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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1934. PAGE SEVEN E 2 OF 800 FELONS John Boles in Craterian Film Clever Comedians in Rialto Film Local and Personal To Crescent City Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Murphy, accompanied by Mrs. Lena Jacobs and Miss Eula Jacobs, re motoring to Crescent City today. Fishing Today Dan Herring and - Ralph Woodford are leaving this morning on a fishing trip, and yester day afternoon said they planned to bring bacK the limit. Slash Burnings Smoke In the for est lands southwest of Medford was . attracting much attention In Medford yesterday afternoon, but a check with " the state forestry office disclosed It ' ' was slash burnings. Guests of Mr. Oleson Mr. and Mr. H. W. Lowery were supper guests re- cently at the lovely country home of . William Oleson. Present were Mrs. Ray Cyr, Mrs. A. J. Oould of Phoenix ' and Mrs. A. J. Ackers. Called to McCloud Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Van de Walker left Saturday noon for McCloud. Calif., where they were called by the serious Illness of Mrs. Van de Walker's nephew, Calvin Wa'.ls. who Is in the McCloud hospital. Mr. Meeker Better C. A. Meeker, local merchant, is recovering from an emergency operation for appendicitis . at the Community hospital aooui ten days ago. He is making satisfactory improvement, according w report, Woodshed Fire The woodshed at the H. H. Bell residence, 714. West Eleventh street caught fire Friday af ternoon at 4:48, but was extinguished when the city firemen arrived. No damage resulted from the blaze. Koppen Is Better John C. Koppen, r:- who has been confined to his home the past week, suffering from the flu, was reported improved Saturday and plana to return to school some time this week. Window Broken State police were called early Saturday morning to The Nueaet, confectionery store in jac son vile where a window had been broken. Police said they did not be lieve the building had been entered To Confer Here Expected to arrive here this week-end from Portland, to confer with George Henselman, local representative of the Aetna Life In surance company, are J. E. S. bucii anan, general agent, and Budd C. Long, assistant general agent. Foresters to Portland Karl L. Ja- nouch, supervisor of the Rogue River national forest, and Assistant super visor Norman C. White are leaving to day for Salem, where tomorrow they will attend the state forestry meeting called by Lynn Cronemiller, state for ester. " Mrs. ' Hankett Here Mrs. Charles Hankett of Chicago Is In Medford vts . ltlng her niece and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Llndgren, and also, Mrs. J A. Ellia of Griffin creek. Mrs. Hankett has been visiting In Palo Alto befdre coming here, where she plans to re main a week. t Grange to Meet Members of the Talent Grange are requested to meet at Prof. Relmer'a, Thursday, April 18 at 7:45, as announced by the, lec turer, Mrs. Walters. The grange will also celebrate Its anniversary. All charter members and present officers are asked to be present. Strikes Parked Car George R, Bar ry of a 117 Front Street, San Diego, reported to city police that he had struck a car parked on a local street, and was willing to make good the damages. Another report placed on file stated that the damaged machine belonged to Mrs. Oliver Rodgera. Reports Theft A report was filed with the city police Friday by P. P. in nf vmih 4. who said that on Thursday evening between 8 and 10:30 n m nnmhur of Articles were stolen from hi car, parked at the corner of Eighth and soutn cenwai. mciuaeu among the missing articles were an overcoat, car tools, spar piugs, nuuv lng knife, and his driver's license. nin Triitilnr Post A trading post is being opened in the old city market building, at 35 South River side avenue by the Disabled American Veterans, and donation of used fur niture, kltchenware, dishes or clothes are requested by the group. Repair m K. An-nm Viv those In charM. and the articles sold. Money brought in from the sales, win go w w way benefit fund. Catch Mill Mr nA M ' rt u Murphy made a fishing trip to Rogue River Friday