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fAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1942. LOANS DIET SPECIALIST SLATES MEETINGS TO TRAIN LEADERS Gets Franchise HELP WHIP THE JAP S Victory Rides On Rubber TO AID !TI BYFSA Production Credit Vice Pres ident Is Speaker at An Annual Meeting Held Here "The farmer Is America1! first line of defense In this war,' declared A. B. Robertson, Spo kane, in an address this noon to members of the Medford Production Credit association attending the eighth annual meeting of the group In Med' ford. "The nation must have an ample food supply both for armed forces and for civilians If we are to be victorious," he said, elaborating on the meet ing's theme, "Food for Free dom." "It is the Job of the Produc tion Credit associations through out the country to see that no farmer falls to raise .his share of his food through lack of credit," Mr. Robertson contin ued. Locally there will be a need for increased production of dairy products, poultry prod' ucts and fresh vegetables for canning, he said. Mr. Robert son, who Is vice president of the Production Credit corporation for the northwest district, added that through the Steagall act the government had set a floor on farm prices to act as a sta bllizing influence through the adjustment of expansion. He pointed out that this was not done during the last world war, resulting In confusion on farm prices. Newbry Speaker Another speaker at the ses sion was Earl T. Newbry, Med' ford farmer, who discussed some problems of the local farm labor situation. The association meeting opened In the courthouse auditorium this morning and continued un til late afternoon, with lunch served at St. Marks parish house at noon. The morning session Included business reports by the association secretary, Bren H. Starcher, and showing of a Farm Credit administration movie, "Food for Freedom." Introduced during the meet ing were several local and state agricultural officials, including E. O. Holen, Spokane, assistant secretary of the Federal Inter mediate Credit band. The meeting here was for Jackson and Josephine county members of the association, and a second session will be held In Roseburg tomorrow for Douglas, Coos and Curry county mem bers. Members balloted today on two new board members, with the sealed ballots being taken to Roseburg for counting and announcement of results. PASSES IN TALENT Martin Stephens, 83, a resi dent of Talent, passed away suddenly at his home Sunday from a heart attack. Mr. Steph ens was well known in Medford and the Rogue River valley, and at one time was employed by the Eagle Point Irrigation dis trict. For the pait 15 years he had been with the California Oregon Power enmnnnv Mr. Stephens was born at nouon, mien., Oct. 4, 1878. He had lived In Oregon for 22 years and southern Oregon since 1927. A host of friends will mourn his sudden passing. He la survived by his wife, Mrs. Annabelle Stephens, of Talent, one daughter, Mrs. Eva Carrozola of San Francisco, four sons. Warren Stephens, Los An geles, Russell Stephens, Reeds port, Ore.. Stanley Stephens, San Francisco, and Jerry Steph ens at home. Funeral services will be eon ducted from Perl funeral home Wednesday at 2 p. m.. Rev. Astlcford of Talent officiating. Interment will take place In the Siskiyou Memorial Park. Clowns Urn lor Claxiriwt Ads a. m. Too Late to Cluuff 11 so P- ra. 2 f (i Awarded the franchise to pro mote boxing and wrestling matches la Medford during 1942 was Mack Llllard (above), popu lar impressario who has staged mat cards here for many years. The Medford Boxing and Wres tling ommlssion at its annual meeting Saturday night, voted unanimously to give Llllard the franchise again. JEROME ELECTED HEAD OF MEDFORD GRAPPLE COMMfSH E. C. (Jerry) Jerome was elected chairman of the Medford Boxing and Wrestling commis sion for 1942 at its yearly meet ing in Hotel Medford Saturday night. Retiring chairman Is Larry Schade. P. C. Blgham was re-elected vice-chairman; J. F. Fllegel, sec retary and treasurer and Vivian J. Beach of Jacksonville, official timekeeper. Members of the commjssion are Jerome, Bigham, Schade, Fred Erlckson arid Or. A. F. Walter Kresse. Promoter Mack Llllard was again granted the franchise to stage boxing and wrestling pro grams in the city. The commission regretfully announced there would be no distribution of money to the civic emergency fund or the vet erans organizations on last year's receipts, due to the fact the armory was not available for wrestling matches the greater part of 1941. The commission voted to con tinue carrying public liability insurance. Guidance and Loan Assist ance Offered Farm Fam iles Says Co. Supervisor. ,16 TAKEN BY DEATH David Craig, 78, recent ar rival here where he came to be with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Robin son, of 31 Geneva street, passed away Saturday evening. He ar rived here from his former home at Great Falls. Mont., January 18. Mr. Craig was born In Scot land, November 4, 1863, and came to the United States at the age of 10 years. He was a member of the Con gregational church and a prom inent worker In Masonic bodies of Montana where he gained the high rank of knight commander, court of honor in the Scottish rite and was past grand high priest of the royal arch for Mon tana. He leaves two children, Wini fred J. Robinson of Medford and Wallace A. Craig of Los Angeles. One sister, Mrs. George David son, resides in Great Falls Mont., and two grandchildren in Los Angeles. The remains will be escorted by relatives to Great Falls where fitting services and Inter ment will follow. Conger Funeral parlors in charge of arrangements. Free transportation on public transit systems for service men in uniforms is In effect In De troit and Is being considered in several other cities. A victory food production plan, making it possible for every