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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX. MESFORIVkTBIBUNK "Bvenreee as Soetaere ft i Mam Dsilf Batea Saerar reallahae k, UKOrORD PBINTNa oa i- ,-.. II h KOIIRT W UU SMIM. NUT B. OILSTBAf. Iluiia. Am ladepandaet N.w p par. VetereS M Nml elaaa matter el fer4 Orafon, vnaar Al ef lurch 8, SUBSCRIPTION BTKS Wr Stall Is AdABCl Daily ens saadav eae veer...,. . Belli esd Sunder els mgelke.., t IHr aa6 Sunday .three ejeatae, Dalit aaS Sunday eae month., 9r Carrier la dease MadferS. . Ian4. Cantral Point. Jeekeoavllle. Me. Ult, tv.M IH m .ti JUH Ooli ill. reeeals. Talent, aad a sealer . rautaat Call, aji Seeder am raw Bail, u Sunday see ateetk.. All tarma aaah ta advanae, W.N .11 O'Arlal Panar ef (ha City 1 Medlar Official Papav at Jnrenaa Ooaatp Cal tad Praaa ran Lai aUalBZR OP AUDIT URAO OP CIRCULATIONS Adaarttalni Rapraaaalettve WHT-HOLLIDAT COMPAKT. tfO. onion la Kaa (ark. Oklcaee, Detract Baa Pranclaoo. Laa Anaalaa. Saettle. MtUaa. u Loula, AUaau, Vaaeesvse, 8V tt Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Purr Der Fuehrer, dcr Flu, und der Fog continue- M the main targets of eivic cussing in the order named. Roosevelt and Wlllkle cam paign buttons, In wholesale lots have been shipped to Africa and Italy, Neither Tunisia or Sicily have any votes In the electoral college, but an Ameri can soldier, home from fighting fronts, . wearing a campaign button conspicuously below his battle ribbons, would help the cause, a "Mario Chamlee, celebrated operatic tenor, was.warmly wel comed. He sang Tell Me Why. "(Los Angeles Times.) It's none of his business. , e A damsel showed up on the Main Stem yes. wearing a pink "fascinator.'' In pioneer days the womenfolks wore them in stead of peasant bandannas now prevalent e e e . Russian Justice did no legal fooling around or sobbing anent the Russian traitor, and the three Nazi Gestapos who plead guilty to mass murders of old men, women and children. They were condemned to die Satur day night and hanged Sunday morning. Other Axis war crim inals, when caught, will want trial in American or British courts. e e e CAVEMAN ITUITJ ("Genius and Character") "Lessalle fell in love in a few minutes, carried the wom an of his choice down ex actly three flights of stairs, and then, as though his in tellect had Interfered to dampen his emotions, he let , the whole matter drop." e The driver of a cleaning establishment's wagon in sister state is charged with go ing 84 mph. No doubt the cus tomer was waiting for his pants In a barrel. e e e "Will the lady who rode me to town from Forker Blvd. call 2-1 BOO es I left my umbrella in car." (Sharon Herald.) Piggy back! There mems to be some hectic searching among politicians to find an opponent able to put up a worthy struggle against Sen. Holman in the May primary. The Junior senator Is the bene ficiary of a union labor resolu tion denouncing his vote on the antt-strike bill, has wide ap peal in the rail fence country. He never gets in a position where he can t say "Yes," or he can't say "No." Furthermore, he has never been caught straddling a political issue. a a SECRET WEAPONI "Oh, dream me up a gadget!" cried dcr Fuehrer In despair. . . . "A super secret weapon for the land, the sea or air. ... A mir acle is needed, so perform It right away. ... I am short of secret weapons, so kick through without delay. , . . It's your Fuehrer that Is speaking; you must save his funny face. , . You must hasten to the rescue of the super-duper raccl . . . It's a miracle I call for, Just a trifling magic trick. ... Not next year, and not tomorrow, but tills very augenbllckl" .Then a shortwave hooter answered like a. voice from out the skies. ... "A noose Is Just the tlcketl Will you try it on for site?" (J. Burroughs in Oakland (Cal.) Tribune.) SABOTAGE Stockholm, Dec. il (U.B Re ports from Copenhagen said to day that a fire of presumably saboteur origin swept the main building of the Riffcl Syndicate works. Denmark's largest arm ament firm. Riffel'i is a large- scale producer of automatlo ma chine guns for the German army. Current Bombing of Nazis Convincing Demonstration Of .Allied Aerial