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Million Dollar Sporting Ventures
Seen By Promoters In Coming Year
By Walter Byers
United Press Sports Writer
Chicago, Jan. 3 (U.R) Pro
moters risked millions of dol
lars In new sports enterprises
today in an attempt to cash in on
the booming new year.
Only three days old, 1946
already has become the year of
million-dollar promotions, a
United Press survey revealed.
Promoters are emptying their
pockets in new ventures from
coast to coast, in the belief that
the rabid sports fans In America
will fill those same pockets with
billions of dollars during the
next five boom years.
Risk la Great
The risk is great. For despite
all predictions of a second "gold
en era." sports history is crowd
ed with stories of discarded pro
motions and empty-pocketed pro
moters who misiudged the ring
of the cash register. The cost
of creating sports leagues runs
Into astronomical figures and
history has a habit of repeating
itself.
The biggest and costliest pro
motion for the new - ear Is the
all-American football confer
ence, conceived by a Chicago
sports editor and backed by such
moneyed men as actors Don
Ameche and Pat O'Brien, Los
Angeles: trucking executive
John Keeshin, Chicago: taxicab
magnate Arthur McBride, Cleve
land, and sportsman Dan Top
ping, New York.
The double-A, an eight-team
sotnNs wAm, ro'0
fm DROPS
AMERICA'S WASH WORD ,
pro grid circuit, has spent more
than $5,000,000 to date in con
tracting for coaches, players and
stadia. It launches an expensive
uphill fight this fall against the
26-y e a r-old National football
league.
,Texas Pro League
A Texas professional football
minor league has been chartered
with more than 81,000.000 need
ed to gain a safe footing. Ap
proximately $500,000 is involv
ed In the recently organized
eight-team western division of
the American professional soc
cer league. Set up by veteran
Fred Weiszmann, it Is hailed as
the first step toward boosting
that ancient sport to major
league status and annual inter
national matches.
A new nine-team basketball
league has been created in the
west, including teams from Kan
sas City, Denver, Salt Lake City,
Bartlesville, Okla., San Francis
co, Los Angeles, Hollywood,
Sacramento and San Diego.
Boxing has mushroomed
across the nation. In Chicago
alone, two new fight clubs have
been incorporated, both spend
ing money freely and to date
losing money. P.G.A. tourna
ment manager Fred Corcoran
expects an all-time record boom
in golf with more tournaments
than the calendar year can
handle and with bigger purses
than ever.
Such is the pace of the post
war sports boom.
Conn Departs For
Conditioning Camp
Pittsburgh, Jan. 3 (UK)
Heavyweight Challenger Billy
Conn left last night for Hot
Springs, Ark., to begin condi
tioning for his June title fight
with Champion Joe Louis.
Conn said he planned to spend
from four to six weeks at Hot
Springs, concentrating on road
work to get his legs in shape.
He expects to pare down from
his present 190 pounds to about
180 before beginning intensive
training, probably at Green
wood Lake, N. Y.
Closing time for Classified Ads 8:30
a.m. Too Late to Classify 12:15 p m
v'bery housewife )
f can help prevent)
( soap shortages
says CLINTON P. ANDERSON
Secretory of Agriculture
"tt Is just as Important now as when fats
A and oils were rationed to save and turn
in every bit of used kitchen fat. Used fats
continue to be one of our most important sources of supply
for the manufacture of soap and for other industrial uses.
It may be many months before we can obtain adequate
supplies of imported fats and oils for these uses. Meanwhile,
housewives can help prevent soap shortages by turning
in used fats, and dealers can help by continuing collections."
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WE'RE STILL far below the mini
mum requirements in our supply
of industrial fats. Any letup in
saving used fats will lower this
supply... may mean less soap, for
your used fats are needed to help
make soap. Here's what you as
housewife can dol
EVERY DROP of used fats you save
helps the soap supply . . . helps bring
back more soap to your dealer's
helves sooner. So keep on your
fat-salvage job help yourself get
more soaps. And remember, you get
4c a pound when you turn in used
fat to your butcher.
