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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOItD, OREGON'. MONDAY. APRTL 11, 1932. 'AGE SEVEN1 Local and Personal In City Yesterday Among Klamath Fa 11a residents spending Sunday in Medford were Mr. and Mrs. -W. II Roberts ' Steal Tire A tire was stolen from V. B. Foster's car Saturday night, while It wu parked at the corner of Grape and Main streets. From Klamath Falls At the local hotels guests from Klamath Falls were M. A. Sherman, R D. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Paddock. From Seattle Hotel guests from Seattle were King Balrd, Oak Myers, lies Anderson. T. R. McWilllams, P. O. Foster, F, T. Steele and S. J. Norrls. Ashland Visitors Dr and Mrs. B. R. Elliott and children motored to Ashland yesterday, where they visited friends and enjoyed several hours In Uthla park. Emmens Home from South Mr. and MrB. J. J. Emmens returned last evening by motor from San Francisco, where they spent two weeks, combin ing business and pleasure. Business Callers Today D. J. Stelner of Central Point. Lowell Tracy of Gold Hill, and Mrs. Lee Hedgpath of Griffin creek are among business callers In Medford today. Returns Xorth Mrs. W. E. Rich ardson of Portland returned to her home today afterspendlnR a week in Medford as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Salinger. - Make Klamath Trip Mr. and' Mrs. R. E. Swan and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Newland motored to Klamath Falls yesterday and enjoyed a visit with friends In the neighboring town. Guests Here Sunday Bill Morgan, athlete of the University of Oregon campus, spent Sunday in this city visiting friends. 3111 Riley of Klam ath Falls was also a Sunday guest of Medford friends. On Business Visit Loren Miller, prominent cattle raiser of the Ump qua valley. Is spending today In Med ford conferring with A. S. Rosen -baum, district freight and passenger agent for the Southern Pacific. ' In Klamath Falls Today Al Floro. representative of the Burroughs Add ing Machine company, Is spending several days In Klamath Falls, at tending to business In the interests of the company. In Klamath Falls Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Harry Prentice motored to Klam ath Falls Sunday to spend the day visiting friends and attending to busi ness Interests. They were accom panied by their son Bill, and Joe Pat ton. Climb Table Rock Sunday Misses Alta and Lois Llndsey, Louise Hollen back and Margaret Hensley motored to Table Rick yesterday and enjoyed a hike up the rock and' the beautiful view of the valley it affords this time of year. - Central Point Gnests Mr. and Mrs Scott Hamilton and small daughter. Patricia Louise, of this city, were guests yesterday of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Hamilton at their ranch home near Central Point. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Young and children of Medford were also guests of the Hamilton. Guests of Dodges Richard Gaynor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaynor. formerly of this city, now of Klamath Falls, spent the week-end In Medford as guest of Steven Dodge, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dodge of King street. A small theater party was given in his honor Saturday afternoon. Register at Hotel Distant places are represented by the following vis itors at Medford hotels: J. G. Grover of Hudson Falls, N. T., Eleanor D. Brannon and Mrs. Stelnhardt of New York. C. M. Peterson of Clinton, fa., J. Perry of Vancouver. B. C, and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Grow of Boise, Ida. t Enjoy Trip to Lake Mr. and Mrs. Gus Newbury were among Medford people motoring to Crater Lake yes terday, following the opening of the Klamath Falls entrance. They report a very enjoyable trip and the scenic wonder exceptionally beautiful In its winter attire. Many from Portland Among guests registered at hotels In Medford were Dorothy Dickenson. Winifred James, Wlllson C. Lee, A. R. Coffman. R. R. Mclntyre, J. J. Hundsaker. C. A. Wil liams. A. E. Benson, D. W. Land, Charles M. Handley, J 8. Clifton, Mr and Mrs. Donald Swift and John Hiney. State Gnests Oregonlans from points outside of Portland, who regis tered at local hotels include Wm. H Zuber and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kejer of North Bend. W. L. Chase, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Kru;er, I. Daude of Sa lem. C A. McKern, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Rowland and H H. Hobi of Eugene. Here from Ashland Pearl Wilson of Ashland spent this morning trans acting business in Medford. Trailer Stolen Henry Voelkner of route 8 reported to city police yes terday that a two-wheeled trailer was stolen from his place Saturday night. Dances at Jacksonville Announce ment was made today that dances will be held in Jacksonville each Wednesday evening from 9:30 p. m. to 3 a. m., for the benefit of he Jacksonville baseball team. Subpocnued Today Deputy United States Marshal Cal Wells went to Ash land this morning to subpoena Mr. and Mrs Axel W. Hall to testify In the trial of Frank