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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1942. OUTGROWS SPACE Old Army Radio Station Inarienuate For Care Of Growing List of Air Men One of the civilian defense activities that has completely outgrown its quarters Is the mnt tary canteen at Medford munici pal airport. Set up last summer to serve the air corps men stationed at the airport and the officers and men passing through in service planes, the canteen now struggles desperately to meet the growing demands upon it. It is housed in the old army radio station, a cubbyhole only 16 feet by 20 feet in overall dimensions. Yet this little spot was called upon recently to serve 160 meals in one day. It did, but how remains a kind of mystery even to, the recreation committee. Needed now, the recreation committee believes, is a place at the airport large enough not only for a lunch room but a lounging room and even a place where tired pilots may stretch out for 40 winks. Need Food, Rett The many pilots coming through here these days need food, warmth and a place to rest, it was pointed out by Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, recreation com mittee chairman. The pilots and their crews come in almost any time during the day or night and frequently a little relaxation means everything to them. The men can't leave the field to go to town until released by their officers and frequently this means a long wait at the airport. Frequently, also, all hands must stay at the airport, ready to take off again after their planes have been serviced or awaiting further orders. Yet there are no adequate lounging facilities and no place at all to lie down for a brief but restful sleep. The canteen has a lunch counter, one couch and one easy chair that's all there is room for. With the canteen's limited facilities, the manage ment has done marvellously well, Mrs. Carpenter said in pointing out how badly a larger place is needed for the benefit of the fighting men of the air. The military canteen, a self sustaining unit, is managed by Mrs. A. Conro Fiero, who is as sisted by two volunteer workers. Direct supervision is In the hands of Mrs. W. H. Fluhrer, chairman of the military canteen sub-committee. Tule Homesteads lo Be Opened This Fall Klamath FalTs, Jan. 21 (P Reclamation Superintendent B. E. Hayden said today that 7500 acres of land in the Tule lake area east of Stronghold will be open to homesteading next fall. The land, which has been too wet for cultivation, will be drained by the Tule lake sump tunnel project. Mrs. D'Albini Talks On Citizen Classes At Rotary Meeting Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, who has headed the D.A.R. program of education for new citizens here for many years, discussed tl work of local citizenship classes before the Medford Rotary club Tuesday noon, at Hotel Med ford. Mrs. D'Albini urged Rotarlans and the general public not to let the Pearl harbor "stab in the back" warp their Judgment in appraising foreign born Americans or even aliens. Most of these people are loyal to this nation, Mrs. D'Albini reminded her audience. Her statement was based upon several years of personal direction of the D.A.R. citizenship classes, dur ing which time more than 400 people have made a study of the system of American govern ment and have passed their tests for citizenship. The lesson of the first world war showed how vital Is the need of careful selection of new citizens, Mrs. D'Albini said. The various requirements of citizen ship were outlined and work of the D.A.R. described. Recent and pending legislation dealing with the problem of immigra tion was discussed. Dangerous so-called "fifth-column" activities in this country and possessions have focused public attention upon the in creasing need for restriction of the number of immigrants and the importance of exercising greater care in choosing these future Americans, the speaker declared. TORPEDOING OF Tiny Navy 'P.T.' Boat Rock ets Into Enemy-Held Bin- anga Bay to Deal Death. Instructors' Class in First Aid Opens Here Monday Night A SDecIa instrurtnr from th San Francisco office of the American Red Cross is expected to arrive here Monday to con duct an instructors' class in first aid according to an an nouncement maris VMlprHnv Kv C. C. Haggard, first aid chair man for Jackson county. This instructors' miii-m nlll be ODen to those who hovn fnm. pieted the advance course and received their certificate less than three vears man. A num. ber of residents In the county are completing their advance course in order that they may be ready to begin the instruc tors' first aid course. Those planning to enroll In the instructors' emirs urm aw. ed to telephone th RpH frn.. office In the county court house. ine class will meet in the Red Cross room at the court house beginning Monday at 7 p. m. and each day thereafter for a week. It is estimated about 40 will enroll in the course. An afternoon class will be sched uled if the enrollment Is large enough, Haggard stated. BIRTHS Washington, Jan. 21 For a daring exploit brilliantly accomplished, the navy wrote a new name on the role of its war heroes today and added one more ship to Japanese losses for the Philippines invasion. The name belonged to 30- year-old Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley of Long Island City, N. Y., who rocketed a swift mo tor torpedo boat into enemy held Binanga bay and tor pedoed a 9,000-ton Japanese ves sel, despite a