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Local News Special Practice Friday J. E. Dent has announced a special tie nice staff practice of the Rebek iih team for Friday night at 8 o'clock at the I. O. O. V. hall. Nurses to Meet Tuesday Dis trict No. 11 of the Oregon State Graduate Nurses association will hold a meeting Tuesday, March '). at 8 o'clock at the veterans fa gjltiy. Mrs. Vermin Keel, presi-p-nt, has announced a special feature for the evening's pro gram. Gray Ladies to Meet Friday The Gray Ladies will not hold a dance this week at the facility as announced in yesterday's paper, but inslead will meet at a 7:30 dessert-supper at the home of Mrs. T. B. Virden at 1006 North Jackson street. A business ses sion will follow. NOW PLAYING riiiniiH.MWiim-fi.n wm j r.T i l j j t sr mwtm j .t j t t i j..IMf..L'JI,HIJII,ll in WAYNE John CARROLL Anna LEE PAUL KEUY GORDON JONES 2 - 7 - 9 P. M. lie 30c 40c STARTS TODAY If- ': . A T It II r -r h u i n Y 2 SWELL WESTERN THRILLERS! Those bandit busters are back again! jTjohn WAmlfy V I John CARROU ' I 1 la c u.: 1 WZ . to a Wait... I torn by war! i Smiley M THE THREE USl. MESQUITEERS m jSrl TOM TYIIH 4 &rw bob sum Spends Day la Eugene Mrs. Anna Reed, of this city, spent Wednesday visiting in Eugene. P. E. O. to Meet Friday Chap ter 111 of the P. E. O. Sisterhood will meet Friday at 1:45 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Clair K. Al len on Walson street. Spend Day In Eugene Mrs. B. Casey and daughter, Miss Helen, and Mrs. J. F. Barker, of this city, spent Wednesday in Eugene visiting relatives and friends. Ill Wednesday Bobbie . Bos ehel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Beschcl, was unable to be at Ful lerton school yesterday, because of being ill at his home in Laurel wood. Back From Eugene Mrs. Fred A. Knight returned to her home here last evening, following a four-day stay in Eugene visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Houser, and fami ly. Improving Mrs. C. M. McDer mott and daughter, Dorothy, are now both reported to be improv ed in health at their home on East Cass street, where they have been ill for the last several days. Riversdale Grange to Meet Riversdale grange will meet Fri day night at 8:15 o'clock at the hall with Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Cloake, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Moore and Mr. and Mrs. John Travis in charge of refreshments. Leaves for Tacoma Mrs. Ada Gibfon left Wednesday evening for her horns in Tacoma, Wash., following four months in Rose burg visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holmes, and family, on West Oak street. Reservations To Be Made Members of the Rebekah lnrtpp planning to attend the dinner honoring the Assembly of Oregon I president, Madelene Rossner, next Tuesday evening, are asked to make reservations by telephoning Miss 11a Laubach. Remodeling Residence Mr. apd Mrs. E. A. Britton.and daugh ter, Miss Lucia, and son, Jim, of this city, are residing in the! ; A. J. Geddes home on North I Jackson street, while their re cently purcnasea residence (the former Ed Lenox property on East Lane street) is being re modeled. Meeting Announced Badoura j Qlqb, Daughters of the Nile, will hold its next meeting Tuesday, March 9, at a 1:15 o'clock dessert luncheon at the home of Mrs. W. C. Holmes on East Douglas street. Mrs. Will H. Gerretsen, president, has announced' that the group will spend the afternoon sewing for the Shrine hospital. Returns To Portland Mrs. Ada Henbest Weaver left last night for Portland, where she was call ed to report for training In the WAACs. She was recently Induct ed into the WAACs in Portland and while waiting to be called for training has been here visiting her mother, Mrs. Henbest, and other relatives and friends. VITAL STATISTICS BORN RODLEY To Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rodley, of Lookingglass, at Mercy hospital, Wednesday, March 3, a son, Ronald Alan; weight six pounds and eight ounces. Floyd L. Spaur Dies At Veterans Hospital Floyd L. Spaur, patient nl the Veterans facility hospital here, died Tuesday. He was the son of Wilmot C. Spaur of Seward, Oklahoma. The body has be-u removed to the Douglas Funeral home where it will be held pend I ing receipt of instructions from the tatner. GREEN P.