W. Jennings, et al. in federal court of the northern dis trict of California, April 13. A .e trial is being held, as the Jury dis agreed previously. At Local Hotels California guests who registered at hotels in the, city are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Trueblood of Tulare, Carlton H. Rose of Berkeley. E. A. Knudsen, Jr., of Chlco. Mr. and Mrs. T M. Whitelaw of Dunsmuir, Fred Ltnde, A. R. Bailiff and Earl P Cooper of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Clawson of Red Bluff, J. Sam Castleberry of Oakland. Elwood Smith of Sherwood, and the following from San Francisco: L. S. Merrill, E. P. Rougeot. H. C. Gamble, Mell Dorh mann and Irene A. Creel. GREATER OREGON IN TO MEET Women of the valley will meet again tomorrow afternoon at the Hotel Medford at 2:30 for the regu lar meeting of the Medford branch of the Women's Greater Oregon as sociation. The association has a memDershlp of 20.000 loyal Oregon booster wo men who are earnestly trying to Improve conditions throughout the state. Oregon and Its manufactured products and its resources are being s'udled. Only as the women of the etate become better Informed will they be able to intelligently demand Oregon products and so help support Its industries. It has been pointed out An Interesting speaker is promised and a large attendance Is expected NEW EVIDENCE IN , E Counsel for Albert W. Reed, serv ing a life term In state prison for conviction of complicity In the slay ing of Victor Knott, Ashland police man, last winter, report discovery of new evidence tending to show that the tire tracks of an auto found near the murder spot do not corres pond to the tires found on Reed's car when It was wrecked near Foots creek the morning after the killing. This discovery was not embodied In the motion for a new trial filed last Friday. Gus Newbury, senior coun sel for Reed, holds this new angle Is "highly important." The motion for a new trial alleges misconduct on the part of a woman Juror, discovery of evidence corrobo rating Ree's own story of his move ments before snd after the slaying, and attacks the credibility of Roy Laymon, policeman, who positively Identified Reed as the killer. I DISCLOSES 'PING' IF GASOLINE BAD The microphone test, Introduced Into the petroleum industry by the Union Oil company and demonstrat ed here today by Earl Cooper, former chaploi racing car pilot, who for the past two months has been road test ing Union 76 gasoline, proves that the average motor fuel develops a ping In the motor, however Inaudible to the human ear it is, and may be pounding plstons.connectlng reds and main bearings of the car Into me chanical deficiency. Working with one of Hollywood's sound laboratories, Union's technical engineers a f?w weeks ago perfected the microphone and amplifying set to be used to detect defects in engine operation. The mechanism consists essentially of a microphone mounted on the engine block and a sensitive amplifying set placed under the cowl and controlled from the steering post. It can be regulated to magnify sev eral hundred times the actual noises of the engine. The set is Installed In Cooper's test car, a new 12-cyllnder Auburn. Wheeler, Woolsey In Funniest Film (By Jack Ret law.) Citizens of Medford who might have been startled yesterday by the all-day-long succession of ear-split-In roars, shrieks and yells emanat ing from the vicinity of Centra near Main streets should not draw the conclusion that a pack of inmates from a lunatic asylum had invaded the city, but was Just everyday, in telligent and respectable folks watch ing the antics and listening to the side-splitting wisecracks of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey on the Fox Craterlan theater screen. In their newest mirthquake "Girl Crazy." This funniest picture of the season surely brings the lauJs! Not alone arc Wheelr and Woolsey the f un makers. but ludicroun Eddie Qulllan, mimicking Mitzi Green, hard-boiled Kitty Kelley, "Eat-'em-up" Stanley Fields, lovely Arline Judge and oodles of gorgeous girls are responsible as well. This story Is of an effete New York playboy who Is sent to recuperate on a western ranch and. Instead, turns the place Into a dude resort, much to the Joy of watching spectators. Wheeler and Woolsey. as the city slickers who migrate tt the west, tret tangled up In the affair nothing can stop the hilarity and frolic, s. George Gershwin, that famed com poser of "Rhapsody in Blue," is re sponsible for the clever musical com positions.. Including the "I Got Rhythm" ,wowl Remember, it re mains at the Fox Craterlan today and tomorrow. TO TABLE ROCK CLUB All candidates for Jackson county offices are invited to Table Rock Wednesday night. April 13, to be guests of the Community club. The meeting will be held at the school house and has been arranged to acquaint the people of the district with the office seekers. Each candidate will be allowed a few minutes during which to ad dress the crowd. The time will be divided equally and allotted, accord ing to the number present. Be correctly ''-orteted by ETHELWYN B HOFFMANN SUr.b and Holly Streets r Kidneys rt