Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 02, 1942, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL and Arrive! R. J. Tetreault, trav eling commercial agent for the Railway Express Agency, ar rived here by train today for a few days after spending the holidays in Sacramento, Cal. Chimney Firs Firemen stood by late yesterday afternoon while a chimney fire at the residence of Lloyc Langston. 622 Park Place S, burned itself out. There was no damage. Red Cross Work Phoenix women interested in Red Cross work are asked to meet at the home of Mrs. O. C. Palmer at Phoenix Tuesday at 10 a. m. Covered dish luncheon will be served. e e Ne Clerk Miss Maurine Shearer today began work as a clerk at Rogue River national forest headquarters. Transferred from the regional forester's of fice in Portland, Miss Shearer arrived here yesterday by train from her home in Cottage Grove. She replaces Miss Mary Wells who recently resigned to get married. Miss Shearer has taken up residence at 108 South Orange street. e e To Reside Here L. L. Simp son, formerly construction fore man on the Rogue River na tional forest, said today he will take up residence here again. He arrived here Tuesday with Mrs. Simpson and their young son Ferris, whom he joined in Okanogan, Wash., after . his re cent return from Kodiak, Alas ka, where he had worked for five months as an engineer on a defense project. Mr. Simpson left Kodiak on the last steamer to sail before Japan attacked Hawaii. War broke out when the ship was between Kodiak and Seward and the passengers were not told of hostilities until the vessel reached Seward late December 7, the day Japan made its sudden attack, Mr. Simpson said. The steamer re mained In Seward for six days, the trip from Kodiak to Seattle taking 13 days, he related. BOYD'S M ft R DTAI. SRS1 Prompt, Convenient, Courteous Delivery Service 8:30 A. M. 10 A. M. 1 P. M. 4 P. M. S. fc H. GREEN STAMPS SPECIALS FOR JAN. 3 AND 5 L.onomy Coffee Fresh Ground, 4 Of pound fcUU FOLGER'S COFFEE Lb. 31c 2 lbs. 60c FLOUR Flagstaff Hardwheat 49-lb. sack , $1.69 Kitchen Queen 49-lb. sack . $1.79 Drifted Snow 49-lb. sack .... $2.09 SUGAR Pur Cane 10 lbs 62c 25 lbs $1.54 Formay, Pur Vegetable Shortening, C1a 3-lb. pails . UiU Crisco, re 3-lb. pail UUli Milk Swift's 4 cans 33c Corn, Peas or String Beans. 303 Aft. six. 3 for S.3C Raisins, A Q . Seedless 4 lbs. CANDY Chocolate Drops . Hard Mix . . . Gum Drops . . PAY CASH PERSONAL Returns Home John P. Dixon returned to his home In Port land this morning by bus after spending the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Root, Jacksonville highway. Mrs. Root is an aunt of Mr. Dixon. e e Evacuated James J. Peters, who has been employed on Mid way island. Informed his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Peters of Route 4, by cablegram today that he had been evacuated to Honolulu and was safe. He Is the brother of Mrs. Dale Flow ers, 306 Apple street. Peters left Medford in September for Midway island. ... Sentenced Homer Beauche- mln, 47, who gave his address as Medford, was sentenced by Federal Judge James Alger Fee in Portland to year in prison for selling liquor to an Indian. Beauchemin, described by po lice as an itinerant cook who was attracted to Medford by the prospect of getting job be cause of the proposed army cantonment, was arrested for selling liquor to an Indian while U. S. district court was in ses sion here last fall. The case was continued by Judge Fee at that time pending the filing of pre-sentence report by the probation officer. Minor Accidents Cars oper ated by Janet Robertson of 1118 West Eighth street and H. R. Gould of 840 Whitman avenue were involved in a minor acci dent on a street running through Lithia park in Ashland yester day afternoon, a report on file said today. Ira D. Luman of 331 Mae street and Charles Johnson of 109 Geneva street drove cars involved in a minor mishap on the Oregon Switzer land road five miles from Med ford yesterday morning, accord ing to a report on file today. Cars driven by Everett L. Bow ers of Route 2 and Eugene E. Buck of 232 South Ivy street collided with minor damage on the Forest Creek road near the Jacksonville highway yesterday morning, according to a report on file today. K 108 N. Iw Street 4 Time Daily Jello, All Flavors, t)A 4 pkgs a-OG Softasilk Cak Flour, large pkg. . Baker's Cocoa, Lb. tin Nucoa, 2 lbs. Camels, Lucky., Chesterfields, carton .............. $1.23 GLO-COAT POLISH Pt. 59c Qt. 98c Oxydol, Lge. pkg Giant packag . P & G Naptha Soap, 6 Ig. bars.. Lux Chip Lg. Pk. .... Pram Lunch Meat, can ........ Deviled Meat 4 size, 3 cans.. M. D. Toilet Paper, 3 roll 2 lbs. 19c it is III! I 1 IDS. IUC 2 lbs. 19c AND SAVE 25c .....14c 47c II MEDFORD MAIL Plane Passengers S. Worn staff departed for Portland by United Mainllner early this morning. B. Sander arrived from Portland last midnight E. Young departed for Los An geles last evening. Seely Hall, Jr., arrived from San Francisco yesterday afternoon. W. Wit- row arrived from Vancouver. B. C, early yesterday afternoon. Miss D. Hagenman departed for Portland yesterday noon. Transferred Gordon H. Pas coe, operator in charge of the civil aeronautics administration communications office here, left by car yesterday for Seattle, whither he has been transferred. Mrs. Pascoe and their children, Douglas and Bonnie, will move to Seattle after the end of the present school term this month. The family resides at 132 Tripp street. Mr. Pascoe will be suc ceeded here by Ira Parrish who is being transferred to Medford from Idaho Falls, Idaho. Army Addresses "Air Corps Unassigned, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas." is the official address of the follow ing local youths who recently enlisted: Richard W. Hewitt, Thomas S. Humphries, George J. Fredenburg, Milton D. Pitts, Ned O. DeVries and Walter S. Gillette. Roy S. Koyama may be addressed at: "Infantry Replace ment Training Center, Camp Roberts, Cal.," and Claude E. Atkins at "Air Corps Unas signed, Jeff erson Barracks, Mo." Skiing Good Conditions for skiing were favorable today in the Union Creek recreational area of the Rogue River national forest, headquarters reported. The snow was 23 inches deep with a surface of three inches of powder snow. Crater Lake High way to Union Creek was clear and tire chains were not needed, headquarters stated. Tempera ture at 7 o'clock this morning was 14 degrees, compared with 7 degrees at the same time yes terday. Maximum yesterday was 29. e To School Robert Hani in, 18-year-old son of U. S. Deputy Marshal Paul Hanlln and Mrs. Hanlin of 1018 East Jackson boulevard, was one of seven chosen from 136 navy recruits to attend a yeoman s school after they had passed their final medical examinations at Port land, according to word re ceived here today. After enlist ing here, Hanlin went to Port land last Saturday. He was believed still to be in Portland today awaiting transfer to the school to be designated. He was manager of the grocery depart ment of the Peerless Market when he enlisted. SHORTENED LINES TO (Continued Prom Pit. One) island fortifications are strongly held by our troops." In Washington, military ob servers said that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's daring tactical ma neuver of consolidating his forces might make it possible to resist for weeks, if not months. Meanwhile, new indications arose that plans for great al lied counter offensive against Japan may be far advanced: In Washington, Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill said he ex pected great decisions soon. In the Dutch East Indies, Gen. Hein tcr Poorten, the Indies com mander, told his troops that the United States and Great Britain were preparing something "very unpleasant for the Japanese. Allies at Work "I am sorry I cannot tell you about the plans which are being worked out . . . but we and our allies are working hard very hard, Gen. Poorten said. In Singapore, Gen. Sir Henry R. Pownall, new commander-in- chief of British Far East forces, reported that "considerable help is on the way to Malaya, even as Japanese Invasion hordes struck closer to Singapore in fresh landings on the West Ma laya coast. Japanese vanguards were re ported hurling themselves against British defense lines only 190 miles north of Singapore on the eastern Malaya coast, in the Kuantan region, and 275 miles north on the west coast In lower Perak province. CHILL SPEEDS UP San Francisco, Jan. 2 Ph Movement of hundreds of re cently arrived evacuees from Honolulu to other parts of the United States was speeded today by cold wave which redoubled the work of the Red Cross In caring for temporarily Impover ished war victims. Most evacuees arrived with only scant luggage. Many wore tropical clothing, had no warm er garments with them, and no j money to replenish their chilly wardrobe. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. on Lu NAIIUI PLEDGE TO FIGHT AXISJ0W1NDUP White House Announces Pact No Separate Ar mistice for Signers. Washington, Jan. 2. OP) Twenty-six nations of the new and old worlds have formally pledged themselves, the White House announced today, to em ploy full resources against the axis powers, and to enter Into no separate armistice or peace. The announcement of the pact was made simultaneously here and in the capitals' of the other countries concerned. The others are: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Russia, China, Australia, Bel gium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslokakia, the Dominican Republic, 1 Salvador. Greece, Guatemala. Haiti, Honduras. In dia, Luxembourg, The Nether lands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, South Africa and Yugoslavia. President Roosevelt signed for the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill for Great Britain. The countries formally de clared: "(1) Each government pledges itself to employ its full resources. military or economic, against those members of the tripartite pact and its adherents with which such government is at war. "(2) Each government pledges itself to cooperate with the gov ernments signatory hereto and not to make a separate armistice or peace with the enemies. The brief statement of interna tional unity of purpose said also that other nations may adhere to It in the event they are render ing or may render material as sistance "in the struggle for vic tory over Hitlerism." Jaen Guardia, the Panamanian minister, had told of the pact earlier in the day. CCC AlONGCOAST BE DEFENSE EFFORT San Francisco, Jan. 2, Twenty-five thousand boys of the Civilian. Conservation corps along the Pacific coast have been recruited for urgent military and strategic construction, it was an nounced today by the headquart ers of the western defense com mand and fourth army. Acting upon a request by Sec retary of War Stimson, CCC Di rector James J. McEntee has ap proved the use of all CCC en-1 rollees for national defense duty. All of the 236 CCC companies in the ninth corps area have been made available for this work but each project and as signment must be approved by McEntee except In emergency cases. In such cases, the corps area commander may all upon the necessary companies. - Supervision of the work by CCC enrollees will be carried out by the chief of engineers and the division or district engineers under him. PUBLIC IRKS SET NEW MARK Seattle, Jan. 2 W") Pacific Builder & Engineer, trade Jour nal, said today that public works construction in the Pacific north west totalled $194,727,335 last year a 50 per cent Increase over th record total of $128c 315.284 for 1940. Army and navy construction Jumped from $44,989,698 to $119,068,585 in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Shipyards were constructed X WALKER'S DANCE DREAMLAND Every SATURDAY NIGHT Real Dance Music Both Modern k Old-Tim Always Good Crowd and Ceod Tim WALKER'S DANCE IS EVERYBODY'S DANCE Bring th Family and En)oy th Evening OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1942. "Unfinished Business" Here Sunday Preston Foster, Robert Mont gomery and Irene Dunne form gay threesome in "Unfinished Business," the romantic comedy coming Sunday to the Craterian Theatre for a three-day showing. Sparkling Cast In Fred MacMurray is Just bench-warmer as far as Mary Martin is concerned after he dares her to marry Robert Pres ton in the new hilarious 1942 comedy, "New York Town," which heads the double bill open ing for Sunday and Monday, only at the Rialto Theatre. Others In at a combined cost of $20,903, 000. Defense housing contracts ag gregated $13,069,240. The figures do not include In dustrial construction started last year and estimated by the maga zine to aggregate $130,000,000, nor do they include general building permits totalling about $85,000,000 in the 45 principal cities and towns of the area. The population of the Straits Settlements including Singa pore, Penang island, Malacca and Labuan, totale 1,408,120. COMING SUNDAY TV'V,,I jyf a I i Gay! Daring! She loved en brother married the other . . . then th Fun began! Shew Sat: I MaotiT J :45 9:00 11 e4rj I ( tOMTrMTMwT ess ' 11S' II 'a. The hilarious romance romantic complications that ensue when charming woman is in love with one brother and then marries the other forms the basis of the plot Rialto Comedy the cast are Aklm Tamiroff, Lynne Overman and Eric Blore. "Swing It, Soldier," a gay and sparkling army camp musical starring Ken Murray, Frances Langford, Don Wilson, Brenda and Cobina and Skinny Ennls and his famous band, will play as the companion feature with "New York Town." ANOTHER MISTAKE Marshfield, Jan. 2 P Mrs. Fay Uervals, who was notified by the navy department Dec. 10 that her son, Lester Earl, 20, had been killed in action, re ceived official notification today that he still was alive. La Paz, Bolivia, nearly 12,000 feet above sea level. Is the high est capital in the world. Too Late to Classify CLEAN, eomfortabl. apartment. Re frigerator. 631 fl. Riverside. 3 DAYS I ... and , On Roxy Bill "Sunset in Wyoming,' ftara Gene Autry at th Roxy Theatre for tonight and Saturday. Smiley Burnett plays opposite the pop ular Western singing star. Tillie the Toiler," starring Kay Harris as the famous comic strip character, plays as the added feature. FOR BKIM TT1 lxrtr1 tuhlB maennw, iu. aao Norm iry. PLAVKR BLOX Btf 900 of. lewd, 3.50. MED FUFU 11. 