afternoon, and reported a fine catch,, . Evans Is Caller A. B. Evans, rep resentative of the Ohio National Life insurance company, was a visitor in Medford yesterday from Salem. Lower s Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lowery of Los Angeles are hero visiting Mrs. Lowery's sisters, Mrs. A. J. Gould of Phoenix and Mrs. Ray cyr of Medford. Cancel Trip Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Isaacson of Central Point, who wre expecting to leave for Portland today, have cancelled their trip owing to the death of Mrs. Isaacson's sister, Eliza beth Stanton of St. Joseph, Mo, Called to Portland Mrs. John F. Lawrence left Friday evening for Port land, caned there by the sudden death of her uncle, William Kramer, who passed away at Seaside, Oregon, Thursday evening. Mr. Kramer was the husband of the late Dr. E. B. Pickers sister. Start Work Monday Spotting crews will start work Monday in tne Rogue River national forest in the Klamath district, and are to be fol lowed In about a week by a crew of thirty men, In the pine beetle control project. They will start work in the Sand creek area, and will continue for about a month and a half. The dis trict extends to the east boundary of Crater Lake national park. All men on this project will be employed from the Fort Klamath section, forestry offi cials here stated Saturday. The work will be In charge of Assistant Super visor Ira Mason, and Forester Maurice Tedrow. Display Lovely Tulips A bouquet of tulips of unusual size and beauty was brought to the Chamber of Com merce yesterday by Mrs. John Hoist of the Sams Valley district, who has many of them at her country horn;. In the bouquet were a number of red and yellow blossoms, commonly known as parrot or dragon tulips. ' A pink and white bloom with pointed petals was also attracting much favorable comment yesterday, from visitors at the chamber. A bouquet of tulips, showing an unusual number of blos soms, growing from one bulb, was brought to the Chamber of Commerce building by Mrs. Miller of Medford. One stem was supporting five blos soms and another three. GOVERNMENT ACTS (By the Associated Press) Some of the strike menace faded out of the Industrial picture Satur day and government agencies strove to Intercede r'here other shutdowns threatened. A tie-up of the American petrol eum Industry seemed more remote ae the petroleum labor policy board Indicated It would recommend that Secretary Ickes disapprove the wage differentials proposed by the- petrol eum planning and coordination committee. The oil workers had warned that adoption of the wage differentials would precipitate a general strike involving 100,000 men. A month's strike of 300 employes at the Aetna Rubber company In Ashtabula, Ohio, ended Saturday. A new strike broke out, however, at the Belleville,. 111., plant of the Knapp-Monarch company, makers of electrical supplies. Five hundred men walked out over refusal of the company to re-employ two workmen, despite a St. Louis regional labor board ruling In favor of the com pany. There were no developments at the Detroit automobile capital. At Milwaukee, 4,700 employes vot ed to reject new proposals to settle strikes at the Seaman Body corpor ation and the Nash Motor plants. Secretary Perkins1 anthracite coal investigating committee recommend ed a "drastic reduction" in working hours. : Financiers Ask Speed CLEVELAND, April 14. (P) Thre Cleveland citizens long prominent in the nation's financial world P. P. Van Swelngen, Joseph R. Nutt and W. M. Baldwin requested a speedy trill today of charges that they falsified records and reports of the closed Union Trust company. 4 v Poet's Grandson Weds SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 14. iff) In a ceremony attended by only a few close friends, Lord Lionel Hall am Tennyson, grandson of the fa mous English poet, and Mrs. Joseph W. Donuner, young society matron of Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y., were mar-; ried today in the garden of her par- j ents' Monteclto home. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY LOST Bundle soiled clothing Ije tween Aahland and Medford. laun dry mark 111. Reward for returning to Medford Domestic Laundry. FOR BALE OR TRADE 120 head ewes. Write W. A. Scott, Jacksonville. ELDERLY lady wlahes board and room In private home near city li brary. Phone 887-X. DIABETICS Glad to tell of real re lief in grave case by simple natural means without needle or starvation. N H. Boies, 318 Bayvlew. Seattle, Wn. SEE the D. A. V. Trading Post for used furniture, light repairing of all kinds, and car washing and greasing. 35 South Riverside. FOR RENT 6room house,' unfurn ished, newly done over, good loca tion, tlS.OO a month, water paid. Inquire 524 N. Holly. Tel. 745-J. FOR SALE Hotpolnt rarure; oil heat er, like new. 422 Park Ave. WANTED Laundry completed, 50c a dozen. Telephone 603-J. Opening DANCE GOLD HILL Sat., April 21 t MISIC BY Johnny Bennett 'i Orchestra Mi II III Starting Today for 3 Big Days Continuous Showsoday 1:30 P. M. to 11:00 P. M. 1k MTMiEEiPIGTURE With America's Dancing Daughter in Her 'Most Dazzling Role! A new sensational musical romance; I ' It's great because it brings lovely Joan and Clark Gable together I It has a dramatic story that will electrify you I it has hundreds of sing ing, dancing beauties in gorgeous musical scenes! has haunting melodies everyone will sing! man-: 1" "-Tiia I mm BimimMM u-iA FRANCHOT TONE, MAY ROBSON, WINNIE LIGHTNER, FRED ASTAIRE, ROBERT BENCHLEY, TED HEAIY and HIS STOOGES ALSO CHARLIE CHASE in "SHERMAN SAID IT" Cartoon, "THE BULLY END" NEWS REEL LIBERTY GAMBLE DENVER, April 14. (AP) Two gray-haired life-term convtcta, one a miner-blacksmith and the other a farmer before prison bars closed about them In middle-age, will be permitted by the state of Colorado to volunteer for sacrifice upon the altar of science. Gov. Ed C. Johnson today announced he had designated Carl Erlckson, SO, and Mike Schmidt, 56, aa the two state penitentiary prisoners, who will at their own re quest, submit to experimental Innoc culatlon with serum which Denver scientist hope may be proved a pre ventive of tuberculosis. Governor Johnson found more than 800 convlcta In the state prison at Canon City who were willing to undergo the tests, which, Dr. Corper warned might result In Infection If they did not Immunize. The gover nor promised that those prisoners finally selected would be. at the com pletion of the testa, highly recom mended for executive clemency which would either give them freedom or shorten their present terms. 1 SEATTLE. fAPl Totaliv hllnrt nm Dent Is the most amazing athlete at t.he University of Washington. He asks no quarter and gives none. Dent Is one of the leading heavy weight wrestlers In amateur circles In Seattle. "He has the maklnc nf a tmio great wrestler," declares Prank Vance, his coach. "He has vise-like, arms and a varletv of holdft. In finit nr his loss of sight. It Is almost Impos sible to get behind him, and .he Knows wnat nis opponent Is doing every second," Dent follows every move of his rival with a kwnlv.r!nvilnn,4 anu of. hearing. He applies a body scls cors and a half-nelson In effective manner. The youth rowed In on of Wnxh. lngton's minor crews a year ago. He Is a brilliant law student. h ' - 'v "Pat" Paterson. tv newcomer, and John Boles have featured roles in "Bottoms .Up" at the Craterian the. ater for three days starting today. Also In the cast are Spencer Tracy, tierDert Mundln, 811 Slivers, Harry Green and Thelma Todd. The oft-gosslped-about truth that you have to bluff Hollywood to win Its favors is brought out in the pic ture witft Tracy, Silvers and Harry Green as three merry rogues who take the delectable M!i s Paterson and crash the movlo capltol in a big way. The bluff works, and It Isn't long before the girl la playing a btg part opposite a famous star, and the three comrades are situ ated In soft studio Jobs. The fun really starts when the true Identity of the girl and -her companion la re vealed. . Interwoven with the comedy and romance of the picture la some glo rlus singing by John Boles. There art four song numbers with both Boles and Miss Paterson contribut ing their share. Carload of Tires Arrives Here For Firestone Company An entire carload of Firestone tries was received last Friday by the fire- stone Service Stores, Inc., at the cor ner of Ninth and Pacific highway, reminding southern Oregon motorists that it Is time to get new tires for the vacation season. Twenty-four thousand pounds of tires made up this large shipment, according to Curt Hopkins, general manager of the Firestone Service Stores, Inc. The new Firestone tires provide ad ditional safety because of their pat ented construction, says Mr. Hopkins. '-. 