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Pap** ^kat Jlal
A LTHOUGH president of a hold-
Ing company for a number of
yours, Candidate Willkie still
hasn't learned to hold his tongue
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It's usually the small fry that's
kept hopping from the «killet to
the fire.
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With the election In full swing,
partisan voters are sporting cam
paign buttons with glee and pro
fusion The rub is, who'll have
the button on Nov. 6?
f f f
Although democracies have re
sumed courting of Stalin'* favor
his reaction still is typically Rus-
sian no soap.
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Gourd-head of the campaign is
the village smarty who wears a
button reading "I Don't Uke El
eanor Either" and complains a trout
sportsmanship of the opposition.
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When young men of the nation
signed up for conscription this
»wore they
week many of them swore
thought they could smell beans
and hear reveille.
111
With most of the dally
_ _ press
tracking Wendell Wlifkie, we note
with Interest that national news
paper week, during which much Is
said about the power of the press
was thoughtfully scheduled before
the November elections.
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Partisanship,
the
America»
Claiming the new deal ir
buying votes by promising to do
wondeiful things for th<- ( oiiiiiioi
man and admitting that big bust
ties* favors the opposition bccaus«
<rf the wonderful thing* promised
it.
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Thank heaven when the elec
tii.n lx over and we sil can be
friend* again or can we?
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THESPIANS PICK
3-ACT COMEDY
ASYEARLY PLAY
"TT WON'T BE LONG NOW," a
1 three-act farce by Milton H
Cropper, has been selected as Ash-
i.o. I high schools anniversary
play which is to be given Nov 19
at the junior high gymnasium, ac
cording to Miss Ruth Woods, dra
matic* instructor.
The cast, in order of their ap
pearance. includes Bob Callahan
as Thomas; Bob Broili as Mr
Meek: Harlalce Wilson as Bean*)-
Blake; Ralph Gillmore a* Robert
Preston; Emmy Lou Smith as
Miss Wilkes; John Kerns as
Charles Dobson; Betty Jo Burn*
as Vivian Darrell, Peggy Whittle
as Ann Winston; Ned Barraclough
as the Reverend Loring; Bill
Blackmer as the Policeman and
John Isenhower as Cullen
Members of the play staff are:
Student
assistant.
Margarvtte
Bamthouse; stage, Dick Beming-
hausen, property, Sue Parkinson
and Ned Barraclough; costumes,
Shirley Cushing and Florence
Wood, lights. Don Deldsle; sound
effects. Bill Van Fleet; sales. Bill
Kaegi; advertising, Nathan Gale,
and publicity, Mary Ann Delsman.
Roosevelt Will Speak
Op Nets Wednesday
President Franklin D. Roose
velt will deliver an "outright po
litical" speech over national net
works Wednesday evening, Oct.
23, on the occasion of National
Youth day, and again Wednesday
evening, Oct. 30, according to an
nouncement by White House Sec
retary Stephen T. Early.
Nov. 4,
On election eve, "
‘ Proal-
’
dent Roosevelt will deliver the
third of hi« announced broadcasts,
from hi* Hyde Park home, while
first two broadcasts presumably
will be delivered from the White
House. All three nationwide talks
will be paid for by the democratic
national committee.
Dr. R. L. Burdic
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1940
Volume IX
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Number 42
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ANOTHER HOLDING COMPANY?
ANTIAIRCRAFT
ASHLAND DRIVES
TO 19-7 TRIUMPH
OF MYRTLE POINT
1
Wendell Willkle's constant har-
argue of the President is remind
ful of the pestiferous dog that
keeps barking at passing autos,
never accomplishing anything but
annoyance.
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Va
(Friday and Saturday)
"YOUNG PEOPIJC"
"AN ANGEL FROM TEXAS"
"LUCKY PARTNERS"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
'MY SON, MY SON"
•
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
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BUSY SOLDIERS
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By JACK BENTJJCY
A NTI AIRCRAFT' and schools
n were the major portion (»f this
week's drill by Battery B guards
men The boys will fire the 3-inch
anti-aircraft defense gun. Prepar
ation is bring made to receive the
draftees which will arrive in about
a week.
