MEDFORD SECOND
IN STATE TRAFFIC
SAFETY STANDING
Salem. Astoria, The Dalles,
Newport and Warrenton were
first in traffic safety in the 1944
Oregon cities traffic safety con
test at the end of November,
leaving just one month figures to
be computed for the final year's
standings, according to Secre
tary of State Robert S, Farrell,
sponsor of the contest.
In the first division, Astoria
was followed by Medford in sec
ond place with Eugene third. In
the second division, The Dalles
- was followed by Corvallls and
Baker In second and third places
while In the third division, New
port was followed by Coquille
and Springfield in second and
third. In the fourth division,
Warrenton, winner of the 1843
contest, was followed by Sheri
dan and Enterprise in second
and third positions.
Cities are judged according to
current accident experience com
pared to their own previous
three-year average experience.
Each city is classified according
to population- and grouped for
the contest. . .
When December accident fig
ures have been compiled and
analyzed, final results for the
year. 1944 will be announced.
Winners receive certificates of
award and highway plaques to
be erected alongside the high
way at city entrances. :
JAP ADMIRALS DIE
By United Press
The deaths of Vice Admiral
Sadimich Kajioka and Bear Ad
miral Minegoro Kameyama have
been announced by the Hoko
suka naval station, the Domei
news agency said today In a
transmission recorded by the
FCC.
An enemy
will invade
this year
. Soma foel are worthy of fear,
, No mother need apologize when
the words infantilt paralysis lay
ice against her heart. Mo father
need to pretend courage when
the doctor says there's polio
around.
When Americans fear for
their children, they only fight
the harder. Last year, fifty mil
lion of them better than on
for every American family
struck back at infantile paraly
sis through the March of Dimes.
Iven now. General Poliomy
elitis is marshaling his invisible
hosts. Again this crudest of in- .
' vaders is preparing to strike
at our homes and at our chil
dren. Infantile paralysis will
again threaten the land this
year. That's certain ! Where
nobody knows.
But again the March of
Dimes heads the defense. In
stead of guns and tanks, it will
fight with wool-packs and "iron
s lungs" wherever attack may
come. On guard it stands against
an enemy yearning to crush
youth's God-given rights to
run, to jump, to play, to grow
up whole!
Rightly may this foe ba
I T T I
1 f how to handle. Paralysis we can
merely hold at bay. Yet, m any
war, attack is best. The money
you give the March of Dimes
helps turn defense into offense
through research which one
day will free all children from
polio's crutches, braces, and
wheel-chairs.
last yaar the West gavs
with a generosity that's charac
teristic Let's do it again. Let'l
give in a fashion worthy of on
foe dangerous enough to make
any American admit a shuddet
at its name!
Magic Sweetheart
Julia, known as th "Sweet
heart of Magic," is a starlet at
Th Gnat Virgil, mystic show,
coming to th Sensor High school
stag Tuesday,
GREAT VIRGIL IN
OPEN CHALLENGE
TO SPIRITUALISTS
Do you believe In spirits or
spiritualistic manues t a 1 1 o n s?
Whether you do or not, you will
be thrilled and dumbfounded by
The Great Virgil, when he pre
sents his big full evening show
on the Senior High school stage
under auspices of the visual edu
cation department, tomorrow
evening.
The Great Virgil claims he
can duplicate any kind of a
spirit manifestation and has a
standing offer of $1,000 to any
spirit medium, fraudulent or
otherwise who can present a
seance that he cannot duplicate
by scientific means,
Viigil, who has spent a life
time developing this unusual at
traction, Is rated as the world's
greatest living magician, If you
have not had the good fortune of
seeing Houdini, Thurston, Kel
lar or Herrmann, the great mas
ters of yesterday, don't feel dis
appointed, as you now have the
opportunity of seeing them all
reincarnated In the appearance
of The Great Virgil, the supreme
magic master of the present.
A special feature of the pro
gram will be Julie, the psychic
enigma and scientific marvel,
with her act of "human televis
ion."
Among the many beautiful
and spectacular mysteries to be
presented here are; "Strange In
vention" the powerful electri
cal ray that when directed at
one of the young ladies causes
her head to vanish and float
above the audience; "The En
chanted Garden featuring ihe
magle rose bush that grows, buds
and blooms In less than a min
ute; "Magic Surgery" in which
a young lady, while bound and
held by members of the aum-
ence will be literally sawed Into
separate parts; "Execution on
Mars' during which a marked
bullet will be fired from a high
powered rifle directly through
the body of a young lady.
Reservation seats are now on
sale at the Auditorium Box of
fice located In the Chamber of
Commerce, Student committee
In charge of this presentation
Is headed by Bill Fatton, nesa
technician of the high school de
partment of Visual Education.
Assisting him are Nat Bender,
junior technician; Verne Shan
gle, Jr., and Bill Moffatt, spoho
more technicians,
THE GRANGE
Grange Council
Members of Jackson county
granges are reminded of the an
nual "council meeting" to be
held at Phoenix grange hall
Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 8:15
p. m.
