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TEN MEDrORD MAIL-TBIBUNB FHA FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR Pre-war financing facilities under the FHA program are again available to Medford home owners who postponed repair, improvement or modernization of their properties because of wartime restrictions. Director Folger Johnson of the Federal Housing Administration pointed out today. All restrictions on loans for repairs and improvements were removed and all limitations on the use of materials for such purposes were lifted on October 15. Loans Up To $2,300 This means that qualified lending Institutions now can resume making loans under the peacetime regulations of FHA's Title I operations. Such loans mnv be for a maximum amount of $2,500 and run for a maxi mum term of three years, re payable In monthly installments, More than 5.000.000 property improvement loans, made by qualified private lenders and amounting to more than $2 bil lion, have been Insured by the FHA. Normal modernization and repair of homes were of neces sity curtailed during the war period because of the need for manpower and materials to pro duce the weapons which enabled our fighting forces and those of our allies to triumph on the battlefield. Many Need Repair Now they can be made, There are thousands of well construct ed homes In good neighbor hoods that need repairs to main tain the Investment In them. Such work is vitally important to preserve the present housing Inventory since It may be some time before new construction pan catch up with the demand for new housing. Aside from normal repairs and improvements there are olher thousands of dwellings which can be saved from fur ther deterioration by moderniza tion. The U. S. Housing Census of 1840 showed that of 27.723 000 non-farm dwelling units on which reports were received 14.2 percent, or more than 3.935.000 were In need of major renairs. "This Is a vast potential mar ket for supplies and equipment, a sound outlet for investments and a fruitful field for employ ment," Mr. Johnson said. "It has been estimated that property and improvements and repairs in the first 12 months after re strictions were removed will amount to around $3 billion." Persons seeking property im provement loans apply directly to qualified financial institu tions, or through a material dealer or contractor. They are personal credit loans, based on the character and credit of the borrower, and the funds are ad vanced if the loan is for an eligible purpose under the law. Butte Falls Butte Falls, Nov. 19 Mrs. Ray Smith are visiting at the home of Jack Stowell. Mr. Smith was recently discharged from the army. Sevcnd Johanson is visiting at the home of Aaron Smith. Mrs. Johanson Is Mr. Smith's daughter and Mr. Johanson is home .from the army, Leland Coffman is also home from the army air corps, having been discharged, also Roy Cook from the navy and Dallals Zlm merlec from the army. Aaron Smith has nearly com pleted his new restaurant and will soon be moving. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tungatc and son Herbert and Mrs. Ger trude Stanley spent three days on the coast near Crescent City recently. Bert Whaley of Eagle Point visited Wayne Whaley Sunday. Orba Abbott and wife are attending a C. I. O. convention. Tom Hodgson and fumily, Wood and Coal Combination STOVES Younger's Appliance 31 N. Bartlott L C. TAYLOR CO. pays tha HIGHEST MARKET PRICES If you have a CAR or TRUCK to melt, we advita telling it now. Call or Phone Dodge-Plymouth Dealer L. C. TAYLOR GO. Phone 296S Monday. Nor. 19. 1945 Gertie Hoefs and Mrs. Abbott saw the Armistice day parade in Medford. Mrs. Fred Terry from Castle Rock, Wash., is visiting her daughter here, Mrs. Anzel Con nly for a few days. Lester Ellis' baby has been ill and was taken to a doctor in Medford one day last week. Mary Kent and Caroline Zim- mcrlee have been visiting in Butte Falls for a few days. Virgil Clark and wife visited at the home of Ray Lockard over the week end. YULE GIFTS GREAT CARE SAYS POSTMASTER Greater care in wrapping and addressing Christmas packages was urged today by Postmaster Frank DeSouza, who added that compliance with postal instruc tions ran help greatly to speed mail to overseas veterans. Articles should be packed carefully in strong, durable con tainers, he said. They shoulde be wrapped securely, but should not be sealed unless they bear a printed endorsement reading: "Contests, merchandise Post master: This 'parcel