Mills Urged To
Prepare For Car
Shortage In West '
. West coast sawmills were urg
ed this week to make prepara
tions for a possible un-seasonal
freight car shortage If the eastern
coal strike continues.
In a letter to its members, the
West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciation said the coal strike was
already causing a curtailment of
movement of empty freight cars
westward by eastern railroads.
This action may have a serious
effect on west coast lumber ship
pers by drying up the supply of
freight cars moving into this
territory from eastern lines, the
association's traffic Kepartment
advised. '
Urge Close Check
Some mills in the Willamette
valley are advising their sales
departments to go slow on accept
ing new business, and urging
their production supervisors to
keep a close check on inventor
ies in mm stocks in the event ot
a sudden drying up of first class
box cars available to Oregon
lumber shippers. There seem to
be plenty of flat cars and gon
dolas, the west coast traffic de
partment stated, but a shortage
ot tirst class box cars would nit
the industry hard.
The association urged its
member mills to load every
freight car to its maximum capa
city so that the most lumber
could be shipped in the minimum
number of box cars. It urged
prompt loading and dispatching
of cars as soon as they are spot
ted at mill loading docks.
The association traffic depart
ment is working closely with the
region's railroads and advised its
members it would keep them
fully informed on the freight car
supply picture as tney couia plan
their production and shipping
schedules as far in advance as
possible.
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St. Marys Club to Hear
Father Robert Sweeney
Father Robert H. Sweeney,
vice president of the University
of Portland, will address the St.
Mary's Parents club at a meet
ing in the school auditorium
Monday, February 27, at 8 p.m.
Father Sweeney's subject will
be "Catholic Education."
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AMA Cautions On
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Chicago, Feb. 25 (U.R) The
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warned today against "mislead
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the use of antihistamine drugs in
treating the common cold.
Tests so far "only suggest pos
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for the prevention of the aver
age common cold or for the
treatment of those who are ill
with this affliction," the council
said.
The AMA said a "welter of
confusion" has been created by
"claims and counterclaims" re
garding the drugs' effectiveness
as cold cures and preventives.
"Further fundamental work is
certainly indicated," it said.
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Springs interurban station in
Oak Grove broke and fell to the
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Appeal Made For
Volunteers In
Red Cross Drive
Col. Ben Stafford, vice-chairman
of the annual fund drive of
the Jackson county chapter of
the American Red Cross, said
Saturday that volunteer workers
are needed to assist in the drive
which starts here Wednesday.
Workers in the Phoenix, Tal
ent, Central Point and West
Side districts are particularly
needed, he said.
"I am sure that it is not neces
sary to comment on the import
ance of the American Red Cross
to army personnel," Stafford
said. As a retired army man, he
has seen the Red Cross in action
during two wars, and he said
Saturday that "throughout the
world our armed forces benefit
daily from some Red Cross serv
ice. Aid Problems
"In our hospitals and at every
military installation, they are
constantly available in emergen
cies, or to assist in the solution
of an individual's personal prob
lem. This world organization is
deserving of our complete sup
port in its 1950 campaign for
funds," he concluded.
The colonel originally came to
Medford in 1937, and retired
here after completing his army
service.
Two divisions of the fund
drive drive organization have
been at work for nearly two
weeks, the office said Saturday.
They are the advance gifts di
vision, under the chairmanship
of A. A. Lausman, and the in
dustrial division, under B. L.
Nutting.
Chairmen Named
The other groups will begin
their work March 1, and Frank
Van Dyke, general chairman of
the drive Saturday announced a
number of the division chairmen
who will lead in the solicitation
work.
They include Allen McGee.
Ashland: Wilbur Arnold and
Col. H, L. Meiring, outlying dis
tricts; Tvlrs. Paul Walker, west
side residential: Mrs. Alber Len
ox, east side residential; Darell
Huson, city employees: Ralph
Sweeney, county employees;
Moore Hamilton, federal em
ployees;; Paul Hatton, Camp
White, and Colonel Stafford,
clubs and special groups.