-T. A. TO tlOLO MEETING FRIDAY The Green Parent-Teacher as sociation will meet Friday eve ning, March 5 at 8 p. m. at the school house with Mrs. Parkhurst, ! in charge. A motion picture will be pres ented by E. A. Britton, 4-H club leader and a talk and motion pictures by Lieutenant Huysman ot the Roseburg filter center will be enjoyed. Special instruction on how to use the point system of Ration Book number 2 will be given. Refreshments will be served. IF HOSE CLOGS UP TONIGHT Put K-puntM Vs-tro-nol up each nostril. It (1) shrinks swollen membrane, (2) soothes Irritation, (3) relieve transient nasal con Sestlon .. . . and brings greater resthing comfort. . mmw Follow the complete WlCkU tailS! VA'TKON01 frOSEBUlte NEWS-ftEVlEW, ROSEBUD, Top Hoopsters of Southern Oregon Set for Finals The leading basketball teams of southern Oregon are prepar ing for the final games of the season as elimination contests are scheduled in preparation for the state championship finals. The southern Oregon B league contestant for the state honors will be determined Saturday night, when the Teams represent ing Central Point and Powers high schools meet at the Rose burg high school gymnasium. Each has won county and district championships and will meet here to determine which shall represent the southern Oregon division in the state title tourney at Salem. The game promises to be hard-fought and exciting. Local sports fans are being urg ed to attend the game to lend encouragement to the visiting players who will have few of their own fans present because of travel restrictions. Klamath Falls, North Bend, Grants Pass and Medford will meet Friday and Saturday at Ash land in the district tournament to determine the A team to par ticipate in the Salem finals. Medford, runner up in the South ern Oregon conference as a re sult of the two defeats suffered by the Roseburg Indians at Grants Pass, defeated Mvrtle Point, Coos county second place team, in a game at Medford Tues day, winning easily with a score of 44 to 2G. I Medford will play North Bend' at .Ashland at 7:30 p. m. Friday and Grants Pass will plav Klam-' ath Falls at 8:30 p. m. the two' Friday winners will meet at 8:30 i p. m. Saturday and the victor, will go to the Salem tournament. ' British King Toils In Overalls in Gun Plant LONDON, March 4. (API- King George VI of England, who was a midshipman in the British navy at Jutland during the lirst world war, is turning out preci sion parts for RAF guns two nights a week in a British factory. An apt student, on the word of his foreman, he qualified for the task with a week's apprenticeship and now dons overalls from 6 to 8:30 p. m. on work nights. Other members of the royal staff have been doing similar work and it was on a visit to the factory to watch them that the king's interest was aroused and he asked for a job. He was told lie would need training. ' "I rather fancy I might be pretty good at the job. 1 think I'll start at once," he said. Off came his coat, on went a pair of overalls, and he took his first training in a lesson that continu ed for an hour. Mrs. Effie Van Voorst Dies in Minnesota i S . W. Van Voorst, owner-man- ' ager of the Deer Creek dairy, re ceived a message last night re porting the death of his mother, Mrs. Effie Van Voorst- G3, at hi". home in Steen. Minn. Her death j followed an illness of three months. Mrs. Van Voorst had a number of friends in Roseburg as a result of her six months' visit here in 1931, following the death of her husband. She was the mother of four children three sons and a daughter. Be cause of inability to secure help for the operation of his busini sj, Mr. Van Voorst will be unable to attend funeral services. Wimberly Tops Scorers Of Basketball League Wimberly, forward on the Roseburg hlfh school basketball team, was