HOUSEWIVES GET
Om RATION
Point Value on Quality Beef
Steaks, Roasts Lowered;
Pork Values Stepped Up.
Br Eulalis McDowell
United Press Staff Correspondent
Washington. March 1 (U.PJ
The Office of Price Administra
tion today gave housewives both
good news and bad but mostly
bad in announcing March ra
tion values for meat.
Point values for quality beef
steaks and roasts were lowered.
But values of pork and many
presently low-point items were
stepped up. And several point
free cuts were put back on the
ration list. The changes go Into
effect Sunday.
Shortage Actual -
Price Chief Chester Bowles
took occasion to warn that the
long-predicted meat shortage
was becoming a "reality" and
that there was no prospect for
improvement before July.
"It is clear" Bowles said, "that
rationing of red-point foods for
. March will be the stiffest since
rationing began."
Here is the major rationing
news for March:
1. No change in point values
for lamb. Mutton stays point
free.
2. Porterhouse and T-bone
steaks go down from 12 to nine
points a pound. Other choice
steaks and roasts go down by
from two to three points.
3. Bacon and hamburger go
up from four to six points a
pound.
4. Chuck roasts (bone In) go
up from three to six points and
chuck roasts (boneless) go . up
from four to seven points.
S. End pork chops go up from
nve to six points. Boneless ham,
whole or half, is raised from
even to eight points. Boneless
ham slices remain at 10 points.
Spare ribs go from three to four.
Veal Aound Lower
6. Veal round steak (cutlet or
roast) reduced from 13 to 10
points. All other veal points re
main unchanged
7. Such presently point-free
products as variety meats and
beef, veal, pork and lamb hearts,
sweetbreads and tongues, lamb
liver and some canned and
ready-to-eat meats have new ra
tion values ranging up to two
points.
8. Pork sausage, frankfurters
and some dry sausages such as
salami go up on the average of
about two points a pound.
For the four-week March ra
tioning period, five red stamps
worth 10 points each a total of
ou points will be Rood for buy
ing meats, fats and dairy pro
duct.
Butter 24 Point
The new values for fata and
Craterian Star
'1
it
Diana Lynn and Gail Russell
are winning plaudits from the
Craterian theater fans for their
surperb performance in "Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay."
The picture plays through Satur
day night.
dairy products were previously
announced. Butter remains at 24
ni1nt nminrl. Lard, shortening.
salad and cooking oils are up to
four points a pouna. margarine
Is up to five point. There have
been no changes for cheese and
canned milk.
Explaining the unexpected cut
for choice steaks and roasts,
RawIm uM thnt in noma locali
ties shoppers have preferred to
spend points on iow-poim mems
Th mult has been that the bet
ter grades' have gone begging
for purchasers. By reducing the
better grades and raising the
lower grades, a better aisiriDu
tion will be obtained.
Live Projectile
Is Taken From '
Body of Seaman
San Francisco, March 1 (U.PJ
For 47 days. Seaman zc
Dewey J. Dupre, 20, Opelouscus,
La., carried a live-fused 20 mm
projectile in what navy doctors
politely call a fleshy portion of
his body, the navy disclosed to
day.
This "foreign object" which
Dupre absorbed aboard a battle
ship during the aerial battle of
Lingayen Gulf off Luzon, was
removed by a staff surgeon at
the- naval receiving hospital
here.
Dupre, according to the navy,
didn't know he had a live pro
jectile in him until after he had
been treated for leg fracture
and chest injury.
Two weeks ago he complained
that "it feels like something is
inside me, working down my
body.' X-rays showed the pro-
pectile, ready to explode at the
slightest nudge. It had caused
Dupre's shoulder wound, then
gradually worked down.
BIG THREE CONFERENCE
HAD AERIAL PROTECTION
Rome, March 1 (U.PJ Light
ning pilot of the First Fighter
group of the 15th U. S. air force
guarded the Big Three Confer
ence day and night during the
historic meeting at Yalta, it was
officially announced today.
All movements to and from
Yalta and subsequent meetings
were guarded by the group, ac
cording to the announcement.
EUROPE'S NEEDY
MAY BE FINICKY
Clothing Needed but Greek
Representative Doubts if
'Uncleaned Duds Wanted.
lngs, Charles and Virginia Chlt
tock will take over the kitchen
and serve refreshments and do
the dishes.
