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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. August 7, 1944 SENDINGSIXTO STATE CONCLAVE Medford Post No. 15 of the American Legion, officially cred ited on July 10, 1944, with 385 members, has been allotted six representatives for the twenty lvth nnnunl denartment conven tion to be held in the Masonic temple in Portland August 10, 11 and 12. Each Legion post is entitled to two delegates, wun an additional delegate for each 100 members, or major fraction thereof. Last year the Medford post, with a membership of 298, was credited with 5 delegates to the annual convention at uaKcr, Representing the local post In Portland this week-end will be Harrv A. Young. Charles D Wi ley, Walter J. Relnking, Fred L. Strang, J. E. Russell and Richard H. Baize. Alternates are Walter J. Looker. Fred W. Schcffel, .lnhn Averv. John II. McKenzie, Carl Y. Tengwald and Lester P. Mathes. Fifth in State Medford post has become the fifth largest post in Oregon in membership totals, the only posts in the state outranking. Medford being Portland Post No. 1, with 3212 members; Salem, 720; Eugene, 489, and Rose City Post, Portland, 404. Total mem bership of the American Legion In Oregon is 16,309. During the past ten years Medford has been In a close three-cornered membership con test with Klamath Falls and Roseburg posts for the largest membership in southern Ore gon. Medford has led through out the past year followed by Klamath Falls with an official membership of 282, and Rose burg. credited with 297. This year's membership is the highest for Medford post since the state convention was held here in 1928. According to membership data reported by Adjutant Fred L. Strang of Medford, the post has 87 World War II veterans in Its ranks. To be eligible to the American Legion, veterans must have their honorable discharge from military service. Walter J. Reinking has been post com mander during the past year, and the post commander-elect is Harry A. Young. Charles D. Wi ley is adjutant-elect. Portland, Ore., Aug. 7. U.P.) The Oregon department of the American Legion, with a mem bership at all-time high, will hold Its 26th annual convention here the latter part of this week, Dan McDade, department com mander, announced. J. O. Freck of Portland, gen eral convention chairman, said more than 400 delegates repre senting the 123 posts in the state would attend. The American Le gion auxiliary will hold its con vention at the same time. Maj. Gen. Lewis Ilcrshey, na tional director of selective ser vice; Stephen F. Chadwick of Se attle, past national commander, and Governor Earl Snell of Ore gon head the list of speakers. Sessions begin Thursday morn ing and will conclude with elec tion and installation of new of ficers Saturday. " WEAfHER Northern California Clear to day, tonight and Tuesday, but with fog locally along coast Tuesday; little temperature change. Daily Weather Report Forecast a Mwlford and rlclntty: Parti- cloudy to clnutly tonight unci Tunsrlay with Itttla change In temperature. Oregon: Cloudy west of Caacadf tonight, otherwlAe clear tonight and Tuesday. Lulls change la tempera ture. Loral Data Temperature a year ago today: Highest, 87; lowest, 48. Total monthly precipitation, .11 Inch. Kxcesa for the month, .OS Inch. Total precipitation elnce Replem ber 1. ivi. 16 04 Inches. Deficiency lor the season, .68 Inch. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes terday, 29; 4 30 a. m. today, 71. Tomorrow ffunrls 0:11 a. m- sunset 0:33 p. m. Put 34 hours: High I-nw I Tec. Bolrn HI HO 78 3 . 63 - V2 - DA - 77 87 . 0 ..108 70 . 88 71 .109 70 . 88 64 68 68 60 63 63 57 M 73 68 60 67 43 67 60 64 66 63 73 60 Boston n Chicago Denver Xurcka Hnvro l,os Angelea . Merifuril New York Omaha Phoenix Portland I, Reno . Roseburg Aslt take Ban Francisco Seattle Apoknne . 