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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
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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.
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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?".
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GEORGE A. HUNT
THEATRES, INC.
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