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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1945)
r LOCAL and Ration Board To Clou Due to a recent government ruling the local office of price adminis tration will be closed Saturdays, L. L. Ternahan, chief clerk, an nounced today. The office will also be closed Labor Day, Bikes Stolen Bicycles be longing to Fred Rawson, 320 King street, and Donald Lacey, 816 Newtown street, were re ported stolen yesterday, city po lice said today. Both bicycles were stolen from down town business houses. PROMPT SERVICE REASONABLE BATES ON MOVING VAN SERVICE1 PACKING, CRATING .STORAGE nicTDlRIITlflN yiOCAL CARTAGE litLL US WHEN YOU NEED ANY OF , THESE SERVICES 703 NORTH CENTRAL Phone 7104 DON'T LET YOUH ITEM DOWN YOU LET IF YOUR BATTERY IS OLDER THAN ITS GUARANTEE YOU NEED OUR FREE PROTECTIVE BATTERY SERVICE NOW! Today you can't alford to tak chancel with an old battery. For If It fails, the car you need lor uential driving will b tied up i possibly lor days. That's because emergency service Is hard and costly to get. The smart thing to do Is to let us take battery worry oH your mind. So bring In your car. Well test your eld battery and tell you U It's still THINKING ABOUT A NIW BATTERY? Make it a B. F. Goodrich Glasit.x wh.n you buy. Built with glass mat lor longer lii. Levis' Super Service 8th and Front ESSE LABOR ciiunnv rs N W U II V ft I w f , : i- ( 11 ri Famous Rodeo Stock PLENTY OF THRILLS and SPILLS! J PERSONAL New Registrant William N. Hedrick was reported this week as a new registrant with Jackson county selective service board No. 1. Picnic Friday Electa Social club will hold a picnic Friday at 1 p. m. at Jackson Hot Springs. Members desiring transportation are asked to telephone number 3437.. 4-H Club Meeting Roxy Ann 4 H club will hold the monthly meeting Aug. 31 at the home of Mrs. C. A. Whitcher, route 3, box 92, on Morrow road, at 7:30 p.m. Grata Fire A grass fire on Capital avenue yesterday, caus ed by blasting operations on the new water reservoir, was ex tinguished by city firemen. No damage was reported. Klrbyi Return The Rev. and Mrs. Louis C. Kirby and family, 27 North Orange street, return ed yuterday from a two weeks vacation trip to Ocean Park, Wash. The Rev. Kirby will preach Sunday at the First Methodist Church, Laurel and Main streets. Apply For Permits Applica tions for building permits were made yesterday at the office of the city superintendent by the following: C. F. Metz, 112 Washington street, $85, erect garage; Ed Link, 403 South Oak dale avenue, $200, erect loading platform; Clarence Black, 1103 West Fourth street, ?50, erect woodshed; R. L. Powell, 510 South Central avenue, $1,000, erect cottage; John Detweiler, 728 East Jackson street, $300, erect addition to residence; L. Durst, 311 Ashland avenue, $200, repair residence; Ed Pease, 854 Stewart avenue, $2500, erect residence and W. C. Gray, 201 Washington street, $2500, erect residence and garage. A dependable or needs recharg ing. Our Protective Battery Service is absolutely FREE. Why not plan to use this serv ice soon? BATTERY GUARANTEES vary wiMj, S us If you net ur about roura. Your barlorf U oldor lbcra lis guar eatoo U you purehafad your ear bow Id 1941 and still bar tbo original battorr. the older your battery sots . . . the quicker It'i opt to quit. Phone 2119 DAY nnunn v 111 V II M ft I SEPT. 2-3 2:00 P.M. DAILY lLMIflHin 11 Bareback Riding Calf Roping Bulldogging Mack Barbour's Book Club Meeting Contem porary Book club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ernest Barnes Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 7:45 p.m. From Europe Included among 54 Oregonians scheduled to be aboard the S. S. Cody Vic tory when it docks at Newport News, Va., Friday, according to a passenger list released when the vessel left Europe, are T'5 William A. Loew. Pfc. Welling ton C. Brower, and Pfc. James W. Glenn of Medford, and T 5 Floyd S. Williams, Ashland. Tlr Applicants Because of an insufficient quota of truck and passenger tires at the local ration board, tire applicants have been asked to call at the office again to let the board know if tires are still needed, L. L. Ternahan, chief clerk, said today. According to Ternahan, the situation is still acute and many applicants for