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Second Section Medford Tribune Thirtieth Year MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1936. Xo. 278. Four Pages a VlWfcWgtt lsssfcsaj.ja tlF SPENDING HABITS OF CITIZENS WILL BE PWA to Put 4O00 at Work Finding Out What People Do With Money Trade Groups Seek Information WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. flj The government set out today to find out That people do with money. It hopes to do this by the end of the fiscal year. June 30, through a coordinated survey by the bureau of labor statistics and the bureau of home economics. Authorized as a PWA "white col lar" project, the survey will be car ried out with a peak enrollment of ..000 persons from the relief rolls. They will draw an average annual sal ary of 1.000. They will try to find out what others earn and what they spend the money for. Offices Opened. Officials said the last of regional offices scheduled for Providence, B. I.. Columbus, O., Atlanta, Ga.t Denver, Colo, and Portland, Ore., have been opened and that sectional work has started In New York and Chicago. The information was requested by various trade groups. Official said It would be vsluable to advertisers In tht n. win show what percentages of the average In comes goes for food, housing, wearing apparel, transportation, personal spending, recreation, ssvlngs, heslth, education, social actlvltlea civil ac tivities and taxes. CoTcr All Incomes. This survey, officials said, will cover the full Income range from the most meager wages to Incomes from 7,500 to 410.000. Above that up to Incomes of $20,000 or more. Investigations will bs made by salaried government ex perts. The bureau of labor statistics will direct the survey In 45 centers, each of which will Include one large city of several hundred thousand popula tion, two cities averaging between 40, 000 and 75,000, snd several cities of from 8,000 to 18,000 population. Bural surveys will be made by the bureau of home economics, depart ment of agriculture. Some 1910-1930 figures showed that for the period and region studied. J5.7 percent oi the family Income was spent for food, 18.1 for housing. 110 for wesrlng apparel. W.l for trans portation. 9.8 for personal expendi tures, 8.8 for recreation. 9.3 for sav ings, for health. 3.7 direct taxes. J.0 education, 1.8 social activities. 1.0 civil activities. I Weather Northern California: Hln tonight and Saturday, snow over mountains, no change In temperature: strong southerly wind off coast with local gales. . . . Oregon: Occasional rain west and snow in east tonight and Saturday, slightly warmer In north and east to night, fresh easterly wind off coast, at times strong. Just to Be 8ure 8T LOUIS, Mo.. Feb. 14. (API City Judge George Vest just wanted to be sure, i He Installed a regulation traffic light in his court room snd when violation .cases come up he flips a switch to help htm determine whether red light runners are color blind. Cars Hit lleadon srLVEBTON. Ore.. Feb. 14. (AP) A headon collision here last night between cars driven by Russell S--ott of Bllverton and Theodore Lamb of Mt. Angel, placed Dave Allen, a pas senger In Scott's car. In a critical condition tn the Bllverton hnslptal. lUT0 RADIOS Release Ordered 7ire$tone AUTO SUPPIV AND SERVICE STORES 9th and Riverside. Phone 520 The Rev. Harold Street (above), an Amerlran mll....u I t ed by an Ethiopian chieftain In the southwestern war lone, was order ed released by Crown Prince Asfa Wosan. He was tied with a dog chain fastened to hit legs. (Associ ated Press Photo) CURES ARTHRITIS nirmrvp pi iika IViClilU 0 ULMIIVI 10 10 CHICAGO. Feb. U .3 Mnrfe medicine took a page from the medi eval torture books today and rigged up a block and tackle to stretch the necka of arthrltla victims. The strange Instrument mi .in scribed In the Journal of the Amer ican Medical association as a head harness and rope and pully arrange ment by which patients were lifted mro tne ear. Cures In five cases of severe shoul der and arm pains were claimed by ur. oamuei s. Hsnfilg of Boston, the Inventor. The pains were due to arthritis of the neck, a disease Jr. Hanfll said elderly people often miscall "neu ritis." , The treatment In all his cases were Identical with that of "E. s." A 43- year-old merchant who was seated. the harness attached to his head, and the block and tackle called Into play until his body swung free of the ohalr. 'Willie suspended in this position," Dr. Hanfllg said, "the patient Indi cated the desire to ' be lowered by snapping his fingers, since the appa ratus made It Impossible for him to speak. When the apparatus was re leased he stated that, while he was suspended, the pain disappeared com pletely. He also volunteered the in formation that as he was lowered the pain returned." Repetition of the tratment, rota tion of the head, and application of heat on the neck completed the cure. ETHIOPIANS RELEASE PAIR OF MISSIONARIES ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 14. (AP) The Rev. Harold Street of Paxton. 