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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MAY 23. 19-10. PAGE FTVE Mail Tribune's United ..." 0 R :' T ' 7 IJ Norwich utalYtrmouttv , . - J"i"f' C Jj'fx I CmJ'' '""'""""""' Croydon Chith-tmvISr""" " .-. . iJj'5 VvM ,, W -.srWupperUI A i-v. l V Folkestone,, 'r 5 lL J fft Wurt ..ew, Nfcl.w yTi W,0, u'wr??k!yi0'1rV V K V f S Ks AtrWviVrvAr ",' xvUon iT AiTumVg ludwigshjfenuMvnhelrn , V tv-f-- y I V ( !r XV "''chYifr'ibur9NjS'w'n, ) V r ' . 1 1 X--r,f- SBUmfL l LEGEND , eX, TTb5'1 Trunk Railroad Navst Ba$M Heavy FoiUflcaBont Secondary Fortifieationt A Base Mr Distances CocylfW by C. S Htmmond This United Press war map shows in detail the sections where the fighting is heaviest and the territories to which the hostilities may spread. It includes fortifications, military objectives, communications and transportation lines of the Allies and Germany. Preserve it to enable you to keep up with the war developments as reported by United Press PAiD INCOME TAX TO Treasury Listing of Individ ual Payments Shows 1315 From Jackson County Washington. May 23. iP The treasury announced today that 54.709 individual Income tax return were filed In Ore con In 1939. There were 6.250.793 indi- J vidual returns filed that year, the treasury said, compared with 8.398. 541 In 1938. In making public the number of reutrns by states, counties, cities flerb ramedtet aile vlated disorder 01 f oiur. stomach lirer, kldne?. Mid dtf, prostata gland piles, nema. uin ma. catarrh, drops; ! tumor, blood pre are, rheamattsm J H f Influent, stomach Herbalist nicer, and htmw- M leart rhaft all disappear Experieor Without Operation Hours 10 a. m. to 6 p. m MonTuewWad Only YICK SO HERB CO. Jackson Co. Bank Bldj. Main Office Rosaburg. Ore. can i Co.. H. Y. and towns with a population of 1,000 or more, the treasury did not disclose the amount of tax paid. The number of returns, by states, counties and towns In cluded: Oregon 54,705. Coos, 1.279; Bandon 57. Co quille 224. Marshfield 593. Myrtle Point 95, North Bend 21. Douglas. 869; Reedsport 87. Hoseburg 364. Hood River, 383; Hood River 336. Jackson. 1.315; Ashland 209. Medford 949. Josephine, 406; Grants Pass 356. Klamath. 2.680; Klamath Falls 2.061. Lake, 288: Lakevlew 224. Lane. 1.982; Cottage Grove 156, Eugene 1,415. Springfield 55. Marlon. 2.181: Salem 1681, Silverton 177. Woodburn 56. Multnomah, 29.118; Gresham 147, Portland 28.687. FIGHT ON POLIO Tacoma, May 29. P A four-point program designed to prevent further spread of a growing Infantile paralysis epi demic was laid down today as two new suspected victims were hosoitalited, bringing the num ber of cases under treatment to. is. A bulletin signed by Dr. N. E. Magnussen. county neaniii director, and distributed to all j schools, suggested: Cancellation of picnics and pre-vaeation parties, cessation of inter-school athletics. Isola-; tion of pre school children from students "as much as possible." and Immediate reporting of ny uck.iess. Press Map Shows Theatre of War 1 LyooWVT .VY&I? TlTSA-VtSX VACAT AT FIRST BAPTIST SLATED JUNE 3-14 Preparations have been com pleted for the annual Vacation Bible school at the First Baptist church, June 3 to 14. Sessions will be held from 9 to 11 a. m. each week-day except Saturday. Children from three to 12 years of age are eligible for classes. According to Mrs. Fred Lan ders, general supervisor of the school, with a faculty of train ed workers from the Sabbath school force, Bible teaching will be the major course of study. Other courses offered will be character stories, dramatization, handwork, sewing and many others. Officers and teachers on the vacation school faculty include: Supervisor, Mrs. Fred Landers: beginners' superintendent. Mrs. Edna Hill, assisted by Mrs. Gladys Ekerson, Misses Zavive Lester. Shirley Remington and Mrs. Ralph Wilder; primary superintendent. Mrs. Ruth Clnrk: assistants. Mrs. Elmer Wilson. Misses Meryl Dawes and Pat Crawford. The Junior group will be under supervision of Mrs. Montella Freeland In the first division, with Mrs. W. A. DawfJ ,n cnarge of o)d(.r