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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942.
UNCLE SAM NOT
GOING 10 SEEK
SMALL FACTORIES
On thing wm made definite
ly clear at the meeting of OPM
men and (mall (hop and plant
owner of Jackson and Josephine
counties in the Hotel Medford
Friday afternoon:
Unci Sam la not going to seek
out the small shops and plants
that could assist In the vast pro
gram of war production and If
these small business places want
government orders they will
have to organize an association
and pool their capital, plants and
equipment.
John G. Barnett, acting direc
tor of the division of contract
distribution, OPM, at the Port
Ian'" office, made this point clear
to about BO shop and plant own
ers and managers. He asserted
that time Is essential and there
fore the government can't stop
to fersjet out small shops capable
of turning out war orders. His
office, however, will help small
business places perfect a pool
so that It will meet government
requirements and not run afoul
the anti-trust laws provided the
owners get together first and
start the formation of an associ
ation. At the request of the shop and
plant owners, Mr. Barnett prom
ised to send an organizing en
lneer here Monday or Tuesday
to help make a complete equip
ment survey and show them how
to get started. The owners then
will meet at 4 pjn. Wednesday at
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce to proceed with the
forming of a pool and again at
the same time and place Friday
to confer further with Mr. Bar
nett and a pool expert he will
bring to Medford.
Others from the OPM division
of contract distribution office In
Portland who spoke to the small
shop and plant owners were M.
H. Famsworth, chief engineer,
and Joseph E. Yates, an engineer
lent to the office by the firm em
ploying him. Robert R. McKean,
manager of Columbia Empire In
dustries, Inc., served as chair
nun after introductory remarks
by Frank Hull, manager of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce.
Several of the shop owners
told of the discouragement they
have met In trying to serve the
government by receiving Invita
tions to bid on orders after the
date for opening the bids, others
told of the difficulties of trying
to procure orders without know
ing more about the procedure In
volved and others emphasized
that It was Impractical for small.
Individual shops to ti to obtain
war orders on their own hook
though they could help In the
vast program of production If
some one In the government
could guide them and tell them
what to do.
Mr. Barnett promised the full
help and cooperation of his of
fice In getting the small shops
lined up and in bringing them
very possible bit of war pro
duction business. He declared
that steps were being taken to
streamline the whole war pro
duction effort and to get every
possible facility and equipment
to work In turning out war ma
terials. E
SECOND AND EIR
Plana for the eonstmrtlnn r
a 100 by 100-foot concrete ware
house on a lot at the southeast
corner of Second and Fir streets
which they purchased last week
from the Southern Pacific com
pany were announced Saturday
by Harry B. Rubensteln and
Harry Kaplon, owners of the
Medford Bargain House. The
transaction was handled by the
Wahl agency.
Construction of the ware
house, to cost approximately
$10,000, will be started as soon
as material Is available, Ruben
steln and Kaplon stated. It will
be used for storage of scrap
Iron and other equipment han
dled by the Bagaln House, and
will be modern in every respect.
Size of the lot purchased
from the railroad company Is
100 by 170 feet, with a 100
foot frontage on Fir street and
170 feet deep on Second street
A railroad spur to the lot will
provide excellent transportation
facilities for the warehouse.
TIDlRlID
A third air raid warning siren
has been purchased for use In
the city and all three whistles
will be tested at 10 a. m. and
1p.m. Monday, Fire Chief Roy
Elliott announced yesterday.
The chief said checkers in all
parts of the city would report
00 the audibility of tha three
sirens and ha asked the public
also to keep an ear tuned to
the blasts. Ha asked that no one
get excited as blowing of the
sirens at the hours specified will
be only a test.
One siren has been placed on
the east side, one on North Cen
tral avenue and one on top of
the senior high school In the
southwest part of town.
AGE ASSISTANCE
Cost of old age assistance rose
to $19,2fl last month as com
pared with $18,342 in Novem
ber and $13,937 in December
of 1940, It was shown In statis
tical reports studied Friday at
the regular monthly meeting of
the Jackson county public wel
fare commission In its offices at
city hall.
General assistance cost ,-
368.S8 last month as compared
with $3,988.32 the previous
month and $4,407.98 In Decem
ber 1940.
Statistical reports for the
three months follow:
December 1941
General Assistance
Families 128 $3,230.71
Singles 60 1,137.87
188 $4,368.58
Old Age Assistance
Cases 823 $10,020.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Cases 80 $2,681.00
(Children 181)
Blind Assistance
Cases 13 $374.00
Total
..$24,049.98
November 1941
General Assistance
Families 114 $2,638.82
Singles 64 1,349.50
178 $3,988.32
Old Age Assistance
Cases .-821 $16,542.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Cases 80 $2,654.00
(Children 181)
Blind Assistance
Cases
13
$374.00
Total
$23,558.32
December 1940
General Assistance
Families 174 $3,211.30
Singles .101 1,256.68
278 U4A7 OB
Old Age Assistance
Cases 707 gia.e37.on
Aid to Dependent Children
(Children 182)
Blind Assistance
Cases 9 251.00
Total
$21,194.98
aaalnit J. N. Aiknu riroult
Judge H. K. Hanna denied the
motion for new trial filed some
time . ago by the defendant
inrougn nis attorney, Charles
W. RelmH. Tha mntlnn ua.
argued last week by defend
ants attorney and Dy Don R.
