Medford mail tribune., June 27, 1944, Page 3, Image 3

ALLIES SHE AT
JAP OUTPOSTS ON
Enemy Airpower Virtually
Driven From New Guinea;
Yanks Smash at Saipan.
By United Press
Allied forces struck at Japan's
crumbling outposts in the Mar
ianas and Burma today as official
reports from the southwest
Pacific revealed that the enemy's
airpower virtually has been
driven from New Guinea, giving
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's men
mastery of the air over the south
ern approaches of the Philip
pines. On Saipan island, American
marines and army troops smash
ed in on an estimated 20,000 Jap
anese hemmed into the northern
half of the island, winning com
plete control of Magicienne Bay
on the east coast and battling
through the outskirts of Garapan
on the west. Simultaneously,
American artillery opened a
heavy bombardment on nearby
Tinian island and carrier-based
U. S. planes hit Rota island and
the former American naval sta
tion at Guam. Eight and probably
10 enemy planes were destroyed
in the Guam and Rota attacks.
Japs Still Boast
Radio Tokyo, acknowledging
the gravity of the American in
vasion of the Marianas, 1,500
miles from the Japanese capital,
said the Japanese on Saipan were
ready to deal a "knockout blow"
to 40,000 Americans on the
island.
Meanwhile, MacArthur's head
quarters revealed that the Jap
anese had all but abandoned
their key airdromes at Manok
wari, Babo and elsewhere on the
northwestern tip of New Guinea.
"We chased them out of west
ern New Guinea and they stayed
chased," a spokesman said, in
dicating that the enemy was not
expected to try to rebuild his air
forces in the northwest.
That disclosure coincided with
the announcement that the U. S.
5th and 13th air forces had been
merged into a new "far eastern
air force" under Lt. Gen. George
C. Kenney, former 5th command
er. Mogaung Occupied
On the Burma front, allied
troops completed the occupation
of Mogaung after a three-day
battle in which American, fighter-bombers
joined to complete
the destruction of the trapped
remnants of Japan's 18th divis
ion, the conquerors of Singapore.
Farther east, the Enemy's last
northern Burma stronghold, My
itkyina, was under relentless. at
tack by converging American,
British and Chinese troops
thrusting into the city streets
from three directions.
Camp White Dance
Schedule
Friday
Informal outdoor dance at the
Camp White tennis courts spon
sored by Service Club No. 2.
Trie-Thursday dance will not be
held. Music by the SCU orches
tra. Busses will leave Riverside
USO at 8 p. m.
Tiffin, Ohio (U.R) The tax
collector really made a clean
sweep of the finances of a
woman who apparently discard
ed her purse on the courthouse
steps the other day. A note in
side the purse said: "I paid all
my taxes. I have no more use
for this."
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war u by th. government
mm mnim
rtc October. our ever-
Three Feathers blended whiskey were ur
diminishing inventonea.
WILL START SOON
Threshing of the grain crop
of the valley will start soon aft
er the Fourth of July, accord
ing to County Agent Robert G.
Fowler. Some binding of wheat
has already been completed
The crop is estimated at approx
imately the same as last year.
Wind and rain of ten days ago
blew down some grain but it
can mostly be salvaged. The
rains were highly beneficial to
dry farms.
Haying started in earnest this
week in the Applegate district,
which is later than in the val
ley. The sunshine of the past
four days has aided farmers
with hay down when the rain
came. Considerable hay is be
ing baled as it is cut in the
fields this season.
Local grown cherries have
started to ripen, and some will
reach the markets by the end of
the week. They will be a light
crop. Apricots, another light
local crop have started to ripen.
Some growers, however, report
they have as large a crop as
last year.
NINTH DIVISION IN
CHERBOURG FIGHTING
London. June 27 (U.R) Su
preme headquarters announced
today that the American ath ai-
vision which is fighting in the
Cherbourg peninsula area is com
manded by Mai. Gen. Manton S.
Eddy, a native of Chicago, is
in North Africa and Sicily.
Eddy, a natice of Chicago, is
52 years old and a veteran of
World War I.
MOTHER OF MEDF0RD
WOMAN DIES IN L A.
Mrs. J. H. Maassen, mother of
S. S. Humphries, 322 East
Twelfth street, passed away at
noon yesterday in Los Angeles,
Mr. Humphries has been in
formed. She had resided in Los
Angeles for several years.
Funcial services will be held
at SteelTs Chapel, North Holly
wood, tomorrow.
HARDEN CUPLRIT
Memphis, Tenn. U.R) Hal
Buchanan, Memphis attorney,
decided that his tomato patch
was being sabotaged, by chil
dren of the neignbornooas wnen
ho ctrinoa with which he neatly
tied the plants to supporting
poles disappeared daily. But the
mystery explained itself when
from a window he saw a robin
relun tho clrinrJ which Was
wrapped four times around the
pole and fastenea wim a dow
knot a vicious yang ana tiy on
nestward with it in its beak.
