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FOOT MEDFOBD MAIL TRXBUNZ Monday. Nor. 10, 1(44 y AT GUN CLUB T ' A record breaking crowd and perfect weather was responsible for one of Medford Gun club's most successful turkey shoots at Crater Lake Four Corners shoot ing grounds yesterday. The list .from Grants Pass and Klamath Falls and delegation of trap hooters from Klamath naval air case. Five bird events, potluck con tests, miss and outs and "backer ups" made up the program. Forty turkeys were shot for on the original program and, being disposed of early in the shoot, in many cases were repurchased by the shooters and shot for in ad ditional events. About sixty shooters were in the winning list, some of wnom won several of the Thanksgiving olrds. Shoot ing continued until approaching aarxness. . The short string shooting con tests and the potlucks included the following among the win ners: Sanders, Turpln, Michael Da Vore, Jr., Lemery, .Puckett, Reeder, Colsant, Cupp, Clarence Eads, Hogue, George Eads, Bol on, Peck, Lemmon, Jantzer, Bow ser, Young Poff, Elden, Jim Rom, Pease, Congdon, Cahill, Lageson, Hodgson, Lee, Gilstrap, Jenkins, Wolff, Williams, R. De vore and Moore, Miss and out winners were, first, second and third, respec tively; Jantzer, Jenkins and Niedermeyerj Lemey, DeVore and Ross. Backerup winners; Nledermey- (BBS-. JlHiteM GARDEN COMPOST MAKIK XSSSnXttXSt s&3 5lbs.79c J.V2.50 FALLEN LEAVES OrtM Clippings A Oardsa Refute MAKE VALUABLE FERTILIZER Compost with MILLEK'S CARDEN COMPOST MAKER MONARCH SEED & FEED GO. n rut g i t 1 NOW UCAN ENJOY PRE-WAR TASTE lUm tt I Blended with finest all American grain I spirits and fine selected whiskies, . I that give you the true pre-war I Lansdowne Flavor ILIN0ED WHISKEY. 14 MOOF V I7'i 6 RAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS X THE lANSDOWNI DISTILLERY i HAVRE DE ft RACE, MD. er, Gilstrap first; Jantzer and Lemery, second; Elden and Ross, third; Wolf and Jenkins, first; Jantzer and Lemery, second; Moore and Rees, bird. FREE-FOHLI Wrestling fans will be treated to a battle royal in addition to the regular three matches at Medford armory Thursday night when Promoter Mack Llllard presents a special Thanksgiving card. Six of the best known wrest lers on the coast will compete in this free-for-all feature. Among them will be the Gray Mask, undefeated In nine straight matches at the armory; Jack Kiser, Pacific Coast light heavyweight champion; Pete Bel- castro, the Weed Assassin, has, promised Llllard he will be on hand. Others will be Rowdy O'Doudy, Earl Malone and Bull dog Jackson. Pairings for the regular match es will be decided In the order that the wrestlers are eliminated in the battle royal. krumskeTeads Chicago, Nov. 20 U,R) Paul Krumske, Chicago, today held a 22.13 point lead over Ned Day, Individual match game cham pion from West Allis, Wis., at the halfway marlc in their title bowling match. With 30 of the 60 games com pleted, Krumske had won 20,. arpumulated 6638 Dins and racked up 152.38 points by the Petersen method of scoring, which governs title competition. In contrast, Day had won only 10 games, amassed 6025 pins and was credited with 130.25 points, to trail by 22.13. BIG THREE MONOPOLIZE NATIONAL HOCKEY RACE Br United Press The big three of the National League hockey race, Toronto, Montreal Bnd Detroit strength ened their monopoly of the top spots in the standings today with week end victories which wid ened the gap between them and the laggards, Boston, New York and Chicago. Toronto demonstrated that It could win without its offensive star, Sweeney Schrlner, by beat ing the Chicago wacKnawics, to 3, last night. Montreal scored five goals In the final period to defeat' the New York Rangers, 6 to 3, last night. Detroit made an early lead stand up to coast to a 4 to 3 victory over Boston. ' FARMERS CONFER Denver. Colo..- Nov. 20 U.R) The first national conference of (he Farmers union in two years opened here today as farmers from more than 30 states garn ered for the sessions which were designed to bring about strong er affiliation among progressive groups for a "short and victor ious war and a people's peace." Oloalng tlma lut Olaaaiflad ad. . m. Too UU to Claaalfy. 13:80 Medford-Coquille Statistics Yardage gained from rushing Yardage gained from passing.