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PAGE FOURTEEN MEDFORD. MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1043. SCHOOL HOLIDAY THURSDAY. FRIDAY Teachers to Attend Gather ing at SOCE Noted Speakers Will Be Heard. Student of all Jackson county schools, both city and rural, along with those of Josephine county schools, will be dismissed for two days while teachers at tend the Southern Oregon Re gional Educational Conference and Teachers Institute to be held at the Southern Oregon College of Education Thursday and Fri day, November 4 and 5. Guest speakers at the teachers meeting include Or. Bruce R Baxter, resident bishop of the Methodist church in the Port land area and former president of Willamette university, who will speak on 'Teachers as Buil ders of the Post War World'" and 'The First Lady of the World"; Dr. A. L. Strand, presi dent of Oregon State college, whose subject will be, 'The Answers Are Not in the Back of the Book." Dr. Curtis Reid, of the extension department of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, will present a visual education conference and dem onstration; Miss Gertrude Ras kle, assistant state supervisor of home economics, will speak on Teaching Homemaking in War time,' "and Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public instruc tion, will give "A Message from Our State Department of Educa tion" and "School Administra tion." Mlu Hills To Speak Miss Joy Hills, director of curriculum of the State Depart, ment of Education, will address the group with "The War and the Curriculum"; Dr. Siemens, of the University of California, on "Pre-Induction Science"; Lu cille O'NeiL of the English de partment at Klamath Falls high school, will speak on - "High School English Essentials" and eorge J. Rony, renowned lec turer, traveler and commentator, will present The World After the War." In addition to speakers heard in general sessions, there will be sectional mecfags featuring discussions on "primary arith metic" and "language in elem entary grades" led by Miss Lil lian C. Downey; "primary read ing" and "elementary science" led by Miss Tillie Senium berg er J a report of the Jackson county English committee beaded by Mrs. Ethel Krauss of the Rogue River high school, and group discussion led by Miss Laura Phillips of the Medford high school. "Social Studies, Grades 1 to 12" will be led by Miss Joy Hills, and "High School English Literature" by Miss Lucille O'NeiL Leaders la Charge The general committee In charge of the conference con sists of Dr. Walter Bedford, president of SOCE; Mr. Dale F. Ginn, Josephine county school superintendent; and C. B. Bow man, Jackson county school superintendent. Dr. Walter Redford and H. P. Jewett, superintendent of Cen tral F .int schools, will preside .over the general sessions. Dr. D. V. Poling will lead assembly singing. Dr. Frank Parr, secre tary of Oregon State Teachers Assn., and A. L. Gralapp, super- ' intendent of Klamath Falls schools, will open the meeting with greetings from the Oregon State Teachers Assn. The Lincoln Training School in Ashland will be open to visi tors at 11 noon Friday, Nov. 6. NOTED RUSSIAN TO SPEAK HERE THURSDAY NIGHT George J. Rony, Russian-born writer, editor, lecturer and movie producer, will speak in Medford next Thursday night at the high school auditorium un der the auspices of the Jackson County League of Women Vot ers. His subject will be "Rus sia and the World of Today and Tomorrow." Since coming to this country after the opening of the present war, the Russian has filled many lecture engagements and is reported to give accounts of Russian and Europe which are highly interesting. Appointed by tne French government short ly after the start of the war to write and produce propaganda pictures, the Russian was re sponsible for several, his 'The Greatest Gangster," depicting Hitler as the world's greatest liar and International gangster, making him a marked man in Europe. Tickets for the lecture will be on sale at Pruitt's music store and by members of the league. It is stated that there will be both adult and student tickets and that men and women in uniform may attend without charge. TRAFFICtOSSES T Chicago, Oct 30 (U.B De-; spite wartime driving restric tions, more than twice as many persons are being