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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
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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.
HALF AND
HALF
Jacksonville Pupils
Ride Last SP Train
First grade students at the
Jacksonville school rode on the
last southbound Southern Pacific
passenger train as far as Ash
land yesterday, according to
School Superintendent Dick
Boyd.
Each student purchased his
own ticket, and they were ac
companied by their teacher and
room mother. They were met by
a school bus in Ashland and re
turned to Jacksonville.
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