Supremacy By LOUIS r. XEEMLE United Press War Analyst. The heavy bombing raids carried out during the last two days and nights against Germany and occupied or satellite territory is the most convincing demonstration yet of Allied air might over Europe. ' There have been heavier single attacks, but this latest assault Is remarkable for It sustained quality and the wide area covered ever a period of 36 hours. The us of the word "raid" Is a mis nomer. This is in every sens a military offensive, and from all account, a profitable destructive one. Wide Territory Covered A review of the target Indicate the scope of the operation. The field covered northern France; Bremen, the most important remaining German North sea port; Frankfurt and Mannheim Ludwigshafen in southwestern Germany; Augsburg, farther south; Innsbruck, Austria, at the northern end of the Brenner pass; Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, and the Eleusls airfield near Athens. From Bremen to Athens is nearly 1.500 miles. This wld range, hitherto impracticable, has been mad possible by the establishment of long rang bomber bases in the Mediterranean, notably Italy. The important fields around Foggia in Italy art now apparently in full operation. This makes possible a two-way squeeie covering nearly all target of consequence In Germany as well as Austria, beside bringing any part of the Balkans within convenient range. Increasing Force In Prospect Changing winter weather conditions and the need for regroup ing air squadrons after raids which are necessarily epensive in bombers and crews limit Allied ability to keep up such an offensive without interruption. There is nevertheless every prospect that they will be continued whenever conditions permit, and In Increas ing rather than diminishing force. Losses are admittedly heavy, such as the loss of 42 big British bombers and 25 American In the However, Allied military authorities Insist that the cost can be borne and is not too high in relation to the damage caused to the onemy. The attack are by nature strategic and are intended to cripple the enemy's ability to resist when the invasion of western Europe and the Balkan come. Their full effect cannot be gauged now but It is likely to become apparent after the land front Is opened. Wednesday Shortest Day of Year; Alarm Qocks Taking Bad Beating By llefc Bourn (United Press Correspondent) San Francisco, Dec. 81, U,R) Approach of the winter sol stice, creeping without warning upon the nation over-euraenea alarm clocks, today brought the following advice from the weather bureau, astronomers and clock-fixers: "Wind your clock up tight to night, - The longer of the year Tomorrow is the shortest day From dawn to dusk' so near. You may not hear the bell at all- This warning I a must ' Bo wind your clock up tight to night , And ,' pray 'the spring won't bust" FINES LEVIED IN Portland, Ore.. Dec. l-flJ.B Two former officers of the pow erful Boilermakers' union, the cal 73, faced fine and suspended Jail sentences today after a cir cuit court halted negotiations tor amicable settlement of tha un ion' marled affairs. , Tom Ray. ex-buslnes agent, was fined 3300 and given a five month suspended sentence by Judge James W. Crawford. Hugh Fagan. deposed recording secre tary, was fined $100 and given a 90-day suspended sentence. In a climax to yesterday's stormy court session Judge Crawford declared voluntary at tempt to negotiate tha tangled legal status of the union at an end because the international had Inslsed that election of of ficers for the union be held in March. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the editor must sew the name and address of the writer although the use ot a pea name inltlsis tot publication Is par. mlaalble The MaU Tribune re. ervea the right to adit all letters with a view to clarity and eon lenaaUosv . . , I.'s ANALYSIS editor, I read the Eye View of Med- ford" in the Nov. 24 Tribune; ot their many gripes and com plaints, as It were. A O. I. will gripe about any part of the country, a state, a town and its people, providing it isn't his native habitat; I.e., In other words, there Just Isn't any place on earth quite like home. A soldier who has had to break home ties, leave his loved ones, leave the comfort and security of a normal and peaceful pur suit ot happiness. Just cannot be completely and fully satis fied away from that environ mcnt. Hence the gripes. No placo to go, nothing to do. not enough recreation facilities, no night flubs, and a thousand other trivial verses in the Sol diers' Lament. I say trivia be cause in these times that is Just what they amount to. Most servicemen have always been used to having their entertain ment llshed out in larger quan tities than Medford can pro duce. It isn't altogether the soldi!- fault, nor Is it Med ford'fi, or any other community's fsult,, it la merely an unavoid a a To the "Soldier's MEDFORD MA1T two main sweeps over Germany. The winter solstice, marking the long and short of the day and night buslnesa, occurs at 1:30 p. m. EWT, Dec. 22. It is the time the tun "stands still" and brings mora wear and tear on the alarm clock than any other day. After the -solstice, the days get longer and, the oretically, if easier to waks up. War plant managers blamed much absenteeism on the clock ; crisis, caused by manufacturers' making ' navigation Instruments and time fuse and the reluct ance of many employe to come to work with that old excuse, "The Alarm Didn't Go Off." The clockless individual Just stay at borne to save face, they reported. able circumstance brought on by tha war, I agree heartily with the first soldier that was Interviewed. He said he was tending strictly to the buslnesa of being army trained. More of we O. I.' hould do the' came, and con centrate more on the hastening of tha and ot this mess so we all could go borne sooner. Tha third interviewed was vary right in saying O. I.'s love to grip. It it whan they be come quiet and sullen that their morale 1 apt to be at a low ebb. Moat griper claim they would accept their discharge, were it offered them, but I dare say, it that situation should occur, there would be but a small per centage who would find that their "better Judgment" over rules their patriotism. Personally I should Ilk very much to be stationed at Camp White, but then of course, Med ford Is my home, and sentiment plays a small role In the army. Pic. orvllle Burnetts, Hq. Co., 11th A.D., A.P.O. 261, U. S. Army, eo Postmaster, Los Angeles, Calif. P.S. Yes, rail transportation Is rotten. Cleveland Girl In Met Debut Success New York, Dec. 21 (U.R) The Metropolitan Opera debut of 22-year-old Christina Carroll ot Cleveland, who sang the role of Muetta In the season's second performance of Puccini's La Bo- heme last night, was pronounced a definite success by critics to day. Miss Carroll, who sang the role with the San Francisco Op era Co. for two seasons, took the part with zest and humor and maintained a warm and pleas ing vuice. A. B. CORNELL PASSES SUDDENLY IN G. PASS Grants Pass, Dec. 21 A. B. Cornell, f4, Grant Pass insur anc man, died suddenly ot heart attack at his home here Sunday evening. He has been district agent ot the Oregon Mutual Life Insurance company tor the past 55 years and was th only living member of the original organization. Cornell cam to Grants Pass in 1899 from Oregon City as telegrapher with the Southern Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Cornell ware married in McMinnvill and celebrated their fiftieth anniver sary in April this year. CQoata time tor Cleseined ads a. m. Tw late 10 Classify 1340 I (V at. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Your Health and Its Care BY Dr. WILLIAM BRADY. M. D. Reader should address Inquiries toi Dr. William Brady. 