Lecture hours included com
munity singing, reading by
Charles Chittock and Mr. Smith
read a poem sent to him by a
serviceman in New Guinea.
11
AIIIIOUIICEMEIIT
M. C. Barton wishes to announce the open
ing of his new tailor shop, specialising in
ALTERING, REMODELING, RESTYLING
and REDESIGNING of Ladies' and Gen
tlemen' garment.
the TAILOR
19 No. Bartlett Street
Medford Telephone 4124
Washington, March 1 (U.PJ
A group of big name citizens
sat in the Wn'te House yesterday
and agreed that clothe are
needed in Europe almost c.3 bad
ly as food. But they weren't sure
whether the same went for dirty
clothes.
One gentleman argued that
cleaning all the clothes that this
country may contribute for re
lief would tie up all the dry
cleaners for months.
Don't Want Germs
Another, representing the
Greek relief organization, count
ered that while ' the Greeks
would like some American
clothes they wouldn't care for
American germs.
The discussion came up at the
first get-together of the national
committee of the united national
clothing collection for overseas
war relief. This committee,
headed by Henry J. Kaiser. Call'
fornia shipbuilder, hopes to col
lect 150,000.000 pounds of old
clothes between April 1 and 30
in a nation-wide campaign for
shlnment overseas by UNRRA,
Mrs. J. Borden (Daisy) Harri-
man, former U. S. minister to
Norway and a veteran clothes
collector for the Russians, sam
folks preferred to give good,
clean clothes. Movie Actor Ed
ward Arnold said even a guy
without a pair of pants had a
right to get miffed if somebody
save him a pair with a hole in
them.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
staying out of the sanitation dis
cussions, urged the committee to
stick to attic raiding so people
wouldn't give away clothes they
ought to be wearing.
Need Is Great
Former New York Governor
Herbert H. Lehman, UNRRA
head, told the group that the
amount of clothing "even re
motely obtainable today is piti
fully short in relation to the
need."
By the time the meeting broke
up and Mrs. ' Roosevelt invited
the committee into the state din
ing room for coffee and cookies,
It was aereed that:
1. When the collection gets
started U. S. citizens should
show some consideration and
give only wearable apparel:
something they wouldn't be
ashamed to have labeled "from
the U. S. A."
2. No toeless, mateless shoes
and goofy hats and derbies,
please.
3. Underclothes will be wash
ed before shipment.
THE GRANGE
Jacksonville Grange
Ladies of the Jacksonville
HEC will meet with Jane Mc
carty for an all-day Red Cross
sewing on Friday, March 2.
Bring sewing equipment and
sack lunch.
Upper Applegate Grange
Upper Applegate Grange was
called to order with Worthy
Master Christine Hair presiding
and 33 members present.
Mr. Smith, relief committee
chairman, reported that Edward
Walker was very ill and was tak
en to the hospital.
Verna Culy, H. E. chairman,
reported every one should gath
er up their tin cans and have
them ready for the drive.
At the March 10 grange meet
ing Lillian Helms, Alma Coll-
LARGER AID FOR
VETS' SCHOOLING
IS
Washington, March 1 (U.PJ
A special committee of a veter
ans education conference today
recommended that larger living
allowances be given to ex-servicemen
returning to school.
It proposed $50 for a veteran
without dependents; $73 for a
veteran with one dependent;
$100 with two dependents; $125
.with three or more dependents.
The GI Bill of Rights in its
present form provides educa
tional subsistence allotments ot
$50 a month, with $25 extra if
the veteran is married. Also pro
vided is a maximum tuition as
sistance ot $500' a year.
The committee, part of a con
ference sponsored by the Na
tional Eduuatlin Association said
it desired "to remove some of
the handicaps to securing fur
ther education which veterans
with several dependents are en
countering.
. Another committee said that
a recent survey showed that 78
per cent of the servicemen who
had one to three years of hign
school education did- not want
to continue schooling after the
war. Over 85 per cent who had
completed only grammar school
also had no desire to continue
education after demobilization
66 per cent of the high school
graduates were not interested in
more schooling. Approximately
7,000,000 servicemen were poll
ed in the survey.
Let American Fruit Growers' Skilled Mechanics
Keep YOUR
TRACTOR, SPRAYER
and FARM EQUIPMENT
Producing Food FOR VICTORY!