may be op ened for postal inspection if necessary," together with the name and address of the send er. Scaled parcels which do not bear this endorsement are sub ject to postage at the regular letter rate. Parcels are limited to a size of 100 inches in length and girth combined. The weight limit of fourth-class or parcel-post mat ter is 70 pounds for all zones, Including Manila, Iloilo, Ccbu, Zamboanga, Davao and Baguio in the Philippine islands. How ever, parcels for other places in the Philippines may not exceed 20 pounds. It Is permissible to enclose with third- or fourth-class mail such greetings as "Merry Christ mas, "Happy New Year and "Best Wishes" and also names, numbers or symbols for the pur pose of description. Parcels also may be marked, "Do not open until Christmas." This is being permitted In order to encourage early mailing. Books, too, may bear simple dedicatory inscriptions not of a personal nature, but other writ ten additions will subject the parcels to letter postage. Letters may not be enclosed in parcels, DeSouza said, but may be sent with them by se curely attaching the envelopes (with pre-paid first-class post age) to third- or fourth-class par cels. For a slight extra charge par cels of fourth-clnss matter, en dorsed "Special Handling," will be given the most expeditious handling and speediest transpor tation practicable. Gold Hill Gold Hill, Nov. 19 Eleven members of Amethyst Rcbekah lodge attended the 37th anminl Rcbekah convention held in Ashland Nov. 13, with Hope Re bckah lodge hostess. Several Gold Hill members took part in the program. Sisters Pearl Fer guson and Madge Dorman tak ing part In the round table dis cussion. Sisters Willie McLean and Ellow Mne Gnil were hon Want Jnoie jfwm in canned peas wm i LOOK f JeLHmUz Health Association Asked to Help Rehabilitation of Those Disabled The Jackson County Public Health association was asked to assume part of the cost of re habilitating persons of this com munity, who are physically dis abled, when C. F. Feike, super visor of vocational rehabilita tion, Oregon State Board of Edu cation, addressed the association at the November meeting at the Girls Community club. L Whatever the cause of the dis ability, the individual is to be included in the rehabilitation program, Feike pointed out. There are 82 different types of training to be made available to these people, the training ranging from watch repairing to college education. The health association has for some time sponsored a rehabil itation program for persons who have had tuberculosis. This state program includes disability resulting from accidents, polio, tuberculosis and all other causes. Many Need Help Seventy-six per cent of the people in Oregon needing re habilitation are dependent upon other people, Feike stated, 19 per cent of them are partially dependent and five per cent are on relief. The rehabilitation service is supported by state and federal funds. The federal money pays 100 per cent of the administra tive cost and 50 per cent of the case cost. ored for their work In the lodge, Amethyst lodge put on the tri bute to the flag with Sister Gail singing and Sister Kellogg at the piano. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kell who have been visiting in Detroit, Mich., for a month, returned to their home here last week. Mrs Kell visited with a sister whom she hadn't seen for 41 years and Mr. Kell visited his brothers and renewed acquaintance with childhood friends. . Mrs. N. C. Swindler of Spring field, Ore., visited Thursday here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Walker visited In Ft. Jones with Mrs. Clyde Walker's sister the week end of Nov. 3 and 4. Elmer Sullivan left last week for his home in Los Angeles after visiting his parents-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lentz, Several more local boys have returned from armed service. Among them are Lester Foley, Richard McKay, Joe Smith and Joe Fields. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor re cently sold their place to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fields and left for a visit with relatives in Ar kansas accompanied by John Ransom. Mr. and Mrs. John Keeper and son, John, of San Diego, Calif., visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Martin. Mrs. Wm. Hittle visited sev eral days this week with her daughter, Mrs. Lyle Llndley and family of Phoenix. Miss Rae Clement of Los An geles is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas Clement. Mr. and Mrs. Crelghton Thompson and daughter, Jenny Lou, are visiting Mrs. Thomp son's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Weim of Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ross, Mrs. Susie Coy and Mrs. Maude Robinson visited friends in Eu gene Nov. 12 and 13. The land area of San Francis co, counting islands off shore, iij to. j square miles. IT They're nonresfeaf just when they're ready. Day or night ! Flavor won't wait. They're fosf -pocked right after picking. For nothing's more Important In canned pea quality. The program consists of voca tional advice, guidance, instruc tion and placing on the job of any person with physical dis ability. It is cheaper to rehabil itate these people than to sup port them on relief. Mr. Feike proved with these figures: "It costs the state $6500 to support those wholly dependent upon the state and just $3406 to re habilitate them." There were 92 per cent more of these cases in 1945 than in 1844, he said. There are now 4800 disabled people in Oregon, who should be helped with vocational advice and training. These are not war veterans, who have a rehabilita tion program of their own. , Aims Listed The Immediate aims of this state program, Feike listed as: 1. A vocational counccllor for the state tuberculosis sanatoria. 2. Physical restoration of people who aren't eligible under the crippled children's service, in other words those over 16 years of age. Mr. Feike was introduced to the gathering by Mrs. Elwood Hedberg, health association president. Other special guests were L. J. Ettenbaugh of Eu gene, vocational rehabilitation agent of the southern Oregon district, and Miss Cclia Gavin, advisor of public health nurses for the nine southwestern counties. Shoe Polish Saves Life Of Sailor In Japan Prison Camp Amarillo, Tex. (U.R) Shoe polish probably saved this American boy's life. Seaman Joe Bailey Gear of this city, recently liberated from a Japanese prison camp, said the polish came In a Red Cross package, and he immediately got a Job as shine boy for the Japanese officers. It was one means of getting more foot to eat. Gear made the humiliating march down Manila's Dewey Boulevard to Bilibid Prison, and, although starving and sick with malaria, he was transferred to Cabanatuan four days later. After being taken to four other camps, he finally came to the Shinakawa Hospital. Here the Japanese experi mented with the prisoners, tak ing spinal fluid from them, mix ing it with soybean milk and vitamins, and then re-injecting it. Gear said he was to be among the next group of human guinea pigs, but was liberated before the Japanese got to them. Nothing tickles the Japanese so much as shiny shoes, because they have no polish," the sailor said. And that one can of polish sent by the Red Cross kept him fairly well fed at least it was enough to live on during the last terrible months of captivity. BONDS IN EGG CASE Twin Falls. Ida. (U.R) A total of $3,000 in government bonds was the "nest-egg" the clerk in' a local market found recently when she opened a case of eggs delivered by a Twin Falls rancher. The owner. Theo M. Gehle, was not aware of the loss until he was notified by the issuing bank, to which the bonds were returned by the clerk. he city of Watsonvllle In Santa Cruz county was incorpor ated March 30, 1868. HERE'S THE WAY WE GIVE IT TO YOU Crown from our Own special strain of teed, where toll end climate produce the finest quality. They're Wended for flavor balance. A quality selection of just the tastiest peas In the pod. EDUCATIONJEEK IS OBSERVED IN SOCE PROGRAM Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, Nov. 17 Student and faculty members of the Future Teachers of America society observed National Edu cation week at the Southern Oregon College of Education, Nov. 16, with a program of speaking, reading and music. Mrs. Lois Christenson, in charge of the program, read President Truman's message to the schools of the nation. Mrs. Myrtle Chap man read a definition of educa tion. Miss Jeanette Smith of the de partment of education made the address of the program, in which she stated that education must function in the lives of people enabling them to meet current problems. Dr. Wayne Wells of the SOCE faculty reported on a survey of student interest in college tra ditions, as expressed by alumni. According to this survey former students remember with special pleasure the annual campus day when in addition to labor on the ground, they