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J JVTCITC ETfllTT Mfdford matl trtpjtnt:, Mr.nrorcn, (Vreoon'.. Saturday. :u:gicst h. 1028. OLYMPICS ARE uluulu u. u.u.inriiQ 11m PTADC OTl r ULnLU nMU UIWU) 1 v 1 h IN FIN E 01 ILL mwmmmamm rKr nrm nnmroTP mi! -;:5r7riiia(fc-iH nr;ii i.nivir M nm ! .-! IlLnL UUMILUIU Ull - M uniif 111 nnTii nn : fc xwf m mvi m dum ur of Herbert Hoover G.O.P. Headquarter 7 BOTH FALLING AS American Swimmers Make , Nearly a Clean Sweep in Water Sports Weismul-i ler Retains World Title-; "'" AMU-";"." 1 At th expense of tf;in I ranoiseo ' American Girls Get First i""" '". " " Los AnKolc arc m;; ::;;, ;l lot, of J fun this week. The A iik-h hiiv . I wucci'iMk'd mi far in drtcj,iiu Hol lywood from the league leadership I to a tit-finite second plat p, three full Kaincit behind Sat- -a men to. ; while liie IIeJn liave kept the Uvul. closed the Olympic swimming meet I firmly rooted in third place. In 11 blaze of glovy totlay, cant 11 r- ' The AneM yesterday hunw inl and Second. AMKTKKIJAM, Holland Auk. ll OP) The I'nlted S.nloB tcuui InR both npi int feature, the 1 )0 JiiPtei free style Hwims for men and women. . Johnny WoUamuller, American champion, ably defended IiIh Olym pic title in the men's event, while AliuM Albino Ouplowleh, hunk lent of the Ki'l HWlnimi'J'H, turned in the final victory of the meet for America. - WeinHmuller disponed ut u Ku ropenn coalition rather canity, hut the. AVarcc'Hler girl's HterncfJl op position came from her team mate, Kleanor Caratll, of San It it fact, Oil., M Ihh ulpowic.h won by n bare bund-breadth in the cIohIiik event of the swimming carnival. WciHmnller'H victory wan made more difficult by a hIow Blurt In tho 1 00 indent. The Chicago Hpoed stcr lost n full yard ut the leupoff but caught up with the field at the first turn of the pool. We Ik- j null ler hcKun to pull away about j SO mote.ru from the finiuli line and, although the Hungarian, llirany. 1 cloned a big gap In tho limit 50 in etc ih to miring from nlxth to hcc ond place, le could not catch the American champion. ; Zorilla Hwani as though atalc from too much competition and In (led to dinplay the apirlt and eneigy that hroinl.t him the 40 meter title. George Kojac, the New York Hchoolboy, faltered after A Bpleudld fli'Mt turn. . A.MSTiatDA.M. Aug. 1 1 . Ai Johnny WolnHinuller won tho Olympic cbamplontdilp in tho JuO muler free Htylc hwIiii today, huc COttHfully dcfendliiK IiIh title, won at I'ariH in Itil. i Uh time wun C8:H-6 Heeundn. '.Tht rnitt'd Sl.iten Mf-orctl aKaln when . A II dim, L8ipowllt;h of Wnr center, MasH., won the women' 100-metcr free ntyle Hwtm with licr tenminuto, l-Heanor (laiattt, tun Kafucl, ( al.. ttecontl. GecrBH Kujac of New York, gave tho V. S. ftiurtli place, uh well an first in the feature event. Won hy 'Weiwumiller, while a third American, AVnller Lutifer, of Chi cago, wan fifth. HpeiK-e'"of run ada flninht'd sixth 11 ml Zorilht of Argentina Hevrnth. (I5y ThtiiitJtM T. Ttipiilnjc, Akmi fliitetl lnn ShmIh Wrllci) ' AMSTKKIJAM STAUII M, Ann. V.--(flV The l ulled Hlilten today annexed another watep wpurlM Olympic ehamplonnhlt) when the Amerlcun relay (enm, mnkiiiK a nt nit way rate of ll, captured the ftniiltt of the Jiuo met urn and Ih-oukIu the total uf Amerliitn hcUl cbauipltinMhipH to Hix out ol eleven eventM completed. In winning the race Hie I niied SttitcM team Met a new Olympic record of nine mimilcH, 1(11:1-5 he -ondn. .Itipfin'H time wiin ti;l;-r ami Canatlii'H ! : 4 7 : -I - r . other defeat around the Stars' neciiM. fi to 1, after the Hollywood hoys had held them to a one -all lie for five inning. 