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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. AUGUST 31. 1936.
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300 Captives Will Be
posed to Insurgent
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Air Bombs Is Announcement;
Believe New Attack Near
(Copyright, 1839, by the Associated
Presa)
IRUN, Spain, Aug. 31. The gov
eminent defender! of Iran brought
300 rebel prisoners Into the bom
barded city tonight and announced
they would be exposed at the moat
dangeroua points to Insurgent ' air
bombs.
The prisoners were brought by
truck from Fort Guadalupe after a
dozen projectiles had burat In the
city, evacuated except for govern
ment fighters and their hostages.
Two women were blown to blta.
"All old women, old men and
children" of republican families
were sent across the French frontier.
government leaders announced, but
families of suspected rightist eym
pathlea were forced to remain.
A combined land, sea and air bom
bardment was believed imminent,
however.
- The air raldera appeared over the
city shortly after 9 a. m as mass
evacuation of the war-scared area
was being hastened by government
commanders.
Circling low, the planes rained
bombs Into the streets. The deadly
mlssllea tore great holes In the
pavements and shattered windows
and buildings throughout Irun.
TEACHER'S FINGER
SEVERED BY GLASS
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flson's sister) about the back and
head, and also Injuring three In the
Tan IX Wegle machine.
Tan De Wegle, and two passengers,
Ouno Anderson and John Santos, all
oi Hilt, received bruises and head
uts. Santos' head was so badly cut
that seversl stitches had to be taken
to close the wound,
Yesterday afternoon a car driven
by Roy L. Chapln, D10 Stevens street,
Medford, got out of control five mllea
out on the Uitlway rood, and left tho
right of way, crashing through a wlro
fence and Into a telegraph pole. Win-
uapelle James, 1134 Court street, Ed
Parnell, 1139 Court street, and Chapln
received brulsbs and cuts,
Orval shores, 844 Dakota street, re
ported to police that he had hit a
bicycle ridden by ' Jack Canfleld at
tht corner of West Main and Laurel
streets, near the county court house,
banfleld was not Injured, the report
aid. ,
Although details were meager, It
was reported to police that a Cana
dian car coming south on the Pacific
highway had turned over this after
soon whan the driver became dla
tracted by a bee In the car. A little
girl received a chipped or broken knee
cap, was treated at the Community
boepltal, but left after only a few
minutes, city police said that the
names of the occupants had not yet
been learned. It waa understood the
car was not seriously damaged.
Berrang Making
Good Recovery
J. O. Berrang, 70-year-old proprie
tor of the Covered Wnon lunch room
at Phoenix who waa brutally beaten
by two men Friday night when he ro
fused to give them money, was to
day reported as resting well after
spending a comlorUble night at the
Sacred Heart hospital. Hospital at
taches did not know how long the
aged man would remain confined, but
stated that hla condition waa no
longer considered dangerous.
GandysWill Hold
Nazarene Service
Her. Klmer Oandy and wife will
conduct a special service In the local
Church of the Nararene, Central Ave.
at Jackson, Tuesday evening at 7:43.
Kvangellst Oandy, who Is widely
known as the art evangelist, con
ducted a special series of meetings
In the local church a year ago last
March, which met with much suc
cess. Rev. Oandy la taking a day off to
drive some nalla In the new Church
of the Nasarene that la going up op
posite the Junior high school.
Mrs. Oandy Is musically gitted and
will Interest all who hear her.
Stewart Resigns
As Forest Agent
Resignation of Logan 0. Stewart as
purchasing agent of the ftogue river
national forest service was announced
today. The resignation became ef
fective this morning.
Mr. Stewart was employed by the
forest service as purchasing agent In
February. 1938. Previously he hart
been employed In a similar capacity
by the Owen-Oregon Lumber com
pany. His position with the forest
wfrvioe will not be rilled, it wsa
stated.
Idaho Candidate
PEEK
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Mayor Barzllla W. Clark, of Idaho
Falls, an engineer, la Democratic
nominee to succeed C. Ben Rosa,
alio a Democrat, as governor of
Idaho. He will oppoae Frank L.
Stephan of Twin Falls, Republican.
(Associated Press. Photo)
ICKES' FOSTER SON
TAKES OWN LIFE
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adopted Wllmnrth after hla marriage
10 Mrs. ickes. Wllmarth's father.
Prof. James Westphal Thomson, then
In the department of English at the
University of Chicago, was divorced
In 1009. ' .
Msgnuson ssld Ickes, clad In na-
Jamas, waa stretched serosa a bed.
powder-burned bullet-hole through
the right temple.
Ickes" mother wss an outstanding
Republican and had served several
terms In the Illinois house of rep
resentatives.
PARDON US, folks, but, if you'll hold a
DouMc-Jlfctou) Old Gold to your ear
and roll it between your fingers, you can
actually LISTEN to its factory-freshness.
You'll hear no crackle of stale tobacco."