255 El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. SNEEZE CURT AIM IN THE NAVY Observing that a considerable number of cases of respiratory infection occurred in corpsmen fni and other pa tient in sick bays afloat, due to droplet or spray infec tion, especially when cases of tonsilitl, bron. chitis, strepto coccus sore throat, or virus pneumonia are admitted to sickbay, where oc. Braor there is insuffi cient room to keep patients far enough apart for reasonably safe isolation, Clicora f. mcuui- lough, commander, U. S. N. R. medical corps, reminds us (U. 8. M. Med. Bui., Nov., '43) that In fectious organism liberated by couching and sneering." (Whatl No talking or laughing In sickbay, Commander?) "are easily carried to other patients In adjacent bunks" . . . the germs are not wafted hither and thither In units, pairs or bevies, you un derstand, but in gangs, divisions, colonies, armies carried in drop lets of mucus or moisture given off from nose and mouth when the individual with one of the in fections mentioned sneezes. coughs, laughs or talks, droplets so small that they are invisible to the naked eye, as well as larger droplet you can see and. when they spatter on you, feel landing. They are a menace to those whose resistance is low ered because of present illness or Injury, This condition not only creates a medical hazard but is detriment to the effective use of manpower aboard ship. We can't- stop now to quarrel with the commander his use of the meaningless term "resist ance" when he speaks of Immu nity. Dr. McCullough describes the sneeze curtain used In the sick bay of his ship, a barrier of mus lin hanging by rings and hooks News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued from Page One) i creased Incomes, but most neo- ple have much less after taxes and high prices. no one advertises tne trutn that this government increased its toll on the income taxpayer 132 per cent the first five months of this fiscal government year (July to December) over last year. Little do you hear of tax ation rising 700 per cent In three major bills since Pearl Harbor, the brunt falling on old taxpay ers, not the inconsiderable new war worker (9,000,000 new Vic tory taxpayers pay only 3162, 000,000). A STRUaGLINCJmarrted " wage-earner getting $5000 to day must pay 20 per cent or $1000 to his federal government, In addition to state and county taxes and other federal levies on cigarettes, liquor, etc. All you hear are expert argu ments about inflation with gen eralized overall national figures about swollen Incomes, nothing about this $5000-man trying to buy bonds, pay withholding, ter rific prices and raise a family on about half or less of what he earns. No one, absolutely no one, takes the pnrt of the Individual taxpayer. The way the propagan da has been set up, it is consld-J erea unpopular, even remotely unpatriotic, to do so. But generalized average tax- atlon already Is $357 per person here compared with $291' in Brit ain, $261 In Canada, and our people already pay eight times more than in World War I. e e e THIS government, without this bill, will collect possibly $45. 000000.000 this year, pay at .least 47 per cent of the war cost, and its expenditures will run be low expectations while its reve nues will be higher than budget ed, making any tax increase less necessary. Yet the treasury ar- 1 I: War"t f" Krwd forme S!a !?'",-hk"" S"T; plate and ruma lata TOT enjoy solid Zi. WB.'reY'lli00" ,P1J"1 unJ aWoHd'alartaet senilis plate powder. Aa iee S04. VeS , IT WUItINO YOUR JV S.s HUD V ' f Pwe-rmea aaf wrlnkl 2 -CmfJ AvtHdthle hold aiaSk aa "us eoauorvcuauoa, a lll I sasesexeaaajjaa , sssssasswasJsavwaa--A as 1 wmliS OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1943. on metal frame, about five feet high, around top and head half of two sides of the bunk. The frame permits easy access to the natlent for care ana treatment does not give patient sense of being shut In, Is easily removed when not in use, and stowed in small space. The device has proved beneficial in reducing such infections in sickbay. This or some similar device should be used not only in the sickbay but In every hospital ward where other patients are not more than twelve feet from the patient with a respiratory Infection. QUESTIONS J) ANSWERS ' ' Lead Arsenate Kindly tall ma how to remove poi son spray residue from applet. iV. F.J Answer Wash apples or other fruit, or greens or leafy salad vegetables, with 1 solution ot hydrochloric eld In water, then rinse well with clear water. This strength or nydro- chlorlo acid . solution may do pre rjared by mixing a Dint of standard U. 8. P. Dilute Hydrochlorio Acid So lution (10) with nine par" ' w" ter. Ordinary rinsing In water will not remove all tracea of