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STIFF REPRISALS
FOR KOBHIS
London Dispatch Urges Ger
many Be Given List of
1.C03 Towns as Targets.
London, Sunday July 30 (U.R)
The German flyin'g bomb offen
sive against civilian England con
tinued into the early hours to
day, and as the winged, blind
missiles of destruction crashed
in southern England, there was
a renewal of the demand that
Britain take drastic reprisal
measures to halt the Nazi terror
blitz.
Yesterday the enemy stepped
tip the bomb schedule, apparent
ly launching the robots from sev
eral points and aiming them to
reach the English coast simul
taneously, increasing the effect.
Declaring that "the people of
London and the south have
borne enough of this war," the
London Daily Disoatch, in a
strongly worded editorial, today
urged that the Germans be pre
sented with a list of 1000 of their
small towns to be wiped out by
Allied terror attacks unless the
flying bomb offensive ends.
The argument that such re
prisal raids would divert needed
bomber strength is not correct,
the dispatch said, pointing out
that bomber formations have
been sent daily against the robot
bases.
Meanwhile, fighter - escorted
Halifaxes and Stirlings of the
RAF bomber command last night
attacked without loss a flying
bomb supply deoot near Watten,
in the Pas De Calais region, au
thoritative sources said.
Saturday's bombing reached
Its peak during the early morn
ing. SOLONS EYE END
Washington, July 29 (U.R)
Congressional leaders began a
race with Allied military forces
tonight to pass demobilization
and reconversion legislation by
the time Germany is knocked
ouf of the war.
But whatever happens on the
battlcfronts in the meantime, it
appeared unlikely that congress
could wade through the neces
sary committee spade work and
complete action on proposed bills
before the end of September at
the earliest.
The problems involved are tre
mendous. They include demobili
zation of 11.000.000 fighting men
and a like number of war work
ers, disposal of surplus war
properties variously estimated
at srio.ooo.noo.ooo to sioo ooo,-
000, 000. and reconversion of the
industry to peacetime pursuits
without wrecking the nation's
economy.
OVERSEAS 'BY RAIL'
Concord. N. H. (U.R) Cpl.
Charles Banton wrote his par
ents after a safe trip across the
Atlantic: "As usual, there was
quite a lot of mal de mer. One
of the ship's jokes was that most
of the GI's were making the trip
bv rail."
. South Bend. Ind. (U.R) Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Humphrey are
wondering if their 23rd wedding
anniversary will be as eventful
as their 22nd recently. Twin
sons and 'the 22nd anniversary
arrived together.
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Camp Adair Nearly Through
As Training Center, Is Belief
Editorial in Salem Capital
Journal
As a divisional military train
ing cantonment, Camp Adair,
like Camp White at Medford is
through. The camps will prob
ably be utilized to train replace
ment units, for temporarily
housing troops en route to points
of embarkation, and as prison
camps for captured Germans
and Italians (to some extent they
are now being so utilized), and
the hospital facilities be main
tained and used for wounded
Americans flown from the battle
fields of the Pacific and perhaps
from Europe.
Concerning the training at
Camp Adair, Col. Samuel D.
Hays, commander, says in the
final issue of the Camp Adair
Sentinel:
During the past two years
Camp Adair has housed for
training four divisions of infan
try and a large number of sep
arate units. Three of the infan
try divisions were activated
here, the 96th, 104th and 70th.
The 91st division was activated
at Camp White, but on comple
tion of maneuvers in the Bend
area was housed at this station
until its departure overseas. The
policy of the service command
In laying out the streets of
early Seattle the city fathers
planned the streets so that only
by means of a compass could
people find their way about.
They must have reasoned that
when people come west, they
expected to live dangerously.
Outlanders were saying, 'Seat
tle? Why that's almost in Alas
ka" And so today Seattle streets
are what they are, without plan
or even a consistent direction.
To get them that way must
have taken some pretty heavy
thinking but those pioneers
were a sturdy, ingenious breed
and accepted the challenge. One
with an even more fertile imag
ination than the rest got the
triangular block idea. The oth
ers recognized this as being the
most satisfyingly confusing plan
of all. Not content with tucking
in a few of these blocks, they
spattered them all over the city
plan, with five or six of these
going into a huddle down Yesler
Way.
