Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 02, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextI i !! f.i BIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE L P E rinsing ceremonies for the filrl Scout dav camp, sponsored by the local Girl Scout council, were held Friday afternoon when awards were given for work completed by the 172 girls registered this year, ui mis number, 73 had perfect attend ance for the full 10 days of camping, and 41 took part in an over-night project. Awards for out-of-door cook ery were given to 54 girls; camp craft, 32; first aid, 85; wild plant finder, 10; "my country", 33; and second class award, 10. In addition to the unit projects Mr. Charles Davis gave instruc tion In archery, and Mrs. Homer Marx in horseback riding, using horses from the Dodge's stables. Miss Clara Hanley conducted classes in table loom weaving. - The closing program, attended by parents, consisted of a three ring circus with tumbling acts by the three Brownie units, seven to 10 years of age. Each of the other eight units present ed skits, contests, table projects and drills. Assisting in the .table displays and craft projects were Mrs. Sarah Cramer and Mrs. Lara Larwood. - Mrs. Don Zeis,' chairman of the' day camp, and Marjorie . Hopkins, director, said today the outstanding success of the day camp was due mainly to the con sistent continuity of the adult leadership. Only the Junior high group suffered from lack of con tinuous leadership, they de clare. Philip Eldridge Is Home Following Release From Army Following his honorable dis charge June 27 from the army air corps at Ft. Lewis, Wash., Philip Eldridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Eldridge, 804 North Riv erside avenue, arrived in Med ford last week. His wifo and on reside in Oklahoma City, Okla. Eldridge, who was released from the army on the point sys tem with 140 points, served 32 months of five years in the serv ice overseas In the Mediter ranean theater. He was a T ser geant with the ground crew of the 47th bomb group. The ser geant has been awarded the pres idential citation, the theater rib bon with eight battle stars, pre Pearl Harbor ribbon, and the good conduct medal. Eldridgo graduated from Med ford high school with the class Of 1840. Cinelne. Umi for Sunday Too Law i .imii7 orou oamraaj afternoon Please remember JARS, CAPS, LIDS and RUBBERS And follow laslructloea la Ike Bill Ulna Root. Ta rt m copy mmt 10a oitli your nasas sad address la- SaU IIOTHIII COMPANY, sails, tat Ofocle'e' WALNUT FUDGE BAR It's creamy-rich fudge -it, chock full of new. crop walnuts-it's grand eating for quick energy; Ixik for Soaele Walnut Fudge Bars in the Victory Blue Wrap 5c IMPERIAL CANDY COMPANY Seattle 4, Waihingtorr Monday, July 2. 194! Four University of . Oregon students from Medford and two from Ashland are listed on the honor roll for spring term, ac cording to announcement from the office of the registrar, Medford students , making a grade point average of 3.50 or better are Virginia Bradfish, daughter1 of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradfish of 110 Ashland avenue; Roberta Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wertz; Joyce Utz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Utz; and Helen Jean Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Webb, 819 Minnesota avenue. Honor roll students from Ash land are Ninon Odile King, daughter of Mrs. Ruth King, and Betty Whittle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. David Whittle. USED 1942 AUTOMOBILES FREED FROM RATIONING Used 1942 automobiles are re moved from rationing effective today, Frederic F. Janncy, dis trict OPA rationing executive. announced and in the future may be sold ration-free to any one. . New 1942 models will re main under rationing. Automobile dealers must con tinue to maintain records previ ously required for all 1942 cars, but all rationing restrictions on the transfer, acquisition, regis tration, alteration and use of used 1942 cars has been re