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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIS 1IEDF0RD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OKEGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1932. American Olympic Team Has Point Victory Cinch But Expect Few Firsts By ALAN GOULD (Associated Press Bport Editor) LOS ANGELES, July 28 (AP) The United Mates It again assured the team decision, on poind. In the forthcoming Olympic track and field competition, but lmofar a tint places are concerned, representing the ; chief and only official awards recognized by the International games, your Uncle Samuel expect! to hare nil hands full from the outlet. Finland, Oieat Britain. Japan and Germany, with some scattered help from Italy. Poland and crecno-bio. vakla, will carry the main Olympic battle to the Americans, with the prospect they may upset some of the favored homebred and contribute to a sensational aeries of perform ances. Many Records May Fall. It will not be surprising to see Olympic records broken In 23 01 th 33 track and field event and a new standard established In the remaining new event, the oo.oou meter walk. In practice or In na tional championship or tryout com petition, they have all been sur . passed by athlete assembled for the world championships here. A many a a down world record also may tumble In thla general attack on time, height and distance. The opening day' competitive pros pects, this Sunday, furnish an Idea of what the U. 8. A. will be up agalnat in meeting the challenge of the lnvadlnaj talent. Three nnai are scheduled and of these only the high Jump 1 conceded to America, with our three entrlea, led by George Spitz, outclassing all others. Finns Feature Long Kun. The 10,000 meter run, first of the track events, will be a parade of the Finns, If Paavo Nurml 1 reinstated and competes, along with hi two i.jng countrymen, Volman iso Hollo and Laurl Vlrtanen. Their chief threat 1 the Polander, Jan sciuoelMkL who ha a victory over Nurmi to hi credit, but the Finn Hunt any on of tneir wio cu hatter the world record. If neces aary, to win. There Isn't an Ameri can with a chance in this dlatance race. , , The shotput, also to ba decided on the first day, may be the flret Olympic title lost by the United States, despite a strong defending entry, led by big Leo Sexton of New York, who has several time beaten the world record. The favorite now U Franthek Bouda of Cecho-81o-vakla who heaved the Iron ball B3 fee, 5 Inches In practice yesterday, well beyond anything that either Secton or Emll Hlrschfeld of Ger many ha done. Hlrschfeld holds the world mark of Ba feet, 7V4 lnche. How CowJie Figure, i It' the same w;r right down the list of event covering the first eight day of Olymplo competition In the big tdlum where more than 100, 000 can aee the world' peedleet, brawniest and most agile athlete perform. . Here' how th American coaches figure their prospect! sure winner 400 meter flat, pole vault and high Jump. . inn QOO-meter dashes, d!scus, high hurdle. Doubtful, but with chance to win 400 and 1500 meter run, 8000 meter steeplechase, ahotput, broad Jump, 400 and 1800-meter relays. Weak All dlstanoe races, Includ ing 8000 and 10.000 meters and mara. thon, 400-meter hurdles, hop, step and Jump, hammer, Javelin (by comparison with Finns), declathlon and 80,000 meter walk. Lucky to Win ReTen. On this basis, the United States will be lucky to win seven first place, one lea than wa collected four years ego at Amsterdam. The Finn figure they are certain to capture at leaat alx and It Vllle Pqrhola continue to toe the ham mer over 180 feet, aa he did In practice yesterday, he may beat the Olymplo champion, Pat O'Callaghan of Ireland. By contrast with the last two Olympiads, the American aprlngt runners and hurdlers have come up to the games In top form, confident they will regain lost prestige. The national champion, Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette, la regarded In all camps aa the man to beat In both the 100 and aoo meter dashes, due to his unusual stamina as well a aneed. His running mates are two aeaaoned campalgnera, Eddie Tolan and George Simpson. They have high regard, however, for Peroy Wil liams of Canada, the Olympic cham pion, a well aa Arthur Jonath of Germany. Beat Bets Named. The "best bets" to win, all fac tora considered, are: MetcaUe In th S00 meters; Bill Carr, United States, In the 400 meters; Jack Kel ler, U. S., 110-meter hurdles: Laurl Letlilnen. Finland. 