MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1932.
PAGE FIVE
Christmas Exercises for Children Tonight
YGUNG AND OLD
All plans have been completed by
the Veteran of Foreign Ware ana
Auxiliary for the big kiddles' com
munlty Christmas tree at the armory
this evening at 8 o'clock.
Word haa bene received from Santa
Claua that he will be there with his
assistants to help In the festivities,
so all children are Invited to come
and bring their parents, as enter
tainment haa been provided for them
also.
The following program has been
arranged :
Christmas carols by the Crater
Lake District Christian Endeavor Un
ion of 50 voices, under the direction
of Jeny Latham.
Sinking and tap dancing by Bar
bara Franklin, Ruth Harwood and
Harry Fredericks, pupils of "the Eve
Benson studio of dancing.
Selections by Harry Fredericks and
his Rung orchestra. This orchestra
is composed entirely of Juveniles.
Violin solos by Miss Doris O.
W&ue.
piano recital by Master Koger Woil.
Surprise number.
Awarding of prizes In the Christ,
mas essay contest.
Appearance of Santa Claua.
Dance music by Rogue River Lum-
berjacka.
After the children's festivities the
floor will be cleared and a free dance
will be held for the older folks.
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AT FOX THEATERS
A post-season Chrlstmsa party,
which all of Medford's boys and
girl have been Invited to attend,
will be given at the Fox Craterlan
and Rlalto theatres Monday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock, through the
courtesy of the two theatres and the
Mall Tribune.
A complete feature and several ad
dltlonal hort subject have been
announced i-r the party, to which
all kiddles ot southern Oregon are
extended a hearty invitation.
Employee of the Fox Craterlan.
with Manager Don Geddes, who are
donating their time Monday morn
ing to make the event a success are
William Prouty. Parker Bundy. Glen
Wilson. Margaret Chlldera. Ruth
Boussum, Florence Boussum, Lora
Marie Roberson. Frances Moller and
Jack Sutton. At the Fox Rtalto are
Manager Elno Hemmlla. Fred Ryan,
Gerald In e Thompson. Zoe Dell Lantls.
Margaret Melllng and Orville Goodrich.
The feature for the day will be
Forbidden Adventure" with Mitel
Green. Edna May Oliver. Jackie
Searlea and Louise Fazenda as mem
bers of the cast. "Mickey's Helping
Hand" will be the Mickey McGulre
comedy and a cartoon comedy will
complete the Fox-Tribune bill.
t!rhJ?a.k!nd,y bewn,skered 0,d gentleman who comes only once a year for the kiddles already has left somi
of his Christmas stores on display In New York, where little Miss Irma Qelbaum la taking advantage of a
tiny piano to play a sonata for her dolL ( Associated Press Photo)
By Ben Host mark
In Thursday's assembly at Junior
high, a very enjoyable and splendid
program was offered.
Coach Henderson presented the
football boys their hard-earned let
ters. Mr. Marshall presented letters
to the lucky Midgets who so heroic
ally earned them.
The true spirit of Christmas was
Illustrated by Corinne Harwood In
an Inspiring and devotional chalk
talk, "What Christmas Means To
Me.'f
The seventh grade chorus brought
a, Christmas message in the songs,
"Oh Come, All Ye Faithful," "Shep
herds," "It Came Upon a Midnight
Clear" and "Silent Night."
A Christmas play was offered by
the Dramatic club, under .the direc
tion of Mrs. Schuler. The play "Next
Year Davy," written by Perclval
Wilde, illustrated that toys alone do
not make happiness.
The cast Included the following:
Harry Stanley, Frank Hull, Betty
Vllm, John Kopptn, Sam Richardson,
Richard ThelroUh, Naomi Jenkins,
Rodney Hawkins, LaVerna Belle Vol
ller, Catherine Conroy, Velma Stub
blelleld. The students were dismissed by
Mr. Nltzel and went Joyously home
ward filled with the exultation of a
week's vacation.
Si. Peters Lutheran
Christmas Program
Is Saturday Evening
SuuJay school and choir of St.
Peter's Lutheran church will render
a program Saturday at 8 p. m. It
will be a rendition of Dr. P. E. Krutz
man's Christmas vesper song service,
"From Heaven Above," Mrs. E. C.
Guetzlaff and Ester Thlede will be at
the organ. The public is cordially
Invited to attend.
