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PAGE EIGHT NOTED ENGINEER Very few Medford people are ware that Major William Mar tin Johnson, one of America'! outstanding military consulting engineers, was formerly Mea ford boy and received his early duration in the Roosevnlt school of this city. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Johnson the elder Mr. Johnson coming here .from Phoenix, Ariz., in 1911, to accept the foremanship of the Mail Tribune job depart ment. He and A. F. Stennett were old friends In Phoenix and it was through Mr, Stennett's solicitation that Mr. Johnson's ervices were engaged by the Mail Tribune, a position he held for several years before finally returning to his old borne in Lvnchburg. Va. Alter returning to Virginia young Martin completed his education in the Lynchburg schools and in 1928 graduated from Virginia Tech. Many Big Jobs His first big engineering Job for the government was the building of Camp Pickett, then Camp Lee. He did four million dollars worth of work at Camp Rlchey, Md and when he en listed in armed service In May, 1943, had a four-mllllon-dollar housing project surveyed and blue printed for another job. From October, 1940, till he went Into service ha had completed fifty-eight million dollars worth of 'work, and had done it all under government estimates and ahead of schedule without the least labor trouble, graft or scandal. Among other Jobs young Mar tin Johnson has done was the engineering work for the Wil liamsburg restoration for John D. Rockefeller at cost of forty five million. To Mexico City Now for the second time the government has deferred Major Johnson's active army service to become chief engineer of the division of health nd sanitation of the office of coordinator of lnter-Amerlcan affairs at Mexico City, a project costing millions of dollars. Jointly financed by the United States and the Mexi can government. He "will also have charge of the sanitation, water supply and sewerage for tho Pan-American highway from Mexico City to Guatemala. Major Johnson Is now In Mex ico City In charge of the work. Watson Johnson, a brother, who also attended Roosevelt WESTERN THRIFT WOOL Look What's Un! 7".:. SPECIAL FOR BABY "Bibs" Washable Bibs 49c "Cabs" Waterproof Panties .. 59c Extra Fillers, 7Sc Va do. rrrra 100 I llllT'H Genuine "Beacon" Blankets, 36x54 $3.98 Coach Cover Srs... . $4.98 i ii i .iiiim f.,f.mMmBm.u.itw.'iw(im'mtmmnJiw- ' iiien """" "'" .' ' Afw Mnhifa n vm ifji -frnftf-m high vantage point and watches Picture by Acme Newspicture rooiograpner Dert urancu lor school, Is district manager for large bonding and casualty company with headquarters in Raleigh, N. C. Watson, unfor tunately, Is incapacitated for armed service due to the loss of an eye in Infancy. L TAKEN BY DEATH Mary Melvlna Pahl, a native of southern Oregon, having been born near Gold Hill, on the Old Stage road, on July 13, 1886, passed away at a local hospital Friday evening. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Yocom were pioneers of this section, coming by cov ered wagon from Illinois. Mary Melvina Yocom was united In marrtage to William Pahl at McMlnnville. Ore., on March 18, 1909. Two daughters were born to this union, Mrs. Alice Daws of Vacaville, Calif., and Mrs. Alta Denman of San Francisco. Other survivors are her mother, Mrs. M. E. Yocom, of Alsea, Ore., four brothers, T. Yocom, Williams, Ore., G. S. Yocom, Lebanon, Ore., R. M. and P. R. Yocom, of Medford; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Stouder, of Alsea, and Mrs. Yada Mc Clanahan, of Medford. Funeral services will be con ducted from Perl Funeral home Tuesday at 1:30 p. m., the Rev. Fred Weatherford officiating. Interment will be In Siskiyou Memorial park. Glenn L. Jackson, who Is In England with the Eighth Army Air Force, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. The news of his advancement was received by Mrs. Jackson in a cablegram delivered over the week-end. Lt. Col. Jackson, who before going into the army was vice president of the California-Oregon Power company, has been in the army since September of 1942 and was sent to England last August. The exact nature of his work with the air force is not divulged. OloMnR time tor Sunday Too Late to CIkuIIj S SO Saturday ajtarnoon Pleaaa remember SWEATERS A new shipment' of Virgin Wool long (leave Slip-on Sweaters in loft pink, baby blue, mow white. $4.98 Snow white, short sleeve slip, overs S3.98 ptoir - 2. v-j mm MEDFORD MAIL Yanks Pour It On Nazis'Below vlrlff riiiHnff Hftodw flohtinff In Ttalv. Yank guns soften up enemy positions American Diplomacy Faces Biggest Job: Winning Peace By John A. Relchmann United Press Staff Correspondent Washington (U.R) Japanese bombs two years ago drove American diplomacy to face the greatest task of history, that of winning the peace and making The task received its first Im plementation in the recent four Dower Pact of Moscow., which is expected to provide the frame work for future diplomatic plan ning. Since Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull angrily denounced the two