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NAVY ANNOUNCES
PLANS TO EXPAND
ADAIR HOSPITAL
Albany, Dec. 8 All available
faculties at the Camp Adair
hospital will be employed and
enough will be added to accom
modate 3000 patients when tee
United States navy take ever,
LtJ. W. O'DonneU, liaison of
ficer representing Adm, W, G.
Mann, district medical officer of
the 13th naval district, said here
Wednesday.
Lt. O'DonneU came to Albany
to make' arrangements for
handling of' mail through the
Albany postoffice for the hospi
tal, and to launch preparations
for accommodation of patients,
and an estimated 1000 doctors,
nurses and attendants who will
be stationed there.
Maw Laundry Sought-
The liaison officer is seeking
to "freeze" enough of the Camp
To)
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high energy
food kids like
Blue Bell potato chips are
die most popular lunch,
pail. food. They add zestt
because they are fresh tod,
delicious. They add energy
because potatoes are high,
energy food. They havej
that grand potato flavor'
"They Are SABINIZED'
die new, modern method
that means..-.,
Jresbtr. potato chips I
Adair laundry equipment, bow
being dismantled, to equip a
new laundry that will be built
on the hospital grounds wnh a
capacity sufficient , to serve 5000
persons. A large garage will also:
be erected on the hospital site,:
be added.
Though ha has' not been In
structed in regard to the occu
pation of any of the Camp
Adair barracks, Lt O'DonneU
said it is possible some of the
barracks may also be taken over
later by the navy.
The navy will provide Its own
trucks, ambulances and busses
for transportation of patients
and equipment to and from
Albany, said the naval envoy,
but transportation of passengers
will be left to privately operated
carriers as now.
PatlanU From All Sections
Predominant among the pa
tients to be assigned here, said
Lt. O'DonneU, will be men
whose homes are In the Pacific
northwest, but patients will re
present all parts of the United
States, all coming here via Pa
cific ports.
Lt. O'DonneU discussed civil
ian housing problems at the
Albany Chamber of Commerce
office, warning that the heaviest
impact will probably come from
relatives of men confined at the
hospital. Patients will be of
various types, including both ill
and wounded, and will be in all:
stages of recovery, from the
very ill to. the convalescent, he
said. '
At Camp Adair Lt. O'DonneU
is effecting the formal transfer
of the hospital from the army
to the navy. Advance naval per-:
sonnel will begin arriving here
in about two weeks, he predict-;
ed, but he was unable to say;
Just when the navy will have
the hospital in full operation.
In command of the hospital;
will be Capt, Paul Wilson,;
United States naval medical;
corps.
Murderer To Start
State Prison Term
Fred Alva Bailey, 27, sentenc
ed to a life term in state prison
on cdnviction of the first degree
auto Jack slaying of Ira Clyde
Carman, 45, near here last Sep
tember 3, will be taken to the
state prison, at Salem tomorrow
by Deputy Sheriff William Gren-
bemer and others. Be was sen
tenced week ago by Judge
H, K, Hanna. He was scheduled
to leave Thursday, but sheriff
office business prevented.
The jury that tried . Bailey
made a recommendation of life
imprisonment.
Use Mail Tribune Want Ada.
WILLIAM MARTIN
DIES. GOLD HILL
William W. Martin passed
away in Gold Hill Friday morn
ing at the age of 73. For the
past 60 years he had lived in
Oregon, many years of which
were in the Lake Creek district
He is survived by three sisters
and a half-sister; Mrs. Nora
Weyand, Colusa, California; Mrs.
Gertrude Lane, Arbuckle, Calif
ornia; Mrs. Mamie Peterson,
Stanwood, Wn.; and Mrs, Edna
Van Dvek. Medford.
Services will be held la the
Conger-Morris Chapel at 3 p. m
Monday with the Rev. Harry
Hansen officiating. Interment
will be In IOOF cemetery.
Workmen Fall Tree
On Library Grounds
City workmen today started
to cut down the old pine tree
at the public library, that has
been a landmark of west Mam
street for years. The tree Is
about 70 years old and Is lo
cated near the corner of Main
street and Oakdale avenue. It
was not a sightly tree, and was
twisted. The tree will be cut
down in sections, and will wind
up in a woodpile. It was feared
it might fall in a strong, wind.
NEW FURNITURE FIRM
TO OPERATE IN BEND
Bend, Dec. 7 Organization in
Bend of the Oregon Trail Furni
ture Shops, healed by J. S.
Sammons of Portland, was an
nounced here Wednesday with
release of the news that the
Oregon Trail Manufacturing
company of Bend has been dis
solved. Officials of the new
firm have revealed plans for
extensive development of the
Bend plant at the end of the
war, and have indicated that
the enlarged firm will be one of
Bend's largest manufacturing
concerns.
36 DEATHS RECORDED IN
COUNTY DURING OCTOBER
There were thirty-six deaths
jn Jackson county in October,
according to figures given in the
Dec. 8 issue of tht Oregon
Health Bulletin. Eighteen of
the deaths were caused by heart
disease; five by cancer and tu
mors; three by apoplexy; one by
influenza; one by nephritis; one
suicide; four listed under "other
accidents" and three by other
known causes.
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Excellent lunches are served for the conven
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TiSH ENLARGE
FAENZA FOOTHOLD
Borne, Dec. 8 UJ5 British
and Polish troops of the Eighth
Army had enlarged their bridge
head over the Lamone river
southwest of Faenza today with
the capture of Castel Baniero
and Olmatello, within three
miles of the town.