Just the silken swish of prize crop leaf, in
the very pink of smoking condition. Thanks
to that double Cellophane wrapping, pro
tecting every Old Gold package.
But don't stop with the "Listen Test"!
JOHN BUTLER DIES
OF HEART ATTACK
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Co-Founder of Medford Fur
niture and Hardware Co
Succumbs While Talking
to Friend Rites Tuesday
John H. Butler,. one of the found
ers of the Medford Furniture ic
Hardware company, dropped dead of
a heart attack whllo he was talking
to a neighbor In the front yard of
his home, 918 East Main atreet, about
8 o'clock Saturday evening. He had
been In 111 health tor some time He
waa In his 88th year,
Funeral services will be held In the
Perl chapel at 3:30 tomorrow after
noon. Dr. Sherman L. Divine, pastor
or the First Prcsbyterlsn church, will
officiate. Interment will be In the
Siskiyou Memorial park.
Active pall bearers will be Charles
Oray of Gold Hill, Ancll O. Hubbard,
Charles C. Furnas, Elmer E. Wilson,
Orant Mathews of Grants Pass and
Elmer I. Elwood.
Honorary pall Dearera will be L. F.
Pickett, Hal F. Piatt, John Lawrence,
C. D. Thompson, Roy Elliott and
Harry Ling of Yreka, Cal.
Mr, Butler la survived by his wife.
end three children, Warren Butler of
Grants Pass, Arncl Butler of Medford
and Mrs. Claud Thompson of Los
Angeles, He Is survived also by three
slstors, Mrs. Elizabeth Browne of
Portland, Mrs. Oliver Norton of Port
land and Miss Jeunesse Butler of
Medford. Four grand children also
survive.
Mr. Butler was born In Ma pie ton
Iowa, on October 11, 1888, the son of
Basil N, and Susannah Butler, enrly
Medford residents now decessed.
The family left Iowa for Oregon
and settled In Harrlsburg. There on
November 1, 1803, John H. -Btitler
married Florence Bussey. Three chll
dien were born of tho union, all of
whom survive.
Mr. Butler came here In 1893 and
engaged In the paint and wall paper
business which became the founda
tion for the Medford Furniture ic
Hardwaro company, one of the lead
ing flrma in southern Oregon.
Mr.' Butler helped to organize the
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Light a "Doube-AfciIouj" and get the thrill
of that wonderful double-mellow flavor. If
you don't say, after trying half a pack, it's
the finest cigarette you ever tasted, mail us
the remaining ten smokes and get double
your money back . . . plus postage.
P. S. . . . Yes, Indordl
you're not pleated. Ofler Hill
Outer locket of
Cellophane epent
frem the bortom
flrat firs squad In this city. He be.
come fire chief when the late Dr.
J. F. Reddy was elected mayor. He
resigned during Mayor Reddy's ad
ministration when the city bought
ito first fire engine. He was elected
to the city council in November,
1023, but resigned a year later.
When a young man In Iowa, Mr
Butler was a member of the Congre-
gotlonal church. He was long a
member of the Knights of Pythias,
Medford lodge of Elks and Woodmen
of the World.
During his long business career
here, Mr. Butler was highly respected
and esteemed. He made many lasting
friendships because of his rugged
honesty and sympathetic understand
ing and his death Is generally mourn
ed throughout southern Oiegon.
TO FACE CHARGES
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sault and robbery while armed, and
grand larceny.
J. O. Berrang, 80, proprietor of the
"Covered Wagon" at Phoenix was
beaten and slugged when he resisted
robbery, Max Burran . of Phoenix.
operator of a highway store, and J. C.
Reynolds, a customer, were robbed,
end Reynolds' pickup truck stolen,
well as an auto from the streets of
this city. Both autos were wrocked
In the flight of the youths.
They evaded capture, by calling a
tnxlcab, travelling to Ashland, where
they boarded a atage, to be arrested
at Redding, Calif.. Saturday morning.
The youths were returned from
California by Sheriff Syd I. Brown
and Captain Leo M. Bown of the stste
police. i . ,
Sheriff Brown said the pair were
sullen and uncommunicative, and
'hove admitted nothing." The offl
clai described tho pair as "reform
school graduates." Both served terms
Washington state reformatories.
the sheriff aald. '
The youths will bo questioned this
afternoon by the outhoritlcs.
District Attorney Geo. N. Codding
Id the pair would probably be ar
raigned In Justice court this after
noon.
Rail Agent Here Robert H. Holmes,
general agent og tho Southern Pa-
o,flc company in Spokane, wash.,
ranaacted business here today.
(Established 1760)
DouMa Your Monty Bach II
open, lor 30 day, Irom today.
