" MEEFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. "MEDFORD, OREGON,' MONDAY,' DECEMBER 20, 1943.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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