tires have not yet received tire certificates. Eagles Meeting Crater Lake Aerie No. 2093 and auxiliary, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in their hall, 219 West Main street, for a social evening. Refreshments wi'.l be served, and a program is planned. Plans will be made fo.' the official visit of Robert Hansen, past grand president of the Grand Aerie and editor of the Eagles' magazine, who will arrive from Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 12. Slightly Injured Donald Blunkall, 212 South Orange street, was taken to Community hospital yesterday for treatment of slight injuries received when the auto in which he was a pas senger was in collision at Main street and Columbus avenue with an auto operated by Earl R. Fuller, 1803 West Main street, city police reported this morn ing. Driver of the car In which Blunkall was riding was Lewis O. Parker, 413 South Central avenue. Auto Mishaps An auto oper ated by Frank DeSouza, 30 Western avenue, was slightly damaged at noon yesterday when in collision on Sixth street near the post office with a car driven by Eunice Hillis, 532 Plum street, an accident re port filed with city police states. According to a second report considerable damage was caused yesterday afternoon to autos operated by Leslie A. Richards, 1059 Court street, and Mrs. Lena E. Branch, of Grants Pass, when they collided on West Eleventh and King streets. Thurman Home Lt. Louis R. Thurman arrived in Medford Sunday for a 30-dd.v leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Thurman, 722 West Fourteenth street. Lt. Thurman served a year in Belgium, Holland and Germany with the 9th Army and was at Hannover when peace . as signed. He received his of ficer's training and commission at a school north of Paris which wis housed in Napoleon's old palace. He reports to Camp Ro berts. Calif., Sept. 26 for reas signment. Lt. Thurman's bro ther, Harry, telephoned his par ents from Salt Lake last night that he is leaving for the Philippines. ROGUE RIVER LODGE Delicious Dinners Cocktail Lounge Dancing Open every Mint Except Monday. Phnn. Trail 1404 HlllMIHTTlTfi TOMORROW THRU SATURDAY BILL ELLIOTT In THE MAN FROM THUNDER RIVER with "Gabby Hayes PLUS WAC Commended Sgt. Jes sie F. Winder of Medford, mem ber of the 6669th WAC head quarters platoon, Fifth army, has received the bronze star me dal for meritorious service in support of combat operations in Italy, a release from Italy states. Party Changed The Town send club party at the KP hall Friday evening is to be a pot luck dinner and card party, rather than a dance as previous ly planned. Those attending are asked to bring covered dish es, and dinner will be from 6 to 8 p.m. - Commissioning H o I p 1 1 a 1 Several local citizens have re ceived invitations to attend ceremonies at the Camp White hospital Friday at 3 p.m. when the hospital will be formally taken over by the naval com manding officer, Capt. H. B. La Favre, and staff. Ware Home Bonita Ham mack, Sl'c, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hammack, 212 North Peach street, arrived home Thursday from Washington D.C. to spend a 15 day furlough with her parents. Seaman Hammack was employed at O. and C. prior to her entry into the Waves last December. Frederick Graduated Sec ond Lt. Richard Frederick, son of Mrs. Madge E. Frederick, 809 S. Peach street, was graduated this month from MacDill Field, Tampa, Fla., where he received combat crew training as a navi gator on a B-29 superfortress, according to an announcement from the field. Visiting Brother Home on furlough after over two years in the Pacific theater is Cpl. Charles F. Simmons, who is vis iting his wife at their home on South Riverside avenue and his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simmons, 4 Katherine Court. Cpl. Simmons, who is here for P TODAY thru SATURDAY A Woman So Bold she defied THE WORLD TO MAKE HER DARING DREAM COME TRUE! SUV rrrrrrrr fc7Vl m I I i r IMl la EJU "ItllVlf III '! f "t - ! 