J MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1943
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PAPER HAS .WIDE
RANGE OF USES
IN WAR EFFORT
Water Resistant Map Is
Developed, Also One that
Glows Like Watch Dial.
By A. P. Harrtion
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.PJ It's a fact
that a map is worth no more
than the paper it's printed on.
On the battlefield or at sea a
map or chart is exposed to rain,
blood, grease, sea water, hu
midity. If it s printed on or
dinary map paper, it falls to
pieces. I .
Military authorities set about
to find a solution to that prob-
" lem. With the aid of the War
Production Board and the paper
industry, they succeeded. Maps
for use in combat operations
are now reproduced on paper
that is treated to resist the worst
that the elements or inherent
battle conditions can offer.
In the field now, if a map be
comes soaked in a river cross
ing or gets a ducking in landing
operations: if it is stained by
grease or dirt or blood, it can
be washed, and kept as service
able as the day is was Issued.
Like Watch Dial
The paper industry has dis
covered a special process for
treating paper so that maps and
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wouldn't want It any other way. But,
we're also supplying' your grocer as
often as possible. So keep on looking
for these quality pickles in the wide
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More Yule Gifts
For U.S. Soldiers
Washington, Oct 14 (U.R)
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson said today that the
volume of Christmas gifts for
American soldiers overseas is
three times greater than last
year.
More than 18,000,000
Christmas packages have
been mailed to servicemen
abroad since September' 15,
representing an average of
500,000 packages a day for
the past month, he said.
Packages for soldiers over
seas must be in postoff ices be
fore midnight tomorrow to be
assured of delivery by Christ
mas. charts are impervious to time
and the weather. Another
wrinkle has produced a map
that has been a blessing for
officers on night . operations.
The paper is treated to glow like
a luminous watch dial when it
is placed under the rays of a
red flashlight during darkness.
The WPB reports that the army
has been very well pleased by
both developments.
In the Fisheries building on
Constitution avenue in Washing
ton, where, incidentally, not a
fish is to be seen, the WPB has
on exhibit several hundred items
which show how the paper in
dustry has been converted for
war.
Besides a sample of the water
proof map are paper blankets,
flying jackets, dishes, baking
utensils, "tarpaulins," camou
flaging, parachutes, ropes.
twines, dust pans, shoes, paper
clips and shell cases, as .well as
a host of other items formerly
made of metal.
One of the most interesting
articles is a humidity indicator
which is placed inside the pack
ing of articles shipped overseas
and which registers the relative
humidity inside the package.
Airplane engines, for instance,
have to be protected against
moisture to a very high degree.
The humidity indicator tells how
well the engine wrapping is
keeping out moisture. If the in
dicator registers "danger," prop
er steps are taken to correct the
situation. Recently, a cello
phane-like substance ' was de
veloped to protect airplane
engines in shipment and in stor
age. Previously they had to be
covered with cosmoline, an ex
tremely greasy and' sticky prod
uct that drove many an air
corps maintenance man nearly
out of his mind. It was practi
cally impossible to remove it
completely.
: As a result of research, rifles
and small arms and repair parts
of all kinds have been shipped
in specially-treated paper wrap-
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Parachutes for weather obser
vations and for dropping sup
plies to isolated troops and men
lost at sea are now being tnr.de
of paper. Formerly they were
Japan silk products. Pacific
coast weather stations, which
used . silk parachutes marked
"Made in Japan," were the cause
of much consternation among
civilians before paper para
chutes with U. S. trademarks
came into use.
The first-aid kit which is part
of every soldier's GI equipment
and which was formerly packed
in a small metal container sealed
with a rubber gasket is now be
ing issued in a paper-wrapped,
cardboard-packed form which is
much easier totopen and resists
the . worst conditions experi
enced by combat troops. .
The army is finding paper
bags particularly effective for
packing V-mail; is using sensi
tized paper instead of zinc and
aluminum plates for its offset
printing plants; is camouflaging
its installations in the field with
chicken wire interlaced with
paper which is treated so that
cannot be photographed by
the enemy's reconnaissance
cameras.'
