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edford Mail Tribune Second Section Eight Pages Second Section Eight Pages I Dally TvfDtr-rourUl Yair. TUtJ-llliUl Year. MEDFORD, OREOONV FRIDAY, DKCKMBER 13. W2W No. L'(i4. NEW CLUE 10 SLAYER 0 TEACHER German Professor of Texas Will Be Quizzed Regard ing Attentions to Mur-' der Rockford Woman Many Men Entangled in Investigation of Strange Love Life. ROCK FORD, III., Doc. J 3. (ZP) Another former admirer 6t Cif deiia Oummersheimor, RockforJ high school toucher alnln last Sa imlay, today was the principal hope of Uockford authorities to woven t the slaying from sllppin.; flVio the Umbo of unsolved crimes. Knokn. only as "I'ro feasor Hugo," formerly a (ierman instructor at the University of Wisconsin and now said to be teaching at a Texas college, this latest acquaintance in volved in investigation oC her death was said to have met Mifs Oummersheimor at summer school, Madison, Wis. A letter from him In derma n indicated that ho and the Rockford teacher were friends. Ktute's Attorney W, D. Knight was seeking: to communicate with the professor,-whose full name 'was withheld. The Rockford authorities had not abandoned, however, their at tempt to question Ralph R. Howe, Chicago seed company official, whose departure for Florida oc curred a few hours before Mi"s Gummersheimer's death. Theie was also another man whose letter indicated he was a close friend of the teacher, who was asked for information. Me resides in South Carolina. Questioning' of a score of teach ers and pupils continued yesterday by Assistant Prosecutor Karl Wit Hams for some of the official In vestigators believe the secret of the slaying will he unraveled through vclues'which wHI. come from pupils.. Tin Miss Gummersheimer's clrtsse. Coroner Walter Julian last nlgnt received a bulky packet, mailed In New York two days after the mur der. It was sent by Roy cribnor, radio operator, who was in Rock ford two weeks before the crime. The packet was reported to conta'.n the teacher's letters to Scrihner and they were said to indicate that the two had broken off their associa tion. Marion Davies in Craterian Talkie for Dcily Meteorological Report Friday, Drivinfoer 13. Medford and vicinity: Probably rain tonight and Saturday; no change In temperature. Oregon: Rain west; probaljty rain east portion tonight; cooler 11 east portion tonight. Local Data., 99 TJ Temperature (degrees).. 1U Highest (last lli hours) &3 Lowest (last 12 hours).. 43 Kol. humidity (pet.) 93 Precipitation (inches).. .44 Stato of weather... .Cloudy Sprinkl.; NlDMOUnilDQI Lunuiiuimu. OF tflll FflRi " : I I.owe.-it tt'niiu'ratui'e thiH niorn- Total precipitation Hiiu-e StMHt'iit lier. 1, 1S28. 4.37 inches. Temperature n year ago today: Highest, 47; loweHt, 31. Sunset today. 4:40 p. m. Sunrise aturdny. 7:31 a. m. Sunset Saturday, 4:40 p. m. Observations Taken at 5 A. M. 120th Meridian Time CITTV 5 a X3 linker City i2 42 l'.ismarek 28 Maine 02 .10 Denver CO .Hi Des Moines 3K 31! Fresno OS f.C Helena 46 12 I.os Anseles - 6 E4 Marshtleld SO Phoenix .. ......72 Portland 44 lted Blurt ,1 rs Rosebut'K 4s Salt Lake :.. M San Francisco .... 64 Santa l'"e 64 Seattle 40 Spokane 36 28 Walla Walla 38 24 Wlnninec 2 W., J. HUTCHISON, Meteorologist. Survey Shows Average Homemaker Works 63.7 Hours Per Week Over Nine Hours Is Average Week Day Grind Many Help With Farm Duties Many Lack Convenience's 44 4 0 36 58 r2 34 Cloudy I Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Ctpudy Clear Rain Snow Rain ClouJy GRIEVE'S PET MONKEY AT PROSPECT. Ore., Dec. 13. (Special) MaKRlc, Oiieve's pet monkey escaped from captivity Friday afternoon nnd soukIU ref uge within the school yard, much to the consternation of the small children who took to flight. Hes ton came to the rescue and Mub Kle's exploits for the day were over. I . TALENT i The talkie Croix d'Cluerre Marlon Davies! Anyone with the coliroue th's vivacious star displnyed In hravin? the perils or a dialect role for her first talklnit feature deserves all the triumphs she achieves In "Ma rianne," now playing it the Cra terian thenter, as the newest song and dialogue film. As the French peasant girl In this sparkling nnd tuneful roman tic comedy. Miss Davies mnrches I right to tho front ranks of th:s new typo of screen entertainment and takes her audiences by storm with a harnge of laughs nnd tears nnd songs. Cliff (Ckulele Ike) Edwards and r., lTnltln (thfire comedv-relH'f honors. Of course Cliff went to war with his ukulele In one hand1 nnd his rifle in the other and ne croons "hot" melodies you are hound to hum long after you have left the theater. Tlenny Rnhln teams ably with Cliff In uproarious episodes nnd will bring fond mem ories to the boys who wnllowed In the mud of sunny France back In when was the war, anyway? . BR0WNSB0R0 BAZAAR. IS SATURDAY EVENING UI'.0VNnoRO.Ore., Dec. 13. (Spl.) All arrangements for the bazaar to he given by the P.