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PAGE TWGF MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1943 TO RECEIVE AID OF T Variety Of Projects In Jack son County For Service Men And Civilian Morale. A variety of project have been sponsored by the Jackson County Recreation committee, entered on the budget of the Medford Community Chest for this coming year as a participat ing agency, since organization of the committee more than two years ago. Among the projects have been the Medford Nursery school, the MarKade, the Out post. Wing In, a recreation cen ter for negro troops and several smaller projects. Currently the committee is sponsoring an in vestigation of teen age recrea tion problems In Medford. It is pointed out by chest of ficials that since the activities of the committee are so diverse, and since some projects need more financial assistance than others, funds allocated from the chest will not be earmarked. This Main Projects . Three largest projects spon sored by the committee last year were the Outpost, the MarKade and the Wing In. Newest of these is the MarKade, recreation center for enlisted servicemen and wives housed in the new wing of St. Mark's. Episcopal church on North Oakdale Ave Attendance at the center has averaged nearly 2,000 men a month for the three months of operation, ' according to the director, Mrs. Lillian Hinman. The center is equipped with all manner of recreational facilities and in addition dances are given twice a week and informal musi cal events are planned. A group El of 40 women serve as volunteer I senior hostesses and 40 young women, known as Markettes, at tend dances ana omerwise assist with the program. Wives are as sisted with housing problems and in finding employment The Outpost has served a double purpose since its estab lishment, being used as a recrea tion center for enlisted men un til opening of the new USO on Riverside avenue. Since that tune, June, the Outpost has been converted to the use of junior army officers, army nurses, W A C officers and officers' wives. Outpost Popular . The Outpost plans dances and musicals, a bridge luncheon is given one afternoon a week, a lending library is maintained and there is a fine collection of records. The men use the center as a place to meet friends and dates, read, write letters, press cipthes and in a variety of other manners while the wives use the center for Red Cross meet ings, as an information bureau, a bousing bureau and a general center for social activities. An average of 75 officers, 35 wives and 30 civilians visit the club dally, according to the director, Mrs. I. E. Schuler. One of the oldest projects of the committee is the airport can teen. Wing In, which has been in operation about two years and has now a reputation among hundreds of army aviators who write to praise the excellent food and cheerful hospitality, The little canteen Is run for the benefit of military personnel only, both enlisted men and of ficers, and food is served at cost, Volunteer help keeps the can teen in operation from 10 a. m until 10 p. m. daily and hundreds of meals are served each week Since airports are traditionally known among aviators as having poor eating facilities, Jackson county's Wing In is considered unique. Nursery Started The Medford nursery school, at first sponsored by the com mittee, is now operated inde pendently . with funds received under the Lanham Act. Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie Coming IS. A V i , .mm IB a- aij? if. :;44 -if-' - " Vtt i " i" --.. A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY m Starring Fred Astaire and fea turing Joan Leslie in the leading feminine role, "The Sky's the Limit", brand new song and dance hit comes to the Craterian Sunday with Freddie Slack and his music makers furnishing the music. 'Thumbs Up" Is Sunday Show - 6. vfr' W"...t',''.V'''At'.V-1',. .SKV h (04 ilrv .rvw; IBrenda Joyce, Richard Fraser and Elsa Lanchester stir up the action In 'Thumbs Up" stirring and action-filled story opening Yes, ind to be really pretty yon have to bt tlim tad trim. So If you ue try ing to diet thou bulges Into tlim, attract! re corves, give a though to Romaa Meal Bread I Roman Meal Bread makes any reducing diet mora aatiifrlog. Low in calories, high In natural vitamins, tastes Oh So Goodl By The Bakers Of U BREAD AND CAKES FOR RESULTS USE MAIL TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS! Sunday at the Rlalto. Its part ner feature, "Salyte for Three" is an entertaining musical filled with song, laughs and lovely ladies. Among recent projects of the recreation committee was that of supplying athletic equipment for the farm labor supply camp at Camp Prescott, at the request of Arthur Rutledge, assistant regional director of the supply committee. Also the recreation committee aided in supplying musical entertainment and other forms of recreation for the camp. . propeWtaxes Payments of taxes for the 1943-1944 tax year start Novem ber 1, the tax collection depart ment of the sheriff's office re ports. Payments in full made be tween November 1 and Novem ber 15, will be givan a three per cent discount. Payments for the hnlf year