Where fhere's fat, there's soap
Keep Turning In Used Fats To Help Moke More Soap
ZIMMERMAN SETS
QUALIFYING PACE
136 ROUND
Los Angeles, Jan. 3 (UK)
Al Zimmerman, Portland, Ore.,
professional Just out of the army,
today led 91 qualifiers for the
$13,333 20th annual Los Angeles
open golf tournament tomorrow
with a 36-hole qualifying round
of 138.
Zimmerman, who said he
never played better In his life,
coupled a pair of sub-par 68s for
his low score.
Second of the 281 llnksmen
who tried for places in the four
day, 72-hole tournament at the
Riviera county club was Charles
Congdon, Seattle, Wash., profes
sional, with a 70-69 139. Los
Angeles professional Harry Bass
ler was right on his heels with
140.
Use Seven Links
Other low scores made In
qualifying plan on seven local
links yesterday were amateur
Jack Nounnan, Los Angeles, 141,
and Jim Gantz. Detroit profes
sional, 74-68142.
Mario Gonzales. Brazil, and
actor Joe Kirkwood Jr., both
amateurs, were bracketed at
144.
Tied up at 145 were Johnny
Rogers, Denver professional.
Theodore Rhodes, New York
nrofessional Emery Zimmerman.
Portland professional, and Wil
lard Hutchinson, Los Angeles
professional.
Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
only woman entrant, survived
the trials with a 75-73148.
four over men's par for her
qualifying course.
Forty leading contestants, In
cluding defending champions
Sa.nmy Snead of Hot Springs,
Va., and national PGA king
Byron Nelson of Toledo. Ohio,
were exempted from qualifying
play.
"OU Diz" Predicts
Cardinals, Yankees
Will Play Series
Los Angeles, Jan. 3 (U.R)
Dizzy Dean, ex-pitcher for St.
Louis In the National league,
predicted today the Cardinals
would play the New York Yan
kees in the 1946 World Series.
"Getting back all their stars
like Slaughter and Musial and
Moore, the Cards should win
easy," Dean said. "And the
same way with the Yanks. Thai
DiMaggio alone will put them
over."
"I'd try a comeback if I could
have a couple of gents like him
on my side," he added.
Dean is vacationing here with
his wife from his job broadcast
ing ball games in St. Louis.
BASKETBALL
By United Press
Michigan State 76, Syracuse
48.
Akron 60, Oberlln 56.
Notre Dame 50, Purdue 48.
Muhlenberg 46, Princeton 38.
Nebraska 44, Kansas State 37.
Dartmouth 54, Fort Devens,
Mass., 36.
Lawrence 42, Chicago 35.
Hockey Results
By United Press
The Portland Eagles nipped
Seattle's Ironmen 2 ta 1 and the
Los Angeles Monarchs made the
San Francisco Shamrocks their
fourth straight victim 9 to 3 in
the Pacific Coast Hockey league
games last night.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By United Press
Newark, N. J. Pat Scanlon,
1394, Ozone Park, N. Y., out
pointed Baby Al Brown, 138V4
Cristobal, C. Z., (8).
Buffalo, N. Y. Phil Muscato,
181, Buffalo, stopped Henry
Cooper, 196, Brooklyn, (4).
Brockton, Mass. John Henry
Eskew, 167, Brockton, Mass.,
knocked out Alec Rebark, 170,
Pawtucket, R. I., (1).
Before the war, California had
more automobile registrations
than all of Great Britain, Can
ada, France or Germany.
Profit-Share Plan
For Employees Of
C of C President
Spokane, Wash., Jan 3 (U.R)
Eric A. Johnston, youthful U. S.
chamber of commerce president,
set an example for the rest of
industry today by announcing a
profit-sharing plan for his em
ployes. Johnston, a member of Presi
dent Truman's labor-management
advisory committee, said
thai his program to improve
labor-management relations was
designed to "bring industrial
democracy into America."
"One of the best methods of
Improving industrial relations is
to make the employe feel he is
a part of the organization,"
Johnston said.
"Most important, he wants to
share in the profits he helped to
earn."
Under the profit-sharing sys
tem, which went into effect with
the new year, all employes of
the Brown-Johnston Co., retail
ers of electric equipment, and
the wholesale and manufactur
ing divisions of the Columbia
Electric and Manufacturing Co.,
both in Spokane, will share ap
proximately 25 per cent of the
net profits before taxes.