Daily Weather Report
Forecast
Miunrd and vicinity: Pair tonight
anl Wednesday. Llttla change In tem
perature. ,
Oregon: Pair tonight and Wednes
day. Little change In temperature.
lAu-ai Itata
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest, bo; lowest, 11.
Total monthly precipitation, 1.61
Inches. Encess lor the month. .83 Inch.
Total- precipitation since Septem
ber 1. 1943. 15.76 Inches. Deficiency
lor the season. .53 Inch.
Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes
terday, 33; 4:30 a. m. today, 90.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 5:37 a. m., sunset 8:50 p. m.
Past 24 hours: High Low Prec.
Boise
Boston
71 48
78 65
95 74
91 53
60 52
65 51
76 63
77 48
81 60
96 77
08 62
68 50
80 45
75 61
67 52
62 50
49
74 48
DO 70
5
Chicago .
Denver .
Eureka
Havre
Los Angelea
Mertford
New York
Omaha -
Phoenix
Portland
Reno
Roseburg
Salt lake
San Francisco .
Seattle
Spokane
Washington, D. C. ,
Yakima
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No rB ta
Charlie McCarthy In New Show
At the Craterian tomorrow for a four-day showing is "Song of
the Open Road," with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Jane
Powell, W. C. Fields and Bonita Granville.
Bureau Of Standards Expert
Helps Army Develop A Sock
- By Joseph L. Myler
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington (U.R) If a sock fits too snugly or too loosely,
the Bureau of Standards said "it is uncomfortable."
Moreover, such a sock, the bureau added in its Technical
News Bulletin, "wears out at an excessive rate and is discarded."
Inasmuch as this country has
an armed force -of nearly 11,
000,000 sock-wearing men, these
facts are of considerable econo
mic and logistical importance.
That being the case, the bu
reau has been devoting its best
thought to the ability of socks
to take punishment, in the laun
dry or on the foot.
The bureau concluded at the
outset that in trying to arrive at
an understanding of socks, it
needed a devise for measuring
them "not only in the relaxed
condition that is, wjthout ten
sion but when stretched under
loads comparable to those to
which socks may be subject in
use."
"It was recognized," the bu
reau said, "that changes in the
dimensions of the sock in laun
dering are not important if the
sock readily accommodates it
self to the size of the foot of the
wearer and does not bind or be
come baggy." .
On the other hand, "if the
sock shrinks and felts in laun
dering and fits too snugly, or if
it becomes too loose-fitting, it is
uncomfortable, wears at an ex
cessive rate, and is discarded."
With these axioms establish
ed, the bureau proceeded to in
vent a device capable of measur
ing "the dimensions of the foot
of socks and other hosiery under
different loads."
The device, the bureau noted
with a hint of pride, "has
proved of value in the study of
shrink-proofing treatments and
effects of fiber composition and
methods of laundering on the
shrinkage of socks." As a matter
of fact, the army quartermaster
corps "is having a number built
for its use."
In the same Issue of the bulle
tin, the bureau said it had dis
covered why some fabrics have
a "clammy feel" when moist
while others, made of wool, do
not.
"Fabrics which produced con
siderable chilling," the bureau
said, "were found to make good
contact and to cause a substan
tial drop in skin temperature.
On the other hand, fabrics
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which caused little or no clam
miness made poor contact."
From this discovery, the bu
reau drew "several important
conclusions," one being that the
clamminess of fabrics is dimin
ished "as their wool content is
increased."
ROBOT BOMBS MI
London, June 27 (U.R) The
Germani launched steady robot
bomb attacks on southern Eng
land today, taking advantage of
cloudy weather over the Chan
nel which partially restricted Al
lied aerial operations.
Some casualties and damage
were reported in southern Eng
land from the new robot bomb
attacks which rnme as the Ger
mans took advantage of unfa
vorable weather to make one of
their few recent daylight as
saults. It was announced at Rome
that 36 heavy U. S bombers
were lost in attacks on Vienna
where the Germans sent various
fighter planes and rocket ships
to meet the American forma
tions. Altogether In the operations
from Italian bases, 44 Allied
planes were lost, while at least
55 German aircraft were de
stroyed. LIKE A REAL TROUPER
Springfield, Mo. (U.R) Miss
Thelma Ruth Davis, valedic
torian of the graduating class of
the Mansfield High School here,
stood before an audience of over
1,000 persons reeently and un
falteringly gave her address to
the class while her brother, Sgt.
Lowell M. Davis, who was
killed in a plane crash the week
before, lay at her parents' home
not far away.
Oklahoma s population was
1.414,177 at the time of state
hood in 1907.
Consult your loco I Agricul
tural Authority concamlng
tho uo of Kryoclrfo vndsr
local conditions. Writs now
for dMcripttvo tltsroturo on
Kryoctds. Addrt Dtpt.MMT
ASSURE GI'S OF
IT
Series of 80 Maps Show
Climate in All Continents
For Every Month.
Washington U.PJ This is the
story of how geography and
weather conditions were rolled
into a thing called climatology
and got into the war to affect
the Quartermaster corps' cloth
ing designers.
