TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. June 20, 1944
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No special gasoline rations for
travel to conventions will be
given this year according to the
local war price and ration board,
the Office of Price Administra
tion having ruled against the
practice Last year special ra
tions were granted If several per
sons traveled in one car, but this
year not even this provision is
made.
A release from the Office of
Defense Transportation earlier
tnis month asked for the imme
diate cancellation of all non-war
connected conventions, trade
meetings and conferences as well
as non essential civilian travel
the demand being voiced by Di
rector J. Monroe Johnson. "With
the Invasion now actually under
way, the demands on the trans
rjortation facilities of the coun
try are Increasing, not decreas-
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Observations
Private Buck, from whose let
ters I often quote, has been
heard from again and the things
he says about the Salvation
Army might be quotes from let
ters written by boys over seas
during the first world war. Pri
vate Buck is an army cook on
an Island on the road to Japan.
He writes:
"One night this week two Sal
vation Army ladles came to our
day room and brought the big
gest cake I've ever seen. Lots
of hot coffee too. They stayed
until nearly eleven. We had a
real community sing. Songs both
new and old were sung. The
boys out here think more of the
Salvation Army than we do
other organizations for we get
to see It and we only read about
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FIRST PHOTO OF "BLACK WIDOW Here Is the first picture released of the Army's new and deadly
Northrop P-61 "Black Widow" night fighter plane. Despite Its extreme size and weight, the P-01 has
speed and climb of most efficient pursuit planes, packs tremendous fire power with 20-mm cannon and 50
cal. machine guns. The plane carries two or three-man crew, markedly resembles Lockheed's famed P.38.
ing," the director stated. "The! the others; never see them
pressure of rail shipments of war
material has not yet reached its
peak. In this hour of the great
est demands on every human and
industrial resource of the na
tion, I do not think it too great
a sacrifice to ask that our trans
portation system be reserved for
the use of the military, sorely
The Salvation Army doesn't
get the publicity it deserves.
Some of them come to us when
we're on sentry duty at night.
They come with doughnuts and
coffee; and always they have a
word of cheer. We like to think
one reason they are so cheerful
when with us Is because they
needed tools oi victory ana es-lke u ,ort o speclaX but of
scntial governmental business. course we mav be wron, Xoday
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give to a little boy."
Private Buck Is a Catholic
and further says, "There is no
Catholic chaplain where we are
located so we have to go to mass
at W . Sometimes the chap
lain holds services here In the
day room. He is well liked and
visits us often and is always
ready to hear our troubles and
help us if he can.
"A lady gave us the heart of
a coconut palm yesterday. This
is a delicacy which Is hard to
get as the trees are not cut down
except when necessary. With
this heart as the main ingredient
I made what we call a million
aire's salad and though I had to
use some dehydrated vegetables
and make my own mayonnaise,
yet that salad turned out plenty
good. The boys ate every bit
of it.
"Today was my day off and
my pal and I went swimming
and hunted sea shells. We didn't
find many and those we did find
weren't very good. But the
swimming Is always fine here,
so we didn't feel too cheated."
Private Buck may think the
Salvation Army doesn't get the
publicity it deserves. But with
its name lovingly engraved on
the hearts of service men every
where, bill boards and news
paper headlines aren't needed to
make it known. And may God
continue to bless the Salvation
Army.
ALEXIS MARRIES
Hollywood, June 20 (U.R)
The war postponed their wed
ding for over a year, but today
Alexis Smith wus at last Mrs.
Craig Stevens The couple met
as minor players In an Errol
Flynn picture "Dive Bomber,"
on the Warner Brothers lot three
years ago.
China, so you let the crack pass.
After all, you're glad enough to
see a movie, regardless of what
it Is.
"It'll probably get going
about 9 or 9:30," you're told as
you're handed a ticket. "De
pends on the current."
That's a difficulty you can
s y m p a t h ize with readily
enough, because you've already
learned that during the early
evening hours Chungking's 220
volt power falls so low it barely
will illuminate a 110-volt light
bulb.
You kill the time until a bit
after nine and then elbow your
way In and find a place on one
of the rows of crowded, wooden
benches. And you figet in your
seat while the operator blinks
the lights off and on while at
tempting to get the projector
threaded and the sound work
ing. The title "Riff-Raff" flashes on
the screen In dim. Jumpy let
ters which strike a responsive
note somewhere In the back of
your mind. You're pretty sure
you saw the picture back about
1933 or 1934.
There's another feeble fan
fare of trumpets and you catch
the blurred caption, "With Jean
Harlow and Spencer Tracy," be
fore the film breaks again. Our-
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Ancient Nickelodeons Had
Nothing On Chunking Movies
By Walter G. Rundle
United Press Staff Correspondent
Chungking (U.R) It's announced at dinner that there's a
movie showing at the Chinese Ministry of Information build
ing, and you innocently ask the name of the picture.
"Listen to the guy," someone says, "It's a picture, ain't it?
Whadda ya want in Chungking, the Music Hall Rockettes?"
Entertainment is scarce in
ing the next couple of breaks in
the film you find yourself won
dering if the "Platinum Blonde"
was as terrific as you used to
think.
Finally, after half - a - dozen
false starts, the film gets under
way tl a wavering, discordant
wail of music.
