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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDST, MARCH 19, 193.
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TO IN IN RAGE
Skill and Courage Demon
strated in Many Events
Ban at New Orleans
. Port Dedication Rankles
By 8WANEB TAYLOR
United Press Aviation Writer
KEW YORK. (UP) At the recent
Van-American air races, held to ddl
eate the new $4,000,000 auper-alrport
at New Orleans, La women pilots
were conspicuous In their absence.
Not a single lady-bird was allowed to
enter any of the competitive events.
Tbe reacon given for tbls ban took
the form of a weak play on aolvalix
The ladles have been Judged too frail
and tender to compete (even among
themselves) In such gruelling, such
stamina snapping physical ordeals.
Woman's place, as far as air races
are concerned, is at home.
Mental fitamlna
Well, to anyone who ever has flown
in a race, thls view Is utterly pra
pceterous. About the only stamina
called upon. In flying 'round and
round a five-mile triangular course,
la men'cal stamina. But to say tbat
woman, as a gender, suffer brlan fag
when called upon to think clearly
and sanely for 25 or 30 minutes, not
only maligns them, but it also casts
a baneful reflection on the entire
human species.
As far as smart racing la concerned,
our American lady-birds hare by far
topped the men. Since the start of
feminine racing, that first horrible
Powder-puff derby from California
to Cleveland, the girls have proven
repeatedly that sex baa nothing to
do with flying an airplane. Tbi
same promoter, lnoldenally, la
sponsible for the celebrated "Powder-
puff" cross-country races. And, It
must be said, that In planning his
various Itineraries be never has spar-
ad frailty.
Tough Trip
The Southern California to Cleve
land route transverses the most va
ried and most difficult part of this
continent. Vet thirty-odd girls came
through with only one loss,, and
much less complaining than men.
Also, In bis numerous closed-course
races only one girl lost her life. And
she, when her highly oouped-up en
gine went bad on her, had the cour
age to pull out of the race course to
her craah would endanger no one.
Tbat girl, for one, didn't suffer brain
fatigue.
There are about 15 women In this
country (and just about the same
number of men) who are superb rac
ing pilots. Mrs, Phoebe OmlUe of
Memphis, Tenn., aska favor of no
man In the air. Neither does Gladys
O'Donnell of Los Angeles; Frances
("Tex") Harroll, now a New Yorker;
Laulse Thaden of Pittsburgh; Betty
Huyler OH lea, of the ohocolata drop
Huylers; Mrs. Marty Bowman, an
other Callfornlan, as Is Mrs. "Pancho"
Barnes. The list Is twice as long
again of women's names that the
best men filers will welcome Into any
race any time.
ATTORNEY SLAYS
ENDS OWN LIFE
CLEVELAND, March 19. (AP) R,
8. Nowcomb, prominent Cleveland
attorney, killed his wife early today
wtth an axe and then committed sul
elde, police reported, by slashing tali
throat with a knife.
Newcomb had been under treat
ment tor a nervous breakdown.
The two bodies were found In the
Feneomb home at daybreak by a
maid. Coroner A. J. Pears, summon
ed, by Cleveland Heights police, pro
nounced their doatha a murder and a
suicide.
Nowcomb waa a member of tih law
firm of Nowcomb, Nowcomb 6 Nord.
Coroner Pears Mid a preliminary
Investigation indicated that Nowcomb
awakened 'about 5:30 a. m., went to
the basement to get the axe, and re
turned to his wife's bedroom.
He struck her one blow over the
head as aha slept, the coroner theo
rised, snd then descended to the
basement to commit suicide.
Mrs. Mnbel Warner, aged mother of
the murdered woman, said sha heard
her daughter cry out about 9:30. She
did not investigate Immediately, and
the bodies were not discovered until
the laundress, Myra Johnson, cams to
work.
A son of tbe dead couple, Miller J.
Mewcomb, about 30, also wis In the
boms at the time of the tragedy.
