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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, Jan. 7. 1946 r MEDFORDdSfTRIB UNE A Klamath Marines, Ashland Elks To Play Polio Benefit Cage Game Here Two of the top Independent basketball teams in mis pan o .to). Th Klamath Fall Marines and Ashland Elks, will clash on the Medford high school court Wednesday night, Jan. 30, in an infantile paralysis benefit pame, it was announced today. Groceteria Gold Bars and Med ford high Ramblers will play a Southern Oregon league game as a preliminary. The Marines, composed of bas ketball veterans from all sec (. nt h rnuntrv. recently lost a close game to University of Oregon while the fclKs aggre .Hnn made un of high school and college stars, are virtually untried while rolling over au nnnnettlnn till Season. Norm Worthley, Medford Junior high coach and southern Oregon conference rcicree, unu nil! Rnwerman. director of ath letics at Medford high, have donated their services io reicrce the game. Lester Harris, prin tioI nf Medford high, has pledged use of the court. All proceeds of the game wm go iu .Tarksnn county infantile paralysis fund. The Marines will make the trip irom ft.iam- ath Falls at their own expense and the Elks also will receive nothing but a workout for their efforts. Thm tfntn will ha Medford's biggest basketball attraction of the season and will give local casaba lovers a chance to sec some blg-tlmo sturs In action and SEE THE JOB THRU! TRAVEL: Choice of Theater or Service EDUCATION: Up to 2 Years College While Serving CAREER: Liberal Retirement Program MEN 17-34 Physically and Mentally Qualified Ara Eligible to ENLIST NOW . . in the United States Army Pott Office Building Medford, Oregon at the same time aid a noble cause. LEAD OVER FIELD IN L. A. TOURNEY Los Angeles, Jan. 7 l).R) Byron Nelson was on his way today toward adding the $13, 333 Los Angeles open golf tournament to his long list of triumphs. Nelson yesterday boosted his leadership to two strokes as he posted a 84 hole total of 212 over the Riviera county club course. Trailing him are Sammy Snead champion and first day leader, and Jim Ferrier, the former Australian champion. Each have 214. Nelson has been competing In the Los Angeles extravaganza for 11 years. The closest he ever came to winning was in 1049 when he finished In a tie for second with his "gold dust" partner, Harold (Jug) McSpad- en. Nelson shot a 72 yesterday. one stroke better than the scores of Snead or Ferrier. After Ferrier and Snead came Ben Hogan, Horshey, Pa., with a 73-216, and Jimmy De maret. 74-217. Tony Penna, Toledo, tied Demaret for' fourth place with a 72-217. Joe Kahut Faces Champion Friday New York, Jan. 7 (U.R) Light Heavyweight Champion Gus Lesnevlch and Middle weight Champ Tony Zale return to the ring this week after long absences In service. Ike Wil liams, the NBA lightweight ruler, also sees action on the National boxing schedule which incidentally includes two shows at Madison Square Garden. Ex-Sailor Zale meets Bobby Giles of Buffalo at Kansas City tonight; ex-Coast Guardsman Lesnevlch engages Joe Kahut, Oregon farmer, at Portland, Ore., Friday night, and Williams tackles Charley Smith at Tren ton, N. J., tomorrow night. All three bouts are non-title 10 rounders. d r t In Kings-X Tilts Central Point will tangle with Gold Hill at Central Point and Jacksonville mixes with Eagle Point at Jacksonville in high school "B" league kings-X tussles tomorrow evening. Both games match clubs from opposite divisions and the out comes may throw light on com parative strengths in "B" con ference circles. Regular league tiffs resume Friday. In Battle Royal ".. f ' " "' ' J "' --';---.. J i .- ' ." - 2 1 LEAGUE STARTS E Earl Maione, mia-w i r n mat toughie, will be one of the participants in the battle royal wrestling card at Medford armory Wednesday night. The card opani tha 194S wrestling season her. 