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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOX. MONDAY. MAT 13. 1935. JOSEPH PILSUDSKI, POLISH DICTATOR, SEA 'VAGABONDS' ENGAGED HIGH SCHOOL PLAY CAST PERFECT FOR Play Hidden in Drawer Six Years Wins Pulitzer Prize for It's Author Br Jumes n. Rett on NEW YORK ( AP) A play which lay forgotten In the author's deak for six years la the winner of the WEDNESDAY NIGHT 1934 Pulitzer PAGE EIGHT 7 r w . Death of Iron-Willed Mar shal Brings Fresh Con cern Over Outlook for Peace in Eastern Europe Br .1ARYIXA CHHZANOUSKA Associated I'rcM Foreign Stuff. WARSAW, May 13 ( AP) National mourning today wni proclaimed for Marshal Jnwph Pllsudnkl. Poland's dictator, whose death lant nlpht gave diplomat freh cause for con cern over the outlook for peace in eastern Europe. While official! and press Joined In paying tribute to the man foremost In the work of building the postwar Poland, the diplomats cxprciwed in tense interest In the question of tno iron willed marshal's successor. Upon that, they snld, may deter mine the future of the pence pact system which France la attempting to promote as well ns Germany's fu ture attitude toward France's pro gram. It may also decide, they said whether Poland henceforth will cast her lot with Franco and Russia, or continue along the lines of German &V2 111 Jincph I'llMiclskl. rapprochement which Pllsudskl him self worked out. Government and opposition press alike expressed the opinion that the losa of Pllsudskl would lessen fac tional strife, thus helping unite the nation. Typical was this comment ot the Ktirjer Warsznwskl. ornn of the nai tonal Democratic oppontt Ion : "In the face of his death we dot our heads together with the entire nation before the coffin of the great Pole, the commander-in-chief In our glorious fight for Independence." An order of the dny issued to the Polish army, PllsudNki's own handi work. Instructed that all "flSRs and banners be solemnly covered with k m-epe." Drigndler General Tadeusz KaAprx.fkl named acting minister of war to succeed Pllsudskl, signed the order. Death came to the 07-year-old niler of Poland's desttnlea hint night after a three days' illness. His body will be burled among Poland's great In the cathedral of Wawel castle at Krnkow, but his heart will rest In Wllno and his brain will be given to science. These requests Pllsudskl himself made of his friends after they pre vailed on him to consent to 'burial at Krakow. There his hedy will lie beside those of King John Snbieski and three other PolUh heroes, Thad deus Kosrlusko, who fought In the American revelation and th poets Adam Mlclewicn end Julius HinwuMU. Klghleen months ao Marshal Pll sudskl visited Wawel rustle in hmor of the 2.MM h BiinlverhBi-y of King John's hrilliftiu victory over the Turks at Vienna WMno, where the dicutnr's heart will Interred, in the citr where Tllsudskl was raised mid where most of his rrliitlvrn reside. Wllno learned ' the awed nuir.shnl's dentil before the polish capitol. for word was first I flashed there to his family. 1 After the news was made public' 111 Wnrsnw that the old a 'Idler and statesman had sucumhrd to Internal hemorrhage mused by cancer of the i Mom-ch and liver, crowds of tin re- j headed and weening mourners 1 ered outside his home. UpK v. ! palace. The only offlclnl position T.Midskl held was that of minister ; war, Yet hi power over Polish gn nniemai affair vtrtitHlIy bo)ut. Recent constitutional rer.'riiiA had concen trated larce powers In the hands ot the presicleney, to v inch Pllsudskl was expi tr( toot to have succeeded after the resignation of President Igliiwe Mosclckl. tipeoulatlon over who may he hi. political heir named (ienen.i Edward Rydr. Smigly, his cloe friend and popular army leader. Or. Joseph HecK. the forjfen minister, and General Kaslmir ai-now.Hki. It ws generally believed the dictator left a political testament designs tn his choice. lll. i-.l. r . l.lfr smcd TCMUO IL'PI CIKIrrtl Lwmls. flglit. rant piny rouehly hk otner boy lor lrr lie will , rtch In. nklii. U he doc. iiierf In rliinKpr of blpod UlR to cliiSlh. Iicriui.se CI I fiord U mffrrrr of hrniopnnni. win-n cilf -fnrd bit Im toiiiitie iTlclrntnlly roc fritly, blnod from an obsruio irnn-li-nt iriin iimvi (o clot lilt bo) cut nd. uvi big luo. It Is Zoe Akins' dramatisation ol Kdlth Wharton's novel, "The Old Maid. Always an admirer of Edith Wharton, M 1 is Akins wrote the play In 1929. but was discouraged when It waa turned down by several produc ers. So she put U nway and turned to the more luc rative medium of the motion picture. For five years, then, she neglected the stage, until last summer when Helen Menken, then playing the part of Queen Elizabeth In Maxwell Anderson's "Mary of Scotland," visited her In