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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1944)
TZW MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNB Wednesday. Aug. , 1944 RULES GIVEN FOR OVERSEAS GIFTS Mailing dates and size dimen sions for Christmas packages to be sent to men of the armed forces stationed overseas were announced today by Frank Do- Souza, Med ford postmaster Packages are to be mailed be tween Sept. 15 and Oct. IS, and DeSouza emphasizes that Yule parcels cannot be accepted at Hie postonlce Deiore mat periuu, however, he urges people to send them as early in the period as possible to insure prompt de livery. Due to the urgent need to save shipping space, Christmas pack ages must not exceed the present size limits of five pounas in weight, 15 Inches In length or 38 Inches in length and girth com bined, the postmaster reports Only one package may be sent In any one week from me same person to the same addressee, Christmas greeting cards should be scaled and prepaid at the first class mailing rate, post office bulletins state. Workers Sought For Naval Bases On Pacific Coast Ml JoseDhine Bartholomew, representative from the United States civil service commission, will be at the Mcdford United States employment service from Friday. August 11. through Mon day. August 14, to hire skilled workers, helpers and laborers for all malor west coast naval establishments, which Includes Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, Mare Island Navy Yard, Alame da Air Station In northern Cali fornia, and Terminal Island Dry docks In southern California. Miss Bartholomew also has complete Information on job openings at other naval Installa tions along the Pacific coast, In cluding the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash. Travel expenses, Including Pullman and meals en route to any one of the naval establish ments, will be paid by the gov ernment. Housing units and dor mitory rooms will be reserved In advance for each new recruit. Only applicants not now engnged In essential war work will be considered. Hiring of workers will be In accordance with Unit ed States civil service and War Manpower Commission regula tions. Inquiries previous to August l may be made to Eugene Lil jenquist, civil service represent ative, 309 Postofflce building, Medford, DOLLARS FOR SAILORS GO IN MAGNESIUM BOX Carson City, Ncv., Aug. 0 U.PJ A box of polished, light weight magnesium, produced In Nevada's sprawling Basic Mag nesium, Inc.. plant at Lns Vegns, will carry the 2000 silver dol lars which Ncvadans are donat ing so each member of the crew of the bnttleshlp Nevada will have one of this state's famed coins, Gov. E. P. Carvllle an nounced today. Ed Parsons, of the state high way department, designed the box In which tin dollnrs will be shipped to the battleship THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... "Good morninR, Doc. Your good wife tells me you're working night and day now that so ninny of the younger doctorsarc in the army." "That'snght, Judge, and I'm glad I'mstill able to do it 1 lad a long letter fiom I tarry... that bright young fellow I was brrakin' in to take over my practice. He said the boys in the service are getting the best medical care of any armed force in our history. They really should with all those brilliant doctors and plenty of supplies to work with." "Speaking of supplies, Doc, not many DEAD FALL Miami, Fla Aug. 9 (U.R) The known death toll in the crash of a four-motored Pan American Airways Clipper In a take off from Nipe Bay, Cuba, yesterday, stood at six today, with 11 others missing and be lieved dead from the 31 persons who were aboard. The crew of five and nine passengers were rescued before the big ship went down after be ing turned over by a high wave. The Clipper, which was en route from San Juan, P. B., to Miami, was lifted from the bay early today and rescue parties search ed the cabin for the bodies of the missing. Six bodies already had been recovered, Airways officials at San Juan. said all but two of the passengers who boarded the plane there were residents of Puerto Rico. The two were Cassey Henry, Richmond, Va., reported missing, and Gladys Vazquez, New York City, who was among those rescued. Zionists Attempt To Kill Sir Harold Jerusalem, Aug. 9 (U.R) Sir Harold MacMichael, British high commissioner to Palestine, was slightly injured today when an abortive attempt was made to as sassinate him while traveling along the Jerusalem-Telaviv road. The attempted assassination was believed to have been made by Zionist extremists, police said. Sir Harold's private secretary also was slightly hurt but Lady MacMichael, who was in the car, escaped Injury. U. P. WRITER LEAVING Eugene, Ore., Aug. 9. (U.R) United Press War Correspon dent George E. Jones spent a final day with his parents here today before leaving for Hono lulu where ho will await fur ther assignments In the south Pacific area. Jones has been in the states since March, and had planned to return to Hawaii sooner, but two attacks of ma laria delayed his return Daily Weather Report t'orfT-nsts Medford and vicinity: Pair with lit tle change In temperature tonight and Thursday. Oregon: Clear in eomnwest portion and partly cloudy elsewhere, tonlKht and Thursday. Little change 111 tem perature. Local I'aia Temperature a year ago today: HlRhrst, 80: lowest. 