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BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. IfEDFORU, OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1935.
Meager Clues Build
Prosecution's Case
Against Carpenter
By B. L. LIVINGSTONS
FLEMING TON, N. J. (AP) To
Urf eitonilya cae history of Amert
ui urlaprudnca the HBuptmann
to-til hu been added as a notable
sample of criminal prosecution.
Stranger than fiction, in many re
parte, were phases of the prosecu
tion's caee against Bruno Richard
Rnuptmann, the thtn-faced Oerman
earpenter who lived a a nonentity
until thrown Into lonely relief be
fore the world's eye by the calrium
flare of the laWa spotllftht.
Bit by bit. word by word, the state
ef New Jereey drew upon circum
stance ard fact, the eamem and the
mtcroaoop. to construct a barrier of
evidence between frrMom and the
man It charged with the "crime of
th century."
For months, years, the Lindbergh
eaee was categorlpd among the most
haffling to come before law enforce
nwnt authorities. Between the death
f Charle Augustus Lindbergh. Jr..
th baby mourned by millions, and
Rauptmann's arrest, almost three
years Intervened
Tet when David T. Wllentz. youth
ful appearing attorney general of
Hew Jersey, called his first witness
to the stand In the ancient Hunter
don county courtroom, no paucity of
evidence or witnesses existed.
Mystery, Science In Cane.
The atory of the three-year hunt
for the kidnaper of the Lindbergh
baby, when it was placed precisely
and Implacably in the court rec
ords, constituted a real-life parallel
to ftcttonary ad-venture. In many
of Its details, it surpassed the Imag
ery of A. Con an Doyle. Ita elements
were raw mystery, human patience
muI Ingenuity, and the science of
modem criminology that almost al
nays "gets itA man."
Attorney CWseral Wilenta built a
case from a m.urable handful of
clues to a circumstantial bludgeon
overwhelming in Its Implications.
A packet of ransom notes, a ques
tionable footprint, blurred and worth,
lees fingerprints, a baby's thumb-1
tuard. the memory of a voice t.nse
were the meager makings of tWr
prosecution's case.
In the armals of criminal cases,
there have been comparatively few
Instances of the drama, or Ingenuity
of human endeavor, unfolded in the
atory which, with such apparent im
placability, linked Hauptmann to the
rickety ladder down which the kid'
naper waa supposed to have carried
hi frail burden.
Yet Its dramatic climax to the trial
did not stand alone. There were other
instances the stories of Anne Llnd
bergh. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Dr.
John F. ("Jafsle") Condon, which
played on emotion and at the samo
time laid the foundation of fact
by which the atate backed Ita charge
or murder.
Opener! Cum In Nursery.
Fittingly, perhaps, the prosecution
opened ita case in the nursery of
tne noma which Colonel Lindbergh
bunt in the remoteness of the Sour
land hills.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh began the
tale which was to be taken up by
more than four score wltnessca and
bring before the jury In exceas of
100 exhibits,
, "His hair waa light golden. It was
eurly ... I went Into the baby's
room, i found it was empty."
On that note the atate opened Us
fight on the life of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann.
"Anne, they have taken our baby!"
Stoically, like hla wife, Colonel
Lindbergh testified to the discovery
of the kidnaping and the events
leading up to it. He told of hearing,
but disregarding, a sound "like a
list falling on an orange box"; of
matching up rifle when he dis
covered what had happened; of call
ing the police; or watting helplessly,
futtlely for the return of his eon.
The First ldontlllrallmi.
Then came the state's first crush
ing blow. Colonel Lindbergh led the
Jurors In narrative to St. Raymond's
cemetery in the Bronx, where he hud
tone with "Jafsle' to pay the ran
som money and regain the baby.
In the darkness, Lindbergh testi
fied, he heard a voice call:
Hey, doctor I"
The voire was that of "John. tho
Bnysterloua collector of $80,000 ran
som money paid for a hostage even
then dead.
