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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1942. TO BE LISTED FOR VOCATIONAL JOBS House to House Canvass Will Show Number Avail able In Labor Shortage. X-rcuilMUB' J pinna iui wifta... ration o( Jackson and Josephine counties for a house-to-house canvass of vocational skills of women above the high school age-level are being drawn in anticipation of possible labor shortage arising if and when large numbers of men are called into military service and heavy defense Industries. Although the door-to-door In terviewing throughout the state will not begin classification of women into skilled, semi-skilled and "trainee" groups until Feb ruary 16, Oregon counties have chosen chairmen and are pledg ing the cooperation of all active women's clubs, auxiliaries and other organizations. Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, state director and honorary president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, is touring the state with Mr. Francis J. O'Con nor, assistant director, in order to help Jackson county chairmen organize this district. At least 24 counties already have estab lished organizational units to facilitate work of the Oregon Board for Mobilization of Wom en, and nine other counties have dated meeting to perfect or ganizing groups. The Jackson county rally will be held in the county courthouse audito rium here on January 28, at 2 o'clock. Commenting on the plans, Mrs. Dunbar declared that "no similarity exists between civilian defense organizations and the work of the board for mobiliza tion of women." She explained that civilian defense undertak ings call for volunteer workers, and that women called for emer gency work as the result of the Inventory data will be fully paid in accordance with union standards. Announced purpose of the inventory is to register the present or past work experience, training or occupational prefer ences of all adult Oregon wom en. The questionnaire, which will be filled out In the house-to-house canvass, groups wom en's abilities into four main classifications: Women 1 1 h skills more important than the work they are doing now; wom en who have secondary skills which may be developed when needed; women who have poten tial skills and who are willing to be trained in vocational work; and women who may fit into places vacated by men called into heavy defense Industries or military service. Mrs. Dunbar said that some 4,000 trained interviewers will begin the door-todoor interview ing February 16, and that the inventory data for the entire state should be collected by the end of the month. "If the Inventory Is success ful, it may be used as the pattern for other states," she said. SIX-DAY POLICE L FINI Q. H. Treadwell of the FBI left by United Mainliner Fri day midnight for Amarlllo, Texas, after conducting here a six-day civilian defense course for police, sheriffs and state police designed to assist police agencies and city officials in meeting emergency conditions caused by the war. The course, which started Monday and ended Friday after noon, was attended by over 40 law enforcement officers and other officials from all parts of southern Oregon. Treadwell will conduct a similar course at Amarlllo. Enrolled from Medford were City Policemen Clatous Mc Credie, chief; Joe Cave, assist ant chief; Officers Charles Champlin, William W. O'Brien. Walter J. Reinking, R. Leo Sevlck, William E. Peck, Clyde Fichtner i.nd Richard Baize; State Police Sgt. O. A. Mac Kinnon, Robert A. Duff, super intendent of the Medford Water Commission; Paul M. Hanlin, deputy U. S. marshal; George W. Nellson. district attorney; Vera L. Drager, inspector of the Oregon Liquor Commission; Deputy Sheriffs William Gren bemer, L. G. Morthland, W. T. Norris, T. M. Kurtz, Vern Smith and Marvin Stevens, and George H. Hereford, sanitarian of the Oregon State Board of Health. Closing urn for CltuinXI Ads a a. m Too Law to Claaalty 1J so p. m. LAST RITES WILL F Funeral services will be held in the Perl chapel at 1:30 p. m. Monday for Augustus Henry Samuels of 301 Valley View Drive who died In a local hos pital Friday morning after a brief illness. Mr. Samuels had been city treasurer since 1930. The Rev. L. C. Klrby, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate at the last rites. Interment will take place In the Siskiyou Memorial park. Hon orary pallbearers will be Fred W. Scheffel, Clarence A. Meek er, Frank Hull, William Hollo way, Frank Rogers and Chalm ers Strange. Active pallbearers Will be Roy Green, Charles Gail. Jack GiU, Van Gilbert, A. V. Muchmore and Paul Ander son. Medford lodge of Elks, of which Mr. Samuels was a mem ber for 25 years, will conduct services at the graveside. Mr. Samuels, known affec tionately to his many friends as "Gus," was born In Anderson, Ind. He came to Jackson county with his parents when he was 10 years old. He attended school at Central Point and Medford. He taught for many years in various schools In this community. Mr. Samuels was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge. Woodmen of the World, Neigh bors of Woodcraft and the Elks. He is survived by his wife, Lottie Rowe Samuels, a daugh ter. Miss Neva Samuels, an adopted son, Albert Samuels, all of Medford, and a sister, Mrs. C. J. Geer, Tacoma. Wash. SEEK A.W.O.L. TRIO Bisbee, Ariz., Jan. 10. UP) Three negro soldiers, whom nearby Fort Huachuca has con firmed as A.W.O.L., are being sought