-T. A. Saturday evening have been com pleted. The ladies have been busy preparing for this event for s.omc time nnd there will be a good time ')r all who attend. BOY SCOUTS OF BEA3LE IN MERIT BADGE WORK REA(;I.H. Ore., I'ec. 13. (Spe cial.) The Hoy Scouts nnd their lender, K 11. I.ucas, held n meet ing at the school house Saturday evening. Merit hndgo work was the evening program nnd a drill In first old. TALKNT, Ore., Dee. 13. (Spl.) Clyde Woodard left for Klnmnth Falls December 11. The Girl Srouts of Tnlent gave a pie sale a-the school house December II. Mrs. Hammerlck of the While Star Auto station on the Green Springs Is the guest of Mr. nnd .Mrs. 11. F. Parks this week. Mrs. George Uullen attended n meeting of the tire denlers of .Medford December. 10, held at the Firestone building. Bill True of Sand Point, Idaho, was a visitor In this city Decem ber 0. BEAGLE BOY HONORED WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY JACKSONVILLE VOCALIST ON RADIO CHURCH HOUR JACKSONVILLE, Ore.. Dec. 13. (Special) Mrs. o. V. Wend' wing two selections Sunday even ing over KMKD. during the ser vices of the Valley Radio church. , Phe was accompanied nl the plnno liy Miss Ruth Meverance. I1EAOI.E, Ore., Dec. 13. (Spl.) The young folks spent, a very pleas ant evening at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Iledingfield Saturday, De cember 7, helping Alfred celebrate his sixteenth birthday. The evening was spent In play ing games and music. Refresh ments were served nt "midnight nnd all went to their, respective homes nfter wishing Alfred many returns of tho day. TALENT AUTO WRECKED BY CRASH NEAR RUCH .lACKSONVII.U:. Ore., Dec. 13. (Special) .Mr. Petri of Talent had his enr badly wrecked Satur day nltsht when he collided with nnother car near Ruch. Clint Dun nlngton brought In the enr with his service car Sunday morning. MEDFORD GIRLS WILL ENJOY SORORITY FETE r.NIVKUSITV OK OMCOOX. Ed gene. I Spl. I The annual dinner of the Alpha Chi Omega chapter will he held for the active girls Kilday night nl the sorority house. There will he a Santa Clans to dis tribute the gifts. Betty llowerman, Junior In education: Anita Mohr. freshman )n English, and Hetty Janes, sophomore in architecture and allied arts, all from Medford, are members of Alpha Chi Omego. OREGON STATE. COLLEGE, Corvallln, Deo. 13. (Special.) How ihe average farm homemaker spends her lime Is answered in a bulletin junl published by the agri cultural experiment station at Ore gon State college The' liooklet contains the results of n 'study of the use of time by farm home makers In Oregon during weeks of normal activity, factors that affect this lime distribution, and differ ences between farm homemakers and those who do not live on farms. ' - During the course of the survey, data was obtained from 288 farm homemakers, 71 country non-farm homemakers. nnd 154 non-country non-farm homemakers, a total of 013 records. The survey showed thnt the average work period of the farm homemaker was 63.7 hours per week, divided as follows: . home makliiK. -81 per cent: farm work, IS per cent: other work, 1 pel cent. The work period for I) per cent of the homemakers was less than 50 hours nnd for 14 per cent' it wns 75 hours. On week days the average working period was 0.7 hours while (1.5 hours each were put In on Sundays. llomemoklng activities required 51.6 hours each week. .; Food pre paration took 47 per cent of this tme; bouse, 18 per cent; clothing nnd textiles, 22 per cent; enro of members of the household, 7 per cent; manngeinent, 3 per. cent; all other duties,' 2 per' tent: "Seventy two per cent of the time went to routine duties of the home meals, cleaning, .fires, laundry, and mend ing. Aid in Fniin Work llecause of the farm work in nd dltlnn.to housekeeping, farm home makers worked longer hours than non-farm homemakers. . Ninety- seven per cent of them did some form of farm work, averaging 11.8 hours per week. The three farm projects to which the most time was devoted were poultry, dairying and fruits nnd vegetables. With work periods of varying length,' there was a marked differ ence in the nmount of leisure time available, but timo for sleep, rest nnd physical care pf self wero fair ly constant. rne average larm homemaker hns an average of 102.7 hours of personnl time each week divided as follows: sleep and rest. 61 pei- cent; physical care or self, 14pcr cent; leisure activities, 23 per cent; other activities, 2 pel cent. . leading nnd Informal soclul life were of about equal Importance ns leisure activities and together ac counted for more man nan oi win spare time. Leisure activities car ried on away from the family, aside from informal social life, were comparatively unimportant Farm homemakers received an average of 11.5 hours' of help each week In their household dulles, half of it being help from their own children. The amount of paid help was negligible. The tlmo the homemaker spent for menls vnrled more than that of any other activ ity. For households of two or three persons 11 was 13.0 hours: tor seven to eight persons. 