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TEH MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wedneiday, Feb. 20, 1948 GIVEN AT MEET PT. Central Point, Feb. 20 Past Masters' pins were presented at a recent meeting of Central Point Grange with Live Oak, Phoenix, Jacksonville, Roscvale in Den ver, Colo., and a Grange near Eugene being represented. Mrs. A. T. Lathrop spoke on the condition of seed testing lab oratories and how steps should be taken for Improvements since the seed industry is becoming so Important in tills section of the state. M. Hay Ward of Phoenix dis cussed use of DDT as a fruit spray, which is still In the ex perimental stage. History Of Grange Sister Eudora Bohnert and Brother Arnold Bohnert report ed on the home and farming con ference held at the USO Feb. 5, The following brief history of Central Point Grange prepared by Worthy Secretary Sally Puhl, was read by Worthy Lecturer Betty Potter: Central Point Grange was or ganized April 12, 1928, with John A.' Anderson elected as master, serving for three years. On June 6, 1030, the Grange moved into their new home. Sev eral worthwhile propositions have been successfully carried out by the Grange. In 1832 the or how AEROMIST makes windows dear as crystal Jffllt wmnl rtoHy nrttal-gaitr, H Ml wf that Atfomiit mod htr window M tryttal'ipatkly iht levtd to gaio through ftitmt Iriahton your ovtlook end MsMon your wort with MtJ mask flat doonor, Ono whlik nd window, pktur alow, flat thilvti, It., Oft doitlfngl Cottl only dlmo. TryNiodayl S. M. WADE Commercial and Domestic Refrigerators Repaired S302 Phone 4104 2, DROPS RELIEVE SNIFFLES. SNEEZES -opin ituffjf ! Simply put two dropt of Pcnetro Nolo Droui In each noitrtl and t how 1 r r 1 1 t e d mem- t hrnnei are cooipa. now I watery (low, anlf flea and I sneezes are chet-krd. 3 And Penetro None Dropa r quickly rollov ituffy head cold, too o you Hrnntha eimier Imoilt in- tantiv Citiillnn: Due onlv dlroctrd. Only 3RC. 2'i time a much for 50o. Rft moniber, you net lait 2-drop relief with PENETRO Sro5p! M 1! m . . , refreshment adds a lift to lunch Company always makes mealtime more fun. Food and friendliness just naturally belong together. And there's no friendlier keynote for lunch than the cheery invitation Hmx a Loe. It says We're not only here to cat but to enjoy it. Ice-cold Coca-Cola makes lunchtimc friendly refreshment time ... a real occasion for the friendly pause. lomto uHoti avihoiht or imi coca.coia concur it Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Medford Hr Morton Downey KMED 2:30 P, M. . Grange was Instrumental in hav ing an ordnance passed by the Medford city council which re quires an out-of-state peddle:' to have a license and put up a bond. Drill Team Wins In 1934 the Central Point Grange drill team won first prize in a contest at the state Grange convention at Roseburg. Early in 1935 new velvet curtains were purchased for the stage. A col lection of $60 was made in 1938 to help in sending an infantile paralysis victim to Warm Sppng, Ga., for treatment. A resolution that proper gov ernmental and private authori ties be urged to take action to prohibit shipment of scrap iron to Japan was sent to congres sional representatives by the Central Point Grange in 1939. Mortgage Burned On Dec. 20, 1940, Worthy State Master Ray Gill burned the mortgage on the hall with all past masters present. An amend' ment to the by-iaws was made in 1943 giving honorary mem berships to all members reach ing 80 years of age. Parties were given for soldiers of Camp White and letters were written to Grange members in the armed forces. On April 16, 1943, a serv ice flag was dedicated to mem bers in the armed forces. The following year saw organization of the Juvenile Grange and the lot next to the Grange hall was purchased from the city. Last year a new ceiling was placed in the hall, paid for with funds from dances and contri butions. Servicemen' 8 Paper Claimed Gagged To Protect High Brass Washington, Feb. 20 U,R) Rep. Alvln F. Weichel, R.t O., told the house today that a ser vicemen's paper, the Daily Pa cifican, published in Honolulu, has been prohibited from print ing news carried by the major wire services. , Weichel Inserted in the rec ord an article from the Jan. 11 Issue of the Daily Pacificnn de claring that the paper was not permitted to print United Press and Associated Press dispatches if they reflected any criticism or dissatisfaction with policies of the war department or thea ter commanders. "The army, in order to keep from enlisted men its failure, lies, inefficiency and the fraud It has practiced on the parents of enlisted men, has now gag ged the voice of enlisted men in the South Pacific," Weichel told the house. KANSAS-OKLAHOMA CROP SAVED BY HEAVY RAIN Kansas City, Mo Feb. ,20 (U.R) The Kansas-Oklahoma winter wheat belt, tinder dry since last fall, will produce n sixth straight bountiful wheat crop to help feed the world, grain men throughout the dist rict said