MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1943
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News From Jackson County for
Men in the Armed Services
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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
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Brownsboro
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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