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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 194W FOR VAR RELIEF IE Chairman Harder Names Captains From Various Clubs for Campaign Here. Jackson county Red Cross campaign to raise $12,000 In the county for local and national war relief Is progressing well, according to Ben Harder, county chairman. Captains sele c t e d from various service clubs are In charge of the campaign with the Toastmaster's club handling publicity. Representatives from the clubs In Medford Include: E. C. Corn, Rotary club; E. E. Kofoed and Raymond R. Reter, Kiwanls club; Ed Mann and E. B. Hum phrey, Lions club and C. Morris and George Frey, Toastmaster's club. A plea has been received from Norman H. Davis, chair man of the American Red Cross for cooperation of all American citizens in this Red Cross war drive. In a telegram addressed to Seth M. Bullis, chairman of the Jackson County Red Cross chapter he said: "The bombing of Pearl Har bor, Honolulu, Manila, the Inva sion of the Philippines, the sub marine attacks in the Atlantic and Pacific have dramatically brought home to us the cruelties of this war. Wherever our hero ic soldiers, sailors and airmen are so valiantly defending our soil there also you will find the flag of the Red Cross unfurled alongside the Stars and Stripes. Red Cross men are on every hand. Funds are urgently need ed to keep intact these front lines of mercy. The enemy re spects neither holidays nor weekends. The Red Cross war fund should be pushed to rapid over-subscription. Partnership in this time of need gives all the people an opportunity to par ticipate. The Red Cross is a people's partnership in a time of need. It is patriotism In action to give to the Red Cross. Miser ies of war cannot be measured by quotas and mathematical yardsticks nor personal conveni ences. The president, the Amer ican people and our fighting men expect much of us. An avalanche of giving now will help the Red Cross deliver the goods." TIMBER PRODUCTS G. E. Chlldreth, 44. carrier driver for Timber Products com pany, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital late this morning with a badly Injured left ankle, which was caught and pinched between a load of lumber and pile-bottom fittings, according to com pany official. Chlldreth was working In the shed when the accident occur red about II a m. He was takei. to the hospital In the Perl am bulance. Births SIMMONS. To Mr. and Mrs. Clayton W. Simmons, Eagle Point, December 27, a boy, eight pounds, at Community hospital. Closing tim. (or Clanlfled Ads a. m. Too Lata to ciaaetrv 11:30 TJw Mall Tribune want km. MftKE A "DATE" A GRAND I11t 1 CI W" County Defense Council Instructions for Public No. Uniform Warning Signal "To avoid continion, every community MUST conform to the uniform warning ,ignai for ,ir raids and blackouts which has been adopted by the second Interceptor command. "There are only TWO authorized audible signals to be sounded by siren or whistle. Fir j, tne ArR raid WARNING. Second is the ALL CLEAR. Precautionary warnings will be given only over the telephone or other silent signal system. "The air raid warning .ignal means that an enemy raid Is Imminent The air raid Warning signal should be of two min utes' duration and consist of ,rLig end falling signal of varying pitch or a succession of inttteaittent blasts. "The all clear signal should ,M be of two minutes duration but consist of a continuous flow of sound at a steady pitch. "The difference between the two signals can best be Illus trated by the difference between a wavy or broken line and a straight, unbroken line." Ruler of Warlike little Balugas Joins in Defense of Philippines With the USAFFE In Central Luzon, Dec. 29. P) The ABCD powers have a new ally in their war against Japan. He Is "General Tomas," the ru'er of the warlike if diminutive Balugas who live in the mountains Tomas, with a slight of poison- ed arrows over his shoulder, an ancient cartridge belt around his waist and a gleaming bolo in his hand, approached a group of American officers. He wore an old U. S. army shirt and a fatigue cap. He drew himself up to his full height four fset and, with great dignity, Informed the of ficers that the Balugas. with the approval of their tribal council lor, his father 'King Alfonso", had decided unanimously to help America fight Japan. Tomas previously had cap tured three Japanese airmen, who had parachuted from their planes, and delivered them to the American forces. CRIME DETECTION Y FBI Laboratory Helps Track Down Enemy Aliens Work ing Inside Against U- S. By Jack Stinnett Washington It would be In conceivable in this war for the United States not to have sabot age and espionage for those are twin activities considered vital to the effective operation of any war effort. But the spy and saboteur are going to be up against something now with which they never had to cope in World war I the most complete scientific crime lab oratory In the world. Over at the federal bureau of Investigation, a group of 65 sci entists, every one of them spec ialists In some particular field, will be working day and night if necessary to make life hard for the saboteurs and spies. J. Edgar Hoover, director, started the FBI crime