Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 02, 1942, Page 8, Image 8

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Insurance Service
SINCE 1909
The R. A. HOLMES A9y.
Medford Center Bldg.
Phone 4444
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