PEOPLE AT HOI
TOO OPTIMISTIC
SAYS U.P. WRITER
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Portland, Ore., June 20. (U.PJ
-r-People at home are too opti
mistic about the war in the Pa
cific, William C. Wilson, United
Press Pacific war correspondent
on his way to New York, said
here today.
"The Japs haven't begun to
fight," he said. "We are already
fighting part of the Jap navy
and air force, but we are due
for long, tough bloody months or
years.
He added he feared that as
soon as Germany was knocked
out of the war, Japan would sue
for peace and the American pub
lic tired of fighting, would get
soft and not finish the job.
"My warning is that as hard
as it may be, we must prepare
for at least a half million more
casualties after Japan has sued
for peace, for unless we crush
Japan now, we will be in worse
shape than when we started
out.
He believed the war in the
Pacific would last at least two
more years and said, "let's finish
the job while we are at it.
Wilson, in Portland after
speaking at the Oregon News
paper Publishers association, ex
pects to return at once to over
seas duty.
Normandy Reports
Close On Action
New York, June 20 U.R
Transmission of news on the
progress of invasion forces to
ward Cherbourg has been so
fast that United States troops
on the march in Normandy have
been getting blow by blow de
scriptions by radio from New
York and London, United Press
War Correspondent Henry T.
Gorrell said in a message to his
New York office today.
He said the communications
setup was the best he had en
countered in nine years of war
reporting.
' THE GRANGE
Talent Grange
Talent Grange met in regu
lar session June 15. Attendance
was smaller as many were at
tending State Grange conven
tion in Grants Pass.
Following business session
ladies of the Grange served pie
and coffee. Remainder of the
evening was spent in visiting
and recreation.
At the next regular meeting,
July 6, men of the Grange will
terve refreshments of ice cream
and cake. Jay Terrill and Loy
al Bates ere in charge.
Griffin Creek Grange
Griffin Creek grange will
meet this evening at the hall
at 8:30 p. m., with the lecture
hour program to be in charge
of members of the Home Eco
nomics club.
On the serving committee for
the evening are Mr. and Mrs.
Roy LaVender and Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Tolle.
Daily Weather Report
Forecasts
Msdford and vicinity: Cloudy with
ahowers tonight nd Wednesday.
filUhtly cooler' Wednesday.
Oregon: Cloudy In the west. Partly
cloudy In the ea.t. A few ahowera tn
the mountains, cloudiness and show
ers becoming more general tonight
and Wednesday. SUshtiy cooler.
Loral Data
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest, 87; lowest, 43.
Total monthly precipitation, 1J7
Inches. Excess for the month, .73 Inch.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, 1843. 15.52 Inches. Excess tor
the season, .62 Inch.
Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes
terday, 71; 4:30 a. m. today, 90.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 6:35 a. m.. aunset 8:49 p. m.
Past 34 hours: High Low Free.
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Chhlcago OS 43
Denver 89 86
Fureka 1 41
Havre 81 69
Los Angeles 79 59
Mertford , 4 1M1
hew Yort ., ,.. , , 81 64
Omaha 78 68
Phoenix 103 60
Portland 75 81
Reno 70 53
Rosebur 62 47
Salt Lake 86 87
Ban Francisco 88 55
Peattle 73 63
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Exemplifying man's dominance over the most savage, cruel,
blood-thirsty, man-killing beasts ever assembled, Clyde Beatty
appears twice daily with hit jungle performers at the Clyde
Beatty and Russell Bros. Combined Circus.
Long before Medford residents
had enjoyed their toast and cof
fee this morning, the newly com
bined Clyde Beatty and Russell
Bros. Circus rolled into town
from Yreka and with no perplex
ing delays erected an entertain
ment city of gleaming white can
vas on South Riverside at the
end of South Central for two
performances today and Wednes
day at 2:30 and 8 p. m.
The scores of men, women and
children who assembled on the
grounds this morning to watch
the ever-alluring spectacle of
erecting the tented city, wit
nessed a free show which to
many is as interesting as the
actual circus performance.
One . by- one the huge vans
pulled onto . the lot and dis
charged their cargoes. Ponder
ous elephants lumbered from
their wagons, shaggy-haired cam
els and South American llamas
alighted and stretched after
their 50-mile move, while sleek
horses and pert Shetland ponies
pranced about awaiting the erec
tion of the menagerie tent.