711 Washington, D. C. . "4 Yakima 77 IIC..CYC (JdlillUI -,.;..; ....vij.,. Te bt sura... nsa 'Vaseline' Petroleum Jelly, Il't lha Aral aid treatment that has brouihl fleetl't relief to bans sufferer ea oar ((Ming -Crtj --, Dr. Robert Barrett New Exalted Ruler Of Order Of Elks Dr. Robert S. Barrett, Alex andria, Va., philanthropist, who was elected this week as grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at the eightieth annual session of the grand lodge, in Chicago, has had a distinguished career in journalism, international trade, if Hi Dr. Robert S. Barrett American diplomacy, social wel fare and fraternal activities. As head of the 650,000 members of the B. P. O. E. this coming year, he succeeds Frank J. Loncrgan Portland, Ore., attorney. Dr. Barrett is president of the National Florence Crittcnton Mission. He has also served as president of the Virginia Press association, treasurer of the Commission on Faith and Order of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Vir ginia. A member of Alexandria, Va Lodge No. 758, of Elks, Dr. Bar rett has held many high offices in the lodge and the grand lodge. REPUBLICAN RALLY SLATED AUGUST 19 Portland. Aug. 5 The Repub lican rally which will conclude an organization meeting of the state central committee and a gathering of affiliated party or ganizations here Saturday, Aug 19, will bo held in the sunken ballroom at Masonic tcmplo at p. m., Willi United States Rep resentative Everett M. Dirkscn of Illinois as principal speaker. Committee appointments -nd plans for the convention-type session were made at a meeting of party officials last week. The new state central com mittee will open Its meeting at the Portland hotel at 10 a. m. and In tho afternoon will con clude with election of officers, No opposition to reelection of State Chnirman Nlcl R. Allen of Grants Pass has yet appeared, Other officers are Mrs. John Y Richardson of Portland, vice- chairman; Kenneth Nielsen of Eugene, secretary, and Howard M. Wall of Portland, treasurer. Carl Moser of Portland is execu tive secretary. Oregon Republican club will also hold meeting of their state executive committee to mnke plans for membership campaign and their annual convention to be held In September. Police Identify Girl Found Dead Portland, Ore., Aug. 7. (U.R) City detectives today believed they knew tho identity of the young woman who was found dead in tho bathroom of a hotel here July 21. Tcntntive Identification placed tho girl as Rose May Kafahl, the detectives said. Tho name was supplied by tho employes of a Portland restaurant where Rose May Kafahl had worked for a short time several months ago. Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. DO YOU HAVE A SON or DAUGHTER IN THE SERVICE? If no. yoii n fttgibl to Join the Anuria. n Wnr Dmls. and your com muntty should hnv cliMptrr of thtt orynnlrntkm. now t.nv brtter than 600 chuplfr In the I'ntted HUitc and real program for our mm ml daughters In the PcnMc. If lnUTftt-l, write (or lull dttMU to the AMERICAN WAR DADS "inn 1,1 1 mI Hunk l.ltig., KaiiKti illy tti), Mo. ft IT ' ill mm SUNBURN F?m ID BE TOPIC AT CRATER MEETING Annual meeting of the advis ory committee on educational problems of parks in Oregon will be held at Crater lake from Au gust 7 to 10, with six members making the trip, accompanied by Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chan cellor of the state system of higher education. The announce ment came from Dr. Ralph W Leighton, dean of the school of physical education, University of Oregon, and chairman of the committee. The committee will meet with park officials and promulgate an educational program for the park and get first-hand informa tion about Crater lake. E. P. Leavitt, superintendent of Cra ter lake, will represent Dr. George C. Ruhle, park natural ist, who will be unable to attend. Besides Dr. Hunter and Dr. Leighton, the following commit tee members are planning to go to Crater lake: Dr. L. S. Crcssman, head of the anthropology department, University of Oregon, and Dr. John C. Mcrrlam, president emeritus of the Carnegie institu tion, Washington, D. C, and con sultant on values of science and nature at the university; Dr. E. ai(3 '''''' 1 In 1940, our last normal year before the war, the American people consumed 55i billion gallons of petro leum products. This amounted to 427 gallons per person -9 pints a day for every man, woman and child in the United States. Accent 4 So someone has to furnish the petroleum to keep them going. In this country there are 8,267 individual oil companies working full time at this job. During 1940 they made a profit of 8.'10ths of a cent per gallon on the 427 gallons of products you used-$3.42. union OIL COMPANY OF CAUFORIIIA L. Packard, head of the geology department, Oregon State col lege, and Dr. Ira S. Allison, pro fessor of geology. Dr. Ralph Works Chaney, professor paleon tology, University of California, plans to attend. Social Security Enjoyed by Many In This Section Klamath Falls. Charles L. Maginnis, manager of the Klam ath Falls field office of the So cial security board, today re leased the current figures on the social security program for this area. "These figures