Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 19, 1945, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextJACKSON COUNTY FARM NOTES Compiled by County Office 0. S. C. Extension Servtcr jisy 1 Important Deadline For Farmers May 1 is the deadline for farm nnerators to qualify for partici pation in the 1845 conservation practice program. Instructions from the state office are that the local office must adhere strictly to this ruling. This means that any farmer who does not have a farm plan on file for this year bv May will receive no pay. ments on the 1945 program. Bange management plans must also be filed oy the a Dove date, $2400 Limit On Farm Wage Hates The Office of Labor Is calling the attention of farmers who em ploy labor to the fact that a limit of $2400 per year has been set bv the government on farm wage rates. Figured on an hourly basis the limit that can be paid per hour is 85c unless an appeal is filed by the employer for an In crease with the Wage-Stabilization Board in Portland. Blanks for this purpose can be obtained at the county agent's office. If higher rates were paid in 1943 the same rates can be paid at the present time. The $2400 per year rate makes a limit of $200 per month, or the equivalent weekly, hourly or piece work on a comparable basis, including bonuses, cash payment value of housing, fuel, light, food, etc., supplied with out charge; Army Taking All Turkeys In Oregon Oregon's 1945 turkey crop was tagged for holiday dinners for American servicemen on April 8 with a 100 percent set aside order making the army ex clusive buyer of turkeys in this and 22 other states. - ' 'Similar to the program in ef fect last year, the new set-aside provides that all turkeys must be sold to authorized processors who are buying for the army's account. Owners of less than 25 turkeys who are more than 100 miles from an approved proces sor may apply for a release to Western Field Service, Dairy and Poultry Branch, Office of Marketing Service, 812 Market St., San Francisco 3. The set- aside will remain in effect until all of the turkeys, needed for the armed services are obtained. R. G. Fowler, County Agent Plant First Corn In Victory Gardens First planting of sweet corn should be made now and addi tional plantings should be made every ten days or two weeks. Golden Early Market or Span cross are early maturing vari eties that should be planted now and followed by Golden Bantam. Parsnip and leaf lettuce should be planted now. The final plant ings of leaf lettuce and spinach should also be made. Earwigs Hatching! Gat Out Your Bait Young earwigs are now hatch ing in large numbers. These young earwigs are fairly easy .to poison and good control can be obtained If you bait carefully, thoroughly and repeatedly. Most effective control is obtained be tween now and mid-May. Scatter bait along fences, wood piles, or other places where earwigs may hide. Since earwigs are night feeders the bait should be applied in late evening. C. B. Cordy . Assistan County Agent 4H Club Winners To Receive Medals Silver medals have been re ceived from the American Vis cose Corp. to be awarded to the winners in the county style revue contest held at the 4H club fair last fall. Following are the winners of these medals: Melba Adamson. Betty Brad- shaw, Mary Ann Brill, Phyllis Cahail, Barbara Culbertson, Bar bara Clymer, Lillian Damon, Frances Dawson. Delores Dusen- berry, Evelyn Ferns, Jackie Fortln, Louisa Greb, Patricia Greb, Jean Hamilton, Wilma Hsnscom, Helen Harnish, Joyce Harper, Arlene Hay, Charlotte Kent, Shirley Roger, Allene Owens, Margaret Reed, Joyce Russell, Claudine Stallings, Dor othy Stanley, Doreen Straus, Lucille Smith, Betty Williams, Marian Wisdom. Pearl Henry of Dead Indian, who was Judged champion in the county style revue contest re ceived her medal some time ago. She also received a paid trip to Portland to compete in the state style revue contest where she won the blue ribbon in the in formal party dress discussion. County Club Agent Earle Jossy, Homemalcer's Festival Scheduled April 24 - For the first time In a number of years the women of Jackson county will again hold their Homemaker's Festival. The pro gram will be held at the- Med ford Senior high school Tuesday, April 24. The day's activities will start at 10:30 a.m. when exhibits and demonstrations of the work car ried by home extension units will be opened in the girls' gym nasium. These exhibits include projects in foods and nutrition, clothing, home management, and house furnishing, and will offer an excellent opportunity for all who have not attended extension programs to view the work and receive helpful bulletins for their own use. Outstanding feature of the day's program will be discussion of the Dumbarton Oaks Peace Plan by Dr. James Millar, repre senting Oregon State college. Dr. Millar is well known in Jackson county, having spoken here on other occasions. This portion of the program will be in the high school auditorium, starting at 1:30 p.m. and will include a 4H club demonstration team and a short skit in addition to the main address. Luncheon will be served at the Episcopal Guild hall at 12 noon, reservations must be made in advance for this part of the program. Mrs. Gertrude Ottinger, chair man of the Jackson County Home Extension committee in vites the public to join the home extension units of the county In the day's activities. Marian J. Farrell Home Demonstration Agent. medfUentor Al Simpson, who steered Med ford high school's football team to state chamninnchin laaf fail and wound up third in the state Dasketball tournament, renewed his coaching contract for an other vpsr hn mvAolnrf tnAav Simpson came to Medford from Asniana