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BRITISH ATTACK
In the second period which op- about two thirds filled at the! leaving tomorrow afternoon for
ens next Sunday," Scout Execu-1 present time the records show. y,. season. Those going up will
tive Wells said. j Indications are for the largest Ayers. Tom McGrath.
The fourth and fifth camp per- "T.T" .'LH'l0 ' "f" Eden- Jck Krtu- Bob
May Be America's Next First Family
George Codding, Stanley Davis,
and Kenneth Wells, camp direc
tor. The camp cook and care
taker are already on the job.
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lods from July 21 to 28 and from ' Holmes, me, smith, oiynn Tay
July
28 to August 4 are each1 Leaders for the camp are I lor, James Hoey, Henry Noben,
Cm U11 Trlbuse wtnt eda.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON'. TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1940.
E
A,
Italian Desert Stronghold
Near Frontier Bombarded
By Tanks and Field Guns
("Editor"! note: Jan Yindrlch
of the United Press aUff In
Cairo went to the north African
front to observe British and
Italian hostilities. His observa
tions of last Saturday are re
ported In the following dis
patch). Br Jan Yindrlch
CUP Staff Correspondent)
Facing Fort Capuzzo, Libyan
Frontier, June 29. (By Courier
UP) This afternoon I watched
the beginning of a battle for
Fort Capuzzo. Hollywood could
not have done it better; didn't.
In fact, since it was like a scene
lifted right out of "Beau Geste."
only more so.
The white battlemented Ital
ian desert stronghold was al
most identical with that mil
lions have seen on the screen
In the desert movie. It stood
high on a slate-covered Libyan
desert plateau.
About five miles from the
fort, which itself was four miles
from the Egyptian-Libyan fron
tier, I saw through binoculars
British tanks and armored cars
slowly closing in on the fort.
They advanced under a burn
ing sun and cobalt sky, blaz
ing away with machine guns
at the fort and weaving to avoid
shells from the Italian batter
ies. Field Guns Join
At 6 p. m. British field guns
started shelling the Italian bat
teries and also the fort. I saw
clouds of smoke arise as shells
hit the Italian guns. Then two
shells hit a corner of the fort
which was enveloped at once in
clouds of smoke and dust.
After the clouds drifted away
a huge gap in the outer wall
of the fort was visible to the
naked eye through the clear des
ert air.
The batteries pounded away
without drawing fire from the
Italian guns which concentrated
on the ring of British tanks
surrounding the fort. For the
moment at least they cut th,e
road from the fort to the Italian
air field at Stdl Azia and to
Bardia.
Four Italian batteries to the
left of the fort pumped a steady
stream of shells at the British
tanks and armored cars, but in
the hour and a half that I watch
ed only one hit was scored.
Planes Appear
Five British fighting planes
appeared and circled over the
scene to protect the British
field guns from bombing. Not
an Italian plane was seen. I was
told later that royal air force
fighters had shot down two
Italian planes' over Sldi Azziz,
about 10 miles northwest of
Capuzzo. Presumably they were
The smiling countenances In the first row belong to Wendell L. Willkie. Republican
prelsdentlal nominee, his wife (left) astd their son Philip. They are shown as they looked to
friends at an "old-fashioned" American party" staged in Philadelphia by the Philadelphia
Willkie for President club.
en route to the fort to strafe
the British armored units.
When I left the scene as the
sun was disappearing slowly be
yond the horizon, the British
tanks were awaiting nightfall
to rush the fort. But I learned
later that they encountered stiff
opposition and the battle still
was on at night with each side
watching the other like a cat
stalking a mouse.
Those same British troops had
captured Fort Capuzzo once
on June 14 "in five minutes,"
the British stiid, after the Italian
garrison fled. Those troops be
long to the mechanized cavalry
regiments commanded by a fair
haired, blue-eyed officer affec
tionately called "buckets of
blood and bags of bullets."
Italians Reappear
The British helped themselves
to the stock of the first class
wine cellar, blew up stacks of
hand grenades and ammunition
and drove off in trucks and
motorcycles.
Then, a high officer told me,
40 Italian trucks carrying about
1,000 troops and accompanied
by 18 tanks and a number of
field guns, appeared on the eve
ning of June 28 and re-occupied
the empty shell of the building
battered by the blowing up of
ammunition.
No British troops were inside
the fort, it was said.
STARTS MONDAY
Oiling of the Jacksonville
Central Point road between
Beall Lane and Ross Lane, will
start next Monday, County En
gineer Paul B. Rynning an
nounces. It will be the first road
oiling of the year, under the ten-
mile per year program, adopted
four years ago by the county
court.
