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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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There are about 100 daily
newspapers published in the
Dominion of Canada, counting
the morning and evening edi
tions as separate units.
Mineral wool insulation in a
home will retard fire in an or
dinary plaster wall about an
hour, according to the Bureau
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