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
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Bong Greets
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(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.-
.
CHAPSHOOTERS PROTEST
Philadelphia, Nov. 13 U.R)
A- committee of crapshooters
complained to police today that
their dice game broke up with
every man a loser. They said
that four bandits, armed with
sawed-off shotguns and revol
ers, entered the home of the
game's host, backed the play.
ers against a wall and fled with
the pot $2052.
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Monday, Not. 13. 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THRU
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Pittsburgh (UP.) It Is said
that for every vocation, there are
three hobbles. It may or may not
be true, depending on what one
would call a hobby..
But for unique ones, none Is
more so than the hobby Jimmy
Wilfong of Mt. Lebanon has.
When Jimmy was 10, his
mother took him to the local
museum. There he saw giant
bones assembled to represent
large and fearsome animals of
long ago. 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.
In one of his basement rooms,
he set up artificial scenery for
a picture out of the past. That
picture caused many exclama
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