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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. July IB. 1945 NEWSPAPERS FOR Your son or husband fighting In the Pacific with the Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard is just as much interested in news of his family, friends and home town as ever before. So here is a tip from the navy, via Post master Frank DeSouza of Med ford. If you want to renew Ills sub scription to the Mail Tribune, or in nnv nlhpr magazine or news paper, be sure to have him write to you requesting me renewal prior to its expiration date, miinruid his ennics will not be accepted at the post office for mailing. In accoraance wiui a new ruling issued by the post office department and the navy department. Keep sending letters and pack ages, but help the Navy conserve shipping space for guns, food, and other vital war supplies by curtailing second class matter. This Is the joint order issued by the Past Office Department and the Navy Department: "1. Individual copies of news papers and magazines offered for mailing by publishers, ad dressed via the fleet post offices at New York or San Francisco, to Navy, Marine Corps or Coast , Guard personnel on duty over seas, shall be accepted only when they are being sent In ful fillment of written requests in itiated by the addressees for sub scriptions or renewals of sub scriptions. "2. Postmasters at the offices of mailing shall require publish ers to present for their examina tion the requests from the ad dresses for subscriptions or re newals of subscriptions. "3. Relatives and friends may pay for the subscriptions or re newals of subscriptions provided the addressees have initiated the requests therefor. "4. Complimentary copies sent by publishers, copies paid for by advertisers, and copies sent under any kind of an ar rangement whereby the requests of the addresses are solicited shall NOT be accepted. "5. Copies mailed in fulfill ment of subscriptions which are unexpired on the effective date of the addressees are solicited until the subscriptions expire." , Merchant Marine Service is Urged By Mayor Meeker Mayor C. A. Meeker today urged Medford men to join the U. S. maritime service and help keep the merchant marine staffed with seamen urgently needed to sail merchant vessels leaving west coast ports., "Men of Medford who arc eligible under the recently re laxed enrollment qualifications for the maritime service can serve their country in no belter manner than by becoming a member of this valuable crew." the mayor said In his statement. "I urge anyone not now in a vital war industry to visit the maritime service enrolling of fice at Portland and help keep those war cargoes sailing on schedule." The USMS enrolling office in Portland Is located at room 202, Pioneer Postoffice building. Edward U. Canoose Enrolls in Plane Mechanics Course Kcssler Field, Biloxl, Miss .Tiilv 16 Pvt. Edward U Canoose, 55 Ross Court, Medford, was enrolled this wccK in ine AAF training command's basic nirnlane and encine mechanic course at Keesler Field. Thn rnnrep will extend over 1 7fi.ririv nprinrl during wliicll time he will receive instruction and actual experience in aircraft maintenance. This training will nrpnare him for entrance into a specialized course where ground crew students win receive addi tional instruction in maintenance nnri trnnhln shooting. The training program he is following, wnicii in addition to mnintpnanrp. includes instruc tion in fundamentals, electrical systems, structures, fuel and oil systems. nroDcllers. instruments, hydraulic systems, engine opera tion and basic airplane mspec tion. FUEL OIL CONSUMERS URGED TO FILL TANKS Because the Pacific war will take 8,400,000 more gallons of petroleum products daily at its peak than is being used today, Chester Bowles. OPA . adminis trator, and Ralph K. Davics, de puty petroleum administrator, cautioned fuel-oil consumers that home-heating oil supplies will be tight next winter and joined in an appeal to householders to fill their fuel-oil storage tanks im mediately. "Military needs for fuel oil are continuing to increase and will reach a peak this winter at the time when civilian fuel oil needs, too, are heaviest," Mr. Davies said. "Obviously,- de mands on the nation's heavily burdened transportation system will follow a similar pattern, making it imperative for house holders to stock up early this summer so that dealers can re fill their own storage tanks while transportation still is available." PEARL HARBOUR WEDS Santa Monica, Cal., July 16 (U.PJ Today, Pearl Harbour Is just plain Mrs. Jenkins. Sgt. La Rue N. Jenkins, trombonist in the Santa Monica air forces re distribution station, revealed yesterday that he and Wac Pvt. Pearl Harbour of the station's public relations office were mar ried last week in Las Vegas, Nev. 0'JaHrunlo XmouTeelo Raise hicksr.s (Acme leleimolfjt MSgt. Frederic Kensel, first battle casualty in this war to lose parts of all four limbs, Is shown with his wife, Jewel, in Battle Creek, Mich., hos pital. Hensel lost both legs above the knees ,his left arm above the elbow, and right hand. Injuries occurred when he stepped on anti-tank mine in Okinawa, Daily Weather Report FORECASTS MrrtTord end vicinity: Fair tonight end Tuesday. Little change In temper ature. Orrffon: Scattered clouda tonight and Tursdny. Cooler today south por tion. Moderate westerly winds off coast. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year Ago today: Highest 03; Lowest 93. Total monthly precipitation: 0 Inches. Deficiency for the month: .21 Inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1!)44: 10 28 Inches. Kxccss for the season: 2.77 Inches. Relative humidity at 3:30 p. m.. yes terday: 28; 3:30 a. m. today: 78. Tomorrow Sunrise S:30 a. m. Sunset 8:44 p. m. High Low Prec. Boise fld 3a Boston 82 en .80 Chicago 73 Denver .. 02 Ktirrka . HI Havre ............... RS Los Angeles ................. 87 Medford ... .. R7 (14 38 New York 77 Omaha .. R2 Phoenix ..ini Portland ...... 74 Reno 04 lloscburg ...... 82 lt l.axe M!i San Francisco Seatlle Spokane Washington, D. C. Yakima 70 ,n 30 .34 32 30 .73 . 73 80 Kaiser Proposes Steel Syndicate Oakland, Calif., July 18 U.R) Henry J. Kaiser, Pacific coast industrialist, proposed to the gov ernment today' the formation of a western steel syndicate to oper ate a completely integrated, di versified iron and steel industry in California, Utah and Colorado. The combined properties would be worth more than $350,-000,000. In a telegram to S. H. Hus bands, head of the Defense Plant Corp.. Kaiser offered to take over the $200,000,000. Geneva, Utah, steel plant and spend 57,- 000,000 to equip it for rolling hot strip steel. Creamery Butter Worth 16 Points Wschlnglnn .Tulir lfl (U.P.) The ration value of creamery butter was back down to 16 points a pound today. The old 24-point value came to an hum a r. 12-01 n. m. Sundav. The OPA said the move was made possible by reduced mili tary requirements. Eut it warn ed that points would be raised again if supplies disappeared too quickly. Country butter remained at 12 points a pound. McNUTT TO ISLANDS San Francisco, July 18 U.R War Mnnnower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, here for a three- day conference witn WW, ex- MAKE ICE CREAM At hortt-Ary flovor-Dl.eleui-Smooth No ic iy.loIi No cooking-No whipping No icofthtd flavor fay Inavpontiv 30 rrcipct In oh 15 pkg, Ploot tend (hit ad (or ( full t tarn pi offer, or buy from your groctr. t LQQDOIlDeRRU Irond Homomod ! Crtam STABILIZER tONMNDIMT-US H0WIHD. UN FMNCIIM 1. Ml If. w Wmm JULY 16th BEDFORD'S NEW FINER EATING PLACE! -The- OY 'A . ... 1 j .E. Featuring Your Favorite Foods With ,3fegg SEA FOODS A SPECIALTY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Open Daily Except Sundays 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 125 W. Main Formerly Jack & Jerry's Oyster Loaf ecutives from 48 states, will leave for the Philippines when the conference closes, it was an nounced today. AWARDED DFC FOR AERIAL MISSIONS An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England For his lead ership on Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombing mis sions over Germany First Lt. John M. Saulsberry, 23, of Jack sonville, Ore., has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross. Lt. Saulsberry has been award ed for "extraordinary achieve ment" during bombing attacks on German military targets, at Cottbus, Bremen and Gotha, while serving as lead navigator operating special equipment. "Lt. Saulsberry demonstrated exceptional proficiency in guid ing his formations to the as signed targets in devastating at tacks despite adverse weather conditions and concentrations of anti-aircraft fire on each mis sion. The outstanding technical skill and courageous devotion to duty displayed by Lt. Sauls berry materially contributed to the success of these Important missions, reflecting tliB highest credit upon himself and the Army Air Forces," the citation stated. He is a member of the 388th Bomb. Group,' ' unit of the Third Air Division, the division cited for its historic mission to Africa when Bircraft plants at Regensburg were bombed. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Saulsberry of Jacksonville, and had been attending Oregon State College before entering th AAF in August, 1942. Closing time for m. Too Late to s asslfled Adf 8:30 At All Dealers Important Changes Southern -Ore. California Bus Train Schedules Following Schedules effective Tuesday, July 17th: SOUTHBOUND V Leave Medford S. P. Station, bus, 6:05 a. m. daily. Arrive Dunsmuir 9:50 a. m. daily, making connections with Train 15 "West Coast" from Dunsmuir, 10:15 a. m., to Sacramento, Central and Southern California. Also connections Train 17 "Oregonian" from Dunsmuir, 12:20 p. m. Noon, to San Fran cisco. Leave Medford S. P. Station, bus, 7:40 p. m. daily. Arrive Dunsmuir 11:25 p. m. daily, making connections with Train 19, "Klamath," from Dunsmuir, 12:05 a. m., to San Francisco. NORTHBOUND Leave Dunsmuir, bus, 8:15 a. m. daily, taking connections off Train 18 "Oregonian" and Train 20 "Klamath" from San Francisco. Arrive Medford S. P. Station 11 :58 a. m. daily. Leave Dunsmuir bus 7:00 p. m., taking connections off Train 16 "West Coast" from Southern, Central California arnd Sac ramento. . Arrive Medford 10:30 p. m. daily. 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