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TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Mondar. Dee. It, 1944 UTILITY AIDE PASSES 'San Francisco, Dec 11 (U.B M. Downing, 71. executive Vice-president of the Pacliic Gas and Electric company where he was employed (or 43 yean, caea here today. .. . '.. No telephones have been man ufactured (or civilian use aince November 19, 1942. Gem r'; & a l if : - - 71 1 , f ? .(!; -T. H ! MifM -"ft 1 VIOLENT DEATHS FEWER IN OREGON IS YEAR'S REPORT Violent deathi have declined this year In Oregon, according to the following article in me December 6 issue of the Oregon Health bulletin: "Accidental deaths and other deaths by violence have de creased greatly In number dur ing the post 12-month period, it Is shown by studies recently made by the Oregon State Board of Health. This steady decline In the number of mortalities from other than natural causes occurred in a period of consider able population growth and con tinued trend whin first be came apparent shortly after the country s entry into the war. "Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, state health officer, in comment ing upon . the falllng-off of violent deaths, said that war time conditions were probably an Important factor In effecting the decrease in suicides and In fatalities from motor accidents. He observed that universal em ployment and the consequent elimination of the economic (ac tor, normally a common reason for suicide, account, in part at least, for the lowered suicide rate. Gasoline rationing and the consequent reduction in the amount . of pleasure driving were, at the same time, partly responsible for the drop In the number of fatalities from motor accident. "There were 189 suicides In the 12-month period ending November 1, 1944, representing a decline of almost 17 per cent from the total for tne preceding 12 months. Homicides declined by 12.5 per cent during the same period, motor vehicle ac cident fatalities by nine per cent (from 274 to 249) and "other ac cidents by almost six per cent (from 942 to 887). "Dr. Strieker . attached par ticular significance to the fact that the state's death rate has been declining during a period of rapid population growth, a phenomenon which normally would be expected to Increase the over-all death rate." JAP FORCES IN Chungking, . Dee. 11. OJ.R) Counterattacking Chinese troops have cleared the remnants of two Japanese Invading columns from Kwekhow province and crossed the border Into K vangsl province to capture the railway town of Lluchai.-lOS miles south of Kwelyang, military spokes man said today. At the same time, a U. S. 14th SMART GIRL Hilda Terry King Feature Syndicate, tne. JTm bartat MY winter entfli at the Post Office this year to wear In 1951" air force communique revealed that China-based American and Chinese fliers sank more than 30,000 tons of Japanese merch ant shipping and six warships during November, in addition to 274 small craft. .iiiinniupj nrnrn MUDDIHO DlIIlK DOCTOOEPORTS Denver, Dee. 11 (U.R) Three-' year-old Forrest "Nubbins" Hoff man, . for whom a predated Christmas we arranged when it was feared he would not live un til December 28, was said today by Mercy hospital attendants to be "getting along very nicely." The Cheyenne, Wyo., boy un derwent an operation last Thurs day for a congenital bladder ail ment which had threatened his life, and has shown improve' ment daily since. Barring com plications, the lad will be able to return to bis home for sec ond Christmas -celebration, his doctor said. The earlier Christ mas was November 19. ' NEW LABEL PLAN HIT 'RED' MARKET Washington. Dee. 11 (U.R) A new plan for grade labeling of n.eat to protect consumers against "red market" butchers those who take red ration points for . non-rationed grades was announced today by the office of economic stabilization. Hereafter, OE3 said, the grade must be stamped on dressed car casses of beef, veal, lamb end mutton "to appear at intervals of every two inches along all primal cuts." ' ' POLICE DOG PET BLAMED IN DEATH RAINIER MAN, 60 Rainier, Ore., Dec. 11 (U.R) The gruesome death of 80-year-old George Wroe in his Isolated cabin prompted town and county officials to continue a wide search