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PAfSE TTTTlirEFX 8 CARLOADS LOCALj WILD GEESE TRAVEL TAILSPIN TOMMY Death Fiom the Skyi By HAL FORRES1 IS WILL BE BELIEF AT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1940. IT BY FSCG Eight carloads of local onions will be bought for relief pur poses by the Federnl Surplus Commodities corporation, it was announced yesterday by C. B. Cordy, assistant county agent. Details preliminary to the actual purchase were ironed out yesterday at a conference of local onion growers with a government purchasing agent According to the government plan, each grower will be al lotted a quota in proportion to the quantity of onions he now has on hand. Any onion grow er who was not at the meet ing and is interested in selling part of his crop was advised to report his holdings to the coun ty agent's office. Francis Russel, Otto Bohn ert, R. H. Field and V. C. Bish op were chosen as a growers' committee to calculate the available tonnage and allot each grower his proportionate share. As the allocations are to be made this week, growers should report their tonnage be fore Wednesday, Mr. Cordy said. No public mention was made of price. ED The following awards were nade at Boy Scout cub pack 8's tenth achievement council last Wednesday night at the Washington school: Membership cards and bob cat badges to Neil Clark, James. Newman, Gordon Price and Richard Kyle; upon promotion from bobcat to wolf Neil Clark, Richard Kyle and Ward Bebb received wolf pins and badges and Ward Bebb was also awarded a wolf gold arrow. Directed by Jim Hoey, den chief, den 3 presented a hu morous skit. Mrs. J. R. Clark was appointed den mother and Chester Cole den chief of den 1. Hobart Price was named contact man. Dens 1 and 3 will resume meetings January 20. L. Morris, cubmaster, pre sided. Ray Marks, assistant cub master, conducted the Induc tion ceremony during which the awards were made. Chicago Oi.K Field Museum naturalists have added a touch of plausibility to claims by municipal airport employes that wild geese have been rid ing the radio beam into the landing field. Assistant Curator E. R. Blake said maybe it wasn't Just im agination when the man saw flights of geese sweep over the city from the north In V-for-mation, make straight for the airport, and hesitate above the radio transmitter at the north end of the field. Always the flights broke formation, flut tered aimlessly for a short time, then reformed and made off to the west. "Were they riding the sound beam, just as airlines do when flying blind toward the field?" the workmen wondered. The men remembered seeing ducks land with a frustrated look on the runways and car rier pigeons sit for hours on the roof of the radio shack. Blake said maybe there was something scientific about it. "There's a standing theory among bird men that radio beams tend to confuse migra tory birds. There might be something to it. It has not yet been related to any physiologi cal function of the birds, but there are people working on it." Such flights of geese at night would be explained by the at traction of the powerful airport lights, make said. But in broad daylight, well maybe birds have discovered their Tying rivals' secrets." KNOT EXPERTS TRAVEL WORLD Bridgeport, Conn. (U.R) John Hensel and Roaul Graumont are experts when It comes to knotty problems. Between them they have tied thousands of