Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 21, 1946, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextXMKT MBDFORD MAIL TRIBDNX RECEIVE CLOTHES N VICTORY DRIVE People of 28 different coun tries will be sent clothing, shoes and bedding through the pres ent vlrtnrv clothing drive, the committees report. Among the 28 are Albania, Denmark, lux emborg, Burma, Borneo, Malaya, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Po land, France, Yugoslavia, Hun gary, Bulgaria, Rumania, USSR, Sweden, for refugee children in that country, stateless and dis placed persons through the inter governmental committee on re fugees and UNNRA, as well as China, Mongolia, Siberia, the Philippines and Japan. Brig. Gen. Charles M. Drury, chief of UNNRA mission In Po land, reported recently, "The wardrobe of the average Pole is shocking. One sees in the streets men, women and children with their feet bound In rags and roofing paper scraps. A man's clothes are usually just a shape less mass of cloth draped around his body. A suit costs 15,000 zlotys, which is about $300. A pair of shoes cost about 10,000 zlotys." "The killing Is over, but the dying hasn't ended." C. Lyall Fldler, public director for the drive, states "The people of Medford and Jackson county literally hold in their hands the gift of life for people who are dying from exposure and the lack of clothing. Conditions are worse for children, whose weak ened powers of resistance can not withstand another winter of suffering, but people of all ages need clothing desperately. "In Poland, where tens of thou sands are homeless, winter tern- Bud's Stove Repair Service Any Place Any Tim Oil Burners, Brooders nd Furnaces Work Guaranteed Phone 3405 Helps build up resistance against MONTHLY FEMALE PAIN When taken ragularlyl Lrdlt B. PlnUiam's VegflUbi Oom pound Pot Mom tlitn relieve monthly pain whn due to func tion! periodic dtiturbniMw. It alio rvllavN accompanying weak, tired, nerrout. Jittery fefllliifW of such nature. Taken rtrlrly Ptnkham'a Compound helps build up resUtuncn against auch monthly rtlatreea, I'lnk ham'e Compound la worth tryingl Interior tnd Exterior PAINTING PAPER HANGING Work Guaranteed CALL 2419 Younger s Appliance DUTCH BOY PAINTS 31 N. Birtlett THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... DICK: "I wonder how the distillers freJ alxmt that new movit built around an alcoholic." OLD Jl'DGE: "It's funny you nuked that. Dick.,, I wai just readings piece ntxvit it." DICK: "What did it say?" OLD JVDGE: "A very fnihle statement. U said the beverace distillers are fully awaie of this problem and are cooperating in every way possible to help solve it. The alcoholic is to the beverase distilling industry what the reckless driver is to the automobile industry. There ii nothing wrong with the Monday. Jan. 11. 1948 peratures range between 15 and 20 degrees below zero. In the houses still standing, threadbare mothers and children shiver in the bitter cold Blnce very little fuel is available at any price. Polish men and boys search the rubble of bombed-out cities for scraps of old roofing which can be tied together for shoes. In Greece, hundreds of thousands of homeless ill-clad people strug gle to survive in windy moun tain caves or in lean-tos built against the side of the one re maining wall of their former homes. Similar conditions In every war-destroyed land arc reported by UNRRA." Receiving centers have been established In practically all business places throughout the county for receiving the cloth ing, Fidler states. He urges all citizens to search through closets. trunks and drawers for gar ments, shoes and bedding that can be spared for the relief of the needy and destitute peoples. EMPLOYEES WILL BE F. E. Samson company, Fourth and Front streets, has been in corporated with a capital stock of $50,000, It has been an nounced. Incorporators are .F. E. Samson, Elton Waldron and J. H. Hopkins. Stockholders are exclusively employes of the firm and stockholder privileges will be extended to employes as they qualify, Samson said. In the meantime, a profit sharing or bonus plan will continue in operation. At the first stockholders meet ing Samson was elected pres ident, Waldron was named vice president and Margaret Dugan, secretary. The corporation em bodies merchandise, mill equip ment and trucks. The employe participating organization is the first of Sumson's post-war plans for the firm. Operation of tho Samson com pany for years has been depart mcntlzed and tho plan will be continued and extended, the president said. Waldron has been appointed sales manager. Hopkins is mandgcr of tho oil department, Margaret Dugun is office manager, Ronald Clark is in charge of trucks and Lee Franks is warehouse and plant superintendent. Samson Wnl. dron, Hopkins and Margaret uugan aro now stockholders. OBITUARY CHARLES A. KNUDSON Funeral services for Charles A. Knudson. Phoenix. ed away at a local hospital Jan uary ia, win be conducted from Perl Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 p. in. with lhn n i. ii Mltchelmoro of Jacksonville of- iiciating. Interment will bo in Siskiyou Memorial park. BETTY JO SHEHAB Betty Jo Shchab, 219 Talent Court, passed away at a local hospital Sunday. A COmnlntft nhlhinrv will KA published later, and funeral ar rangements will be announced by Perl Funeral Homo. In 1944 Wyoming ranked eighth among the states in quan tity of petroleum produced and ninth In value of the product. automobile, but In the hands of a man who doesn't know how to drive it or is reckless, it liecomes a menace. Likewise, f not the use but the ahue of alconouc beverages that causes troi.Ve." DH'K: "Wonder why it is most men can tf.ink nuxletatfly and others can't?" OLD Jl 'DOE:" Intensive reseatt h at a great university has shon that most excessiva drinkett ate really sick people. They are suffering imm some physical, social or emo tional upset. And great strides have been made in developing clinical methods of help ing these unfortunate people." VET SUBSISTENCE PLAN SPEEDED UP TO AID EDUCATION A change In the procedures for authorizing subsistence allow ance to eligible veterans has been authorized by the Veterans Administration according to a release from area headquarters of the Red Cross received by the home service department of the Jackson county chapter. The procedure will speed up their first checks, It Is said, and it is expected that payment will be gin 30 days after enrollment In school under the new plan. According to the dispatch, the change was ordered by Gen. Omar N. Bradley, administrator of Veterans Affairs, after com plaints were received that the previous method was too slow and cumbersome. Under the new procedure, the process of auth orizing subsistence payments will be started immediately after vet erans enroll in colleges or uni versities, even If the necessary records are not readily avail able. The records, under the new program, will be secured while the veteran is In training and any necessary adjustments in pay made at a later date. Under this procedure, veterans should have their first checks immediately after they complete their first 30 days of study. Livestock Pnrtlnnd, Ore., Jan. 31 (UP.) Livestock: Cattle 1.000, calvea 125. Supply far below requirements, erratically high er, Z5-30C up. Inslonces more, iiuik Soon steers S17.OII-17.73: common inrdium Kt-adea $1200-10.00; Kood heifers $10 SO: rommon-m e d 1 u m grades SIOSO-ISOO: ranner-c u t t e r rows largely 7.00-8SO. few sheila put down to sil.uw ana neiow; nesvy dtitrv Ivor cows unwards to $12.00: Rood beef cows $12. 30. 