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HfEDFOIiD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 7. 1937.
II
Value Shown in Tests Made
in Fruit Shipments by
Oregon Washington Bu
reau Interest Is Wide
World-wide Interest ha been shown
by fruit growers and shippers In
the Kartman wrap, aaya the Oregon
Washlngton Pear bureau, Request
tor Information on lu availability
nave come from aa distant a point
a Africa. A bureau release atatet:
The Hartman wrap, mad by a
spec 11 copper-oil formula developed
by Professor Hartman of Oregon State
college, Is used by most of the mem
bers of the Oregon-Washington Pear
bureau. Only bureau membera may
use the wrap with the words 'The
Hartman Wrap' Imprinted on It.
though the wrap without this im
print ts available to those outside
the bureau. The bureau, who ft
nanoed the research work In develop
Ing the wrap, share In the royalty
by the wrap manufacturer.
"Prof. Hartman has been conduct.
Ing a number of experiments during
the past aeason with chemically
treated wraps tor botrytls and scald
control in pears. The teats were plan
ned as a check on the work of for
mer years, to obtain Information re
garding the behavior of the new 18
pound Hartman wrap, and to obtain
additional data concerning the effic
iency of oiled and non-olled copper
wraps in botrytls control.
Tests Are Made.
"Comparable lots of Ahjou pears
were packed In various wraps last
September and specimens Inoculated
with botrytls were Interspersed
throughout the packages so as to In.
sure that each pear would come Into
contact with a diseased one during
the storage period. Aa compared
. commercial conditions this teat waa
unusually severe, but It offered
baals of comparison of the efficiency
of the varloua wraps In both scald
and botrytls oontrol. The final ex
amination of the fruit was made
during the first week; In April when
the following results were noted:
"(1) The 16-pound Hartman wrap
proved slightly more effective than
did the 14-pound wrap In both scald
and botrytls control. Under the con
ditions of this experiment there waa
some spread of botrytls organism
even through the 10-pound wrap,
but the amount of spread was negli
gible. If considered on the baals of
commercial conditions.
"(3) There was no Indication that
the presence of oil In copperlred
wrapa Interferes with botrytl oon
trol, since the oiled wraps gave fully
aa good control as did the unoiled
wraps.
Sheets Better.
"(8) As In the tests of former
Tears, the fruit wrapped with two
sheets of paper Instead of one went
through the storage period In un.
usually good condition. Even under
conditions aa severe aa those set up
In these experiments, there was no
spread of botrytls and scald control
was excellent In the double-wrapped
fruit.
"(4) The soluble copper wraps such
as were used prior to 1933 again gave
good botrytls control but gave no
protection against scald. Their
also resulted In considerable copper
injury.
"(B) The oil content of the IS'
pound Hartman wrap was sufficient
to prevent Anjou scald.
Ilravler Wrap Advised.
"(8) It appears that botrytls, like
many other decay-producing organ.
lama varies In virulence, some strains
of the organism being much more
difficult to control than others. This
probably accounts for the fact that
In Individual cases the organism
areas tnrough copperlaed wraps,
whereas under ordinary circumstances
it does not.
"In view of the results obtained in
past years, it la recommended that
the Hartman wrap for 19S7 be man
ufactured as It wu In 13. There
Arrested By G. P. U.
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M
Soviet Russia officials revealed
that Genrlkb Vagoda (above),
former bead of the G. P. U had
been arrested for "breaches In
office of a criminal nature" by
his former subordinates in the
secret police. (Associated Press
Photo)
appears to be no reason why changes
in the procedure should be made
at this time.
"It is further recommended that
the pear Industry use the 18-pound
wrapa Instead of the 12 and 14
pound paper used In former years.
Only a few used the 18-pound wraps
In 1938. Obviously, the added protec
tion afforded by the heavier paper
In botrytls and scald control and In
the prevention of mechanical Injury
to the fruit more than offsets the
extra cost."
Merging Urged In
Home Loan Units
WASHINGTON, ' May 7, (AP)
Senator Byrd D' Va.) laid before
the senate today a proposal to con
solidate three federal home loan or
ganizations, declaring the merger
would aava 134,900.000 a year.