Grange masters, lecturers, sec
retaries, treasurers, home eco
nomic chairmen and agriculture
committees are requested to at
tend. Stewards, assistant stew
ards, lady assistants and Ceres
-a airt tiropA in hp oresent to
see the floor work demonstration
by Sams Valley grange.
TUrea oHorsfnsf llp8SS furnish
sandwiches or cookies as refresh
ments will be served at the close
of the meeting.
BIGAMY CONFESSED '
Hollywood, Jan, 15 (U,f
23-year-old Mrs, Martha E.
Doney confessed to police today
, i?m a?n lftftkinff for her in
Chattanooga, Tenn., on charges
of getting allotment eneess iram
hn servicemen she married
without benefit of divorce. She
was booked on suspicion ox Dig
amy, The total weight of ration
tokens, handled by the Railway
Express agency up to Nov, 1,
1944, was some 2,500,000 pounds
or 1,200 tons, forming more
than 14,000 Individual bulk ship
ments and reauiring the use of
20,000 trucks and hampers.
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Heavy Public, Private Spending
Waiting War's End, Is Shown By
Jackson County Chamber Survey
Hevlewlng public works, pri
vate Industry, home Improve-;
ment, agricultural development;
and household equipment, a!
synopsis of the findings of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce fact-finding commit-:
tee for postwar planning as con
cerns employment and purchases i
Is submitted to the committee's1
general report recently com-!
piled by Karl Janouch, chair-:
man of the committee.
Presented on the basis of a:
five-year period following V-day I
the synopsis shows that It Is an
ticipated public works will ac
count for an expenditure of
$5,788,750 for cost of material,
$5,305,000 for labor and will
need 2,635 year-long employees.
A break-down shows that under
this It Is expected the federal
and state forest services will ac
count for a large share of this.
Including $2,400,000 for mater
ial, $2,400,000 for labor and care
for 1200 year-long employees.
Road Fund Larg
The state highway commis
sion Is expected to expend
$1,500,000 for materials, $1,150,
000 for labor and to use 535 em
ployees during ithe five-year
period, Jackson county will pro
bably expend $1,500,000 for ma
terials, the same sum for labor
costs and employ 773 during the
period, the report shows, while
Medford as a city Is expected to
spend about $501,000 for mater
ials, $204,000 for labor costs and
to employ 102 persons In post
war projects, Ashland will prob
ably spend about $147,000 for
materials, $51,000 for labdr costs
and employ 25 persons during
the post-war period, the report
indicates.
Expansion of private industry
is Indefinite, the report shows,
with about 1,234 additional em
ployees expected during the
period to fill vacancies caused
by the war and replace women
or others working for the war
period only.
Surveys indicated that north
county urban owners would
spend about $830,350 for build
ing, construction and mainten
ance materials and about the
same sura for labor, employing
about 331 persons on these pro
jects. These same residents, it is
believed, will spend about $578,
200 on household goods, approx
imately $540,000 for furniture
and will want more than 2,000
new automobiles, , - w
Owneri Plan Outlay
South county urban owners
are expected to spend about
r- tV
$207,580 , for buildings, . con--struction
and maintenance ma
terials, and $214,280 on labor,
employing about 65 persons dur
ing the period. Purchases of
household goods In that district
will be about $144,650, the re
port shows, and furniture expen
ditures $135,300, Some 450 auto
mobiles will be purchased by
the south-county urban people,
the survey shows, ThesQtgures
total $2,437,180 for cost of ma
terials for urban homes, $1,071,
430 for urban labor and will
result In the employment of
about 418 persons, the report
shows,
A survey of the agricultural
districts showed that farmers
expect to spend $2,807,000 for
materials, $724,000 for labor and
employ about 878 persons on
post-war building projects. The
farmers plan to buy more than
400 tractors, about 217 tillage
equipment pieces, 315 power
mowers, 220 side rakes, ii hay
loaders and about 400 pieces of
other farm machinery.
Need Horn Appliances
For their households, farmers
will buy about 227 refrigerators.
200 stoves, 200 washing ma
chines, 280 radios, 140 electric
irons, 114 sewing machines, 188
vacuum cleaners, 342 pieces of
furniture, more than 400 new
passenger automobiles and about
350 trucks and pickups for the
five-year period. , ,
The surveys Indicate that
some 4,500 additional employees
will be, needed for agricultural
projects, not Including seasonal
employees, the report shows.
It Is explained that the figures
were computed on the same
basis as results are secured In
the Gallup polls,
Sams Valley
Sams Valley, Jan, 15, Mr.
and Mrs, Earl Peffley and
daughter Patty have returned
home from a visit with rela
tives In Wenatchee and other
Washington points.