throughout the southwest for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Coy Carroll Quails, 30, taxi driver, Deputy Sheriff G. Sanders re ported today. MINERS PERISH Silverton, Colo., Jan. 10. (JP) Smoke choked out the lives of eight miners who retreated in long tunnels In a futile effort to escape its deathly approadh. The Red Men and Pocahontas lodges yesterday announced sponsorship here of the "Penny-a-Plane" plan which has proved popular all over the country. About 100 tins will be placed in stores and cafes around town Tuesday and the public was In vited to contribute with enthusi asm. Earl McBee Is chairman for the Red Men and Mrs. George Watson for the Pocahontas women. A label will be placed on each tin daily showing the number of enemy planes brought down by American pilots the previous day. An equal number of pen nies Is to be put in the can. For example, if the label shows that six axis planes were shot down, each contributor is supposed to put six cents in the can. The women will collect the pennies at regular Intervals and send the money to Washington, D. C. The money is to be used only for the purchase of planes, Mr. McBee emphasized. The "penny-a-plane" idea or iginated in a southern factory and met with such spontaneous success that it spread quickly over the nation, Mr. McBee said. TREASURY SEIZES E HUNT FOR PLANE E Aerial search was to be re sumed today for the army's photographic plane that has been missing with three men aboard since last Tuesday. A ground search is being con ducted also. Anyone having any dues that might be Instrumental in lead ing to discovery of the plane was asked to communicate with the sheriff's office or Medford muni cipal airport. The plane checked in by radio when it passed over Medford about 10:40 a. m. last Tuesday and nothing has been heard from it since. The search has centered in the Fort Jones area of northern California. The plane, southbound from Fort Lewis, Wash., to Sacramen to, Cal., was in command of 1st Lieut. R. A. Stockwell, a highly experienced pilot who has flown this course for years and has a number of close friends here. With him were two enlisted Washington, Jan. 10. (JP) The treasury announced today that its agents had seized 900 ounces of opium valued at near ly $60,000 at current quotations when an unnamed American steamship docked at Hoboken, N. J., yesterday. A longshoreman and a Chinese laundryman from the vessel were seized for questioning, the treasury said. It declined to name the ship or the persons held. Officials said the seizure was unusually large under present shipping conditions. Opium is now selling around $65 an ounce in the illicit trade, but practi cally none is obtainable, cus toms officials said. Total pipe-line mileage In the United States at the end of 1941 was estimated at 131,000 miles. MOORE HAMILTON CAMPAIGN CHIEF Moore Hamilton, weekly news paper publisher here and com- i manding officer of headquarters detachment, first battalion of the Oregon State guard, was yester Iday appointed Jackson county chairman of the national defense 'savings bond pledge campaign to !be launched in all parts of Ore gon January 20. The appoint Iment was made and announced by Earl Newbry, general county chairman of the savings stamps and bonds selling. It is the intention of the state chairman to make contact with every person residing in Oregon to procure a voluntary pledge to purchase defense savings stamps and bonds in regular amounts each month. A house-to-house canvass will be made so that pledge cards can be left at every home in the county. Closing time for Classified Ads 9 a. m. Too Lata to Cluslty 13:30 p. m. MAYO GIVEN POST BY LABOR A two-day session of the semi annual meeting of the Oregon State Building & Construction Trades Council at the Hotel Med ford will end today after thor ough discussions of matters af fecting American Federation of Labor unions in this territory. It was understood that the canton ment to be built here was an im portant topic of discussion and planning. The convention waa opened yesterday with an attendance of about 300 delegates after a meet ing Friday night of all Teamster unions in the Oregon Joint Coun cil of Drivers. About 60 delegates attended the Joint council meet ing. All officers of the joint coun cil were re-elected. They were Phil Brady, Portland, president; Marvin C. Mayo, Medford, vice president; Burt Garrison, Port land, financial secretary; Bill Ritchey, Portland, recording sec retary and William Balsam, Port land, Jack Estabrook, Portland, and Cal Williams, Vancouver, Wash., trustees. The council expressed its ap preciation to Medford merchants and the public in general for the welcome and cordial reception accorded the visitors. MEET BEING PREPARED FOR CANTONMENT IS BADLY FLUSTERED Camp Wheeler. Ga.. Jan. 10. (AP) Making his first attempt to lead his company in calisthen ics, a young non-commissioned officer commanded briskly: "Hips on heads, place!" Laughter swept around him as he realized that he had garbled his intended order, "hands on hips," so he hastily yelled: "As you were men, that's wrong." And then: "Hips down!" LUMBER PRODUCTION Washington, Jan. 10. (JP) The National Lumber Manufac turers association reported today that lumber production for the week ended January 3 stood at 121 per cent of the average of the corresponding week 1935-39, and shipments 132 per cent. UNION HIRING HALL DOVER FILES FOR Purchase of the building at 