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U. P. Executive To Speak In Medford
AFTER 3 WEEKS IN
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1942
Pilot Makes Daring Landing
on Floor of Canyon 3,000
Feet Deep For Couple.
New Delhi, Dec. 13. (De
layed) (U.R) Two American
airmen who were lost for three
weeki in the Himalayan wilder
ness were recuperating today
after a daring rescue pilot had
managed two almost-impossible
landings on the floor of a can
yon 3,000 feet deep.
Hospital authorities said
Lieut. Cecil D. Williams, Union
town, Pa., and Corp. Mathew J.
Campabella, Hammonton, N. J.,
were "in reasonably good condi
tion, but resting and fattening
up" after an ordeal which
started when they parachuted
from an ice-heavy Douglas
transport plane.'
Ship Is Saved
The pilot, Capt William S.
Owens, Atlanta, Ga., ordered the
two men to Jump, thinking the
plane, far from its course and
losing altitude rapidly, was
doomed. Owens stuck to the
controls and managed to bring
the big ship home through a
hole in the overcast.
Pilots searched the area for
three weeks, but to no avail.
But on December 9 Tibetan
arrived at U. S. army transport
command headquarters with a
letter from Williams asking for
aid and giving their location
deep in the poorly-charted wild
erness of the Himalayan foot
hills northeast of the Indian
province of Assam.
How the two men lived there
for three weeks with only the
Jungle kits strapped to their
parachute packs was still unex
plained. Camp Located
A Douglas transport pilot lo
cated their camp, but he was
unable to land the big plane.
The canyon where the men
were marooned was surrounded
by 3,000-foot walls rising
straight up from a meadow
which was only 300 yards long.
. i i i an impossible
undertaking, but MaJ. Paul C.
Gror, Salt Lake tity, ;
er of a fighter squadron, decided
i . in ii PT-17 clane.
UJ II1UJV13 a " J . ,
The marooned men and natives
hacked away tree umDS on
edge of the meadow to give mm
every available inch of rm-
i A a riAppmber 10.
jl Lji iniiutu
Campabella climbed into the
.oo.r riane. Groi made
., - ... tm hsfnro he finally
live buciufw" - ,
managed to get the plane into
the air ana to pun iv u
,iiB in ntppn climb.
Depositing Campabella, he re
turned and rescued Williams
similarly.
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
AT S0CE THIS WEEK
Southern Oregon College of
Education, Ashland, Dec. 15
(Spl. Final examinations win
be held Thursday and Friday at
6Tne winter quarter will begin
with registration on Tuesday,
December 29. Beginning stu
dents will find no trouble in
registering for the winter team
because beginning courses in aU
subjects in the teacher educa
tion curriculum are being pro
vided. The following secretarial
science subjects will be offered
winter quarter: typing, short
hand, accounting, office prac
tice, business psychology and
business law.
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V. S. Marine Colonel F. P. Malcahy. left, and Air Force Squadron Leader Lord Kinross, are
shown above with United Press Executive Virgil Pinkler. In Libya. Pinkley will speak In Med
ford next Saturday evening en his experiences en the war fronts and at the capitals of the
world.
Pinkley To Bring Message
On Meaning of Total War
The people of the United States and all the United Nations
must awaken to the fact that they are Involved in a struggle
of populations rather than a mere conflict between armed
forces, in the opinion of United Press European Manager Virgil
Pinkley, who will speak In Medford next Saturday in the high
school auditorium at 8:30 p. m., under auspices of the League
of Women Voters, the Rotary Club and the Mail Tribune.
The young news service exec-l
utive said that fact was impressed
upon him during a ten months
'round-the-world newsgathering
assignment from which he re
cently returned home.
"In the course of my travels,"
Pinkley said, "I talked to scores
of outstanding Allied leaders.
Most of them admitted frankly
that their people in the main
have not yet grasped the mean
ing of total war, as it is executed
by the dictators.
Hard to Understand
"People who for generations
have enjoyed democratic gov
ernment," Pinkley said, "find it
most difficult to conceive of the
complete regimentation which
total war demands."
Pinkley is personally familiar
with what the Axis system of
regimentation entails. He trav
elled extensively in Italy and
Germany before the United
States entered the war, and has
visited most of the fighting fronts
on news assignments.
"In spite of everything that
has bee said and written about
Axis ambitions, many of the peo
ples of the United Nations still
are unable to comprehend the
enormity of the program of our
enemies and the vastness of the
task confronting us if the demo
cratic way of life Is to be pre
served.
The talk by the United Press
executive, a world traveler, war
correspondent and accomplished
lecturer, will be free and the
public is Invited.
Long Observation
Pinkley's keen analysis of war
developments is based on 13
years of trained observation and
objective reporting of news for
the United Press on four conti
nents. It is based also on recent
interviews and talks with such
key figures in the world struggle
as General Sir Claude Auchin-
leck, commander of British forces
in the Middle East; Mahatma
Gandhi; the Shah of Persia; the
Viceroy of India; Prime Minis
ter General Jan Christian Smuts,
of the Union of South Africa; the
Archbishop of Canterbury; Dr.
Benes, president of Czechoslovak-
ia; Premier General Sikorsky of
Poland; British Minister of Pro
duction Lyttleton, and Minister of
Labor Bevin; Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden, and many others.
Said Pinkley: "It is the opin
ion of most Allied leaders with
whom I have talked that Russia
of all the United Nations has best
glared its civil population to to
tal war. China, in many respects,
has done the next best Job. Brit
ain and the United States still
are a long way from the goal."