Byrd, chairman of a senate com
mittee on government reorganization,
said other suggestions for substan
tial savings "are sure to follow" u
this recommendation Is given a hear
ing.
His measure would combine the
home loan bank board, the borne
ownera loan corporation and the fed
erai nousing administration Into a
single unit called the federal home
oredlt administration.
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Russian Engineers
Shot After Wreck
MOSCOW, May T (AP) Two loc
omotive engineers, Demldoff and
Stats, have been ahot at Krasnoyarsk
following conviction by a military tri
bunal of causing a disastrous train
wreck, it waa announced today.
The two were accused of being
"Japanese-German Trotzkyst dlver
slonlsts." Numerous others were arrested.
Auto Sold, Night Unseen.
LORAIN, O. (UP) Louis Hennln
ger, notified by telephone that he
had won an automobile In a con
test, 'sold the car within an hour
without having seen It.
OF FIRE EFFORTS
School Prepares Enrollees
in Unifying Forces En
gaged On Task of Fight
Ing Forest Area Blazes
CAMP WTMBH, May 7, (Spl) The
national forest service region six, by
conducting a nine-day school for
time-keepers and radio men at this
COO camp, has taken a major step
toward solving one of the knottiest
problems which CCC forces had to
face during the disastrous 1938 Coos
county forest fire.
The school will train 73 Medford
district enrollees, 38 of whom will
lit Into the vital forest fire com.
munlcatlons system a radio field op
erators and the other 38 into admin
istration aa time-keepers.
The plan waa made possible
tnrough the cooperation of Mai O
R. Owens, district ccc commander,
who ordered six enrollees from each
or the 13 region alx national forest
camps In the Medford district to at
tend the school; through the In
structor personnel of the Siskiyou
national forest, veterans of the '38
fire; and through MaJ. James Prank
land, region six engineer, J, P. Camp
bell, regional fire officer, and Capt.
C. L. pierce, former Medford district
CCC fire chief for the army, which
three men conceived the plan after
observing the difficulties which arose
In conducting the 1938 fire cam
paign: and also through Capt. Rupert
T. Ollbert, whose camp Wlmer offered
facllltlea for the school.
Runner At Head
Siskiyou Instructors In the school
are headed by Loran J. Cooper, Qa-
Uce district ranger. Under him are
Arthur J. Peterson, Slaklyou radio
technician, who coordinated rvllo
communications during the '38 fire:
A. L. Jess, Chetco district adminis
trative guard; Ray Burdlck, foreman;
and S. D. Sloan, warehouseman at
tached to Slaklyou forest headquar
ters, Orants Pass. Robert Relnhardt,
Applegate district assistant ranger,
from the Rogue River national for
est, was attached to the school to
observe and to assist In instruction
George orlfflth, region six oil let
of education and Information, and
R. O. Llndberg, regional training sup
ervisor, attended the school In a sup
ervisory capacity.' Llndberg devised
the course of Instruction.
Graduates of the school will In case
of emergency be sent for service to
any location in region alx ' which
comprises all of Oregon and Wash
ington and part of California.
Radio Links Forces
The radio school conduoted by
Peterson and Jeas haa 13 combination
sending and receiving portable field
sets. The compact set adopted by the
national forest service wss developed
In region six by A. O. Slmson. It
weight only 1714 pounds, can easily
be carried Into rough country and
set up by one man.
The CCC enrollee students were,
during the course of the school, aent
to scattered points through the hills
back of Wlmer and required to set
up their outfit and get Into com
munication with on another.
The field radio man usually picks
a spot where he can stretch hi aerial
between two trees. K then seta up
field desk so that he can take
notes, plugs In his set and call for
other radio men by the list of num
bers furnished him. In the cose of
the Siskiyou forest, the field set men
would be under the direction of
KB AM. the central Slaklyou station
at orant pass.
The lmporaance of the field radio
men was strikingly demonstrated dur
ing the critical days of fire line duty
last year In Cooa county, with four
to five thousand men broken up Into
embattled units scattered through the
primitive forests along the coast, the
army and the forest service were
concerned with the protection of the
fighters, with whom they had to keep
in constant toucn, as well a with
the conduct of the campaign to save
the forest.