So far the boys seem to take
quite an Interest in the newly ac
quired secondary weapon. Proba
bly the most Important instrument
of the equipment is the new height
and range finder which has 6000
moving parts in It. It haw not been
put into use yet but drill on the
machine is expected to start in
the near future One of the other
features of the new gun is the
Instrument which figures the dis-
tance by land of how far to the
right or left the objective of the
gun is All in all the fellows are
picking up their new jobs and
really learning all they should
know in order to do their part of
the work.
A list of the men and the part
of the work they do follows: No. 1
gun section Bgt Harry E Hoxie,
Corp. Coleman,
Pvts. Aikens,
irosboll, KJggert, Athanas,Crouch,
Hannaford, P. Jones, Massey, Pol
ing, Rowe, Vogt No. 2 gun sec-
dun Sgt McNeil, Corp. Messer.
Pvt* Avery, Henson. Rush, Bailey,
Dias, Hart LaBranch, Maxwell.
Pope So. areal, Wallace. No. 3
gun section Sgt. S Fowler, Corp.
Frohreicn, l*vts. Beel»e, Lee, Wea
ver, Bsrr, Engle, Hilkey, Lock
wood, J Neel, Potter. Spruill. Gun
section No. 4- -Corp. Weybright,
Corp Russell, Pvts R. Fowler,
Peachey, Alexander, Barton. Fields,
E Jones, Lucas, Parker, Roes.
Struve. Range section observa
tion No. 1 -Director, Sgt. Mac-
Colllator, Corp. Schilling, Corp
Andrews. Pvts. Warren, Burdic,
Hurdle, Roberson, Fleguth. Obser
vation 2 Sgt W. A Hoxie, Pvts
Jones, D King, Vaughn Height
finder. Corp Coomes, Pvts Baugh
man, Shere, Martin, Scott, War
ren.
Schools have been continuing
with about the same thing being
covered .is last week except for
the addition of a school of war
communication and its uses.
There are still rumors going
around camp Chat we will be sta
tioned here for a short while but
it appear* now that we will be
here at least until after the draft
ees arrive.
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Veterans of K-Day’
Form Ashland Post
To Demand ’Bonus’
NEW veterans organisa
tion came Into being Wed
nesday when several Ashland
men signed up for military
training and congress soon
may expect another bonus
march and drive for pensions,
according to Bud Gander, Art
Gilbert and Busier Brown,
who luuidcd together to form
post No. I of the Veterans of
K-Day, a "service” outfit
which, they declared, should
rapidly spread throughout the
16,500,000 | mt riots who thia
week risked life and limb in
the crush to sign up for con
scription.
"Like a true veteran, we are
going to denuuid a bonus now,
|>ensl(Mis later," declared one
member as he wiped suds off
his lip. “What good is a frog
skin to a dead mackerel?"
he challenged during prepara
tion of arguments for immed
iate imymcnt of gratuities for
¡mtential service tc his coun
try.
“After we've united our vot
ing strength and become a
dominant minority that must
lie htsird, we're going to form
an auxiliary organization of
Disabled Veterans of K-Day
and demand compensation for
our inconvenience of havlnr to
register, for Injuries received
while standing In line and for
mental anguish while answer
ing questions. Many of our
group now suffer as much
from wine shock as did veter
ans who preceded us, and
what Is sauce for the gander
ought to be sauce for the Gan
der*,” declared Bud as his
eloquence mounted.
Tentative plans call for a
poppy sale every Oct. 16 or
sooner, If the vets’ entertain
ment fund gets low, said Ash
land organizer*.
“Now that we’ve struck a
blow for democracy, by mak
ing our lives available to the
government, we believe we
should make ’em pay and pay
and pay," concluded Gilbert,
suddenly struck with the real
ization that he, too, had be
A
come a veteran.
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DETERMINED Ashland high
Grizzly football team out
fought a fighting Myrtle Point
eleven to score in the first, third
and fourth quarters and go on to
win 19 to 7 at the high school
field last night Myrtle Point’s lone
tally came in the closing seconds
of the game on a pass from Sut
phin to Duncan who fell across
the goal line as he was tackled.
The point from placement was
good.
The first quarter opened with
the Grizzlies kicking to the visit
or*. On the third play the Pointers
fumbled and Ashland recovered,
losing 10 yards on the next play
by a fumble. Herrin then kicked
to the Myrtle Point 17-yard line
and the Bobcats kicked to Jan-
dreau on the Pointer 30. Weaver
and Herrin each made a first down
before the Bobcats took possession
of the ball on downs. Jandreau
signaled a fair catch of a punt
but was tackled, the Pointers
drawing 15 yards for the violation.
