Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 12, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextI SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. Tth. 12. 1945 LEAD RESPECTIVE CASABA LEAGUES Br United Preee University of Oregon's bid for the championship of the Pacific coast northern division DasKci ball conference was temporarily stalled when the Oregon State Beavers handed the leaders a 55-51 upset Saturday night. At Los Angeles, the University of California at Los Angeles set the stage for a southern division championship with Southern California next Friday night by scoring a 50-44 triumph over University of California Bears. At Pullman, Wash., the Wash ngton Huskies took their sixth straight road defeat as Center Vince Hanson led the Washing ton State Cougars to a 65-43 vic tory. It was the second straight win for the Cougars who defeat ed the Huskies Friday night, 48-34. The standings: Northern Division W L Pet. Oregon 8 4 .677 Oregon State ... 7 5 .583 Washington State .... 7 5 .583 Washington 5 7 .497 Idaho 1 7 .125 Southern Division Southern California 2 1 ..667 U. C. L. A 2 1 .667 California 1 3 .250 TOURNEY FAVORITES Compton, Calif., Feb. 12 (U.R) -The Cooper State Cage Quin tet from Phoenix, Ariz., state champions, and Modesto Junior College, California Jaycee title holders, were co-favorites in the Western States College Basket ball tournament which gets un der way here Wednesday eve ning, Feb. 21. SPRING MERCHANDISE Coats, Suits. MUllnerr Alterations by Experts Specializing LADIES' COATS & SUITS IN HALF SIZES Barelson's Ladies' Ready-To-Wear 31 No, Central Avenue r.io:iEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS snd MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Used and unre deemed iewelry at greet savings PEOPLES LOAN CO. 229 E. Main Street State License P 137 Philadelphia, Feb. 12 U.R Jimmy Foxx, four time Amer ican League home run king, will attempt a comeback in the Na tional League this year. Foxx signed a one-year player contract with the Philadelphia Phillies today. The 37-year-old veteran was offered a coaching contract by the Chicago Cubs, but he refused, saying he want ed to play this season, not coach. Manager Freddy Fitzsimmons is undecided where he will use the former Maryland farm boy. The "beast" as he was familiarly known when his big bat paced the Philadelphia Athletics to three pennants and two world's championships, can play first, or third base and can handle tne catching chores. FAILS TO ARRIVE New York, Feb. 12. 4U.R) Why Gunder Hagg missed the boat remained a mystery today which probably will go unsolved until the gaunt Swedish distance runner makes his belated ap pearance here for a running tour, sometime within the next two weeks. Hagg and Haakon Lldman, Swedish hurdles champion, were scheduled to arrive last night by ship from an undis closed British port, but after sports writers, Swedish news papermen and track officials waited several hours, it became apparent that they had failed to make connections. Billiard Players Move To Detroit Chicago, Feb. 12 flJ.PJ Challenger Greenleaf competes on home ground today as the scene of his world's champion ship pocket billiards match with titlist Willie Mosconl shifted to Detroit. In yesterday's play here, the Toledo champion snapped Green- leal s five-block winning streak by taking the second block 125 to minus 2. He had a high run of 127, losing two points for scratches. In the earlier block, Greenleaf defeated Moscini 125 to 91 in 19 innings with a high run of 48. Mosconl's high run was 24. Mosconl leads In the overall scoring 2,788 to 2,210. TUTTLE LEADS PISTOL SHOOT WITH 261 SCORE Setting high score for the sea son with a 261 in the regulation slow, timed and rapid fire, S. M. Tuttle led all the pistol shooters at the regular Friday night shoot, followed closely by H. H. Pringle. The five high scores were: S, M. Tuttle, 261; H. H. Pringle, 255; Gene Thomas, 238; Bren Starcher, 222, and Jimmie Bolton, 217. From Yi a juicy-rich Desert Grapefruit Our desert-irrown D-r a tie- fruit is extra good, full-to-bursting with flavory juice. And it's laden with nat ural vitamin CI Half a Desert Grapefruit provides your primary supply of vitamin C a wonderful start toward -your full day's requirement. Enjoy this "health from , the desert" each morning;. Flavor noonday salads with the golden segments. Re fresh thirst with delicious Desert Grapefruit Juice. Hsollk from trt Otltrl" GREEN m SLABS 12 INCH OR 16 INCH LENGTHS 300 CU. FT. LOAD DIAL 2123 Timber p RODim $575 DIAL 2123 Company moon DAVIDSON, ROSS Harold (Blood and Guts) Da vidson and Terrible Tony Ross have been signed by Pro moter Mack Lillard to meet in the semi-windup wrestling bout at Medford Armory Thursday night. The match Is expected to draw almost as much attention as the main event between Pete Belcastro and the Gray Mask vho will be meeting for the third time in the local arena. Each have been wanting a re turn match since their second draw last week and when Lil lard told Belcastro the Mask only wanted straight time with no time limit he was eager to accept the conditions. Georges D u s e 1 1 e, popular strong man from Canada, will face Silent Rattan, Kansas deaf mute, in the three round opener. The Davidson-Ross encounter rates as a