Clear Through OIIQ
In that emergency, the radio men
kept their unit In communication
with the directors of unit movement.
They gave Information to CHQ at Co-
qullle and Oold Beach concerning the
condition of the men and the pro
gress of the fires In various sectors.
They received orders from OHQ and
transmitted them to the fighting
unit. They handled messages con
cerning food supplies, commissary
itema and weather reports. The num
Sherwood, secretary, and D 1 p h a I
ntarlr rwitrj !
Mrs. Katie Orleve has been a "flu'
patient at the Community hospital
In Medford the past week.
Union Sunday school held a party
for the young people Wednesday eve
ning at the Orange hall which was
well attended.
Boy Scout meeting will be held
tonight at the Orange hall.
It ha been decided -to organise
camp fire group among the girls. A
meeting to choose leaders will be
held tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. Newy Ooodlow of
Roseburg were week-end guests of
Mr. Ooodlowe's mother, Mrs. Ed Hol
lenbeck at Red Blanket.
Children In Mrs. Pellett's room at
school gave a party today.
Patch and Chat club met Friday
afternoon with Mrs. Jsgger.
AT
EMPLOYES MEET
ECHOES' STUDIED
TO MAKE AIRPLANE
PROPELLERS SAFE
Then the propellers ars given 100
i hours endurance run on the actual
engine, at 100 per cent rated horse
power. After that, they take 10 hours
endurance on the actual engine st
the "flash" power approved for takeoff.
At a meeting of over 150 Medford
Corporation employes, held In the
Oulld hall last evening. Roscoe G.
Duthle, regional director for the weat
her of Uvea they were Instrumental era wooden hw emr,.i .....
in saving will never be known, but i interesting report on progress being
doubtless the fact that not a single
lire iignter was lost In the great fire
was due In part to their services.
The fire Itself was the greatest
emergency ever faced by region six
and the need for msny additional
radio men was clearly demonstrated.
Hence, the school at Wlmer.
Check Recruits
Timekeepers, while not engaged in
the spectacular work of delivering
and receiving dispatches, are Just as
important In the administrative di
rection of fire fighting. It Is their
business to check in the non-CCC
men who have been recruited for ser
vice on fires.- They check the con
tract of the men, keep tab on them
throughout their service and up to
tne point mat they are delivered
back to more peaceful pursuits. On
them falls the vital paper work which
change a mob of freshly recruited
men into orderly, smooth working
units.
The school will close May 10 with
graduation exercises for those who
successfully complete the courses.
Prospect
PROSPECT, May 7. (Spl.) Pros
pect Townaend club met April 37 at
the Nelson Nye home.. The next meet
ing will be held May 11. There will
be a special meeting May 33 with
a play and a guest speaker, Mrs.
Nora Ivle of Oregon City. A picnic
will be held May 33 in the Nye grove
with Mrs. Ivle as the principal
speaker. All Interested are most wel
come. Prospect W. C. T. U. met May 1
at the home of the president, Mra.
Leslie Dunnegan. An institute is
planned for early In June at which
the Josephine and Jackson county
W. C. T. U. president will preside.
The next meetl-v; will be held the
afternoon of May 14 at Nelson Nye's.
Everyone Interested Is invited.
Mrs. Hope Clarke organized a Loyal
Tempcranco Legion society for chil
dren at the Nye home May 3. There
were 10 charter members with Eu
gene Dunnagan elected president:
Letha Clarke, vice-president; Alleen
made in the campaign.
Due to exeellent result obtained
by the employe committee working
on the wooden box campaign lost
year, Mr Duthle said that further
support had been obtained from West
ern Pine association In addition to
that already contributed by the Na
tional Wooden Box association. A
similar campaign la also being start
ed in eastern states. One man Is
spending his entire time working with
the potato growers snd shippers of
the west to show them the advan
tage of shipping graded potatoes In
wooden boxes.
Mr. Duthle said that store along
the entire west coast were now dis
playing the tag "Brand received In
wooden boxes" on all product so re
ceived. He urged all present to co
operate with those shippers who were
helping the payrolls of the commun
ity, and buy their products shipped
In wooden boxes.