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Inner lacker of
Cellophane opens
from tht top
LIGHTNING DEALS
NOVEL HAVOC IN
EUROPEAN AREAS
VIENNA (UP) Lightning strokes
have their caprices as shown by the
following recent events In southeast
Europe:
In Lyslnloff, near Karthsus, Upper
Austria, during a thunderstorm.
bolt entered the house of a farmer
through the chimney, passed between
the legs of a 12-year old daughter,
without hurting the child, and then
destroyed a linden tree in the yard.
wnen lightning struck an oak tree
under which the wife of farmer
had sought shelter near Semendla,
Jugoslavia, a terrible explosion en
sued. The woman was seriously In
jured, investigation showed that the
bolt had exploded a shell, burled un
der the tree since the World war.
The gun of a Hungarian hunter
who waa caught by a sudden thun
derstorm while walking across sn
open field was melted by lightning
and the man's clothes burned, but
the hunter himself, who had, with
sn admirable presence of mind,
thrown himself into a ditch full of
water, was unhurt.
When a farm woman near Sals
berg, Austria, stuck her arm out of
the window to ascertain vhether it
wss raining, a lightning bolt detach
ed and destroyed her wrist watch;
the woman herself fainted, but wss
not otherwise hurt.
A thunderbolt falling on the broad
OUT OF SIGHT way down under the floor boards
your battery needs regular testing and refilling.
Let the Standard Service Man look after it, just as he
will gladly watch your tires, clean your windshield
and lamps, check your oil, and serve you a dozen
other ways.
Standard Oil Service and Products cut motoring costs
and you're happier besides! That's why Standard's
percentage of steady customers on the Pacific Coast
la '1AX? ahni'A ttia nvnKnrtn
AT STANDARD STATIONS, INC.-AUTHORIZED
casting station of Erlyan. Turkey,
killed a vlnllntKt anil a nlnntat, vhn
were preparing to give a concert,
nuua wtcu ouicr persona la wtc
same room escaped without Injuries.
ThA BHfA art rthllM - manna..
banker, to all appearances killed by
a stroke ol ugntnlng near Kalsersteln-
brUCh. Austria. were tnWn a
morgue. Although breath and heart
nou wmm, a Viennese pnysicjan wno
hanoened fcn h
ed to restore them to life when he
noticed that, two hours after their
apparent death, th ntom.r iivm
spots had failed to appear on the
L'oaies. his long efforts were success.
ful. Both mother and child recov
ered. STATE PATROL MOPS UP
FIRE NEAR BUTTE FALLS
A small state patrol today mopped
up the forest firs that burned be
tween 25 and 30 acres of fallen tlm
ber, snags and underbrush on Ginger
creek aoout three miles southeast of
Butte Falls.' The fire started laat
Thursday in an old burn. Difficulty
was encountered In fighting the blaze
Lecause of the fallen trees and other
oarrlers. ; .
JUSTICE UNDERGOES
OPERATION ON EYE
SALEM, Aug. 31. CAP1 Chief
Justice J. U. Campbell of the state
supreme court was resting easy to
day after a serious operation upon
his eye, hospital attendants reported.
ine cniei justice entered the hos
pital Friday and will remain for sev
eral days longer.
. -
Katharine Hepbunr's golf score Is
in the low eighties.
Marian Anderson. American nearo
contralto. Is one of thn most success.
ful concert artists In Europe.
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USE WIRY DOGS
IN COYOTE WAR
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP) Pompt
ed by a story of a Montana coyote
trapper, Texas hunters of predatory
animals are preparing to use wire
haired terriers In their ouslneas.
R. E. Bateman, a Montana district
agent for the United States depart
ment of agriculture's predatory ani
mal survey, described how the tiny
dogs were used In den-huntlng. He
sent a dog into a female coyote's den
and to his surprise the terrier re
turned without its prey.
Bateman then tied a light chain to
the dog's collar and . sent, tt back
again. There was a great commo
tion In the hole betow. The hunter
gave a tug on the chain and out
came the dog with a coyote almost
twice as large.
The dogs are used for their ability
to follow a scent as well aa their
retrieving ability.
Professional hunters in Texas de
stroyed 014 predatory animals In
April. The animals coyotes, bobcats,
wolves, and mountain Hons annual
ly take a heavy toll from domestic
animals on farms and ranches In ,
West Texas. The April catch includ
ed 702 coyotes, 144 bobcats, 66 wolves I
and two mountain Hons.
In April 101 men worked a total of
2037 days with dogs, traps and rifles
killing predatory pests. The best
catches were bv Alvtn Strey and I
DISTRIBUTORS STANDARD OIL DEALERS
Mike Williams. Strey took 49 coyotes
and 14 bobcats in Culberson county
and Williams killed 13 coyotes, eight
bobcats and one mountain lion.
A four-legged bantam chicken, ac
tive and otherwise normal, is owned
by Herbert Starkey of West Plains,
Mo.
Use Mall Tribune want ads.
Indigestion
"doesn't live here any more
I lake t Carter', Little Live! Pill I belerj
and 1 slier meal and get relief. tpC.M.Co.
SCREEN DOORS
WINDOW SCREENS
Made Right-Priced Right
Trowbridge Cabinet Wks.
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