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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1952)
DaiI? Caifl Dlaminnl IYCIU JUIU VIQIIIIIIlj Germ Warfare To Cover Epidemics Tokyo U.PJ The United Na tions Command charged Wednes day that Communist propagan dists, to cover up epidemics in North Korea, have accused the Allies of waging germ warfare. A "Voice of the United Na tions Command" radio broadcast aid. the epidemics were made worse by "infected bandages' and "decayed food." The broadcast was an answer to a Communist propaganda campaign "protesting" that UN planes have dropped thousands of disease-laden fleas, flies and cockroaches in North Korea. The campaign was launched by Communist Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai, Communist radio broadcasts and Red Correspond ents at Panmunjom. ' A spokesman for Gen. Mat fhew B. Ridgway's headquarters categorically denied UN forces had used bacteriological weapons at any time in Korea. Ambulance Planes Make Two Flights , The ambulance planes of Mercy Flights, Inc., made two flights yesterday and today, in each case to bring patients to Medford hospitals. Yesterday, the twin-engine Cessna operated by the non-profit ambulance service flew to Portland and back -to bring Mrs. Edna Pomeroy, 2086 Spring street. Medford, from St. Vin cent's hospital there to the Com munity hospital here. Her daugh ter accompanied her. Gene Koozer was pilot of the plane. At 6 a.m. today the service's Stinson Reliant plane left here for Truth or Consequences, N.M., with Cecil Davis at the controls and Kenneth Owens as co-pilot and attendant. They will pick up a stretcher patient there and plan to return about 6 p.m tomorrow. The patients will be the 46th and 47th carried by the unique ambulance service since it began service more than two years ago, Talent Rural Firemen Observe Anniversary Talent The city of Talent this week is observing the first anniversary of its rural fire de partment. At a meeting held a year ago, volunteer firemen and towns people organized to provide fire protection both to the commu nity and to the surrounding area. A charter was drawn and. offic ers elected. Rural residents and business firms provided the funds to buy equipment and the city of Talent donated a pump, motor, ladders and other equipment. Firms listed by the department as helping to form the present organization are Selby's Chevro let, Skeeters and Skeeters, El liott Auto Parts, Pacific Forge and Foundry company, Red mond's Garage, Lithia Bakery, Frideger company, Ideal Gro cery, Porter's Cash Grocery, Rogue River Orchards and Val ley Locker company. Pilots, Navigators Heeded by Air Force M. Sgt. Virgil U. Garver, to charge of Army and Air Force recruiting here, said today that thousands of additional young men are needed by the Air Force for training as pilots, navigators and air observers. -The age limit for this program l s Been lowered to i, ne saia, and it is now possible for young men with a high school diploma to enter the training. .. Mea between 19 and 26V4 who are unmarried and are high school graduates may make ap plication Vfter enlisting in the air force. Men between . these ages who have two years of col lege may apply for the special ized training directly from civil ian life, he said. . Foresters Court Here Installs, Initiates The Rogue River Valley court of the Independent Order of For esters initiated members and in stalled officers at a meeting last week-end. Installing officers were Charles T. Davis, high chief ranger of the high court of Ore gon, assisted by Ken Brien, vice chief ranger; Vincent and Theo De VauL past chief ranger and recording secretary, respective ly; Bill Siltman, orator, and Paul Nation, marshal. Officers of the local court in stalled were M:rlon Bradshaw, chief ranger; Kenneth Wald, past chief ranger; Knute Swanson, vice-chief ranger; Bob Rice, su preme court deputy, Nona My ers, organist: Fern Rametes, re cording secretary; Lynette Trick el, treasurer; Gwen Rice, finan cial secretary; Wendell Mattson, orator; Otis Simmonds, senior woodward; Bob Larimer, Junior woodward; Frank Marotta, sen ior beadle and Harley Lane, junior beadle. ' """" ." I NABBED Thomas Kling. listed by the FBI as one of the 10 most wanted criminals in the country, is shown in New York after his arrest by three detectives. He was described by police as a pal of bank robber Willie (The Actor) Sutton, who was arrested the day before when he was spotted by a Brooklyn salesman. Police found three pistols and 19 pairs of police handcuffs in Kling'a apartment. Reclamation Bureau Described for Lions Crater Lions club members, at their weekly luncheon meeting yesterday, heard Bill Atteridge of the Medford office of the Bu reau of Reclamation describe the work of the bureau here. - Atteridge described the 50- year history of the bureau and of the work it has done in many parts of the country. It investi gates the need for .irrigation work, he said, and at the present time the local office is engaged in studying , the possibilities of obtaining irrigation water for the Bear Creek