MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. . OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1943
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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
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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.
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