California. During the conversation, Miss At kJne mentioned the play, and Miss Menken asked permission to read it When she hnd finished she Implored the author to send It back to New York. This waa done, and Alice Kauser. Mlsa Atkin'a agent, took It immediately to Imrry Moses the pro ducer, who did not need the enthus iasm of Miss Menken to convince him It was an excellent play. Creates Women's Roles Opening to divided notices, the play struggled along until It found Its audience, repaying the confidence of Miss Menken and Harry Moses, and rewarding the ability of Mtsa A kins, who, aa dramatic critic on a St. Lou la newspaper, writer of short stories, and poet, haa been recognized for years as a woman of discrimin ating taste, and a creator of excellent women's roles. The chief parts In the play are portrayed by Miss Menken and Jud ith Anderson. The former plays the part of the "old matd." who tries to win the love of her daughter and to keep the girl from knowing about her parentagw. The child la reared by Miss Ander son, portmylng the "old maid's" els ter. Recognition of Miss Aklns' work followed yearn of pinching struggle. She was born In Humanaville. Mo 4B years ago, but was educated In St. Louis, which Is now her faml'y homo. 8he came to New York Just before the war and stayed hero un til loan, when she went to California to write for the films. Likes Phukcirura Tw'o of Mian Atkins' piny give evi dence cfr her great love of Shake apeare. "The Varying Shore" stem ming from "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Thou Desperate Pilot" coming from "Romeo and Juliet." She has the reputation of being an excellent housekeeper and cook She dellghta In mystifying her guests by cooking a special supper dish, the recipe of which was acquired by her grandfather, who waa skipper of a Mississippi river boat. A confirmed Callfornlan now. Miss Akins returns to New York once a year for a week of opera. Wagner is her favorite. BKRMN. Mny 13, (API A sugi;eo Uon published In the United States that Rudolph Sclber, husband of Mnrlene Dietrich, was contemplating divorce proceedings created surpri.vi today among Meiher'a friends and In tlmate acqualnUuices. "Sclber. who now resides In Paris, was In Berlin for several hours a week a:o to visit his mother-in-law." one chwe friend said. 'That dop.sn't look like atinlnrd relations. In fact, the mother-in-law said t me that Hollywood reporta that a di vorce waa Impending were absolutely nonsense." Court house on ,Kiinre May Co CLEVELAND ( UPt Cleveland's historic "old courthouse" in public square would be razed and a parking , lot established on the plot If a pro posed measure of County Commis sioner James A. Reynolds la pawd The Issue of tearing down the struc ture hsd been side-tracked previously i because of numerous protests. f YOU NEED Qyickbj CAU ON US Ir jm have an nrRrtrt tired lor monry you will iiTd the promplnfsst ol our fin anrial strvice. You can Rrt any amount irp to J.W0 her unci (jrt it quickly no red tat no cnirvuTassinK in wtiRnion. Aral ihe rermy mau toots are nxist lfocral. OREGON WASHINGTON MORTGAGE COMPANY ( enliiil. 1 W I'. I him:i I lirne N.. S-i:. nr K. J. Hlle 'I f , TM '-. i 1 A r ' ""A , v' y '1 . . - f I- - rt 1 fa s & a I ' 'L A I it? t i ' ' v i: 'A J:w '& r ft l . 'nr Aklim (lop) won tills yrnr'fc Pulllir prlri- iillh n nlnv slip huil forgotten for l jpiirs. A urcne from III.- piny, "The old Maid," Is shown hrlow Hit li .Judith Andrrson and Itohrrt WalKtcn. EARLY ENDING OP WASHINGTON, Mny 13, AP) A sharp Republican demand that the Roosevelt flve-pnlnt legislative pro grain be red tired by two-thirds in order to allow congress to adjourn by July 1. today met an uncom promising negative by administration leaders. Senator McNary of Oregon, the minority chief, predicting abundant controversy over the quintet of measures laid down by President Hoosevrit, for action before adjourn rw A 5L x. C heifn metes t 'Jh 1 m -lw&r : vxr;4 - A ' h-j':: I BASEBALL I J ' f- VCi'" if7 ' I 'j ; Red below xuhat leading sporh ' . X ' if fcJ 1 champions say about Camels " t:-1 Vr-: l SQUASH I' VJ HA.OlorBUTCMI5m f . -- ; ..J Dick Shfuon : Wend Champion mmi De.0,.r ft (1 -' iZ- j&jr 0 I I'M ment, said the legislature should act on NRA extension, social security and appropriations bills and go home. Tills would mean the scrapping of the public utility holding com pany abolition bill, the omnibus banklnc measure nnd expansion ol transportation regulation. The Re publican leader contends all three might well go over until next win ter's session. Democrats at. yesterduy's party conference took no net Ion to shave the program. McNary expressed keen disappointment at this today. "There must be a diminution in the program If we are to quit June IS or July 1 at the latest. Hut