The program: Opening hymn by
congregation; opening service, Scrip
ture lesson and address by pastor;
"The Old Christmas etory," recita
tion; "From Heav'n Above;" carol by
Sunday school; responsive service by
pastor and choir; "The Christmas
Story," reading; "Watching In the
Meadow, a duet; "Ye Christians
Sing,' a recitation; "Now Raise Your
Happy Voice," hymn by congrega
tion; "Babe of Bethlehem," recita
tion; "Glory to God,' mixed quartet;
"The Wondrous Story," recitation;
"Now Let Us All With Gladsome
Cheer," choir; "On Jordan's Banks,"
recitation; "Come and Christ the
Lord Be Praising," by Sunday school;
"The Message Received," reading;
"All My Heart This Night Rejoices,"
a soprano solo with, violin, obllgato;
"In a Manger," recitation; , hymn by
congregation; "I Am So Happy," reci
tation; "From Heav'n Above," choir;
"Silent Nightt Holy Night!" Sunday
school; "The Gift Appreciated." read
ing; "O Son of Man," solo; "I Love
to Hear the Story," recitation; "I
Give Him My Heart," recitation;
"From Heavn Above" (variation), by
choir; Oh Come, All Ye .Faithful
choir; "Be Near, Lord Jesus," recita
tion; "God's Love Eternal," carol by
Sunday school; "O Little Town of
Bethlehem." by Sunday school; "With
All Thy Host," choir; closing service.
Cantata At Phoenix
Christmas Evening
PHOENIX, Dec. 23. (Spl.) Regu
lar servic" will be held at the Pres
byterian cVjurch Sunday morning and
evening, with Sunday school exercises
and lessons at 10 o'clock. Morning
worship services are at 11 o'clock, the
sermon to be "The Magnificent."
Junior, senior and adults' christian
Endeavor meetings will be at 6:30,
and evening worship at 7:30. The
church choir has arranged a Christ
mas cantata, "The Lord of All," for
the evening.
Jap Aviators Shot
Down By Chinese
CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, Dec. 23.
OP) Six Japanese aviators were killed
and another was seriously wounded
today when Chinese Irregulars shot
down a bombing plane near Wan
Pao-Shan. 20 miles northwest of here.
The plane was bombing a concentra
tion carop of irregulars. The Chinese
returned the fire with sn anti-aircraft
gun. xored a direct hit and
the engine exploded.
Vienna Pedestrians
To Sand Sidewalks
VIENNA (AP)--C 1 1 y authorities
here are mobilizing the walking pop
ulation to combat winter's slippery
pavements ant1 street crossings.
The street cleaning department
stores paper bags filled with sand In
kiosks at street car stops and at cross
walks.
The pedestrian's duty is to grab, a
bag, tear off a corner and strew his
pathway with sand.
Mtiilr Call Turks To Prayer
ANGORA (AP) The muezzins of
Turkey, under a new government
order, must all take singing lessons
and cease using harsh natural voices
for calls to prayer from the minarets
of the modernized republic.
Germans Like Skat
Can9t See Contract
ALTENBUR.G, Germany (AP)
Contract bridge may sweep the world,
but here In Thurlngla the good old
German game of skat has a perma
nent refuge.
Originating about a century ago.
It remains the nation's favorite card
game, and a skat museum was op
ened recently when Germany's oldest
and largest card playing factory cele
brated its centennial.
And Was Santa's
Face Red When
Kid Complained
STOCKTON, Cel., Dec. 23. (fl)
And was Santa Claus flabber
gasted? A small youngster peered up
Into the face of Santa Claus on
a Stockton street today.
"Well, my little man, what
would you like for Christmas?"
the old gentleman inquired.
Consternation swept the face of
the little boy.
"Well, for crying out loud, atnt
you got my letter yet?"
Christmas Program
By Sunday School
In Phoenix Tonight
PHOENIX, Dec. 23. (Spl.) Phoe
nix Presbyterian Sunday school will
have a Christmas program at the
church this evening. The progrsm
will be In three parts, recitations by
the Sunday school children, a page
ant by the young people and the
adults of the Sunday' school, and a
Christmas party about the Christmas
tree in the church parlors.
Much practice and preparation have
been put forth and special stage
setting and scenery arranged. All in
the community are cordially Invited
to attend.
BERLIN. (P) The government's
statistical department has figured
that German fathers of the low
earnings group pay twice as much
In taxes as do French and English
in the same class.
It Is announced that a German
with a wife and two children who
earns ftSOO a year must pay 106.60.
or 21.32 per cent, for income, social
and consumption taxes. This com
pares with 10.09 per cent in France
and 9.84 per cent In England.
In the 95.000 class the ratio Is
1932 per cent here against 10.57 In
Franco and 14.62 in England, the
bulk in each country going for n
come levies.
Methodists Will
Enjoy Christmas
Program Tonight
Children of the Methodist Sunday
school tonight present their annual
Christmas program at 7:30 In the
Plret M. B. church.
"In Old Judea," a seml-sacred pag
eant for the beginners, primary, Jun
lor and Intermediate departments for
the school, will be the feature. More
than SO boy and girls take part.
