MEDPOliD MAIL TRIBUNE. "NfEDFOKD, OItT.flONT. THTTRSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936.
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SCOUT OFFICIALS
ANNUAL W1EET1NC
SET FORSUNDAY
Nominating Committee to
Report Plans for Year
Drawn Banquet in Eve
ning to Climax Session
High School News
by
STUDENT REPORTERS
According to the executive board,
the Crater Lake area council. Boy
S Scouts of America, will hold their
xnnual meeting Sunday afternoon.
February 33. "A special feature of
thla yfcar's meeting will be attend
.r of the Scouters' wives," ac
cording to the resolution passed by
the board. The conference Is sched
uled to begin promptly at 1:30 p.m.
t the Hotel Medford and carry on
throughout the afternoon and early
evening, climaxing wnn a apii
h.nmiet and eagle court of honor
Burma- the afternoon, while the
men are reporting and preparing
future nlans for Scouting in
this area, Josephine. Jackson and
Siskiyou counties, the ladles will
i.. .t.rlrer1 SJ1 EUeBtS Of the
xcford district Scouters1 lsdlea.
Edward L. Curtis, regional Scout
executive and representative of the
nstlonal council, will be present.
Helpful and useful Information of
the latest developments In the Na
tional Brotherhood of Scouting will
be received from him.
Durlm the afternoon session
report win be heard from the nom
inating committee for election of
officers of the
rnunrll. L. N. Lorenwn. Mt. Shasta,
, chairman of the Siskiyou county
i ,r committee, is chairman 01
the nominating committee, with the
following four Scoutera as members.
M. N. Hogan. Medford, council civic
rvtee committee chairman: O. H.
n-.r orsnts Pass. Grants Pass
district Scouters committee chair
m.n- John H. Fuller, Ashland, coun.
ell court of honor committee chalr
w,n and Oeorse Luttrell, Yreka,
chairman Siskiyou county Scouters
district flnsnce committee.
Present executive officers of the
ennneil sre Larry Schade. council
president; Eugene Thorndlke, treaa
firr. and R. E. McElhose, council
vn.it commissioner. These officers
w.r. elected at the 1035 annual
meeting and their terms expire at
this 1838 annual meeting.
By Don Younger.
The H. E. C. A. club la sponsor
ing a movie entitled "Cougar, the
Killer," which constats of authentic
acenea of Jay C. Braces cougar
hunts.
Cougar the Killer" la a thrilling
talking picture of Mr. Bruce'a dar
ing exploits during cougsr expedi
tions which were conducted in Cali
fornia. Incidentally he Is the of
ficial cougar hunter for the state
of California. .
In addition to the main picture
there will be a short comedy en
titled "School Days." Both pic
tures will be shown at 1 o'clock In
the high school auditorium Mon
day, February 34. Admission prices
will be nominal. The public Is cor
dially Invited.
By Don Younger.
The Sophomore class finance com
mittee held a meeting Monday to
determine how to raise funds for
Its page In the Crater.
The committee, consisting of Helen
Thompson, Spencer Wellls, Bruce
Leverette, Hulda Roae and Don
Younger, chairman, was appointed
bv Ruth Oarlock, president of the
sophomore clssa. Mlas Spurgln. who
the class advisor, stated ine
money would probably be raised by
different types of ssles In the halls
during noon hours.. The first sale
to take place February 38 ana
all students are urged to do their
part.
By Ethel Mackey.
Judge E. E. Kelly of Medford gave
an address on national defense at
an assembly here yesterday, which
was called for that purpose. Other
speakers were Joe E. Wood, who
represented veterana of the Spanish
American War; Oeorge uoaoing.
ho represented the Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Carl Y. Tengwald.
commander of the National -uuara.
and Col. W. H. Paine, retired, ol
the army.
Judge Kelly'a talk was to inform
the students of national defense
week. His and Mr. Palnea talks were
enjoyed and the assembly was dis
missed after the band had played
The Star Spangled Banner."
