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BEST IN HISTORY;
Shortages In Recordings,
New Instruments, Man-
power Fail To Cut Output
By Nick Bourn
, United Press Correspondent
Americans heard more music
in 1943 than in any previos year,
despite shortages of shellac for
records, metal and manpower
for new instruments and gut for
harp strings a "must" for ev
ery spmphony.
"The Metropolitan Opera com
pany reported its biggest box
office business in more than IS
years, with nearly all perform
ances being sold out. The Met
didn't even need a man to stand
on its head in the lobby to fetch
a irowd, yet the long hair music
business was still on short dough
and a public appeal has been
made for $3,00,000 contributions
to keep it going.
- Ocarina Popular
Chicago became the "sweet
potato" capital of the world, suc
ceeding Vienna, by coming up
with the soldier's choice of a
personal, inexpensive, easy - to -play
instrument.
In America's other wars, the
soldier carried a little German
made harmonica in his pocket to
blow on when he felt the urge
for the soul-cleansing only har
monica or ocarina-players enjoy.
Chicago lived up to its name as
the Windy City and met the har
monica and Ocarina shortage
with a dandy plastic ocarina said
to excel the Viennese version.
- The plastic ocarina is wash
able, bounceable, sounds some
thing like a flute, can be tuned,
comes in sets of four so a group
of the boys can get close har
mony "in a half hour of prac
tice." Three-way Squeeie
Sales of records were ' the
highest in the history of the
business, although some shops
required customers to bring an
old one for each new one bought.
' Record companies were caught
in a three-way squeeze between
lack of shellac, formerly import
. ed from the Dutch East Indies, a
manpower shortage in factories
and "petrillo trouble" which
:n banned making of new records
by most companies, but dug up
'old standards" like "Star
Dust," "Tea for Two" and "Be
gin the Beguine."
The OPA set a $25 ceiling
price on portable wind-up phon
ographs, but naval officers
. would pay $100 for them to play
on ships which have the wrong
kind of current for. electric
. phonographs.
War plants cut loose with tre
mendous blasts of music to re-
lax taut workers, but one Kaiser
shipyard riveter rebelled, claim
ed the jive interferred with his
riveting, cut the loudspeaker
wires and was nabbed by the
FBI. .
Re-presses Sell
t ' Re-presses of old recordings
i by Pine Top Smith, Bing Cros
by, Red Nichols, Cab Calloway
and the Boswell Sisters sold
well.
A music publisher finally ex
plained why song. writers have
. failed to produce a really out
standing war tune:
"Even if it was good, nobody
would like it for long. There can
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be no song in this war to com
pare with 'Over There' or 'Keep
the Home Fires burning' because
there are too many Juke boxes
and radios. They pound any
song to death in a few weeks."
New allotments of transport
gas ration coupons are now be
ing prepared at the local war
price and ration board and it is
expected that the last of the cou
pons will be in the mail By Fri
day afternoon of this week. L. L.
Ternahan, executive secretary
of the board, stated that the cou
pons were being" prepared on the
basis of figures presented from
the Office of Defense Transpor
tation and that it was not known
whether the records were com
plete or not.
If persons having certificates
of war necessity for trucks have
not received the new allotment
of gasoline coupons by Jan. 5,
the owner should mail the cer
tificate to the board in order
that the necessary information
may be obtained for a sparch of
ODT records," Mr. Ternahan
stated.
V
Salem, Ore.,- Dec. 30.-MU.R)--
The State War Veterans' Service
committee has handled 889
claims of "Oregon's ex-aprvice
men of World War II, Gov. Earl
Snell said today. ...
"However, it is daily apparent
that many, entitled persons are
unaware of the benefits provid
ed by law. These will be gladly
explained at the service com-
mittee office, Oregon building,
Portland, either through person
al or by correspondence," the
governor said.
All state law provided bene
fits are available also to wives,
mothers, children and other de
pendents of the service men and
women, regardless of whether
the military family member still
is connected with the armed
forces, the governor commented.
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LOtHgUEHK I: St"'.-
MEDFORD MAIL
AY J r -. , - :
WEEK OF PRAYER
A week of prayer, from Jan. 2
to 9, is being sponsored by the
Medford Ministerial association,
with various churches- of Med
ford uniting . for the meetings,
It was announced today.. In stat
ing the plans, a spokesman for
the association said, "We feel it
is time for God's people to unite
in prayer for our nation, 'he peo
ples of the world and the whole
cause of Christ "
The series Of meetings will be
held in different churches, with
pastors of local churches bring
ing the messages. The schedule
is as follows:
Monday, Jan. 3, at Church of
God, Adj. Charles K. Cox speak
ing on 'The Need of Prayer."
Tuesday, Jan. 4, at Assembly
of God, the Rev. M. P. Kmgge
speaking on "The ' Power of
Prayer." .
Wednesday Jan. 5, Nazarene
church, the Rev T. O. Sattezfield
talking on- 'Faith in Prayer."
Thursday, Jan 6, Methodist
church, the- Rev. H. G. Downey
talking on "Humility in Prayer."