The navy is using oh ship
board food trays, bowls, dishes
a paper-plastic which is un
breakable and unstainable a
boon to the galley crew of many
pitching destroyer.
MILK DELIVERIES
The Office of Defense Trans
portation today announced a
new milk delivery schedule to
become, effective the . first of
next week. On Sunday, Oct. 17,
and on all . Sundays thereafter
there will be no wholesale or
retail deliveries of milk. Begin
ning on Monday, Oct. 18, retail
deliveries will be made to Med
ford's West Side on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, and to
the East Side on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. Wholesale
deliveries will be made once
each week day. The additional
restriction is in accordance with
the provisions of Office of De
fense Transportation order num-
oer 17-3B.
Wholesale and retail dairy
men of Medford met last night,
and unanimously agreed to limit
deliveries to certain specified
days for each delivery route
instead of every other day as
has been the practice for the
past several months. Under the
old system, the housewife re
ceived dairy products on dif
ferent days each week, while
under the new setup she will
receive supplies on the same
days of each week.
Present at the meeting were
representatives of G r o v e r's
Dairy, Perrydale Dairy, Camp
bell's , Dairy, Snider s Dairy,
Lost River Dairy, xGilman's
Dairy, CloverhiU Dairy, Nan-
sen's Dairy, Kingmere Dairy,
Kershaw's Dairy, Madrona Dairy
and Valley View Dairy.
FREIGHT LOADS DROP
Washington, Oct. 14. (U.R)
Loadings of revenue freight on
the nation's railroads for the
week ended Oct. 9 totaled 906.
276 cars, a decrease of 4,376 cars
from the two-year high establish
ed in the preceding week, the As
sociation of American Railroads
reported today.
MAJ. GEN. JACKSON KILLED
Third Army Maneuver Head
quarters in Louisiana, Oct. 14
(U.R) Injuries received in an
airplane crash in the third army
maneuver area on Oct. 4 proved
latal last night to Maj. Gen
Stonewall Jackson, 52, thin
army public relations announced
today.
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OPA Announces Reductions
Scaling to Fifty Per Cent
Date Not Yet Given.
Washington, Oct. 14 U.R)
The Office of Prime Adminis
tration today announced retail
ceiling prices for 13 fresh vege-
taoles, representing reductions
of as much as 50 per cent.
The OPA said the reductions
were designed to prevent repeti
tion of inflationary prices which
forced the cost of living upward
last winter.
. Effective date of the new
price . regulation will be an
nounced later, but the OPA
said it will be '."before the bulk
of the winter crop reaches the
market.
Vegetables Listed
The 13 vegetables for which
maximums were set are: lima
beans, snap beans, cabbage, car
rots, cauliflower, celery, cucum
bers, eggplant, lettuce, green
peas, peppers, spinach and to
matoes. Chester Bowles, OPA general
manager, said that top prices
for five more farm products
Deets, asparagus, watermelons,
cantaloupes and the 1944 crop
of onions will be announced
soon.
Bowies said tnat the new
prices will bring about reduc
tions from last winter's ' hieh
retail prices "of as much as 30
to 50 per cent for such items as
lima beans, cabbage, tomatoes.
cucumoers and cauliflower."
He said that the increase in
the cost of living from. Septem
ber, z, to May, i43, was
8.2 per cent and that three-fifths
of this was due to the soaring
prices of fresh fruits and vege-
lames aione.
Would Nip Spiral
we nope to bead off any
such spiral before it gets started
this season, he said.
OPA announced-the following
sample price ranges:
lilma beans and snao beans:
Lima beans from May through
October will be from 13 to 16
cents a pound, about 10 per cent
Deiow this summers prices,
Snap beans will sell for 14 to
16 cents a pound in May and
June, 12 to 15 cents in July and
August, and 14 to 17 cents up
to jnecember.
Cabbage: Six to seven cents a
pound from December through
April, or 35 per cent lower than
last March and April.
lettuce: Maximum range
irom 1U to 13 cents a pound (last
winter 10 to 20 cents.) .