A.
LOCAL SCENES
BY KEN! IN PORTLAND
Motion pictures of southern Ore.
gon scenic attractions were presented
at meetings of the Progressive Busi
ness Men's club and the Business and
Profeslonsl Women's club by H,
Kern, advertising manager of the
California Oregon Power company
rfurlni hia recent visit In Portland.
The pictures, done In full colors,
showed Crater Lake, Diamond lake,
leva beds and cavee south of Klam
ath Falls. Modoc battleflelda. prehia
tori,- hlerotlvnhlca on cliff caves,
model farma and Oregon Caves.
Mr. Kern's program was well re
eelved. the clubs pointing out that
the nlctures would undoubtedly err
courage travel to southern Oregon
this summer.
Pear Market
Yesterday
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KEW YORK. Feb. 19. (AP-O.
TVnt. Azr.i Pear auction market.
ears arrived: 8 Oregon cars. 3 Wash
lngton, 1 California unloaded; no car
en track.
Oreaon D'Anlous: 2439 boxes extra
fancy, 1.90-2.65, average 2.31;
fancy. 1.90-2 35, average 2.18.
MRS. HAMPTONS FATHER
DIES IN WALLA WALLA
WALLA WALLA, Feb. 30. VP)
Martin Fielder. 83. Indian war vete
ran who narrowlv missed being with
.r,ri Custer at "Custer's last
stand." died Tuesday. He had lived
h. 80 veara. He was a member
General Custer's forces In 1878. But
wsa losned to the government for
other work a short time before in
massacre on Montana'a Little
Horn.
Tha veteran Is aurvlved by
widow, three eons and four daugh
ters. Including Mrs. Margaret Hamp
on of Medford, Ore.
13 in Crew Dronn
!mo HOPE. Orkneys, Sootlind
Feb. 30. (API The crew of IS
drowned today when the 357-ton
r.rlmsov trawler "Merrlvale".
wrecked on Little Skerry, a rocky
llnd In the Firth of Pentlsnd.
life;
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TELEPHONE DIVIDENDS
CONTINUE ON $9 BASIS
NBW YORK, Feb. 30. UP) Di
rectors of American Telephone As Tel
egraph Co. today declared a regular
quarterly dividend of 3.35 a common
share.
The disbursement Is payable April
15 to stock of record March 14.
The latest payment contlnuea the
premier communications stock on the
89 annual basis which has been main
talned since 1921.
HERO OF CHACO BACK TO
HEAD PARAGUAY REBELS
ASUNCION, Paraguay. Feb. 20.
(AP) Col. Rafael Franca, called back
by the men he formerly commanded
In the Chaoo to head the new revolu
tlonery government of Paraguay, re
turned to the capital by airplane to-
ay from exile abroad.
Life insursnce In force In the
Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany passed the twenty billion dol
lar mark during 1936 and at the
end of the year stood at a new all-
time high of 820.289.349.578. Fred-
erlck R. Eeker. president of the com
pany, announced today at the open
ing sesston of the annual convention
of the company'a managers In the
Metropolitan auditorium. This was a
gain of 8779,544.101 over the total
In force at the end of 1934.
This record total has been reflect.
ed In all departments. Mr. Ecker
said. Ordinary lnaurance of 810.483.-
415.431, Industrial amounting to
88.839.500.380. and group lnaurance
totaling 82.958.433,775. all represent
ing high points In the company's
history.
Accident snd health Insurance In
force at the end of the year amount
ed to 81.339.439.180 principal sum
benefit, which waa a substantial In
crease over 1934.
The compsny Issued, revived, and
Increased a total of 83.118.908.138
during 1935, which waa at the aver
age rate of 18.242 policies for 810.-
327,510 on each buslneas day
throughout the year. Of thla total,
81,350,141,305 waa ordinary Insurance
81.405.585,030 wss Industrial, and
8383,201.791 group.
