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MARIM ISLES Airmail Letters Now Travel 9,000 Miles In Week Efficiency at Peak. By Charles P. Arnot United Press Correspondent With U. S. Pacific Fleet in the Western Pacific (U.R) Triple the average number of letters received by the average citizen of Indianapolis, for instance, and you have a rough ..idea of the postal problem the Navy faced when the. Central Pacific front surged westward 4,000 miles from Pearl Harbor to the Marianas via the Gilberts and Marshal Is. The Navy solved the complex jig-saw puzzle, Lt. Comdr. Earle D. Chance of (6437 W. Fifth St.) Los Angeles, revealed here with a handful of orders from Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, fleets of transport planes, the judgment of veteran mail handlers and a deft bit of postal "quarterback lng." Week to Marshall! Now it isn't, unusual for air mail letters posted, in New York City on a Sunday to be in the hands of a serviceman in the Marshall islands 0,000 miles away just a week later. In the Gilberts airmail letters from home are being received regu larly in three to four days. The standing record in the Mar shall is four days from Vir ginia. To Chance, a postal inspector for 25 years in his home city went the job of setting up ma chinery to get the mail to men at the front. Since October, 1942, he has flown nearly 60, D00 miles. "The average post office knows approximately where its patrons can be found," Chance explained, "but out here men move around with such light ning speed we must anticipate their movements and then get Fur Remodeling and Repairing Rellning, Cleaning and Glazing Frances Dallaire Ph. 2526 Woodrow and Crater Lake MONEY TO LOAN On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Sea our un-redeem ed Jewelry savings. PEO PLE'S LOAN CO. 22914 E. Main Street. State license P 137. PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes of WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 See Our In We have a large assortment of dresses In lovely styles and materials. These dresses can be worn for any occasion and give that "dressed-up look" all women are anxious to have. You can well afford to have one for they are priced within the budget of any housewife or working girl. All sites and colors. These Are Priced At Denim Jimmyalls JUST THE THING FOR WORK ING IN THE FRUIT If you want satisfaction, as well as wear, be sure to see our Jimmyalls. These will give you more wear for your money. Just the thing for the coming fruit season, or even for the Victory Garden. These come In LARGE SIZES 40-46. OUR FALL SHIPMENTS ARE ARRIVING COATS DRESSES SUITS HATS M. M. DEPT. STORE PAY LESS & DRESS BETTER Nef f Home From Convention Says Wallace Talk Costly Henry A. Wallace showed him self to be a poor politician when he came out for the abolishment of the poll tax and equal rights for Negroes during the recent Democratic national convention in Chicago, in the opinion of Porter J. Neff, one of Oregon's delegates to the convention. Neff, Medford lawyer who re turned home yesterday, said that Wallace lost all chance to be re nominated for vice president when he brought up the poll tax question in his seconding speech for the renominatlon of Presi dent Roosevelt. By calling for the abolition of the poll tax, he said, Wallace lost all the south ern votes. . . The Oregon delegation " was harmonious, Neff stated, and voted unanimously for Wallace on the first ballot, having felt themselves committed to such the mail there ahead of them." Followed Forces Mail deliveries have reached a peak of efficiency in the for ward area of the Ceneral Pacif ic theater. At Tarawa ships car rying postal details were so close behind the assault forces that their crews watched the pre invasion bombardment. With the Invasion forces at Saipan was an LST carrying a fleet post-office unit. Delivery of mail to servicemen aboard assault ships began four days after the invasion. Two' days later seaplanes were rushing the first airmail to the Marianas and four days later service was under way for troops ashore. In spite of the care and speed with which the mail is handled the fleet records office has thou sands of undelivered letters which were improperly or il legibly addressed. For instance, there are 11,000 Smiths in the Pacific fleet, Chance disclosed, suggesting that addresses should include service numbers. COURT VACATION IS PLANNED IN AUGUST Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna plans to take a vacation during August, the month in which the state court and circuit courts re cess. The local circuit court docket has been completed, with cases on the calendar tried. A number of cases are pending, and will probably be set for the October term