Carrots: About seven to 10
cerlts a bunch, slightly below
last winter.
Tomatoes 18-21 '
Tomatoes: 18 to 21 cents
pound from. January through
March, as against 25 cents last
winter: 17 to 20 cents in April
and 16 to 19 cents in May and
June. In July from 10 to 13
cents a pound, about 50 per cent
under last July's level. The
price will go down to six to nine
cents during the usual summer
harvest period. October through
December prices will run from
16 to 19 cents a pound.
Bowles said that the OPA is
now revising the citrus fruits
regulations "to provide greater
simplicity, greater enforcibility
and to set flat cents-per-pound
prices on a zone basis so that
the housewife may know just
what she should pay for oranges,
grapefruit and lemons."
Bowles also said that the OPA
is planning to bring under con
trol, "well in advance of next
season's crops," all remaining
fresh fruits.
San Francisco is second only to
New York in the fine publishing
field.
Be Ready If
the Doctor
Can't Come!
"CLAY PIGEONS"
THROW OFF JINX;
FLY JANS LOSS
Squadron Of B-17's Suffers
' Terrible Losses At First
Due To Experiments.
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By Collie Small
United Press Correspondent
A USAFF - Bomber Station,
Somewhere in England (U.R)
The eerie curse that tormented
the Clay Pigeon squadron with
unfathomable death and destruc
tion has flown.
As this is written, the famous
squadron of Flying Fortresses
that once was consistently dec
imated by the terrible losses un
accountably singled out for it is
shooting for its 10th consecutive
mission without loss.
The Clay Pigeon squadron
still is a long way from the rec
ords oi some squadrons. But not
many months ago, it seemed
headed for complete destruction.
I he squadron once was re
duced to a single battered Fort,
Still it flew on, replacing losses
as fast as possible, meanwhile
tagging along in "Purple Heart
Corner ' in the formations of
other squadrons until it was
strong enough again to fly alone.
1 Out of 10
Ten Clay Pigeons went to
Bremen one limped home.
Over St. Nazaire, France, the
pilot of a Fortress in the leading
element asked his tail-gunner:
Second element okay?"
"Sir," came the answer, "there
Is no second element. It was
typical Clay Pigeon luck.
Three times one whole bar
racks was wiped out in a single
raid except for one lucky crew
the same In each Instance. A
magazine article appeared in the
united states and caused a fur
ore here. The. Clay Pigeon curse
was not to be mentioned.
Retain Motto -
Much of the squadron's bad
luck stemmed from its participa
tion in disastrous experiments in
the early stages of the war. But
it was felt there was another,
mysterious force toying with the
fate of the squadron. -
Now the Clay Pigeons are re
writing their dismal history with
new success. Their motto,
"Death and Destruction, ' once
nearly discarded, has been re
tained.
Capt. K. A. Reecher, 24 (7
Magnolia) Hagerstown, Md., an
operations officer who brought
the- only Fortress home from
Bremen, points to the squadron
insignia, a skull in a flying hel
met, and says, "We finally got
him laughing."
First Lt. Stanley L. Jarrow,
23, (1317 E'. 52d) Chicago, en
gineering officer, just nods con
tentedly. It took a long time. .
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for all peoples."
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Seabees and Engineers Turn
Jungle Islands Into Bases
By Frank Tramalne ,
United Press Staff Correspondent
Headquarters, U. S. South Pacific Forces (U.R) American
engineering genius backed by the courage, hard work and eft
clency of the navy's volunteer construction battalions the Sea
bees and the army engineers is transforming jungle Islands of
the Pacific into big bases to suppport continued blows against
Japan.
This correspondent recently I
visited a number of American
bases in the Solomons which less
than' a year ago were disputed
tropical islands. The Seabees
and engineers, often working
under air attack and within
range of front-line fire, have
done an unprecedented Job In
construction of these bases.