Friday, Jan. 7, Baptist church
the Rev.' F. M. Weatherford
speaking on "Persisting in
Prayer."
The general public Is urged by
the association to support the
meetings with their attendance
and interest. .
NOT WORTHlT '
Chicago, Dec. 30 (U.R) John
Jankaskas was freed of disord
erly conduct charges today. He
had tried to commit suicide be
cause his wife left him. "No
woman is worth killing yourself
for," Judge Francis Borrelli
told him. "If your wife doesn't
come back to you, find another
one."
maybe only until
To be sure, it may be some time before "the boyi"
'- corAe home ... tome time before delicious Sodete choco-.
latei ore alwayi ot yoxr favorite candy counter... but .
there's a worthwhile chance that tomorrow your dealer v
may have those darightful boxed confections.
Because Societe chocolates end fine candies are to
good, they are new going, In the greater part, to our
fighting men.
So, whether you're waiting for the men who used to
bring them to you or, for your candy dealer to have
his stock replenished both are well "worth wailing for,"
IMPERIAL CANDY COMPANY SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
TRIBUNE," MEDFORD,
Air Might
Menu Teleplwte)
here In fllaht. Deiloned for both
aaamon to naval air service.
BUYS SHARE IN
Conger Funeral Parlors, estab
lished in Medford for nearly 23
years, has disposed of a one-half
interest to Carlos W. Morris, as
sociated with the establishment
as assistant manager for the
last five years. . ,
H. W; Conger, who has been
sole owner of Conger Funeral
Parlors, is a long time resident
of Jackson county, having at
tended grade school at Talent
when a small boy. Leaving here
he spent many years in the
Willamette valley mostly in
Portland . and came- back to
Medford in 1920 to purchase
the undertaking department of
Weeks & Orr, then located in
the Odd Fellows building on
West Sixth street.-.
. In 1928 he erected the build
ing now occupied by the firm
on West Main,, at Newtown
street. ...
Mr. Morris, a graduate of the
Cincinnati College of Embalm
ing and Mortuary Science of
Cincinnati, O., and . who-- is
licensed to practice in both Ore
gon and Washington, came here
highly recommended from Port
land, . Ore., five years ago to
become associated with Mr.
Conger. Mr. Morris is married
and has three children
Both Mr. Conger' and Mr.
Morris will be in active service.
The firm name, after January
1, will be Conger-Morris Fun
eral Parlors, and it is the inten
tion to add more equipment al
soon as conditions permit.
New York, Dec. 30.-l(U.R)
Mrs. Paula Mona Wolfe, 27, was
found beaten to death early to
day in her hotel room after her
husband called police and said
he Just had killed his wife. .
tomorrow!
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OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER SO, 1943
DREAM UP MANY
Solid Steel Barrage Bal
loons, " Fly Paper Traps
Among Inventions Offered
Bv Nick Bourne
United Press Staff Correspondent
. America's part-time geniuses.
completing their greatest year of
lying awake nights and listening
to the wheels go around In their
heads, thought up millions of
nulck wavs to win the war In
1943 and found a friendly ear in
'he army ordnance department,
It was revealed Wednesday. .
Solid steel barrage balloons,
"Jack in the Box" parachutes
for JumDlng up instead of down,
tremendous fly paper traps to
catch the enemy, and a tricky
gadget to fish for submarines
with hot air were among the In
ventions army ordnance enter
talned. but rejected with a very
straight face.
- Nobody Laughs
"Nobody laughs when an in
ventor sits down to a blue print
any more," an ordnance spokes
man said. "We never can tell
when we'll get a good one.' All
ideas with merit are passed on
to the Inventors' council, which
goes over them thoroughly and
gives any technical aid needed."
Some of the ideas which
missed making inventors famous
included: -.-''
' A nifty idea for paratroopers
to drop their tents from planes
with a sharp pole attached so
the tents would unfurl, the pole
would stick in the ground and
the tired soldier could . go to
sleep right away.
A "super torpedo scooper" for
warships. Huge steel scoops on
the front of ships would catch
oncoming torpedoes, turn them
around and send them back to
destroy the vessel which fired
them.
. - Canopy for Cities
A huge steel canopy, held up
by electric waves, designed ' to
protect .cities from bombings. -An
Inverted steel "V" to put
over all combat vehicles and
shiDS like a roof to deflect
bombs. The Inventor couldn't
HEARING
difficulties overcome Instantly
with Sonotone. ' Write SAM
METE. P. O. Box S82 foi
FREE - Home Demonstration.
Dr. A. A. Soul
Announces Fhone ,, .
; 270
No Am. Call NurseV
' Registry 2657
PLYMOUTH PARTS
HUMPHREY MOTORS
33 So. Riverside Dial 4980
Choice of Five
Assortment Include
Every Preference
Beaded Ensemble
Poll Mall
French Fruit and Nuts
Brocade .
Smart Set
figure out way to shoot our
own guns through, them, how
ever. The solid, steel barrage bal
loons were conceded to be im
pregnable to attacking planes,
but the sponsor couldn't explain
how to get them in the air.
