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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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"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.
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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
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Los Angeles 74
Hollywood . . 68
Portland 66
San Francisco ...... 65
Oakland 64
Seattle 62
Sacramento .. . 61
San Diego 60
Lm. Pet.
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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
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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.
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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.
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USED CARS
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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.
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from the trees.
"Parmone" neither accelerates nor arrests ripening. The
treatment only gives extra protection against excessive drop
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hormone application, however, fruit should be picked at the
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The United States Department of
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Get your share of this valuable
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