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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1943)
1 I- 1 Si 5 I If! Is I I ; : I I i 'it i t r : J: f PAGE EIGHT FROM 0 C FUNDS Jackson 2nd With $169,052 Among Recipients; Doug las 1st With $253,709, Timber cutting on a u stained yield bull on the 2.500 000 acres of O. It C. railroad grant lands in eighteen western Ore gon counties during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, not only supplied 413 million board feet of lumber for war and in dustrial purposes, but also re sulted' in payments of nearly (1,000,000 in cash to the general fund of the counties In which the land ia situated, according to Jt. K. PetPrson, acting dis trict forester In charge of the southern Oregon area. Peterson reports Jackson county, with an aggregate credit of 16,052 S3, ranked second among the recipi ents of O It C. funds. Douglas county was first with $233 709.88; lane county third, and Josephine county fourth. Receipts Pooled The gross receipts of the O. It C administration are pooled, and then 80 per cent Is divided among the counties according to the proDortion of the total val uation of O. It C. lands that ex isted in each county in 1916 the year the lands revested to the denartment of the interior from the Oregon and California (now Southern Pacific) Railroad For the past five years the O It C. has been making an addi tional payment of 28 per cent for back taxes accrued prior to 1937. The 1943 payments have liquidated this obligation. Hence forth, 28 per cent will accrue to the federal treasury. The remain ing 28 per cent is available for administration of the O. It C. lands, Including protection from fire which is contracted to the state of Oregon forestry depart ment' Forming one of the nation's largest testing grounds for sci entific forest management, tlm ber cutting as required by con gressional mandate, is conducted on n sustained yield basis which stipulates that no more timber shall be cut each year than can be replaced by natural growth. Cutting is conducted' in such a manner that recreational values are protected, timber growth Is acielerated and natural refor estation is obtained. The office of the Big Pines Lumber company, 32 West Sixth street, was entered some time Sunday night by a burglar who tola number of one, two and . three-cent stamps and box con taining stamp pennies, Henry A. ThleroU reported to city po , lice Sunday morning. Entrance was effected by pry lng off a board of the lumber shed at the northeast corner of the building and breaking the glass out of the office door, po lice stated. The burglar com pletely ransacked desks and drawers in the office, but noth ing elsa was discovered missing. Cloalnit tlm for Sunday Too Late to Claaatty, 6:80 Saturday afternoon ' f rememoer. mm AUtHwy experts warn that the greater our victories plight of the chances BY AUTO CASES Auto violation cases as the result of a recent check-up by the stata police were heard in Justice court over the week end as fololws: Edward R Frohrelch, Rt. 2, no registration card, $1 and $4.80 costs: Clyde M. Martin, Rt. 1. no operator's license, 11.80 and costs; Norman F Williams, Tal ent, inadeauate brakes, $180 and costs; Henry R. Weir, Rt. 4. two charges, no PUC declared weight receipt, $1.80 and costs, no weight reaeipt, $10 and costs; Leslie J. Kauffman. Gold Hill no vehicle license and no driv ing license, $1.80 and costs, each count: Harry N. Young. Medford, permitting an unli censed person to drive an auto, $1 and costs; James H. Thomp son, Rogue River, no operator's license, gl.Sn and costs, and Har ry M. Smith, Eagle Point, no operator's license, $1.80 and costs. D.A.V. OUTLINES VETERAN NEEDS New York, Sept. 20. (UP) The Disabled American Veter ans, closing Its 22nd national convention today, adopted a six point program for the care of disabled veterans of the present war. The resolution, "based upon our experience following World War I," urged the government to: Take care of the disabled first: abolish red tape and administer veterans' benefits under a single government agency; expand hos pital facilities; preserve voca tional training during disability; provide employment for disabled veterans at prevailing