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rOtJJl MTDrOFD MAIL TRIBUffZ Tuesday. Pat. , 1141 HOOP PRACTICE IN FULL S AT Basketball practice t Med ford Junior high ichool Is now In full swing with Coach Norman Sting working out three teams. Besides his varsity squad, he is drilling an eighth grade team and before school each day a seventh grade team Is being formed. For his varsity, Sting Is start ing almost from scratch, having no lettermen back. At present there are about 80 aspirants working out. The seventh grad ers are preparing for games with Oak Grove, Howard and other seventh and eighth grade teams in the valley. Southern Oregon junior nigh conference competition will be divided between Grants Pass, Ashland and Medford with each playing the other four times. Be sides their eight-game confer ence schedule, Sting has booked two games with the Medford high school sophomores as a pre liminary to the Bend-Medford game Feb. 2 or 8 and the Klam ath Falls-Medford game Feb. 9 . or 10. Varsity schedule follows: Jan. 6 Grants Pass there. Jan. 9 Ashland here. Jan. 16 Ashland there. Jan. 19 Grants Pass here. Jan. 26 Grants Pass there. Jan. 80 Ashland there. Feb. 2 or 8 Sophomores here. Feb. 6 Ashland there. Feb. 9 or 10 Sophomores here. Feb. 13 Grants Pass here. Of the food packages sent by the International Red Cross committee to our wounded men ; who are prisoners of war, 90 per cent safely reach their destination.. Rational Forest Timber for tale Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Med ford, Oregon, up to and not later than 2:00 P.M., December 23, 1944, for all the live timber marked or designated for cutting and all merchantable dead tim ber located on an area embrac ing about 400 acres within Sec tions 10 and 19, T. 31 S..R. 3 E., W. M., Rogue River National Forest, Oregon, estimated to be 3,600,000 feet B.M., more or less, of Douglas-fir, and an unestl mated amount of other species of sawtlmber. No bid of less than $4.70 per M feet for Douglas-fir, f 8.60 per M feet for while pine, 18.60 oer M feat for' nondaroaa pine, 89.60 per M feet for sugar puiv unit aa.iu per n mi sor white fir, western hemlock, and other species will be considered. In determining the high bid, the rate for DouBlas-fir only will be considered. Bids with rates in excess of those permissible un der MPR 460 will be reduced to the allowable maximum in mak ing the award. In addition to the prices bid for the stumpage, a eooperatiev deposit of 10.80 per M feet B.M. to be used by the Forest Service for paying the cost of slash disposal, and a co operative deposit of $0.28 per M feet B.M. to cover the cost of tree planting, seed sowing and timber stand improvement work on the area cut over, for the total cut of timber under the terms of the agreement, will be required. 84,000.00 must accompany each bid, to be applied on the pur chase price, refunded or retained in part as liquidated damages, according to conditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids Is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full Information con cerning the timber, the condi tions of sale and submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supervisor, Medford, Oregon. SPECIAL POWER New York. Deo. U (U.B The National and American leaaues today voted to confer on the Major league advisory commission power to conduct the baseball commissioner's of fice on a temporary basis until a successor to the late Judge K. M. Landls is selected. The commission is made up of Ford Frick and William Har- ridge, presidents respectively of the National and American leagues, and Leslie O'Connor, secretary to Landls. O'Connor is given special powers under ' the agreement which was reached by the steer ing committee of the two leagues and which will be signed by the 16 club owners. The agreement stipulated that in a case involving a claim against a club or league, the two league presidents shall have no vote, with O Connor alone deciding the issue. In most cases that will give O'Connor much of the power which Landis held during his 23 years in office. The steering committee also ruled that in case O'Connor at any time is unable or unwilling to serve as a third member of the commission his successor will be