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TO The annual picnic for former residents of North and South Da kota living or visiting in the val ley will be held in Ashland's Lithia park, Sunday, July 29, it was announced today by Glen O. Taylor, president. Dinner is planned for 1 p. m., and all for mer North or South Dakota res idents and their families are in vited to attend, bringing a picnic lunch and table service. Ice cream, coffee and cream will be furnished. A business meeting with elec tion of officers for the coming year will be followed by music by Alexander's string orchestra. John A. Carter is in charge1 of the program. Awards will be- made to the oldest man, oldest woman, larg est family, youngest baby and largest gr&up present. A tug of war between the North and South Dakota residents, foot races and games will also be held. Anyone desiring further infor mation is asked to telephone Mrs. R. E. Schulz, secretary and treas urer of the group, Medford, num ber 5993. Village on Boeing Built of Feathers, Canvas and Burlap Seattle, July 24 (U.PJ The existence of a 26-acre camou flage "wonderland" atop the Boeing Aircraft company's big Seattle plant was disclosed with army permission eoday. It was erected nearly three years ago by U. S. engineers to protect the B-17 and B-29 fac tory from possible Japanese air raids. The plant's vast rooftop was turned into a village and coun tryside built of chicken-feather trees, canvas buildings, canvas roads and burlap dirt. There were 53 houses, three green houses, three main streets, 24 garages and numerous parked trucks and automobiles made of painted canvas. But the buildings average only four feet in height and the only furnishings were sprinklers for fire protection. LOVERS' LEAP TRAGEDY Placerville, Cal., July 24 U.R) Beverly Brown, 18, a University of California student, was killed last night when she accidentally fell from a crag called Lovers' Leap near Strawberry resort, the coroner's office reported to day. The girl, whose home is in Alameda county, was on a moon light hike to the top of the 150 foot crag, companions said, when she was struck by a stone which dislodged from a point farther up the peak. ' Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Clear and warmer tonisht and Wednesday. Oregon: Clear tonisht. Warmer In lower elevations. Wednesday, partly cloudy, probably few light showers and slightly cooler in northwest por tion. Gentle southerly wind off coast. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 91: Lowest 53 Total monthly precipitation: Trace. Deficiency for the month: .26 Inches. Total precipitation aince September 1, 1944: 19 28 Inches. Excels for the season: 2.73 Inches. Relative humidity at 9:30 p. m. yes terday: 32; 5:30 a. m. today; 70. Tomorrow 8unru 5:57 a. m. Sunset 8:37 p. m. Boise .93 62 Boston Chicago Denver Eureka Havre . Los Angeles Medforil New York -Omaha Phoenix Portland .94 .92 ...64 .91 70 63 55 58 64 57 66 78 86 46 54 63 56 54 53 73 52 91 S7 75 97 98 79 ..f2 83 Reno Roseburg Salt Lake City San Francisco . Seattle . ..98 ...69 76 83 Spokane Washington. D. C. 84 Yakima .. 86 Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Clasrlfy 4:00 Saturday afternoon. Please remember PS EX- EMPLOYEES . Registration for All Packing House and Cold Storage Employes Will Start Moonday, .Italy SO Applications for Packing School Will Be Received Until SATURDAY, July 28. SOUTHERN OREGON SALES, Inc. TELEPHONE 2244 (Acme itiepnaioi Movie crews and studio -workers fight fire which started on a back lot of Universal Btu'dio, Hollywood. CaUf, which burned over one and a hall acres destroying sets and irreplaceable staio properties. Studio officials es- mate damage at $250,000. Mission i mt&H&TL A 4jiJs -.... . --S ?.rt :LT SM (Acme Tc&photo) Broktn and burning, this P-47 of an AAF fighter group In the Ryukyua crashed during takeoff for a strike against the Japanese homeland. The ingine, foreground, was thrown ahead of the remainder of the wreckage, shown burning in background. Pilot escaped with minor injuries. Tomato Crop Is Light and Late, Koozer Reports . Ashland, July 24 This year's crop of tomatoes will be lighter than that of last year, Ralph Koozer, manager of Baglcy Can ning company, said today. The lighter crop, brought on mainly by lesser acreage, will be about two weeks late, Koozer said. The cannery is now shipping out all of the government to mato Juice pack which consti tutes 13 cars or about a million pounds of Juice. This completes the contract for last year's pack. Canning and freezing of Free stone peaches will be carried out this year to make up for the shortage of tomatoes. Some apples, if obtainable, will also be frozen for pie stock. FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED Camp Roberts, Cal., July 24 (UP.) Four soldiers were killed and 25 injured, three seriously, yesterday in a truck collision outside gate No. 2 of Camp Rob erts, army officials announced today. Those killed were: Eu gene N. Mertz, 29, of-Portland, Ore.; Jose S. Huerto, 19, of El Paso, Tex.; Tommy C. Holt, 29, Skclton, Wash.; and James M. Meservey, 29, Portland, Ore. Fire Razes Section of Universal Studio in LV I Delayed J . 5K W "i .J. : 1 VST .riu. News of 4-H HCLUBS By Charletta Kent Antelope 4-H club held its monthly meeting at the home of Bill Bighani, July 13. Members judged two classes of cattle, Guernsey heifers belonging to Clara Mae Bigham and a class of beef steers. The club planned a picnic and swimming party at Twin Plunges pool, Aug. 12. Next 4-H sewing meeting will be some time m August. STUDIO at 1211 West Main Phone 2755 MRS. GLENN CLYNER Certified Accordinn Teacher. 