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
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Chicago
Denver
Eureka
Havre .
Los Angeles
Medforil
New York -Omaha
Phoenix
Portland
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Seattle .
..98
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Spokane
Washington. D. C. 84
Yakima .. 86
Closing time for Sunday Too Late
to Clasrlfy 4:00 Saturday afternoon.
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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
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(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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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at canning" time
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' because it's aged
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Available in bottles and gallon jugs
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