reveal," said Maginnis, "substantial em ployment, and a high degree of participation by the residents of this region In the benefits pro vided by the social security pro gram." In the past three months, the local office has issued almost 1500 security account number cards. Altogether 45,780 account number cards have been issued since this office was opened in May, 1937, One-hundred and twenty-four residents of this community made claims for social security benefits in the last 90 days. Among these claims are pay ments to retired wage earners and their families and to survi vors of wage earners who died. These added beneficiaries re ceived $7955.16 in payments made to them from the social security fund strictly for the ninety-days' period involved. pinfls of mil!: a S pouts x 427 3J IGHIARE By Robert Richards United Press War Correspondent American Bomber Base, Eng land, Aug. 7 (U.R) John Car lisle told it this way: "I had a bad dream, see. It was like being a kid again and caught kicking between the cov ers after eating too much apple pie. It was my first mission and I dreamed I was sprawled on the Fortress catwalk with my head hanging down through open bomb bay doors and noth ing between me and Germany but 22,000 feet of cold, windy air. That's what I dreamed, by golly." Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Norman Kim mel, St. Louis, launghed. "Only he wasn't dreaming," he said, "not by a long shot. We couldn't get him to talk on the inner phone and when I went back to get him, there he lay Just as he told you, with his head hanging toward Germany." Machinery Damaged Twenty-two-year-old Carlisle, from Houston, Texas, the flight engineer, had gone back to close the bomb bay doors manually. They couldn't be shut mechanic-1 ally because the Fortress had of pet r Jm By comparison, the people of Europe consumed 30 gallons per capita in their last peacetime year-l14th as much-and the rest of the world 13 gallons per person l33rd as much. Since most petroleum products are used ' to power or lubricate machines, these figures will bear remembering. at The rest went right back into the costs of producing the products and getting them to you. Theoretically, if the government owned the oil industry, you would have saved that 8,'10ths of a cent (Same costs but no profit). Although there's never been a government bureau yet that was run as efficiently as a business. been damaged over the target. He had left his oxygen mask behind and before he realized it, he collapsed. Kimmel took off his own mask, put It over Carlisle's face and dragged Carlisle into the pilot's comparment. Then he. too, collapsed from lack -of oxygen and fell forward against the con trols, sending the Fortress plung ing from formation, narrowly missing her sister ships. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Don Deltsle, Bucoda, Wash., jammed an oxy gen tube Into Kimmel's mouth while he tried to maintain a level flight with the other hand. Oxygen Cut Meanwhile, the ball turret gunner, Sgt. Rene Chapuis, Chi cago, 111., was slowly losing con sciousness. His oxygen lines had been shot away by flak. He man aged to escape from the turret but collapsed on the runway. Seeing him justs in time, Tail Gunner John Smelser, McLouth, Kas., saved his life by grabbing an oxygen flask and attaching it to his mask. Then, to add to the crew's troubles, the waistgunner, who had been wounded over the tar get, required urgent first aid. One engine of the plane went completely dead and another started to sputter. Delis'e was forced to 'ditch" the plane in the Channel. Half an hour later the entire crew was nicked ud bv an air-sea res cue crew and given brandy, food ana clouting. Carlisle called It, "One night-; mare with a happy ending." I Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. day Mhj tan Truckers Required To Keep Record Of Mileage And Fuel Operators of commercial mo tor vehicles are now required to keep records of the operation of all vehicles covered by their Certificates of War Necessity on simplified forms of their own, as Forms 17 and 17-A formerly supplied for this purpose by ODT have been discontinued, it was announced today by the Office of Defense Transporta tion here. ODT officials declared that all operators must keep records with reference to mileage used and motor fuel consumed. In addition, every certificate hold er who operates a property- We have all your household needs anything from Paint to Dishes. 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