valley from the Howard Prairie area on the Greensprings pass. Tne Dureau s irrigation pro jects are paid for from funds de rived from the project itself, and each must amortize in a 40-year period. There are now 6,000,000 acres of such projects. - Power features of each project must pay for the original cost. plus the cost of operation and three per cent interest. Atter idge pointed out that bureau power cannot be sold to individ uals, only to public utilities or municipal corporations. :. Flu-Like Infections May Remain Humerou When the county's influenza cases or "flu-like infections" are reported this week, it is expect ed they may be just as numerous as for, last week. ui . a, mm xuerKei, county health officer, said this morning, however, that an increased num ber of reported cases would not necessarily mean the disease was more prevalent this week than last. He said the state board of health has asked for complete reporting from doctors on the number of cases of the infec tion treated. Outbreaks of mild influenza or injections resembling flu have been widespread through out the state, reaching near epi demic proportions In some areas. Jackson county had 56 cases re ported last week. Canada Slaughters Cattle Infected By Dread Disease Regina, Sask. flJJO Canada's fight to eradicate an epidemic of dreaded foot and mouth disease hit full stride Wednesday as royal police armed with rifles and pistols slaughtered infected animals. Bulldozers, hampered by a five-foot layer of frost-hardened earth, began gouging out a mass grave for the first herd of cat tle slaughtered. Federal Agriculture Minister James G. Gardiner called upon Canadians not to become pan icky over the outbreak of the disease that has thrown the live stock industry into tummoiL Gardiner said the main thing now was "to keep our heads and not panic buyers in the United States, Britain and other parts of the world into slamming the door against us." The United States banned all Imports of live cattle and fresh beef from Canada Monday after Canadian officials In Ottawa an nounced the outbreak of the disease in the Saskatchewan province. DuPonl Spokesman Is NOMA Speaker John Nolton, Northwest repre sentative of the E. I. DuPont DeNemours company, spoke at this week's meeting of the Na tional Office Management asso ciation at the Medford hotel. A colored film. The DuPont Story was shown. Nolton told of the background of his company, which began in 1802 as a maker of black pow der. Today it is the nation's larg est producer of diversified chemicals from black powder, with some 1200 products. Cites Labor Accord Labor-management accord la DuPont's greatest asset, company leaders say. The human factor in the business is reflected in a rec ord of labor-management accord possibly unequalled by a large corporation. Nolton declared. NOMA member Charles W. Hill of IBM Corp.. introduced I Winston W. Carl of the Bur-! roughs Adding Machine Co., who j told of his work as their repre- j sentative in southern Oregon and ! also gave a history of the Bur roughs company. Alan Jewett. of Business Ma chines company, was introduced as NOMA'S newest member. Thirty-nine members and guests attended. Church Announces Lenten Services St Peter's Lutheran church will have an Ash Wednesday service at 8 p-m. today. The Reverend Kenneth T. Korby. pastor of the church, said that this is the first of a scries of services during Lent. Sermons for evening services each Wednesday through April 2 are on the general theme of "Father Forgive Them" and The Seven Deadly Sins." Sermon for tonight is on . Pride." Pastor Korby said. Pur-' pose of the sermons is to help' people are more plainly the forces of sin and to see how the , forgiveness worked ry ChrUt b t able to conquer all these forces). ' Elders of the congregation alo 1 announced further plans for Lrt and Easter of this year. During Holy Week, from April to Apnl ; 13. services will be held each day at p.m. Services will be cf various types such as quiet devo tions, and holy communion. On Good Friday. April 11. three hour service, from noon until 3 p.m.. will be held. All Interested are Invited to attend. Wednesday. felwuaiY tt. ItSI MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN I 1 L!H lSjr,FJ H it r 'I I V I rnre r rnn mirr m esteTaaxu Doctor To Attend Medical CID Meeting Dr. A. Erin MrrkeL chairman of the Jackson County Medical society's committee on emer gency medical service, is expect ed to attend an Institute on the medical aspects of civil defenje Sunday in Portland. Col. William L. WiUon of the Army medical corps, assistant administrator of health and wel fare for the federal civil defense administration, will be principal speaker. The state medical society, sponsor of the one-day institute, said several other Jackson coun ty physicians are expected to attend. Steamboatmen on the Congo Africa judge the river's depth by the sound of the "mus tache of water tossed up by the vessel's bows. The "mustache" rviakes different sounds in deep water and in shallows over sandbars. 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