the leading scorer in sou. hern Oregon league play, ac cording to a compilation of the records of the several teams com posing the conference. Wimber ly, with a total of 104 points, was the only player in the con ference to score more than 100 points. Johnny Gray, Grants Pass for ward, was in second place with 84 points, closely followed by Neidermeyer, Medford center, with 82, r.nd Cummings, Kose burg gu;.rd, with 81. Other lead ing scorers were Samuelson, Ash land, 7G; Kawcett, Medford, 74, R. Martindalp, Grants Pass, 69; NOW SHE SHOPS "CASH AND CARRY" Without Painful Backache Many Buffrrrn relieve Lugging twkarha quickly, onr tbry discover tliat the real cause of their trouble may be tired kidney. The kidneya are Nature's chief way of tak ing the cicvm acidi and waste out of the blood. They belp moat people paaa about 3 pint a day. ftbeo diaoHrr of kidney function permit poitoooua matter to retnaia in your blood, it may rause nagging backache, rheumatic pains, leg paina, loat of pep and energy, getuog up nighta. swelling, puffineas under the eyes, headaches and difciorst. Frequent or scanty passages with smarting and burning some times enowi then Is something wrong with your kidneys or bladder. Doo't wait) Ask your druggist for Doao'i Fills, used successfully by millions over 40 years. Tbey give happy relief and will beip the li miles of kidney tubes Hush out po.w,ii ous wasta from youi blood. Gst Dvu 1'illa. Med'ord, 61; James, Rose 59; Sehrlmpf, Grants Pass, War Bond Drive OfBPWCtobe KRNR Feature The Business and Professional Women's club, which will spon sor the sale of defense stamps and bonds here for the month of March, will open the drive offi cially by sponsoring the programs over KRNR radio station Fri day. Mrs. L. L. Spencer is chair man of the day and the program includes: A. M. 7- 7:30 "Rise and Shine," by B. P. W. Breakfast club. 7:30-8-Mrs. L. L. Spencer, Mrs. Robert Kelly. 8- 9 -Ila Luubach. 910 Mrs. Story lies with Mrs. Gene Mills as "Man About Town." 1011 Mary Moore. 1112 "Wheel of Fortune," Mrs. Jim Meyers, Mrs. Clifford Barker, Miss Helen Casey and Mis. Story lies. P. M. 121 Mrs. Nance Fltzsimmons. 1- 2 Mrs. Robert Kelly. 2- 3 Mrs. Clifford Barker. 34 Mrs. Edyth Gilmour. 4- 5 Helen Saar. 5- 6 Elnor Sherk. 6- 7 Hazel Dixon. 7- 9 -Katherine Kenny. 9- 10 Mrs. Thomas Parkinson. 10-10:30 Grand finale. "Jam boree," war bond selling and get together of the club membership. Induction Of Some Fathers in May Is Predicted WASHINGTON, March 4. (API Officials said yesterday it would bo a "pretty reasonable guess" that some local draft hoards will start taking fathers ot children on May 1 or shortly j thereafter and that inductions of married men with children would be fairly general by early sum mer. The first fathers to be induct ed probably will be those in recently-classified "non-deferable" occupations, one informed but unquotable official said. He added that a number of Point Values RED & WHITE Weir, burg, 53. 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It was pointed out that the drafting of fathers would not slart simultaneously in all parts of the country because of the re gional variations In the number of single men available and the varying necessity for deferring workers for war Industry and es sential agricultural work mum. FRUIT COCKTAIL TOMATO SAUCE FOOD 8 Point Value Red & White CATSUP 17' 14oz. Bottles 24 Each TOMATOES Red & White Fancy Solid Pack No. 21 Tins 2 for 35e 14 Each BEANS Red & white Fancy Cut No. 2 Tins 2 for 43e DARLINGTON, S. C Miss Mildred Kinsley of the court clerk's office asked the 80-year old applicant for a marriage j license the name of the brldc elect and was flabbergasted to get this reply: "Do you have to know that?" Informed that she did, the man said, "well, I'll have to go and find out; I don't know." He left hurriedly and returned shortly with the name of his 02 year old bride-to-be. The license then was issued. RUSSELL'S Typewriter Service Office Machine Service and Supplies 335 N. 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