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
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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.
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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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