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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFOPD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, , 4, 1943 Wackiest Mishap s of 1942 Reviewed by Safety Council Chicago (Spl.) In the topsy turvy year of 1942 one bit of Americana remained unchanged. Unusual accident! kept on happening as usual. A roundup by the National Safety council of dizzy mishaps for the year reveals that war or no war, a lot of people found time to do amazing thingi In amazing wayi. For instance: Saleslady Bessie Swank oil Prospect Bridgeton, N. J., tried valiantly to fit a small girdle on a plump customer. She tugged so hard she was taken to the hospital with a severe back injury. The customer took the girdle. Eugene B. Crabbe of Denver has never been a circus trapeze Derformer. but he could be. Washing windows on the sev enth floor of the U. S. National Bank building, he started to fall as the buckle on his safety belt save way. Crabbe hurled him self backward with such force that he floated through the air with the greatest of ease, cleared 18-foot space and landed on his feet atop an adjacent four story building. He broke both legs, but considered himself lucky. In New Orleans a cat scratched Mrs. Jullen Hebert. She wrath- fully grabbed a revolver and pursued the cat She tripped over her small son and the gun went off, shooting the child In the knee. Horror stricken, Mrs. Hebert hurled the gun Into the back yard. It went off again, shot Mr. Hebert In the foot. The cat escaped. Joe Konecny of Great Bend, Kan., had stored his car In a garage at Little Rock, Ark., to - make an auto trip with a friend. As he and his friend were driv ing along near Mountain Home. Ark., their car collided head-on with another machine. Both cars were wrecked. When Ko necny crawled from the wreck age and looked at the other car, he saw that It was his own. It had been stolen from the Little Rock garage. Wallace D. Smith of Louis ville, Ky., was flying an airplane at a low altitude when he saw a girl he thought he knew. He waved at her. She waved back, Pleased but distracted. Pilot Smith flew his plane Into tree top, an electric light wire and another tree top, where he ended his trip. He shinnled down, hurried to the girl to assure her he wasn't hurt. She wasn't the girl he had thought he was, but a total stranger. Mrs. Columbo Fanucchl of Stockton, Cal., believes a bicycle rider should observe the same traffic rules as auto drivers. She obediently thrust out her hand to signal a left turn. It went through the window of a passing car, broke her arm. Out Plopped Mr. P. Consider the confusion of Nick Palio of Coraopolla, Pa., who tried to throw a clgaret out of his car and threw himself out instead. His elbow struck the door handle, the door swung open, and out plopped Mr. P. The war didn't keep odd acci dents from happening, but it did influence them. To wit: Private John Fein was shav ing Informally In the nude in his barracks at Williams Field. AH zona, when a fly attacked him irom the rear. Private Fein took a vicious swipe at the Intruder with his straight-edge razor. He killed the fly, and was able to resume shaving after hospital iienaanti naa applied an eight- men oanaage to his posterior, Tl IE HONOR PANOBOBH San Diego, Cal. (U.R) Clyde r-angoorn, lamed American pilot but now a senior captain In the R.A.F. ferry command, was chosen by the British Air Min istry to fly here one of England's latest and deadliest Lancaster planes, capable of carrying a 7.000-pound bomb load 3,000 miles. The plane will remain here to familiarize American en gineers and pilots with its characteristics. PROUD OF SIX SONS Kent, O, U.R Harry Snod grass. 52- year-old restaurant cook, is Kent's most patriotic parent. He has three mm in the armed services, another ready to enlist in the unrlna and two others with military iuiu wonting in war plants. Closing tin tor Claaairied arte a a. m. Too lilt to Claaelfy 12 to London, Jan. 4 (U.R) The Royal air force attacked the industrial Ruhr In western Ger many during the nlnht In the nrst Dig raid on the relch in 1043. The air ministry announced , that three planes were lost, In-1 meeting mat a moderately small I force, possibly not more than' ou or 70 planes participated. The attack on the Ruhr fol-1 lowed closely a devastating ro!H : by American heavy bombers on I the German submarine base at at. nazalre on the French west i coast, and Allied air njn. along a 400-mile channel stretch, j ui uayngni yesterday. i It was the fifth tlmo that American four-engine bombers naa Blasted St. Nazaire. Seven bombers were missing, a record loss for the great U. S. planes. In a raid on Romilly-Sur-Seine on December 20, six bombers - were snot aown. BIRTHS GOULD To Lieut and Mrs. Ralph, Med ford, January 3, a girl, five pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. COWART-To Sgt and Mrs. John, Rex hotel. Medford, Janu ary 3. a boy, seven pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WILLIAMS-To Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 943 V4 Murray street, Medford, January 3, a boy, six pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. I MEDLEY To Mr. and Mrs. ! ,'"'"r'. ' Point, January 'r1' Mvm Pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. SPAUR-Jto-. and Mrs Fred. Central Point. January 4. t&!3uuB' " S,cred Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 4 (U.R) Predicting still further in creases, the Pennsylvania News paper Publishers' association to day reported that 70 of the commonwealth's 133 dailv news. papers boosted their subscrip- j wuii mica in IU4Z DeCBUse of shrinking revenues and in. creased operating costs. neauced advertlaln i by rationing and restrictions on cunsumer goods, also was a fac tor in causing newspapers to in crease subscription rates," the siaiea, emphasizing that there were "nn lasting losses