Adrian Q. Mewcomb, a brother of
ths dead attorney, said "ha had been
better for ths last two or three weeks.
Us had been coming to the office
almost every dsy."
Farm Credit Secretaries Instructed
sfesi - Mxis.a&zlmig
Secretaries of newly-organized production credit association of the northwest district were In Spokane last
week for Instruction on operation methods of the ProdiicUnn Credit corporation and rules of the Federal In
termediate Credit bank. Shown In this plcturo are seated, left to right: , J. SoricrUnd or the Midland as
sociation at Columbia, Mont.; F. 8. Johnson of the Southwest Washington association at Chclmlls; X, O. Miller,
of the Bojeman association at Bremen, Montana; Charles Raitel oof the 1 Miles City association, and
T. O. Montgomery of the Baker, Oregon, association. Standing are W. E. Meyer (left) , president of
the Federal Intermediate Credit hank of Spokane, and B. L. Jenkins, field organizer for the Production Cred
it corporation At Spokane.
Vivid Pictures Of Pistol Battle At Philadelphia;
Policemen Rout Recluse Holding Two Girls Captive
ITALY TO EXPAND,
1L DUCE SERVES
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Holding two girls esptlvs In his barricaded Philadelphia house! Walter Bevln, 65-year-old war veteran,
defied police In a pistol battle until ha was critically wounded after a tear gas barrage brought him stag
gering from the house. A bystander and one of the gl rls also were wounded. Above picture shows police,
with pistols In their hands, creeping up on Bevln's house. (Associated Press Photo)
SOCIETY GIRLS SHINE 'EM UP
sr -Vas v -
MARY OWSLEY RITES
CONDUCTED TODAY
Funeral service were conducted this
afternoon from the Perl funeral home
for Mrs. Mary Owsley, Reverend W.
R. Balrd of the Flrt Christian church
being In chnrgo of the services. The
body will bo shipped this evening to
Mounds, Oklft., for burial.
Tourist Bntance Off
ISTANBUL. (UP) T.tie tourist
balance In Turkey Is upsetting the
authorities. Only 62,000 foreigners
visited the country lost year, and
they spent a mero three million
Turkish pounds. On the other hand.
Turkish tourists to Europe and
America took nearly seven mlUton
pounds out of the country.
tlons which have already arrived In
Africa do not block at every step
Italian expsnsfon"- a demand said
to have been aimed particularly at
France.
Later, referring to Franca In a
general discussion of Italian foreign
relations, Mussolini said;
'Relations with France are better
from a general standpoint. But real
ity demands I state that none of
the problems which has existed be
tween us for IB years have been
solved."
II Duce turned to touch upon In
ternal development phases of the
program. The audience, gathered In
the Rome opera house one week be
fore the five-year elections, sat In
rapt attention.
"In this age of plans,' he said,
"I want to lay before you a plan
not for five years or ten years but
for 60 years, carrying on to the 31st
century, at which time Italy will
have the primacy of the world."
Homes For AH .
Under the program, he declared.
"Every rural person will have a clean
and healthy house ... to halt the
rush to the city." Re said 600.000
rural houses would be rebuilt, 830,-
000 repaired.
Re outlined plans to complete
swamp reclamation by 1040, build
new acqueducts and highways and
to recreate Italian municipalities.
Mussolini reiterated Italy's Inten
tion to help Austria preserve her
Independence and the absence of any
reference to relations wtth Germany
cooled over the question of Aus
trian independence was considered
significant.
He did refer to Germany in dis
cussing arms. It. was after he had
said reform of the League of Nations
"will be made when disarmament Is
settled."
Cannot Disarm Germany
"Heavily armed states." he said,
"will not disarm. An Italian mem
orandum states the problem In all
of Its reality. If nations will not
disarm they cannot logically oppose
the parity of arms required by Ger
many. They cannot pretend to dis
arm people like the Germs us."
As for Italy's military expenditures.
n Duce reiterated that she would
never attack.
