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t PAGE TWO AIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, SIEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1934. HALT FLIGHT FOR (Contlnuea tcom page on) American soil, was the first to gH out. He wu In the full uniform of a French officer. Both Show Fatigue Codos followed him, smllln? broadly, and appearing comfortable In hie shirt sleeves. Both men looked very tired, particularly Rossi, The crowd, which screamed a weir come to the French aces, buist through police llnea and surrounded both men and the plane. With motorcycle officers pushing a way .through the mob, the men were led to the administration building where another police detail was hav ' lng its hands full handling that part of the crowd which had not gotten onto the field. Near Fire While taxiing their ship from the cross runway up the field to the hangars, the dump ralve on the fuel tank came open again and a flood of gasoline poured out in the wake of the plane and Its fiery exhaust pipes. ' 'As soon as officials reached the ship, they signaled to Rossi and Cod os to shut off the motor. Whon the filers aw what had happened they immediately closed their throttle and stopped where they were. " Field officials said the danger of fire had been Imminent, Both filers asked for clgarets and acknowledged the cheers of the crowd as they passed on to the Administration building. Some of the crowd tried to push through and shake hands they passed. - 1 ' v Disappointed ' A countryman of Rossi rushed up to him and greeted him. "I'm not at all happy," Rossi said, , "We are not content we are dlsap pointed not to be able to complete the night for the prize. ' The prize referred to by Rossi 188,000 offered by the French govern ment for a non-stop flight from France to the Pacific coast the goal Of the mere. ..As they were In the administration building, a detail of police formed at the-entrance. A short time later the fliers were escorted to an official automobile and started for City hall, Manhattan, to meet Mayor F. H LaOuardla. After that they are to be taken to a New York 01 ty hotel. Stage Coach Driver to Trace Old Route by Air Is RECRUITS NEEDED Mora car, ana pasHnnn are need' d for the jubilee oaravan to Klam ath raits tomorrow, according to H, h, Bromley, chairman of the Legion committee In charge of thla advertis ing stunt. "Everyone la cordially In vited ' to participate In thla caravan and help publicize the Diamond Ju bilee In Klamath Falls," atated Brom ley today. "Care and people are both needed to make an Impressive show ing and there will be plenty of room for those who do not have transpor tation oi meir own." The oaravan will assemble at lubl. lee headquarters at 3:30 p. m. tomor row to aecure bannera and placards and will movo promptly at a p. m. A parade and exhibition will be held In Klamath Falla at 8:30-8:30, after which local people will be free to apend the evening In Klamath or return-home. All those who plan to participate In the caravan, either -with or with out can, are asked to register their namea with Lee Oarlock at the A. A, A. office, telephone 313, before Tues day noon. Above the aame route over which he drove rumbling atage coaches at leaa than ten miles an hour, Fred Tlce, 78-year old resident of Medford, Ore., will tomorrow be riding along In a great-winged air liner at almost three miles a minute. Looking down irom tne caoin or a united Air Lines plane, Tlce will make out his old atage coach route, and In memory will hear the creaking groan of atage coach wneeia. He 1 leaving here to morrow forenoon at 9 o'clock. The veteran drove atagea In north. ern California and aouthern Oregon from 1877 to 1B80. In those days. he recalls, It required 100 houra for a total of 83 horses to make the 378- mlle trip from Redding, Cel.. to Oalesburg, Ore. Tomorrow he will cover that aame distance. In approxi mately one ana a naif noursl And. Instead of holding the reins of alx horsea, he will streak along behind the combined power of 1100 "nags." Two pilot, will be doing the "driv ing" for him and a young lady In a green uniform they call her a atew- araeea will be there to wait on him. Tlce will fly from Medford to 8an Francisco to visit relatives and to