MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1941
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neentlT vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Otu
McOhee and family, who moved to
Prospect high achool student body
mat Thursday, and elected offloera
for the following year, aa followa:
EUcho Redding, president; Victor Her
taeyr. vice-president; Kuth Bedlng
fleld. aecretary; Ellrabeth Cunning
ham, treasurer; Alleen Sherwood,
buslneea manager; and Jean Perklna.
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teargent of arms.
Eugena and Wayna Dunagan vlelt
ed their coualna. Jimmy and MelTtn
Johnaon In Jacksonville Sunday.
Mlaa Berryl Cunningham of Ash
land apent the last of tha week with
her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Nel
son Nye. and other relatlvea here.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Matthews
and little daughter. Marcla, visited
Mrs. Matthews' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wlllard Mcculloch, of Medlord, sever
al days last ..eel.
Oregon Blue Book, biennial pub
lication containing lists of Ore
gon officials, statistical matter
and descriptions of the state's
resources, will be published in
Klamath county.
Mr. and aire. Charles Bean and
aon. Darwin, were over from Olcn-
dala for th week-end. vlaltlng rela
Uvea. BLUE BOOK DUE
about two weeks, Secretary of
Salem. Sept. 17. P) The , State Earl Snell said today
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Chicago, Sept. 17. (P) A
five-point argument to support
the demands of the nation's five
operating railway brotherhoods
for wage increases was present
ed to President Roosevelt's
emergency fact-finding board to
day by their legal counsel, Attor
ney Charles M. Hay of St. Louis.
The board met to consider
demand for a 30 per cent in
fcrease in the basic wages of
330,000 members of the operat
ing brotherhoods and requests
for wage boosts ranging from
30 to 34 vents an hour for 800,
a 000 unionists belonging to the
non-operating unions.
Grounds Cited
Hay said the 30 per cent in
crease demanded by the operat
ing unions was justified be
cause of increased service given
the railroads by the employes,
increased business enjoyed by
the carriers, the rising cost of
living, the risk and hazards the
men assume, and the "fact that
SO per cent of their lives is spent
away from home."
Hay told the board that in
recent years bigger and faster
trains, enabled the lines to ren
der more efficient service to the
public in less time. Despite this
however, he said there had been
V-no increase in pay of employes.
For example he said that in
1920 the average freight train
was made up of 36 cars, carried
1,443 tons, and moved 100 miles
In ten hours, whereas in 1940
the same sized crews operated
freight trains of more than 50
cars, carrying 2,047 tons 100
miles in six hours at no greater
compensation than before.
Took Pay Cut
Speaking for the non-operating
unions. Attorney Frank L.
M. Mulholland of Toledo, O.,
Hid that the employes of the
railroads "in bad times took a
voluntary reduction in wages
which lasted 2 V years before
their pay was fully restored to
the former level," and added:
"Today the railroads' business
has increased beyond their fond-
est hopes but they have made no
effort to increase the wages of
their workers to the level of
wages in other industries."
Wayne Lyman Morse, chair
man of the board and dean of
the University of Oregon law
school, announced the procedure
to be followed and said the hear
ings would be concluded not
later than Oct. 18.
Prospect
Prospect, Sept. 17. Spl.)
The local unit of the W.C.T.U.
held an institute at Prospect
Nazarene church Saturday. Rev.
Randall of Medford gave an in
teresting talk. Officers elected
for the ensuing year were Mrs.
Joe Phipps, president; Mrs. Nel
son Nye, vice president; Mrs.
Dee Hedgpeth, secretary; Mrs.
Charles Bean, treasurer; and
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been nominated by F.D.R. to be
minister to Thailand. He is now
counselor of the U.S. embassy to
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Lt. Col. John Groff. marine recruit depot commander at San
Diego, assures heart-broken George Allen Walker. 14 of Arling
ton, Texas, there's "nothing to worry about" even though he ran
away from home, falsified his age and parents' consent papers,
and maneuvered himself past recruiting officers at Fort Worth
ana uaiias wnne trying to join the marines. He was traced to
ban Diego and will be sent home soon.
Mrs. James Dole, corresponding
secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. I. I. Gltnes and
daughter, Mary, spent Saturday and
8unday with friends at Selma.
Mrs. Waldo (lye and daughters.
Darlene and Patricia, are spending
this week with friends In Ashland.
