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FACE EIGHT MEDFOPD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1942 CHAPLAIN JAEGER TALKS AT ROTARY IEI Major Lloyd Jaeger, chaplain of the 8 1st Division, and two talented musicians now enter taining at Camp White, present ed the Tuesday luncheon pro gram (or the Medford Rotary club at Hotel Medford. The en tertainment was under direction of Ward Hammond, club pro gram chairman. Rotarians and guests gave a veritable ovation to Miss Alice S'ockton, violinist, who Is now In the valley presenting concerts for Camp White soldiers. A 17 year-old Tacoma, Washington, high school girl. Miss Stockton has achieved recognition from Fort Lewis soldiers who call her the "sweetheart" of that post, Miss Mildred Tummonds, bril liant concert accompanist and singer, was Miss Stockton's ac companist, Major Jaeger's address dealt with traditions and legends o( the Christmas season. It was Martin Luther who first Intro duced the Christmas tree into the home. Chaplain Jaeger said, and Prince Albert, In turn, brought the custom of using a decorated and lighted tree at Yuletide to England in 1841. The custom spread to America soon after. Thus, for more than a cen tury, the tree has been the sym bol of eternal life in the observ ance of Christmas in English speaking countries. Candles have been used since many thousands of years before Christ in the ceremonies of Pagan festivals, the speaker (aid. Later this custom was ab sorbed into the Christian yule tide festival in the days of the Roman empire. How mistletoe was first used by the Druids. and later became symbolical of the everlasting life of Christ In Christmas observances was also told. The traditional Christmas mince pie Is likewise symbolical of the spices borne by the wise men to Bethlehem when the Christ child was born. ' Other Interesting legends of the yule log, the holly wreath and the eating of apples and cherries at Christmas time were recalled by Major Jaeger. Christmas iss, he said, symboli cal of American ideals in this great conflict IRE 'TEEN AGES Young male citizens born be tween November 1, 1924, and December 31, 1924, are being registered at the selectee serv ice office in the city hall through tomorrow for service in the U. 8. armed forces. After Decem ber 31 young men will register as they become 18 years of age. Registrations of 18-year olds has been conducted throughout the nation recently and local returns indicate a few number of young men having reached that age during the past few months. However, registration of this age bracket continues af ter December 31 and may be done at the selective service of fice on the top floor of the city hall. W. H. Puntenney, aide-decamp to MaJ. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt, commander of the 91st Infantry Division, and J. P. Whitehead, commander of head- YICK SO CHINESE HERB CO. Jackson Co. Bank BIdg. J. H. Leong, Herbalist RHEUMATISM Kidney, Heart Stomaeh Ulcers. Sinus, Asthma, Ca tarrh, Piles. Prostate Olaad. Ecsema, and all disorders ei Liver and other complaints disappear after using. CHINESE HERBS GERHARDT'S AIDE BECOMES CAPTAIN quarters company, 01st Division received promotions to the rank of captain the day before Christ mas. A few days before, Lt Jack C. Wachtel, special service officer of the 81st, also was promoted to captain. He recently succeed ed Capt. W. L. Blanchard, who was transferred to the 361st In fantry Battalion. Wa!ch Night Service With Five Spetkert At Nazarene Church A watch night service has been arranged at the Medford Church of the Nazarene, Holly at First, Thursday from 7:30 to 10 p. m. The program will con sist of music, speaking, prayer and special musical contribu tions. In accordance with the re quest of the President of the United States calling the nation to prayer, this program is large ly in response. Five speakers will participate In the evening's program, in cluding Rev. T. O. Satterfield, Rev. N. P. Knlgge, Rev. C. Ed win Cox, Ad). Chas K. Cox, and Rev. Louis C. Kirby. Each of these ministers will speak about 1 mlnntM The series will be IntersDcrsed with music, praise and prayer. The public is corcuaiiy inviiea to attend. ' ' All streams of the county were running high, some of them bank full today as the re sult of recent rains and melting mow, according to Watermaster Clinton Smith. He stated the earth had all the water it could hold, and the