For the fourth successive yesr,
the Metropolitan paid more than
half billion dollars to Its policyhold
ers for death claims, matured en
dowments, annultlea, dlvldenda, dts
ability beneflte and cash aurrender
values, the total for 1935 being 8535,.
251,584. Such payments were made
at the average rate of 84,430.89
minute of each business day.
The amount reserved for dividends
navable In 1938 Is 895.994,851, of
which $51,310,811 la on ordinary pol.
Idea. $41,763,040 on Industrial poll.
clea. and $2,931,000 on accident and
health pollclea. Including thla dec
laratlon, the company has psld a to.
tal of $1,112,175,997 to policy holders
In the form of bonuses and dividends
since 1897.
Metropolitan assets Increased $303,
894,380 In 1936, and totaled $4,234,
803.511 on December Slat last. A sub.
stsntial part of the Increase la rep.
resented by Increased holdlnga of
government bonds. Policy loana ln
creased only V4 of 1 per cent, the
smallest Increase In many years. The
company'a Income In 1935 waa $848,
087,408.
The Metropolitan had 42,165.146
policies In force at the end of the
year, Including 1.870.041 uvea insured
by sroup policies. The number of
policyholders Is estimated at 27,578,
477, many of whom hold more than
one policy.
Stllta Break Arms.
NEWPORT. Ore., Feb. 30. IP)
Charle Race, grade school prlnclpsl,
fell and broke both arm sat the ei
bow while attempting to walk
nine-foot stilts.
Haiti Hunger Strike'1
MEDIC SAWS ARM OFF
Osama E. Farrtll (above), 30
year-old cripple, kept up a hungef
itrlke at FranKrorr, ina., in pro,...
against atttlement of hie grandfath
er's will, which made no provision
for him, until phy$lelin$ warned
him he would die. Then he broke II
by eating some Ice cream, (Aaaoei
ted Preee rnoroi
NEW YORK. Feb. 30. (A) The
Sun said today It had learned that
the family of Zellk Josefowltz,
puted owner of a deposit vault In
which $338,000 worth of gold waa
found, haa large deposits In several
banka here and that "everything
points toward the aocumulatlon of an
enormoua fortune through transac
tion In Soviet bllla."
The cache, comprising 10.000 $30
gold plecea. was found yesterday by
secret aervlce agents In a vaulfcat the
Chemical' Safe Deposit Co., directly
opposite the federal reserve bsnk.
The Sun said the Josefowits ism.
ily, instead of being Swiss as report
ed, are Russians,
BANK DEPOSITS REACH
NEW HIGH IN PAST YEAR
STANDING ON LADDER
By
LIONS CLUB IS I0LD
LOWELL. Mui., Feb. 20. ( AP) A
surgeon, standing on tha swaying tip
of an extension ladder, performed an
amputation today on John McCoy, gas
light company worker, whose arm was
Jammed between tha control cab of a
traveling crane and a steal girder SO
feet above the ground.
He was oonsclous throughout the
operation. Dr. N. Qlllmor Long, tbe
surgeon, said. ' He waa In a critical
condition at a, hospital.
McCoy was operating the traveling
crane when It Jumped It track. 80
feet above the ground. The car fell
30 feet to a ateel girder. McCoy was
thrown out and his arm was caught
between the car and tha girder u he
fell.
He swung by the Jammed arm for
an hour while workmen and firemen
tried to free him.
Dr. Long climbed a fire department
extension ladder and amputated the
arm at the shoulder after attempts to
pry the worker from the wreck had
failed.
HALT DYNAMITE USE
ON BONNEVILLE. ICE
the number of men who have com
pleted the course at this camp to
119, Capt. Dlsmore says. First aid
training is given aa a part of the
CCO safety program.
Those who finished the last class
and have Just received cards are:
Capt. Leonard L. Lerwlll. Lieut.
Clarences W. Huffman, Carl E. Robb.
William ,T Shrimp. Ravmond E
Swalie, Harold A. Jacoba. Patrick J.