detection labora tory in 1932. not without a little derisive sniffing from some gov ernment officials, lawmakers. and particularly the police of the land. Sniffers Quiet In nine years, the sniffers have quit It and the police of the land now send about 2.000 speci mens a month to the laboratory for analysis and report. Spectography, petrography, serology and such may Just send the reader to the dictionary, but it already has been proved that they can send the saboteur to the pen. Petrography, for example, Is the business of analyzing and NOW-TURN BACK THE CwrA J MASQUERADE SKATING PARTY-HEW of west central Luzon. classifying soils, minerals, dirt and debris. Into this classifica tion, too, falls the microscopic study of oils and greases to de termine if any foreign substance has been introduced to damage the machinery it Is supposed to lubricate. One case where petrography played its part recently was the identification of iron filings In a big tractor that was shipped to Australia. After that, locating the source of the filings was up to other FBI investigators, but knowing what it was narrowed the search Not long ago, a navy experi mental plane was discovered to have certain aluminum alloy fit tings which had been partially sawed through. Into the labora tory came the fittings and 176 hacksaw blades and the scientists went to work. In a few days, they came up with the report that only 17 of the hacksaws could possibly have been used on the job. That didn't solve the case, but here again it narrowed the search to such extent that the agents In the field could work swiftly on what otherwise would have been a painfully slow investigation. Studies Ramified In the laboratory, too, chem ists study acids that are thrown on metals and materials to dam age them. The document section devotes its time to documents, checks, codes and cyphers. The search for fluorescent invisible writing using ultraviolet light and the use of ultraviolet and infrared photography for the restoration of secret and obliterated writing are just phases of this section's extensive work but it is one that makes the task of sabotage and spying far more difficult than it was. Life won't be so easy for In side workers as it was 20-odd years ago. Ye Poets Corner Port of Galilee When pledges hold twixt men and men; When nations keep their word again. And sacred honor held so high That none will even try to buy. Nor yet be sold for craven gold; Then mankind shall lift itself From mire of war and sodden pelf; The seven seas will then be free, And every port, a port of Gali lee! Ariel B. Pomeroy. LISBON SHOCKED Lisbon, Dec. 29. (AP) A vio lent earthquake shook Lisbon at 25 p. m. (10:25 p. m. EST) Sunday sending the frightened populace into the streets. CALENDAR-IN THE MASQUERADE SKATING PARTY New Year's Eve-at the MEDFORD ICE ARENA O FUSION THE ICE O ENTERTAINMENT O PRIZES for Best Costumes IS MAIN BATTLE FOR AMERICANS Washington's Biggest Worry Is Fear Of Hysteria Control Plan Is Studied. By Jack Stinnett Washington. The biggest worry of official Washington in these early days of war is fear of widespread hysteria through out the nation. That was the chief reason Pre sident Roosevelt took the air to try to create calm in a people who were giving every evidence of letting war Jitters lead them into panic. Officials already are trying to formulate rules and regulations by which the people, self-imposing them, can avoid the hysteria and resulting confusion which the enemy would so much like to see spreading over the land. Ignore Rumors Among these, the first is pay no attention to rumor. The theater of war Is a thousand miles and more away. Com munlcatlons are disrupted. News will come back slowly and will even then have to be filtered to be certain that none is given to the enemy by being made pub lic. Naturally, this leaves the door wide open for all sorts of con coctions that have little or no basis in fact. And the worst and most damaging of the fabrica tions will be planted by the enemy. Federal officials say It Is not impossible that American cities will be bombed and that every city should have its precaution ary plans drawn and ready for instant action. But, they con tinue, without enemy bases near by, there can be no large-scale bombing in this phase of the war. No Witch Hunt How to keep the people on guard for fifth column activity without setting off a witch hunt is another one that is putting gray hairs In many Washington heads. The prime activity of the fifth columnists, before the armed forces arrive, Is to create dis trust In one's government and one's institutions; to set up race hatreds; to align class against class; to turn every one against his neighbor; to throw the coun try into confusion. According to Investigators, the chief instrument of the fifth columnist In this country for a while now at least will be talk Just plain conversation that will have as Its objective those things mentioned In the para graph above. And that Is the kind of conversation that will have to be guarded against. Demand Facts Here again, rumor will play a big part rumor by word of mouth, in letters, and perhaps In circulars and folders. There Is one certain way of getting around the fifth column ists. Insist on facts. Demand