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PAGE FIVE "Save On Sixth Street" Slogan of Sixth Street Merchants Saturday MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. arEDFORD. OTtEOON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1936 T G-Men's Head Says Young Extortionists Can Cause As Much Grief As Kid- iiajjiiiu ictiK insuniuieni WASHINOTON, Oct. 23. (fly 6s vera punlshmenv. promptly adminis tered, was recommended today by J. Edgar Hoover, director ot the federal bureau of Investigation, aa "good medicine" for youthful extortionist Hoover, who previously has advo cated "better understanding" be tween police departments and young boys, said that extortion "Is mucu too serious a crime to oe passed over lightly.' "One of the greatest menaces In the current national crime picture," he said m an interview, "Is the youthful extortionist. He should be prosecuted and made an oxample ot. not be treated as a prankster. "Receipt of an extortion not can cause almost as much grltf and dis tress In a family as kidnaping. Fain Utes are agonized by extortion letters, for they cannot be sura the threats won't be carried out, nor can they tell what form of trageery Is Impending "Youthful extortionists should not be condoned," he continued feeling ly. "They should be punlshod prompt ly and severely like any ether crim inal, not let off with a parental lec ture or eajiy discipline." One of the most recent extortion attempts in Justice department files was directed against Shirley Temple Hollywood's Juvenile star. An extor tion letter demanded $25,000 from "Mrs. Shirley Temple" If she wanted "to keep Shirley." G-men said they traced the letter to a mlld-mannar-ed, 16-year-old school boy In Atlanta. Oa. Hoover, In a recent adaress at New York City, atid seven hundred thou sand boys arid girls were enrolled In a vast army ol criminals. SALEM. Oct. 33. -(Traffic fa talities during September this yeir showed a 26 percent increase over the same month a year ago. The 30 deaths brought the year's toll to 315. compared to 185 for the same period In 1935. The number of persons Injured and the total accidents reported showed an even higher percentage the past month, the secretary of state announced today. Injuries were 703 compared' to 468, and accidents were 3.153 compared to 1.900. Thirteen of the September fatal ities were pedestrians. The other deaths were caused aa follows: Auto hoblle with a fixed object 4. motor mobile with a fixe ooject 4, motor cycle and non-eoltlslon accidents 3 each, not stated 3. Seven of the deaths occurred in Multnomah county, five In Klamath county, four In Jackson county, two each In Coos and Tillamook coun ties, and one each in ciacKamu. rrrrtk rwhntM none? in. iAne. Lin coln. Marlon, Umatilla, Wasco and Yamhill. STRANGE NAMES GRACE INDIAN WITNESS ROSTER CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Oct. 55 (API Clrks In the U.S. marshal',' office, summoning witnesses In wea Involv ing charges of selling liquor to In. dlans, called the following: Mike American Horse. Lame Deer. .Iont.: Henry. Ned and Wood row Pretty On Top. Crow Agency. Mont.: Sam Yellow Press. Arapahoe. Wyo.. and Pat Ice Man. Ethete, Wyo. GARY COOPER'S HOME LOOTED IN ABSENCE HOLLYWOOD. CALIF.. Oct. 33, (AP) Arnold Kunody. Insurance broker, a&ld today the home of Gary Cooper, film star, was entered by burglars recently and looted of prop erty valued at $25,000. The actor and his wife are In New York. Most of the loss, Kunody Mid, was In Jewelry and furs that were taken . se Mall Tribune Mint ads. WASHINOTON, Oct. 33. (AP) Because some farmers have "reltglous and moral" scruples against signing an application for farm benefit pay ments, AAA officials said today that special provision! had been made to enable them to Qualify for a share of the 1470,000.000 to be distributed this year. Secretary Wallace recently approved a special order for these payments. Under It, the county AAA committees may certify payment applications without signature by typing tna name of the farmer and adding "unsigned religious scruples." The farmer must appear, however, and orally affirm that the applica tion is correct. LEGISLATORS COMFORT HELPS TAX COIN WASTE OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 23. (API Th way to trim governmental costs, said 8tat Representative W. F. Haycock. U to take some of the comfort out of law making. Accordingly he proposed the re moval of seata from the Uytalatlv chamber, forcing members to work standing up. "This will promote short sessions aa only those devoted to duty would tick to th Job." he averred; LENIENCY ASKED FOR PICK-HANDLE SLAYER OODEN. Utah. Oct. 23. ( AP) George Morteisen wa convicted to day of first degree murder In the pick-handle slaying last June 30 jf hla father-in-law, Adam Snyder. A verdict of guilty carried a recom mendation of leniency. Mortensen also was accused of slay ing his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mablt Scott Snyder, and his wife's aged grandmother. Mrs. Emma Scott Rose. Mortensen'a attorneys pleaded in sanity. Bath TubF.nFfttl PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 23. .(UP) Thorn B. Smith. S3, who fractured a, hip In fall in the bathroom of hts home October 17, died In Portland sanitarium today. t Jae Mall Tribune w.int ads. PORTLAND. Oct. 38. (AP) Home seekers coming to the Pacific north west from the drought country steer clear of Oregon because of the tax system, said Fred C. McOowan, reel estate appraiser, Oregon, trailing Idaho and Wash ington In the number of settlers, places the tax burden on the farm and home, the realtor said. He cited figures showing that of 8700 new farm famillea in the north weat, 4500 went to Idaho, 3300 to Washington and 1000 to Oregon. INTRUDER DELIVERS KISS IN THE DARK CLEVELAND, Oct. 23. (UP) MIsa Mildred Van Remmen. 31, was awak ened by a kiss. Not being a custom ed to such matutinal caress, ahe screamed. A baby faced fellow about 18 rapped her on the chin, shoved a pillow in her face and scampered through a window. BLOWOUT ON CURVE COSTS MAN'S LIFE PORTLAND, Oie., Oct. 33. -AP) Dick Marks, Borlrg. died In an au tomobile crash near th southeast city limits of Portland yesterday. Hla brother, Don Marks, and Wilbur Dayton, both of Boring, escaped with minor Injuries. Captain Pete Rexford of the sher iff's office said the driver, Dayton, apparently lost control of the car when a tire blew out on ft curve. Dm Mall Tribune want ada. STOMACH, RECTAL & COLON AILMENTS STOMACH Ulcers, Acidity, Indigestion. RECTAL Piles, Ulcer,, Fissure, Fistula. COLON Colitis, Bloat- Ino Ha. PnnKtinstian. No hoplw! iurftclopttlon. No confinemcat ...- ii ed eb nrvwi pt Dr.C. J. 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