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ELKS OPEN DRIVE TO RELIEVE LACK 1L Co-operating with the national Elks' war commission'! concen trated campaign to help relieve the alarming national shortage of nurses in the country's 94 veterans' hospitals, C. C. Leon ard, exalted ruler of Medford Elks lodge, has announced the appointment of a three-man com mittee to study the requirements necessary to be met by applicant nurses and to canvass the wom en of this community during the next few weeks to impress upon those among them who are reg istered nurses, the urgent work of mercy which they can per form at the bedsides of the men who have returned wounded from the battle areas. An appeal wilt also be made to the many women who have not been following their nursing career, and will include those nurses who, because they are over age or have flight physical defects, are ineligible for serv ice with the army or navy. ' Committees similar to that or ganized in Medford lodges are functioning in the other 1,400 Elk lodges in every state of the union. Complete details of the . re quirements for service with the veterans' administration hos pitals, together with informs- tion on salary, promotion onnor- tunities, etc., may be obtained immediately by contacting Mr. Frank Rogers in the city hall. Medford, or the secretary of the local Elks' lodge. PUERTO RICO PLEA San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec: 11 (U.R) Puerto Ricans await ed today for reaction in Wash lngton to their plea for complete independence from the United States. Seventy-seven at a crack! today and every day, in oil blest California, we have 77 rigs drilling 77. oil and gas wells. v Simultaneously! All at once I I Among today's 77 Is the 'deepest oil well in the world. It's past the three-mile level , which is a long way down and still going strong. N With such a new-jroduction effort, we're actually ahead of a remarkable "well a day" sched ule to meet Army-Navy needs and are bringing in more than one producer a day. True, not every well is in a class with KCL-20-13 the champ. Yet each requires the skill and experience of geolo . gists and engineers and field men of many trades and pro fessions. Each one is tops in company teamwork. Together, 77 wells a-drill-ing mean a program that draws all the know-how and related resources we've built up in the decades since our first produc ing well came in at 600 feet and onlookers threw their hats al most as high as the little wood en derrick. It's because a one-well com pany could grow from Pico No. 4 to KCL-20-13 -now probing near Taft for the deepest oil' horizons ever reached that we can perform the military task of keeping 77 rigs constantly at work. ' For this drilling is ft military operation. An oil well is a "long Tom." Its "barrel" may be 600 feet or three miles. Yet, across both oceans, it hurls bad news npon the enemy. Such "long Toms" we're turning out by completing better than on well a day. Win 4-H State Honors iiiajwsaPspojtsj SUPERIOR records of achievement in 4-H activities have won 1944 State championship honors for three Oregon dub members. The winners, and brief outlines of their records, follow; Lois Gottwald (right), 16, of M,olill, receives in all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Con- ., , ' ' tress. Chicago. Dec 3-6. a a reward from Mont- Bomcry Ward for her "all around" achievements In the National 4-H Girls' Record Program. Dur ing 6 years as a 4-H'er, the girl planned, prepared and served 111 meals, and 409 special dishes serv ing a total of 1,780 people, baked 186 batches of bread and pastries, made or remodeled 24 garments ind 48 articles, canned 874 jars of foods, and made 30 home improvement articles, as well as completed 36 projects. She raised 512 fowl,. 754 flower plants and put in 6,582 square feet of garden. Lois won . many platings on exhibits and in judging contests and demonstrations, including $187.63 in cash prizes, which brought her total income from all projects to $1,626.48. She served her club as leader and assistant leader one year each, and as. president and secretary four years each.. Bill Lane (right), 17, of Boring, Is named state entrant to be considered for sectional-national honors in the Sears-Roebuck Foundation 4-H Vic tory Garden Activity, which include a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, Dec 3-6, ind a $100 War Bond. Bill raised AH acres of garden and 348 fowl, canned 1,288 quarts of food, baked 84 dor. rolls and 104 loaves of bread, and prepared 26 meals. He won $94.95 in cash firizes on exhibits, which brought his total income rom all projects to $2,543.37. Seven' . State co winners who also each receive a $25 War Bond are: Dolores Densmore, Scio; Marjorie Zelier, Brock way; Nola Caverhilt, Vale: Wayne C Berry, La Grande; Bobbie Bower, Eugene; Morris