See Two Fast Softball Playground Benefit Qan^> „.„ght* 10c
AM ERICA used to be termed the
‘ ‘ grrul melting pot of the world
but with fifth-column menace
roaring its ugly head we are be
ginning to wish w<* hadn't dumped
so much dross into it.
111
The capitulation of France il-
lUMtrutes that the side wiilch bites
the dust lias to cat a lot of dirt.
111
Nowadays you can't tell wheth-
er a ixiwlcgged man is a cow-
puncher who got Hurl way by rid
ing too many horses, or a politic
ian who kept his kneecaps pried
apart by straddling fences.
1 1 1
Wendell Willkie, until recently
a democrat, is tx'lng hailed by re
publicans ax their most able tim
ber for a presidential candidate,
and we cmii think of no better
background or recommendation
than his former party affiliations
1 1 1
K swing band Is one which you
can recognize by its music, even
if you can't recognize the tune.
* * * *
In totalitarian states where the
humble citizen must raise his arm
in salute to a leather-lunged dic
tator existence might be accurate
ly described as hand-to-mouth.
111
Folks who monger gossip, to be
truthful, should arid "l hope" to
their choice bits.
111
Lizzie, largest elephant in the
Philadelphia zoo, died of old age
on opening »lay of the GDP con
vention there and party spokes
men insist the incident wim not
significant.
111
With the republicans formuiat-
Ing their platform in a city re
nown for Its clever barristers the
wonder arises whether any Phila
delphia lawyer can make aenae of
it
1 1 1
Critics who heaped coals on
Roosevelt for declaring, some
months ago, that our frontier was
on the Rhine river now are wish
ing It was
/
4 11
Keynoting the Convention!
(Or the American Way in Action)
Roosevelt is a bum . . . Hooray!
The New Deal has ruined the
country . . . Hooray! The Presi
dent has left IM unpi-j>,in<l f<o
the present emergency in Europe
Hooray! Our national defenses
have been neglected . . . ll»M»ray!
We are bankrupt and burdened
with a terrific national debt . . .
Hooray' Roosevelt is trying to
Hooray !
lead us into war . .
Roosevelt is unable to furnish
vital assistance to the allies . . .
Hooray! The government is a
bunch of subversives . . Hooray!
The United States is helpless, mis
guided. wasted. napped, bankrupt,
at the mercy of the totalitarian
powers and headed for the dogs . .
Hooray, hurrah' t Follow» now a
10-minute ovation as republican
delegates jubilantly gloat over the
sad plight of the nation at a time
<>f international crisis and lick
their lips in anticipation of the
coming campaign.)
Rev. Wire Leaves For
Roseburg; The Dalles
Pastor To Take Over
The Rev Melville T Wire, pas
tor of the Ashland Methodist
church, was transferred to pulpit
of the Roseburg church this week
and the Rev. George W. Bruce,
pastor at The Italics for the last
five year«», Sunday was named to
succeed Reverend Win*.
The Rev. and Mrs. Bruce will
arrive In Ashland early next week
and Dr. Sydney W. Hall, Cascade
district superintendent of the
church and a former Ashland pas
tor. will serve here over the week
end.
The Rev and Mrs Wire left for
Roseburg the middle part of this
week.
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EXAMINER COMING
An examiner of operators and
chauffeurs will he in the Ashland
City hall from I to 5 p m. Friday.
July 5. to issue licenses or per
mits to drive cars.
