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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE rider. August I. 1(44 War and Navy Departments Reply to Letters Claiming Inconsiderate Treatment. Washington, Aug. 18 U.R) Ben. Guy Cordon, R Ore., said today that he had received satis factory replies from the war and navy departments to letters call ing their attention to reports of Inconsiderate treatment being accorded to veterans returned from overseas. Cordon said he passed along to the two departments reports from Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon that overseas veterans had been denied reasonable furloughs up on their return, had been reas signed to foreign duty without adequate rest or physical exam ination and had been assigned to the most menial camp duties In this country. t Outlin Asked In his letters to the two de partments, Cordon asked for an outline of the general practices in such cases. Acting Secretary of War Rob ert P. Patterson replied that the army policy is to grant each vet eran of overseas duty a 21-day furlough within 48 hours after his return to the United States, and then send him "to a person nel reassignment center where he is given a thorough physical examination, reconditioned and subsequently assigned to his new station." Patterson said the war depart ment tried to assign overseas veterans to duty within the United States, replacing men who have not seen overseas ac tion He said an investigation re vealed only Isolated violations of this program, and that there were attributable to difficulties of handling program of such magnitude. Rotation I Aim Secretary of Navy Ralph For restal said the navy has a pro gram for rotation of duty under which men performing hazard out duty aboard ship and at out lying stations are considered available for return home for rehabilitation and reassignment after a minimum of 18 months in such duty. The rehabilitation period Is set at 30 days for a person with a year or more duty outside the United States, Forrestal said. He pointed out that it is navy regu lation that every man being transferred from one ship or statlon to another shall be sub jected to careful physical examination. FIRE JAKES HALF Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Aug. 18 (U.R) Half of this four and a half century-old town was In smoking ruins today following a $2,500,000 fire which started In a jam factory and spread with lightning swiftness through tinder-dry buildings and homes. The fire started In the eastern end of the town, famed as the takeoff point for Transatlantic flights 19 years ago, and. fanned by a brisk breeze swept eastward along both sides of the narrow winding street that follows the waterfront. The volunteer fire brigade, the only fire "company" in this town of 3,200, left their lunch pails to man a creaky old-fashioned two-wheel hose wagon. With a gasoline pumper drawing water from the ocean they began the almost Impossible Job of fighting the racing flames. But the equipment was in adequate and the fire spread through buildings dried by five days of Intense heat. Barber's Observations i Children Surround Genial General of i XHirf Mai. Gon. Roy B. Gclccr. DSMC. commander m Guam, Is surrounded by grtnnlnj and cheerful native children alter meir rescue nv ni& forces lrora janamu Braddock's defeat by the French and Indians, covered by the bravery of young George Washington, was in 1759. Notes from the Bent Pin Loa ding Company: Man-talk about the camp fire of evenings Is a slow, restful bumble of sound, vastly different from the grind and ronr and shriek of daytime noise. As the fire burns low the shadows of the group grow shorter, dimmer, until they re cede into the all encompassing shadow which surrounds the camp. Then a man will rise, place more wood on the fire and the leaping flames again bring sllhouttes into clear relief. Some of the men have been In other camps together and there is occasional reminiscing. "Remember Slickfoot?", says one and there is a general chuckle. Slickfoot, it seemed, had been neither homesteader nor logger. He had simply gone into the hinterland and squat ted. Ills shoes had no soles. Wishing to cross a creek, he Just pulled up his shoe tops, waded across and slid the shoe tops back into place. "Sluice" was another charac ter brought to life about the camp fire. Sluice got his name from his method of eating. Sandwich in one hand, cup of coffee In the other, he'd bite off half the sandwich then take an ernormous gulp of coffee. He never ate without the cup of coffee in hand; said he needed it to sluice his food down. So he became Sluice to ail who knew him. , Because tills particular Job will be finished before rainy weather, shelter has not been provided. Cots are placed be hind clumps of brush or some distance from the main camp, Even Frank has a cot, though 1 chose to sleep on a pallet on the ground. I need neither springs nor mattress, carrying my upholstery around with me and so being able to lie down In utter comfort wherever dark ness overtakes me. Today a logger came up, his hands cupped together before him. Opening them up a little, he let me look at the quivering, gold-spotted black butterfly. The logger couldn't know that my lntrest in the butterfly was superceded by my wonder that hands so hard, so rough could hold the fragile creature so ten derly. Working overtime until dark ness fell, the men had no sooner fallen Into exhausted sleep than a car drove up. A fellow log ger operating miles away was in trouble; needed various logging gadgets whose names I do not recall. To help him, a trip had to be made to equipment quite a few miles distant. Not until well past midnight were the men again in bed. Yet daylight found them up, greasing cats, tightening this part of machin ery, loosening that. The show In the woods, like that in the theaters, must go on. Prospect ADMIRAL DECORATED Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R) Award of the Distinguished Serv ice Mednl to Rear-Admiral Al fred E. Montgomery, for his con tribution to Pacific offensives while commander of a carrier task force, was announced by the navy today. Control Pre-Harvest 6 with "PARMONE" Drop concentrated hormone treatment 6 I'TJARMO: A fruit-: 6 re0 1 rw ARMONE" reduces pre-harvest drop of pears gives better more profit by retarding dissolution of the abscis sion layer between the fruit stem and the spur. "Parmone" penetrates the tissues and prevents certain chemical changes which cause breakdown of cell walls and the separation of fruit from the trees. "Parmone" neither accelerates nor arrests ripening. The treatment only gives extra protection agninst excessive drop ping during the normal harvesting period. Regardless of hormone application, however, fruit should be picked at the proper stage of maturity. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that hormone treatment has saved fruit growers three to four million dollars a year. Get your share of this valuable protection. See your dealer about du Pont "Parmone" today. For those who prefer dusting, "Parmone" is available in dust form; just as effective as the liquid con centrate. CONSIftVATION OF FOOD HtLPt TNI WAR ttrORT Prospect, Aug. 18 Guests over Sunday of Mrs. M. L. Daily were Mrs. A. J. Ander son, Mrs. R. C. Crawford, and Mrs. Edith Whlllock of Med ford. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dalton and children, Calvin, Coralie, Henry, and Thomas spent Aug. 13 at Diamond lake. Allen Collingwood made a trip to San Francisco, Aug. 12, where he visited his friend, Adin Hammon, of the U.S.N.R., who is a patient at a naval hos pital near there, suffering a broken leg. Collingwood re turned here the first of this week, and resumed his work trucking logs for the George L. Jantzer Lbr. Co. C. L. Brown, safety man of the State Industrial Accident Commission, with headquarters at Grants Pass, held a safety meeting for the local sawmill owners, at the Townsend hall Aug. 16. Mrs. Dorothy McCabe and little son Charles arrived here from Bryn Mawr, near Seattle, Aug. 12, and will spend a month visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hardin at Cascade Gorge. Mrs. George Bender of Marshfleld, who Is visiting her. sister, Mrs. Martin at Gold Hill came up to spend the week-end with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. .Frank Doty, but was called back to Gold Hill Saturday by the serious Illness of her baby son, Pat. Guests at "Rnenp Vit," ! home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund ! w. Pease, from Sunday until Wednesday were Mrs Rooi ! Medley and Mrs. Fritz Ni of Portland. While standing near the hloh. way talking to friends in front of the Townsend hall during the dance Saturday night, Otto Frey .....i mi wun ine racK on a pass ing truck, and was unconscious for several minutes. It was foimifthat no bones were brok en, the injuries being confined to bruises. The truck driver who was from Lakevlew, did not stcop, but was apprehended near Trail for questioning. j-ic. uonn t. tairchi d. oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fair- enna, is making satisfactory improvement following a recent operation on one of his eyes at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. ' ftir. and Mrs. David Neville and children, Mary Lou, Clar ence, and Kcrmit, attended church at Medford, Aug. 13, and spent the afternoon at Jack! son Hot Springs. Horace Thompson of Medford was an over night guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A Ditsworth, on the Green Mead ows ranch, Aug. 14. Mrs. Nelson Nye had word from her daughter, Mrs. Stan ley Jantier, that she and her two little sons, Johnny and GU-n, arrived safelv at Cnmn Woltcrs, Texas, and found a place to live nearby. Mrs. Jant ler stopped at La Junta, Colo., en route to sec her brother, Air Cadet Innn Nye, but found that he had been transferred to an air base In New Mexico, two days before. STATE CHAIN Nine Jackson county young sters have been cited by the Keep Oregon Green association for meritorious service to their state and have been awarded merit badges. These girls and boys, members of the Green Guard, have helped in the publicly-sponsored fire prevention program by reporting or putting out fires and have been award ed these badges in recognition of their fine service to the state and their communities. The Keep Oregon Green as sociation and the Oregon Green Guard have instituted as an en deavor to enlist public Interest and support in a concerted ef fort to reduce the ravages of mart-made fires in Oregon. "We are proud of the work of these boys and girls," says Robert Dodge, Jackson county KOG chairman, "but during the next two months when the skies are hazy and the fire dangers are at their height, we must ask all people, young and old, to accept a part in the responsibility of preventing, detecting and sup pressing these small blazes in our county." The boys and girls receiving the honor badge are: Vonnie May T!poe, Gold Hill; Randall Olson, Bill Drummond, Norman Loop, Jean Sletten and Mylo Randall, all of Medford; Jack Llbolt, Sams Valley; and Stan ley Moore, Rogue River. THE GRANGE Applegate Applegate Grange met Aug. 11, with Brother Herbert El more acting as master. One new application for membership was turned over to an investiRating committee. Sister Bessie Elmore an nounced that the next home economics meeting on Aug. 23 will be at Sister Beryl Elmore. All ladies are to bring their completed Red Cross articles. All members are to bring a wrapped article to Grange Aug. 29 which can be auctioned off ss a money raising entertain ment on the Lecturer's pro gram. All ladies are to bring sand- wlches to the Aug. S3 meeting which will be an open meeting. Um Uall TTIbuno Want Adt. fooe Fj6fs for Freecom SALT SOME i WDM IT RAINS IT POMS -.,,. y.y, ,iiiiiiiiI11J,..,iiHI''K'WMWI;VIi'"'V'11'' '"HIT"! S.Ul'I'HWB'lll'y S Will I, WW - - - -iir -y- -rw-yrrK"- OTiV-riii-ii'i bum .MwiWMH" hit nit rmm imi immu'i,'.ini;nijii C-T " "n'litfMni- - RUSSIANS DESERT Seattle, Aug. 18 U.R An un named Russian ship has put back out to sea minus most of its original crew, after American immigration authorities declined to turn over four deserters fac ing possible execution In Rus sia, to Soviet officials. Cloaln tim tor e-um1? 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