Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 16, 1945, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. Jan. IS. 1943 T LEAGUE 10 TALK PAY OF PLAYERS : Los Angeles, Jon. 18 U.R A Pacific coast baseball league committee meets today with League President Clarence (Pants) Rowland to devise ways and means of upplng the piayers cut In the annual league playoffs between the four upper division teams. Attending the meeting, called to tfl lie further action, If any, on the sentiment expressed at the recent league meeting In Ean Francisco for a higher cut for the players, were to be Bill Mulligan, Seattle; Bill Starr. San Diego; Oscar Reichow, Holly wood, and Donald Stewart of Los Angeles. , In the past the players' cut has been $12,300 with the swag be ing cut In this manner: $5,000 split among the members of the winning team, $2,300 to the run ner-up, and $1,230 to the two first-round losers. The entire fund cam from a "kitty" built by earmarking penny or each ticket sold during the season. Rowland said that under a new suggested setup players may get a pot upwards of $50,000 to split tip which would be extracted from a percentage of the playoff take as well as the special ."kitty" fund. TALENT HI PLANS E Eagle Point and Talent high school basketball teams will clash tonight at Talent in a non league game for benefit of the infantile ' paralysis drive for funds now being- carried out throughout the nation. Entire profits of the gama will go to the . fund, Principal Roy Parr said. A preliminary gam between the reserve teams of the two schools will begin at 7:15 with the main game following Imme diately thereafter. ... . Sgt. Burmeister Awarded Honors On Western Front FACES KLAMATH FALLS Klamath Falls, with a .300 fanriinff in the Southern Ore gon basketball conference, will face Medford's Black Tornado, pacing the league with three straight victories, on Klamath Falls court Friday and Saturday nights. The Pelicans won one and lost on in a series with Ashland over the past week-end while Medfnrd defeated Ashland In their only clash to date. Both teams hold wins over Albany and Salem so a bltterly-contest- aH ffnmo la svnected. Other conference games xor th up1c nit Ashland and Grants Pass together at Ashland tonight and at Grants pass rriaay nigni. LEAGUE CLASH Prospect high school's basket ball team defeated Eagle Point 22 to 18 In a county "B" league gam played at Prospect Friday night. Halftlme scora was knot ted at 8-8. Making a clean sweep for the evening, Prospect reserves won from Eagle Point reserves 10 to 8 In the preliminary. Lineups: Prospect Pos. Eagle Pt. Carlton ,...f... . Young Wright .f Algomont Brown -...c..G. Chamberlin Mevilla M..g....J. Chamberlin Overseas Soldiers Show Keen Interest in Big League Ball By Richard C. Glass United Press Correspondent . Miami, Fla., Jan. 16 OJ.PJ Three returning veterans of Ma jor league baseball, who talked with service men In a 35,000 mile tour of the China-Burma' India theater, agreed today that Interest In the sport Is keener there than back home in Amer ica. The trio, Manager Luke Sew- ell of the American league champion St. Louis Browns, Fred (Dixie) Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Paul Waner of the New York Yan kees, talked themselves hoarse they said, in attempting to an swer hundreds of questions on baseball for the G. I. s. "Wherever we went we found the fellows keenly interested in baseball," Sewell said. "They asked a thousand or more ques tions and we did our level best to answer them. Sometimes we were stumped.'.' In some areas, Waner said, baseball news travels fast, while in others there was still some doubt as to which of the St. Louis clubs had won the World Series. Walker, who amazed baseball by winning the National league batting championship with the highest average of his long ca reer last season, said that his Brooklyn Dodgers came in fori most of the attention In the quizzing bees. "They wanted to know how long it would be before my boss, Branch Rickey will be building us a championship team, and if they had raised the prices of bleacher seats at Ebbets Field, how the hot dogs tasted there now, and a dozen other things like that," Walker said. ' The routine of their show consisted of showing