Qleaaon, Charles E. Bock. John J.
Bock, John J. Parker, Floyd M.
Bowcn. 8tanley J. Bonk. Stephen
Szuderskl, Charles H. Perry, Albert
Vorkos. Edmund V. O'Leary, Clement
M. Roth. Percy Paastotto, Philip R.
Cundy, L, E. Seetey, John R. Relger.
William P. Vlckers. Gilbert Buck, D.
H. Rlevin. John W. Ruse.
, WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. ff) Na
tional bank deposit of 134,847,783,000
at the end of 1936 were reported to
day by the comptroller of the cur-
rency to be 2.08 percent higher than
the previous top In 1838.
Of f lclala attributed the upturn ,
shown In the report of 6,393 active
banks, to heavy government spending.
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 30. (ff)
Lieutensnt Colonel C. F. Williams,
district army engineer, said today
that no more dynamite will be tised j
In efforts to break the Ice blockade 1
In the Columbia river near Bonne
ville dam.
Thermite, a high- temperature
chemical, will be used in efforts to
aid tn the breakup of the Ice which
is estimated from five to ten feet
thick in places. Thermite melts ice.
It will be used to help break up
some of the larger pieces which
might damage cofferdams when the
breakup starts.
FLYING CADET KILLED
AS GRADUATION NEAR
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Feb. 30.
(AP) Flying Cadet Wilkes 8. Bar
nett of Greenville, S. C, a student at
Randolph field, wss killed In a plane
crash near here Wednesday.
The 34-year old cadet was on one
of the last training flights of his
basic work at. the field.
Although America's military re
quirements for national defense were
outlined in 1020 and put Into law
by congress. 1936 finds the army far
below the required minimum strength
and Its equipment obsolete, said
Lieut. Lyle P. Wilcox, president of the
Rogue Valley chapter. Reserve Olft
cers' association. In a talk before the
Lions club at Valentine'a cafe Wed
nesday.
Speaking In connection with na
tional defense week activities, Lieu
tenant Wltcox discussed the race for
armaments In other parts of the
world and emphasised that the Pa
cific coast is America's most vulner
able frontier.
"Adequate defense Is necessary and
essential for the health, happiness
and well being of our nation," he
said.
'Our national leadcra have seen fit
to provide us with a law. setting
forth the minimum requirements for
adequate defense under the national
defense act of 1920.
"Certain Individuals and societies
have been actively opposed to the
provisions of the 1920 act and have
so made themselves felt In congress
that appropriations sufficient to carry
out the act have not boon forthcom
ing. "This national defense week la be
ing observed for the express purpose
of educating the public as to the true
facts and to arouse public demand
to the end that congress will this
year pass appropriations necessary to
provide this nation with a legal limit
army. Implemented with proper
equipment, a navy second to none,
and each with component air forces
to meet modern needs."
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FIRST AID CARDS
AT
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CAMP RAND. Feb. 30. (Spl) Red
Cross first aid cards have been pre
sented to 35 persons connected with
thla company who have completed
the standard course according to
Capt. A. B. Dlsmora, camp surgeon.
The first sld course is compulsory
for leaders and assistant leaders snd
ts optional with other members of
the company.
The la At class to graduate brines
ALL HONOR TO MY
GRANDPAPPY
ay i Major Gruil,
but the old boy claimed hs could
make tha best applejack possible.
He couldn't I've lasted Hildick.
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oan maka smoother, taallor, eheaper with
inncHK
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CLOSE MORE SCHOOLS
ACCOUNT MEASLES, FLU
GRANTS PASS, Feb. JO. VP)
Meaalea and' colds havo closed two
more rural Josephine county schools.
North Prultdale and Pleasant Valley
schools have suspended.
2066
San Jose Scale
counted
2055
DEAD
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netted in Vikima, where pest control methodi art checked aod teited
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TashinaiOB. Idaho, and Orefoo fruit trowjas diitricu.
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