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BROWNELL OFFERS
FOR REPUBLICANS
Indianapolis, Jan. 22 (U.R)
Republican National Chairman
Herbert Brownell, Jr., today
submitted to the G. O. P. na
tional committee an eight-point
proposal tor strengthening party
organization as a step toward re
turning to national power in the
1946 and 1948 elections.
Riding with his proposal also
appeared to be Brownell's own
prospects (or continuing as na
tional chairman.
Brownell reportedly would
like to continue bis present un
salaried full-time status. Some
committeemen, however, want
to make it a full-time paid job.
Some also fear that Brownell's
continuance would give an un
due advantage for the 1948
presidential nomination to Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, who picked
Brownell to run his unsuccessful
1944 campaign.
Eight Points
In offering h 1 s program,
Brownell predicted that if car
ried out intelligently it would
win for the Republican party in
the 1946 congressional elections.
He proposed:
1. A national organization to
function full-time with an en
larged staff Instead of operating
only-at campaign time.
. 2. Close working relations
with Republican leaders in con
gress. 3. Establishing at national
headquarters a research staff "to
show the fallacies of New Deal
doctrines and help prepare af
firmative legislative proposals,"
an investigative staff to help
"ferret out waste, extravagance
and bungling of New Deal
agencies, and a publicity staff
to publicize "the reasons why
the Republican party should be
Thanks for a
ecret weapon
Those who have been there
tell us that when as a barracks
soldier you first set foot on
South Pacific Island, soma
youthful "old-timer" will take
you in hand. Given half a
chance, be will teach you the
topes,
Ha'll tall you, modestly
enough, how to outsmart your
enemies the jungle, the
weather, the Jap. He'll share
knowledge be won the bard
way. For you, that knowledge
means self-reliance the differ
. ence between the rookie who
gets hurt and the veteran sol
dier who survives.
Often this will give you the
strange feeling that it has hap
pened before particularly if,
as a youngster, you were a Boy
Scout. Not long ago some Scout
master was teaching you, as an
elder comrade, those things that
make for survival. He, too, was
teaching you self-reliance.
Certainly Scout training
with its emphasis on self-reliance
has saved countless sol
dier lives. Certainly its shout-der-to-shouldcr
teachings have
made better fighting men of
millions. So we'd like to say a
word of thanks to those men
who have made Scout training
possible. We'd like to say it as
a company which includes' in its
make-up the parents of many,
many boys now on some front.
We mean the store-keepen
and school-teachers, insurance
men and others who have given
hour on hour and month on
month as Scoutmasters and
Troop Committeemen. About
them you hear little. Yet every
parent of a service man is in
their debt. The whole country
owes them much. They've
taught our boys to be men. For
this we have an unbeatable se
cret weapon American manhood.
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Rome from tne Pacific- after setting American Air Force record of
enemy planes shot down. Ma). Richard Bong, 24, Joins hU fiancee. Mnr
jorie Vattcndahl, 31, at her home In Superior. Wis., as they anticipate
two big personal events her graduation from State Teacher's college on
Jan. 28 and their weddina on Feb. la :
returned to power nationally." 1
4. Co-operation as well with
Republican governors and state
legislators.
5. Integration of national com
mittee activities with those of
state and county committees, in
cluding consultation with state
G. O. P. chairmen for this pur
pose. 6. A more active part for In
dividual members of the nation
al committee in development
and promotion of the national
program.
7. A financial program design
ed to "broaden the basis of con
tributions" by encouraging small
individual, donations.
'8. "An intensive two-year cam
paign in co-operation with sen
atorial and congressional com
mittees to win Republican con
trol of the senate and house of
representatives in 1946."
LimETlT ON
Klamath Palls, Ore., Jan. 22
(U.P) Apparently nothing was
discovered Saturday by Archie
O. Davig, when he was question
ed about possessing a gun which
is said to have been used in the
slaying of John R. Ewing. "
Davig brought the gun to
Sheriff Lloyd Low several days
after Ewing's bullet-riddled body
was found on the highway south
of Klamath Falls, with the ex
planation that he had loaned his
car to his friend, Ewing, and
that Davig had found the gun in
the car after the shooting.
