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BLANKET OF FOG
IN L A. TOURNEY
Los Angeles, Jan. 8 (U.R)
Six professionals whose third
round in the 19th annual Los
Angeles open golf tournament
was interrupted yesterday when
thick blanket of fog drifted
cross the Riviera Country Club,
struck out early today to finish
the tour and catch up with the
other ehtranti.
Thunks to the fog, which made
visibility at any distance impos
sible, Sgt. B. 1 "Dutch" Harri
son. Wright Field, O., and Byron
Nelson, thS Toledo, O., Texan,
held the third found lead In the
field of 83 professionals and
eight amateurs, who are compet
ing for the $ IS ,333 in war bonds.
' Harrison and Nelson each had
card of 213 but two of the
six toD-flight linksmen who teed
off with the sunrise today had a
good chance of beating that
mark and two others could tie
It.
'. Sammy Byrd, Detroit, Mich.,
who had but one hole to play
when the fog halted operations,
needed a par four on the tough
18th green for a one-under par
70, which, added to his 70 and
72 would give him a tidy 212.
.Swarthy Johnny Re Volt a,
from Evanston, 111., halted at the
15th hole, needed only even par
for the last four holes for 71
and another 212 Revolta shot 71
and 70 In the first two rounds.
Defending Champion Harold
(Jug) McSpaden, the Philadel
phia pro, also could shoot par
for his last four holes and fin
ish with 73, which would give
him 213, and Ray Mangrum, of
Los Angeles, the second round
leader at 140 with McSpaden,
could keep pace with the Phlla
delphlan by dropping par on
,the last hole.
Navy Score Win
In Bermuda Bowl
Hamilton, Bermuda, Jan. 8
flj.ro Danny Vargo of Akron,
z O., who knows how to hit a
moving target with a football,
and John McQuary,' former
. Southern California backfleld
star with the Una bucking tal
ents of a young bull, drew most
of the plaudits today for Navy-s
39 to 8 victory over Army in
the third annual all-service Lily
Bowl game,
Vargo threw two long touch
down passM and McQuary hit
the line for two more to gtv
Navy the "rubber" gam be
fore 11,000 tans yesterday in the
nnual match between personnel
stationed hem, .
WAVESREACH HAWAII
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, T. H.,
Jan. 8 (U.R) Eleven Wave of
ficers and 200 enlisted women,
the first large contingent of
Waves to report for duty In the
Pacific and the vanguard of sev
eral thousand assigned to the
. 14th naval district, arrived In
Pearl Harbor this morning.
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WEED ASSASSIN
FACES J
Promoter Mack ' Llllard an
nounced today that he has signed
Pete Belcastro, Weed Assassjri,
to meet Gust Johnson, coast
junior heavyweight wrestling
champion, in the top main event
at Medford Armory Thursday
night. The match will be for six
ten-minute rounds Instead of the
one hour straight time limit as
In the past. Two out of three
falls will decide the winner..
The Gray Mask, who swept
through all available opposition
for several weeks in early win
ter, will definitely return Janu
ary 18 and will meet the winner
Of this match, Llllard said.
Jack Klser, coast light-heavy
king, will meet Terrible Tony
Ross in the four-round middle
match and Lou Bellaveau, a
newcomer from Canada, will
meet Milt Olson In the three
round opener. 1
J'VILLElPERS
LEAGUE TILT
Jacksonville Redskins scored
31 to 28 basketball Victory
over Butte Falls in a Jackson
county eastern division "B"
league game at Jacksonville Fri
day night. The Redskins led at
halftlme, 18 to 12.
Forbes of the winners ied all
scorers with 18 points, while
Phillips and Conley were high
for the losers with five each.
Jacksonville reserves defeat
ed Butte Falls reserves, 14 to 2.
Wendt was high for Jackson
ville while Oden scored the
losers' lone field goal.
Lineups:
Jacksonville Pos. Butte Falls
Killingsw'ih (4) F. (6) Baker
Forbes (16) J (4) Madden
Henstoter (4) ..C (3) Ellis
Adams O (6) Phillips
Grlnstead (3) ,...G (5) Conley
Offenbacher (4) S.. (2) Stevenson
Gunter ..........S .
National Football
League Heads Meet
To Eye Dim Future
Chicago, JanTT (U.R) Al
though the sporting world is
faced with a dismal future, 11
club owners of the National
Football league convene here to
morrow to lay plans for a "big
ger and better" 1945 season
which s expected to send one
and possibly two new pro teams
into action next fall.
The National league, the only
major professional gridiron
group currently doing business,
apparently la unalarmed con
cerning War Mobilization Direc
tor James F. Byrnes' reoent or
der that all professional 4-F
athletes be re-examined. Ten
teams fought through the past
season and now, according to
league headquarters, plans are
being made for an 11th and pos
sibly 12th outfit for '45.