1 iatteii-H; Plilt and Sandheri;; Mr-fahe, Mtll cahy and MaKler. The Hells had little difficulty in HUbdufnc the Seals, U to !. Thev allowed the San Krancisco club to boltl n five-run lead until the nlxlh when they piled up ix iuiim. liat terlcH: NeverH, Nelson and Syphvi llaltlwin; May, Jones and Sprinz. While nthers 1 nthe first division have been, having trouble. Sacra - mento lias kept consistently win ning at Portland, taking - yesler day's battle, 10 to 7, nrter the' I tea vers had a flvi.-rim l.... j t I the beginning of tho seventb. The Senators whittled the lead down to two and in tho ninth dashed across the plate five tiincM to win ! Itatterlcs: Couhl, Kurkc. ItaehaM 1 and Koidiler: Ponder, (utmail I r'nueh, K'unz and Keo. Soaitlo tried valiantly to halt tin Acorns, but lost in a tenth Innlm- Oakland rally, 1 1 to 7. Scoring I five runs in the oeniuK frame. I n tribe hold the hail until the sev enth f ii ii I Ti u'. Italtei'les; Cooper and ' tteatl: Teaehout. Sullivan, hryan and AiuKinith, (iames today: Missions at San Kranefsen; Oakland at Seattle: llol lywood at I, oh Anneli-s, ami Sacra niento at Portland. UNITED STATES ST.'.MKOIIl) IIUIDCIO KIKI.Ii I.ONDDX, Auk. I. . 'in, I'lilti'il HIiiIi-h wiiti I h- iliiul liai k mill rii'lil mivl with thi lliliish imiiiiIii. (mliiy, i H ii. li I ii l; hon nn liy tiikliiK (In- IliiinniiT-lhrinv "I'MIm Kiivi llli' AniiMiriinx .lulu of llu I I I'VrniH nn ihL. iri.Krnin 0 Unci' r"i- ilu lirliish. Tlnvi. 'it yvt tn In. nin off. 1 fcvJf THE BIG LEAGUES (Hy HerlKTl v. . liaikcr, Axmi clatctl PrcKs SoiiMi Writer) lim k in winning form aaln, j moo the Curdluals and the Yankees i town. and confident. The convention (has charged nte to tender you in is communication and with it I wilutu you as the next president of the United Slates:" ; ii:oitk ru:i; iis.sti;u ' (Continued fcom Page One) though the muddy idiee-r of water j was subsiding, u road between ' Okeechobee City and the lake, a ! few milcH south was dynamited driving their ; are tightening their belts for the final a ml decisive dash down the . Hireteh thai will see fulfillmejit j or collapse of their hopes of pen , nant victory. With seven weeks yet to go, the Yankees lead Connie Mack'a itinbi. t lous Athletics lj four and a, half games. The Cardinals' mar u u over the si'contl place New Yoik Giants In the National league is an even four games. Uarrlng u n expected developments, chase for the two pennants vnntlnn it-t.t.-H twm.tnA If V,.- 1 fin in .T'n. v a.... ii mm it 1 WW Iwith t ve n greater Hntisfuotlon. T ! Sweeping up from (ieorgia, " QkB OdCn fjOTnC eoine to give you formal noih u of where it h-rt threats of floods in jit. These steps muik an advance-j jts wake, th. tropU al storm that I which, to me. carry accuinulaied : tr days menaced tiie Florida I gratification, hinher today' than coast totlay struck the Carolina i-a-r unur. l nuer leaoerMiip with imprecentcil rains, causing wnien you nave Hoieciea we now UIK.Millllltl,( homes. The Piedmont -Hon of South Carolina appeared In first reports to have been the hardest hit, Spar tanburg reported the cotton villages of iieauiiMMtt, Arkwright and Paeolet flooded and residents flW-inu. buildings undermined in tiie city, wire communication badly crippled and tho city gas supply cut off by flooding of the plant. More than seven Inches of rain fell at Spartanburg. 