"Can you Identify that voice?"
"It waa the voice of Bruno Rich
ird Hauptmann."
Then came Betty Oow, the dark
hatred nursemaid who was the last
member of the household to aee the
baby alive that March night of 193a.
She had returned from her native
Qlaagow, Scotland, to testify to tho
events leading up to her tragic dis
covery that the child's crtb was
empty.
The Irih Was Ktnply.
Faltering, she Identified a soiled
little garment as a shirt cut from
her flannel petticoat for the baby
beoause It had suffered from a chest
eold.
Near tears, she related how ahe
had gone to the nursery around 10
p.m. for a last look Into the crib,
and how she found It empty. Hope
fully, she a.iked Mrs. Lindbergh and
Colonel Lindbergh If they had taken
nlm out.
Then, ahe testified, a month later
he picked up from the mud of the
road the tiny metal thumbguard
which she herself had tied carefully
to the baby's wrist.
In quick order followed New Jer
sey state trorpers: Mrs. OlHe What
ly, widow of the Lindbergh butler;
and Milton ammo and Max Rosen
bain, who accompanied Jnfsla to the
Lindbergh home when he ment to
srft as intermediary. With the the
state concluded the first phase of
Its caee dealing with event leading
tip to and surrounding the night or
the kldnsplng.
The second phas raked the de
fense with the relentless fire of a
nach'r.e gun.
its ammunition ii,t ,(
wt," ttomu. io deliun. Wei!SUu-4
Its ammunition waa iimt
tlona of Hauptmann, and the deadly
and Implacable testimony of a corps
of handwriting expert who figura
tively placed In Hauptmann'a hand
the pen which scrawled the ransom
demands.
"Jafsie's Story Colorful.
For pure drama, for the detailing
of a breath-taking atory, the vigor
ous and colorful testimony of the
white hMred "Jafsle" probably tandg
unequalled.
The retired Bronx educator, word
by word, laid the amazing tala of
the ransom payment before the Jury,
and climaxed the full story by de
claring firmly:
"'John' is Bruno Richard Haupt
mann." With Hauptmann'a deep -sunken
eyes fastened on him. and while he
parried with defense attorneys to
Me obvious enjoyment, Dr, Condon
told of driving to Van Cortlandt parx
March ia, 1033, and discussing tbi
ransom payment with the myaterlouf
"John." 1
"Will I burn If the baby la dead?'
This, Jsfsle testified, he was askee
by "John." The kidnaper epoxa wttfc
a marked Teutonic accent, he as
sured the Jury.
Always full of surprises, Dr. Con
don testified he saw Hauptmann
the "John" of the caae from a bui
a month before Hauptmann waa sr
rested September 10, 10.14, but thai
he was unable to get off the bus In
time to catch him.
Fulsomely, he testified flnslly t
going to St. Raymond's cemetery th
night of April 3. 1G32, and then
paasing over the cemetery hedge th
package which contained the 50.
000 In ransom bills.
Others Name Hauptmann.
To this testimony waa added the
further Identification of Hauptmann
by Amandus Hochmuth, 87-year-old
Prussian army veteran.
With trembling forefinger, he
pointed out Hauptmann as the man
he saw driving, with a Udder In his
car, toward the Lindbergh estate a
few hours before the flyer's son waa
kidnaped.
Joseph Anthony Perrone, the Bronx'
taxi driver, slapped Hauptmann lus
tily on the shoulder to Identify htm
oa the man who paid him 91 to de
liver a ransom note to "Jnfsie."
Then came the handwriting ex
perts a corn of them, to aay that.
In their opinion, Hauptmann penned
Uie crude note which demanded
50,000 for the return or the baby.
Albert S Osborn, the dean of the !
corps, based his opinion on his com-
parlson of the 14 ransom notes with'
many specimens of Hauptmann'a ad
mitted handwriting, which he de
scribed as "highly individual," "awk
ward" and "peculiar."