The rural district solicitation
will be handled through the
county Granges, Van Dyke said,
with Roscoe Roberts and John
Gray in charge of that phase of i
the organization. '
Mrs. Frank Fairweather and
Mrs. James Wyatt are handling
publicity for the entire organiza
tion. The county goal this year is
$25,000.
Nurserymen, Growers
Discuss Price Lists
The Rogue Valley Nursery
men and Growers met February
23, at the Crater Green house,
the first in a series of meetings
for the purpose of establishing
a minimum price list.
Members feel that such a list
would make it possible for the
growers to work in closer har
mony, resulting in better qual
ity plants.
All licensed growers were in
vited to the next meeting to be
held at the same location at 7
p.m., March 2.
Officers named at the meeting
included M. L. Schmidlin, presi
dent, of Rogue Valley Green
house; Ken Meadows, vice-president,
of Crater Green house, and
J. Vernon Marshall, secretary
treasurer, of Marshall nursery.
Butte Falls
Butte Falls, Feb. 25 Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bradford visited in
Pasco and Walla Walla, Wash,
last week.
Jerry Arnold Is in a Medford
hospital with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Woods
and Jackie visited friends and
relatives here Sunday and Mon
day. The Woods are former Butte
Falls residents now living in Cot
tonwood, Cal.
Mrs. , Vern Stephenson has
been confined to her home with
the flu.w
Mrs. Florence Best and chil
dren visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Klneaid, Sunday.
Mrs. Ernest Smith has been
ill the past week.
Mrs. Glenn Prultt visited her
mother, Mrs. Hughes, here, Mon
day. Mrs. Ben Edmondson has been
ill with a severe cold.
. Bob Marshall visited his sis
ter, Mrs. Sally Walker, over the
week-end.
A large number of basketball
fans attended the tournament in
Eagle Point last Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. The people
are proud of the local high
school team which won second
place.
Mrs. Floyd Price was In Ash
land over the week-end visiting
her sister.
Mr. Rambo took his son, Ar
thur, to the doctor Monday. The
boy was suffering from muscle
sprain.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tun
gate and children from Milwau
kie. Ore., are visiting friends
and relatives here.
Butte Falls Grange held a so
cial evening Monday. Friends of
Grangers were invited This was
the first meeting of this type but
every other meeting from now
on will be social. H. E. C. served
refreshments.
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British Naval Intelligence, was
fired on as he drove through a
London suburb in what may have
been an assassination attempt.
Uninjured, he sped after the car
from which the shots were firea
but lost It. Authorities discour
aged any speculation linking the
incident with the Soviet -atomic
espionage case Involving Dr. Klaus
Fuchs.
Manila Suggested
For Japanese Treaty
Manila, P. I., Feb. 25 U.P.)
President Elpidio Quirino of the
Philippines disclosed today that
he had suggested Manila to Presi
dent Truman as the site of the
Japanese peace conferenct.
Quirino said tlie Philippines
had "not changed a bit" in its
i.ttitude toward Japan and re
mained strongly opposed to
Japan's revival as a military
power. But he said the Philip
pines desired an early peace
treaty.
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Hollywood, Feb. 25 (U.R)
Hollywood had better step a lit-!
tie fancier. Palm Springs is hop
ping on the
premiere band
They're work
ing up to the
million - dollar
epic and search
light - a n d -mink
class in
easy stages.
But from the
looks of their
first one,
they'll be right
in there before
very long.
The tiny sun
drenched village on the edge of
the desert is where most of the
stars hang out now, anyhow. Get
ting celebrities to put in an ap
pearance is the least of the
town's worries.
Palm Springs can do it cheap
er, too. They don't have to
splurge on searchlights. The city
fathers would probably be
shanghaied to the Los Angeles
"smog" if they passed up their
publicized sunshine and staged
a shindig at night.
So it was that Palm Springs'
first movie premiere in almost 20
years got under way before sun
down. And it wasn't a super
duper Hollywood epic that filled
the Plaza theater, either.