of court. Judge Hanna also will work on decisions and routine matters before him. Since assuming the bench four years ago he has taken no formal vacation. ' STORM IN CHAMBER Ottawa, Aug. 1 (U.R) One of the most stormy parliamen tary sessions since World War One was climaxed last night in the temporary expulsion from the chamber of Dr. Herbert Bruce, former lieutenant gen eral of Ontario and a progres sive conservative member, for criticizing a bill as a "piece of political bribery." Dae Mall Tribune Want Ads.' VALUES LOVELY $95 action. On the second ballot, when Harry Truman was nom inated, 11 of Oregon's 14 dele gates again voted for Wallace, two for Truman and one for Jus tice William Douglas. Neff said that, in his opinion, Quentin Reynolds made the best speech at the convention, which saw the largest crowd in his tory pack the Chicago stadium. He said that delegates were very well treated, that prices were moderate everywhere and that there was no suggestion of stores and restaurants "holding up" the visitors. Mrs. Neff accompanied her husband as far as Minneapolis, where she visited a sister during the convention. Both also vis ited friends and relatives in Du luth, where they formerly lived. They were gone from Medford a little over three weeks. LIFT LIMITATIONS LI Seattle, Aug. 1. U.B Head quarters of the army's Alaskan department announced that be ginning today no permits will be necessary for civilians entering, leaving or traveling in the Alas kan mainland, southeast Alaska or Kodiak island. Although virtually removing restrictions for most of the terri tory, the army said regulations will remain effective in the Aleutian islands and through most of the Alaskan peninsula with the dividing line placed at Becharof lake south of Naknek. Entry of enemy aliens, per sons of Japanese ancestry, fam ilies of military personnel sta tioned in the territory, and per sons previously excluded from Alaska will still require prior approval of the commanding general of the department, it was announced. VINEGAR JOE NAMED FOR FULL GENERAL Washington, Aug. 1. U.R Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, commander of American forces in the China-Burma-India the ater, was nominated today to be a full general in keeping with the increasing emphasis on the war against Japan. Stilwell will be the U .S. army's sixth full general on active duty. The others are Gens. George C. Marshall, chief of staff; H. H. Arnold, command er of the army air forces; Dwight C. Eisenhower; supreme com mander of allied European in vasion forces; Douglas MacAr thur, supreme commander of al lied forces In the southwest Pa cific, and Malin Craig, former chief of staff, who was recalled from retirement to head the army personnel board here. Osa Mall Tribune Want Ada TO MllGHTIK AND SUM TOUI fISUM au vnemi sayon Mt, A,AiN( wlc, MdfW4 fcf Vi! U 1 i ' CM KELLY F French civilians In Normandy, on the whole, are friendly to American and British invasion troops despite the terrible dev astation wrought by the fighting and the intense suffering they are undergoing, Capt. Edward C. Kelly said in a letter to his wife, who resides at 430 Haven street. Capt. Kelly, with a European civil affairs detachment, wrote that plenty of action has been taking place in the vicinity in which he is located, and that he has seen many German planes shot down by Allied anti-aircraft fire. He wrote that he has been living in a pup tent and that heavy rainfall made things very uncomfortable. He also said that he saw evidence of robot bomb explosions In England before leaving there and that one land ed near the camp in which he was stationed. Capt. Kelly, Med ford lawyer prior to entering the service, arrived in England last February 1. DAV Convention To Give Veteran Most Attention Denver, Aug. 1 (U.R) James L. Monahan of St. Paul, Minn., national commander of the Dis abled American Veterans, ar rived in Denver today to make advance preparations for the national convention here, Sept. 12-15. Delegates from more than 900 DAV chapters throughout the nation will attend the con vention which, Monahan said, will be "streamlined and re stricted exclusively to business programs." Principal business of the 23rd annual conclave, he said, will be pledged toward the "protec tion of American fighting men and women disabled in World War II." JUVENILES HEED THREAT TO CURB NIGHT GADDING The sheriff's office reported today no juveniles were found out after curfew hours last night following a threat to take the names and addresses of boys and girls out late and notify their parents or guardians. On a second offense narpnt nr guardian would be hailed Into court, along with the Juveniles, the officers promised. Complaints were also re ceived of boys