ir wo are compelled to go through with the entire program I fear wc will be hero until fur into August." Meanwhile. President Roosevelt is letting congress fuss and fume. For Hose that Wear buy NOLDE & HORST Fthelwyn B. Hoffmann. Fred M. Weatherford. paator evangellst. speaking at the Nar.arene church Sunday morning from the topic, "A Eulogy to Motherhood." aatd In part as follows: "The exalted ideal of the queenly wielding hand of a mother represent the throne of the world. It was a Christian mother that fashioned a philosophizing Newton and gave to the world an Alfred the Great, and presented to an eternity bound race a Jonathan Edwards, the thunder hereldlng Judgment preacher. "It waa a Christian mother that embellished and bedecked the back ground and built the brilliant brain structure of Gladstone, Cromwell. Burke. Penn, Clncoln. Webster. Fran kiln . Grant, Wash I ng ton . Mc Klnley, Bryan. Coolidge and Hoover. These worthies stand on the plat-! form of Immortalized Christian statesmanship. "Society today Is being Infested with an Inhuman standard of avar- 1 Ice and greed. This might aptly be set forth by the tobacco trusts and brewers, who do not scruple to pull down the sacred mantle and tread upon the virtue and modesty of motherhood. They make bold their betrayals with charming rhetorical phraseology, magnificent, healthful magazine pictorials and placards. In vading the home with the cente! salutation of a friend, yet beset with the perfiduous suavity of a hypocrit ical Judaa. Couched on their gar ments are unseen hydro-headed ven emoua monsters, that know no mercy In their raids to victimize the en slave the unauspecting home builder "A report published by the Amer ican Association for Medlco-Physica'. Research states that sixty percent of all children born to cigarette smok ing mothers, die before they are two years of age. "Liquor Is a blighting menace, which Joins hands with its twin brother nicotine. Thomas A. Edison, the electrical wizard, said: 'I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alco hol m the human brain Is like put ting sand In the bearing of an en gine.' "If sobriety and total abstance from narcotic hablt-formlng drurs such aa tobacco and alcoholic bev erages Is a test for the highest at tainments in civilization, as scien tific Investigation has unqualifiedly proven, we have the basic fncts for molding the future. . "The real security of our nation does not rest In Its militia, fleet or aerial squadron, but In ihe strength of Christian motherhood. What America needs most of all for sofety. Is not the nostrums of communism, but to drink at the fountain of Pur itan motherhood. "If the American dollar needed in flation to save the national credit from bankruptcy, and rehabilitate the monetlzatlon system. Its spiritual programs needs the divine afflatus to save It from moral and spiritual i VTith the preference of star athletes overwhelmingly for one cigarette, that cigarette has to be exceptionally mild! Its name is Camel. Here's -what an Olympic champion diver, Harold ("Dutch") Smith, says about Camels: "I've found 8, great deal of pleasure in Camels. They never interfere with my wind." Rip Collins, of the St. Louis Cardinals, says: "Here's the best proof I know that Camels are mild: I can smoke them steadily, and they never get my wind." Rowland Dufton, of the New York A. C, says: "Camels never upset my nerves or get my wind. That's what I call real mildness!" Dick Shclton, world -champion steer dogger, and these two brilliant campaigners in the golfing wars, Denny Shute and Helen Hicks, have come to the same conclusion "Camels do not get my wind." How this mildness is important to you tool . "arael smokers can smoke more and enjoy smoking lore. You get more satisfaction, knowing that sports Jiampions have found Camels so mild that they never jangle their nerves or get their w ind. 7 J9JSX A. .' '''J When the schooner Yankee returned to Gloucester, Mass., after 18 months roaming around the world, It was learned tnat miss Betty Schuyler (left) of Rochester, N. Y., and Roland Wentzel of New Rochclle, N. Y,, had enjoyed each other's company Immensely. In fact, they had become engaged on the high eas, (Associated Press Photo) bankruptcy, and rehabilitate thi gofipelizatlon system. The solvency of a nation cannot be perfected merely by recasting her monetlzatlon sys tem, when her greatest assets reside In her moral and spiritual values " VOTE ON WHEAT NO OBLIGATION WASHINGTON. May 13.AP Oeorge E. Farrell. director of the di vision of Grange of the AAA, an nounced today that farmers who vote In the national wheat referendum May 25 are under no obligation to sign a new adjustment contract, "Reports t'lat participation in the referendum obligates the producer to sign further wheat