The "hot air anti-submarine
fishing pole" would blow all the
water away from enemy sub
marines with a big air hose,
leaving the submarine exposed
to gunfire "like duck on a
rock." ' ,
The "fly paper" plan to trap
tne advancing enemy by spread
ing a "sticky petroleum pro
duct" on highways was rejected
partly because he might Just de
cide to go around it.
Would Repeal Gravity -,
The "Jack in the Box" para
chute would repeal the law of
gravity, overcome man's Inborn
fear of falling, pitch the aviator
out of the way of his falling
plane and make parachuting a
pleasure by releasing compressed
springs under the flier's seat,
sending him up to pull the rip
cord at his leisure at the point
of his ascent when he would
start to come down. ,
But the one which tickles the
Imagination is the leather tip-on
"super man" flying suit to en
able a. man to fly without an air
plane by strapping an improved
outboard motor on his back.
newspaperTdshelp
fat salvage effort
New York, Dec. 30 ftl.R)
American housewives have sal
vaged more than 120,000,000
BROWN STAMPS
L-M-N-P and Q
in Ration Book 3
Expire Jan. 1st.
STORE CLOSED
ALL DAY
SATURDAY
JAN. Ill 5
FOR INVENTORY'
WI WILL
IK OPEN
SUNDAY, JAN: 2ND
No. 2 INLAND
Cam VALLEY
PEAS
No. 2 RUSSELL'S
Cant GREEN
BEANS
No. .f Yakima 4J
gCani Farmer JJgf
Asparagus
etT-oz. Mission afsfa
or Spaghetti
2 -lb. SNOWFUKE JfB.
.ctn. SODAS
AQ-oi. Jolly Joan Soya sf c
LV pk. Pancake Flour o
-lb. ALBER'S '
pk. oats
Pkg. NEWTONS
01 New West
OX ' APP' Juice
flat
2 Ro TOWELS 23
- X
SOUTH RIVERSIDE (I 13th tie SOUTH CEHTRAL
pounds of waste cooking 'at
since the fat salvage drive start
ed In July, 1942, it was revealed
today in an "advertising fact"
folder Issued by the Bureau of
Advertising of the American
Newspaper Publishers associa
tion. Citing the effectiveness of
newspaper advertising in the
campaign, Jht bureau quoted
findings of a fat salvage commit
tee survey showing that 98 per
cent of American women know
the government wants waste fat
and 52 per cent of them have
turned in fat since the advertis
ing began.
, BIG SPUQ CROP
Boise, Ida., Dec. 30. (U.R)
Idaho's 1943 record potato crop
today was estimated by the
Bureau of Agricultural Econo
mics to have a value of $43,
035,000 as compared to $29,
672,000 for the 1942 crop.
CloelnR time for Sunder Too Late
to Oleeslfy, 6:30 Saturday afternoon
Please remember,
BbV Z
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MARBAWNi
TO our many southern Oregon patrons ard friends,
?lggly-Wiggly extends heart-felt wishes for a Happy
and Victorious New Year! We extend a sincere
"Thank You!" for your friendship and generous support
of this store throughout the past year. We hope, by
efficient and friendly service and by offering top quality
foods at moderate prices, that we can merit your con
tinued patronage In months to come. , .
BROWN STAMP VALUES
Points
SWIFT'S PREMIUM 4 Jo
2 VIENNA SAUSAGES.. . Can 14
LIBBY'S PURE 4 it
2 DEVILED HAM........ Can 14
-SEA CAP ALASKA Mb. )lt
16 PINK SALMON Can XO
DODGE LIGHT 1z ??o
7 MEAT TUNA Can J J
KRAFTS PARXAY 2 Afts
12 MARGARINE Us. 4
SWIFTS Mb. ft?e
20 VINTAGE CHEESE Brick 03
25c
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PRICES EFFECTIVE
CELERY
Large, Fresh, Crisp Stalks
ORANGES ..,
Sweet, Juicy N
Grapefruit
Sweet,
Large
Avocados L
Ripe Ready To Eat
GUYER'S QUALITY MARKET
O. 8. Impeded Ste.r Beef. Pork, Veal. Lamb.
Where Quality Goes Further for Your Points.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
We Will Be Closed New Year's Day
Open Sunday.
I-CCCE Fancy, fresh killed, fust In from
"""JEw farm. Come early. Limited tuonlv.
m M
an.
PORK ROAST JXVp": lb. 33c
FRESH
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OYSTERS
CRABS
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CLOGS UP
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nostril. It (1) thrlnka swollen
membranes, (9) soothes Irritation,
(3) relieves transient nual con-
Sestlon . . . and brings greater
reathlng comfort, anawa
Follow the oomplete WlCSef
directions BM
in folder. VAlK9-.Cl
THE COFFEE POT
DRIVE IN
Is New Open for Buslnet
From 11 A. M. tol A.M.
IVMV POUND CONTAIN!
PASTEURIZED
CULTUMD (KIM MILK
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY
Ea. 15'
0
39'
Juicy Navels
6
For
29.
15e
Arizona
Sauerkraut
10c qt.