1'iiion report ed scores of negro houses flooded in the lowlands and crops and highways badly damaged. Green wood had 5.03 inches of rain, the heaviest rainfall there. Uafh continued to fall over section today. last night to divert the water from , fertile acres west of the Already a :i0-mile stretch 1 ever reported the Aug. 1 1. pears to lie among these four. .Mi-Kechnie's hard fighting St. between Okeechobee and the east coast near Jupiter was a solid sheet of slowly receding water. Local lied Ci-ohh officials from .alm lieach had sent several rescue-, expeditions into the area and fed 1 with difficulty a hundred or more refugees, who had been st ra n d od on high ground. I)a m - age in the area with' believed to death has been reported as a re be in cx,-ess of that caused by j of heavy rains that fell in the lilti bnrrlcane, ulthough llm- section last night the ited almost exclusively to flood Approximately seven inches ap- conditions. SAl.K.M, Ore.. Aug. II. (At The Salem Ad club has started a movement to have the boyhood home tif IJerbcrt Hoover, at !gh- mill land ami Hazel avenues, this city, made state headuuarters for tho Hoover presidential campaign in Oregon. The club will take UP the proposal with the republican state central com mil tee, til rough tlte Marion county central committee. REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT IN SPAKTANnrHO, S. C Several hundred persons wt rendered homeless and at least one Louis ct uh snapped Pittsburg's : South Carolina, it was a stor of ml- ' Along the path of the storm in'jng at 7 o'clock this mm-nii,.- :.n,i i South Georgia. North Georgia and jt still was ralnlmr todav. eight -game winning streak yes terday by downing the Pirates, 2 to 1. in a thrilling 12 -inning pitchers' battle between the vete ran, ( 'larence Mitchell, and the youngster, Kretl Fussed. The Giants kept pace by takiim ! over the Phils, S to 4. The I Giants confine! their scoring ac : tivltles to two innings, scoring ! t hroe In the first when Fred tile 1 IJndstrom hit his 11th home run ' with twti on, ami five in the . sevent h when Llndstrom hit a single with the bases full and Hill' i Terry followed with his 11th c-lr-! cult smash of the season. I With Dnzzy Vance in form, the! ' lirooklyn Dodgers had no trouble 'sinking the Hoston U raves. 5 to 1. 'Del lilsKoncttto got his 19th i homer. - " j The Yanks and the Athletics :lioth won In the American league j race. George Pipgras was strong 1 .n tho pinches at Boston and tho champions downed the lied Sox. 5 lo .lack Quinn pitched his Kith victory of the season as the A's walloped Washington. 8 to 0. Detroit look advantage of this "'a-hhigton defeat to climb Into ! sixth place In the standing by 'viitue of an 8 to 7 defeat of the Cleveland Indians. Defeating St. Louis. Ei to 3. the ; Chicago white Sox took nndis-j 1 putod possession of fourth place, .a game about) oi' the Indians, with whom they were tied on Thursday. of wreck communication lines and unroofed homes. There came re ports of seven casualties, all per sons caught in storm-flattened j under control a brush and Umbo homes. fire east of this city. ASCI'NSIOX, Paraguay. Aug. IfW Pi A telegram received by the minister of interior from the town Milt of Pedro Juan Caballero, on the this ! Brazilian frontier, states that a rev 'olutionary movement has cropped up in the state of Mutto G rosso, lU-nM. The belief prevails here that Pedro Colestino is the leader of the revolt. He is thought to be in Kio KPOKANF, Wash.. Aim. 11. VP) ! Janeiro. 