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MEDFORD MS1E TRD3UNE MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDST, SEPTEMBER 28, 194S. PAGE THREE HIGHWAY GROUP OF R. Koozer Re-Elected Presi dent of Association H. C. Wells, Vice-President. Admits Bigamy , A resolution urging the Ore gon State Highway commission and the Federal Roads adminis tration to draft plans at once for Improvement of sections of high way 99 in Oregon, notably be tween Grants Pass and Roseburg, lr the Cottage Gorve area and near Junction City, was passed at a meeting of the Oregon Pa cific Highway association held yesterday in Medford. The sec tion of 99 between Grants Pass and Roseburg was termed the worst bottleneck of the Pacific highway in Oregon. The commission and roads ad ministration were also requested In the resolution to prepare a program and schedule of con struction for the post-war period for the development of the en tire route of 99 from the Colum bia river to the California line. It was pointed out that "this highway not only serves import ant population centers over its entire length in Oregon, but that it is a through artery pick ing up traffic from many subsid iary roads and that the comple tion of the highway in Oregon as a whole is vital to the state and to the entire Pacific coast area and .the nation." Drafting the resolution were Guy Cordon, Roseburg; W. M. Tugman, Eu gene, and Paul B. Rynning, Med ford. Ralph Koozer, Ashland, was re-elected .resident of the asso ciation. Other officers elected were H. C. Wells, Roseburg, vice president and Paul B. Rynning, Medford, Jackson county en gineer, secretary and treasurer. Named to the board, of directors were H. S. Merriam, Goshen; H. E. Eakin, Cottage Grove; C. H. Demery, Grants Pass; F. L. Mar tin, Portland. Named to the legislative com mittee were Frank Hull, Med ford; Harry Pinniger, Roseburg and Fred Brenne, Eugene. Named to the small parks com mittee were Judge D. N. Busen- bark of Douglas county; Judge J. B. Coleman of Jackson county and Judge Johnson of Josephine county. . - . V r fern IS U-BOAT POISON ' Washington, Sept. 28 (U.B Lieut. Robert P. Williams, 28-year-old naval flier of Snoqual mie, Wash., "today was credited by the navy with destroying two German U-boats, mortally wounding another, and possibly damaging a fourth. In his first attack, against a large surfaced submarine, Wil liams was credited with so bombing the raider that it was readily sent to the bottom by another plane. MOTHERS' INGENUITY ' Milton, Mass. (U.PJ When Mrs. Blake G. Cruckshank's son cut his first tooth, she made an im pression of it in chewing gum and mailed it to her sergeant husband at Camp Claiborne, La. (lllliHII ,artrifafeffi ' (Acm Telepholo) Frances Cannon, 22, above, of San Francisco, walked into the Philadelphia City Hall and told detectives she had not eaten for two days and admitted having husbands In the navy and coast guard. By United Prase Allied troops and planes in creased their pressure on Finsch hafen today, attempting to blast loose the desperate Japanese de fenses as Tokyo betrayed its con cern over course of the war by new overhauling of govern ment machinery. A southwest Pacific comma nlque said that dive-bombers had battered the Finschhafen defense lines over the weekend In aid of Australian forces Just outside the base. - . At the same time an allied col umn working up the Markham valley moved eight miles beyond Kiapit in an advance that put them into position to chip oft the Huon peninsula. Finschhafen lies on the northeast edge of the peninsula. American Liberators hammer ed the Japanese rear bases up ine new uuinea coast with 61 tons of bombs, concentrating on Hansa bay and Wewak and shooting down or damaging nine enemy planes without loss. The Japanese admitted that American reinforcements had been landed on Vella LaveUa island in the Solomons, but claimed two large transports moved there by U. S. forces had been set afire. Apparently refer ring to the same raid, an allied communique said only one ves sel was damaged. SLAYER TO FACE Vernal, Utah, Sept. 28 U.R) A mid-west transient today was sentenced to face a Utah firing squad Nov. 20 for the hammer slaying of Mrs. Agnes Abigail Williams, San Leandro, Cal school teacher. James J. Roedl; 26, Oklahoma City, was sentenced to the fir ing squad by Fourth District Judge Abe W. Turner, who de nied a defense motion for a new trial after Roedl was convicted of first degree murder. Under Utah law a condemned man has the dubious privilege of choosing between hanging and shooting as a means of death. When asked which he pre ferred, Roedl replied he would leave the choosing to the court and Turner ordered the firing squad. TO EYE SHIPYARD Washington, Sept. 28 (U.R) Chairman Carl Vinson, D., Ga of the House Naval Affairs com mittee, announced today that a two-man subcommittee would fly to the west coast Friday to participate in an Investigation of conditions at the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock com pany. Production of oranges In the U. S. in 1939 totaled 78,863,000 boxes. front-laced to preserve precious rubber WITH DETACHABLE