pictures of the 1944 world series, distribut ing autographed baseballs, and telling diamond anecdotes. Aft er that they turned the sessions over to questioning. "And boy did they let us have it," Sewell exclaimed. Arthur Patterson, New York Herald Tribune writer, who ac companied the trio, said that the question of whether 4-F's should be permitted to continue to play baseball came up only once, shortly after the announcement by War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes that he had asked selective service to re view the deferments of 4-F athletes. Typical of G. I. comment. Patterson said, was that of Pvt. Edwin Ohlman of Valentine, Nebr. "Stop baseball? Who's gonna do that? How many do they need for two big leagues anyhow?" Manila Piisli SpeedecT MEDFORD JUNIORS Osterhout Henry J. Burmeister, in th army sine April, 1941, recently Sromotcd to technical sergeant, i with the Ninth army as inter- Jireter, and has been awarded our bronze star medals for "merltous achievement in con nection with military operations against the enemy," since he landed In Normandy on D-day. Sgt. Burmeister revealed In a recent letter that he got the Com bat Infantry medal, but that he and his outfit "surely didn't get the citation for nothing." The sergeant's wife and little daughter are living in Long Is land, N. Y. His. aunt, Mrs. C. Wyman,. and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burmeister, reside here at 723 McAndrews road. TRUCKS FOR RENT ' Drive Yourself Save Vi An; Distance ' Prultt's Mobiloil Station Main a. id Ivy Phone 4143 FREE ESTIMATE Body and Fondar Repairs Complete Car Painting We repair those landers . and mika your eat LOOK LIKE NEW' Good Work Good Service Let Us Do It Now . Jackson St. Garage 120 E. Jackson Street Mullen Armstrong Slates Overseas Trip To European Theater San Francisco, Jan.- 16 flJ.R) Henry Armstrong, th former triple champion of the fighting world, today was preparing to make his final public appear ances before heading overseas February 15 with an all-negro USO unit. Hammerin' Hank meets Ches ter Slider, Fresno battler, in the main event at Oakland tomorrow night, with odds 3 to 1 that he will chalk up another win. His next appearance after that will be in the pulpit of the Los Angeles Morning Star Baptist church, of which his father-in-law, W. L. Strauter, la pastor. In the USO unit, which is ex pected to visit the European theater of operations on a 90-day tour, will be Armstrong, Kenny Washington, grid great from UCLA; probably Jess Owens, th sprint king of the 1938 Olym pics, and possibly Sgt. Jo Louis, th heavyweight champ. JACKSONVILLE GRADERS BEAT TALENT 24 TO 4 Jacksonville grade school bas ketball team, composed of stu dents of the seventh and eighth grades, defeated Talent graders 24 to 4 at Talent Friday night. Jacksonville led at halftlme 16 to 2. Zuspann of the winners led all scorers with 15 points and Herbert and Fenton collect ed Talent's four counters. INJURY IN GAME FATAL TO HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER Chicago, Jan. 16 U.R Wil liam Trump, 17, South Shore high school basketball player, died yesterday of a head Injury suffered In a cage game 10 days ago. Trump was kicked In the head as he rose from the floor after a tall. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By United Press New York St. Nicholas arena) Huberto Zavala, 135, Mexico City, knocked out George (Dusty) Brown, 136U, Philadelphia, (5). Holyoke, Mass. Joey Pcralta. 137, Tamaqua, Pa., declsioned Ruby Garcia, 136, San Juan, P. R-i (10). Baltimore Buddy Walker. 19314, Columbus, O., declsioned Yancey Henry, 197, Los Angeles. GREEN m slabs 12 INCH OR 16 INCH LENGTHS 300 CU. FT. LOAD DIAL 2123 TlMBERP ) $75 DIAL 2123 Company aseoM Medford Junior high basket ball team, holding first place in the Southern Oregon junior high conference by virtue of wins over Ashland and Grants Pass, will face a tough contest when they clash with Jake Shaffer's Ashland juniors at Ashland to morrow night. Medford surprised an over confident Ashland team here a week ago in scoring a 28 to 17 upset win. Ashland displayed Considerable strength in beating Grants Pass 32 to 19 Friday night and a wild game is expect ed, according to the two coaches. Medford