Strange mlsspellinga "b-o-a-d"
for- boat, "al-n-g-n-a-t-u-r-e" for
signature were quickly seized upon
by the men who studied the pen
manship of the note writer and that
of Hauptmann.
"Ilnuptmann Wrote Notes.'
"My opinion," said Osborn to a
hushed, courtroom, "is that the ran
som notea were al written by the
writer of -the various papers signed
Richard Hauptmann."'
Through Frank J. Wilson, govern
ment agent, the state traced 914,000
in ransom bills to Hauptmann's ga
rage, and brought out testimony to
the effect that following Haupt
mann'a arreat none of the ransom
bills had been passed.
Another agent, and some two dozen
minor witnesses, traced Hauptmann
io me siock market where his nur-
chaaea mounted to largo sums. Moat
of his speculations, witnesses testi
fied, took place after the date of
the ransom payment.
To the etand. also, came Hilde
garde Olga Alexander, attractive
clothe model, who pointed the fin
ger of Identification at Hauptmann
again. The defendant, she testified,
was the man who stared at Dr. Con
don "apying" on him In the Ford-
nam station of the New York Central
railroad In March during the period
when the ransom negotlotlona were
in progress.
risch'a Writing Compared.
Before leaving this phase of Its
case, the attorney general took pre
cautions to thwart the defense's an
nounced intention of shifting the
blame to Hauptmann's dead friend.
sartor risen.
It was risen. Hauptmann's attor
neys were claiming, who conducted
the kidnaping and penned the ran
som notes.
Two more handwriting experts
were called to the stand to throw
cold water on this contention bv tea
tlfylng that comparisons of the
handwriting of risen and that on
the ransom notea showed no simi
larity. After this came the testimony sur
rounding the tragic discovery of the
body of Charles Augustus Llndberch.
Jr.. tn a thicket in the Scurland
hills.
William J. Allen. Negro, related
how he stepped into the woods along
the Mount Rose road and discovered
the baby's form. May 13. nearly a
month and a half after the ransom
money was paid.
An examination of the bahv'a skull
revealed a fracture, testified Dr.
Charlea H. Mitchell, county physician
ai ine lime.
"The child died of a fractured
skull." he said.
Hauptmann's calm broke on this
day of the trial, as he rose to shout
passionate denial of the testimony of
Thomas H. Flak, a government agent,
concerning Hauptmann's arrest and
the search of Hauptmann a house
and garage that led to the dicoerv
of the ransom bills so carefully hid
den away.
Hauptmann Break Pond.
As Sisk impersonally told of ai
irged falsehoods by the defendant
when agents questioned him before
finding the money, Hauptmann's face
burned rd. Leaping to his feet,
Hauptmann cried in an ag.uilrfd
voire r "Mister, ston your lvlnc,"
It v ? the mxt dav that Mrs
, ,,M .nln, (1 n .
,iU.Su vm, tOfU UlWUUll U
calm of the courtroom by leaping
to her feet with the cry of: "You
are lying."
The woman was Mrs. Ella Achen
baoh, who involved Mrs. Hauptmann
in the case by testifying that day
. or two after the kidnaping Mrs.
( Hauptmann told her ahe and her
, husband had Just returned home
; from ft "trip" of some sort and
Hauptmann was limping.
1 The state's contention was, In
i this connection, that the baby waa
killed and the kidnaper's leg Injured
when the flimsy ladder at the
nursery window broke under their
combined wetfrht during the descent.
Strikes at Alibi.
Attorney Oenersl Wilentx struck
at Hauptmann's alibi that he worked
on the day of the kidnaping by pro
ducing Edward F. Morton, timekeeper
at the apartment building where
Hauptmann sometimes worked. Mor
ton testified that he waa not work
ing the day of the kidnaping and
i did not work the day the ransom
was paid.
