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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. . OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1943 PAGE THREE JAP ATROCITIES TOLD COMMITTEE DV MIOeifUIADV ui miooiuiirtni 7.CC3 Chinese Girls Raped, Murdered 50,000 Men, Boys Machine-Gunned. Los Angeles, Dee. 9 (U.R) Atrocities inflicted by Japanese soldiers on young Chinese men and girls were describee today by a missionary testifying be fore an assembly committee in vestigating the Japanese prob lem. Dr. Ralph H. Phillips, mission ary in China for 26 years, said Jap soldiers repeatedly -aped some 7,000 Chinese girls between 9 and is years 'of age and then murdered all who were left ""alive. Phillips, one of the Americans in charge of a Nanking refugee camp seized by the Japs, said more than 50,0pQ young men and boys were mowed down with ma chine guns. "Then the Japs poured gaso line on them and burned their bodies," he told the committee. headed by Assemblyman Ches ter Cannqn of Sacramento. All for Emperor Phillips, who has made sev eral trips to Japan, declared all Japanese, regardless of place of birth, are loyal to the emperor. "They should not be given the privilege of American citizen ship," he said. - - A .different opinion was ex pressed by Clinton J. Tart, south ern California director of the . American Civil Liberties Union, who advocated immediate return ot loyal Japanese, Doin aliens and American citizens, to their homes in west coast defense Christmas Package Bad Luck for Nips New Haven, Conn., Dec. 9 (U.R) A woman brought a gaily. wrapped Christmas package into a grocery store. An attached card, signed an "American Housewife," read: , "Here's to the sons of Nippon May they meet their ancestors with their boots on. The package contained a three-pound can of salvaged kitchen fat. WATER RATION Lisbon, Portugal,, Dec. 9 U.R) The French really have rationing problems. First they rationed wine at one pint a week. Then a spring reportedly was discovered near Paris that Chest Colds To Refitvt Hsay - Rib M Tested PLYMOUTH PARTS HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 So. Riverside Dial 4980 Marines Honor Dead Buddies D. 8. Marine, clad In csmouflar raits, na tribute to their buddies he fell la the New GeortU fig htlni. A rifle squad h ready to Mr a last salute, while a bugler waits U blew Tspa," Soldier Returns to Birthplace Alter IS , years In the United State Anthony Pace returned as a soldier to his birthplace, lCM,atlny bland near Malta. Be Is shown with his old another during tblr brief renulon. 'Fighting Billy His Bomber' PLEA FOR DEATH Chicago, Dee. 9. (U.R) The American Farm Bureau federa tion, one of the nation's strong est farm groups, today urged that subsidies be dropped im mediately in a resolution pre sented to its 25th annual con vention. This and IT other resolutions presented by various committees will be acted upon by delegates this afternoon. The resolutions also Included: Criticism of the administra tion's failure to support hog prices. Demands Xor continued defer ment of farm labor from the armed services and for addition al farm machinery. - fc A request for minimum regu lation and restriction on produc tive work, including a charge that further reduction of gaso line rations to farmers Is "un warranted." Disapproval of overtime and other "premium" wages paid to war workers "at a time when American farmers are tolling long hours In the food produc tion battle at home. A suggestion for a conference of the farm peoples of the United States to establish collaboration. Approval of a plan for the United States and her allies to act together in holding aggressor nations in check after the war. LI Salem, On., Dec. S (U.R) The Oregon Liquor Control com mission today will receive $2, 000,000 of surplus funds ot the State Bond commission to use In purchasing the corporate stock of two Kentucky distilleries, but the money must be repaid with in 30 days. The bond commission Wednes day voted the loan in a 'closed session with a liquor control commission member. It acted by unanimous vote to lend the money from surplus, although already earmarked, funds. It was understood the commis sion had approximately $1,500, 000 In its own accounts, but the $3,700,000 was needed to sup port Oregon's part of the stock purchase. The Interest rate on the commission's $2,000,000 loan was not revealed. It was secured largely by the liquor commis sion's inventories. Closing time - Claialrlad ada a . m Too late to ClaatUj M30 BIRTHS SULLIVAN To Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Phoenix, Dec. T, a boy, sev en pounds, at Osteopathic Clinic WEEKS To Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Trail, Dec. 8, a girl, seven pounds, at Osteopathic Clinic. "CEILING" OK WINE Mendou. Argentina (U.R) Tourists m this famed vineyaiJ section no longer will protest at high prices of wine served in fashionable hotels here. The government has decreed that wine prices must not exceed 30 per cent of the cost to the seller. Certain hotels allegedly had been selling wines at 100 pet cent profit, thus causing a rapidly falling demand for the province's principal product By substituting paper-board boxes for those made of critical materials the folding box indus try in 1942 saved 215 million pounds of critical metals, eight million board feet of. lumber, 750,000 pounds of glass, 220.000 pounds of cellophane, 36,000 pounds of pliofilm and 12,000 pounds ot rubber. Dm Mill TMDune Want Ads. 