main event on any card and Lillard said he was for tunate in obtaining these two ruffians for a secondary match. Rookie Goal Tender Deals Bad Time To Montreal Canadiens By United Press Hbckey fans predicted a bright future today for Rookie Goal Tender Doug Stevenson, who almost stopped the vaunted Montreal Canadiens in his first big league appearance for the New York Rangers, until he tired in the third period and yielded three goals, which pro vided Montreal with a 4 to 3 vie-. tory. Detroit gained its 14th straight victory over the Boston Bruins and their eighth In a row this season, winning, 3 to 2, at Boston. Chicago Blackhawks playing at home, scored two goals in the final period to defeat Toronto 2 to 1 for the second night in a row. Saturday night Montreal defeated Detroit 5 to 2. Welder Wins First Place In Petersen Bowling . Matches Chicago. Feb. 12 flJ.R) Therman Gibson, 28-year-old De troit welder, was the new Peter sen individual bowling champion today, winning $5,100 first prize and diamond studded medal in the final minutes of the $43,200 tournament with a 1615 cluster. Gibson fired his winning total last night on the next to the last squad to bowl and ousted Basil "Buzz Fazio, of Akron, O., from the top spot. After getting off to a slow start with a 147 in the first game, the Detroit kegler smash ed through to victory with a 222, 257, 173, 214, 193, 232 and 177. Hype Igoe, Noted Fight Expert Dies New York, Feb. 12 (U.R) Herbert (Hype) Igoe, 67-year-old fight expert for the New York Journal American, died last night after an illness of several months, Igoe covered every heavy weight championship fight from the Bob Fitzsimmons James J. Corbett battle to the final de fense of the title by Joe Louis against Abe Simon in 1942. His newspaper career covered more than noli a century from the time when he started as a copy boy for the San Francisco Ex aminer as a youth of 15. New Record Set At Tiajuana Racetrack Tliuana, Mex., Feb. 12. (U.R) E. B. Johnston's six-year-old Jury Box today held a new Hlpodromo de Tijuana track record of 1.03 3-5 by slashing a second and one-fifth yesterday from the flve-and-one-half fur long San Felipe handicap. The Irish-bred castoff of the Louis B. Mayer stables was only two-fifths of a second from the world record in his fourth start. He won over the pacemaking C A. Strouse's Freedom Ring by four lengths and Jalfca farm's Orion by five. STRIKE VOTED Stockton, Cal., Feb. 12 (U.R) Electrical employes of the Pa cific Gas it Electric company voted 109 to 7 here yesterday to strike in protest against war labor board denial of an lo'.j per cent wage increase. At Craterian Now playing at the Craterian are Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon jn "Mrs. Parkington," with Edward Arnold. OF CAVEMEN TILT Larry Hayes, speedy Medford forward who was injured in the basketball game with Klamath Falls here Saturday night, will be out of the game with Grants Pass at Grants Pass tomorrow night, Coach Al Simpson said today. Hayes suffered what ap pears to be a muscle separation from the hip bone when he went after a loose ball and collided with two Pelican players. Simp son said he doubted if Hayes would be available for the Ash land series this coming week-end and might even be out of the district tournament at Ashland Feb. 23 and 24 if the injury doesn't respond to treatment rapidly. Simpson was undecided who would start in Hayes' place against the Cavemen. He said he would have to see what tonight's practice looked like. before nam ing a starter. The remainder of the Medford squad is in excel lent shape and are looking for ward to a fough battle with the Cavemen on the small floor at Grants Pass. Sgt. Coleman Of Central Pt. Now Hospital Patient Staff Set. McDonald Coleman of Central Point, decorated in December for extraordinary achievement with the Fifth Army in Italy, has been returned to this country and is now in Baxter General hospital, Spo kane, according to information received by his wife. Sgt. Coleman, whose name made the news columns for his feat of killing three Nazis and taking 14 others prisoners with nothing more than a revolver, served with the 349th, known as the "Kraukiller Regiment," in Italy. Altogether the sergeant has been officially credited with accounting for 10 Germans, army releases have stated. The sergeant was wounded' In action and after being treated in a base hospital in Italy, was returned to the United States It is understood he will be giv en a medical discharge -in the near future. Mrs. Coleman has been making her home in Cen tral Point with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cassman. NEW ORLEANS. TOURNEY POSTPONED BY STORM New Orleans, Feb. 12. (U.R) The field of 100 pros and ama teurs in the $5,000 New Or leans open golf tournament were set to resume competition to day after a 24-hour delay in the final rounds because of rain Harold (Jug) McSpaden of San- ford, Me., was ahead at the half-way mark with a card of 137. Byron Nelson of Toledo, O., was second with a 140 total WEATHER Northern California Partly cloudy today with light rain on north coast late this afternoon; increasing cloudiness tonight with showers north portion Tuesday rain north portion and partly cloudy south, of Monterey-Merced line. Little tempera ture change. Use Mill Tribune Want Ada. OPEN STUFFV NOSI SLEte Toyiour a drops- in nostrils nc nigui open cold- easier wnicn netpt, yi-u Bleep Deiler. Caution- TTm nnti as directed. 