'Others In tha free-1 for-all are Pete Belcattro. Jack I Lipscomb, Angtlo Martinelli. Herb Parks and Gust Johnson. Three regulation matches of; three rounds or one fall follow the melee with pairings decided in order of elimination. Sale Of Cooper Is Only Starter For Big Loop Changes New York, Jan. 7 (U.R) Major league player deals, some of which might moke the cele brated $175,0110 Walker Cooper purchase look like a "bargain basement" transaction, appeared to be on the griddle today and the St. Louis Cardinals were connected with most of them. Owner Snm Breadon, who finds himself in the enviable position of being able to break up a three-times champion ball club and still have a title con tender left, indicated that the sale of Cooper, his 31-year-old star catcher to the New York Giants, was just a starter. The wily Breadon almost froze out the Giants on the Cooper deal and forced them to raise their ante at the last minute when the Braves and Phillies raised their bids for the player. Both clubs backed down, how ever, when Breadon refused to make the sale contingent upon Cooper's release from the navy before the start of the 1946 base ball season, a request which the Giants did nbt make. Hollywood Takes Pro Grid Laurels Hollywood, Jan. 7 4U.P.) The Hollywood Boars today held the Pacific Coast Professional league football title by virtue of a 10 10 tie with the Los Angeles Bull dogs. A field goal In the last IS sec onds of piny enabled the Bull dogs to tie the Hears in the sea son's final game yesterday. Sixteen thousand fans saw Jack Sommcrs boot tho- ball 15 yards between the Gilmoie stadium gonl posts. THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... kjl . iifis - r j7.s' a kvssv y9 ni'iu.: lv..:r.-'f-ia.-Tf HARRY: " don't know what they'll weigh up. Judge, but my cattle and soultry sure have ben grttin' fatter since 1 started to use distillers' dried grains in their ration." OLD JUDGE:" You're about the tenth one who has told me that, Harry. How do you account for it?" HARRY: "The by-product recovered from grains used by distillers it very high in vita min and protein content. It's the best feed supplement we can get to balance the rations we Iced our dairy cows, livestock and wl txy. Mixed with original gram, these duv tillers' dried grains have a much prater feeding value than the original stain has." OLD JUDGE: "Have any trouble getting all you need ? " HARRY: "Yet, at time, even thouch the distillers produced l.'JiM.'XM.lXl pounds of it for the year endin' last June. I hone thev'il be in a position to produce a lot more next year." OLD JUDGE: "Then I gues nobody can tell you grain it wasted in distilling." HARRY: "Not me. Judge ... I know." Chicago. Jan. 7 0J.R) The National football league, final ly recognizing the upstart all American football conference as a dangerous challenger, opens one of the most Import ant meetings in its 26-year his tory this week in New York. The old-time National leaguers, who lifted pro football from sandlot gridirons to the nation's biggest stadia, have dozens of problems to whip at the New York meeting, but No. 1 Is the rehiring or firing of Elmer Layden as commissioner. Conlract Expires Layden's initial five-year contract expires March 1. Se lected in 1941 when he was athletic director and head coach at Notre Dame, Layden has rul ed the league during its most prosperous seasons. There was strong opposition to him a year ago, centering among the east ern clubs, but that has died out and the general consensus pre dicts that Layden's contract will be readily renewed as the N.F.L. buckles down to fight the all-American. N.F.L. headquarters, prepar ing for the opening meeting Thursday, released the follow ing agenda: (1) Layden's con tarct, (2) 1946 schedule, (3) rules revision, (4) players draft, (5) consideration of the new op position league and its "ques tionable interest In operation for the best interests of pro football." Medford Bowlers Edge Grants Pass Giants Pass, Jan. 7 A Med ford team of bowlers came into Grants Pass Friday night and took home the scalps of two Grants Pass teams by winning two games and total pins for a score of 3-1 over Hammer's and the Hoosier Hot Shots. Matched In the three-way col lision at El Rogue alleys, Med ford won the first and third games. Medford ..887 863 927 2677 Hot Shots 789 912 797 2498 Hammer's 880 850 872 2602 Hockey Results By Unitod Press Coast League Seattle 8, San Diego 2 Portland 8, New Westminster 5 National League New York 4, Boston 2 Detroit 3, Chicago 2 BIVINS FAVORED San Francisco, Jan. 7 (U.R) Jimmy Bivins, hard-punching Cleveland heavyweight contend er, was a 10-1 favorite to whip Watson Jones, Los Angeles Neg ro, when they meet in the 10 round feature bout at Civic auditorium tonight. STANDLEE SIGNS Chicago, Jan. 7 (U.R) Nor man Staiidlcc, who in one sea son with the Chicago Bears in 1941 gained acclaim as one of pro football's outstanding full backs, "jumped" the National Football league today to sign a contract Willi the All-America conference's San Francisco team. P.