knots, some of them so intricate they have re quired days of study and pa tience to complete. Hensel claims to have dupli- cated the baffling Gordlan knot which was so cleverly made that both ends of the rope were concealed and defied undoing Both Hensel and Graumont traveled the world to pursue their hobby of rope making and knot tying. In all they have a collection of 3,200, no two of which are alike. According to Hensel, there are only 310 orthodox knots, the simplest of which were used almost from the beginning of time. The Dalles. Jan. 13. (IP) John Whiz, Celilo Indian lead er, proposed sacrificing "local color" for sanitation today at the famous Celilo .fishing vil lage on the Columbia river. Whiz said he had the support of other Celilo all-year residents for construction of 11 perma nent dwellings and cabins for Yakima, Umatilla and Warm Springs tribesmen who flock annually to the mighty river for the age-old salmon runs, The site is now dotted with shacks. Chief Tommy Thompson will accompany Whiz to Washington D. C, to discuss the proposed project with the department of Interior and congressional com mittees. OF STATE CHILLY Portland, Jan. 13. (IP) The weather failed to play any new tricks In Oregon today. Highway conditions were un changed and sub-freezing tem peratures continued east of the Cascades. Baker was the cold est city, with a minimum ol eight debrees. Other minimum temperatures today included Bend 11 degrees Brookings 35, Burns 111, Eugene 29, Hood River 33, Lakeview 12 Medford 26, Newport 9, North Bend 33, Pendleton 36. Port land 36, Roseburg 29, Siskiyou Summit 19. Hi knew theyI 77 I EvF v I I (qu'CklyIthis iS oun.)jr.i sv AVAvuiTf 1 1 pollow me.' VWOULO COMA-f lU4 SW W VCHANCE TO ESCAPET" Yffltt 'N feW KNOW f fe TAILSPIN TOMMY No Time To Losel By HAL FORRES C SEE, MY FRIEND IT I VsKEETSA (-SILENCEI I (THIS WILlA fSTOP, JOSE.' I HELP ME.. (WHY RISK OUR. -A IS AS I TOLD YOUWfc Aiue n e K ..YOU I SILENCE J HE IS A, WE MUST J NECKS FOR. A, f SSlfY cPcLcAN-iTM )"l Xt Ja,i-)( VWILL VHlMLy-JRJEN0' TME HIM P FOREIGNER , J CXHEE-cT1TW YOU?- AROUSE (SffelicS VwiTHUSi (MANUEL? WE J ' VJt51I VnT, v THt , XIKMJMMS 3Wr'AHAVE BARELY S Jl f .. AfeF . VLJARDS 'ff jjjpip wTHE PLANE San Francisco, Jan. 13. VP) Wesley O. Ash, western direc tor of the wage and hour act, announced today the open cut mining of placer gold in Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wash ington and Alaska has been classed as a seasonal Industry, exempt from the hour provis ions of the wage and hour law. The decision was made in Washington after hearings be fore the administrator of the act. Garden City, Kas., Jan. 13. (IP) A snow storm of near buz zard proportions swept far west em Kansas today. Carried by a high north wind the snow was beginning block highways over the area at noon, three hours after the storm started. Motorists were warned stay off the roads except cases of extreme emergency. Noted Dead Staunton, Va., Jan. 13. P Mrs. J. Frank Clemmer, 75, for three years vice president ol the Gold Star Mothers na tional organization, died today et her home, "Silverbrook", In Augusta county after an illness of four months. One of her sons. Captain J. Frank Clem mer, was killed in action in France. Dm Uui Tribune ft&JU tOA. Spain-Franc Pact Madrid, Jan. 13. (IP) Con elusion of a new French-Spanish trade agreement, which au thorities said was expected to restore