EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. August 7, 1944
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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-
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