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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1936)
M-EDFCmnrATL TRTBTTXR BEDFORD, OREGON", SPANISH REDS "EXECUTE" STATUE OF CHRIST COLONEL KNOX AT PLAY DROUGHT COMMITTEE STARTS INSPECTION K ; ' i r - . I - : ; i A communist firing squad la ahown aiming at a figure of Chrlat aurmounting a gigantic piece of statuary at Madrid, called "Cerro de Los Ange'les." The sculpture was ahattered. (Aasoclated Press Photo) COMMUNISTS WRECK SPANISH CHURCHES President Roosevelt's special drought committee, headed by Rexford Q. Tuawell (standing, shirtsleeves) Is shown on tho C. M,, Peden farm near Dalhart, Tex., Inspecting the fsed crop. Various officials and eng i neers are with Tugwell. (Associated Press Photo) C'ol. Frank Knox, Republican candidate for vice president, paused be tween campaign apeeches for relaxation at White Sulphur Springs, West Va. Left, the colonel at the finish of hit drive. Right, walking to the green after playing his chip shot (Associated Press Photos , COULEE DAM TAKING SHAPE DUCE MOBILIZES AIR FLEET IN SPANISH CRISIS - W Triumphant government forces, fresh from victory over Faaclst rebels, wrecked the Interior of El Pino church at Barcelona, Spain, leaving this trail of shattered statuea and crucifixes and of scattered prayer cards. (Associated Press Photo This la a recent view of Italy's mighty aerial armada, reported mobilized by Mussolini for use on the side of the fascist Spanish rebels If Franco continues her alleged aid to the radical government. There were about 700 planes on the Rome air field when this photo was taken. (Associated Press Photo) MIX-UP BABY,' PICKS NEW PARENTS AFTER 17 YEARS OFF FOR SCIENTIFIC CRUISE Al Jr.'s Wife Sues This huge blook of concrete will form part of the Grand Coulee dam aoross the Columbia river In eastern Washington. The octagonal tower In the background la an automatle concrete mixing plant (Asso ciated Press Photo AMELIA TO RACE ROSCOE TURNER' 1 .":;.-.:' :-L .iit :a J'' f V S ! if, ' Templeton Crocker (left), San Francisco capitalist, and Alfred Peder sen, captain of his schooner, the Zaca, ahown as the vessel sailed for a cruise of five months or more In the 8outh Seas. A aclentlflo party aboard will collect specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. (Associated Press Ph ILLNESS COSTS FILM ROLE . ; . 2 Mrs. Al Smith Jr. Is shown In court In Syracuse, N. Y., with a diary she kept In her early married life and la bringing forward to support her claim for temporary alimony during a aeparatlon suit. It says Al Jr. once made $30,000 In one month. .(Associated Press Photo) It Isn't often that anyone haa the opportunity of choosing or changing parents, but that Is Just what hap pened to Louise Madeline (right), who was Involved In a baby mlxup at a hospital at Atlanta, Ga., 17 years ago. 8he has now decided that her parents are Mr: and Mrs. John C. Garner of Macon rather than Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Plttman of Atlanta, with whom she had always lived. A tourt awarded her as a baby to the Pittmans In 1919 with ths stipulation Louise might choose her parents when she became old enough. Ths disconsolits Pittmans are ahown at the left looking at I picture of their lost "daughter." (Associated Press Photos) FIGURES IN CALIFORNIA COED SHOOTING 'Pioneer Mother' I 1 ffjH. WT? lHi "VJ 4 stnexen seriously III only half an hour before the cameras started to grind, Adrlenne Matienauer, 22-yesr-old daughter of Margaret Matsenauer, former opera star, lost her role In a film with Greta Qarbo. (Associated Press Photo) Amelia Earhart, shown abovs at Los Angeles airport, haa entered the Bendix transcontinental air race which starts from New Vork at dawn 8ept. 4. Among those shs will compete against la Col. Roacoe Turner, holder of the eaatwest record of 11 hours, 30 minutes. (Aseo dated Press Photo) DRIVE TO 'STOP ROOSEVELT Edward Sartor Stewart, 23, (left) young engineer, was shot to death at San Diego, Calif., as he assisted Marjorle Chllcott, 20, into an automobile. Police arrested the girl's brother, Fred M. Chllcott, 23, (right) and quoted him as saying he sought to protect his sister. (Associated Press Photgj Mrs. Thomae Phelpa Goae, Jr., a descendant of pioneers, been chosen to enai.! "The Pioneer Mother" when Walla Walla, Wash., observes the centennary of the arrival of Dr. Marcus Whitman, pio neer missionary. (A.soclated Press Photo) MSW!33PrWOTIs ' ' : . Ja CO ) . r - i Among Democrats who gathered at Oetrolt at an anti-New Deal meek Ing designed to formulate plana for a "stop Roosevelt" drive In the forthcoming election were Balnbrldge Colby (left), aecretary of Stat In the Wilson cabinet, and Joseph B. Ely, former governor of Massa chusetts The two men. both of whom lolned Al Smith In his antl Roosevelt statement lust prio lo the Democratic national conventlor shown In eonferenc. (Associated Press Photo)