13.30; bulls mostly steady; Rood beef bulls $11.50 13.00; vealers 30c higher, good-choice grades SIS 00-10.00. Hogs 200. Steady. Butchers 170-275 Ihs. SIVOO; good sows $13.30: few lightweights $1373.1400; choice 100 lb. feeder pigs $13 75. sheep 100. Few sales steady with demand broad. Medium-good lambs $13 00: common $12.00; gocd-choire quotable to SI400 or above; good owes lacKtiig, salable to sa.uu. South San Francisco. Jan. 21 (IIP) (USDAI Cattle 300. In cludes loo heHd from feediol. Steady. Around two loada light good steers SI0.00-IS.30. Few loads he fers offer ed. Four care range cows held $13 00-13.30: few 1340 lb Holstelns $1100: several loads common cows $10.00.11.00: cutters $1.30-9 30: csn- ners $0 50-7 30. Medium to good sau sage hulls $10 00-11.00. Calves salable 2.1; steanv. una gotta calves aii.w 14 50; medium $1100. . Hogs 230: Includes 65 feeder pigs steady. Two loads good to choice 21H-230 lbs. barrows and guts 913.UU Odd imod sows $15.03. Sheep 300. Lambs steady. Two decks good 00 lbs. Iambs $14.70. Common to good ewes quoted $2.50 830. Portland Produce Portland. Jan. Jl (UP.) Whole sale market prices: Cabbie Oregon No. 1 $2.23-3 crate. Oswego $3-3.50 crate. Cauliflower Local, No. 1, $2 23 crale. Koschurg $2.23. Celery California $4.75 crate. Lelluce California $4-4.23 crate. Chicago Wheat Chli-at-o. Jan. 31 fUP.V Wheat Open High Low Close Mav imi ihims litus ihoi, Julv 170i ISO 170 17IMi Sept !7Bt l7Ss 17S 178!s Dec . 17B 177 (s 177 8. F. DAIRY PRICES Son Francisco, Jan. 21 UR) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 48 V4, 92 score 48, 90 score 473. Cheese: Loafs 28.2, triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 46 Vi medium grade A 43 V4, small grade A 3 8 ', i , large grade B 4214. Wall Street New York, Jan. 21 (U.R) President Truman's message to congress today advocating a sharp cut In spending and men tioning a budget balance ar rested a decline in the stock market that had reduced the high-priced leaders by 2 to S points. Preliminary closing Dow Jones stock averages: Indus trials 196.64, off 3.57; railroad 65.48, off 0.80; utility 39.81, off 0 66; 65 stocks 74.19, off 1.20. Sales totaled 1.680,000 shares compared with 3,230,000 last, Friday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Telephone Ac Telegraph 190 Anaconda ............ 48 Chrysler 1324 Curtiss Wright 8?i General Electric 47?8 General Motors 74 Montgomery Ward 777-8 Penn. R. R 4H'i Phillips Petroleum 55 J. C. Penney 52 Radio ...... 17' 4 Southern Pacific 615h Standard OH of California 40' V Texas Gulf Sulphur 50 Transameriea in".'- United Aircrafts 34:1i U. S. Rubber 68' . U. S. Steel .867 s Warning Issued On Poison For Coyotes In Lost Lake Area John Walch, Lake Crock rancher, said poison will be put out for coyotes Jan. 21 in section : 36, township 37, three-quarters of a mile east from the lower end of Lost Lake, on top of the ridge. Poison will also be put out in section 20, township 37, in the Anderson pasture owned by Mrs. L. J. Grissom, according to Walch. Walch urges those with dogs, cattle or horses in the area use precaution with their animals to prevent them from coming in contact with the poison. Coyotes have been killing deer and livestock in the area for the past several weeks, accordin" to Walch, and the poison is put out In an effort to decrease the loss of animals. Mrs. D. D. Ross, 85, Dies In Coos Bay Friends here have received word of the recent dcHth of Mrs. D. D. Ross, 85, in Coos Bay. Mrs. Ross made her home hero for a number of years with her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Ben nett. The body was taken to Seattle for cremation. Mrs. Bennett has made her home in Portland since leaving Medford, and Mrs. Ross had re sided in Coos Bay with another daughter. SHADY COVE SAWMILL REOPENING WEDNESDAY Shady Cove, Jan. 21 Opera tion of the Scggessenman saw mill here will get underway