Pinkley contrasted the attitude
of citizens in the democracies
with that of civilians in Ger
many, Japan and to a lesser ex
tent, Italy.
"The German people, Nazis
and non-party members alike,
he said, "have staked everything
on winning the war. I recall that
one of them told me In a typical
conversation some months ago:
" 'It is not a question of
whether or not we favor Nazi
methods. The fact is that Ger
many is at war. And being at
war, we must win. Every Ger
man knows that he Is fighting to
preserve the Fatherland and that
the Germans will be destroyed
if we lose. Every German from
6 to 72 is bending every effort
to that end."
Pinkley said that the Amer
icans and civilians of other Unit
ed Nations must recognize that
they and their ways of life are
Just as surely at stake that they
will be destroyed if we lose. Just
as certainly as Germany will be
destroyed if she loses.
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Washington. Dee. 15. (U.R)
The 77th congress will adjourn
the middle of this week and
President Roosevelt will deliver
his annual address to the new
congress January 7, under a ten
tative agreement reached at a
White House conference Mon
day.
Speaker Sam Rayburn. D.,
Tex., said after the meeting be
tween the .president and con
gressional leaders that a resolu
tion probably would be pre
sented today for sine die ad
Joumment of this congress Wed
nesday or Thursday and for con
vening of the new one Janu
ary 6.
S.O.C.E. CLASS ELECTS
Ashland, Dec. 15 (Spl.) Pa
tricia Anderson of Ashland who
was vice president of the fresh
man class at the Southern Ore
gon College of Education has
been elected to fill the vacancy
left by Robert Hollenbeck who
has enlisted in the United States
Army. Richard Ormond also of
Ashland was elected vice presi
dent of the freshman class at
the regular class meeting De
cember 9.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15 (U.R)
The army's seventh service com
mand officers and civilian de
fense observers reported today
that the nation s most extensive
blackout, covering an area of
712,604 square miles in nine
states, was successful beyond expectations.
Observers In each of the par
ticipating states Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado, Wyoming.
North and South Dakota re
ported the blackout orders, with
a few minor exceptions, had
been obeyed to the letter.
One death was reported direct
ly caused by the test. Air raid
warden Charles H. Graby, about
60, was killed when struck by a
police car at Creston, Iowa. In
St. Louis, Mo., a three-alarm fire
in the mid-town area was ob
servable from the air and caused
a flurry of excitement. Seven
firemen were overcome by
smoke.
Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, III
national commander of the citi
zens defense corps and grandson
of the Civil War general, said
the results of the test exceeded
his expectations. Capt. R. J.
Joyce, army flier who piloted
the plane in which Grant and
other officials observed the
blackout, said it was the best he
had ever seen.
"Nothing on the Pacific coast
even approached It," Joyce said
Vandenberg Denies
He'll Be Candidate
Washington, Dec. 15. (U.R)
Senator Arthur U. Vandenberg,
R Mich., said today that he is
not and will "not be a candidate
for president" in 1944.
In a letter to Jay G. Hayden,
Washington representative of
the Detroit News, Vandenberg
said he believed the Republicans
would pick a candidate from
"the new timber which is richly
available for this leadership
and which will become more so
as the war progresses."
Dm Uetl Trfiuix ut ads.
HEAVY SPENDING IN
HOT CARGO BILL FIGHT
Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 15.
(U.R) Nine California labor or
ganizations spent a total of
$374,790 in an unsuccessful at
tempt to defeat proposition No.
1, the referendum on the anti
hot cargo and secondary boy
cott, it was revealed in new
November 3 election expendi
tures released today by Secre
tary of State Paul Peek.
A total of $118,146 was spent
by the 19 organizations favoring
the proposition. Among the
larger contributors to the oppon
ents were the California State
Federation of Labor $191,426
and Labor's Protective league of
Los Angeles $86,385.
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And Be Warmer!
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All of us up in the Northwest are
going to have to take it on the chin ss
far as oil heat is concerned this winter
not because there isn't plenty of oil,
but because there's a real shortage of
transportation. The main thing to re
member is that if we keep temperatures
down and save fuel now, it will mean
that we'll all be warmer in the long run.
Here are some practical suggestions
for saving fuel oil:
1 Keep temperature low during the
day. Room temperature at 65 degrees is
recommended by the government. .
2 Set heat control not above 50 de
grees at night and when you are away
from home.
3 Close off unused rooms.
4 Close bedroom doors at nlghL
5 Keep fireplace damper closed when
not in use.
6 Close bedroom registers at night.
7 Pull shades at night It reduces heat
loss through window glass.
8 Close open stairways with tempor
ary curtains.
9 Close outside doors promptly.
10 Keep furnace humidifier full. If
necessary, use pans, of water to supply
humidity.
11 Havo your furnace and the boiler
cleaned annually. - -
12 Chimney smoke means heat loss.
Ask your burner service man about it.
?7Z say this for the fuel oil shortage it
brings back the good old days when a man
who wore shorts was on the track team.19
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Perhaps you haven't seen one of Standard's
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anent building, and the other a Mobile
House that rolls all over the West. Stand
ard donated them and their staffs to
the Treasury Department and between
them, the two houses have sold more than
$5,000,000 worth of stamps and bonds since
Pearl Harbor.
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write in ink your license number and
state on the back of each of the coupons of your
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it'll speed your delivery of Standard Gasoline
if you have it done before you drive in.
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