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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.
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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)
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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
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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.