Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 16, 1937, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextKCGE EIGHT KEOTOBP "MATL TrtlBUyE, fEPFORD, OREgpy. MONDAY. 'AUGUST 16, 1937 TRAVELER FINDS RUSSIANS HAPPY m hm! The following letter, -tn, inurMtltis obaervatlona on conditions In Russia, was received by the Mall Tribune jrom Henry wanor of Berkeley, Calif., who was In Mos- m ihA time nf writing. Mr. Wal ter, who la on a leisurely tour of the .Apiri t & former resident of this vi cinity and has relatlvea and friends here.) A group of us arc going about this most wonderful and beautiful city (Moscow) to see wnal we can The Russians seem happy and busy rv.r. .laim there Is no unemploy ment. There are myrlada of children and they all look aturay ana neannj Was greatly surprised In entering Russia by the fine treatment and courtesy. Never entered any country easier or was treated nicer, im'j. - pan and England made much more fuss. Had heard the Russians show you Just the Rood things and herd you away from things they do not wish well. I do not want to call anyone a liar, but those malting such statements are laoonnts a mistaken Idea. you are treated Just as In America You cannot take photographs of lorts or army centers. I cannot see anything wrong about that as all countries regulate photographing. One thing I give them credit for Is the respect shown for laws. Liquor Is well regulated. One cannot make a fool of himself with liquor here, or tn fact In any European country. Progress Is marked here. I have gone everywhere, and anywhere on street cars, electric butsea. and trol lies and we have not been followed or shadowed as had boon led to be Jleve we would be. We are treated swell and go and do as we please. We havo had fine accommodations tn this hotel (Novo-Moskovskaya), as well as the Europea In Leningrad. They are flno hotels and the service Is splendid. Fine meals, soap, towels, tine baths and courtesy In abund ance. Was In their antl-rellglous museum. All churches are allowed to operate In Russia but are government con trolled. They must pay their share of the taxes, and keep out of politics. We are going to Germany. Poland and Franco next. F Mrs. Norma Orlsham, former Mcd ford resident, died last Tuesday at her home In Monroe, Wash., ac cording to word received here today. Mrs. Orlaham resided here when she married Clarence Grlsham In 1939. Her husband wna fatally In Jttred In an automobile accident In 1931. She Is survived by two daughters. Phyllis. 10, snd Mnry Jeane, 7, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Col lins, and three sisters, all of Everett, Wash. Her parent once resided br. Mr. Collins having been a linotype operator for the Mall Tri bune. FIRST BARTLETT IS To the Pacific milt and Produce company oe the distinction of packing the flnt car of the 1037 MMford Bsrtlctt pear crop. The packing was begun today, the fruit belonging to J. A. Perry, retired banker who for many yearn hnn been engaged in growing quality peara on hi Jacknonvllle highway orchard. The Bartlctu were parked at New bry & Son' .South Front atret plant. This l the firnt ncnon that the Nowbry firm has operated a packing hoi.60 in Medford, Its main plant At 111 being tn Phoenix a In former years. The Med fortt plant was acquired lat full and since then ban tven complete ly renovated and equipped with modern facilities for the proper packing of fruit. Max Pnmnrrlty fen MT. A NOEL, Aut. 10 vPi Gover nor Charles H. Martin told l.fWO peo ple attending the second annua.) flax festival her that a Minnesota farm was ready to contract for the raising of ,0.000 acres of flnx In Oregon. A price of ;i2 a ton for deeded, tin retted rinx will be paid. The gover nor said penk ncreae in the past a 3 BOO acres. spurrows ArMiM f Ire men SAPULPA, Okls. ,lri A school of sparrows fled from a (laming neon Mgn over a drug store, chirp ing and chattering past a tire alatm box which they couldn't operate Their Imme waa abitlnrr. While they couldn't turn In the alarm, their twitters brought out th? fire de partment, lllnmlr, Are "lliMiirun,' PINE VALLEY. Okls. (UPi Back wood belles of Die ctiMern Oklahoma mount si ns vearuing for platinum trrses like their city sisters use a homespun bleaching treatment ot hmomweed flowers, elder bsrk. the vol k of an eeg h nd ss t f ron , gov ernment resr are hern have revealed Insist On Delirious Lc t River BVTTESt MI i.M till- Mil fi Wreckage of yn nere Is the wrerkftue of the big near Dnjtona lleat'b. Ha., with In of line near tin airport there. The crash, the first fatal one for the line. brought Injuries to five other persons. Mr low In rapt. Stewart IHetz of Baltimore, rhlef pilot, who won T PICNIC IS HELD AT DIAMOND LAKE BY L After a lapse of six years, the custom of holding an annual plcntc wan revived ye&terdny by the Med ford and Klamath Falls local of the International Typographical un ion, with all employes of newspa pers and commercial printing plants of both cltlea Invited. The Joint af fair was held at Diamond lake. 60 successful was the revival that plans were made to enlarge the scope of the picnic next year by Including Bond. A complete program of event was carried out during the day, the setting and the weather being Ideal. The list of activities, with prizes for the winners, included Softball, swim ming, fishing and various games and contests for the men, women and children, Medford captured the main event softball game, but Klamath evened the score by leading In a variety of other games and contest. A bounteous luncheon was served at 1 o'clock. Medford firms donating prizes tn rinded Lamport's. Boise Ac Carter. Hunt's theaters, Munn s dppartmont store. Office stationery & Supply company. Lee's men's fthop. the Brownie Marie cafe and Hansen hardware. Tat rites A 11 1 mill IMscane BATH. England (UP) W. C. Rich. 22, an auctioneer's assistant, has Just returned to work at Chlpnen hnm after recovering from what l said to have been hoof-and -mouth disease, for which he was treated by a veterinary surgeon. Carolina llnrsrs Plentiful RAlsKIcm, N. O. UP There's a horse for every farm in North Car olina, a survey by w.. H. Rhodes, chief of the department of agrlcul t tire 'a statistics division, reveals. "80, theoretically, there shouldn't be a 'one-horse farm" in the stst?," he said. StHinpH To lie Sold LONDON (UP) Lord Ernest Ham ilton has given his collection of moro than 4.000 British colonial at amps to be sold on behalf of Hattersea Oenernl hospital. The greatest rarities In the collection are those of St. Vincent, lflflfl-Bn. Water running ImlorHcil KENT, Ohio (HP) Dr. Conatnncc J. Alcxopoulu. assistant professor of biology at Kent State university, believes commerciallr-ailon of water culture may have considerable Influ ence on farming. Water culture In volves the use of large tanks o! rhemlcally-treatcd water as a sub stitute for soil. Pastor Defies Sappers SYDNEY (UP) A present to any member of his congregation who can tall asleep during one of his serv ices has been promised by the Rev. A. Norrls. Methodist minister In a Hydncy suburb. "Preaching has be come too st oreot yped and stolid,' he explained. "My sermons deal with life. I believe In humor " Trouhli'il Itrlvrr. Miinir1 MIIAVAUKKK U'PI Henry W. Os borne, bii expert on traffic problems, wnrna motorist, not to drive 1m medlntely after a fight with the mother. In-lnw, a hoi pollteal arsu tnent. or wlien troubled by buslneMi worries. "A worried man Is too ner vous to drive." Osborne explained I'M Mall lYlnune want ada BEGINNING TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. .Kti:-f: IV " . ' v.VJt I'"" m usavU.a al Ml I llllnn lleiir-I. I tnucelt 1 Plane in Which Four Killed Eastern Air Mnra plane whirh crashed four liven, after striking a power killed. (A. P. Photos.) y AT LAKE BY K. ore. CHAPLAIN GIVES TALK About 370 persona attended the picnic held at Diamond Lake yester day under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus councils of Medford, Bend. Klamath Falls and Lake view. I Medford was awarded a trophy for having the largest attendance, 140 being registered. Medford also won the softball tourney, defeating Klam ath Falls 