36c. OUC. ft fnia fiiat 2-rfrr.p relkf with 1 0 I I 1 I 1 1 ft 1 - i .a 1 vn 1 vm 3:30 AT OUTPOST Red Cross Hospital Recreation Corps will meet at the Outpost, Tuesday at 3:30 p. m., to dis cuss future plans with the new Red Cross Director, Miss Dor othy Fruit, of the Station Hos pital, Camp White. Miss Fruit, who has been transferred here from an Ari zona Hospital Station, replaces Miss Esther Burch, who has been in charge of all Red Cross ac tivities at the Hospital for sev eral months. Miss Burch was expected also as an honor guest but returned to" Portland, Saturday. Mrs. Rawles Moore, chairman, will be hostess at tea following the Corps meeting. A total of 4225 hospital gar ments including 1000 each of slippers, bedside bags, ditty bags and wash cloths, comprise the spring quota for the Red Cross sewing groups under Mrs. Orin Schenck, production chairman. Twenty-seven sewing groups, an all time high, were reported to the Red Cross Board meeting, Thursday noon as having pro duced 1413 articles in January; 308 kit bags were filled, shipped and the rest of the 576 bags made since December 1 will be shipped next week. Four new groups signed up for work this month. Any church group or club which can help to make hospital garments (or service men can sign up at the Red Cross Offices in the Pro duction department. Miss Mary Gray, Red Cross Nursing Field Representative from San Francisco, will be in Medford, February 15 to 17 and will confer with Mrs. Blanche Frisbie, chairman of nurse re- cruitman; Miss Helen Bullis, home nursing; Mrs: Don New bury, and Mrs. Verna Johnson, nurse aide committee, on differ ent phases of the nursing pro gram 111 Jackson County. LINKED IN PLOT Miami, Fla., Feb. 12 (U.R) President William Green of the American Federation of Labor today charged that Commu nistic elements In the congress of industrial organizations were attempting .on an international scale the policy of division of la bor groups already accom plished in this country. A formal statement by the federation head alleged that at the World Trade Union confer ence now being held in London, CIO representatives are "join ing with the Communists from Russia in setting up a rival in ternational labor movement" to the existing Inter-National Fed eration of Trades Unions. EXPERT LEAVES After spending a week in Med ford and Jackson county in the interest of the educational pro gram of the Oregon Dairy coun cil, Mrs. Mary Krugur left -Friday night. While here Mrs. Kru gur also conferred with C. A. Smith, president of the dairy products commission and also head of the Medford-Milk Dis tributors' association. Mrs. Krugur states that the educational program of the coun cil is carried on in three divi sions, through organized health groups, through schools and through consumer groups. She met with representatives of these three types of groups while in the valley and will return in about three months to continue the program. The nutritionist pointed out that the council has been or ganized and operating for 14 years and that its activities are financed through funds con tributed by milk producers. AT- E Camp White, Ore., Feb. 12. Two new units, a Salvage Segre gation Section and a- Mainten ance Shop section, have been activated at Camp White, Col. John R. Young, post commander announced today. The new units are made up of personnel transferred from the post Headquarters Section. Capt. Shirley E. Witherspoon, com manding officer of Headquarters Section, also will be command-' ing officer of the new sections. All three sections will be part of Service Command Unit 1913. Col. Young also announced the promotions of three officers. Promoted to first lieutenants were 2nd Lt. Vivian H. Smith, assistant post adjutant; 2nd Lt. John R. Fahey, post signal offi cer, and 2nd Lt. Foute W. Eagle ton, Prisoner of War Section. Use Mall Tribune Want Arts. OF Frank J. Holbrook, service of ficer of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans, has received at his of fice, 205 Liberty building, a bul letin from the D. A. V., Oregon department, with information on the pension for widows of world war I. Holbrook quotes the following excerpts from the bulletin: "On Dec. 14, 1944, President Roosevelt signed a general wid ows and orphans bill for widows of world war I. "For widows to be entitled to pension, the husband must have had at least 90 days of service and been honorably discharged. The widow must have been mar ried to the veteran prior to Dec. 14, 1944. Service connection Is no long er required. "Payment of pension of $35 a month is provided if her income is less than $1,000 for the fiscal year. For widows with depend ents, the income must be less than $2,500 for fiscal year. Ad ditional payments are made for dependent children, $10 for first child and $5 for each additional child. The total not to exceed $72 per month. "Remarriage is a bar to win- . ow's pension. However, children dm pntitlpH if iinriar 1R vpar. old." . WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts St Service on- All Makes B & B Washer Shop 406 E. 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