electioneered and chose student officers for the coming year. They remember with interest also the junior prom held In winter quarter, the senior sport dance in the spring quarter, the wiener roast at the hill pit, Christmas vespers, the spring music festival for grade schools, glee club, the basketball confer ence, the educational confer ence, the various club activi ties Phi Beta Sigma, Theta Delta Phi, Sigma Epsilon Pi's senior breakfast in the spring, the Oregon history club's trip to old Jacksonville, the drama tic, science and photography clubs, the Big Sisters organiza tion, the formal dinners of Lambda Chi, the coordinating work of the pres i d e n t s' .club. Most outstanding tradition they voted was the spirit of friendli ness and democracy prevailing. Mentioned was the relic stone brought from the "old normal school" campus, a reminder of Wide Use of Atomic Power Seen Possible About 2000 Los Angeles (U.R) Some time around the year 2000, atomic power may be driving turbines in factories, propelling a i r planes, locomotives and ships. But not much before then, ac cording to riationally-k n o w n physicist Dr. Gerald Wendt. Reporting to the Committee for Economic Development here, Wendt conceded that "It is quite possible that atomic pow er may be used to some slight extent in factories within a de cade." But to have this power available in capsule form or for domestic furnaces or automo biles "will hardly occur before the year 2000." Dr. Wendt pointed out that "We have already spent $2,000, 000,000 and five years on the destructive use of atomie power. and it is my guess that the same expenditure of money and time will be required to make such power useful in industry." An atomic airplane engine oi the far future was described by Dr. Wendt. Because atomic fuel for aviation would weigh next to nothing, eliminating the weight of some 6,000 pounds of the long tradition of the college, placed on the new campus by the more elderly alumni of the "old normal." So dear to mem ory was the now extinct Wimpy restaurant that suggestions came for building a successor to be run under school auspices. The program was closed by j singing School Days, led by Mr. Wallace Sapp of the SOCE music department. GI's Advised Not To Rush Schooling State C o 11 e g e, Pa. (U.R) A Penn State psychologist advises ex-servicemen not to rush for college just because the GI Bill of Rights provides a free ticket. Dr. B. V. Moore, who heads the department of education and psychology, issued a warning that "college is only one way of preparing for life and, for some, it isn't the best way." Competent vocational counsel ing and a good rest to allow for STAYS FRESH LONGER ENRICHED BREAD To Be Certain of the Best, Choose the Package With the Distinctive Red End gasoline, meanj that three addi tional tons of passengers or pay load could be carried. "In the case of airplanes," he explained, "atomic fuel could be supplied in the form of a fine wire of atomic explosive which can be fed into the nozzle of a jet engine. "If it .disintegrates at a con trolled speed," according to the doctor, "all that is needed Is a blast of controlled air over it Heated to several thousand de grees by atomic energy, this air would thus expand and roar out the rear nozzle just as the gaso line flame does now. Once that is accomplished, the same hot air blast could be blown on a turbine wheel to operate propel lers of a plane or ship or to pro pel a locomotive or runx any engine." Dr. Wendt, science editor for Time and Life Magazines, point ed out that any future develop ment of atomic power depended on two things Americas fu ture training of young scientists and preventing the world from using that same A-power to I blow itself apart. readjustment are prerequisites to any educational action, he said. ti to Classify 4:00 Saturday riease rememoei feS Let Waterproof Your SKI CLOTHES Or Any Other Outdoor Clothing Waterproofed by U. S. Army Specifications Acme Dry Cleaners 1728 North Riverside Phone 4263 lllbMttttBUaMWI KEEP HENS LAYIKa Baton Rouge, La. (U.R) A formula for fooling the hens int0 winter egg production has been offered by the extension service of Louisiana State university. Green feed in the poultry pasture and electric lights jn the laying house will help keep up fall and winter egg produc tion, the experts say. "Lights," they say, "should b turned on early enough in the morning to permit a 14-hour day." 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