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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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