Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 20, 1943, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text" MEEFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. "MEDFORD, OREGON,' MONDAY,' DECEMBER 20, 1943. PAGE THREE r SOLDIER PARTIES With the holiday season and scheduling of many additional parties and dances for service men at Camp White, there is a need for larger numbers of young women to attend the af fairs It was stated today by recreational workers of the city. Young women of the valley willing to volunteer to attend the parties are asked to call Mrs. I. E. Schuler at 5765, for infor mation. It is pointed out . that . the parties at camp are well super vised, transportation is provided from town and that young wom en who attend always report an enjoyable time. Good music is provided for dancing and fre quently excellent entertainment is provided. MOTHER, DO WELL Portland, Ore., Dec. 20. (U.R) A little baby boy and his plucky 20-year-old mother, who was re moved from an "iron lung" res pirator for the few minutes re quired for the birth, today were getting along nicely in a Fort land hospital. Mrs. Carolyn Davis Wilson has remained in the respirator since the normal delivery of her sec ond son Saturday afternoon. And for the first time since then, her physicians today announced she was in an "improved" condition. The hnurlv hiillptlnx nn until to day said she was in "fair" con dition. Somehow or other, Christ tnas has always been the chil dren's day. No matter bow poor the land, no matter how hard the times, father has always . been able to provide a drum. -With fingers and needle, mother has seen, to it that something was done about the doll situ- . Oflon It has meant sacrifice. But big eyes around the tree on Christmas morning have been return enough. The "ah !"-s and the "oh!"-s and the "oh, boy!"-s have made Christmas one thing always worth the cost. On Christmas, the family has felt that complete closeness that is worth everything. As Its tlmo approaches in this war-torn year of our Lord, 1943, Christmas is more than ever the children's day. Only the family is bigger closer. On this Christmas Day the family includes every American in these United States. Whether rich or poor, whetHer the times are for each one good or hard, Americans are making sure this Christmas that the children get the great est of all gifts freedom. To assure the children this gift, the grown-ups of America have .pledged everything their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. This grootost gift of all will not show this year on any Christmas tree. Yet it will be there all the same the bright est, the most wonderful gift man has ever known. For this year America is a family, and the lives of free men and free women are the family's gift to the children. That simple fact - makes this the greatest Christ mas since the first. Fly by ' Instruments Alone Pilots Learn" to ct Lea mine to fly the B-26 Marauder by means at mstraroenU alone Is part ef the post-fradaate training tadent-offieers metre at the Dodra City Army" airfield. Practice flight directions are recorded en a man, by an inked recorder wheel electrically hooked op to the Link Trainer (now too Instrument Fly lac T liner) ao that mhiaaa nan bo studied and corrected. I ffiD I The remaining Marines on Tarawa Kneel in inDute to cneir I alien eomraaes as Patner O. C. Rledel, Marine Corps chaplain from Chicago, says mass. Serving as altar boy Is French Priest Father Henri Jollvelm who es caped from the Japanese on Tarawa. Postman Who Lost Pants Is Freakiest Accident of Year - Chifeago (U.R) The National Safety Council's freak accident report was topped by stories of a postman delivering mail with out his pants, a soldier welded into' his sleeping bag when lightning hit the zipper and an automobile absent-mindedly driv en up an opening bridge. When the residents of Cocoa-1 nut Grove, Fla., looked outside for their mail one day they saw the postman who delivered it was not wearing pants. ' "It isn't the heat," he said. "I fell off my bicycle and landed in an anthill. Even when the Unit ed States postal service gets ants in its pants the mail .goes through." . '., . Tttt junior high school class in Ponco City, Okla., watched a demonstration by 'Dr. W. -A. Franklin, of how to handle matches the safe way. "First remove the match," he said, "then close the container." . As he flipped epen the match box all' of the matches' caught fire. He put his fingers in his mouth, saying, "That, students. Is what happens when one be comes momentarily careless." During an arrriy maneuver In Tennessee a soldier awoke with a start and couldn't unfasten the zipper of his sleeping bag, and found that he was in a straight jacket, with the raindrops splash ing on his face, when his com panions released him, they found that lightning had welded the zipper fast. Another soldier, in the Solo mons, Pvt. Ernest M. Scofield of Denver. Colo., had huddled into a foxhole as much as he could to avoid enemy fire. A stray bul let dislodged a cocoanut from a tree limb overhead. The cocoa nut broke his left leg. Otherwise he came out of the fray un-scratched. Herbert L. Carpenter of Brook lyn, N. Y., considered the situa tion every morning as he went to work in the crowded subway. There was never enough room, so usually he considered it stand ing up, and it made him tired and angry. One day he took the results of his studies how to eliminate subway rushes to the mayor. On his way home he was trampled in the subway and had to be taken -to a hospital for treatment. A 17-year-old boy