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V NEW FAVORS FARMERS, F Many Still Able to Buy Ma terial Under WPB Control Repairs Made Possible Many people are still able to buy lumber under the new War Production Board control mea sure for lumber, which went Into effect August 1, in the opin ion of Medford lumbermen, and anyone wishing to purchase lum ber is urged to Investigate the possibilities. The order was worked out to control the sales and to ration lumber in order that It might be most effectively used, it is said, rather than to merely curtail its use. Farmers and those engaged in the production of food should present their cases, when lum ber is desirsd, to the Jackson County Agricultural Adjust ment administration, of which John Niedermeyer is chairman, while others should contact the War Production Board in Port land. Farmers Favored Farmers are an especially .fa vored group under the new mea sure, it is said, and will be given certificates for the purchase of lumber for construction and re pair of farm buildings and in certain emergency cases, for uses on residences. Material will be available in cases of buildings destroyed by fire, it is reported. While the AAA has been func tioning In the matter of secur ing lumber priorities fcr farm ers for some time past, the con trol over all sales was said to be Inefficient, resulting in the new order. Lumbermen will now be unable to purchase sup plies without copies of certifi cates to cover past sales. The AAA committee is allotted a certain amount of lumber each quarter. Each retail firm is permitted to sell 8,000 feet of lumber with out certificates for each three month period, and certain insti tutions and firms now holding maintenance repair orders un- PIANO INSTRUCTION Classical and Popular Styles AN INVESTMENT IN MUSIC It a Lifetime Asset of Great Practical Value. Margaret Osenbrugge Phone 4256. 711 E. Main St. HERE'S A SMART OWNER .... HE'S GOING TO MAKE HIS CAR LAST UNTIL HE'S SURE OF GETTING Authorities estimate that there will be a pent-up need for not less than 12,000.000 new autos at the war's end. Yet, the 20 year average annual production is only 3,700,000. So, it's wise to keep your present car in A-l condition. Your dealer can give you costs on repairs and we shall be glad to explain the benefits of our loan service for such purposes. Medford Branch of the IJXITED STATES XATIOXAL BANK of Portland "GOf Governors (Acme Telephotol Governors Arthur B. Langlle of Washington, Earl Warren of California and Dwlght H. Green ot Illinois ilefl to rlfiht) discuss a. O. P. campaign strategy for November elections during brief lull In proceedings of Repub lican Governors Conlereuce at St. Louis. Mo der the War Production Board, will be able to purchase lumber without certificates. Included In this are schools, hospitals and certain firms, such as those han dling foods. Other building materials, such as moldings, plaster board, cement supplies, etc., are not af fected by the order, lumbermen state. HOLD CREDIT MANAGER AS EVADER OF DRAFT San Francisco, Aug. 9 (U.R1 Andrew Kirstain Johnson, charged with embezzling $14,000 from Russeks Department store in Chicago, was held to answer today to the U. S. district court following his arrest by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on charges of violation of the selective service act. Johnson, alias Robert L. An derson, was arraigned yesterday. FBI spokesmen said Johnson, former manager at Russeks, fled after he was accused of em bezzling $14,000. CLOVER SEED ACREAGE INCREASED IN VALLEY Inspection of the clover seed fields of the valley show an acreage of 2.511 acres this sea son, according to County Agent Robert G. Fowler. He estimates seed will run an average of 100 pounds an acre. The ceiling price runs from $1.25 to $1.75 per pound. No estimates have yet been made on ladino, sugar beet, and other seeds. All will show a slightly increased production over last year, it Is figured. Russia received 260,000 field telephones and 830,000 miles of wire in three ye irs through lend-lease. i) j j Ml TIT" HH1. i.lilJ,n.., ! J A NEW ONE! Plan Ca'mpdfgnatSt. Loins Meet V-& J If.f: Perseid Meteors Are Again With Us By J. Hugh Pruett Pacific Director, American Meteor Society Despite the noise of bursting bombs and the terrifying illu minations of war, not all the speeding lights of the night are intent on cruelly destroying earth's creatures. Each year, without fail, watchers of the sky are cheered by the noiseless, merry flights of the Perseid me teors across the blue of the August sky. In some countries these yellow meteors, tracing long arcs across the sky are known as the "Tears of Saint Lawrence." Although the Perseids actual ly begin to appear late in July, yet not until about August 10 is the display very noticeable The maximum numbers usually ap pear on the nights of the 10th, 11th and 12th. But even then the term "shower" is misleading. These meteors, traveling in the orbit of Tuttle's comet, are likely disintegration products from that comet. The Perseids seem to be quite evenly distrib uted around the entire orbit, which is so large that over 100 years are required for each in dividual meteor to make the round trip. The earth touches the Perseid orbit once a year. Then many of these dark bits of matter dash into the earth' atmosphere and, heated by friction, are destroyed in a "blaze of glory" and are lost forever to the moteor stream. Under the most favor able conditions one person may count 60 or 70 of these in an hour. When sky conditions are fa vorable, the highest hourly count of Perseids may usually ' r- : 4 . 