Pilots Pry Bomb
Out Of Plane To
Avert Crash Dive
Seventh AAF Base in the
Marianas, Jan. 22 (U.R) Crew
members of n 7th AAF Libera
tor today told how they used
machine gun barrels as crow
bars to pry loose a half-ton bomb
which smashed into their air
craft from another American
bomber.
The bomb toppled from the
open bomb bay of a Liberator
above, crashed through the top
of the bomber's fuselage with
terrific impact and lodged In
the waist, they said.
The pilot, Lt. Robert L.
Strong, East Farms, Wash., felt
the shock as the controls locked
and only the combined pulling
strength of Strong and Co-Pilot
Lt. Thomas B Engram, Johnson
City, 111., saved the bomber from
a crash dive.
CROSSING FIRE FATAL
Merced, Calif., Jan. 22 U.R)
Three men died in Merced
hospital today of burns received
when a Southern Pacific freight
train struck a truck loaded with
fuel oil near Chochilla last night,
scattering flaming oil over the
locomotive and setting fire to
the truck.
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RUM FUND SHARE
Salem, Ore., Jan. 22 (U.R)
A total of $215,965.26 was dis
tributed to counties and cities of
the state as their share of Ore
gon's 1944 liquor revenues, Sec
retary of State Robert S. Far-
rell, Jr., reported today. The dis
tribution for the final quarter
of the year amounted to $56,
749.68. In 1943 the total was $205,
920.73 and in 1942 it was $173,-
240.17.
Jackson county received
$844.05, Medford $587.50 and
Ashland $247.06.
Son Of Gold Hill
Woman Awarded
Medal For Wound
With 168th General Hospital,
France Cpl. Troy Oris Swind
ler, husband of Mrs. Erma Fae
Swindler, box 71, Lathrop, Mo.,
recently was awarded the pur
ple heart medal for wounds re
ceived in action.
Cpl. Swindler was wounded
near St. Vith on Dec. 16, while
hauling ammunition to his field
artillery battalion shelling the
German defenses In that area
He lost several teeth from a
piece of shrapnel, that finally
lodged in his jaw. Now con
valescing, he soon will rejoin his
unit.
CdI. Swindler attended La
throp high school and worked as
a truck driver for the Everett
and Clark Construction com
pany before entering the army in
November, 1943. A brother, N.
C. Swindler, is a navy seaman
first class, stationed at San Fran
cisco, Cal.
His mother, Mrs. Edith
Thompson, lives at Box 646
Gold Hill, Ore.
Medford Gunner Is :
Awarded Air Medal
For Bomb Missions
An 8th Air Force Bomber Sta
tion, England TSgt. Russell R.
Graham, 21-year-old gunner on
an 8th air force B-17 Flying
Fortress, has been awarded the
air medal for "meritorious
achievement" during heavy
bombing attacks on nazl military
and Industrial targets and in sup
port of allied ground forces.
The award was presented by
Col. Charles B. Dougher of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., commanding
officer of the 94th bomber
group.
The flyer is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Graham of route No.
1, box 547, Medford, Ore. Previ
ous to entering the army air
forces he was a student.
Approximately 26,500,000 pas
senger cars were in use in
America when civilian produc
tion was stopped in 1942.
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An Eighth Air Force Bomber
Station, England The Distin
guished Flying Cross has re
cently been awarded to Staff
Sergeant Thomas A. Robinson,
Jr., 27. of Gold Hill, Ore., tail
turret gunner on the Eighth Air
Force B-17 Flying Fortress
"Kisses of Dolores."
Sgt. Robinson received the
award for "extraordinary
achievement while serving as
tail turret gunner on many high
altitude heavy bombardment at
tacks over Germany."
The airman has flown over
thirty combat missions. Among
them have been several attacks
on oil refineries at Misburg,
chemical plants - at Ludwigs-
haven, marshalling yards at
Hamburg, and ordnance depots
In Berlin.
According to the flyer, the
Domblng attack on oil refineries
at Merseburg, Germany has been
his roughest mission. "We had
just finished our bomb run when
we ran into heavy flak. One
burst hit our number three en
gine and the pilot had to feather
it. We had fifty flak holes in our
plane when we landed."
