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News From Jackson County for
Men in the Armed Services
The Mat) Tribune suggests fou clip and mail this news
roundup to a ralativa or friend In service.
Data,
Dear-
Tonight Is the night of the
"big game" between Klamain
Falls and the Black Tornado,
with the game to be played on
the home field. Interest is espe
cially high this year, and all
reserved seats were long since
sold out. So far Mcdford ' has
whipped Eureka, Weed and
Marshfield and prospects seem
bright for a fourth win tonight.
A lot of hunters were In the
field over the week end for the
opening of the hunting season,
despite lack of ammunition and
the usual string of protests were
registered with officials over the
Indiscriminate shooting in tho
rural areas. Several arrests re
sulted. A Junior Chamber of Com
merce has been organized, with
Paul Selby as the first presi
dent. Harry Watson, Ray Ish
and Glen Harrison are other ot
state show held In Portland last
week, with two grant cham
pion winners on the list. Pearl
Henry of Dead Indian made the
formal dress which was declared
champion and Marian Wisdom
fleers Joe Earlcy is the pew ,nnlng wool suit
All but SO of the 700 Mexican
Friday, Oct 20, 1944! Staff Sgt. Robert M. Boyl re
cently wrote to ask the local
Chamber of Commerce what it
cost to advertise way down In
Dixie and included a picture
taken between Mobile, Ala., and
Biloxl, Miss., showing a sign
which read "Jackson County
Fairgrounds." The sergeant is
now stationed at Dalhart, Tex.
His brother, Jack Boyl, is sta
tioned at Miramar, Cal., at the
marine base.
Pfe. Richard D. Lacky Is In
Medford for a month's furlough,
having Just returned from active
duty on Saipan in the Pacific.
Elwood C. Deen, recently dis
charged from a naval hospital
where he spent four months, has
returned to active duty In the
south Pacific.
Cpl. Kenneth D. Beer has
completed a special course at
Bushnell General hospital In
Utah and Lee C. Brown has been
appointed chief commissary
steward at the naval air sta
tion at Pasco, Wash. Virgil
Conklin, now in the merchant.
marine, is at Avalon, Catahna
Island. Second Lt. Neville
Biden has been transferred to
Ft. Warren, Wyo., and Everett
M. Young has been promoted to
the rank of sergeant at a New
Mexico field.
James W. Grigsby has been
transferred from Farragut, Ida.,
to a California base and en
route south spent a few hours
Both Darrel
Jap Fleet flees Battle
side, Mr. and Mrs. George
Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Montgomery of Hollywood
fame were at the Murphy ranch
near McLeod over the week end.
Montgomery has Just been re
leased from the navy, where he
served overseas with the rank
of commander.
Crater lake park's annual
travel report shows an increase
of 87 per cent over last year,
with a large portion of the visit
ors being people In the service.
The park has been operating
under a restricted program since
the war.
Many Jackson county 4-H club
members won ribbons at the with his parents
president of the Medford Kl-
wanis club.
Plans are underway for selec
tion of "Miss Jackson County"
who will be entered In a state
contest where "Miss Oregon"
will be picked. The usual
chances at "fame and fortune"
re promised. Claiming they
were in the county on business
and only hunted a little on the
nationals who have been help-
S. Keener and Wavne Smith
teamen second class, have re
turned to Farragut after leaves
at home.
Surely those from Medford
In the service overseas will not
lack for Clylstmas packages, for
several thousand were mailed
during the monlh allowed. The
last day, Monday, more than
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The greatest American air-sea offensive of the Pacific war still continues
with unabated fury as swarms of carrier-based planes Blast ceaselessly
at Japan's weakening anti-invasion defenses in the Philippines. The
Jap fleet steamed Into battle, but turned and fled.
FARMERS
ATTENTION
We are now ready with
new equipment to do any
of the following work
Plowing
Grain Grinding
Discing
Hay Chopping
Ma C. Mayo & Son
Phone 5166
I'Vi-miui 1
ing with the fruit harvest have 4000 packages were mailed at
now left Medford, going to the lhe Medford postoff ice and the
apple orchards, sugar beet fields county extension office sealed
and Klamath county potato! more han 5000 tin cans which
fields. I wpnt into packages.
Mrs. Minnie Zahnow, who has ! Charles Alvin Pena, Richard
three sons in the service, was
recently awarded an OPA serv
ice pin for more than 1S00 hours
of volunteer service with the
David Holmes, Harold Lee Har
ris and Robert Nevil Funk have
all enlisted in the naval reserve.