Notz, Clackamas, and Donald Hedeen, of Astoria. - Don Guerber (right), 16, of Hillsboro, is the state's entrant for sectional-national honors in the William G. Mennen 4-H Farm Safety Activity. The boy's achievements in safety work include rolling up loose barbed wire and moving it to shed, fixing places in shop and tractor shed to hang dan gerous tools, assembling First Aid Kit which was checked regularly, and painting "No Smoking" signs on gasoline drums. He also put fine meshed screen around tractor exhaust because of danger of spark from exhaust, painted "For Fire Only" on two pails, moved an unused 100 gallon tank to one side of barn, and checked it and two stock tanks twice daily to keep full of water, labeled poisons and put a pin in cork, so no one can make i mistake in the dark, made a holder to hang ladder Dn storage building, and repaired basement stairs. Three state co-winners who also 'each .receive a $25"War Bond are: Chester T. Hnghson, Albany; Walter Evans, Beavercreek, and Henry C. Jaeger, Condon.- r: - V- it i;v. it 1 . I If-' CITIZENS URGED TO EXCEED BOND QUOTA THIS WEEK Washington, ' Dee. 11 U.R) Secretary of State Edward R Stettlnius, Jr., today set the key- note for the final week of the sixth war loan drive with a plea to individual Americans to sur pass their scheduled $5,000,000,- 000 quota In .the Interests of peace. , . Oversubscription of the individ ual goal will do more than speed victory, Stettinlus said. "It will provide another demonstration of the unfaltering determination of the whole American people to place the winning of the war and the winning of the peace above all else." "The purchase of extra war bonds, he said, "is little enough to ask of us in comparison with the supreme sacrifices that the fighting men of the United Na tions are daily paying on land, on sea and in the skies." ' Latest treasury reports placed individual sales at $3,187,000,000 nearly $2,000,000,000 short of the $3,000,000,000 quota which officials have asked citizens to outdo because of intensified of fensives on all fronts. For the drive in general, total sales have reached $14,464,000, 000, or better than the overall goal of $14,000,000,000. The total, however. Includes $11 277,000,OQ0 in corporate Invest ments. - . FIVE AMERICANS; DANE RECIPIENTS O F NOBEL PRIZES New York, Dec. 11 (U.R) Nobel prize awards were pre sented five Americans ana a Dane last night in a ceremony in - which King Gustaf V of Sweden and President Roosevelt joined in honoring the recipi ents. ; i The ceremony marked the first time the prize has been presented outside:.' Stockholm. Since 1901, when the awards began the winners have traveled to Sweden to receive their awards from the hands' of the king of Sweden. Swedish Minis ter to the United States, Woll- mar F. Bostroem, acted as the king's - representative In' the Grand ballroom, of the Waldorf Astoria hotel. The gathering .was presided over by Henry Goddard Leach, president of the foundation. Dr. Harold Willis Dodds, president of Princeton University, was principal speaker. Those honored were: , Dr. Joseph Erlanger and Dr. Herbert S. Gasser, who. were awarded the 1944" prize for physiology and medicine, for discoveries concerning the high ly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres." Dr. Erlan ger is professor-emeritus of phy siology at Washington Univer sity at St. Louis, and Dr. Gasser is director of the Rockefeller In stitute for medical research. Dr. Isidor I. Babl, professor of physics at Columbia University, who was awarded the 1944 prize for physics, for his "re sonance method of recording the magnetic properties of the ato mic nuclei. Reese Creek Reese Creek, Dec. 11 (Special) There will be a meeting of the Reese Creek. Home and School circle, to be held at the Reese Creek church at 2:30 p. m De cember 12, to discuss what is to be done with the funds that were left in the treasury. All members are urged to attend. Reese Creek Home Extension unit met at the home of Mrs. Dunlap December 's. Mrs. Gard ner and Mrs. Johnson were the project leaders. Presents were exchanged and all enjoyed a nice time. Home -Extension unit will' meet again January 2 at Mrs. Wilson's. The. Reese Creek church is having a mid-week , service on Wednesday evenings. Reverend Campbell has taken Reverend Cox's place as pastor. . Thayer Sherrian was home on furlough recently. He will be stationed In Nebraska. - , . 