8111. FOR 8 ALB Briquet burner. Box also. Trunin. FOR SALE Two loads of tnlxtvl wtnrt. Mlk Hnly, Lftk Creek. Ore. WANTED Cheep I.w.b. trwk: dual tires. Ingram. Orange Truck. Fa. S8A4. TRT OASCO BRIQUETS Th fine.. olid fuel arallabl. Valley Fuel Co. Tel. 8378. WANTED TO BUT On set harness suitable for general farm us. Tel. MAS, Jrule M. Ml near. WANTED Oood team, weight around 1(300. SUt price. Box 1130. Tri bune. CHICKS White leshorn, straight run or eeired, five leading breeds, in ereeeed chick demand hu again oauaed us to tncreaee our eapalt? which prove, our chicks are good. See us before placing your order elsewhere. Starter feeds and poultry atipplles. Cufltom hatching a speci alty. Pint setting Jan. . Central Point Hatchery. US OASCO BHIOUTTS for long letting fire. Valley Fuel Co. Tel. S97S. WANTED Deed fur coat. Bin Phone 8816. KAMBA la a rare wild roe herb antitoxin, harmless, registered In the TJ. 8 Patent Off toe aa a medi cine and used In the C O C. camps aa an internal and external anti septic. Haa been uaed In your eounty for eerinue aliments witn good results. (Will give uaera names by request). This herb has been shinned through the Fresno Post Office for yeare without any comolalnts from users to me otnee. It carries 34-4S4 International unite of Vitamin A to the nound of herbs also heavy In Vitamin Bl-D. A for medicine and B and D for food BAMBA la fine for the stomach and general uo-bulld of the body Write for literature and explain your trouble. Cut price 80 cents per half pound. One dollar per pound. J. u Denney. 851 Princeton avenue, Fresno, cam. Mats 12c and Eves tSe hie. tax Kiddles lie Inc. Us Shows Sat 1:4S-s:IS-:4B-t:0 SMOKING 6 - GUNS Spell DOOM! SUNDAY -3 DAYS! lis limit I Mtrii a Wi imsu ' I THE 0W OF PAGE NINB WANTED Reltabl person for house- worn two adults in family. Resi dent position; 4 miles from Med ford. Address P O box 407, Medford or telephoo 466S. Mrs. Corning Kenley. REAL little Scottish Highlanders for sale st Royal Kotru Kennels. One male, i!0 to good bom. Dial 6376. WANTED At once, housekeeper. Could make arrantrementa for man and wife for th winter. Phone 841 T for Information. OASCO BRIQUETS Now 10.60 pet ton. Cheaper snd better than eoal. Valley Fuel Co. Tel. 837S. ORANGES Sweet and Juicy. There is onicrrnoe si irJKAMS ORANGE TRUCK. North RlTersld. next to Coffe Pot. FOR SALE or RENT Llttl farm Bear Creek. Suitable for a to cows. J. Tyrell. Talent. FOR SALE Truck. I -ton Dodg. New battery; good tires. Jack son Till Shell Serrlcs Station. NICELY furnished 4-room house, 33 50. Also a-room cabin. SI). Fh. 4047. CHICKS Eggs will be high durtne; war end arter. For rinest laying grade see the Talent Hatchery, mile south of Talent. Ten and 13 weeks' old Barred Rock and Hamp shire pullets. Send for free catalog. BOWMAN BEAUTT SALON, S37 SO Central, H block south of Maid Rite. Shampoo and hair style Tte and 1.00. Permanent. I1J5 snd up. Marcella Bowman, Leon Craw ford (former instructor at Leonard Beauty college. Telephone SIM. WANTED Experienced girl for work. Phone 3453. A HEAVY work team and some farm machinery will be sold at the ifv stock auction Saturday. FOR SALE 6 or 6 ton hammered alfalfa. 12 ton. North of Warren Patterson place. R. H. Qreen, Cen tral Point. STOCK RANCH 1.0(14 acres. IIS Irrigated and In ladlne clover. New 6-room modem house, electricity, new bam. fenced with woven and barbed wire. Wen lo cated on good road. S23.000. Terms. Also 4-ROOM plastered house with bath. larve living room witn narawooa floor, service porch, cement founda tion, all newly decorated, near high school, 83,000, including electrle stove. ei"tio water heater end heating stove. Also 10 ACRES trrlnted. one mfle ees. r1 soil. tM0. K down. O. Plckell. 18 8. Baruets. AUTO PAINTTNO. Steam Cleaning. Slmonlrtnf. MITCHELL PAINT. So. Riverside. WANTED Partner who knows med rum slsed trucks. Bos 1188 Tribune, FOR SALE 50 tons hay. Floyd Belt. Coleman Ranch. Phoenix. P A LOANS quickly efncleatly , handled Stark Ooldy Agency t FOR SAL Dry nr snd hard woo. Phone 4508 Rawley Fuel Co. RAW FURS WANTED HIGHEST cash prices paid for Musa rata. Skunk, Kink. Coyote and Bob Cata Investigate our prices before you Sell Medford bargain house 27 North Grape ifMfl Mats 30c Eves 40c tfes it-ls-Ue Kiddles lie bra. Saw Shows Sat. 1:45-S:15-:4S-S:SS Hurryl Ends Saturday Nit a r a t e s t Air Thriller Ever Filmedl Plus Go. Montgomery to ZANE GREY'S RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE z WHAT A HOWI WHAT A CAIT1 Snniay - Usxiiy ft. aT v sr.ii a v r mtik f