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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTTNT:, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, yOVEMBER 24, 1933. UP F Memorials to War Heroes In France May Not Be Com pletedCommission Com pleting Affairs Soon By Thome Cop United Prax 8teff Correspondent. ' varus (UP) Th Battl Monu tnenta oommlMlon of th United tvi xTrnment In Prance 1 quiet- lr winding up It affair with work unfinished. ! Glorification of th World War doughboy through reotlon of me morial in Plander and leewher never will be oompleted. It waa lndl oatd by the dlsoovery that ths fund of the commission, of which General John J. Panning la ohalrroan, have been attached by Prenoh architect. A near-dlplomatlo Incident, whloh ta partlea Involved auooeeded to keeping under oarer far many montos resulted from the srehitocts' action. The Accusation The architects charge that tbe oommlsalon. under direction of It secretary and acting supervisor her. Uejor Xenophon H. Price, deliberate ly aet out to defraud them of their rightful gain. General Perahlng declined to com ment, but the commission, In a state ment through the American embassy, denied moat of tie architect' claim. Official of th Qual d'Oraay, how Tr, admitted hating bad conversa tion about the matter wltn th em bassy. Court record show th Battle Monument commission fund wer attached June 10, 1933. Bum totalling 5,000,000 franca are Involved, according to the French architect. Thl 1 denied by th oommlMlon. The board' account waa attached by th firm of Lahalle & Levant. The claim, admitted by the first Chamber of the Belne Trlb'inal, waa for 10,000. Lshalle's lead waa followed by aev eral other architect, Including Mau rice Noyer and Mailme Rateau. Rmbassy' statement Th tatement Issued at the em bassy aald: "Th total amount In dlaput wltn I) contractor who have don work for th commission I very small, -lea than 800,000 franc. Th commission has no knowledge that Mr. Rateau has taken any differences with the com mission to his government and be llevea thl to be untrue. "Lahalle ft Levard haw no con tract with th commission, and th commission doe not ow and ha not owed them any money. Major Price never ha refused to discus with Lahall & Levard their trouble, but he haa refused to arbitrate with them contracta to which It la not a party." Noyor entered a direct olaim for 1 1100 000 franca with the director for American affair at the foreign office. Noyer claim that euro, 1 tlll due him for work at Romagn and Mont tauoon. Commission Protested Th Monument oommlaslon pro tested to Che embassy when the ao eount wa attached. Instead of reply ground that money Involved la Unit ed fltatea government property. It 1 Ing In th Parla courts, on th underatood that In du course th natter waa referred to th ministry of Justice, whloh backed th Belne Tri bunal' action. Th oommlaeton blundered. It la aid, In not answering th Prenoh rohlteot' claim In th court. If It had acted within flv day, th fund would have been released pending itrtiftn M eonteat. wherea now they are tied up for at leaat two year. Th commission is scneauiea in winrf nn it affaire her by Jun. It ha been Intimated Major Price la planning to au ven dciot mn picture. Everything j had don had bn cut out. Th actor told hi hearer at the aame luncheon married men should not alway agree with their wive. We were making a picture once in which a beautiful actress appeared wearing a gorgeous bathing ault. A man and hie wife were visiting the set. I know It waa his wife for he paid absolutely no attention to her. 'When thl aotreas made ner en trance In the bathing ault, tie wife took on look and aald. That beat me Instantly th husband replied. 'It certainly does,' and then he was In for a lot of abuse. So I say It la not always safe to agree with your wife." TILLAMOOK, Nov. S3. (VP) Mrs. Mary Chesterfield. 75, died today from Injuries suffered yesterday whon struck by an automobile driven by Irene Johnson. The accident ooour erd at a street Intersection. LEFT TO COURT SALEM, Ore. (UP) Curious relics of half-forgotten legal decisions are contained In th vault of the Oregon aupreme court bunding. Probably the most novel la a quan tlty of bedding with a number of well preserved bedbugs, which lormeo. im portant evidence In cas of Hill vs. Campbell many years ago. Hill pur chased an apartment from Campbell, then sued to recover damage for al leged misrepresentation. He claimed the exhibited bedbugs, wrh numsr- ous confreres, were so active that his tenant gave up their leasea and moved out. Another relic is a battered cornet. once played by a man named Tuffs, member of a circus band. While pa rading at Albany, he was struck by a street car, knocked down, and tna comet shoved down hi throat. He eventually collected a aubstanttal Judgment. A leaky gas meter, cause of a plain tiff allegedly losing his health, 1 an other exhibit. Th court awarded a Judgment. Most grisly exhibit Is a human eye, preserved In alcohol. It figured In a personal injuries action In 1914. Other reminders Include part of liquor it