'Abatement of the wind this fore- Malto Grosso, vast inland and noon enabled fire lighters to bring ; sparsely settled in state in south west Brazil, borders on the coun tries of Paraguay and Bolivia. I rain fell during the 1'4 hours a m;w idkalikm BATTLE !l('k UAMII , IHrk Itillllli'. Willi I Id nilM'l .1 " .Irwctl ill I'lirllliml llrxl Thin llll ,1 lu 111 ill Mil' Ariiiiu-y, Is nn rilril ts iill( ,:r llir Iiui-iU'hI ininrli. hit; ritilitri-s in Miiillirrn ('nlll'nniiii mid Is ihti(I In kIm- .lewctt II lllll-ll lllilllr. j I'll nr I lie- illy il nil viillry will inim' two lMllf r tliiin I h.' uvoniiic liUNh IcnKlln liurliTs iiIiiimI iiumIii-i mill nlhiT. wlii'il .Mi'.irunl mill wim'ii iinVi in tiiv rinii uiinii' "f I In- h ii I Ii r i- ii ori'miii-ncii'lhiTii fllllfiil'lllll rhliniplnnsllsii hitIi-m 111 Mil' fiill'Ki'iiiilHlN tiiniurruw nl'lrr niKill HI !:3U ii'cli.i-k. cliff lli'sl 'will ilu IIik iiIIi'IiIiik fin- .Mvilfi.nl .hik. ii.!-.' (l,.,i,. ..in Tl) I I1I1IM1 MlltCM. Willi 11 illi'Il ,,,,) t(l. ,H U 1141 WdllH'll HWIIIUIHTH lltlll Illll'lS. roniuinlni;, was iiuillfh'1 li ill-' CONTESTS END IN TO K. 0. JEWETT A GENERAL RIOT Dick Ic.iMicr plaus to AMSTKltDAM. mile five cha niidonshiiis scheduled! for (his afternoon, the closing day upy istors. We.-d lias been further M ivngt ht-ncd bv the addition of two nlavers fur- ttf the Olympic water sports. I he Americans presented as many ath lete for these events as all the rest of the nations put together. As the t losing session of the aquatic competition gut under way the Fulled Stales already had ac counted for six championship out of 1 I disputed. .. Tho finals on the program were into, women's inti-meter back fciroko MwJtn; women's and men's high diving, and men's and wo men's PMl-meter i'reo style swim. The l'nlted Slates representatives Jioped for victory In the lasi four. i ' al iii.Aits ni;itni;ur with the I luusmuir leant One of the largest crowds the season Is expected to be baud to see the contest are now evenly mat good game Is assured teams ami a of Tic bed. AMSTKIihAM, Am;. I .lobn L. Dab. v. one-hair of the lulled Stales re pi'esc n I a l Inn in lb" llnal round uf the boxing compe tition for tin- (ilxmpir cliimiion bl.v. t th-- crown tonight by di- Kiun in 'iVimagiiiul of Ilah'. They are bantamweights. t rti e ., the .Mexti'ati from Pan Dego. short work of Joe boxer of Portland. Is scheduled of next Thursday's t he aruior . for and iialine have in Am; I 1 . and Ib id d ! 1. -Vl the has iilltest.v on tbe bad 1 I (Continued from P On.) us ft rule stepped from the train to Nhake hands and exchanue pleas antries, minus his coat and vest I 'iurter-fhtal: AI'.I:I;DI:i:. Wash., Aug tV)- Chuck Hunter of Tacom.pand Walter Fovargue of Aberdeen met today in the ti-hoe finals or the Washington stale amaieur golf tournament. Hunter yesterday de feated Jim Fuller. Aberdeen, in the tnd Bon Stein, So und wearing bedroom slippers. j On his return to Albany, which j for the present is his campaign j ha so, the governor had before him J not only many hours or ,vi'k pot- , Ishlng tiff his acceptance ipei::-h, ; which will be delivered lu 10 a week from Wcdnobday evening, but 1 decisions tut other campaign de velopments, Among these wore ih utieMion of It debate mi his pollltcat career With Dr. John Itoiti-h Stratou. Putt-1 11st minister of Now York, which Smith himself proposed should he j held lu Slrator.' church, and hb h ; the clergyman had Migg cited lu held also in St. Patrick's cjithedral; In New 'rk. Tho governor is ; expcted lu adhere to 1th original 1 ohallcng- -one meeting ami that In the church where Dr. Hlraton charged the nominee wan the great est foe to moral progress In Amotion. attic, in the si-ml flmtls. Fovargu 'liintiiated Milt Yost. Tacoma Alex Duncan, Seattle. Major League Leaders Including frames of Align! 