ashland. His wife, the
fo rm er B etty B arton, lives a t 721
South, P resy St. ,San A ntonia
Texas. He is a g ra d u ate of A sh­
Jackson C ounty’s quota fo r the land H igh School and attended
F ifth W ar Loan will be th e high­ Oregon S ta te College and S outh­
est ever established, it w as a n ­ ern Normal School, w here he w as
nounced by N. H. Zacharisen, a m em ber of T heta D elta P hi fr a ­
Jackson C ounty W ar Finance tern ity .
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Com m ittee chairm an, who w as so
M
iss
Ninon
King, d au g h ter of
advised by E. C. Sam m ons, s ta te
chairm an, Oregon W ar Finance Mrs. R uth King, arrived home
F rid a y from the university and
Com mittee.
The county’s quota fo r Series will spend the sum m er with her
E bonds w as set a t $600,000, sales m other.
to individuals (all series), $1,037,-
000; corporations, $1,225,000.
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The s ta te ’s $125,000,000 quota
—the cost of A m erica's p a r t in
th e w ar for 12 hours—is the
larg e st quota alloted to Oregon
since the beginning of th e w ar
financing program . O riginally set
a t $123,000,000, W ar Bond lead ­
ers requested Ted Gamble, form er
executive m anager of the Oregon
W ar Finance C om m ittee and n a ­
tional director of the W ar Finance
Division, to raise the quota $2,-
000,000 so th a t Oregon could pay
for a t least 12 hours w ar against
the Axis.
Fifth War Loan Quota
High for Jackson Co.
Ashland People Flock
To Church for Prayer
A s soon as the Air raid sirens
blew a t 12:45, announcing ¿the
European invasion, the churches
of Ashland w ere opened. M any
people dressed and w ent to the
churches for prayer.
M ayor *$' s - w lIeY requested
business houses to close from 3:00
to 4:00 Tuesday afternoon th a t an
hour of p ray er m ight be observed.
M ost of the churches rem ained
open Tuesday and W ednesday
th a t people m ight go for p ray er
at any convenient hour.
I t was reported th a t th e nine
o’clock m orning p ra y er services
are very well attended.
H a r r i, A Ewir.g Phuto)
New Bishop of Important Epis­
copal Church diocese In the Na­
tion's Capital, Dr. Angus Dun was
consecrated with Impressive rites
April 19. The Presiding Bishop of
the Episcopal Church, the Arch­
bishop of York, the Primate of
Iceland, the Bishop of Kunming,
China, were among the Church
dignitaries who attended the con­
secration service. Bishop Dun has
been Dean of the Episcopal The­
ological School, Cambridge, Mass.,
since 1940. Some 600 national,
civic and Church leaders were In
the procession Into the Cathedral.