wages; provide adequate compensation geared to cost of living. The convention chose Denver, Colo., for the next convention, to be held Sept 1 to 10, 1944. BERT HANEY RITES Portland. Ore., Sept. 20 flJ.R) Funeral arrangements were be ing made today for Federal Judge Bert Emory Haney of the ninth circuit court of appeals at San Francisco, who died at his home here Saturday, Judge Haney, 64, had served on the U. S. shipping board had been U S district attorney for Oregon and had served on the port of Portland commission. He was aorointed to the circuit court in 1938. He attended Willamette uni versity and graduated from University of Oregon School of Law in 1903. He was born at Lafayette, Yamhill county, Oregon, on April 16. 1879. His father. John Haney, served In the U. S. cav airy under Gen. George A. Custer. MURDERER PAYS Canon City, Colo., Sept. 20 (U.R) John Sullivan, who was convicted of the murder more than a year ago of Mrs. Carrie Culbertson at Manltou Springs, Colo., was executed early today in the Colorado state peniten tiary's lethal gas chamber. The 50-year-old Sullivan went to his death without emotion. As YOUR BLOCK would look offer and the mere desperate our enemies, the areolar of VWoV ottocti upon' lng fionti MEDFORD. MAIL' EX-I MEET BY CHANCE Fl A recent letter received by local friends from Arthur Scho enl, former Medford newspaper man, describes a chance meet ing between his sister, Grace Schoeni, and a former Medford boy. Harold GeBauer, both of whom are now in the South Seas. Miss Schoeni, now serving as a Red Cross recreation director, was studying dramatics in Rus sia when the present war start ed. A former Medford girl, she graduated from the local high school ond Is a niece of Mrs. Lucy Lyman of this city. GeBauer was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Max GeBauer, who lived here for several years. Mrs. GeBauer is now living in California. He is also a brother of Mrs. Kenneth Parrett, former ly of Mc-ilford GeBauer was ac tive In dramatics and publica tions when he attended high school here. Miss Schoent told her brother that GeBauer is now working at a Red Cross radio station, and is in a play which she Is directing for entertain ment of troops In the area. Arthur Schoeni was journal ism teacher at the Medford high school at one time and was man ager of the United Press bureau at Olympla, Wash., before en tering the navy. He Is now a lieutenant (jg) In the navy, and Is working on the "Naval Avia tlon News," his duties entailing trips between Washington, Chi cago and New York. STOLE HIS MONEY Lee Jackson, a cook employed at the Fourth Wheel, accused an unidentified sailor of steal ing $310 from him after he took him to his room to sleep early Sunday morning. Jackson reported to city po lice that he and the sailor went to the room about 2 a. m. Jack son told police he took a shower and lay down on the bed and went to sleep, while the sailor was still sitting in a chair. Shorty before 8 a. m., be told police, he awakened to discover that his billfold, containing $280 in currency and a First National bank bag containing $60 In cash, were missing, along with the sailor. Police said Jackson described the sailor as being five feet eight Inches tall, weighing 145 pounds and having coal black hair. He was supposed to be a radioman, second cass,. Jackson reported to police. B0TT0LFSEN URGED TO SAVE RECALL EXPENSE Boise, Ida.. Sept. 20 (U.B Recall petitions for Gov. C. A. Bottolfsen today were held In a vault at Nampa and will be routed through county clerks offices later, Harold Howell. secretary of the Idaho Independ ent Voters league, revealed. Howell said the petitions, hold ing 18,000 signatures, will be held and Bottolfsen urged to re sign to save the state the cost of an election. Bottolfsen's recall is sought because he signed a bill repeal ing the Grant's act. The native home of the Hoi stein-Frlesian dairy cattle is in The Netherlands. ond prepared. Our boyi on the flghf. orenl quitting.. .nor can Botk the ortack..buy BONDS and MORI ONDS...rlgtoupelhemo. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, At Craterian Currently drawing praise at the Craterian is George Raft as he blasts his way through a smoke screen of intrigue laid down by the sinister Sydney Greenstreet and furtive Peter Loire In "Background to Dan ger," now playing three-day run. SOLDIER HELD IN Joe Ortega Mendoza, SO, Mexi can national here to help in the pear harvest, suffered a severe cut on his upper left arm and one on his neck Sunday after noon in a stabbing affray back of a South Riverside beer parlor, city police reported. Turned over to military police for Investigation in connection with the stabbing was Pvt. Woodrow Keaton, QMC, SCU, Camp White. Pvt. Keaton, city police said, had a blood-stained knife on his person when he was picked up later with the help of MP's. Mendoza was confined in Sacred Heart hospital with an arm-slash six Inches long and one inch deep. The cut on his neck, police said, would have severed his juglar vein had it been a little deeper. He was re ported resting easily today. Police had no other details of the stabbing but said both men had been drinking. The affair oc curred about 3:15. E CLOSES SEPT. 30 Termination of the national hosiery collection program has been announced by the salvage branch of the war production board. The campaign, carried on for the past several months to collect old nylon and silk hosi ery, will close Sept. 30. Though collections continue to be remarkably high, salvage headquarters advise that the ac tion is being taken because the proportion of silk and nylon be ing returned is on a declining scale, due largely to the fact that little or no hosiery of this type is being manufactured. , Mrs. W. Alex Kuehlthau, salv age chairman, urges women hav ing any old silk or nylon hosiery to turn it in at any of the Med ford department stores within the next few days. These stores have been serving as collection depots. Roderick Finney, executive secretary of the Oregon salvage committee, states that resoonse by the public in this salvage drive resulted in the amazing total of 2,300,307 pounds of silk and nylon hosiery being collect ed. Closing time for Sunday Too Lata to Olaaalfy. fi:S0 Saturday afternoon Pleaae remember. BOMBING I afess I 'Ml INTItrilll) ll laln ike I FIOOUCTION WAS ) (1MB BEER acm Mrwrtus OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1943K VOTERS LEAGUE TO AID FORMING FOREIGN POLICY Decision to assist in a nation wide program being mapped by the National League of Women Voters to promote education along the lines of foreign policy and international co-operation was made by the board of the Jackson County League at a meeting Saturday afternoon. The local campaign will start about the middle of October. "The purpose of the national campaign," states a national league officer, "is to organize an army of 50,000 recruits to talk to people, to make them aware that there Is no way out of wars, no hope of establishing peace and well being here In our country except by the es tablishment of a sound foreign policy and to help them realize that such a policy can be estab lished only when there is a great public demand for it. Wise Choice Needed "People must be educated to see the need of world coopera tion and to make a wise choice when the time for decision comes. We must not forget that the United States Is an empire with wide possessions, that the United States has always had alliances, and that the country is not economically self-sufficient To carry on the campaign the county league will be divided in to groups, made up of both members and non-members, and these women will be instructed and will each pass on this infor mation in ber daily contacts with friends and neighbors. Fifteen women attended the meeting Saturday which was held at the home of-the presi dent, Mrs. Leonard Carpenter, Veritas Orchards. LOCAL WOMAN'S Mrs. Audrey Nelson of 10 Laurel street recently received notice from the War Depart ment that her husband, First Lieutenant R. E. Nelson, was "missing in action, as of August 17." Lt. Nelson was serving as pilot of a B-17 bomber in the army air corps. A more recent letter from a friend of Nelson's, a pilot accom panying him on the mission when he was lost, states that when last seen, Lt. Nelson's engines were gone, but he was gliding down with his plane in perfect control "somewhere over Germany." Lt. Nelson has been In the service since January 16, 