Once landing in that part of
town, few ever work their way
out again. The old gray beards
you see spraying out from this
focal point were young men
when they got caught there,
their eyes bright, their hopes
high. After a few years of turn
ing corners but never getting
anywhere, some of them mar
ried equally lost and befuddled
maidens. The young men you
see today are their children
the lost tribes of Yesler Way,
still seeking a way out.
Today I heard a trio of sailors
talking. One said they'd turned
that particular corner three
times; one remarked he guessed
they were lost. I could have
told him in three months' time,
he'd be sure of it. But even so,
I'd have hated to warn him that
thirty years from now he'd be
even surer.
Speaking rather bitterly of
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I Observations
360 Ladies PURSES
On Sale Monday, July 31st
Values From
$1.98 - $2.98
One of the nation's largest purse manufac
turers had too many purses (believe it or not)
and he sold the M. M. Department Store this
lot 360 purses to we could give the people
ol Medford and Jackson County this outstand
ing value.
When you te them yeu will buy several at
this extremely low price. Every purte in this
lot ii a regular $1.98 value. At least one-third
of these puries are regular $2.98.
Be on hand early Monday morning to get one
or more of these lovely new puries at juit
$1.00 each (tax included.)
No Mail Orders No Phone
has been to furnish everything
possible which would assist
these divisions in their training
and ultimately to enable them
to carry out their missions."
Camp Adair comprises 56,000
acres, some of it fine farming
land and much of the rest good
grazing land. Some 45,000 acres
of the property will be turned
over by the war department to
the regional surplus property
administration for sale to the
public, leaving 11,000 acres for
the army center. It is expected
the 45,000 acres will be sold
through public bids, or by auc
tion. In such sale, in all fairness,
preference should be given to
former owners who were ousted
from their farms and homes. At
Camp White large areas of the
land have been leased as cattle
range.
The state' war commission in
a final report to the governor
calls on all communities and
private industry to hasten their
post-war plans to take up the
slack that will follow the de
parture of so many thousand
troops. Until the war is over and
civilian production resumed, it
will be difficult however to
launch construction programs as
neither materials nor manpower
is available.
the maze of triangular blocks
throughout Seattle the other day
to an Old Timer, he chuckled
and said leave out the letter 'a'
in Seattle and you had 'settle',
which is what people have no
choice but to do, once they get
here. So you'll be hearing from
me, but I doubt if any of you
will ever see me again. And
the town simply must have its
little joke; it makes you a per
manent resident, then refuses
you a permanent home. And my
address is still a fire hydrant;
I can't tell you which one, since
I'm not allowed to sleep on the
same one two nights in succes
sion. Never settle in Seattle; it's
too unsettling.
PRO-MIS PAPER
ON U.S. BLACKLIST
FWashington, July 29 U.R)
The pro-Axis Argentine newspa
per, "La Fronda," which hailed
Hitler's "brilliant leadership"
during the Allied landings in
France tonight was placed on
the United States blacklist.
La Fronda was one of the six
pro-Axis publictions in Argen
tina which Secretary of State
Cordell Hull cited this week for
carrying on, with Argentine gov
ernment support, "a bitter propa
ganda campaign against the Unit
ed Nations and on behalf of the
Axis."
Hull revealed that during the
last two weeks newsprint which
was imported by Argentina un
der grant of Allied navicerts had
been supplied, with the aid of
the Argentine government, to
the Axis papers which have
been "viciously attacking" the
United Nations.
COMPROMISE SEEN
Bakersfield, Cal., July 29
(U.R) A compromise measure
loomed today on the proposed
160-acre limitation in the Cen
tral Valley project as a U. S.
senate subcommittee completed
a week of hearings.
Since 1939 the value of retail
grocery sales has almost doubled,
while the number of stores has
declined about 12 per cent. The
number of persons served per
store has increased about seven
per cent.
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RELEASER U-0
Population, Employment by
Industry Types; Number
of Farms, Dwellings Given
Presenting figures on popula
tion, employment, agriculture,
housing, manufacturing and
trade, the June issue of the Ore
gon business Review has a sec
tion r.evoted to Jackson county.
The Review is published by the
Bureau of Business Research,
School of Business Administra
tion, University of Oregon.
Information on population is
to the effect that 91.2 per cent
of the county's population, list
ed as 40.592 as of January, 1944
(ration book figures), is native
born white; 67.3 of the number
are between 15 and 65 years of
age and 27.3 per cent live in
rural areas. Median school years
completed by persons 25 years
or older is 8.8 years for males
and 10 years for females.
