Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 30, 1942, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1942. TO HISTORIC CITY IV. Scene of South's Last Stand ; Overrun With Troops and r Workmen Wages High. . Petersburg, V. (UP) His toric Petersburg, scene of the South'i last stand and lamed (or its well-kept Civil War shrines, today Is over-run with thous ands of troops and wartime workmen. "Splitting at the seams" was the way one social worker de scribed the city after the boom created by the army's biggest quartermaster school at nearby Camp Lee had severely taxed civic and social facilities. The city's normal population was 30,631 in 1940, but that was before an army of construction workers poured in to resurrect a vast army base on the site of old Camp Lee, a World War I can tonment named for Gen. Robert E. Lee, who once bloodily de fended the land on which it lies, Behind the workers came the soldiers by the thousands. Camp Lee's strength has been variously estimated as high as 33,000 men, most of whom are undergoing training in the Quar termaster Corps Technical School s huge shops and sprawl ing buildings. Pre-draft shoe makers teach draftees the in tricacies of their trade, as do mechanics, bakers, tailors, and the rest of the men that "Keep 'Em Rolling.". Six miles away, at Hopewell, Vs., acres of buildings and scien tifically tangled pipelines surge with capacity war production. Officers Fill Guest Homes The resultant war boom shook every stratum of the city's eco nomic life. Wages were high and labor was scarce, although hun dreds came It. to take the boom time jobs. Many camped in trail ers ,. the fo.mer si'.-s . World War I laborer-barracks. Rents rocketed and pri es went up. Juke joints, cafes and amuse ment halls all of flimsy, tem porary construction went up o -ernight. Guest homes that once ca tered to history-conscious tour ists were crammed with army officers und defense workers. Houses rented at almost any price for any kind of house, de spite effo ts of the federally sponsored local rent committee Police end the ever-present M.P.'s report -ot aratively lit tle disorder on the teemlnj streets. Two newly dedicated US" centers, one for white sol diers, the other for negroes have helped the recreation prob lem, but the khaki-clad enlisted men still pack the streets on week-ends, and line the high ways to Richmond, 23 miles away. Camp Lee authorities say 4 300 men get week-end passei each week, on an averr--". Out from town. Camp Lee sprawls across acres once tram pled by warring Confederate and Yankees. Now, field maneu vers take southern farmharc and northern millhand squarely alongside Petersburg National Military Park, here the history of the South's last stand is eace(ully enshrined under watchful federal care. Veteran Leads Parade Already choked with the Camp Lee boom, Petersburg is bearing part of the brunt of am. '.her. Constru !lon of Camp Pickett at Blackstone. 33 miles west, has brought more nun-d-eds if wor'tmen to seek living quarters here. And now, thou sands of '-ainees of the army;, medical corps are housed 1 i per manent buildings at Camp Pick ett, swelling the total even mor-. Although It's World War II that has boomed her economy and crowded her treets, Peters burg hasn't fo.jotten her share in other wars. Most f all he clings to her historic role as a last citadel of the crumbling Confederacy. Visitors are still reminded of. and trken to the Civil Wr Shrines. More aptly than any other single action illustrated the spirit of Petersburg, when Camp Lee soldiers trooped In for this year's a. ny day parade, the soldiers of today, ami yes terday, were led by Homer At kins an aging, but still spry leader In th last-thinning ranks of the 'onf dera' veterans. allied base at Port Moresby on the opposite shore of the Papuan peninsula. Ford, 79 Years Old, Mori Optimistic for Final World Peace Detroit, July 30 UP) Henry Ford, who visualizes a world made immune from war through a federation of all its peoples and an intensification of produc tion for human needs and legiti mate desires, came to his 79th birthday anniversary today more optimistic than ever regarding the future. Of the war engulfing most of the nations of the earth Ford spoke rather sparingly, "Like all wars," he said, "this one was precipitated by greed, lust for power and financial gain; it won't end until some sense of sanity has returned to those who believe in armed might for self ish gain." As alert and agile as many persons half his age. Ford ap peared In perfect health. By eating moderately and worrying not at all he has maintained his weight virtually unchanged for many years at around 138 pounds. EFFORT TO KEEP FIRE FROM AREA Recognizing the importance of fire prevention In the forests of this state, the "Keep Oregon Green" campaign will be stressed in this area under the sponsorship of the Medford Ki wanis club and a representative group of civic leaders, accord ing to an announcement today by E. E. Kofoed, county chair man. 4 meeting will be held Friday at 2 p. m. in the federal courtroom of the Federal build ing to perfect plans for this pro gram designed to make southern Oregon people fire prevention conscious. R. C. Kuehner, sec retary of the Keep Oregon Green committee