extend an Invitation to Callfornlana to attend Oregon'a Diamond Jubilee celebration at Medford, June 3 to 0. While In San Francisco, ha will be part-time guest of that clty'a cham ber of commerce. Contraatlng the new and old In Pacific coast transportation, Tlce aald his record run with stages waa 48 miles, on the route between Yreka, cai., and oalesburg, In four and one half hours. He recalled one Instance when, In croaslng a high stream In southern Oregon, his alx horsea were drowned and the mall waa lost, al though he salvaged the exnresa box, Six-horse teams pulled most of the atagea, which which, besides mall and expreaa, carried passengers. Large candlea were used for lights. Stage tickets were not so cheap 10 cents a mile per person, or almost twice aa much aa present-day air travel. Forty pounoa or baggage waa allowed each passenger. Bad men were In the hill country and atage drlvera had to be on the lookout for them, Airplanes may be winging the en ure length of the coast In nine and a half hours, streamlined trains and automobllea may be attracting atten. tlon but Tlce Is of the opinion that the stage-coach deye were more ro mantic, after all. VCv feu? I & 1 Fred Tlce News Briefs QUIET PREVAILS , IN STRIKE AREAS AFTER VIOLENCE (Continued rroui wage one) SANTIAGO DB CHILE (UP) Ap parently motivated by belief that meat makes 'em wild," authorltlea today announced 8000 convicts In Chile's prlaona will be put on a vege tarian diet chiefly broad, corn meal. boiled wheat and onions. PORTLAND, May 38. (API The Paolflo coast conference, governing athletlo relatione of the larger unl versltlea and collogee on the coaat, today voted that the team to renre- aent the west coaat In the annual Eaat-Weat game at Paeadena ahall be elected by the conference. Opening Dance Tuesday. Mav 30. Lake o' the Woods Resort. Oood muato. Ample accommodations. By United Press. ROCKFORD, ni. (UP) Charles Campbell, 86, wanted to get from a farm to town for Rockford's centen nial celebration. He couldn'a find any meane of transportation except a rowboat. "They used canoea when my father aettled here 100 yeara ago," said Campbell. "I'll use the row boat." Ho did, rowing several miles to town, then home again. CHICAGO (UP) An automobile hit John Conroy, 48, while he waa en route to work at the world'a fair. Anx loue to be on time the opening day, he got up, hobbled on. worked an hour, then collapsed. A doctor found that Conroy'a right leg waa broken. BROOKLYN, N. Y. (UP) Pat rolman William Kane, 31, off duty but In uniform today, got In a quar rel with Walter Spotto. 38, and shot off one of Spotto'a big toes. Kane waa suspended; Spotto taken to hospital. man and wife who were beaten In the court riot. The couple, James Lechay, 27, a teacher, and Mrs. Rose Lechay, 33. were the focal point of the court fight aa they remonstrated when they were driven from the room, and Lechay cried: "Leavo ua alone." The woman waa struck down and kicked, and while Lechay protested that'a my wife, leave her alone," he waa carried off bodily by offlcera. Pleading with officers and crying, "we're willing to go," he waa hit over the head with a patrolman's atlck, and kicked aa he lay unconscious, aeveral witnesses ,ald. Over the wounds of the melee. Captain Daniel Ahearn .shouted, men, use your brains," and turned to reporter,, easing: "We're doing the best we can. I'm aorry.v Two reporters, attempting to Inter cede for the couple, were alapped, and a score of radicals, their sympathizers and onlookera were atruck. The strife waa provoked by the catcall, which greeted Magistrate Leonard A. McOee when he ordered two prisoners, arrested In the Satur day outbreak, held under $1500 ball on charges of felonious assault for & hearing today. vt, who enlisted April S. 1883, and wa. In the caiawy service three years. Frank Mangoz, another veteran, en listed in 1881 from Missouri. Polk Hull enlisted In 1883 from Indiana, he told the club, and J. 0. Wood, emitted In 1884 from Ohio. Comrade, Applegate and White. head were unable to be present. An other guest at the luncheon today was Will O. Steel, known a, "Father of Crater Lake." f T TO OREGON CAVES IN PATRIOTISM TOPIC NEW YORK. (UP) Police thought eometning must be wrong with to day a crowd at Coney