today after a two-day soaking rain. Where two weeks ago the dry topsoll was ripped from the fields, there was plenty of moisture as a two-inch rain moved out of the district. Agricultural experts predict farm egg production in 1046 will be slightly below the near record crop of S6 billion eggs in 1949. Join us... Have a Coke VETS FORGOTTEN DOVER DECLARES P. T Central Point, Feb. 20 "The home folks have fallen down on the job where World War II vet erans are concerned," Floyd K Dover, of Grants Pass, member of the state advisory committee on veterans affairs, told a group of veterans meeting last Sunday in Central Point. Dover declared that throughout the war years a lot of big shot planning com missions promised great things for the veterans, but those plans have come to nothing. "The result Is that thousands of veterans In Oregon," he said, "have no jobs and no homes." He declared he had seen many veterans and their wives "roam ing the streets in Portland be cause they had no place to go, and that many were getting lodg ing in Jails." ' Dover also said that those in charge of veterans' affairs have not cooperated with the United States Employment Service, and that'this service is in a position to, and Is placing many men in positions every day. He declared he has asked the advisory com mittee to hold a meeting as soon as Hugh Rosson, state director of veteran affairs, returns from Washington, D. C. Figures can lie and sometimes do. The present up-swing in di vorces Is one such instance. The general assumption that this in dicates a recent break-down in marital life i.i, as are most as sumptions, not entirely correct. A lot of these newly-obtained di vorces are bul the outward and visible evidence of a longstand ing separation. For divorces cost money. In rank-and-file terms, they cost a lot of money. So a couple may have lived separate lives over a period of years, yet have been unable to raise the funds neces- snry to make that separation legal. They may. paradoxical though It seems, have lived to gether in separate worlds. Then came the recent econo mic prosperity and with it the means to bring that long stand ing divorce out into the open. "Divorce" isn't some words on a paper. A divorce is a cleaving of hearts and minds the reality of which a legally worded de cree does not increase. Indeed there is much evidence that It draws a couple together, as the not Infrequent remarriages of the same people is full witness. Such people never were divorc ed; not even a decree could bring tills about. One woman whose opinion I have learned to value through the years has still another ex 1 Olive Sfe Barbels Letter L 1 iT i 1 I What's This? I inrh J sr (Acme Tetephoto) Willy, the Dachshund, sniffs at the butter-Jammed refrigerator of Louis Craig of Oakland, Cal., who got 240 nounds -of butter from a Midwest company by merely filling out a coupon be found in an advertise ment. planation of the increased rate of divorce. She says people have an increasing honesty. In other years, a man and his wife may have lived together for years in what was really a little hell on earth. The boy and girl who married had little in common with the man and woman they grew to be; a man and woman who never would have married They realized this; realized that each brought out the worst in the other. To the world, they were never d'vorced. But they knew. Lacking present day hon esty, they dragged out the weary years, their home life a travesty of what it could have, should have, been. So now there is this new honesty, which faces con ditions squarely, realistically, and acts accordingly. I am not justifying divorce; only setting down an "on the other hand opinion. Once I told you of the couple who celebrated their golden wed ding. For very few of those 50 years had they been on speaking terms. They had five children Someway they always manage to have children. Only two of these ever married; perhaps be cause they ht-.d been reared in a home where bitterness and hatred was the accepted pattern To me, that golden wedding ceremony was a travesty "Whom God hath joined togeth er." intoned the preacher. I won dered at God's willingness to take the blame. So it would seem that the words of either the divorce de cree or the golden wedding cere mony mean little. It s hearts that count. Hearts have to be trump, if you are to win. SUNSHINE PAYS Kellogg, Ida., Feb. 20 (U.R) The Sunshine Mining Co., world's largest silver mine, to day announced Its regular first quarter dividend of 10 cents a share. There are 1.488.821 shares outstanding In the company. Coke Coc-Col Coe - Col" and Hi bbrviatioa iCok" art th r(itrd tradt mark tuch (tutinfuiah lh prod net ol Tht Coca-Cola Company 96th Division Holds Record For Jap Deaths In One Day The 96th (Dead-Eye) Infantry Division, work-horse outfit of the Philippines and Okinawa campaign, ended World War II with a record of probably 'killing more enemy per day than any division in U. S. Army history. , Led by