Mrs. ernard Roberta, Mrs. Arthur
Scott, Mrs. C. A. Meeker, Mrs. Geo.
Kunzman and Mrs. W. H. Hill have
been In charge of the preparation,
Among those taking part will be
Mlsa Josephine Power and Miss Zella
Mae Grant, ptanlsta; Miss Janette
Trill, soloist; tho Misses Lucille Corn,
Beatrice GUlett, Florence Neuman,
Mary Rose berry. Helen Power, Joyce
Banian, pageant choir; wise men,
shepherds, angels and ancient char
actera.
The public is cordially invited.
white Christmas offering will be
made for needy families.
The "Bethlehem" cantata chorus,
which la to sing Sunday morning, la
aaked to meet In the church parlora
Sunday morning promptly at 10:48
OCIOCK.
Crinkly Ribbon
Scarf Is Seen
PARIS. (p) Mrs. Peter Wldener
attended a recent smart tea wearing
a frock of black satin Jersey design,
ed along very simple lines and trim,
med with a waistcoat scarf of white
crinkly ribbon. A black suede belt
fastening with four long allver bars
was worn with the frock.
NOMAD (IWN
GIVEN EDUCATION
TRIPOLI. Italian Korth Africa. P)
A hundred nomad children of the
Trlpolitan hinterland have at last,
though reluctantly, come In to the
special Italian school established at
Hamada el Hombra on the edge of the
desert.
Because It waa Impossible for the
children to return at night to their
parents' tents which seldom are In
the same place twice they live
throughout the winter at government
expense.
Next June will come the first clash
between civilization and wanderlust
when the pupils are restored to their
famlllea.
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SHANGHAI (AP) Chaotic broad
casting, radio fans complain, is caus
ing an epidemic of "head noises" In
Shanghai.
Stations of Tarlous nationalities
choose their own wave lengths, fre
quently clashing with other plants,
and receiving sets get a combination
of market reports, grand opera and
Jazs In Chinese, Japanese, Russian,
French and English, producing
chaos as Is chaos.
Often added to all this Is powerful
code buzzing from men-of-war of all
nations anchored off the water front,
Jugoslav Farmers Trade Afar
NOVI SAD, Jugoslavia (AP)
Claiming that middlemen get all their
profits, farmers are arriving in this
section from south Serbia, 200 miles
away, to trade for industrial products.
The trip takes their horses several
days, but they take home five times
the stuff they could buy for money.
Versatile Duce
Lays Few Brick
MILAN, Italy (AP) Besides being
an expert automobile driver, horse
man and motorboat pilot, Mussolini
is a silled brick -layer.
This was not generally known un
til ho visited a building under con
struction here, stepped Into a work
man's place and laid & row ot bricks
as straight as a string.
Palestine Wood In German Toys
JERUSALEM (AP) Fifteen tons
of eucalyptus wood have been ship
ped to Oermany for manufacture into
tops. The wood was cut near the
Jewish colony of Hedera between Jaffa
and Haifa.
For an ECONOMICAL XMAS DINNER
On the Plate
THAT FAMOUS
Swiss Creamery
BUTTER
Made from 100 Sweet Cream
In the Pot
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LIBERTY
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Swift's Gov't. Inspected Meats
Fat Christmas Turkeys
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BEEF VEAL
PORK LAMB
POULTRY Smoked Meats
Yours for a Merry Christmas
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All under one roof. Save time and money here
Liberty Bldg. Phone 164 E. R. Pech
Fischer's Gold Medal
Fresh Egg and Milk Noodles
Italian Style Dinner
Buy two pounds of good quality hamburger or ground meat, mix It
with one fine chopped onion, salt and pepper to taste. Form mixed
meat In 12 balls, sprinkle the outside with flour. Place In frying pan
and fry slightly on the outside with butter. Put content of one small
csn of tomato sauce with two parts water In a pan and bring to
boiling point, adding spices to taste, caraway seed or chill, place meat
ball la sauce and cook slowly for ten minutes in covered psn.
Put t package of Fischers Gold Medal Fresh Egg and Milk Noodles
In two quarts of boiling water, bolt slowly from 15 to 30 minutes
under cover, strain noodles and rinse off with cold water, put the
noodles In plater and pour the sauce and meat balls on top. Ready to
serve.
Thin will serve 6 people at not to exceed 5c per person.
Texans In Duel
On Main Street
Both Found Dead
VERNON, Texas, Dec. 23. (P)
Two men, one a defeated candi
date for sheriff, were found dead
on Main street here last night
shortly after pistol shot were
heard. Police said a pistol lay be
side each body and the men ap
asrently bad fought a duel, but
tutho Titles could not ascertain a
motive.
