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TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, August 27, 1944 I AND. MELON FEED HELD BY FIREMEN A special Inspection tour of the Mcdford fire department building, corner of Front and Third streets, was held Friday evening when firemen and their families gathered for a wicrner roast and watermelon feed at the station. Twenty-nine adults and 15 children, a total of 44 persons were escorted through ( e rooms, cleaning and paint ing the entire Interior surfaces of the building having just been completed by the firemen dur ing spare hours on duty. LeRoy Williams was In charge of the affair Friday, and entertainment included Beano and other games. Fire Chief Roy Elliott ex pressed pride In the clean-up Job Saturday when he praised work done by the other 11 men on the fire staff, all of them "amateur painters. Working as ' time permitted for the past eight weeks, during odd mo ments of the 24-hour shift each mnn serves "on call" at the sta tion each time, the firemen re finished all the walls and ceil ings, upstairs and down in an ivory color, with baseboards upstairs slate gray and down stairs, silver gray. Doors and other woodwork are green and all furnishings in the sleeping rooms, including beds and lock ers were repainted ivory. Clos ets and furniture underwent a general cleaning also. Down stairs windows are still "black ed out" with paint, and will re main so for the duration of the war as a Civilian Defense safe ty measure. Now on order and expected to arrive at the fire station with in the next few months, Is a new American LaFrance hose and pumper truck, capable of picking up and pumping 1000 Rations of water per minute, Elliott stated Saturday. The fire chief also warned the public against carelessly turn ing in false alarms by dialing incorrect telephone numbers. Telephono number of the sta tion, for use for reporting fires only, Is 3333, which is similar to others In the city, while the chief's telephone number is 3790. Elliott quoted national .statistics showing that more lives arc lost answering false alarms than fur actual fire calls. Eight falso alarms were rung In nne day at tho Medford station last week by persons telephon ing wrong numbers. When false alarms are sounded, the men must Immediately rouse and dress if it be at night, and mount the trucks ready to leave the station as for true alarms, by the time the telephone sum mons is completed and tho cor rect address known. Medford's crew has a record time of 28 seconds for getting men ready and out of the station on calls. GAMBLING FEE URGED Sacramento, Aug. 28 (U.R) State legalization of gambling to increase license revenues of counties and cities tonight was advocated by two North Sacra mento city councilmcn. 01 We Were Notified Thursday By The War Production Board That Our LOW PRICED Lumber Mas Been RELEASED ANY AMOUNT and for ANY FliilPCSE with NO PRIORITY NEEDED! PLACE YOUR OF.CER RI3HT NOW and WEIL DELIVER AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN REPLACE STOCK. Effective NOW! No priority necessary In buying Paint, Plaster Board, Fir-Tcx, Roofing Paper, Shingles, etc. , R. 0. STEFIIElSOi CO. Low Priced Lumber Our Specialty 0 Other Building Materials COURT STREET AND Mc ANDREWS ROAD PHONE 2000 P.O.BOX 1083 A nrnim nf T-i er,r nminlv dairymen are at present spread-l ing interest In organization of a dairy association for the coun ty, the movement having start ed following a recent meeting In Central Point and attended by about 75 dairymen and others interested. At the meeting a report of the Josephine County Dairy man's committee was given on the progress made there towards formation of a dairy association with the Idea of making cheese and butter. It was decided to con duct a survey in this county to determine the cow population; and to ascertain if dairymen would be interested In forming an association or in Joining the Josephine county association. In lino with this, nucstion-! naires were issued to volunteers representing several districts and these are contacting as many of their neighbors as possible. Any dairyman overlooked and interested is asked to contact William Howes of Cold Hill. It is reported that those at tending the Central Point meet ing were most interested in the statement by the Josephine county committee as to their findings concerning the average higher prices paid to co-op dairymen throughout the state. It was further reported that in