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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1943 PAGE THREE ( r i 0!l THE HOME FRONT Medford&Tribunb News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mail Tribune suggests you clip and mail thli newt roundup to a relative or iriend in service. Sat.. Daar.. Yesterday was the last day of 1942, and what a year it was (or Medford and Jackson coun ty. Many changes occurred and many things happened, chief of which, of course, was the con struction of huge Camp White on the Agate desert. With thousands of workmen jamming this area during the camp building period, followed by thousands of soldiers after its completion, business here and in the valley in general boomed spectacularly. In fact, the vol ume of business in Medford for 1942 shatters all previous yearly records. While a final check on the number of marriages and births in the county hasn't yet been made, new records were expect ed to be set in both cases. For example, 93 marriage licenses were issued In October, 90 in November and over 100 in De cember, far above the average. And, Community and Sacred Heart hospitals have been crowd ed all year with maternity cases. , Unofficial estimates place Medford's population at approxi- ( mately 16,000, some 4,000 more than we were credited with by the 1940 census. The rainfall has been terrific of late, and final figures of the weather bureau may reveal pre- cipltatlon the past year also set a new record. Rainfall in No vember, for instance, was 8.62 inches, highest for any month since records were started In 1911. Medford took one of the im pacts of war the announcement of coming of rationing of most all canned goods in its patrio tic stride. The rationing won't start for several weeks, but housewives aren't taking advan tage of the opportunity to hoard. Grocers report there has been no rush on the part of shoppers to stock up on items to be rationed. Although private building here in 1942 was considerably under that of 1941, due to re strictions on materials, one gi gantic project is in the blueprint stage and construction will start soon. It is a 125-unlt FHA pro ject, to be located on IS acres near the Jackson grade school The houses will be occupied by defense workers and army men with families. The old home town had a dis tinguished visitor the other day in the person of Henry K. Kaiser of Portland, whose shipbuilding activities are giving the axis- many headaches. Some of you fellows have probably been transported here and there on one of Kaiser's ships. Anyway, he was here for only a couple of hours, en route to California. Aa for s porta, basketball hasn't yet blossomed out In full bloom. Medford higrl is marking time for the district 4 schedule to start, but the other night I Grants Pass traveled to Jackson ville to clay the class B Red skins and you guessed it the J'Villers won, 21 to IT. Jack Swaryck scored 10 points for the winners. Two ice hockey games have been played since the last "home front" column. The 91st Division Artillery defeated the 78th Hos pital Clippers, 4 to I, and the USO Bombers downed the Artil lery, 6 to 4, as Mark Marquess, Ashland high athlete, scored five of the six goals for the Winners, Word has been received here that Lt Col. H. J. Harper, for mer commander of the Carberry CCC camp, is a Jap prisoner. Col. Harper had not been heard from since the fall of Corregidor. Bert Luman, who suffered perforated eardrums when Jap bombers attacked a supply train in Australia last July and sub sequently received his medical discharge from the army, after spending several weeks In hos pitals, is back home and reports that American troops in Austra lia "are healthy and happy but tired of eating mutton, and wish it were easier to get American cigarettes." Among other local boys visit ing their homes on furloughs are Ensign Robert (Bobby) Ettinger, recent graduate at Corpus Sgt. Lawrence Home After Aleutian and Nevada Duty Having completed a 19-month stretch of duty in the Aleutian Islands followed by an intensive gunnery course at Las Vegas, Nev., Sgt. Donald G. Lawrence la in Medford on furlough. Sgt. Lawrence is an aerial gunner in the army air