commerce almost to the 1933 level of two billion francs (about $45,000,000) was nounced tonight. C.en Strika Ordered Snrinifilri 111 . Jan. 13. lP Ray Edmundson, president of the Illinois district of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, today instructed 6.000 U. M. W. A. miners in southern onH rent'-al Illinjis to "cease work" Tuesday morning if "on- shift shooting" 01 coai u noi halted. Dm Uall Tribune "ul TAILSPIN TOMMY Bad Hews! By HAL FORRES pTANUEL,AN ELVANI A.N FLYER, AIDED TOMMY aiun lP V- 1 .S l-SCAP IX KUKbAK AN BIKINI SQUA.D. SKEETS BECAME LOST.' JOSEF, ANOTHER. ELVAKIAN PILOT, S.LU&&EO lonnT..jo owit Mi n WE HAVE ALSO RESCUED THE GREAT AMERICAN ACE, 1 MANUEL.'. . Y WYOU ARE s IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOUR. FRIEN D HAS BEEN ... ER ... LIQUIDATED BY THOSE bloodthirsty) eORGARIANSl lTkH-H.' THAT EXPLAINS I I ( W -WHERE YOU ARE IN ELVANlAlI I I'M NOT 7 V W n I l nc qui DE I II . : JJ-r-c r-i.wi- wwrc, j i tw i w HE WAS TO DELIVER. "H "T f ' ENEMIES, WHO A I I N YOUR. 1 TO US... FAILED TO k U T-. A TRIED TO KILL 11 WAR. .' WHAT ARRIVE!.. BUT WE I Ktxfr fL,VOU.'....YOU I WANT TO MAY BE FORTUNATE P3. ttarVM WAVE KNOW.. .IS I VlN ANOTHER. WAY. rfiSSll Vlv -53s3 VNGE-BYN WHERE MY I r-f Mxt4-Mtf,rsh JOININO PAL,SKEET5y ( 1) Ojv ,i&rTZTiUQ milligan l i r SESba Eas3 yri force a is.... v TAILSPIN TOMMY Will Tommy Fight Now? By HAL FORREST V LIQUIDATED you MEAN.... ) MY PAL WAS J wii i c r D THE BOR.GARIANS7 ( EITHER WLLED.. ll'VE GOT TO HE CAN Dol ITHAT'S RIGHT-' THE THEN YOU I lTAKl MI TO I ) Voa WILL BE 1 SEE THE J NOTHING.' I BORGARlANS KILLED WILL PIGWT I I YOUR, COMMANDING) - . J KILLED I AntKiuiN - i .tuu k i ii nir miii i to ti i i ruiv eliwih, er w r r iwiv fj - I V AMBASSADOR.1 V COUNTRY TO LAY THE BLAME V TO AVENGE DS3 IfW I mKj AT ONCE.' J HAS NO ( ON ELVANIAN f YOUR. I PM r L ' TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Signs Up For a Warl By HAL FORREST Tp"v HAS- AN ffOUR HIGHNESS, I CAME TO TO MY HORROR, I FOUND THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF TVATH" fiJOO HAVE ASKED MEYOUR tUSLVfft JJur YOUR COUNTRY, WITH MY 1 MY COUNTRY3 AMBASSADOR BRAVE ELVANIAN FLYERS... X.- glMAUESTY, TO JOIN , , . K 1 FRIEND, ON A PEACEFUL IN BORGARJA.-..H AD I ESCAPED.' MY FRIEND WAS NOTM YOUR AIR FORCE.. IN YoUR. "5S5!as;i - "Tli MISSION... TO DELIVER! BECOME ONE OF THE jS SO FORTUNATE ...SOMEWHER.B; V WAR AGAINST BOR&ARIA.. VA PLANE TO YOUR. FIRST VICTIMS OP A llN BORXAaiA...HIS LIFZ ISj Nll4n ' HAVE A DOUBLE Mil I IW-'H GOVERNMENT... RUTHLESS WAR... MY VJN PERIL JJT 3ttfM I NCENTIVE V-m "' jP f RFND I DOOM T N TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy's Planl THE BORGARIAN AIR FORCE ( I AGREE. .0 hHICH IS ALL THe IvoU HAVE a ( WANT ONLY THREE I YOLI TO ENGAGE IN AERIAL 1 IS VASTLY SUPERIOR TO J ) THAT THS MORE REASON WHY I PLAN , YOU ) I FAST PURSUIT SHIPS, SHALL! (GUERILLA WARFARE YOURS, YOUR MAJESTY j WAR CAME I ANY ATTEMPT TO ( SAY, MR.( AND TWO PILOTS.OF HAVE i WTH THE ENEMY...TO I HAVE BEEN THERE 1 UPON US S BOMB BORGARlA ( TO"1KINS...A( COURAGE AND THEM. STRIKE SWIFTLY IN THE vanD KNOW.' -rtOA SUDDENLY.... BY MASS FLIGHT WHAT IS IT ?J V EXPERIENCE , WHO BUT. 17 DEAD OF NIGHT AT THEIR. v' - v J- -i r-- 'yw WERE WOULD BE SUICIDE? WlLL FOLLOW MY WHY.'Jfl AIRDROMES WHILE THE Kr3frv--ir,'HiiiBUNPREPABi:Dj YOUR AIR. CORPS M N COMM AN OS MAIN AIR FORCE i By HAL FORREST
