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.
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November 19, 1942.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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