Police said one shell had been
discharged from the pistol which
lay near H. H. Hutto. SO, the de
feated candidate. They said all
five shells In the pistol near the
body of David D. Farrar, 35, had
been fired. Four or five bullets
had struck Hutto. One had hit
Farrar.
STOVE 10 COOK
GOLO BEACH FISH
' CLIFF,
TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS
Hazardous conditions In the Slskl-
yous were reported this morning by
Dr. P. c. Donovan of San Jose, for
mer well known resident of this city,
who arrived last night by motor from
the south en route to Portland with
his son, Berton, to spend Christmas
with relatives.
Arriving at the Siskiyou slope of
the Pacific highway, Dr. Donovan
stated, they found many cars stalled
by snowbanks and one car hanging
over the cliff, held to the highway
only by the rear wheels. Apparently
no one had been Injured, he stated.
wnen the machine started over the
precipice. How It was saved from
going on over he did not learn. Be
tween Weed and Yreka, Dr. Donovan
also stated, he traveled through a
terrific gale, which had blown down
telephone and telegraph wires.
He experienced few difficulties.
however, and no car trouble in mak
ing the trip through to Medford.
Fender and body repairing. Prices
right Brill Sheet Metal Works.
An urgent need for ft cook stove
on which to cook their holiday din
ner was reportd this morning by a
father and mother of six children,
residing In this city. In an st tempt
to sell enough wood to purchase the
stove. The father, who is an experi
enced machinist, has been worklnR
for a man who could not pay him In
cash so gave him five tiers of lfl-
lnch dry laurel wood. If the man
can sell the five tiers for $10 he
will be able to purchase a cook stove
on which a local merchant is making
htm that special price for today, and
he has been given the use of s truck
to deliver the wood.
The case was reported to the Mail
Tribune this morning by Mrs. R. E.
Oreen, who will receive orders for
the wood. Her telephone number is
933. One tier was spoken for at
the Mall Tribune at an early hour
so there are now four to be disposed
of before the cook stove can be moved
into the home, where the family Is
now using a small heating stove and
one oil burner on which to pry pare
food.
The father Is not asking for help
from anyone and has not accepted
charity, but Is a thrifty man anxious
for a chance to barter, since he has
been paid In wood for hie lnbor.
He has no telephone so Mrs. Oreen
has voluntered to take the orders for
wood. Anyone who csn use a tier
is asked to notify her as early as
possible this evening and the wood
will be delivered.
ASTORIA. Ore., Dec. 23. (AP) J.
R. Burke, president of the Burke
Packing company, one of the leading
salmon canneries on the river, died
from a heart attack at Gear hart late
yesterday.
Burke had been a dominant fig
ure In the salmon packing Industry
for 35 years. In addition to his Col
umbia river Interests, he owned the
Gardiner Fish company at Gardiner,
the Gold Beach Packing company on
the Rogue river, and the Burke Pack
ing company of Bay City. He was
active in the recent election in op
position to the bill for closing the
Rogue river to commercial fishing.
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Cool Trip for Nile Fls!
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP)
Thousands of fish have been carried
across the burning Sahara In cooled
railway tanks In a second attempt to
stock the upper reaches of the Nile.
Last year 73, COG fish were started
scrota I ne desert but so many died,
enroute that the experiment was ft
failure.
Pin Ac and Gray
In Paris Dress
PARIS (P) Madame peralta Ra
mos wears an unusual costume com
bining pink and gray this season.
With a straight Jacket of dark gray
wool fastened with silver clips she
wears a straight skirt of lighter gray
wool and a pink wool blouse pattern
ed with black dots.
Albanians Learn Road Tricks
TIRANA. Albania (AP) Smooth
city pavements, something new In
Albania, are making bicycles popular
here and every day soldiers and civi
lians may be seen practicing fancy
turns and stunt riding on the new
boulevard named for King Zog.
Real Estate or Insurance Leave it
to Jones Phone 796.
K ewer Colds,
lest severe colds tor
you this winter with
Vlcks Plan tor better
Control-of'Colds.
PREVENT
many Colds
S end 4
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
After All ... the Best
Gift for a Man is
Fine Broadcloth
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We know no surer way of delighting
a man! Evidently, wivei agree with u.
Because thousands, literally, of those
magnificent shirts (freshly wrapped in
cellophane) have already made their
exodus for the Christmas season 1
Ward's famous shirts are distinctly
Other Shirts Priced at
98 and S 1 .39
"better" shirts. Fine broadcloth, mas
torfully tailored to the last refined de
tailocean pari buttons. The smart
tans, blues, greens and fancy patterns
simply can't fade. Also, an ample
choice of whites, which many men
favor.
Montgomery Ward & Co.
"WARD'S ...the gift store for all the family'
117 Bo. Central
Modford, Ore.
Phone 286