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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEPFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1941.
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TO AID IN SURVEY
OF LOWING
Coordinator Lauds Effort to
List Information On Avail
able Lodgings in City
In an effort to help procure
accurate housing Information
for the cantonment coordination
board, the Mail Tribune'i 27 city
carriers will start a survey of
all available lodging facilities
tomorrow.
As establishment of the can
tonment is a national defense
measure and as the men who
construct the camp must have
lodging while they are employed
here, all residents having any
kind of housing facility were
asked to cooperate in the sur
vey. Every borne owner was re
quested to make an inventory to
determine if there isn't at least
one spare room that might be
rented out to cantonment
worker. It has been pointed out
that it would be better to utilize
'all available lodging facilities
than to build new houses to ac
commodate the workers only to
have a surplus of houses that
would depress real estate values
after the camp has been built
and the workers have movea on.
It was also pointed out that
families who have spare rooms
can make a little extra money
while serving a good purpose by
renting the unused rooms to
camp workers during the period
of cantonment construction.
Prises For Boys
The Mall Tribune is offering
cash prizes to the boyg for their
participation In the survey.
There will be three prizes, one
each to the boy registering the
largest number of available
houses, apartments and rooms.
In addition to the number of
lodging facilities available, the
carriers will record descriptive
data regarding collateral facili
ties such as the type of entrance
and available garage space.
Frank J. Van Dyke, canton
ment coordinator, expressed the
board's appreciation of the car
riers' services. 'This is another
example of the splendid spirit
of cooperation and patriotism
being shown by everyone we
come In contact with," he said.
"We heartily congratulate the
boys and thank them for their
fine spirit of cooperation."
SOYBEMETS
Baton Rouge, La. (U.R) A new
type soybean, developed by the
extension division of Louisiana
State university, soon may ans
wer the problem of farmers
whose lands now lie fallow be
cause of the reduction In cane
acreage.
The soybean, known as the
Magnolia at the experiment sta
tion, was developed after eight
years of experiment. The variety
produces seed In large quanti
ties and is yellow in color
characteristics demanded by the
Louisiana planter.
North Louisiana growers prim
arily are Interested in the de
velopment of a soybean for the
sale of seed. In the sugar belt,
however, farmers need a crop
that will at least pay its way
since their acreage has been re
duced under the government's
agricultural program.
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Cuts Off Finger
To Become Soldier
Corvallis, June 25 (JP) Re
cruiting officers told Ethan F.
Parker, Independence, that a
stiff finger on his left hand
would keep him out of the Navy.
Parker got in anyway. He
marched to a hospital, called a
doctor, and ordered the finger
cut off.
YELM HIGH SCHOOL IS
DESTROYED BY BLAZE
Yelm, Wash., June 25 V
Mayor E. K. Fristoe said today
an early morning fire destroyed
the Yelm high school building
after local firemen and units
from Olympia, Roy and Vail
placed the blaze under control
and confined It to the one build
ing. Fristoe estimated the dam
age at $30,000 to the old struc
ture, plus several thousand dot
ars In equipment. The building
was insured for $25,000, the
Mayor said.
Fifty Dishes
Hamilton, N. V. (U P.) Discov
ery of a yellowed menu has lent
credence to the legends of the
fabulous feast of Delta Upsilon
fraternity at its 43rd annual con
vention in 1877 at Colgate uni
versity. The menu listed choices
of 80 dishes among the nine
courses.
Sharpshooters
Wurtsboro, N. Y. (U.PJ If the
army wants sharpshooters,
Charles Terwllllger invites a
visit to the Shawangunk moun
tain area near this Sullivan
county village. "With the deer
season ended, there is a lot of
swell rifle talent lying around
in the hills and it might as well
be in the army," Terwllllger
says.
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MEDFORD TRADE
UP 22PER CENT
San Francisco, June 25 (TV
Retail trade, swelled by rising
wages, maae Increases ranging
from 8 to 27 per cent in the far
west states last month.
California led with sales 27
per cent greater than May, 1940.
Oregon's sales were up 23 per
cent for the month, and 19 per
cent for the tlrst five nmonths
of the year.
A census bureau report
showed that automobiles led the
sales, Oregon registering a 81
per cent Increase.
Gains by cities Included:
Oregon-Portland 23 per cent,
Salem 27, Eugene 27, Medford
22.