corps. Young Law rence haa been in the army nearly three years, having en listed early in 1940. After a period in the regular army he transferred to the air corps and was sent to Alaska. Lawrence attended Medford high school and is well known in the city. While in school here he was a carrier for the Mail Tribune. While in the city on furlough Lawrence is staying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Donald Lawrence, 1017 W, Main street J 1 Brownsboro The Bakers of Fluhrer'c Bread Wish Each and Every One of You A VERY HAPPY AND VICTORIOUS NEW YEAR -IN '43 U Qixhm's Christi. Tex.: John Wall, Gun ner's mate, 3rd class, U. S. Navy; Sgt. Russell B. Graham, gunner with the 42nd bombing squad ron; and Sgt. Milton Pitts, a gun ner on a bomber attached to the 19th bombardment squadron, who has been stationed in Aus tralia. Recently commissioned second lieutenants in the army air forces, after successfully com pleting their three-month courses at the Air Forces Officer Candi date school at Miami Beach, Fla., were Robert A. Naumea and I Walter D. Woodcock. Dr. A. J. Loeff ler has been commissioned a lieutenant com mander in the U. S. navy and is to report to the Tongue Point naval air base Jan. 11. r. Ed win R. Dumo, with the U. S. army medical corps, has been transferred from Vancouver, Wash., to Fitzslmmons General hospital, Denver, Colo. Promoted to aviation machln ists' mate, third class, after graduating from Aviation Ma chinists' Mate school at Jackson ville, Fla., was Donald Barn- ham Grand of Ashland. George Robertson, former manager of the Rogue Valley Golf club, is now stationed at Williamsburg, Va., with the naval construction battalion. Cpl. Jerry Fitzgerald has left for officers' candidate school in Oklahoma. Pvt. Thomas Ginn, with the military police has been transferred from Ft. Riley, Kan., to Ft. Lewis, Wash. Cpl. Clyde Van Orthwick after being here 10 days, has returned to Camp Haan, Calif, Cpl. Paul Luy and Pvt. Bill F. Walker are both stationed at Camp Beale, Calif. A large group of men from Medford and Jackson county left the past week for Ft. Lewis. From Selective Service Board 1 were: Frank Joseph Hayner, James Walter Jones, Edward Whitney Inman, James Tomas Perdue, Robert Henry Archer, Lansing Edgar Ratelle, Alonzo Everett Alexander, John Lee Hubler, Ed gar Allen Edwards, George Douglass Beer, Lewis Albert Rose, Charles Thelbert Ford, Floyd Mitchell Leith, Harold Ar thur Frye, Jr. Also Herbert Henry Guenther, Doyle Edwin Stockton, Emmett William Woods, Christopher Co- Brownsboro, Jan. 1 (Spl) A Christmas program was present ed at the schoolhouse Dec. 23 by the school children with the help of others in the Browns boro and Little Butte communi ties. At the close Santa appeared and distributed gifts to the chil dren and candy, nuts and or' anges to all present. School will reopen January 4. Miss Lois Wright of Portland and Bill Wright, who is attend ing college at Corvallis, spent Christmas here with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wright and little son of Medford were also guests at dinner on Christ mas, day, at the Wright home. Dorothy Wright is recovering nicely after a week's illness. Mrs. W. M. Hansen was host ess to the Ladies' club at her home, Dec. 10. AH are glad to welcome Mrs. Wilhite as a new member and she will entertain the club January 14. Nora Mae Wilson of Medford and Cecil Coffin were Christ mas guests at the John Wilson home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prescott spent last week in Ashland with relatives. Rev. D. D. Randall was a vis itor at Sunday school last Sun day. By vote of the members it was decided to retain all old of ficers for another year, Mrs. Ro hur, superintendent; Mrs. Wil son, secretary; Mrs. Hansen treasurer; Mrs. Emerick, Bible class teacher, and Mrs. Esch, pri mary teacher. Mr. and Mrs. w. M. Hansen entertained with dinner Christ mas day for Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Han sen, Bruce Hansen, Mrs. L. J. Rohur and Louis Rohur. Mr. and Mrs. Woolfolk and little son and Mrs. Woolfolk's father, Chris Baler, spent Christ mas day In Medford, guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Taylor. BIO EVENING Boston, Jan. l.