Total of U. S. first line com
bat planes as of Oct. 31, 1944,
including reserves, was approx
imately 23,000.
carefully,
Spirits
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BASKETBALL TILT
Central Point high' basket
ball . quintet defeated Rogue
River, 25 to 22, on the Pointer
court Friday night in a county
western division B league
game. It was a close but rough
game all the way, with 23 per
sonal fouls being called. Cen
tral Point led at balftime, 18 to
10.
Lineups:
Central Pt.
Wilson (7) .
Colley (4) .,.
Shrier (10
Pos R. River
..F. (4) Burton
.F (9) Dimick
..C (1) Flnsted
Childress (3) .
G..(8) M'Greg'ry
Holland (1) G Lee
BOOKS POINTERS
Central Point and Grants Pass
high school basketball teams
will meet in their annual non
conference game Tuesday night
on the Central Point floor. Re
serve teams of the two schools
will meet in a preliminary be
ginning at 7:18.
Grants Pass won last year by
a two-point margin and the
Pointers, who are undefeated in
league play, are eager to wipe
out that loss.
President's Speech
Causes Concern To
Baseball Leaders
New York, Jan. 8 U.R) Pres
ident Roosevelt's call for the
greater diversion of manpower
to the war effort left baseball
men wondering today whether
the major and minor leagues
will operate in 1945.
Although they withheld com
ment pending more definite con
gressional reaction to the presi
dent's proposal, some leaders of
the sport privately expressed
doubt that the game would sur
vive a fourth war-time season.
The chances at best appeared
50-50 and it became Increasing
ly apparent that the major item
of business at the next major
league meeting In New York
February 5 would be a decision
on whether to attempt to carry
on If the manpower picture does
not Improve.
U.S. Fans Attend
Mexican Racetrack
Tiajuana, Baja Calif,, ' Mex.,
Jan, 8 (U.R) The Hlpodromo
De Tijuana today reported the
most successful racing day in
more than a year as it counted
up the profits from yesterday's
performance, the first line the
racing blackout in the United
States.
More than 8,000 racing fans
poured across the border yester
day despite U. S. officials efforts
to discourage the use of rationed
gasoline to attend the Mexican
races,
The restricted meat supply has
Increased the production and
shipments of baby chicks which
are often forwarded when one
day old. More than 50,000,000
will be handled In the United
States this year alone,
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WHO SAID TOBACCO SHORTAGE? Largest loose leaf tobacco mart
Ky, opened its sales with bumper crop. Buyers (in background) bid
more than five or six seconds to each basket, so fast is
Chaplin Jury Dismissed
Her face registering intense surpr!!, Joan Bnrry holds little Carol Ana
on her Up as she hears news that jury, deliberating whether Charles
Ohaplin Is father of child, was discharged after becoming hopelessly dead
locked. The jury took six ballots and the vots on every one was seven
to five for ChanHn-
Racing Pigeons Aid
Sale Of War Bonds
Shreveport, ' La. (U.R) Pi
geons are carrying some mighty
Important war messages these
days, but the birds also have
been enlisted in behalf of the
treasury department.
At a state fair war-bond rally,
Rube Liebman, chief barker for
the fair, did a bang-up job of
selling the treasury certificates
Topping it all off, Liebman
bought a big bond for himself
This entitled him to send a mes
sage by racing pigeon.
The message, sent to a show
man friend in San Antonio, Tex.,
read, "When you get this, please
buy a bond."
BIRTHS
WRIGHT To Mr. and Mrs.
Alva, Prospect, Jan. 7, 1945
boy, 8 lbs., at Community hos
pital.
BU1ZE To Mr. and Mrs.
James, 21 Genesee, Jan. 7, 1945
girl, 7V4 lbs., at Community hos
pital. WOLFF To Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward, 820 Dakota, Jan. 7, 1945,
girl, 7 lbs., at Sacred Heart hos
pital. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs.
Cleo, route 4, Jan. 8, 1945, girl,
7Vi lbs., at home.
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Daily Weather Report
Forecasts
Medford and vicinity! Cloudy to
night and Tuesday with occasional
drizzle or light rain. LUUe change In
temperature. .
Oreson: Cloudy with intermittent
rain over state tonteht and Tuesday.
Snow over mountains. Slightly warm
er tonignt.
Local Data
Temperature a year ago today
Hlnhest 47: lowest 26 deirrees.
Total monthly precipitation .33
Inch. Deficiency for the month. 21
inch.
Total precipitation since September
i, 1U44, ...( incnes. ueuciency xor uiv
se.ison incnes.