'SUITES' rOR WORKERS Chicaao (U.R) War workers will live in an eight-rftory Laku Shore Drive apartment ouilduig in the expensive Belmont Har bor district next year, where Armours and McCormirks on. lived, according to plans of t!ie Home Owners Loan Corp. Tht agency has leased the property for seven years and plans to r model the eight 12-room suite which once rented at $750 a month, into IVi and 3Vi-room units with a top monthly rectal of $50. Oloatng time tor outlined ads I m- Too lata to OlaaaUf 1240 HEARING difficulties overcome Instantly with Sonotona. .Writ SAM METE. P. O. Box $12 for FREE Horn Damoastration. GOOD COFFEE MEANS A LOT . to start the day right Step out with pleasure! Delicious Schilling Coffee shifts you into high gear . ,.wigs tf tbi r VACUUM ' oa.cs.IB Schilling winii or 1 PASSES, AGED S9 William Robert Papworth, 89, a resident, of Southern Oregon for the past 1V4 years, passed away near Phoenix, Wednesday. ' Mr. Papworth was born at Mackay, Idaho, April 12, 1884. Hat was united in marriage to Miss Mary Germer at Clayton, Idaho, in 1909. They lived in San Francisco, for 15 years, be fore coming to Medford. He was a barber by occupa tion. Survivors include his wife, of Route No. 1, Ashland; one brother, Ray Papworth, Clayton, Idaho; three sisters, Mrs. Fran ces Cearley, Clayton, Idaho; Mrs. Ida Worthington, Mullen, Idaho, end Mrs. Lizzie Frost, Mackay, Idaho. Funeral arrangements in charge of Perl i Funeral Home and will be announced later. Kuth Atltcheu honored tne memory ot her late brother. Bng. tien. BUly Mitchell, with a message written on the bomb bay door of a new B-25 Mltehell bomber at North American Aviation. The message, Tor fighting Billy his bomber. Bulb." The Mitchell bombers are named in honor af "Fighting BUly." . ' made the taste for alcoholic drink disappear. The people car ried the spring water away so fast, the French authorities now are rationing the water, accord ing to reports received here. Closing time tor Classified ads 9 am Too late to Clastlf? 13:30 PAR STORES ' HOME AHD AUTO SUPPLIES 221 WEST MAIH ST. Just Arrived! METAL GARBAGE P AMC 10 GALLON UHUO CApACITY r Another Shipment of TOYS DOE MONDAY Children's Chairs, Commando Guns and Helmets, Stuffed Animals, Dump Trucksi etc. E.P. PASSES IN LOS A Edmund P. Beckelhymer, well known resident of Southern Ore gon and operator of a restau rant at Union Creek for many years, passed away in Los Ange les, Calif., on Dec. 4th, after year's illness. He had been In the south since October 1. Mr.- Beckelhymer was born at Cairo, 111., on Dec. 29, 1881, and had been a resident of this county since 1915. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cecil P. Beckelhymer, of Union Creek, and one son, Herbert Bnckelhymer of Los An Roles, Calif., and a brother, J. D. Beckelhymer, also of Los An geles. Funeral services will be con ducted from the Perl Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p. m., the Rev. Harry Hansen officiating. Interment will take place In Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery. DUCHESS HAS FLU London, Dec. 9. (U.R) The Duchess of Kent has been strick en with influenza, it was re vealed today. King George VI, also ill with influenza, was re ported making good progress toward recovery. URUGUAY UPS TAX Montevideo, Uruguay (U.R) As a crime prevention measure the Uruguayan government has increased the tax on the na tion's two favorite hard drinks cana" and "grappa." by 30 U. S. cents per gallon, and whisky bv $1.25 U. S. per gallon. A govern ment survey showed tha 55 per cent of the Insanity cases In 1942 occurred to descendants of acute alcoholics and that an additional 15 per cent of the insane were habitual drunkards. Police rec ords showed that 20 per cent of the crimes In May, 1943, In Montevideo were perpetrated by people under the influence of alcohol. . faPROVOKED HUSBAND" Newport, R. I. (U.R) The first dramatic performance in New England by an organized com pany of professionals took place in Newport on Sept 7, 1781. Despite a law against such a procedure, a company under the direction of David Douglass presented "The Provoked Hus band," with the profits being donated to tho poor. DIFFERENTIAL REFUSED Washington, Dec. 9 (U.R) The War Labor board shipbuild ing commission refused today to grant 3,000 repair workers in five southern California ship yards an 11.8 per cent differen tial over the wage scale for workers employed on new ship construction. PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes ot WASHERS , and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. SI N. Baxtletl Phona 2411 1( Si aim am ceR7au PASTEURIZED eiiriiEi am mit fOOO UNITS VITAMIN "A' . M IVHY POUND Ve Extend to, All CIVILIANS and MILITARY PERSOilliEL in Southern Oregon - A CORDIAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE PRESENTATION of WES" and "HflOS" AND FEATURING THE 96th Division DANCE BAND ifflfE V Grand Party for Everyone FRIDAY, 8:30 P. M., DECEMBER 10 SPONSORED BY THE u. s. 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