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ifPmFO'RT) MATL TRTBTTNTC "M"EDFOTlT). OtfErtON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1937.
TEST OF DRIVERS
: ARE UNQUALIFIED
Some Pilot Cars Though
Color Blind, Unable To
Read Traffic Signs, Or
Know Which Side Proper
. SALEM. Ore., Sept. 31. AP)
Mspy automobile driven, who have
been operating can on highways and
elty street for yean, are unable to
distinguish between red and green
traffic signal, to read the EngUsh
language, or to know on which tide
of the road to drive.
During the four years of operation
of Oregon's severe driving examina
tions, 8,800 such driver have been
barred permanently from the high-ways.
Secretary of State Earl Snell aald
thousands more would be denied li
censes If all drivers had to take the
test. Now only persons who have
.never driven la Oregon before and
those over 70 years of ags must be
examined.
' Startling Revelations.
. About 60.000 of the state's 400,000
drivers were examined this year, and
the test showed the applicants some
startling things thoy did not know
Dout themselves.
) ' Of the 0,800 who havt been re.
Jected, 3,217 did not know how to
drive and 3,131 did not know even
the most simple fundamentals of ths
traffic laws. Soma did not know
what an arterial highway Is, and
others could not answer questions on
, the speed laws.
More then l MO were rsjeoted be
cause of fadlty vision, many of the
' applloante learning for the first time
that they are color blind and cannot
distinguish between red and green.
Women rarely are color blind while
0 per cent of man have red-green
blindness.
' r Many others were unable to focus
their eyes, while one person had only
e 10-degree range of vision compared
with the normal of 90 degrees. Most
of those examined have been driving
for many years. Snell aald the ex
amination may be extended to all
drivers In an effort to stop the In
creasing trafflo death toll.
'' fjovemors May Come.
- Experiments also are being conduct
ed to determine if speed governors,
limiting the speed to 80 miles per
hour, should be installed on all cars
tn Oregon.
The department also haa a reacto
tneter, which measures the Isngth
of time It takes a person to apply
the brakes when an emergency arises.
Men have a slightly faster reaction,
the average being about thlree
fourths of a second.
Soma persons react In a second.
Thus when a car Is going 80 Miles an
hour, 't will travel 88 feet before the
driver can begin to apply the brakea.
Preacher Held as Killer
4-H MEMBERSHIP
While 4-H club members of Jack'
ton county await selection of an
outstanding boy and girl from their
group, Judges who will announce
the choice are studying the achieve'
went and leadership record of each
contestant preparatory to making a
final choice later In the month. The
judges In this county are J, I. Al-
Bsugn. county horticultural agent:
C. R. Bowman, county school super
intendent, and Eugene Thorndlke,
manager of the Medtord branch, the
rirst National Bank of Portland.
In recognition of their achieve.
tnente, the two winning 4-H clubbera
will be In Portland October 4, 8 and
to attend the Paclflo International
Livestock exposition as guests of the
rirsi national Bank of Portland. All
entertainment and transportation
will be arranged by the bank, co
operating with H. O. Seymour, Ore
gon s-H club director.
In Portland the Jackson county
winners will Join outstanding club
members chosen from every other
-county -in the state, and the huge
party will register In a body at one
of the largo hotels under the chape
ronsge of a bank officer.
(Selection ot each boy and girl
will be based on a system of achieve
ments worked out by Mr. Seymour
which records Individual actlvltlra
In 4-H club work. The 1938 compe
tition was sponsored entirely by the
Plrst National rtsnk of Portland
Last year's gueala were Mary Ksther
Davis and Earnest Lathrop, both of
Central Point.
Prosecutor Abe 3. David (left) of Linden, N. J., credited Lloyd Pusey,
(light), Itinerant preacher, with confession to beating his evangelist
wife to death. They met and were married In Los Angeles less than a
year ago. Between David and Pusey la Police Chief Frank Hlckey.
LEGIONNAIRES RETAIN
THOUGH LIVING AFAR
Thi widespread Interest ihown in
the progress of the American Legion
poet of thlt city la conclusively dem
onstrated by the number of members
who have. moved to distant points
and still maintain their membership
In Med ford Post No. IS, local officers
declared today.
Lost week ft check for 1038 dues
was received from h. F. Xvanhoe of
Rio de Janlero, Brazil. "Ivy," who
wilt be remembered here as a valued
member of th Copco home office
staff, has maintained his member snip
in me iocsi post ever since h leu
Med ford for South America over
ten years ago.
A letter from Nathan Durr of Ban
Diego enclosing dues for both 1937
and 1038 was recently received by
the post. I. B. Walther of San Fran
cisco Is another member who pay
his dues In the local post each year
and there are many others, accord
ing to H. L. Bromley, post adjutant.
The 1038 membership program is
In charge of Lee Oarlock, who Is
now In New York,- representing the i
American Legion and "40 et 8" ot
Oregon as one of ths official state
delegate at the national convention.:
A letter from Chairman Oarlock,
Just received here, has asked that all
members of Medford post pay their
dues for 1038 before November 11 in
order that Medford may take Its :
place as one of the leading posts
In ths state department on Armistice !
day. Dues may be paid to any mem- I
ber of the membership committee 1
or mailed direct to H. L. Bromley,
post adjutant.
BERLIN TO MAKE MUCH
OF MUSSOLINI ON VISIT
GRANTS PASS HOLDUP
MAKES CLEAN GETAWAY
ORANTS PASS, Sept. 81. (A) Po
lice reported no success today In a
search for two yoving men who. arm
ed and nercvoua, held up Ed Drink
water here Bsturdsy night, bound and
gagged him with tape, and escaped
with 53 so from a service station
till.