recent precipita tion was running off. Rogue river was reported high and rag ing, but not at a flood stage. Country residents reported the hills were oozing water, assuring replenishment of springs. Otto Jeldness, who has a cabin on Rogue river, reports the stream three weeks ago was the highest In 30 years. A number of slides have oc curred on rural roads In the hill sections, and road crews have been busy clearing them away. coffeTstipis void after jan. 3 Coffee purchasers who have not used ration stamp No. 27, good for one pound, must do so before midnight, Sunday, Janu ary 3, they were reminded to day by the state Office of Price Administration. ' Stamp No. 28 In ration book No. 1 (sugar book), will be good for the purchase of one pound of coffee from January 4 to Feb ruary 7. Local rationing boards are now ready to receive applications for sugar from Industrial users, the state OPA announced today. The first allotment period in 1943 covers January and February. Those dealers who do not ap ply for allotments before Janu ary 5 will be penalized for each day's delay after that date. VENEREALD1SEASE Oregon had 64 newly-discovered cases of venereal disease re ported for the first time during the week cidlng Dec. 26, accord ing to a report issued by Freder ick D. Strieker, M. D., state health officer and collaborating epidemiologist U. S. Public Health Service. Thirty-two were syphilis and 32 gonorrhea. Multnomah led all counties In reported syphilis cases, with 13. while Jackson county's 13 re ported gonorrhea cases for the week was high for that disease. Marlon and Clackamas counties each had four nmriMi m-m syphilis cases Jackson county uira. uemon county reported 10 new gonorrhea cases, Mult nomah seven. hour nr MPniTinnw I ' , rLANNtU AT PHOENIX Phoenix, Dec. 30 TSdI.) , A New Year's day hour of prayer and meditation will be held at the Phoenix Presbyterian church Jan. 1, at 10.30 a. m., according i to the Rev. L. H. Mitchelmore. pastor. Members and friends of ' the community are Joining In ' IhUI mmrvlr-m mm ' - J I , - . i. . cu uj II 1C president in his Thanksgiving piuviamaiion. siii are urged to attend and take part It Is planned to close the observance at approximately 11:03. Closing Mm (or Claviiitd ads t "1. Too tat to Claatltj ia so p. m. SELECTEE GROUP FROM BOARD NO. 1 NOW AT FT. LEWIS A group of men left the first of the week for service in the U. S. army and are stationed at present at Fort Lewis, Wash. The list announced today by selective service board No. 1 of Medford included: Frank Joseph Hayner, James Walter Jones, Edward Whitney Inman, James Tomas Perdue, Robert Henry Archer, Lansing Edgar Ratelle, Alonzo Everett Alexander, John Lag Hubler, Ed gar Allen Edwards, George Douglass Beer, Lewis Albert Rose, Charles Thelbert Ford, Floyd Mitchell Leith, Harold Ar thur Fry. Jr. Also Herbert Henry Guenther, Doyle Edwin Stockton, Emmett William Woods, Christopher Co lumbus Allen, Eugene Edward Sauers, James Jefferson Peters. Jack Viquers Groves, Donald Elge Payne, Nile Willard Chris- teson, Lloyd Dean Calkins, Nor- bert Leroy Sieg, Buford Lee Freeman, Donald Woodrow At kinson, David W. Chase, Gussie Willie Rose, Theodore Charles Heyl. TO BE CURTAILED Washington, Dec. 30 (U.FD Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes today prohibited use of credit cards at gasoline stations after Jan. 1, except where only one retail outlet is involved. It was provided, however, that credit cards already issued to motor vehicles with "T" ration stickers or operated by govern mental agencies can be honored until Feb. 1. The move was made to enable marketers to reduce costs of bookkeeping and personnel. An oil company official here Interpreted the foregoing dis patch as meaning that after Jan. 1 credit cards could not be used in so-called "chain" stations operated by companies, but that privately-owned stations would be able to issue some sort of a credit card to enable customers to obtain gasoline on credit. Local oilmen said they had not yet received instructions from their head offices concern ing the coming ban on the use of credit cards. IS FINED, JAILED William E. Baker, charged with disnrrierlv ennHiirt wna sentenced to serve seven days in the county Jail and fined $5 ana costs, by Justice of the Peace William R. fnlpmnn ve. terday. Baker, who lives be tween uom riui ana Kogue was accused of fighting, using Drofane lanffiiaire and hoim, In