rural family to do Its part in producing food for freedom will be' launched immediately by the Farm Security administra tion in cooperation with county war boards, announces Eugene Hampton, county FSA super visor, 211 Fluhrer building, Med ford. "Every farm family with ex perience In food raising and land resources, including part-time' farmers and farm laborers, who lack equipment, facilities and credit for all-out production of war foods, will be eligible for guidance and loan assistance from Farm Security," Hampton said. FSA's first obligation, It was explained, will be to the 260 farm families now cooperating in the rural rehabilitation pro gram in the county. Individual victory food goals will be set up with each family to Increase es sential war foods including dairy, poultry, pork and gardens. Supplemental loan assistance will be available for production goods, repair of buildings and livestock shelters, seed, feed and cooperative facilities where enterprises can be expanded. "Every part-time farmer and farm laborer who has sufficient acreage available to produce war foods will be eligible for a special loan with simplified farm plan, to purchase a cow, a hog, chickens, garden tools, seed, live stock shelters and participate in cooperatives that will aid pro- I . 1 I It.. mwvhuii iwu 4Ui lailllty use or market," said Hampton. "Loans for livestock and equip ment will be repayable over a period of not more than five years, while loans for seed, feed and fertilizer will be repayable in one year, with Interest at five per cent." Special authorization has also been given FSA for loans to In dividuals participating in food for freedom clubs, engaged in organized and supervised dairy, poultry, hog, sheep, rabbit or garden projects. Loans can be made for livestock, tools, seed, fertilizer, livestock shelters, pressure cookers and similar goods with interest at three per cent Eligibility will extend to members of future farmers groups, 4-H clubs and any or ganized group prepared to carry out a war food project. Meetings are being scheduled with the county FSA council, local farm leaders and the coun ty war board to plan steps for the Victory Food Drive. Miss Lucy Case, nutrition spe cialist of the Oregon State col lege extension service, will be in Medford from January 28 through January 30 to conduct local training meetings, accord ing to Miss Marian J. FarreU, home demonstration agent. Miss Case has been active In training leaders - all over the state who in turn carry on the nation-wlda nutrition for de fense program. The meetings are Intended for leaders of aU organizations throughout the county, the or ganizations are invited to send two representatives to receive training provided they are in terested in having the material given In the local community. The meeting Is from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the courthouse auditorium. Thursday, Jan. 29, Miss Case will conduct the regular exten sion unit - training - on "Meals From the Pantry Shelf," start ing at 10 a. m., also . In the courthouse. On January 30 she gives another meeting in connection with nutrition for defense. This is the community cooking class training to be held in connec tion with the Surplus Marketing corporation to train leaders to conduct cooking classes on Cookery of Vegetables," help I the homemaker cut down the cost of family food and still provide adequate protective ele ments. - These leaders will con duct meetings in their own com munities throughout the county during February. Invite Auto Dealers To Tuesday Meeting On War Production . All automobile dealers of Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass have been invited to at tend a luncheon-meeting in the Hotel Holland at noon tomor row to discuss what action can be taken, if any, to procure government orders so they can help in war production, Frank ! Hull, manager of the Jackson ' County Chamber of Commerce , announced today. With their business sharply curtailed because of a ban on civilian production, the automo bile dealers have expert me chanics, tools and shops that perhaps could be put to use in war production provided they are all properly organized, Mr. Hull said. The meeting of the automobile dealers follows close ly that of small shop and plant owners of Jackson and Jose phine counties who last week decided to proceed with a study for the organization of a pool to bid for war production orders. Mr. Hull Indicated that, perhaps a place can be found in such a pool for the automobile dealers. PASSEUGED 75 William Cyrus Wilson, 73, a resident of Medford for 18 years, passed away at the family home, 17 South Peach street, at 7:30 p. m. Sunday, after a short ill ness. Mr. Wilson was born at Boon vllle, Indiana, on Nov. 8, 1866. He spent his early life in In diana and came to southern Ore gon in 1886, settling at Grants Pass, where he married Miss Callie Isobel Bristow in 1888. He is survived by his wife, of Medford, four daughters, Mrs. Verl Lee of Lakevlew, Ore., Mrs. Zetta MacDonald of Sprague Rixer, Ore., Mrs. Hazel Dean and Mrs. Wanda Sinclair of Medford, one sister. Miss Nancy Bristow of Portland. Ore., one brother, George Wilson of Evansville, Ind., also 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later through the Perl funeral home. TWO MINERS KILLED BY PREMATURE BLAST Eugene, Ore., Jan. 28. (P) A dynamite explosion at the Champion mine in the Bohemia district southeast of here killed two men and Injured another 1 Saturday. William B. Hughes, 29, Die-! ston. Ore., was killed outright, i J. R. Henry, 36, Cottage Grove, ; died after being brought to a Eugene hospital. Clarence Pat- ; ton suffered a fractured leg and ! cuts. A faulty fuse was blamed for the premature blast. ! THE DALLES CHRONICLE RECEIVES A. P. SERVICE Portland, Ore., Jan. 28. 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