Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 04, 1940, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE THREE Medford, Jacksonville Phones Switched to Dial System MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGONT, SUNDAY. AUGUST 4. 1340. CUT-OVER IDE NEAR MIDNIGHT IT (0 itlniMd I rum Piga On:) ths tint lot distsnc tint connect ing California with Oregon ami Washington. This ltns ran through Medford and Asnlsnd and at the tlrat tu ths longest stretch of tele phone line anywhere in the world, reaching from Spokane in Washing ton to 6an Diego In southern Cali fornia, and connecting upwards of 3.000 cities and towns. Action at the Jacksonville office was similar, but on a modified scale. Following the cutovers, It Imme diately became evident that many Medford and Jacksonville customers , waited up to try out their new dial telephones aa equipment In both offices started clicking merrily, Indi cating many calls were being placed. Cutover ceremonies were limited. A number of city, county and civic club officials, together with news papermen, were Invited to watch the proceedings. These Individuals were Joined by several state and district officials of the telephone company and of the Western Electric company. These Included R. B. Bacon, district manager, of Eugene; R. F. Woodward, district plant manager; C. B. Jordan, district equipment superintendent; L. W. Campbell, conversion coordi nator; R. C. Caccla. equipment fore' man. and others of the telephone company from Portland; L. E. Web ster, district superintendent of In stallation for the Western Electric company, from Seattle, and Charles R. Burmel. state supervisor for West em Electric from Portland. Long Preparation In April a year ago first announce ment was made regarding the tele phone company's decision to give Its Medford and Jacksonville customers modern, dial telephone service. Actual work started almost a year ago, when construction of an addition to the Medford building at Fifth and Bart lett streets got under way. A little later a new building was erected at Jacksonville and dial equipment was Installed In both buildings. Dial telephones replaced the man ual telephones on all customers' premises, and considerable outside plant improvements and changes were made, both In Medford and Jacksonville. Total expenditure, ac cording to Mr. Hammond, has been In the neighborhood of 1300, 000. Since early this year the Western Electric company has had 33 men busy Installing dlsl equipment, and the telephone company has had 16 men. In addition to Its regular Med ford forces, changing telephones to dial and making necessary outside plant Improvements. Strang First Manager The placing In operation of the new dial telephone systems In Med lord and Jacksonville marks a new epoch in the communication history of these two exchanges. Telephone company records show that the Medford exchange was established September S, 189S. It was In Strang's drug store, then located at 306 East Main, and Charles Strang, who still operates bis store here, was first manager. The first operator was Edna Elfert, now employed In postal substation No. 1. S.900 Telephones Vow The Medford exchange on Janu ary 1, 1899. served 33 customers. 1 By January 1, 190o. this number had reached 171. In 1910 it was 703. By 1930 the total had reached 3.394 and the latest figures show the Med ford exchsnge serves almost 3.900 telephones. Including 111 rural line stations. The Jacksonville exchange was established March 1, 1899, and had 10 telephones on January 1, 1901. This number reached 19 In 1905. and 87 by 1910. The Jacksonville exchange now serves 136 telephones. Including 74 rural line stations. Both the Medford and Jacksonville exchanges were established coinci dental with completion In 1898 of SAVED PILOT IN PLANE COLLISION ADHERES TO CODE JAPAN WAR TALK 1M0ST USED TO BOLSTER TO CONTINUE WORK MORALE AT HOI AT LOCAL OFFICE Seattle, Aug. 3. (IP) Less than 24 hours after he para chuted to safety from an air plane wreck which cost two lives, Dale Delanty, Seattle aviation instructor, was flying again today. Still shaken from his expe riences yesterday when a plane he was piloting collided with another above Boeing field, De lanty nonetheless went aloft in conformance with the airmen's code to make sure the expe rience would not unfit him for further flying. Roger T. Byron, of Blackfoot, Idaho, student passenger in De lanty's plane, and Leslie Corn ford, of Portland, Ore., pilot of the other ship, were killed in the wreck. Byron was first reported as having been at the controls of one ship, but De lanty said today he was pilot ing it. The civil aeronautics author ity announced that a hearing to Investigate causes of the late afternoon crash will be held next Friday. SECY. EARLY SEES IN DEFENSE PLAN Experts Say Foreign Policy Difficult Due to Strain Of Chinese War. FOR QUICK, DEPENDABLE SERVICE Dial 4923 Well bring your clothes bark looking freh and new Unique Cleaners llotrl Allrn Bid. Bull Lawrents, Manager San Francisco, Aug. 3. (IP) The "great effort to make Amer ica invulnerable" is being car ried out "by democratic proce dures and with a real sense of national unity," Stephen Early, secretary to President Roose velt, said in a nation-wide radio broadcast tonight. Early, who represented the president, was one of several persons who spoke from Treas ure Island on a radio program broadcast nationally (NBC-CBS) hailing the opening tomorrow of a joint convention of the Na tional Association of Broadcast ers and the Nationally Independ ent Broadcasters. Nationally known persons al so on the program were James Lawrence Fly, chairman of the federal communications commis sion; and Neville Miller, Wash ington, D.C., president of both broadcasters' organizations. Early declared: "When free men become slaves , . ., vigilance requires that we prepare to make cer- tain that encroachment on lib erty cannot happen here," and "this nation is now engaged in such preparation." Regarding the convention. Early said: "It seems singularly fortunate that at a time when the freedom of mankind is at stake .... we can assemble here to participate in a ceremony which symbolizes liberty in America." Washington, Aug. 3. (IP) Japan's announcement that she will pursue a foreign policy de signed to bring French Indo China and the Netherlands In dies under her domination Is regarded by some veteran stu dents here of the Far East as designed primarily to bolster morale at home. They do not dismiss the pos sibility that Japan might take advantage of Britain's preoccu pation with the threat of a Ger man Invasion, and of American concern over defenses in the Atlantic, to put the policy Into effort by early military action. But, they contend, this would be a difficult undertaking for a nation already supporting 1,000.000 fighting men in China and devoting a larte percent age reportedly one-third of Its national income to the army and navy. It appeared more likely, these analysts said, that Tokyo would attempt to bring Indo-Chlna and the Netherlands Indies within her orbit gradually by a process of economic penetration. This would include the send ing of an increasing number of traders into those countries to get the raw materials which Japan wants from them and to exploit their markets for Jap anese goods. The gradual ac quisition of plantations in the two regions would be another possible means of peaceful pen etration. In suggesting that the Japan ese government's statement was intended chiefly to strengthen the home front, students of the Far East said the Japanese -public had been heavily burdened by the long struggle against China. Few- Transferred to Other Cities Medford Force 45 With $97,CO0 Payroll. Although all local telephone calls will be dialed starting to day, most of the company's tele phone operators still will be on duty in the Medford office. Nineteen of the operators will be required, according to R. B. Hammond, manager, to handle calls for information, time of day service, assistance calls and calls for long distance. The 19 who will continue were listed as: Myrta Otterdale, chief operator; Carol White, eve ning chief operator; and Lola Boomer, Aletha- Cantrell, Eliza beth Culmer. Edyth Gault, Hel en Levens, Elva Hamilton, Ruth Herron. Lucille Merrifield. Jan ette Tjoelker, Gladys Fiora. Eloise Johnson, Genevieve Loonie, Gladys Schultze, Wilma Lemmon, Kathryn Seekatz, Haz el Hclliwell. and Aletha Creag er, all operators. Of the other regular operators seven will continue working in other exchanges, and two, for the time being, are taking fur loughs. These are Clarita Ber- nert, who goes to Portland fol lowing a brief furlough; Frances Maguin, to Portland; Mildred Rogers, to Eugene; Mary Swayne, to Salem; Thelma Van Zandt, to Pendleton; Myrtle Newland, to Klamath Falls; Eleanor Burdell, to Corvallis, and Wynetta Sabin and Mildred Thornton, who are taking fur loughs. . With the conversion to dial operation, the company's local force will total 45 19 in the operating department; 22 in the plant department, two more than in the past; and four, not counting an occasional em ployee, in the commercial de partment. The total annual pay roll is more than $97,000. . , ,. . . -.. . I ' Tae , taii iswsiHsasmv 1 I Above Is the enlarged Medford telephone building at Fifth and Bartlett, which houses the business office, the new dial equip ment, lha switchboard, and the long distance repeater and network broadcast equipment. OLD AGE PENSION RIGHT-NOT NEED Social Security Director! Forwards Check to Avoid Contempt Action. LOCAL FLIERS ON GOODWILL FLIGHT A dozen Medford aviation en thusiasts travelling in seven planes from the municipal air port will make an inter-club goodwill breakfast flight to Yreka, Cal., this morning. There will be Piper Cubs and coupes and Fairchilds in the flight to Yreka where the avia tors will be guests at breakfast of the Yreka Flying club. The flight was to start from Med ford municipal airport at 4:30 a.m. ' Represented on the good-will flight will be the Medford Fly ing club. Crater Flying club and the Medford Air Service. An in dependent flier in the party will be Edward Tommy Tepper of Shady Cove. In charge of the flight will be Thomas A. Cul berson, Jr., superintendent of Medford municipal airport and instructor in the CAA civilian pilot training program. Lithuania Accepts. Moscow, Aug. 3. (IP) Lithu ania was accepted today by the Soviet supreme council as the 14th republic of the Soviet union. F. E. WAHL' Announces the Opening of The Wahl Agency Room 7 Jackson County Bank Bldg. Dial 4478 for AUTO FINANCING License No. M 274 INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE VICTOR SETHER la charge of Insurance Dept. Lumber Production Up. Washington, Aug. 3. (IP) The National Lumber Manufac turers association reported to day that lumber production last week was three per cent greater than the previous week. Ship ments were five per cent greater, the associaiton said, and new business ten per cent larger. of Iowa products ITALIAN VIEW OF BRITISH CHANGES Rome, Aug. 3. (IP) The au thoritative political review Re lazioni Interrazionall conceded today the "probability" that the British empire "may still offer lengthy resistance." Nevertheless, the review said, one must consider the "gradlal weakening" of the British posi tion, adding: 1. Cooperation of the domin ions and overseas territories is "tending to diminish." 