The Grizzlies then crashed their
way to the 11-yard marker where
a pass from Jandreau to Weaver
over the goal line netted the first
score. The attempt from place
ment failed.
Just as Ashland
kicked off the quarter ended.
Myrtle Point opened the second
period by making four first downs
in a row and then fumbled the
ball with Chet Fowler, Grizzly
end, recovering. Herrin and Jan
dreau each made a first down and
then the Bobcats recovered an
Ashland fumble.
The Pointers
made three first downs and then
lost four yards in recovering their
own fumble as the half ended.
Myrtle Point started the second
half by kicking off to Ashland
with Jandreau making a 27-yard
return. Next came a Grizzly first
down and a pass from Jandreau to
Weaver which was good for 41
yards and a touchdown. A pass
from Jandreau to Bergstrom from
placement position was good,
making the score 13 to 0 for Ash
land. The Pointers took the kickoff
and made a 15-yard return before
tackled by Fowler. Jandreau threw
a scare into the crowd as he drop
ped a punt but recovered It Just
as he was tackled. Bob Weaver
made a first down and Ashland
drew a 15-yard set-back for hold
ing Herrin kicked and the Bobcats
took possession of the ball only to
fumble with Herrin recovering.
Jandreau made it first and 10
with a 12-yard gain but Harry
Brown intercepted Jandreau's pass
on the next play and ran it back
28 yards. The Coos county boys
were forced to kick from their
own 30. On the next play Jan
dreau skirted end for 30 yards be
fore he was stopped Earl Warren
made a first down and Herrin col
lected nine yards as the third
quarter ended.
Earl Warren lost six yards and
(Continued on page 10)
A
Plan Memorial Theater REGISTRATIONS
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REACH515HERE
For College Campus RESULT R-DAY
DLANS and acale model for a while ample wing room and special
Shakespearean memorial thea sound and stage anterooms are
ter, to be erected on the Southern included in the design.
Oregon College of Education cam
Most novel feature of the build
pus, have beeq prepared by Angus ing, however, is the front which
L Bowmer, dramatics instructor
of the college and originator of the would face a hillside back of the
Shakespearean festivals here. Ot SOCE administration building and
to Wllda, art department
instruct would become an outdoor stage
-
or at the college, built the scale during annual Shakespearean fes
model which is complete to the tivals. The building front would
point of showing landscaping, i include a ground-floor stage with
room and vestibule arrangement balcony, while terraced steps lead
as well as main auditorium.
ing to the building across a pres
Although no official sanction of ent lily pool would furnish unlim
the proposal has as yet been re ited seating space much in the
ceived, much preliminary work la same manner as the present out-
being accomplished toward real door Elizabethan theater in Lithia
ization of the project, which prob park.
Back of the outdoor stage.
ably would be started by popular
subscription, Bowmer explained which would be entrance way nor
Wednesday. Already he has re mally, is located ticket office, stu
ceived promise of liberal financial dent body office and faculty lounge
Ample
cooperation for the project, which its well as rest rooms
space for storage of costumes and
would cost about $8000.
The theater, as designed, would scenery, several dreasing rooms
be a combined little theater seat and showers are included in the
ing about 200 in the main audi plan, which calls for frame con
torium, with an "intimate" stage struction with stucco exterior. The
in a lobby room. The stage would planned to harmonize with present
be 40 feet wide and have a depth college buildings, would measure
of 20 feet, with another 20-foot outside dimension of the building,
area in back of that for a combi 102 by 40 feet.
The scale model has been placed
nation work room and stage ex
tension. Forestage would be so on display
_
at the college
_ during
arranged as to provide an orches- this week's educational conference
tra pit when not In use as a stage, and homecoming.
Clay comb Motor New Educators Hear Talks
Distributor of Pontiac ByProminents During
Line in Ashland Area Annual Ed Conference
The Claycomb Motor comapny
More than 1000 school teachers
this week announced taking over from Lake. Klamath, Jackson and
dealership for Pontiac cars in Ash Josephine counUes Thursday heard
land and has placed one of the Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, Willamette
new 1941 models on display and university president, eulogize Hor
ueinonsirauon at uieir North Main ace Mann, famous educator, dur
street salesroom, according to H. ing opening day of the annual
L. Claycomb, owner and manager educational conference on campus
of the well known firm.
of Southern Oregon College of Ed-
Both sixes and eights will be ucaUon.