Mrs. Ida Crandall
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)
"PRAIRIE LAW"
I »HAD END KIDS ON
DRESS PARADE"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
•LILLIAN RUSSELL"
•
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
J
Volume IX
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1940
Number 26
THREE-DAY CELEBRATION HERE
WILL BE ASHLAND'S FINEST
GREATEST CARD
OF YEAR SIGNED
FOR JULY 4 DILL
/ kNE of the greatest wrestling
J cards ever to be presented in
southern Oregon has been ar
ranged by i Tornote r Mack iJllard
for the Elizabethan theater in
Uthia park as part of the Ash
land July 4 celebration
iJIlard has scheduled a seven
man battle royal which will see
two referees in the ring besides
Dangerous Itanny McShain, form
er light heavyweight champion of
the world and one of the toughest
men in the business. Cowboy Dude
Chb k and Sgt. Bob Kennaston,
both ex-junior heavyweight chain-
pions of the universe. Bulldog
Jackson, the Alaska hammer lock
artist. Emu- I'lluso, the Portland
■oiincnlM-i'g king, Pete Be I cast n>,
the wild Weed wop, and Prince
Mehallkis, outstanding as a diver
ns well as a wrestler
The first man eliminated will be
cut out of the purse entirely while
the second and third to be pinned
in the free-for-all will return for
the first match which will be for
30 minutes or one fall. The second
match, to be mads up of Che
fourth and fifth out in the melee
will go for 40 minuti'W or two out
of three falls. The final main
event will be over the one-hour
route with two out of three fails
deciding.
The battle royal will get under
way al 8 p m. July 4 in the out
door theater in back of the city
hall. Reserved tickets will be on
«ale in the plaza ticket booth early
next week, and in several local
business establishments, including
Chipman's Smoke House, Grey
hound tavern, Bohemian club and
Cook's Reception.
☆
Hatless Prominent»
To See Interior Of
‘Clink’ Is Warning
☆
☆
4MHLAND business and pro
fessional men, to «w-ape
exposure to striped sunburn
in the celebration committee's
mechanized hoosegow, must
don 10-gallon chapeau or ob
tain no-hat |>rrmita from the
Chamber of Commerce office,
celebration officials decreed
Thursday night.
The krep-your-hrad-covered
edict was to become effective
today, with the wheeled cell
on the plaza <eady to receive
those local prominent« who
brave the business district
with unappropriatrly covered
heads. Small fin««. Incarcera
tion or purchase of no-hat
Itermlt» wlU be required of all
bu»lnesn men In Ashland.
Of course the enforcement
Is all hi fun. arid will be lim
ited to local males who ought
to know' better than tempt the
stern measures of the relet» ra
tion committee. Others than
husIneM and professional men
and folks from out of town
are exempted from compul
sory hat adornment, but are
Invited to join In the fun.
All Legion Officers
Get Renomination
☆
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PLAY QUEEN TO *|
TAKE PART IN
JULY 4 PARADE
QNE of the largest and most
spectacular parades in the
history of Ashland July 4 cele
brations will open a three-day pro
gram
of festivities Thursday
morning and will form at 9 o’clock
along Van Ness and Helman
streets and will march down Main
street promptly at 10 o’clock.
According to Parade Chairman
Herb Moore entries to date and
those expected first of next week
will form seven division*—organi
zations, commercial, juvenile, com
ical, unattached, band, drum corps
and a Large list of horse entries.
The line of march will be extended
this year to allow more visitors to
view the parade's many features.
The procession will go south on
North Main and out East Main
through the business district to
Siskiyou boulevard and Union
street, at which point pedestrians
will drop out and wait for the
mounted and motorized units to
double back at Morton street The
entire marching line then will pro
ceed west td Third street and then
north of B and thence west to
Oak, where it will turn south to
Main street and out North Main
| to point of origin.
As soon as the parade is over
Queen Elizabeth, who is Mary-
Elizabeth Shreve in real Hie, at-
i tended by her court will be pre
sented keys to the city by Mayor
T. S. Wiley in an impressive cere
mony in Uthia park, and at 12
noon Queen Elizabeth and her
court will be entertained at a
luncheon to be given in her honor
in dining room of the Lithia hotel.
This luncheon will be invitational.
At 1 p. m. the feature of the
QFEICTAL AMBASSADORS of good will for the sixth annual
three-day celebration—the gigant
Shake»|*earean festival here this August are four southern
ic rodeo- will open on the high
Oregon maid», headed by Mary' Shreve of Medford (above) as the
school athletic field and Viggo
good queen Elizabeth. Along with the queen, the court which com
Lassen, rodeo chairman, has prom
pri sea Carol McCollum of A»hland. Phyllis Collier of Klamath Fall»
ised one of the biggest shows of
and Marilynn Sherlock of Grant» Pass, will participate in the July
this kind ever assembled in Ash
4 celebration in A»hland and will launch a tour of Oregon citi«»»
land. Stake races, potato races,
adverti»ing the event.
