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TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. August 23, 1944 THREE CREWS GO TO FOREST FIRE IN HUMBUG AREA Crews of the tate forest pa trol answered two fire calls yes terday, one In the Applcuate district and one in the Beagle area, inside the Camp White reservation, according to A. u. McReynolds of the patrol. First of the fires burned over somo 25 acres on Humbug creek and three crews were sent out, one from Grants Pass, one from Williams creek and one from Medford. The blaze apparently started in or near two old, aban doned cabins, McReynolds stat- ed, and an investigation is plan ned. In addition to brush, the fire destroyed some pole size timber, he reported, but exact damage cannot be determined until later. Mopping up opera tions are being continued today. Second of the fires broke out last evening and burned over about 40 acres of brush and grass. The state crew handled the first control work and later a crew from Camp White took over. McReynolds was of the opinion that a smoker started the fire which broke out near the road. 500 IN SERVICE REQUEST BALLOTS Close to 800 applications for November election ballots from Jackson county residents in the armed services have been re ceived to date by the county clerk from the secretary of state. One hundred and sixty-one were received yesterday and one ar rived today. It was from Gordon Warner, with a signal corps bat talion in Italy. He votes in the Oakdale precinct. The ballot applications come from bnttlefronts all over the world. It Is estimated when nil are received they will total more than a thousand. As soon as the ballots are printed, they will be dispatched by air mail to the ap- pllcant, voted and returned to be counted in the home pre cincts. V. J. Robinson of the Daniels- Robinson Insurance Agency re turned to Medford this week from Portland, where he was elected president of the Oregon Association of Insurance Agents at the annual convention of the body last Thursday. Other officers elected were Fred E. Jewett of Portland, chairman, of the executive com mittee and Fred C. Reed of Port land, state national director. Robinson said the association ihowed a healthy growth the past year, with 27 new agents being elected to membership. Two Youths Hart in Talent Wreck Ashlnnd, Aug. 23 Aso Wag oner, 16, and Adrian Steele, 14, were confined in the Community hospital Tuesday due to injuries received Monday night when a tire blew out and their automo bile overturned north of Talent. Stcelo suffered a fractured ankle and Wagoner was cut and bruised. CHEERFUL NOTE San Francisco, Aug. 23 (U.R) Things may look bleak on the battlefield, but the Japanese claim they have found a way to make a hen lay at least one egg every day "without fail." Tokyo radio, recorded by United Press.'San Francisco, re ported: "An egg-laying vitamin has been discovered by Prof. Tatsuo Koinaigi, after ten years of re search. This vitamin insures that a hen will lay one egg every day without fail from any cause. A part of a milligram of this new discovery, when given to a hen, will not fail to increase the egg laying from the 5Cth day. "Moreover, an inexhaustible supply of this vitamin is obtain able from the raw material of the Insidcs of fish." Dm Mall Tribune Want Ada. EX -CONVICTS HELD IN GRANDE RONDE ROBBERY Boise, Ida., Aug. 22 (U.R) Two ex-convicts, accused of rob bing the Grande Ronde, Ore., bank of $12,000 Aug. 2, and ar rested here last night by Boise and FBI officers, were to be arraigned before U. S. Commis sioner W. B. Bowler today on a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Tho men were arrested In n Boise night club. Police Chief R.jG. Hnskin said they were Elmer Riley Lane and Maloy Adelma Stone, and when appre hended had $9,353.05 in their possession. Police also recovered a coupe recently purchased in Boise, and a .30 calibre Lugcr pistol. "GOLDEN RAIN" TREE BLOOMING Brought to Medford from In diana by Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wilson and presented to the pub lic library, a "Golden Rain" tree planted In the front lawn of the library grounds is now in bloom, Mrs. Wilson reports. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson returned from a visit to Mr. Wilson's former home, New Harmony, Ind., about four years ago, with two of the novelty flower trees, one of which Is planted in their yard at 7 Chestnut street and the oth er was given to the library last year. Mrs. Wilson states that the tree has fern-like red colored leaves and is now bearing yel low blossoms which will later turn to scedpods. This fall, she says, the pods will open and the yellow dust will fall, thus giving the tree the name "Gold en Italn." Each year In Indiana, Mrs. Wilson reports, the local Daugh ters of the American Revolu tion chapter celebrates the growth of the trees, then make beaded purses and other articles as souvenirs. Mrs. Wilson invites anyone In terested In knowing more of the tree to call her, telephone num ber 4G44. loss of Hands Penalty for Resisting Nazis r-yv .