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PUBLIC TO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN AIR CRASHES Portland The Amy and Navy urgently need the help of every civilian In Oregon for simDle yet Important rnU in n important program designed to save me lives of pilots and other air crew members involved in airplane crashes. "We want to get this message to every civilian," said Colonel Samuel B. Knowles Jr. of Port land Army Air Base near here. "When you see or hear of an air plane crash, telenhonn th nni department of your town, imme diately, mars ail there is to it yet it is most important every body know thptA InetniAtlmi. Colonel Knowles went on to explain the elaborate emergency rescue nroernm which hi. hoan worked out by Fourth Air Force and western Sea Frontier of the naw with thn rnnnprntinn A uA Oregon law enforcement agen cies. wnen a crash report is re ceived, it is relayed through law enforcement heencles' mmmunl. cation facilities to the nearest Fourth Air Force "nerve" cen. ter. In the matter of minutes ambulances and other crash equipment will be speeding to the scene of the crash from the nearest air base. MOTORISTS' SCHOOL Salt take City, Nov. 13 U.R) Traffic police have their own answer to the problem of keep ing motorists out of court. They nave instituted a traffic school complete with lectures and tests for offenders. Results of mm. inations are relayed to police court, wnere, if "grades" are favorable, they bring a reduced fine for the offender. V When you get home to the West, Joe Soldier, you'll find waiting friends unchanged. There are the mountains. And the forests. And trout streams bustling grumpily among smooth rocks just as you re member. ' - And the roads. The roads that bring you to remembered places are still there. You'll drive them again with the wind in your face and peace in your heart. For, somehow or other, the highway people are manag ing to keep the roads in shape. How they do it, they alone know. There's a growing belief they pull rabbits out of hats and set them to work. Be that as it may, the highway commis sions, engineers, and crews right down to the last man and his shovel are keeping tht roads abreast their war-job. From the Columbia to tht Colorado, the big trucks roll night and day. Across the desert and beside the ocean, Joe, men and material move unceasingly in unbelievable masses. The traffic is vital strictly industri al and strictly military. And it's heavy. Yes, sir, the roads take a beat ing. If Uncle Sam had an award for things-wounded-in-Iine-of-duty, they'd rate an Asphalt Heart with silver chuckholes. Yet the highway people keep them hale. While you tramp the road to Berlin or Tokio, Joe, or maybe .Mandalay, they see that tlie borne roads back you up. They, too, deserve a medal. Those roads will carry you again among everlasting moun t tains that mean home, beside everlasting streams that war only with smooth rocks on tires that sing a song of ever lasting freedom in the soul! Vj I floe, ! S Mora ewerd w mm Mmon4 IWInenr Bong Greets mM 1 .' mm (Acme Telephoto) Ma. Richard Bong (left). Poplar, Wis., P-38 fighter pilot and America's outstanding ace, is greeted by Gen. Douglas MacArthur after he brought his fighter squadron to the Philippines. Shortly after this photo was taken, Bong got two more Japs one without firing a shot to boost his total to 33. Photo by Frank Prist Jr., NEA-Acme photographer for War Picture Pool. Sgt. Robert Elson In India Pines For Medford "Shake" Writing that he would like to be in Medford again and wish ing that he could have a milk shake or a gallon or so of fresh milk, T. Sgt. Robert Elson re cently wrote to Gerald Latham, circulation manager of The Mail Tribune from his station in India. Elson is the son of C. H. Elson 216 Laurel street. Sgt. Elson wrote in part: "It's been some time since I've been in the good old Rogue River Valley, but I'm still very much interested in it, as I ex pect to come back to Medford and get in some fishing and hunting once again. It makes my mouth water lust to think of a fat pheasant rooster, or one of those nice rainbows, out of THnmnnH T.nlrA "I have met three fellows from the Rogue River Valley since coming overseas in July, 1942. They were Albert John son from Trail whom I met in Cairo; Harry Lowe of Talent, met in India, and at the rest camp in the Himalyas I met War ren Moody, who used to work for Clarence Pankey at Pinnacle. "There isn't much news that I can tell you of this country except that it isn't the beautiful and mystic country that its cracked up to be. Of course, I might enjoy it as a tourist, but I don't Intend to ever find out. 'See America First' is my slo gan from now on. Of the countries I've seen since leaving Florida in '42, none of them have a spot as clean as the dirtiest spot in the whole U. S. A. "After following Gen eral Montgomery in his historic drive from El Alamein to Tunic, then to Sicily and into Italy, we have gone through every type city you can imagine. From the pyramids in Cairo to the ruins at Agrigento in Sicily, also Syra use, on to the historic city of Pompeii. All In all, we have been seeing the sights. In our trips here In India we have been fortunate In see ing the Taj Mahal, the burning ghats of Calcutta, the famous Jain Temple also in Calcutta. and on my way to the rest camp at Ranvkhet I saw the famous Ganges river at Benares, prob ably the dirties in the world un less it is the Kano, in Nigeria. At our rest camp we were able to see, from one spot, "twen ty peaks, all over 21,000 ft. high and one, that was 26,500 ft. That Is as high as Hood, Shasta and Roxy Ann stacked one on top of the other. 