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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE. rEDFORD. OREGON. TTEDXESDAY. 3fAY 26. 1937. PUT LOW VALUE ON FICKLE WIFE Farthing Is Held Too High ' In One Suit For Damages Balm Averages $560 Justice Quite Caustic. LONDON (UP) Srltiah court. In creasingly concerned with ancient and Inadequate divorce laws ilnce the Simpson affair spot-lighted marital problem, have turned to the knotty question what la the caoh value of a wife? The English wife Is worth exactly 580.20, IX the average of the laet three Jury verdicts la an Indication. Of these three cases, the first wronged husband elected to seek dam ages for enticement of his wife's af fections Instead of a divorce, with damages. The wife and the other man were living together openly. The Jury awarded damages of one farthing, which la a half-cent In American money. The Judge scathingly Indicat ed that this "price" was too high; counsel for the husband remarked that the sum obviously represented the Jury's valuation of the woman. Court Welcomes Damages The next husband went to the pro vincial court at Leeds and was luck ier, since this Jury ruled that the other man stole 1,500 when he ab sconded with the plaintiff's wife. The Judge also was of a different nature.; He commented that he was glad dam-1 ages had been sought and awarded I and snld It was well that people should understand that liunnqt;!i might be claimed tn a divorce action and that an Injured spouse has re course In law. The third husband, who won a di vorce In a ruling by Justice Sir Itltt ley Philip Watson Swift, was lucky to escape without a Judicial reprimand for marrying such a woman. When the question of damages ceme up. the Jury awarded the husband $250.1 Then the Judge had his say, and he sold plenty. Mr. Justice Swift's pleasnnt plump face, framed In his full-bottomed wig, belled the biting tongue he used. Addressing the husband's counsel, he said: "Your client has dono 1 lb. 40 17s k! better for himself than he ever should have. They won't let me assess dam ages because they know quite well I should say half a crown (03 cents)." Refuse Cost Award The judge refused to award the husband costs, continuing: "What does a man lose when a mis erable woman goes off with some one else nothing. No I shall not say nothingperhaps a little." In the next case, the Judge re fused to allow damages when the Jury Inquired how much the wronged man had to pay a housekeeper. "You can't assess the value of wife a though she were a chattel," the Judge said. "She Is not a piece of furniture. You can't treat her aai though she were a piano and ask how I much per leg did you pay for her,! Don't look at how much he la now1 paying a housekeeper ask yourself what he lost when a woman who couldn't live with him went away and left him. He lost nothing." In another case, when a wife sought Judicial separation with maintenance, but not a divorcer Justice Swift re lieved his mind . further. The wife said: "I feel that the marriage tie cannot be severed, ever." Bald the Judge: Goal of Oregon Good Will Caravan 1"' ! i . i. , mi,!, , .jiu. ,.. r ,,wnm v"'r"" "3 lftl Ind I uthi rffnrnfi0?1?? i he iiMn ?ate which ff?0 traffio M Z8-Providing a new link between northern ltornMtoE&'PRl tiih?iwsnth Mrin?uny which had risen to this height before the caisson for the south JhownlS th. ?nnlJ !i!hrC piii ea.U?SIIy iJacSful line ?f thf Rf w bri2g0 as they first aPP"d h building of the catwalks are iown in the upper rijrht. Below, left. Is the virtually completed bridge, while the picture at the right, taken during a test of the so dium vapor lights, shows how the bridge will look at nirht. 'I don't approve of divorce, so I will come to you and ask you to give me an order out of which I can at once make some money.' "If she believes that ner rumba nd, who has left her, Is living In adult tery, what a farce to como 10 tTio court and say she doesn't believe in divorce because those whom Clod has Joined togother should not bu put asunder. "Long before they came near this court they were divorced. They came here only to have the label of mat rimony removed. She wants to rmve some control still ovor her husband. And so she shall. She shall remain married to him so far as I am con cerned." THINNING St ARTS VALLEY ORCHARD BY HOUSE BALLOT Thinning of apples In the Wing orchard on the Old Stage road will be started tomorrow morning. This la believed to be the first operation of Its kind In the valley this year. A crew of 35 men wilt be em ployed on the thinning Job for four or five weeks. It was stated by Charles A. Wing, proprietor. There are about 55 acres to be thinned, he said. Charles Pruett, orchard, fore man, will be In charge. The Newtown crop is the best In years, with all the trees well loaded, Mr. Wing