Population Up
Population figures show an
increase from 20,450 in 1920 to
the present 40,592. Medford's
population figures are given as
5,750 in 1920, 11,007 in 1930 and
11,281 in 1940. At present the
Chamber of Commerce quotes
15,000 as Medford's unofficial
population. Ashland's popula
tion is shown as 4.283 in 1920,
5.544 in 1930 and 4.744 in 1940.
Employment tables show that
14,000 persons are normally em
ployed in the county, 77.2 per
cent men over 14 and 19.3 per
cent of women over 14 making
up this figure. Agriculture is the
principal industry employing
this labor force, 2,813 being list
ed for this industry and 1,105
being listed for the lumber and
wood products industry. Profes
sional and related services em
ploy 933 persons in the county,
according to the review, retail
ing, excepting food, drink, autos
and auto supply firms, employ
848 and 657 Ere employed in
construction.
2,702 Farms
The review's agriculture chart
shows 2,702 farms in the county,
the average size being 117.1
acres. Average value of the
farms, including land and build
ings, is $6,290, the per cent of
tenancy is 15.6 and the per cent
of the county land in farms is
17.5. The review states "The
county Is justly famous for its
fruits; its Rogue river pears
have long set a high standard in
world markets. There are four
major irrigation districts and
hay, small grains and dairy pro
ducts are among the other items
produced."
Number of dwelling units in
the county is listed as 12,509,
with an average of 3.18 persons
per occupied dwelling. The city
of Ashland has 1,785 dwellings,
the review states, with an aver
age of 2.99 persons per occupied
dwel.ing, and Medford has 3.930
with an average of 3.05 persons
per dwelling. Percentage of
dwellings in the county occu
pied by owners is 57.8, with
Ashland dwellings listed as 54.9
occupied by owners and Med
ford 49.4 per cent.
Area of the county is 2.817
square miles, or 1,902,880 acres.
Central Point
Central Point, July 28 Bob
Anderson of Seattle is visiting
his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
E. Gilbert Cays for a short time.
A group of young people from
Central Point returned July 23
Final
from the Southern Oregon
Christian Service Camp at Fir
Point. Several members of the
group will give reports on their
activities at camp at the eve
ning service, July 30.
The new annex of the Church
of Christ was dedicated in a
special service on the afternoon
of July 23. C. F. Swander from
Portland gave the dedicatory
address. Several ministers
from neighboring congregations
were present.
First Lieut. Orval Shores and
wife, Edith, of California are
visiting Mrs. Shores' parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Copinger
and also friends around the val
ley. Lanny Brenner, who had his
tonsils out July 20, is feeling
much better now.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Goin and
daughter, Gwcn, spent July 26
at Diamond Lake. Ted reports
that he caught his limit of fish.
Muriel Weidman is in Toledo,
Wash., visiting Charlotte Rich
ardson a former resident of
Central Point. Muriel is ex
pected to return July 29 or 30.
Arglee Williams and her sis
ter, Lucille Higenbothcm, are
now working in the warehouse
at Camp White.
Mary Pence left for Portland
the evening of July 25 for an
other checkup on her leg. June
Coleman accompanied her.
Mary Taylor is working in
the American Laundry in Medford.
Butte Falls
Butte Falls, 'July 29 Church
services have been resumed here
since the coming of the Rev.
and Mrs. McDougall as perma
nent residents. The Sunday
school is promoting classes for
boys and girls of all ages at 10
a.m., each Sunday. At 7 p.m. the
young people gather for their
own special services. As soon as
means are available there will
be recreational activties on the
church grounds.
For the 4-H groups, last week
was exciting because they were
camping at Lake O'Woods. Boys
and girls enjoying the outing
were: Donald Henshaw, Darwin
Moore, Wayne Casey, Dwight
Fredenburg, Letha Scott, Nona
Smith, Barbara Geppart, Ailccn
Smith and Theda Peyton. They
are camping with , other 4-H
groups from all over Jackson
county and are using the Salva
tion Army camp grounds under
the direction of Earle Jossy,
county 4H leader.