Four weddings were an-
local board dating from the first "nced last week, Including
week o the board's organization. ; th,a'' of Kathryn Adele Jenkins
WE'LL PAY
YOUR PRICE
for your GAS BUGGY
WITHOUT GAS!
Fly In, Rido In, Fall In,
Walk In, Writ in or
Phone In . . .
3919
Automobile Market
Sixth and Bartlett
On the casualty list this week
is Cpl. William C. Wales who
has been wounded while serving
in the central Pacific war the
ater. Three air medal winners
were In the news during the
week. First Lt. George W. Hucn
ers of Jacksonville was awarded
an air medal for missions over
the central Pacific in transport
aircraft; 2d Lt. Robert M. Kent,
B-17 pilot, for missions over
Nazi Europe and Sgt. Jess Fran
cis of Butte Falls, top turret
gunner on a Liberator, for bomb
ing raids over Germany. Lt.
Kent also holds the purple heart.
Cant. W, P. Krell was recently
of San Marina. Calif., to Lt. v.
Clyde Ho lien beck; Louise
Pensions and Social Security
Babson Discusses Effects on Investments
goes down; but after World
War II we may not necessarily
have either a bull or a bear mar
ket, but rather a selective mar
ket. How to Select
Merchandising Stock
Don't write me to make selec
tions for you. Here is a simple
rule to follow: Make a list of
the chains operating in or near
the busiest corner of your city.
Take the list to your banker and
have him check those whose
stocks are listed on the Big
Board In New York City. Then
visit and compare these stores
yourself. Buy the stock of the
store which you think to be the
best operated. I think all will
be in excellent financial condi
tion. If you believe that two or
three are equally well-operated,
then divide your money among
all of these. Diversification
never harmed anyone.
Commercial Gas
Applications to
Local OPA Board
By Roger W. Babson
Babson Park, Mass., Oct. 20
(Special Correspondence Many
businessmen and investors are
becoming frightened at the
thought of the huge pensions,
etc., with which the nation will
be burdened after the war. In
fact, Harry L. Hopkins, the
President's -closest advisor, in
the current issue of "American
Magazine" calls also for more
benefits and bonuses. Instead
of suggesting a general tax re
duction, he demands lifting all
taxes from those In the lower
Swemmclaar to Lt. Owen Ed-' brackets and increasing mini
wards, Jr., San Francisco; Dolly ! mum wages to fifty cents an
Age to gt. William E. Ritter!
Peggy Gardner to John Trovella
Brunn, Salt Lake City.
Pfc. and Mrs. S. J. Sagone are
the pnrents of a son born Oct.
12 at Camp White. Mrs. Sagone
Is the former Helen Smedley.
Pfc. Sagone is in France.
Prospect
Prospect, Oct. 20 Prospect
Nazarene church is holding
itnuy day, Sunday, October 22
special exercises (luring
action with the Fifth army in ! f u"dnJ. cho1 nur- Everyone
Italy, the action involving res
cue of a fellow soldier under
heavy fire. Pvt. Lowell A. Blsh
on New Guinea has been com
mended by his commanding of
ficer. Even though his brother.
T. Sgt. Blsh, Is also in New
Guinea, the two have not yet
met. Also cited was 2d Lt. Ral
eigh Allen for Normandy D-day
activities.
Sgt. Roger J. HeHdlee, station
ed at Assam, India, writes to
is cordially invited
Mr. and Mri. Eldon Bean and
Children. T.Pfin nriA b'lnnna
spent October 14 and 15 at the'Sc,ial Securilv- rcllef. etc?
homo of the former's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Bean at Klnmnth Falls.
Shirley Gibson, oldest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Gib
son, has accepted a position at
Woolworth's store in Medford.
Mrs. Glenn Falrchlld Sr., who
Is HI with neuralgia, was taken
say that tho only entertainment !. Mci"Hrf, by, hcr MeT,
his outfit ever sees Is mail call
and work. The men, Hcadlcc
wrote, get a little bitter over
the big-name entertainers who
are scheduled to appear and
then "fall by the wayside" and
never show up.
A recent arrival overseas Is
Lt. Donald A. Swan, now sta
tioned in England.
Miss Dorothy, for medical at
tention, October 18.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fraedrick
Jr. have received further word
from their son, Bud, In the
southeast Pacific area, that his
leg wound is healing rapidly and
he tins been dismissed from the
marine hospital.
Un Mall 1'rltjuiie Want Adt.
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
"The fl-nr llorica I like best, June, are
the ones by the special writers overseas
who live riaht with our troops. They give
us a better lei? o how cur men react
to things going on over there and tack
here at home."
