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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.
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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
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21.5
18.3
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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
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12.6
12.7
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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.
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BOTTUD I'NDra AUTHORITY Or THE COCA-COLA COMPANY r
BOTTLING CO., of Medford, 601 No. Grape
to No. 5
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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.
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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. Corps public relations offic
ials said this morning the com
plicated plan which had been
wnrkeH nut with transcontinen
tal railroads to rush the boys I
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home for Christmas furloughs
had been scrapped.
The exodus was to have start
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in the Pacific northwest were
given six days furlough, and
others with families in more
distant points were to be allow
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Railroad officials her said
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