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PAGE EIGHT IS TALKED HERE Plant are underway In Med ford to add a one-year course in aeronautics for seniors and pos sibly juniors at Medford high school beginning next fall, E. H Hedrick, city school superin tendent said today. The course will cover navigation, meteoro logy, civil air regulations and general pre-flight training with the exception of flight training. Dr. Clark M. Fraser, repre senting the civil aeronautical association met in this city Sat urday with schoolmen from southern Oregon and K'r.ath Falls. At that time the course was discussed, preparatory to getting it started in various high schools in Oregon. Requirements for the course will be algebra and geometry and candidates must have taken or be taking physics. Mr. Hed rick said that there are 100 Medford students, now exclusive of seniors, who have a back ground of mathematics which makes them eligible to take the course. Colleges are offering summer courses for teachers who have a mathematics and science background which will enable them to teach the course The local rationing board In the Sparta building is receiving sugar applications for canning it was announced today by the office employes. No specific deadline has been set on the ap plications. Due to confusing in formation received yesterday it was thought that applications would not be received June 1 as previously planned. However, later information announced that sugar canning applications would be received as scheduled. Ashland Wood Dealer Fined for PUC Lack Earl Emmens of Ashland, woodyard operator, charged with non-possession of a PUC license, was fined $10 and costs in Justice court yesterday. It developed Emmens was hauling and delivering wood under a farmers license, tnus commer cializing his truck. Emmens claimed he acted under advice given him by some county of ficials. James C. Nelson, a welder, charged with being Intoxicated on the main street of Central Point entered a plea of guilty. He was fined $10 and costs. $scr--- Hi i 4i This Boftftle Saves 60 for Uncle Sam This Olympia means OHi Beer just as it comes from the cap instead of three. When you Brewer)'. For three generations tast : Olympia Bottled Beer, notice the same family of Master Brewers how perfectly it duplicates the has concentrated all its efforts on fresh,fmity,nutryflavorofDrA one quality and one brand. ViiaJYnn roopentw, wiia WAR PRODICTION BOARD THE OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY "Out tf Amtrim't fnftital Brrutrin" . OlYMPU, WASHINGTON, U.S.. CALENDAR Tuesday 7:30 p. m. Executive commit tee of Degree of Honor, Towns- end hall. 8:00 p. m. Degree of Honor, Townsend ball. 8:00 p. m. Past Commander's club of the D. A. V. auxiliary, home Mrs. O. W. DeJarnett, 018 West Jackson boulevard, Wednesday 10:00 a. m. Sewing club of D.A.V. auxiliary, home Mrs. Edward Neff, Bessie street. Potluck luncheon at noon. 10:00 a. m. Navy Mothers, home Mrs. Ray Barrow, S40 Ed wards street. Covered dish lun cheon. 12 noon Victory Social club, home Mrs. Edward Root, Jack sonville. Potluck luncheon. Transportation at Masonic hall at 12 noon. Bring service and sugar. Red Cross knitting. 1:30 p. m. Phoenix Health group, home Mrs. M. J. Norris. 2:00 p. m. Contemporary Book club, home Mrs. William McAllister, Keeneway drive. 2:00 p. m. Adult Missionary Society First Christian church in church social hall. Installa tion of new officers. 2:00 p. m.-Junior High school P. T. A., room 41, at school house. Election of officers. 6:30 p. m. Lions auxiliary. home Mrs. Lyle Thurman, 722 West 14th street. 7:30 p. m. A.A.U.W., home Mis. William Fluhrer, Welling ton heights. CAVALRY TO TAKE Medford platoon of troop G of the Oregon State Cavalry will be officially mustered into the Oregon State guard at a public ceremony at the Medford armory Wednesday at 7 p. m. Major C. Y. Tengwald of the Oregon State guard will admin ister the oath and officially de clare the cavalry as members of the Oregon guard. Commanding captain of the cavalry will be O. H. Bengtson, with Dr. Stanley Philips as first lieutenant and L. E. Fran cis, second lieutenant. THREE CREEKS EXECUTED Bern, Switzerland, June 2. UP) Three Greeks were exe cuted yesterday upon conviction by a military court of. plotting against the Italian army, Hun garian dispatches from Athens reported today. SOMERVELL SEES KINO London, June 2. UP) Lieut. Gen. Brehon D. Somervell, com manding general of the United States army service of supply, and Major General James E. Chaney, commander of the A.E.F. in Britain, were received today by King George VI in Buckingham palace. MEDFORD MAIL GUERNSEY PICNIC AT The annual Jackson County Guernsey Breeders drive and picnic will be held Thursday, June 4 at the Ginger Rogers' Rogue river ranch near Eagle Point. Lela Rogers, manager of the ranch has recently purchased a number of registered Guernsey cattle and they will all be shown to those attending the picnic; also there will be Judging of cattle on the program. The dairy set-up on the Rogers ranch Is one of the fin est in the west, among the unique eatures being a new hay keeper, the only structure of its kind west of the Mississippi. C. A. Smith of