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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1942. vieee m SeaSbera Qfm Mil BlN '! FueoeftaS ar HBDfuiiD raiMTiwa oo. i.te m -. XlHCRt IUKU SVIIter. (,KU1 II JIJ1M1WM ee ee. ee ' "''' ' !??; Sara, ureee. 4sl fee "" IIHKHIFrlUM RATU B Mall le aeaeei M Oil, ea aur ' " Cull ai.rfer-eis !! Mil, ". V aJ. h"iT '' TeJeel en ee ol raeieer . Dalle ee alep eaa rear-...." ?J bjl and nav-ne weal... All Unn eee " oifvi.i r.P - " ". aiKMHt.ll OS Hi""'" .le. erelile . "'"' " the Inc 7 All rlt. f aeblleallea ' nexus o unhid ra "ktCURC U AIIOIT. W'AO " or oiiu.iii-tiow onwM i. sr. rs flllljJti44JrtlTIU Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur P-wrf r . UUUa ltttMt ITMCCh U nerr jiimc w - - best described by the Bible. Job ch. 39, v. 20: "The glory ol hi norUnl 1 terrible." A democratic candidate for congress entertained at "tea In Portland Saturday. On such a weak beverage old-fashioned democrat! could not fight each other l,et alone republicans. It was not revealed who "poured. The professional humorists are frequently hard put to com pete with the self-elected public guardians, trying to be serious on a vital Issue, of which they know aught, only to wind up hilariously and unconsciously funny. . A Philadelphia lawyer has drawn up plans for th peaee terms, when the war Is ended. It Is one of those times that will require more than one Philadel phia lawyer. A Del Norte (Calif.) triplicate writer has a "Tom Sawyer" complex. He advocates a "spad ing bee" for his Victory garden among his neighbors. The fall-sown grain, that wasn't going to make It, has come up all right, proving Mother Nature Is still the boss. IfO CHOICE (Eugene News) "Back from a cold, wind swept treeless land of blondes and dehydrated food. Marine Staff Sergeant Delmar M. Blsck, one of the first Ameri can troops' to land on foreign soil In World war II, de scribed war-time Iceland here yesterday." The president calls for "Spar tan living" In his anti-inflation program. There Is regulation proposed for everything but labor unions, to which the peo ple have already called the at tention of their duly elected representatives In congress, who fear Spartan voting In the com ing primaries . One of the Older Girls con fesses the ate seven socially os tracised green onions in a row. Then she told the neighbor lady she envied anybody who could eat a green onion, but they al ways disagreed with her though she adored them. A metropolitan tom-cat Is called "Adolf Hitler" by its master. What Is the Multnomah County Humane society going to 0.0 about this? NO END TO THEM (Pendleton East Oregonian) "The Squire has nothing new to report save the candi dates seem thicker thsn fleas In dog days. He is authority for the statement that a man threw a rock at a tomcat in Weston the other day and hit two aspirants for public honors." The "Victory hat" adorns a number of local and valley gals. It is quite chic, and looks less like a defeat, than most femin ine headgear. FLAG OF MERIT Portland. Ore- April 28 Oregon Shipbuilding Corpora tion received today the V. S. maritime commission's first flag of merit for outstanding liberty ship production as another freighter th seventh this month went down th ways. Before the famous bait! of Belleau Wood in 1818, Colonel Albertus W. Catlln of th U. S. Marines told his men "Civ 'cm bell, boy." The Leopard s Spots Can Change llE don't believe the Oregonian will call the Sat- " EvePost naughty names anymore, for the great American Weekly has changed its spots 1 Yes, while no public announcement is made, the last issue shows a marked change, not only in the editorial staff roster, but in the contents. After many years of isolationism, which even extended after the declaration of war, the Post is now, as pro-war as a U.S.A. recruiting sergeant And one distinguished name on the masthead is conspicuous by its absence the enthusiastic pro ponent of America First Mr. Garet Garrett 1 JISTEN to this blackface box on page 10: "We. all of us Americans ar partners In on big business now. Its called the American War Effort and It has enrolled the services of every citizen until this war Is won. On page 39 on branch of this business of ours, th U. S. Army Recruiting Service, publishes an ap peal to all Americans. We heartily recommend it to you." It is a STIRRING appeal for young men to be come officers in the U. S. flying service. EVEN more striking, perhaps, is the editorial page which only a few weeks ago was stressing various undesirabilities in Russian doctrine, dangers of in flation in this country, with emphasis