Prank Age, on a 15-day furlough
from Port Lewis, which he la spend
ing with his parents In Medford,
visited his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Haynes, here
Prlday.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Chapman took
their daughter. Clara Mae, to Med
ford. Saturday, where she had the
cast removed from her arm that was
broken two weeks ago. It la mending
nicely.
Elmer Clemens attended to busi
ness matters In Qrants Pass Satur
day.
Mrs. Orral Carter and two child
ren of Eagle Point spent Sunday
with relatives In the Alley sawmill
camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson and son I
spent Sunday with friends In Klam
ath Palls.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie McKlllop and
daughter Susanna have moved In the I
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Gasoline .Rationing may
come to parts of the West
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Hera ere the racfi: Although certain areas near
refineries will probably not be affected, some kind of
gasoline rationing may come to Oregon.Washington,
Idaho, Arizona and parts of Northern California.
There may also be temporary shortages of home heat
ing oils in these areas.
M thf sfiorfogn do com; yon may well ask, ' Why? " Califor
nia, alone, has proved oQ reserves of 3 billion barrels - 65,000
gallon tankful for every family in the West. Our wells could mors
than double their output. Our refineries can turn out enough
products to supply a two-ocean Navy, andiiill produce gasoline
and healing oils in abundant quanlilietfor Chilian lift. Then why
should we hava rationing?
TTi enswar Is transportation. Gasoline la one of the bulUest
types of merchandise you buy. The Pacific Coast uses an average
of 200,000,000 gallons erery monlh - enough to fill 19,048 tank
ears, or 38 1 fifty-car trairu!
If) srvfoj sorvr'ca staffer, has storsge facilities for about
1000 gallons. It has to replenish its stocks at least three times
week. To lay np a month's supply - as your grocer might In an
emergency - is just physically impossible.
TW meant that foseRn must flow - from oil well, to re
finery, to storage points, to substations, to service stations, to
you. It must be kept mating or it can never meet tha demand.
Hart) en fha PatltU Cooif, where centers of population art far
apart, the tanker keeps it moving. One tanker can carry as much
gasoline, or heating oil, as 400 tank cars. In normal times, they
move the bulk of petroleum products between Seattle, Portland,
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
of today m'f ihort on tankort. What happened? Taka tha
case of Union Oil. Two years ago, when the war first began, we
had 10 tankers in our fleet and 7 new ones on order. In June 1940
four of the original fleet were sold into service on the Atlantic.
One of these was torpedoed on December 4, 1940. The other three
are still carrying on.
Of ma mw tank thfpt M ardor, two, the Victor 11. Kelly and
tha L. P. SL Clair, have been delivered. A third, the Paul M.
rirtgg, will be delivered this month.
f Tankf Iqvals tight 50 -tar Tren
The Victor H. Kelly Is in Pacific Coast service. The L. P. St. Clair
has been sent to Vladivostok by order of the U. S. Government.
This means that the Union Oil Company hat contributed five
tankers to the war effort and only gained back one. Generally
speaking, the same thing is true of other Pacific Coast companies.
This Joe of tankwt hat a trlppTmg) offoef cm the coastwise
floa of gasoline and heating oil. The states of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, for example,- nse an average of 54,000,000 gallons of
gasoline a month. In addition, they consume about 70,000,000
gallons of fuel and beating oil per month during the winter
season. To move this combined amount, the industry needs only
30 tanker trips per month. To carry it by rail would require 11,809
tank cars, or 236 fifty-car trains. In other words, every time you
take a tanker off the coast run, you add eight 50-car trains to
railroad system that's already overburdened with defense traffic.
Whof Art) Wt) Doing About Itt
At we have already pointed out, Union OQ Company, antici
pating Just such a tanker shortage, placed orders for seven new
ships in 1939. They are being delivered at the rate of one every
six months.
In the meantime, substitute facilities are being increased with
all possible speed. Every barrel, every tank car, every truck
that wa can lay our hands on Is being pressed into service.
We can guarantee that the supply of gasoline and heating
oils will never be cut off entirely. But there may be soma
rationing necessary that will Inconvenience you tempo
rarlly. If It doea come, we only ask that you bear it aa
good-naturedly aa possible. Don't blame your dealer or
your oil company or Mr. lekes. Blame Hitler. The situa
tion la Just a natural result of our Nation's "all-out"
defense effort.
UNION OIL COMPANY
OWNED AND OPERATED FOR OVER SO YEARS BY WESTERN PEOPLE