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FOUHTEEW MEDFOHP (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. January 20, 1950 O&C Area Roads Sought By Truman President Truman hai request ed Congress for funds lor a sub stantlal access road construction program for reforestation and stand improvement and for an expanded forest management program on the O and C lands in western Oregon administered by the bureau of land manage ment, it was announced this week by Daniel L. Goldy, re gional administrator. The President's budget calls for an appropriation of $1 mil lion for new road construction n the fiscal year ""-The total O and C program calls for the construction of approximately 400 miles of timber access roads to tap an estimated eHhtbiUion feet of now inaccessible old growth O and C timber. It is estimated tha road, to be built or started with the funds will open up timber worth nearly $20 million dollars. Fund, requested by the presi dent for 1951 will enable the bureau to institute a reforesta tion program. Not since the days when CCC camps were operating ha, the Bureau of Land Manage S,ent had such '""ds or facilities Goldy estimated that the fed eral government is losing Sou, 000 a year in revenue because lands were Idle. The budget request also asks funds for Increase of timber sales and to step up inventory work on O and C and inter mingled private forest lands. Ex-Prisoners Of War Can File Applications Application blanks for pris oner of war claims were distrib; uted Tuesday to county veterans service officers throughout Ore gon and to organizations and agencies in Portland, the state department of veterans' affairs announced. , The forms are for the use of former United States armed force, personnel who were held captive by the enemy during World War 11. The war claims act of 1949 provides $1 for each day they received substandard food during imprisonment. A few forms for survivors of deceased ex-prisoners of war also are available. Blanks may be obtained from county service officers, from state service officer, of the Am erican Legion, Veteran, of For eign War. and Disabled Ameri can Veterans, from the slate adjutant general, Salem, and from the department of veterans' affairs, 305 state library build ing, Salem, and 415 Southwest 11th avenue, Portland. Civilians interned by the Jap anese, or their survivor., also are eligible for benefits through the war clBlms commission. The state adjutant general', office in Salem ha. a supply of these forms. Death Toll Reaches 5 In Colorado Blaze Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 20 (U.R) The death toll from a disastrous brush fire rose to five today. Camp Carson officers said the three latest victims were Pvt. Robert Moore of Sault Ste. Ma rie, Mich.; Pvt. Marvin Tevis of Smithboro, 111., and Pvt. Wil liam Rau of La Grande, Ore. They died of injuries suffered in tiie fire. Pvt. Lawrence Hugh Elwell of Rcmer, Minn., and Pvt. Jo seph Andrew Weston of Atoka. Okla., were killed previously as they helped fight the ilamcs that destroyed 20 square miles of tim ber and grass and burned into Camp Carson on Tuesday. , Columbia, Mo. Siestas are not limited to our South American neighbors. They're also enjoyed on the campus of Stephen's col lege. As any professor knows, between one and two In the af ternoon i the zero hour, when most of his class is dozing away and he finds it hard to keep awake himself. Stephens took note of this, and now requires that every girl not only remain in her room for this hour, but rest quietly teachers, too. are requested to follow this delight ful custom. Booth, Stage Show To Aid March Of Dimes A hooth containing a coin col lection jar for every state in the union will be in place in down town Medford tomorrow under the sponsorship of the Medford Active club, it was announced to day. All contribution, will go to the March of Dimes, and the ob ject is to see which "state" will contribute most heavily to the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis. The booth will be operated all day Saturday for the benefit of those who wisn to coniriDuie 10 the rapidly-diminishing treasury of the Jackson county chapter of the national foundation. Show Slated First of scries of social events benefiting the March of Dime, will be held Friday at the Lin coln school, Ashland, at 8 p.m., it was announced today by Man ville Hcisel, who is booking the vaudeville show being presented in connection with the drive. A feature at the show', open ing will be an appearance by little Frances M o z i n g o the county March of Dimes theme girl, whose picture appeared in The Mail Tribune last Monday. Twenty per cent of the goal for the special gifts division of the Dimes drive has been rea lized, it was reported today by Ben Trowbridge, chairman. New Mercy Flights Gifts Reported Here Additional donations to Mercy irllMhle Tn uhinh mirrhAKfri an air ambulance for emergency service here last month, were re- ported loaay Dy ubuibc mim gan, chairman of the non-profit group. The Elk LumDer company ao nated $100, and a gift of blan- irate tn iteo in th nmhlllnnce was made by the Medford Sur plus store, MUllgan saia. oneeis have been provided by a gift tUa mangaAmpnt nf Hart ley', store and the Motor Haven motel, he said. Repairs on the plane wajre Unfr.co lid fnmiHl CUIIIJ1CII:U ....... christening last week, and only equipment still lo De insiaiieu is the radio compass. Until this is installed, the plane is ready for service under ordinary weather conditions. Schools Given Lumber From AEC Stockpile DUImJ Wash .Tan 9(1 (IIP) The atomic energy commission has donated nearly i.uuu.uuu board feet of lumber stored here to educational institutions of Oregon and Washington, it was announced today. Oregon schools will get 500, 000 board feet and Washington schools 450,000 board feet. The donation was made under public law 152, an AEC spokesman said. Tha law ennhlpa fprtpral agen cies to donate surplus "personal property to eaucaiionai uiau tutions. Tha liimVtnl tc nart nt ft ntnrk- pile which last spring contained 1U.5UU.UUU Donrn icet purcnasea "in contemplation of a much bigger program" at the Hanford ntnmln iimrlrc At thnt timP tlie stockpile was valued at $2,000.- 000. Nearly 4.uou,uuu Doara teei was sent to the Chicago opera tions of the AEC and 87.000 to the atomic installation at Arco. Ind. . Business Probably Would Have Been Good Had Police Relented Perry. Okla., Jan. 20 U.B Davis Mulz was $100 poorer to day because he asked Sheriff Merl Harman the wrong ques tion. Mulz. a newcomer to "bone dry" Oklahoma, strolled into Harman's office and inquired what his "chances would be for operating a whiskey business" here. Harman lifted an eyebrow and called Deputy C. O. 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