10. t By the Av-ocialcd Press.) National. -Ilornsby. Ilraves. .37s. oftmle. Cuds, !f. -d in BiMtnniley. Caril ' ' I'cmllcton hoy Stnhheil ' rKNDLKTON. Ore., Aug. II. Hob Ltnser was' In a ciitlcal comiinon in a nospiinf ioiay as j the result of a nabbing affray here last night. Ills throat was! lashed, luntf punctured ami arm Stolon Ihm- .Mom il, hue rut. Ralph Shull. n local man. ' Pitching - Flunk-. Atlib ti a held. i ". b-.-t .'. Baiting- Buns hi tti. o Mils l. Waller, lirates. I 1 Douhb's Hottoiulcy, Cards: IV i nor, Pirates, :i."i. Triples - Motlimiley. C.u.K. lit Homers (Ton. Cubs. stolen ba.ve -cu b 1 . Cubs. Pitching Benton. Giants . on I n , ,0 o o Aiuci It-iin. Hatting Simmons. At lib-lies, .ysti I It ti ns Itul h. Yanks. 1 at. Hits Mnniislt. Hi ow n.i, t I'.ii Doubb-K- Flays.ead, lied Sox. Triples - Humes. SenHtoi Ci Vankci. 1 1 O Moiiierii- Butli.V,itiks, 4,1 a m sti ; i; i . ,m , The ( l mpic 1 rack may h,i e mm a new long and bi mul sniiaw k. I t i tpi' in ly been I 1 ported, remained for the boxing (be MthdleM he-man spoil Olympic p'our.itn to outdo 111 phasic all (he protests that gone Ill-lull' The com pin inls thai afosc dur ing I lie earlier events pab-d into HiMgiiil leanee beside I lie near riot that took place in the boxing pa vilion estcrday when the fails expressed emphatic displeasure at a decision against John L. Daley. American ba 11 1 a iium-ij: lit . in the semi-final round. When the .shout lllg. booing Americ.in l;iii. w ho and li'n.Hilnl Into ibe aish ; and --'laile.t tor the ring to protest In person, had 6011 'piloted by the Anc-lir- dam police, the .Indues Hi... 1 diplo matically announced tll.it tlie h lt oiaite a mistake and thai Dale It. til defeated Im;I. s of South Al. let. iiii-i 1 evcrsal at once stirred up another sim .h oi' uoie:.( 1 1 out t lie lim ih .due tn.- Il.tldly h.id this coll. ouitotiNt been .leneed when another Amer ican. Stephen Uot.nko. was sjhi'ii j the decision over !ei-;i:reii of .iwtiUu In the liuht w e;.ht semi rill.il This an. used O.e t ut ..f the Sea mil nu via u ring- ide; s. ho itir.idaid a dit-ne'to attu-e for I Io ta 1 1 tire 1 V t hen- 1 eprcsentat i tho ring by the comtuei of .1 American fan-, and the t arm of the Dutch law again pusher linik e lowot I, I lltl lu I) with whom Ii tho main eenl boxing card a which Jewell been in constant training for the past week. In addition to the main event. Matchmaker Wood, has arranged a sent 1-wimltip and several preliminaries. Wood is planning on next Thursday's show as being l he banner ca rd of t he reason ami has spired no pahw In preparing lor southern Oregon ami Med ford fans, bouts whit n will stand the acid tost. The bouts, will be under the direct supervision of lite city Lnvliii' eoiiiin ivyi.,11 anil tile old rule '"mi i Wht. no money." will I 'tuality and be put rigidly Into effect Baseball Standings Pacific Coast League W. as Jl Sacramento ... Hollywood ( San I Yniicisoo 'Oakland Mission I'a I. ns Angeles. IS Portland H ..cattle Ill American League W. Now York Pitlladeiphtii To st. i.oiis Chicago Cleveland Dtlroii W ushtiin Boston . o National (Continued from Page One) principles In which you possess j an untiucsiloucd mastery. I While House In Sife Kcping ; : "Tiie opiitfrtltion con fronts us with an a;-'iuinied confitlence. W'o I stantl in a couCidcuce which is j real. It is possible to palliate political practieoM in procedure. which is. purely local. But In the larger field of national .affairs; I this may not be. The While J I House stands immune. When ' for I scorn to say If w hen you ! I occupy It, the pcopl will knowj j that It is in safe keeping. J The People's Choice, j "It is through nu accident of t I politics that we come to offer ; you this distinction. The iioiuina-! j tion of which we now give yon formal notice, result, from an