-T. A. Activities Shady Cove P.-T.A. Next regular meeting of Shady Cove Parent-Teacher's associa tion will be held January 11 at 8 p. m. in the school. A program by Mrs. Prentice's accordion band will be presented at 8 o'clock sharp, followed by business meeting and refresh ments. Members are asked to bring sandwiches and any spare milk they may have on hand for the cocoa. Let's all attend and have a good turn out for Mrs. Prentice's program. Nevada Is called the "battle born'' state because it was in tensely pro-Union during the Civil War and was admitted to statehood under the guidance of President Abraham Lincoln. Sport Chips BY 'mm hi A. J Aiiiiri''j Harry Chipman Mail Tribur.e Sports Editor PL Southern Oregon's first Inde pendent basketball league since Pearl Harbor gets under way tonight when the Medford Ath letic association team, co-sponsored by General Petroleum, steps out against the high class Ashland Elkt at the Jackson school gym. Medford t e h o o 1 district, through the courtesy of City Superintendent E. H. Had rick, it doing a lot to make the league possible by donat ing ute of the city grade school gyms for the indepen dents. The Elks are hands down favorites to cop the league be cause, of their array of ex-high school and ex-college stars. The remaining five places in the standings are a toss-up with the MAA-Mobilgas team, Medford Hotel, Medford High junior var sity, Camp White Naval Hospi tal and Groceteria Gold Bars being on about even terms. Medford high's basketball quintet, defending district champs, is slowly beginning to round back into shape after their trek, to the East-West game at San Francisco over New Year's. While in the big city, the 40 boys, Including al most all of the hoop crew, were turned loose to do pretty much as they pleased so far as stay ing out late and their diet were concerned. As Coach Al Simp son put It, "You can't feed a basketball team on hot dogs and let them stay up all hours and expect them to turn in their best performance." It was evi dent in the Salem game last Friday night but Medford won, anyway. But we feel the lots of con dition was well worth It for the boyt taw things at the Easl-Wett game which they will never forget. They taw the world't biggest flag un furled at halftlme, the Unit ed Statet emblem measuring 78 by 128 feet and manned by 185 Coast Guardsmen. They taw 1,000 flag bearer! with flags of the U. S. and ..United Nations. They tew Walter Trojanowskl of Con necticut, the nation's leading ground gainer, Allen Dekde brun of Cornell, George Sav Itsky of P e n n, one of tin country'i finest linemen and an all-American, and a host of other great East players about whom they had been reading throughout the past teason. And they saw Jake Leicht, the great Oregon backfield star, Ted Kenficld of California, Max Dodge, the huge but fine end from Nevada, Lloyd Rude, also from Nevada, and several other stars who played promin ent parts in western football during the past season. And they basked throughout the game In the warm California sunshine, something that has been lacking In these parts for a spell. Now that the big trip Is be hind them, it is our guess that the gang will rapidly get back In shape and show their fol lowers some fine basketball. LEADING SCORER T.os Anceles. Jan. 7 (U.R) Bob Kloppenberg, star forward of Coach Sam Barry's University of Southern California basket- hall team. Is leading the Pacific Pnat rnnfprence scoring race with 27 points, official scorer Chuck Wcmstock revealed today. Illuminating gas was first used in the United States In Newport. R. I., in 1813, but was not introduced Into New York until 1823 two years after it had been successfully installed in Baltimore, Md. WOMEN! If you are capable, experienced, and like to sell merchandise, you may qualify for one of several openings for saleswomen, in a long established retail store, at a good salary, with liberal vacation pay, and with very congenial working conditions. Address Box 2046, c o Mail Tribune, giving age, experience, references, etc., in first letter. All replies confidential. Box 2046 CITY'S FACILITIES Ashland, Jan. 7 Mayor T. S. Wiley told the city council at a meeting Friday night that the city plans vast improvements as toon as material and labor are available. Pipe has arrived for