SAMS VALLEY 4-H TO
MEET BEFORE GRANGE
Sams Valley, Jan. 3 A 4-H
meeting will be held at the Sams
Valley Grange hall Saturday at
8 p.m. County Club Agent Earl
Jossy will show motion pictures
and aid in reorganizing for the
1946 club year.
Grange will be held after the
club meeting.
All are invited to attend and
4-H memi-ers and parents are
urged to be at the meeting to
help plan for a big year for
Sams Valley 4-H boys and girls.
Central Point
Central Point, Jan. 3 Mr.
and Mrs. Don Anderson and son.
Ronnie, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hare on
Christmas Day.
W. W. Eddington was a dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. My
ers Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones,
and Mrs. Stanley Jones were
dinner guests at the W. M. Teth
erow home New Year's Day.
Members of the Keystone
class enjoyed a watch party at
the Jim Cornutt home New
Year's Eve. After a brief busi
ness meeting in which Mrs.
Truman Brenner was elected
president, and Mrs. Roland
Hover treasurer, Mr. and Mrs.
William Davis led the group in
games during the social hour.
Next January party will be at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Kelly.
Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Benson
and family of Hillsboro, visited
friends and relatives here last
week, including Mrs. Benson's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eicher, of
Beall Lane, and Mr. Benson's
sister, Mrs. Wm. Foley.
A. M. Henderson, a resident
of this community for nearly 50
years, passed away Wednesday
in a local hospital, and was laid
to rest Saturday in the Central
Point cemetery.
Miss Carolyn Lees and Mr.
Lome Cassman were married
Dec. 15 at Coos Bay, at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Lees. They will make
their home at 975 7th street,
Coos Bay.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tctherow
spent Christmas Day with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Jones, in Med
ford.
Shirley Kelly visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kelly,
during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hul
burt visited relatives in Albany
until after the holidays. Mr.
Hulburt will be on the teaching
staff of the Washington school
after the first of the year.
Dinner guests at the L. J. Big
ham home Tuesday were Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Myers; Mrs.
Aletta and Miss Grace Bigham;
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brown and
daughter, Glenna May; Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Smith, and sons Ern
est anU Wayne of Table Rock;
and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bigham
and family of Ashland, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Knecland and daugh
ters, Lois and Jean, of Mcdford;
and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Adams,
and Mr. and Mrs. E. Gilbert
Cays, of Central Point, and Mr.
W. W. Eddington of Grants
Pass.
JACKSON COUNTY FARM NOTES
Compiled by County Office O. S. C. Extension Service
Condon Employed By
Cow Tasting Assn.
Norman Condon took over the
duties as tester for the Jackson
County Dairy Herd Improve
ment Assn. January 1, following
the resignation of R. E. Hallett.
Mr. Condon has some time
available to fill out the month
and anyone interested In having
their herds tested should apply
at once to the county agent's
office.
Dairy farms are visited once
a month on an annual basis, sam
ples of milk are taken, tests run
and a complete feed and butter
fat record made from month to
month. This isthe only known
method whereby low producing
cows can be detected and re
moved from the herd.
Dairy Subsidy
Payments Made ,
Dairy subsidy payments arc
now being paid for the last three
months of 1945 in the AAA of
fice, third floor, courthouse.
1946 Egg Supports
Recently Announced
The 1948 price support pro
gram for eggs recently announc
ed by Secretary Clinton P. An
derson is designed to assure pro
ducers an average U. S. farm
price of 29 cents per dozen dur
ing the flush production season
next spring.
Price support operations will
involve purchased by the gov
ernment of dried, frozen and
graded sh ;11 eggs whenever ne
cessary to maintain prices. The
surplus eggs acquired will not
be dumped on the domestic mar
ket, Anderson gave assurance
Most of the purchases are ex
pected to be in the middlcwest
where prices are ' historically
lower and where an average
support price of 27 cents In con
templated. The 1946 production goals for
eggs suggest a 13 per cent reduc
tion in number of hens in laying
flocks, and 15 per cent reduc
tion in number of eggs. Nation
wide cooperation in culling lay
ing flocks has been requested.
Final disposition of surplus
eggs will include sales for ex
port, sales to other government
agencies and transfers of eggs
for school lunch purposes and
for distribution to public institutions.