calf roping, steer dozing, steer
riding, bucking con tert*, cow cut
ting and plenty of funny antics
by a group of clowns headed by
Winston Hotell, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, will be in
cluded in the show
PLAYGROUND TO
BENEFIT FROM
TONIGHT’S TILTS
Wonderland Member*
Urges Fair Display
☆
Costumed for July 4 Parade! CAVALCADE WILL
BE NEW FEATURE
OF ANNUAL SHOW
ASHLAND'S sixth annual
Shakespearean festival will be
well represented in the extensive
July 4 celebration program here
next week, following completion
of plans joining Queen Elizabeth
and her court with numerous ac
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tivities throughout the three-day
period
On the morning of the 4th
Queen Elizabeth in the person of
Mary Shreve of Medford and the
C. M Johns, field auditor for court which includes Carol Mc
the state unemployment compen Collum of Ashland, Marilynn Sher
sation commission, will be in Med lock of Grants Paas and Phyllis
ford for the balance of this week, Collier of Klamath Falls will take
until about July 1. to confer with over the keys to the city from
employers regarding wage re Mayor Thornton Wiley amid im
ports. While in Medford Jones will pressive ceremonies in Lithia
make his headquarters in the em- park. "Die queen then will appoint
ployinent office on North Fir the Queen of the Cavalcade as
street.
her official envoy for the celebra
Special attention will be given tion and the two, along with the
those employers whose payroll tax court and Ashland city officials,
foi 1939 has not been completed, will head the first division of the
as they have but a few days in mile-long parade.
which to complete state payments
At noon a queens' luncheon will
and ask offset from the federal be held in the Lithia hotel. Full
HOW THEY STAND
government. If the contribution is costumes will be worn, although
Team
Pct.
W. L.
made before June 30. delinquent informal dress will be in order
Pine Box ...
8
0 1.000
employers may save 90 per cent when Queen Bess and her at
Hilt
0 I ooo
2
of the penalty which will be in tendants appear as guests of the
Varsity
.500
. 2
2
flicted next month.
afternoon rodeo
Following the
Miner Pre«»
.400
3
2
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premiere
of
the
cavalcade
that
Dodgers
I
.333
2
I evening, all queens and attendants
2
Elk»
1
.333
will be seated in a special court
Talent .......
0
3
.000
of honor to witness the fireworks
display.
■ A travel representative, Charles
Game» Tonight
An informal tea is slated for 2
Guether of the Shasta Cascade
m.
Elks vs. Pine Box
8
P-
Wonderland association, at the p. m. Friday, July 5. on the mez
Dodgers vs. Varsity,
9 P- m
zanine
of
the
Lithia
hotel.
At
8:30
Chamber of Commerce forum
luncheon Tuesday asked for coop p. m. the group will be costume
Games
Monday
eration of Ashland and Jackson guests of the cavalcade itself
8 P m. Talent vs. Elks,
county in a plan to make a real while at 10:30 p. m. they will be
9 P- m.—Varsity vs. Hilt.
exhibition of Jackson county at honored at the official "queens'
tractions and assets in the Won- ball" at the Chateau
Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m. TONIGHT.
tpONIGHT, June 28, has been set
dciland building at the San Fran
urrmiinrl kxxxn
all queens and the court will be x aside a as a rxla
playground
benefit
cisco exposition.
guests
at
a
water
carnival
and
night
at
the
high
school softball
Guether asked that the Shasta
Cascade Wonderland association swimming party at ’ac>»eon Hot park and two fine games are on
be included in all local booster Springs, while in the evening they the schedule The league-leading
literature to enable the commun will appear In the cast of the cav Pine Boxers, strengthened by the
ity to benefit by the extensive alcade itself and will return the return of several of their players
advertising being done by the as- keys to the city to Mayor Wiley. I from the National Guard camp,
A series of Shakespearean radio will clash with the fifth-place
sociation throughout the country.
broadcasts will be inaugurated Elks nine in the 8 o’clock opener.
over the Medford station starting
The Dodgers and the Varsity,
Friday, July 5. These will con in the 9 o’clock tilt, will be fight
tinue up to and including the ing it out to see which nine ad
opening night, Aug. 9.
vances in averages. The SOCE
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Members of Ashland post No.
boys are running at .500 per cent
BAND GETS UNIFORMS
14. American legion, renominated
and Hess' Dodgers are down to
All 28 members of the Ashland 333
present officers for duty next
year from commander on down in city band will sport new suits
All money, over actual expenses
regular meeting Tuesday evening when they appear in the July 4
parade Thursday. The entire band of running the games tonight, will
in post headquarters.