the American Guernsey Cattle club will be In attendance and a large group of Interested dairymen of Jose phine county are expected to at tend. All are asked to bring their own picnic lunch. The picnic will take place on the river or in the new modern barn. Cof fee, milk and ice cream will be served free. Ben King, president of the Jackson County Guernsey Breeders is particularly desirous that all interested dairymen even from other breeds be in vited. Those desiring transpor tation are requested to meet at the Jackson county courthouse not later than 10:30 a. m. as some transportation will be pro vided. Others going direct to the grounds are requested to go via the Dodge bridge to avoid the congested traffic through the cantonment. T Tacoma, June 2. (IP) More than 1,000 workers at the big St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber company plant here and at three of its logging camps walked out today on strike, closing the plant. Picket lines were thrown around the factory here which was working on thousands of dollars worth of defense con tracts. The strike was called by the CIO International Woodworkers of America. Freeman L. Cochran, secre tary of the union local, said the walkout was called when long- standing negotiations broke down. He said the union demanded a one-dollar a day wage in crease and vacations with pay. of o TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. POET WORKS ON EXHIBITc,r Sandburg (left). poet and biographer, and Lt. Comdr. Edward Stele-hen, U.S. N R., study a model while arranging mural-site photographs at an ex hibit In New York, ijtelrhen assembled photographs and Sandburg Is writing accompanying text. Women's Motor Corps Activities Outlined; Daily Duty Planned Future activities of the Vol unteer Women's Motor corps were outlined last evening at a meeting at the home of Mrs. Jack Morrill. Corps members are taking military training under Maxwell Pierce and will also have instruction in convoy driving. The corps has been assigned to the medical division of civil ian defense under Dr. L. D. Ins- keep and a driver will be sta tioned at each casualty station in case of emergency. Corps members plan to meet the first Monday of each month at the Colony club, East Main and Geneva streets. Assignments so far have been driving first aid Instructors to Trail, Shady Cove and Wagner Creeks, four nights a week. The Motor Corps members also will keep regular office hours from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m. at the Red Cross office at the court house and members have signed for daily hours when they will be on call for Red Cross duties. Florence Thomas New Owner Cameo Beauty Shop Here Ownership and management of the Cameo Rrautv thnn In. cated at 16 South Central ave nue, has been assumed by Flor ence Thomas, well known Med ford woman. Mrs. Thomas, who Just returned from a brief visit to eastern Oregon, purchased the shop from Mrs. Ruby Thompson and the business will continue to operate under the same general policy and with the same staff, it was an nounced. Onerntnr whn r. mm. sociated with the Cameo Beauty shop are Edythe Marlette, Jane Knox and Helen Derickson. Small Fire The chemical wagon of the city fire depart ment was called to the residence of Earl York, 609 West Tenth street, last evening at 6:15 o'clock when an oil stove be came overheated. There was little damage. A second call for the chemical wagon was made at 4 a. m. today by the Lunch Box. 13 North Fir street, wKn grease behind a gas cooking stove became Ignited. No dam age was reported. Newport, Ore.. June 2 (.P) Newport's new state guard unit with 39 "charter" members Is to be increased to ISO by roast volunteers. A recruiting drive started this week. Baermmento, Juno J Chureli cream butter ft: rim grtd 414: aecond frd 33' , Among Denver industries suf fering from a lack of German materials is a glass eye factory. Its specialty was a bloodshot artificial eye for the morning after. Complete Millvork SERVICE PADGHAM PLANING MILL 1303 1309 Court St. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1942. jr - if '' V.; Washington, June . 2.- The treasury's cash outlays for war' activities reached $3,552, 676,087 in May, a new high. This represented a jump of more than $300,000,000 from the April pace. Illustrating the steady step-up of war efforts. this May's war spending was more than four times the cor responding defense outlays of the similar month last year. It brought war costs for the first 11 months of the fiscal year which ends June 30 to the unprecedented total of $22,130, 946,353. In the most expensive year of the last World war, the treasury never spent more than $18,500 000,000 for all purposes in the entire year. Principal expenditures In May were $1,496,932,729 for the army, $1,228,379,580 for the navy, and $626,246,052 for lend lease. . FAILS TO HELP Des Moines, la., June 2 (IP) Governor George A. Wilson cap tured the Iowa Republican nom ination for senator today on the basis of unofficial incomplete returns in the state's lighest primary in 20 years. Returns from 2,025 of 2,463 precincts gave Wilson 102.115. State Secretary of Agriculture Mark G. Thornburg was in sec ond place with 64,988. Wendell L. Willkie declared here recently that Thornburg "would make a good senator." Senator Clyde L. Herring, Democratic incumbent who was renominated, polled 51.437 votes in 1.957 precincts. His isola tionist foe, Ernest J. Seemann, was far behind with 14,655. GAS MASKS ISSUED Portland, June 2. OF Gas masks were issued today to members of the Portland police department and police auxiliary. Detective W. B. Odale said 1,460 were available. WORKER ELECTROCUTED Portland, June 2. (.