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TASK IN WORLD
Washington (U.R) The opera
tor of the biggest repair busi
ness in the world reached over
his desk and gave a hearty hand
shake exposing a long unend
ed rip in his officer's blouse.
Although he's chief U. S.
Army repairman, Lt. Col. J. M.
Kenderdine did not have time to
sit down at a quartermaster
Bewing machine and mend his
shirt. He was too busy keeping
his customers 7,700,000 GI's
and officers satisfied.
' Watches Army Discards
Biggest problem Kenderdine
has confronted so far is keeping
the Army from throwing away
' usable stuff like good GI shoes
with a small hole Inside of the
upper. Recently, he rescued 50,
000 pairs from the salvage heap.
At 17 cents a pair, the cost of
packing and shipping, they'll
1 be shipped to Greece by the U.
S. government.
The shipment of discarded GI
shoes to Greece, negotiated
through the Embassy in Wash
ington, is only the beginning of
the program to send doming to
the liberated countries of Eur
ope. In the next few months,
300,000 pairs of shoes that do
hot! meet any Army reqquire
' ments will be' Sent to Europe.
i To -date, the Army has rebuilt
3,000,000 pairs of shoes, saving
70 cents on every pair and much
critical leather. These "rebuilts"
are issued first to new soldiers
the uppers already have been
' broken in and make marching
easier for the recruit.
Underwear to Stoves .
The biggest repair business In
the world handles everything
from cotton underwear to gas
stoves. . Kinderdine showed me
a rusty field stove that the
Army had saved from the scrap
pile and would cost only $5 to
repair. He said the quartermas
ter corps had mobile units over
seas that go up to the front with
repair equipment. And in this
country 450 '. regional - repair
shops are busy keeping GI Joe
and his equipment in trim.
Before the soldier goes over
seas, he weeds out all his gear,
that isn't "combat serviceable"
and turns it in. at a regional re
pair shop. Torn shirts, broken
cartridge belts, all are put back
in- shape again, packed and
-shipped to depot stock. Every
piece of repaired' Army equip
ment that goes back into stock
will be used by the Army again.
Kinderdine said the Army al
most was caught short in Feb
ruary, 1943, when they received
single order from North Afri
ca for 1,000,0,00 shirts. It looked
as if there wouldn't be enough
shirts for both soldiers and ci
vilians, and the War Production
Board was getting ready to ra
tion clothing. The Quartermas
ter Corps launched a clothing
repair plan and averted ration
ing by saving millions of items
of clothing that industry would
have to produce for the Army.
Millions of Items Restored
" The figures are staggering:
32,000,000 items of clothing,
14,000,000 pairs of shoes and
12,500,000 items of equipage
and general supplies were re
turned to Army issue by the 450
regional repair shops during
1943. -
About 90 per cent of the
clothing and equipment turned
in can be repaired for reissue.
Reissued clothing isn't expected
to stand up as well under rough
treatment. Class "CS" (combat
serviceable) guarantees 75 per
cent wear, class B is issued only
to troops in this country and
class X is ,given gratis to GI's
in addition to their authorized
issue as work clothing.
Christmas Supply
Of Trees Will Be
Abundant Says OW I
Washington, Nov. 27. U.R)
You can quit worrying now
about the supply of Christmas
trees this year. The Office of
War Information says there
probably will be enough for
everybody.
It warned prospective buyers,
however, not to "penalize them
selves by over-zealous bidding
against one another in order to
snap up the first trees avail
able." Last year, OWI recalled,
this tendency to grab early trees,
when initial deliveries to retail
ers were low, led to high prices
ana finally a glutted market.
The country normally uses be
tween 10,000.000 and 15,000,000
trees each Christmas, OWI said.
WARNS AGAINST BIGAMY
London (U.PJ If anyone gets
stuck for bigamy again in Eng
land, it won't be because he
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FANK KNIGHTS IN ARMOR Combat engineers were "sitting ducks" for Nazis when seated atop
their bulldozers clearing the way for advance. Wj th their newly issued bullet-proof body armor they
. will have more chance of an even break in the future- .
couldn't read the warnlnB on I land's marriage bureaus will 1 slow down the Increasing num-
the marriage application form contain a specific warning ber of bigamous matches is a re
provided by the general regis- against the crime of bigamy, suit of recent lively discussion
trar's office. From now on the with high points printed in cap- of the problem in the house of
appiclatlon forms in all Eng-1 ital letters. The action taken to lords.
JOINING IN SIUDY
OF RURAL
A Joint committee of repre
sentatives of Bell and independ
ent operating telephone com'
panies throughout the United
States has been formed to ad
vance the nationwide postwar
programs which the various
telephone companies have been
working on Individually to ex
tend and improve farm tele
phone service, it was revealed
Wednesday through Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph com
pany channels.