Island. Despite tne fact 400,000 people took advant' age of warm Sunday aunahlne to visit the resort, not a single child waa reported lost.v CHICAGO (UP) Henry Ford en joyed himself at the opening day of tne world'a fair by visiting hla new exhibit. One of the placea In which he showed the moat Interest waa his first workshop, moved here for the fair. One of the things, however, which gave him the greatest pleasure waa that few recognized him and ho waa not bothered by crowda follow ing him. - " Opening Dance Tuesday, May 30. Lake o' the Woods Resort. Good music. Ample accommodation,. patriotism" waa the topic of O. H. Bengtaon'a addresa thla noon be fore membera of the Klwanle club at their weekly meeting at the Hotel Meoiord. Miss Betty Vllm reelted poem and Bruce Hammond, local high school student, gave a patriotic aoaress or hla own composition. - Trumpets were eounded for salute to the flag by Boy Scouts Bob Dynan and Jack Heyland or Troop 8. Honor guests were Civil War veter ans, Including Judge William Col- SALEM, May 38. (AP) Low bid ders on the Coos Bay bridge and the flrma who will receive the awards when the money Is available, today granted an extension of time for re ceipt of the awarda from the state highway department. Their awards, although approved by the highway commission and the public works administration, have been held up pending receipt of fund,. The thirty day limit for hold ing the contracts were up Saturday, but the extension, have been granted by the winning companies. The Northwest Roads company of Portland received the major award of construction, while the Virginia Bridge and Iron company of Roan oke, Va., entered the lowest bid for the steel work. The span will cost In excess of $3,000,000. The awards will not be made until after May 31, at which time federal funds were ex pected to be made available. Plan gale The Psat Noble Grands club will have a cooked food sale at the Reliable grocery store next Satur day, June 3. A caravan of thirty people from Medford and aouthern Oregon points, Journeyed to the Oregon Caves Sat urday tor a dinner and dance at the new chateau at the national monu ment. The caravan stopped Saturday at Cave City for lunch with the Cave City Chamber of Commerce, then continued to the Oregon Cave, cha teau for dinner. Short talks were given at fhe din ner by E. 0. Jerome, chairman of the Diamond Jubilee celebration. Georse Porter and C. M. Heard of Medford and Senator James Chlnnock of Grant, Pass. George Sabln of the Caves resort also spoke. The chefs and waitresses at the chateau gave an Interesting enter tainment, which wa, enthusiastically praised by membera 'of the caravan. The guesta remained at the chateau over nlht and Sunday went through the caves and Inspected the grounds. Hot In Pendleton PENDLETON, Ore., May 28. (AP) The mercury boiled up to the 89 degre mark here Sunday, the hottest day of the summer season. At 7 m. today the temperature was 73 degrees. 4 San Francisco Butterfat SAN FRANCISCO. May 38. (API First grade butterfat ai'Ac f. o. b. San Francisco. TOO LA1E 70 CLASSIFY GIRL wants position to assist with housework or care for children. Phone afternoons or evenings, 852-J. FOR SALE Small house on good lot. Inquire 145 No. Central. WANTED oung lady for eales work. Experienced, enthusiastic. Not over 25 years of age. Phone J. Bennard, Medford Hotel, between 6 and 7 p. m. or Tuesday morning. WANTED Hay aulUble for atock cattle, rrana woouinage, uentrai Point. FOR SALE Canning apricots. Cheap. peerless siaract. rnuu. w. WANTED Have outlet for good Blng cherrlea. peerless Market, paone 603. WANTED Experienced waitress. Dia. mond care. 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LEGIONNAIRES URGED TO ATTEND MEETING All Legionnaires are urged to at tend tonight's meeting of Medford Post Ho. 18 at the armory, Several Important matter, will be dtacuased, Including plan, for the Jubilee cara van tomorrow and the annual ob servance of Memorial day, Wednes day. Commander Overmeyer ha, ex tended' a. cordial invitation to all visiting Legion men to participate In both of these event,. Opening Dance Tuesday, May 39, Lake o' the Wood, Resort. Oood music. Ample accommodation,. 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