DrlnkwaWr freed himself aa I. D.
Lamb drovo up to the station. Lamb
reported seeing the men leave the sta
tion and others saw them running
toward a car.
JULIUS MEIER ESTATE
VALUED AT $460,583
PORTLAND, Sept. 31, (API The
late Jullua L. Meier. Portland mer
chant and former governor of Ore
gon, left an Mtste valued at StflO.MU.
appralMl filed In circuit court aald
today.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads Is 1 JO p. m.
BERLIN, Sept. 91. (API Propa
ganda Minister Joseph Ooebbels to
day exhorted Berlln'a 4,000.000 In
habitants to participate In a "great
wave of Jubilation" when Premier
Mussolini of Italy comes here for an
official visit.
Beginning next Monday, n Duce
will spend three daya In the capital.
Sept. 38, Tuesday, has been declared
an official holiday and all business
will be suspended In honor of the
Italian dictator.
Hattle Reamea White, teacher ot
piano. High school credits given.
Studio. 330 Laurel. Phons 40-M.
WOULD DARE ROGUE
ORANTS PASS, Sept. 21. (AP)
Bob Farias and Oene Oayer of
Portland, who two weeks ago at the
firm suggestion of state police aban
doned a proposed boat ride down
the Rogue In a small home-made
craft, will try it again next year.
"This time," he wrote, "we only
planned on the perils of the river.
Next time we will be prepared for
meddlers as well."
Parlss declared the Rogue's dan
gers were "greatly exaggerated." called
the action of state police on Ins true-
tlon of the district attorney "wholly
unwarranted meddling" and said
that after continuing the trip on
root and after conversation with
party which went down river In
canoes, "we would not hesitate - to
take even our seven-foot duckboat
at- the present stage of the water."
State police, on the other hand
said they were Informed that the
canoe trip took eight days Instead
of a day and e half because of long
portages around danger spots, and
that one man nearly lost his life.
WILL ASK GOVERNOR TO
END BEER DELIVERY ROW
MOUNT ANGEL, Sept. 31.-(AP)
The Mount Angel unit of the Oregon
Hop Growers' association announced
they will ask Governor Charles H.
Martin to take steps within his
authority to end the Jurisdictional
dispute which prevents the delivery
of Red Label beer In Oregon and
Washington.
Local growers asserted 00 per cent
of their product Is sold to midwest
ern brewera and these producers of
Red Label beer threaten to boycott
Oregon hops unless the situation Is
remedied.
NEW OREGON BLUE BOOK
DISTRIBUTED BY STATE
SALEM. Sept. 31 (API The 1037-
38 Oregon Blue book, a thorough 388
page examination of Old Man Oregon.
was distributed today.
On the covor Is a picture of the
new capltol, while the contents In
clude many new photographs. The
book Is 34 pages larger than the last
edition.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads Is 1 :ao p. m.
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SLICE BOND LOAD
IN RECENTYEARS
Total Indebtedness of All!
Counties $19,944,084
Compared With $21,356,-
' 054 Last Year, Shovyn
SALEM, Sept. 21. (AP) Stats
Treasurer Rufiu Holman's annual re
port showed today that virtually
every Oregon county materially sliced
its bonded Indebtedness In lhe past
two years,
He listed the total bonded indent
nee of sil counties at 119,044.084 on
July 1, 1037, compared with 2 1,360,
054 the previous year.
Road warrants Jumped from
1.060,053 to 1,3 17,0 3 9 during the
fiscal year ending July 1. The com
bined road bond and road warrant
debt dropped from 32,409,007.71 to
931,361,123.91 and the sinking funds
declined from 91,409.108 to 91331,195.
The report said the deduction of
the sinking fund from the total road
and bridge indebtedness revealed a
net county obligation; not including
the general iund warrants, of 919,
9294)28 compared wltd 921,016,902 the
previous year.
Holman said the outstanding gen
eral fund warrants were 91,762,330
against 92.1SS.798 last year.
Net Indebtedness, Including all
bonds and warrants but deducting
bond sinking funds, was reduced
91,606.443.
The counties were free of road and
bridge Indebtedness equal to ths con
stitutional 0 percent limitation.
Clatsop, Columbia, Douglas, Jose
phine, Linn, Marlon, Polk, Umatilla
and Washington . counties had no
bonded Indebtedness on July 1, the
report said. Clatsop, Columbia; Linn
and Marlon counties had neither
bonds nor warrants outstanding.
No county has ever definitely de
faulted In the payment of principal
or Interest upon Its indebtedness, the
treasurer said.
In buying a roast It often la eco
nomical to get a large one and cut
off several chops for the first meal.
The roast will keep fa.- several days
In a good refrigerator.
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GET OUT OF CHINA
ORANTS PASS. Sept. 31. (A) Be
cause the Chinese and Japanese war
was termed an "act of God," Ted and
Evelyn Schroder, dance team, who
left Grants Pass two years ago on a
tour of far eastern theaters, are back
home.
They left Shanghai four days after
the first shells were fired, voiding
their contracts. Ted said he waited
five hours In line for tickets for his
wife and son Terry, 4. He was one of
the last 10 parsons granted tickets
that day.
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; CHANTILLY, France, Sept. 21. (ff)
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of
the American V1(ient. Premier Cs
mille Chautcmps and Finance Min
ister Georges Bonnet were luncheon
guests of the United States ambas
sador. William C. Bullett, today.
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