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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD WAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORL), OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1935. PAGE FIVE Local and nan well Recovers A. H. Banwell or. the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce u back at work today after a siege of flu. Farrell Wood Return Farrell Wood returned recently from a two weeks' vacation with relatives near Ixia Angeles. mm On Day's Visit John T. Anderson of Portland, patent-ocordlnator, ar rived on the Oregoalsn this morning to spend the day here attending to1 business. i Has Operation Eugene Dowllng of B03 Palm street underwent an emerg ency appendicitis operation Wednes day afternoon at the Sacred Heart hospital. ftpends New Year's Here Mrs. Chria Kraft, Jr.. of Canby, Ore., spent New Tear's with Miss Amelia Kraft and Mrs. Opal Mooter and son Lionel, at 816 Howard street. Plgerh on Business H. C. Blgera of Portland, of Pullman Co., arrived by train today to attend to business In MecZford, and before leaving will make a business trip to Talent. - In Ahhland New Year's Mr. and Mrs. George R. Carte? and sons, Rob ert and Max, of Medfoid were visiting In Ashland New Year'a night with friends and relatives. Ashland Dally Tidings. 8. & W. Man Here T. C. Simmons, Jr.. of Portland, representative of eussman. Wormser & Co., Is among Med ford business visitors today, hav ing arrived this morning on the Ore gonlan. Nurse Registrar Return Mrs. O. E. Osborne, registrar for local nurses, who has been visiting her daughter. Mrs. N. E. Bohall, In San Francisco for the past three weeks, returned to Medford this morning. Unit. Smith Returns First Lieut (Philo D. Smith. FA-Res., Medford dls trlot CCC headquarters detachment, returned this morning by train after having spent the holidays In Port land on leave. From Grants Pass Miss Dorothy Krlck of Grants Pass arrived this morning on the Oregonlan, enroute to Prospect, where she will spend the next two months visiting at the home of Mrs. Grieves. STATE REI UNDER $450 YEAR 8ALEM, Jim. 3. (API More than 900 teachers In the public school system or the state receive salaries tinder 450 a year, it was revealed here today by Charles A. Howard, superintendent of public Instruction, who based his findings upon tabula tions received for 5,135 of the more than 7,000 teachers In Oregon. In the elementary school system But of this number. 223 teachers re ceive that smair stipend while six high school teachers are listed. The largest number of grade school Instructors only receive salaries of from 450 to S675 a year, while 63 high achool teachers were listed In this class. More than 1.300 receive salaries from 675 to $S00 In the ele mentary division, while 303 are paid that amount In the high schools. Most high school teachers listed. 321. receive more than 900 while 1.032 receive that sum In the grades. Superintendent Howard reported Incomplete tabulation resulted from many larger school systems using contract forms of their own which make special provisions for variations In salaries due to the recent llnan clal slump In school districts. Re ports, were not received from Baker, Bend, Hood River. Eugene. Portland Parkrose. Milton. Pendleton. The Dalles, Dallas or from entire Grant county. Lane county reported the largest number of teachers paid under $450 In the grades and Marlon the high est number in the upper classltica. Ion. In the high school Lincoln county reported more lesser paid In' atructors and Marlon again heading the list, with Multnomah not report ing Its larger schools. LAVVSQRCE, NOT AKRON. O. .(UP) Greed and el flahneas cause most divorce, bellevea Domestic Relation! Judge Oscar A. Hunslclter. 'People on the verge ot divorce might as well admit they have made a mra of their own Uvea, and look to the weltarc of their children." he said. 