Rural telephone service is
more highly developed In this
country under the American
system of private enterprise
than in any other country in the
world. However, it is by no
means as highly developed as
men in the industry want to
see it.
As soon as war demands are
reduced, the committee proposes
to resume and expand research
effort and, along with it, the in
tensive program for extending
farm service which was being
carried on before the outbreak
of hostilities.
A major objective Is to ex
tend service at reasonable cost
to families not now reached by
existing lines. Work was started
by the industry in 1938 to de
velop a practical system of
transmitting telephon conversa
tions over electric power lines.
From 1940 on, experiments with
this system for telephone serv
ice over rural power, lines were
carried forward in a co-opera
tive effort of Bell Telephone
laboratories and the rural elec
trification administration. Be
fore work was interrupted by
the war it was clear that a suit
able system could be produced.
One practical effect of these
developments is to make it
physically possible to furnish
telephone service wherever
there are rural power lines and
no telephone lines. The tele
phone companies plan, in co-operation
with REA co-operatives
and with, power companies
serving rural territory, to de
termine the full extent to which
rural carrier telephone service
can be used economically and
effectively.
Telephone companies also are
studying the possible application
n mlnrntlrntia ivcAml in
rural telephone service.
Monday. Hot. 7. 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE TK1TO
TYPISTS
ATTENTION
We need additional typists le help
In our Christmas Mail Order Dept.
Work it available in the day or
evening crews.
You can earn, that extra money for .
Christmas, or for that extra War
Bond.
We have our own But service and
Cafeteria.
Call Mrs. Bart.lt at 2161.
Or, Call in parson At Beer
Cr..k Orchards.
BEAR CREEK ORCHARDS
South Pacific Highway Medford
Tomorrow! Adrienne 's Invite You to Join in Observing
The Completion of 19 Years of Successful Business in a Great
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20 Discount
On Your Particular Choice of
3-Pieee SUITS
A fine selection of tweeds, checks, and plain colors to choose
from. Three-piece suits such as thas. handsomely tailored,
y.t sophisticated, can always find a plac. in th. American
woman's wardrobe today. A wide rang, of prices. Com. in
today and make your selection.
Fur Trimmed Coats
GOING AT
20
DISCOUNT
ON' CEILING PRICES.
Coats of the moment that will last for years. Beautifully
tailored to fit. Fine fur collars of Silver Fox, Red Fox,
Wolf, Persian Lamb, etc.
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Yes, we've just completed 19 years of builneis In Medford 19 years which .
have been dedicated to serving the people of the Rogue River Valley just as
faithfully as we possibly can. Your generous acceptance of our policies -always
offering top quality and consistent value-giving prices have made . '
this store grow and proipei through the years. For this fine and friendly sup- .
port we are truly grateful, and tomororw along with our sincere "thank you"
will go special birthday values to tangibly express our gratitude! '
20 DISCOUNT on CEILING PRICES
COAT
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R.adr for anything .xquiiit.ly tailored work rich color trim flatterlnff
details. H.r. are th. suits and coats of the year. Th. kind you appreciate more '
each tint, you w.ar th.m. Th. pric. and quality will pla.se everyone.
$55.00 Values now ........... $44.00
$49.98 Values now ...$40.00
$39.98 Values now ..$3200
$35.00 Values now......... ....$28.00
$29.00 Values now.. . ....$24.00
BAGS
One Special Table
of Smart Bags
$r 98 ah
3 Colors
(Tax Included)
SWEATERS
One table of sweaters In all
the new fall shades. Reduced
to
$2.98
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You feel your bast wh.n you look your beitl And with
drenei such as th.i. you're sur. to feel good .11 th. time.
Just right for charming w.ar from dawn to dark. Wool,
and rayons in plain and flowered designs. Formerly
pried at $19.98 and 116.98.
SKATING SOX During Our Birthday Celebration, 3 pr. $1.00
Exceptional Birthday Values in
Every Department!
Remember! Our Anniversary Celebration Starts
TOMORROW-Tuesday, Nov.28th
$14-98
Just th. kind of dr.tt.s you'll
want to w.ar for holiday gaiety
and all through th. winter. Her.
are outstanding bargains.
Dresses form.rly pried at
114.98 $12.95.
On. rack of smart little dresses
you'll lore. Good T.lu.s.
Lovely
$10-98
$8-98
MIS
PATTERSON HATS
at a
10 DISCOUNT
No Exchanges No Refunds
Adrienne's
214 EAST HAM STREET
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