EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
STATE PRESIDENT
SPEAKSJT MEET
Lofton Tatum Cites Organi
zation's Part In Civic
Affairs 300 at Banquet
Briefly sketching the history
of the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce and em
phasizing the organization's part
in civic endeavor and In the
training of young men for
leadership through actual doing,
Lofton Tatum. Portland attor
ney and state president of the
Junior Chamber was principal
speaker at the Founders' Day
banquet of the Medford Junior
Chamber held Saturday night at
the USO.
With the advent of war,
Tatum declared the Junior
Chamber had expanded Its pro
gram to include many activities
in the war effort such as aiding
in salvage and bond drives and
nrovidlng comforts and necessi
ties for men in the service. The
Junior Chamber s two main pol-
icy phases were cited as First,
war support activities, ana sec
ond, aiding In solution of post
war oroblems.
The organization, founded in
1920 in St. Louis, Mo., now has
879 chapters, including branches
in Canada and Mexico, the state
president said. There are eleven
chapters in Oregon.
Secretary Attends
President Tatum was accom
panied here by Lee Stidd, of
Portland, state secretary.
Also attending the banquet
were six members from the
Klamath Falls chapter and 24
from Grants Pass. Over 300
Junior Chamber members and
Invited guests enjoyed the tur
key dinner, many later attend
ing the dance held in the Eagles
haU.
Early In the program Victor
Mllnes, general chairman, for
the affair, turned the meeting
over to Lyle Fidler who acted as
master of ceremonies. Following
invocation by the Rev. Harry
Hansen, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, out-of-town
guests were introduced and rep
resentatives of various civic or
ganizations were called upon
for brief greetings. Col. John R.
Young and Col. John W. Hors
ley were present from Camp
White and Mayor C. A. Meeker
spoke for the city administra
tion. He pointed out the need
for more participation In civic
affairs by the younger men of
the community and stated his be
lief that the Junior Chamber
could fill distinct niche in the
scheme of things here.
Cannon Honored
A feature of the evening was
announcement that Arthur M.
Cannon, former manager of
Fluhrer Bakeries had been
selected by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce as Medford's Juni
or First Citizen. A scroll was
presented Mrs. Cannon in the
absence of her husband who left
recently for service as a lieuten
ant in the navy. Presentation of
the scroll was made by Mark
Goldy, representing Herb Grey,
president of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
Warren Whltlock, of Klamath
Falls, state expansion director of
the Junior Chamber, presented
a president's pin to Paul Selby,
head of the Medford chamber,
and the local chamber's charter
was presented by Troy Cook, of
Klamath Falls, who represents
Oregon on the national chamber
board of directors.
Chamber Active
Organized in Medford In Octo
ber, 1944, the local chamber al
ready has a lengthy record of
accomplishment, outst a n d 1 n g
phases of which were the "get
out the vote" campaign In the
November general election; as
sistance in the county's sixth
war loan drive and sponsorship
of the "phone Santa Claus" pro
gram before Christmas.
Officers of the Junior Cham
ber Include: President, Paul
Selby; vice presidents, Harry
Watson and Dick Alley; secre
tary, Ray Ish; treasurer, Glenn
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NsUorul Dlitlll-rs
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Harrison. Directors, Vic Mllnes,
Wayne Jamison, Don Foote,
John Sedell, Wallace Brill, Jack
Fitzgerald and Jerry Latham.
The Founders' Day banquet
and dance were the most ambiti
ous undertaking of the sort so
far attempted by the Medford
chamber and General Chairman
Mllnes and Banquet Chairman
Clarence Schmidt, declared to
day it would have been lmpossi
ble to provide table service and
other requirements had it not
been for the cooperation of
many business places in lending
their facilities.
G. PASS BOYS HELD
IN AUTO STEALING
Grants Pass, Jan. 20. Break
lng up of a wholesale Southern
Oregon car theft ring was be
lieved underway today with the
discovery of a cache above Wino
na, in the Jump Off Joe district,
of cars stolen at Klamath Falls,
Medford, Roseburg and Eugene,
and the arrest near Roseburg
yesterday of three Grants Pass
boys, two about IS years of age
and the other, Calvin Wilkinson,
IB.
