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Moadar. March 4. !t4l UNSKILLED VETS IN NEED OF HELP A statewide program to help solve Oregon'! veteran unem ployment problem will be un dertaken by the Department of Veterans' Affairs In cooperation with Governor Snell's office, Director Hugh E. Rosson has anniMll-irAri. Jobless veterans are becom ing more numerous daily ana the cooperation of the public and of employers, large and small, most be sought in allev iating the situation. Rosson said. He cited latest unemploy ment compensation commission figures showing that more read justment allowance checks were paid unemployed veterans In January than for the entire JS previous months since the GI bill went Into effect. Up to mld Fobruary, about 26.000 veterans had applied for checks, 17.000 had received at least one check and from 11 to 12 thousand were filing clairru each week, the commission's figures re vealed. Unskilled Jabbers While previously skilled vet erans generally are returning to row MOVE BY PADDED VAN To Alt Points Oregon Wash. Cal., EADS Transfer and Storage Klamath IMedford I Eugene Falls Phone Vancouvtr Portland 7121 I Wash. old Jobs or finding new ones, it is thosa without pre-war job training who are experiencing the most difficulty finding work and the ones who most need help. Rosson said. "Governor Sncll has been made acquainted with the plans of the Veterans Affairs depart ment regarding this project," he added, "and it Is expected that a definite program calling for united effort throughout the state will be developed, in co operation with the governors office, to get jobs for veterans, IN GEISHA HOUSE Tokyo. March 4 (U.R) Pfc. Joseph E. Hlcswa of Welling ton, N. J., waiting for a war de partment ruling whether he must die for killing two Japan ese civilians, escaped over a prison wall recently and was recaptured In a Geisha house, u was disclosed today. Military police said Hlcswa was caught in a room with Japanese girl Just an hour after he and two other prisoners, one Japanese black marketeer. escaped from the Yokohama mili tary stockade. The war department will hold a private hearing in Washing ton tomorrow, reviewing a court martial verdict which sentenced Hicswa to death for stabbing two Japanese civilians fatally with a bayonette last Nov 24. JUST WENT HAYWIRE St. Louis, March 4 U,R) Paul L. McNeal, 22, married and the father of a small boy, told police today he "just went haywire" when he lured a three-year-old girl from her home and attempted to rape her. McNeal, who was discharg ed last October from the navy, was found with the nude girl in an alley by two neighbors of the child's parents. Levees along the Mississippi river In Louisiana were raised three feet after the unprecedent ed heights reached in the flood of 1922. . REED HOME AFTER 3 YEARS L Another of Medford's sons re turns home today in the person of William Reed, fire control man first class, just recently mustered out of the Navy at Bremerton, Wn., after serving with distinction for more than three years. Reed is mighty ' ' - . -.'.4 of the South Pacific and been to many of the world's so-called "glamour" spots, Reed declares that his biggest thrill will be when he sits down in front of one of his mother's Oregon apple pies. BY BIG PROBLEM William Reed happy to be home with his mother. Mrs. Lola Reed of 31S South Riverside; and his sister, Elizabeth. Reed, just 23 years of age, has seen service in the far cor ners of the South Pacific aboard both the U. S. S. Waterman, a destroyer; and the U.S.S. Fargo, a light cruiser. Prior to the showering of Hiroshima by the atomic bomb, young Reed was transferred to Uncle Sams fire control school at Washington, D. C from which he was graduated with honors. He has since seen sea duty on the U. S. S. Fargo. A Medford High School grad uate, Reed was working in Port land at the time he entered the service. He took his "boot camp" training at Farragut, Idaho. Although he has seen plenty An unprecedented program for long distance expansion Thousands of miles of new circuits will be built on the Pacific Coast During 1945, we handled mart than 346 million long distance calls ... in Increase of some 57 million over the previous year. That meant we handled c!os to a million calls every day. To meet the ever-increasing demand, we are now making an un precedented expansion in long distance facilities on the Pacific Coast. Thousands of mild of new circuits are being built; special racuum tube equipment is being installed to boost the number of rails existing lines can handle; new toll and long distance switch boards are being added. Yes, we're expanding long distance facilities in many ways and preparing for the many new improvements to come. We're on out way to providing a better long distance service than you ever dreamed possible. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. Ul jefffiitV. JgJ Chicago. March 4 U.R Jose phine Judex, attractive 19-y ear- old British stowaway who must DC marneu oy mari-n or leave the country has "a ton of letters" proposing marriage but not a single good prospect. Since her plight first was pub licized in the newspapers. Jose phine has been swamped by let ters proposing marriage. But Josephine doesn t want to marry "just anyone" merely be cause the immigration depart ment says a husband is a require ment for her stay here. Grants Pass Boys' Hearing Postponed Grants Pass. March 4 The hearing on delinquency charges against four 18-year-old Grants Pass high school youths was postponed for one week Friday afternoon when Juvenile Judge W. A. Johnson granted the con curred request of both attorneys in the case. Judge Johnson said that Dist rict Attorney Orval J. Millard and Sam Bowe, attorney for the defendants, joined in requesting the delay. The hearing, which concerns the February 6 alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, was set for 10 a. m. Friday, March 8. SERVICE STATION AT .PHOENIX IS LEASED Phoenix, March 4 O.D.Qunn and Elmer Froman have lpnrl the Standard oil service station at the Phoenix Cottage Court and began operation yesterday. Gunn has worked forHawlcin son Tires in Medford during the past year and Froman came here recently from Los Angeles where he was employed bv Standard nf California. Mosquito Common Sleeping Sickness Carrier Is Claim San Francisco (U.R) Proof that the common mosquito is the most important carrier of the horse type encephalitis, or sleep ing sickness, has been reported by California medical authori ties. The Hooper Foundation for Medical Research on the Univer sity of California campus at Ean Francisco also announced that the St. Louis type of encephali tis virus had been isolated for the first time in California. Presence of the virus previ ously was suspected, scientists said, but had not been proved until it was isolated from a mo squito caught In Kern county. Dr. W. McD. Hammon and Dr. W. C. Reeves, who have been conduct! ng the experiments, tested blood specimens from 203 human patients, who had been hospitalized with encephalitis symptoms. Most of the patients were infected with Western equine virus but the St. Louis type also was present. AIR RECORD San Francisco. March 4 (U.R) Pan American Airways today recorded a new all-time commer cial airliner record from San Francises to Honolulu estab lished when the new "Constella tion Clipper" flashed from the mainland to Oahu in nine hours and 43 minutes. Ad Brings Flood Of Phone Queries Olean, N. Y. (U.R) After plac ing a classified ad in the Olean Times-Herald for a furnished cottage for rent, the telephone at Mrs. Ida Eaton's home was so occupied ringing she could not cancel the ad. She received 95 calls within a few hours after publication of her ad. By the next day when she managed to reach the news paper office on foot, approxi- OOUBIE EDGE 10 In 25?. SINGLE 5 for H "THE GAY BLADE" J iwict iwict I AS MANY AS GOOD J I II dflff cawM4 wppfy yov, ted hit ftom. end arictoii onrf w. w itrvd you FREE SAMPtiS PUiPlt SIADE CORP.. 37 POST ST.. S.F.. CAMP. mstely iW persona had called , SHf, "TIw ,fL T, .Tf Pleas remember seeking to rent the cottage. Willits, Cal., March (U.PJ Anne Lilley, 15, was in a critical condition at Mendocino County hospital today where she was taken after she shot herself in the stomach because she said her mother and step-father were "al ways picking on me." O'Brien's "IRISH FRIED CHICKEN" Delivered to Your Home 5 te 10 P.M. $1.25 Phone 6145 Fried Chicken Bread Sticks Tossed Salad ! I I Urn, 1 us 010 5 MTMUL K1UEB nflWCR ft?., ITS. mttffl HWWTf- s RENO K.I ftDOF 51 KOfTDCKT 3TBAKHT BOURBON MUSKET 49 (JAM MEVTIAl Mm. I ft-. The Grange Gold Hill Grange Reports on agriculture. Grange co-op, dairy co-op, legis lation and educaton opened the meeting February 21 of Gold Hill Grange. Marie Christensen. committee member for the sor vlce memorial, reported on the planting of the redwood tree on city hall grounds and said the Grange was to contribute $5. Another meeting was called by the committee to decide on- a memorial plaque. Sisters Bornaman and Jenks were elected to fill vacant ex ecutive chairs. Lecturer's program was in honor of Washington. The annual dinner for in coming and out-going officers was held February 23 with 65 members and friends present for the dinner and dancing. A beautiful past master's pin was given Sister Hovfes to pre sent to Past Master Howes of our Grange, now a state deputy of Eastern Oregon and who couldn't be present at the din ner. The Grange regrets losing Brother Howes but is very proud to have a state deputy from the group. H.E.C. ladies and two broth ers met February 27 for clean up at the hall. A short meeting took place In the afternoon. Sister Howes was sent a thank-you card for the teapot presented the H.E.C. as out standing club in the county for the third time. Get-well cards were sent Sisters Ella Perry and Millie Walker. Gertrude Rosencran was remembered by Flora and Billie Shunterman received a prize. Dorothy Eskew and Mr. and Mrs. Ora Dahl are on the serv ing committee for the March 7 meeting. ACTRESS ADOPTS BOY Hollywood, March 4 (U.R) Actress Joan Bennett, mother of three girls, today announced she had "adopted" a second war or phan, six-year-old Charles Van Dyke. Under an arrangement with the foster parents plan. 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