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TREE INSIGNIA OF
FAMOUS OLD 91ST
TAXICABS MUST CURB
race tracks, ball games and sim
ilar services, to be eligible for
new tires, Richard G. Montgom
ery, state OPA director, said to
day. Dm Mall TMbuoe want ad.
Stricken Woman
Falls Into River
Redding. Calif., Aug. 6. W
Mrs. Pauline Dietz. 74. of
Marysville, fell into the Sacra
mento river after a heart attack
yesterday and drowned.
Mrs. Ditz had been under a
nurse's care at a resort near
Sweetbriar. Deputy Coroner
Glen Linn said she was believed
to have been walking her dog
when stricken.
C. T. BURKE APPOINTED
GOLD HILL POLICEMAN
Gold Hill. Aug. 6 (Spl.) At
a recent meeting of the city
council, C. T. Burke was ap
pointed to serve as a night po
liceman. It is believd this step
will help curb disturbances on
the streets, especially on Satur
day evenings and will also re
lieve the duties of city marshall,'
W. L. Van Houten.
NON-ESSENTIAL RIDES
Portland (Spl.) Taxirabs
must cease all unessential and
luxury services such as sight
seeing, hauling passengers to
Cm SlaU Tribune want ads.
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Old Battlecry of World War
I Outfit Also Retained by
Men Stationed Here.
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1942.
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Camp White (Spl.) The
Green Fir Tree sleeves insignia
made famous by the first "Wild
West Division" in World War I
is being seen in increasing num
bers at this Agate Desert camp
where the 6 1st
Infantry Divi
sion will be re
activated Aug
ust IS, and may
soon reappear
on the battle
fields of Eur
ope.
Major Gener
al C. H. Ger
hard t, com
mandlng officer
.of the 91st, has
elected to retain
the distinctive divisional insig
nia and the Olst's old battlecry
of "Powder River Let 'er
Buck," and has pledged the new
91st Division to the task of tak
ing up the fight where the
original "Powder River" divi
sion left off.
Adopted in 1918
The green fir tree insignia
was adopted by General Order
57, 91st Division, in 1918 as a
personal badge to be worn by
each officer and man of the di
vision, composed of soldiers
from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, California,
Nevada, Utah, and Alaska.
After the hard-hitting 91st
had covered itself with glory in
France and Belgium, there was
issued by division headquarters
in 1919, while the Powder River
gang was still "over there", a
divisional order authorizing and
interpreting the distinctive in
signia. The order read, in part:
"The distinctive divisional de
sign, a green fir tree is em
blematic not only of the foliage
found in each state from which
the personnel of this division
was selected, but the evergreen
and ever useful character of this
foliage is emblematic also of the
state of readines and the degree
. of usefulnes which has charac
terized, and should continue to
be the aim of, each unit of the
division."
Ever Ready
The order, issued by Major
General William H. Johnston,
commanding general of the divi
sion, cited numerous encounters
in which the 91st had proven it
self "ever ready". The order,
dated January 29, 1919, closed
with this historic statement:
"Its members are now ready,
either to return to the United
States and resume the pursuits
of peace, or to continue their
service wherever ordered by the
commander-in-chief."
After 24 years in the pursuit
of peace, the 91st has again re
sponded to the call to arms, and
on August 15 veterans of the
AEF division will pass on to its
successors the battle scarred col
ors ana xignung traamons inai
will be carried into a new war.
"Powder River; Let 'er Buck!"
Sales Tax Is Urged
By Retail Group as
Curb For Inflation
Washington, Aug. 8 tPl A
spokesman for the National Re
tail Dry Goods asociation urged
the senate finance committee to
day to adopt a 5 per cent retail
sales tax to be in force until six
months after the end of the war.
Disagreeing with the treas
ury's contention that a federal
sales tax would be inflationary,
Jay Iglauer, chairman of the as
sociation's taxation committee.
declared such a levy would be
"distinctly deflationary" and
would syphon off considerable
excess purchasing power.
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.)
agreed with Iglauer s conclusion,
declaring "it is absurd to say
that a fixed government tax is
inflationary."
"We propose the adoption of
a war retail sales tax of 5 per
cent of the purchase price of .l
tangible personal property to 1
paid by the consumer at me
time of purchase,' Iglauer told
the committee.
Big 'Frisco Hotel
Sold To Treasury
San Francisco. Aug. f) (JPl
The 27-story Empire hotel, situ
ated at the edge of San Fran
cisco's civic center, has been
purchased by the U. S. treasury
department for $1,860,000 and
will be turned Into a govern
ment office building immediate
ly, a treasury official announced
I here.
Tru Crows in Boulder
Medford. Mass. U.R One of;
nature's wonders is a lSfoot
Cedar tree believed about 400'
years old that is growing out
of a solid boulder in a field her.
Theodora Earl (above), 16. of
Los Angeles, with three years of
military service and wounded at
Dutch Harbor, was In Seattle
awaiting discharge by the army
because of his age.
Nationwide Registry
Of Women For Work
May Be Early Step
Washington, Aug. 6 (JP)
Machinery for a nationwide oc
cupational registration of wom
en, with a view to cataloguing
the country's total, adult re
sources, may be included in war
service legislation now being
drawn for consideration by con
gress, creditable sources said to
day. A manpower commission
spokesman, who wished to re
main anonymous, estimated one
of every three or four house
wives, between 18 and 44, may
be needed to attain full war production.
ram v. McNutt, manpower
chief, has estimated that around
5.000.000 more women must be
placed in jobs by the end of
1943.
The general war service bill
is being drawn under McNutt's
direction, designed to fit man
power resources to war needs.
Some persons close to the man
power chief expect that it may
give President Roosevelt author
ity to assign workers to jobs
where their skills are most
needed.
Portland, Aug. 8 (JPi In
America movie stars, dancing
girls and theatrical acts are used
to draw crowds to buy war
bonds.
In Japan no attractions are of
fered and the people wait in line
for hours to buy bonds.
So said I. J. Fisher, Vancouv
er, B. C, who taught 20 years
in the Japanese naval academy.
In a speech at a joint Kiwanis
Rotary club meeting yesterday
he condemned British-American
complacency, and warned that
Americans might lose the war
unless they cast aside personal
ambitions and greed.
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