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PSGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, XTTGTTST 24, 1934. AGAIN IN DEATH E (Contlnueo utffl pig ona) of federal agents In Chloago while the "woman In red" watched the blaz ing gum, and now Van Meter ii dead, his whereabouts velleved tip ped off by reason of his association with a woman here. BT. PAUL, Aug. 24. (UP) Homer Van Meter, one of John Dllllnger'a principal lieutenants, was slain In a police ambush last night, much as federal agenta trapped his bandit chieftain a month ago. Three score machine gun and shot gun eluga ripped Into Van Meter as be vainly sought refuge In an alley. rour Bt. Paul policemen, led by Chief Prank Cullen, had been seek ing him on a tip that he and George D a V. ,. NliAn ntihll mnttmv No. 1 since DtlUnger's demise, were m St. ram. Reported In the city with them was John Hamilton, another of the gang, whom Dllllnger had declared dead when he was arrested In Tucson, Art t"it mnntha afro. Police had always doubted Dllllnger'a story. Trap Well Laid. The traD was well laid, the de nouement well executed. Van Meter was given his chance to surrender and turned It down, firing two shots from an automatic pistol instead. A lew seconds later ne wn wr.wi..is face down In the alley, blood stream ing from his entire body. He died almost Immediately. In the belief that sooner or later he would come to the corner of Mar ion street and University avenue the policemen awaited him In the show ninrinw of an automobile display room. Chief Cullen and Former Chief Thomas Brown carried sawea o" hntDimi neteottves Thomas Mo Mahon and Jack Dietrich carried ma chine guns. Van Meter appeared as they ex pected, striding along University ave nue, the main connecting artery be tween the twin cities of 8t. Paul and Minneapolis. The spot is nut a oiki :.. the state capitoi. Xf- DINE at the "Coolest Place in Town" Va c LENTINE'S UAFE SPECIAL FRIED YOUNG TURKEY Six Course Dinner, Turkey Fixed Southern Style . . . 6SC Saturday Evening and Sunday "Yon will enjoy the food and service at Valentine's" Ordered to Halt. The policemen stepped from the showroom and ordered the gangster to halt. Instead, he ran across the street toward a vacant lot which led to an alley In which he hoped to find temporary refuge. A woman, crossing In front of the police pre vented them from firing. Van Meter, already well across the street, turned and fired two shot from his automatic. He was at the entrar.ee to the alley when his pur suers were able to shoot. They let go five volleys with deadly effect. Hla death ended the csreer of Dtl Unger's third most Important Hench man. Ranking next to Dllllnger was Baby Face Nelson. Van Meter was reported a better man with a ma chine gun than his chief and some considered bim even cooler In a crisis. Death Cripples (lang. The slaying of Van Meter, even with Nelson at large, has left the remnant of the Dllllnger gang crippled. Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley and Russell Clark are In prison In Ohio. John Hamilton Is reported dead, on Dll llnger'a word, but If he should be live authorltlea are convinced he win do little damage without the nucleus of the gang to work with. There remains but the capture 01 Nelson to make the work of law and order forces, In their suddenly suc cessful drive on the underworld, thor oughly efficient. Comment on the Day's News NEFF WILL GIVE DETAILS OF TR!P Attorney Porter J. Neff. who went to Washington, D. 0., on behalf of federal loans for the Medford and Talent Irrigation districts, returned Tuesday. The object of the trip was to speed the final details of the re financing of the two districts. At torney Neff reported "favorable pro gress." He said that he was prepar ing a full atatement on the situa tion and the results -of his trip, and the same would be made public in a few days. It Is now thought all red tape In connection with the loans haa been cleared away. The loana were origi nally sought under the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation act and were transferred later to the PWA. Br FRANK JENKINS pRANK M. COMPTON. of Roseburg. Is doorkeeper to the United States senate.