Newbury for the plaintiff.
On November 2A a rfri,U
court Jury returned a verdict
in iavor or ine plaintiff, for
$11,000 for a hrnV.n l.s Tk.
defendant in his motion for new
trial naa claimed that the judg
ment was excessive, that he has
since the trial ril
evidence, and that errors in law
were committed In the trial of
the Case thnt WM nralnHII.I
to the defendant. The court
tound no merit In these objec
tions. Obituary
JOHN MOODY
John Moodv a rMnt
Rogue River, Ore., passed away
i a tocai nospital early Thurs
day morning. Funeral arrange
ments win do announced later
through the Perl funeral home.
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WHEAT QUOTA FOR
COMING YEAR MAY
GET CURTAILING
Washlntgon, Jan, 24. UPy
With ample wheat supplies In
prospect. Secretary of Agricul
ture Wickard will issue an order
soon, aides said today, calling
for a nation-wide referendum
about the middle of May on
marketing quotas designed to
keep part of the 1942 crop off
the market.
Crop authorities said that
despite the need for a record
output of food this year to meet
demands arising from the war,
the United States faced prob
lem of "too much" wheat for
the available markets. They
said the country had a two-year
supply at the beginning of the
current marketing season.
Present conditions of the win
ter wheat crop and prospective
plantings of spring wheat point
to a possible production of
800,000,000 bushels. While this
would be about 150,001.000 less
than the 1941 crop, officials had
hoped to hold production to
about 650,000,000 bushels.
A big crop, officials said.
would add to already heavily
burdened transportation and
grain storage facilities. Conse
quently the department hopes
to keep as much of the crop on
the farm as possible. Should
Russia and China need large
quantities of American grain,
wheat held on farms could be
released later to meet the de
mand. BONNEVILLE CZAR
EYES POWER DEAL
New York, Jan. 24. AP
Dr. Paul J. Raver, administra
tor of the Bonneville power ad
ministration, said today he is vis
iting New York to negotiate a
series of deals aimed at utilizing
to the utmost, through public
ownership, the power facilities
of the Pacific northwest.
Dr. Raver said his ultimate
aim was to have the Bonneville
adminltration and other public
agencies acquire ownership of
many privately owned utility
systems and link them with the
great power reservoirs of the
Bonneville and Grand Coulee
hydro-electric developments.
Present plans, said Dr. Raver,
call for federal ownership of the
principal power pools of the
northwest. Distribution systems
reaching to consumption outlets
would be taken over by local
publicly-owned p o w a r com
panies.
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San Francisco, Jan. 84. VP)
A "definite pause" in the Jap
anese drive on the Burmese port
of Moulmein was reported by
the Singapore radio today in a
broadcast picked up here by
IBS.
The announcer, commenting
on this report from Rangoon,
expressed belief the Japanese
would be forced to reorganize
their forces and rush up consid
erable reinforcements to meet
stiffened British and native re
sistance.
"The air force Is giving sden
did support to the land forces,"
he said, "and Is already raiding
Thai airplane bases close to the
Burma border."
PLANE PLUNGE
Norfolk, Va.. Jan. 24. (AP)
The fifth naval district announc
ed last night the deaths of eight
men In the plunge of a navy
plane Into the Atlantic ocean
near Oregon Inlet, N. C. early
yesterday. No details ot the crash
were disclosed.
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Archbishop Resigns
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Zhe Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Cosmo
Gordon Lang (center),, 77. announced to a church convocation in
London that he would resign March
man. (Picture cabled from London
E FOX OF
T. PL PASSES
George E. Fox, 78, a resident
of Central Point, Ore., for the
past 49 years, passed away
there Saturday morning after
a lengthy illness. Mr. Fox was
born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, on
May 14, 1863. He spent his
early life in Iowa, and was
united in marriage to Miss
Stella Rawllngs at Clarinda,
Iowa on October 30, 1890, they
moved to Oregon two years
after marriage.
He was a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America.
He leaves to mourn his depar
ture his wife, Mrs. Stella B.
Fox, and one daughter, Mrs.
Geraldine Hogan of Central
Point, Ore.; one grandson. Jo
seph Hogan.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Perl funeral
home on Tuesday afternoon at
2 o clock. Rev. L. F. Belknap
officiating. Interment will take
piace in tne Siskiyou Memorial
Park. 1 - (
SCENE OF BLAZE
Richmond, Va., Jan. 24. lP)
Fire broke out at the state
penitentiary in Richmond today
and two alarms in rapid succes
sion sent apparatus screaming to
the scene.
The prison switchboard opera
tor said only "it's pretty bad"
before he broke the connection.
Approximately 1,100 prison
ers are held in the institution.