will come to Medford from Salem to attend the meeting. Appointment of representa tives of various Jackson county organizations to participate in the county-wide campaign have been made public by Chairman Kofoed. The committer mem bers and their organizations fol low: William Perry, county court; Austic McReynolds, State Forest Service; F. G. Whitney, U. S. Forest Service; L. E. Fran cis, 4-H clubs; Kenneth Wells, Boy Scouts; Mrs. Marjorie Pena, Girl Scouts; T. J. Norby, Ash land; A. W. Ljngaas, lumber in dustry; William Howes, Pomona Grange; Kenneth Denman, Sportsmen's association; Glenn Jackson, member of the state Keep Oregon Green committee will represent the Jackson coun ty Chamber of Commerce; Herb Grey, newspapers, and Lee Bishop, radio. Serving on this committee will also be a representative of each service club in the county to be named later by the various clubs and representatives from each grange and oil company in this area. The Territory of Alaska was created by congress in 1912 and the first legislature met in 1913. Harry Hopkins Weds Fashion Writer in White Honse Rites Washington, July 30.. Harry Hopkins, presidential aide, and Mrs. Louise Gill Macy, New York socialite and fashion writer, were married today in the first White House wedding in 24 years. President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt were present. The simple ceremony took place in the president's oval study on the second floor of the White House. The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Clin chy of Hartford, Conn., read the vows. The guest list, in addition to Mrs. Clinchy. was limited to 13 members of the immediate families of the bride and groom, and in addition, members of the White House staff. After the ceremony, the presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt were hosts at a luncheon for the wed ding guests. Mrs. Hopkins' wedding dress was a simple, street-length blue crepe. Her especially designed jewelry included earclips. lapel POISON OAK? Try bottle ol ZEMACOL Tee matt ke sstunx or joar ehrerfally nmaeX. Oct a kettle tndej at WKSTKRN THRIFT. pins incorporating knot copied from manual. victory sailor's Clotlnf, Urns tor Cluilfied Ads a. m. Too UU to CUssUy U 30 p. m. O years old S2.40OT. $1.23 IT ciaruar siiTiiiias co. from, lit. E JAPANESE DESTROYER HIT BY ALLIED BOMBS General MacArthur's Head quarters. Australia. July 30 J") Allied bombers hit a Japanese destroyer squarely off Gona Mission, on New Guinea's Papu an peninsula coast, and left the warship wreathed in smoke and currying toward shore, appar ently for beaching, a headquar ters communique announced to day. It was the fourth enemy ship accounted for by allied airmen since the Japanese thrust their invasion force down the coatt to gain their foothold last Wednes day, some 110 miles from the Persons desiring to donate books for soldiers reading need only wrap them, affix three cents postage for each pound and address them to the Army Book Receiving Center, Oregon State Library Building, Salem, care of Mrs. Ruth K. Stratton. it was announced today by the Ninth Corps Area Headquarters. The Receiving Center is pre pared to receive, process and distribute all worthwhile vol umes in serviceable condition that are donated. After process ing, the books are packed neatly 30 to a box and sorted by sub jects so that one-third are non- fiction. These are then ready for shipment to a camp or post library in the Oregon area. Eugene Hotel Man Called By Death Eugene, Ore., July 30 UP) J. A. "Sandy" McLean, 83, part owner of the Osburn hotel here and one of the most widely known hotelmen of the North west, died last night at the Coffee Memorial hospital In Portland. McLean, who had operated hotels in Eugene since 1909. was also active in civic affairs In 1934 he served as chairman of the commission which super vised the construction of the new state capltol and the new state library. Government Seeks Oregon's Mercury Portland. July 30 IP) The federal government's metals re- j serve company Is In the market for Oregon quicksilver. Director Earl K. Nixon of the state de partment of geology and min eral Industries announced to day. Nixon said he had been In formed that small lots of bottled quicksilver will be bought by the company at Grants Pass. Coqullle, and Seneca, locations of stockpiles set up for the pur chase of chromite ores in Ore gon. ! Argentina encourages use of corn as a railway ana inauju. : fuel because of large oomesuc surpluses, according to the De partment of Commerce. Visual exhibits have been es tablished In Great Britain to acquaint the public with the value of waste paper. Zinc and copper would make 2,400 ridge cases. In one auto ,30-cal. cart- Aluminum In 370 washing machines would build one train ing plane for the army. NOW undtr-arm Cream Deodorant utlj Stops Penpiration i Docf not rot 3rufl u men's ihiro. Do not trtiojt tin a. 2, No wtninji to ir?. Can be ased tithe liter ituting. 1. lnitintly itops perspirarloa foe I to dan. Prevents odor. 4. A pure, hite, crettrteis, ttamleu vanishing rretm. A wtrded Approval SetlAmer kn Institute of Lauodefinf AKHleU OQt f IsjsltrV e)t M Mart Mlltsjf . " ' Im f (tie m t mmd t bar HEALTH WILL WIN! 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