Beauty for Eskimo.
JUNEAU, Alaska (UP) Madam
Eskimo who lives on the Alaska coast
now has one of the opportunities of
the women In the big cities, M. C.
Edson operates floating beauty
parlor from Juneau.
Lawn mower service, call and del.
Ideal Bike Shop. Tel. 895. 411 E. Main.
By Howard W. Blakeslee
(Associated Press Science Editor)
DAYTON. Ohio "Thl." said the
Wright field aviation officer, ur.
veylng the littered state of the con
crete, cell-shaped room, "la far from
being the healthiest of occupations."
"This" referred to the rare occu
pation of aircraft propellor testing.
And to the fact that the Utter of the
moment was chunk of concrete, of
man-kllllng size. They hsd been
knocked out of a bulging hole in one
of the 10-lnch, steel-reinforced wall.
The thing that hit the wall was a
broken propellor blade. But the cause
of It was a queer kind of "echo." a
soundless vibration, which echoes
along an engine crankshaft and pro
pellor, building up what engineers
csll resonance.
Discovering this echo and how to
get rid of It haa given American the
safest propellors of any nation In the
world and has caused the material
division of the U. 8. army air corn
to build here the most complete pro
pellor testing laboratory In the world.
The blade that broke was on an
engine, running at full speed on a
testing block outside the smashed
wall. The engine -and propellor were
getting acquainted. Both vibrate. Vi
bration of both may be safe when
separate. These two did not match.
Their combined vibrations built up
the fatal echo.
One blade snapped at the hub.
It tore the engine loose and tossed
It Into space as smoothly as a giant
shot putter. Thla kind of break si
ways tears the engine out of a plane.
It never gives warning. It I fatal in
flight.
Duplication of this kind of failure
in service Is forestalled by the labo
ratory. There are vibration analyzera
and three tower, each two stories
high. On the towers, like windmills.
propellors ore mounted. They are the
"whirl rigs." The whirling Is done
with 30.000 horsepower of electricity.
The vibration analyzera discover
the deatructlve frequencies of the
"echo" In the propellors. The props
remove these frequencies from the
operating range.
On the whirl rlga, the propellers
are given s 30-hour endurance run
at double the rate horsepower of the
aircraft engine for which they are de
signed.
Weather.
Northern California: Gene rally
fair tonight and Saturday, but un
settled north portion tonight, with
rains over Slaklyou and on extreme
north coast; warmer Interior north
portion Saturday; moderate south to
west wind off the coast.
Oregon: Unsettled tonight and
Saturday; occasional rain west por
tion: cooler east portion Saturday;
moderate southerly wind off the
coast.
Coos Pledges Aid
To Grant Counties
COQOTLLE. May. 7. (AP) Com
m!!oner R. H. Lawbome pledged
Coo county's aid today to other
counties In the move to protect tax
equities In Oregon and California,
timber. Coo will lose about J 5, 000,
the commissioner said, if an Inter
ior department measure changing th
Interest of counties In land grant
timber Is passed.
Banks on Fair Days.
MANCHESTER. Mass. (UP) This
fashionable north shore town ha
a "fair weather" fire alarm system.
Selectman David Burke says that on
damp days there lent a workable
alarm-box In town. He attrioute
th difficulty to exposed wires.
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mellow flavor from the use ol
10-yeai-old imported Scotch
malt whiskey The Scotch
malt whiskey in this product
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Fact No. 2
Coffee wss first food, then
wins, a medicine, and lastly a
beverage. Its use as a popular
beverage dates back several hun
dred years. During the period
of 800 A. D. whole ripe berries,
beans and hulls were crushed
and molded into food balls held
in shape with fat It was next
used In Africa as a kind of
aromatic wine made from the
fermented Juice of the hulls and
pulp of the ripe berries. Next,
a medicine was made by boiling
the dried berries in water. This
was about in 1200 A. D.
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Husbends, es well 'as suests of both sexes, approve
the woman who uies automatic ervantj to do things
scientifically and save her own lime and labor. She
prepares the meal the automatic controls cook
it while she rests, or goes out to shop or play bridge.
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