1 H be obtained during the few hours before dawn. This year, however, the last quarter moon will in terfere with morning county, but fair counts may be obtained be fore midnight. In order to see most nearly the maximum at any hour one must keep his eyes constantly on the sky. Casual glances skyward may show only a few. A reclin ing chair in a dark spot is rec ommended. Dr. Chas. P. Olivier of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, who is president of the American Me teor society, is again this year asking for volunteers to count the Perseid meteors. All who wish to help are asked to send their reports to the present writ er at 1832 Longview avenue, Eu- sene, Oregon. Please state the ite, giving hour of beginning and ending the count. SUED BY ACTOR PAKIY FIGHT Hollywood, Aug. il (U.) An tonio Ismael Icazn, Panamanian actor and one of several movie notables involved in a bloody bnttle on Band Leader Tommy Dorsey s apartment balcony, filed suit today, charging Dorsey with hurling a bottle that slash ed his ear. Icaza said he intervened In the fracas when he attempted to come to aid of Jane Churchill, blonde singer and KRnsas City socialite, and Film Hero Jon Hall and Actor Eririii Morris, who were getting the worst of things from Dorsey, his actress wife, Pat Dane, and other friends. Dorsey, Icaza alleged )n his complaint, struck him In the head and face with his fist and threatened him with a' knife. Death Threat Clalm.d "If I catch you. I'll kill you." Isaza said Dorsev screamed at him.- Icaza asserted he tried to es cape but Dorsey pursued him and launched a bottle at him, cutting his right ear. Exhibiting his lacerated ear, Isaza also said his new suit was drenched In blood and that he "was scared to death." The assault was without rea son, cause or provocation, Icaza asserted, asking S15.000 general and $25,000 punitive damages for his Injuries. With Dorsey, Icaza named seven John Does and two Jane Does ss defendants. Icaza wns first to charge that Dorsey wielded a knife In the rouh ami tumble battle, assert edly precipitated when Hall re turned to the Dorsey apartment after a party there to retrieve Miss Churchill's purse she had forgotten. Done? Denies Dorsey denied there were any knives or bottles present and said Hall received several deep neck cuts and a smashed nose from striking his head on a flower pot. "Now I ask you, docs that look like it was made by a flower pot?" Hall asked report ers yesterday, when he removed the bandages from his slit nose and neck slashes and revealed clean, sharp cuts. Hall refused to file charges and the district attorney washed his hands of the affair. C MM Trlbun Wtnt Arts. NATURAL LOOKING CURLS PERMANENT WAVE Y. U u x - 1 'J cn rvrw fiv rrnirvil miwivrt rrminnt jp Hi curort, ineimarng nttM rwvh-n tou rnA. Arrpt PO wV iituw. tJt ini f.n t!" jT.uir (.harm-Kurt, ortifi!, rriy r ri'U.-w no rruve. (rut 5 rrt- '.'in r'.A Sf f"f wwv Tr; of hair At nf lrrtmnt. Dru or 6 iO cnt U. Wentern Thrift 8tor and Ail Drug Storti USE LITTLE GIRL TO SHIELD SELVES Seattle, Aug. 9 U.R) A' little Japanese girl stood in front of an enemy revetment on Saipan, and, giggling, hurled hand gren ades she took from her bloomers at a platoon of American ma rines who grabbed each one and tossed them back away from her, a wounded officer said today. "We were about 200 yards off the beach," 2nd Lt. George C. Hill of Salisbury, Md.. related, shortly after his arrival at the Seattle Naval hospital. "There were about nine Japs behind the revetment Wght in front of our lines. "This little girl came out from behind the revetment to within about 20 or 30 yards of us. The Japs had filled her bloomers with grenades. She'd take out the pin of a grenade, tap it on a rock and then throw it at us. We didn't want to shoot her so we grabbed each grenade and threw it back away from her. She was standing there laughing and gig gling and the Japs were talking to her, telling her what to do." Hill said that before long the child, about nine years old, was back In the revetment and the marines were firing at the em placement with newly arrived bazookas. "When we went back to look, wed killed them all, the girl, too. run said. Other officers, the first com- missioned marines to be sent here from Saipan, said they had heard reports of the Japanese using long lines of children as a cover for advances. Brownsboro Brownsboro, Aug. 9 Miss Deena Monia of Medford Is spending a few days here with her friend. Miss Dorothy Wright. Mrs. Leland