From a Oreenwtch Village theater
the atate produced Mrs. Cectle M.
Bsrr, ticket seller, who told the Jury
that Hauptmann- passed a ransom
bill to her in payment for a ticket.
The final Identifications were those
of Millard Whlted, lanky . logger of
the Sourland region, who testified
it waa Hauptmann he saw prowling
around the Lindbergh estate prior
l to the abduction, and of Charles B.
; Rosslter, of Gloucester, N. J., who
1 Identified Hauptmann as a motorist
he saw parked on the Hopewell
Prlnceton road a few night before
the kidnaping,
i To McCormlck, S. C, went the
i state to produce the operator of the
mill which turned out the timber
. from which the ladder was made. It
waa traced to a Bronx lumber yard
where Hauptmann bought lumber,
and finally to the Hauptmann attic
I Itaelf.
i Arthur Koehler, federal wood ex
! pert from Madison. Wis., explained
' how he had hunted through thou
sands of yards and mills for the
wood whose mill markings exactly
corresponded with that on the lad
der. He found It all but one piece,
an upright. Then with the arrest of
Hauptmann, he testified, a search of
the defendant's attic revealed that
one board was missing. This board,
he said, was the upright In the kid
nap ladder.
Methodically and painstakingly, he
linked the marks on the wooden
pieces to the tell-tale marks left by
Hauptmann'a own tools, and fitted
the chisel found nenr the Lindbergh
estate to the vacant spot In Haupt
mann's tool kit.
With microscope snd camera, he
repeated for the Jury the painstak
ing hunt, that led him from the
South Carolina mill to the Bronx
lumber yard and the Hauptmann
attic. A
The chain of evidence, announced
the state, was complete. It had
"placed the ladder around Haupt
mann'a neck." With its final link
forged the prosecution rested.
El
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ARE NEAR RECORD
BROWNSVILLE, Tex. (AP) The
lower Hlo Orando valley of Tcxs.
dealt body blows by the record freeze
of 1030 and the hurricane of 1033,
this senson Is harvesting the second
tnrgest citrus crop In Its history.
More than 7000 carloads of fruit,
growers estlmntea will be shipped
out of the valley before the move
ment ends, compared with 8000 car
loads in tho peak season of 1020. At
lea.st half the current crop is going
out by truck.
Both years, however, yielded crops
far below that on the trees In the
fall of 193.1 when the disastrous
windstorm struck. Between 18.000
mid 20.000 carloads hnd been brought
virtually to mnturlty when the wind
came along from which the orchards
havo not yet fully recovered.
Tho bloom this wason was describ
ed aa light and spotted, and the crop
particularly light on small trrea.
Two new factors entered the mar
keting of citrus fruits In this section
during the season : compulsory In
flection and grading, adopted by the
lndtist;-y and enacted Into state law;
and proration of Milt.
Promt Ion has evoked bitter contro
versy and has -been opposed vigorously
by some independent shippers, but
the conensu9 of leaders In the indus
try ts that it will continue, enforced
through the packing plants. Three
co-operative exchange handle the
bulk of the fruit.
For a while It looked to Harley
crir. who has a temarkably obliging
cold mine near Wagner creek, as
though Mother Nature had been
pinch hitting for the government
mint in the ivuance. of coin of the
realm.
Recently while working his "dls
gin's". Sears threw a ehovtl full ot
"p.y dirt Into his oluloe box, and
while washing the stuff noticed an
unusually laifje piece of the bright
yellow metal partially covered near
the bottom.
investigation showed him that his
mine had prernted him not with a
nuy'iret, but an lHt'rt minted I2.S0 gold
com! .Vara pocketed the pier with
the remark, while patting; the mtne
fut'div on the iwk. "that's inakln'
thlMirn ea.oter. 'ol bov. VI boy.'