toxicated in public. David W. Bradley, Talent was fined $10 and costs for exceed ing the combined PUC weight on a truck; Donnell G. Lilly was assessed $10 and costs for no PUC declared weight; Marshall L. Gumm, Central Point, $2.50 and costs for no clearance lights on a truck, and James V. John son, Jr., Ashland, was fined $1.30 and costs for no tail lights. PLAN NO INQUEST IN WOOLEY FIRE DEATH There will be no Inquest into the death of RavmnnH Stanford Wooley, 25, of Eagle Point who perisnea Christmas da In a fire that H. .tmvwl h MMn a friend, Vern Shlmfessel, the district attorney's office an nounced today. Wooley was alone In the cabin at the time of the fire, while his father and Mr. and Mrs. Shlm fessel were away purchasing groceries for a Christmas dinner. During their absence, the fire occurred, and when they return ed the cabin was a mass of flames. Wooley was last seen alive while standing on the porch as the others left 1 ft3' tr.- , Sabotage asd Unrest la Risiag Tide Uader Heavy Heel Of Axis New York. Dec. 30 U.B German and Italian occupation authorities, fighting a rising tide of sabotage and unrest, are tak ing drastic steps in an effort to suppress revolt behind thsir lines, the united Nations infor mation office reported today. Reports reaching allied gov ernments in exile from the un derground movements in occu pied Europe tell of hundreds of executions, many without even the Nazi version of a trial, the office said. One of those executed was a well-known leader of the Czecho slovak Independence movement ee-year-old Jan Sykora, a col laborator of Tomas Massaryk. Sykora and 1S6 other persons were executed for anti-German activities during November. The office said that during December, 24 persons were killed or sentenced to death in Belgium, eight in France, nine in Poland and 31 in Yugoslavia. But despite these measures. resistance continues, the reports said. HEX SLAYERS DIE Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 30 (U B North Carolina today prepared to execute a man and his wife on New Year's day. Execution will be in the gas chamber. Daniel and Rosanna Lighter Phillips of Gastonia, are the pair, and almost on the eve of death each declared faith in the witchcraft of Africa and ex pressed faith that Voodooism would save them. They were accused of the axe murder of Harry F. Wat kins, 64, a wealthy landlord of Durham county. HORSEPOWER FOR VICTORY Featured by old-fashioned dancing to the music of an ac cordion band, a "holiday fiesta was enjoyed last Sunday eve ning at the Outpost. Soldiers and hostesses revived the schottlsche, Virginia reel 'and other old dances and after a gay evening had refreshments at the "chuck- wagon." Music was furnished by Mrs. Eve Prentice's accordion band. A group of service men who regularly make the Outpost their recreation headquarters have practically taken over the "chuck-wagon," hostesses state. The boys, many of whom are ex cellent cooks, like to fix up their own hamburgers and such and shop with great care to find Just what they want After using the canteen they are very careful to make it neat as the proverbial pin, even taking the trouble to put fresh paper on the shelves before leaving to return to camp. VICTORY TAX DATE Washington, Dec. 30 U.R) The treasury announced today that victory tax deductions will be made from the first wages or salary paid to an employe after Dec 31 regardless of when the pay was earned. No tax will be deducted from payments made up to midnight Dec. 31, it was said. The treasury's ruling, it was explained, is based upon "income The first American-made Diesel engine was built to create more and better power for the brewing of Budweiser. Adolphus Busch, founder of Anheuser-Busch, acquired the first rights to manufacture this revolutionary engine in America and thus started our great Diesel Industry on its way. ; - He 'also founded Busch-Sulzer Bros. -Diesel Engine Company which made subma rine engines In World War I, and today holds the Navy E Award for excellence in the production of Navy ordnance and Diesel engines essential to the war effort. Year after year, we have striven with research and resources to better the methods and facilities for brewing Budweiser. To do this, a laboratory specializing in ferment ology and nutrition was necessary. Discoveries made in the laboratory and in the plant have led to the development of products contributing to human