'The solution of the divorce evil does not lie In stricter marriage laws but in better divorce ws. Some thing should be done to prevent ti throwing of children upon society." TAKE YEAR TO FROM RECOVERY EVILS CINCINNATI UP1' Dr. Sumner H Silchter. of Harrard University, condemned the N-itlonsl Recovery Act "because It h" raised rates" In a talk before the Foreign Policy association here. Dr. Silchter. denylns he U con servative. c;nde;nncl the raising o! waijo. asrrtlnc tht It Is necessary to pave the way lor business profits before recovery csn be attained. 'It wll' tare us at Uwl yeir to re cover tror.i the recovery art," Dr ffllchtcr ta:d. MANY TFARHFRS I M TICKETS FOR SHRINE 1111111 IUIUIIL11U Ml Personal Tommy White to School Tommy White, who la Just beginning to walk again after an ankle Injury sustained in freshman football at the Univer sity of Washington last fall, left yes terday to take up hla studies at the Seattle school. V CCC Men Return Members of the Civilian Conservation corps who re turned this morning by train from Portland, having spent the holidays at their homes In that city, were: R. Bolmberg. Ted Kane. Charles Bayn ham. W. .E Johnson, all of Camp Applegate. Llvelys Visit Mr. and Mrs. Jamea Lively visited briefly In Medford while returning from Portlsnd to their home in San Jose. Mr. Lively will be remembered as former general man ager of the Lively Lime company of Gold Hill. t t Cold In Bay Region Jr. and Mrs. John Gervas, who were recently mar ried, have returned from San Fran cisco, after a Justness and pleasure trip, and report cold weather in the bay city, but clear and fairly warm on the route back. They left the southern city on New Year's day. Two Accidents Reported Minor ac cidents involving Galen R. Knox and Walter Crank, who crashed on Port land avenue at 6:30 p. m., January 3. and a crash Involving Charles Du- Vall, CCC truok driver, and J. Riley of Berkeley, Cal., at the fairgrounds on January 2, at 10:15 a. m.. were reported to city police Wednesday Former Medfordlte Visit Earl 8. Coe. manager here for several years of the American Fruitgrowers asso ciation, and now in business for him self, and Mrs. Coe, stopped over on their retrun trio north from a vaca tion trip to Los Angeles today. Mr. and Mrs. Coe both stated that they were glad to be in Medford again, even though only here for a few hours. t Bock to School Among atudents who returned to the University of Oregon yesterday were Victor Dal lalre and Fred Colvig. They drove north with J. P. Naumes and son Joseph. Joe Is employed by the North west Ice and Cold Storage company In Portland. Colvig. a sophomore in the school of Journalism at the uni versity, recently took second place in a Journalism test given there, a rare honor for anyone not a senior. INDOOR CIRCUS SELL FAST, SAY COMMITTEE Members of the ticket committee for the big Shrine circus to be held In the Medford Armory for the week beginning January 14. have announc ed that tickets are going like hot cakes, and huge crowds are expected to be In attendance each night. Saturday afternoon. January 19, there will be a special matinee for kids, featuring every kind of circus entertainment except elephants. The daring young man will fly on Ihe trapeze, clowns will entertain tight- wire artists will perform, and all the others of the 15 regular acts. During the rest of the week the circus will be In full bloom, with the big acts each night, and with dancing to Harry Schell's famous music after each performance. The Shrine will present, In this circus, something entirely new in the amusement line to Medford audiences and reports that have come In from the various big amusement centers where the circus has performed Indi cate that the troupe has one of the most Interesting and unusual pro grams of Its kind In the field. Tickets may be obtained from any Shriner, or from the ticket committee headed by Hex Barnett. The commit tee has down-town headquarters in the Sparta building. 