jun ior. Mrt Grge Tucker will con- Call Is On Your risrtnm eroblin fthta others rani rii Them. Medford Electric fliwimnl Mtdtnrd Blrff ehnn an duct two classes daily in sew ing for both departments of juniors, assisted by Misses Betty Myers and Stella Webb. Music periods will be directed by Mrs. Ted Graham. Many other volunteers will assist in different phases of the work, it is stated. All children of Medford and surrounding communities are welcome to enroll in the school, regardless of church affiliation. TO GET T Ran Francisco, May 29. iPt The army said today that a group of U. S. army reserve officers under 30 years of age would be ordered to six months active duty in the ninth corps area forts. Headquarters at the Presidio here announced that in order to build the defense reserves. 110 lieutenants with less than six years' service would be ad mitted to California. Oregon. Washington and Wyoming posts for full-time training for the period. nClian & Chan Chlnetw Mdldnt Co , t Be misted at onrt ay f Mior herbal rm-d. tn jakfrnfj have: asthma. I fl Ihjj Few, atomtrh IpilitJ Trouble. Comtlpatloa Chronic Cough, Rheumatism, ftl nns Trouble, Plies, Arthritis, ro Mtis, Pafmt, Appendicitis, Hlh Blood PreMure. Prostata. Heart Liter, Bladder, Ktdnev. Lane. B'ood. tiinarr troubles Ririt 111 fflva rosj relief. 118 E. Mala NOW OPEN DAILY r.XCIPT SlSDlY ta a. m. In I S a. n. BRITE COMMUTATION By Sacramento. May 29 'T" The state advisory pardon board has recommended to Governor Olson that he deny the applica tion of a convicted slayer for commutation of hi death len ience. The case of Rodney Crelg, sen tenced to die Friday for a 1938 knife murder in Oakland, came before the board yesterday. The board also declined with out comment the request of John Brlte and Coke Brite, Siskiyou county slayers, for commutation of sentence to time served. PROPAGANDA PEDDLER NABBED IN SANTA FE Santa Fe, N. M.. May 29. &) Police Chief Tom Delgido said today a German-born Los Angeles woman was arrested here on a technical charge of vagrancy for distributing "sub vrrslve propaganda." but was released on her promise to leave town. PEAR FILM SHOWN ALL OVER NATION TO MANY Ten Prints of West Coast Picture Much in Demand During 1939 40 Season By Jtunnu Butlar "Pear Lands of the Pacific", the motion picture advertising pears of the Rogue river val ley and other fruit districts of the Pacific coast, produced by the Oregon-WashingtonCalifor-nla Pear Bureau and shmvn at the Holly theatre about a year ago. has been shown at a re markable number of points throughout the United States during the 1939-40 season. Nine 16 mm. prints have been used for ordinary showings with one 35 mm. print for Infrequent showings where a theatre-siie film was required, such as for conventions. The pear bureau declares several additional prints could be used as it has been unable to fill all requests. A listing of the cities where the Y.M.C.A. motion picture bureau routed the one print fur nished it last fall follows: Alfred. Lemington, Me.; Bal timore, Md.; Bcllport, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Congers, East Hamp ton, Maspeth, New York City, Port Washington, R e d f o r d, Rockville Center, Westbury, Rome, Staatsburgh. White Plains. Yonkers, N. Y.; Chester, Harrlsburg. Turtle Creek, West Lawn, Wind Gap. Penn.; Black wood, N. J.; Cross City, Fla.; Ensley, Ala.; Holyoke. North Reading, Provincetown, Mass.; New Haven. Norwalk. Torring ton, Conn.; Rocky Mount. N. C; and Scaford, Dela. Schools Iniarntad Places at which showings were made were elementary, Junior and high schools, aca demies, trade schools, club groups and CCC camps. Fieldmen showed the film in the following cities: Des Moines, Minneapolis. Chicago. Freder ick, S. D.; Aberdeen, S. D.: Los Angeles. Omaha. Boston, Pitts burgh, Phoenix, St. Louis, Hous ton, Iowa Falls, Waterloo, Mas on City, Iowa; Somcrville Mass.; Amarillo, Dallas, Tex.; Duluth, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Fargo, New York City Charleston, S. C; Columbia, S C; Pampa. Tex.; Dinona, Miss.; Augusta, Ga.; Borger, Tex.; St. Paul, La Crosse, Oklahoma