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fEDFORP Tf ATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAT 16. 1935. itical party of their own In the Phil ippines. Women were the most enthusias tic voters In Tuesday's plebiscite which assured Filipinos autonomy In internal affairs, probably before the end of the year. "We believe such a party Is the logical step to make woman's voice heard," said Dr. mes Villa. clock that has run for 19 years without winding. It Is run by varia tions in air pressure and la so con structed that It would work for 12 months without an atmospheric change. Only the wearing of Its parts can stop it, says Its Inventor. Old Cannon Under Walk. PROVIDENCE, R. Up) Three old cannon, perhaps used In the Revolutionary war, were found by workmen repavlng a 60-year-old side walk here. City Engineer S. Frank Nolan, who reported the discovery. believed they were historical and had a research started. If the can non are of any value they will be properly marked and placed In Roger Williams park here. Halt In Meals Dismisses Guests. BERGEN, Norway (UP) Guests at old-fashioned Norwegian wed dings, often celebrated for a week, have to receive more than a hint to aend them home. When the hostess wishes them to leave, she stops preparing meals. Even this measure is not effective sometimes, for the guests will bind the cook until they are promised just one more dinner. 1 Use Mall Tribune want ads. Perpetual Motion Clock. OREBO, Sweden (UP) Orebo has an unique attraction for visitors, a LIVES TO TELL OF HARROWING FLIGHT Use Mall Tribune want ads. PSGE FOUR .SYDNEY, AuatrallA, May lfl. (JF) It' all right, they can't kill me," Sir Obarlec Klngsford-Smltn shouted Joyfully to his wife u he landed the famed Southern Croae here Wednes day afternoon after an epic battle with engine trouble over the stormy Taaman tea,. Sir Charlea, Captain P. C. Taylor, his navigator, and J. Stannard, wire less operator whoae terse reports ol their struggle to keep from plunging Into the sea kept Australia on edg for hours, all showed plainly the strain of the ordeal. "Anyone but K I n gt ford-Smith would have crashed," Captain Taylor said. The most thrilling moment of the perilous flight, in which disaster ap peared imminent over the last 450 miles, came when Taylor risked h's life to climb out on the plane's wings to transfer oil from starboard toport tanks. While Klngsford Smith battled so keep the faltering ship aloft, Taylor worked desperately at the sputtering engines. Strong winds, lashing the Tasman sea Into foam, tore at him as he worked. Misfortune overtook the trl -motored. Southern Croas, in which Klngs ford -Smith has flown both the At lantic and Pacific, when It was 850 miles out to sea en route to Welling ton, N. Z., with cargo of special Ju bilee malls. The propeller and part of one mo tor tore loose and hurtled Into the water. The remaining two motors be gan coughing and sputtering under their added load. Thereafter New Zeal and, Australiu and the world waited tensely whlla terse, often casual wireless messages told of the plane's desperate fight for life. PASADENA. Calif. (UP) Pasa dena's "suicide bridge," from which 05 persons have leaped to death. Is to be Jump-proofed. The city board, after trying out a 4-hour a day aulclde guard on the bridge and dallying with the Idea of hanging circus new beneath, hit upon the method of raising the railings so hlnh no one can climb over. This probably will be done when the bridge la widened. The 65th suicide Jump off thr high -arched Colorado Street bridge crossing a deep ravine at the edge of town, was made a few days ago oy Mary Jones, 10, who failed In a high school philosophy examination. Leaps occur every few months, five already this year. Three occurred during one week and the city board was forced to post three policemen in shifts to chase away prospective suicides. DELAY SELECTION ROSEBURO. Ore.. May P) Appointment of a auocsMor to etna tor Walter Fisher was delayed until next Tuesday by action of the Doug, laa county court, Fisher was rul'O lnelllble for hla seat by the attor ney-eneral because he had acoeptoi other "lucrative" governmental em ployment. The eenator resumed hla poet with the War Veterans' Aid campaign however, declaring: he had not real toed It waa a aalarled position. The county republican chairman and other republican leadera recom mended that Planer, a democrat, rw named to auoceed himself, but the court wanted to watch development In. Portland's similar case before tak Ihg definite action. I. B. Riddle, Townsend-endoraed re. publican, and former representative la the chief applicant for PiaherV legislative post. n DEMAND GA1NINF PORTLAND, May Id IffA won! and mohnlr survey by the Joumn' Indicated today, the pajwr said, wry strong demand for fleece In the local trade, with both wool and mo hair continuing to gain In demand and occselonally In price. ' "Producers are not Inclined to sell very freely but It Is estimated about a quarter of the current clip h been sold." the article related. The chief activity at the momelil waa said to be In the Baker rfylor I with aalea of crossbreeds at 16'i anrj I ITVi centa a pound, end fine wo. moving around 15 and 18 centa. A I fair movement of wool in the Pen dleton country, chiefly at 13 and lr centa. waa reported. Shearing la Ju: starting In the lleppi-,;r and Cond n sections. SEEN BY YEAR'S END MANILA. P. 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