also on New Deal inefficiency and waste. Nothing at all subversive, of course, but on the other hand, decidedly critical of allied philosophy and U. S. war administration to date. Now, with Garet Garrett kicked out, we have appeals for increased food production with strong commendation of the administration's agricultural policy, and an urgent U. S. call for Chinese relief. DUT the most emphatic evidence of a change of heart is apparent in the news articles, particular ly one entitled "What's Wrong with Revolution", by the well known war correspondent Demaree Bess. Now Bess is the man whose articles so aroused the indignation of our conservative contemporary the Portland Oregonian, when the ugly epithet of liar was employed. IN this article while the author does not deny prac- tices and policies in Russia, which are in violation of the ideals and aspirations of this democracy, does conclude on a note that puts these two great "demo cratic" countries in the same "revolutionary bed"; maintains that Russia, relatively speaking, is "almost conservative"; while "Stalin's converts, far from be ing a menace to us at the present time, are a strong bulwark of our existing order." THER war articles in the same issue are of the same general tdnor. The lead "Wasps of War," predicts guerilla fighters are paving the way for eventual defeat of Hitler and Hirohito" while the most interesting article of all, "Japan's Islands of Mystery," while stressing the difficulties of driving Japan out of the South Pacific declares this can be done and the United States is the power to do it, while the brutality and bestiality and unpopularity of Nippon's warriors are convincingly brought out VES, it is quite a change, and to the Oregonian as well as all other right-thinking Americans, a very welcome one. We have a pious hunch that a sudden down ward curve in the subscription list since Pearl Harbor had SOMETHING to do with itl ; ' AT ATHE ' (OonUnud from PM On) who are building these canton ments, and at Walla Walla, where an air base four miles square Is under way. and at var ious other points in the north west where shore stations of the navy and depots and similar de velopments are In progress from Spokane to Klamath Falls. SECRETARY Stlmson writes that his concern arises from the fart that he is primarily respon sible for military efficiency and because he must rely upon In dustry and Industrial workers to supply munitions and because he "Is responsible to the parents of these splendid young men In th army for seeing to it that they are not surrounded by a virions and domorallting environment." The secretary is far from satis fied with what steps have hith erto been taken, as he writes that si-Kregnted district and pe riodic examination of prostitutes has boon a farce. Surgeon General James C. Magre of the army medical corps has derld-d that no fur ther statistics on venerial dls lease will be made public as they I would serve no good purpose. Th medical corps of the navy has a different policy and Is i preparing a report on a survey of the extrnt of social disease among ine personnel. . IT is the "milk trust" that Is fighting the unionizing of dairymen by John L. Lewis, ac cording to lieutenants of Lewis. These aides are trying to attract dairymen to the coal miners' union and Washington and Ore gon are listed on th scop of their planned activities. The or gantzers Insist that they will not burn down barns nor shoot cows to persuade dairymen to Join the union. Dairymen, say Representative Stevenson of Wisconsin, ar los ing money by not having their milk powdered. Milk drying machinery should be in every dairying community, he says. and the machinery should be obtained before WPB puts the kibosh on metals. A quart of powdered milk contains more vitamins and calcium than 28 eggs. 183 slices of bread, or 14 cups of carrots. In powdered form the milk needs no refrig eration and cannot freere, and 150.000 quarts powdered can be carried In an airplane. Butter makers can use th separated milk and make money on each 10 gallons of the milk left after the pound of butter is produced. The separated milk la a hv product which is "velvet." As the northwest Is one of the lead ' Ing dairy sections. Increased attention Is suggested to the I milk drying business. FCLP mills, of which there are about 40 In th northwest states, have been advised to build up stockpiles of sulphur. The sulphur was curtailed last year whrn ships specializing in that cirgo were diverted. Now WTB suggests accumulating all the sulphur possible, intimating that ther will be troubl with transportation facilities later Order has been Issued that no canned goods move In refriger ator cars. This Is a prelude to other restriction on shipping. Salem. April 18 inRu!, sell Babb, 38, Turner, was kill ed yesterday by a falling snag whil working on the operation of the Murphy Timber company on the Little North Fork of the North Santtam river. Personal Health Service By William lta letters sertalntaf to personal health sad i,,i. a U aiaaaat SUffnu!