Japanese envoys who called on him an hour after bombs had already fallen on Pearl Harbor, he has kept In mind a single purpose to win the war. All his diplomacy has been directed to aiding the military forces to whip the axis with the smallest expenditure of man power. No criticism of "appease ment" or lack of policy has veered him from his first prin ciple that the lives of Ameri can soldiers must not be wasted. That criticism was most acute In this country's dealings with Vichy, before total German oc cupation of France, and with Admiral Jean Darlan In Africa. Hull firmly believes, however, that his policy not enly saved the lives of soldiers in Africa, where dlolomatic spadework by Consul Robert D. Murphy pre pared the wa$ for invasion, but that lt also kept the French fleet from axis hands. Since Pearl Harbor, the United Nations have also bequn to reap tr.e fruits of his "Good Neigh bor" policy. The resources of the 20 American Republics have served the Allied war effort In greater or less degree. Only one Latin-American country Ar gentina has failed to break relations with the axis, and 12 Latin-American powers are at war against the ax.Is. Only recently has Hull been willing to talk of postwar plans, and then only In general terms. But substantial progress has been made In seeking to reduce broad policies to concrete terms. . Postwar discussions are gen erally regarded as having start ed at the Quebec conference be tween President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Church- Ill, in which Hull and British External Affairs Secretary An thony Eden subsequently parti cipated. While their presence was pri marily for discussing some form of arrangements with the Soviet Union for closer contacts among the major European war leaders. The discussions finally resulted In the Moscow meeting of foreign ministers. The resulting tour-power pact. bringing China into the agree ment, pledged these powers to prosecution of the war to un conditional surrender, a com' mon policy of surrender and dis armament tot the enemy, the HUBBARD BROS. WILL BE CLOSED TWO DAYS- DEC 29 and 30 FOR INVENTORY o HUBBARD-17RAY CO. Will Remain Open TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, Vanafro tArnxm Tmlmohotoi n American soldier kneLi at his at Conca Casale in the valley below. me war rwure rwi. future wars impossible. creation of a world organization to maintain peace and to bring about a general agreement on disarmament after the war. Hull's hand was believed greatly strengthened by the pledges of Moscow, but equally significant was the action of the senate in passing a resolution endorsing postwar collaboration into which was written whole sections of the Moscow agree ment. The senate, ' which failed to give a needed two-thirds vote to the League of Nations after World War I, produced only five dissenting votes against a major ity of 85. Earlier the house'had passed a less Important oostwar resolution by a vote of 380 to 29. Prior to Moscow, the state de partment had been under violent attack for Its asserted failure to develop a foreign policy. Numer ous demands were made for a reorganization of the depart ment. The attacks were heightened with the resignation of Sumner Wells, who had been Hull's un-der-secretary ever since he as sumed office in 1933. No thor ough explanation of' Wells' ac tion was given. Some critics as serted that it was caused by a breach over foreign policy, par ticularly toward Russia. Some blamed lt on differences of per sonality. Wells was succeeded by Ed ward R. Stettlnius, Jr., who prev iously had been lend-lease ad ministrator, after the reorganiza tion had placed lend-lease In a slnitle agency together with the Office of Economic Warfare and the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation. These agencies continued under state depart ment policy directives but be came co-ordinated by Leo T. Crowley, previously head of OEW. The state department also has been active in preparing plans for relief and rehabilitation culminating in the 44-power At lantic Cjty conference postwar food distribution plans, and with co-ordinating postwar planning for international aviation and shipping. WEATHER Northern California Cloudy today, tonight and Tuesday with light rain beginning on coast this afternoon and spreading over interior tonight; occasional showers Tuesday morning; warmer interior tonight; little change in temperature else where. Clotlng Urn for ButkIbj Toe Lata to CIssiltY t so Saturday afternouo Pie remembar OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1943 I0LIDAY CRIME AT LOWEST EBB IN LOCAL AREA The Christmas week-end, so far as the police were concerned, was one of the quietest and most peaceful in years, state, county and city authorities said today. City police reported only one case of drunkenness and no seri ous motor accidents, state police made but three citations, all for minor traffic violations and the sheriffs office said the usual hol iday disturbances were entirely missing throughout the county this year.