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I PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1941 TED GAMBLE TO AID MORGENTHAl FOR $1 A YEAR Washington, Dec. SO. (Spl) Secretary of Treasury Morten- thau yesterday appointed Theo dore Roosevelt Gamble, Port land theatre man, an adviser on promotion of the tales of defense savings bonds and stamps. Gamble, administrator of the defense savings staff In Oregon, will come to Washington Jan uary 1 as a dollar-year man. Gamble has made an out standing sales and promotion record for Oregon, welding all 36 counties into a unit behind the defense savings program and treasury officials state that his organization has been one of the most productive in the country. Gamble was born In Nevada, Mo., in 1906, one of a large fam ily of children. He worked his way through the University of Washington and was graduated with the class of 1928. Not long after finishing col lege he became manager of the Portland group of J. J. Parker Theatres. He served In this ca pacity for nine years. Late In 1940 he left the Par ker organization and took over as his own enterprises the Capitol theatre and other show houses in the Portland territory. Mr. Gamble has long been act ive in promoting the famous Portland Rose Festival. PET LOSS SPOILS Grover Stevens, Jr.'i Christ mas day was spoiled and he Is afraid that New Year's day will be the same because his year old springer spaniel, "Lady" has been missing since Dec. 24. Gro ver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Stevens, route 4, corner of Spring and Wabash streets, wishes that anyone having in formation concerning his dog would contact the family. The spaniel Is a year old fe male and black and white and was reported Christmas day in the vicinity of the Craterian theater. His mother may be reached by telephoning 2261 during business hours and his father at Steve's Shoe Service, 137 North Central avenue. BEER LICENSE OF ALIENS REVOKED Portland, Dec. SO. (IP) The Oregon Liquor Control commis sion revoked beer and wine licenses of 42 enemy aliens yes terday and today reviewed lic enser of 40 more, the last aliens among the 3,500 licenses In the state. The commission also was ex pected to make a decision on a request by Lieut-Gen. J. L. DcWitt that men In uniform In the western states not be sold liquor, beer or wine except be tween the hours of 6 and 10 p. m. Commission action on licenses Included: Retail beer, class C license for 1942 granted W. M. Lemmon, Jack and Blllie's Place, route 3, Mcdford. Where War-Time Tires Will Come From SHOOTS STEP SON Roseburg, Ore., Dec. 30. UP) Dexter Baughman, 84, rancher of western Douglas county, to day faced charge of Involun tary manslaughter as the result of a hunting tragedy in that snow blanketed area yesterday forenoon. The victim was his stepson, Gerald White, 31. The accusation was filed by District Attorney J. V. Long, fol lowing Baughman'i voluntary appearance here with the report that he accidentally shot and killed White when he mistook him in his khaki clothes for a bear when he emerged from thicket which the two men were circling. The bullet, from an old style 40-82 rifle, struck White In the heart killing him probably in stantly, stated Sheriff Cliff Thornton, after White's body was brought to this city for examina tion. White is survived by his widow and three small sons. Pardon Advised For Harry French San Francisco, Dee. 30. VP) The state advisory pardon board recommended today that the life sentence of Harry A. French, 32, for killing a rival newspaper publisher, be re duced to 29 years. French killed Claud L. Mc Cracken In Alturas four years ago, at the height of leua De- tween Mccracken ana tne French family. He has asked for a pardon or commutation of sentence. Ha- officers of the U. . nxrj bare u rusk of nar-admim, vie, admiral and admiral. New Year etc Thank-You Card Start the New Year with bit of extra thought! ulneta. Send New Year Cards. SWEM'S GREETING CARDS This is a part of a seven-acre pile of dlscardad rubber at the Goodyear Tire It Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, which will be turned into tires mad entirely of reclaimed rubber. The "war tires" cannot be driven over 35 miles per hour with safety, an official warned. i i ."l.' Art D A kl If In shakeup after rVMMIX uark on Hawaii, Admiral Ernrst J. Kins (top), 62, of Ohio, became conjnandrr of entire U. 8. fleet In charge of all operations; Rear Admiral Chester W. Nlmlti (lower), 56. tot command of Pscillo f leet. TOUGH BIRD Kendallville, Ind., Dec. SO. Ml A White Leghorn pullet on Eugene Trocsh's farm near South Milford walked too close to a shredder and was burled under a heap of fodder. Thirty seven days later Treesh dug the chicken out hungry, thirsty and weak but still able to walk. 11TH SHIP LAUNCHED Oakland, Cal., Dec. 30. F) The Alcoa cruiser, eleventh new ship of the Aluminum Company of America's new $25,000,000 maritime defense fleet, was launched from the ways of the Moore Drydoc. company here today. PRIVATE FLIERS CURB TALKED IN PORTLAND Japanese Are Fighters, Cruel Because of Small Stature Every Japanese boy goes Into military service for two years when he reaches the age of 20. After that he is liable for service until he is 40 years old. When not fighting, the greater