- Yardage lost by penalties.. Net yardage gained.. Passed tried.. Passes completed.. Passes Intercepted... Average length of kicks.. First downs rushing First downs passes. Officials: Bill Robins, referee, Hugh Hartman, umpire, Mike Moran, head linesman. Score Medford 32, Coqullle 14. Army, Navy Set for Major Grid Clash at Baltimore By Jack Cuddy United Press Correspondent New York, Nov. 20 4U.B Their trial runs are completed and except for a bit of last min ute oiling, the mighty Army and Navy gridiron machines are ready to crash head-on at Balti more a week from Saturday in the. most widely publicized col lision of intercollegiate football's 75-year history. In their concluding tests Sat urday, both teams again dis played awesome strength, despite functional mishaps. Army crush ed Pennsylvania, 62-7, and Navy blanked - Purdue, 32-0. They rolled up a combined total of 94 points against upper bracket opponents, although each lost the ball three times on fum bles, and although Army suf fered six penalties for a loss of 50 yards and Navy five for 55. Their performances Saturday generally bore out the appella L TEAM TD BE San Francisco, Nov. 20M.Pb USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins play their $100,000 battle for the Rose Bowl nod Saturday and despite strange records, to' the winner will go the bid. to represent the west In the most coveted of all New Year's Day classics. The conference standings at present are: W. Xj. T. USC 2 0 2 UCLA . 1 1 1 Washington .1 1 California 1 3 The Trojans, of course, would have a clear bid to the Bowl if they should win, because It would give them an undefeated season with only two tiesto mar tneir record. On the other hand, If UCLA should triumph, the standings would read like this: , W, L. T. UCLA : 2 1 1 USC J 2 1 . NEW YORK GIANTS ON WAY TO EASTERN TITLE New York, Nov. 20 U.F9 ' The New York football Giants, who can't seem to get warmed up until the weather gets cold, were well on the way today to ward winning the eastern divi sion title in the National league football race with a brilliant stretch burst. The western division race is all settled the Green Bay Packers won the title yesterday oddly enough by losing, 24 to 0. to the Giants before 8B,4Bi fans at the Polo grounds, while the only remaining contenders, the Chicago Bears lost to the Detroit Lions, 41 to 21. The Philadelphia Eagles be came sole tenants of first posi tion In the eastern division by beating the Washington Red skins, 37 to 7. The Boston Yanks scored their second victory of the season, beating the Brooklyn Tigers In a repeat performance, 13 to 6. The Cleveland Rams handed the Chicago Cardlnal-Plttsburg Steeler combination its eighth straight defeat, 33 to 6. RANGERS WIN, 3 TO 0, OVER S. F. CLIPPERS By Untied Praia Undefeated Hollywood Rang ers, with the American Profes sional Football league cham pionship already tucked away, ked out a 3-0 victory yesterday over the San Francisco Clippers. The lone other tilt of the day saw the Los Angeles Mustangs slaughter the Portland Rockets In the southland by a 34-6 count. The standings: W. L. T. Pet. Hollywood Hanrra ...10 0 0 1.000 San Fran. CUppara 7 3 O .700 Seattla Bnmbjn 4 4 1 AOO Portland Rocket 3 0 Loa Angeles Mustang, see mU3 Oh Hall mount Want aaa. v y Coqullle 155 -61 5 201 12 8 2 42.5 7 2 68 25 297 5 2 1 17.5 10 0. tions with which the teams have ben tagged: Navy "the Immova ble object," and Army "the ir resistible force." Because of Navy's great line, Purdue crossed midfleld only once, on a drive from the four to Navy's 32. And Purdue's passing game was smothered completely, netting only six yards in seven tries. Meanwhile the soldiers from West Point, who have been roll ing up adding machine figures all season, clicked off nine touchdowns- as their lightning backs broke away again and again for long runs. And that's the pattern of play that makes the approaching clas sic shape up as the gridiron's great "natural." The $64 ques tion is: What will happen when brilliant backs like Doc Blan chard, Glenn Davis and Dean Sensanbaugher smack into the Middles' impregnable wall, form ed by Don Whitmlre and six oth er sheets of armor plate? Washington State Football Mascot Stolen From Cage Pullman, Wash. 0J.R) The war may have eliminated the traditional gridiron clash be tween the University of Idaho and Washington