- . About the only activity en gaged in by the sheriffs office was to round up some horses which were reported trampling lawns In the Siskiyou Heights district. The sheriff s office said numerous complaints of horses loose in the district had been re ceived night and day the past week and that when the owners were known they were told to keep the nags from roaming. E It Is believed that the Influ enza epidemic declined some what In intensity this past week according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. Although the cases formally reported to the department were almost the same as the preceding week, 48 as compared to 52, Dr. Merkel states indications are that the disease is on the decline. The week's report of com municable diseases shows seven new cases of scarlet fever, two of ' which are in Medford and five at Camp White and there was a marked increase of chick en pox, 21 cases, In all parts of the county, being reported. But seven cases were reported the preceding week. Other diseases listed are one case of measles, seven cases of pneumonia, two of mumps, one of infantile paralysis, seven cases of recurrent malaria and Iwo of gonorrhea. CAPT. JACK M. R0UTH FUNERAL TOMORROW Salem, Ore., Dec. 2T. (U.R) Funeral services for Capt. Jack M. Routh, Oregon Selective Service staff member will be held tomorrow. Routh died suddenly of a heart attack Friday at his home. He was a native of Salem and was a reporter on the staff of the Astorian Budget at Astoria before joining the state military department six years ago. GRAND JURY CALL IS PLANNED NEXT WEEK ' District Attorney George W. Neilson said the grand Jury, Earl C. Gaddls, - Medford foreman, would be called next week, to make its report and consider any criminal matters coming before it. The grand jury recessed sev eral weeks ago. The district at torney said the criminal matters in the county were well cleaned up. , ' SENATE CANDIDATE Idaho Falls, Ida., Dec. 27. (U.R) Hoyt Ray, Idaho Falls, former U. S. district attorney for Idaho, predicted today that Gov. C. A. Bottolfsen would be Idaho's next republican candi date for the U. S. senate. More than 10,000 covered wagons came to California over the Emigrant trail in the gold rush year of 1849. ADRIENNE'S KNOX HATS y2 Price ONI TABLE OF $1.00 SPECIALS Another Table Value to $1435. President's Son OA 'J i - Lt. Col. James Roosevelt, tj. 8. Marine Corps, ylMtcd Camp San Lais Obispo this week as foes 0f MaJ. Gen. Paul 1. Mueller, eommaadinf general. Slit Infantry Division, which is stationed here. During his brief star, Colonel Roosevelt recounted rome of bis exneriencea In the South Pacific , . AUTOS AND FIRE LEAD DEATH LIST By United Press Accidents and violence claim ed at least 266 lives during the long Christmas holiday week end, the notion's first full holi day since the war began, a United Press survey showed, to day. New York led all states In the total number of deaths with 39. California was next with 30. Traffic accidents accounted for 147 deaths. California headed the list of states with 22 traffic fatalities. Ohio was next with 14. Illinois and Michigan each had 13, and New York recorded 11 deaths in atomobile accidents. Fire took 52 lives including 18 killed in a New York rooming house and three in a Minneap olis rooming house. Miscellaneous a c c 1 d ents ac counted for 87 deaths. In Cali fornia seven army fliers were killed in airplane crashes. . BIRTHS N RTOWTflHOCKER - To Mr. and Mrs. M. E.,tRt. 2, Box 406, Medford, Dec. 25, a girl, eight pounds,, at Community hos pital. . Hvnr Tn Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, 730' West 14th, Med ford, Dec. . 25, -, a , ooy, , eigni pounds, at Community hos pital. DODGE To Mr. and Mrs Thayer, 505 Edwards, Medford, Dec. 27, a girl, 4V4 pounds, at Community hospital. P-38 PILOT KILLED Los Angeles, Dec. 27 (U.R) 2nd Lt. Eldin R. Alvin, 20, of Rockford, 111., was killed when his P-38 fighter plane. crashed in a lemon grove two miles north of Camarlllo, Calif., the Los Angeles fighter wing head quarters announced today. Lt. Alvin's next of kin was listed as Mrs. Loretta B. Eicholtz of Rockford. FINAL Clearance or MILLINERY .. $1 .98 Home Again Mayor and Bride Home From Brief Wedding Journey Mayor and Mrs. Clarence A. Meeker have returned to Med ford from a brief wedding trip and will be at home to their friends after January 1. Mayor and Mrs. Meeker were married Wednesday at 5 p. m. in the First Methodist church by the pastor, the Rev. Louis A." Kirby. Mrs. Meeker, the former Miss Ruth Esther Wheaton of Che- boygan, Mich., for -the past three years has been field worker for the Women s Society of Chris tian Service of the Methodist church and her work took her to all parts of the country. Head offiaes of the society are in New York. Prior to the field work Miss Wheaton edited a missionary journal for the church and was situated in Cin cinnati, O. She relinquished her work with the church Dec. 15. The -mayor Is one of the town's best known citizens, hav ing resided here since boyhood and being in business for many years. Closing tuna (or Classified ada B a m. 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