Ills, fish nets, fir limbs, sur glcl Instrument, a woman' ho. guns, books and many other artlclee. The shoe waa an exhibit In a case where a woman sued for damages aald suffered In a fall. i Bright Spots Br United Press International Paper and . Power eompany earna third quarter net In come of $431,269, against let loss of $3,001,567 in almUar 1032 period. Plymouth Oil company resume dividends by declaring payment of 36 cents a ahare. American Water Worka report Oc tober net profit of 1,792,920 against $1,699,391 In October. In October net profit of $1,792,920, against $1,099,391 In October 1932. American Power & Light company reports electric output for week end ed November 10 of 70,907,000 kilowatt hours, up 16.4 percent from like 1932 week. Associates Investment eompany earns net profit for first 10 months of 1934 Of $091,509 against $527,308 la atmllar 1932 period. TEN COMMANDMENTS ARB GIVEN BY CO-EDS BOSTON. (UP) Aaked to list the Ten Commandments In the order of their Importance, girl atudente at Simmons College recorded them like this: Honor thy father and mother. Thou ahalt not kill. Thou shalt hav no other Code before me. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord In vain. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image. T.'iou shalt not covet. Remember the Sabbath day to keep It holy. ROSEBURG READY START CWA JOBS ROSraURQ. Ore., Nov. as. m preliminary work 1 expected to start her Friday on four CWA project approved at to stat meeting In Portland yesterday. On of th proj ect will be th construction of fills and ldewalk bordering th paved highways from th city limit of Rose burg to th Northwest National Sol diers' bom. Another provide for the gradln gand graveling of a road at the local high school. Two road proj .t 4n th west nortlon of the eounty and the other In the southern dltrlct. r also included In the pro gram. sLOCALS Leave on Shasta Misses Bevy Bsrdwell, Donna and Jane Bounty and Mrs. a. M. Roberts left on t::t STnasta Wednesday evening for Palo Alto. Q. M. Robert and Mr. and Mrs. T. Slater Johnston plan to leav this evening for the southern city, to attend ih Stanford-California foot ball game Saturday. To Return Here O. P. Texaf.i. driver of the Standard Oil company'a torture" car, aald' today that he plans to return to Medford In a few day for a longer stay. He will Journey north to Seattle rrom JOE E. VOLUNTEER ROLE IN UCLA ALUMNI By Bobbin Coons HOLLTWOOD Joe B. Brown, screen comedian, as a sideline act as a vol unteer alumnus of th University of California at 1 Angele and get peruana a greater thrill on th cam pus than he doea on the stage. During ths football season h make a trip now and then with his adopted team, being oarsful to ex plain. "1 pay my own xpnses." Mlk rrankovlch, TJ. O. L. A. quar terback. Is a protege of the oomedlan and lives at his houe. Brown soon will hav a football-playing son at TJ. O. L. A. For a younger Brown la playing a good gam aa a senior for Beverly Hills nigh school. 1 Jos B. went to a football lunchson 1 to tell spectators thst they take the I gam too seriously. urgTg them to j remember that th result may seem : matter of life and death today but ; It 1 not so Important tomorrow. H remained to tell th football fan samsuiin about motion picture. 1 "You may not know." he ugsstd, I "thst an Important part of picture making la In the cutting. When a 1 picture 1 mad about 1S.000 feet of J film Is shot, but only about MOO feet appeara In the picture. Any actor will tell you that eometlme th beet . part of th picture I cut out. "Let ni tell you an early expert- j ence I had with th cutler. When I ; came out here to make my first plo- j ture, I thought I did very well. Any- i way th people working on It aald 1 1 wa pretty good and, while I dldnt know much about It, I thought I waa at least fair In th 'rushes.1 "When th picture wa first shown I waa at the theste;' when th door opened. Imagine my chagrin when ths show started. I wasn't in th V FjfSvS ai,!..??!: Hi vE5l?''3 feiriSWKsi UiWJte U O O 0 3 :i Bought at the market's lowest price, this merchandise is now offered at an additional saving, as it is priced for immediate clearance. Our Portland and Oakland houses are jammed with staple, seasonable merchandise. Seven large outside ware houses are also filled to capacity. That is the reason for this sale stocks are so large. 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Per gallon - ODD LOT $ioo 93c One odd tot of pnlnt ronOttlnf of Innlde, ontsld and deco rating paint, varnishes and enamels. lie vary and colors limited. Th prlcea, however, an only a email fraction of their original cost- Trappers! W are offering this week a large aupply of steel traps, all aires, values up to 17.00 a dozen, for only. a doren $1.50 Dinner Sets 33 pes. American Ivory body. 4 beautiful designs , , .. ,,, Semi Porcelain $3.95 Car Heater Por Chevrolet all, models '39 to IS. A limited number only at thle low price $2.98 Waffle Iron Seven-Inch sir, aluminum grids, full automatic with bulb hest Indicator. Our regular price l e.H - $5.95 117 SOUTH CENTRAL jA PH0NE 286
