TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, June 14. 1944
4,000 FIGHTERS
EXPECTED BACK
Oregon Lists Over 12,000
Soldiers and 341 WACS
Discharged From Duty
By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
United Press Staff Correspondent
Salem, Ore., June 14 (U.R)
Best estimates indicate that 4000
or more discharged members of
the armed forces will be return
ing to Oregon during 1944. Al
ready more than 12,000 soldiers
and 341 WACs have left the
army for one reason or another
and returned to the state.
Under present conditions this
group presents only a small prob
lem as far as employment needs
are concerned. The chief diffi
culty In most cases Is a psycho
logical readjustment to be made
by the individual.
115,000 in Service
But when it is realized that
about 115,000 Oregon men and
women are in the armed forces
and will be pouring back in in
creasing numbers from now on,
problems are presented which
, are yet to be solved, in spite of
the great strides in that direc
tion which have been made by
different agencies.
Personal contact Is not made,
at present, with all returning
sprvicemen. The United States
employment service has institut
ed a postcard system of checking
up on veterans, asking them
what sort of jobs they desire. Up
to the present, however, many
have taken back their old jobs
and many have gotten Jobs for
themselves, without notifying
the USES. In some cases they
are receiving medical treatment
or are resting after their com
bat experiences. It Is virtually
Impossible to maintain contact
with all of them.
No Trouble Now
There Is no present difficulty
In placing veterans in jobs. They
are In great demand, being vlr
tually draft-proof In most cases,
and there are more lobs for
them than can be filled. Some
firms, Indeed, have made specific
inquiries for disabled soldiers,
seeking to adapt them to places
in their organizations. There Is
an Increasing demand for handl'
capped veterans.
A number of counties In the
state have set uo their own or
ganizations to aid returning soldiers.
Various fraternal groups have
plans under way to give service
which veterans may require,
other than that provided by the
USES, the state and the coun
ties. Some churches have signi
fied in'ntlon of aiding in this
work also.
Twenty - five demobilization
oenters will be established soon
throughout the nation. Closest
of these are at Fort Lewis
Wash., and possibly at Camp
Adair, near Corvallls, or at
Camp White, near Medford. In
this way veterans will be dis
charged as close to home as
possible.
Some Embarrassed
At present there Is the ques
tion of how to treat discharged
servicemen, many of whom find
themselves a bit embarrassed
being out of uniform understand
ably so. Unfortunately, there are
many people that will look at
a healthy appearing young man
and wonder to themselves or
aloud why he Isn't In service.
And the discharges Is sensitive
to this feeling.
Within the last four months,
however, the army and navy
have started Issuing a lapel but
ton signifying honorable dis
charge. While It is not too well
known, It Is becoming more so.
It is a gold-plated plastic, and
bears an eagle with wings out
stretched; "a liberated eagle,"
as one veteran "emarked.
It will be found thnt most
discharged men are willing and
able to tnlk about their experi
ences. But In the case of the
man who has seen combat It Is
often different, particularly
those who have been wounded.
member of her family to Join
the navy. Her brother, Lloyd
C. Kinscy, is an apprentice
seaman now in training in the
navy V-12 program at Wil
lamette university.
For the past two years Miss
Kinsey has been a clerk-typist
with the' state department, Wash
ington, D. C. She graduated
from Grants Pass high school,
Miss Kinsey is a member of the
Presbyterian church, Ontario,
and Job's Daughters, Grants
Pass.
She is the daughter of Mrs
Betty A. Day, Merlford.
E
Miss Fern Kinsey
Waiting Call To
Training As Wave
Awaiting assignment to the
WAVE3 Indoctrination school Is
Miss Fern Kinsey, Route 3, Box
126, Medford, who has Just en
listed, according to necrulting
Specialist Herbert W. Crain, in
charge of the Medford U. S.
Navy Recruiting substation,
which handles WAVES appli
cations in this area.
Miss Kinsey is the second
Persons making applications
for any rationed goods should
make the transaction them
selves rather than through a
second person, it was pointed
out today by the local war price
and rationing board. A number
of service station operators and
salesmen are in the habit of of
fering to take care of the filing
of applications with the board
with the result that many of
these applications are delayed,
lost, reach the board in an in
completed form or not at all,
it was said.
"This tendency on the part
of a few individuals to try to
short-cut by bringing applica
tions for customers directly to
tire or gasoline clerks not only
tends to slow down the whole
procedure of the office but is
an attempt to obtain special
service at the expense of others
who have filed previously," ac
cording to L. L. Tcrnahan, ex
ecutive secretary of the board
"This is unfair, both to individ
uals and to the board. More
over, we have found that these
persons often lost or d.Iay ap
plications and a great deal of
confusion and lost time results,
The whole ration program is so
set up that it Is easier for both
the applicant and the board to
use the United States mail in all
transactions."