said. Prospects for a good he "I entire! rtlsaonrov. t H. h- " " ongni. party to it. 8 ho cornea hero alleging j grounds on which she la entitled un- About 30000.000 Germans carry ln doubtcdly to a divorce, but she says. I xurnnce strum slrkness. By Preston Orover WASHINGTON (AP) Political worms don't turn often, but the house, which has been one a long time, has been making a turn of sorts and Is so delighted with Itself It fairly chortles. Those who anw the house turn against the president's plan to make the CCO a permanent organization will understand. The CCO has been a popular busi ness ever since the president, fresh ly seated, told the country he want ed to use what spare money he could amass to send poor boys into the forests to be mode sleek and sound. So it was with much surprise that the house developed a real antagonism 'to making the CCC a per ma nen t Institution. The house long has been considered almost wholly subservient to the president. Many of Its members concede they rode Into orrice on the president's coat tails and, unlike In the senate, any presidential disapproval can be reflected against them every two years when they come up for re election. The debate began with general expectation that the house would kiss the bill flcrons. even though It would cost shout S330.000.000 a year close on to the cost of the army ! or navy. A half hour before the vote was j taken, reporters caught some of the drift and hazarded guesses that there "might" be enough votes to defeat the permanent plan. Indeed, there were. They whooped across 244 to 34 an amendment to keep it alive only two year. Besides the new-found desire for economy, two fears are behind the opposition of many members: First, that some future president might convert it somehow Into a wide flung political organization; second, that It might become an adjunct of the military. Secretary of War Woodring contributed considerably to the latter view. As assistant sec retary tw0 years ago he said in a preparedness speech that the several hundred thousand young men put through CCC camps each year could be looked upon as a valuable reserve unit. He was roundly Jumped on by almost everybody from the president down. Actually some of the camps are so Imbued with pacifist senti ment that one caustic scribe com mented the army would have to lick the CCC before the country could go to war. The debate brought a prediction: Representative K nut son (Republl can Minn.): "Personally I do not think there will be any need for the CCC after the new deal goes out." A member (unidentified by the record): "When will It go out?' Mr. Knutson; "In the forties." BULLETIN MARITIME LABOR UNIONS PROTEST USE NAZI FLAGS l (Continued from Page One.) tlons In smaller hotels and apart ments, because the city's 16 major hotels have been closed 25 days by a strike. PERFORMED UPON UPSTATE INFANT 'Twin' Removed From Abdo men 13-Month-OId Babe Rare Medical Case. PITTSBURGH, May 20. (AP) Siender Denny Shute, the defending champion from Boston, successfully hurdled "black Wednesday's" pall of 18-hole matches In the Professional Golfers' association today with tri umphs over Joe Turnesa and OUn Outra. He defeated Dutra 3 and 2 this afternoon after whipping Turn esa In the opening round 2. and 1, Shute had to put on a spirited rally this morning to beat Turnesa, from Tuckahoe. N. Y.. but started against Dutra, a former title holder from Los Angeles, with birdies on the second and third holes and was never headed. Scores Yesterday Sales In furniture and household stores have increased 80 percent since 1032. according to the department of commerce. Sales In these stores w.re 28 percent greater in 1936 than In 1935. Oregon Caravan Safe. (By the Associated Press.) The Oregon good-will army, its march undisturbed by the California bug inspectors, made ready to cap ture San Francisco, stronghold of the Golden Gate Bridge fiesta, this after noon. The Oregonlans said farewell to their green state last night and broke their Journey at Eureka. Along the route through northern California other citizens chiefly from the coastal country, swung Into line. The "honor system" prevailed at ! the border and the procession en-! tered the southern state without 1 "casualty." , "Do you have any fruit or flowers j in your car?" the uniformed lnspcc-J tors asked each driver. All nnsu-prs ! were no and each windshield bore an okay. Not a suitcase underwent In spection. , The governor spoke vigorously yes terday for farmers and laborers and against labor "racketeers." If there Is any attemtp to interrupt the harvest season with labor dis putes, he said at Grants Pass, "I hope the good old American farmer will reach for his pitchfork." "I'm for the laboring man." he continued. "I'm one of the best friends he's got, but he must detach