The teachers heard a
handled by Claycomb, who de number of important speakers in-
clared yesterday that the line of eluding Dr. Frank Munk, former
'41 is one of the most outsthand- Czech government official and now
lng ever developed by Pontiac and a member of Reed college faculty,
features all General Motors' fine I Sectional meetings, talks and
car improvements.
t annual homecoming events includ-
The Claycomb Motor company ing a banquet and dance were on
will continue its wholesale and re the program for today, while last
tail gasoline and oil business, the night alumni and other teachers
handling of automotive parts, tires enjoyed a college play, "The Im
and batteries and the distribution portance of Being Earnest."
of fuel oil.
Of the 1000 educators ’ here,
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about 200 were registered as
MRS. DOROTHY CASEBIER i alumni of SOCE.
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Funeral services for Mrs. H. C.
Casebier, 41, of Klamath Falls,
EXAMINER (MIMING
who died here Oct. 13, were held
An examiner of operators and
Oct. 15 at the Litwiller Funeral chauffeurs will be in the Ashland
home with R. P. Drayson of Med city hall from 1 to 5 p. m. Friday,
ford officiaUng.
Interment was Oct. 25, to issue licenses and per-
1 mlts to drive cars.
made in Phoenix.
V-DAY in Ashland was met with
v quiet cooperation on the part
of registrars and 515 men be
tween the ages of 21 and 35. al
most doubling the expectation of
state conscription officials, ac
cording to Major H. R. Jordan, in
charge of registration in the ar
mory.
Medford signed up 1640
men. while county totals of about
3600 were under expectations.
Major Jordan Thursday was
profuse in his expressions of
thanks for fine cooperation receiv
ed from registrars volunteering
their services in Ashland. Signing
up of the men of conscription age
who will be available for selective
service in training or war, pro
ceeded smoothly and efficiently,
Jordan declared.
About one man out of every 40
is expected to be called for a
year's training during first draft
sometime next month, it was un
derstood, while local deferment
boards in Medford will classify
men signed up in the county
Wednesday.
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Alumni Register At
SOCE Homecoming
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Alumni registration for the edu
cation conference at the Southern
Oregon College of Education will
begin Thursday morning, Oct. 17,
and will continue until 3 p. m.
Friday.
Desks for registration
will be provided in the physical
education building. All alumni are
requested to register immediately
upon arrival on the campus.
At 4:30 p. m. Friday, Oct. 18.
an alumni committee meeting will
be held in room 14 in the admin
istration building. This will be fol
lowed by an alumni dinner at 6
p. m. at the Lithia hotel in Ash
land. That evening in the auditor
ium of the physical education
building an alumni dance will be
held to which all visiting teachers
at the conference will be special
guests.
All reservations for the alumni
dinner should be made at the ad
ministration offices of the college
either in person or by telephone.
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WILL PRESENT PLAY
"Petticoat Fever” by Mark
Reed, will be presented at 8:20 p.
m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25
and 26. in the Medford high school
auditorium, according to Bob
Stedman, director. The cast will
include prominent thespians of
Medford and will be a community
production of a delightful comedy.
MRS ANNA SCHEIDEREI-
TER startling her neighborhood
by appearing in the yard with a
shotgun in one hand and a stick
in the other while the lady next
door was backed up against a
wall, a misleading coincidence.
AUBREY MILES claiming he
got a crick in his neck from be
ing in a draft Wednesday.
'
BEN FORSYTHE giving the
conscriptees a start when he
lined up at the armory Wed
nesday—in fun, at his age.
LEE RYAN stoutly maintain
ing his age as “more than 36"
when challenged with a tele
phone gag.
AL SIMPSON, In a proud
moment, saying of his twins
they look just like their father,
the fat little rascals.
PAUL WORDSWORTH, after
the Junior high football game,
being described as “tough enough
to hunt Hitler with a note from
his mother.”
LLOYD SELBY and'VERNE
HASTINGS blushingly phoning
for a wrecker to tow their car
out of a pheasant field.
DR
CHARLES
HAINES
straddling a fence, and finding
it was an electric job.
LEONARD PATTERSON
swearing his daughter PATRI
CIA EIJJDN already has gurg
led, "Ya robber, that was no
•trike!"