The power still is low and
the images appear upon the
screen as nebulous, hazy out
lines, gesticulating in slow- mo
tion and uttering doom-like
pronouncem ents from the
depths of some great cavern.
"Jaawaah eyee wloove
youuh," Jean Harlow mutters
in a mouth-filled-with-mush bass
voice, "bawwt eyee cawwn't
mawey mawey tewerrum eeiun
thee woouyouuh woontil eyeev
sewwrved awouut thee wreewst
awuux meen's pewnnetewnshur
ray." It continues like that for two
or three reels. Then there's a
surge of current. The screen be
comes a white glare. The sound
blasts your ears back against
the wall.
Now you're listening to Span
cer Tracy saying, in a falsetto
voice, "Maryur thbnly grl yver
fit sway bout aniv vided can't
do thoutya." Whereupon, he
makos a fast pass at the lady,
that looks like the start of a
rabbit-punch, but turns out to
be an embrace.
' All this might not prove too
confusing If the operator could
read English. But lacking that
ability, he feeds In the reels on
a strictly ad lib basis fifth aft
er second, fourth before third.
Somehow he manages to get the
show started with reel one and
ends it with the concluding one,
but it would take a detective to
follow what's going on between.
The first time, you find this
confused and confusing busi
ness amusing. The second time
you're annoyed, and by the
third time you ve either adopt
ed the "what-the-hell, it s a
movie" attitude or you pass up
the offer of a ticket in favor of
a good, lively, year-old magazine.
The biggest phase of the war Is on
the most important phase of the
war is on the most expensive phase
of the war is on. To pay for it...
the 5th War Loan Drive is on
Your Job-the Job of every American who Isn't
In uniform-Is to buy twice as many bonds as you
did in the lost drive. And before you say "I can't
afford It", ask yourself this :
Which Is easier -buy an extra bond here at '
home or give your life abroad? Remember, men
are dying each minute you stop to make up your
mind whether to buy that extra bond. So don't
wait. Do your job right away.
And one thing more please don't travel un
less it's absolutely necessary. Buy an extra bond
instead.
The friendly Southern Pacific
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Sardine Creek
Sardine Creek, June 20 Mr.
and Mrs. Lionel Welch and
three children, and Mr. and
Mrs. Snmuel Dahl of Grants
Pass, visited Mr. and Mrs. Orel
Dahl, June II.
Vada Wright accompanied
her aunt and uncle Mr. and
Mrs. Wllmer Bailey of Gold Hill
to Portland Saturday for a
week's visit.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fasel of
Central Point called on Mrs.
Nora Wait Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Du sen
berry and Mrs. Mildred Wright
attended the Midway auction
last Thursday.
Mrs. Nora Walt and Mrs. Roy
Esken attended State Grange
in Grants Pass Thursday.
Mrs. Alice Wilde and Mrs.
Iris Kendall of Hilton hopyard
near Grants Pass called on rela
tives here Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. Bressel of
Grants Pass were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Lowd.
Trofessor Byland of Oregon
State College and Claude Goff,
field man of the Triangle Feed
Co., were in this vicinity last
week blood testing the poultry
flocks of Mrs. Nora Wait, and
Mrs. Glen Spurlin of Sams Valley.
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MEDFORD POLICE
JOIN EFFORT FOR
SAFE 4TH OF JULY
Police Chief Clatous McCredie
today announced that a special
enforcement campaign will be
in effect over the Fourth of
July holiday season. Thi cam
paign, he said, is in cooperation
with a nationwide drive being
conducted by the National Safe
ty Council to reduce the stag
gering holiday death toll which
occurs annually at this time.
'The police department is ask
ing every citizen to enlist in this
campaign to save lives and prop
erty over this holiday season,"
Chief McCredie said.
"This is no time for anyone
to be wasting lives, property
and time through needless acci
dents. Yet, the traffic accident
death toll is up 13 per cent for
the first four months of the
year. A little common sense,
courtesy and care In driving
wlU halt this mounting toll."
"One of the best ways to help
our boys of Medford who are
out there fighting for us Is to
stop accidents that waste man
power here on the home front."
Chief McCredie emphasized
that violators of wartime traf
fic driving restrictions not only
are flirting with death, but
exposing irreplaceable cars to
destruction.
Capt. Robert Crews
Winner Of Second
Oak Leaf Cluster
Enough steel is produced by
American mills every half hour
during the day to build and equip
a destroyer.
An Eighth AAF Bomber Sta
tion, England A second Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
has been awarded Capt. Robert
W. Crews of Medford, pilot of
a B-17 Flying Fortress, for "meri
torious achievement" on bomb
ing attacks on enemy Europe.
The citation accompanying the
award read In part: "The cour
age, coolness and skill displayed
by this officer upon these occa
sions reflect great credit upon
himself and the armed forces of
the United Stutes."
Capt. Crews. 25 years old, vet
eran of seventeen combat mis
sions, is the son of Mrs. Lucy
Crews, 737 West Fourteenth
street. He was a salesman for
the Bates Candy company before
entering the service March 17,
1942.
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SEN. JOHNSON BACK
Washington, June 20 U.R
Sen. Hiram Johnson, R., Cal,
returned to the senate today if
ter an absence of nearly six
months. The 77-year-old legisla
tor, who left the capitol last
December for a protracted rest
after a siege of Illness, looked
tanned and fit.
Closing time for Sunday Too Late
to Classify 6:30 Saturday afternoon
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