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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1943)
5 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 194S PAGE SEVEN LUMBER'S ROLE IN WAR EFFORT TOLD C-C HEADS The role of the lumber indus try in the war effort was dis cussed briefly yesterday by Col. W. B. Greeley, Seattle, secretary and manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, at a meeting of the board of directors of the Jackson county Chamber of Commerce. Speaking of the industry locally, the official said that the Douglas fir Industry is moving southward due to the fact that cutting In Washington has been heavier in the pest than in this state. Col. Greeley is here inspecting mills and conferring with lum bermen. Also speaking at the meeting were John Moffat, who reported on a post-war planning confer ence held recently in Portland and H. S. Deuel, who reported i on a recent conference of the Northwest Aviation Planning council, held at Wenatchee. Wash. Toni Wray, president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided at the meeting. News Behind The News by Paul Mallon (Continued (torn tt On) that the Russians are cutting the Germans to pieces and those who hold that view expect an early conclusion. But the lack of prisoners may be due to the tact that the Nazis have not been trapped in large quantities of late, and have not been able to establish any forward move ment of their own which would enable them to take Russians. Neither side has signed the Geneva convention on the treat ment of prisoners, and thus neither has given any guarantee that the regular procedure of incarcerating them will be fol lowed in preference to the mer ciless method of showing no quarter. "PHE Germans have complained barbarianism and savagery" and this has led some interpreters to believe the Nazis might well prefer to welcome the British and American armies into Ber lin before the Russians. But it is also true that Nazi methods are closer to the Russian meth ods than to those of the democ racies, and their customary game is to play enemies against each other. In the end, of course, wisdom should cause them to seek peace with us first, for the protection of their people. But they know we have an understanding with Russia which promises that none of the Allies will make a sepa rate peace. -' HPHE theory of an early col- lapse on the Russian front has even spread . in congress where a high military official testified that the Germans "are retiring more or less behind the Dnieper line," What he appar ently had in mind was the break on the Melitopol railroad front which would threaten the Crimea. An obstacle to the Russian advance is the rainy season now starting. A slushy period, difficult for full-scale action, will precede the freeze. No symptoms of utter demor alizatlon have been apparent in Nazi retreat. A very strong action was fought by the Ger mans in retiring from Kharkov toward the Dnieper, even at Kiev. In the north around Smo lensk, they have teen holding strong. COME of our people have been " Impressed by the extreme youth of the Nazis captured in Italy and Sicily, accepting that as an indication that Hitler is dipping into his last store of manpower. True, the prisoners have been youths, hut no official authority here is counting on Germany collapsing this winter. either on the Russian front or in western Europe, although they will be glad to 'hear any convincing evidence or news to that effect. First Class Petty Officer Lester Wilson arrived here Thursday to spend 10-day leave with his wife prior to em barking with his unit for over seas duty. He is a storekeeper in the U. S. naval construction battalion, having received his "boot" and advanced training at Camp Peary, Va., the past six months. "I wouldn't have missed the training for anything," he said, "but it's certainly good to be back in the Rogue river valley for even a short time. "What I missed most was the fishing. They really don't know what fishing is in Virginia. And, while I'm here, I'm cer tainly going to catch up on mine." Wilson formerly coached ath letics at Prospect high school and later was principal at Gas ton. Prior to enlisting in the Seabees he was employed by the state highway engineers supervising construction of the road to Camp White. He left here for Camp Peary with Bernie Hughes, former Medford high and professional football star. Hughes is now teaching Judo at Camp Parks,' Calif., having been transferred from Camp 'Peary. BOARD NO. 1 LISTS Paul Daniel Turner, Vernon Robert Wilson, Carrol Allen Poe, Ruben Ray Strong, Joseph William Wallen, Don Elwin Chandler, and Arthur Eugene Muse, . Former Talent Man Wins Decoration As Pilot of Fortress F GOLD HILL DIES Ray Edward Gaunyaw passed away last night at the home of his sister, Mrs. George W. Lance, in Gold Hill. Mr. Gaunyaw was born In Everett, Wash., May 10, 1882, and has spent most of his life in southern Oregon. Besides his sister, Mrs. Lance, he is survived by a niece, Mrs. E. D. Woody, of Coronation, Canada. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. at the Perl Funeral home. The Rev. D. E. Millard will officiate and inter ment will follow in the family plot at Medford I.O.O.F. cemetery. Funeral Services Names of men sent to Port land September 16 and accepted for service in the armed forces were released today by Selective Service Board No. 1.- The list includes: Army: Roger Evan Wester field, Karl Elmer Johnson, Har mon Runyab Peters, Charles Vayne, Percy Solomon Peterson, and Reese MacKenzle Alexan der. Navy: George Isaac Hall, Funeral services for Lydia Helena Clute, who passed, away Wednesday evening at the fam ily home in Applegate district, will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the L. B. Hall funeral home in Grants Pass. The Rev. Lamb kin of the Oregon Christian Center will officiate and inter ment will be made in Missouri Flat cemetery. Services for Rosemarie Auer, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Peter Auer of the Antelope dis trict, will be held in the Conger chapel Saturday at 3:30 p. m, with the Rev. Harry Hansen of ficiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. She was born in Ashland, June 28, 1941. Besides her par ents she leaves a grandmother, Mrs. Eva Gehrig, Switzerland, to mourn her passing. FREIGHT INCREASE Washington, Sept. 24i-(U.PJ Loading of revenue freight on the nation's railroads for the week ended September 18 amounted to 902,786 cars, an in crease of 68,095 cars from the previous holiday week, the- As sociation of American Railroads reported today. Lt. Henry W. Evans, who with his parents, Prof, and Mrs. E. E. Evans, formerly resided in Talent, has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster as the result of an encounter between the Flying Fortress which he piloted and 18 Japanese Zero planes. The following account of the in cident was published In a Sac ramento newspaper, being dated September 13 from Allied Head quarters in the southwest Pacific. Xt Henry W. Evans of Feather Falls. Calif., has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster for his ability and courage in piloting a Flying Fortress home after it had been worked over by 16 Japanese Zero fighters. of which five were downed. "Evans was piloting his Fly- ins Fotress on reconnaissance in the vicinity of Finschafsn, New Guinea, last May when the 16 Zeros came out of a cloud cover directly in front of his plane. During the 35 minutes action in which the bomber was flown at verv low altitude to use cloud cover, the Zeros disabled the Fortress's lower turret guns, radio equipment, oxygen system, hydraulic system and one en gine; but the plane's gunners knocked down five Zeros and damaged several others. The Fortress returned to an emer gency landing field without further damage." Lt. Evans' parents now reside in Merrill, Ore. or. In place of these, an extra 33.000 barrels of fuel oil. The radical new departure In tanker construction features an extra deck of a scaffold type of installation of structural steel. The last two tankers delivered from the yard carried the new deck. A major advantage is supply ing remote ports, since a tanker can unload part or all of the oil and also as much of the dry cargo as needed. Clottni Ubw f - Oluuned ! a. m. Too Ut to CluUrj 1230 p. m. bo sure it's PURE CANE SUGAR tnstst on SUGAR i fCANIT) ay THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... Portland, Ore., Sept. 24 U.R A new step in tanker construc tion enables additional cargo of about half the weight of the ship to be carried on an extra deck, it was announced today by officials of the Kaiser Swan island yards. The huge tankers now can not only haul the usual oil cargo but an extra dry cargo of jeeps, ambulances, airplanes and tanks,' "Your tires are In good shape. Judge. ..ought to last you at least another 6,000 miles." "I've been very careful of them, Jim, since I learned how much the government needs rubber. Only drive when I have to... keep her under 35 an hour and have the tires switched around every 1,000 miles." "Me, too. Judge, Pretty tough spot we were put in gettin' our supply of rubber cut off just when we needed it most But, we'll be gettin' plenty of svnthetic rubber real soon. Say, Is it true, Judge, that the beverage distilling industry has a part in producing it?" "Yes, a very important part, Jim. That industry's facilities for producing grain al cohol make it possible to Include 200,000 tons of rubber from grain in the government's 870,000-ton synthetic rubber program. Pretty important contribution to our war effort, isn't it Jim?" " It certainly is, Judge. Wonder how many . people really realize it?". f..i-u. w,,)M..l.,-'..-.,-.) fcn a i '-; Z 1 . ' KZ m,Wrj.M,?nrn,,l,H,,u. m,. ..,... ... -I ... 'J... ; ' . ..; ' 4 W fa- . Mf .e,s ' " ...... ... IT'S A' ROUGH JU3D ROCKY ROfiB TO RERLIR OTE IT U1TH ( M ihvasiou mnnnr? m WAR LOAN Must Go Over the Top by Sept. 30th! GEORGE A. HUNT THEATRES, INC. CRATERIAN O RIALTO O HOLLY O ROXY ?Tj J,
