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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1941. FIRST HALF LEVY : MEDFORD IS 28.9 The city of Medford combined tax levy, schools, city, state and county, totals 28.9 mills (or the first half of 1942. This is 19.3 mills leu than for the entire year of 1941 when it was 48.2 mills. The millage Is the lowest In the county, for incorporated towns, with the exception of Ashland, which tops the list with a total of 23.9 mills. Gold Hill has the highest millage with 46.8 mills, and Jacksonville is second with 41.3 mills for the half year. 1 Jacksonville also has a 17-mill bond levy and Central Point a 6.7 bond levy. The county levy by funds Is: Mills General county Schools and Library . County library 1.3 1.6 .1 .9 .3 .6 General Roads Special bridges , Market road Crater Lake highway - bond interest . .1 Cantonment Contingent , fund - 3 Total millage - 8.3 The combined levies for the ten incorporated cities of the county, with the state and county millage of 5.3 mills included, are as follows: Ashland Butte Falls .... Central Point Eagle Point .... Gold Hill Jacksonville Medford Phoenix . Rogue River . Tnlont (Ashland state and county millage is 4.3 mills due to exemption from library and road funds.) FIRS! AID CLASS ON DEFENSE LIST The Jackson County Council of Defense is organizing class to qualify instructors in Red Cross first aid work and those Interested were asked to apply In person at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce by Sat urday. The class is to be started early next week. , Only those who have regis tered for civilian defense will be enrolled in the instructors' course, Capt. S. M. Tuttle, coun cil chairman said. There is shortage of first aid Instructors In the county and at least 50 are wanted for the class, he stated. Three Army Fliers Killed In Smashup El Paso, Tex., Dec. 10. Three army fliers were killed and four injured Tuesda) when a B-28 two-motored lntcrmedl ate bomber crashed and burn ed Just east of Biggs field, army airport at Ft. Bliss. The dead: Major Mark K. Lewis Jr pilot. ' Major David P. Laubach. . Staff Sgt. M. A. Miullo. "Ponder no more, 0 Puzzled One. Just remember. ..The very best BUY is the whiskey that's DRY. ..PAUL JONES!" Paul Jones '135 A T,HT I ? SS S ST A Html tf Ittmilht ukiiiin 90 prl. frmkjtrt DiuMmia, Int., L4mistiUt s Bllimn. Manville Si. 'V.i'JJ-v It was a friendly parting as Mrs. Tommy Manville No. ! the former Bonlta Edwards, showgirl left Grand Central station in New York for F.cno. Key.. wisre sht said shs p'.anned to divorce her husband of 18 c'ayi, iht playboy asbestos heir. Here they wave good by after Mrs. Manville declined a parting kiss. Schools 10.3 186 15.5 23.4 20 17.7 14.6 22.5 City 89 11.5 14.8 7.8. 21.5 18.3 9. Ill 7 2 Tl. All "41 23.5 47. 35.4 35.6 30.5 46.8 41.3 28.9 38.9 36.5 45.6 60.9 45.7 61.3 64.2 48.2 43.2 47.3 24 12.6 12.7 30.6 52 EXPRESSMEN GAIN TEN CENT BOOST Chicago, Dec. 10. fP) The wage dispute of 42,000 Railway Express company employes was settled today when representa tives of management and labor signed an agreement accepting a 10 cents an hour pay Increase. Wayne Lyman Morse, chair man of President Roosevelt's emergency fact-finding commis sion, announced the signing of agreement less than six hours after he Informed the company, upon authorization from the wnite Mouse, mat it must ac cept the recommendations of the commission for the wage hike. Earlier, the union announced a strike might be called to en force the wage demands. Blaze On Beach Doused by Cops Toledo, Ore., Dec. 10. m A huge fire on the ber.ch be tween Yachata and Florence last night was extinsiiished by State Police Sgt. W.- J. Mulkey. District Attorney L. G. English said today. Big logs were heaped on the fire, English said. COCA-COLA Bids Farewell SHELVE SECESSION BECAUSE OF WAR Yreka, Calif., Dec. 10. Wl The provisional state of Jeffer son passed Into histo.y today. Leaders of the secession move ment along the California-Ore gon border abandoned their publicity-spangled demand for a 49th state of the union. The Jefferson territorial com- ' mlttee, which lead the move-1 mcnt, issued a statement saying that the area now seemed as sured of getting what it was af ter highways to facilitate de vclopment of its mineral re sources and that in the inter ests of national unity the popu lace would turn its thoughts to the war against Japan. Railroads to Seek Increase in Fares Chicago, Dec. 10. (Mem ber roads of the Association of American Railroads decided to day to ask for a 10 percent increase in basic passenger fares to help comDonsate for an esti mated $300,000,000 annual pay roll boost incurred in the com promise settlement of their em ployes' wage demands. Lights On Capitol Out Fcr Luralior. Washington, Dec. 10. (IP) The capitol building's great floodlights were ordered black ed out tonight for the duration of the w?r. The lights have been used for corn Japanese in this area, after years to illuminate the exterior's shortage was feared at the of the big structure. I market's opening. rT i I ii, , BOTTUD I'NDra AUTHORITY Or THE COCA-COLA COMPANY r BOTTLING CO., of Medford, 601 No. Grape to No. 5 -1 , .::i--.,.. oiomi iAICUil li READY TO SERVE Salem, Dec. 10. (IP) Four hundred state prison inmates that they "stand ready to serve our country in any and every way possible." Warden George Alexander said that nearly all of the other 600 prisoners would have signed if they had had an opportunity. Alexander said the prison, which has been blacked 'out Monday and Tuesday n.ghts would not continue to black out unless it is absolutely necessary. He said he feared the prisoners might riot during the darkness. The state hospital is being blacked out. Patt!ai?d S'uden.s In Evacuation Test Portland, Dec. 10. tP) Pcrtland grade school ch!