i cumulation of esteem, loyally and! ; confidence whb-h ate (he nat lira I 'outgrowth of Ibe service yuti have ' rendered. The people have a sense ; of values, which Is unfailing; and i In a manner not to be gainsaid It Ik they who made you the leader 1 In this., a real eiisis. They know ; your acquaintance and experience'! .11 loiolgn affairs, and they have no desire to sec this constitutional. In anch of executive activity pas. j Into the keeping of untrained minds. They know your Intimacy) with the complex problems of1 federal government ami legisht- j lion: and they have no desire to see Ihese perplexities; muddled by j 1 hose whoso antecedents have) been limited by local political ne cessities. A A eiilablc (YiimmIo. j "It is, in fact, sir, a veritable crusiule which you have been) chosen . tit load. We know your give you our con- i fidence and our support. AYhere ; you load, we will gladly follow. ' "I trust l may ho pardoned if; 1 add a word which may seem personal. A year ago, the field j being cleared by the free action j . of the president. 1 stood amonu ! I the first to espouse your cause. I ppt.'i inter had tho distinction to de-1 hire your nomination to the i-uii- .10 d in to qiurt l h Harry DeviiR tin unO'Cmi-! nialM. g ne-Vaily in Ibe e 1 "a the Hr.gsWe mlis Ct o. CeSli lb CIS, Ml ll U Pel w . Vankla .ec.O-.H. Uilid Anieti t into action filing t i c csh battles. The iUit lost Hu llol Irgtn ill the i;OSt. Louis . . NV'v York . Cincinnati ,. CJ'tcr m . , . Pittsburgh. .. Brotdilyn Boston . , Philadelphia ... i ." ... 17 -Ill .. I" Leaque W. . . tIS HI- ... :. .... i;t ... . oti te" t;:i L. 1" ll 47 lit is M .gj;i i Jtl'll ; .625 i .fiiUI . l.'.ll , .:: ."" tvt. 1 .! I , i;i-: ..'ill!' , .mi ' .IW Base Ball 1 Weed vs. r.-is .0:!S ' .3'Jlt .l'0 i Medford Sunday 2:30 p. 0., IK hie, 0 4 I Dig O .,.n 11 KS Millltp.l Hi tin .M;lift Trill- 4IM'0tlci.. Mujl bo vli-utl. Wins Tennit Title f'pi.-VKI.AXn. Ohio. Aim. 11. . (ii-orKr Jninliics of I'hliNmi -i. The iiHilomil piililli. imrkK atn uUs l.-niiU ch;iniiloiinhli hy ric f.'atin,' l.ostr sincft-n nf l.na An 1:1 l.-ti Hits nrii-rnoiin. .Icnnlns wnn m. Tills 'iiuno will lie h ciiiiU'hI bo twn t0 Of till- KI'CHtPSt ll'tt- humlfMl biiuli lcamio rltchrrs nn ihn coHnt. and R gnmo no fan fthould mlsii. Cliff Best will piu-h fur . rdfonl. ColleilKe fnim Oaklaiul for "ced. Th fourth game fur Hip i-liam-plonslilii belwcen these two (rams. r s 1 hfe 1 UI telephoned we would fie there, at six'' A COURTESY CALL -amt disappointments and sometimes embarrass ment result from "just dropping in on folks. A telephone call is so quick and reassuring that most people think of it not only as a courtesy due others, . but a real convenience to themselves and it costs little. Anyone, anywhere, any time from your own telephone, or from public telephones conveniently located every where. Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. , Of Southern Oregon This Is a Great Farming Country The fanning industry is one of our nations' ureal est resources. The leaders of the industry and the leading; minds of our nation are occupied with this quest ion. How can the farmer make farming pay? It is a recognized fact that Cooperative Marketing is 1 lie hest solution of the problem. New Cooperative Marketing Organizations are being fostered ;;nd developed everywhere. -Jackson County has two old established Cooperative Marketing Exchanges doing business. All thev need is-the farmers 100 support to make this A lireat Country for the fanner. The farm Bureau Gnpative Eicbae Ife Poutfy Pcoto RMetitig Ass'n Under One Management Owned and Operated by Fanners 1 1