Besides the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross, Sgt. Robinson holds
the Air Medal with four Oak
Leaf Clusters. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Robin
son, Sr. of Gold Hill, and prior
to entering the Army Air Forces
in August, 1938, he was employ
ed by the Beaver Portland Ce
ment company.
Prospect
Prospect. Jan. 22-Four Inches
of snow fell at ProsDect. Jan. 17,
but melted to about half during
tne afternoon. The storm re
sumed the morning of Jan. 18
and added another couple of
incnes of snow.
Honoring Mrs. Howard Math
er on her birthday, Jan. 10, a
group of friends gave her a
party. "A birthday luncheon,
brought by the guests, was en
joyed at noon. Mrs. Mather re
ceived many gifts. Attending
were Mrs. Mather, Mrs. Paul
Snook, Mrs. Joe Dobbyn, Mrs.
Chas. B. Broomfield, Mrs. Archie
McKillop, Mrs.- Lawrence Con
ger and Mrs. Frankie S. Jantzer.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ditsworth
gave a birthday dinner, Jan. 14,
celebrating the 81st birthday an
niversary of Mrs. Ditsworth's
father, . Jack Vaughn. . Place
cards were arranged for Mr.
Vaughn, also Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Tucker from Ashland, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Vaughn and son, Ken
neth, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dits
worth and Mrs. Carl Richardson
from the Laurelhurst district.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ditsworth
and sons, Norman and Wayne
(the latter two being the only
great-grandchildren of the guest
of honor) and Mr. and Mrs. Dits
worth. Joe Phipps, who has been seri
ously ill with heart trouble, Is
recovering and able to be up, but
still confined to the house.
Mrs. Jerry Nygren took her
son and daughter to Medford,
Jan. 17, for medical attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dobbyn re
turned recently from Eureka,
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Afra. P.mma TnnA H.f & 11 am (Paw.. J nr-it ,
mander of The Navy Mothers Clubs of America, receives an orchid
corsage from Electrician's Mate, first class, Robert E. Whaley of
Los Angeles when the two met for the first time recently in
Houston, Texas. Whaley attended the Southwestern premiere there
of Cecil B. DeMille's new Technicolor production for Paramount
Pictures, "The Story of Dr. Wassell," which stars Gary Cooper as
Commander Corydon M. Wassell, (MC) USNR. He Is one of the
real-life characters depicted in the movie and was ona of 42
wounded U. S. Navy men shepherded out of Java by Dr. Wassell
in 1942, just a jump ahead of the invading Japs. For this deed Dr.
Wassell, former Arkansas country doctor, won the Navy Cross and
?2rSCside chat radio tribute from President Roosevelt Mrs. Jones'
580 Navy Mothers Clubs, including the local Navy Mothers Club,
are taking an active part In a nationwide salute to the American
doctor at war which is inspired by Commander Wassell's own
heroism which is dramatically brought to the attention of the
public in 'The Story of Dr. Wassell."
Cal., where they attended the
funeral of Mr. Dobbyn's sister,
Mrs. Jessie Kay.
Mrs. David Neville was host
ess for the Bumblebee club, Jan.
17. Covers were placed at the
luncheon table for Mrs. Gus Dits
worth, Mrs. Chauncey Arant,
Mrs. T. J. RIchey, Mrs. Elmer
Clemens, Mrs. Floyd Kelley,
Mrs. Joe B. Dobbyn, Mrs. Glenn
Fairchild, S., and Mrs. Neville.
The beautiful birthday cake that
was served, honored Mrs.
Richey's birthday. Following the
luncheon, a brief business meet
ing was held and the remainder
of the afternoon was spent with
games and sewing.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Jant
zer went to Grants Pass, Jan. 17,
where she received medical at
tention. Prospect Parent-Teacher asso
ciation will meet in' the school
cafeteria,- Wednesday, Jan. 24, at
2:30 p. m. After the business
meeting the students of Mr.
Jaros' room will present a pro
gram, followed by refrsehments
served by the mothers of the
eighth grade pupils.
Amateur Theatrical
Group Selects Play
"Deadlier Than the Male," a
new three-act play by Pete Wil
liams, has been selected as the
first play to be presented by
Medford's new amateur theater
group, according to the presi
dent, Mrs. Garland Jones. Mrs.