State college here, but it has not stopped the Idaho Vandals favorite sport of "kidnapping" the WSC mascot a full-grown cougar. In pre-war years the Vandals regularly abducted "Butch the Fourth," WsC'a "catamount" mascot Just before the big game. This year neither school has a football team, but, on the eve of the game's anniversary, "Butch" was mlssingi from his cage on college hill. He was located the next after noon on the lawn of the Phi Delta Theta house on the Idaho campus at Moscow, eight miles away, BASEBALL CZAR WILL REMAIN IN HOSPITAL Chicago, Nov, 20 XU.R) Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landls, base ball's high commissioner, spent his 78th birthday In St. Luke's hospital today where-he Is un dergoing a "rest cure." Landls, who was recommend ed for re-election to Another seven-year term by the Joint National-American league commit tee last week, went to the hos pital October 2 and will be there for Thanksgiving, hospital at tendants reported. His. condition was described as "satisfactory." Football Scores By United Press March Field Fliers 7, San Diego Naval 0. Keesler Field 33, Algiers Naval 0. Georgia Pre-fllght 30, Daniel Field 0. Third Air Force Gremlins 41, Maxwell Field 7. Melville R. I. PT Boat Squad ron 13, Holy Cross 12. P.-T.A. Activities Sams Valley P.-T. A. Sams Valley P.-T. A. met at the school house November 10. Officers for the year are: Presi dent, Louise Day; vice-president, Gueula Straus; secretary, Ruth McDonough; treasurer, C a t h erlne Morgan. Subject for the evening was "School Standards." Several Interesting reports were given on health, playground equipment and other interests of the school. A picture was pre sented to the lower room for getting the most members to Join the P.-T. A. Mrs. Breedlove arranged an exhibit of the lower grade's school work as part of the pro gram. Musical selections on the piano were rendered by Helen Bieghler and Jack Sibolt sang and played his own accompani ment on his guitar. Mr. Breedlove was appointed historian. Refreshments were served after the meeting. in ihe4-oz. Family Jar PASTE SHOE POLISH Medford . 254 CAMP WHITE SETSjlNTERIM DIRECTOR SIXTH LOAN DRIVE Camp White, Ore., Nov. 20 Cash sales of $50,000 worth of war bonds to Camp White sol diers and civilians will be sought In the Sixth War Loan drive j which opened today. j Twin rallies were conducted on the post, one for 'civilian per sonnel and one for the military, ! in Post Theaters 1 and 5. Of the $50,000, 1st Lt. John B. Cowan, post' war bond officer, explained, $20,000 will be sub scribed by civilian personnel, $20,000 by enlisted men on the post and $10,000 by officers. A second goal for the drive, he announced, is 100 per cent purchase of war bonds through monthly pay deductions by all civilians and military personnel on the post. In addition, two dances are planned at which the box office receipts will be turned into war bonds which in turn will be dis tributed among those attending the dances, through drawing of numbers. The dances, one for military and one for civilians, will be held in the large sports arena at Camp White. T Washington, Nov. 20 U.R) Clark Gable's technicolor film of Flying Fortresses over Germany will not be shown In movie theaters because Office of War Information critics have ruled that it is largely duplication of "Memphis Belle," it was learned Saturday. OWI officials said, however, that the seven-reel film will not be Junked, and Gable fans will have an opportunity to see the; movie star in action as a genuine Lair force captain. The film will be made available soon in 16 mm. size for showing by clubs, war plants and private organiza tions." Junior Chamber Of Commerce Assists In Sixth War Loan Junior Chamber of Commerce board of directors held a 7 o'clock breakfast at Medford Hotel today to discuss plans for participation in the Sixth War Loan drive. Don Albin and Harry Watson were named as a committee to get out posters and window cards f.or the drive. Regular meeting will be held Tuesday nlsht nt 7-an t v Jackson County Chamber of I commerce DUUding. Flans will be discussed for a Christmas program and projects and air port committees are to be ap pointed. McClanahan Given "Wings And Boots" Fort Benning, Ga., Nov. 20, Pfc. Floyd O. McClanahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oval