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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1945)
Thursday Aug. 16, 1945 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN r L TELLS OF L ailw y: . ' i London, Aug. 16 U.R King George VI, speaking at the state opening of parliament, said to day that the new labor govern me.it would introduce In parlia ment bills nationalizing the bank of England and coal mining in ' dustry.. A The king's speech gave formal Announcement that the labor party planned to follow through With the program it campaigned on before the election. Wearing an admiral's uniform is he spoke before the members Of parliament, King George also , promised that the government would do its utmost to "promote In conjunction with the leaders iof Indian opinion an early reali- Cfetion of full self government in f Jndia." t He announced an extensive program for control and speed up program for providing more Jiousing and food. World War No. 2 Far Costlier I n Men and Money Washington, Aug. 16 (U.B h vpars. eiuht months and three years .eight months and aeven days. f It cost us approximately 1, 075,000 casualties, more than 260,000 of them killed. The Jap anese war claimed about 176.000 iof the total casualties, Including about 100,000 dead. I Some $350,000,000,000 of the I nation's wealth was expended in (the war. Sixteen million men served In the armed services. The peak strength oi tne arm a forrps at anv one time was about 12,000,000 men and wo men. Compared with World War I this war was more than five times as expensive in dollars spent. Central Point Central Point, Aug. 16 Re cent house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Blumenstein were Mr. and Mrs. Brig Blumenstein, and daughter, Pat, from Tacoma, Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blumenstein from Salem. This is the first time in 20 years that the three brothers have been to gether. Ira Vincent has started build ing on his property on the C. P.- f 1 Jacksonville highway. He Is also I J having a well drilled. I J Ruth Hover took her Bible school class to Ashland on the M train last week for an outing in the Lithia Park and a swim at were Caroline and Arthur Hover, Delores Bohnert, Barbara and Billy Dir. Nancy Murphy. Marylln Bohnert, Susan Powell, Bertha Mae and Freddie Miller, and Ramon Barker. Allen Henderson has been. ill for some time and is still in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mannin are doing some remodeling on their home in the Howard Hill district. Miss Laura Billings, of Ash land, and Flight Officer Ken neth H. Jones, of Medford, were married Sunday at the Methodist church in Ashland. Mr. Jones, who arrived home last week for a 20-day furlough, is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tetherow. Leaving Sunday for a week at Boy's Camp at Bridge, Ore., were Billy Dir, Raymond Barker, iMelvin Harvey, Freddie and Le- floy Miller. Mrs. E. S. Taylor and children, Andrew and Bonnie, returned home Friday from California where they visited Mrs. Taylor's daughter, Mary Moody. Members and friends of the Church of Christ are invited to a picnic at the Jackson Hot Springs, Aug. 18. Cars will leave the church at 3:30 p. m. Supper will be served at 8 o'clock, ac cording to the committee chair man, Carl Hover. Edyth Bohnert will supervise the program of games and contests. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Cordier and children of Medford were dinner guests Sunday of Tom Petty. s"tiKEEND3 Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 16 (U.R) A strike which kept three Birmingham newspapers out of publication for five weeks ended today with an agreement be Iweeri the publishers and the Birmingham Typographical Un-on. Cloln time for Cltfltd Ad 30 ioo ite to nassity id. is p ni SPECIAL ATTENTION Given BEGINNERS o MRS. GLENN CLYMER Accordion Studio 1211 W MAIN Certified Accordion Teacher Several Years Experience Phone 2755 OQO ' , .. 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