-(U.R) Nine teen couples attended the New Year's eve celebration at the Satire room of the Hotel Fens gate last night at $100 a pair. But the management passed out special favors a $100 war bond to each couple. And the 38 present purchased $21,500 more in bonds. Sgt. Donald G. Lawrence. aerial gunner, shown holding the machine gun from the bomb er of which ha is a crew mem ber. PROSPERS DESPITE Cutting on Rogue Heaviest In 15 National Years Conservation Enforced. DRYS STILL HOPE T( Washington, Jan. 1 U.R Congressional drys and the Anti- Saloon league still hope to cut off the soldiers' liquor supply. despite a government report earlier this week that the pres ent American army is the most sober and orderly in the world. The Office of War Information reported that "drinking does not constitute a serious problem" in the army. But Sen. W. Lee O'Danlel, D Tex., said today that he would introduce in the new congress a bill to establish prohibition zones around army camps. A spokesman for the Anti-Saloon league charged that the OWI report was unsupported by fact, and served notice that the league would continue to seek legislative action to curb drinking in military areas. The spokesman, who asked that his name be not used, said the report "is obviously a self serving declaration by the ad ministration . . . designed to head off any action by the peo ple's representatives who have been receiving thousands of let ters expressing concern over pre vailing conditions. O'Daniel said he had not read the OWI report. LONG GLIDER TRIP The lumber Industry as a whole enjoyed a good year In 1942 according to local lumber operators, although problems brought by the war made opera tion difficult in some phases. Cutting on the land of the Rogue River national forest was the highest In IS years. "Generally speaking, every one in the lumber industry en joyed a good year in 1942", stat ed B. L. Nutting, manager of the Medford corporation. "Increas ing governmental regulations have made operation difficult, probably more so far those deal ing in fir than the pine indus try." Freezing orders issued by the government, to conserve lumber, restricted the sale of the two top grades of fir to fed eral channels, and left only the three and four common for gen eral sale, Mr. Nutting said. Conservation Enforced The conservation orders also extended to priorities on capital equipment, making it difficult to obtain this, and maintenance and repair items are increasing ly hard to obtain. Mr. Nutting stated that the firm recently was notified of shipment of a diesel caterpillar tractor ordered almost two years ago and tha repair items ordered last July are yet undelivered. . Labor shortage Is another problem which the lumber men share with many other indus tries. Mr. Nutting stated that tha recent freezing order Issued by tha manpower commission as yet hasn't worked very satisfac torily and that locally the prob lem wasn't so much one of too few laborers aa lt is of absentee ism." Workers are receiving fine wagea and many fail to work full hours, he said. Weather Hinders A recent problem to worry local lumbermen is the weather. 'The recent weather is the vorst for logging and lumbering that we have encountered in many years," Mr. Nutting de clared. "Logging depends upon trucks and caterpillar tractors which simply cannot operate when the ground gets too wet and muddy." Local business was exception ally good last year due to the construction of Camp White, Mr. Nutting said, adding that his firm had furnished the camp with 10 million board feet of lumber. The firm is also cooper ating with the camp under a joint users lease for the com pany's railroad tracks. Mr. Nutting refused to predict what the coming year would bring for the lumber industry, but quoted from a recent edition of the West Coast Lumberman's Journal which stated that "this coming year will see about the same demand for lumber as last year." Whether production can be maintained is another ques tion, Mr. Nutting said. Heavy Cutting Figures from the office of the Rogue River national forest show that 25,238,000 board feet of tlmebr waa cut during 1942, mora than had been cut during any year for the past IS years. The timber was valued at $89,363. Timber sold during the year, to be cut at some future date, was 74.200,000 board feet, valued at $260,600. . It was explained by Karl L. Janouch, forest supervisor, that timber cutting on the forest Is dona under a carefully worked out plan for sustained yield which permits only tha cutting of mature trees. ALASKA GIVES WEALTH Washington, Jan. 1. (U.PJ . Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes announced today that pre liminary estimates by the Geo logical Survey indicate that tha yield of minerals from Alaskan mines in 1942 totaled $19,308.. 000. More than $17,000,000 was In gold, and the remainder in platinum, silver, lead, tung sten, mercury, chronium, cop per, tin and coal. MICHIGAN GOVERNOR Lansing, Mich., Jan. 1 (U.FO Harry F. Kelly became Michi gan's 55th governor today, tak ing the oath of office In a simple) and solemn inauguration cere mony. Kelly, republican secre tary of state for tha past four years, succeeds Murray D. Van Wagcner, a democrat FUR Restyling, Repairing, Cleaning, Glazing Frances Dallalre. Phone 22t Larry G!S!" SchadeW Say,! Your Favorite Jeweler Since 191$ We Wish You All A VICTORIOUS NEW YEAR The New Year will bring many changes In our daily live among the changes will be tha new system for rationing foods of almost ovary kind. These new system were designed for tha benefit of everyone so that all may share equally and mora important so that our fighting boy may bo fed wherever they may be. Food rationing is at hard on your grocer a it It on you, but it tt necessary and is designed for the benefit of ALL American to let u all retohro to bo American in 1943 and cheerfully thire tha food lupply. PEERLESS MARKET lumbus Allen, Eugene Edward Sauers, James Jefferson Peters, Jack Vlquers 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. Selective Service Board 2 sent Glen O. Watson, Dee O. Parker, Howard W. Payne. Walter H. O'Toole, William L. Peterson, David M. A. Barker, Chester Lind, Gerald J. Verschoor, Clar ence C. Campbell, Hugh Glass, Simon D. Johnson, Perry A. Polk, Harvey C. Maxson, John E. Jacobs, John R. Hamaker, David C. Betchel, Roy K. Byrd, Donald R. Shough, Clyde L. Ash craft, George Slade, Donald M. Case, Harold K. Parker, Charles V. Boatwright, William E. Acord, Harry L. Oliver and Jesse L. Groves. Cm Mall Tribune Want Ads. Denver, Jan. 1 U.R) Four Denver- aviation experts will leave Monday for Joliet, 111., to tow two large gliders back to Denver "tandem" for the Den ver university glider school. John T. Lynch, director of the university glider school, said the taw would be one of the longest civilian tows of sailplanes on record, and one of the first in which two gliders form, the tow The gliders will be towed In a "V" behind the plane and at tached to lt by cables about 300 feet long. The trip will be made in stages to permit a check on performance of the gliders. The 44-foot wide gliders orig inally were to have been deliv ered by rail. Plans were chang ed to permit a test of the sail planes under cross-country con ditions, and also to free a freight car for war use. . American Indiana have sent more than 11,000 men to war, out of a population of about 400,000, creating a manpower shortage on reservations. Webb & Carlon Wallpaper t Paint And Store 1943 mm Victor and C. M. Medcalf Contractor With To Thank All Our Patron For Tholr Patt Trado and With Them All A Very HAPPY t PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. Well Bilticti Mult lir HEAITI ids VICTORY! ANDERSON'S THRIFT MARKET REMEMBER THE TWO-FRONT STORE Where You Can Do All Your Food Shopping In Just One Convenient Stop Jutt 7 Block From Main Street 710 South Riverside Between Riverside & Central PRICES FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY LIXSOAP 3 bar. 20c COMPLSXION AND BATH LUXflakes CUTS DOWN STOCKINO RUNS AVIS ILASTICITV LIFEBUOY roas-oC nortcrt hialth . Matches Largo cartons.. Lrg. Pkg. 23c 3 bars 20c 23c Albers Oats 1? . 39c Quick or regular. Albors Flapjack Flour S:...... 21c Staley' Mapla Flavor Waffle Syrup 5A.49c Purex Tho perfect 40 bleach Vi gal. IOC IN OUR PRODUCE DEPT. 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