Engineer Rynning said the oil
had been ordered, and stated he
would not be surprised, if the
purchase did not bring a rain,
to delay operations. The oiling
program is mapped for the en
tire county, and it is planned to
have the work completed by Au
gust 1 or before fruit hauling
gets underway extensively.
The county has completed ap
plying dust palliatives on roads
and streets throughout the coun
ty. The palliative was applied in
Rogue River, Gold Hill, Butte
Falls and Medford, and in rural
districts. About 30,000 yards of
the fluid was used.
T
QUOTA IS FILLED
Registrations for the Boy
Scout camp at Lake o the Woods
for the third period from July
14 to 21 were closed at noon
today according to word from
Scout headquarters. One hun
dred scouts and leaders are now
registered for the period and
that is the capacity of the camp.
"We have room for a few more
WANTED!
. . . unusually difficult cases of squeaks
and rattles in passenger automobiles,
to prove to all drivers unique advan
tages of Stop-Wear Lubrication. On
Stop-Wear Lubrication Job enables
motorists to observe three distinct ad
vantages. One, you can see the differ
ence in the way it looks tires, run
ning boards dressed, glass gleaming,
interior cleaned out. Two, you can
actually hear the difference in quiet op
eration. Three, you can feel the differ
ence in the way it shifts, steers and
rides. Apply immediately, your own
neighborhood Union Oil Station. If de- s
sired, cars picked up and returned at no
extra cost. Remember, only Union Oil
Stations have Stop-Wear Lubrication.
TOUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNION OIL STATION
We Have Appreciated Your Generous
Patronage - Now We Are Saying
"Thank You" In a Tangible Way
NO INCRE ACE in PRICE
Of Your Favorite BOHEMIAN CLUB BEER
BEER PRICES ARE GOING UP
BUT NOT OURS!
O You'll iee beer prices increase but ours will re
main the game You have supported us now it Is
our turn to give you a "break". You'll find the same
courteous service, the same orderly establishment and the
same quality product
1
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EiportLirer Beer
LARGE GLASS
At the Same Price
ONLY
IN CASES ON ICE!
For Home Use, Parties and Picnics
Full cases at lower ease prices, are oa lea at U Mines. We softest that yens
secure your case for the Fourth NOW 41 will be teady ia drink or ready for
your refrigerator.
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CORNER MAIN AND SOUTH FIR
THOKt 4IS
JACIiSOtJ COUNTY FEDERAL
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
126 East Main
i
$14,665.17
DIVIDENDS
distributed io holders
of serines aad in
vestment share ac
counts for the first
six months of
1940
at the annual rata f
4
Dlreetorsi
C. M. KIDD
JOHN C MANN
R. E. GREEN
GLENN O. TAYLOR
W. T. WARNER
A. P. BUTLER
H. J. FIELD
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, JUNE 30, 1140
ASSETS
First Mortgage Loans..
MRS sua sn
Loans Secured by Shares of This Association 2,303.69
Real Estate Sold on Contract..
Real Estate Owned and in Foreclosure
Stock In Federal Home Loan Bank of Portland
Cash on Hand and In Banks.... . ..
Home. Office HnllHIng
Furniture and rivtnre.
Other Assets
TOTAL ASSETS.
140.S19.10
22,900.98
12.000.00
30.096.88
24.33849
1,414 S3
479.92
..$896,833.47
LIABILITIES
Savings and Investment Accounts $766,098.33
Funds from Fed. Home Loan Bank of Portland- 90.000 00
Dividends for Cash Payment, July 3, 1940 12.081.00
Loans In Process 6.227.86
Reserves and Undivided Profits 61,440.32
Other Liabilities 987.76
TOTAL LIABILITIES.
..$396,833 47
Savings in this Association are insured to $5,000
for each person by the Federal Savings & Loan
Insurance Corporation
I ' IT'S
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AN ART
to spend morioy
Somehow, it's a lot more fun to spend money now, in the good
old summer-time. Maybe that's because we spend more of it on
living and less on just keeping alive.
There's only one catch I The money we have to spend doesnt
ever go quite far enough. It's so easy to spend it all, and then
some, before vacation time really starts . . . unless we take a
Up from the stores and learn to budget our buying, and buy
more for less. saflBaW.
How? Well one step In the right direction is to watch the
advertisements like a hawk, going through your newspaper every
time it arrives, to find things you need now or will need very soon.
If you haven't formed that habit, start now. You'll be surprised
how many extra-good buys you'll discover at every readingl How
much more you get and how much less you spend 1
That's why stores run advertisements to tell you of special
chances to buy fine things at advantageous prices. It's to your
definite advantage to stop, look, listen . . . and ACT I
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