spray real- due, became lead arsenate la cot solu ble In water, not aulllclentiy soiuoie, but It la readily soluble In very dUots acid solution. Baby Likes Bottle You said babies should be com pletely weaned from bottle by the eee of 14 months. My baby Is 13 montha old and atlU refuses to drink from cups or glass. (Mrs. B. C.) Answer The baby will keep on re fusing aa long aa you continue to let him soe you are only fooling. Babies should be fed something from cup when they are six or seven months old. Then weaning from bottle will be easy for a week let the baby have the bottle only once dally at Bleeping time. Then dilute the bed time bottle feeding half with water each night for three or four nights. Then offer the baby a regular feed ing from cup at bedtime. Let him take It or leave It. Bend stamped en velope bearing your address and In close ten oenta for "The Brady Ba by Book." (Copyright. 194!, John T. Wile Co.) CO. Notet persons wishing to communicate with nr. Brady should send letter direct to Ur. William Brady. M. D.. tns El Ca mlno. Beverly Hilts, Calif. dently offsets such figures and denies this established trend of reduced deficits in its warm, cessive taxation zeal. And this finance committee spent most of its time moderat ing re-negotiation of contracts on business. Perhaps some such steps were necessary to prevent Injustices and leave ' business something for after-the-war con. version, but it lost sight of con sideration tor the individual tax- ipayer' FAIR-MINDED authority 11 will deny that both the house and senate tax bills are basically awkward, unimagina tive, non-partlsanly inefficient, upward readjustments of already overburdened tax sources, that no one concerned, including the treasury, has shown the slight est political courage toward, de veloping new, tax sources or searching out the war-inflation money in the. pockets where it resides. . ' , , Somehow, politicians have the notion taxpayers never rise up at elections. It was the New Deal which first fully discovered that tremendous taxation does not hurt politically, but' excessive expenditures to special groups does help politically. As long as this belief prevails, the Income taxpayer may continue to be the constantly fleeced goat of gov ernment. Bus Line Sued For $5,000 Damage In Highway Accident Mrs, Rita E. Evans, In a suit filed in circuit court yesterday. seeks $5000 damages, $150 for auto repair and $100 for medical care, against the Rogue Valley Transit company. The camplaint sets forth that while driving a pickup auto on the Crater Lake highway be tween this city and Camp White, a Transit company bus collided with the rear of the pickup, throwing Mrs. Evans against the steering wheel and causing chest and back injuries. The accident occurred November 26 last. The complaint further alleges the bus was travelling at a high rate of speed at time ot the crash. Closing time for Sunday Too Lata to Classify 6 SO Saturday afternooo Please remember. rum war day C0MF0RTAIIT SNU6 THIS WAT !ee form when plates remain tm- plates (Irmly ray all da day, avers dug with deoUst's formula. rUeommasdadbydaruataleeMyeara. Wrnet's powder la economical; a very email amount taata lonter. Mad. of .W.,ec.lle Incite,. so pure yon eat It la Ice cream. Pleasant taeoDf, Mawer Saw W mmt aWaenael Livestock Portland. Dee. SI (UP) Livestock: Cattle. US. Market steady. Com mon to medium steers. SUMS) IS 00; good fed steers Monday, S1J 14.40; good ted bailers, slSJMelS.U; fairly good beet oowa, S10.78; medium grades. S8.60; canners and cutters. S4e000: common-medium bulla, 7 00 8.60; (ood-chotos vealers, SIS) 14 JO. Hogs. (SO. Holdovers, MO. Market steady. Bows slow, 200-330 lbs., S14JS; 340-370 lbs., eiS-7Oe)l4.O0; weignt be low 300 lbs, S13.7S down to 813 JS; good sows late Monday. SO .00 a S M; feeder pigs salable, Sioooa) 10.60. Sheep, 160. Market weak. Good 110 lb. lamba, 813-00; ewnmoo down to 88.00; good-choice truck-Ins salable around 813.60, extreme top Monday S18.O0; good ewes, MAO 4.40. south Pan Pranclaco. Dec 31 (TJP) Livestock: Catue, ISO. Generally steady. Load of feeder steers, 813.76; largely she stock run; package grass he If era, 613.00; load low-medium eows. S10O0; common oowa, 88.60: canners and cut ters mostly 86.008.00; cutter to oomroon eaueage bulls, 6 7 .60 9.60. calves, ss. nominal, aood to choice vealers, 618.60; cull calves. 