- And, as such, he la private and confidential doorkeeper to Vice-President Jack darner, who Is president of the senate. A confidential door keeper decides pretty largely who shall see and who shall not see the nian whose door Is kept. It Is quite a responsible position, you see. .CE-PRESIDENT DARNER Mr. V Compton says, is a regular fel low. He la a westerner a Texan and In his early days he rode the range aa a cowboy. He likes the people he likes, and his friends like htm and have all the confidence in the world In him. That's a pretty good recommenda tion. (Mr. Compton, 'who Is doorkeeper to the senate and as such confiden tial doorkeeper to the vice-president of the United states, is a REPUB LICAN. Strange things do happen, don't they? He must enjoy the con fidence of hla associates to an un usual extent.) SENATOR McNARY, of Oregon, ac- only one of the big men of the sen ate, but one of the big men of the United States. It Is by no means Impossible that he might be the Re- I publican party's candidate (or presi dent in 1634. I The Zsst regards him as safe and ' reasonable, and among the party lead ers be Is regarded a being exceed ; lngly strong in the West. He Is neither too conservative nor too liberal. It la probable that a man of that sort Is the only man whs can be nominated by the Repub. Ilcana, with any hope of success, in 1934. Hence Senator McNary's strength. A LITTLE while back, he relates. Senator McNary succeeded In lin ing up all the Republicans In the senate the stand-patters of auch states aa Pennsylvania, and progres sives such aa Norrls, of Nebraska, and Borah, of Idaho. That, aa you might Imagine, takes some managing. 4 MR. COMPTON tells a good one on Senator Borah perpetrated, he aaya, by the Washington Star. According to the Star's story. Sena tor Borah went out riding one day In Rock Creek park, which la the hotay-totay park of Washington. It was a lovely morning sun shining, birds singing, grass green, the world at peace. Everything seemed Just about per fect to Senator Borah, when all of a sudden he discovered that he and the horse were both going In the same direction. That spoiled the day for him. SENATOR STEIWER, also of Ore gon, Mr. Compton thinks, Is one of the rising young men of the senate, and Is looked upon with Increasing respect. All In all, he reports, Oregon has a mighty-good delegation. KQENATORS." Mr. Compton says. O "work exceedingly hard. They get down to their offices early In the morning, for they have a vast quan tity of mall to go through, and a lot of It requires their personal atten tion. "By the time they get through their mall they have to rush to com mittee meetings, and from commit tee meetings they dash to the open ing of the senate called by a warn ing bell that rings In the committee rooms. "After answering the rollcall, they usually go back to the work of their committees, unless something Is go ing on on the floor that requires their prssence. "Their hours are long, and their responsibility Is great." MANY of the senators from popu lous states receive an average of 3,000 to 3,000 letters a day. Senator Shepherd, of Texas, which la admittedly a very large and very populous state, keepa five clerks busy with his mall, and yet at one time last spring, when Mr. Compton dropped In on him, he was 2,600 let ters behind. Just try taking care of 3,000 letters a day If you want to realize what a big Job la. tol polntblank at himself four tunes. nn at the bullets went wild, two others were deflected by a thick wal let he carried over hla heart, and tne fourth creased his scalp. He recovered. Workers Hit Check Fee. SANDUSKY. O. (UP) Because banka here charge a 10-cent fee for cashing relief checks, FERA workers hiv demanded casta on Day days. claiming they cannot afford to lose the deductions. Sandusky banka re cently placed In effect a Berries' f charge on all checking accounts. Phone 668 When In Radio Trouble DON'S RADIO SERVICE 423 E. Main next to Bridge AN IDEA of what la In moat of the letters may be gained from Sen ator Shepherd' remark when he look ed up from hla voluminous mall. "There's one man In Texas," he said, "who hasn't written to me to demand a Job. He has a broken arm." A Poor Marksman. G LEND ALE, Cal. (UP) A cham pion of poor marksmen la Nathan Starr, 47. 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Shawl tongue, low heel for Misses and Women. $2.95 Women's Sport Oxfords Brown, calf, shawl., tongue,., moc casin toe, for Misses and Women. $3.45 Enna Jettick Sport Oxfords Brown Ripple Leather. Calf trim tongue. Junior heels Shawl widths All $5.00 Enna Jettick Black Amber Novelty grain leather oxford. Pat ent woven trim. Junior heel. All widths. $5.00 Women's Black Dress Ties Kid leather with seal cape leather trim, medium high heels. $2.95 Women's Black Suedes Black suede patent trim. Three eye let tie. Also in Dark Brown. $3.45 Women's Brown Pumps Soft kid leather, button trim. Low heel. Also black. $3.95 Women's Brown Kid Oxford Brown kid vamp novelty brown calf leather trim with side lacings. $4.45 Red Goose Shoes for Children Sport and dress styles for school and play Brown Elk, and Brown Novelty Grain Leathers only $2.98 M. M. DEPX. 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