MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941.
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Three Top Officers in Hawaii
Debacle to Inaction Pend
ing Hearing Outcome.
Washington, Dec. 18,
The United State entrusted
supreme command of its Pacific
fleet today to Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz, one of the highest
officers In the navy's top coun
cils. Nimitz, a forceful Texan and
proud of it, was ordered to sea
from his post as chief of the
bureau of naviation, where he
was rated in service circles as
second only to Admiral Harold
R. Stark, chief of naval oper
ations. Nimitz succeeds Admiral Hus
band E. Kimmel, commander-in-chief
of the Pacific fleet, who
with two other top-ranking of
ficers of the Hawaiian area was
relieved of command, pending
outcome of the investigation
which President Roosevelt or
dered on the Pearl Harbor
sneak attack.
The navy and war depart
ments acted simultaneously last
night In removing the officers
whose responsibility for the lack
of alert preparedness will be
subject to examination by the
president's Investigation board.
Kimmel was the only navy
man affected. The army re
lieved Lieutenant General Wal
ter C. Short of command of the
Hawaiian military department,
and Major General Frederick
L. Martin of command of the
lr forces in Hawaii.
Lieutenant General Delos C.
Emmons of the air combat force
already has reached Honolulu
and replaced Short General C.
L. Tinker, of the air corps, is
fi route to take over the air
command.
Washington, Dec. 18.-
Winged Destruction Strikes Hickam Field
A major object of the Japan bombing raid on Honolulu, Hickman field was Uttered with wreckage. This is one of the
first pictures of the destruction released by the army and shows one of the damaged hangars.
Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs,
now on duty with the Atlantic
fleet, was nominated by Presi
dent Roosevelt today to be the
new chief of the bureau of navi
gation in the navy department
here for a four-year term.
He would succeed Rear Ad
miral Chester W. Nimitz.
SEVENBOYS DIE
Robinson, 111., Dec. 18. W)
At least seven youths perish
ed last night in the burning
wreckage of a national youth
administration bus that ran off
Illinois highway 1 and over
turned near West Union.
Two boys, Henry Walters and
one named Johnson of Marshall,
were unaccounted for early to
day, and the bus driver, Ferris
Williams, 35, of Casey, was hos
pitalized for critical burns.
The dead were Tom Ollinger,
17; Henry Ollinger, 18; James
Holbeck, 15; Barney Shonk, 15;
Richard McClure, 20; Earl Mel
ton and Vic Turner. Turner was
from Casey, the others from
Marshall.
T K.O. ENDS RECORD
FOR ABERDEEN BOY
Everett, Wash., Dec. 18. VP)
Harry (Kid) Mathews, Seattle
and Everett fighter, last night
put an end to Bob Reid's claims
of never having been knocked
off his feet in 43 professional
fights, dropping the Aberdeen
boy twice in the second round
for a technical kayo victory.
Matthews weighed in at 158,
Reid at 162.
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NEEDY CHILDREN
Thirty more needy Medford
children will be made happy
at Christmas because of the
Lions club Yule party in the
Hotel Medford last night.
Dr. William F. Roney acted
as Santa Claus and the members
heaped up toys in his big sack
to add to the Lady Lions-firemen's
project. The toys will be
distributed tomororw and Sat
urday to the parents of children
who otherwise would have no
gifts for Christmas.
The club was informed by
Fire Chief Roy Elliott that the
hundreds of toys rebuilt and
repainted by the firemen in
their own workshop, together
with those contributed by the
Lions, would be on display this
afternoon and tonight at the
Rogue River Chevrolet com
pany s showroom at Ninth and
Bartlett streets, the distributing
center. The chief related that
the firemen had contributed
1,000 man-hours of work to
reconditioning the old, battered
toys into new playthings.
.The club voted to erect at
least one shelter for the men
who are on civilian defense duty
at air raid spotting posts in the
hills.
Leslie Corey, St. Mary's stu
dent, entertained with a piano
solo.
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Hockey Association
Will Be Formed al
Meeting Friday Night
Teams for the Southern Ore
gon Hockey association will be
formed at the Medford Ice
Arena at 6 p. m. tomorrow. It
was announced today by Spar
key Bourque, arena manager.
All who have been practicing
for hockey should be at the
arena tomorrow evening, he
said.
As scan as the teams are or
ganized, scrimmage play will
begin, Borque stated. Hockey
equipment is due to arrive here
next week and Sparkey want?
the teams in readiness to buckle
down to real competitive play
the minute the paraphernalia
comes. Four teams are to be
organized.
Practice sessions have been
held every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday evenings from 8 to
7 since the arena was opened
November 8. "Now we are
ready to get down to business."
bparxey declared.
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SCOOTS TO SAVE
WASTE PAPER IN
METOin
Public Asked to Start Hoard
ing Waste Paper For Boy
And Girl Scout Salvagers.
kareaa of the community where
uivjr wnt o rmponniDic xor col
lection On a monthly or semi
monthly basis.
The boys and girls will call
only for newspapers, magazines,
books, catalogs, and pasteboard
and cartons. Until baling facili
ties can be developed, there Is
no value In scrap paper such as
envelopes, etc.
The paper will be sold by the
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
and their junior organizations,
the Cubs and Brownies, are
scheduled to pitch into the na
tional Job of salvaging waste pa
per commencing locally on Jan
uary 10 according to K. A.
Wells, Boy Scout executive, and
Marjole Pena, Girl Scout direc
tor. Start of the campaign has
been delayed due to the prob
lem of shipping the paper out
of the Medford area. Satisfac
tory plans have now been com'
pleted and householders are
asked to conserve their paper
preparatory to commencement
of the campaign.
Plans are now under way to
district tne city to avoid con
fusion in the collection efforts.
Boy Scout troops and Girl
Scout troops will have specific
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group and the funds received
will be used by the individual
Boy and Girl Scout unlta for
their own purposes, none of the
funds so raised going to the ad
ministrative offices of either organization.
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culation in a rabbit was shown
recently before the Physician!
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