64. Tutal monthly precipitation, .tt Inch. Excess for the month. .00 Inch. Total precipitation tlnce Septem ber 1, 1043, 16.04 Inches. Deficiency for the season, .07 Inch. Relative humidity at 4:30 n. m. yes terday, 81; 4:30 a. m. today, 8J. Itmiorrnw Sunrise 0:13 a. m., sunset 8:10 p. m. Post 34 hours: IHuh Low Prec. Boise .... 83 01 Boston en 63 64 s.1 A3 04 M 60' 76 77 tli 41 63 73 64 66 64 63 60 Chicago Denver 00 63 83 63 HI Bl 03 01 70 89 80 03 It 1i 77 Kureka Havre . Los Anteles Mrrifnnl New York Omaha Phoenix iirtland Reno , Rosebunr - H,ilt Ixlca Snn Francisco Seattle Spokane .......... Washington. D. C. - S3 Yakima ... 75 Use Mall Tribune Want Ada, people realize that a large part of the alcohol required to make the medical supplies that are being used right this minute to alleviate pain, combat infection and save human lives, is produced by the beverage distilling: industry. For nearly two years this entire industry has been working night and day producing nothing but alcohol for the government's program." ' b- "Nobody knos better than I, Judge, ,what an important contribution to our war effort that has bccn.'y FALL ON CANUCKS IN CAEN SECTOR London, Aug. 9 (U.R) Cana dlan ' army headquarters In France reported today that some bombs dropped by American Fly ing Fortresses and Liberators during the aerial bombardment of German defenses below Caen yesterday "went amiss and ac cidentally" killed a few Cana dians and wounded others, in eluding a high Canadian staff officer. The accident did not affect the success of the attack, a Cana dian spokesman said. A U. S. strategic air force an nouncement acknowledged that sma n iha RAO Un-... Ua1a0 dropped thcir exploslves by ac. cident or error among Canadian forces, "Crews said they flew through flak for 10 or 15 minutes and that it was as bad as any en countered over Berlin," the an nouncement said. "Ten of the 15 bombers lost were in this area. A few of the stricken bombers, including the lead plane which controlled the bombing of one formation, dropped their bombs among our own troops and caused some casualties." American Flying Fortresses and medium bombers also dropped some bombs short of the target area west of St. Lo in the aerial bombardment preceding the American breakthrough late last month. Among the victims at that time was Lt. Gen Lesley Jl McNair, former commander in chief of the U. S. army ground forces. Shanghai Bombed By Yankee B-24's Chungking, Aug. 9. (U.R) The Central Chinese News Agency reported Tuesday that American B-24 bombers attacked Shanghai at noon, causing great devastation in the harbor area. Shipping in the Whampoa river also was severely bombed. The dispatch described the har bor and the river shipping as be ing disostrously hit." Earlier Tuesday the Japanese Domei News Agency had report ed that a single B-24 had bombed Shanghai but claimed that only "very slight damage" was caused. FORMOSANS ORDERED TO LABOR FOR JAPS Chungking, Aug. 9 (U.R) The Japanese governor general of Formosa has ordered participa tion by every man and woman on the Island in cither shore and air defense or war industry work, an enemy broadcast heard In Chungking revealed. Every male subject, the broad cast said, must assist In defense of the Island and all women will be required to work in factories. The orders also indicated all material resources of the island will be requisitioned for its de fense. JAPS OPEN TUNNEL San Francisco, Aug. 9 U.R) A second undcrscas tunnel be tween the Jnpanese Industrial cities of Shlmonosekl on Honshu Island and Mojl on Kyushu Isl and was opened for traffic to day, Tokyo radio announced. BAJA CROPS LOST Mexico City, Aug. 9 U.R) At least 40 per cent of the last Germans Burn ....... J y g ir MrNff" " V ki CZECHOSLOVAKIA I Stoe'dowiw (Acme Telephoto) Germans burn houses, farms and other Installations alung East Prussian frontier In first application of scorched earth policy to their "huly" 6011 as Red Armies drive on Tilsit and Konlgsberg. Elsewhere the Red Armies forgo ahead, with flanking maneuvers north and south of Warsaw and capture of rich ollllelds of Eorysiav at entrance to Czecho-Siovakia. crops in the Imperial valley of the northern territory of Baja California, Mexico, were lost be cause of a water shortage, Deputy Garza Senade, who has just returned from that region, said today. 