'Sorry to hear that some of the boys are In priion camps. Tom White sounds as if he re ceived good medical care after ftpil-Cola Company, Fraachised Bottlersi Pepsi-Cola His Boss he was captured, didn't he? "I suppose you have heard of the rotation policy, but it hasnt affected us much yet. We are go ing on our 28th month and most of us, myself included, are ready to come home. "Sure could go for one of Dar rell Huson's milkshakes right now. In fact, a quart or gallon of Snider's or Gilman's Grade A milk would really be all right. "Well, Jerry, tell anyone who might be interested hello for me. Tell Moe Atterbury and George Goodman that I'll be in after some gas some of these days. "Hope to be able to see all of you early in the new year." Medford Resident Is Given Rank Of First Lieutenant San Francisco, Cal. Paul L. Corwln, Medford resident on army duty at San Francisco Port of Embarkation, was promoted recently to the rank of first lieu tenant in the army transporta tion corps. He Is in the motor transportation branch of port transportation division. Lt. Corwin entered army serv ice originally as an air corps trainee in July, 1942. Because of his civilian experience with Pierce Freight lines, Portland, Oregon he was transferred, to the transportation corps, which moves the army on land and wa ter, and was sent to the corps officers training school. On grad uation he was assigned to San Francisco port, transferred to Alaska highway duty and last May returned to this headquar ters. A 1931 graduate of Medford Business college, heis the hus band of Mrs. Helen Corwln of 1112 East Main street, Medford. and the son of W. H. Corwin of Marial, Ore. Two of his broth ers are in service, D. W. Corwin with the 9th infantry division and Ben Corwin with an air corps group. Daughter Is Born In Church Service Minneapolis, Nov. 13 0J.R) The oneway-old daughter of Mrs. Fred Parker trot nff in good start in life. She was hnrn HuHn r at the Powderhorn Park Baptist church. Mrs. Parlrpr hur-mt m f 4k. midst of the Rev. Wallace A. 01ion's sermon and hurried to tne church basement. Thi a nurse present, Mrs. Reuben Lindh, and she delivered the child who weighed five pounds, ten ounces. Dm UaU ItlDuii want Ada, Vans UUtnd Cfttf. iV. Y. Bottling Company of Medford. U. S. EXPECTED TO LEAD TRADE Washington U.R) The United States stands good chance of becoming the leading selling nation to the Soviet Union after the war, according to official trade analysts. Before the war the United Kingdom led all the countries in Russian goods while Ger many sold the most to the Soviet Union. But now it ap pears - that the United States will outstrip all competitors for Soviet trade. The Soviet Union will have a tremendous need for capital goods oil equipment (from drilling to refining), electrical manufactures, steel, chemicals, railroad equipment, ships and shipbuilding techniques. (Eric Johnson, U. S. Chamber of Commerce president, said that during his recent tour of Rus sia, officials talked in terms of buying billions of dollars worth of American goods.) It is known that the Soviet Union is interested in obtaining commercial credits in the United States. In addition, Rus sia has gold stocks and foreign currencies for making trade pay ments. U. S. May Sell 350 Million Some sources believe that Soviet exports and imports after the war may total one billion dollars in value, with the United States selling annually as much as 350 million dollars worth of goods. i Before the war, ' trade be tween the Soviet Union and the United States had reached siz able proportions. U. S. exports to Russia ranged In value from 80 to 100 million dollars a year, while imports from Russia were around 25 to 30 millions a year. The United States usually had a favorable trade balance of 4 to 1. Trade analysts do not view Russia as a strong competitor of the United States and Brit ain, for example, In world mar kets after the war, but point out that she will have to sell a considerable amount of goods abroad to pay for imports she vitally needs. Wide List of Exports ' There are scores of commodi ties which Russia hopes to sell in, the United States, but these are the most important: furs (including seal skins), fish, crab meat, bristles, caustic soda, chemicals, chrome concentrate, tobacco (for blending with do mestic types), cow, horse and other small hair (for ' up holstery), coal, flax, leather (kid and goat), licorice root, lumber, manganese, raagnesite, mathes, mica, platinum, plywood, pulp wood, rugs, sausage casings and oil seeds. BUY DEL ROGUE HOTEL Grants Pass, ' Nov. ' 13 Rex Godding announced Friday that he has purchased the Hotel Del Rogue from the Western Loan and Building company. He and Mrs. Godding have managed the hotel for the past three years. This is the first time the Del Rogue has been locally owned and operated within the past ten years, Mr. Godding said. OloaUiR time for Sunday Too Lt co ClMMiry 6:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. , BAD