2. Mr. and Mrs. ; Stults ' son-in-law, Mr. Phylllps is home on iwo weem xuriuugn..;. The Stults family have sold their ranch here , and will, be moving to Medford in January, - Mr. and Mrs. O'rval : Smith have sold their place and plan on making their home in Eagle Point. . "ARMY BRAT" A PRIVATE Camp Crowder, Mo. (U.R) The "Army Brat" is now a priv ate. Tommy D. Wadelton, Jr. author of the best-seller bearing that title, recently became Pvt. Wadelton and is in basic train ing at Camp Crowder. . To help keep down the threat of dangerous foreign insect pests arriving in packages from serv icemen overseas, Better Homes Sc Gardens magazine suggests burning the wrappings and packing is soon as the packages are opened. Like Son Like Father Mem Telcphoto) Father and son will sail togetho from San Francisco when Ludwlt Jersild (below) found he couldn't re sist call of the sea when his 17-year-old son, Raymond, joined the Mari time Service. They're assigned tc the same merchant vessel as ordi nary seamen alter serving in sami training station. tlu Mall Tribune Want Adi. LOCAL BOARDS TO GET NEW RULES ON 26-37 DEFERMENT Washington, Dec. 11 U.R MaJ. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey to day ordered local draft boards to apply deferment yardsticks "in the light of the Immediate urgencies" for men on fighting and production fronts and to re classify for immediate military service men with occupational deferments who leave their jobs without draft board permission. Acting swiftly to Implement the "work or fight" mandate of James F. Byrnes, director of war mobilization and reconver sion, Hershey telegraphed local boards that amended memoranda would be sent them within a few days. . "There is continuing urgent need for combat replacements In the European and Pacific thea ters of war and a most critical shortage of workers in war ac tivities, the telegram said. It said it was therefore "In creasingly necessary" for all per sons, but "particularly regis trants IB through 37," to give their fullest support to the war effort either in uniform or In es sential war or civilian activities. Deferment standards have been applied very stric.tly on men 18 through 25 and the order was therefore aimed primarily at the 26-37 age group whose deferments have been granted more liberally. Monday. Pee. 11. 1(44 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBtJWE THRU AVERT MEAT STRIKE New York, Dec. 11. (U.R) Mayor F. H. LaGuardia asked butchers and OPA today to 'straighten out" meat marketing difficulties that prompted a strike threat yesterday by 3,500 butchers. Dm Hal Trunin Want Ads. CHEST COLD TIGHTNESS , tw children quickly loomud up I oy rtto-urudmt old- urn mutton suet idea daVMOpea , Dy modem science- into a eoon i quick relief. 35cvioubi on 35a, 5trVI BE Svl CTB f-l K-S r- e wi r w A1E RICH IN MUTTOM SUtT , TYPISTS ATTENTION " We need additional typists to 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 person at Bear Creek Orchards. BEAR CREEK ORCHARDS South Pacific Highway Medford United is prepared for (the fiuflurc ivith the Pacific Coast - fe-J t ' 1 ., , y l : , i uU . -s 4 " ' y f XX . v - f h ; -i'. y Aa"' "" !,? ' " : 1 - f 'H'v , V ' i ' 1 T : OBODCnouT 18 years United : Air Lines bas constantly pioneered and improved aviation in the West. The air transport require ments of California, Oregon, Washington and . British Columbia have not only been fully met, -; ' but United's policy has always been to more than 1 anticipate these needs. - Now, rjusy as we are with meeting heavy war time traffic demands, United is also ready with ',, an immediate postwar as well as long-range program for the many Pacific Cqast cities it serves. And if United's application is granted, 20 new coast cities which we fly over today or which lie adjacent to our routes will enjoy the facilities of trunk line MainUner Service. To keep ahead of the travel requirements of the West in the Age of Flight, United bas signed contracts for a (25,000,000 fleet of great 4-engine Mainliners. Supplementing these sky giants will be a large fleet of 21-passenger, twin-engine Mainliners, similar to United's present fleet, to provide frequent inter-city services, with arrivals and departures coordinated at division points with United's coast-to-coast transports. This co- . ordination of twin-engine planes with four-engine , planes at major division points will benefit not only cities now served by United, but cities which : United proposes to add to its system. As soon as war conditions permit their con struction, youH cruise in huge 4-engine planes with luxurious accommodations for 44 to 50 pas sengers . at speeds up to 300 miles an hour. They're coming ... Mainliners destined to revo lutionize air transportation on the Pacific Coast I But the purchase of this $25,000,000 Main liner Fleet is only part of United's farsighted program. More millions will be spent on the Pacific Coast for new buildings ... new overhaul and maintenance bases ... extensive improve ments to already large investments in the West. You can depend upon United to provide the Pacific Coast with the finest kind of airline eerv- ice, for United's policy is to be a worth-while partner in the progress of the Pacific Coast. u Municipal Airport Telephone 7111 NITED