moved. JUNE MARRIAGE TOTAL OVER 2-YEAR AVERAGE Marriages in June in Jackson county totaled 50, slightly more Mhan the average for the past two years and divorce suits filed number 29, according to the rec ords of the county clerk. Re turning soldiers spurred the acti vities of Dan Cupid though many civilian couples marched to the altar during the traditional "marrying month." FOUR COMMUNICABLE CASES DURING WEEK Only four cases of communi cable diseases were reported In Jackson county for the week ending June 30, according to the report of Dr. A. Erin Merkel, health officer. All reported In Medford, the list includes one case of pneu monia, two chickenpox and one trench mouth. WEATHER Northern California: Clear to day, tonight and Tuesday except for coastal fog and with a few afternoon thundershowcrs over central and southern Sierras: cooler today in coastal valleys apa in central portion of Great valley. t. A. POSTMISTRESS DIES Los Angeles, JWuly 2. (U.R) Mrs. Mary D. Briggs, 87, Los Angeles postmaster for the last nine years, died yesterday In Good Samaritan hospital of a heart ailment. She had been ill less than a week. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Merlford and vicinity: Fair and con Unuad warm toniiht and Tuesday. Oregon: Mostly clear tonight and luevuay. vooipr east portion Tuesday. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year a 10 today: Lowait 44 Total Inches. monthly precipitation: 0 Deficiency for the month, ft ln.k Tnt.l precipitation since September t, 1H44 IB as Inches. Excess for the season: 9 98 Inchee. Relative humidity at S:30 p. nv, yea- iviuay. jo-, a ji, p. m., today: 70. Tomorrow Sunrtre 5:40 a. m. Sunset S 50 p. m. Hlfth Low Prec. roi Ktf 3fl tioston -.... na Chlcaao 7S Denver stl Kureka 67 7S (IB 4t .14 .17 .IS J 7I SI 711 SO 90 7 SI 94 !S 90 74 53 .02 Havre si l-oa Amielea Medford New York Omaha .,.... Phoenix . Portland- Reno Roschurir Salt Lake San Francisco . Seattle .. - as ..100 US "ltl PI - m . 94 BO 74 S3 Spokant Washington. D. C. Yakima . . CInstna time for Sunday Too Lata to Classify 3 30 Saturday afternoon Please remember For Lovers of Real Old-Fashioned Fudge! -J VETS ELIGIBLE Veterans with an honorable discharge from branches of the nation's armed forces may ob tain high priorities for purchase of surplus property to establish themselves in small businesses, it has been announced by the Smaller War Plants corporation, Portland. Any veteran who has seen active military or naval service with the United States forces on or after Sept. 16, 1940, and before end of the present war will be eligible, the an nouncement stated. A veteran may not apply for surplus property before his dis charge, although the SWPC will furnish information as to how he may proceed after his dis charge. The surplus property must be used to establish or maintain the veteran's own small business, it was stated. A small business or professional enter prise Is considered by SWPC as an investment not exceeding $50,000. A capital investment for farming must not exceed $25,000 and'application must be made to the veterans local county agricultural agent. All other surplus property applica tions must be made to. the office of the Small War Plants corpora tion nearest the locality where the enterprise is to be located Veterans and others who wish more information about the poli cies and procedures that govern sale of surplus property to small businessmen may obtain it from the district office of the Smaller War Plants corporation, 608 Bedell building, Portland 4, Ore. LILLIAN GREER Ashland, July 2 Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Harris Greer, who passed away here Friday morning, were held today at the First Presbyterian church. Interment will be beside her hus band and daughter in Grand View cemetery, Glendale, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Greer came to Ashland in 1911 where he was editor and publisher of the Ash land Daily Tidings and associ ated with his son-in-law in the Burbank Review. Mr. Greer passed away in 1926. Mrs. Greer, who was born In Decatur, 111., in 1868, was active in the Presbyterian church, Ord er of Eastern Star and Woman's Civic club as long as her health permitted. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harvey Ling. Burbank and Mrs. William Schulkc, Ashland. Several grand children also survive. Court House News Marriages Alfred Ike Coffman and Na- dine Audrey Walters. Louis F. Dcwald and Iris E. Belcher. Harold Eldon Hanscom and Mary Rose Lilly. Erford Horace Poole and Thora Laveive Hall. Glenn A. Nichols and Fae Mil dred Anderson. Arthur Mcrl Morris and Gcr- aldine Murray. Joseph Rcnshaw Parker and Helen V. Holmes. Clair William Vogcl and Lola Mae Buckles. TRIANGLE TRAGEDY Oakland, Calif., July 2. (U.PJ John A. Valdez, 28, Oakland, was in hospital today with serious self-inflicted bullet wounds, police said, - after he shot to death Army Pvt. Ray W, Conrad, 27. Valdez allegedly killed Conrad after the latter had carried on an illicit love affair with Valdez' wife Oliva. P" i astaK',waSitiilt k-..I,Xi:..-.-' i "a'.tii' i'k'" fTw s"". -5e. If """""i' n tiniimin ,mm'm"V peak GRAINS AM CHEAT Kellogg'. Com Flakes bring you nearly all the protective food elements of the whole grain declared essential to human nutrition. NAVlf TEAM HALTS BY7T03SC0RE . Norm Worthley, chief petty of ficer at Klamath Falls Naval Air Station and former Medford junior high school coach, took over pitching duties for the Navy team yesterday and beat his former teammates, the Medford Craters, 7 to 3 at Klamath Falls. The win gave the Navy definite command of first place in the league and shoved Medford Into second place with two wins and a loss. Studs Win Central Point Studs went Into a third place tie wun mamam Falls Marines by stopping Butte Falls 18 to 7 at Central Point. Marines and Ashland were idle in league competition yesterday, A big second inning was costly to Medford and paved the way for the Navy's fourth straight win. With neither team getting a hit in the first inning, Navy bunched four blows and with a walk and an error gathered five runs. Navy collected all their runs In the second, third and fourth innings but managed to hit safely in every frame except the first and seventh. Kidwell Hits Dick Kidwell, who pitched a grand game for Medford, got his team s first hit, a single, in the third inning but Medford was un able to bunch enough blows to score until the seventh when they got three hits, one a triple by Kirchcr, and an error by Frederick, Navy first baseman. to score three runs. Of the Navy's 1 1 blows, seven of them were for extra bases. Freer and Kidwell hit two for four for Medford. Score: Navy 7 11 1 Medford 3 8 3 Worthley and Reitenour; Kid well and Gitzcn. Central Point 18 18 6 Butte Falls 7 7 5 Colley and Hill; Baker, Web ster and Saubert. Pasadena. Cal., July 2 (U.PJ Brenda Helser, Portland, Ore., swimming champion, today claimed an American record of 1:02.3 for her 100-yard free style win at the Pacific coast AAU swimming and diving champion ships. The Multnomah club sprinter, who shaved two-tenths of a sec ond off Ann Curtis' mark, barely edged out Marilyn Shancr, of Snn Francisco's Crystal Plunge, who also bettered Miss Curtis' record of 1:02.5 in yesterday's meet. Mariel Mellon, of San Diego, Calif., was third. 180,632 Fans See Big League Games New York, July 2 U.R) New season attendance records were set at Detroit and In Chicago's Comiskcy park yesterday, but total attendance at eight major league baseball doublchcadcrs was only 180.632, or 25,000 un der the 1945 record set last Sunday. Re-appearance of Hank Green- berg in baseball uniform drew 47,729 to Detroit's ball park, and 36,751 were In Comiskey Park to see the White Sox beat the New York Yankees twice. The American league outdrcw the National, 106,323 to 74,309. Closing time tor Classified Ads 8:30 m. loo Lata to Classify 13:13 p m FOODS" tftfffa&yp CORN mm m - kWM""'lf LL WOWTHl A SCORES YESTERDAY American Detroit 9,5; Philadelphia 5, 3 Chicago 11, 6; New York 4, 5 St. Louis 7, 4; Boston 3, 7 Washington 6, 5; Cleveland 3,6 National Boston 6, 8; St. Louis 3, 7 Brooklyn 3, 4; Pittsburgh 4, 2 Philadelphia 3, 8; Cincinnati 2, 6 New York 7, 4; Chicago 4, 3 Pacific Coast Portland 2, 4; Sacramento 10, 3 San Francisco 7, 2; Los Ange les 5, 4 Hollywood 8, 5; Oakland 5, 4 Seattle 1, 7; San Diego 3, 5 STANDINGS American W. L. Detroit ..... 