Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 16, 1942, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942. Population Growth Continues , i At Jackson Co. Trailer Camp PLAN PLAYGROUND PROGRAM FOR 85 CHILD RESIDENTS The Jackion County Trailer Camp on the Crater Lake high way continue! to grow dally. Ten more ten houses have been constructed during the part few dayi and twenty-five trallerg arrived at the camp hut week. Manager Hobart Price expect peak population of the camp will be reached sometime next month and said that existing fa cilities are ample to take care of the expected demand. The Jackson County Recrea tion committee under the chair manship of Mrs. Helen Carpen ter and E. W. Carleton Is arrang ing a playground program for the 85 children who live at the camp. An area has been set aside for installation of a play ground for. children of the resi dents. Several newcomers are bring ing tents and constructing their own tent houses. Electricity, water, garbage collection, laun dry and ironing rooms, individ ual showers and sanitary facili ties are furnished for all resi dents of the camp and have been installed in accordance with recommendations of the government agencies working on temporary housing for de fense workers. Two-way traffic has been es tablished on the Crater Lake highway as far out as the trailer camp and has materially eased the traffic problem for residents of that area. Women's Auxiliary for Navy Duly Has Committal's Okeh Washington, April 16 (JPi The house naval committee at proved legislation today to cre ate women's auxiliary reserve in the navy to relieve men for seagoing duty. Enlistment would be volun tary and the age for admission would be 20 years. Rep. Shannon (D-Mo) protest ed that to admit women would be "wrong", but the committee approved the measure in less than SO minutes. Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of the bureau of naviga tion, told the committee that the measure was designed to "alle viate shortages of sea-going men which promise to become acute as the ship expansion program develops." He said the women volunteers would be used In communica tions work for such Jobs as cod ing and decoding, photographic work, and in laboratory work. But, at the same time, he de clared that ha could "forsee that before this war is over, we may be using them in many other Jobs, such as cooks and so forth on shore establishments." mimmm .; f r at -4 . . .... h - . A group of residents of the camp discussing the news oi the day. . 1 One of the streets oi the Jack son County Trailer Camp en the Crater Lake Highway. ID Thanks to a picture In Tues day's Mail Tribune of Capt. E. Hamilton Lee, veteran airline pilot, L. O. "Doc" Boomer, well known Copco employee, will enjoy a reunion with one of his closest pals in his former home, Cayuga, N. D. Captain Lee and Hnomer lived near each other, played with each other, and the former had one of the swellest cookie Jars "Doc" has aver sam pled. Max Ilcnne of United Air lines has agreed to flag down Captain Lee on his next plane trip to the coast so the two old North Dakota lads can have a talkfest and a "cookie" reunion in the salubrious Rogue River valley. Cloelng time mr CluulflMt Art, m Too lata to Clawirj 13 so p ' m. CAN'T KEEP GRANDMA IN HER CHAIR 5h'i as Lively a Younrtr Now hr Backftch U bttr u 4 mv Ifnohl Mf be tu4 kidney. J ltt jrlw r N altar kM wy at tu toed tnd uu cMii o4 ih lu T '7 b0m iMopt pttf ftbuut ft e djestnr.W nf kxiiwr ttrlintj fwmlt nwokwiai n ivffiHui la yeur rnoorf tt Vir M-'ta7 '(w-krhj. rburotif piiM, t P-e). ka e pr ttxl mry. 011104 p tlHi, .