of circulation sustained by any of the papers." "Contributing to the Increased uperaung costs for the pub'.Mv ers," PNPA explained, "are mourning expenses of gathering "" over the world, high cable and telegraph rates increased taxes, higher payrolls and new expenses caused by rig Id restrictions having to do with ordinary business operations particularly the delivery of newspapers." ARE YOU? jf roo are one of the on fortunate ho ire both jred with Pol.on Oak oat s bottle ol M. A. today. It carries a money b ck guar ante so you can t lose OCT IT AT WESTERN THRIFT Prospect Jan. 4. (Spl.) Mrs. Mary E. Grieve was hos tess for a Christmas day dinner party at her home at the Pros pect hotel. Covers were Disced for Pvts. Lyle Peror.to. Richard Voos, John Tindiglia, Jack Hur nl and Walter Bisson; also Bert Nason, Mrs. Floyd Kelley, Mrs. Pittman, Mr. and Mrs. James Heston Grieve and children, Billy, Janet and Kern and the hostess, Mrs. Grieve. House guests at the George Jantzer home, Christmas week. included Mr. Jantzer s father. Frank Jantzer, Sr., of Central Point: Sgt Harry W. Reiden- reich, Jr., and Sgt. Robert Deg- 'enhart, both of St. Louis, Mo. In addition to the house guests, the Christmas dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vestal and daughter, Miss Kathleen of Reese Creek, and Mrs. Lewis Jantzer. Howard Wright arrived here from Earlham, la., December 22 and Is visiting his brother, Kel ley Wright, and sister, Mrs. Howard Waggener. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Svinth and three children and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morton motored to Tacoma, Wash., December 23 to spend the holiday season with relatives and friends. Miss Patricia Henry, local school Instructor, is spending the holidays with her parents in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lacy en tertained with a Christmas din ner party at their home In jant zer Village, Christmas day. r.nMl, Included Set. Ben Mont- enmerv of Laffaette. La.: Pvt. Jimmy Wright of Houston, Tex.: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hanna ford, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Rob ertson and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Wideman of Eagle Point; Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kendrick and Mrs. Phyllis Booth of Central Point, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Robert son and children, Anna Mae, Betty, Deibert, Dellene, Wanda, Gerald, Rosemary and Linda Lee. Mi Violet Coin, senior in Prospect high school, is spend in her vacation with her Dar- ents in Glendale, Ore. Ellis Leo Ivie, seaman, second class, of San Francisco, spent rw.mhr 21 here visiting with friends and relatives in the Her man camp. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clemens and daughter, Dorothy, had as Christmas dinner guests, Pvt. Harry Pointek of Chicago, 111.; Pvt. John D. Terrv of Baraboo. Wis., and Floyd Kelley. Mrs. Willard Huffman enter tained, with a luncheon and par tv TW.mhpr 22. honorinff her daughter Virginia's tenth birth day. Attending were the guest of honor, Virginia Huffman, Billy Grieve, Janet Grieve, Bil ly Sorenson. nova aorenson. Delores Hughes , Monty Kay Middlebusher and Patricia Schroeder. Green Meadows ranch was the scene of an enjoyable Christ mas party December 25. The nnmin urai anent in skiing at Union Creek. Mrs. Gus Dits- worth and Mrs. Horace Thomp son were hostesses for the din ner, served in the late after noon. Place cards were ar ranged for Lieut. Mansel Slaugh ter nf Raton Rouse. Ala.: Lieut. Milege Murphy of Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Thompson ana daughter. Miss Beth and Mr. onH Mn r.n Ditsworth and daughter, Miss Evelyn, and Jack Vaughn. MAY CANCEL SPORT WEEK New Orleans, Jan. 4 (U.R) With the ninth annual Sugar Bowl football game now history, there was talk today that the classic and its accompanying week of minor sports might be suspended for the duration. TAKES NEVADA HEIj, Carson City, Nev, Jan. 4-, PledeinaT himself tint 4-" a ..V. extraordinary powers bee of the war emergency andt continue Nevada's tradition -policy of conservatism, ET Carville, fifteenth governor J Mnuflifn rnrlnv tnnlr 41. .1 .. , . - vjain office for his second term. Women workers form It cent of all workers employed UNDERWEIGHT 'WBjp Try This Mg Straijta. Vitas 0 TtUt Rnr-D Yralt Tablets are mad by 7 cluum process which Irra.lal.a .,JJ (richest known source of Vitamin. Baal G) to add hlsh unit count of ViuunlaB. fleasant tatting, tiicipenalva. too Tahlrta S8e. Western Thrill, 0PA Sees Greater Difficulty in Meeting Shortage of! Rail Equipment. Washington, Jan. 4 (U.R) Converted freight cars may be used soon to transport troops be cause of the shortage of railroad equipment, Director Joseph B. Eastman of the office of defense transportation said today in an I interview. He cited that possibility as an example of how railroads have abandoned thinklng-as-usual to make peacetime equipment serve ' war needs. Hard Job Ahead Eastman predicted that the railroads by using ancient pull mans with coal burning heaters and ramshackle wooden cars I from New York City's abandon ed elevated lines would just bdoui - gei oy-in 1843. I "it's going to be a hard Job," he said. "But we'll make it if we all pull together." The railroad because of truck ing and shipping, started out in mis war with far less importance in the national transportation picture than the railroad of 1917 1918. But Eastman said the bur den of heavy losses from sub-' marine activity and the loss of the chief sources nl rtiKKr 1 nl.- .h. Tw" ..II win umjui u u r u n oi i transportation on the railroad. PKNNKY CO., INC. YOUR , tow HOUSt THE flowereo WnO that iflon. SU "Son o, v,oo.. ig SEWS. Y, Jff 'aBa mswehonl"? b "ond W qooMY. " hone "S'joord.nO . ch oud ?' 2 . -eusto'" ... 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