12:30 -5:00 On Saturdays PARTS and SERVICE for all makes ill WASHERS and REFKIUKKATIIRS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlett. Phone 2419 1 1 1 v .... . , Scattered Elites Still Holding Out U. S. Third Army Headquar ters, Bavaria, July 24 (U.R) American intelligence officers confirmed today that scattered nazi elite guards are still hold ing out in the Bavarian Alps, fighting a spasmodic guerrilla war against the American occu pation forces. The continued existence of the nazi holdouts was admitted in response to a series of ques tions submitted to third army headquarters by a United Press correspondent who uncovered evidence of their activities dur ing a recent tour of Bavaria. WRITER BARRED New Delhi, July 24 (U.R) The Chinese government, it was learned today, has declined to permit Harold Isaacs, corre spondent of Newsweek Magazine, to re-enter China. Isaacs had been in the United States on a two-months vacation from his Chungking post. hunter leaves its guns at home It carries no guns, drops no bombs; yit the Peeping Tom P-38 is one of out planes Japs fear most. Armed only with aerial cameras, it ranges far behind battle-lines to map Jap secrets. To flight-test and deliver many P-38's, Lockheed in the West chooses Chevron Aviation Gasoline. Chevron has to be good to match America's fighting planes and it is. You'll see when a great new Chevron Gasoline brings skyway performance to your car. The LIGHTNING flies first on G. Martin Lewis Bldeler, 51, U.S. Department of Labor represen tative with headquarters in Med ford, died in a Grants Pass hos pital Sunday after an illness of three days. Bideler, attached to the wages and hours division of the laoor department, has lived in Medford and vicinity three years and directed work in Southern Oregon from the local U. S. Employment Service office. Bideler' Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Bideler, 940V4 Whitman street. Born in Coopers Plains, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1894. he was a member of the Klamath Falls Elks' lodge and was listed in Who's Who in the Executive World. The deceased was widely known in eastern Oregon where he took part in politics. Funeral services will be held in Union, Ore.. July 27 at 10 a. m., and burial will follow in the family plot in Union. Roosevelt Medal To Sell For $1 Washington July 24 (U.PJ The mint is preparing a Roose velt Memorial Medal which will be sold to the public for $1. The medal, to be issued "in a few weeks," will bear a likeness of the late president on one side and a representation of a mourn ing figure on the other, the med als will be struck at the Phila delphia mint. An inauguration medal of President Truman also will be issued soon. Million in Kansu Facing Starvation Chungking, July 24 (U.R) More than a million people in Kansu province in northwestern China face virtual starvation as the result of. failure of summer crops, the newspaper Ta Kung Pao said today. Students from Kansu who have appealed to the government for effective relief in the strick en area state that the drought affected a majority of the prov ince's populous areas. . stan e llitwif STANDARD NrWI TIM! 7:15 t. M. MoHoy, Timdoy, Ttiunday Aurora Burelson And Max Henne Marry in Reno Friends of Aurora Burleson and Max Henne received word today from Reno, Nevada, that the couple were married in that city Monday afternoon. After a brief honeymoon in Nevada the couple will make their home at 31 South Barneburg Road. Mrs. Henne is prominent in social and business circles of this city and is owner and manager of Burleson's ladies ready-to-wear store here. Mr. Henne is a veteran of Vorld War I and served with the air transport command in the Alaskan theatre of operations during this war. He has been associated with United Air Lines since the establishment of that company 25 years ago and is now manager of the company's Medford offices. He is a mem ber of the Medford Rotary club. Ex-Shasta Justice Suffers Gun Wound Redding, Cal., July 24 U.R) Seventy-four year old James A. Simpson, a former Shasta county justice of the peace, apparently was recovering today from an accidental gunshot wound for which he received no medical at tention for 96 hours. Simpson went on a lone camp ing trip Wednesday. His .45 cali ber pistol fell from a rock where he had placed it and accidentally discharged, he said. The bullet completely passed through his body. He was discovered about noon yesterday by a searching party, 96 hours after the acci dent. Vet Would Punish Wives Who Stray Sydney. Australia, July 24 (U.R) An irate Australian vet eran sought recruits today for a novel vigilante committee to punish straying wives of soldiers serving overseas. The veteran, A. J. Servln Dresident of the Council of ex- Servicemen's associations, said he favored drastic treatment for soldiers' wives caught indulging in clandestine love affairs. "I would like to hang them to the nearest lamp post," he de clared. Use Mall Trlhuna Want Ads. Tuesday, Jul 24, 1943 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREB Roosevelt's Last Picture Unveiled New York, July 24 (U.R) The unfinished portrait for which President Roosevelt was sitting when he died was unveiled at Gimbel Brothers department store today. Approximately 1,000 persons witnessed the first public show ing at the store's art gallery. Mrs. Elizabeth Shoumatoff, the artist, said that the picture "is the property of the people." No decision has been made on final disposition of the portrait. PINES YIELD OIL Chungking, July 24 (U.R) A refinery for reducing oil from pine roots has been established in Ningtu to ease a shortage of motor fuels in Kiangsl province, the Chinese Central News agency said today. Por Good Luck' at canning" time Heinz White Kckling Vineg"ar Good full flavor . . .yet mellow ' because it's aged The same vinegar used in Heinz own pickling; Best for either Lot or cold packing Available in bottles and gallon jugs AVIATION GASOLINE and frldoy DOM Mi MUIUAl NHWOM Us Mall Trlbun Want Ada. HUNT'S SICN SHOP All Work GUARANTEED Phone 7321 205 W. 8th St. Medford, Or. WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts St Service on All Makes B. & B. WASHER SHOP 408 E. Main Phone 5302 in wood