chosen by the two league presidents. The steering committee'! ac tion terminated the Major Lea gue agreement Of January 12, 1921, under which Landis be came commissioner to rule the game after It nearly was ruined by the Black Sox scandal. Although.no definite time ele ment was set forth as to how long the council will serve, the agreement stipulated that it "shall continue to exercise the powers and duties of the office until new Major league agree ment shall be entered into be tween each of the leagues and each constituent club of each Major league, which agreement shall provide for a commission er of baseball." PLAYER LIST FOR EAST-WEST TILT Hamilton. N. Y., Dee. 12 U.B Andy Kerr of Colgate today announced the complete list of 24 players on the East squad for the East-West game, January 1, at San Francisco. George Hauser of Minnesota, and Bernie Blerman, former Minnesota coach, discharged from the marines, will be Kerr's associate coaches of the East squad. The squad will assemble De cember 17 at Northwestern Uni versity, and leave that night for the coast, where pre-game work out will be held. The squad: ends - Harrison, South Carolina; Marco tte, Min nesota; Mead, Wisconsin; Brog ger, Michigan State. Tackles Slklcb, Minnesota; Hughes, Pur due; Eavitsky, Pennsylvania; Podorskl, Lafayette. Guards Serplco, Illinois; Hackett, Ohio State; Ciolll, Indiana; Rannl, Pittsburgh. Centers Bujan, Illi nois; Syzmanskl, Notre Dam. Backs Dancewicz, Notre Dame; Cannady, Indiana; Walthall, West Virginia; Kelly, Notre Dame; Brugge, Ohio State; Glr ard, Wisconsin; Flanagan, Ohio States; Kulbltskl, Minnesota; Breslln, Michigan State; Hor vath, Ohio State. BASEBlLlYS DO YOU WANT TO' SELL YOUR CAR? See Us Top Price No Delay Any Make at Modal Skinner's Garage 143 S. Riverside - Ph. 2740 KERBY DEFEATS GOLD HILL HIGH Gold Hill, Deo. 12 Kerby high school basketball team won a rough but well-played 28 to 20 victory over Gold Hill high on the local floor Saturday night. Kerby had to come from behind in the second half to gain the victory after Gold Hill held a slim 18-12 margin at tha rest period. Lineups; Gold Hill Pot. . Kerby Mllkowskl f Kellert Jerry Smith f Brown Tygart a Fayne Rosecrana g Hill D. Eskew g Johnson Substitutions; Gold Hill R. Eskew and James Smith. Kerby Arnold and McClean. Referee Virgil Swan son, Medford. MRS.11GGI0 : IS NOW CITIZEN San Francisco, Dee. 12 U.R) Mrs. Rosalia DiMagglo, 66, mother of baseball player Joe DiMagglo, has received her final citizenship papers after passing an examination on the U. S. con stitution which her husband, Joe, Sr., failed. The elder Di Magglo will appear In superior court again In three months to try the examination again. (MINED BY ST. LiS TEAM New York, Dee. 12 U.B William DeWitt, secretary of the St Louis Browns, announced to day that the American league champions had signed Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, to a one year contract Gray was purchased by the Browns from Memphis of the Southern league. Synthetic rubber was devel oped and used In civilian tires more than a year before Pearl Harbor. New York. TVxv ' 1 9 Jl I PI Tha American league, at tha opening meeting of its winter convention today adopted the following memorial resolution: 'In the sudden passing of Kenesaw M. Landis on Novem ber 28, 1944, basebaU has suf fered an irreparable loss. "He was a man who trusted himself. "He was not frlahteni.il Yiv Mm fellow .men, nor their view, or opinions, nor by the pressure of death. "Thus ha livpif aiwnrtlnt, tn his nature, boldlv.- vlffnrniialv honestly and intelligently. inus we pause, at the open ing of the annual meeting of the American league and with love ana respect acknowledge our in debtedness to him, to his work and to his memory." BOWLING In Classic league last night Rolling Pin took two out of three games from Maid Rite (Learning 216 - Amburiev 863). Domestic ' Laundry won three straight over Signal Oil (Porter 232 877) and Medford Feed and Seed won two out of three from Jim's Super Service (Pask 211 BarrBSl). Tha American Red Cross has revealed that with the use of blood plasma 9 per cent of the men wounded in this war have recovered. ICE SKATE TO - KITE and vary nlfe except Monday 7:45 to 10:15 Sat. 4V