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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. fEDFORP. OREGON. TUESDAY. MAY 1?. 1937.--
HELPING SPANISH
HOLD OFF REBELS
War Correspondent Finds
Pair Playing 'Catch' Be
hind Lines at Jarama
Whine of Bullets Ignored
Br ALEXANDER H. VHU
MADRID, May IB. (pj In a typ
ically American game of "catch."
Broadway and the Oolden Oate rub
bed ahouldera In a little stretch of
trench "somewhere on the Jarama
front" today where the Abraham Lin
coln battalion of the Spanish re
publican array Is doing part of the
Job of holding the Insurgents south
of the capital.
We have men from every part of
the United States in our battalion,"
the commander or the section told
me as we climbed the hillside to the
crest of a sharp ridge where the
unit Is tn a front line position.
As we came up the hill to within
100 feet of the trenches, the thud
of a baseball on a glove stopped me
short, There were a couple of un
mistakable Americans playing catch
just as they might on any back lot
In the United States of & Saturday
afternoon.
Bullet Whtnea Over,
They had a regular baseball and
regular glovea and the ball sped
back, and forth with rarely a fumble.
It made America seem very near
on that stark, barren slope of old
Castile so near the haunts of Don
Quixote.
A bullet whined overhead and then
cracked shaply.
"An explosive bullet,' the officer
remarked. "It only takes a tick to
aet them off."
The ball players had not even no
ttod It.
Nearby was a table set up for ten
nis, but no one was playing. "Too
much breeze today," they complained.
Aa we watched the ball players, a
harp explosion to the left boomed
80 yards away and a great column
at smoke shot up.
' "They aire dropping trench mortar
bombs on a new position. Let's see
what damage they have done," the
officer said.
A group of a dozen Americans,
barely In their twenties, had left off
digging a machine gun position for a
moment.
Wetting Close.
"They've been getting pretty close,
but so far they haven't hit any
thing," one said. "If they would
only drop one In the middle of this
hole It would aave us a lot of dig
ging." "Charlie Is out digging up one
that didn't explode," said another
voice with a middle western accent.
A moment later, a youngster, bare
ly 18, came over with a mortar bomb,
taking out the detonator cap aa he
came. As he started to unscrew the
bomb, one of the men yelled, "Take
it away, Charlie; oo tnat out on the
field."
Charlie grinned, and dutifully went
about 80 feet away with the bomb.
The mechanism seemed to fascinate
him and when we left ten minutes
later, he was still trying to find
out why It had not imploded.
Just before we came to a com
munication trench, we found "the
army store." I went down Into the
dugout, remarking:
"So this Is the Tillage store.
"Hey, what do you mean? This Is
a regular department store," came
the quick rebuke from the keeper.
He proudly displayed the list of
articles he had on sale one of them
costing more than 80 cents. When
I asked his name, the storekeeper
laughingly refused.
Tls my shame, and I wouldn't
have the folka back home think this
Is all I'm doing here."
40 Feet from Front.
He was barely 40 feet from the
front line parapet.
A touseled head poked through the
entrance and asked for clgarets.
"Sorry, no more today," came the
sad answer.
The battalion already has Its he
roes. There Is Captain Martin Houli
han of New York, who commands and
has the enthusiasm of a born soldier.
Then there Is Davis Jordan, also
of New York, who is political com
missar and who was wounded lead
ing his men over the top. Another is
Oliver Low, a negro from Chicago,
who la second In command of the
machine gun company.
Just back of the trenches la a lit
tle graveyard. There He the bodies
pf 40 Americans, killed repulsing the
Insurgent Jarama drive several months
ago. They rest beside the English
dead of the neighboring company,
and little cairns of atone with wood
en name boards mark the spots.
Some He almost where they were
kllttd surging across the sunbaked
fields which few of them had evor
seen before,
EPWORTH LEAGUFHITS
TEACHER OATH, SALUTE
PORTLAND, Mny 18. fAP) Res
olutions opposing compulsory teach
ers' onths and saluto of the flag by
students were forwarded to Oover- j
nor Martin and Oregon'a congres- I
atonal delegation today by the Port
land district of the Ej) worth league,
SEA SCOUT 'SHIP'
IS SPONSORED BY
LODGE OF EAGLES
Be Correctly Corseted In
AN ARTIST MODEL by
Etnoiwyn B. Hoffmann.
Charter for the first Sea Scout
Ship organisation of the Crater Lake
area council, Boy Scouts of America,
has just been received by the local
Fraternal Order of Eagles, accord
ing to W, O. Drummond, chairman
of the Sea Scout ahlp committee,
Following are charter members or
the ship; Chris Barker, Cbet Fergu
son, Hugh Ferguson, Oeorge Gllllngs,
Jack Heyland. Bob Jones, Cecil Relcn,
Larry Schade, Jr., and Don Younger,
all former Scouts of troop 8. The
following have been added: Armlne
Lewis, formerly In troop 8; Worlow
Purdln, troop 8, and Earl wheelock
troop 8. The young men are all oevr
IS years of age and In the upper
ranks of Scouting, several holding
the rank of Eagle Scout. Eagles are
Jack Heyland, Bob Jones and Don
Younger.
