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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1944)
EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. August 14. 1944 NEW COMMANDER By J. E. Russell Delegates returning yesterday from the American Legion con' vention at Portland were unanl mous In their upproval of the war-time streamlining of con vention proceedings. A max! mum amount of work was ac complished in the three day: with adjournment early Satur day afternoon. What looked like a tight race for state commander, with both sides claiming victory, proved to be b landslide for Penn Crum of Hood Fiver Post No. 22. Long before the balloting was com pleted Vic Micelll of Roseburg Post No. 16. the opposing candi date, called for a unanimous vote in favor of Crum. The same situation prevailed In the race for vice commander when Earl Goodwin of Willam ette Heights Post No. 102, losing candidate, called for a unanl mous vote for Neil Morfitt of Clatsop Post No. 12. In district No. 4 which com prises of a'l southern Oregon Jack Morris of Suthcrlin Post was elected district commander wllh Carl Y. Tcngwald of Med ford Post No. 15 as vice com mender. Many resolutions affecting veteran legislation were passed as well as many affecting the state and national welfare, all of which will go to the national convention at Chicago at a later date for final approval. The convention was visited by five northwest governors rep resenting Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Due to Commander McDadc's streamlining an order of no long speeches, each governor confin ed his remarks to less than five minutes. The whole convention pro eeedings from Mayor Riley's ad dress of welcome to Commander McDadc's closing remarks moved with precision and regularity. Ail sessions of the convention were held In the Masonic Temple. Delegates attending from Med ford Post were Walter J. Rein- king, J. E. Russell, Fred Schcf fel, Carl Y. Tcngwald and Hugh McKcnzle. Lloyd Williamson and Gen. R. P. Cowglll attended as visitors. FKTITSION PURPLE HEART GYP BUSY HER Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Aug. 14. (U.R) The French sec ond armored division, command ed by Brig. Gen. Jacques Le clcrc, has gone into action on the American sector In France, it was announced today. . Lcclerc's forces comprised the first full French division to Join in the battle of France, ulthough French paratroopers have been in the lines since D-dny. Leclerc is the colorful desert commander who led the famous march of free French troops from Lake Chad to Tunisia dur ing the North African fighting last year. FOR SALE SURGE ELECTRIC FENCES Guarantee Stock Control Also Used MELOTTE Separators Economy Seed & Feed Co. 217 W. 6th Street Local businessmen were to day warned that an unauthor ized person lias been soliciting donations in the name of the local chapter, The Military Order of the Purple Heart. Chapter officials state they have been informed the solicitor has approached various merchants requesting funds for the organi- zation, the solicitor being entire ly unknown to and unsanctioned by the chapter. At designated periods during the year, funds are solicited for the group by members properly authorized by the local chapter and the national organization of the Purple Heart. Such author ized persons will bear identifica tion signed by the local com mander, Floyd K. Dover, and Adjutant Francis H. Walker, it was stated. L. C. Taylor Adds MM. Tractor Line And Full Service fflt IrZ USED CARS Medford' Largest Buyer Pays Highest Prices CASH AT ONCE "If it runt we'll buy It" HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 S. Riverside. vn a if a Dial 4980 L. C. Taylor Company, 112 South Riverside avenue, has added a complete line of M. M tractors and farming equipment to the established dealership for Dodge and Plymouth cars, cording to an announcement by L. C. TaylorThe Minneapolis- Moline line of tractors has been long and favorably known throughout the United States and, although most of the facili ties of the manufacturers have been devoted in recent years to war production, a few M. M. tractors are available from time to time for vital war food pro duction. The MinneapoilS'Mollne com pany were the first producers of an army vehicle known as t "jeep," according to Mr. Tay lor. The company was the first farm machinery producers and one of the few which has re ceived the coveted Maritime "M" and the Army-Navy "E" for high quality production achieve ments. Complete service for tractors