approximately six weeks, the Josephine county committee ten tatively signed up dairymen rep- resenting 4.000 cows and have,, also gathered data as to avail-Lroops nave hacked their way able equipment, contacted tech-! in(( (ne Kwanlung province nical authorities, financial andcj(y of Ljmknng 0 ncw drive local services. At their next i,,,,,,,i rrm h hnsn nf the meeting, to be announced later, the group expects to incorporate and adopt by-laws and be ready to Rtart construction of plants. At the local meeting it was said "If Jackson county dairy men wish to start an nssocin tion, a considerable saving in overhead costs could be made by combining management of both plants under one hend. The' location could bo decided by ex perts on the results of the sur vey." Among those on the Josephine county committee are Victor Balo and Mr. Walker. In addi tion to Howes, others In this county Interested in the move-' . ... n,. ni.H. nf Pen- tral Point Mr. Dresbach of01'A to bring suits for treble Rogue River, Eugene Moore of damages against landlords In de- Rogue River and H. E. conger of Medford. TRAPPERGETs"jOB Gallatin, Mo. (U.R) Wolves are on tho loose In Missouri but, slow down, girls this Is Llltle, OPA rent enforcement different! Three Missouri coun-( attorney, explained today. In an tics have hired a government swer to inquiries from the pub- wolf trapper to meet R woir menace to the livestock. The counties In the partnership ale Daviess, Caldwell and Harrison. FIRE SWEEPS FOREST San Bernardino, Cnl., Aug. 20 (U.R) A forest fire which broke out eight miles southwest of Lake Arrowhead In the San Ber nardino mountains early today, swept out of control tonight and was reported burning over sev eral hundred acres of timber. & WW iMAHONEY VISITS SAYS ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN ISSUE Declaring that "there Is no personal issue between myself ! and Guy Cordon," Willis Ma- ho"?y. Klamath Falls, demo- cratic candidate for United States senator from this district.l visited Medford last evening and tnis morning, "inc oniy issue so far as I am concerned is mai oi Roosevelt and Dewey, md'; honey said, "and I am one hun dred per cnt behind the presi dent." The democratic candidate said that he and the present senator were on the best of terms and that the campaign would be friendly. Mahoney arrived Fri day night and conferred wilh parly members and officials. He )cft PortIand last Sunday and nad sloppt.d ln t10 citie9 and tQwns along t,e way tor pre. cnmpa,,n preparations. Mahoney sta(td j,,al nis real campaign wnuld start about the first of October. He is returning to Grants Pass September 4 to B)Cak at a picnic. Also here were Mrs. Mahoney and their daughter, Mrs. L. F. Van Dusen of Astoria, and the I three continued on to Klamath Falls yesterday noon. CHINA AIR BASES rhiini'kinff. China. Aug. 26 mo, i!,.inforced Janancse j,ichow peninsula o p p osite 1 ajnnn Isand a Chinese com-' miiniqiic said today. Hitter fighting was reported in the key road Junction, whose loss not only would threaten several Allied air bases in the area but would provide a springboard for an enemy drive 200 miles north of Kweilin, Kmans,si mangsi province capital and Allied military nerve center for south China. OP A Rent Suits - Are Autnon zed ionmna-ongrcss nns speci- fieially granted authority to ""-o"""" im l.i... kit rents In excess of the established maximum for an area, if the tenant falls to take such action within 30 days after the over charge has been made. James A. up Ti, nnu tnur nii-oi tlm rPA ' JAPANESE MENACE administrator the right to sue Wang, Chinese vice-consul, re for three times the amount of vealed here today when inter the overcharge or $50, which-1 viewed soon after his arrival .nr 1 nr,. ,tr if the vlnlnl inn , was wilful. Little explained, in an enforcement program for pre venting inflation of rents. First wholly French newspa- per published in Canada was J C.miadien. issued on Nov., 22. 