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EIGHT MEDfORD MAIL TBIBUNE Wednesday. Sept. 8, 1944 FIRST STAMP IN IEI A three-cent postage stamp commenoratlng the final resis tance of the United States and Philippine defenders on Corregi dor, will be first placed on sale Sept. 27 at Washington, D. J according to an announcement received by Frank DeSouza Medford postmaster. This will be the first commemorative stamp dealing with this coun try's participation In the present war. The stamp, which It Is thought will be much sought after by collectors, is .84 by 1.44 inches in dimension. The central sub Ject is a view of Corrcgidor, with the connecting islands jn the background on which were located Ft. Drum, Ft. Frank and Ft. Hughes. Stamp collectors dteslrlng first day covers may send a limited number of addressed envelopes, not in excess of 10, to the Post master, Washington 13, D. C, with cash or money order remit tance to cover cost of the stamps, the announcement states. Covers should be of ordi nary letter size and each envel ope must be properly addressed and have an enclosure. For the benefit of collectors desiring stamps of selected quality for philatelic use, the Philippines commemorative stamp will be placed on sale at the Philatelic Agency of the Post Office De partment in Washington on the same day, the announcement states. Additional Information about the special stamp may be ob tained from the postmaster. LI ROSSTOlOS CHEAP JAP CLUB ATTENTION Mill Owners Lumbermen 1 60 acres timberland for sale Josephine County, Oregon. NEVi of NWV4, So.'i of NWVi, NEV4 of SW'4, See. 12, T. 39, R. 7W. Approximately 75 Sugar Pine. Make offer to W. J. LONGMIER, P. O. Box 737 Grate Valley, California Somewhere In the Southwest Pacific, Sept. 6 U.R The "Dime-fl-Dozen Club, Inc.," of the America Infantry division, is now ready to declare its first dividend, 1st Lt. Raymond Ross of Medford, Ore., president and founder, declared today. To the other five members of the club, Lt. Ross has contracted to pay 10 cents a dozen for all Nipps killed. He figures this to be about their par value. On a patrol far out from their own lines, the club members ran into a Japanese-held village which they shot up In true west ern style. It was in this action that they got their 48th Nipp, which will cost Ross 40 cents of his own money. CHINESE FORCES TAKE INITIATIVE SALWEEN SECTOR Lt. Ross attended the Med ford schools for three years, making his home here with the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Knott when thn Rev. Knott was pastor of the Medford Methodist church. The lieutenant left here In 1039 and later completed high school In San Francisco. Catholic Scouts Set Paper Salvage Mark Boy Scouts of Medford Troop No. 1, sponsored by the Catholic church, have turned in 10.854 pounds of scrap paper for the present salvage drive it was an nounced yesterday by Wayne y imison, salvage chairman. Mr. Jamison stated that other troops and Scouts were also aiding in the drive, but that so fur the efforts of Troop I had been the most substantial. Father Hamilton acts as Scoutmaster for the troop and has been working with his : troop members on the drive. I Chungking, Sept. 6. (U.R) Resurgent Chinese forces have recovered the initiative from re inforced Japanese troops along the entire Salweon front and have cleared the main ridge on Sungshan mountain, principal Japanese roadblock on the Bur ma road between the Salween and Lungling, a communique said today. The Chinese repulsed three I attacks by a force of 300 to 400 Japanese on the Snuangpo road block, two and. one-half miles east of Lungling, Sept. 3 and 4 and drove back a column of 400 Japanese attacking the Tengkuo- yen roadblock, four miles north of Mangshih. The Chinese killed 80 Jap anese In the counterattacks. More than 1,000 Japanese were killed by U. S. 14th air force units, supporting the Chi nese ground forces, in continu ous bombing and straing mis sions in the Yengyang area. Fighter bombers struck three times Sept. 4 in the Changning area, about 30' miles south of Hengyang and bombed and strafed Lingwanticn, Hengyang and Lungling, killing about 300 cavalry troops and 125 horses. Other fighters operating south west of Lungling killed 75 horses and an uncstimated num ber of troops. "Man From Frisco" Sunday Hit 1 IIIJ,I.I. .M.....I,IIJ)I1..H. IUH UllJIII.i,.. JUL. W ,1 ,lllp ! HI SSI ','" s-f fy Starting Sunday for a tiirce day program at the Cratcrian, Michael O'Shea plays the lead ing role in Man from Frisco, with Anne Shirley, Gene Lock- hart and Ray Walker. 'Man from Frisco" is a thrilling and dramatic story of men and wom en who build the cargo ships for the nation at war. TO Communicable Ills For Week Total 15 But 15 cases of communicable diseases were reported to the Jackson County Health Depart ment during the week ending Aug. 31, the weekly report shews. Nine of these were cases of recurrent malaria at Camp White. The previous week's re port showed 10 cases of the ma laria at the camp. Other dis eases listed were three cases of measles, one of tuberculosis and two ores of pneumonia. By Joseph Laltln United Press Correspondent Washington, Sept. 6 U.R) Donald M. Nelson, now oh a se cret White House mission to China, is believed laying the groundwork for industrializing China as a means of stripping Japan of her foreign markets and providing the United States with a huge backlog of peace time orders for heavy machin ery. , President Roosevelt said he was sending the War Production Board chairman as his personal emissary to Generalissimi Chi ang Kai-shek to discuss "eco nomic" problems but 'did not disclose the exact nature of the discussions. Mrs. Girton To Give Talks Valley Points Rev. and Mrs. Chas. R. Gir ton, who are missionaries to the Indians in Arizona, will be spending a few days here. Mrs. Girton is the former Miss Iris Swartz, who has visited here before. Tonight at 7:30 Mrs. Girton will speak in the First Baptist Church, Medford. Mr. Girton will be speaking in the Federated Church at Central Point at 8 p. m. tomorrow. Thursday, they will both be at the church at Eagle Point. BOY SCOOT AIDE ASSUMES DUTIES Harold J. Ylvisaker has ar rived in Medford and today took up his duties as the newly ap pointed assistant executive for the Medford Boy Scouni Coun cil. The new assistant, formerly a teacher in Minnesota schools and an Ashland teacher last year, this summer took a spe cial course for Scout executives at Mendham, N. J. Ylvisaker was accompanied to Medford by his wife and three sons. Gordon D. Gilmore, execu tive, and Ylvisaker, returned Monday from Missoula, Mont., tvhere they attended the north west regional conference of ex ecutives held there. ' It is stated that the new as sistant's unusual name Is of Norwegian origin. tuta and the public school were declared unsafe and their open ings scheduled for today were postponed. Damage to the collegiate Insti tute alone was placed at be tween $40,000 and $50,000. Lt length and breadth f TttgWTs. via, including the areas of Si. beria, Croatia, Slovenia, Monte negro, Dalmatia and Macedonia, The attacks were described as a systematic program to render vital communications useless to the Nazi high command, already bogged down by battered trans, port routes in western Europe and Germany Itself. E LIME TOWN IS HIGH Cornwall, Ont.,, Sept. 6. (U.R) Hardly a residence in this bor der city had a chimney intact today as mounting damage esti mates from yesterday's earth quake neared $500,000. 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