TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday. See. 24. 194S
NO TURKEYS BUT
Bhanghal. Dec. 24 (UFO
There will be no Christmas tur
key for American troops In
Shanghai.
Before the war, turkeys were
Imported by Europeans from
Chusan island, but that source
was eliminated when the Jap
anese built an air base there.
None has been shipped from the
United States.
More than 1,000 night clubs
and cabarets In Shanghai were
preparing to reap big profits unci
local (tills stepped up produc
tion of brand new "four year
old" whiskey.
TAME CCEAN STORMS
Washington, Dec. 24 (U.R)
The army signal corps has de
veloped a meons of locating
ocean storms up to 2,000 miles
away by recording the static
they emit on radio direction
finders.
MAJOR HUGHES SELLS
FINE BELLVIEW PLACE
Ashland, Dec. 24 Major J.
E. Hughes, retired army officer,
who bought the Wm. Iiriggs
place In Ecllvicw, has sold the
fine place to R. C. McGuIre,
who has lived in this area for
severnl months.
Major Hughes and Mrs.
Hughes will leave today for Cal
ifornia, where they will pur
chase a trailer house and then
leave for Texas to visit relatives
before going to Florida and
then back to Mexico before re
turning to Ashland next sum
mrT. Major Hughes stated he
had never lived In a place
which suited him as much- as
the Ashland area.
KAISER AUTO PLANS
Detroit, Dec. 24 (U.R)
Joseph W. Frazcr, president of
the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
announced today that the firm
has completed plans to produce
the medium priced Frazcr and
the low-priced Kaiser cars In
a California plant.
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CiVIL WAR NURSE
NOW AT ASHLAND
Ashland, Dec. 24 Ashland
has the distinction of having the
only surviving Civil War nurse
as a resident. She is Mrs. Sue
Clayton, 85, who when a girl of
14 administered to the wounded
of the Union army. Mrs. Clay
ton, who for some time made
her home at Talent, is now re
covering from a broken hip at
the Parkview Convalescent
Home here.
Mrs. Clayton said she has seen
four presidents Abraham Lin
coln, -heodore Roosevelt, Wood
row Wilson and Benjamin Har
rison. "As a young girl I knew
General Harrison well. He was
'Uncle Ben' to us," Mrs. Clayton
said.
Lost Everything
The pioneer nurse said she
has been in a big flood, a cyclone
which blew everything the fam
ily had away, was in a big
prairie fire and went through
the "grasshopper year" when
they took everything clear
"We lost everything." Mrs.
Clayton was also in the big land
race in Oklahoma. She, with her
family, camped on the prairie
and the chief of the Arapahoe
Indians and his squaw took sup
per with them at the site where
they hoped to see a city grow.
Mrs. Clayton's nursing train
ing began at home where her
mother was a nurse and much
in demand throughout the area.
With the assistance of General
Benjamin Harrison, who took
her to Camp Carrington, Indian
apolis, she was called upon to
nurse boys of the 100 days' en
listment, many of them school
mates. Only Sewing Machine
After the war, the family
moved to Kansas where Mis.
Clayton, who had learned some
thing of millinery and sewing
in her girlhood, set up a shop.
She had the only sewing ma
chine in the state, a Wheeler
and Wilson. A young soldier,
Tom Clayton, came into the shop
one day and asked the proprie
tor to make him a shirt. "We
fell in love," Mrs, Clayton said,
"a.id In the fall of I860, when
I was 18, we were married. 1
made him many shirts after
that."
The newlyweds moved to Se
dan, Kans., where they helped
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Oen. Dnight D. Elsenhower points out on a chart advantages of merging
Army and Navy as he testifies before Senate Military Affairs committee
"Unleaa we have unity of command for all arms of defenss, we may lose
the ptuce we have paid for so dearly," he declared, adding that it was only
A'hcu actual lives were at stake that complete co-operation among lorcef
was achieved.
to build the new town and where
Mrs. Clayton organized the first
Wjmen's Relief Corp- In 1873.
The Claytons came to Oregon
in 1005 and moved to Talent in
1921. Mr. Clayton died several
years ago. An only son, Fay, re
sides ut Talent.