- ar iraaiBHat. artu be aniam t Dr. Bfadr it a sump rli eddrrue eataiopa Is eneloat. Letters should b briar aod mitea la Ink Oalni to tht larte nomber of tetters reoeiTe only a fe caa be answered bera. No rtplv can b aiad to queries not eonformlns to Instructions Address Dr. William BVsd;, tat CJ Camlno. Brarlr Hills, our. THE MYSTERY A reader reports her experi ence with allergy: After reading your pam phlet I began taking tan grains of sol uble potassium chloride two or three times day. "Believ 1 1 or not, as soon as I began tak ing It my sneezing spells vanished. Now I take th cal cium and vita min O right along, twice day, and my hivas also hav disap peared. The relief I experi enced after the first fw doses of solubl potassium chloride was very similar to that I had felt when my physician gav me adrenalin. "Now I am enjoying my dally work in the production depart ment of Red Cross chapter especially since I no longer wonder if my hands, feet or per haps face will be all swollen from th hives, and I do not have to carry a package of ex tra handkerchiefs." On request I will mall copies of the pamphlets "Relief for Al lergy" and "The Calcium Short age" to any reader who pro vides a stamped envelope bear ing his address. Allergy is still a mystery. In some cases perhaps merely sup plementing the regular diet with calcium and enough vitamin D to Insure assimilation and utili zation and retention of the cal cium, brings relief. In others a dose of soluble potassium chlor ide (of course well diluted) taken Immediately when th al lergic attack occurs has a happy effect. In the allergy pamphlet I mention that some physicians believe potassium may mobilize or activate or Increase the ac tion of the internal secretion of the adrenal glands adrenalin. In other cases neither of these remedies proves effectual. How ever, neither can do any harm in any case, so far as I know. The calcium feeding should be continued regularly over a period of months. The soluble potassium chloride may be kept on hand and taken as an emer gency remedy for the discom fort of the attack. The calcium Is corrective or preventive. The potassium Is simply a palliative Communications Let Soldiers Fish To the editor: Note In Medford Tribune of April 24th, an account of a member of the army air corps home on a furlough, fined for fishing near Butte Falls, with out a license. It is most regret able that any man serving this country In time of war is not allowed to fish to his heart's content sans license. After all, the streams and fish belong to Uncle Sam and surely the boys serving him so nobly are en titled to all the privileges that our great recreational areas af ford. There is little that w can do for them who are willing to sacrifice so much for us. None of us know what lies ahead for these lads. Let them be happy while they can. Mrs. Blanch Garrett, Ashland, Oregon. Why th Dillerencet To the editor: Will someone pleas tell us why th boy in uniform Is pun ished and penalized for quit ting, while the man In overalls is given free rein to stop the defense th uniformed boy is building. Such as Bridges and others of the same calibre that ar go ing out on strike, have caused us too much damage and ex pense. And In times like these when efforts and expense should be expended in defense, they should be given a quick send-off. In a war like this they are willing that other men should die to perpetuate a civi lization which has been kind to them. Would that they might be set apart forever, forgotten by a land they chose to forget in Its hour of dire peril. The racketeers that go out on strike at this time not only play the part of a craven but It is a form of treason and should be punished as such. Men are dying to preserve the liberties and rights, which enable rich strikers to escape performance of their duties as men and as citizens of a free country. It is difficult to believ In th sin cerity of th men who deliber ately shirk their duty, however obnoxious Its performance may be. It is not In th least under standable when human liberties are at stake. If I was on the selectlv ser vice board I would see that th numbers of all strikers would be drawn and