0-4 and Bend 19-12. The attendance trophy waa accepted on behalf of the Rogue River council by Rudolph Singler. Various games and contests were, held throughout the day for men. women and children, prizes being awarded the winners. An open-air mass was celebrated a little after 11 o'clock by the Rev. Father E. J. Mumane of Astoria, state chaplain of the Knights, of Colum bus. After lunch. Father Mumane gave an address on the necessity of Christian education and Its effects upon loyftjty to country and patri otic devotion to principles of tho na- j tlon. A brief talk was given also by vk-ji go J. taniiun ui ivipiUHin runs, state deputy of the Knights of Co lumbus. It was the first Joint picnic ever held by the councils of this district and the affair was so successful that It was decided to make It an annual event. football Men Toll CLEVELAND (UP) Swinging sledge hammers, lifting heavy slabs of concrete and pushing shovels around count itute pre-tralntng exer cises for Western Reserve university's football heroes. They are helping build an addition to the school's gymnasium. 4 letters Hmt To Arctic LENINGRAD (UP) Icebreakers leaving for Arctic sailings are car rying 300 "talking letters" for the winterers - of polar stations. These are ordinary postcards with a film pasted on them, on which are re corded volcea of children, mothers, wives and close frlenria of the camp era. Arrested noth Time AUBURN. N. Y. (UP) Thomas "Spider"' Core was arrested for pub lic Intoxication. It was the 00th time since IP34 that "Spider" had appeared In the local recorder's of fice. 4 F.ncllMi Spinners filoomy MANCHESTER, Eng. (UPl Trade, valued at $12,600,000 a year between Lanrhcashtre cotton spinners and Oermany. Is threatened with serious dislocation as a result of the decision to Insist on longer terms of credit being granted. The present system provides for all payments to be made within 30 days. Pin of '01 t'otnea Back EASTHAMPTON. Moss. (UP) FrBnklln Truemon lost his high school elass pin In Portsmouth. N. H., In inoi. Recently he received the pin through the mall with a note which read: "Find your pin Inside. ! I'm eorry 1 did It." The note waa 1 unsigned. . Canary Hunts Cage TUI,8A. (UP An odd-looking spotted canary fluttered around Mrs. M. A. Phelps' hack porch bird cage, flying back each time ahe frightened It away. She opened the cage door and the bird flew In. exlilMlng a wing on which waa stamped the nu meral "31." 1 He mil Conduct a REVIVAL PILGRIM CHURCH Comer t'att Jarkon and Itewle street, near Ronaevrlt School C. EDWIN COX Phone IM.1-H Ml T A I Meteorological Report August 16. 1937 Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Fair but with Increasing cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. Not much change In temperature. Oregon: Fair tonight and Tues day but Increasing cloudiness In west portion. Warmer In east portion Tuesday. Gentle, changeable wind off coast. Temperature a year ago today: Highest. 90: lowest. 56. Total monthly precipitation, none; deflriency for the month, 0.08 Inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1938. 16.85 Inches; deficiency for the season, 1.07 Inches. Relative humidity at 5 p. m. yes terday. 16 per cent; 5 a. m. today, 7fl per cent. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:21 a. m. Sunset tomorrow, 7:09 p. m. Observations taken at 5 a. m 120 Meridian Time. 1 3 a 3 ? a s r s Boise B8 B3 .. Clear Boston 64 66 .... Clcor Chlcnco - I2 64 .... Clear Denver - S8 60 T. Clear Eureka B8 50 .... Cloudy Helena S3 M Clear Los Angeles 82 SO .. Cloudy MEDFORD - -86 63 .... Clear New York 84 63 .. Clear Omaha 103 76 Clear Phoenix 104 Portland 78 Ml ... Clear Reno P0 48 .... Clear Rosebttrg 83 30 .... Clear Salt Lake City .... 04 63 .01 Cloudy San rTanclsco .... 