Mrs, Sadie Frlnk left Jan, 1
for Hereford, Arte,, to visit her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs, Marvin Bennett and little
daughter, Mrs, Frink will also
visit her brother from New York
who Is at the Bennetts recuper
ating from a recent Illness,
The school children are gath
ering waste paper for Hie paper
drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cota
visited here Friday, Mr, Cota
used to live here, They were on
their way home to Oakland,
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QUALITY 18 ALWAYS WORTH WAITING FOR
Blitz-Weinhard beet does, in troth, stand out. The consistency and
quality of its goodness ate certain as spring. That's why people who
really know taste enjoyment would rather wait for Blitz-Wcinbard
. . , the beet so good it's guaranteed satisfying.
Guaranteed Saiisjinp BEER
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MUSICAL BRAEEMAft STRIKES A CHORD Harry Clement
former musician who has served as railroda brake-man for threi
years to help expedite anipments of vital war wpplies, returns it
his calling during holiday easo to entertain travelers at Horfb
western station In Chicago. Here service trio help out.
Ore,, after visiting relatives
near Central Point, ,
Bible, study Is being held at
the school house every Wednes
day at 8 p, m, The study Is led
by Mr, Breedlove and an Invita
tion to extended all to attend.
Sunday visitors at the Sander
son home were Mr, and Mrs,
Lloyd Sanderson and family of
Shady Cove, Mrs, Tneima Mar-:
tin and son Don and George and
Lloyd Beers of Medford and Mr.
and Mrs, Robert Sanderson of
Trail.
Ralph James has been laid up
for the past week from Injuries
resulting from trying to ride an
unknown horse.
Sams Valley Ladles club met
at the home of Mrs, Leona Hous
ton Jan, 4, Plans were started
for the annual party for club
members . and their families.
Next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Charles Cuggan,
Jan, 19, with Mrs, Marion
Owens hostess, It is hoped all
members will be present to help
complete the party plans.
Daily Hunter who has been to
Washington for the past- few
months la. back again and visited
at the home of Mr, and Mrs,
George Loftln Tuesday,
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The cattle which have been
ranging on the Beagla canton
ment area are being gathered in
by their owners this week. Wes,
McDonough and Mr, Carley
were among several others that
were gathering In their herds,
UNCLE SAM TO
HAND OUT 32,000,000
EXTRA REB POINTS
Tns giwtert irtodfaU ef ertra
red poiota ever is gotag jw
ssffla, and sub Ren '. ii 1 clteo--
tag, to Americas htmsgwivsa
ttaoBwut B eeuntry,
53 ciiillos estra red potato, sp
ftratasteir, will bs taotfed
W wmM dgatas to usimngra
Whs tarn la used tat to gmt
VJctorif 4tim far thto WMJrttal of
meaietaM, granposder, unthrtis
ruWier, nin, joints sal a haa
other ncenaUte on (ha
ltUflshl BOfl hems Inart, ret
ach pnmd of Ma tamed 4a,
eveiy hmanrtft is eauttai to a
ndpsUta,
The r.peci for usi fats it ii',3
mgenfc Women an nged to am
smsy drop, e-.ery apsoM of
graase psUa and lusg ab9'
imUl anal Vktorr ma toh
acrmuy asd Japan,
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Monday, tat, 15, IMS MEDFORD MAIX. TH IB TTME THREE
IOOF and Rebekahs j
Of Gold HOI, Seat
Officen For Ymar
Cm HIM, Jan, 13 OoM HIU
I. O, O, F. No. 129 and Ame
thyst Rebekah lodge Ho, 87 held
Joint installation Jan, 19, with
District Deputy Grand Master
Harry Newnhsm ana District
Deputy President Besiie Fergu
son as Installing officers. There
were about 108 members and
friends in attendance, Many
made short talks and refresh
ments were served, at the clos
ing, , ,
New I. O, O. F. officers are:
K. C, Carl HouHis B, S, H, &,
H. D. Force; U. G. John Cogs-
eil; if, S, N, CJ C, N. Gail;
warden, Leon Wise; chaplain,
Roy Bamarr.an; conductor, Ray-
mono Kitter; R, S. V, G., Walter
McLean; toner guard, Frank
Tygart;L. S. V, G,, Harry Newn-
ham; toner guard, Frank Try-j
gart; outer guard, Mel Hood; R.
S, S R, E, Bell; L. S. S F, W,
Jones; secretary, William Auteu.
reith; financial secretarj-, Frank
Carter; treasurer, Faui Thomp
son.
New officers lor Amethyst Re-
osxaa loasa sre;
N. G , Eiiow Mae Galls B, S,
N. O,, Etta Carter; V, G,, Doro
thy Parker; L. S, W. a, Mildred
Newnhsm; secretary, Madge
Dorman; chaplain, Esther Gil
christ; financial secretan-', viols
oore; R. S. v. G Ruth Lewis;
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treasurer, Virginia Ketlogj; L, S,
V. G., Elinor Farce; warden.
Opal Washburn; musician, BeiJe
Sroith; conductor, LeoU Hooi;
inner guard, .Nan Bailey; outer
guard, Evelyn Thompson, .
Comfcris
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