The following men have been ap
proved and appointed as Ship com
mittee members: W. G. Drummond,
chairman, James R. Llllte, Harry O.
Nangle and Vernon R. Woods. E.
M. West has accepted the position
as 'skipper" of the ship organiza
tion, with the following as mates:
John A. Hyde, Ray McDonald and
W. W. Huntley.
The Sea Scout program Is of na
tional scope with over twenty thou
sand Sea Scouts registered In the
United States and many others in
foreign countries, states local Boy
Scout headquarters.
The advancement program takes
the young men through the follow
ing steps: Apprentice, ordinary, able
and quartermaster.
This senior program fulfills an
urgent need in the national Scout
ing movement, "Young men 16 years
of age and over need something like
this for constructive use of their
leisure," said John C. Mann In com
menting on oloer boys. "Moat of
the Inmates of penal Institutions are !
Just young men."
The first Sea Scout ship organi
zation of the local council Is to be
known as "Sea Scout Ship McLaugh- !
lln 8. 8. No. 8." The sponsoring
body, the Fraternal Order of Eagles
also sponsors troop No. 8. under
Scoutmastrshlp of Jsk Heyland. All
ocou is over i o years or age I n ter
es ted In becoming members of the
ship may call at local Scout hind
quarters or see Skipper E. M. West
at Eagles' Hall on West Main street
(across Copco) any Wednesday at
7 p. m.
There are now two divisions of the
senior program In operation in the
Crater Lake Area Council, the other
being troop 38, Jacksonville, Explorer
Pntro, under Sooutmastenihlp
Erie R. White, with the following
members: Joe Beach, Stuart Forbes.
Jack Hamilton, Carol Lewis, Fred
Metzgar, Gage Sanden and Harold
White. This group hu chosen aa Its
field of exploration "forestry." ac
cording to local Scout headquarters.
OF
WASHINGTON, Msy 18 i The
entire Roosevelt family will attend
a wedding June 13 of Miss Ethel
DuPont and Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.,
at Greenville. Del.
Mrs. Roosevelt said today Mr. and
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, who are leav
ing the White House for their Texas
home thla week, would return for the
ceremony. Franklin Jr.'a only alstetj
Anna, and ner nusoand. John Boet
tlger, will come east from Seattle,
Mrs. Roosevelt said she supposed
the ceremony would be performed by
the Rev. End J co tt Pea body of Oro
ton, who married the president's
other sons.
pleted will present an accurate and
graphic picture of the labor situa
tion In this state. It will be financed
and carried on as a WPA project.
Tot Killed In afreet.
PORTLAND, May 18. (fpy Johnny
Oavln, 8, met death almost Instantly
today when he darted from behind
a woodpile Into the side of a two
ton truck and trailer. The driver
swerved the truck but hit the child
with the trailer.
Lands Whopper
SYDNEY, N. S. W. (UP) The larg
est swordfish yet caught off Sydney
has been' landed by Mrs. Richard
Sutton, who Is a grandmother. The
marlln, a tough fighter, weighed 328
pounds.
SURVEY TO BE MADE IN
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Employment conditions In Jackson j
county anil all other aectloiu of Ore
gon, especially the seasonal and ml- '
gratory phases. Till be thoroughly
surveyed under a project begun this j
week under the direction of the Ore
gon state planning board. It was an
nounced by Ormond R. Bean, board
chairman. i
The project, which Is held to be or
utmost Importance to employers of j
all classes of labor, to state and coun
ty oflclals and to federal agencies I
such as the WPA. will utilize all 1
available statistics, and when com-1
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MANN'S SECOND FLOOR
Graduation Gifts
For the Class of '37
Give the Graduate a real quality gift
one that will be long remembered.
Such gifts are listed below picked at
random from our large and complete
assortment. Remember the student
knows this store. Boy or Girl, they
will certainly appreciate a gift from
Mann's. .
Gifts for Boys and
Girls That Will Be
Kept . . . and Used
Stationery with Name or Monogram at 79c
Sheaffers Fountain Pen and Pencil Sets $2.95
Jewelry in the Modern Costume Style at $1.00
Lovely Silk Scarfs in the Newest Prints for $1.00
Yardley Gift Sets for the Young Man at $3.75
Handkerchiefs, Hand Made of Fine Linen for 50c
Leather Fitted Travel Kits for Young Men $3.98
Evening in Paris Compact and Pedfume Set $1.75
The Genuine Parckard Electric Lifetime Shaver at $15.
New Compacts at $1.00. Crystal Perfume Bottles $1.00
'Holeproof and Rollins Silk Hose at 85c, $1.00 and $1.35
Silk Slips $1.69 to $3.98. Rayon & Silk Shorts 59c - $2.98
Genuine Wilson Bros. OBAN Dress Shirts at only $2.00
Haspel Gabardine Wash Suits for Young Men $12.50
New Patterns in Young Men's all-Wool Slacks 4.95-8.50
New Colors and Patterns in Congo Cloth Ties at $1.00
Plaid and Check Sport Coats for Summer only $10.95
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For the Graduation Frock usgft thin 39-!noh Rayon T!fta A
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