4 Mrs. Garlork III Mrs. Lee Oarlock is 111 at her home with a slight throat trouble. She Is expected to be up and round in a few days. HURRY I ENDS TONIGHT'. filOECI AR11S5 THE fASt A DAUY1 ?. 2ANYOC 2 0 iiiMMititUdiWAfliM n;TL'i -21 fri-sat mm You'll Creep! You'll Crawl! With EDNA MAY OLIVER JAMES GLEASON Bruce Cabot, Gertrude Michael, Regis Toomey ANNA STEN in "NANA" is Coming A' J At Craterian ! if? i i Described as a thrilling romance of death and dancer in the skies. 'Hell tn the Heavens." starring War ner Baxter, will be at the Craterian theater tomorrow and Saturday. Star of a long and notable series of screen hits, Warner Baxter is said to eontri bute his grea test perform ance In seasons to the new film. This time he Is cast as an American flier In the Lafayette EscadriUe, who Is promoted by death to fill his cap tain's place. Haunted by "the fear that he will be afraid," the lieutenant struggles to combat It. Love helps, in the form of dashing Conchlta Montenegro. At length Baxter meets the Baron, most daring and dangerous of Ger man aces. In close conflict high above the clouds and solves his destiny through courage. The studio surrounded the star with one of the most distinguished supporting casts In years. Conchlta Montenegro, who appeared with Bax ter In "The Cisco Kid," Is apain his leading woman. Russell Hurdle has an Important Juvenile role. Other members of the cast are Her bert Mundin. Andy Devine, Ralph Morgan, Vtnce Barnett, William Stel- llng. J. Carrol Nalsh and Johnny Ar thur. 4 Ricardo Cortez In Picture at Rialto Something novel In mystery plays come to the Rialto theater for to morrow and Saturday In "Hat, Coat and Glove." Starting out as a modern drama involving a marital tangle, it sud denly takes a novelty twist and be comes what Is said to be a thorough ly entertaining murder mystery. Ricardo Cortez has the starring role of the criminal lawyer, who has struggled through three months of an experimental separation from his wife, played by Barbara obblns. and io iu iu von ib quita nuu gu iiuinc. In trying to affect a reconciliation he discovers hla wife is infatuated with a young painter, played by John zeal Cortez visits Beal's apartment for the purpose of a quiet talk. There he discovers Dorothy Burgess, ex flame of Beal, who has made up her mind to hang around, wanted or not. In a rash moment she picks ud gun to kill herself. Cortez Intervenes too late and she dies, The finger of the law points at Beal. Cortex's wife pleads with hlra to take the case, to which he finally consents, with the understanding that she return to him after the trial whether he wins Beal's freedom or not. Things move to a rapid climax, culminating In a suspensoful situa tion as the lawyer riddles the prose cution's case In a departure from the usual trial scenes, with a sur prising finale settling the triangle problem. 'GIRL OF UMBERLOST IS AUTHENTIC FILM Recapturing the leisurely charm of pre-war days In American rural Ufa, "A Girl of the Llmborlost," Gene Stratton-Porter's famous novel of Indiana country life. Is playing to large crowds at the Roxy theater. The story, of course, deals with the conscientious efforts of Elnora Corn stock to gain an education. Denied every privilege at home and refusing any aid from her friends, she catches moths in the swamps of the Umber- lost and aells them for money with which to go to school. Misa Porter spent "most of her early life on the banks of the Wabash and used the background of the adjoin lug swamps for the basis of her fa mous classic which has been read by rauntlcss millions. Mrs, Uraley Recovering Mrs. C. R. Braley, who