But, he added, slie will be "ready
for any eventuality."
Tells Sales Plan
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Soviet Wins Radio Contract.
MOCCOW (UP) The soviet gov
ernment has concluded a contract
with the Turkish republic to erect a
150-kllowatt radio station at Ankara.
The soviet electric trust takes pride
In the fact that It secured the con
tract, despite competition from sev
eral older eompsntes of capitalistic
countries.
Youths Sentenced to Chorch
SEATTLE. (UP) Two youths.
charged with attempting to steal a
small lamp from the First Christ
Scientist church, were sentenced to
attend oburch every Sunday for two
months and attend Sunday school
and both morning and evening services.
A. E. Horn
W. F. Carper, local district manager
for General Petroleum, called south
ern Oregon representative together
here today to learn the organization's
1934 merchandising plan from Assist
ant Oregon Manager A. E. Horn of
Portland, who arrived here Sunday.
L. A. Schmltt, General's Grants Paas
agent, and Charles F. Miller, agent
at Klamath Falls, attended with dis
tributors and representatives from
their territories. General Petroleum
announces that the 1934 advertising
volume will double that of 1933 and
that a new gasoline will shortly be
Introduced.
Taxi Dash to Hospital
Impresses Lady Visitor
DENVER, Colo;, March 10. (AP)
One Los Angeles woman undoubtedly
will recall her visit of a few days ago
In Denver.
Carl S. Mill i ken, commissioner of
safety, Is authority for the story.
Witnesses are a taxi driver, still some
what sensitive on the subject, and a
couple of motorcycle policemen.
According to Mllliken's story, the
woman was en route to Los Angeles
from New York and when she learn
ed she had several hours to wait
for her train decided to visit a friend,
who had Just become a mother.
"Drive me to the Presbyterian hos
pital I'm In a hurry," Mi 111 ken said
the woman told the taxi driver.
At break-neck speed and ignoring
traffic signals, the driver swept
through the city.
A couple of traffic officer swung
alongside, primed for trouble. A few
whispered words from the driver and
they darted out in front, sirens
screaming.
At the hospital the driver called
excitedly .to attendants to take his
passenger to the maternity ward.
They did rapidly, without asking
questions.
Arriving at the operating room,
tbe woman gasped as she understood
the mistake, Mllliken said. Then she
convinced the attendants all aha
wanted was to visit her friend and
the friend's new baby.
Mllliken declined to give the wo
man's name.
IS
Cnlf Had Five I.fc.
FRIOD, Mont. (UP) A calf on
the J. P. Miller fnrm hero Is "one up
on his bnrnynrcl fellows. The freak
was born with flvo legs, lived, and Is
perfectly norninl otherwise.
Thess young Boston society girls donned dungarees snd took up
, "llnln0 klu t0 r'" '""de for sweet charity. They are, left to
right: Barbara Morton, Ellen O'Donnell and Mildred Allen. They not.
I-h-hl!f,i c,r.,und! tr, Bo,,on diPn1"-y nd the Boston float
Ing hospital, (Associated Press Photo!
Two Counties Pay
First Quarter Tax
SALEM, March IB ( AP) Two
counties completed In full their first
quarter stats tax payments to the
state treasurer today. Union county
paid 113,991 snd Klsmsth count;
31,158. All stata Uses are dus on
April 1.
HEADSTONES LEVELED
BY ERRATIC STORM
PARIS, March IS. (API Ths peo
ple of Jonaso awoke tod.y to find
every headstone In ths local ceme
tery fist on ths (round.
The stones wer blown down la a
hop-skipping storm which struck odd
spots slonj the western coast orer
night sttr glvlnit Most of nanc
wind, ralB 0 feU,
PHILIPPINE MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON. Mnrrh IB. (AP)
Ths McDuffle-Tydlnga rhlllpplne In
depedence bill passed tne house to
day and was sent to the senste.