trouble you ( Heed Promptly Kidney and Bladder Irregularities Ar vmi hnthered with bifid- der irregularities, getting up at night and nagging oacKacner Heed promptly these symp tom Thev mav warn of lomc disordered kidney or bladder condition. Users everywnere rely on Doan's Pills. Praised for 50 years the country over. Sold by all druggists. .Doan's ills A PnfETIC TODAY and TOMORROW 'i lauRhtcr . . Beauty . . Melody . . Speeded to the Whirling Tern po of the George Gershwin Sensation! A HIT ON BROADWAY!... A SMASH ON THE SCREEN H.'l'l ' V'raS"' SBWW- Xfi- '-XT v'AWfW) MITZI GREEN U mm Will EDDIE QUILLAN DOROTHY LEE MITZI GREEN ARLINE JUDGE Matinees 20c Evenings 30c LAST TIMES TOMflllT "Amtaftador Hill" Will Rogers TOMORROW and WEDNESDAY BARBARA STANWYCK IV MI R Rf..4TET ST( ...... Famous Speedster Here i v,ty.t,, ! J vt-, .Ok. aut. 1, - ' w l-.arl ( i.oper. former champion rncltiR car pilot, who Ih now road-tent-Ins new 70 gasoline Tor Lnlon 01) Compiinv. Is shown with mlcropliono used In experiments conduo'ed hero today to determine rnltlvo anti knock qualities of motor fuels. Weird Drama Is Holly Offering Tomorrow night marka the close of the run of Edgar Allen Poe'a "Mur ders in che Rue Morgue." at the Holly theater, and signalizes the departure of a stronge and unusual picture. The cast of thjs remarkable screen play is headed by Bela Lugosl, who played the title role In "Dracula." and Sidney Pox, and also presents a new "find" in the person of Leon Waycoff The picture Is said even to excel "Dracula" in the weird drama of its story, with a glguntic ape aid ing Lugosl In his pursuit of Miss Fox "Murders In the Rue Morgue" de tails the exciting adventures of a half-demented doctor. . a resident of Paris, obsessed with the idea of cross ing the blood of lis1 gigantic gorilla with that of a living girl. The excellent Bhort subject consists of two news reels, a McNamee and a Patho, the prize winning Kartoon of the year, ''The Spldsr and the Fly," and a clever comedy, "The Imperfect Lovor." featuring Jack Haley. Rich ard Barthelmess comes to the Holly Wednesday In his greutest triumph, "Allaa the Doctor." Klamath Falls. Petltlonst being circulated for improvement of Main street between Fourth and Seventh streets. NEW TRIAL FLEAS IN TRIO OF CASES COS! BILL EILEO Gold Beach. Oold Beach Motor Co. planning erection of super-service Motions for new trials In three coses originating in thla county and which claimed a largo share of pub lic Interest, will probably be argued next week when Circuit Judge H. D. Norton returns from Josephine coun ty, where he is holding court this week. Earl H. Fehl, editor of the Pacific Record -Herald, against whom a Jury returned a verdict awarding 915.000 damages In a libel suit of Roy Parr, game warden: Prof. C. Engelhardt of the Eagle Point dis trict, found guilty and fined $350, and Albert W. Reed, Denver, Colo., now serving a life sentence in state prison for complicity In the murder of Victor Knott, Ashland Policeman, lo.nt November, all seek new hearings. Each case has numerous affidavits. alleging misconduct of Jurors. Prof, I C. Engelhardt alleges in affidavits! that Jurymen Oeorge Trelchler and j B. J. Palmer manifested prejudice. and Editor Fehl and Reed present j documents alleging misconduct on the part of Mrs, Myrtle OcBauer, j Medford, a Jurywoman in both trials. : A score of affidavits have been filed 1 In Fehl'B behalf, nine for Reed and j four for Prof. Engelhardt. In each case the state or opposing I oounsel will file counter affidavits, to contest the granting of the new trials sought. 4 Bnkcr. City water department completed laying 80 feet of 13-Inch j steel water main at Slxthand Estcs j streets. Portland. Kern & Kibbe of thla place submitted low bid of $10,152 for constructing 3705 lineal feet pile j dike In upper Willamette river. I SEA COAST LOTS A coat bill In the damage suit of ..Iden Hughes and 25 others against the Crescent City Investment com pany, the American Security Co., and C. B. Day, for recovery of money in vested In Crescent City lots, amount ing to $103.35, has been riled in cir cuit court. Hughes was granted a verdict and the cost reverts to the defendants. Objects in an Item In the cost bill of Willis Alexander against P. K Miller. In a personal injury eult, have been filed by Miller. Witness foes of $17.40 to Mrs. R. E. Webber are pro tested by Miller. He avers her testi mony was irrelevant ant immaterial a.id asks that tt ba dUallowed. Alex ander won a $300 verdict. The petit Jury will return next Monday for service, when the panel In the auto damage suit of Charles H. Humphreys, Klamath Falls car penter, against D. O. Morgan and 'lit son Tracy of Orants Paaa, will be instructed. The damage suit of Mr. Helen Brlmhall against the Southern Ore gon Oaa corporation for $5000 alleged damages sustained In an auto crash last summer on the Paclflo highway near Phoenix, Is scheduled to be call ed next week. Auto glaAe instant wm.e you watt. Prices right Brill dneet Metal Worka. Hood River. Ralph Emerson open ed creamery at 413 Oak street. 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