has been 111 at the Com munity hospital, is now at her home. Mrs. Brawle yis slowly recovering. A New Roxy Service EARPHONES No Extra Charge mM&- :' $f Via-; I Hi HURRY Only 2 More Nites The Greatest Story of America most Popular Novelist. t xa msii Also-Cartoon. "Betty in Elunderlanrl ".Franklin Pangborn in "Up and Down "--News. Dally Mat. 1:45. Eve. 7, 9 I Livestock. PORTLAND. Jan. 3. (T) CAT TLE: 50; calves 25; steady, unchanged HOOS: 200; ti;viv. unchanged. SHEEP: 100; stead, unchanged. CHICAGO. Jan. 3 (U. S. Dpt. Agr.) HOGS: 24.000: direct 8.000; moderately active, uneven; mostly around 10 lower than Wednesday's average, although spotii of? more on underweights and pig, t'tr srade weights above 210 lbs. T.Vi-rV); top 7 65: 1B0-210 lbs. 7.23-50; 100-180 lb 6.85-7.25; packing cows l.irgely 6 50 85. CATTLE: 8,000: active market again on fed steers and yearlings; strong to 25 higher; all grades and repre sentative weights showing advance; 11.15 paid for 1326 lb. averages; long yearlings 11.00; numerous loads 10.00 75; bulk lower grade 8.50 to 650; meager supply choice vealers steady at 7 50-8 00. SHEEP: 8.00: actii-e; demar d for all slaughter classes; little trading: in- dlcatlona 25-50 higher on both tat and feeding lambs; sheep strong to 25 up; good to choice native and fed western lambs held 9.25 upward; bet ter grade slaughter ewes 3. 50-4 00: best feeding lambs held above 7.25. Portland Produce PORTLAND. Jan. S. P BUT TER Prints, A grade, 32c per lb. In parchment wrappers, 33c In cartons; B grade, parchment wrappers, 3114c lb.; cartons, 32 Vic lb. BUTTERFAT Portland delivery, A grade deliveries at least twice weekly. 32-33C lb.; country rout, 30-31c lb.; B grade, or delivery, 31-33C lb.; c grade at market. EC1GS Sales to retailers: Specials, 30c: extras, 28c; fresh extras, browns, 28c; standards, 25c; Iresh mediums. 26c; medium firsts, 24c; fresh pullets, 21c: checks, 24c; bakers, 31c down. EOaa Buying price of wholesalers: Fresh specials, 29c; extras, 23c; extra Trots, 20c: extra mediums. 21c; pul lets. 18c; checks, 19c; bakers, 17c doaen. Cheese, milk, country meats, live poultry, onions, potatoes, wool and hay, steady and unchanged. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. (AP)-(U. 8. D. A.) CATTLE: 350: Including 170 holdovers: more active but clearance Incomplete; late Wed' nesday and today, steers and she' stock strong to 25 higher; most up turn on cows: load fairly good; 822 pound fed Idaho yearling steers, $8.35. SHEEP 1,000; all direct; good to choice under 90 lb. fed wooled lambs nominally quoted $7.50 to possibly $7.85. Portland Wheat PORTLAND. .Jan. 3. (AP) Grain: wheat Ooen Hleh Low Close May .634 -B33 .83 .Tulv .78 .781 .78 -83 .7834 Cash: Big Bend bluesterm 8814: dark hard winter. 12 per cent. 07; do. 11 per cent, 87; western white. 8014 : soft white, nortnern spring, western red, 81. Oats: No. 3 white, $33 50. Corn: No. 2 eastern yellow, 42.60; mill-run standard. $24.50. Today's car receipts: wheat 21; flour 14. CK'.cago Wheat CHICAGO, Jan. Open 3. (AP) Wheat: High Low Close Jan May '. .98V, 1.0014 July .92,4 S3 Bept - -9M4 -9214 .97 .9914 .93 V, Bl 98 .92 V4 .90 San Francisco Butterfat SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. (AP) First grade butterfat 33c fob. San Frajictsco. Catching VICKS VA-TRO-NOL GENE STRATTON-PORTER'S IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIk P?lS - Ai .?f If Sffc.l III f Si vl V III I F Wall St. Report NEW YORK. Jan. S.-(AP) Not withstanding some nervousness co incident wit h the opening of con gress, the stock market more than held Its ground today and several Issues scored substantial gains. Many of the leaders, however, still ci.mg to a narrow groove. The cloha waa fairly firm. Transfers approximated 1,100.000 shares. Todaylt closing prices for 33 se lected stocks follow: Al. Chem. & Dye 140 Am. Csn lifli Am. Sz Fyn. Pow 4 A. T. & T 106'j Anaconda ia Atch. T. & 8. P. 54 Bendlx Avia 17 Beth. Steel 32'i. California Pack'g. SO3; Caterpillar Tract 3fli Chrysler 42 4 Coml. Solv .. , Curtiss-Wrisht DuPont Gen. Poods Gen. Mot Int. Harvest. . I. T. & T 32 Ti ont 33 S4i; 42 9'j 55 29 '4 13 69 '4 154 41H 18 18'4 31'4 43 "4 . 