necessity and progress. Some of these products would appear to have only a remote relationship to brewing, yet, they are the result of scientific research into many allied fields. Endless research In making the world's leading beer has led to other products VITAMINS, B COMPLEX Our plant la one of the largest sourcea for manufacturers of phar maceutical and food products. VITAMIN D Anheuser-Busch produces) enough of the basic material for Vitamin D to supply the entire American market. BAKER'S YEAST-Ve are one of America's big gest suppliers of standard and enriched yeasts and mail syrup used to make bread. STARCH for food, textile, paper and other In dustries millions of pounds annually. IB received" after Dee. 31 and not merely "income earned." This means that a week's pay check actually received by an employe on Jan. 2, for instance, would bear a deduction of five per cent of its amount over $12, despite the fact that the check may nave been In payment for services performed for a week ending Dec 31. On the other hand, if a pay check covering a week ending Dec. 31 was actual ly paid to an employe on Dee. 31, no victory tax deduction would be made. EXPAND WEDGES IN BUNA BEACH HEAD Gen. MacArthur'f Headquart ers, Australia, Dec. 30. OJ.R) Two expanding Allied wedges in the Japanese beach head near Buna threatened today to isolate forces still holding out near the western end of the main Japan ese air strip. An enemy strong point con taining 13 bunkers was reduced yesterday, an Allied communi que said. This was in a triangu lar area southeast of the Buna mission which had been by passed in the early stages of the beach head fighting. In east New Guinea, where the Japanese less than six months ago had a free hand and were planning a - thrust still nearer to Australia, the enemy had left today a strip of Jungle and swamp . one . and three eighths miles long and only 1, 300 yards wide at its widest QUISLINGITE KILLED Stockholm, Dec. 30. (U.PJ Jonas Lee, police minister In the Quisling government of Norway, has been killed by the Russians on the eastern front or else has been "liquidated" by the Nazis for conspiracy, the newspaper Aftonbladet reported today. Cm Mill TnbUM Want Ads. ua dl w e s e w Weight is what Staff Bergt James Reynolds, above, wants most He was a crew member of the Captain Eddie Rtckenbacker plane which crashed recently in the South Pa cific. Reynolds lost 40 pounds of weight between the time of the crash and his rescue from a Pacific Island and is now at Hamilton Field, Cai, bass hospital resting up for return to active duty. TO WPB PLANNERS Washington, Dec. 30. (U.F9 War Production Board Chair man Donald M. Nelson today announced the appointment of M. H. Hedges, research director of the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers, to the,WPB planning committee. CORN SYRUP many millions of pounds annu ally for America's candy Industry. SYRUPS for food, table and confectionery uses and special syrups for medicinal purposes. VITAMINS FOR LIVESTOCK We are America's biggest supplier of yeast vitamins used to fortify animal feeds. REFRIGERATING EQUIPMENT for retailers of frosen foods and ice cream the country over. This division is now working all-out on glider wing and fuselage assemblies for our Armed Forces. MAI ONE OF Columbia, S. C, Dec 30 (UA The Columbia army air base today announced the names of seven crew members of a bomb er which has been missing since Saturday night when it left Barksdale Field, La., for its home base at Walterboro, S. C Missing are: Capt. Fred M. Hampton, pilot, of Sheffield, Ala. 2nd Lieut. Henry M. Barlow, Gainesville, Tex. - 2nd Lieut Thomas A. Johns ton, Klamath Falls, Ore. 2nd Lieut. Henry R. Perchall, Chicago. Tech. Sgt. Robert P. Miltshlre, Mine Run, Va. Tech. Sgt. Edwin 3. Mathews, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sgt Murray E. Scott, Bern Is, Tenn. An eighth man got on the bomber at Barksdale Field but his name was not disclosed. - H. Deering, resides in Medford at 1130 Niantic street Mrs. Deering states that her brother had been in the service about a vear. He was a B-raHnntit nt n.. - gon State college. His parents, mr. ana am. a. i;. jonnston re side at Klamath Falls where Mr. Johnston Iff a nnorlntonHAn, the Weyerhauser Lumber com pany. Cse Mall Tribune Wast Ada. DONT GROWL ABOUT GAS RATIONING HU-POWEI. Adds Miles to Any Gasoline 35c Service Stations. Garages A N H E U J u I