18.7 hours. Children Add Duly Differences in nges of children resulted In variations In length as well ns distribution of work peri ods. Farm women with no children average 00.6 hours at work per week, 20 per cent pf which was spent at- other than hnmeninklng tasks. Those with children under one year worked 77.3 hours, of which II per cent wns In outside work. Time given to the care of n child under one year of ago was three limes that given to 0 child b4wcen one and six, nitd It times that given n child of grade-school age. Forty-three pr cent of tile farm homemakers had neither modern plumbing nor electricity, while 19 per cent had both. Those with both water nnd electricity spent three hours less ench week upon meals, rivalling and washing than lboe wlthont these utllltli-V Senor Snappy on fnnirlMrk NEW YORK. Dec. 13 tC) Senor Ortiz Rublo, president-elect of Mexico, who is visiting us, knows how to come hack. "Hsve you control of your banditry?" he was asked. And he replied: "Do you control yours. In Chicago, for ex ample?". . . t fTOllSTIPATED? tonight. Your ollminative A organ will bo functioning prop. f rly by morning arid your con stipation will end with a bowel action as frva and easy m na ture at her but - poiltWely no pain.aofrunni. Irjlt MM4 taft. tmrety vcfr'ablc- VliSl"l!?,.r nee wcx a tnujim. tvi ire- Mail Your I ; Packages Here j ; Postoffice Branch ' ; Station No. 1 RUSSELL' S 'MEDFORD'S OWN STORE' Shop Early Out of Town Orders Promptly Filled , Phone 31 1 X 1 i- V4aJ Hosiery-Gloves-Underwear-Han Linens - Towels - Novelty Jewelry - Flowers Silk and Wool Robes, Silk Parasols, Rain Coats Silk Pillows, Novelties, Etc. Christmas SALE $1. One Dollar $1. Gowns, Slips, Dance Sets, Chemise, Panties, Bloomers , Regular and Extra Sizes Hundreds and hundreds of these gar ments just arrived in time for this Sat urday Sale. Never before have wc had sueh values never before have you been offered sueh .values. Buy sifts now buy for your own use -buy liberally and save at least one third. I ' fStSk. 'i LINGERIE! $ 1 . One Dollar 1. "1 'II S.. .,7 , Gifts Cleverly Boxed and Wrapped for Mailing Rayon, lace trimmed, tailored. All sizes, both regular and stouts. Just think of it! Panties, laee trimmed and plain, danee. sets, chemise, gowns and slips at this low priec in nil. the. host underwear shades as peach, pink flesh and Nile. All garments cut true to size and perfect fitting. , PARASOLS A 'suitable gift for Christ mas. P u r e. s i 1 k Mi-rib parasols i n six colors. . Straight nnd shepherd crook handles, fine silks 'with Jacquard and woven stripes and tC QQ brocades. Spl. VJ.i70 . A group of fine silk parasols in many colors Specially priced Parasol Sets for Children Kain Conthat.nnd parasol set $3U98 Bath Towels 39 to $2.25 Rayon Towels $2.50 to $2.Gi) Bath Mats ............$1.25 to $3.50 Rayon Mats, blue, green gold $5.98 Hand Embroidered Linen Towels 49, 59, 851, $1.25 Beautiful Colored Wash Cloths - 2 for, 25 Bath Salts in attractive packages j....... 25 to $1.75 Novelty Powder Puffs with lip stick and brush..... 59 Novelty Shoe Trees......98t to $1.19 Cretonne Hat and Shoe Bags. ...$1.75 CNYCURtliTI IISI LADIES' GIFT HANDKERCHIEFS One special lot 3 for 50 One lot 2 for 25t Ladies Boxed Hkfs. .... 29t to $1.25 Ladies' Hand-Embroidered , Linen Handkerchiefs :..29? Men's Hand Made Linen Hkfs The box.. $1.50. Men's Linen Hkfs 25t? to 75f Pongee 50 to 75tf V-i LESS CLEARANCE SALE 12 LESS COATS and DRESSES ONE HALF LESS Exquisite Dress Creations Marvelously Style d in Georgette, Transparent Velvets, Crepes, Satins. Rarely have we offered such Phenom enal Values. So Drastic are the Reductions that a Saving of many dollars can be effecte d by purchasing these beautiful garments. - 1 1 - - Out They Go! Each ane Every One Beautiful Furred Coats now at One-Half Price. Truly wonderful coats at a Sacrifice. Coat s that are correct in every detail, beautiful linings, finest fabrics and gorgeous furs of extreme size. ONE HALF LESS 12 LESS A few new arrivals in Spring Dresses not included in the Half -Price Sale 12 LESS