Those
renamed
were
Herb will be garbed in military caps, be turned over to the playground
Moore, commander; Bill Johnson, double-breasted blue serge coats, fund for purchase of new equip-
fiist vice commander; Ormy God white duck pants and regulation ment for use of Ashland’s young-
dard. second vice commander; black shoes. Across front of the sters.
Because of the extensive Julv 4
Gerald Gunter, adjutant-treasur caps, inert bed in a golden lyre, is
celebration plans, no games will
er; Carl Berning hausen, chaplain; the word "Ashland.”
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be played next Wednesday and
Roy Hartley, sergeant-at-arms,
and Dr. A S. Taylor, Oscar Sil • Mrs. A A. Madden recently re Friday, but hostilities will resume
ver, Ebe Dunn and Dr. W. J. turned from a visit with relatives July 8 with the Dodgers meeting
Crandall, members of the execu In Kansas and other middlewest- the Pine Boxers and Talent play
em states.
I ing Hilt.
tive board.
Wage Report Auditor
Available to July 1st
☆
Meiring Tells Work
Of Uncovering Fifth
Columnists to Lions
Outstanding Wrestling Card
Capt. H J. Meiring, commander
Beginning at 8 p. m., in the
of the Medford post of the Amer Elizabethan theater in Lithia park.
ican Legion, Tuesday night ad Mack Lillard will present a spe
dressed members of the Ashland cial celebration wrestling card and
Lions club on fifth column activi
(Oontinueo on page 8)
ties in this country and what the
average citizen could do to assist
in weeding out the menace. The
dinner session was held in the
Lithia hotel dining room with a
number of local Legionnaires as
guests.
According to Captain Meiring.
the American Legion for nearly
20 years has urged prepare»lness.
By Our
opposed the scrapping of our
KEYHOLE
navy and permitting the army to
REPORTES
dwindle, and has urged legislation
which would have prevented much
of the subversive work now
threatening our safety. He asked
that all citizens who have good
evidence of suspected subversives
communicate their information to
any local American Legion mem
ber or Commander Herb Moore.
That information, held in confi
EARL SCHILLING being de
dence, would be forwarded to state scribed as the biggest loafer in
headquarters, where the material Ashland since going to work for
would be sifted and turned over a bakery.
to regular enforcement agencies
HERMAN MAYBERRY pok
"We must be careful,” advised ing fun at THAD COLEMAN S
Captain Meiring, "to avoid hyster cowboy hat until he discovered
ia—this is a time when level it was his own, filched to the
headed thinking and good judg accompaniment of glee by KES-
ment are most needed."
TER GANDEE and LE ROY
Guests at the meeting included OSTRANDER
Ashland Legion Commander Herb
AL SIMPSON interpreting
Moore. P P. Whitmore. W B
the lighter moods of the ballet
Johnson, C. H. Delsman, H. D.
A prominent Ashland republi
Mitchell and Eiob Snider.
can trying to find out who
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Wendell Willkie and what.
TOO MUCH HORN-TOOTING
LARRY HUNTER taking out
BRINGS $10 FINE HERE additional celebration hoosegow
protection by donning full cow
boy dress, with the exception of
Russell Hawk. Ashland youth,
was assessed a 310 fine and 34.50 barrel-stave legs.
CLOMA BURTON seeming a
court costs by Justice of the Peace
M T Burns Wednesday when he little puzzled by the antics of a
appeared to face charges of un clothing salesman, who went
lawful use of musical horns which I back after more measuring tape
(or JACK HALFH1LL
disturbed the peace.
SEEN IN A DAZE