Relative humidity at 4:30 p.
yesterday 61: 4:30 today 68.
Tomorrow
Sunrise S:39 a. m.: sunset 8:58 D. m
Past 24 hours: HlKh Low Free.
Boise 53 33 .04
Boston 20 IS .08
Chicago 28 22
Denver 53 42
Eureka 60 92
Havre -4 .48
l.os Angeles 77
Medford -55
48
43
23
31
28
40
23
48
39
44
43
34
27
2
New York .
Omaha
. 32
68
62
Phoenix .
Portland
Reno
Roseburff
Salt Lake .
Sin Francisco .
, 61
, 62
. 47
, 54
. 66
. 94
, 32
, 98 .
Seattle
Snokane -
Washington, D. C.
Yakima .
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HIS "PLANE" FLIES FAR
Indianapolis, Ind. (U.rO Prob;
ably the smallest airplane to go
halfway around the world was a
paper plane made by seven-year-old
Danny Merrell, who insisted
on mailing it to his father In
India. MaJ. Basil Merrell sent it
back with the words, "This air
plane has been halfway 'round
the world and back again.
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in the world at Lexington
on the weed, rarely takin
the bidding.
ITTRELL PARTS
L MOVE
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Llttrell Parts will move into
new home at Sixth and Bart-
lett streets April 1, it was re
vealed tody by E. A. Littrell,
owner. Conversion of the former
Safeway storo building at that
location is now under way and
another building of the same
size will be constructed on the
west side of the present struc
ture. The property was purchas
ed by Mr. Littrell some time ago
from John Tomlln. Considera
tion in the transaction was not
revealed.
The new building will house
the automotive parts store and
the old building will house the
office and machine shop where
10 men are employed in motor
rebuilding, metallzlng, crank
shaft grinding and other custom
work. I
About 27 are employed alto
gether in the local concern, and
12 others are employed in
branches at Yreka, Calif., and
Grants Pass, Ore.
Littrell Parts was established
here 23 years ago, the first place
of business being on Front street.
The concern moved to the pres
ent location, 31 East Main
street 20 years ago.
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DRAFT OF 1
TO
Washington, Jan. 8 (U.R)
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, R.,
Mass., said today she would in
troduce legislation for drafting
nurses if that were the only way
to end "needless suffering and
death" among wounded service
men. Congressmen of both parties
appeared generally receptive to
President" Roosevelt's request for
a nurse dcaft to relieve the
acute shortage that is hamper
ing the work of military hos
pitals both at home and abroad.
Mrs. Rogers, who sponsored
the bill creating the women's
army corps, said in an interview
that she would Introduce nurse
draft legislation but only as a
"last resort" If the latest . fig
ures In the recruiting drive
showed clearly that voluntary
methods would fail.
"I abhor the idea of a draft
of women, but we can't let our
service personnel suffer need
lessly and die because of lack .of
proper nursing care," she said.
Chairman Andrew J. May. D.
Ky., of the house military affairs
committee, and Rep. Walter G
Andrews, R., N. Y.. ranking mi
nority member, both endorsed
the president's proposal. May
said he would confer with war
department ofifcials and go to
work on his own bill patterned
on their recommendations.
Inmates of federal prisons
produced more than $17,000,000
worth of manufactured and
processed goods during the fis
cal year of 1944. Ninety per
oent of the goods was consumed
by the armed services and war
agencies of the government.
Closing Out Sale
In order to close out various styles in Modern
Wallpaper designs, we offer all this week a
varied selection in these items at as high as a
50 per cent reduction. Your inspection is invited.
F. J. RUNTZ
Paint and Wallpaper Store
1408 N- Riverside Telephone 4564
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THj UNtOOWNi DJSTIUERT, HAVRE B. sRACfc MARYLAND
Lt. Larry Scha'de ,
Home From South
Pacific Missions
First Lt. Larry Schade, Jr.,
arrived in Medford today from
Fort Lewis, Wash., with his wife,
the former Mary Shreve, for a
21 day visit at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Schade of 989 S. Oakdale.
Schade, who is an army pilot
on a B-25, returned to San Fran
cisco several days ago from the
south Paclflo where he complet
ed 63 missions. He was awarded
the air medal and wears two oak
leaf clusters. He was overseas
over a year and joined his'wifa
in Portland before arriving
home.
On conclusion of his furlough
Schade will report to the AAC
reassignment center at Santa
Monica, Calif.
DAM BUSTER KILLED
London, Jan. 8 (U.R) Wln
Commander Guy Gibson, who
led the Mohne and Eder dam
busting raids 'against the Ruhr
in 1943, was listed officially to
day as "presumed killed In ac
tion." The R. A. F. previously
had listed him as "missing In
action."
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