today for the suspected killed Wroe's police dog. Wroe lived alone on an iso lated hill in the Hudson Park district. His headless body was found Friday when his nearest neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smooke, went to his lonely cabin to learn why he had not made his daily trip to their home for milk. f hey found Wroe's body on the floor. His neck, showed signs of having been chewed, and the head was missing. His dog, Queen, lurked, growling. In the room. As Mr. and Mrs. Smoole started to leave for help, the po lice dog raced out the rear door of the cabin end has eluded everyone since. ' Last summer, Wroe suffered a stroke and . had to quit his job with the Longvlew Fiber Co. Officers theorized that the elder ly man might have fallen and Injured himself, so that he could not ward off an attack from the dog that had been his companion for years. An. in tensive search of the sur rounding country failed to yield a trace of the missing head. Men were stationed around the Wroe residence, armed with rifles, and ordered to shoot Queen on sight. , More than 90 per cent pj for est land now being logged In 37 timber-producing states is being left in condition to re-seed a new tree crop. WAR PRODUCTION BOARD'S 1JM SURVEY OF PURCHASES BY AUTO JUNKYARDS SHOWS 79 PERCENT FEVER CARS BEIN9 SCRAPPED THAN IN 1942-43 vj. 63 Cars Every Hour Are Still Being V" Junked by Wartime STOP and GO What reduced the number of cars being Junked? It was partly because millions of oar owners began taking better car of their oar afeguardlng them with protective service like Shellubrication. But neglect plus Wartime Stop and Go still scraps 1500 cars every 24 hours. Is your car proteotedP Better tart Shellubrication Service now, designed specifically to combat Stop and Go wear, Youll get Shellubrication receipt that show yon txaclh what lubrication has been done, according to the car-manufacturer's recommendations rt Doris on tht condition of hidden part where breakdowns can get started. Your enr deserves Shellubrleation protection. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Incorporated. Winter months ahead mean "CHANGE OIL NOW" Beware of eld, grimy ell. Be runt with clean, fresh, winter-grade Golden Shell motor all. Shell ex. pert will change ell for you . while they provide your car compter winter protection with Shellubrhatlon Service. 6AS0L1NI POWERS THI ATTACK . -BONT WAST! A D0 SOLONS JITTERY OVER ACT TO UP THEIR SALARIES Washington, Dec. 11-ttJ.fi) Congress was faced with a legis lative stickler today in a bill that almost all members favor but decline to push too vigorously right now for fear their constitu ents won't understand. It has to do with the always ticklish question of raising con gressional salaries. Rep. Emanuel Celler, D., N. Y., tlrew new attention on the issue last week by introducing a bill to increase members' pay from S10.000 to $12,500 a year. He noted that members haven't had a pay increase since 1923, when 11 was hiked from $7,500. Most members agree with Cel ler and would Jump at the pro posal if they weren't afraid of the reaction back home. They haven't forgotten the "bundles for congress" campaign of a few years Rep. C. Jasper Bell, D., Mo., told the house there is not a man in this room who is making, net, more than $2,000 a year," and Rep. Everett M. Dirksen, R., 111., salt there were "dozens of men carrying dinner buckets who are infinitely better off than mem bers of congress. One member, picked by re porters as an "average" con gressman, said in an interview that being in congress keeps him a "little bit in debt." SOCE Visited By Eagle Pt. Seniors Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, Dec. 8' Superintendent Glenn Hale of Eagle Point and the senior class of the Eagle Point high school were guests at the Friday as sembly of Southern Oregon Col lege of Education. Superinten dent Hale was honored as the first student president of SOCE 1926. Accompanying Superinten dent Hale was his son, Frank Hale, former SOCE student, now In the armed service, stationed at Salt Lake City. In addition to greetings to visitors, the assembly program consisted of music by the SOCE orchestra, directed by - I. A. Mirlck; a Christmas "sory