These and other government
supports will check but not pre
vent a decline In the average
level of farm prices during the
next two or three years, accord
ing to the current agricultural
situation and outlook circular
Issued by the O.S.C. extension
service. The general level of
farm prices in 1945 was nearly
twice the 1935-1939 average.
R. G. Fowler, County Agent
4-H Club Members
Should Buy Lambs
Club members who plan to
feed a lamb for the spring lamb
show should be watching for
suitable lambs to feed now.
Many flocks in the valley have
started lambing or will start in
the next two weeks. In order to
have lambs finished for the
spring show they will have to
come from these early flocks, as
a general rule no lamb should
be fed for this show that Is born
after the first of February.
In choosing your lamb, pick a
short, stocky type lamb from one
of the mutton brcds. Southdown.
Shropshire and Hampshire are
some of the better mutton
breeds.
Any club member who wants
help in choosing a lamb or any
boy or girl who is Interested in
joining a 4-H club should con
tact the club agent's office, first
floor of the courthouse, Mcd
ford.
Earl Jossy
County Club Agent
Horns Freezing Units
Being Studied
The agricultural experiment
station at Orogon State college
is undertaking the Improvement
of Its design for a two tempera
ture walk-in refrigerator and
freezing compartment. Engi
neers of the department are anx
lous to ha 'e criticisms and com
ments of those individuals who
already have any type of freez
ing unit nstalled in the home
or on the ranch that Is used to
store the family's food supply
Persons having freezing units
my help In this project by re
porting names and addresses to
the Oregon Statu extension of
fice in thrt courthouse. The ex
periment station will send a
questionnaire regarding your
present home freezing facilities
Fat Salvage Need
Still Paramount
Despite rumors to the con
trary, the fat situation Is still
difficult. It is unlikely that any
appreciable supply of oils will
be received from the areas sur
rendered by the Japanese for
some time to come. Salvaged
fats, so important In war, are
most important also In the re
conversion program. Therefore,
the fat sal age program must be
continued for some time yet. The
increase In the quarterly quota
of fats and oils, announced this
week, for production of civilian
supplies of soap, is due to mill
tary cut-backs and releases of
government stock piles.
Thursday, Jan. 3, 1948 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Homemakers are asked to con
tinue salvage of waste fats
which may be turned in at local
meat markets.
Marian J. Farrell,
Home Demonstration Agent
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ENJOY VITAMINS THE DELICIOUS WAY
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A big glass of fresh orange ulce provides your day's full
quota of vitamin C, ta necessary for vigorous health. Also
helps with A, Bj, B; and needed minerals.
Good Ecrtfoaf
LUNCH BOX DESSERT W
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Delicious navel oranges add freshness and flavor to the
lunch box. They're seedless - easy to peel, slice and section.
Favorites, too, for sparkling salads and desserts. Get Sunkist,
finest from 14,500 cooperating California-Ariiona citrus powers.
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CALIFORNIA AfZVe ORANGES
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SWEATERS
REDUCED TO CLEAR!
3.98 Cardigan, now 6.50
3.98 Cardigan, now 4.99
1.98 Slipover, now 3.99
.98 Slipover, now 3.49
Infants' & Girls' Sweaters
REDUCED TOO!
FUR COATS
CONEYS
102.00
57.60
132.00 Coat Now
78.00 Coat Now.
TAX INCLUDED
BLOUSES
Bow Tie Satin. sft mWffk
Regular 3.98. Now JLi
Hand Screened
JERSEY PRINTS
3.99
Short Sleeve.
Regular 5.49 . Now
HATS - Ladies' and Children's Vz PRICE
LADIES' JACKETS, value to 8.98 now 5.98
Girls' Coat & Legging, size 3-6. Reg. 10.50, now 7.99
Girls' 2-pc.Sno-Suit, size 7-12. Reg. 10.50, now 7.99
Boys' Coat and Cap, size 3-4-5. Reg. 7.98, now 5.77,
LADIES' HOUSECOATS-ALL REDUCED!
All SKIRTS
Siezs 24-38
2.88
Values to 6.85
DRESSES
Sizes 9-18
5.55
2 for $10.00 t
' Values to 11.98
GIRLS' DRESSES
Sizes 7-14
3.75
Regular 4.89