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Chamber of Commerce Di
rectors Told Site Near
Diamond Lake Chosen
Final approval for filming
Ernest Haycox's latest Saturday
Evening Post story, "Canyon
Passage," in the Rogue River
valley where most of the action
takes place is now pending in
the offices of Walter Wanger
Pictures, Inc., Universal City,
Calif., according to information
disclosed at the Chamber of
Commerce- board of directors'
luncheon meeting at the cham
ber offices Friday noon.
Three representatives of the
picture company, Henry Spitz,
F. O. Collings, and Frank Phil
lips, were here recently to sur
vey the area, and chose a site
near Diamond lake as the most
suitable location. Producers plan
to film the story in technicolor,
on a scale comparable to Hay
cox's earlier stories, "Union Pa
cific" and "Stage Coach."
Geographic Splurge Due
Photographers for the Nation
al Geographic magazine are ex
pected to arrive in Southern
Oregon about Aug. 15 or Sep
tember 1 to obtain pictures for
an 'Oregon issue of the maga
zine, which will be published
soon, according to a report re
ceived by the chamber.
Other reports heard by the di
rectors included that of City
Superintendent Frank Rogers,
who states that the air strip at
the Medford fairgrounds is near
ly completed, and will be ready
for use about next Wednesday.
Several applications 'or installa
tion of a flying school and other
facilities here have been receiv
ed. Relief for local sheepmen, un
able to profitably sell soft lambs
even under recent changes in
OPA rulings, is being sought
through OPA and Agricultural
Department channels, the cham
ber directors were informed.
William Gates, author of tele
grams concerning the requests,
has received assurances from
Representative Guy Cordon and
Senator Wayne Morse in Wash
ington, D. C, that they are also
urging the modifications of point
values on Oregon lambs.
Students Ma; Delay
A letter from Chancellor Fred
erick Hunter of the State Board
of Higher Education indicates
that students who delay entry
at Oregon colleges and univer
sities to work in fruit harvests
this fall will be given opportun
ity to make up work missed
without penalty of credits. This
was in answer to a request from
local fruitmen, supported by the
chamber, that opening dates of
the sehfiols be delayed until crop
harvests are completed.
In reporting for the transpor
tation committee, H. S. Deuel
stated that inter-state truck op
erators on the coast are seeking
approval of an increase in
freight rates to cover increased
costs of operation and labor. The
Roseburg chamber of commerce
has endorsed the application,
and Grants Pass' chamber is op
posing it. Medford's policy will
be determined by the chamber
executive committee.
In UAL Booklet
Information concerning re
creational spots near Medford
and a picture of Crater Lake
have been sent to United Air
lines, to be published in a book
let by that company, according
to Moore Hamilton. The pamph
let will publicize vacation facili
ties near cities where United
Airlines service is established.
Another booklet, publicizing
the city of Medford, is being
planned by the local chamber
and it is expected that at least
100,000 copies will be printed.
Various cities in Southern
Oregon and Northern California
are negotiating a plan to issue
a pamphlet covering "Highway
99."
Mark Goldy stated that the
national housing authority has
indicated additional housing for
naval personnel coming into
Medford in connection with the
station hospital at Camp White
will be provided in facilities ade
quate for the need.
Capt. T. B. LaFavre, who ar
rived here this week to assume
command of the Camp White
Station hospital, spoke briefly.
More than 300 women, including
200 Waves and about 125 navy
nurses, are expected to arrive at
the hospital about Sept. 1, the
captain said. Capt. LaFavre re
cently returned to this country
after two and a half years in
French Morocco.
Other guests at the luncheon
were Commander Lewis Gun
ther and Ensign Forbes H. Smith,
naval officers from the hospital,
a delegation from Yreka includ
ing Mrs. Barbara Warner, man
ager of the Yreka chamber of
commerce, Frank Stabcr, cham
ber president, and O. G. Steele,
manager of the California-Oregon
Power Co. in the northern
California city, and Earl Day,
former Medford resident and a
member of the state tax com
mission. Chamber officers state that
Congressman Harris Ellsworth is
expected to attend the next di
rectors meeting.
Withholding Tax
Refunds Are Made
Washington, Aug. 4 (U.R)
The Treasury has announced that
10,968,000 refund checks for
over - payment of withholding
taxes in 1944 were Issued up to
July 27. It said the remainder
of a total of about 22,000.000
will be mailed by Sept- 15, cne
month ahead of schedule.
Checks issued thus far had a
total value of S481.890.000. They
are being mailed at an averagt
weekly rate of 1,600,000. The
average check is for $45.
LAMB CROP REPORTED
SMALLER THAN 1944
Washington, Aug. 4 (U.R)
The agriculture department said
today that the 1945 lamb crop
of 28,250,000 head was 1,000.000
head or 3.5 per cent smaller than
last year's crop.
The 1945 Oregon lamb crop
was estimated at 789,000, com
pared with 896,000 for last year
and an average of 1,292,000 head.
Hollywood, Aug. 4 (U.R)
Fiske OHara, for 30 years
lyric tenor of stage, screen and
radio, died yesterday at his
home after an Illness of a year.
He was 67.
U.S. BRASS HATS
HOLD EUROPE IN
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By John McDermolt
United Press Stnlf
Correspondent
Wiesbaden, Aug. 3 (U.R)
The United States group control
council's public relations policy
was regarded by American
newsmen today as favoring cen
sorship at the source and tend
ing to imperil the freedom of the
was learned today that
USGCC Public Relations Chief
Lt. Col. S. J. Duncan-Clark's of
fice has been removing corres
pondent's filed dispatches from
the censor's office for inspection.
New Twist
The reason for this action was
given as enabling the public
relations officer to study news
trends. Correspondents, how
ever, pointed out that such a
procedure of "studying news
trends" by the public relations
office was unheard of even dur
ing the height of the European
war.
Newsmen already are virtual-'
ly handcuffed by public rela
tions directives which Duncan
Clark (who is from Chicago and ,
formerly assistant chief censor
at Shaef) has refused to permit
to be examined because they 1
were classified as confidential-
These directives discourage m-
rliiririual ontnmricB nn tho n!Mt
of any correspondent in obtain-1
Ing exclusive Interviews with
department heads of the
USGCC.
Press conferences Inspired by
an individual correspondent, but
where all reporters are present,
are beamed upon by Duncan
Clark. He also views the pub
lishing of prepared handouts
praising USGCC activities with
extreme pleasure.
Don't Like Facts
Fear that department heads
may speak in actualities, rather
than along the line of "desired
policies" appeared to be the
cause of at least part of
USGCC's censorship at the
source.
"We can't allow members of
this staff to be quoted as mak
ing derogatory remarks," Duncan-Clark
said-
A captain or a major usually
accompany any correspondent
who wishes to talk with a de
partment head.
One correspondent asked Duncan-Clerk
if he could quote a
department head as saying,
"This is a helluva situation we
are in."
Duncan-Clark said such a
statement might be used with
out the quotation marks.
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