Maj. Gen. James Brad ley, Rolla, Mo., whose own ex pert marksmanship typified the skill that won the division its nickname, the 96th's Midwest and Southwest GIs slogged through some of the bitterest fighting of the Pacific with lit tle public recognition of their record. Such designations as "the feet infantry division," the est exponents of "alley-fighting in modern war," and "the best damned bunch of fighters since the Alamo" describe the 96th. Grenades Their Specialty Jradley is characterized by 24th Corps staff officers as "one of the most human general offi cers . in the Army." He was largely responsible for the 96th's envious combat record. Under his command, his men learned to be experts with a rifle. But their skill with hand grenades earned them fame for in-fighting tactics on Okinawa. "I never saw a bunch of sol diers who liked to fight with hand grenades so well," one Army observer reported to the 24th Corps. "One or two com panies in every regiment did nothing but carry hand grenades for the others. When those boys opened up with grenades, it looked like the whole hillside was blowing up." On Okinawa, Bradley gained a reputation for getting a maxi mum number of troops where they could do the most good on the front line. ' Sure of His Men "He didn't know what it meant to have a reserve," one of his regiment commanders re ported. "His division was made up of three of the finest regi ments in the Army and the gen eral knew it. He gave the orders and didn't worry about them do ing the fighting." Bradley was not one to throw his men onto the casualty list unnecessarily. But the tough en gagements the 9 6th fought through took a toll of 94 per cent enlisted men and 120 per WiA 50H . Men Vltowli Hi rmf cimais k rim mis Albert "CLICKS WITH ME, TOO!"" cXl FLAPJACKS f Imr IQiiidi Old loihiontd) M I JoSfSjil Lx'Vt l"' nrolly finer-tasting ... I TTWrr1 -l I Tattoo) VIN MI1SM jjjljljl cent officer casualties killed or wounded on Okinawa, the bloodiest campaign of the Pa cific war. , Bradley drew outstanding of ficers to the 96th. Such men as Brig. Gen. "Spec" Easley, assist ant commanding general of the division and one of the world's finest rifle shots, passed their own knowledge and training on to the foot soldiers. Easley, first casualty among general officers in the Philippines, died in the front lines manning a machine gun. Another was Col. Macy Dill, Arkadclphia, Ark., a regimental commander and legendary fig ure in the Pacific. Dill honestly believed no Japanese bullet could touch him. He invited the enemy by constantly carrying a white swagger stick and refusing to take cover except un'der the heaviest bombardment. Grim Action on Leyte The 96th took "Conical Hill" on Okinawa to roll back the east anchor of the main Japanese de fense line. Their landing beach was the only one under fire dur ing the Okinawa invasion. In the final stages of .the island fight, the 96th marked up a record or near-record for a single day's hunting more than 1,800 Japa nese were killed on the Yaezu Dake escarpment. In the Philippines, the divi sion's work was in -support of other outfits. But their casualty report about 1,800 killed and 8,000 wounded was the highest of the 24th Corps on Leyte, a grim indication of the type of action the 96th drew. The Dead-eye Division" com manding general knew what type of men he had with him. His men knew him best when Bradley humorously reported from the muddy Okinawa front: Elements on forward slopes slid forward. Elements on re verse slope slid backward." ZIG-ZAGGER FINED Huntington, Ind. (U.R) Max E. Paul has a grievance against the weatherman. He told police officers that he zig-zagged down Huntington streets to dodge froz en spots, but they fined him $1 for reckless driving anyway. Closing time tor Classified Ads 8:3n a.m. Too Late to Classify 12:15 p.m I jtrfto fhoft f essential ingredients . . . 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The clergyman and his wife had the school bus seats remov ed and then put in beds, stoves, furniture, shelves and whatnot. "It's surprising how much room we have," smiled Mrs. Frees as the pair started for Arizona. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN TO OPEN SOON AT TALENT Talent, Feb. 20 Their newly installed ten stool soda fountain will be opened some time this week according to H. J. Straus and H. R. Walter, proprietors of the Talent Market. Conversion of a wing formerly housing liv ing quarters in the store was be gun about two months ago to ac commodate the fountain. EXHIBITS AMERICANA Benton, 111. (U.R) A "bank with a hobby," the streamlined bank of Benton has collected an exhibit of rare American .docu ments which intrigues many a RADIO and RECORD CHANGER SERVICE Phone 5325 VALLEY MUSIC CO. Johnny Berry, Tech. X No"breakfast blue"for anyone with Albera Flapjacks on the table. What marvelous golden-brown beauties I And the taste comes right up to expectations. 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