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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
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MftKE A "DATE"
A GRAND
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Here's a value you must see
to appreciate! Women's and
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tor just 33.98 A group
that includes 2 and 3 pair
of each pattern. Not all
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$1 98
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NEW YEARS
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$6.95 Shoes
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