rated A l and rec ommend that thev be sent over I to torn bard-boiled sergeant for 1a7 Brady. M. D. Of ALLERGY and has no curative value, to far as I know. A few years ago when allergy was new or rather when It was new to John Public there may have been a bit of snobbishness or smootiness about having It. But, shucks, Tom, Dick and Harry hav It now and it Is be ginning, to be remarkable to find an individual who never has any at all or who is not "allergic" to this and that Now you know as much as I do, maybe more, about allergy. But any one who has had it knows it Is no Joke. On the other hand no one who is sub ject to allergy should take it too seriously. A bit of a nuis ance at times, but life wouldn't be interesting if ran too smooth ly. QUESTIONS AND ANSWIBS ' In tha Blarkout X bellara I nara night bltndnoia. I do not as well in dint light aa most people do. And (or a long while I nave suffered great strain from inability to as surely where t am driving when I meet bright head lights at night. (Mrs. W. M. M.) Answer Take two vitamin A cap sules (each containing 35.000 unlU) of natural vitamin A (not synthetic carotene) dally for a week. Within two days you should experience definite relief. If you get no relief within th week, vitamin A cannot help you. ftteem X take two or three steam baths a week. Some people at tha T Jump Into a cold pool from the steam room, la this good practice, t am 34 and In good health? (W. W.) Answer It Is, all right If you enjoy It. Aside from enjoyment It la. In my opinion, a lot of hooey. Debarkation We It. Told certain foods will make a dog's bark lesa noisy. Please advise what foods will do so. (Mrs. A. s ) Answer I know of no such foods. Multiple Sclerosis In your booklet "Nerves and Nutri tion" you tell of tha benefit from vitamin A in multiple sclerosla. Prom personal experience I have been helped most by hypodermic Injections of 100 mg. of vitamin Bl (thiamine) twice a week and three capsules dally of vitamin B complex. (Mrs. D. B. D.) Answer Thank you. Ma'am. I am glad to pass tha sugestlon on. and hope readera who try It will report their experience. (Copyright 1943. John T. DHIe Co.) Ed- Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send tetter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D. tS El Camlno. Beverly mils. Calif. about two weeks training, then turn them over to Gen. Mac Arthur where they could have all the picket duty their hearts desired. Ex. Serg. Harry Hill, 117th Co., 5th Reg. U. S. Marine Corp. Rogue River, Or. Prospect . Prospect, April 28 (Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. Ceford Garroute were called to Eugene April 23 by the serious illness of the former's brother, following a major operation. The school evaluation board, con sisting of C. R. Bowman of Ashland. Mr. Emerson of Salem, Mr. Mayfleld of Medford. and Mr. Beck of Jack sonville spent Thursday and Friday at the Prospect schools. On Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Oray entertained the group and Mrs. Prancee Pearson at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Edward EUert sen wore heats at breakfast for the visitors Friday. Burton Broomfteld took a group of Prospect elementary students to Aahland In the small school bus. Thursday, where they took part tn th mutlo festival. On Pridsy the high school students that are mem ber of the echeol orchestra and glee club participated In the festival. Mrs, Jeff Rlchey spent Thursday and Friday In Portland at tha Health association eonrenUan, where the was a delegate for the Oregon Tuber culosis association. Accordln to word received here from John Falrchlld and Harold Kludt who are members of the U. 8. air corps, they have left Sheppard Field at Wichita Falls. Tesas. and are now stauoned at Tallahasee. Fla They state that the lush vetetaticn and excellent eltmat of r.orida Is a vary pleasant change from a tree less country and aand storms they hsva rust left. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Moffett of Medford spent several dava of last week In this locality attending to butlneat matters. Mr. and Mra. Floyd Ke'.ley visited tne tatter's sister. Mrs. Carl Chly. at the Sacred Heart hospital at Med ford Saturdav. where she underwent a ma)or operation April 31. The Kellevs went on o Orents Pass snd spent tha afternoon visitins Mra Earl Dauntless. Mra. Elton E. Prey and Mrs. Oeorge Moms. Rav Paris a former local Copco explore, now working et Orand Coulee, left for his horns Saturday srter spending a wak here vnta rela tlvea and fner.ds. Mr. and Mrs Oeorge Jsntnr ! In Klamath Falls over tha week end. where the former participated la a trapshoot. Farm marketing income In 1941 was about t?n billio.i dol lars. substantial increase over 1940s. SALVAGE NAMED F NCO. Chairman Fowler Announces Group as Appointed By Governor Plans Studied. County Agent R. G. Fowler, chairman, announced today the personnel of the salvage com mittee of the Jackson County Civilian Defense council as ap pointed by Gov. Charles A. Sprague, and said plans were being made for the handling of the scrap in Medford and would be explained In detail in the next few days. Other members of .the com mittee are as follows: K. A. Wells, Boy Scouts; Adj. Charles Cox, Salvation army: W. A. Howes, Pomona grange. Gold Hill; E. C. Corn. Medford Rot ary club; F. C. Homes. U. S. D. A., war board, Ashland; Harry Kaplon, Medford Bargain house; J. C. Cass Wrecking company, Medford and J. E. . Martin, American Legion, Ashland. To Regular Buyers Fowler stated that all scrap metal should be sold through regular salvage concerns such as the Medford Bargain house and the J. C. Cass Pipe and Machinery company, as the sorting and breaking up of the scrap is important in speeding It on its way to the proper gov ernment agency. The price set by the government for the scrap is $8 a ton of 2.000 pounds, Fowler said, and added that citizens should gather the scrap and deliver it directly to the salvage concern. "It is known there is a great deal of scrap, cast iron and steel available In Jackson county," Fowler pointed out, "and it Is the patriotic duty of those who have this scrap to collect it and see that it is delivered." Fowler mentioned the follow ing sources for scrap: farm tools, logging chains, wire fenc ing, metal fence posts, motor and motor parts, playground equipment, pieces of all metal, wall handles, plows, wheelbar rows and such. He estimated that an old combine would pro duce about 4,000 pounds of scrap to be converted into guns and equipment needed by the army. Registrations In board num ber one of Jackson county yes terday for the nation's fourth draft totalled 2,114, Board Chairman Guy Applewhite said today. This number appeared for registration at the court house, and Applewhite stated that the total for th board was not quite complete since a few shut in men were yet to be regis tered. The compiling of total regis trations in board two is not fin ished but unofficial figures in dicate that 1,528 men signed up in five communities. Ashland registered 767; Central Point, 397; Phoenix. 183; Prospect, 92 and Butte Falls, 89 according to reports from those communities. The late General Smedley D Butler of the U. S. Marines co authored an adventure book en titled "Walter Garvin In Mex Ico." DRAFT REGISTRY HEAVY IN COUNTY WkOtemdtfitWwi waxxvi'vJvux AVtrr'-'iV-i'i AVifaiCA MAS CNGuGH UJHEflT TO rrifiHt 388 LOWS Of B5fl0 f Oil EVRy KRSOfs W TW C0uiTV. B!G INDUSTRY iiOliSTsy. NCAaiv i Mnuoel U.S. sejIMUO 6HOW vVHtAT. jsL . ... cW -V .1.1 W . . v. - -we tr- Telephone Blitz Is Started By Little Want Ad Last week Mrs. B. L. Hun ter of 51 North Oakdale ave nue placed a classified adver tisement in the Mail Tribune offering a small . apartment for rent. Almost before the paper was on the street the apart ment was rented to the first caller, and shortly after wards Mrs. Hunter's tele phone began to ring. It jangled so continuously, far Into the night, that Mrs. Hunter's daughter took her blankets and bedding out by the 'phone in order to answer the calls. Finally, after 150 call had been wearily answered, Mrs Hunter had th telephone temporarily disconnected for the sake of sleep. Flight o Time Medfurd and Jackson Comity History from the fllee of tb Hall Tribune ID and to fears ato TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April 28. 1932 at Was Thursday) Clara Bow, 'If girl of movies signs contract with Fox. State highway board refuses to supply any more funds for emergency road work. Fair with frost predicted. High 64, low 34 degrees. Patrol of packm district urged to prevent any further incendiarism. Jackson school to hold April frolic tomorrow. Valley baseball season to open coming Sunday. Sen. Huey Long of Louislanna in fiery outburst in senate de mands "division of all wealth". TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 28. 