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.
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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.
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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
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double-breasted Drapertown.
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SO. OREGON'S POPULAR STORE FOR MEN
pany, Richmond, Calif., be ei
dered to cease interfering with,
the right of its employes to Join
the United Office Workers of
America, CIO.
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On JEWELRY. CAMERAS
and MUSICAL INSTRU
MENTS. Used and unre
deemed jewelry at great
savings
PEOPLES LOAN CO.
229'2 E. Main Street
State License P-137
Highest Prices
Paid for Chan
USED CARS
We See It! We Do It!
AUTOMOBILE
MARKET
6th and Bartlctt Stj.
Phone 3919
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