has been added to the service department of L. C. Taylor com pany. Personnel of this depart ment has made thorough study of tractor servicing problems and necessary equipment has been secured to assure quick and dependable tractor work. Super Gasoline to Extend B-29 Range Washington. Aug. 14. (U.R) Production is expected to begin this fall on a super-gasoline which will enable American long range bombers to carry out attack on Japan on a "suburban service schedule," the petroleum industry war council reported today. The gasoline will be designed especially for B-2D Superfort resses, which already have struck at Japanese war plants four times, and their running mates, the new B-32, now In production. Daily Weather Report Forrrit'ta Mr d ford nd vicinity: Partly cloudy tonlnht with acntU-rtKl thtiuder iliow- era In fllakvlyuu. Tursuny inir ana warmer. OiTcon; Partly cloudy tonight with wittered thunder itnrnis over moun- tnlns tienr Idaho border. Tuesday. cli'ar axrept morning overcant iieur cuaat and wanner In afternoon. I.oml lhtta Temperature a year ago today: HlwhMt, BB; lowest, ftU. Total monthly precipitation, .1 1 Inch. KxceuH (or the month, .04 Inch. Total precipitation alnce Heptem- ber 1, 1IK3, 10.04 Inchei. Deficiency for the ncaaon, fl7 inch Relative hximlritty at 4 30 p. m. yes terday, 351; 4:80 a. m. lodny. 7WV Tomorrow Auntine 6:10 a. m., minuet 8:13 p. m. Pmt S4 hour: Hint, Iiw Prec, BoIm , . 0 68 "A" GAS RENEWAL DATE AND DETAILS ID BE GIVEN SOON Renewal of basic "A" gasoline rations which expire September 21 will get under way the latter part of August, Frederic F. Jan ney, district OPA rationing executive, announced today. Exact date and method of filing applications for renewal will be announced shortly, but will be handled by local OPA boards, he indicated. All renewal applications must be accompanied by the back cover of the current "A" book, Janney emphasized. The appli cant who has lost or thrown away the cover of his "A" book will have to prove to the board (1) that he has a car which en titles him to apply for an "A" ration; (2) thU the car is cur rently registered and In use; and (3) that a new basic "A" ration has not been issued for it and no application for a renewal is pending at any board. Janney said the new "A" book will provide the same monthly ration as the old eight gallons approximately 120 miles a month. However, coupons in the new "A" book will be worth four gallons Instead of three, the value of the present cou pons. Six of these four-gallon coupons will become valid every three months. At present eight three-gullon coupons are validat ed every three months. A new form known as a mile age rationing record will be is sued with every renewal of a basic "A" ration, replacing the tire inspection record. Truman Welcomed Back to Capital , v ' i i$7fv sy v it, (Acme Telephoto) Senator Harry S. Truman (D., Mo ), Democratic vice presidential candidate, is greeted by fellow members of Ms War Investigating Committee as he returned to Washington from rest at his Independence, Mo., home to resign committee chairmanship. Lett to rlsht: Senators Homer Ferguson (R Mich ), Harold H. Burton (R, O.). Truman. Tom Connallv (D.. Tex.) and Owen Brewster (R.. Me.). Everett Cushman, Trail Resident Is Sergeant in M.P.'s Fort Douglas, Utah Among recent promotions announced at Fort Douglas was that of Everett VV. Cushman, 25, whose parents. iwr. and Airs. Wallace Cushman. reside at Trail, Oregon. Cushman was promoted from corporal to sergeant. He entered the army Novem ber 6, 1042. At present he is as signed to duty here with the Eastern Security District as a military policeman. Before joining the armed serv ices, he worked as a logger for est guard. Mrs. Everett Cushman Is at present living In Salt Lake City while her husband Is stationed at Fort Douglas. ELMHIRSTS SEEK 2000-ACRE RANCH NEAR I. SHASTA Mounted Patrol Agent Calls Here Milo P. Mclntyre, press repre sentative of the white horse mounted patrol of Abu-Bekr temple of the Shrine, Sioux City, Iowa, is in Medford today contacting local organizations in connection with the possible ap pearance here of the famous patrol. The patrol, which appears an nually at national Shrine con ventions and was at the Rose festival in 1040, is composed of 35 pure pink skin white Arabian horses nnd 22 colts. The mount ed patrol is 28 years old and has appeared In cities and towns from coast to coast. fi'Mton Chlriiito IVnvrr srurrkft Hvr ton Angelrt Mrilfiml New York Omnhn Phix-nU , ,, ., Portland Itrno Halt lk Pan rrmiclsc-o Urn 1U Hpnknn Wrt'hlns'ton, D. YAktm ..1(10 l)S 93 . 