1H0H. OBITUARY CHARLES N. CULP Funeral services were held in Eugene Friday for Charles V. Culp, who was born in Medford 63 years ago. He died Monday in Portland of a heart attack. Mr. Culp leaves three sons, Stanton of Sweet Home and Laverne and Clifton, both of Eugene; a sister, Mrs. Nellie I Williams of Marysville, Calif., and two half-brothers. Clifton Culp lived in Medford In 1940 and 1941. The deceased was the great grandson of the Griffins, who settled near Medford before the turn of the century and his grandfather was John S. Miller i a caotain ciurini' the Koeue River Indian War and city mar- shal of Medford for many years. MHS. MAY J. MacDONOUGH May Jordan MaeDonough, wife of A. J. MaeDonough, passed away at their home, 617 Catherine street, at 6:50 p. m. Saturday. Mrs. MaeDonough had been ill for more than a year and her passing was not unexpected. The remains are at the Con- interested in the terminus prop-ger-Morris Funeral Parlors and crty Mr. Fiesel had advertised a complete obituary with funeral I as for sale. announcement will appear Monday's paper, Captain Sherin Wins Clusters tor Air Medal Headquarters, 13th AAF.Iescrow with S10.000 ' I.nHv I South Pacific Presentation of Clusters io ine I Air Medal to Captain Thomas, M wiiMr?'cln ' Ma"d Point n i. . u h?' i' ' uUned by V,c 13th Army Air Force. 1 his award was for notewor- thy achievements while partici pating in many bombing mis sions against Jap shore installa tions, airdromes, and snipping in the southwest Pacific. Captain Shearin entered the AAF on April 16, 1942. and re ceived his technical education at schools and stations in Califor nia, Arizona and Colorado, be fore departing for overseas on November 11, 1943. He is the on the horse and we won we're pilot of a B-24 Liberator, has rich!" been overseas for nine months, . But Mr. Cline picked up the and during this time took part ticket and said: "My God, you've in 45 missions. He has previous-1 got ticket on the wrong horse ly been awarded the Air Medal yOU've lost all Lady Churcill's and four Oak Leaf Clusters to, money and you've lost this hon the Air Medal. I est man's money'" Prior to entering the service, About tMg time Mr. Fiesel be he attended the Los Angeles came suspicious, but Rogers tuy truni'Ke, LiUa -Ulll., and was employed as an aircraft frame builder. Portland, Ore., Aug. 20 (U.R) China has grrat hopes for high development in the post-war era through trade, education build nig aiui ine return oi inc gov eminent to the people, C. irom Lllllia Post-war planning Is well ad-j vanced In China, he said. and much of the work is planned in connection with cooperation with China's allies. The coun-J try is now confident of victory, after seven years of war, he commented. AS USUAL LODI, GAL. San Francisco, Aug. 26 (U.R) War or no war, "business as usual" apparently is the motto of the bunco artists the newest result being a sad loss in faith of "honest looking men" by John J. Ficsel, 48, a grocery store and auto court operator at Terminus, near Lodi, Calif. Along with his loss of faith in human nature, Mr. Fiescl also was mihus some $8,000 in a 1944 version of the old bunco stall which goes something like this: A week ago "Honest" A. Rog ers, passing as a Eugene, Ore., lumberman, called on Mr. Fiesel, saying he represented Lady Churchill, whom he described as a "relative" of the British : Prime Minister, saying she was I !r,to,l,l l iU i i Mr. Rogers, whom Mr. Fiesel said was "one of the most honest-looking men I ever saw," I subsequently induced him to go to San Mateo "to close the deal," iaVInn ..,I4U U: (D Ann I 1 As Mr. Rogers explained it, Mr. , Fipcol wic In not IVin CD f(f i Churchill would put up to "show good faith." In San Mateo Mr. Fiesel said he.handi "V" the $8,000 and! wn,le ne' Mr- "gers and "Lady Churchill" were having dinner at a hotel, Mr. Rogers stooped1 own ana picKed up a wallet containing $100 and cards with the name "W. W. Cline.' "Honest" Mr. Rogers suggest ed they locate Mr. Cline in the hotel. Mr. Cline was profuse in ford high school where he par his thanks and said he had 1 ticipated in football and basket planned to bet the $100 on a ball, was a salesman before en "sure shot" horse and sent Mr. i tering the army. He has been Rogers out to make the wager. recommended for the Air Medal. Rogers came back excitedly flashing a ticket for $18,000 ex claiming: "I put all the money apologized and said he'd' have the bank deposit the money right away to Mr. Fiesel'n credit and left, saying "I'll get in touch: which were equipped with mir with you tomorrow." I rors like all good little jeeps Tl. .J IT,! 1 1 ! 