proof and don't believe anything until you have it. That, at least, is what some government officials here say will cure the war jitters and keep them from returning. If they can be held In check for a "GOOD NIGHT' TO Slip away from aehey muscles, stuff sniffles, into sleep. Rub throat, chest, with Penetro. Follow the directions on the package. Feel double help work almost instantly inside and outside. ibc Double supply of Peoetro, 35c SPIRIT OF THE CAY 90 YEAR'S EVE-IT'S Say II 11 II U U bULu TOP 4-H STOCKMAN HIGH achievements of Orsgen 4-H Clubtttrs In livestock work le reflected In the 10-year record of Robert K. King, 21, of More, who le named the state's outstanding boy lor the year In this project by 8tate Leaoer H. C, Seymour of Cop. vallls. Robert handled 393 sheep, 127 baby beevee and ether stock end won many showmanship and Judging honors. Prize money re ceived on 11 grand championships and leaser awards total $1491 and the boy's gross proceeds are certi fied as S.20,843. He le also named Western aectlonal winner In the national 4-H meat animal contest and received from Thomas E. Wil son, prize donor, a trip to the recent National 4-H Club Congress and 1200 college scholarship. few weeks, nation-wide plans probably through the office of civilian defense will be worked out to keep them there for the duration. Luftwaffe Worn Out By Russian Efforts Is Belief in London London, Dec. 29 (P) Avia tion observers estimated today that losses In the campaign against Russia have reduced the German air force to about 65 per cent of its peak strength. They noted in this connection that there has not been a really big raid on Britain since the Russian war began last June 22. "The German air force is lit erally worn out," said a reliable commentator with excellent sources of information. "The pi lots are tired and there is a real shortage of planes in certain cat egories. To all appearances the German air force is just about 35 per cent under what it was, for instance, when it gave Lon don its first heavy rire bomb at tack just a year ago." In addition to the losses In the Russian campaign, this source said the Germans' air strength has suffered severely in the Middle East. "With the luftwaffe In Its pres ent condition," he said, "Hitler can't Just laugh off the loss of he 476 planes which the British shot down, destroyed or captur ed from Nov. 18 (the start of the British drive Into Libya) to Dec. 23." Woodpecker Stukae Portland, Ore. (UP) Two eUve- bomblng woodpeckers recently swoop ed down the J. w. Heme chimney landlns In the llvine. room with loud squawks and clouds of soot. Then they chased the family out of the house. A patrolman had to erlct the trespassers. NEW YEAR CARDS Hundreds to select from that reflect smartness, orig inality and good taste. SWEM'S GREETING CARDS S ATTEND THE Here's en unique New Year s Party you'll long remember Let's revive the "good old days" of the Cay '10 s Let's go "sll out" for fun New Veer's Eve at the Ice Arenel Regular Prices, tool A "DATE!" Annual Ready to Wear CLEARANCE SMME Lovely Self Trim Winter Coats at HALF PRICE $12.95 Coats $6.48 $19.95 Coats $9.98 $24.95 Coats $12.48 $29.95 Coats $14.98 SECOND FLOOR . FUR TRIM COATS Exclusive Winter Models 1 Vzoffh While in the Coat Shop tomor row see this group of 1-3 off fur trimmed Winter Ceatsl Here are exclusive models from America's finest coat houses. Coats luxur iously furred with (ox. wolf, rac coon and Persian, fitted type and casuals, all at 1-3 off their regular price. $59.95 Coats are $39.97 $69.95 Coats are $46.64 $75.00 Coats are $50.00 CLEARANCE SALE OF WASH DRESSES SHOE SALE Smart Shoe Fashions for Women and Misses I Women's At $4.91 youll find many ef this season's smartest $$.9$ shoes ia both Women's end Misses' styles. Shoes la quality lea thers and fabrics suitable to weer right through early spring days High and low heels ia various sty yles to choose SHOES Women's Shoes at $5. and Shop aarly for these at $1.93. Here are Women's and Misses styles. Mostly single pairs but every pair a bargain. Not all sises. stylee or colors. Come la and try them on tomorrow. TmTTl)TT7(3S! Here they are all the sparkling, attention-getting dresses you want for after Christmas and early spring wear. LoTely frocks of crepe and light weight wool In both tailored and dressy styles. Black, navy, green, rust and soma printed affairs ia regular sises from 12 to 44 and junior sises, 9 to 17. Half Price $10.95 values are $5.48 $14.95 values are $7.48 $19.95 values are $9.98 $24.95 values at $12.48 r MANN'S SECOND FLOOR Visit th Wash Dress' Dept. tomorrowl Snap up these bargains ... Here are values to $2.98 for 11.39. Good styles. Good colors. Johansen and Vitality Shoes In this 15.98 group are Women's and Misses' 36.93 to $7.30 Johansen and Vi tality shoes. All are new fall styles In black, brown and blue. Suedes and smooth leathers in various heel and to models. $6.95 to $7.50 values Dress Styles $4.98 from. MAIN FLOOR Here's a value you must see to appreciate! Women's and Misses' $3.00 to $6.93 Shoes tor just 33.98 A group that includes 2 and 3 pair of each pattern. Not all sites, but all colors and all the popular materials. $1 98 STORE CLOSED THURSDAY NEW YEARS $39 $598 $6.95 Shoes $39.8