also has scored a vic tory over Grants Pass. The game will be a preliminary to the Ash- land-Grants Pass high school conference game-. UCLAStilllnNeed Of Football Coach Los Angeles, Jan. 16 (U.R) Th University of California at Los Angeles is still without a football coach. Graduate Man ager BUI Ackerman said today, adding that he has not communi cated with anyone relative to the Job. . . I will let the matter rest a while," Ackerman said,, "at least until after a meeting of the board of control scheduled for January 25." Ackerman said he had re ceived numerous nominations from friends of various coaches and some direct applications. He was ' not talking ' as to who the applicants were. CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL SCOUT RESIGNS DUTIES Chicago, Jan. 18 (U.PJ Chicago Cubs Baseball Scout Walter (Dutch) Reuther, a for mer "big league" pitcher, has re signed to devote his time to other business. Reuther played on the Cubs. Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers terms during his active major league career. He an nounced his resignation yesterday. LIGHTING IMPROVED To save youthful- eyesight. many schools have adopted Il lumination standards 100 to 200 per cent above the present min imum recommendations. Ota Mall Trtbuna Want Ada. ROBINSON FACES TOUGH RING FOE Cleveland, Jan. 16 (U.R) Ray (Sugar) Robinson of New York was a 2 to 1 favorite today to end the' long victory string of Tommy Bell, Youngstown, O., welterweight, in the most im portant fight for the Harlem negro since he was discharged from military service. Robinson, loser of only one professional fight, will be facing one of the most terrific punchers he has yet encountered in Bell, who has won 39 straight bouts, 27 of them by knockouts'. BOWLING In Classic league last night Medford Feed and Seed defeat ed Domestic Laundry two to one (Barr 221 Bradley 573), Signal Oil took two out of thTee from Rolling Pin (White 206549) and Jim's Super Service won two out of three from Maid Rite (Sims 224 DeVore 580). Prospect ' Prospect, Jan. 18 Mrs. James Heston Grieve was hostess for a bridge luncheon January 10. High scora prize was won by Mrs. Wallace Dlnkens. The guest list included Mrs. Earl Ulrlch. Mrs. Elmer Clemens, Mrs. Mar lon Carter, Mrs. Wallace Din kens, Mrs. Mary E. Grieve, Mrs. Edmund W. Pease, Mrs. Floyd Kelley, and Mrs. Grieve. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Goode gave a surprise party at their home in Jantzer village, Janu ary 12, honoring the birthdays and sixth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jantzer. Zioncheck rummy was played, with first prizes going to Mrs Elmer Clemens and Lewis Jant zer. A late supper was served to the guests of honor, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jantzer, and Mr. and Mrs. George L. Jantzer, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clemens, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ditsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley, and Mr. and Mrs. Goode. Miss Sharon Vanderwal ' re turned to Portland last week after spending a week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Slagle. Miss Vander wal Is a student at Northwestern School of Commerce, taking a secretarial course. Mrs. L. L. Glines and daush ter, Mrs. Dale Planer left for - ; : ; SQS. ftraaada Jr' ,' Tsauaa - J I i&S ' ' f LUZON 'Vj J. ClennBlcJ J .Mmalcma 1 ""-WCaadalarla CamMail Iph . IsnatlasJjsSS H V V) ' ' a- i ' .'a Jo - f" f JJCAIAMATUAN 7aaaiiaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa L &jL II0MPS0X &J OLD II0MPS0X BRAND BltmitJ TbUktj $S. Pray -U Crmim SmUni S&hu Glenmor Distilleries Co litnrponttd, Louisville, Kentucky . . ' (Amu TtUpkato) American troops surge across Agno River line In force, stirring Hopes that Jap defenses have been so shattered Manila may be taktn long before originally estimated time. On a flanking drive eastward, Jap resistance halted our forces temporarily at Damortls. The enemy is expected to nuke a stand at Tarlae (shaded arrorfi, 63 miles north of Manila, and logically the next defense line south of Agno. Pheonix, Ariz., January 7, after receiving a telegram from the former's daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, telling of the serious illness of her little son, Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson took 3 year-old Gordon to Arizona three weeks ago with hopes of benefiting his health. Mrs. George Sherman return ed to her home in the Red Blan ket district January 11, after spending several days in the Community hospital in Medford with a throat infection. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Richard son of Salem enjoyed a two weeks' vacation over Christmas and New Year's holidays with Mrs. Richardson's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry T. Slagle. They returned to their home at Salem, January 8. Mrs. E. J. Neumann of Med ford is taking care of her sister, Mrs. E. E. Fraedrlck, Jr., who is still 111. , Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Sutcliffe left for southern California January 9, where they will spend a month visiting their daughter, Miss Dorothy, who is employed , in a Los Angeles bank, and at Oceanside with their son, Herbert, machinist mate, second class, of the U. S. naval reserve. Earl Webber went to Berkeley over the week-end, to see his wife, who is staying with their daughter, Mrs. Rex Vowell, and taking medical treatment. Construction of a new build ing on Mrs. Mary E Grieve's property at Prospect has started, which will house a cafe, billiard parlor, barber shop and beauty shop. Lee Lincoln, who has re cently been given a medical dis charge from the army air corps, is head of this business venture Lincoln served as tall gunner in a plane for a couple of years, and was wounded, and several weeks in the hospital followed. Mrs. Lincoln and their baby daughter, Linda, have moved to Prospect. Edmund W, Peas spent th last part of the week attending to business affairs in Portland Mrs. Eldon Bean has been re ceiving medical treatment at a Medford hospital since January 10. Her children, Leon and El donna, are staying with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Reu ben E. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Brad ley and children, Lois and Glen, visited over New Year's with relatives here, the D. W. Brad ley and the H. T. Slagle families. The two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arvell Carter, Jerry and Ray, have contracted scarlet fever, in a light form, and have been slightly ill since January 8. Mrs. Lewis Jantzer has re ceived word recently from her brother, David H. Vestal, tor pedoman 2c, of the navy, that he now is in the Philippines, and been in another major en gagement with the enemy re cently. WIRE FOR WAR A single pound of nickel and chromium alloy can produce 90 miles of wire. This "fine draw ing" is possible because of the high tensile strength of the ma terial. The wire is used in mili tary communications equipment. WOUNDED PILOT OF HIS GUNNER By Lloyd Tupling , (UP War Correspondent) Aboard a 8rd Fleet Carrier, Jan. 1. (Delayed) (U.R) The heroism of a fatally-wounded navy divebomber pilot who flew his flak-riddled plane 80 miles out of Japanese-held territory to save his gunner, was told today by 19-year-old Walter D. Frier son of Boulder, Colo. ' Frierson, an aviation radio man, 2c, was rear seatman for Lt. Russel S. Wilcox, of Skokie, 111., on a bombing mission Dec. 15, against Clark Field, near Manila. After they released their bombs, their Helldiver was hit by a heavy burst of antiaircraft fire. Heads for Sea "A big hole was ripped in the right wing and the cockpits were filled with smoke," Frierson said. "I was unable to commu nicate with Wilcox. But he pulled the plane out of the dive and headed out to sea. The lieu tenant fought desperately ' to keep lt from going into a spin. We barely cleared an 8,000-foot mountain range between the tar get find the sea." They finally got over water and Wilcox put the plane in a long glide. "As we ncared th water,' Frierson said, "Mr. Wilcox told me: 'We're going to have to leave the plane. Stand-by with the raft.' I guess th lieutenant fig ured we were far enough away from the Luzon coast by that time. He made a beautiful water landing. Then he shouted: Hurry up I'm hurt.' That was the first Indication I .had that he was wounded. Pilot Bleeding. Frierson climbed out on the wing to assist Wilcox and dis covered that a 40 mm. shell had exploded inside the pilot's cock pit. He was bleeding profusely from a wound in his right thigh. The plane sank as Frierson pulled Wilcox into the water and got him into the raft. "He didn't talk much," Frier son said. I bandaged his leg, but ha was suffering from shock and loss of blood." A rescue plane was dispatched from the taik force, but Wilcox died a few minutes before it ar rived." . 