storm of enemy fire. Spectacular Debut Thus did the navy's new "P.T." boat make Its spectacu lar debut in the Pacific war theatre and the action undoubt edly heralded many similar attacks in the future. The nocturnal assault, sug gesting anew the steadily wider operations of Admiral Thomas S. Hart's far eastern command, was reported by the navy de partment in a communique last night which said that Bulkeley "has been commented for exe cuting his commission success fully." Bulkeley had eight seamen, as yet unidentified, in his crew, but the matter-of-fact navy statement hardly hints at the nerve-racking peril of their mad dash. It reports merely that 'this small boat carried out its difficult task while under fire of machine guns and three-inch shore batteries." The greatest protection the men had was the speed of their powerful craft, whose 4,200 horsepower engine is capable of producing a maximum of about 70 knots, or 84 miles an hour. BISHOP To Mr. and Mrs. B. H., 134 Newtown street, Jan. 21, a boy, 9 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. ' TO BE PICKED UP Because of added activity on the streets of Medford, the city dog ordinance will be rigidly enforced in the future as a mat ter of public safety, it was an nounced today by Chief of Po lice Clttous McCrcdie. The county court has set the dog license fee a' $1.50 for both male and female, and the license is due and payable now at the county clerk's office, Chief Mc Credic pointed out. "In the future, the chief stat ed, "all dogs within the city will be compelled to wear the license tag, and If not wearing same will be considered as strays and treated as such. There will be a penalty for failure to secure the licenses by March 1," Capt. Harold Woods To Construct Ogden Shell Loading Plant Capt. Harold Woods, former Medford resident now in the army in Utah, has been appoint ed project officer in charge of construction of a large addition to a 37-millimeter shell-loading plant at Ogden, it was stated in an Ogden newspaper reaching here today. The newspaper pub lished a long story about the ap pointment, together with a photo graph of Capt. woods. Prior to his appointment Capt. Woods had been assigned to the project for several months, di recting the installation of utili ties at 'he big plant. The addi tions include 64 buildings. He was also 'In charge of the In stallation of utilities for the original units of the shell plant, comprising more than 100 build ings. When called from the reserves to active duty in 1940, Capt. Woods disposed of his lumber business interests here and at Eagle Point and went to Utah to help in the defense construction program. CYCLIST INJURED David Todd, 16, of Route 2, box 145 was knocked uncon scious about 7 a. m. today when the bicycle he was riding was struck by an automobile driven by M. B. Lindley of Blackwell hill at the intersection of How ard avenue and the Pacific high way near state police headquar ters north of the city. The youth suffered an exten sive scalp wound and a concus sion, but so far as could be im mediately determined his skull was not fractured, his doctor said. The boy was also bruised and cut slightly. He was taken to Community hospital in the Perl ambulance. District Attorney George W. ' Neilson quoted Lindley, an em ploye of the Medford Corpora tion, as explaining that the youth rode his bicycle out of Howard avenue onto the Pacific highway into the path of his southbound car. Cluing time (or Claaslfled Ada t a. m. Too Lata to Classify 13:30 p. m. 1 RESPECT IS URGED City police today again re quested motorists to exercise extreme care not to break into funeral process 7ns, the automo biles In which have their head lights burning in order to desig nate their position in the proces sion. Recently, police said, several funeral processions have been broken into by uncourteous drivers, and they emphasized the fact that much needless dis comfort was thereby caused those motorists mourning for deceased friends or relatives. Dm Mall Tribune want Mia. I " You trust its quality Drink Ice-cold Coca-Cola. Taste lit delicious goodness. Enjoy the happy after-tent of refrethmenl It brings. By utt this ex perience of complete refrethmenl, millions have come to wel come the quality of Coca-Cola the quality of ff rea fning. loimo unoii AumoiitT or tni coca-coia cohhi it COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF MEDFORD HUNTER FINED $25 FOR LICENSE LACK Glenn S. MffCoy, 29, of Eagle Point, charged with ' hunting without a license was fined 125 and costs in Justice court yester day. McCoy, arrested near Stew art avenue, claimed he was hunting Jackrabbits. Chong Lee, Chinese herbalist, was fined $1 and costs on each of charges of operating an auto without a motor license, and without an operator's license. James D. Fleming, Medford, was fined SI and costs for park ing on the Pacific Highway. He claimed he thought he was off the highway, between this city and the fairgrounds, when on a foggy night he stopped to wipe off his windshield. COUNTY COURT DRAWS JURY LIST FOR YEAR The county court has started compiling the Jackson county Jury list for the year from the poll books. County Judge J. B. Coleman said the list would con sist of 250 names, drawn from all sections. It is expected to be completed within a week or ten days. Jurors for the February term of circuit court, starting Monday. February 23, will be drawn front the list. 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