All the cars stolen were late
model Bulcks. One of them was
being repainted at the- canyon
hideout, Lewis said.
State police, city and county
officers in Grants Pass were put
on ineir guard by stories of ser
vice station operators that bovs.
well dressed, and driving Buick
cars, had been buying gas with
out cash or ration stamps by
gunning their motors and speed'
lng away after station attend
ants had been sent to get oil
Dance Planned For
Paralysis Benefit
A dance to raise funds for the
1943 infantile oaralvsU nam.
paign will be given at the Upper
Rogue grange hall Jan. 27, It
was announced today by Mrs
Eva Segessmann. chairman for
me rrospect and Trail area. Gib
son s orcnestra will furnish ma
sic for the dance.
It was stated todav hv Willing
Grenbemer, general chairman in
tnmgo vi me lund ram.
palgn for this county, that Miss
r-iva waster will serve as chair
man for the Phoenix district,
raiss caster's name was inad
vertently omitted from a list of
district chairmen published yes
terday. . (
P.-T. A. Activities
"The majority of the nennle
in ine united States have allow
ed public opinion to so weaken
the standards in the home
school and church that our na
tion is faced with an alarming
increase in social and moral
problems" stated the Rev. Gor
don C. Griffin, Ashland, speak
ing before members of the Jack
son County Council of Parents
and Teachers, at the council
meeting last week.
The peace is being formed
now and it's time to launch a
spiritual offensive on the home
front to bring about national
repentance," he said. "Education
is our best weapon In fiehtine
the menace of alcohol and nar
cotics. The church is a teaching
program and God's word holds
the answer to lasting peace."
ivirs. jonn tJonnert read a re
port prepared by Dr. Susie V.
Standard, unable to be present
Decausa or Illness. The report
muicaiea ine pnyslcal effects of
alcohol on the human body and
suggested visual education in
our schools as the surest method
of preparing our young people to
avoid alcoholism.
W. F. Blancett, inspector for
the Oregon Liquor Control com
mission, explained Oregon laws
and pointed out that although
they do have teeth, they cannot
be very effective without the co
operation of the public.
"Alcoholics Anonymous", a
unique society organized in 1934
by a sot who cured himself and
by his discovery aided 19,000
others to overcome their habits,
was described by Mrs. A. H.
Puhl. To qualify for membership
one must be an alcoholic with a
desire to overcome the habit.
'We must all learn that an alco
holic is a sick person who needs
help; but only some one who
has been an alcoholic can under-
sun with
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NICKNAMED "INCHES" becauia aha Is tit hottest In the crew ol this
aroman-mannad Britiih Navy boat, thil firl make! a big leap aihore to tie up
is the boat oomes alonjside. For tha past three yean, "Wrens" (Women'a
Royal Naval Service) have manned duty boon up to 60 ft. long in Britiih naval
arbors. In ell weathera they take mail and atorea to warships and brin
tailors to short on leave.
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ROLLS HIS OWN This Dutch Inhabitant of the village of Elst
betwean the towns of Nijmegan and Arnneim, leaves his home witl
s partially matured tobacco crop after Civil Affairs authoritiej
iecidecj to evacuate the place. He's making sure that the cigarel
'. ahortir won't overtake him
stand and help him," Mrs. Puhl
stated. . . -
Mrs. Herschell Obye of Grants
Pass, district president of the
Oregon Congress of Parents and
Teachers, gave an interesting
report on the meeting of the
state officers held in Portland
recently. Tying in with the dis
cussion on alcoholism was her
explanation of a bill being pre
pared for the state legislature
which will provide a "clinic"
sentence for drunkards rather
than a jail sentence. Need for
such legislation has been empha
sized by the death of four per
sons within the past week In
Portland's 'drunk tank", the
speaner declared. One was an
honorably discharged soldier
who had spent three years in the
Pacific.