4 For sharpening a scythe, Suc cessful Farming magazine says one of the quickest and best ways Is to use a common disk knife-sharpener, available at any 10-cenf store. It will keep the scythe razor sharp. Government Makes Appeals To Nation To Aid War Effort Washington, JanT le (U.R) The offic of war InformaUoa reminded the nation today that these government appeals fan them in their 162nd week of the war: Turn out all unnecessary ornamental lights to help avn shortages of coal essential war production. Keep the temperature homes at a fiH-dper, Live within your fuel oil rationi; . p on turning m kltchea fats. The two red points per pound are more Important t you than ever; the fats still need, ed. , Fill 34,925 Jobs In 70 shin, building and ship repair yards now behind schedule on the pro. ductlon urgency list. Cancel your pleasure-traveling plans. Many railroad facliv ties now devoted to passenger use are critically needed to trans, port war material!. DRAFTING ENDORSED BY ASSOCIATION OF NURSES New York, Jan. 18U,ru The board of directors of tht American Nurses' association n dorsed today the draft of nurses for military sorvice "as the first step to selective service for all wor.ien," and voted to do every thing In lt power to speed th voluntary recruitment of nurses to meet the current emergency. M0HEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Used and unre , deemed Jewelry at great saving PEOPLES LOAN CO. 229V E. Mala Street State License P 137 ' DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR GAR? Se Ui Top Pricat No Delay Any Make o Mod! Skinner's Gauge 143 S. Rlverild Ph. 1740 J Please think twice before you put this message out-of-mind I heap are our wounded. They have fought and sacrificed for you and our country. Now, they are hurt, puzzled men wondering what's next for them. Wo railroaders see them only too often these days on our hospital train. Trains that slip silently to our inland hospitals. Theeo men haven't much to say they just lie quietly In their berths, staring, silent. You know what they are thinking it's written on every face. "What- bo cornea of me now? What good am I, being handicapped as I am?" There are hurts of mind, hurts of body, that roust be healed quickly. These men must be brought back to health, happiness and usefulness. And there is no deeper personal satisfaction than the Inner feeling you have in helping a wounded soldier to walk again.to talk again, to see and hear again yes, to live again. This is the great reward of being a Medical WAC. With the war steadL'y mounting In fury, 60,000 war casualties are now returning each month from th battle tones. The Medical Department urgently needs roar WACs to care for these wounded. If you ar a woman between the ages of 20 and 60 and have no children under 14, or other dependents, th Medical WACs offer you valuable trainlnc in a profession of high purpose. One of these positions is open to you right now ss an Army Medical WAC: Pharmacist, Pharmacist Aide, Psychiatric Social Worker, Dantal Technician, Dental Hygienist. Dental Laboratory Technician, Laboratory Technician, Occupational Therapist or Assistant, Medi cal Stenographer, Medical Technician, Educational Reconditioner, Optometrist, X-Ray Technician. If you are unable to meet the general requirements of one of these positions, you can be sent to one of five schools for special technical training: (1) X-Ray Tech nician School, (2) Surgical Technician School, (3) Medical Technician School, (4) Medical Laboratory Technician School, (5) Dental Technician School. Qualification for these schools is a high school diploma. Please consult the nearest VS. Army WAC Recruit ing station or write WAC Recruiting Office, Fort Doug las, Utah, for specific and detailed information about your individual case. Only, do lt now, the need is now. The friendly . Southern Pacific f