BOYS LEAVE HERE
JUNE 25 ENROUTE
TO BEAVER STATE
Talent Methodist
Vacation School
Will End Friday
Talent Closing program for
the daily vacation Bible school
at Talent Methodist church will
be held Friday at 8 p. m. Be
tween 50 and 60 children are ex
pected to participate in the pro
gram, since average daily at
tendance has been over 50 chil
dren.
The program will Include
hymns, choruses and Bible verses
learned during the school. There
will also be a processional and
recessional led by children carry
ing American and Christian
flags; flag salutes and solo in
strumental and vocal numbers.
Certificates will be presented
to children who attended at
least seven of the 10 sessions.
The community is invited to at
tend the final program, it was
stated. At Its close all may in
spect handiwork done by the
children.
Public Aid Asked
In Locating Nazi
Washington, June 13 U.R
Director J. Edgar Hoover of
the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation today asked public co
operation in a search for Rolf
G. U. Zieschang, German pris
oner of war who escaped from
Fort Lewis, Wash., On May 28.
Zieschang, Hoover said, was
a private of the German infan
try, is a former law student
and speaks English, French,
Greek and Italian besides his
native language. Hoover de
scribed him as 25 years of age,
five feet six inches tall, 154
pounds In weight, with blue
eyes, ruddy complexion, and
crisp brown hair.
Names of boys chosen to at
tend the annual Beaver Boys
State sponsored by the American
Legion at Oregon State college,
from June 25 to July 2 this year,
were announced today by W. H.
Paine, counselor in charge of the
Medford party. Other leaders in
the local delegation are Harry
Nordwlck, elected Beaver Boys
State governor in 1943, and
Phillip E. Gates, counselor and
assistant.
The party will travel by Grey
hound stage, leaving the depot
at Hotel Jackson at 6:15 a. m.
June 25.
Boys attending besides Nord-
wick and Gates are Ronald G.
Nutting and William E. Bray-
ton, both sponsored by the Med
ford Legion Post; Charles E.
White, sponsored by I. O. O. F.
lodge; Joseph F. Eliegel, Jr., Elks
club; Dwight Zulauf of Phoenix,
Medford Ice and Storage Co.;
Richard. Kyle, Fluhrer Bak
eries Co.; Bernard R. Baker,
Trowbridge & Flynn-Co.; Gor
don Marx, John C. Mann; Gene
Higgins, W. H. Paine; Nat Bend
er. John S. Day; William J.
Scheffel, Fred W. Scheffel; Dick,
Iven, Kay Lithograph Co.; Ted
Huber, Hotel Medford; Lloyd S.
Timmons, Joseph F. Fliegel;
Jerry Hunter, Bernard L. Nut
ting; Herbert Robbins, George
E. Gates; Bill Tarns, Geo. A.
Hunt Theaters, Inc.; Ward Bebb,
Royal Bebb; Robert B. Claypool,
Rotary Club; Robert H. Noms,
Ernest Barnes; LaRoy G. Arm
strong, Merle W. Jarmin; Vern
Shangle, Jr., Dr. B. R. Elliott;
Gene Neff, Adial A. Neff; Rob
ert Hamilton, Hawkinson Tire
Tread Service Co.; Fred Philips,
Harry A. Holmes; Jerry Laus-
mann, Tiller Mill & Lumber Co.:
James Fraley, Monarch Seed &
Feed "Co.; and Eric Lindgren,
Crater Lake Motors Co.
Old Medford Chamber Phamphlet
Tells Of Goodly Returns From
Agriculture. Mines and Forests
Rogue River Bay
In Carrier Unit
in South Pacific
Headquarters 13th AAF, South
Pacific Pfc. John E. Jacobs of
Rt. 1, Rogue River, is presently
serving with a troop carrier
squadron of the 13th AAF in the
South Pacific. Pvt. Jacobs is in
the intelligence department of
the squadron and Is engaged in
the preparation of data and maps
for the briefing of the pilots and
air crews before they take off
on their missions.
Prior to his enlistment in the
AAF on December 10, 1942, Pvt.
Jacobs was employed at Camp
White and In the Kaiser ship
yards at Vancouver. He was
graduated from the Rogue River
high school in 1938.
Pvt. Jacobs has been presented
the Good Conduct medal for ex
emplary behavior, efficiency and
fidelity. His parents are Mr, and
Mrs. Charles C. Jacobs, Rt. -1,
Box 111, Rogue River.
Yreka was once saved from
pillage by Indians when Klam
ath Peggy, an Indian woman,
traveled over 20 miles or rough
mountains to warn the town.
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AVAILABLE TO RELATIVES
A relative of a prisoner of
war who Is not the next of kin
may now be put on the mailing
list to receive the American Red
Cross prisoner of war bulletin,
according to an announcement
recently received by the local
chapter. In the past but one
copy of the bulletin was Issued
to each family, this going to the
person registered us next of
kin.