killed in traf fie accidents as are dying on the battlefronts, the National Safety Council said today. The council said the compari-' son "constitutes an indictment of our homefront that should ' shave every American." "September figures show a drop of only six per cent in the traffic toll from September, 1942," the council's report said, i "This compares sadly with a 26 per cent drop for the first ! nine months of this year, and i points to an early end tp acci dent reductions." Caribbean Alert In Early Morning Panama City, Oct 30 (U.F0 The Caribbean Defense com mand revealed that a full aiert was called at 1 a. m. Friday at all bases and was cancelled at 6:30 a. m. when the forces re turned to normal status. The alert was prompted by reports from Mexico City that gunfire had been heard off the western coast Air and naval forces went on the alert here at 1 a. m. and army ground forces at 3:30 a. m. Canal Zone police patrolled streets throughout the zone. GUSTAVTJS F. SWIFT Chicago, Oct. 30 CU.R) Gus tavus F. Swift, 62, vice president of the board of the Swift Meat Packing company and the youngest son of its founder, died at his home last night of a cere bral embolism. Swift who re tired as president of the com pany in 1037, had been confined for two weeks with a heart ailment n rvTNEVER BEFORE 11 Jal J7t Sean So Zaltj to SaveTud EASY PAYMENTS . AS LITTLE AS la 5 Ne fongtr dots year horn nttd to W a chilly fcard-ro-htat ploct In winter o "bakc-ovon" in ummtr. No longtf do you novo fo pay axctsshra futl bills. Now you can buy well-known proved Insulation BALSAM-WOOL on riio oaslttt tormi tvtr offtrtd lot any Insulating material I For at Unit at $4.39 a month (dtotndlna o (h slit of your noun) Bolian-Wool will be apelltd In your attic. You havo on tntirt yttr In arnlch to pay ond your monty will bo rtfwndod II you art not compltttly satlsfltd. Your Incrtostd) comfort starts RIGHT AWAY and you got at Much Ol K futl savings twtry winter. With such amailngly low cost such ooty pay. wits plus a positive, monoy-boclt guarantee you can't afford lo dtny yourstlf lh btneAts of Insulation any longtr. Don't delay And out how much YOUR futl bills can bt cub BALSAM-WOOL AMERICA'S iiAOINO FIEXI9LI INSOLATION SS MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE approval. II yot do not git fht tot Uf oct Ion wt claim for it, row money will b chttrfully rafundej wlriiovf argument. MEDFORD LUMBER CO. g Dial 2249 for FREE ESTIMATE S3 Third and Fir, Medford S3 IsBaMssisssissississHMH w ','i ,7 J 'rr- 0 . ft 1 i 3 0 fv vtJ -. J She's YOUR Child HOW Your SHARE Is An Hours Pay A Month! H ER name U Bronislava instead of Nancy or Peggy. But she is your child now because there is no one else. GIVE Once For ALL These Salvation Army , Boy Scouts Girl Scours Girls Community Club Jackson County Public Hcahb Assn. . Jackson County Recreation Committee USO United Seamen's Service War Prisoners Aid Belgian War Relief Society British War Relief Society French Relief Fund Friends of Luxembourg Greek War Relief Association Norwegian Relief Polish War Relief Queen Wilhelmina Fund Russian War Relief United China Relief United Czechoslovak Relief United Yugoslav Relief Fund Refugee Relief Trustees United States Committee for the Care of European Children She's too frightened to tell you what happened that day when the Nazis came with their loud boots and big guns. She saw her mother and father standing in front of their burning house. Now there are two crosses, and no one comes when she cries. You can fill in the story for her. Bronislava' brave young parents died because they would not collabo rate. They would not make the bullets for German guns. They fought on your side. And. they left you a precious ward, their only child. The money you give to your Chest this year goes to children all over the world. It goes to thousands of courageous people in Europe who never surrendered although the world calls their countries "Occupied." Remember Bronislava and the two crosses beside her ruined home, and thank God this has not happened to those you love. Remember you are lucky to be able to give. Support Generously the IVI MB i" m OLHIEST Published In Cooperation With the Medford Community 'And War Chest by The CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY v
