ELKS OPEN DRIVE
TO RELIEVE LACK
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Municipal Airport
Telephone 7111
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