PLEDGE CAMPAIGN ENPS
Portland, Jan. 24. (AP The
house-to-house canvass for de
fense saving bond purchase
pledges was virtually completed
L. Multnomah county today, Lar-
rj Hilalre, chairman, reported.
Roseburg, Jan. 24 (AP) The
D uglas County Taxpayers' Lea
gue urged last night that draft
deferment be given men trained
in farm work.
Our mala ambition Is
kind of food they like
you will find quality
attractively. Friendly
watchword.
FOOD AS YOU LIKE IT
MEDFORD'S NEWEST RESTAURANT
Opening Tomorrow
Dixie Cafe
6th Street - Just Off Central
Sibyl Rodger Stambaugh Charles Bateman
Proprietors
31 to make way for a rounder
to New York).
BOARD SELECTED
New York, Jan. 24. fTV-The
CIO executive council today ap
pointed a three-man committee
headed by Philip Murray, CIO
president, to confer with a like
committee from the American
Federation of Labor on a labor
war board suggested by the
White House.
Named to serve with Murray
were R. J. Thomas of the United
Automobile Workers and Julius
Emspak of the United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers.
Murray suggested that the
committee be called "labor's vic
tory board."
President Roosevelt would be
the seventh member of the
board, which was suggested to
settle jurisdictional disputes be
tween the rival labor organiza
tions for the duration of the
PETITIONS SEEK
Petitions to the mayor and
city council were signed by
merchants yesterday asking that
arrangements be made for the
Installation of parking meters
as one means ot controlling
parking and traffic in the busi
ness area, an Increase tn traffic
being foreseen when the army
camp for this section la con
structed.
HAMBURG TOILERS
New York. Jan. 24. ")
German factory workers In Ham
burg have a new slogan, the BBC
said tonight, quoting reports
smuggled out of the reich. It is:
"We are winning ourselves to
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to feed hungry folks the
at moderate prices. Here
food served quickly and
service will always be our
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TITANIC BATTLE
IN MALAY JUNGLE
Singapore, Jan. 24. (ff) A
mighty battle raged indecisively
In the greatest of confusion along
the 80-mile breadth of the Malay
peninsula approximately 70
miles north of Singapore tonight.
' Australian gunners poured fire
Into massed tank, truck and in
fantry columns and RAF squad
rons roamed the battlefront
straf ing and bombing troop con
centrations and supply columns
to the rear. Australian lines in
general were contracting, faced
with the difficult problems of
Insufficient men and material.
Said one correspondent with
the Australians at the front to
night:
"Singapore Is now being well-
guarded, but the troops are not
much better off than earlier in
this campaign, and no better off
than their brothers in other
theaters earlier In this war. Our
fighters are over the front, but
still everyone instinctively seeks
cover when planes are heard
over head."
In the western and eastern
sectors the battle was a melee
of Japanese who had infiltrated
through jungles and rubber
groves and Australian detach
ments sent out to track down
and eliminate them.
In some cases, front line dis
patches made plain, it was diffi
cult to tell who was the hunted
and who the hunter.
From the western coastal
sector in particular, where the
imperial forces have been ord
ered into a counter-attack, small
parties of Indians and Aus
tralians trickled back to their
headquarters all day long with
stories of heroism.
Not until no more of these
parties are returning, it was
said, can the situation be clari
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LAID TO ROBBERY
Baltimore, Jan. 24. OP) A
shipyard worker accused of the
gun and knife slaying of two
married sisters and a night club
musician today told police he
had killed the trio In self de
fense after they had attempted
to rob him.
The man, booked as William
B. Gilliam, 32-year old crane
operator in a fairfield shipyard,
was charged on the Baltimore
county police docket with mur
der, and State's Attorney Law
rence E. Ensor said he was be
ing held without bail.
Pocketbooks identified by po
lice as belonging to the three
victims were found in a sewer
near Gilliam's home by three
boys.
Officers said the pocketbooks,
emptied of money, "will give
the case an entirely new angle."
They added that Gilliam had
$105 when he was arrested.
MORE TAX LIMIT
Cleveland, Jan. 24. (ff)
Pleading - that remaining tax
loopholes be plugged. Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau declared
today "we have no more right
to fall short" of the president's
goal of nine billion dollars in
new revenue than in his goal of
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Rates $1.50 to $2.75 per hour
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-IN THE-
60,000 planes and 45,000 tanks
this year.
Attacking tax-empt securities as
and other "glaring examples," v
Morgenthau asserted almost a
billion dollars of taxes must be
passed "onto the shoulders of
the rest of us" each year because
a few thousand individuals es
cape their fair share of the bur
den. He continued:
How can the war efforts of
our people reach their peak level
until such a situation baa been
remedied?"
North Dakota has a tow
named Snow and Arkansas baa a
town named Snowball.
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HQMEDEFEN5E
Time To ACT!
f Real "detail" of tha Rome
demands an end to OTer-conM-denes
when joor realty Tltto Is
concerned. The time to make snre
that Title Flam nerer can ehallenra
jour OWNenhlp, Is now. Our charge
tor Title Iiunranoe Is most moderate!
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TITLE CO.
Branch ot COMMONWEALTH, Ine.
of Portland.
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