-, ..,; .ww-..w'wr',WflP'-' 11 11 1,1 " i MVS f i ' mj?' I I St 9iL a . r , t "V- M - Wirt A 1200 OREGCN WAVES More than 1200 young women from Oregon are among the 75,000 WAVES on duty at 500 shore establishments of the U. S. navy in continental United States, according to Recruiting Specialist Herb. Crain of the Medford recruiting station, which handles WAVE applica tions in this area. Daily Weather Report Forecasts Medford nnd vicinity: Clear tonight and Thursday. Little change in tem perature. Oregon: Clenr ton t tint and Thurs day, except loR along coast and in morning in coastfil valleyi. Little change, in temperature. i.ocai Data Tfmnernture a year aso todav: HlnhcHt, (18; lowest, SO. Jotnl month v nreclnttatlnn. .11 Inch. Excess for the moilth, .03 Inch. Total precipitation since Seotem- bcr 1. 1013, 10.04 inches. Deficiency tor tij( season, .70 Inch. Relative humidity at 4:30 o. m. vei- tcrday, 21; 4 30 a. m. today, 73. Tomorrow Sunrise 0 2B a. m., sunset 7:38 p. m. Past 24 houri: Hiirh Low Free. Roise 00 57 Boston B3 00 Chicaco lit 63 , iJcnver ...... 02 Eureka . 00 Rfl M Havre ........ 75 48 I,os Angeles .... 02 SO Mcrifnrd MS SO New York .. 82 fill Omahn fl4 M I'hornix 100 7fl Portland 73 .12 Ifeno 02 41 Koscburff Win y -1 "-hi : ,1kJjVi ff ..,L .tfc--. a.rftir.-. . . 1. - ia.t.ar . teg i at' v 4. rj r HA -Ur AA. (Acme RudioTelephato) In grimmest atrocity picture to come out of France, this young citizen of Chateaudun shows the price he paid for not coUnboratlns with Germans the loss ol both Hands I Slenul Coins Dhnto via radlo-teleDhoto from Miss Fern Kinsey To Take Advanced Training in Waves Miss Fern Kinsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Day, R. F. D. 3, Box 120, Medford, Ore., has been selected for ad vanced specialist training at the WAVES Naval Training school, Sampson, N. Y., on completion of WAVES indoctrination train ing at the Naval Training school for WAVES, New York city, yes terday reported Recruiting Spe cialist Herbert W. Crain, recruit er in charge of the Medford U. S. navy recruiting substation which handles WAVE recruiting in this area. Miss Kinsey attended Grants Pass high school. Previous to her enlistment in the WAVES she was a clerk-typist with the state department. Miss Kinsey has a brother, Lloyd C. Kinsey, who is an ap prentice seaman, attending mid shipmen's school at U. C. L. A., Los Angeles, Cal. Dss Mall Tribune Want Ads. LAST RITES HELD FOR JOE HIBBARD Funeral services for Joe Hib bard, young son of Lt. Russell Hibbard, formerly of Medford, were held Aug. 22, In the Rose chapel of Finley's Mortuary, Portland. Hibbard passed away Aug. 18 in the Roseburg hospital from an illness contracted while he was working for the forestry service. Funeral services were in charge of the DeMolays, and commitment was at the Portland Mausoleum. He was born in Medford, Sept. 26, 1928, and attended Medford schools until 1941 when he moved to Portland to live. His father, Lt. Russell Hib bard, well known In Medford, has been stationed at Camp At terbury, Indiana for several months. tlonal official of the Townsen4 clubs, is giving a series of lee. tures in southern Oregon. Townsend club No. 4 met at the K. of P. hall last Friday eve. ning with a large attendance, including many newcomers. GETS 'ADVICE' St. Joseph, Mo. (U.R) Con stable Louis Silverman of St, Joseph received some unneces. sary instructions to go with hit orders the other day. He was told, to replevin six swarms of bees, and Howard Mullen, the original owner, added, "Be very careful when you move them." Retirement Plan To Be Explained At Friday Meet Charles T. Wetterman, Chi cago, will speak on the Oregon employment and retirement in surance plan Friday night of this week at the Knights of Pythias hall, North Grape street, at 8 o'clock. The lecture is spon sored by Townsend club No. 1, but is open to the general pub lic without charge. The plan which Mr. Wetter man will discuss will be on the ballot for the general election next November. Wetterman, na- We still have a few, each size Orchard Ladders left Our Advice, Protect Your self BUY NOW! American Fruit Growers, Inc. 214 S. Fir Phone 5214 Highest Prices Paid for GEean USED GARS We See It! We Do It! AUTOMOBILE MARKET 6th and Bartlett Sts. 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