It is believed that the coin was
d:opned rar ago by some prospector
wo-kiug m t:-.at vicinity. Uold coins
weie nt of time tii accepted me.
dtuiu of cY-tungc in "them t'.iar
lulls." I
John tlrini t !. miMtionat Tit-.itu-
coasi iu!it . licrtc;u, a
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ATTORNEY REILLY
OF FIRST DEGREE
(Continued from Page One)
he lay back again, silent and depress
ed. To Death House Saturday
Hauptmann will be taken to the
death house at state prison in Tren
ton Saturday, sheriff John H. Cur
tis said today.
Before the date set for execution,
the week of March 18, hla counsel,
perfecting an appeal, will obtain a
stay of execution and carry hla case
through the New Jersey appellate
courts.
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann today was
denied a visit to her husband.
"No more visiting," said Sheriff
Curtis. "She'll have to make her ar
rangements with the atate prison at
Trenton from now on."
Bherlff Curtlss said Hauptmann "Is
under regular state prison rules now,
and la going to abide by them.
"I'm net going to allow anybody In
except possibly hla attorney, if
Hauptmann wants to sec him," the
sheriff added.
Wife Locks Doors
Mrs. Hauptmann's request for a vis
it was laid before the sheriff by one
of her guards, while she stayed be
hind locked doors and drawn blinds
in her furnished room near the court
house. Her last glimpse of her husband
was when his guards took him from
the courtroom after Justice w;
Trenchard pronounced the death sen
tence. She made no attempt to visit
him last night, but hurried to her
room while Hauptmann wept In his
cell.
Mrs. Hauptmann said she would
move to another furnished room In
Trenton, with her 14-month-old son,
Manfrled, to be near her husband.
Earlier today she came out on the
second floor back porch of the house
In which she lives with her infant
son to hang some of his clothes out
to dry. One garment was a white
sleeping suit.
Mrs. Hauptmann lingered at he
porch rail a moment, gazing out at
the dreary rain which waa falling
steadily. She was bareheaded and
wore the brown checked wool dress
she was wearing last night when she
heard her husband condemned to
death.
Then she went In, to remain out of
sight behind drawn shades.
By Wll l lAM A. KINNEY
(Copyright, J93.1, by the Associated
Pre)
PLEMINOTON, N. J Pcb. 14.
(AP) Death has been decreed for
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, convict
ed of killing the Lindbergh baby, but
hla counsel drafted today a fight
through high courts, which may last
months.
Prison precedent combined with
Judge and Jury to fix the night of
March 32 as the tentatlpe date for
Hauptmann'a electrocution.
He waa sentenced to "suffer death'
the week of March 18, and rrtday
la doomsday In the death house at
Trenton.
Appeal Planned.
While Hauptmann wept tn his cell,
Edward J. ,Rellly, chief of defense
staff, said an appeal would be car
ried to the United States supreme
court if necessary. '
The first tribunal expected to hear
the - plea, the atate court of errors
and appeals, meets for Its next term
late In May. The court of pardons
will not hear it before October.
The Jurors who sentenced him
showed more emotion than did
Hauptmann as he stood before them
at 10:46 p.m. yesterday.
With a look of affection, the 36-year-old
prisoner turned to his faith
ful wife and said:
"It's All right. Annie."
Back in his cell, out of the gaze
of the curious, Hauptmann burst
into tears.
Women I'uvor Mercy.
The Jurors required more than 11
hours to reach their verdict. They
were closely guarded after the case
ended, but a courthouse report was
that two of the four women had
held out for a recommendation ol
mercy. That would have meant a life
sentence.
There was no mention of mercy
when the Jury was polled.
With stuttering words Formwa
Charles Walton announced the ver
dict. He ulio had listened -to the
evidence for more than six weeks
even twisted the defendant's name
in hla fight to remain calm,
"Clullty," he announced. "We find
the defendant, Richard Bruno Haupt
mann. guilty of murder In the first
degree."