Four expert mechanics, one skilled in Diesel
equipment, aie her at our new repair shop,
ready to keep your farm equipment at peak
efficiency. Quality work, in keeping with the
high tradition of American Fruit Oroweri'
service, is assured la this large, completely
equipped shop.
HOW!
while winter weather keep your equip
ment inactive is the time to have it thorough
ly checked and mad ready for busy season
ahead. CLETRAC. and OLIVER part are in
tock and parts (or all makes of tractors.
prar and equipment are available.
American Fruit Growers. Inc.
South Fir Street, Medford
E ASSISTANCE
FOR ALL CLASSES
WELFARE REPORT
January statistics for the
Jackson County Public Welfare
commission, reviewed at the
monthly meeting last week, show
public assistance higher than the
same month last year hi nearly
all classifications.
Old age assistance amounted
to $27,560 for 833 cases, as com
pared to $22,073 for 785 cases
the same month last year. In De
cember of 1844, 836 cases were
handled at a cost of $27,520.
General assistance in January
or this year amounted to $7,702
for 220 persons, including 126
families and 94 single persons.
Last year for the same month
general assistance totaled $5,324
for 146 cases. General assistance
for December of 1944 amounted
to $6,132 for 186 cases.
14 Children
Fourteen children were cared
for in foster homes during Jan
uary at a cost of $396 while in
January of 1944. 19 children
were cared for at a cost of $369.
In December of 1944, 20 chil
dren were cared for at a cost of
$477.
Aid to dependent children in
January of this year totaled $4
647 for 157 children while in the
same month last year 150 chil-
7 SPRING
MERCHANDISE
Coats. Suits. Millinery
Alterations by Experts
Specializing
LADIES' COATS & SUITS
IN HALF SIZES
Burelson's
Ladies' Ready-To-Wear
31 No. Central Avnu
From the time of discovery of
Cuba by Columbus in 1492 to
its Independence in 1898, the is
land was under Spanish rule ex
cept for two years, 1762-63, when
it was occupied by England.
dren were given aid at a cost of) Thursday. Mar. 1, IMS MEDFORD MAIL TRIBOWZ TTTI
aa.utfo. Aia 10 aepenaeni cnu
dren in December 1944, amount
ed to $4,769 for 155 children. !
Blind assistance for January!
toiaiea uo ior nine cases as
compared to $414 for 11 cases in
the same month last year. Nine
cases received $381 in December
of 1944.
MEN WANTED
for ditch clearing $6.40 per day
transportation furnished. Apply at Dis
trict Office or phone Medford 6111 ei
Ashland 8981.
TALENT IRRIGATION DIST.
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HIGRBDIBllTS
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
(Southern California Telephone Co. Bell Telephone Co. of Nevada)
Subsidiaries
The Board of Directors in making the 1944 Annual Report to the shareholders presented, it also to the men arid women
of the company and to the public which it has the responsibility and privilege to serve. Copies of the report are available
.at any of the company's business offices or at the Secretary s office.
EXCERPTS FROM THE 1944 ANNUAL REPORT
"Living as we all are in a period in which a stupendous sweep of history is taking place, so big that it obscures a full com
prehension of it and so diffused that it is difficult to envision the full significance of its impact, our company has continued to
do its utmost during the past year to play its full and effective part in our Nation's attainment of decisive Victory in the dire
world-wide conflict into which we were plunged.
"Geared to full war tempo with increasing emphasis on military activities throughout and directed from the Pacific Coast,
the demands for telephone communication continue to exceed previous record levels. With its tremendously increased and
mobile population and teeming with unprecedented activity, the territory of the five Pacific Coast states in which our com
pany operates has rapidly developed into one of the most important strategic military and production sections of our
Country.
"As shown . . . from each of our Annual Reports, 1940 to date, the all-out war effort of our company has been woven and
interwoven in the warp and woof of its operations. In fact, the Fall of 1939 saw our sights lifted over the horizon beyond
which were ominous clouds that cast the impending gloom of oncoming conflict. Throughout this entire period, our com
pany has been put to a test as never before and its ability to serve under the stress and strain of war has been outstandingly
strengthened, as it has been over the many years, since 1880, by its membership in the Bell System.