68 S4 .. Cloudy Seottle 70 (13 P. Cdy. Spokane 74 '44 .. Clear Washington. DC. 90 63 .. Clear Yakima 76 80 .... Clear Closing time for Too Lata to Clas sify Ads Is 1 :30 p. m. The Morning AfterTaking Carters Little Liver Pills 17th, 7:45 o'Clock iwpaai III lliiussa, " 1 1 1 11 II n I I'll IPX I la. n.nme firn lii rhart:r of mlr OF (Continued trow Pag One.) . building and will urge It upon the president when distress cases are pro vided for. Every effort will be made to con tinue the government benefits for the state flax Industry, ha continued. The president plans to call a spe cial session after November 1 to con alder production control measures, the senator learned last week The ad ministration will direct chief atten tion to assuring an evor normal gran ary. A senate agricultural sub-committee will conduct hearings through the country this summer and autumn and Senator McNary has Invited It to hold sessions In Portland. McNary said h found the wage and hour measure "very unpopular" In the house and predicted It would be brought up again at the next session. No Fight on McColloch The senator declined to majce a personal comment on Senator Hugo Black of Alabama, the president's se lection for the supreme court, but predicted his confirmation tn the sen ate after a fight. There will be no fight on confirmation ot Claude Mc Colloch. Klamath Falls, as federal Judge In Oregon, he stated. "I don't mow if tht oreaHett fs slipping." he said, "because I haven't been out of Washington enough" to learn public sentiment. He left Washington as soon as the senate completed its major legislative program, leaving only routine affairs for disposal before adjournment. Senator McNary, accompanied . by his wife and daughter. Charlotte, will drive to Salem. Glad to Be Home I'm going home for a few days to look around the farm and play with the child, he said with obvious re lief for his escape from the warm eastern summer Into the cool sun shine of an Oregon morning. "I want to visit Bonneville dam and go down to Bandon to see what's going on there. Then I'm going to 00k over the projects." The senator took a leading role In backing relief for the fire-swept southern Oregon community. He offered no comment on the pros pects for continuance of Jobs under the Works Progress administration. CCC ENROLLEE KILLED WHEN TRUCK OVERTURNS JOSEPH, Aug. 16. (AP) Over turning on a curve, a CCP truck killed Walter Breav, of the Squaw Lake camp near Pendleton Sunday. Eugene Hurley, Richard Ferries. Ar thur Barr. Carlston Paustle, Harold Toohey, and Gilbert Sylvia were in jured. JO JOHNSON teaching popular piano playing. Baldwin Piano Shoppe. Tel. 335. Stowaway Fire, combined with a 130-degree heat, drove Mrs. Esther Worman of London from Iter hiding place in the hold of a freighter 30 days out of Rotterdam enroiite to Houston, Tex. GUBERNATORIAL RACE LOOKS TO FARM HELP PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16. (AP) The Oregonlan said today that Peter Zimmerman. Yamhill county farmer and a leader of certain liberal ele ments in Oregon politics, probably will be a candidate next year for the Republican nomination for governor with Howard Latourette national committeeman, seeking the Demo cratic toga. Zimmerman has been attracted to the race by the belief that a candi date boasting a farm background might stand a good chance of elec tion, the newspaper said, while La tourette, at odds with Governor Mar tin, will seek to take over the Demo cratic helm. Earl Snell, secretary of state, and Rufus Holman. state treasurer, were described as being satisfied to keep their present posts but Snell will have to fight for his, being up for election next year, while Holman Is in the middle of his term. La tourette was said to be ready to favor the candidacy of Willis Maho ney. Klamath Falls, for the Demo cratic nomination for U. S. senator, with Mahoney expected to back La tourettc against Martin If the gov ernor decides to seek re-election. It was Indicated that If Latourcttc runs a deal wtll be made with Dr. J. F. Hoesch, Bend, who is known to be considering the race. The men are political allies. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and win replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inet works PAY YOUR OWN PRICE In a large measure, that is what every thrifty buyer does Of course, the bottom price of most merchandise is definitely fixed by manufacturing and selling costs. But the top price of many articles changes with the calendar! Right now, sales in many lines of merchandise are in full swing . , much of what you've wanted at prices lower than you'd thought to pay. And so with other goods. By selecting household equipment . . . shirts and suits . . . sporting goods . . . kitchen gadgets . . . shoes . . . at the right times, experienced shoppers pay their own prices for many things they buy. First-hand, reliable advance news of important sales is in the advertising columns of this paper. Read the advertisement . . . and save! GERMAN AIRBOAT COMPLETES HOP ON SOUTH ROUTE PORT WASHINGTON. N, Y.. Aug. 16. ( AP) A German seaplane which flew from Europe on the southern route alighted here today a a huge American flying boat was about to take off on Its first survey flight over the same air lanes In the in ternational race to establish sched uled tran-Atlantto flying. First to greet Captain Joachim Blankenburg of the German Nord meer was Captain Harold E. Gray of the Pan-American Clipper III. which was warming up for a flight to Ber muda, Azores, Lisbon an South ampton. Captain Biankenburgs Nordmeer settled on Ma nh asset hay at 6:37 a. m. E. S. T.) after a 150-mlle-an-hour flight from the Azores 2392 miles away, where his 19-ton sea plane with four Diesel 600-horse-power motors were catapulted from the steamship Schwaegland. He said he flew much of the way at 20 feet above the water to avoid headwinds. The flight was a continuation of survey trips over the same route successfully carried out last year by the seaplanes Zephlr and Aeolus. Regular commercial trans -Atlantic service Is expected to be established next year, not only by the German and American planes but also by Brit ish and French. 50th Fatality . PORTLAND, Aug. 1 6. IP Duane Mershone, 18, Troutdale, injured Sat urday In an automobile-street car col lision, died Sunday, the 50th traffic fatality of the year. Tunnel Open Aug. 22. BONNEVILLE. Aug. 16. Pb-Tooth Rock tunnel, a (225.000, 900-foot bore for automobile traffic on the Colum bia highway, will be opened August 22. x Pedestrians Careless PORTLAND. Aug. 16. (A It's not all the fault of the motorist that pedestrians get killed in fact only 22 per cent of the cases is he to blame, a survey In connection with a safety campaign revealed today. In 78 per cent of the cases, the pavement pounder was In the wrong. TltE GENUINE Madam White COSMETICS can be procured only thro the home Laboratories In Minne apolis, Jessamine Winter, Ad miral Hotel, Portland, or our local representative. EVA SPRINGER Lamports, Apt. 2 Ask to sf h?r cred.otlals. MADAM WHITE COSMETICS. Inc. gsilor Boosenlt Praised OLAS8BOAO, N. J. (UP) A for mer U. S. nsvj gunner's mat. 61-yesr-old Conrad Brangentwrg, taught President Roosevelt sloop-rig sailing. Brangenberg Instructed Mr. Roosevelt when assigned as a sailing master to him in 1913. "He's among the best sloop yacht sailors in the country," Brangenberg said. Swim Costs City HONOLULU. (UP) With the ta moua Waklkl beach attracting bath ers Jrom all over tha world, city father, were a trifle disgusted wnsn a number of youngsters decided to use the city's 3.000,000 gallon wator reservoir Instead. It cost the city 300 to drain tho tank and refill It. Mti.lclsn Gets Surprise LA JUNTA. Colo. (UP) A Bur prise wss staged In Rourke thestrs here for C. W. Wonderly on his 77th birthday. When the curtain waa raised, seated on the stage were mu sclars who had played with Won derly'a orchestra years ago. Some traveled 500 miles to attend the oelo bratlon. , Have Onn Epnorth DELANO, Cal. (UP) This city be lieves It has the only purely Jap. anese Epworth League chapter In the Unltd States. 4 The manufacture of glass beads hsa been chiefly carried on In Ven Ico since the 14th century. Smudges stains even ink spots, slide right off LOWE BROTHERS MEItO GLOSS when it is washed with soap and water. Come in and get a free copy of "Practical Hints on Painting and Decorating." BIG PINES LUMBER CO. Dependable Building Advice Phone 1 6th and Fir Sts.