Charley and daughter. Charmayne Lea, left for Seattle, Wash., August 7 to visit friends and relatives for about a month. Mrs. Mildred Henry and son. Allen, of Medford visited friends In this vicinity Sunday. Miss Lorraine Blaess of Med ford is visiting at the Don Bieb crstedt and Frank Nygren homes for a couple of weeks. B. M. Marshall of Tacoma, Wash., spent August I and 2 at the H. W. Wright home here, Mr. and Mrs. John Beam and family spent Sunday with friends in this community. Mr. Reynolds and sister, Mrs Theiman, from Medford visited at the Totten home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. B. Cruse of Medford spent Friday evening at the Howard Johnson home. Mr. Cruse is home on a 30-day leave after being overseas as a gunner for nearly thre years. Mrs. Cruse Is Mrs. Johnson s niece. Rev. and Mrs. Louis Hall of Medford visited at the A. R. Rutledge home Sunday. The people of this community wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the Nygren family in the death of their mother, Mrs. Hilda Nygren, one of the pioneers of this vicinity. Closing time for Sunday Too tt to ClaMiry b 30 Saturday aitcrnoon Pleaaa remember. QV " Do you have friends yoq secretly envy because they Mem to fret more out of Important newi of the day than you do-yet appar ently spend no more time on their newspapers? Is their overall view of what's bappenlng' clearer than youm? Do they tea In the new important meanings or Implications you've m I wed ? Are th ty apt to k now quicker than you how developments will street personal or buRlneas In terfwu? If you yourself want to fret more put of the new, here's how: Every day The Wall Street Jour nsl earrlea a front-page feature What i Newt condensing In one column all Important "world-wide" event, and In snother the out standing development In Butlneas and Finance. Just Aft minutes readme; time give you a definite background against which to consider and ap prnlae individual Industrial, finan cial and Washington development concisely, sreurately reported and analyzed In The Wall Attest Jour nal'a other columns. That's one reason why The Wall Street Journal really is a new kind of newspaper. That's why. too, The Wall atreet Journal is a dally work ing tool of progrettive management. ivHrrttht htrton tKt Cort ift Sftnff fiu tltal buHntt n& Wa$h- tea information imwn4it$lf. rkWir raw ftMMtfcS9 " mm nfMi) Oltl Jilt 18 00 Parlfic Conil TAilim ALL i .ion 41S uah It.. IPS W fti It S I It 1:171 fan Prsndue I , 1m AwfU H AIR ROUTE CUTS DISTANCE IN HALF Alaskan Wing Headquarters, Army Transport Command, Fairbanks, Aug. 9. lU.R) Adop tion of the "Alsib" (Alaska Siberian) route for delivery of warplanes to Russia cut dis tances in half and reduced fly ing time from the United States to Russian soil to less than 17 hours, the army transport com mand said today. Lt. Edmund J. Averman, Jr., I Pittsburgh, Pa., a member of the j 7th ferrying group at Great Falls, Mont., led the first flight of five A-20 attack bombers ' from Great Falls to Fairbanks, ' Sept. 3, 1942, and the flow of I nearly 5,000 fighters, bombers and transport planes from American factories has never stopped. Planes from dozens of plants have been fed Into Great Falls I from where they were ferried to Ladd Field at Fairbanks by U. j S. fliers and turned over to Rus-1 slan airmen who painted the red I star on the planes and flew them on to Nome, across the Bering 1 sea and on to the Russo-German I front via a series of Siberian fields. ., ' "An Informed Public , ( Americans are the best-informed people on earth. They hear all sides of every question, thanks to radio's kecn-minded commentators and the "freedom of speech' we are fighting to preserve. Lost River f Medford Distributors 1 .Utt'- vi S t&r with the V ;;i pL I 7W? mm,. wa$ that y ' Wdndar. Aug, 9, 1944 " MlfoFORD MAIL TRIBuVfl! Tirf The operation has been under the command of Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaffney of Mathucn, Mass., and Portland, Ore. Some of Russian officers have their wives and children with them, the wives frequently serv ing as secretaries. The Russians also have a number of women interpreters. When the northern route was inaugurated 23 months ago, lend-lease shipping losses to AVAILABLE Alli-Chalmer 60" "All-Crop Harvester. Immediate delivery. Can be used with any make of two-plow tractor having a power take off. Must be released by the county U. S. D. A. War Board. Also Hay and Ensilage Cutter. "Controlled Tillage" Springtooth Harrow For sale by McCOY MACHINERY CO. Ill N. Fir St., Medford, Ore. Dalr '..' Hit- wi m he kiiiea ? Back the Attack! -BUY MORE THAN BEFORE! Russia were high and the south Atlantic ferry route via the mid dle east was more than 13,000 miles long, compared to 7,900 miles from Fairbanks to Mos cow. The shorter route saves time, fuel, the number of pilots required, and engine wear. Strap hangers In the street cars of tomorrow will have a better view. The windows will be higher. Phone 3415 SSSBRSBBTI Opinion" It I mi v. mm' A "ex i j 1 .-.I . A . . a. A, A A