It was told recently after the
War department had announced
that America's army of 7,700,
000 men is the best-dressed in
the world.
To begin with, climatology
outlines by maps the average
type of climate to be found in
a locality at a certain time. It
takes the view that climate is
a dynamic and moving force.
By the concept of "moving cli
mates" one can follow on maps
now the January climate of
Florida moves upward to be
come the July of middle Canada
and then recedes in the fall.
Supply LimiUd
In July, 1942, a climatology
unit was added to the research
and development branch of the
Quartermaster corps. It was set
up because corpsmen realized
G.I. Joe on the" fighting front
couldn't choose clothing from a
large wardrobe. What he wore
had to travel across a. supply
line thousands of miles long.
and there could be no ex
changes.
Moreover, when a Joe is in
the battle zone and "dressing
for an occasion, he probably
has a date with an automatic
rifle and a rendezvous with a
Japanese or a German. Joe
wants and needs protection
from severe weather and exter
nal discomfort, and It is the
Job of the Quartermaster corps
to see that his clothing will do
that as much as possible.
By referring to climatology
maps designers in the research
and development branch of the
corps can ascertain what sort
of weather a soldier is likely
to encounter at a certain time
in a certain area. Clothing can
be planned accordingly.
Series Totals 80
Today a series of 80 climatic
maps have been prepared, show
ing average conditions of rain
fall, temperature and humidity
Mil m
kirifk 'The Amercon people today own fhe mfghffesf military
machine In all history, tt Handt built and ready ond tralntd
tat lit ob. Il It ifrlklng now and will ttrlk again and again at
fhe enemy wherever
Gasoline moket this
th tank and don a hundred other obs fhof help us kill fhe
enemy wifh minimum risk ond (oss to our own men.
You can be sure that we're utlng fhe gasoline you're doing
wif houf... where if does fhe most good I'
GtNBRAl UStNHOWtK
IN A
11,0 O O PLAN E S US ED 2,20 0,000
GALLONS OF IOO OCTANE GASOJJ?J
RED Don inert who ere med to getting extra mlle
oge from each gallon of gatoline will appreciate
this focti An armored divltion burnt up 250 gallons
of gatoline every mile ft travelt. h taket 3 font of
gasoline to deliver a 1-ton bomb.
So If you can't alwayt get afl the Red lion you want
...please be tolerant, cheerful ond willing to make
MalrMa rlaaraa, taaaan
for every month on the six
continents. Clmatic maps of the
oceans have been made on a
seasonal rather than a monthly
basis. Additional and more de
tailed maps of the United States
round out the series.
Each climatic zone represent
ed on a map shows a condition
in which one general type of
clothing may be worn.
The same scale of coloring
used on all maps facilitates the
comparison of one region with
another. Altogether 18 differ
ent climatic zones are shown.
The information given by
these maps has proved valuable
not only to the Quartermaster
corps, but also to military stra
tegists in planning campaigns,
for weather is a major consid
eration in battle.
Extensive Preparation
Preparation of a climatology
map is extensive and so highly
specialized that most workers
have college degrees in geo
graphical or weather work. The
starting point is a base map
which defines the area to be
included. By long and compli
cated development 12 maps are
prepared to show precipitation
for each month and 12 others
to show the average monthly
temperatures of the area. With
a topographical map to aid in
defining altitudes, the final re
sults are drawn to be published
by the Army map service.
No one person can take credit
for the development of this type
of map. In the War department
unit about 10 persons are need
ed for each one. but thousands
of persons throughout the world j
must contribute analyses of i
weather and topography. j
In addition to the series of i
80 climatic maps, the unit has !
prepared special ones for other
purposes, tor example, some
show man's daily water require
ments in different sectors of the
world; others how long a man
on a life raft can survive with
out provisions; and still others
to facilitate fuel estimates in
verious regions.
HAIL TO THE KING
Trenton, Mo. (U.R) A visitor
to the town recently telephoned
a friend, who was in one of the
local high school gathering
places. During the conversation
the visitor heard a terrific sound
of howling and whistling over
the phone. When asked what
was going on, the friend on tilt
other end of the line said cas
ually, "Oh, a man Just walked
in."
60TH HOMECOMING
Harrisburg, Pa. (U.R) For
the 60th consecutive year a
colony of purple martins have
returned to their homes here
amidst the hubbub of city traf
fic. Making their nests in the
pole-top .structures' of recently
remodeled bird apartments di-
he exlsfr
machine go. I carries the bombs
TWO - HOUR ATTACK
Ma 300 la 400 aifcM af 100 etfeae ear
Tueiday. June 27, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
rectly across the street from the
new $2,500,000 Dauphin county
courthouse, the birds were un
disturbed by the three years of
Victory
has A PRICE...
To a fighting man, that price may be
death. Those of us at home, who cannot
match such sacrifice, money, put into War
Bonds, seems a small price. We must double
our efforts, and buy twice as many bonds,
during the FIFTH WAR LOAN.
MEDFORD LODGE
LOYAL ORDER
of MOOSE
FOR NEXT WINTER
Buy Now
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