himself from the labor racketeer." The governor vlsloned a brilliant future for the Grants Pass country through the development of Its min eral resources. Once more he took note of com ment on the possible political sig nificance of His' numerous trips through the state, saying "I want to tell you that I'm not running for ; governor. I'm Just trying to be a good governor." Caravans headed south from the Coos Bay region yesterday. A spe cial train will carry Oregonlans to the fiesta today from the Klamath country. - . PORTLAND, Ore.. May 28. (A?) Doctors attending a 13-monthvold girl held high hopes for her recovery today after they rerrlbved her "twin" fiom her abdomen. The fetus, about five inches long contained a partially formed skull, rplne and embryonic leg bones. It was contained In a small sac, as In a fetus of normal birth, but was not living in the sense that embryos live, existing as a parasytlc growth. Hospital attendants said the heart action and general condition of the child during the operation was good They said the child probably would recover. In contrast to a statement by ooctors before the operation that she had an "eVen chance" for life. Adhesions, which they expected to find, were not present. Twenty-five physicians, surgeons tnd medical students watched the delicate operation, which doctors said was one of the rarest In medical r.nnals. Other such caseB have been known N medicine, , but they said this case was unusual because of the excep tional development of the 'nner "twin." t HOT DOGS 1 tffilfr J t'pset Stomach Ones I V"ln J,ff.v w,tn Bell-ans i Rfii-amcW? FOR INDIGESTION I Dr. Richard B. Dlllehunt, head of tha staff of Doernbecner Hospital, when the operation waa performed, said the cauee of the phenomena wac a cellular dlvUlon shortly after con ception, but with one of the twins developing Inside the other Instead of Independently. X-ray examination last week re vealed the presence of the twin In the baby when her parents, thinking she had a tumor, brought her here from Doustlas county. Quicker Kill (Belter Control at No Extra Cost GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY 343 Sanson St, San Francisco 1031 S. Broadway, Lot Angelas r ; . . .WW " .rise. 00 . -lift. . ' II I I The average adult American eats more than five slices of bread each day. To supply this demand 30,000 American bakeries are baking a bil lion loaves of bread a month. Complete electrification of farm homes on a one-year trial basis has been started In the French village of Hllalre-Sur-Helpe "to put wives j on a 40-hour work week " ' GREEN PINE LAB WOOD 00 MEDFORD Tel. 631 Select Grade PER LOAD in two load lots FUEL CO. 1122 N. Central (By the Associated Press.) R. R, E. Oakland 4 8 4 San Francisco 5 8 4 Bonham, Haid and Baker; Cole, Sheehan and Monzo. R. H. E. Sacramento 6 J4 3 Los Angeles 9 12 0 Seats. Murray, Newsome and Coop er; Prim and Collins. R. H. E. San Diego w 7 12 1 Seattle 17 0 Croghead and Detore; Barrett, Thomas, Smith. Osborn and Bas&lcr. Mission-Portland game postponed; wet grounds. rni SsiC Mvlrai ifiu 7i, I B Streamlining of railway trains to increase speed Is generally regarded as a recent development, but In 1900 a streamlined "Adams Wlndspllttcr" train on the Baltimore & Ohio at tained a speed of 85 miles an hour in tests. Retail sales by gasoline filling sta tions in the United States totaled $2,203,000,000 last year as compared With 91.787.000.000 In 1929. Filling stations were the least affected of any retail group during the deprei-sion. The United States is he world's largest consumer of radium. Dur'ng the last 15 years, this country hs Imported aboxit $10,000,000 worth of the valuable mineral element. CONTINENTAL DISTILLING CORPORATION, PHILADELPHIA, The Day Begins With Milk For henlthy boys and girls if the day boeins with sun shine millf is refreshing, cooling, and adds toits bene fits. If the day begins with rain milk provides the good value of sunshine any way. A quart a child every day is right. Phone TODAY for PHONf 12891 OR IEU TH DRIVER ft " inQ Be sure to eat your TRIANGLE Cereals tomorrow morning! The Jolly Miller isn't really a snooper, but he is witching little boys and girls at breakfast time. 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They can't get too much of those wholesome kernels of wheat and oats. How proud the Jolly Miller is of his Triangle hitdren! He boasts of their vitality, their minds ilcrt at school and play! He knows what is .tourisfiing for little bodies. That's why he stuffs vitamins and minerals into Triangle Rolled Oats and Wheat. And while the Jolly Miller is watching all children, grocers are watching for the Jolly Miller. They have to re stock Triangle cereaLs so often that they're always on the lookout for him! T TRIANGLE MILLING COMPANY PORTLAND, OREGON T