On New Georgia, Seabee out
fits and engineers, . operating
with bulldozers, tractors, cater
pillars and other modern heavy
equipment, tore into the mud and
jungle to build roads and instal
lations long before the positions
were secured by the fighting
forces and despite heavy Jap air
attacks.
American methods offer a
striking contrast to those used
by the Japanese. In the year that
the enemy occupied New Geor
gia, they did little actual con
struction work with the excep
tion of heavy log-and-coral pill
boxes and Munda airfield, which
appeared to have been built
largely by hand. Where the
Americans now are building
roads to accommodate heavy
trucks, the Japs had only foot
trails.
Ten days after American
forces landed at Segi, on the
southern end of New Georgia, in
the opening phases of the cam
paign, a plane made an emer
gency landing on an airfield
constructed there by Seabees
Nineteen days after the -occuna-
tion the field was ready for op
erational use.
Shell and bomb-ravaged Mun
da airfield was in operation on
the eighth day . after its cap
ture, although the Japs had been
unable to operate from it for
several months. While fighters
and cargo planes use the field
constantly, Seabees are at work
lengthening and improving it.
The installation built in the
Russell islands was constructed
under fairly favorable conditions
after an unopposed occupation
It is a field which many Amer
ican municipalities would be
glad to have, although lt was
carved out of a cocoanut planta
tion with equipment brought
thousands of miles across the Pa
cific. .
Incidentally, the Russells base
boasts the only hamburger stand
in the south Pacific-i-joe's South
Pacific Pilots' club, which ca
ters to hungry pilots with ham
burgers and eeenogs,
Guadalcanal is almost unbe
lievable, even in the eyes of
those who have seen other large
military bases. Less than a year
ago, Guadalcanal was a tropical
island of jungles and cocoanut
plantations, with a partially com
pleted Jap airfield over which
a bitter, bloody battle was be
ing waged. Today it is a teem
ing beehive of military activ
ityan advance base for the
support of air, naval and am
phibious operations.
The field which the Japs had
started when American Marines
poured ashore on Aug. 7, 1942,
was- being operated by. the
Americans within a few weeks,
Today the traffic in heavy, me
dium and light bombers, fighters.
observation and cargo planes op
erating from Henderson Field
probably Is greater than that
handled by any commercial field
in the United States. In addition
to actual construction of a field
of sufficient proportions, this
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traffic requires large mainten
ance crews, shops and huge sup
plies of munitions and aviation
gasoline.
Guadalcanal Is more than an
air base, however. Guadalcanal
and the nearby islands support
sea and ground activity as well
as air. There are huge supply
dumps and thousands of build
ings have been constructed to
house supplies, troops and serv
ice personnel.
Supporting the forward
bases, large bases for supply
and maintenance must operate
rear areas and supply lines
must be kept open between the
advance bases, rear bases and
the United States, where supplies
and equipment for this and oth
er war fronts pour out of fac
tories.
SHAM INDEPENDENCE
GIVEN PHILIPPINES
(By United Press)
The conquered Philippines
got their "independence" Japa
nese style today but Tokyo
radio broadcasts left little doubt
that it was a token grant and
that - the islands were to be
welded tightly to Japan and her
war effort.
Japan officially "dissolved1
the occupying military admin
istration of the islands but gave
no sign that she would with
draw her troops.
HOTEL GUESTS UNDER
SMALLPOX QUARANTINE
Washington, Pa., Oct. 14.
(U.R) A case of smallpox today
converted the George Washing
ton hotel, this community s lead
ing hostelry, into a big isola
tion ward. ,
When the Illness of a 17-year-
old permanent guest was diag
nosed last night as smallpox,
City Health Officer C. E. Hous
ton slaooed a quarantine on the
entire building, isolating 200
guests and 180 employes.
AUSTRALIAN AIR. LOSSES
NOW TOTAL 7,021 MEN
Canberra, Oct. 14 (U.R) Air
Minister Arthur S. Drakef ord
reported today that Australian
air force casualties now total
T.021. He listed 3,483 dead.
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of our transportation systems poul
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