Other units took Pideura,
mile and half west of Castel
Raneiro, while to the southwest
Polish troops beat,ofi a strong
counterattack oa Monte San
Rinaldo. . " . , ,
Eighth Army patrols, operat
ing north of Ravenna, reported
that the Germans were attempt
ing to establish positions in bogs
south of the shallow Inland sea
of Valli Di Commschio,
The communique revealed
that the first Canadian corps,
now commanded by Lt. Gen.
Charles Foulksand was respon
sible for the capture of Ravenna
after three days of heavy fight
ing through enemy "defensive
positions between the Lamone
and Montone rivers.
Livestock
Portland, Ore, Dec. 8 (UP) Live
stock; Cattle, ISO: calves, 10. Largeiy
. c&amjp market; generally steady.
Quality mostly poor. Few common
steers $10 & 11 .50. Cutter dairy type
heifers $8 7. Cafiner-eutter cows
$450650. Fat dairy type cows $?5S
18.53. Medium beer cows $10. Good
heavy isuiis $10410.50, Common-medium
salves and vealerg $9511. Good
choice veaters quotable $13 $14.
Hogs, 50. Quotable steady. Good
choice 180-240 lbs. salable $15 25.
Good sows salable $13,313.50; few
lots Hgbt feeder pigs not moving.
Sheep, SO. Nominal. Good - choice
wooled lambs salable $1381350. Good
ewes salable $4 fte.50.
South San Francisco, Dee. 8 (UP!
fUSDAJ Cattle, 25. Active, market
strong 10 slightly higher lor the week.
Good fed steers quoted $13 tj 13.23;
good range cows bulked $12 ft 1350,
many loads medium SI0.50S ii.as,
common $8.50 10.30, canners and eat.
ters largely $fl50850.
Calves, none. Nomirutl. Receipts for
week, 95 Steady.
Hogs, ISO. Active, steady; good and
choice 200-270-lb. barrows and gilts
...S15', f B"i steady; choice
full wooled quoted $15, short string
medium 78-lb. No. 1 peit $1250.
Chicago, Dec 8 rlTP fWFAl
Livestock: Hogs, 10,000. Lower; bulk
and choice ISO i&s, 8nd over
!!? 1M SWWBMb, sows $13 lo
JiSHj-i990' ?lvet" Vs- No choice
cattle here, receipts mainly cows and
h. .. hlliQi,?W iosd $14.25316 25;
7 ;ucrs ax 3.0U
,fh-,?j00- Load good ,nd choice
s1a2!?'l?. !" held at
!4s.: """"ed sales mined medium
Chicago Wheat
Chicago Dec. s (UP) Wheat:
Open High Low close
Dee, l,g? l, i.gjt, tlmti tl ffti.
May i.634 imt id'X '1:84
Sept.... 1,5434 1.SS jjUH 1.S4JJ
S, F. DAIRY PRICES
San Francisco, Dee, 8 U.r3
Dairy market: ' .
Butter; 0.3
80 score) 4ii, 89 scorej
Cheese: wholesale prices loafs
27.8, triplets 27.2.
mBF k' grade A 884-
"""i ik graae a
medium grade A 81W-52, small
grade A 44V4.
WaTitreet
New York, Dec. 8 (U.R)
Stocks shot forward In sharply
expanded last-hour trading to
day to reach the highest general
level In more than ? years.
All sections of file list shared
the advance with the railroad
group hitting a new high since
Sept 4, 1937 and the industrials
pushing to within easy striking
distance of the high for the
year.
Westinghouse electric gained
more than 8 points on Wall
Street gossip that a stock spiit
up Is being contemplated by the
company.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American Tel, & Teleg ...188
Anaconda . 27
Chrysler S2
Curttss Wright . 894
General Electric 88
General Motors . 84 14
Montgomery Ward 83 Vi
Penn, B. R.... 31
Philips Petroleum . 43
J. C. Penney ...... injM4
Radio in?'.
Southern Pacific 38
Standard Oil of California 3714
Texas Gulf Sulphur. 35!,a
Transameriea ... loii
United Airerafts 29'4
U. S, Rubber 51
V. 8, fiipol , 39
NSECTS MAY CONTROL
I KLAMATH WEED PEST
' Sacramento, Cat, Dec. 8 U.fi5
i Scientists are testing three Aus
; tralian insects for their possible
! worth In controlitag the Kiam
; ath weed, a growth which threat
I ens valuable grazing lands to
I northern California, 3. K. Hollo-
MONEY
TO LOAN!
On JEWELS1, CAMERAS
and MUSICAL IHSTRU
KENTS Uisd and unr
dssrnad Jewelry at gnat
-B0
PEOPLES LOAN 00,
way of the V. 8. bureau cf aa-
tomogy, announced.
Holloway told rneetirtg of
county agricultural commission
ers yesterday that scientists had
turned to the insect after me
chanical and chemical means
had proved largely ineffective.
BOYS UNDER 19
NOW IN COMBAT
Washington, Dec. S Oj.F?)
Soldiers under 19 years of age
are now being sent into combat
as replacements.
Undersecretary of War Robert
P. Patterson aaid today that this
reversal of previous army policy
was due to exigencies of the
military situation and the lack
of enough suitable replacements
over 18.
He explained that no soldier,
Irrespective of age, entered com
bat without adequate training.
Generally speaking, he said,
Friday, Dee, I, tS4t
MEDFORD MAIL THIBOTTE TVTt
very soldier entering active
combat has a minimum of eight
months prior service,
Since the minimum army ia-j
ducticm age is 13, a soldier
would not go Into army combat
until he was 13 years and eight
months old. The navy eeceft
youths of 17.
Faperboard rings to guard
aerial bombs during transports
tion are saving 200,000,604
pounds of steel yearly. .
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