edford Mail Tribune
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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'
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'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