Laborers set to work hoisting
poles, driving stakes, spreading
canvas and performing a multi
CHIEF FIRES COPS
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Jackson, Miss., June 20. (U.R)
The city of Jackson was prac
tically without police service
after Chief of Police J. D.
Holden dismissed between 35
and 40 patrolmen and detectives
who were members of a newly
organized union at noon today.
At a meeting In Police court,
Chief Holden asked that all pa
trolmen who wanted to "stick
by" the recently organized po
licemen's union of the American
Federation of Labor to move to
seats at his right. About 35 pa
trolmen and detectives crossed
over and seated themselves.
Chief Holden informed them
that they were no longer police
officials and asked for their
badges.
Optometrists Of
Medford District
In Meeting Here
Eleven optometrists of Zone
three, Oregon Optomctric asso
ciation, met In Medford Sunday
at the Medford Hotel, with Dr.
Frank A. Freeburgcr, Medford,
chairman, presiding. Klamath
Falls, Grants Pass and Medford
were represented at the gath
ering.
Main speaker was Ralph Bar-
stow, Glendale, Calif., director
of economics for the Optometric
Extension program, who de
clared that the Optometric as
sociation had case records of
1950 young men who were en
abled to pass army and navy
requirements on eyesight after
receiving optometric services.
Barstow pointed out that thou
sands of young men were re
jected for service because of
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yw mi y
tude of other duties Incidental
to erecting the various tents
the sideshow of freaks and hu
man oddities, living and dressing
tents, menagerie, and the all-important
dining tent in which
nearly t800 meals are served
daily, to the large circus family
of some 600 performers, work
ers and technicians.
Finally, the big top nosed In
to the air and by noon today
everything was in readiness for
the opening performance. Doors
to the menagerie open daily at
1 and 7 p. m., giving patrons an
entire hour to view the animals
before the start of the big show.
Highlighting the two-hour, action-packed,
program is the one
and only Clyde Beatty, world
renowned wild animal trainer,
who battles 40 ferocious jungle
bred lions and tigers at every
performance; Mrs. Harriett Beat
ty, famed lad trainer; the Fly
ing Concellos, Amazing Free
hands, the Great Mario, Gutaris
and Penny troupes, a gorgeously
costumed aerial ballet, tons of
performing elephants, magnifi
cent horses and all manner of
clowns, acrobats, wizards of the
tightwire and artists of the fly
ing trapeze. ,
defecient eyesight and that of
the 1950 accepted after opto
metric treatment, 1080 were ac
cepted for the air corps, which
has the strictest eyesight stand
ards of all branches of service.
He further said that while no
statistics had been gathered,
large numbers of workmen in
war industries had been aided
by optometrists.
SETTLEMENT REACHED
IN ELLIOTT LAWSUIT
A settlement out of court was
made yesterday in the suit of
Marguerite Elliott against Dr. B.
R. Elliott, for recovery of money.
Amount involved was not re
vealed in the stipulation filed
between counsel. The agreement
was reached following selection
of a jury, opening statements,
and a visit to the Elliott ranch
by the jury.
Mrs. Elliott was seeking $10,
000 under a community property
division made in March, 1938,
wherein the plaintiff was to
make installment payments over
a period of years, according to
his net assets.
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WHAT NEWS WILL GEN.
EISENHOWER GET
FROM US?
You know now what we've heard from him.
We've heard that Eisenhower and his Americans have hurled
themselves like a thunderbolt against the bristling defenses of
Hitler's Wehrmacht!
We've heard that they nre smashing
at our foe sparing neither steel nor
sweat nor blood in one final, furious
assault that marks the supremo mili
tary effort of this War!
And what news do Eisenhower and
hit men expecf from us?
Men and women of America what
the Invasion is to our fighting men,
the 5th War Loan is to us at hornet
For us, as well as for them, this is
the crisis the time for tremendous,
overwhelming effort! Make no mis
take! The 5th War Loan will undoubt
edly be the biggest, most vitally impor
Published In Cooperation with the Treasury Department and the
Jackson County War Bond Committee by . , .
5 'WAR 10M
tant financial effort of this whole War!
If the 5th War Loan is to succeed,
each one of us must do more than ever
before must buy double . . . yes, triple
. . . the Bonds we bought last time.
Our men expect to hear that we art
buying double that we are matching
their sacrifice as best we can that
the American nation, soldiers and ci
vilians together, is making one gigan
tic effort to win this War!
ThaCn the news our men expect to
hear from us.
WTill you prrxntwll see that they
zet it?