1 X"- 'y veTT For they symbolize everything that is America. Helping wounded soldiers f improve their vision f Good soldiers... . . -IC women's army corps fcB5gjyy'V f V (y i -?-'Jr v jj? Fo rvu MTOKMATioit about tha a I B st i ' JwJsO VZn H'omen'j Army Corpi, go lo your ' 7 f. , , -i . x HT &ttf' V 1 TT nearest V. S. Army Recruiting Sfa- ( " fc "V" jr J ? 1 'IrN tion. Or mail tht coupon bttoto. ' I F j VVr.V! W litpSvxC I ..ford Oregon 1 jjjW:' I V r VlP.l-r- J 'Sacred Soil' BOUILLON PUZZLES Boston (U.R) A customer who ordered a bouillon cube in a down-town lunchroom was baf fled when the waitress served it on a plate accompanied by a knife and fork. v. hl t&i 1 - x--' ?nL vf EASIER POST IN ASIATIC THEATER Southeast Asia Headquarters, Kandy, Ceylon, Aug. 9 U.R Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell an nounced today that Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, who led "Mer rill's Maurauders" on a 700-mile jungle trek through northern Burma that paved the way for the capture of Myitkyina, has been transferred to the China-Burma-India liaison group at southeast Asia headquarters be cause of his health. "I considered it unfair toward a valuable officer to ask a fur ther effort whioh might make a lasting effect on his health and therefore transferred him to less arduous but equally important duty," Stillwell said. Brig. Gen. Theodore Wesels was appointed as commander of the Marauders, a volunteer group, in succeeding Merrill. Stilwell's announcement came four days after army authorities disclosed an almost complete breakdown in the morale of Mer rill's Marauders after the long, arduous march through the northern India mountains cul minating in the seizure of the Myitkyina airfield. Several hundred convalescent soldiers from the Marauder group were sent back to the fighting line late in May, through a misunderstanding of ifie women who wouldrit Istflwell's order, whsn the American positions at Myitkyina became precarious. Portland Expects Biddle Will Visit Despite Walkout Portland, Ore., Aug. 9 U.R) United States Attorney Carl Donaugh said today that despite the Philadelphia strike, Attorney General Francis Biddle and his assistant, James P. McGranery, will be here Saturday to speak before the Chamber of Com merce and the Multnomah County Bar association. Biddle is scheduled to go to San Francisco after he leaves here as he makes his first offi cial visit to the west coast to in spect prisons and review work of United States attorneys and their deputies. Ghouls Committed To State Asylum Redwood City, Cal., Aug. 9 (U.R) Walter J. Perry, 32, and Cole M. Madison, 18, today were ordered committed to the Ukiah State Hospital for the Criminally Insane by Superior Judge An drew Schottky, on charges of disinterring the body of 21-year-old Lois Sisuentes in a local cemetery April 8 Perry, a grave digger, and Madison, who was discharged from the navy, both pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. WEATHER Northern California: Clear to day, tonight and Thursday ex cept fog on coast night ond morn ing; little change in temperature. sif and wait It ISNT EASY to say "good-by"to the family, and to friends, and to nice long week ends. It may not be natural for a woman to salute and stand at attention and say "Yes, sir". . . But ask any Wac if she'd change places with any one in the world and the answer would be "No!" For deep down inside, every Wac knows the enormous satisfaction of being truly useful at a time of critical need. The Wac spirit is a gallant spirit. The spirit of women who would rather be in the war, than sit ting and waiting for it to end. The Wac pride is an honest pride. In a job well done. In being part of the Army of the U. S. You really have to hand it to the women of the WAC... For they symbolize everything that is America. IS OFFERED FOR HAMMER SLAYER Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 9 (U.R) While the city of Fort Wayne posted a $15,000 reward for the hammer-slayer of Phyllis Conine, 17, and two other women slain under similar circumstances within six months, police today sought a fourth woman who dis appeared Sunday. Mrs. Lois Gresham, 21, wife of a serviceman and the mother of two children, has not been seen since she went swimming Sunday. Authorities feared she might be the victim of the killer who beat Miss Conine, a high school senior, to death in a weed patch Friday. A blood-stained trench coat found near the scene remained the" only clue to the murderer. Police have deduced from the coat that the killer was left handed, five feet, seven, to five feet, ten inches tall and weigh ed 140 to 175 pounds. The reward is $5,000 each for the killer or killers of Miss Conine, Wilhelma Haaga, 37, who was beaten to death last February, and Ann Kuff, 18-year-old war worker, who was strangled and raped last May. A fluorescent lamp the size of a marble requires only two cents worth of current to keep it aglow a year. L