7J6a 6.40. , Bogs, 400. Steady. Two ear SI6-lb. Idaho. 614 85: few under 300 lbs.. 614.36: medium to good sows, 610-60 911.00. , Sheep, SO. Monday fully steady. Package choice 97-lb. lambs, 616.00, top; bulk, 81S.50914.60; cull to good ewes, S3.60q6.60. Chicago. Dec. 31 (UP) (WPAl Livestock: Hogs, 18,000. Slow, steady. , Good and choice 150-330 lbs., 811.60s. 18.75; 950-660-lb. sows, 611.90a 13.15; holdover of 13.000 likely. cattle, 70oo; caivea, looo. Choice fed eteers snd yearlings strong to 16c higher; supplies strong. Bulk. 613.35a io.au eariy top, sio.oo: nulk deuers. 613.60816 00. eneep, 4000. Market not established . asking fully steady. Portland Produce Portland, Sec. 31 (UP) Wholesale market prices: cranberries coast. 8:35: coos Bay, 88.366.50, Tangerines Texas, gsas half box: Florida. 63.40 half box. Cauliflower No. 1, 83.35 e 3 JO. Sggplant California, 64.00. Sweet Potatoes California. 60e, 8440960. Chicago Wheat Chlosgo. Deo. tl (UP) Wheat: Open High Low Close Dee. 81.73(4 S1.72V. 61.71 81.71 May 1.87H -1.971,4 J.S6H 1.65H July 1.5514 1.85)4 1.83 J.63T4 Sept. . 1.63ft 1.63)4 1J3H 1.83ft S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Dec. 21 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 03 score 43c, 92 score 42Vse, 80 (core 42V4C, 89 score 4.134C . - Cheese: Wholesale prices, loaf Z7V3C, triplets Z7c. Eggs: Large grade A 81, me dium grade A 46c, small grade A aevic, large grade B 45c Wall Street New York, Dec. 21 (U.R) Stocks moved irregularly in quiet trading today. Leading share registered de cline in sufficient number to bring email losses In average, while special stocks registered gams ranging to four point. Sugar issues were strong and fairly active. Today s closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel it Tel .., 155 Anaconda 24Vi Chrysler 80V4 8Vi 37tt BSMi 43V4 25H Curtlss Wright General Electric General Motors Montgomery Ward Penn R R Phillips Petroleum 46 J C Penney 97 Radio 9H 237 Southern Pacific Standard Oil of Cal Texas Gulf Sulphur , Transamerica United Aircraft S63i 34 Vi 8 26 U S Rubber . 42 U S Steel . SOTa Oloeln time for Classified ads . m Too late to Classify 13:30 CHRISTM GREETINGS Will Close Both Christmas Day 4000 Jam Church At Final Service For Fats Waller New York, Dee. 21 (U.R5 Shoving, Jostling crowds of more than 4,000 whites and negroes Jammed the Abyssinian Baptist church in Harlem Mon day and milled about in the street outside during funeral services for Thomas (Fats) Wal ler, radio singer and orchestra leader. Relatives, friends, leaders of show business and others filed past a blue casket surrounded by a mountain of flowers for a last look at the popular Jazz artist who died on a train near Kansas City last week. Some of the singer's followers sat on window sills or stood on chairs in the crowded church during the service, which were conducted by Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, pastor of the cnurcn. Powell said Waller had "left the world a rosary of memories." Gene Buck, former president of ASCAP, spoke briefly, then looked down into the casket and said: So long, Fats, God bless your happy souL" Guilt Admission Made By Woman In Petty Theft Eileen Esther NeeL 22, charged with petty larceny, entered a plea of guilty in Jus tice court yesterday. Passing ot sentence was deferred by Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman, pending further in vestigation. In a complaint filed by Maxlne Dlmick, she was charged with theft of a pair of slacks and a coat from a coat closet in a local cafe. The Neel woman claims her husband is with the armed forces overseas and that she re ceives a monthly allowance from him. Following her arrest last Saturday she told authorities she came here from Pasco, Wash., to meet a Camp White soldier who paid her train fare. She met him, she said, on a train while traveling west. She said she has not seen him since landing here. 1 William R. Callender, Ash land, was fined $7.50 and costs for an