1 1J I D.. IU. nllnl f a Aiic- iii-Ai uuy mi . r lesei stay- ed around the hotel waiting for Mr. Rogers to show up and called his bank and was in formed no money had been placed to his credit. Today Mr. Fiesel was sure something was wrong and re ported to San Mateo police. A warrant was Issued charging grand theft. m SERIOUS LACK Salem, Ore., Aug. 26 (U.R) No serious teacher shortage Is k.nri 41,;,. ; Hholl(! fPW schools are difficulties filling , .... . j uiiii itinn ijiri hum; m iuw ti- aries, it ex I'uinam, state super- intendent of public instruction, svd today. Emergency teaching certifi cates have been granted to 737 teachers this year while 1271 were Issued last year to teach ers who had taught in the past but failed to meet the high standards now set up by the state. TIRE EXCHANGE 32 SO. BARTLETT STREET SLSEP FOR ONE WEEK UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY So That Equipment May Be ' Thoroughly Overhauled And All Employees May Enjoy A Well Earned Vacation. OPEN AGAIN FOR BUSINESS TUES.,SEPT.5 R. STONE .COMPLETES 50TH T At a 12th AAF B-25 Base Technical Sergeant Donald R. Stone, son of Mrs. Ben F. Stone, 621 West Eleventh street, Med ford, has recently flown his 50th combat mission as radio operator-gunner in a B-25 Mitchell bomber flying with a veteran group in the Mediterranean area. fgt. Stone has flown over widespread targets in Italy rang ing from the beachhead south of Rome to German rail lines in northern Italy near the French Italian border. His group's aerial campaign against German lines of communication have taken Sgt. Stone over heavily-defended targets in the Po River valley. On July 10, Sgt. Stone was radio gunner in the ship leading the entire formation of bomb ers which attacked and destroy ed a large railroad bridge span ning the Po river south of Genoa wun iuu per cum uoiiiumg ac curacy. Two days later he was also on a "100 per cent mission which destroyed a Po river bridge at Ostiglia, south of Ver ona. These targets lie in the heart of strong German flak and fighter defenses. Perhaps the most memorable mission for the Medford gunner was on June 9 when he was in the formation which destroyed the Grossetto road bridge north of Rome. On this attack he flew as radio eunner in the lead shin of the formation, the famous B- 25 "Idaho Lassie" which com pleted its 150th combat mission on that day. Sgt. Stone, a graduate of Med- JEEP MIRRORS ON. NAVY PLANE PILE UP IE FOR JAP Pearl Harbor, Aug. 26 (U.R) Once there were two jeeps should be. But the pilot of a navy PB4Y appropriated the mirrors, wired them on the nose of his plane and consequently a lot of Jap ships are under the surface instead of on top. This was one of many experi ences revealed today by Cmdr. Norman (Bus) Miller, USN. head of VB-109, and some of his crewmen who have been giving the Japs a bad time throughout the central Pacific. Inventor of the jeep-mirro "periscope" was Lt. Comrir. George L. Hicks, L'SNR, Three Rivers, Cal., whose lone search plane accounted for three en emy ships sunk, 11 damaged. Although Miller's outfit was listed as patrol, it always seem ed to find enemy shipping and island installations under its guns and bomb bay doors and found it handy to sink or strafe same to the extent of sinking 43 enemy ships, shoot ing down four enemy planes, destroying 20 on the ground or water, probably getting 26 on the ground or water and dam aging 44. Two hundred and four feet tall and 29.6 feet in diameter is the Grizzly Gia.it, largest tree in Mariposa Grove. FINAL CALL FOR MRS. CHAS. R, GAIL Bessie Card' Gail, wife of Charles R. Gail and a county resident for about 15 years, died suddenly yesterday noon at the j home of her son, Norman Gail, in Gold Hill. Mrs. Gail had been ! ill for several weeks but was ap parently recovering. She was 54 years of age. Funeral arrangements are awaiting arrival of two sons in i the service, Pvt. Budd Gail at Camp Kohler. Calif., and Robert Gail, radio technician in the navy stationed at Corpus Christi, Tex. The body is at Perl's Funer al Home here and it was stated that time of the funeral and an obituary would be published later. The Gail family came to Med ford from Trail City, North Da kota. In recent months Mr. and Mrs. Gail had been living at Wimer. FORD GIVEN ORDERS Washington, Aug. 26 (U.R) The trial examining division of the National Labor Relations Board has recommended to the board that the Ford Motor com- r DOING MORE THAN IT'S SHARE FOR YOUR APPEARANCE "DRAPER TO WIT I f J f5l It's a coat built Xv for 8tyle t0 g'va ' 'If you .quarer ,. ' jjr' shoulders and a IJ j t 1 t flatter waist- V$' rftf&P -- And Drapertown's j' ' 'Jl 1 "I built for comfort . . . U'"V"V ' ' jl when you slip your 7 I if hands in the low sot t"'fk: iii-i'i.' " ?' pockets, you get that I ! 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