Having sdmlntatratlon approval,
ths messurs was brought up by
Chslrmsn McDuffle of the Insulsr
committee under a suspension o!
ths tynue rules, which required at
least a Iwo-thlrds majority for psa-ssgs.
Hotel Figueroa
Tenth a.id
Figueroa Sts.
I.OS ANOIXE9
400 outaldo room!
jns of ths
newest aotels
Next door to
everything
Important
Ijo Angeles. As
It la convenient.
Oarags In connection. '
Room, wtth. or without, prlrats
bath. Rates 1140 per dsy snd up
Attractive permanent rates, week
or month. A. B. SMITH, Unmet.
In downtown
comfortable as
NIAGARA PALLS. N. Y. (UP)
Leo Kodeskl, IS, lays claim to the
world's needle threading chsmplon
shlp, previously held by Bob Wolte. 1
37, of Ontario. Ont. Kodrekt says
he threaded 60 lengths of silk thread
through tie eye of a needle, beating I
Wolfe's record by 10 lengths.
VlCKS
VOR ATONE
a better mouth wash
at a big saving
rmiHlJIIJ.-.I.lUi:rl.7i:MTTTiTn
m
LEARN TO KNIT
CLASSES
Tuesdays nnrl Thursdays
Hours 10 to n
Needle Arts Shop
Mrs. B. O. Riddoll
SJ N. Central. Mfdford Wclf.
!r. r. n. Thsjer. Imtmrlnr.
Girls . . .
When you go back to the
campus wear one of
Adricnno's
Knitted
SUITS
Luscious colors, renter
nielnn, yellow, blue,
jrren, vililtc. l-iry
weaves anil both t
nnd 3-pleco stairs.
$10.95
to
$25.00 -m
Corduroy Blouses
$1.95
Striped
Seersucker' Blouses
$1.95
f
Wool Skirts
White flannel, plaids
chocks
and
$2.95
Adrii
ennes
LUMBER
PHONE
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BIG PINES
LUMBER CO.
J. T. BROADLEY, Fl
MEDFORD RES1DI
BURIED IN CALIFORNIA
According to a clipping from the
March 12 edition of a Secramento
newspaper, "funeral services were held
today from the parlors of Miller and
Skelton for John Thomas Broadley,
who died Friday. Broadley. a resident
here for lour years, was & native of
England and was a close friend and
neighbor of the brother of Charles
Dickens, the author.
"Broadley, .who was a musician,
played before Queen Victoria and
King Edward of England. He was born
In Bradford. Yorkshire. England, and
came to the United States In 1890.
making his home In New York. He
had been active In national Co-opera-
tlve Festivals in England, and In 1890
was awarded a certificate for valuable
service at the Crystal Palace In London.
He came to California 16 yesrs
ago after having operated a floral es
tablishment in Med ford. Ore.
"He la survived by his widow, Mrs.
J. A. Broadley. a daughter, Mrs. Elsie
B. Montgomery and two grandchil
dren, as well as two brothers and a
sister In England."
Many friends here will be saddened
to learn of Mr. Broad ley's passing, as
he was well known here, formerly hav
ing his greenhouse on the hill near
the reservoir, and later had a shop on
Weet Main street, across from the
Liberty building. He was a member of
the Baptist church.
Bird Cages. The finest cheap cages
we have ever sold. Assorted colors,
large roomy cages, each $1.49. -Med-ford
Seed & Feed Co.
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DEAFened
You owe It to yourself to re-
celve a FREE DEMONSTRA- T
TTON of the TEUTONOPHONE, J
Germany' Master Creation, for &
the relief of defective hearing. ?
It la the only portable hearing
device equipped with Radio Ml- .
crophone.
Dr. Orville H. Sclieetz
OPTOMETRIST T
60S East II St.. Ornnts Pass J.
Near Post Office X
SALEM, Ore. (VP) Charles H.