5Ji 47'4 144 38'J Johns-Man Monty Ward North Amer Penney (J. c.) Phillips Pet Radio Sou. Pac Std. Brands St. Oil Cnl St. Oil N. J. Trans. Amer. ... Union Curb Unit. Aircraft . U. S. Steel Silver NEW YORK. Jan. 3 (API Bar silver steady, V, lower at 841,. DOG BARKS FOR HELP CLEVELAND (UP) A barking dog led neighbors to the body of Mrs. Ramon a Rclfsnlder, 27. who drowned while bathing In her apartment. A woman living on the second floor went to the basement, where ahe noticed water dripping from the iloor above. As she passed the first floor again, she heard the Reifsnider dog barking furiously. She entered the apartment again, found Mrs. Reifsnider drowned In the overflow ing tub. A burn on her neck and the pres ence of a 110-volt sun-ray lamp nearby led police to believe she had reached for the lamp with wet hands while still In the tub. Police decided Mrs. Reifsnider had either lost con sciousness from a shock or that It might have caused her to fall In the tub, striking her head. IN HANDLING CASES BRYAN, O. (UP) Common Pleas Judge P. M. Frazler uses the Bible in his work, on the theory that it is one fundamental law of the land which has never been repealed." Judge Frazler UBed scripture in sentencing Jack Ward and Durward Corey, who had stolen $60 worth of seed. He read passages which said that a person who has been found guilty of stealing shall restore the property taken, and told the defend ants to carry out that admonition. The two had entered guilty pleas to charges of petit larceny. Judge Frazler sentenced them to 30 days each In Jail, suspended the sentences. -UllllJHfTVVBRP mm MTiMiiln i iV ril r Shows 1:49 00-0:00 Tomorrow and Saturday! Unknown In Life! .... Notorious In Death! lit u I III V.W in Nrns? .n .1 "031 h4 IB TiWrt 1 ,111111111111111111 i .aflrsss OPEN TO PUPILS The seventeenth annual humane poster contest is now open to pupils of grammar, Jui.Ior high and high schools. Contest is put on each year by The American Humane associa tion and over $300 ca.h prlres are awarded. Fifty dollars has brn do nated by the New York society for the best posters on child protection. Ton subscriptions to the National Humane Review awarded in each group. Certificates of merit awarded In all groups. Group 1 takes in grades 1, 3, 9: group 3. grades 4, S. 6; group 3, grades 7, 8, 9, and group 4, high school. The announcement says: "A sim ple theme Is best: not too msny colors. Make your picture tell Its own story. Add a slogan to round out your theme. For Ideas, keep In touch with your local humane soc iety. Get acquainted wit their work. Visit their shelter. Their rescue of children and animals from Inhumane treatment may give you an Idea When you go to the theatre and see trained animal acts Just try to Im agine the cruel treatment necessary to make these poor creatures per form. "Keep In mind the cruel trapping of the wild life of the forest. The dangers of traffic to both children and animals may be another sub ject. Firearms In the hands of chil dren who not only malm themselves but also are the cause of much suf fering among birds may also give you an Idea for a poster. Think also of child labor of the long hours that little ones are forced to work. "Cutting the ears of dogs is very cruel. Would you like it done to your ears? And Isn't It terrible tor a mot orist who has hit a dog or other animal, to leave it dying in the road Think of the many cruel people who move to new homes and leave their cat or dog to starve. Start thinking about your poster right now, Jot down your Ideas. The Jackson Coun ty Humane Society will have all the contest circulars In your school shortly with all contest rules. 