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.
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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.
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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." .
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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.
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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
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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
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