Communities under 2500 pop
ulation showed an increase of
IS per cent in Oregon.
SALEM MEN HEAD TWO
POSTAL MEN'S GROUPS
Astoria, Ore. June 25 0P
Salem men headed two organi
zations of Dost office emnlnvc
today.
W. G. Ross was elected pres
ident of the Oregon post office
clerks' union and Hnrmnn J
Garrett was named head of the
Oregon letter carriers' associa
tion at conventions held Jointly
by the two groups.
X PASSES ,
THE labor unions have made their demands
upon the railways of the United States and
through the railways upon the PUBLIC. These
demands are vastly larger in proportion than any
they have ever made. The economical and efficient
operation of the railways is vital to the nation's
defense effort. Therefore, the Western Railways pre
sent to the public the following facts:
The labor unions representing engineers, fire
men, conductors, brakemen and switchmen are
demanding a 30 per cent increase in wages,
amounting to 190 million dollars a year
although their present rates of pay are the
highest in history.
Other unions representing a greater number
of railway employees are demanding wage
increases ranging as high as 95 per cent
averaging 47 per cent and amounting to 580
million dollars a year although their present
rates of pay also are the highest in history.
Thus the wage increases being demanded by
the labor unions amount to 770 million dollars
a year, an average increase in excess of
41 per cent.
THE
HOYT WILL HEAD
Washington. D. C, June 25.
UPy The appointment of Palmer
Hoyt, publisher of the Portland
Oregonian, as chairman of the
Oregon national savings defense
' committee was announced today
by Secretary Morgcnthau.
I The secretary said Hoyt's Job
! would be to head a large state
I committee representing all sec-
tions of life and business to
"work up and maintain en
thusiasm for the national defense
I saving program."
WESTERN RAILWAYS
Union Station, Chicago, III.
To Lay Keels For
Two Modern Subs
Vallejo, Calif.. June 25 UP)
The Navy announced today the
keels would be laid for two of
America's most modern sub
marines. Each will cost about
$6,000,000, and they should be
launched within , a year. They
will be christened the Wahoo
and the Whale.
The keel-laying will climax
the record-breaking construc
tion of two new building ways
at the Mare Island navy yard
here.
Attendance at motion pictures
in Japan increased last year de
spite government opposition to
amusements, the department of
commerce reports.
In addition, certain of these labor unions have
demanded advances in their pay not included
in the above figures, and more rules for the
creation of unnecessary jobs.
The situation, then, is this: The total cost of
complying with all the demands made would
be approximately 900 million dollars a year!
The average weekly earnings of railway employeec
are now 15 per cent higher than in the peak year
1929, while the cost of living is 12 per cent less.
The demands of the railway labor unions are being
made when the entire nation has just been asked
to make a supreme effort for National Defense.
The railways cannot meet these demands without a
great increase in the cost of transportation. They
exceed by more than 700 million dollars the income
that the railways had left after paying their annual
expenses, taxes and charges in 1940.
The railways have a vitally important job before
them. They need all their resources to continue
adequately to serve you and contribute effectively
toward the National Defense Program.
Loggers Will Get
$50,000 Back Pay
Portland, June 25 W)
Some 3000 CIO loggers in the
Columbia river area will pocket
$50,000 in retroactive pay boosts j
as result of a new contract !
signed last night.
Raises of V4 cents per hour
are retroative to April 16. The
contracts also grants a week's
vacation with pay.
Italian Skipper
Given Pen Term
San Juan, Puerto Rico, June
25 UP) Ettore Gulgni, cap
tain of the sabotaged Italian
Tanker Colorado, was sentenced
to five years In prison In U. S.
District court here late today
and his crew of 25 were sent
enced to three years each for
damaging their vessel in the'"
harbor here.
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LIVER BILE
Without Calomel-And You'll Jim Out a!
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Tha ltVr should pottr t plnta of bfla Jute
tnto your bowels every day. If tale bile ia
not ilowtna; freely, jruur food may Dot dU
Seat. It may just decay In tha bowel. Then
a bloau up your atomaetu Yon set eon.
U paied. You feel aour, sunk and ttie world
look punk.
It take those tood. old Carter'a Ltttla
Liver Puis to vet these t pint of bike flow,
ins; freely to make you feel "up and up '
Get a packar today. Taka aa directed.
A mallear in making bile flow freely. Aak
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