4 (Oontinueo f.jm page one) more radical than P. D. R. The broad predictions made In thla apace De cember 18 :u, however, hold good until the President turns the light on hla Intentions. The truth la you might say now congress Is convening In the dark, Brnults to 8. P. Mr. and Mrs. Brault left laat night for San Fran ctsco to be gone about a week on business trip. Mr. Brault la manager of the Southern Oregon Gaa company. HEX0L GERMICIDE Will not bum the tissues. A teaspoon fill to a quart of warm water el fee tlvc, snfe ns n cleansing douche. Ilexol lias a pleasant odor. Ask your Doctor. A murdered woman'! wax white finger pointed silently at a guiltless man whose lips were sealed In honor against his own defense. How can Jus tice prove such a mockery? z ED.GDW with Barbara ROBBINS JOHN BEAL Dorothy BURGESS ,ttawitattaBKjavaaBHX ijfi Adults I S Klddles-10c SLUMP CAUSED DELINQUENCIES DKTROIT (UP) Increased Juve nile delinquency among girls has been one of the outcomes of the depres?lon. In the opinion of Miss Mary c. Hulbert, director of the Iris' Protective .ensue here. 'Broken homes, lowered financial conditions and othe.- similar evils have been directly cnuwd by the de pression and has Increased the bur den of our work in the last few years." Miss Hulbert recently de clared. Much of our wcrk d.als with young girls. One days list of cases presents us with problems of tru ancy, unhappy homes and dishonesty. All of them are referred to the league by public and private agencies, indi viduals, employers, ond In some cases by the girls themselves. Football Strike I Failure LIBERTY, Tex. (UP) Liberty hleh school footbsll players are not free to strike because officials refused to bear expenses arising from gridiron Injuries. The students tried It so school officials decided not to award letters for the 1034 season. The strike was called off and the basketball squad holds dally practice. Keep Gunigcn On Skid LUBEC, Me. (UP) Townsfolk here have learned from past winter exper lences. They are Jacking up their gar- agea and putting thoin on skids. When the enow drifts make it too difficult to get the automobiles out POSITIVELY Clark Jou I Tomorrow 1 -TIT Ilinririi-SMM .n in N iiTfran ---if! 7:00-0.00 y 04X1- 44tWtL .IZj HELL LOOSE III THE HEAVENS ...While a Woman Waits Below! mill wk it- 9- i II "MMl DEQ Ife JO f7& SUNDAY! of the garages thny'U Just bitch tb garage to the town tractor and hare It pulled to the clear road. Fur Catch to Be Hrary N EN ANA, Alaska UP) Trappers working along the T&nana river ral ley reported today that the winter's catch ot (ur-bearing animal would be better than norma!. Price pros pect appeared better than during the past several seasons. Most of the trappers will market their winter take In one lot next spring. Canal to Gulf Planned BROWNSVILLE, Tes. (UP) A 18 foot deep water canal connecting Brownsville with the Gulf of Mexico will be dug here thla winter. Work on the project already has begun. When It Is completed the dream of Brownsville citizens for half a cen tury will have been realized. Waves Whipped Bahv Whale MANZANITA. Ore. (UP)-Hlgh tide and giant waves were too much for a five-ton, 21 -foot long baby finback whale and 100-pound. 10-foot long shark. The sea dwellers were cast high upon the beach to die. COMMON lCOLDS; J Relieve the distressing symptoms by applying Menlholatum In nostril 1 and rubbing on chest. WW! ENDS TONITEI Rotxrt onto and Saturday ! v I HE UAS AFRAID DEATHLY AFRAID! A black-winged devil paged him in the skies . . . daring him to fight ... a brave man not afraid of Death . . , but afraid of Fear! ftCHlTA rVSCHTEUEGKO RUSSELL HArVDIE HERBERT MUNDIN ANDY DEVINE