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Benefits Are Men Enlisting Service benefits, including in surance, medical and dental care and death compensation, may be available to those entering the armed forces under the 1955 Reserve Forces act, veterans ad ministration announced recently, Persons generally affected are those up to 18V years of age who enlist for eight years in the ready reserve of the Army, Navy, Marine corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard reserves and are required to serve an initial per iod of six months active train ing, t Covered Whn Enter Upon entering the service they are automatically coved by servicemen's indemnity in surance against death in service for $10,000. Post-service GI insurance may be granted only to those in this age group who are found by VA to have a service incurred disability for which compensa tion is payablfe, They must not be suffering ""from nonservice connected disabilities that make them uninsurable. Those who serve under the act may be entitled to hospital ization, out-patient medical treat ment and prosthetic service for service incurred disabilities, pro viding they were discharged un dg, other than dishonorable con ditions for a disability incurred irr line of duty or are receiving compensation for disabilities or injuries incurred in service. Dental Treatment Outpatient dental treatment may be available to reservists in the eligible group who were discharged or released under other than dishonorable condi tions for a service disability or who are receiving compensation ior a service connected dis ability. Those in this age group may be entitled to domiciliary care if they meet the general eligi bility requirements for hospital ization, are incapacitated from earning a living, have no ade quate means of support, and do not need full time hospitaliza tion or nursing care. VA may provide special--aid Available To In Reserve to veterans who are blinded and are entitled to compensation for service-connected disabilities. Compensation on Death Widow's, children and depend ent parents of deceased persons of active training duty under the act may qualify for comp ensation where the service per sons' death was incurred in or was due to service. Funeral and burial expenses and guardianship service for minors or incompetents may also be available under certain con ditions. The board of veterans' ap peals is' available for final de cision in cases appealed to the Administrator of Veterans Af fairs. Water District Calls For Bids on New Bonds The Grandview Water district has called for bids at 2 p.m. Jan. 17 for $27,000 worth of bonds. The issue, authorized by the voters of the district earlier this fall, will be used to finance completion of the district's water distribution system. The district, which includes a large area northeast of Med ford, originally issued bonds totaling $85,000, the full amount allowable under its assessed valuation at that time, and con structed a major portion of the water system. The new issue will pay for water to" fringe areas which could could not be served before, and for fire hydrants for the entire area. The added amount of bonds was made possible by an increase in the district's assessed valua tion. Midshipmen at the U.S; Naval academy at Annapolis must be at least five feet, five and one half inches tall and may not weigh less than the minimum of 11?. pounds. Coal reserves account for 92 per cent of the nation's min eral fuel resources. -a- qi HHFA Emergency Office Opened Af San Francisco An emergency disaster office, through which programs of the housing and home finance agen cy are being centered, has been set up in San Francisco at the HHFA regional headquarters. Local disaster assistance of fices will be opened as needed in localities seriously affected by thu recent floods. Technical and survey crews of the agency are working in the areas. Insured Mortgages The federal housing adminis tration has authorized 100 per cent 30-year insured mortgages, under its disaster authority, for families whose homes were lost in the flood. It has also lifted credit limitations on FHA-insur-ed home loans in the area, and has authorized lenders to enter agreements with borrowers to suspend payments temporarily on FHA-insured housing and home loans in the flooded sec tions. The HHFA is drafting a legis lative program for flood-disaster indemnity assistance to be pre sented to congress next month, according to Frank J. Meistrell, c t i n g administrator of the agency. The move followed a study of various ways to cope with losses in the New England flood disaster and the recent west coast disaster. In the meantime, Meistrell said, the HHFA has made avail able all of its present housing facilities and community pro grams and extended emergency aids to assist stricken areas. The Pacific ocean comprises about one-half of the world's water surface, is larger than the entire land surface, and covers about one-third, the entire area of the globe. Use Tribune Want Ads Low in Cost! Just Call 2-6141 i. --y ss? " SSStfr CLEANUP IN HIGH GEAR Joan Berry, 19, dons appro priate costume as the weather turns fair at Stockton, Cal., to hose off flood-damaged mattresses in front of her home. Other furniture in background await cleaning. Flood cleanup operations in Northern California were in high gear with a promise of continued sunshiny Redman Woman Bites Own Tonsils Redmond (U.R) Mrs. Ray Adney can boast of a distinction shared by very few people: She "bit" her own tonsils. The accident came about when a falling signboard clouted her on the head, hospitalizing her for five days. It later developed she had swallowed her bridegwork, resulting in stocmach pains and a sore tonsil. 