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.
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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
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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