Jones states that arrangements
for presenting the play were
made with Samuel French of
New York.
Rehearsals have started on the
play, which has a large cast of
feminine characters. Mrs. Nell
Collins is the director and Mrs.
Don Moore is serving as her as
sistant. It is planned to present
the production the last week of
February or early In March and
all receipts will be given to the
American Red Cross.
WEATHER
Northern California Clear
today and tonight; some high
cloudiness Tuesday; but with
frost in valleys.
lately?
IF YOU ARE SEEKING a light,
bodied sociable blend, and haven't
tried Corby's the whiskey with the
Grand Old Canadian Name now la
your opportunity! '
More and more CorbyU is avail
. able in this Hate. Ask for Corby
next time.
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Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 22 (U,R)
Sen. Kenneth McKellar of Ten
nessee should be in the Tokyo
diet or in the German reichstag
Instead of the United States sen
ate, National Assemblyman N.
Parra said today, commenting
on the Tennessean's announce
ment that he will propose that
the United States buy or lease
Ecuador's Galapagos islands-
Other assemblymen also
strongly criticized him on. the
floor and the assembly approved
a motion to call Foreign Min
ister Ponce Enrlquez to report
on the present state of negotia
tions with the United States con
cerning United States' bases in
the Galapagos islands and on the
Ecuadorean mainland.
JAP NAVY FUEL SUPPLY
ENDANGERED BY YANKS
Washington, Jan. 22. (U.R)
Allied sources here estimated
today that the Japanese navy
has a five months' stockpile of
fuel oil on hand, but prospects
for enlarging this are threaten
ed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
triumphs In the Philippines.
They pointed out that Ameri
can reconquest of the Philip
pines would permit a tight
blockade of the enemy-held
Dutch East Indies, upon which
the Japanese depend for between
50 and 65 per cent of their perto
leum supplies. ,
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Salem, Ore., Jan. 22 (U.R)
Only one controversial measure
has come before the Oregon
legislature so far this session,
but another is expected to be
brought onto the floor following
a hearing of the "big truck" bill
next Wednesday and Thursday.
The proposal to investigate
the Oregon liquor commission
purchase with Washington of
two Kentucky distilleries in 1943
passed both houses of the Ore
gon legislature last week.
Washington legislature 'has
also voted to investigate the dis
tillery purchase.
POPULAR VOTE TOTALS
GIVEN IN TABULATION
Washington, Jan. 22 (U.R)
South Trimble, clerk of the
house has Issued a tabulation of
the November election returns
giving President Rosevelt 25,
602,505 popular votes and Gov.
Thomas A. Dewey 22,006,278.
A total of 48,025,684 votes
were cast for presidential can
didates, according to Trimble's
compilation of returns provided
b. state officials. Socialist Nor
man Thomas led minor party
candidates with 80,518 votes.
The prohibition party candidate
received 74,758 votes and the
socialist-labor candidate 45,336
votes. A total of 216,289 votes
were scattered.
TENNIS MEETS SET
New York. Jan. 22 (U.R) The
U. S. Lawn Tennis association
voted today to continue its war
time tournament schedule in
1945, re-elected Holcombe Ward
of New York president, and
named Pauline Betz and Sgt.
Frankie Parker as the top rank
ing players.
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war calls go over the Long Distance
wires every day and night, Sometimes
there's a rush on certain lines.
When your call Is on crowded
circuit, yon will help Long Distance
keep things moving if youll co-operate
when she says, "Please limit your
call to 5 minutes."
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Jan&nexe flvera nrnhnhtv tnnlr
higher toll of merchant seamen's
lives m ine 1U weeks following
the American landing on Leyte
in the PhillnnlnM than In in
other Pacific operations, the war
snipping administration said to
day. But the Japs "Willing to take
any risk to send large cargo ves
sels to the bottom" paid the
heavy price of 107 planes for
their suicidal attacks which, the
WSA said, it a record for mer
chant men In any war theater.
AIR LINES MOVE
Los Angeles, Jan. 22 (U.B
Pinched for space, five major air.
lines now operating at the Lock
heed air terminal near Burbank
plan to move to the municipal
airport near Inglewood within
three months, spokesmen for the
companies said today.
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