pirt of the Japanese people are farming. Rice is, of course, the main food of all classes but fish Is so plentiful that It, too, is a staple diet. Here are some other things tnat you may not have known about Japan: She produces three-fourths of the world " total output of silk. Until the war with China. Ja pan's largest import and export trade was with the United States. They have compulsory ele mentary education and only 10 per cent of the nation is courted illiterate. In the United States there is 16.3 per cent illite.acy among negroes and 1.5 per cent among native whites. For more thnn a year Japan has had a eugenics law, which compels the sterilization of men tally deranged and physically unfit persons. i Japanese athletes have made wor'dwide reputations. In the last Olympic games held in 1936 in Berlin, Japanese won the marathon, three swimming events and one jumping event. There is no such thing as state religion in Japan. Theoretically, all faiths are tolerated. How ever, during the past vear, con siderable pressure has been brought to bear on Christianity and ' most American missions have already withdrawn. j Predominating faith is Shin toism, which is the worship of j imperial ancestors Buddhism is next in popularity. RADIO CONTROL GIVEN Washington, Dec. 30. (JP) The defense communications board today authorized the navy department to use, control, sup ervise. Inspect, or close all ship radio stations and facilities. The board granted the authority to the navy under a recent presi dential executive order. By Lucrec Hudglns (Associated Press Feature Writer) ,1. LI ..1 'I" I II l. (.1 I 1 T n ,, ... t. 144 TV.u U3II1IIBUJII. X iley vail Ifc &.111JB tfaLfaii. out is lb. lucic i are 148.756 sauare miles of it. That's about a hundred thousand St more square miles than there are of England. The population is 72,697,700 in Japan proper. That's seven million less Japanese than there are Germans. And the Japanese don't con centrate on Sukiyaki either. Mostly they concentrate on fighting. They are known as natively belligerent. They have a reputation for being sadisti cally cruel, possibly because their small physical stature has developed within them an in feriority complex. Portland, Dec. 30. W All private fliers will have to carry government-Issued Identification cards after January 8, R. E. Herr, CAA inspector, announced today. Applicants must be finger printed and must present photo graphs and birth certificates, he said. FIRST CITIZEN JR. Portland, Dec. 30. ifP) The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Russell H. Cobb Junior first citizen of Portland yester day. Cobb Is superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph company here. Acme Dry Gleaners Will REMAIN CLOSED Thurs. Jan. 1 Fri. 2nd & Sat. 3rd Will Open Monday, Jan. 5th. HAPPY NEW YEAR 100 Nazi Soldiers Executed in Paris; SO Take Own Life New York, Dec. 30. (tPt The British radio said today that 100 German soldiers have been executed for mut iny in Paris since December 1 and 50 have committed sui cide. The broadcast, heard here by CDS, said two German colonels, a major and Jun inr officer of the Paris garri son were shot at Viccnnes a week ago. The bodies of suicides, the radio said, are "now rotting In the open in No. 12 ditch of the Cemetery Ivry-Sur-Selne ' I KfajSrl You" eniy thi$ Kessler blend, v-Ct H'i smooth an' light an' rore I jjLafTTO J Ji taste it and compare. J 11 r1 IV li t 1 ft Si 9 nrttVftti I 111 1 ' mw naawi STUiiTiTiliTIIIM inns t V sittv-- im mniiliKiiTl iii ii 1 1 1 1 KI irR PRI ATr nl IM) 11 nr.lt, Wulr.l ,,i,ii. fX SI.I5 M KI irR PRI ATr nl IM) 1K nnlti Wiilr.l ,,lrlt Jullua Krnlrr ll.lllllii la, Inrarporatrd, Haltlmorr, M1 : SI Proof. LAnrrnreharf, Indians. THE RUBBER SITUATION And How It Affects Tires For Your Car With the declaration of war between the United Statei and the axis powers, the long-threatened danger of our principal sources of rubber supply has become an unpleasant reality. From Malaya and The Netherlands East Indies comes 75 per cent of the world's rubber and these two countries are now under attack by our enemies. Today, Japanese troops are attempting to penetrate southward through the jungles of Malaya and to land by parachute on the island of Sumatra in a desperate effort to occupy these vital rubber producing areas and thereby slow the wheels of American industry. Rubber in Modern Warfare nubber is indispensable in modern warfare. Airplanes and scout cars, tanks and trucks, bar rage balloons and gas masks are only a few of the many essential war materials that require rubber. The Reserve Supply of Rubber Keenly aware of this strategic importance of rubber and anticipating the day when the linked . States might be cut off from the Far East, our government, in co-operation with the rubber in dustry, began more than two years ago to build up a reserve supply. After Pearl Harbor, it be came necessary to take drastic steps to protect this precious store of rubber and on December 1 1 our government issued an order prohibiting the sale of tires and tubes to anyone not having a priority rating of A-3 or better. These temporary restrictions will end on Jan uary 5, and they will be superseded by new regu lations which are now being formulated. How long such restrictions will remain in force wilt depend