1942 and prior to that time lived in Gresham, Ore. Mrs. Nelson is employed at the Medford Cor poration. OKANOGAN PILOT ADOS FIVE ZEROS TO STRING Headquarters, South Pacific, Sept. 20 (U.R) MaJ. ' Gregory Boyington, 30, of Okanogan. Wash., marine fighter pilot, shot down five zeros in a single en gagement! to bring his total bag to 11 enemy planes, six of which he shot down while a member of Gen. Claire Chenault's Flying Tigers, lt was disclosed today, LORD KENMARE . Killarney Eire, Sept. 20 (U.R) Lord Kenmare, 82, newspaper executive and writer, died to day at his home. He was for merly Viscount Castlerosse. CARNIVAL OPENS SIX-DAY STAY IN Tl Medford'f first and only ear- nival of the season opens a six day engagement here starting tonight The show, sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, will exhibit on the grounds on south 99 highway at Central avenue where the circuses have been showing this year. Com mander Karl J. Knutaon of the D. A. V. states that the show is the largest on the Pacific coast and carries the latest in popular rides and of course for the more timid riders they have the Ferris wheel, the merry-go-round and in the thriller divi sion the sky ride, the giant loop the loop, the tut-a-whlrl, the dangler and for fun the Jitter buggy, and of course many kid die rides for the little ones. There are six fun shows and many concessions and the show The signal Hi Join the Thousands Who Now. Order Clean, Safe Oil With Every New Ration Stamp Number YOUR ENGINE WILL THANK YOU BY LASTING LONGER J.he calendar, not the speedometer, ia the aafe oil change guide these days regardless of how few ?A" coupons you've had to use. - ' ' Mileage is no gauge of the amount o( dust and abfasives your engine haa breathed in during the past two months. And these (ritty particles can turn oil into liquid sandpaper. Furthermore, shorter, slower trips mean cooler engine temperatures... per heps too cool to get complete fuel com bustion and vaporization of condensed water. So these droplets may be diluting your oil, even while the car stands idle in tho garage. So be tore I Order fresH, clean, aafe Golden Shell motor oil every two' months. Let each new number in your . "A" book be your reminder. BACK THE ATTACK WITH WAR BONOSI Put into War Bonds every dollar you don't actually need for living ex penses. Buy as hard as frVey fight. management claims the best lighted gayway ever to be pre sented In Medford. As a special added feature the world's highest high act, the Rockets, will perform nightly on a slender pole 125 feet in the air without the aid of nets or other safety devices. There will be ample free parking and the carnival grounds will be well policed by veterans and local law enforce CHICKEN AND STEAK DIIIIIERS -DAKCIIIG OPEN 5 P. H. to 2 (,11. Every Evening Except Tuesday . KYLE'S RESTAURANT On Pacific Highway at Central Point FOR RESERVATIONS Phone Central Point 472 for 111 I. COMPLETE LUBRI CATION of all moving porta with fresh Shell Lubricants, safety In spection of transmission and differential lubri cant levels. 3. COOLING STSTBM ' chbck Inspection of fan belt, hose connec tions, oil filter mileage and condition. 5. T1RB CHBCK for nails, glaaa, cuts, etc. Air preeanre correc tion, area dreeaed. All aupplementtngrcgnlar Inspections required by the Government. Vr - -eaeasaav a m -tw ment officers. The show will go direct from here to San Francisco where it ia scheduled for a long run. vm m i.:ofi COLDS THESE DAYS . So head off haad eoldV naaal miaarUa. Juat two dropa open up tboaa oold-closaad breath paaaasaa. Caution: Cat only as directed. Get Feaetre- Noae Drops. 3 MIMi "CARE FOR YOUR CAR FOR YOUR COUNTRY'! Shellubrlcation Is Protective Malrrhw nance that will help your car outlast the war. Start it now. It (ncludesi 2. BATTBRT CHECK Especially Important as reduced driving may allow battery strength to fall below normal. 4. SPARK PLUG CHBCK To eee if cleaning and adjusting are nec essary becanee dirty ploga can waste M of your gasoline. 6. ciAfrrNO wtndowa and interior of car, polishing of chrome, inspec tion of all lighta. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Incorptratt D 3 wAeree. We mutt keep ever alert msnt efuneondltlonal lurrendsr'l J IV i
