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TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Heartache, Humor Disclosed in Reactions to State Bonus Checks Thursday. July 3. 1352 j Jl H'l!l -: Are Still Around Editor's note: This is the first of two articles on reac tion of veterans and their sur ivors to payment of the Ore gon bonus, based on letters received by the bonus division of the State Department of Veterans Affairs. By WILLIAM WARREN Salem (U.R) Heartache and humor: tragedy, and trivia. They are generously interspers ed in written reaction to Ore gon's bonus to her veterans of World War II or their survivors. There was the mother who applied for only one bonus, then the state found, tragically, she was entitled to two. There was the veteran who nearly flubbed his bonus for lack of dentures. The widow who waited her mother-in-law to get the bonus in stead of herself. The WAC who refused to worry about her hus band after shedding him IS years ago because she was tired of supporting him. Double Bonus Due One mother applied for the bonus. Her son was killed in action. The bonus division inves tigated, and found she had lost two sons in action in World War II. Hub Saalfeld, head of the bonus division, said it was with mixed emotion his crew inform ed the mother she was entitled to two bonus checks, each for the maximum of $600. A widow, again entitled to the full amount of $600 because her husband was lost in World War II action, returned the check and asked the bonus div ision if it could not be made out to her mother-in-law, who need ed the money more than she. The bonus division sent back the check with the suggestion that she cash it, then turn the money over to her mother-in-law. Mother, Sons, Grateful Another Widow wrote the div ision: . "Your most welcome check for $555 was received today. My young' son and I are very grateful to you and the kind people of Oregon. It is a very throughful way you people have of honoring the deceased veter ans. Thank you for my son and myself." An Oregon veteran now liv;ag in Spokane wrote: "I thank God I and the state of Oregon for mak-1 you will have to get your in- ing it possible to launcn on in my own small business.' Another GI Joe wrote: "I paid off a long debt on our in surance. It's a big load off our shoulders. "P.S. Thanks a million." Another vet with a sense , of humor wrote: Attitude Praised "I wish to thank the people of Oregon for the $480 bonus check. It shows a wonderful at titude on their part. Although I can use the money, I person ally did not believe in the whole idea. I am a Democrat with Re publican beliefs." A WAC who applied for the bonus gave so many hotel ad dresses that the bonus division wrote her to ascertain the res idence of her husband just be fore World War II so they could use that as her residence. She replied she had left him because she was tired of supporting him and said: "If you want to know more about him, after 15 years, Fish-Fourmile Lake Road Remains Closed The road between Fish and Four mile lakes is still closed arid will remain closed for an other 10 days, J. A. Hoffbuhr, manager of the Medford Irri - gation district, reported today in a reminder to holiday fisher men. A slide last Friday took away 75-foot section of road and damaged the district's canal which carries water from Four mile to Fish lake. The district and forestry service now have road and canal reconstruction work underway and cars cannot get through to Fourmile lake, Hoffbuhr said. Irrigation in the valley is not being affected by the closure sirfce the district is still using water from lower sources. WEATHER By UNITED PRESS North California: Fair Thurs day and Friday except scattered afternoon thunderstorms in mountains. formation elsewhere because I am a free American, and I am not chasing any ex-husband, nyne or anyone else's." Wanted Dentures A veteran telephoned from South Carolina and his voice was so indistinct the bonus div ision could not understand him. "We thought he was celebrat ing his bonus in advance," Saal feld said. "Then at the end we learned he had had all his teeth extracted and was waiting for his bonus to get his new dent ures. He got the bonus." Judge Studies Kader Requirement for Bail Portland (U.R) Circuit Judge Frank J. Lonergan was schedul ed Thursday to determine the amount of bail required to free Mrs. Jada Z. Kader from jail pending appeal of a maximum 15-year-prison sentence" and $1009 fine for the manslaughter slaying of her 3-year-old daugh ter, Sherrie Ellen. The - 22-year-old mother was sentenced Wednesday. Her at torneys, Nels Petersen and Frank Pozzi, immediately gave notice of appeal to the State Su preme Court. Mrs. Kader was returned