In Milwau kee, Wis., daydreaming as he rode along, drove up the opening leaf of the Sixth Street bridge. He came out of it almost at the top, stepped on the gas and the automobile made an 18-foot leap onto the leaf on the other side. The car was damaged, but the boy unhurt. Coach Lou Tortorelli was con gratulating himself because after a hard-fought football game' In which his team, : Phillips high school, had defeated Amundsen high, both of Chicago, not a play er of either team was hurt. At that moment an enthusiastic sub stitute on the bench yanked Coach Tortorelli's arm so violent ly that the coach's left shoulder was dislocated. Camp White Dance Schedule Wednesday Christmas party at Service Club No. 1. Girls 'will meet at the Riverside USO at 8 p. m. for transportation.. Thursday ' Formal dance at Service Club No. 2. Busses leave Riverside USO at 8 p. m. ' Sunday Tea dance at Service Club No. 1, from 2 to 5 p. m. MIDWINTER SWIM San Francisco, Dec. 20 (U.R) Thirteen members of the Dol phin club, led by 80-year-old Jim Cronln, braved rain and fog yes terday to celebrate the organi zation's 47th annual mid-winter ocean swim off San Francisco's Golden Gate. The highest point of land In San Francisco is Mt. Davidson, elevation 958 feet. MAIL CLOSING TIME Alrm.U Northbound goathnoano 8:4? a. m. l:Mt m 11:17c m. , ' l:p nt l:4B p m. 6:11 p. nt S:4B p. m. 10:56 p. a enlar Mall Northbound Bouthhoono :lfi pa 6:15 p m To A inland only. SUGAR mt your dealer's in rtfiiiij-f acted coHtainen (CANE Urges Training More Psychiatrists For Cases Caused by War Chicago (U.R) The need for psychiatric service is great and the supply of psychiatrists low, U. Col. William C. Menninger said, urging establishment of short, intensive training courses in psychiatry for physicians. Writing in the . American Medical association "Journal," M e n n i n ger,. neuropsychiatric consultant for the Fourth Serv ice command, said such courses would help meet an Immediate need in the armed services and "also for the tremendous post war Job." 'Every physician, both in and out of the army, must be con cerned with the number of psychiatric cases which the war experience has disclosed In our general population," Menninger wrote, "ine medical and social implications of this aroun are beyond our present ability to estimate. The immediate croblem U the rapid and most effective dis position of maladjusted indivi duals In the army, and In sub ordinating other" considerations to the urgent one of winning the war, those unfit for service must be turned over to civilian agencies and physicians, he said. An average of eight to 10 rer cent of men examined are re jected for psychiatric reasons. and nearly 80 per cent of army discharges are' for similar rea sons, Menninger said. At the same time, only two per cent of the medical Drofession era psychiatrists, so that while "the social implication, is enormous. ine importance to the medical profession is even greater." Even in normal practice, he said, physicians are aware that 40 to 60 per cent of their patients have nothing organi cally wrong wun them. BACK TO LABORS Washington, Dec. 20. (U.R) The war labor board today order ed typographical union members to return to their Jobs on Wash ington newspapers and called on the International union officials to explain why they condoned repeated violations of labor's no strike pledge by their members. The board acted as the work stoppage, affecting all four Wash ington newspapers, resulted in no afternoon ' newspapers publish ing. The dispute was referred earlier to the WLB by the labor department. The local union began a "con tinuous meeting" yesterday which resulted in no members re porting for work. The action came as the climax to a long dis pute over a union demand for a Sl-a-day increase. The publishers had offered 72 cents. GETS BERLIN ELEPHANT Barcelona, Spain. Dec. 20. U.R) The Barcelona city park has acquired from the Berlin zo ological museum the only ele phant which survived the Al lied bombings of the Reich cap ital, it was learned today. Clusliig tlmo lur Bundaj roo Lata Co Claaslly. 6:30 Saturday atternoon Please remember. LAND DEAL COMPLETION WAITS. TITLE DETAILS The deal between .the Weyer haeuser Timber company, and the county court for the pur chase of county land in south eastern Jackson county, will be completed as soon as abstract work such as checking on titles, and quieting them have been completed, county officials said. The timber company will: use the land for a long term forestry reclamation project. Some of the land has been burned over, and other sections have been logged off. Between 6,000 and 7,000 acres are involved, all non-tillable. HOLLYWOOD THIEF Hollywood, Dec. 20. (U.R) A Hollywood thief without the cus tomary spirit played Santa Claus to himself today. Mrs. Mary Ruggero told police a burglar entered her home and helped himself to all the pre sents under the Christmas tree, valued at $180.. He also stole a jewel box containing valuable family keepsakes, the said. nazi1bhipexplodes London, Dec. 20 (U.R) Stock holm radio in a home broadcast reported today that a German ammunition vessel exploded as lt was being unloaded in Oslo harbor, Norway, yesterday, kill ing at least four persons, injur ing many and rocking the area with intermittent blasts for five hours. Oao Mall itlDuno Want Ada. KSdsl 'sfretiiMcr Jxnu ly tHB pops pruncnr jtmti' SAVE the FATS and "PUSS THE AMMUNITION We can't all 6ght but we can all have I part in "Passing the Ammunition" that will keep the guns firing. 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