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WITH the fif'h column score be-
” Ing what it is, suspicious resi
dents will be Bcsnning the skies
to see if that doubtful neighbor
down the street goes to work by
parachute
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Even the silent type of wife
who seldom says a word to her
husband gets in her xhaiv of
smirk cracks.
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FESTIVAL WILL
PRESENT FOUR
PLAYS AUG.9-17
And the fellow who jumped in
to separate a fighting wife and
husband only ko have both their I J A TES for the sixth annua!
Shakespearean festival, to be
furies turned on him will best
uih I i i -i! a:. I
why this time the staged In the world's only civic
United States should stay out of outdoor Elizabethan theater here,
have definitely been scheduled for
Europe’s quarrels.
Aug 9 to Aug 17
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Informational and advertising
Apparently the allies, remem pamphlets were being distributed
bering Hitler's Mein Knmpf, now throughout the Pacific coast this
have lost faith In the adage that week among chambers of com
Ix'ing forewarned is being fore- merce, tourist agencies, auto trav
armed.
el bureaus, while a complete can
vaxx of the im|a»rtant centers of
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the midwest and on the eastern
With so much speculation ax to seaboard la planned.
Hitler’s new secret weapon against
With a new director, William
which there la no defense, strange
that no one has guessed commer David Cottrell, handling produe
cial announcements over the radio tion work this season, current
plans point to a more streamlined
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and modernized repertoire
The
Americans will have to lake off four selected plays are the more
their hats to their indefutigable boisterous of Shakespeare's work*
|H>lltl<ianx Few months ago the and will be done in a smooth,
tlred-of-belng-on • the • outside re breezy style. Chosen for this year's
publicans were trying to capital presentations are “As You Like
ize on President Roosevelt's "war- It." "The Comedy of Errors." a
mongering" when he advised his holdover from last season’s plays.
people that a European war was "The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Imminent. Now the same GOP are and "Much Ado About Nothing."
trying to turn the allied rout in
Each play will be shown twice
Flanders to a republican victory "The Merry Wives of Windsor”
in November by claiming the New opens the schedule on Aug. 9 and
1 real has left UB unprepared and la given again Aug 14 "Much Ado
unarmed for the turn of world About Nothing" has been slated
events.
for Aug. 10 and 15; "The Comedy
of Errors." Aug 12 and 16. and
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"As You Like It" Aug 13'and 17
Should America ever iw threat*
Preliminar castings will atari
ened with blockade, the most ef
fective method fur the enemy to in the auditorium of the Southern
starve us out would be to corner Oregon College uf Education here
the week beginning June 3 and
the can-opener market.
wrtll be under the direct supervis
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ion of Cottrell. Assisting him in
Jokes that get your goat usually the art and designing departments
is I »Is M Bo wmer. Definite re
smell like one.
hearsal schedules will get under
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way ax soon as the casting has
Candidates during last few days been completed.
have been filing campaign ex
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pense accounts for the recent
blitzvote, which they now see was
a blttzblow to their purses
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Portland’s annual rose festival,
which la nothing to be sniffed at.
is being readied for the week-end
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Daylight saving time is being
petitioned for Ashland, which
would set ahead by one hour milk
bottle rattling, motorcycle warm
ups, forty winks and resolutions
to get to work on time tomorrow
The cussed neighbors' roosters
would remain on standard sched
ule, which require arctic hours to
thwart.
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Young Housebreaker
Gets Suspended Term
Ronald Montgomery, 16. was
given a six months suspended
sentence by City Judge C. O Pres-
nall in police court Monday on
c harges of entering the C. E l«ane
residence on Siskiyou boulevard
and stealing $32 in cash,
Montgomery pleaded guilty to
the charge and Police Chief C. P.
Talent, who made the arrest, rec
ommended leniency because it was
a first offense. The boy. who work
ed as a carrier for the Tidings,
had lost hia wallet containing
money belonging to hia employer,
he said, who deducted that amount
from his earnings Not wishing his
aunt, who also is his mother by
adoption, to know about it he
broke into the Lane home and
took cash.
The youth wax tried under a
misdemeanor charge to avoid hav
ing a felony charge registered
against his name.
Talent traced the boy by a but
ton tom from the sleeve of hia
jacket ax he entered Ivane's home
through a small window.
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940
Daylight Saving Move Army Begins Hqge War Games in South
Would (¿¡ve Time For
Recreation, Says Plan
' J*
< <><>R. of
land, ha» lami<-bu>l circula
tion of a |*etltion asking for
a period of daylight saving
time—i tip to now untried here
—and re|M>rta many algna*
tore*».