It was a 20-minute public
service film on safe driving. It's
called "Last Date," and the peo
ple behind it are unknown so far
as Hollywood's concerned.
The producer is James S. Kem
per, an elderly millionaire who
likes to spend big chunks of his
loose change making drivers
slow down on the highways.
The star is 20-year-old Joan
Taylor, a sweater-girl cutie who
began getting offers from movie
moguls two hours after her
deserf debut.
Kemper only spent $37,000 to
scare teen-agers into keeping
their "hot-rods" under control.
But the idea was enough lo pull
stars like Bob Hope, Charles
Farrell, Jane Russell and Bob
Waterficld away from their
swimming pools long enough to
put on a show for the natives.
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Gold Hill Meeting
Set To Discuss
Tax Equalization
Gold Hill, Feb. 25 The real
estate tax valuation protest com
mittees of Gold Hill, Central
Point, Rogue River and Black
well Hill will hold a meeting
Monday, February 27, at 7:30
p.m., at the Gold Hill city hall
according to announcement made
by Mrs. Daniel H. Stewart, chair
man of the combined group of
tax committees.
Harry J. Loggan, supervising
appraisal engineer and Arthur
W. Sellander, chief appraisal en
gineer, members of the State Tax
commission, will meet with the
committees Monday night to dis
cuss equalization of property
valuations in the three towns
and on Blackwell Hill. The
meeting will be for committee
members and will not be open to
the general public.
Meetings will be arranged by
Mr. Loggan and Mr. Sellander
to be held later with the tax
committees In their own terri
tories to make plans for re-appraising
individual pieces of
property judged by the commit
tees to be out of line with prop
erty valuations as a whole in
their respective towns.
Maps have been furnished by
the tax commission to the com
mittee members of the afore
mentioned places showing valua
tion of every piece of property
in their towns to be used by
them in making recommenda
tions for achieving equalization
of tax valuation. This work hav-;
ing been completed the commit
tees will submit their recommen
dations to the appraisal engi
neers. Property owners who are not i
satisfied with the results of this :
equalization work may make
their appeals to the tax equaliza
tion board when it meets in the
spring.
HOLLYWOOD
MacPHERSON
Correspondent
Hope waltzed on stage with
his arm in a cast and said he
was there as a "guest example."
A few weeks ago, he said, he
was "flying low" en route from
Palm Springs and collided with
a tree.
Producer Kemper said his
movie may have been short, but
it had a message.
"In 1947 some 7.100 teen
agers were killed and 320.000
more were injured,' he added.
"This led us to coin a new word:
'Teenicidc.' I means death caused
by an automobile driver under
20."
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THESS
Fries Treasurer Of
Easter Seal Sale
Appointment of A. C. Fries Jr.
of Medford as Jackson county
treasurer of the 1950 Easter Seal
sale sponsored by the Oregon So
city for Crippled Children and
Adults. Inc.. was announced to
day by Mrs. C. B. Partch of Med-
tora, county chairman.
The chairman explained that
Fries' position as treasurer takes
on added significance this year
because of the fact each county
will be responsible for its returns
from Easter Seal sales. In past
years all returns have been made
to headquarters of the Easter
Seal agency in Portland.
Jackson county residents pur
chasing Easter Seals will send
their returns to Fries, at the
Medford branch, U. S. 'National
Bank, where they will be de
posited. The chairman reported this is
the fourth Easter Seal sale in
Oregon and that it will run
from March 9 through April 9.
The Easter Seals will be placed
in the mail in early March,
Portland, Ore., Feb. 25 U.R)
Mrs. Alexander Thompson, 86,
long prominent in Oregon and
national politics, women's clubs
and , welfare work, died Thurs
day at the Troutdale Tubercu
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Shady Cove, Feb. 25 Colleen
Hope of the Colleen Hope Dane
studio of Medford will give
dance Instruction for Girl scout
troop 22 and the scouts' guesti
Monday, February 27. The clasi
will be held at the Shady Cove
school house, starting at 7:30
p.m., and there will be no
charge.
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