0 ' ' ' All of us, here at FLUHRER BAKERIES, take this opportunity to wish all of our Rogue River Valley neighbors and friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year. 1 As the bells of the New Year ring out, we take a long look backward . . . and forward. We look back with deep appreciation for confidence and loyalty of friends who have made Fluhrer's suc cess possible. We look forward to the New Year, firmly resolved to hold steadfast to Fluhrer's high standards of fine quality and value determined to serve you even better in the months ahead. Through the years . . . through careful adher ence to purity and quality of ingredients ... by steadily improved techniques, we have made Fluhrer's fine bread and pastries. YOUR PRE FERRED bakery products. Added responsibilities, AD A State Population Up 11.1 Per Cent In Last Five Years Portland (U.R) Oregon's population has increased by 11.1 per cent in the last five years, according to the State Board of Health. The state's population, as of July 1, was 1,690,840, an in crease of 11.1 per cent from the 1,521,341 figure obtained from the 1950 census. - Portland's population topped the 400,000 mark for the first time in history, and increased 7.8 per cent over 1950 census figures. The department said the city's population was 402,630, compared to 373,628 in 1950. Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, said the depart ment's statistics were slightly higher than those obtained by a recent federal census bureau estimate, which pegged the state's population ;at 1,664,000. Birth Registrations Dr. Erickson said the state used actual birth registrations and local migration data for its figures, while the federal gov ernment based its estimate on as sumed natural increases. Curry county, in southwest Oregon, showed the largest per centage increase, 76.7. The coun ty juwiped from 6,048, to 10,690 in the five year period. Wasco county increased from 15,552 to 24,540, a 57.8 increase. Doug las county was up 31.7 per cent, 54,549 to 71,830. Polk, Wallowa, Deschutes, Yamhill, Baker, Columbia, Un ion, and Clatsop were the only Oregon counties to decrease in population since 1950. Largest increases were in southwest Oregon counties and was attributed to the shift of the lumber industry. Tornadoes are almost un known on the eastern and west ern seaboards, according to weather bureau history. Forest fires in the U. S. each year burn over areas larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. MP FINE Sunday, January 1, 1936 Clear Track Ahead Seen for Railroads New York (U.R) The rail roads stormed back from 1954's sharply curtailed operations in 1955 as their wheels clicked to the tempo of the nation's in dustry running at near capac ity. ' Spokesmen for the railroads, which more than any other in dustry closely rides the ups and downs of the economy, see a clear track ahead with the pos sibility of a slight improvement during at least the first half of 1956. The railroads for 1955 are expected to roll up an aggregate net income of $850,000,000 or 25 per cent better than the $674, 000,000 in 1954, and could con ceivably approach the postwar peak' of $902,000,000. Operating revenues of the car riers are expected to run about $9,700,000,000 or around 4 per cent more than 1954's $9,300, 000,000. Freight volume, the railroad's meal ticket, is expected torun well ahead of 1954, but experts point out this is not a reliable earnings yardstick in 1955 as freight rates are being trimmed in the industry's battle with its competitors. Now that the spectacular man agerial power struggles, which rocked three major roads in 1954, have been resolved, the railroads have closed ranks to press the offensive against ex isting Federal legislation which allegedly puts them at a com petitive disadvantage with other carriers. Heartening news could break for the railroads in Wash ington in early 1956 when Con gress takes up legislative pro posals aimed at puttig the roads on a more competitive footing. With a high degree of dieseli zation already achieved and 1956 blueprints calling for elec tronically improved yards and fleets of lightweight cars, the lines are hopeful of making in roads on a $600,000,000 yearly passenger deficit. of course, go hand in hand with increasing con sumer preference. It means that QUALITY and TASTE must never fail short of highest standards . . it means that SERVICE to the public must con tinually improve and expand . . . it means that newest production methods must be used, and plant facilities constantly extended. The very fact that more and more people throughout southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia are making Fluhrer's bakery products THEIR CHOICE is evidence that we are fulfilling these responsibilities. And so, again, all of us at Fluhrer's extend to all of you sincere wishes for the biggest and best year you have ever had. May 1956 brjng to you an abundance of all that's good in life . . . good health, prosperity, warm friendships and happiness. PAMU State Laborers Win Salary Increases Portland (U.R) Some 3,000 AFL-CIO laborers in Oregon have won wage increases ranging from 12-17 cents an hour. The increase agreement was announced Friday by the union and the heavy construction divi sion of Associated, General con tractors, and will run until Jan. 1, 1958. The contract, for the first time divides laborers into three major groups on a basis of skills, according to G- W. Royer, sec retary of the Oregon District Council of Laborers. Best-Laid Plans Foiled by Weather Rose, Neb. (U.R) Ambitious townsmen here Sound that even their best-laid plan to get Ne braska's Gov. -Victor Anderson for a speaking engagement fail ed. ' When the governor rejected their invitation to, speak oply because there yas no airport within 50 miles, the town'i citi zenry pitched in and bulldozed an airfield on a nearby farm. What happened? When the governor was about to leave the state capital for Rose, a heavy rain set in.' All airplanes in the tate were grounded. FIR SLAB WOOD From Dry Decked Logs . CALL 2-8086 TiMBERpfPSI Company BIG FIVE TIER LOADS! 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