111., and the Rev, John Trewln of Toronto have been released from cus tody In southern Oamo province and permitted to renew their missionary work In northern Oamo. The government wss Informed of these developments todsy following an Investigation Into the arrest of the two missionaries last month. ENTERS RACE FOR Victor A. Tengwaid, executlv sec retary of the Jacfcson County Relief committee and United State com missioner for this district, today filed notice of hi intention to aeek the republican nomination for district attorney In the May pri marie. Tengwald attended Regis college in Denver and Colorado State college before transferring to Westminster Law school Jn Denver, where he grad uated L.L3. For two years he waa affiliated with the Jackson county court aa secretary under the late . Judge Alex Sparrow, handling the re-i employment and relief caaes through the court. Since that time he haa been relief officer and field representative, and executive secretary and administra tor of CWA here. In 1933 he was appointed United States commission er for thla district by the U. 8. dis trict court tn Portland, a position which he haa held since. Admitted to practice In both state and United States courts, Tengwald has' announced that he will resign from his present position aa relief executive on March 1, to open hla own law offices at 133 West Main street. At the present time he la a member of the Southern Oregon Bar association, the Oregon Bar, and the American Bar association. He haa been active In the American Legion and fraternal and musical circles here since his arrival from Denver several years ago. Ralph E. Sweeney, teller of the First National bank of Portland's Medford office, was still being urged by friend today to file In the pri mary for the democratic nomination for county treasurer. He continued, however, to remain noncommittal. Several of Mr. Sweeney's Intimates asserted that should he be a nominee he would poll a considerable number of republican votes. He has lived In Medford about 15 years and la widely Known In the county through his fra ternal affiliation. & Bradstreet reported today in their weekly summary. Retail volume was curtailed In many areas due to the travel and shipping difficulties confronting buy ers. Wholesale activities were leas affected, the summary asserted, and buying proceeded in preparation "for the beet spring season In the last five years. "With clogged highways piled higher with more snow, only a few districts reported retail sales larger than a week earlier, the widest gains being made In the small communi ties. "The spread over the 1935 com paratives also was narrow the esti mated Increase for the country as a whole amounting to not more than 3 to 8 percent. lion tig fur Firemen ALBANY, Ore.. Feb. 14. (APt The Albany fire department received a check for aiOO and a letter of thanks from an Insurance company. The letter expressed gratitude for the work of the department in saving the barn on the J. O. Farrel farm near Tangent September 13 last. Be correctly corseted to an Artist Model by Ethelwvn B Hoffmann ROSEBURO, Ore., Feb. 14. (AP) A heavy run of smelt, the first ever known in the Umpqua river, la lying In the tidewater section, as far up stream aa Scottsburg. Smelt have never before been known to enter the Umpqua river In large quantities, al though t few have been seen at Inter val at Gardiner, lower river fisher men report. Fishermen are unable to explain the reason for the unprecedented ap pearance of the fish this year. The take so far has been compara tively small, as the fish are lying deep in the water. Some fishermen report having taken a bushel or more by use of long-handled dip nets. Fishermen believe the smel twill spawn in the lower river and will not attempt to travel upstream beyond tldewlter, which extends two miles above Scottsburg. Use Mall Tribune want ads CORVIIL1S. Ore., Feb. 14. (AP) Howard Buliard escaped possible deatU here when he was imprisoned tn a dry kiln. Buliard. a research, fel low at Oregon State college, found tho, door of the kiln lutched when he endod a brief inspection. He pound ed on the vails until rescuer arrived. Hawaiian fruit growers are eyeing the American market with a view to introducing "pawlon fruit," already a feature of food shops in Australia. BUCKINGHAM'S Ice Cream. Oandy and Party Spec Wis The Crest, J39 8o Central Wide Shoulders, Wasp Waists For Spring Fashion Bold, wide shoulder and wasp waists are' among the fashionable silhouettes for spring, according to Mrs. Adrtenne Steward who returned to Medford Sunday after spending the past month In Loa Angelee and San Francisco, Calif. Mr. Pearl Me- Credie Joined her In the latter city to attend market week style shows and assist In selecting merchandise for Adrlenne's stores. Dinner suits featuring tailored Jackets over formal dresses are Inter esting Innovations for 1936. Some of these are made of lace and other of crisp taffeta or chiffon combined with a sturdier material. Much lace Is used and 1 particularly effective combined with dark colors for a note of femininity. Eton Jacket, better known as boleros are noticeable. Adrlenne reported that copper toned hosiery Is being worn with all of the smart colors Including grey cos tumes. Ripe wheat is a popular shade for apparel too. RETAILBUSINESS NEW YORK, Feb. 14. (AP) The prolonged cold wave tended to reduce trade activity In some divisions last week, but It was also an accelerating force In other buoineaa channels. Dim Let your mail box lie your I milk window If tou live some distance from town, you can Mill bank at this direct Branch of the strong 1'. S. National conveniently by using our Bnnk-bv-Mail method. It's SAFE and mom time. I'pon Inquiry, we 11 be glad to explain II details of hovf we bring the bank to you if you cannot come to the bank. We Invite your Checking or Savings account and, of course, denoalts here are Insured under terms of the Federal Deposit Insur ance plan. nwirr. T. rrej. Msnnrer. nwlrnt L. BntirMnn, t. Mrf. 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