(drn left classrooms and hurried home today in an air raid drill. The test gave authorities an estimate of the time necessary to get children to their parents. Classes resumed after the drill. GOVERNOR ON JOB Salnm, Dec. 10 (IP) Gover nor Charles A. Sprague said to day he has cancelled all ap poinltmcnts out of the city and that he would remain in Salem indefinitely. Scaitle, Dec. 10. (IP) Ship mcnts of fresh vegetables ap poarrd on produce row In quan tity tntlav. crown bv Amrrieftn- Better School Lunch Available for Pupils Of Connty This Year "Better school lunches will be available to children in Jackson county this winter through a nutrition program carried on by farm women co operating in the department of agriculture's farm security pro gram," Rosemary Keeney, FSA home supervisor, announces. "Children must have good lunches if they are expected to do their best work," Mrs. Keeney explained. "Sine many of the children leave home as early as 7 o'clock to reach school, they need better than the average lunch box meal at nocn. If possible, something hot should be provided to go with sandwiches and salads which children often bring to school." "Parent-Teacher organizations. Granges and other civic clubs have done a great deal toward supplying hot 1 u n c h s for rural and city school children in Jackson county. Where a hot dish cannot be prepared at school, these or ganizations have sponsored pro jects which provide children with thermos bottles. Recipes and suggestions for hot dishes are given mothers who prepare the hot dishes at home," Mrs. Keeney said. Wartime Basis for Hospital In Seattle Seattle, Dec. 10. (IP) Har borview (the King county) hos pital, which went on a wartime basis last night, today received several thousand identification tags to be used for air raid vic tims. The tags, of heavy manila paper, were equipped with long cords to be tied around the patient's arm or leg, when the patient is admitted. . Fifty emergency cots were set up in the big hospital, and it was blacked out save in the operating and delivery rooms which were heavily screened. FISH CROSSED UP Pratt, Kas. (JP) Guy Josse- rand says the Catfish at the Pratt fish hatchery have learn- ed to recognize the sound of the truck which brings their feed once a day. Whenever it drives up the fish swarm to the feeding spots. The other day Josserand said workmen swap ped trucks and not a fingerling was on hand when the feeder reached the banks of the ponds the fish failed to recognize the new truck. BAR JUVENILE Great Falls, Mont. VPh- Sheriff Andy Loberg Is opening a new night club and "bar" here for children only and selling only soft drinks. He proposed his project because, he said there were no public dance halls in Great Falls that "Juveniles might properly attend. BACK TO WAR Denver, Colo. (IP) The rails from some of the narrow gauge lines constructed In Colorado during the early mining boom came from England. Many of the lines now have been aband oned and the rails after all these years, are being shipped back to England for armaments. Dm Mmi msune not adt St.-Phone 3339 Jane Hooker Writes Original Drama for Radio Station KOAC Miss Jane Hooker, daughter of Mr. and Mr W. A. Hooker, of 19 North Peach street, is author of an original, ejjeri mental drama, "Father Forgive Them," to be presented by the University of Oregon Radio Workshop December 11 at 7:30 p. m. on station KOAC. The play, the first student-written production featured by the workshop, will follow the Christmas story as it occurs in the mind of a Jewish refugee on the streets of New York. Miss Hooker graduated from Medford high school in 1939 where she was active in speech and journalism. She was saluta torian of her graduating class and recipient of the S.A.R. citi zenship award. She is majoring in speech and radio at the uni versity. This is her first radio play to see production. FORTIFY MAGELLAN Santiago, Chile, Dec. 10 (IP) Foreign Minister Juan Ros settl announced early today that Argentina and Chile had agreed to fortify the Strait of Magellan, where German surface railders sheltered at times during the world war. BLACKOUT VICTIM Long Beach, Calif., Dec 10. (IP) Within half an hour after last night's blackout was estab lished In Long Beach, Henry C. Riggs, 70, of Walla Walla, Wash, was killed by an automobile. inventord7es New York, Dec. 10.-0P)-Hart O. Berg, 76. engineer who de veloped the Browning pistol and machine gun in this country ind sponsored the first public flights of the Wright brothers abroad, died today at Doctors' hospital. WEATHER Northern California: Show ers tonight and Thursday, with snow over high mountains lit tle change in temperature. ClolD urn a ci.wifice Adi ft m Too Lar. to Clxwlly 13 SO p v J? ; If TRSaVV:. A Milder Better-Tasting . . . that's why Bad News Received By Ft. Lewis Men; No Yule Furloughs Fort Lewis, Dec. 10. (JP) The 60,000 soldiers of the 9th army corps were told today by their commanding officers they will not have an opportunity to get home for the Christmas hol idays. 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