-PI Rus sell V. Quist, 18. Molalla. em ployed at the Western Foundry company, was killed early today by a 220-volt current which ran through his body for two minutes. DR. MAASKE HONORED La Grande, June 2 uP) Dr. Hobcr. J. Mtfaske. president of Eastern Oregon College of Edu cation, has been elected first vice-president of the department of adult education of the Na tional Education association, he learned today. Phone 4750 30 BOY SCOUTS RECEIVE AWARDS T Thirty Boy Scouts appeared before the Scout court of honor Monday night for advancements ranging from second class rank to the bronze eagle Scout palm. The court of honor, which is held bi-monthly at the county courthouse, was well attended by Scouts and parents. Don R. Newbury acted as presiding Judge and was assisted by J. A. McDougall, district Scout com missioner. Highest rank awarded was that of the bronze Scout palm to Rodney Witham of troop 7. Mrs. Elton Waldron was asked by the court to make the pres entation of life Scout rank to her son Don of troop 2. Other awards were: Second class rank: Ted Huber, troop 3; Bob Johnson, Carl Reich, troop 4; Carl Borg, Mar vin Epstein, Tommy Mottern, troop S; Donald Browne, Bob Leavitt, troop 7; Neil Clark, troop 8. First class rank: Crayton Jones, Elmer Kyle, Jack Thompson, troop 3; Douglas Coghill, Bob Schroeder, troop 4; Nat Bender, troop 7. Merit badges: Bill Hutchison, Donald Nissen, Billy Patton, Louis Powell, Bill Sims, Elmer Kyle, troop 3; Nat Bender, troop 7; Alan Kircher, Don Mentzer, Don Waldron, Don Bundy, troop 8; Bruce Bennett, Earl Bennet, troop 17 of Gold Hill. Acting as court of honor com missioners were Elton Waldron, Jack Thompson, Ernest Conrad, Lawrence Duff, Lawrence De Long. Routine Business On Council's Slate The city council will meet in regular semi-monthly session in city hall tonight with only routine business on the official agenda. Mt buy' lTnll united y? ifwH'fe"t y&1 Wl STATES JF t ' tj'Ij"V . iJy"v K (3 ipf mm 111 Entrances A On Main Firlough Granting for SslsctMS to b Be Changed Jury I A representative of the local selective service boards an nounced today hat the present policy of granting furloughs to inducted men after they have been received at the induction station will be discontinued July 1. After July 1st, there will be Instituted a new pro cedure whereby every inducted man will be released from ac tive service at the Induction station for a period of approxi mately 14 days, unless he pre fers to proceed directly to the reception center. Under the present plan which will be in operation until July 1, the selectee must secure a letter of recommendation from his selec tive service board if he desires a furlough after being inducted at the induction station. The announcement today was made so that registrants may understand what they can ex pect after they have been called and sent to the induction sta tion. Cline Seeks Trial In Bus Crash Case A motion to set for trial the damage suit of Stephen J. Cline against the Pacific Greyhound Lines and Roy E. Harding, bus driver, was filed in circuit court yesterday. Arguments will be heard on the motion Friday. Cline, chief WPA timekeeper for Jackson and Josephine coun ties seeks $30,000 general dam NOTICE CHURCH OF CHRIST 1056 Court St. You are Invited to hear C. R. Worsham tonight. The series of meetings will close June 3. inclusive. THE SUBJECT FOR TONIGHTi TUESDAY "FOUR LAWS' WEDNESDAY "BAPTISM" C. R. Worshem Evangelist from Enid, Okla. Feel cool as salad In yorr new summer suit . . . so crisp and comfy ... in frosty colors that beat the heat! The lightness of shantung, spun rayon or linen-like weaves ... in dressy or tailored mood! We've so many suits to suit you for the season! These are lndlspensiblts for your summer wardrobe. For summer comfort a suit of Strutter Cloth. Rayoa faille, linen weave rayon and other summer fabrics. Choose a print a polka dot or a plain color Victory Red C-old Biege Regular Sizes 12 to 20. Junior Sizes 11 to 17. Prices $10.95 to $19.95. STORE HOURS 9 to 6 SATURDAY 9 to 8:39 ages and $1,500 special damages for injuries allegedly received in collision between the auto ha was driving and Grey hound bus near Beall Lane on the Pacific highway, July 14, a year ago. Nine passengers on the bus sustained minor injuries. Girls Day Camp Moves To School Because of the uncertainty of the weather the girls day camp will be held Wednesday, June 3, in the Lincoln school gym. Campers are asked not to bring their lunches as the camp will last only until noon. Complete) Insurance Service SINCE 1909 The R. A. HOLMES A9y. Medford Center Bldg. Phone 4444 Summer Shop ping is a pleas ure in this cool Air-Conditioned Store Powder Blue Kelly Green Nary i : ax s J