The |M*titi<»n a»k» that a
period of not more than 10
at 1100*1 Mun-
weeks, beginning
_
day. June 9, be established for
setting lip cl<M-ks an hour In
order that the working day
will end earlier, "enabling
Ashland residents to more
fully enjoy their unusual rec
reational and scenic advant
age«."
Cook will present his |wtl-
tion to the city council w hen
have
additional
signature«
been secured.
SUMMER TERM
AT SOCE OPENS
ON JUNE 10TH
ORE-REGISTRATION for the
first session of the summer
term began at Southern Oregon
College of Education May 22. This
session will formally open with
registration on June 10 and will
last until July 19. The second sum
mer session will begin July 22 and
will end Aug 23. Subjects re
quired for certification for out-of-
state teachers will be offered the
first session. These courses are
Oregon school law and Oregon
system of education, and Oregon
history.
A wide variety of courses for
teachers of art, music and phys
ical education will be offered. A
large number of advanced courses
In education carrying upper divis
ion credit transferable to any up
per division institution also are
scheduled to be given. Many
courses are available for high
school students wishing to begin
their truining this summer ami
for graduate students in both the
teacher education and junior col
Accordlng to Moore Hamilton, lege curriculum, according to Reg
district census officer, the Ashland istrar Marshall E Woodell.
official count will be in excess of
5000 which will place this city's
population ahead that of Rose
burg. which compared favorably
with UM Lithia city In tin- 1!CIO
count in actual numbers and per
centage of increase.
The first enlistment in the regu-
The 11140 census, complete for lar army from Ashland under the
Roseburg, gives that city a total provisions of "preparedness requi-
of 4854, an increase of 10.1 per sition No. 1” was that of Allen H.
cent during last 10 years.
King, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
King, 231 Van Ness avenue, ac-
cording to Lieut. Col. H. D. Bag
NEVEN ASHI.ANDEKN TO
ATTEND < Ht'R< H CONFAB nall, Portland recruiting officer.
Private King left Portland May
A five-car delegation, including 27 | q join his regiment at Camp
seven Ashlanders and a group Ord. Calif.
King was accepted for enlist
from Oregon City, will leave Ash
land June 6 to attend the quad ment by Staff Sergeant Willis S.
rennial assembly of the Church of Estep, Medford recruiter, and for
the Nszarene in Oklahoma City. warded to.Portland for final ex
aminations as a field artillery can
Okla.
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didate.
Attending from Ashland will be
Original openings for recruits
Mayor and Mia T S Wiley, the are available for several branches
Rev. and Mrs. J E Kiemel. Miss of the army for station at almost
l»ix Wiley and the Rev. and Mrs every post and camp in the west,
Bertrand Peterson.
the Colonel said.
Census Figures Will
Boost Ashland Total
To Over 5000 Mark
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Allen Kin# Is First
To Answer Army Call
S(XT. ANNUAL READY
AWS NAME OFFICERS
Because The Miner staff wax
occupied until late this week put
ting final touches on The Oregon
Son, college annual for S(K’F.
students, this paper was held down
to four pages today. The annual,
a 54-page book, will fenture spe
cial colored wire spiral binding, an
innovation in local annual publi
cations, and will be ready for dis
tribution Saturday.
The Associated Women Stud
ents of Southern Oregon College
of Education held their annual
election of officers May 22 The
successful candidates were: Presi
dent, Huldah Rose, Medford; vice
president. Leia Henderson. Med
ford; secretary, Jean Wall, Ash
land;
treasurer.
Betty
Dano,
Marshfield, and sergeant-at-arms,
Esther Wade, Ashland.
Open Bids for Giant ‘Convertible’ Liners
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Sam Davies
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
"VIVA CISCO KID"
"DR. KILDARE’S STRANGE
CASE"
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Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
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• Members of the embroidery
club met Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Claude Conley,
the hostess serving a 1 o’clock
luncheon. The afternoon was spent
at fancy work and all members
except Mrs. Dott Williams were
present. Mrs. R. D. Reynolds was
an invited guest.
(Sunday, Monday, TiiCMlay)
PRIMROSE PATH"
Number 22
QIXTY-SEVEN thousand men, 2500 airplanes and all types of
‘
fighting equipment are participating in America’s most extens
ive iiem-etime army maneuvers which opened May 13 in a sparsely
«•tiled area of Texas and I>»uIsiana. Map shows general section
where games are being held. Residents of Ashland, during last few
days, also were witnesses of army maneuvers as five motorized
columns passed through this city in five days enroute north to
Fort lewis, Hash., from Monterey, Calif. About 250 vehicles com
prised each column of the third division. United States army.