8000 meters: Bill Oraber, U. 8, pole vault; John An derson. V. 8, discus: Matt! Jarvlnen, Finland, Javelin and hie brother, JMtlllea Jarvlnen, decathlon. The Finns have three Javelin toaser doing better than 330 feet. Nurml, with the big "If" always attached, will be the choice In the classlo marathon, but you oant con vince the Argentine delegation that their bright star, Juan Carle Zabala, can be beaten. Zabale covered 8a mllea In leas than two hours In a workout this week and think he ran cover the full marathon distance, 28 mile, 888 yards, In between 3:18 and 2:30 for a world record. But th boya will have to aee It before they will believe Paavo can be trimmed, BAKER. Ore, July 39. (API Jame O'Sulllvan, Baker hotel clerk, died In a hospital Wednesday night following a major operation. Mr. O'Sulllvan was born In Joseph, Ore gon December 34, 1884 a son of the lata Peter O'Sulllvan, first county Judge of Wallowa county. MADRAS'. Dam at Cove power plant operated by Pacific Power 0 Light Co, repaired. Willamette slough, extending from Portland to Columbia river at St. Helen, may be Improved at estimat ed Cost of 130,000. TIUAMOOK. Work progressing rapidly oft construction of court-house, L BE F SALEM, July 28. (AP) The state highway commiMlon today announced It would hold a ahort session in Portland tomorrow afternoon for the allocation of forest road funds, The meeting was called for two o'clock at the Benson hotel. About 770,1 000 of federal forest road money will be allocated at the meeting. The highway session set for tomor. row In Salem for the consideration of federal appropriations let unem ployment relief was postponed for a week or ten days in-an announce ment made here last night by H. B. Glatayer, secretary of the commis sion. Insufficient Information or the provisions of the act and the money to be allotted to Oregon for highways for ample discussion was given as the reason for the postpone ment. , It was reported here a large num ber of delegations had planned to attend the Salem meeting. The exact date at which thla session would be called had not been determined upon today. BERKELEY GIRL P LOS ANGELES, July 28. (API Thelma Kruschke of Berkeley, Cal., who represented the northern Cali fornia district In the International Walther league oratorical final wa announced a winner of the conteet today at the close of the Interna tional convention. Mis Kruachke, who won over IS competitor, won a scholarship In Valparaiso University, Ind. She spoke on "My Greatest Moment In Life." the same toplo she used during the preliminaries in northern California. Jenkins' Comment (Continued from Page On ) maintained lielllgerently. If anyone expressed -doubt that he wa the original of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. He prided himself a a liar, and th aura way to get hie dander up was to Intimate that he might per haps be a little more truthful than he wa reputed to be. ONE of hi favorite yarns ran Some thing lllcn this; "I met up one day with a smart looking critter who wanted to know how the hunting was and It wasn't open season, either. So I told him: Well, up on th hill the other day I ran Into five big buck, and I downed them with five aAots every on shot through the neck, right be hind the ears.' At that th danged tool says to me: 'Do you know who I am?' and I answers: 'No.' So he says: "I'm th new gam warden.' And I says to him: -Do you know w,ho I am?' and when he admlta he doesn't, I tells him: 'Well, I'm th damndest liar on the McKenate river.'" T8, A great country In here espe ' daily If you have an Infinite ca pacity for llatenlng to people talk and pretending to believe them. Notice of Sheriff's fale. By virtue of an execution on fore- r' wure duly issued out of nd under the eeal of th Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, In and for the Coun ty of Jackson, to me directed and dated on the 10th day of July, 1033, In a certain action therein, wherein T. E. Daniel and Lillian M. Daniels, husband and wife, aa plaintiffs, re covered Judgment against F. E. Wahl and Zelma Wahl, the defendant, for the sum of Three