Boys in uniform who have
been welcomed home on fur
loughs recently are: Bud Mad
den from the Aleutians, Ray
Cook on his first leave since his
enlistment shortly after Pearl
Harbor, , Richard Zimmerlee,
Jack Gorman and Wesley Dris
coll. From this small community,
boys in uniform are scattered
over the globe, with: Harlan
Lowe in India; Ted Smith in
Iran; Joe Pain, Carl Bennett and
Bob Kent In New Guinea; Bob
Hoef and Leslie Scott In Aus
tralia: Gordon Moore in the
Aleutians; Morb and Merritt
Tungate and Bob and Bill Rodg
crs in Hawaii; Barney Ellis and
Wesley Hilkey in Italy and
Charles Curtis and Freeman
Haynes in England; and Virgil
Clark in France.
ASK FEDERAL AID
Brawley, Calif., July 29 OI.R)
Telegrams appealing to the gov
ernment to pay the year-old de
linquent water bill at the War
Tood Administration agricultur
al workers camp to prevent 53
families from being turned out
of their homes today here were
sent to government officials.
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LOCAL and
On Furlough Richard Gra
velle and James Whitely, who
recently completed their basic
training at San Diego in the
navy, spent the week at home
on a furlough, with their folks
and friends at Jacksonville.
: During their visit they enjoyed
1 a picnic on the Applegate. They
: will return to their posts soon.
I
ONPA Head Visits Carl C.
Webb, secretary-manager of the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
association visited here briefly
Friday en route to Klamath
Fulls. Webb formerly published
the Freewater Times and for
four years was advertising man
ager of the Pendleton East Ore
gonian. Soldiers Home Cpl. Clarence
G. Edwards and Cpl. Edgar A.
Edwards are both in Medford
for a few days, visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ed
wards of 1105 West Fourth St.
Clarence Edwards is stationed
with an anti-aircraft unit at El
Paso, Tex., and his brother is in
the air corps, stationed at Lib
eral, Kan.
On Treasure Iiland Fraftk
Dixon, who has finished prim
ary training at Gulfport, Miss.,
has been transferred to Treasure
Island where he will continue
his course as radio technician,
according to word received here
by his mother, Mrs. Helen Dixon
of 526 West 10th St. A graduate
of Medford high school, Dixon
entered the navy in January of
this year, when he was a junior
at Oregon State college.
Attend Meeting Returning
from Portland Friday night
were Police Chief Clatous Mc
Credie, City Police Judge Ralph
Woodford and City Superinten
dent Frank Rogers. McCrcdie
and Woodford attended the sec
ond annual Oregon State Traffic
Courts conference there Thurs
day, while Rogers transacted
business for the city. The con
ference was held for the pur
pose of discussing court proced-
Bullding Permits General
Petroleum company applied at
the city building inspector's of
fice Friday for a permit to make
an addition to a service station
at Main and Almond streets at a
stated cost of $800. G, R. Carter
of 821 East Jackson boulevard
applied for a permit to remodel
a private garuge at a stated cost
of $125. Charles Pitts of 707
West 11th street applied for a
permit to remodel his living
room at a stated cost of $100.
W. Lee Ray of 535 Pennsylvania
avenue applied for a permit to
make an addition to his garage
at a stated cost of $30.
Minister Here The Rev. and
Mrs. Ralph Bullock of San Fran
cisco are spending the week end
in Medford with Rev. Bullock's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R, Bul
lock, 15 Columbus avenue, and
his sister, Mrs. Karl Knutson,
815 West Thirteenth street. The
Rev. Bullock spent many 'years
In China and upon his return to
this country after the start of
the war he has lectured in Med
ford on the fall of Hong Kong '
to the Japanese. The minister
now has a mission in Chinatown
In San Francisco. Rev. Bullock I
is speaking tonight at the Four-j
square Gospel church here. I
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Every Summer and Spring Hat in itock it on
tale. These hati are to be had in many dif
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brimmed hats, you will enjoy wearing.
Values To
$7.50
LARGE SHIPMENTS OF
COTTON DRESSES
We receive large shipments of Cotton
are specially styled by Betty Baxley.'
little afternoon frock.
Sunday, July 30, 1944
PERSONAL
Residents Leave Pvt. Robert.
G. Jennings, USMC, left Med-!
ford last night to report to Camp '
Pendleton, Cal., after a visit here
with his wife and two sons at i
426 Arcadia street. During his I
stay here Pvt. Jennings' father-1
in-law, P. B. Simcox, passed
away and Friday night Mrs.
Jennings and Mrs. Simcox left
for Patoka, 111., where funeral
services will be held. The two'
women, accompanied by Mrs.
Jennings' son, will remain ln!
the east for an Indefinite stay. I
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