ton tract arc in correct," Farrell said. "Every ellelble farmer may vote In the referendum without obligating himself in any way." Farell repeated that this referen dum is Mmply to determine whether farmers favor continuing a wheat ad justment program after the present one expires, and that it Is open to signers of present contract and to non-signers. Use Mail Tribune want ads. COSTLIER TOBACCOS! HOTELS OF NATION FACE B!G PROBLEM MT AMI BEACH. Fla. (UP) Hotels throughout the country are facing a serioua problem due to an approxi mate 30 per cent Increase in food cost during the last few months, ac cording to Philip E. Rice, president of New York State Hotel association which represents 4.000 metropolitan and resort hotels. "The wholesale price of butter has Increased from 25 cents to 39 cents a pound and beef on the hoof has been raised $7 a hundred," Rice aald. "nnd furthermore, packers dount their supply to branch distributors on account of shortage in beef cattle "Hotel rates will not be Increasec. despite this condition." Rice added today at the Roney plaza, where r. Is vacationing while making a sur vey of hoAtelnes along the East coast "Repeal has been a life-saver to many hotels nnd the hotel indus try ns a whole Is anxious to oper ate Its liquor traffic in a sane and sensible manner." he said. Try a piece of Strawberry Short cake at H uson "a with h omcmade Soft Ice Cream . . It s delicious. Zm St..y jj lintel HtfwiMinir-1 liiial kiii .ww.. wT,r. rnwikm wvnuinunyonr wind. ..your energy... the good health of your nerves is important to you too. So remember this: Camels are so mild you can smoke all you want. Athletes say Ca:Is never get their wind or nerves. Camels are made from finer. MORE EXPENSIVF TOBACCOS Turkish and Domeic -gthan any other popular brand. lStf) R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO With s swish of the curtains, "Clarence" will be introduced to Med. ford audiences Wednesday evening. May 15. "Clarence", you know, Is a soldier. A very good soldier. -A fictional crea tion of Booth Tarklngton. "Clarence" can be nothing but good, for the Medford high school senior play re volves about him in a fast moving; plot. The class of 1935 la fortunate In having Dolph Janes. Oregon State debate champion of 1934, to take thla role. M r. Janes, a mem ber of the high school honorary has a splendid voice quality that Immediately cap tures any audience before which he appears. Wee ks, 1 f not mon t h n of p ractlce have been held In an endeavor to bring this play up to par and from all indications. Rex E. Robinson, coach, has not failed to do so. Averaging six practices weekly, the ten members of the cast are now able to run thru the entire three acts without a flaw. An Interesting sidelight of the pro duction Is the frenzied search for "props" or stage fittings. Warren Llggttt. property manager releases the Information that floor lamps are ! indeed precious articles. Mr. Llggltt Informs that he has been tempted to ! borrow one of the Sixth street 'lights to replace several of the miss ing floor lamps. The first dress rehearsal will be held tonight In the high school audi torium with another scheduled for tomorrow evening. Ticket sales were opened last week. wih a standard general admission price to all except members of the Associated Students, Members of the cost, including Dolph Janes, are Luclen Smith. Betty Tnorndykc. Patricia Young, Betty Vllm. Betty Dynan, Verne Campbell, Bob Young, Donald Grey, and Mildred Drury. Want Atheists on Juries PARIS ( UP A bill aimed at enabling atheists to become member of a Jury, has been submitted to the Chamber of Deputies by Camilla Planche. Moullns Socialist. The measure provides that the traditional oath, attested by the name of God, Is not necessary in the case of non bellevers. Instead, they must swear on their word of honor. Titles Tie on Traffic Deaths CLEVELAND (UP) Cleveland and Detroit were tied for third place in number of traffic fatalities per 100.000 population during January and February, aeeording to Nation il Safety Council reports. Each had a traffic death rate of 17.6. The high est rate was Los AiiReies. 34.1. Chi cago was second, with 21.1. HulTiiln finals limited Farmers SOMERVILLE. Tenn. (UP) Big buffalo gnats Invaded fields here in such swarms that farmers, taken un awares, were forced to abandon their plows and flee. The large gnats ap peared curlier than usual. 1?35. R. J. Rcynoldi Tob. Co. HAROLD ("DUTCH") SMITH, Olympic Diving Champion, who has smoked Camels for nine years even before he took up diving. He says: "I'd walk a mile for a Camel." Among his team-mates on the Olympic squad who are also Camel fans: Leo Sexton, Helene Madison.Jim Bausch, Josephine McKim, Bill Mil ler, and Georgia Coleman. 4j COMPANY. I TTTfL tut i 1