-r.. pnftift) adr tS rft Sft)'lavbg ftnd d'Uinrw. Frvquaat or mwi -feMcfl wiUi tniArtibd and burninc fr iiiaei tbr kf COfMltUAg vrvog Viv your kxicxw or bladder. loa l wtuil Ak your dnwvWt for Doaa1! Ilb. Uavd iHVrfu!)V bjf riiuUnas lfr WW 4U r. I hry he,rpv rlf ad kua th rw.le "I kdttr tu" fiiS mil pn--1 fM asM If nm ivitf UomL Cit M aUlt E ALL DAY SUNDAY CCC Camp Williams, April 10 (Spl.) The members of Com pany 6403, CCC, Camp Williams Creek. Williams, will celebrate the ninth anniversary of the civilian conservation corps on Sunday April 19, with an open house. The public is invited to attend and visit the camp from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. They will be escorted by members of the company. During the last three months the camp has been engaged in a war project at Medford, log ging, milling and framing of lumber. Approximately 400 000 feet of lumber was sawed at the mill during January, February and March with more ordera anticipated. Enrollees have been doing a class of work equal to civilian labor on a commercial contract. The principal places of inter est in Camp Williams Creek which wtll be shown to the public are the sawmill, planer shed, woodworking shop, garage, blacksmith shop, saw filing shed, tool room, recreational hall, in' firms ry, educational building, barracks, army and technical service offices. In addition to the touring of the camp buildings a aoftbull game will be played by the en rollees at 2 o'clock on the local baseball diamond. Mining la one of the oldest Industries in Latin America, hav ing been carried on by the In dians before the arrival of Euro peans. ngl'l'f I 'iMI'II'Hi i:ri i msm III titit sir licitlsr liartf ri it ij.$0 IspKiillf IuIh fsr liilim EiMitlml w ICTORY FIRST! Aboit nr)thing tin toAajtht job it to win lb war. WHAT GRf YHOUND IS DOINOl Greyhound Is fur nishing transportation for the armed forces and for war workers to and from plants. s Greyhound is continuing to serve civilian travelers, now more dependent on buses because of private car and tire restrictions. This tremen dous task Is constantly growing greater and it is being done with the limited number of buses available under present conditions. WHAT VOU CAN OOi You can help by mm Ting dur ing the middle of the week -thus providing more sears for military personnel and war workers who must travel on weekends. Greyhound will continue to furnish the best service that war conditions will permit But at uuf sll rtmtmltr-kftrt fmnul nnwtinut snj fltSHl -it il VUury Fint Carelessness Blamed In Normandie Blaze; Handling Criticized Washington, April 18. P A house naval subcommittee blamed "carelessness and lack of proper supervision" today for the fire which damaged the liner Normandie in New York, but reported that opportunities for sabotage were "abundant." Concluding a two-month In vestigation, the subcommittee Issued a long report sharply critical of government handling of the big ship and disclosed that orders had been given for it to sail on February 14, five days after it burned and capsized. Asserting that the tire un questionably started from sparks from a blow torch which ignit ed life preserves, the subcom mittee said investigation failed to disclose any persons intent on acts of sabotage and said the fire "was not started with will ful or malicious Intent." There U no escape from the conclusion, however, that the cause and consequences of the fire are directly attributable to carelessness and lack of proper supervision," the report said. E Washington. Aorll 18 Construction of 200,000 tons of submarines $900,000,000 pro gram stressing new emphasis on the sting of the submerslbles in naval warfare won swift ap proval today from the house naval committee. The action came less than day after Representative Vinson (D-Ga ), chairman of the commit tee, drafted and Introduced the bill, authorising construction of scores of the deadly underseas craft which have wrought heavy damage to shipping of both al lied and axis nations. After listening to testimony from submarine experts of the naval department, the commit tee increased the total author ized tonnage proposed by Vin son from 170,000 to 200,000 tons. He declined to divulge the exact number ot submarines the total tonnage would build. The Virgin islands were bought from Denmark in 1817 for $25,000,000. Oregon's latest bourbon treat! Kattmal Dlrtitlett Prodncto Corporation, Now York vame Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 115 FT. 2.20 qt. M Proof WESTERN AWTc) shew) harirf Vi 1 -Jpjk. APRIL I6-2S i MANY MORE GREATER VALUES. SEE THEM TODAY! SAVE ON OUTING NEEDS :. 'Eoolo Clow" vwllod hooks. Sim 12, 2. ockogo of t. Z4380-8J. l.tllH HOOKS. 1 0, 8.0. Solo Prlto 3. 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