39 24 New York 35 27 Boston ..33 28 Chicago ..34 30 Washington 32 30 St. Louis ......27 32 Cleveland 27 34 Philadelphia 20 42 Pet. .625 .565 .541 .531 .516 .458 .443 .323 National Brooklyn 41 New York 38 St. Louis 36 Chicago .. ....32 Pittsburgh 34 Boston ...........32 Cincinnati ...28 Philadelphia 19 25 30 29 29 31 31 33 52 .621 .559 .554 .525 .523 .508 .459 .268 Pacific Coast Portland 55 36 Seattle 49 41 San Francisco 49 43 Sacramento 45 47 .604 .544 .533 .489 .489 .479 .462 .402 Oakland 45 47 San Diego ,.45 49 Los Angeles 42 49 Hollywood 37 55 ASHLAND DEFEATED BY WEED BASEBALL SQUAD Ashland. Julv 2 AchlnnH int its fourth straight game of the season yesterday when they dropped a 12 to 9 decision to Weed, Calif., here. It was a non league game. Score: Weed ....12 13 4 Ashland 9 13 7 Gordon. Millnr inH di. Cole; Gosncll, Jones and Larson! SEGURA EYES TITLE River Forest. 111.. .Tnlv tiipi Francisco (Pancho) Segura. University of Miami Tint slur launches a bid for hie consecutive national clay court men's singles championship to day when he meets Alex George, Kansas City, at the River Forest tennis club. ui. o isie io Liassuy l:.a p m ALL fc a id m at jt ; ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET NELSON ANNEXES Chicago, July 2. (U.PJ John Byron Nelson, a former railroad auditor, today ruled golf with the same sweeping success by which Bobby Jones dominated the game in 1930, the year he completed his immortal grand slam. Nelson has won every major tournament in America with the exception of the Los Angeles open and he has captured most of them going away. He won his first victory na tional open, the wartime substi tute for the national open, yes terday with a 72-hole total of 275 strokes, 13 under par and seven better than his foremost rival, defending champion -Harold (Jug) McSpaden. The San ford, Me., veteran tied for second with Ky Laffoon, Chicago, at 282 strokes. In picking up first prize. $2,000 in war bonds, Nelson set an all-time record of winning seven straight individual tourna ments and boosted his winnings to another all-time high. LONGSHOT WINS Tijuana, Mex., July 2. (U.R) Vegas Chance, four-year-old long shot, today hung up a three length victory in the seven fur long independence handicap at Hippodromo de Tijuana. Via Vvv- . A big bowl of crisp golden Ruskets with milk and fruit is re. energy building brcakfasll These flaked biscuits of choice whole wheat provide proteins vitamins and minerals for active days. Good to the last flake! ' NSiyiTd?l 14 ex. tcon gjjWWsl . 7 your Adjust or replace breaker points Adjust distributor Reset Timeing Oil and adjust valve tappets Check and adjust fan belt Check generator Clean and overhaul carburetor Clean air cleaner Test engine compression . Burn carbon deposits out of cumbustion chambers left by war time gasoline (very important) We Promise You This Job Will Give Your Car BETTER PERFORMANCE O GREATER ECONOMY HUB 0 D C D C D "!'" help you squeeze every last mile out of your ITIUilll rCl gasoline allowance. $Q25 THIS FOR 9th & BARTLETT NEW ROOSEVELT STAMP AT LOCAL POSTOFFICE A new Roosevelt three-cent stamp has been received at the Medford post office. Postmaster Frank DeSouza announced to day. The new stamp, of special delivery size, bears the likeness of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the left side, with the inscription, "1882-1945, Roos velt" beneath. On the .right side is a picture of the White House. MONTEZ ILL Hollywood, July 2. (U.R) Maria Montez, Latin-American screen star, today was reported completely out of danger from a week-long attack of diptheria. 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