" I sirce with you, Sam. I never miss one
of thess stories in the papers or luaKazincc ..
And there' one thing those writers Eeem to
airree on no matter where they are stntiorw d
with our men. ..and that is that the men
who have left their homes and families to go
away and fir-Tit this war don't want to come
Kick and find that piohibilion lsns been put
over on thrm while th-y were away. ..rithtr
tistionatty or Iccal'.y. 'f hey have heard about
ths attempts bring made and they resent
. it bitterly."
"I nsrea with them, ,Tudre, ren though
I don't happen to drink myself. Further
more, I dnn't think it's frur lor in at luwe
to be making liny major chnr.jcs while
10,000,000 of our fighting men arc away and
have no chance to express their opinions."
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hour. Certainly, this will not
encourage businessmen to enter
new ventures and employ more
people.
How To Hedge Against
Higher Wages Drift
When the price controls and
the excess profits taxes are re
moved, most businessmen can
pass on a good portion of their
taxes. This, however, cannot be
done by those who have retired
from active business except
through a most careful selection
of Investments. What are the
investments by which Investors
can compensate for these Fed
eral expenditures for pensions,
I
believe that one answer lies
with putting one's money into
good merchandizing stocks.
You see that people who are
to get veterans or old-age pen
sions and, in fact, Social Secur
ity will not save the money; but
will Immediately spend it at the
food, variety and chain stores
in the neighborhood. Hence,
one way for Investors to protect
themselves is to own stocks in
these stores. Instead of fighting
pensions, benefits, Hopkin's
minimum wages or Hillman's
labor union rates, It may be
safer In the end to let politicians
give this money to the people
and collect It back again
through the stores at which they
trade.
But there are olher reasons
for buying good chain store
stocks besides those above
given. Consider the following:
1. Very few of these mer
chandizing chains have bonds
outstanding and a number have
no preferred stock. I like best
common stocks which are not
preceded by either bonds or
preferreds.
2. Many of the chain store
stocks arc selling for not more
than their book values. If we
are headed for further New
Deal interference with business,
book values are an Important
factor to consider.
3. Most of the chains rent '
their stores and, hence,, are not
tied down, like a manufacture :
ing company or a large depart- i
mcnt store, to one spot. They .
can move when, as and If de
sirable. 4. These chains have a fair- '
ly low labor cost; but any wage
increases will apply also io com
petitors. Hence, the labor ex
pense is not an Important fac
tor. 5. A good merchandiser can ;
liquidate quickly if necessary.
Some of these merchandizing
companies might well be com
pared with a good bank or fire
Insurance company as far as
their assets are concerned.
o. if some state enacts taxes
which are too severe, a chain
can quickly move out of that
stRte as leases become concel-
able. I know of certain cases
where they have started to
move and the legislature has re
pealed the taxes.
7. Merchandisers pass along
Federal taxes by adding them
to the price of goods. If there
is not a profit in carrying cer
tain merchandise, the stores
will not carry such merchan
dise. In fact, I believe that most
taxes are ultimately paid by
those manufacturers or wage
workers who are tied down to
one locality, not by the store
keepers. 8. Various new Inventions,
processes and products are com
ing on the market after World
War II. This will be beneficial
to many industrial concerns,
but will be harmful to many
others. This is a problem, how
ever, which the merchant need
not consider. He is in a posi
tion to sell whatever the public
wants, whether old or new, and
by whomever lt is manufac
tured. 0. The merchandizing stocks
yield well and most of them
are listed. The chains cover
large areas and many states.
Hence, they give an important
geographical diversification.
10. Merchandising stocks
should not be harmed by infla
tion. Of course, in a bull mar-
Ret everything goes up, while
in a Dear market
Portland All commercial ve
hicle operators In the Oregon
and Washington area today
were reminded that in lhe fu
ture gasoline requests should be
made at local War Price and
Rationing boards instead of the
Office of Defense Transporta
tion District Office.
Donald F. Call, acting district
manager of the Portland district
ODT office said that the plan
win imriove service to commer
cial vehicle operators in Pacific
Coast communities since opera
tors will have available approx
imately 620 local boards as com
pared with 20 ODT district and
branch offices.
He declared that all commer
cial vehicle operators including
bus, taxi, truck delivery, repair
services and other private busi
ness firms using commercial
motor vehicles are affected by
the new plan. Farmers on the
other hand will continue to con
tact their County Farm Trans
portation Committees as formerly.