2. France is out of combat "for decades." 3. Prospects of Balkan sup port for the British have van ished "both among neutrals and among those who may be con sidered sympathizers in reserve like Greece and Yugoslavia." 4. The Med iterrancan is "blocked by Italy." 5. In the Pacific, "the do minions can only keep silent in the face of active, energetic pol icy of the Japanese empire. 6. American policy "tends to disconnect England from the United States" while German submarines are able to "nullify the cash-and-carry formula." Spokane. Aug. 3 (IP) Charles F. Ernst, state director of social security, today avoided being tried for contempt of court by settling the two-year-old Joanna B. Conant case with a check for $570. The check Is for old age as sistance for which Mrs. Conant of Spokane sued in 1937, and was received today by Spokane County Clerk Frank Nash from the state auditor. Judge C. W. Greenough of the Spokane county superior court originally held that Mrs. Conant was entitled to $30 a month regardless of the fact that she was living in ease and comfort with a daughter and son-in-law, as the then existing law was that the aged were entitled to state assistance as a matter of right rather than of need. The supreme court upheld this decision. The 1939 legislature changed the law and Ernst refused to make the Conant payment. Judge Greenough then held that Ernst could not be cited for contempt of court for failure to pay until a writ directing him to pay had been served and his refusal obtained. The state appealed this deci sion and the supreme court held Mrs. Conant was entitled to the contempt citation. Last week Judge Greenough signed the order commanding Ernst to pay. wnicn ne am today, closing the case. r , mi " ' p. j ' ' i" 'w juwi! & I I "- -.ijrjriir!JXJamM,'- r??iK 13 :M ixs 3r fK7J S2E3S """CSS , ,;j. Lr-.TK w aarMiBianiliia'W saaal mm awsi mm.m m f JVf' I .. wm m imjL mv aaaai aaraft la asaut aw mmmte m m -ff - mm mm aaaa) m mm mm amai - , lairaa-iail I mm mm auw m f : tManaaaM . t y I tmn mm mm mm mummm - am .nwaKj mmmr. . mmM- mm mm aaaa Mma maaaM . mm aa ana -gm. Wfr ? nn rwnmm. iwmsmn mr ?;) att aww.iw x3--ft. imssk wi waw mm . m Wtcw. The 1939 income farmers from farm was 1626,748,000. Cm Mall Tribune want ads. Dial 3075 for Auto Class Window Claw Auto Top Seat Covert Cushion ) Canva at canva work Tarp Door Lock Repairs General Auto Trimming Supplle Hohlweg'sTop & Glass Shop ITH and BARTLETT AUTOIST KILLED TTOWN New York, Aug. 3. (IP) Young men of conscription age advanced upon the Brooklyn marriage license bureau today in the biggest rush for licenses the bureau has had since the United States entered the world war in 1917. In four hour. 240 couples ob tained licenses, 47 were married, and 250 other couples were turned away when the doors closed one-hour later than nor mal. Many applicants acknowledge that they wanted to avoid con scription. Some said they wore making from $30 to S40 a week Crescent City. Calif., Aug. 3. (IP) William Lamox, 22, of Portland, Ore., was killed In an automobile accident south of Crescent City today. Two hitch-hikers riding with him, Ellis Clark and Jerald Smith, were injured, Smith seri ously, when the car plunged from the highway into an em bankment while rounding a curve. Smith is at the Knapp hos pital here. Clark was discharged after treatment. The new building (above), has been constructed at Jacksonville to house the Jacksonville dial equipment. B S M A view el the new telephone business office al 145 N. Bartlett. The surveyors of "courteous and friendly service" are in rear, left to right Robert B. Hammond, managar; Jack Creager, aa sislant manager! Constance Ames, service representative, and front, left to right, Mabel Sherwoe4 and Lydia Smith, service representatives. F.D.R. TO REST AT E Highland, N. Y., Aug. 3. (IP) President Roosevelt arrived here tonight from Washington, step- in private Jobs and did not want j ping from his special train into to go on a 121 -a month army ; a White House car to motor to pavroll. I The usual number of licenses Issued by the bureau on a Sat urday this time of year Is fewer than 200. Dial 2840 OLSON ELECTRIC t . nartlatt his home in near-by Hyde Park' for perhaps a week tay. Fence Kill Tot Springfield, Ore., Aug. . (IP) John Hugh Walker, 4; wa killed last night as he touched l a charged wire fence enclosing livestock near hi home east ol here. La re county official said " -' -irfar t 1 f ' D vj cj - - - .... , , , mi , ,--1 I a iha iiaaa eamhlnad Information and lona distance switchboard la the MUUf4 the only mark on the child falephon building Is shown above. Mis Myt Ot:rdsl. chief operator, standing. The operator, body was a burned spot behind (rem left la ilehL are Edrthe Oault. Oladr flora. WUau Lemmon. Lucille Merrllield. aa4 Elva JT one ear. I Hamilton.