1 Warrant Call. Notice is hereby given that there are funds on hand for the redemp tion of School Dlst. No. 6 warrants Numbers 1 to 406, Inclusive. Interest to cease April 13, 1934. Warrants pay able at First National Bank, Medford. Oregon. EAEUi LEEVER, Clerk, School Dlst. No. 0. Central Point, Oregon. Dorothea Wieck in "Crade Song" A deeply emotional tale cf mother love and sacrifice comes to the Roxy theater today In "Cradle Song," the first American vehicle for Dorothea Wieck. Dorothea Wieck reveals In "Cradle Song" a sensltlvltly, a dramatic un derstanding, and a grasp of the dif ferent part that places her high among the leading dramatto actresses Tin Hollywood. ' Completely off the beaten track of motion picture entertainment, "Cradle Song" is a delicate hand ling of a difficult theme. The story by the noted Spanish playwright, Q, M. Marlines Sierra, tells of a child abandoned at a convent and raised by one of the sisters. As Sister Mo- anna, Miss Wieck has been longing for the motherhod denied her. She lavishes on the foundling all the love and affection she would have given to a child of her own. 4 Midget Photos 3 for 10c. Peasley Studio Opp. Holly Theatre. j, 4.Y.y34IJMU'.LKm:X.Y..4KW vie? a X Edward Everett Horton and Edna Mae Oliver, two favorites with show goers, appear together In 'The Poor Rich' at the Rialto theater today and Monday. The story concerns two scions of Wealthy family wmch, wun trie depression, has gone to seed. Their endeavors to live up to tnelr usual standards provide one laug.h atfer another. In the supporting cast are Thelma Todd, Andy Devtne, Leila Hyams and John Mlljan. "Dancing Lady" at Studio m,kmm With Joan Crawford .and Clark . Imagination and throbs, with a ro Gable headlined, a smashing parade ' mance that alone would make It a Shows 1:45 3:30 6:45 9:00 n SOUTHERN OREGON'S FINEST THEATRE Mats 25o Evea 35c Kiddles 100 Starts Today for Three Days THREE JOVIAL ROGUES AND A BEAUTIFUL GIRL out-bluff Hollywood and step into a fortune! A rollicking frolic of laughter and romance . . . Three down-and-out pall team up with an up-and-coming Corn Belt cutle . . pose as nobility . , , Impose on movie aristocracy . . scheming . , . kidding, hoping, winning! , , . And Just wait till you hear those song sensa lions! if ' tb Don't MisB hearing John Boles ting! SPENCER TRACY PAT' PATERSON JOHN BOLES Herbert Mundin Sid Silvers Harry Green Thelma Todd nuT'jiwmis;' i n ! i w 'i n , pa ADDED SHORTS NONSENSE and HILARITY with "MIXED NUTS" "Colorful Ports of t'nll"-Movletone Nfwa of sizzling song hits, an eye-thrltl-lng cavalcade of pulchrltudlness cho rus ensembles, and a sensational Broadway story drama as story mo tivation,. 'Dancing Lady" opens today at the Studio theater. The picture abounds with spectacles that stagger Ted Healy stooges. grand evening's entertainment. The cast reads like an all-star screen stage and radio aggregation Pranchot Tone, May Robson. Win nie Llghtner, Fred Astaire. Robert Benchey, Ted Healy, Gloria Poy, Art Jarrett and those devastating Noted Printer passes NEW YORK. April 14 yPh-Hal March banks, Internationally known for his fine printing, died last night of pneumonia. He was 56 years old. Export Wheat ' PORTLAND, April 14. (P) Emerg ency export corporation's bid for solt white wheat for foreign shipment, 7 cents bushel. llll Matinees SZlsSs Evenings I :4":J5 ft I 1 f3 sf l.J 6:45at9:00 Mats-15 Eves-25 KiWies-10 Today and Monday "-Oh, What A Life" llll When yoa toy to throw bluff and llll Kra on $000000 per year! I.auglu pile llll on taujln when these two aristocratic llll paupers put on a front to their for- HI! ' infrly wealthy frlendsl .rOCTT ADDED BOB HOPE and LEAH RAY In a (ay musical comedy GOING SPANISH" "A OONUOLA JOURNEY" PATIIR NKWS