30 days, served overseas In the Aleutians, Marshalls, on Leyte and with the 7th infantry divis ion'of the tenth army on Okin awa. He will report to Ft. Ord, Calif., for reassignment. On Furlough Sgt. Ernie Speaker is on a 30 day convales cent furlough from Longview, Tex., hospital and is visiting friends and relatives in Medford for two weeks. He is now at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. St. Clair, 6t3 N. ISartlett street, and- will go next to San Dimas, Calif., to visit his parents and two sisters. Arriving in the states July 24 from the Philip pine Islands, Speaker has one brother, Dorwyn, still in Ger many. From California, he will return to the hospital. L Okinawa, Aug. 29 (U.R) President Truman has approved the award of the Distinguished Service medal to Gen. Douglas MacArthur for his planning and direction of the Philippines cam paign, it was announced today. MacArthur already holds the Distinguished Service . medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Congressional Medal of Honor, two Distinguished Service Crosses, seven silver stars, twr purple hearts, and numerous foreign decorations. The citation said, "As supreme commander of Allied air, ground, and sea forces in the southwest Pacific, General of the Army Douglas McArthur planned and personally directed the campaigns which resulted in the liberation of the Philip pine Islands. Closing time for Sunaay Too Late ret Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon Pleas remember m i r ik M. ,;;f.. , .11; Ih ACTION i MORE ACTION! Tha actlonful battla story In viv id Technicolor taken under fir bv cameramen of the Navy, Ma tin Corps and Coait Guard' --'liTiiin-tfirinia niir i li "i -- " SIAMESE IK TIED TOGETHER Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 29 (U.R) Louise and Macila Miranda the only "Siamese twins" in medical history to be joined at the front of their bodies today were doomed to remain insepar able throughout their probably short lives. X-Ray reports . showed that while the three-day-old girls have separate stomachs and in testines, they have one liver in common and their two intestinal tracks are joined. Physicians announced pre viously that the babies could not be severed unless each was an atomically complete and organ ically independent. The babies were born Satur day at nearby Coldwater to Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Miranda, with only Mrs. Miranda's mother in attendance. They were taken to St. Monica's hospital here Sun day. V Meamwhile, the twins were eating and crying normally. The Rev. Emmett McLoughlin, O. F. M., superintendent of the hospital, said research disclosed ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. Jos. T. Antony Jj My office will be open AUGUST, 29, 11S Appointments may be made Aug. 27 & 28, 1945 Office 206 Fluhrer Bldg. Phone 3523 -fifX Li,-s . 1 "S'V i ' J oil? fir. f V4f m ! ( -.T ' -.1 Wednesday. Aug. 29, 1945 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIV1 that the other sets of "Slame: twins" known to science were Joined at the hips, buttocks or shoulders. The Miranda twins are joined from breast bone to pubes. IS The district OPA office an nounced that restrictions against issuing canning sugar coupons were lifted Tuesday with a max imum allowance of 10 pounds per person in Washington and Oregon. The maximum will apply only as long as the district's sugar quota holds up. The supply was described as "very short." The canning maximum in southern states has been cut to 5 pounds per person. SINGLE BOARD APPROVED Washington, Aug. 29 U.R) The House Committee on execu tive expenditures voted unani mously today to approve a bill to replace the present three-man surplus Property Disposal Board with a single administrator. 10M ACTION HITS - 2 A 4m THRILLING! EXCITING! Are Ihey tomorrow's MARKED WOMEN? ALSO SELECTED SHORTS! 1 n li H BLAZE IN BOMBAY Bombay, Aug. 29 U.R Fire gutted the Bombay offices of Paramount Pictures, Inc., today, killing at least nine Indian em ployees and Injuring 17 others. PRICES UNCHANGED Washington, Aug. 29 (U.R) The Office of Price Administra tion today left retail prices on canned corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato juice "substantially" un changed in setting ceiling pricei for the 1945 pack. jA'i'lii' i,.nm mmmi j .i aff-f-ri-r-.-' liiV'lk-"- We Will Be CLOSED SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Sep!. I, 2, 3 HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGI 33 S. Riverside Ave. THRU SATURDAY FIGHT FOR RIGHT! A RACE FOR LIFE! UUMKSUavwsaaaasssssaa , .1 1 - A A 1 VWJP 1 ) i
