Southern Oregon Miner
SUCCESSOR TO JACKSONVILLE MINER
EIGHT PAGES
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1935
Once More the Foolproof Plane Appears
COMICS AND FEATURES
Good Samaritan Aids Helpless Birds
The first of 13 similar craft to lx» built by the Hammond Aircraft company for Department of Commerce
pilot«, the Hammond model Y plane, made Its bow today ut Wayne, Mich. Its builders claim the plnne Is ab
solutely crash-proof
Doll Envoys Arrive in Japan
PRACTICING ON OSCAR
They were just three baby sparrows In need of protection when
Frances A. Urban, fourteen-year-old high school girl, saw them flop
ping about helplessly In her back yard In Hollywood,. Calif., and decided
to befriend them. At her home, the girl placed them In a cage near a
window. A day later she heard a flutter and saw a grown sparrow, then
two, beating wildly against the screen. Suspecting the visitors were the
birds' parents, she placed the cage In the yard nnd opened the door.
One of the grown birds flew In with worms and fed them. Each day.
now. they are taken into the yard to be fed In that fashion. The girl
plans to release the birds as soon as they are able to fly.
Her Birthday Party in the Air
Scene on the S. S. Asarna Maru ns “Mr. nnd Mrs. America.” two
life-sized figures representing the typical American and his wife, were
welcomed to Japan by "Mr. Fuji Nippon” nnd "Miss Sakurako,” the
typical Japanese boy and girl. The American dolls were sent to Japan
entrusted with the mission of cementing friendship between Japan nnd
the United States.
"Oscar the Dummy” Is an Impor
tant Institution nt the bureau of In
vestigation of the Department of
Justice In Washington, for the
"O men," and the police force stu
dents there use him as a target.
Some of them are here seen Inspect
ing the bullet holes In Oscar.
JUNIOR CHAMPION
SENT TO ETHIOPIA
Varnish Sar ret
Half n century ago vurnlsh mak
ing was a secret nrt. the details of
which were Jealously guarded by
Its adepts. Now It's a highly skilled
science employing thousands of
competent paint chemists.
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Some Indication of the concern
with which the Stnte department
viewed the prospect of war between
Italy and Ethiopia was given by
the shifting of Cornelius Van 11.
Engert, a specialist In near eastern
affairs, from the post of first score
tnry of the legation nt Cairo, Egypt,
to that of charge d'affaires and con
sul general at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Any Can Join Soviet Union
Any nation anywhere In the world
enn join the Soviet Union. It Is
the Union of Socialist Soviet Re
Mavis Freeman, winner of the
publics nnd any nation which adopts IM-nieter free style national Junior
the soviet system can join the union A. A. U. championship at the title
If It wants to.
meet held at Jones Beach, L. L
Because Jean Schmidt of Newark. N. J., obtained good marks in
school, her father gave her a special trent on her fifteenth birthday. He
allowed hereto have a birthday party In the air in one of the Airline
planes. Ted Schmidt, father. Is the head of the American Airlines flight
department at Newark airport Here Is Jenn cutting her birthday cake.
Canal Has 73 Locks
Stars in Flag Mandatory
The Chesapeake and Ohio canal
between Washington and Cumber
land. Md„ hns 73 locks and a total
lift of GOP feet. It was built to
accommodate boats of 180 tons dis
placement and six-foot draft.
A
few years ago a flood of notable
severity occurred In the Potomac
river. Prior to that time the canal
had been Injured by previous
floods, nnd this one carried so much
earth Into It that it was totally
abandoned.
All of us know an additional star
Is placed In the flag every time a
state is added to the Union; but
how many know such action Is
mandatory?
An act of congress
dating back to 1818 provides that
on admission of a new state to the
Union, one star shall be added.
Such additions are required by that
law to be made or to take effort
on the Fourth of July following
such admission.—l'athlltider Magr-
zine.