IRA 6.50 to 15.00 If you want to enjoy a perfection of fit you've never before known, here's the foundation for you. Light, eaiy-to. wesr . . with this extra convenience feature: de tachable, front-opening brattiere. There's an Artiit Model for YOUR figure type. ADRIENNE'S 214 E. Main E GERMANS RETAKE PORT OF SPLIT London, Sept 28. (U.R) The Germans, striking swiftly to de prive the allies of possible bridgehead!' for an invasion of the Balkans, have re-captured the big Dalmatian port of Split and seized the strategic island of Corfu on the approaches to the Adriatic sea, the official Ger man news agency DNB said to day. Simultaneously, an official an nouncement In London disclosed the departure of King Peter of Jugoslavia and his staff for the middle east, presumably to pre pare for their return to their homeland behind an allied in vasion army. Jugoslav partisans announced the capture of Split, largest port on the east coast of the Adriatic, last week. DNB said the Ger mans recaptured it by storm, routing the partisan and coop erating Italian troops. German battle units landed on Corfu off the southern tip of Albania, yesterday after the Ital ian resistance was broken quick ly and the whole island occupied. Several thousand prisoners were taken, the broadcast said. Salem, Ore.. SeDt. 28 (U.PJ Gov. Earl Snell today gave the go-ahead signal to hundreds of uregon deer hunters and said "I am confident there will be no proclamation closing the hupting season this year." The state game commission deadline for closing the hunting season has passed the five-day warning period. Now only a proclamation from the gover nor s oince could close the hunt ing area. . A proclamation opening the entire state to hunting was ex pected from the governor's of fice tomorrow, it was learned. SOLD TO P. G. IE. Washington,' Sept. 28. (U.PJ- Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes today announced execution of a contract for sale of the first block of power from Shasta dam in California to the Pacific Gas and Electric' .Co. for a guaran teed minimum annual payment oi sz, o.uuu starting in 199. The Shasta power plant Is scheduled to begin operating In March, 1944, with an installation of 150,000 kilowatts. FATHER AIDED SONS ' IN BEATING DRAFT Boise, Ida., Sept. 28 (U.PJ Claude A. Brown, prominent iwin falls businessman and church leader, today pleaded nolo condere before Federal Judge Chase Clark to an indict ment charging him with false statements In attempting to se cure draft deferrment for his two sons. Brown was fined $400. The Indictment accused Brown of making false references to agri cultural duties of his sons in try ing to secure their deferrment. SHOE STAMP NO. 18 GOOD INDEFINITELY Expiration date of shoe stamp no, IB has been extended in definitely according to an order received at the local ration board, and will overlap the next shoe stamp. The new stamp, to become valid November 1, prob ably will have to last six months, the board has been in formed, because of the sharp reduction in production of ra tioned shoes for civilians, the result principally of a shortage of material and labor. . ACTRESS' SON DIES Hollywood, Sept. 28 (UJD Actress Jane Wyatts 18 day-old son Nicholas, a twin born pre maturely Sept. 10, died at noon today in Good Samaritan hos pital. Miss Wyatt s second son, Michael, is gaining but is being kept In an incubator. Richard Wright's "Native Son" sold 250,000 copies, includ ing book club copies prior to May, 1940. DUTCH BOY PANTS Fufl Stock YOUNGF.R'S APPLIANCI SERVICI CO. II If. BartleH Phone Mil N MIC BATTLE Bend, Ore., Sept. 28 (U.PJ Arch Raitt, 46-year-old Santa Ana, Cal., USO mobile unit worker who was Injured when his automobile overturned In the Oregon war maneuver area Sat urday, was In critical condition in an army evacuation hospital today. Raitt was driving a USO ve hicle when it left the road and overturned on the desert 100 miles east of Bend. The accident occurred about 3 p. m. Raitt, a former YMCA boys' work secre tary, was en route to present a USO show to soldiers participat ing in combat maneuvers In east ern Oregon. FOR RAF BOMBS London, Sept. 28 (U.R) A powerful RAF bombing fleet blasted the big German Indus trial center of Hannover last night for the second time In less than a week, and preliminary reports indicated that more than 60 per cent of the city now lies In ruins from the cumulative ef fect of the British aerial attacks. A smaller RAF force struck 35 miles southeast of the city to bomb and burn industrial sec tions of Brunswick, while a third group attacked Emden, guided by fires set yesterday when American Flying Fort resses pounded that German naval base with 1,000 tons of bombs in their greatest raid of the war. The night attacks of the Brit ish so bombers and one of a strong force of fighters. Seven enemy planes were downed by the night fighters, making a total of 135 enemy aircraft de stroyed by the British fighter command so far in September the biggest month's total since July, 1941, when the luftwaffe lost 202 planes. Da Uall Tribune want Ada. 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