Thousand One Hun dred Sixty-six and 38-100 (13,188.39) Dollars, with interest at T per an num from June 39th. 1932, with costs and disbursements taxed at Nineteen and 88-100 (119 5.' Dollars, and the further sum of Three Hundred and no-100 (8300.00) Dollars, a attorney' fees, which Judgment wa enrolled and docketed In the Clerk's office of said Court In said County on the 19th day of July, 1933. Notice Is hereby given that, pur suant to th terms of the said execu tion, I will on the 37th day of August, 1933, at 10:00 o'clock a. m., at th front door of the Oourthouee In the C.ty of Medford. In Jackson County. Oregon, offer for sale and wlU sell at public auction for cash to ihe nignest bidder, to sat'sfv said ludc- ment, together with the cost of this sole, subject to redemption as provid ed by law. all of the rlshl, title and interest mat me said defendant, F. E. Wahl and Zelma Wahl, had on the 15th day of March, 1938, or now hats In and to the following described property, situated In the Countv of Jackson, State of Oregon, to-wlt: ll 1, Block 2 of Humnhrev-An- drew Addition to th city of Med ia, urraon. Dated till oth day of Julv. 1933 RALPH O. JENNINGS, Sheriff of Jackson Countv. Ortwon. MILLS OPENS G. 1 K" I U4i I,,"! - , m !U "'' 4 I . . I If mmtmmm, !.".". ...T'J.. -J 6 ft i it;. !. U-lJ ff? ff VI ffli'if rl 9&i &a e-a &a associated fress Photo Ogden L. Mills, secretary of the treasury, opened the republican presidential campaign, In an address In t Boston. He attacked the ac ceptance address of the democratic nominee, Gov. Franklin D. Roose velt and lauded President Hoover for his accomplishments. OF POTTER'S FIELD YL JOLIET, Ul., July 28 (AP) The ghost of the convict potter's Held win croon no more. , . A sentry posted by stato peniten tiary officers found the phantom singer early today In the quarry whence his melodies and latin chants hai floated up to an entranc ed and mystified audience from the surrounding countryside. William Chrysler la the phantom's 1PIIIE tMM fill J sM I OFF TAX FE5.EE PRICES TIHE PRICES SLASHED ... 20 allowance for your old tires. We overbought on tax free... We must move them at once and are putting on the greatest sale in our history ... Thursday, Friday and Saturday July 23 th, 29 th, 30 th. This Is positively the greatest opportunity you have ever had to equip your car with the tires that hold all world's records for safety, mileage, speed and endurance. Only FIRESTONE tires have the patented construction feature of Qum-tliping and two extra cord plies under the tread. SALE ends Saturday night . . . you may never again buy tires at such unbelievably low prices ... DON'T DELAY... Drive in today and equip your car with these Champion Tires at these sacrifice prices . . . while they last. Firestone Ninth and Pacific O. P. CAMPAIGN name a prison trusty on night watch duty in the stone quarry down behind the burying ground for con victs. He has been on that post three week and In that period, the songs seeming to come frou the little grave yard had, brought hundreds nightly In search of the ghost singer. Chrysler was brought before Colonel Frank D. Whipp today. I have to come down behind this old cemetery every morning he ex plained. "It's kind of spooky. I usually sing something like 'Rock of Ages or 'Onward. Christian Soldiers' to fort of cheer myself up." Colonel Whlpp suggested that hymns be sung hereafter In the day light hours and far, far away from the -burying ground. MERRILL. Road north of here for one mile being Improved. TOLEDO. H. A. Matheson leased Yaqulna htoel here. TIRES AND Service Stores, Inc. Highway ELECT LA GRANDE NEWPORT, Ore., July 28 (API Leslie R. Rale of M Grande wa elected commander of the Oregon de partment of Spanish War Veterans, and Salem wa selected unanimously as the 1933 meeting place, a the veteran concluded their 24th annual assembly here Wednesday. Other officer are: Henry V. Reed, senior vice-commander; R, O. Faust, Eugene, Junior vice-commander; James C. Beach, Portland, depart ment Inspector, and Dr. George A. Walker, Portland, assistant quarter master and adjutant. P. S. Hawker of Albany, In recognition of his years of service, wa elected past depart ment commander by resolution. Prior to the selection of the site for the 25th meeting, the veterans voted that each of the 1800 