Sun. Marina MEDFORD ICI ARENA 619 S. Grape Phona4S11 ABSENTEEISM IN PLANE PLANT DUE TO HORSE Los Angeles, Dec. 11 (U.R) Absenteeism cannot be traced to workers attending horse races, airplane company officials said today in denying broadcast re ports that they were planning to confer with President Roosevelt to prevent opening of Santa Anita race track this month. A' coast to coast broadcast last night reported that absen teeism was up In Los Angeles plants since opening oi the Holly wood track at nearby Ingle wood, and that airplane com pany presidents planned to see Mr. Roosevelt to prevent open ing of the Santa Anita track at Arcadia, Deo. 30. Spokesmen for airplane com panies denied plans were afoot to prevent the track from open ing. Surveys by the plants and by the Aircraft War Production council indicated that tne at tendance records at most of the plants had improved during the past month. The Hollywood Park track closes a 34-day racing meet this Saturday. H. R. Harnish, southern Cali fornia manpower director, said that reports from 40 plants em ploying more than 400,000 work ers showed sharp attendance In creases during November, rang ing in some cases up to three per cent above the October at tendance figures. Only nine es tablishments reported Increases in absenteeism, and in seven in stances, the Increase was less than one half of one per cent. CAPTURE NANTAN Chungking, Dec. 12 U.R) Chinese troops, driving rapidly through southeastern China, to day captured the rail town of Nantan, 25 miles inside Kwangsi province. A communique said the Jap anese suffered heavy losses at Nantan and the remaining enemy forces were fleeing southward toward Hochlh with the Chinese in close pursuit. The fall of Nantan came with in 24 hours after the new Chin ese counterdrlve cleared Kwel- chow of the Japanese and swept through the road' Junction of Mangchang, midway between Nantan and the Kwangsi-Kwei-chow provincial . border. PATTONFEEDSAND HONORS AIR CREW A U. S. Bomber Station, Eng land, Dec. 12 (U.PJ The crew of the Flying Fortress "Home sick Angel," after parachuting to safety near Gen. George S. Pattern's headquarters, got break fast, bronze medals, and ride home in a private plana all on tha general himself. , Tha Fortress, belonging to tha 8th air force and piloted by 1st Lt Horace L. Spencer, Austin, Tex., was knocked out of forma tion by flak which silenced two engines during a raid. After playing tag with the Nazis, the crew was rescued by a patrol which Gen. Patton sent to get them. Impressed by their actions in making good use of their bombs in a way personally satisfying to him, the general went all out with the welcome mat. Then ha gave them his private plana for tha ride to home base. SINGAPORHOKYO ESCAPE ROUTE IS MADE BY NIPPONS Chungking, Dee. 12 0J.P9 Japan's newly-won land route from Tokyo to Singapore was described today as a retreat cor ridor for enemy forces In the south seas which will be put to use when the Allies land on the coast of China. The Chinese army newspaper Sao Tang Pao said the Juncture of Japanese forces from Indo china with those driving south through Kwalgsl province of China was "nothing surprising." 1 "The enemy is fully aware that his sea lanes will be cut off in the nearest future. Hence, he is forced to prepare a retreat corridor for troops in the south seas. Strategically, this Japanese land route is defensive Instead of offensive." The newspaper said Chinese forces pursuing the Japanese from Kweichow province were hopeful of breaking up the land route by retaking Lluchow in central Kwangsi province. "Adm. Nimitz' next move will possibly be a landing in the Bon In islands, Ryukyu islands, For mosa or the China coast. Even the Japanese themselves are doubting how long they can hold out," Sao Tang Pao said. Tokyo radio talked of start ing regular train service be tween Tokyo and Singapore, with trains leaving both cities simultaneously daily at 1 p. m and reaching their respective destinations in 123 hours. . The official Central Daily News said "the only route along which Japanese forces scattered in the south seas and Asia can retreat is by this land route through China." . Uas MaliTrlbum Want Ads. COLLEGES IN BIG BUSINESS CLASS, New York, Dec. 