City, Arlington, Mass.; Midway, Minn.; Wilkes Barre, Newark, Del.; Brookline, Mass.: Norfolk, Va.; Baltimore, Quebec, Mon treal, San Antonio, Morgan' A. ifce boltl "h pjpl' " town, W. V.; Houston, Colum bia. S. C; Long Beach, Los Angeles. Piovidence. R. I.; Port land, Me.; Lewiston. Me.; Springfield, Mass.; Bella ire. O.; Savannah, Ga.; Tampa and Mi ami. Fla., and a number of smaller cities. At Food Shows In conjunction with food shows and conventions, the film was shown, sometimes in the auditorium, sometimes In a special moving picture "thea tre" In conjunction with the convention, a new trend in such meetings, at the following ci ties: Chicago, Des Moines. Oma ha. Boston, Worcester, Phila delphia. New Y,.k atvd Okla homa City. Among the shows or conven tions at the cities where the tilm provided instruction and entertainment were the Interna tional Apple Shippers, Iowa State Retail Growers. New England Retail Grocers, Na tional Hotel Association, Audi torium Food Show and Nation al Restarateurs. Mlscellaneoua sources where the pear film was shown the past season were numerous, ac cording to the pear bureau heads who state that among them were many civic, club, school and church groups. Print Circulated The one print left In the Seattle office of the pear bu reau has been kept in circu lation most of the season and as prints became available from fieldmen they were also used. Some of the places at which the last available print was shown were Albany, Ore.; Cin cinnati, Emeryville, Cal.; Grand view, Wash.; Kent, Wash.; Port land. San Francisco, Seattle, Yakima, Kirkland and Renton, Wash. Some of the sponsors at these cities were nurses' con ventions, school systems, Lions and Kiwanis clubs, chambers of commerce, public schools, state federations of women's clubs, container corporations, churches, college clubs, Safe way Stores and the San Fran cisco fair. Five projectors and five copies of the film were used by the fieldmen, who exhibited the pictures under auspices of such organizations and concern as tha Iowa State Retailer con vention, Chicago Auction Buy era. United Grocers Preview, Pittsburgh National League, St. Louis Jobber association, Hoxie Fruit company personnel. Uni versal ist church, Ben E. Keith company office. Jobbers and salesmen of Duluth, Philadel phia Food Show with total at tendance of 3400, National Ho tel Show, Morris Fruit com. pany personnel of Minneapolis, Safeway Stores with 185 (tore managers and produce men in monthly meeting, Rotary club and visitors at Duluth, Humpty Dumpty stores. University of Delaware, University of West Virginia. Norfolk. Va. dietic ians, homa economic directors of Los Angeles, Woman' Bridge I DISTRIBUTED BY SNIDER DAIRY PRODUCE CO. club of Columbia, S. C. Men and Women Church clubs In Brookline and Somcrville, Mass. From all of the foregoing, some idea of the usefulness of the film may be ascertained, the scope of its exhibitions, the variety of its sponsors and the industry and resourcefulness of the fieldmen to whose care and business discretion It was en trusted. No available opportun ity was overlooked In display, ing the film and to those who helped fill the Holly theatra the night of the Medford show ing may now come the assur ance that "Pr Lands cf tha Pacific" Journeyed to many an other land during the past sea son with surprisingly effective results. San Francisco, May 29 U.B A retired army officer said to day h is submitting to the United States war department a wapon so terribly destructive that It will blow up an entire community. Major Harold W. Webbe claims he has invented a device the nature of which he cannot reveal because of present wartime conditions. He says he is leaving imme diately for Washington to con fer with his attorneys about making his weapon available immediately to the Allies, and will seek a private audienc with President Roosevelt. Tha retired army officer say tha weapon is so destructive that he is reluctant to brine It into the open until the Allied cause becomes desperate. Cm Mall Trunin want ada. 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