Persons having near relatives
that arc prisoners of war and
who wish to receive the bulletin
may leave their names at the 4
chapter office in the courthouse. I i t
it is stated, with the request that ?
it uc mmiu iv uic iiuuuiuii until-
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Medford In the early 1900's is
described in a bulletin pub
lished at that time and found
recently by William E. Thomas,
manager of the Oregon Finance
Co., while inspecting some old
family papers. Illustrated by a
street scene of the city as it ap
peared then, Medford is de
scribed as " a live growing city
of 3500 inhabitants."
Resembling a chamber of com
merce folder, the paper publish
ed by the Medford Commercial
club states in part "The extreme
limit of temperature in summer
is 105 degrees although it sel
dom exceeds 90 degrees; while
in winter it seldom sinks as low
as 16 degrees above zero.
"Wheat, rye, oats, barley,
corn, alfalfa and other grasses
yield well. Potatoes, beans,
peas, melons, and all kinds of
berries and garden vegetables
grow to profusion.
"Surrounding Medford in
Jackson county are 1,658,880
acres of timber, grazing, miner
al and agricultural lands.
"Within a radius of ten miles
of Medford over $20,000,000 in
placer gold has been produced
and many rich placer mines are
yet in operation.
Prices of lands in the vicinity
of Medford range from $40 to
$150 per acre, orchard lands
from $100 to $500 per acre.
Within a distance of 25 miles
land can be purchased for $5
per acre upwards.
"Carpenters' wages are $2.50
to $3; masons, $3 to $5; labor
ers, $1.80 to 2.50 per day. farm
hands $25 to $45 per month.
"Medford can well be proud
of her magnificent school build
ings and schools; over 800 chil
dren are in, attendance."
Testimonials of farmers in
the district included that of J.
W. Merritt of Central Point who
made an average of $621.25 on
his three acres of apples one
year; J. P. Hoagland of Medford
received $823 for watermelons
from his six-acre tract in 1903.
J. Huger of Medford packed'
12,000 boxes of apples from 25
acres and sold the entire lot for
$1.10 per box. The same season
he sold 18,000 boxes from 40
acres of pears at $1.15 a box.
S. J-,. Bennett, Medford, re
ceived $942.10 for 751 boxes of
Newtown Pippin apples grown
on a trifle more than one acre
of land in 1903. Bennett also
sold 400 boxes of Ben Davis ap
ples from one acre of his land
the same season, receiving $280.
J. E. Nute picked 305 crates
of apricots from one-half acre
of orchard in 1903, and sold
them for $481. W. H. Norcross,
Central Point, received $3,
119,80 for sale of 966 boxes of
Spitzenberg, and 1,852 boxes
Ben Davis apples, from four
acres of Rogue River Valley
the same year.
Clay & Meader of Medford
received $2,000 for 20,000
pounds of almonds. Roberts
Bros., Phoenix, sold five tons of
onions from one-half acre of
ground for $100.
' Olwell Bros., Central Point,
shipped 55 carloads of 600
boxes each apples and pears
fro mtheir 160-acre orchard in
1903. Add Helms of the Rogue
River Valley sold $5,604.50
worth of apples from his New-
tofcrn Pippin orchard, contain
ing seven acres. M. L. Pellet
sold from his 30-acre orchard
of Newtown Pippins, $13,574.50.
and W, H. Bradshaw gathered
and sold from 250 trees of New
town Pippin apples, planted on
3V4 acres, $2,512.55 worth of
fruit. .
Canby Senator Is
Early Candidate
For' Senate Chief
Salem, Ore., June 14 (U.R) j
Senator Howard Belton of Can-
by has announced his candidacy
for the post of president for the
next Oregon legislative session.
while Sen. William E. Walsh of
Marshfield said he would also be
a candidate if he were reelected
in November.
Sens. Rex Ellis, Pendleton
and Coe E. McKenna, Portland,
have also announced their can
didacies. It was announced that demo
crats would contest the recent
ruling of the attorney general
who said that Douglas McKay
and Allan G. Carson, elected in
1942 and now serving in the
armed forces, would hold their
offices, which are now filled by
Fred Lamport and John H. Car
son, serving pro tem by appoint
ment. CAPRICE'S LANDLADY
SAYS SHE WAS FLIRT
Santa Ana, Cal., June 14 (U.R)
Caprice Capron's landlady today
described the 17-year-old daiiuer
as a "flirtatious girl" who enter
tained men callers in relay shifts
from noon until dawn.
Mrs. George Walker, one-time
landlady of the Earl Carroll
Chorine and her mother, was
the first defense witness in the
court martial of Capt. Morris J.
Wilkinson, 28-year-old army
flier, on a sex offense against
Miss Capron, six others, and
bigamy and theft.
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