719 North Central avenue by local 1400 of the Construction and General Laborers' union of the American Federation of La bor was announced yesterday by Francis Brisbine, union busi ness agent. The building which housed the first Fluhrer Briery here, has lately been occupied by the Medford Sheet Metal Co. The building will be used as headquarters and hiring hall by both the laborers' local and the plumbers' local 418, Mr. Bris bine said. Because of an agreement among the building trades un ions of the American Federation of Labor, OPM, war and navy departments regarding all de fense construction, it Is the duty of the locals to be prepared to handle labor on such things as cantonment Jobs efficiently, Mr. Brisbine said, referring to the army camp to be established here. That Is why, he explained, the laborers' local has invested in the property to be used as a hiring hall. The building will be put in readiness to occupy in 10 days. Mr. Brisbine stated. A new roof has been put on and new plas tering and plumbing will be done, he said. 2 DIE BLAZE Baker, Jan. 10. (JP) Two children, age one and three, perished in a fire that destroyed a one-room lumber camp cabin near Bates yesterday. They were trapped by flames of undetermined origin while the mother, Mrs. Delmont Gibbs, was visiting a neighbor. Mrs. Gibbs was burned in a rescue attempt, but attendants at a Prairie City hospital said she would recover. DEFENSE BONDS SALE Redmond, Jan. 10. (AP) De fense savings bond sale here to tals to date nearly $100,000, Postmaster A. H. Tifft said today. T Salem, Jan. 10. OP) Floyd K. Dover, Grants Pass, filed by preliminary petition today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for representative from the new Oregon fourth congressional district. He gave as his ballot slogan: "Back President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the last Jap; old age pensions." Dover is the first man to files for a congressional contest here this year. Corvallis Rites Held For Luttrell Infant-' Funeral services were held January 5 in Corvallis, Ore., for David A. Luttrell, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John M, Luttrell, of North Peach street, Medford, who passed away la the Corvallis hospital on Jan uary 3. The little boy was taken ill on the train while returning from Portland where he had undergone a minor operation. and Mrs. Luttrell stopped at Corvallis, home of both her and Mr. Luttrell's parents, and took her son to the hospital. Smith Wales is the name of a town in New York state. V wmeuT title AGE-OLD RULE NOWHERE, does the old Roman law of "Buyer beware!" apply more vitally than in purchase of realty. Particularly, a home! In ancient times, the risk was the buyer's. Today, Title Insurance, obtainable at nominal cost, per mits him to pass the risk on to us. SOUTHERN OREGON TITLE CO. Branch of Commonwealth, Inc., ' of Portland. 227 W. Main. Phone 4450 rrr V : iVv ' I 1 . - . w .1 mm mm sip ws Th. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Carrier, have volunteered to Sell and Deliver Defense Savings Stamps to Your Home! Moat Americans hare asked themselves what they can do to help the National Defense Program. There ts one thing that everyone can do . . . BUY A SHARE IN AMERICA! w " If 70a and the millions In the Nation like you Invest as little as 10 cents a week 4n Defense Savings Stamps, there will be the "Millions for Defense" that America needs in this hour of emergency ... And when the emergency ha passed YOU will have a tidy neet egg that you might never have saved otherwise. 0 HERE IS THE PLAN Oar Newspaper Carriers have volunteered re serf at "Official V. S. Defense Agents for Defense Stamp Salea." la so doing they hare pledgee1 themsefne to call oa yoa and solicit year for WEEKLY DELIVERY of DEFENSE SAVINGS STAMPS TO YOUR HOME. Year Carrier win aak yoa for year Defense Stamp order. PlU eat the ORDER BLANK oa the lower left-hand side of this page and hate it ready for him when be eafla. The important thing la to est started sarins stamps and help ln( Uncle Sam. The boyi win ssU ONLY ISc Defease Sarin Stamps, so If yea want to Mil more than IS cents week order two, three, Sre, or ten, as many as yoa would like to bay each the mere yea Mr, tbe sooner yea wtU be able to IT'S SIMPLE- tonesrt the stamps Into an Interest-bearing bond, and the mere yoa will bare accumulated when the emergency ends. As stated shore, the Carrier will ask yoa for year order foe stamps and will accept from yoa the Oiled-oat order blank pub lished below. The following week he win deUrer the stamp which yoa hare ordered and bring yoa a lac-Defense Sarin gs Stamp Album, which holds $18.79 In Defense Sa rings Stamps and when tiled, can he exchanged with 5c la coin, for s $25 Defense Bond. This wssily deUrery of stamps win coo tin o ae ' long aa yoo desire. The beys win collect no money la advance for the stamps 1 yoa win pay for them when they are sVtrrared, START NOW Here la a simple, conTeolent way to ear and aa opportunity to help year Nation In Its hoar of need. 0 HELP YOUR CARRIER BOY HELP UNCLE SAM I cat cefcse mv;-c$ STUMPS cohered to you weekly Wheal rear ear, lie boy eatft ' 1 give Mas Tear order lor au saaay 10 ea4 ataaeae aa vm wW reaatre- waeb reek. l'aar algae! arder will a all that la aee ry ta hare Mas sWUvr aa ewlfret tar a etaar xaaaaa ae yaa wlai aaetj ororh mmtU araVrwel my ysale dl alaao. FILL M THIS CGiiPOJI JU.D KAK3 IT TO YOUR CARRIER BOY 0