told by Mabel Boggs, and vocal music by a trio consisting of Marilyn Young, Elaine Sutherlin and Vyvyan Freeman, accompanied at the piano by Mary Alice Wol ford. Eagle Point students were guests of SOCE students at a theater and skating party in the evening. EISENHOWER SAYS E SHELLS AND QUICK Paris, Dee. lU-4U.fi) Seven teen Junketing congressmen in the European war theater had it straight from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower today that more am munition must be supplied with in the shortest possible time. No one quarter can be blamed for the shell shortage, including labor and war department es timates, the allied aweme com mander told the congressmen who slopped through the ,mud of an advanced command post to visit him Sunday. Fluctuating conditions of war fare and' the weather upset previous estimates of ammuni tion needs, he explained. The stop-off at. the supreme headquarters advance command post followed an extensive tour of the various fronts. Gen. . Eisenhower took the congressmen into a large room heated by an open fireplace where detailed maps of the war front had been arranged. He per sonally explained the exact po sition .of the allied armies. The general answered all questions, the first of which was about the shell shortage. He con cluded that discussion with the remark that the main point was that more ammunition was need ed and should be supplied in the shortest possible time. GETS MEDAL FOR 18 NAZIS Paris,' Dec. 11. U.B 1st Lt. Walter Ehlers, 23, of Manhattan, Kan., credited with killing 18 Germans single-handed, was presented with the congressional medal of honor today by a fel low Kansan, Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, deputy commander of U. S. forces in Europe. - Ehlers, who was a staff ser geant in the 18th infantry until two days t-go, was cited for gal lantry June 9 and 10 at Groville, France. . He bagged 10 of his Germans on June 9 when he led an assault squad and killed seven of the enemy with rifle and bayonet He advanced again alone and killed three more Germans in clearing a machine gun nest and enabling his men to knock out two mortar positions. The -ext day Ehlers was shot in the back by a sniper but ha went on to rescue a wounded comrade, refused hospitalization, and returned to the lines after first aid treatment. Ehlers received a silver star for gallantry Sept. 21 and he has the Purple Heart During the ceremony Lea dis covered that he and Ehelers had attended the same high school at Junction City, Kans. GEN. PRATT IN CHARGE San Francisco, Dec. 11 U.R Ma. Gen. Henry C. Pratt has been designated commanding general' of the western defense command during the temporary absence of Ma J. Gen. Charles H. Bonesteel, local army headquar ters announced today. AVE HAVE MOVED TO A NEW OFFICE LOCATION AT 204 WEST MAIN ST. Old Farmers & Fruit Growers Bank Bldg. As your local Farmers Insuranca Group ' x Business Men's Assurance Company Representatives, we invit you to come In and discuss your insuranca problems. ' O Automobile. Q Life O Truck . O Accident O Fire O Health IMSSJEfillCE Mary Beatty Hugh Hamlin Bil) Lawrence Homer Bringla - i :mmiBgmm, jus U III I si I ! & IVI Iixlions of forward-looking men and women are DUttinz everv possible dollar into war bonds and . other savings for a very practical rea son: THEY WANT NEW HOMES! The building of farm and city homes ' will start as soon as lumber is released from militarv service. There will h no reconversion problem. The men and women who are today so valiantly fighting the war in the woods and sawmills will tomorrow be harvesting lumber for your new home and for their own. Lay aside a "Home Nest Egg" Bond each month . . . and start planning the particular home that will best meet the needs of yoor family. Consult a retail lumber dealer nowl Every dollar invested in a War Bond now per forms double service. It will help to bring the war to an end; and it will also be a step ahead toward YOUR HOME! 1 Alley Bros, lumbar Company McGraw-Collim Lumbar Company VinX?; " Corporation Cheney Lumber Company SegesMnman Lumber Co. Geo. UJantier Lumber Company Southern Oregon Sugar Pine Co. Tiller Mill ft Lumbar Company TIMBER IS A CHOP - THE HARVEST IS HOMES