Medford Mis. to Rule
Over Shakespeareans
Here During August
A PRETTY 19-year-old Med
ford miss, Mary Elizabeth
Shreve will reign over the
sixth annual Shakespearean
festival in Ashland during
August as the official “Queen
Elizabeth,"
it
was
made
known this week.
Three princesses, one from
here,
another
representing
Klamath Falls and a third
representing Grants Pass will
comprise the court and the
quartet will constitute the
good-will ambassadors of the
festival. Selection of the prin
cesses is underway and names
will be available late this
week.
A series of tours through
out the major cities of Oregon
and northern California Is
planned, along with a possible
special appearance at the Cen
tennial celebrat ion in Salem
the latter part of July and
the first of August.
In Salem the queen and her
court will formally interview
Gov. Charles A. Sprague and
other dignitaries and will ex
tend a personal invitation to
attend this season’s produc
tions.
Full Elizabethan costume of
300 years ago will be worn by
Miss Shreve during the tours.
The streamlining phases of
production
work,
however,
will be passed on to the cos
tumes of the attendants.
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A-T NINE HOSTS
TO GOLD HILL IN
WEEK-END TILT
THE Ashland - Talent baseball
club returns to their home dia
mond at 2:30 o’clock Sunday af
ternoon when they will meet the
Gold Hill Btfavers on the Ashland
high school field It will be the
first home appearance of the
A-Ts since their crushing 11-2
defeat of Roseburg.
The Beavers hold a league win
over the Medford Rogues and the
local nine was victorious over the
Medford aggregation in a pre-
season tilt. However, the A-Ts
dropped a tough 5 to 2 decision to
Medford last Sunday.
Manager Charlie Skeeters of the
locals could not be reached at a
late hour for starting lineup dope
and
Co-Manager
Al
Simpson
would not name the possible start
ers without consulting Skeeters
The club will engage in a brisk
workout here this afternoon, how
ever, in their effort to prepare for
another big day at bat.
Other league games send Grants
Pass to Roseburg and Medford to
Crescent City.
Bud Reinking, Medford short
stop ejected from last Sunday’s
game,
along
Ashland-Medford
with Nig DiSordi of the A-Ts
for fighting after DiSordi alleg-
edly tagged the runner too hard
after fielding a ball, suffered a
fractured arm in the squabble, it
was revealed by the Rogue man
agement Tuesday. He will carry
the appendage in a cast for about
three weeks and will be out of
baseball for a month.
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AHS IN SUMMER CLASSES
IJEAR ADMIRAL EMORY 8. I. A ND, chairman of the maritime
commission, examines a miniature of the newly designed liner
that can he converted into a fully equlpitrd airplane carrier. Bids on
two such liners, displacing 30,000 tons and 700 feet long, were
o|>ened this month by the maritime commission. They will be the
largest ships ever built In an American shipyard.
Summer school for high school
students wishing to make up work
or earn extra credits will open at
the high school building at 9 a m.
Monday, June 3, according to
Washington school principal Eldon
Corthell.
SUMMER SCHOOL
TO OFFER HELP
The summer session at Lincoln
school, sponsored by Southern
Oregon College of Education, will
open June 10 and will continue
for six weeks until July 1®. Ash
land parents are extremely for
tunate, according to Theo J. Nor
by, superintendent of Ashland
public schools, to be able to help
provide their boys and girls furth
er worthwhile experience under
the direction of competent instruc-
tors.
Education is growth and there*
fore opportunities are provided
for children of all grade levels as
well as abilities in various sub
jects to profit from this exper
ience. Provision is made for chil
dren of pre-primary, primary, in
termediate and junior high school
ages. The instruction is provided
during mornings from 9 o'clock
to noon and is free.
This school makes it possible
for boys and girls to participate
in a great variety of activities
such as reading, arithmetic, art,
music, physical education and the
social studies.
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PUSH BELGIAN
RELIEF DRIVE
FOR ASHLAND
THRIVING toward their quota of
$600. Ashland Red Cross work
ers have been busy this week
soliciting funds for special relief
of Belgian and Dutch war victims.
J. W. McCoy, well known Ash
land banker, has been named
Chairman of the local subscription
committee and is being assisted
by Wirt M Wright. Dr. Walter
Redford, Homer Billings and the
Rev J. H. Edgar.