men in Oregon be asked to contribute 25 cent to meet expense of the con vention. Salem presented the only Invitation for the convocation. George H. Carr, outgoing depart ment commander, wa presented with a handsome gold medal aa a testi monial to his work In promoting the welfare of the veterans. TRIO MEET DEATH FARNHAM, Surrey, England, July 28. (AP) Mrs. Alfred C. Bossom, American wife of the noted British architect, her son, Bruce, 26, and their friend. Prince Otto Erback Purstnau of Germany, were dead to day following the explosion and crash of their airplane last night near here. Mrs. Bossom, formerly Emily Blaine, daughter of Samuel O. Blaine, presi dent of the Seaboard National Bans of Tlew York, was on her way from Heston airdrome, Middlesex, to South, ampton when the plane, piloted by her non, appeared to explode ana crashed In splinters. Her husband, a member of par liament. Is well known In the United States. Broken windows g.azed by Trow- l bridge Cabinet Works. HIGH SPEED TUBES Phone 520 MACHINE GUN PRACTICE IRKS FRENCH VETERANS CHALLONS, France. iff) Ex-serv ice men of this district near the mouth of the Loire protested against Another kims coming TO TO AMERICA TO LIMB A.LL THE DEP05ED ROVAL FAMILIES NILL BE LIVJINO HERE BEFORE "LONG Friday - Wingfoot Hose Best grade garden hose Reg. $6. Special this week only $400 Hatchets Genuine Clark box hatchets $2.65 . HUBBARD BROS. Inc. East Main n T nnenn rmir r vacario In Beautiful Southern Oregon and Northern California Spend your neek-end or vacation In the Beautiful Redwoods country. These popular resorts offer excellent service and warm hospitality. Use this list a your guide! Dance with the Legionnaires AtGASQUET Every Sat. Nite Muslo by Bagdad Ballroom Band of San Francisco 20 miles east of Crescent City OPEN AIR PAVILION Twin Plunges Ashland, Oregon Filtered Sterilized Swim in drinking water Camp Marigold SHOWERS FLAM0 OAS 3 miles north of Klamath on the Redwood Highway Wood River Auto Camp 10 Nice Clean Cabins 75c and up 1st Camp East of Ft. Klamath Diamond lrfJlMs;'tttlMlii i JIM GRIEVES Prospect Hotel Mrs. James E. Grievs, Prop. army machine gun practice in this neighborhood. The veterans objected to the sound of machine gun fire, because It re minded them of their experience in the trenches. that's EASSI WHY, A KIMS O. QUC&NJ COULD I jET0UST AS REGULAR A DEAL AT fe9 v HUBBARD i .BROS. Inc. I UNOEx STAND BUMBLE. THEY VNANT TO J LIVE IM A J REGVJUW? COUNTCyi Saturday Bundle Forks Wallingford. First quality. 3 and 4 tine. .Keg. $1.75 Special $1.00 Nail Stripper Dick Smith nail strip per. Special $9.50 Since 1884 ALWAYS COOL at Hughes' Camp at the mouth of the Klamath Blver Best Salmon Fishingr in the State Boats For Information wrlto Box 3, Requa, Calif. ' Symns Camp On the Redwood Highway On Smith Hirer, 18 mllea East of Crescent City Fishing, Boating, Swimming CABINS AND CAMP GROUND Frank Symns, Prop. Have the MAIL TRIBUNE Mailed to You ' During Your Vacation McLeod Auto Park Cabins $1.00 up Camping space. Attractive rates by week or month. Fine Fishing. Lake Resort Fishing Boating Swimming Riding Camping Fhh'nf Is tood now at Diamond Lake. 9 hr. trip from .Med ford. l iii TmsSo Try our old-fashioned chicken din ner every Sunday. They asked the mayor to have th -maneuver! moved and their petition was aent to the minister of war. Uood River. Improved ballroom at .Hotel Hood River reopened. Specials Ice Cream Freezers 1 iwo-quart. Keg. $4.60. Special $3.49 1 four-quart. Eeg. $6.75 Special $4.89 Packing Gloves Special knit gloves. 2 pair for Phone 231 Chetco River Auto Park OVERLOOKING RIVER AND OCEAN Boating, Bathing and Fishing Cabins $1.00 up Camp sites Including stoves, tables and wood, SOo Address Harbor, Oregon River View Auto Park On Smith River 20 miles east of Crescent City on the Redwood Highway MODERN CABINS IDEAL CAMPING TOURIST SUPPLIES HUNTING, FISHING . and SWIMMING Frank Pitta, Proprietor Swim at Helman Baths Ashland Continuous flow of white sul phur sprint; water Open till 10 p. m. except Slonday. Tub baths - Picnic ground. Life Guard California On the Rogue New strictly modem cabins, sleeping porches, Simmons beds, Beauty Rtst matresscs, dining room and store. Fishing is now good in Lake Prospect. Inquire at hotel about boat for rent. 7S By QUIA S. ANDERSON, Deputy.