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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1936)
MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTXE, ifEDFORD. OREGON, IT WAS THEIR EYES THAT WON You guessed wrong, It was the eyes these four gfrls turned on the judges that won them prizes In New York. Left to right: Helen Ben nett, brown-eyed division; Sally Warren, prettiest black eyes; Irma Wilson, best of the blues, and Elsie Edwards, whose blue eyes won the grand prize as the prettiest on broad way. (Associated Press Photo) GOING TO MEET FATHER FIRST TIME Becauso New Bedford, Mass., declued It could no longer support ' eight-year-old John Perreira, the boy faced a 3000-mile journey alone to Hayward, Calif., and the father lie has never seen. He Is shown with Mrs. Jennie Perry, jobless aunt with whom he lived In Massa chusetts. (Associated Press Photo) FIRE SWEEPS POSTOFFICE BUILDING "1 (1 1 . '.. . f k . ' 1 t' A number of firemen were overcome battling a si-alarm fire In the new $8X00,000 postoffice building In Washington, O. C. The flr started In the general files In the general accounting office en the eiith floor. Considirable damage was dons. (Associated Press PhotoV BRAZILIAN REVOLUTIONISTS SEIZE NORTHERN CITY I Tnis aerial picture snows Naiai. capnai of tne state or Rio Granae ao iMorte, reported to be in the possession of the 21st battalion of chasseurs, who took up arms against the Brazilian government. It was announced loyal troops were being rushed to the north to suppresses revolt In four states, f A as ou sted Press Photo) CHORUS GIRLS WORKING FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT V lil! ! Vi W it r :-fv Here are some of the chorus girls rehearsing In Los Angeles under the aueplces of the federal theater project. The girls, all professionals, are paid up to $99 a month during rehearsals and It was planned to form units for booking on various circuits. Left to right: Doris Rogers, Mathilda Boss, Marie Danello, Juanlta Bock, Patricia Brooks, Fay Wright, Merehan Bach, Violet Velcoff and June Kirby. (Associated Press Photo) ... . . .. . ITALIANS SEND SINEVS OF WAR TO FIGHTING TROOPS While Europe'e diplomats talked of peace, Mussolini poured supplies Into the port of Maesaua, Er. tree, for his Invading legions In Ethiopia. Top, left: steamer discharges kegs of wine: right, wire for communications. Lower left: bags of wheat unloaded and right, a gun carriage loaded on a truck. (Asso ciated Press Photos) TRACTOR-AMBULANCE FOR MATANUSKA PIONEER lift' U ';-i TvlikW & t; -ud:-11 FISHING BOAT BLOWS UP AT SEA; 11 HURT .v S $1 S aifo.v,)' w( JI! l, v ' Sff! Ml! 47 - f When the 87-foot fishing boat Vasco da Qama exploded off the Lower California ccast, Its crew of 11 men, all Injured and one seriously, took to sea In a small open boat. They were picked up by the British tanker El Mlrlo and later transferred to the Antlqua, which took them to 8an Pedro, Calif., for treat ment. This picture shows the transfer of the fishing boat's crew from the El Mlrlo to the Antlqua. (Associated Press Photo) Heavy rains and muddy roads forced the preis ng Into service of a tractor and 'd as an ambu lance to take Mrs. John Hett, Matanuska colon -.t, to Palmer, Alaska, than by rail to Anchorgo when ehe was stricken with appendicitis. Her husband is at her aide as the tractor pulls the sled out of the colony. (Associated Press Photo) Veteran Pivotman NEW OAKLAND SKIPPER SIGNS r c A. --ttaffsa?.. ef"w totrmmJ&ilSBGg link Six-foot tall Wes Muller la play ing hie last year as center of the Stanford football eam. The Glen dale, Cjllf., youth Is 23 years old and appeared In the Rose Bowl twice, the two years the Indians were the Pacific Coast Conference champions. (Associated Press Photo) nD !3Lm s 3 eAavMAaflflcMsJI Billy Meyer (left), new manager of the Oakland club of the Paclflo Coast League, with Vincent Devinceml, business manajcr of the club, as they affixed signatures to Meyer's contract to manage the Oaks next eeason. The deal was mads at the baseball meeting In Dayton, O, (Aeeoclated Press Phott BEAUTY QUIZZED IN SLAYING Bear Flankman if s 1 vf p- . Mary Swope, 17 (right), estranged wife of Luther Phllpot, was questioned in New City, N. Y., In the mysterious slaying of LeRoy Smith, 24 (left). He wae found dead near her home. Two men were aleo questioned. (Associated Press Photo.) COULEE CONCRETE WORK STARTS Twenty-one-year-old Bob Brlttlng havo (above) la playing his last sea son with California as left end while his brother, John, dolda down the right end. The Beverley Hills, Calif, boy la six feet, one Inch tall. (Asso ciated Press Photo) FROM AFRICA TO U. 0. ; :ml rr f r i t .j V ). i Oov. Clsrenca D. Msrtln ef Wsshlngton trlppsd a four-yard bucket of concrete here to slgnallie the flret upward progrees of the giant Grand Coulee dam acroee the Columbia river. The completed project, with a 500-foot high dam, will Irrigate 1,200,000 acres In central Wash Ington. The picture ehows the governor dumping the first bucket as workmen and a erowd looked on. (Associated Press Photo) Dp. R. a. A. Mm UIIIImp. ri.M ttt solsncee at the Unlverelty of Stel lenbech, South Africa, who la apendlng a month as visiting pro feseor on the University of Oregon campue. His trip is financed by the Rockefeller Endowment for International Peace. - J
