RUNT PAIR WINS
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ency crews In the woods, co
ordinated with radio.
The annual conference ended
today with more than 200 dele
gates agreeing that individual
political units, including states,
counties and communities,
should take an active part in
forestry programs rather than
to depend on the federal gov
ernment with its distantly-managed
controls.
VOTE UPON FLOOD
Sunday. Pec. 18, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREX
CONTROL ACT DUE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
IRKS LADY HELP
New York, Dee. 9 (U.B
Valparaiso University, billed as
the tallest basketball team in the
world, relied on a pair of Jockey
fized forwards tonight to score
64 to 39 victory over Long Is
land University in a game which
saw the lead change 14 times
during the second half.
Some 16,422 Madison Square
Garden fans saw Squatty Red
Mack and Alvin Schmidt score
goals in the final two minutes
of play for the Hoosier team as
Long Island failed to break up
a stalling play by Valparaiso
during the final minute.
The Indiana, team, -featuring
a pair of centers over six feet
nine inches tall, fell before the
blinding fast speed of Long Is
land breaks in the first half
and the Blackbirds left the
court with a 37 to 32 lead.
In the first of the two games
played on the Garden court,
Western Michigan moved to an
early lead over Brooklyn Col
lege and held it through the
second half to win, 58 to 52.
FIRE CREWS, AIM
Portland, Ore., Dec. 9 (U.PJ
The Western Forestry associa
tion announced here today that
the federal communications com
mission will be asked to assign
a frequency band for radio
equipped forest fire fighters.
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planes, parachutists and emerg-
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ed the bronze star medal for con
splcious gallantry and extreme
devotion to duty on the field of
combat.
The decoration was bestowed
upon the machinegun section
leader by Ma).. Gen. Jens A.
Doe, commander of the famed
41st infantry division, at a cere
mony held here. -.
. During most recent operations
against the Japs, Geiger, on the
first night after the beachhead
had been established, had his
section -dig in in a defensive
perimeter. Booby traps were
sown out front and the men
waited.
When the enemy commenced
infiltration tactics about mid
night, Geiger kept his men from
firing. All waited until the Japs
had come into the open and
were . nearly upon them; then,
when they opened up with their
automatic weapons, they de
stroyed all the attackers.
The wisdom of Geiger's strat
egy was that by his plan of
waiting he got all the enemy be
fore giving away the positions of
his guns. Had he ordered the
pieces into action at the initial
sign of enemy presence, his unit
would have suffered casualties
and perhaps never have succeed
ed in killing all the onrushers.
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CHRYSLERESTATE
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Mineola, L. I., DeDc. 9 (U.R)
A $9,844,384.81 gross estate
was left by Walter P. Chrysler
automobile manufacturer who
died in 1940, according to a
transfer tax appraisal filed to
day with Surrogate Loen D.
Howell.
After deducting funeral ex
pense's, administration costs, and
debts, the net estate was listed
at 18,854,761.20.
In Chrysler's will, made In
1935, his wife was to receive
$200,000 annually. She died in
1938 and her share reverted to
the residuary estate, shared
equally by her four children,
who also received the bulk of
her $$1,247,956.19 personal estate.
TO FAENZA EDGES
Rome, Dec. 9 (U.PJ Infantry
men of the British 8th army
supported by armor and heavy
artrilery, have pushed to the ap
proaches of Faenza, Rimini-Bo
logna highway stronghold, with
the capture of San Prospero, one
mile . to ' the southwest, allied
headquarters announced today
(Berlin, in its broadcast of the
daily German communique, ad
mitted an even more serious re
verse, by conceding that allied
troops "succeeded In pressing
back .German - troops to the
western fringes" of Faenza.
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Detroit, Dee.- 9 (U.PJ Battle
of the sexes waxed hot tonight
at the first national women's
conference of the United Auto
mobile Workers (CIO) whan a
mere man had the temerity to
suggest that if women wanted
equal wages they must do equal
work. '
Thomas A. Johnstone, acting
director of the UAW General
Motors department, . remarked
that if women want to draw pay
on par with their male compan
ions they must be willing to
make concessions, not at present
demanded of them.
"If women get rest periods
not now available to men,"
Johnstone ' said, "then women
should accept pay deductions in
proportion, or the men will raise
hell. Equality means the same
quality and quantity of work
produced,' the same conduct ob
served." One woman after another
leaped to her feet to get in heat
ed objections.
2 LARGEST QUADS
FAIL TO SURVIVE
Warrington, Lancashire, Eng
land, Sunday, Dec. 10 (U.PJ
The two largest of the Warring
ton quads died a few hours
apart late . yesterday leaving
only two of the four baby girls
still alive and doing "as well as
can be expected."
Annie, . who weighed three
pounds, ten ounces at birth and
had difficulty breathing from
the first, succumbed late yester
day despite -treatmen. by whiffs
of oxygen and milk donated by
mothers in the maternity ward
of Warrington General hospital.
DEATHASKED FOR
Paris, Dec. 9 (U.R) Twelve
alleged French gestapo ring
leaders sat with bowed heads in
a densely packed court room
here today and heard Public
Prosecutor Paul Reboul demand
their deaths "in the name of
hundreds of thousands of tor
tured, murdered and reported
Frenchmen."
Reboul, in a two-hour summa
tion, charged the men with serv
ing as officers in the German
army; betraying underground
members, black . marketeering
and leading attacks against
maquis. .
SCREEN IDOL OUT
Paris, Dec. 9 (U.R) Jean
Gabin, number one screen idol
of France, returned here today
after being demobilized from the
French navy at the age of 45.
Washington, Dec. 9 (U.PJ
Final congressional action on the
$945,000,000 postwar flood con
trol bill was scheduled for this
week, probably by Wednesday,
qfter a joint conference commit
tee completed work on the bill
today.
The conferees accepted vir
tually all of the senate recom
mendations written into the bill
before its passage by the upper4
house December 1; house . ap
proval was expected Tuesday
with final senate action Wed
nesday. Also approved were senate
amendments to:
1. Authorize the secretary of
the Interior to dispose of power
generated from federal projects
on .terms encouraging wide
spread use at the lowest possible
cost.
2. Provide for Missouri river
basin development by army en
gineers and the interior depart
ment's bureau of reclamation
and appropriations of $200,000,
000 for e,ach group to undertake
"partial accomplishment" of the
Missouri river valley project.
. 3. Authorize appropriation of
a $500,000 emergency fund for
the engineers to build flood pro
tection works for highways,
bridge approaches and public
works.
DRIVE LAUNCHED
Washington, Dec. 9 (U.PJ
American Federation of Labor
members of the War Labor
Board said tonight they will try
to obtain through the WLB
what congress thus far has re
fused to grant in the way of
unemployment Insurance for
workers in the reconversion and
post-war periods.
George Meany and Matthew
Woll, AFL members of the
board, said they will fight to
apply the WLB award of dis
missal pay to the United Steel
Workers (CIO) two weeks ago
to all other workers "in the ab
sence pf comprehensive congres
sional action" on the subject.
Howard Pupils In t
Play, Music Events
' Pupils of the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grades of the
Howard school presented three
one-act plays at the school build
ing Friday night. The plays were
"Wild Cat Willie Takes a Tum
ble," "Be Home by Midnight"
and "Paul Ducks the Dentist."
Preceding the plays a musical
program was given by the Lone
Pine and Howard school com
bined orchestras under the
direction of E. C. Root. A large
audience was in attendance.
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