piping Lithia water into the city, Wiley said .and as soon as It is installed Ashland is expected to have an abundance of the health-giving water. The supply dwindled when a dry ice plant was constructed at the springs. Other improvements expected to be made soon are paving and widening of streets with several bad turns to be corrected. Con struction of a new fire hall is expected to begin in the near future and expansion of the pub lic library was urged. Building permits issued during the year totaled $202,500 which indicated a substantial growth in the city, Wiley told the city dads. Following appointments of city officers were made for 1946: Elmer Biegel, city superintend ent, electric department head, street department head; Earl Hosier, water superintendent; C. J. Baughman, fire chief; H. D. McNair, assistant fire chief; Neal Heard and John Kiel, firemen; C. P. Talent, police chief; C. C. Williams, assistant police chief; R. D. Redifer, William O'Brien and T. A. Ghea, patrolmen; Ken neth King, park and traffic re lief officer: C. O. Presnall, city judge; William Briggs, city at torney, and Frank Davis, super intendent of cemeteries. A band leader is to be appointed at a later date. In making his report covering the past year, Wiley told the council that Ashland has the lowest tax rate of any city of comparable size in Oregon. The present millage rate is 14.2 mills compared with the 27.2 mills of 1936. Balance on hand at end of the fiscal year was reported at $389 899.20 against which there is a total indebtedness of $233,000. "Old Nosey" Makes Test Up to 525 MPH Burbank, Cal. (U.R) "Old Nosey" a Lockheed P-38 Lightning converted into the world's fastest "flying wind tunnel" has been used to test wing designs of superfighters and transports at speeds of more than 525 miles per hour, Lock heed officials reveal. The Swordfish Old Nosey's official designation is fitted to test drag, lift and airflow characteristics on any typo air foil under actual flying condi tions. Envelopes of false wings that cover a portion of the plane's regular wing are con structed with airfoil contours in proportion to any wing type proposed. Government Spending in Big Drop With War Contract Cancellations Washington, Jan. 7 (U.R) Government spending in the first six months of the 1948 fis cal year totalled $38,574,000,000, a drop of almost $10,000,000,000 from the same period of- the previous year, the treasury an nounced today. The 1946 fiscal year began last July 1. The drop in spend ing was due mainly to the mass war contract cancellations which followed Japan's surrender in August. Income Stays Up Despite the end of the war. which brought industrial shut downs and decreases in overtime pay, the government's income continued at a high level. In the first six months of this fis cal year, net receipts to the treasury totalled $19,903,000 000 as compared with $20,314,000, 000 during same months of the 1945 fiscal year. The sharp drop In spending was reflected to the same extent in the deficit during the same six months. The difference be tween income and outgo amount ed to $18,671,000,000 as against $28,112,000,000 in the corres ponding six months last year. Withholding taxes, which re flect the extent of workers' in come, amounted to $4,993,000, 000, compared with $4,784,000, 000 In the first six months of the 1945 fiscal year. War spending In the tlx months was lower, but far from ended. Although there were less than two months of war in the period, the government still had a lot of war bills to pay after that. From July 1 through December this spending totalled $32,680,000,000 as against $44,. 152,000,000 in the corresponding months of last year. The public debt at the end of December stood at $278,882,000,. 000, the highest on record, and compared with $232,114,000,000 at the end of December, 1944. Park View Convalescent Home 153 Granite St.. Ashland. Ore. Registered Nurse In Chtrgt Equipment for bed patients. WASHING MACHINE REPAIR FOR ALL MAKES Also Refrigeration Service Younger s Appliance 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 L. C. TAYLOR CO. Dodge - Plymouth 112 South Riverside ' ft STEEL MM ; ' r 1! II W w i -t- r I to B V it 1? A "bfott inj iftr" picrur. showing hit hr-pi to tenlil tfrt bit I irir liwl hen "pulled" a I'mverul tmnR mi.-hm. New lohn 0rt ni:nff know whit thu jrei will stind tn icnj.l uj. 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