61 . M a - Il l - . 91 ..I0J . 7S . 9S - S3 . 4 . on . 73 O. 91 7 7S 71 (10 si M M ft 75 (IS til M M ftS 70 A3 (15 M 78 .13 .65 At ter working in your Victory Garden- TRFAT YOlTSn.F TO LIU wMITAGE Ketujtk, !uail Duurtpoo v tukcj SkANU If you're doin( your part on tlie home (rout and would like to re ward yourself occasionally, pour yourself bit of Old Hermitage I Nitimul Di iillfn Prod Corp., N Y 16 Pro4 Ninety-one per cent of New Zealand's people are British; only six per cent nro native Maoris. Negotiations are underway between Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Elm hirst and The Edward Stallcup and Sons corporation for the purchase by the former of the latter's entire ranch holdings in northern California, the home ranch of which consists of 2,000 acres at the foot of Mt. Shasta. The Elmhlrsts stated that the ranch will be devoted to the raising of Aberdeen Angus cat tle. The old name of "American Aristocrats" will be retained, the herd name selected by the Elmhirsts when they operated the Elmhirst Rancho in Santa Barbara county, Calif., which they sold in 1037 to Dr. Frank F. Barham, publisher of the Los Angeles Herald-Express. A large portion of the Stall cup home ranch is under irriga tion, water being supplied by lakes, natural springs and arti sian wells, and is known as one of the most productive and pic turesque ranches in the west, the Elmhirsts said. ' Phair Purchases Old Valley School Richard Phair of 39 Glen Oak Cour1, today announced his pur chase of the Valley School pro perty located at Groveland Ave. and Oak Ridge, the property be ing purchased from A.S.V. Car penter. The building, used as a kindergarten for the past sev eral years, will be remodelled as soon as possible, Phair states, and used as a residence. HUNT KIDNAPERS Denver, Colo., Aug. 14 (U.R) Denver police and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation today were seeking two men whom a 70-year-old truck driver said had kidnaped him in Utah and forced him to drive them to" Denver. The truck driver, Frank Nicholson, who was working out of Draper, Utah, said that the kidnapers also robbed him of $07 and his gasoline ration book. ALMOST PARADES Salina Kas. (U.R) Pvt. G. T. Adams of the Smoky Hill army air field guard detachment here nearly inaugurated a new style for military dress for a parade recently. Adams stepped Into the parade formation complete with helmet, leggings, clean khakis, shoe shlnt; and corncob pipe. The private managed a hasty retreat! liOWTHEY Pacific Coast W". Los Angeles 74 Hollywood . . 68 Portland 66 San Francisco ...... 65 Oakland 64 Seattle 62 Sacramento .. . 61 San Diego 60 Lm. Pet. 56 .569 62 .523 63 .512 64 .504 66 .492 59 .473 69 .469 71 .458 BACK IN POW CAMP Santa Barbara, Cal., Aug. 14 (U.R) Two German prisoners of war who cut their way out of the wire-enclosed stockade at Camp Cooke were back in cus tody today, their flight to Ger many via Mexico halted by traf fic officers. Ferdinand Hofbauer 21, was arrested yesterday after noon more than 60 miles from Camp Cooke. A few hours later police recaptured Moppaias Becker, also 21. HONEYMOON AGAIN Hollywood, Aug. 14. (U.R) Aileen Pringle, silent screen star and James M. Cain, author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," were honeymooning to day following their wedding yesterday. It was the third mar riage for the 52-ycar old author and the second for Miss Pringle who gave her age as 43. TANKS SCRAPPED Youngstown, Ohio (U.R) Many of the tanks knocked out by the enemy in North Africa and other battle fronts wind up in the yards of the Consolidated Steel Co. here, which rips them apart, cuts them into scrap and remelts them for reshipment in the form of other weapons. RE CAPPING "A" Grade Rubber On Your $7.00 T- Drive in today I tet ts Inspect yonr tlrei thoroughly. Our quality recapping will enable you to pot longer, safer mileage. Don't delay. Have Urol recapped now and be ready for your next tire Inspection. Cut TZuafi 4tt 4itced PMAU TUIC tf m IIP II " ' "'' ' "L T ' w 214 SOUTH RIVERSIDE TELEPHONE 4757 New Technique Cut Disease Death Rate For American Army Washington, Aug. 14 (U.R) The war department today credited a special army medical board with developing new health techniques which have cut the death rate from disease to 20 per cent of total army deaths. Only 10,000 of the 49,720 army personnel who have died since Pearl Harbor have been victims of disease, in contrast to World War One when disease killed