EXECUTION DATE
London, Dec. 24 (U.R) The
British home office announced
Saturday that William Joyce,
Lord Haw Haw of the German
radio, will be executed at
W:iidsworth prison in southwest
London on Jan. 3 for treason.
The dale of Joyce's death was
set after the British house of
lords rejected his appeal from
the deat.i sentence imposed
S ;pt. 19 at conclusion of a three
day trial.
A snake does not coil, but
drops its body in loops. If coil
ed, its head would spin like a
top in attempting to strike.
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jPieaiant lnietide iJliouaLh
To Our Rogue River Valley Friends
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CHE Yultide season brings with It pleasant thoughts
of cherished friendships. It makes us realize
that friendly associations with our follow men are In
valuable In both public and private life and are above
all things material, It it significant of the season,
than, that we pause to say "Merry Christmas" and
"Happy New Year", and for your friendship we are
truly grateful.
HUBBARD BROS.
Lee Allen
Wilbur Arnold
Dean Barker
Arthur Bosrock
Bill Dyer
Mike Herman
Roy Hoover
Chester Hubbard
Mary Hubbard
Roland Hubbard
Sara Kingsley
Ella Parks
Hollis Parks
Fred Royse
John Russell
Joe Sullivan
William Tell
Buell Thompson
Evelyn Tice
Mary Waite
Ray Young
HUBBARD
WRAY CO.
Medford and Grants Past
M. T. Wray
Art Marsh
John Laird
Dee Newton
Charlie Atteberry
Claude Guntcr
Cliff White
Ben Newman
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T CRUDE
RUBBER ARRIVES
Washington, Dec. 24 (U.R)
The flow of crude rubber from
the plantations of the Far East
to the tire factories of the Unit
ed States has been resumed,
four years after it was choked
off by war.
The Reconstruction Finance
Corp. Saturday announced the
arrival in New York harbor of
the S. S. Canton Victory with
8,060 tons of crude rubber load
ed in Malay and Java. It was
the first shipment to reach this
country since shortly after the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
YULE DECORATION
TAKEN BY TKIEF
Tie "meanest thief In Med
ford" was at work Saturday
night. The culprit, not appre
hended, had little of the holiday
spirit as ne stole a beautiful
and expensive wreath from the
porch of a J street home, accord
ing to a report made to city
police.
Owner of the wreath said he
had spent many years in adding
to the ornament, which contain
ed several large pine cones and
other decorations alrnost impos
sible to replace at the present
time. The wreath had been
placed as a Christmas decoration
on the front door from where
it was stolen.
11am J. McLean, secretary;, HOAX BABY BURIED
board of directors, Walter Free- CheJa. Mai.., Dec 24-AJ.R)
man C R (Bud) Baker, M. C.IMrs. Rose Carlan attended a
Athe'y Hal Moore, and Harold burial service today for the six
Bowerman.
The Chamber's most Import
ant activities for the coming
year are the proposed irrigation
of the valley and the new road
to Happy Camp, Calif. The For
est Service airport also will
come in for the Chamber's sup
port and improvement.
kept hidden in her bedroom
while pretending he was kidnap
ed. At .her side, her husband
wept.
Petaluma has the only silk
mill west of the Mississippi.
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GI's British Brides
Coming in January
London, Dec. 24 (U.R)
British wives of American
soldiers got the big news today
their mass movement to the
United States will begin early In
January and probably will reach !
a peak of 12,000 a month in
February. I
Lt. Commander Lonnie Gar-!
vin of Aiken, S. C, said the
wives would begin reporting at
five army ar.d navy reception
stations in Britain on Jan. 5 for
physical examination, inocula
tion and orientation.
ILLINOIS VALLEY C-C
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Cave Junction, Dec. 24 :
Jerry Medcalf was chosen presi
dent of the Illinois Valley
Chamber of Commerce at the
annual meeting held here Tues-1
day evening.
Other officers elected are
W. S. Sherman, vice-president; i
Mrs. Lois Baker, treasurer; Wil-
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