McClana han of Route 4, Box 140-C Med ford, Ore., has won the right to wear "Wings and Boots" of the United States army paratroops. He has completed four weeks of Jump training during which time he made five Jumps, the last a tactical jump at night in volving a combat problem on landing. . In addition to producing Jump ers, parachue specialist training is given to qualified men in com munications, demolition, riggers and parachute maintenance, vi tal skills for airborne troops. BOYS' TOWN BEATEN Spokane, Wash., Nov. 20 (U.PJ Exhibiting the same gridiron zeal that in prewar days used to make tiny Gonzaga university an altogether disproportionate worry to highly touted coast conference elevens, the Gonzaga high school team yesterday chalked up an 18-12 upset vic tory over Father Flanagan's Boys' Town team. Receipts from Kansas' two per cent retail sales tax hit a new record high in September, 1944, with more than one and one-half million dollars pouring into the state's coffers from that source during the month. DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR GAR? See Us Top Price No Delay Any Make or Modal Skinner's Garage 143 S Rivertld Ph 2740 AT RIVERSIDE USO Major Vera B. Marts arrived Saturday to assume duties as director pro tern at the River side USO until arrangements can be made for the transfer of the permanent director to be assign ed to the club. Major Marts works as a "director at large" in this USO region, filling in as director in clubs which are tem porarily short handed. Plans are being made for a full program on Thanksgiving day, which will include home hospitality for servicemen and a formal dance from 9 to 12 p. m. Soldiers are asking for invita tions, both at the service club at Camp White, and at the USO club. Medford housewives are urged to call the USO if they can welcome a serviceman. Din ners should be planned for the evening as the soldiers will not be free until after 4 p. m. The "Millionaire's Ball" held on Friday evening induced a rec ord crowd of servicemen and Junior Hostesses to throw "mon ey" away like water. The party was held in the lounge, with a "Monte Carlo" room provided for those who weren't interested in dancing. The bogus "cash" provided for the occasion caused much hilarity as servicemen pooled their resources for a "big deal," or found themselves sud denly penniless. Little Girl Thinks Dead Mother Only Sleeping On Floor St. Paul, Minn.. Nov. 20 U.R) Seven-year-old Barbara New man thought her mother was sleeping when she found her ly ing on the living room floor in their home Thursday and she went about her household rou tine for two days before her death was discovered, police re vealed today. The child's father, Arthur J. Newman, general sales mana ger for a St. Paul Motor Power Equipment Co., was away on a business trip. The family had Just moved from Duluth and had no friends in the neighborhood. When Newman returned to St. Paul', he telephoned his home and Barbara told him, "Mommy is asleep on the floor." Newman rushed home and found his wife, Katherine, dead of a heart attack. MEDFORD AUT0IST IN SMASHUP NEAR G. PASS Grants Pass., Nov. 20-5-Frop-erty damage, only, resulted Fri day afternoon, when an automo bile driven by T. M. Garety of Medford collided with, a car op erated by Clarence W. Bartell of the Egyptian Motel in Grants Pass, according to Sgt. J. A. Maulding of the state police, who was called to the scene of the accident. Both principals in the mishap were driving west on highway 199, when Garety attempted to pass Bartely's car, just as Bartell turned south to enter a drive way about four miles west of Grants Pass, Maulding said. There were 8,282 frozen food lockers in the United States last July, with Iowa leading with 580. . T1 VT. , 11 tie aiaaajaMiwaysyj ji!," A ' , .1 m i .i. ,. ., t,mrmr.,., f f n IW'Z Buy tA?BODS - (DnnIi)y RESERVE Blended Whiskey '1 Grand Old Canadian Xante PRODUCED IN vnder (he direct luptrviiion of 86 Proof 68.4X Grain Neutral Spirits ItS. SAKIAY k CO. IIMTOO. rSOKI. 1UINOIJ CONVERTS L Garden Refuse, Weeds, Grass Cuttings, etc. INTO VALUABLE FERTILIZER Makes several hundred pounds from the 5 lb. pkg. Start Now! Illustrated Direction Pamphlet Available For Desired Results.,. . INSIST ON MILLER'S Compost the Easy Way... 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