. An insignificant piece of paper
rustled In his trembling hauds. He
glanced at the paper with unseeing
eyes In pretense of consulting It.
Hauptmann dhastly.
A few strides away stood Haupt
mann. Jaw set, face so pale and
haggard it was ghastly In the elec
tric light. Sharply erect, he tottered
Mightly as he heard the foreman's
words:
A few mtnutea later Jtistice
Thomas W. Trenchard quietly tm !
poe.ed sentence.
So ended the long Lindbergh kid- !
nap trial. It began In reatherbed t
Lane. Hopewell, the night of March 1
1. 1P32, when the wind waa howling1
over the lonely Sourland mountain
on which Col. Charlea A. Lindbergh
made his home. It ended In a pro
sale, rural courtroom Uttered with
paper and ctgaret stubs.
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Thirteen times the death-dealing
verdict was recited, on the thirteenth
day of the month.
Jury Tolled.
After Walton bad made known
the decision, the court clerk asked:
"Members of the Jury, you have
heard the verdict, (bat ycu find the
defendant, Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, guilty of murder In the first
degree, and so say you all?"
"We do."
Shadows from photographers' flares
outside danced weirdly on the win
dows. The shouts of the crowd in
truded on the courtroom hush.
The clerk polled the Jurors, asked
each by name:
"What Is your verdict?"
One after the other fell the ans-
era.
T find him guilty of murder In
the first degree." "I find him guilty
of murder in the first degree." "I
find blm guilty "
Sentence Imposed.
Justice Trenchard was the person!
flcstlon of Judicial decorum. He bent
a look on Hauptmann and directed:
"The defendant may be seated."
Turning to Attorney General David
T. Wllentz. he continued:
"It seems to the court that there
is nothing remaining except to im
pose the sentences provided by the
ststute and I am now asking the
attorney general if he moves the
sentence."
Wllentz. pale, moistened his lips.
"If your honor please, the state
moves for the sentence of the de
fendant at this time."
Justice Trenchard asked for the
Indictment and It was handed to
him.
"The statute requires apparently
that the court shall fix a time
within which the sentence is to be
executed and within a certain week,
which must begin not less than four
weeks and not more than eight weeks
after the issue of the (death) war
rant." he observed.
"The court will therefore now pro
ceed to Impose the sentence.
"The defendant may atand."
Again Hauptmann got to his feet
and faced the bench. The hand
cuffs on. his wrists first time since
the trial atarted January 2 glinted
"Bruno Richard Hauptmann: You
have been convicted of murder In
the first degree."
His voice was kindly, fatherly.
"The sentence of the court la that
you. the said Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, suffer death at the time and
place and In the manner provided
by law, and the court will hand to
the aherlff a warrant appointing the
week beginning Monday, the 18th
day of March. 1035, aa the week
within such sentence must be exe
cuted In the manner provided by
law.
"You are now remanded to the
custody of the sheriff."
Prisoner Shaken.
Tt was a shaken, restless Haupt
mann who nervously paced his cell
In the Hunterdon county -Jail to
day.
At the state prison In Trenton a
cell In the death house was ready
for him. He. will be kept here 'until
Friday night,, at least, and then be
whisked quietly to the state capital.
Sheriff John H. Curtlss, the man
responsible for his safe delivery to
the death house, said merely that
there was no hurry.
Mrs. Hauptmann, frequent caller
at the jail, must wait until he la tn
the penitentiary to see her husband
again. Further visitors at Fleming
ton have been banned, but the
guards who have kept Hauptmann
under ceaseless watch since he was
hmiight here may converse with him
for the first time.
Daubing at her tears, Mrs. Haupt
mann'a last words as she left the
courtroom through a rear door last
night were:
"I am not afraid. I atill hope."
They were words which came hard.
Only the reassurances of C. Lloyd
Fisher, one of her husband's law
yers, made them possible.
. "There Is nothing left for me."
she had said before Fisher, an arm
around her sholulders, promised to
"see this thing through."