last tall. Simpson, who in January was named coach of the year by L. H. Gregory of the Portland Ore gonian, began his high school coaching career in Ashland in 1943 when he was called up from Junior high school to fill a vacancy. His Ashland grid team tied for the Southern Ore gon conference title and his bas ketball team won the state cham pionship. Rogue River Dams Are Discussed At Waltonian Meeting Seventy-five members filled the Episcopal Parish House Hall at Ashland Tuesday evening to attend the monthly members' meeting of Jackson County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. The subject of proposed dams in Rogue river was the principal topic of the evening's program. State Game Commissioner K. G. Denman addressed the meeting. A large number of new mem bers from the Ashland area affili ated with the Chapter. Vice- President Larkin Grub and Di rector E. S. Corthell, of Ashland were In charge of the meeting, Mr. Grubb presiding. A sportsmen's dinner was served after the meeting ana two riels of moving pictures were shown. The May meeting will be held In Medford. WITH ROOSEVELT L Ray Offord, Jr., S 2c, sta tioned at Balnbridge, Md., was one of a group of navy men chosen to march in the funeral procession of the late President Roosevelt at the capital and a letter describing the experience has been received by his wife, who resides in Jacksonville. Enclosing a large picture of the procession, Offord wrote: "1 was third from the front in the outside squad. We marched eight abreast and 15 deep, "There were 500,000 lining the streets. We marched about three miles at a very slow ca dence. Every once in a while some soldier would keel over. They were standing at attention along the sides of the street. It was quite warm, between 75 and 80 degrees. . "Everyone was so quiet, and many people wept, especially the older persons. I really felt quite honored, being a part of it all." Seaman Offord has been sta tioned at Bainbrldge since last November. His wife and two sons are making their home in Jacksonville with Mrs. Offord's mother, Mrs. Lee Wakefield, Mrs. Offord being the former Frances Wakefield. Offord's par ents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Of ford, Sr., of Route 4. E II' HUGE GASH STORE With U. S. Ninth Army, Ger many, April 19 (U.R) -r The Magdeburg branch of the Reichs bank, containing $70,000,000 In reichsmarks and silver coin, was captured today by troops oi the 30th Division. The vault containing the sil ver and currency at first was be lieved to contain "art treasures." n,,t th "trpnsurcs" were Dic- tures and antique furniture from the Magdeburg Municipal mu seum placed in the bank's vaults for air raid protection. The bank's "assets" now are under the guardianship of Ma jor Jasper Ackerman, Colorado Springs, Colo., former manager of the Exchange National Bank there. Troops under the command of Capt. Virgil Happy, Casper, Wyo., surrounded the bank be cause it looked like a potential tmntf nrtlnt TheV CBUSht tWO officials trying to escape with suitcases full of reicnmarns. NARCOTICS CHARGE San Francisco, April 19 (U.R) Frank Scappatura, 38, whole sale grocer, today faced removal to New York and a federal nar cotics Indictment, following or ders of U. S. Commissioner Fran cis St. J. Fox. Scappatura was arrested several weeks ago and charged with participation in a nation-wide dope ring operating in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, San Francisco, and New York for - the last four years. PAIR INDICTED Los Angeles, April 19 fU.R) Jack Malinoff, Chicago jew elry salesman and Michael Fine, Beverly Hills, Calif., druggist were under federal grand jury indictment today for conspiracy In the theft of 1,600 army watch es destined for men overseas. PUBLIC ADMITTED TO SESSIONS OF S.F. San Francisco, April 19 (U.R) The public will be admitted to the Plenary and Commission ses sions of the United Nation's' con ference, Lincoln White, U. S. State Department representa tive, announced today. White said that 15,000 public admissions will be granted to the Plenary sessions in the Opera House, and 10,000 admissions to the Commission Meetings dur ing the period of the conference. Admissions will be on a "f irst-come-first-serve" basis, White said, and requests must be made by mail to Carl Van Meter, State Department official in the Vet erans' Memorial building. Meanwhile, Aubrey Morgan, controller of the British infor mation services, arrived today and explained that In reality England would have only one vote in the general assembly, not six. Replying to widespread pro tests that the British Empire has a six-to-one voting edge over the United States, he said: "The United Kingdom will have only one vote in the assembly." 'It's true," he said, "that Can ada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand each will have one vote, but they are each in dependent countries, just as much as the United States and each will control its own votes." DEATH DEFINED Hollywood, April 19 (U.R) Peggy O'Neill, 21-year-old screen TRADE LOT S. Riverside, Klamath Falls for Suburban Lot Dr. A. A. Souie. M. D. Phone 2870 actress, died from an overdose of sleeping tablets containing barbiturate, a coroner's report held today. Miss O'Neill's body was found early Friday In the apartment of Film Writer Al bert Mannheimer. Police listed her death as a suicide. elding time (or Classified Adl 8:30 a. m Too Late to Classify 13:13 p. m. 500 other MONARCH Foods-all lust at Good I Thursday. April 19, 194S MEDFORD MAIL THIBUrffl SEVTH "When I say coffee I mean FOLCERS" rj HtBumsu LOOK AT THESE TYPICAL PHSGLY HIGGLY KARO SYRUP Blue Label l'2-lb. 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