receive a one per cent discount. Quarterly payments re ceive no discount. A number of citizens have al ready made payments. The usual rush is anticipated after Novem ber 1., Sky Freight Cars To Start Servict Los Angeles, Oct. 13 (UR) Cargo liners, flying freight cars with a capacity of three tons, will begin coast to coast freight and mall service on Oct. IB, C. B. Graddick, United Airlines air cargo director sr.ld today. The new freight service also will increase space aboard pas senger planes, which formerly carried cargo, Graddick said. GIRL SENTENCED 7 Phoenix, Ariz., Oct.. 13 U.F9 Too much marrying and not enough divorce will result in 34-year-old Vivian Eggers spending the next 18 months pondering her complicated marital adven tures In prison.. The "girl who tried to marry the army" as one federal Judge described her received that sentence from Judge David "W. Ling in U. S. district court yes terday, plus a five-year suspend ed term, on the specific charge of accepting family allowance checks as the wife of ' Pvt. George Campbell. The bad part of the wholn thing, the government said, was that Campbell was only one of seven soldiers she had married without the formality of divorc ing any of them. RECOMMENDATION Northampton, Mass. (U.PJ Dr. Schuichi Kusaka, a Japanese who has Joined thu Smith Col lege faculty as a physics instruc tor, was recommended fir the post by a Chinese member of the department, Miss Cheln Shiung Wu. Just SI dropa Penetro i Nose Drops In each nostril nelp you breathe freer alirost instantly, so your neaa coia Rots sir. Unly 25c 2 times as much fnrRflfl. Caution! Uss only as dlreoted, Fenetro Nose DropsJ GIRLS WANTED Over the Age of 18 For work in Camp White Exchange Cafe. Excellent working conditions. Experience unnecessary. Good salaries. PAID VACATIONS APPLY CAMP WHITE EXCHANGE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE STEEL SUED BY U. S. ON FAULTY PLATES Pittsburgh, Oct. 13 U.R) The federal government today brought suit In federal court to recover damages from the Cor-negie-IUlnols Steel Corp., the U. S. Steel Export Co., and nine in dividuals for alleged sub-stand ard steel plates furnished to the government. In filing the civil suit, U. S District Attorney Charles F. Uhl seeks $2,000 "from each of the defendants for each of the acts and transactions described which may be found by this (fed eral) court to constitute a viola tion, and, in addition, double the amount of damages which the court finds the U, S. has sustain ed by reason of the doing or com mitting or sucn acts." The government's action fol lowed a federal grand jury probe nere this summer when Carnegie-Illinois, a U. S. Steel Corp., subsidiary, and an employe, Law rence S. Dahl, general superin tendent at the corporation's Ir win works, were indicted on charges of conspiring to conceal and destroy facts concerning tests of plates shipped to the navy, maritime commission and treasury for lend-lease. EX-MEDFORD BOY BOMBED FLOESTI Richard G. . Miller, former Medford high school basketball player, is now a bombardier captain in north Africa, and took part in the recent bombing of the Ploesti oilfields In Rumania, one of the Axis sources of oil supply. He is one of the four sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mansfield. former local residents Several years ago the family moved to Mansiield, Ohio, where they have since resided. Copies of Ohio papers containing an ac count of Bombardier Captain Miller's achievement have been received by Mrs. C. W. Palm. The father was an insurance agent, and well known here. Wife Was Sorry When She Trod On Mate's Face St. Paul, Oct. 13 0J.B Mrs. Carol B. Baker, Minne apolis, admitted she some times had stepped on her hus band's face with high-heeled shoes but she said she "always cried bitterly later In repent ance." She asked the state pardon board to release him from prison where he is serving five years for bigamy. During their quarrels, she said, she used to "throw any thing at him that was handy." So it was her fault, she said, that he left home and married Ruth Hussman. Minneapolis. FORBIDDEN FOREST James T. Sayle, Gold Hill, and Bert Asher, Central Point, deer hunters charged with entry of a closed forest area without a per mit Monday were each given 90 days suspended sentences by Justice of the Peace William R Coleman. They entered pleas of guilty. Anna L. Butterfleld of Evans Creek, charged with petty larceny, pleaded guilty and was tinea zo ana costs ana sen tenced to 30 days in the county jail. She was charged with re moving windows from an Evans Creek cabin. She claimed she re moved them to prevent breakage by boys with 22 caliber rifles. Orval C. Simmons of Grants Pass, charged with operating an auto while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, was sen tenced to 30 days in the county jail, fined $100 and costs, and his liquor license was ordered revoked for a year. The Jail sentence was suspended upon payment of the fine and costs. Simmons was, arrested on the Pacific highway white driving in an erratic manner. He told the court he had partaken of only four beers. . Charles A. 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