Because delay was experienced
in launching the drive here, Ash
land canvassers were a week late
in starting their errands of mercy,
but business district was covered
Wednesday, while volunteer con
tributions are being taken by the
First National bank, Broady’s
Drug store, Ingle Drug company.
East Side pharmacy.
McNeir
Brothers drug store, Lithia hotel
and the Daily Tidings. Donors who
have not been contacted are urged
to leave their contributions for
war relief at any of those places.
The Ashland quota of $600 in
the special drive is part of the
Jackson county goal of $2400 The
national figure being sought has
been doubled to $20 000.000 since
extent of war damage and suffer
ing has been determined in the
lowlands.
The
American
Red
Cross, as in the last great war.
is assuming its traditional role of
succor and mercy for the dis
tressed and homeless refugees of
war’s devastation.
Unless house-to-house solicita
tion becomes necessary to reach
their quota. Ashland workers will
depend on voluntary contributions
and all residents are being urged
by McCoy to leave their donations,
however small, at one of the busi
ness points listed
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GOLFERS ENJOY POTLUCK
About 60 golfers enjoyed a large
potluck dinner and free playing at
the Ashland golf course Sunday,
where play and fun was the key
note. Golfers from various points
in southern Oregon and northern
California, as well as from Van
couver. Wash, were registered
during the day.
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• Arthur Hamaker of Ashland
visited at the Archie Kincaid home
Friday evening.
Flames Destroy Home
On Meade Street Here
The home of Mary Oderkirk,
199 Meade street, was totally de
stroyed Sunday by a fire which
apparently started from an over
heated stove. According to Fire
Chief Clint Baughman Miss Oder
kirk had taken some baby chicks
into the house and started a fire
to warm them and then left for
a show.
Ten dollars in currency and coin
hidden in books was retrieved
after flames subsided.
The property is owned by Port
land people and the house was
protected by some insurance, but
its contents were uninsured and a
total loss.
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Ashland (¿roups In
Memorial Day Rites
The Ashland city band, followed
by Battery B and the American
Legion and color bearers led rep
resentatives of Ashland patriotic
organizations and veterans in a
short parade from the city plaza
to Mountain View cemetery yes
terday morning in commemoration
of Memorial day.
The ceremony, carried on under
overcast skies, was well attended.
Dr. Arthur S. Taylor, legion mem
ber. was in charge of the program.
All Ashland business houses and
the post office were closed during
the day.
Medford Craters Will
Be Hosts to Bend Nine
Medford's Craters will be hosts
Saturday night and Sunday after
noon, June 1 and 2, to the Bend
Elks in an Oregon State league
series at the Medford fairgrounds
park The Elks have split games
with Hills Creek, dropped two to
Albany and trimmed Jack and Jill
twice to reach the .500 mark in
league standings.
The Craters have released Bur
nell Ball and catcher’s duties now
are being handled by Tommy
Hawkins with Ted Kerr, shortstop
and outfielder, as possible relief
man.
The Saturday night game will
get under way at 9 o’clock.
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MATTIE. GERTIE and GER
RY serving as the Dodger Aux
iliary during the last softball
games.
GEORGE D. L. SMITH yell
ing “Hey! you forgot your fish
ing pole!” at the Varsity screen
during a movie sequence.
NED CATE, late in the after
noon, learning that Memorial
day wasn’t Sunday.
Hilt fans dubbing EARL
(Tub) SCHILLING "Little Sir
Heckle."
EDDIE JOANIS clipping a
bouquet of roses for the softball
umpires so he can see the color
of the first-baseman's eyes.
CLARENCE SHAFFER rub
bing noses with an Oregon eski-
mo.
LEE RYAN muttering (after
reading latest war dispatches)
that ocean water makes him
seasick.
BETHEL HART in a grim
struggle with a horse, the ani
mal apparently winning the
toss.
EDDIE BARRON being very
impressed with a character call
ed Butterfly McQueen in “Gone
with the Wind.”
MILLARD GRUBB trying to
recover from an appendectomy
in time to take advantage of his
position as delegate to the
Shrine convention.
HEADRICK (Paddy) BAUGH
MAN surprised at a myriad of
of new sights since acquiring
a pair of glasses.
KEN MADDEN being enthus
iastic over alumni banquets and
suggesting one a week.
CLYDE YOUNG being re
minded by BEN FORSYTHE of
turkeys he swiped back in 1920
to feed a visiting basketball
team.
LARRY HUNTER allowing at
the alumni banquet as how it's
"rf heck of a lot safer watch
ing the new grads dance than
getting out on the floor and
keeping out of their way."