"Be brave," he gently told the wo
man who has been Hauptmann's
staunchest ally, who took the stand
as his chief alibi witness.
From the courthouse Mrs. Haupt
mann returned to her temporary
quarters where her year-old-son
Mannfrlcd awaited her.
Lindbergh Absent
Colonel Lindbergh did not hear the
sentencing of the man convicted of
killing his first born son. It was the
only session of the trial he missed.
Nor would he comment. At the
Morrow home in Englewood. whence
he hd Mrs. Lindbergh have been
sheltering their second aon, John, It 1
was said the flier had "no statement
nor comment on the case whatso- ,
ever." i
Mrs. Dwight V. Morrow, mother of
Anne Lindbergh, and other mem
bers of the family who had gathered
at Englewood also declined to discuss
the ca$e.
Jufsle silent j
So did Dr. J. r. Condon, the "Jaf-
ste" who paid aso.OOO of Colonel '
Lindbergh's money to a man who 1
promised to return the kidnaped in-
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fant. That man. Dr. Conden, testi
fied, was Hauptmann.
Attorney General Wllentc praised
the eight men. and four women on
the Jury.
"The tremendous responsibility
imposed on Hunterdon county was
shouldered without flinching," aald
the dapper prosecution chief. "The
nation la Indebted to these courage
ous men and women."
Wllentz also paid trlbuta to the i
New Jersey state police and to New '
York and federal officers for weaving
the net of evidence that bound
Hauptmann.
HIRAM MEADER RITES
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral wrvlcwi for Hiram F.
Mender, who paued away hers Mon
day evening, will be conducted at Perl
Funeral Home Friday at 2:30. with
Father E. S. Bartlam officiating.
Medford Lodge No. 1168, B. P. O. E.
will have charge of the services. In
terment will be In Sleklyou Memorial
park.
With a wave of clothes thefts
sweeping over the city, chief of Po
lice Clatous McCredle today Issued
a warnlnir to all hmi..wivM ... vMn
their clothing locked, either In the (
iiuurc or on ine porcn.
Leaving clothing hanging on the
line all night Is lnvltlne thlev. tn
take It. McCredle stated, and he aleo
pointed out that a lat?hed screen
door afforded very little protection.
If RnV tnn.mllj.fe aa tt.la.. nrtll
cut the screen with Impunity. Seve-
I. HUB CAPS
Be jure of the Quality and SUE idffi S-VtETY '
at "Western Auto" . . . Hundred more repair need m mmQAiij )
beside these shown here. Mpf'tj1'
Well mode, guaranteed to fit . . .
according to car. 8c to 47c
CLUTCH PLATES
2. For Chevrolet 1925 to '33 High
grade woven lining. $1.19
3. For "A" Ford 1929 to '31 with
first quality molded lining, $1.24
Other Ford & Chev. parts priced low.
4. IGNITION COILS
For Model 'T' Ford El 75, $1.12
Ford "A" E784 $1.39
Thordson Univ. Coil El 19, $229
5. CONNECTING RODS
For Model "T" Ford 3024A, 69e
For Model 'A' Ford K491, $1.95
For Chevrolet '25-'28 K492
other years on short.order..$1 .65
6. SPINDLE BOLT ASSEMBLY
Bolts, bearings, bushings, washers,
etc., complete.