speeding autos on city streets and country roads and ignoring traffic lights when the travel was light. MARRIAGES IN JULY SLIGHTLY OVER JUNE Marriage licenses issued by the county clerk's office during July totalled 35. two more than in June, and approximately one- third of the monthly total dur ing the height of the heavy occu pancy of Camp White. A large number of the aDDlicants durine July were members of the West ern Personnel Reassignment Center, several from northern California, and the remainder, local. Daily Weather Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Clear to part ly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Little- change In temperature. Oregon: Clear tonight, but wtta fog on coaat. Wednesday, scattered clouds. Little change in temperature. Loral Data Temperature a year ago today: Highest, 76; lowest, 66. Total monthly precipitation, none. Deficiency for the month, .01 Inch. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1, 1043, 1693 Inches. Deficiency for the season, .74 Inch. Relative humidity at 4;30 p. m. yes terday, 22; 4:30 a. m. today, 76. Tomorrow ' Sunrise 6:06 a. m., sunset 6:20 p. m. Past 24 hours: High Low Prec. Boise ..W..M.. 70 64 Boston 88 70 . Chicago 83 65 Drnvpr 04 61 Eureka 02 56 ...... Havre - 80 66 Los Angeles .....,, 72 68 Medronl HZ 63 New York 89 71 Omaha 02 6B Phoenix 107 74 Portland . 74 64 Reno 86 44 Roseburg 70 60 Salt Lake 02 63 San Francisco 60 64 Seattle . 74 62 Spokane . 77 49 WaMilntiton, D. C. B7 73 Yakima - BO 47 .41 WHTH you need quick relief from pain, do you hesitate to take aspirin became it leaves you with an upiet itomach ? If to, this new medical dis covery, SUPER IN, ii "just whit the doctor ordered" for yon. Svperin I aspirin plus contain the tame pure, safe etpirin you have long k no wit but developed by doctors in a special way for those upset by aspirin, in iu ordinary form. This new bine of aspirin tablet dissolve! more quickly, iti the aipirin get right at the job of relieirg pain, reduces the acidity of ordinary -ririo. and doei 83, TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Hilda Nygren, 83, a resi dent of southern Oregon for 38 years, living most of that time in the Brownsboro and Lake Creek districts, passed away in Med ford Tuesday. Mrs. Nygren was born in Smaland, Sweden, Jan. 10, 1861. She came to the United States in 1889, settling at Love land, Colo., and was united In marriage to Gust Nygren at Fort Collins, Colo., on November 6, 1890. They came to Jackson county in 1906. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Anna Hulsey, of Klam ath Falls; three sons, Frank Ny gren, Brownsboro; Eric and Carl Nygren, Lake Creek; also three grandchildren and one brother, Frank Sundberg of Johnstown, Colo. Funeral arrangements, In charge of Perl Funeral Home, will be announced later. Playwright Doubts Ham Fish Eager To Air Case In Court New City, N. Y., Aug. 1 (U.R) Maxwell Anderson, playwright, and other members of the good government ' committee of the 29th congressional district said today that Rep. Hamilton Fish's announcement that he would sue them for libel was so much "bluff and blather." Greeting the Fish statement as "wonderful new s," Anderson said he and his committee had "little hope of getting Mr. Fish into a courtroom he knows per fectly . well that we have said nothing that is not true and in the record." The congressman. In revealing that he would sue, challenged Wendell L. Willkie, who offered to defend Anderson, to accept service of complaint In the suit to "avoid the delay in serving so many defendants." Fish objected to an advertise ment which appeared in the Ny ack Journal-News, linking his name with Fritz Kuhn, convicted leader of the German-American Bund, and others with known un-American leanings. He said the advertisement had "not one iota of truth to it as it Is merely part of a baseless smear cam paign. Canol Probe Set For Coming Week Los Angeles, Aug. 1. (U.R) A congressional Investigation of the Uv S. army sponsored Canol oil and pipe-line project in Can ada, will be started by a subconv mittee next week, Rep. Carl Hin shaw, (R.) Calif., said today. Hinshaw, a member of the subcommittee on civil aviation, petroleum, communications and transportation, said the Inquiry would include Alaskan military airfields, the Alaska highway, and west coast aviation plants, with a view to their post-war In tegration, BRITISH NAVY MIGHT TO AID IN PACIFIC London, Aug. 1 (U.R) Brit ain soon will shift a large pro portion of her naval strength to the cast for the growing bat tle of Japan, naval observers predicted today following the appointment of Admiral Sir Bruce A. Frascr to command her eastern fleet. 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