Other lon-istntlvA
be studied were those affecting
the milk surmlv: methnrla for
support of public schools whose
attendance shows a steady in
crease; compulsory military
training during peace timer
Mrs. H. D. Rvlnotnn nclrarl
that members make use of the
material assembled by the
League of Women Voters on the
conference at niimhnrtnn rint,.
leading towards formation of a
United Nations Organization. A
special shelf for this literature
has been nlacerl nr. th viorirn
Public library.
Unit reDorts showed on in
crease In membership and Na
tional Pnrpnt-Toar-ho.. i
, , w. uiB5aiiic
subscriptions. Many beneficial
piujecis are Deing carried on
throughout the various units,
the reports Indicate.
Musical mimhnr, nt k HfAJ
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ford high school mixed quartet
were enjoyed, as well as group
singing under
Miss Mabel Nansen.
San Francisco's Union Km,
SOt its nartiA from nr.M,l ...
demonstrations there by loyal
ists of the Union cause.
GREEN
12 INCH OR
16 INCH LENGTHS
300 CU. FT. LOAD
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Timber P
Shows How
Army Wants 300
. Dogs To Serve As
Overseas Scouts
New York (U.R) Three h,in,
dred of the bleeest nnri the host
dogs this country has to offer
are needed immediately at Fort
nomnson, ixeo., for training as
Silent SCOUt does for oversea
service with the Army. Dogs for
ueicnse, inc., reveals.
If you have a dog which fits
the Army's exacting specifica
tions. Col. Frank Carr of the
office of the quartermaster gen
eral, warns that "the lives of
many of our boys will depend
on the stamina, alertness and
intelligence of our dogs."
He lists the following breeds
as acceptable: German and Bel
gian sherjherd. Dohermnn nln.
schers, farm collies, Alaskan
Malemutes, huskies and crosses
of these breeds.
The does mint wot oh
60 and 80 pounds: stand 22
inches or over at the shoulders,
and must be 14 months to three
years of age.
SURPLUS PLANES SOLD
Washington. Jan 59! (II PI
The government now has sold
o.hiz of the 27,253 planes de
clared surplus by the army,
navy and other federal agencies,
the surplus property board re
ported today.
' WASHING MACHINES
REPAIRED
Parts it Service on All Makes
B & B Washer Shop
406 E. Main Phone 5302
TRUCKS FOR RENT
Drive Yourself Save V&
Any Distance
Pruitt'i Mobiloil Station
Main a.id Ivy Phone 414S
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SLABS
C. P. MILLS SHIP
1723 CARLOADS
LUMBER IN 1944
Central Point, Jan. 22 An
average of nearly five carloads
of lumber were shipped daily
out of Central Point during 1944,
to be exact, 1,723 cars leaving
the mills here, not including pil
ing and ties, according to a re
cent compilation.
Southern Oregon Sugar Pine
company shipped 659 loads, most
of the output going to the navy
or other defense work and some
into industrial pattern stock. Ac
cording to Manager Chauncey
Florey the mill employs 130
men.
The Cheney mill ships many
ties, also studding of eight-foot
length. This mill has shipped 700
cars and expects to better this
mark in 194S. The mill employs
25.
The Southern Oregon Planing
mill, formerly Mt. Pitt, shipped
out 364 cars, mostly since June
1. The mill which recently
changed ownership, employs 17
Gene Blackford Is
Promoted to Rank
Of Staff Sergeant
An Sth Air Form Rnmhnr sta
tion, England Promotion of
Gene R. Blackford, 25, of Med
ford. Ore., from sereeant tn stuff
sergeant, has been announced at
me doom oomDer group, com
manded by Lt. Col. Chester C.
Cox of Superior, Wis.
Sgt. Blackford Is waist gunner
on an 8th air force B-17 Flying
Fortress that has been taking
part in the bombing attacks
against nazi war industries and
military targets In support of
allied ground forces.
He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Blackford of 312 North
Central avenue.