Chevrolet '28-'33 K787, 66c
Quality Tools
WRENCH SAVINGS
Socket Sets 45c to $7.95
Box End Wrenches 29e to 74
Open End Wrench Sen
Per set 1 5c to $1.95
Adiustoble Auto Wrench 9", 29e
PLIERS
Slip-joint, monv styles, 16eto55c
Needie-nose pick up pliers 15c
WHEEL PULLERS
Knock-out stvle 1 8c to 29e
Ford "A" wheel pullers. 59e
HAMMERS
BoM -Pem, oil metol. 9 pi I 5c
Boll-Pern, wood handle 29e to 43e
101 Sou
ral cases In which porches have
been entered have been reportd re
cently. 4
SALM. Ore., Feb. 14. (AP) The
senat today passed unanimously the
measure which would continue the
present tleup of the state agricul
tural marketing agreement with the
federal agricultural adjustment act
for two more years. The act was
Reporter figures to get
125 more miles from
same gasoline budget
SUPER-SHELL SAVES ON COLD STARTS
Tith over 6 cold starts every day, an estimated saving of V4
cup gasoline each cold start should mean 125
extra miles in the 3 winter months
TjOn cold starts vith ordi-
" nary winter gasoline, you
waste far more fuel than you
realize. That's because it re
quires excessive choking.
Super-SHELL is Thermal
ized to reduce this waste.
You need the choke only half
as long. .You save gasoline in
even the mildest winter weather
and up to 'A pint of gasoline
on all real cold starts.
Ford "A" '28-'31 K785. $1.10
Ford V-8. '3Z-'34 K786. $1.15
Plymouth, '28-'32 K788, $1.10
7. JADSON MOTOR VALVES
Super-quality heat resistina valves
for popular cars 26c to 87c
Our "Standard" Quality Valves,
according to car 22c to 32c
8. PISTON RINGS
Super "30" Compression Rings
K225 Each 15e
Super "60" Oil Rings
K209. Each 38c
Ask for low prices on Ramco rings,
9. CARBURETORS
Genuine Tillotson save gas and
increase motor pep. . . According
to car $3.69 to $5.49
10. OIL and GREASE RETAINERS
Exact replacements stop grease
leoks. According tostyle 1 2c to 45c
SAVE with SAFETY
1. LINED BRAKE SHOES
Lined with SUPREME molded brake block material.
Set of 4 for 2 wheels, Chevrolet 1930-32 and Ford
"A", exchange price K803 and 324 $1.40
Ask for low prices for other cars.
2. BRAKE LINING
Standard Woven lining, high grade according to
siie Per foot, 12e up
Ask for low prices on "Neverburn" woven lining
and SUPREME Molded Brake Block Material.
3. MUFFLERS
"Olympic" Universal Mufflers. Opposed baffle type.
spot welded $2.59 to $3.49
Reg. muffler for Ford "A" with pipe K505, $2.95
Reg. stvle Chev. mufflers, with pipe, $2.48 to $2.70
4. ELECTRIC HAND DRILL
105-1 15 volts. 50 or 60 cycles. Takes drill up to
'4 inch Tl 50 $4 95
5. GASKETS FOR ALL CARS
Cylinder head gaskets copper, asbestos filled.
Guaranteed to fit correctly. According to cor . . .
os low as 32c
Also oil pon gaskets sets . . . carburetor gaskets . . .
manifold goskefs and all others at LOW prices.
at Low Prices
SCREWDRIVERS
For every need
..8c to 46c
TOOL BOXES
Without trov . . . 11?4x5x'';
Inches TI13 29c
Cantilever tray boxes, 87c & $1.39
WORK GLOVES
Canvas, leather faced, pair 33e
Other work gloves 10c to49e
HACK SAWS
Stro ght hcnd:e adiustoble, with
Mode T222 22c
Pistol or e hondie oHiiitn'w."V....i,
b'ede TI23 '. ZL.4e
Hack Saw Blades 3e'to 7e
th Riverside. Phone 128 iE,
If
first passed two yeare ago, but only
to continue In effect until 1935.
Be correctly corseted in
an Artist Mode) by
Etnelwyn B Holtmano.
Captain Visits Capt. Milton R
Fisher of Camp MeKinley la a visitor
today at Med ford CCC district head
quarters. WAS
Ignition Cables m
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Other 4 cyl. cars. A fk
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Other 6 cyl. Cars. 0mm
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