NEWS! ALONG with all the good news of victories abroad, XX comes some very bad news here at home. v Fat salvage collections are taking a nose dve In many sections of the country. N . That can mean just one thing! Too many of us are letting the good news go to OUK heads. Too many believe that, with the collapse of Germany, -we can relax. Don't these people know that the battle of Germany Is just one chapter in this global war and that we still have a long, tough road to travel in the East? Even the total defeat or Germany can't help us . one bit as far as the fat situation is concerned. And for a specific reason : it's the japs who have our pats. Our fat shortage troubles began when Japan moved into the Pacific areas and cut us off from oni billion pounds of fats and oils we used to import every year. The Japs are (till there and we're still cut off I So we must continue saving used fats to help make up that loss. To help make the munitions, synthetic rubber, medicines, soaps and other materials needed' to finish the war. we must save even harder than ever. So let's get busy and send the fat collections climbing up all across America t The need is so urgent, our government gives you 44 and 2 free red points for every pound saved I So keep saving used pats until v-; DAY-the day when we can celebrate final victory over our last and toughest enemy Japan. ; AfprovidbjWrAmdOPA. Paid Jor by InJuttry Food Producer Gets W.F.A. Awar'd l. -v : . - - For outstanding achievement in production of "Food for Vic tory," men and women of all five plants of California Con serving Co. Inc., were recent ly given the War Food Admin istration "A" award. Above, at presentation ceremony, Hon. BLACKOUT ASKED Washington, Nov. 13. OJ.PJ The office of defense, transporta tion, warning that military and other essential demands for transportation are steadily in creasing, today called for a blackout of non-essential trav el during the approaching win ter, holiday season. ODT Director J. Monroe John son asked government agencies, and. private industry to refrain from granting vacation leaves or time-off to employees planning inter-city travel between Dec. 15 and Jan. 8, 1945. Military au thorities are cooperating with ODT in this request by limiting furloughs and leaves during that period, he said. Third Writer Dies From Leyte Bomb Chicago, Nov. 13 U.R) The Chicago Daily News foreign service reported today that John B. Terry, Daily News war cor respondent, wounded October during a Jap raid on Leyte, died October 31 aboard a hospital ship en route to Honolulu. Terry was wounded when a lone Jap raider dropped a bomb within 100 feet of a frame house on Leyte where Terry and other correspondents wore living. The explosion killed Asahel Bush of the Associated Press and fatally injured Stanley Gunn of the Fort Worth, Tex.,. Star-Telegram. Pearl Harbour Is W AC Recruit Los Angeles, Nov. 13 (U.R) When a new group of Wac re cruits left today for basic training Pearl Harbour went along. And that's not all she's the seventh of her family to join the services since the De cember 7 attack on Pearl Har bor. Pearl's son Is In a rest camp after taking part in fighting on Saipan and her five broth ers are in combat areas. Albert E. Carter, Col. A. W. Stanley, Q.M.C., Barbara Heil (known as C-H-B's Little Miss Pickle Puss), M. E. Wangenheim, president of the company, and Allen Peek, who accepted "A" award pins on behalf of the employes. Medford Sergeant Mustang Mechanic In Pioneer Group A Ninth Air Force Mustang Fighter Base, France Destroy ing 50 enemy fighters in a single day, pilots of the Pioneer P-51 Mustang fighter group of the 9th air force zoomed past the 500 victory mark to set a new European theater of operations record for time in service. Thirty-seven were brought down in aerial dogfights, another rec ord, and 13 were destroyed on me ground. A squadron com manded by MaJ. Robert W. Stephens, St. Louis, Mo., set a new unit high, getting 24 of the "kills." Medford member of the Pio neer group is Sgt. K. N. Wind sheffel. H I s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Windscheffel, and wife, Alma, live at 421 Ben son street. He is a Mustang me- cnanic m tne squadron com manded by Maj. Turner. Prior to entering the service in March, 1942, he was a barber in Medford.- . 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At home, Jimmy began to collect all his mother's burned matches, and even went so far as to canvass the neighborhood for them until he had several thou sand. Hours of Study These thousands and a large bottle of stick-anythlng-glue set Jimmy to work for hours on end. His first copy of a dinosaur was not exactly a dinosaur but a gro tesque creature unknown and unnamed. It was then Jimmy knew he had to go back to the museum and seriously study the bone structures of these prehistoric monsters. Jimmy said lt took him a month to master the contours of the fossil creature, but when he had finally reconstructed a dino saur, he had one in exact minia ture to the one standing in si lence at the museum. Now in Army About 15,000 burnt matches and six bottles of glue later, Jimmy's collection Included not only the dinosaur but a tyran nosaur dyplodiccos, first known bird, shell-creatures, and even fauna of the early coal age. 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