Gram, candidate for re-election as
state labor commissioner, has been
longer in office than any other elect
ive official,
Next January, Gram will complete
16 years as labor commissioner. He
has served In the labor department
for 27 years, being one of the oldest
state servants. No other candidate
has thus far announced himself far
Vie post. Gram is a Republican.
Most outstanding accomplishment
of his administration, the labor lead
er believes, is the "tri-state agree
ment." By this pact Oregon, Wash
lngton and California have united In
uniform regulations of hours and
mlonrs in the canning and packing
industries. The agreement, affect
ing 65,000 women, has forestalled un
told trouble and losses on the Pa
cific coast, It Is claimed.
Russian Air Hero
Discovered Safe
MOSCOW, March 10. (AP) The
Russian air hero Llapjdcvsky, missing
five days on a flight of mercy, has
been located safe and well at 'Cape
Van Karen, the government rescue
commission announced today.
The flier waa forced down by en
gine trouble 6 miles from Koluchlno
Island after hopping to rescue a party
of 89 stranded on cracking Ice floes
In the Bering sea.
L. H. Tucker, 87
Dies At Home
L. H. Tucker, 87, who resided at
601 Dakota, died Sunday evening at
his home. The body is now at the
Perl funeral home, and a complete
obituary will appear tomorrow.
STOP TAKING SODA I
FOR GAS ON STOMACH
Much soda distrubs digestion. For
gas or sour stomach Adlerlka la much
better. One dose rids you of bowel
poisons tnau cause gas and bad sleep.
Heath's Drue Storo and Modford
Pharmacy.
Medford School of
Beauty Culture
Announce These Prices Now
Effective
Permanent Waves $2.50
Finger Waves.... 50
Shampoo . .25
Hair Cut . .25
Marcell .50
Manicure .35
This schcool will be operated by
licensed operators until state
Board Inspects shop.
41 912 East Main St.
Across from Boxy Theatre
Phone 84
Hours from 9:00 to 6:00
ruptured:
After 35 years of wearing, making and fitting trusses, I have designed
and manufactured the
LITTLE DOCTOR TRUSS
with Its sponge rubber and sir cushion pads and the
HUMAN HAND TRUSS
that holds Just like your hand. After rutins; oyer 8000 of them. I nm
convinced It Is the ansner to all rupture sufferers, Neat, simple,
efficient; no steel: no elastic; no pressure on back or hips: no leg
it rap j. Welsht, t ounces. No mstter how food your truss Is, if inter
ested In the best see this one. I will fire a free demonstration of these
wonderful trusses at ,
DRUG STORE
SATURDAY, MARCH 24th
All business transacted will be throueh them snd subject Is
your doctor's approval
I D. OAMUON. Inventor and Manufacturer
Have You Tried
"Pres - to - logs"
Trade Mark Registered
The Magic Fuel
For
Furnaces Heaters Ranges Fireplaces
Clean
Long Burning
Convenient
Economical
Delivered in Boxes
MEDFORD DEALERS
Medford Fuel Co.
1122 N. Central
Valley Fuel Co.
26 W. Main
Southern Oregon Pres-to-Iogs Co.
Hotel Willard
Klamath Falls
KLAMATH BASIN'S LEADING HOTEL
Ws tnsk a specitltj ot
eaterlng to commercial
travellers. Modern, light
sample rooms.
Popular price Dinlns
Room and Coffee Shop.
W. D. Miller. Pres.
8. W. lm, .Mgr.
Detailed
Direction
WHKN we direct the funeral there Is no
phase of procedure. Impressive net
or solicitude slighted. We're vcrwrt
In the various denominational and fraternal
rites: our equipment Is always kept slehtiy;
our taste and care In arranging the floral
display: our attention to moarners' romtort
and privacy In the home, chapel and at the
cemetery are details of Importance with us
and are standard regardless of the amount
expended.
CONGER
FUNERAL PARLOR
WEST MAIN AT NEWTOWN
Solicited For Membership In
Order of Golden Rule and Declined