12 U.R Declaring that American col leges now are in tha "big busi ness class, owning "everything from oil wells ' to country es tates", tha Carnegia corporation of New York reported today that only $88,000 of its grants of $8,890,216 for tha year end ed Sept 80 was alloted 'to schools of higher education. Even If the corporation made all its grants to colleges, the report said, they would amount to only one 140th of the colleges' present income because of the "changed relationship which tha corporation bears to tha to tal enterprise of higher educa tion." "With their responsibility for large endowments," the report said, "the colleges find them selves in the same position as a bank or an insurance company in the necessity for buying, sell ing, leasing or operating various forms of property." The report, prepared by the corporation's president, Dr. Wal ter A. Jessu, before his death In July, said that $3,000,000 of the year's grants went to its sci entific research affiliate, the Carnegie Institution . of Wash ington. ' here," the report said, "though tha policy la now part of the surplus property law, that treas ury disposal absolutely commit itself to the sale of surplus goods through regular trade channels. However, ' at tha present mo ment tha policy seems to have the support of the trade com munity generally and in partic ular the small business element." The report proposed that the treasury establish "sound trad ing practices which are accom modated to the regular buying trade needs and to employ both enterprise ana faisg'tosfJeJi a interesting this small business communty la tha buying of sur plus goods." It also suggested that tha treasury "mora its In ventories out into trad chan nels with dispatch." ARTISTS HAS BABY New York, Dec. 12 U.tQ A seven-pound, four-ounce son was born to Gypsy Rosa Lea, actress, author and strip-tease artiste-, in Woman's hospital last night. Miss Lee recently wai divorced from Alexander Kirkland, actor. Cm Mall TMbtme Waal AM. BIO YOUR CAR or TRUCK TO US FOR SERVICE' O Wt Vant Yost Eitlstis O Wa Appreciate Yoir Bitlitit O We Have the Mas Power t Eqelpssil O We Hae the Parts O We WIN Do Oar Bail To Floats Yoi ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET NINTH AND BARTLETT Tha House That Service Built! . notWtigrustion ong Distance lines this Christmas It was abig rush, last year. It may be even bigger this Cknstmu. do please Up keep Long Distance lines clear for es sential calls on December 24, 25 and 26. . War still needs tte wires .even on holiday!. IN SALE SURPLUS PROPERTY SCORED Washington, Dec. 12 (U.R) The disposal of surplus proper ty by the treasury's surplus property office "scantily meas ures up to the future demands anticipated for the agency," a senate small business sub-committee on surplus property as serted today. Chairman Tom Stewart, D., Tenn., opened a series of hear ings by reading ' a report by Brainard Cheney, committee staff director, which declared that surplus sales by the treas ury have "moved slowly" and have not been conducive to "cordial and efficient rleations" with regular business. "It is not even recommended GREEN sues 12 Inch or 16 inch lengths $ 300 cu. ft. load S75 DIAL 2123 Timber P DIAL 2123 COMPANY aseoM 6 WAR LOAN LETS FINISH THE JOB rHI PACiriC TILI'HONI AND TIUORAPH COMPANY US H. Bartlett. Medford. Phone 2101 ' This Christmas the war trains will roll -as usual Out on the line, December 25 will be a busy a any ' other day on the Southern Pacific. It won't be much of a holiday for our men at the front, either. The enemy doesn't stop shooting just because if s Christmas. This Christmas Day and night we shall keep the war trains rolling, Just as we have kept them rolling every day and night since Pearl Harbor. To all the travelers and shippers we served this year our heartfelt thanks for your sympathetic understanding of our problems, and the cheerful way you accepted the inconvenience of wartime transportation. In sending yon the Season's Greetings, we join with yon in praying that next Christmas will be celebrated in a world of peace. Civilians! To avoid disappointment please don't plan a holiday -trip en Southern Pacific trains, let a man In uniform go Instead. The friendly Southern Pacific ml