to the Rocky Butte jail to await the bail hearing. If she could i meet the demands of the court! on this point, she could be freed ; shortly. j SOC To Adjourn Friday ' For Holiday Week-End j Ashland Southern Oregon '9 college will adjourn for a three day holiday tomorrow, accord ing to Donald E. Lewis, business manager. Classes will be dismis sed and the college offices will be closed over the week-end. College will reconvene Mon day and the first social function of the week will be a 4 o'clock tea that day. The speaker will be Graham M. Dean, Ashland, who will cftscuss children's fiction. Delay Requested in Copco Application Klamath Falls (U.R) The Federal Power- Commission hearing on California Oregon Power company's proposed Big Bend dam No. 2 moved into its' third day Thursday with the state of California asking to de lay Copco's application. Spokesmen for California asked for a delay until Copco builds the Iron Gate dam. It was argued that construction of Iron Gate dam would regulate the flow of the lower Klamath river and eliminate considerable fish loss. Another objection to the pro posed dam came from the Bu reau of ' Reclamation. Bureau spokesmen said construction of Big Bend dam No. 2 would take water from the river needed for irrigation in the Klamath basin. Those 16 carloads of army C-rations that made an unex pected arrival here June 8 they're still here. The storage companies that are keeping them have yet to learn where they are going or why. Ten boxcarloads of the emer gency meals are in storage at Eads Transfer and Storage. The others are at Commercial Trans fer and Storage. As far as the storage com panies are concerned the rations are just a shipment that they've been hired to store. A represen tative of Eads said they expected to keep! them eight or nine months." Will they find out then why the C-rations were sent? "Nope, we'll probably just find out where to send 'em." The rations were ordered here by .the army's general depot in Ogden. Utah, and apparently are under the control of the army's commercial warehouse, Auburn, Wash. A county civilian defense representaitve denied any knowl edge- of the shipment. And the C-rations could not be demon strated to be ticketed for Camp White. Post Office Clerks' Convention Due Here The 1953 convention of the Oregon Federation of Post Office Clerks will be held in Medford, it was reported here today. At the convention held last Friday, Saturday and Sunday in -Portland, D. Ray Allred, Central Point, was elected state presi dent. Convention delegates from the Medford local union were Mrs. Ada Neal and Budd W. Gail. The convention was attended by 33 delegates. Resolutions proposing earlier retirement with full benefits, better ventilation of post offices and creation of a court of ap peals for civil service cases were passed. These resolutions will be sent to the national convention at St. Paul, Minn., in August. June Building Permits Valued at $125,579 Fifty-one permits totaling S125,579 in value were issued by the city building inspector's office during the month of June, according to Building Inspector Herbert E. Mackie. Last year only 41 permits were issued in June but they were valued at $127,579. The total value of the 57 permits issued in May, 1952, was $150,723. Eight residences, one duplex Medford Woman Returns From Mother's Funeral Mrs. Gaylord Moulton, 101 West Clerk street, returned Wednesday from Billings, Mont., where she attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Mar garet Genevieve Bertrand, 79. of that city. Requiem high mass was celebrated - for Mrs. Bert rand June 17 at St. Patrick's Catholic cathedral in Billings. Mrs. Bertrand lived in Med ford in1940-41 with Mrs. Moul ton and another daughter, Mrs. A. S. Wetterer, who now lives in Los Angeles. The deceased is survived by four sons, eight daughters, 26 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She was one of the founders of the Catholic church at Roberts, Mont. Voiding of Indian Land Sale Pleases Portland (U.R) E. Morgan Pryse, Portland area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said Thursday he was "very pleased" with the decision of Federal Judge Gus J. Solomon in ruling for the government in voiding the Gold Beach timber sale. Barring an appeal of Solo mons decision. Pryse said the land will be advertised for sale at once and about 30 days will be allowed for wide circulation of the notices. He said the sale would probably be made in August. Witnesses for the government during the trial ' estimated that the 800 acres of timber is worth more than $400,000. and three businesses were the new buildings constructed last June. 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