Wednesday, E. V. SeggcsFen mnn, owner, said today. The mill has been shut down since September because of the AFL lumber strike which affected mills throughout the nort Invest . Former workmen planning to return to their Jobs should re port to the mill office at once, Scggessenman said. Ten men will be employed af present with another shift to be added when more logs are on hand. The mill cuts about 30,000 feet In one shift. CAMP WHITE SITE FOR ALVINO REY BROADCAST Alvlnn Rey, "King of the Gui tar," and his great new orchestra will entertain officers and men of Camp White, January 23, at 6:30 p. m., as a presentation of "Spotlight Bands," it was an nounced by Oliver A. Gustnfson, of the Coca-Cola Bottling com pany of Medford, sponsor of the musical event. A full half hour of the show will be broadcast over 240 sta tions of the Mutual network, spotlighting the camp and its activities. Because a shout may sfart an avalanche when ice and snow are Just poised Swiss guides often insist on aboslute silence while crossing dangeroiu: part of glaciers. When CHEST COLDS STRIKE- Nrt' Fait, Prolonged RKf From Coughs, Soro Throat ... At fimt mn ' cMtl" rut on pp-vi old rflUMf Mtivrrolf tor fl '( IU1 rrp,n,Cfii TtW which ennMnuo 11 whIU it iTm-uns on vour inn' It. to rMvi coiixh. r(f thrvw Ail ttRhl ftorn In chtt-lt cTunlty htMp brk m (win ml lecul votiKs tUn Its wvtnuiii Twpors lio hflp brvlc up cous,iin in upper Oron ciiial tract, ns nct thront. Uuatrrolr ofTf ra all tilt mtvmnuco of ft wrmiiuf, ttmuluii( mus;.ri! JUitrr tv l is "to much uvurr to kpply ut rub H on r--i it vorJr7 w ) sTwtwtm AT CROWNING OF QUEEN GWEN AT CENTRAL POINT Centra) Point, Jan. 21 An estimated 600 persons were on hand for the coronation of Queen Gwen Goin as returned servicemen and their friends celebrated a World War II vet erans' homecoming jubilee at the Grange hall here Saturday evening, William B. Keizur, committee chairman reported today. Dancing was the feature en VICTORY CLOTHING COLLECTION for Overseas Relief Now Underway! This message in behalf of the Victory Clothing Collection published as a public service by . . . EOGUE EHVEE tertainment. A five-piece band consisting of Bill Abbott, Ray Alread, Tom Kingsbury, Bud Dinge and Sebastian Apollo furnished the music. Miss Goin, who polled 20,000 votes in the queen contest, was crowned by Joe Krupp, com mander of Myers-H o 1 1 a n d American Legion post which sponsored the event for the veterans. Jeanette Brown was runner-up in the race with 14.700 votes. Anne Bohnert. Barbara Hawley, Jean Kincaid SNIFFLING? YOU CAN FEEL BETTER. FAST Relieve aneczy cola miseries a most in stant v wito j'eneirc cose UTOpa. i.2uuon: use only S3 tjirfvini. iJlilllil', A Word to the People of This Community LOTHING that YOU can consid er old can bring new life to some suffering person to whom war brought despair and destitution. Your spare clothing will be distribut ed free, without discrimination, to vic tims of Nazi and Jap oppression in Europe, the Philippines, and the Far East. Dig into your attics, trunks, and clos ets TODAY ... dig out all the clothing you can spare. and Miss Brown as princesses were presented lockets by the veterans committee which in cluded Doyle Lacy, Bill Mc Manama, Ronald Pinkham and Paul Biumenstein. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon Please remember SEE US... About Your Personal or Standing MAILING LIST Morse's Mailing Service Phone 3722 39 South Grape St. What YOU Can Do! 1. Get together ALL the cloth ing you can spars, 2. Take it to your local collec tion depot immediately. Dig Out Your Spare Clotting TODAY THE GRANGE Jacksonrills Grange. Capt. E. C. Kelly will be guest speaker tomorrow night at the regular meeting of the Jacksonville Grange, which be gins at 8 p. m. riliftntiiHMnl .' t4 C tWor Sw,j l4mtn. tm. rtrTTfTM IMI1IHMIII".1W fV;;