1922 (It Was Friday) Only hope for farmers to en- Joy prosperity is to cut railroad rates to pre-war level says sec retary of agriculture. Lease of Teapot Dome oil lands, faces congressional inves tigation. Discard safecrackers tools found In city. Geneva conference for dlsarm- ment in muddle, and adjourn ment for six months favored. J. T. Brown of Eagle Point Is awarded contract for portion of crater Lake highway. Al G. Barnes circus coming to city next Wednesday. Attempts to burglarize three local homes fall. More Money Needed To Protect Forests Portland, Ore., April 28 JP) More money Is needed to pro tect adequately Oregon and Washington forests this year, Lyle F. Waits, federal regional forester, said today. A $5,000,000 fund for fight ing forest fires was approved by congress last week in the sixth supplemental national de fense appropriation bill. NEVER TOO OLD McMinnville, Ore., April 28 (.P) C. W. Clements, 76, pio neer of the Tillamook country, and Ora Belle Wells, 73, also of Tillamook, were married here Saturday, Rev. S. J. Os borne disclosed today. Closing tune for Classified Ada a a m Too late to Classify 12 40 Cm m amt no MuOts rxraf uarf WOeifwS. IN 1941 Ui. &R0uyf VOT1!) TO 56lUZt TMtis. WHfAT iNOoillty WITH MARKETING OUOTflj. AijMflO use aravny TIMJ flflO Of wtWT CCULB TbJs'1' MUSI M DfUXiy. RESTORATION OF Work To Lead to Appropri ate Degrees In Commerce Long Controversy Ends Portland, Ore., April 28 MP) Oregon State college wa granted the right to give ma jor work leading to "appropri ate degrees" in business by th state board of higher education today, concluding a long con troversy over proposed restor ation of the old school of com merce lost In the 1932 reorgan ization. a In the formal action, propos- ed by the curricula committee and passed unanimously, tha board avoided use of th word commerce and left detail of "courses, organization and ad-4 ministration" to be worked out later. Acting President F. A. Gilfillan accepted the action, however, as essentially what had been sought by the college and pledged the institution to fulfill the "opportunity snd obligation" It afforded. President Willard Marks ex plained following the meeting that the action does not consti tute restoration of the old school of commerce, but that it is de signed to provide the necessary new degree work to meet tha educational needs of the state from its land grant college un der modern conditions. X Personnel adjustments includ ed: Southern Oregon College of Education: leaves of absence, Winifred Bradway, inst. science, appointment expires; Otto J. Wilda, instr. in art. Portland, April 28 (JP Budgets for the coming year which lopped $234,036.29 from current operating totals of the state system of higher educa tion, and forced a staff reduc tion equal to 107 full-time mem bers, were approved today by the higher education board. Because of the anticipated de crease of 25 per cent in student enrollment next year, most of the reductions were made in the instructional divisions, except for the medical school where no reduction will occur, the fi nance committee reported. The committee also pointed! out that it had, in adopting the recommendations of Chancellor F. M. Hunter, purposely taken the eloomiest view of enroll ment drops, but hoped that students would follow the uni versal advice to continue in college until called for other duties. Amusing Comedy at Central Pt. School Gymnasium Tonight An amusing comedy depicting the trials of a young woman whose mania for telling spur ious stories finally gets her into trouble will be portrayed thi evening In the drama, "Her Step-Husband," presented by the Central Point high school seniors in the school's new gyms' nasium. The curtain rises at 8:00. The plot is based around tha young woman's attempt to dis play pretended luxury while covering up the signs of poverty from her well-to-do aunt. Included in the cast ar Elaine Westrup. Maxine Hale, Leona Huston, Elizabeth Nich olson, Ruth Freeland, Richard Krupp, Norman Smith, Ernest Parker and Robert Colley. Lu vene Hilkey is business mana ger. COOS COAL MINE WOULD FURNISH FUEL FOR CAMP Marshfield, April 28 W Coos county coal operators ask ed federal aid yesterday to ex pand their mines. They said they would bid on fuel contracts for Medford anrVj the present output of few hun dred tons a month could be ex panded. BIRTHS SANTO To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Santo. 23 South Peach street, April 28. a boy, 7 lbs, at Community hospital, COLBY To Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Colby, Central Point. April 26, a boy, 7 lbs., at Community hospital. SIMMON'S To Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Simmons. Central Point, April 27, a boy, 8 lbs., at Com munity hospital. PORTLAND PLANT BURNS Portland. Ore., April 28 A1 A fire, blamed on a baulty oil burner, virtually destroyed an automobile seacover factory here and seriously burned Har ry B. Stowe, 54, Janitor, early today.