"There is no period throughout its entire his
tory which is comparable to that of the last five
years, 1940 to 1944, inclusive, in its tremendous
expansion which, through its all-out war effort,
has required gross plant additions aggregating
more than $276,000,000, with the net result that
at the end of the year the investment in its tele
phone plant had reached the huge total of $651,
669,679, or one-third more than it was on Janu
ary 1, 1940. -
"Since January 1, 1940, our net telephone In
crease has tqtaled 610,223 telephones, or 33 per
cent, a five-year period unequaled in telephone
demand in the history of our company. Our net
telephone increase for the year was only 19,853
telephones, considerably less than for any year
since 1933, and compares with the 1943 net in
crease of 187,002 telephones, the highest of rec
ord. There were at the end of the year
224,573 pending applications for main tele
phones, 96 per cent of which were for residence
service.
"Toll and long distance calls reached a record
total of more than 289,700,000 calls, an increase
of more than 29,000,000 calls, or 12 per cent,
over 1943, which year the previous all-time
high was 27 per cent over 1942. Since January
1, 1940, the volume of this traffic has increased
124 per cent The longer haul calls, originating
in and destined beyond our territory, have In
creased almost ten-fold from 797,000 calls in
1940 to more than 7,737,000 calls in 1944.
"In the last five years, due to the tremendous
volume of wartime traffic and the unprecedented
telephone demand, the number of our employee
has increased 13,536, or 45 per cent The number
of employees on our payrolls at the end of the
year was 43,534, the highest of record.
"The payroll for the year was an all-time high
end exceeded a hundred million dollars, totaling
$104,043,347, an increase of 110,306,606, or 11
per cent, over 1943. It was higher than the year
1940 by $44,382,262, or 74 per cent
"The earnings of our company on invested
capital long-term debt and shareholders'
equity not only have been declining, but also
are on the low side as compared with many other
businesses. Earnings on its average invested cap
ital in 1940 were 6.06 per cent and in 1944 they
had declined to 5.79 per cent Although costs of
operation have risen sharply, adversely affecting
its net earnings, our company has had no in- ,
creases in its price levels nor has it profited by
its large volume of business, but to the contrary,
rates have been reduced which, since January 1,
1940, have resulted in savings to our customers,
based on 1944 usage, aggregating $15,000,000
annually.
"Promptly meeting as we hive all telephone
requirements vital to the war effort, it is a matter
of deep regret and great concern to us that the
unavoidable physical limitations of our plant
have prevented us from meeting fully the civilian
telephone demand. We dislike to tell people that
they have to wait for telephone service, out due
to the limited quantities of telephone equipment
being manufactured for non-war use, it now ap
pears that we will not be able in the near future
to fill promptly all applications, The winning
of the war in the shortest possible time, of course,
comes first. The smounts and kinds of equipment
which will become available to us will depend
upon the extent of and the time involved if) the
shifting from wsr to civilian production of the
manufacture and of the manpower now engaged
in direct production for our armed forces.
"As we now visualize our forthcoming work,
our postwar requirements will be such thst it
will be necessary to make plant expenditure ag
gregating more thsn $175,000,000, an increase
of more than $25,000,000 over the amount so
estimated a year ago, The construction program
may well be the largest for the first few years
after the war that our company has ever experi
enced and they will require an extraordinary
amount of new capital, the yearly amounts fi
nanced being dependent upon business and eco
nomic conditions and the availability to us of
material, manpower and money.
"Our company has the duty and obligation to
welcome home the men and women in uniform
and so to direct its operations that it plays its ef
fective part in providing full employment for
them immediately upon their return. We have
given that assurance to our personnel. Wo
nave also the community responsibility so to
handle our affairs that the veterans of the war
will, on their return, have and hold all that the
cause of freedom signifies. To be capable of
doing its full part, our company must, of neces
sity, be able financially to offer the employment
opportunities which not only create hope and
enthusiasm for the future, but also make for
home and happiness through Vork and liveli
hood for willing hands.'
"We have before us not only the responsibil
ity, with all of its exactions, but also the oppor
tunity to continue to render an indispensable
service, with constantly improving standards, to
a great section of a grest democracy, conceived
and dedicated to the public service. To serve as
it should, our company must continue to contrib
ute to make our Nation and the world a better
place in which to live. In so doing, we go for
ward with the firm belief that a great service, ef
ficiently snd economically rendered, will con
tinue to be received and recognized in accord
ance with the Ideals and traditions of the great
est of all human enterprise the American way
of life."
, For the Directors, ;
Pruidtni.