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. These new buildings were
valued at $96,300 in all. The
eight new single family resi
dences were valued at $74,900.
Permits for remodeling and re
pairing of "single family resi
dences totaled $25,134.
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