TALKS FAVORING
OFFICE SEEKERS
A crowd of enthusiastic sup-
; porters of Franklin D. Roosevelt
for president ana rioya
Dover for congress attended the
Democratic meeting held in the
Medford hotel basement rooms
Wednesday evening.
Talks were given by Mr. For
sythe of Talent, on party or
ganization, and by Syd I. Brown
on the history of the party. Car
ryl Wines and Moore Hamilton
also gave talks, both emphasiz
ing the ' point that Roosevelt
should be sent back to the White
House, but with a Democratic
majority in the senate and
house.
The Ladies Democratic club,
Mrs. John Peter, chairman, has
been completely organized, with
officers duly elected and in
stalled. They have adopted as
their slogan "Win the War, and
the Peace, With Roosevelt."
The matter of location for a
Democratic headquarters was
left to a committee composed
of Moore Hamilton and Syd
Brown.
Mary Kelly and Moore Hamil
ton will decide if and when an
other Democratic central com
mittee meeting will be held.
Under the 1944 agricultural
conservation program, congress
has appropriated $X, 500,000 to
encourage the harvesting of al
falfa, red clover, alsike and sev
eral other legume and grass
seeds needed for war production.
WILLIAM P.
TUCKI
Republican Nominee
For
Justice of the Peacs
Kedfsrd District
Present Incumbent
General Election Nov. 7. 1944
Native son! 23 years resident
and tax payer. Past 11 years
Deputy County Clerk.
50 USED C&RS
Medford'i Larqert Buyer
Pays Highest Cash Prices
No Delays.
"Ask the man who sold one"
HUS3P&3ESEY STORS
USED CAR EXCHANGE
33 S. Riverside Dial 4980
isxaagmmmBEEM
Liberator Pilot in
75 Combat Flights
Eighth Air Force Headquar,
tors England, Oct. 20 (U.R)
Capt. Kenneth Gilbert, 21-year-old
Newport, R. I., Liberator pi
lot, has completed 75 combat
flights a record for U. S. pilots
of four-engine bombers in the
European theater 8th air force
headquarters announced today.
Gilbert started compiling his
record number of missions
April 12, 1944, and completed j
me vo nignts in three days less
than six months in the same
plane, "Missouri Sue."
The population of Palestine is
composed of 900,000 Moselm
Arabs, 550,000 Jews, and 125.-
everything 000 Christians.
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CITY MEAT MARKET
121 North Central PHONE 4321
JOHN HARTSOOK . OTHAR RICHEY, Managers
Pork Steak 33c lb.
Pork Roast 29c lb.
Pork Chops 38c lb.
Pork Hocks 15c Ibj
Pork Spare Ribs 25c lb.
Side Pork 29c lb.
Bacon Jowls 19c lb.
NO POINTS
Veal A - Good - AA - Choice
Veal Shoulder Steak 29c lb.
Veal Roasts 27c lb.
Veal Short Ribs 21c lb.
Ground Beef 27c lb.
Pure Pork Sausage 27c lb.
FRESH FISH
No PoinH
Do your canning now!
Salmon Trout
2 to 5 lbs 2Se lb.
Oysters 6Se pint
Salmon Cheeks 20c lb.
Red Snapper 39e lb.
File Solo ...43 lb.
Black Cod
LING CATFISH
LOBSTER SALT COD FISH
A - GOOD
AA-CHOICE
Round Steak 38c lb.
Sirloin
Rib ....
Swiss ..
31c lb.
.31c lb.
.30c lb.
PICTURE
FRAMING
For Christrrtss
To your exact specifications.
Also reglassing and recondi
tioning of all pictures.
See us now.
4 i X
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Give Qemcusly
To The
Medford Community
Chest and
National War Fund.
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Our prices are the Fair Trade Minimum. We carry a
full line of Nationally Advertised Pharmaceuticals and
Drug Sundries.
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tize bottle of Halm Karr that you
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Make thin amasine free test! Cm the nil
each 6d bottle you bur. See how it helm to
often and smooth your complexion, your bands alio IV?
you! (Contains anhwlnms lanolin, patlire'a own .?zZU
skin car?.) if roil are not pomtively delighted,
return the lare bottle for full ca.b refund!
ft ftfor 604 for, AND 10f purf-tlf or wly
p'-vx tax
TASTY
Yes, from your own favorite
beverage or sundae to luscious
lunches, Taylor's fountain will
please youl More and more
Medford folks drop in for
pleasant snacks or lunch
and usually meet congenial
company and clot friends.
Maks YOUR pause that re
freshes or luncheon date at
Taylor's.
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