STENGEL APPOINTED
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 22
(U.R) Casey Stengel, veteran of
three decades In baseball, will
manage the Kansas City Blues of
the American association next
summer, Roy Harney, club busi
ness manager, announced to
day. HUMAN TORCH ESCAPES
Seattle, Jan. 22 (U.R) Fifteen-year-old
Ronald Peterson,
son of a Seattle filling station
operator, was in fair condition
in a hospital today after suf
ferlng burns when a match ig
nited his gasoline-soaked trousers.
Remember this,
the next time
you can't get
a reservation:
Over
now
Or every hundred regular Pullman sleeping cars,
fifty-six are now exclusively in military service. But
' even the remaining forty-four, out of every hun
dred cars, are not fully available for civilian travel.
Much of the space in these cars is reserved for
men in uniform, too.
Obviously what is left, after the requirements of
the armed services are taken care of, can't accom
modate all the civilians who want sleeping car
reservations. Please remember this the next time
you plan to go somewhere on the train.
The problem of Pullman reservations is especial
ly difficult on Southern Pacific, because we serve
the West Coast porta of embarkation from San
UNITED PROPOSES
AIRFARE SLASH
The effect which United Air
Lines' proposed passenger fare
reduction will have on present
airline tariffs between Medford
and other points throughout the
country was shown today when
copies of the newly-filed tariffs
were received here.
Max Henne, station manager
of United, pointed out that the
tariffs have just been filed at
Washington and that the date on
which they will become effec
tive is not yet known. They rep
resent a proposed 10 per cent cut
in passanger fares plus an addi
tional 5 per cent reduction on
round trip tickets, on govern
ment travel and to holders of
volume travel plans.
Typical of the proposed one
way fare reductions are the fol
lowing: Medford to Portland, from
$11.85 to $10.80; to Seattle, from
$19.05 to $17.30; to San Francis
co, from $14.75 to $13.40; to Los
Angeles, from $31.85 to $29.20;
to Chicago, from $100 to $89.75;
to New York, from $138.85 to
$124.75.
Closing time for Classified Ads 9
am Too Lata to Classify 13:30
NET PROFIT" 4 Billion
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Pounds.. . Under the stress of
a wartime shortage of meat, the
patriotic commercial fishermen of
America, working early and late,
scored a record-breaking "catch"
the past year... an astronomical
total of more than 4,000,000,000
pounds! Hats off to the men who
"go down to the
with
..the beet
ACME mwetlies, Son franchra
Vi the Pullman cars are
exclusively in military service!
IICHT INFANTIII
BASEBALL AIDS BELIEF 1
Durham, N. C, Jan. 22 U.R)
The National Association of
Professional Baseball leagues
announced today that the
minor leagues have raised $7,
038,467.29 for war relief and
other special wartime funds
since Pearl Harbor.
Us Mail Tribune Want Ada.
A primary supply
of vitamin C
Desert Grapefruit
IICH-FlAVOtED BY 01SET
SUN AND SOU
sea in ships"
(tQMen
Medford Distributors
Lost River Dairy, Inc.
Diego to Portland, and more military and naval
establishments than any other railroad.
Already we are carrying about five times the vol
ume of passenger traffic as in 1940. And our mili
tary load geta bigger and bigger as America pours
the heat on Japan.
To save yourself disappointment, please don't
plan a train trip on Southern Pacific unless it-ia.
imperative.
itl
The friendly Southern Pacific
PARAIYSIS - JOIN I.'l MARCH Or
CHECK latent
AND s!IRlIt
ty head cold mla-l
en, in rutin vn,
only as directed. Gall
Use Mall Tribune Want Ada,
Spoon Into half a yellow
golden grapefruit such. as wet
grow in the desert packed
full of wonderful juice.
That half a Desert Grape
fruit provides a primary sup
ply of vitamin C. Served at '
breakfast, it's a big start to
ward your needs for the day.
Use Desert Grapefruit for
luncheon salads, too, as well
as in frozen desserts..
Enjoy this "health from the
desert" often.
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