more soldiers than did bullets, the department said. In the Spanish-American war, it added, "disease killed seven times as many American soldiers as did Spanish bullets." Credit for the health record was given to the army board for the investigation and control of influenza and other epidemic diseases, first suggested by Brig. Gen. James S. Simmons of the surgeon general's office in 1940. WEATHER Northern California Clear with scattered thunderstorms in northern mountains and inter-: ior, and local fogs south coast j today. Clear and cooler in the i interior tonight and Tuesday. A! HEADQUARTERS OF PACIFIC FORCES With U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific You can't tell the players without a scorecard, a fact of civilian life, has an army application only a general staff, in throes of planning a campaign, is able to appreciate. At South Pacific headquarters, where an extensive accounting system is set up by Vw machine records unit of the adjutant gen eral's office, each soldier can be identified as to position, avail ability and other characteristics in a fraction of a minute. Cards in the huge index files are the individual scorecards showing the Yank roster. A sol dier's army history is compressed into a biographical capsule. The system Is foolproof and of uni versal army use. Clerks in the oDerations. con trol and locator sections of the unit have overlapping duties and In most cases have been selected because of previous acquaintance with personnel accounting sys tems of the American business world. Among those assigned to the office is Sgt. John C. Crocker, Route 4, Box 23, Medford, Ore. Sgt. Crocker, a graduate of Hillsboro, Ore., high school in 1922 and a student of the Univer sity of Oregon for the next two years, was employed as a letter carrier in Medford, Ore., prior to induction April 9, 1942. He began overseas duty September 2 of that year and is entitled to wear the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and the Good Conduct medal. His son, William, is 10 years old . nd lives in Medford. Chiropractors in Monthly Meeting Select Officers The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Oregon Society of Chiropractic Physicians was held in the Ashland Park Satur day evening. It was a joint pic nic and business session, the doctor end their families ntfc. ering for the pot-luck dinner at 6:30. following which the regu lar business was taken up. Annual election of officers gave re-election of Dr. Harold Campbell, of Grants Pass, as president of the local group; Dr. J. P. Bray, of Medford, chaplain and vice-president, and Dr. E. N. Terrill of Ashland was elected secretary-treasurer. Members of the society attending were: Drs. Campbell and family; Dr. Win nie Phillips and Dr. A. J. Steph ens, all of Grants Pass; Drs. A. R. and Louise Hedges and J. P. Bray and family, of Medfordj Dr. E. N. Terrill, of Ashland. Uo Mall Tribune Want Ada. CREAM AS tOW AS IK a pint Sur to b pur YOU not It! In 2 fnuf, mil LONDONDERRY, sugar and evaporated milk, or any crtan that will whip. Whip, frx, thol'i alt. No cooking, no rewhlpplng. Smooth, no Ic crystals. (Uw milk or skim milk for dtlicloui froxon dtuorts.) 1 Si pfcg. LONDONDERRY matt 4 pints, any flavor. Ask your grocer for LONDON DERRY. If ht dots not carry It, send ut $1.00 for 7 packages and 20 famous recipes, postpaid. LONDONDERRY 835 Howard Srrttr, San rVanciico 3, Calif. Highest Prices Paid for Clean USED CARS We See It! We Do It! AUTOMOBILE MARKET 6th and Bartlett Stl. Phone 3919 SPREADS U. S. CULTURE West Plains, Mo. (U.PJ A Missouri soldier, home on fur lough after a year in active serv ice, grinningly admitted to hav ing helped spread American cul ture in the south Pacific. Cpl. William SH. Castncar said that teaching the natives' children of south Pacfic islands to sing "Pistol Packin' Mama" and "Mairzy Doats" helped the men of the U. S. army signal corps to forget their homesickness. LUMBER IS FROZEN Make your old floors like new with Moore's Tile-Like Floor Enamel. Quarts $115 S3.95 Gallons Make what you have do by repainting or adding little things around the house serve your needs until Victory it won. We have all the necessary materials for any repair or building job. 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For those who prefer dusting, VParmone" is available in dust form; just as effective as the liquid concentrate. 6 JSV p sav" .fwV,rt b' BE Qua 'Urn o Qnn .igtd 'Itthfiiaaairi CONSERVATION OF FOOD HCLPS THE WAR EFFORT A ii ii'ii n.iwiw 1 1 ill, w 11 SLSB