upon the course of future events. Natur ally, when our allied forces are victorious in the Far Eat, shipments of rubber to the United States will be resumed. But in the meantime, steps are being taken to relieve the present situation. Fact About Synthetic Rubber The first of these Is the expansion of facili ties for the manufacture of synthetic rubber. There are a number of large plants now under construction, and the one for which we are re sponsible will be ready for production in the first part of 1942. Nearly ten years ago, our organi zation began experimenting with various types of synthetic rubber, and in May, 1933, we pro duced the first synthetic rubber tires ever manu factured for Uncle Sam's armed forces. As more ' synthetic rubber became available, we consist ently increased our production of synthetic rub ber tires. The most important elements needed for the manufacture of synthetic rubber are buta diene and styrene, both by-products of petroleum, which commodity the United States is fortunate In having available within its borders in unlim ited quantities. Brazilian Rubber Available Another possible emergency source of rub ber is the valley of the Amaxon river in South America. From that area, 45,000 tons were ship ped in 1912, and it has been estimated that per haps as many as 300,000,000 wild rubber trees exist in this region. These are not being tapped at the present time because the price of rubber Is lower than the price which would provide the In centive for the natives to blaxe the Jungle trails, tap the trees and bring the rubber to market. In addition, there is a possibility that some rubber can be obtained from guayule shrubs, which can be raised in this country and Mexico. Americans Should Produce Their Own Rubber In this critical hour, when rubber assumes a position of prime importance to our national wel fare and to our ultimate victory, I cannot help thinking of the statement made by my father more than 20 years ago when he declared that "Americans should produce their own rubber." To him the dependence of this country upon a single, concentrated area for any basic raw ma terial was economically unsound and it was his premonition of difficulties in the future that led to the establishment of the Firestone rubber plan tations in Liberia, which are now being worked to the very limit to produce every possible pound of rubber for our country. Naturally, it Is going to take time to develop these additional sources of rubber. In the mean time, it is the patriotic duty of every loyal Ameri can to help conserve the present supply by makin- the tires that are now on his car last longer. You can add as much as 50 to the life of your tires by observing such simple pre cautions as keeping them inflated to recom mended pressure, driving slowly and avoiding nuick starts and sudden stops. Nation-wide System of Factory-Controlled Retread Plants For a number of years, the Firestone organiza tion has recognized the merit and economy of re treading tires, and as a result, we have built up a nation-wide system of 132 retread plants, strate gically located, to provide retreading service for our dealers and stores and their customers. To meet the present emergency these plants are operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. By the process of retreading which we have developed, as much as 80 per cent of the mileage built into the original tread if added to the life of the tire and the quality of workmanship and material is such that we are able to extend our life-time guarantee to every Firestone retread. New Victory Tire Still another step which we took some years ago and which will serve our country well today, was the establishment of extensive facilities for reclaiming scrap rubber. Today the Firestone or ganization has the largest rubber reclaiming ca pacity in the world and re have the advantage of long experience In developing products made from this material. One of these is a new type of tire made from reclaimed rubber, which will give reasonably satisfactory service when driven at moderate speeds. Wo have named this product the "Victory Tire" and it is now in production in our factories. We also have in work a new type of tractor tire made from reclaimed rubber to help agriculture continue to play its vitally im portant part in the war effort. The Patriotic Duty of Every Car Owner In the laboratories of the Firestone factories, our scientists and engineers are working night and day to find ways of using to best advantage the present rubber supply. Equally important to the successful conservation of rubber is the co operation of American car owners, whose patriotic duty it is to get the maximum amount of service out of their tires. Ever mindful of our responsi bilities to our country and to the car owners of America, the Firestone organization Is making full use of all its experience, all of its resources and all of its technical skill to meet the needs of both. HARVEY S. FIRESTONE, Jr. President. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company 'Firestone has fust published a new booklet entitled "How to Get More Mileage From Your Tires." You can secure a free copy from your nearby Firestone dealer or store, or write to the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.