axle overload on a truck. Norman K. Cuddie was fined $1.50 and costs for lack of an operator's license. WCTU Charges Distillers' Plot ' Liquor Renewal Evanston, 111., Dec. 21. (U.R) The Women's Christian Tem perance Union charged today that whisky distillers them selves "inspired" a congres sional investigation of the liquor industry in a "vast plot" to obtain government permission tor renewed production of liquor. "These so-cal'.ed investiga tions are part of the distillers' campaign to "prove' that liquor shortages are responsible for hi jacking, bootlegging, .price goug ing and other evils inherent in the liquor traffic," the WCTU charged. Oldest G. I. Hurt By Passing Taxi Long Beach, Cal., Dec. 21 (U.R) The oldest enlisted man In the U. S. army, Sgt. John W. Westervelt, 75, was hospitalized today with a leg broken when a taxi struck him. The driver was not held. Westervelt, who continually passes his physical examinations. Is stationed with an air transport command ferrying group here. STEWART ON RAID London. Dec. 21 (U.R) Capt. Jimmy Stewart, former actor, led one group of American Lib erators in yesterday's raid on Bremen. 'There was lots of stuff up there today," Stewart told an air force public relations of ficer. "The boys really had a good look at all types of enemy fighters." And HAPPY NEW YEAR OPIeasa accept our cordial greeting for a Joyous Christmas and for abundant pros . periry during the New Year. Especially do we greet the members of the Armed Force and offer this . hop that Peace and Victory will toon ba oun . . . W sincerely appreciate your good will and gen erous patronage. WE. (SM3B Flight o' Tune Medford and Jacksor Co. His tory trom the flies ot the Mai Tribune 10 ad 26 rear see TEN YEARS AGO TODAT December 21. 1933 Ot was Thursday) .... Frank DeSouza Is named post- 1 master and it came as a surprise) to many Democrat. Appointee was a Democrat when they were scarce In Jackson county and has been a steady worker for that political faith. Occasional rains. High 83, low 39 degrees. North Riverside station held up. Germany's hand seen In tor round-up in France. Central Point cheesa factory tq reopen soon. Klamath Falls to seek lnluna. Von against liquor control law. New storms come UD-etatat t fifth day of steady downpour. Floods feared. v Joe Fliegel, 8, while on a shop ping tour with his mother, gets lost and pedals home on his tri- cycle while his parent and po lice hunt for him. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 21, 1923 (It was Friday) Peace near in Mexican revolt when rebels defeated at Vera Cruz. Tax delinquency in Jackson county shows decrease. Leviathan, world's largest ship, runs aground on reef near New York harbor. Fair. High, 47; low, 24 degree, j Russia denies Soviet plot to overthrow government Six-acre ranch on Wagner creek sells for $5000. Turkey shoot at Table Rock Sunday. Wlmer Grange to hold Christ mas tree next Sunday. Daily Meteorological Report Forecasts Medford snd vicinity! Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with fog In morning. Little change In tempera ture, Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight aad wouueeaay. ijitua cnange in temper. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: Highest, 40; lowest, 34. Total monthly precipitation, .66 Inch; Deficiency for the month, 1J3 Inches. . Total nreclnitatlon alnco Saotem. ber 1. 1843. 6.64 Inches. Deficiency tor Relative humldltv at 8 n. m. veatar- day, 88; 5 a. m. today, 8. Tomorrow Sunrise 8:36 a. m, sunset 6:48 p. m. Observations taken at o a. 130 meridian time: Stf si f ?! Is BE a Roeeburg Salt Lake San ranclsco seatue Spokane Wash'ton, D. C, Taklma The Hisoano-Suizn nlmlnne an. gme, one of the. principal 'pur suit plane power plants of,World War I, generated only 180 horse power. 3 At and Hew Years Boise 35 33 T Bain Boston , 40 34 Cloudy Chicago 39 38 p.cldy. Denver 68 30 Clear Eureka 67 46 Foggy Helena 87 10 P.cldy. Los Angelee 67 46 P.cldy. Medford 46 40 .03 Bain New York 33 90 Cloudy Omaha 40 35 Clear Phoenix 70 48 P.cldy. Portland 47 80 Clear Reno - - 38 33 J3 Foccv 43 39 T Rata 45 S3. Foggy SCO - 67 86 Fogg; 47 36 FoteV 81 17 Foggy 43 33 Cloudy 37 IS Clear