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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1937 PAGE SEVEN LOCAL and fled ford Visitors Mr. and Mr. Ksl MeNalr of Ashland to business via Hon in Medford yesterday afternoon. At Cassman Home Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Borah, their daughter Delorla and son Dwlght. were visitors Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cessmsn. Lattln Here Robert K. Uttln. dis trict manager of the Pacific Motor Transport company and the Pacific Motor Trucking company, arrived In Medford this morning on a business trip. ... Ex - Mayor Here M. Q. Tennent. former mayor of Tacoma, Wash., transacted business here today. He U president of the Tennent Steel Casting company of Tacoma. He was to continue late this afternoon to Klamath Falls. Burlington Man Here Fred Miller, representative of the Burlington Lines. Is In the city on a business trip, having arrived on the aouth bound train this morning from Port land. Freight Agent Visits Ted Precht, traveling freight agent with the Pennsylvania railroad, was here on business today. He la from Portland and arrived on the Southern Pacific train thla momlng. Chicken Dinner Planned Home economics club of the Eagle Point Orange will serve a chicken dinner Wednesday noon, entertaining women of the Phoenl Orange. The dinner will be held at 1 o'clock at the Orange hall. Uttle Girl Hurt Audrey Monroe. Blno-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Monroe of 1202 East 11th street, fell down on Willamette street yesterday afternoon while playing with several friends, and cut her legs. She Is not seriously In jured, It was reported. From Trip South P. L. Frailer ar rived on the northbound train this rooming and wilt visit with his son. W. A. Frazler, and family and his daughter. Mrs. Albert T. Anderson, and family. Mr. Frailer Uvea at Sa lem and has apent the past two months In North Carolina and other parts of the south, visiting with rela tives. FOR IN 18-24 Numerous positions are now avail able to eligible men between 18 and 24 In Company A. Medford'a na tional guard Infantry unit. It was announced todsy by Capt. Carl Y. Tengwsld. commander. An excellent opportunity for ad vancement will be afforded those enlisting now. for a virtual reor ganisation of the company 1$ to be undertaken In preparation for win ter armory drill programs, Tengwald aald. New appointments to fill va cancies among non-commlssloned of fice will be made soon while other revisions are slated In replacing members who have completed their enlistments, the captain asserted. Tengwald Indicated that classes in detailed and specialized military courses would be held as part the winter program, consisting of hygiene, nomenclature of the rifle, map reading, theoretical extended order maneuvera and such. The classes would be under the super vision of company officera, witn non-commissioned officers and en listed men acting as assistant In structors, the captain said. Any person desiring detailed in formation regarding enlistment In the company la asked to contact officers at the armory during the regular drill period starting at 8 tonight, Health Officer of Milton Dies at 70 MILTON. Oct. 38. (API Dr. U. W. Thomas, 70-year old city heaitn offleer of Milton and since 1892 well known physician In the Walla Walla valley, died last night. He was president of the umstllla Coun ty Medical society. The physlclsn became 111 while attending a patient and was taken to a Walla Walla hospltl where he died. Closing time tot too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. CAN ACCEPT A Few More Orders for 1 2 inch or 1 6 inch GREEN FIR SLABS FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO NOV. 1st $5 big load TimberP MID'OKO Phone 7 PERSONAL Calls at Airport Sgt. Raymond Btockwell of Fort Lewis. Wash., stop ped at Medford municipal airport to day to have his Douglas observation plane refueled. He was returning to his post from Oakland. CaV, whither he transported photographic supplies yesterday. Drunk Sentenced Jack Forrester. 48, a transient, was sentenced to 10 days In city jail this morning by City Judge Allen D. Curry on a charge of drunkenness. Directors 'to Meet Jackson county Chamber of Commerce board of dl rectora will hold a luncheon-meeting in the Hotel MedfoM at 12 noon Fri day. New Slee'ners New standard sleep era were Installed In Southern Pa cific trains No. 330 and No. 830 last Sunday. No. 329 arrives In Medford from the north at 8:18 a. m. and 330 leaves for the north at 8:05 p. m. Traffic Manager Here R. E. O'Grady. manager of perishable traf fic of the Erie railroad of New York City, called here early In the week and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Reter. He left thU momlng. Marimba Recital Audrey Sheller will give a marimba recital at Med ford high school auditorium at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. She is consid ered a master of the Instrument and Is known nationally for her music ianship. The students will gather at a pay assembly to hear the recital. The public slso Is Invited. Court Citations The following were cited by state police yesterday to appear in Justice court this after noon: Ernest Ouy Dahack, 47. of Eagle Point, for operating a four wheel trailer without a license; Or vllle Lee Qoodman. 28. of Jackson ville, for driving a vehicle without a tall-llghf. and James Floyd Dale. 20, of Prospect, for speeding a truck. ... From Ashland Among Ashland residents attending the wrestling matches atf the Medford armory last night were Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Mc Dougall, Mr. and Mrs. Art Caoner. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Haines. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Prescott, W. D. Jackson. Doranoa Buger, Aubrey Miles, Mike Walcott. George Schaeffer, Willie Durham and Merrltt Schilling. COMMUNITY CHEST LISTS FIRMS WITH PERFECT RECORDS A complete list of firms which to dste have received 100 percent placards was Issued today by com munity Chest hcadquartere. The pla cards are issued to firme at wlilcn the employer and all the employes have contributed to the chest. The list compiled at headquarters fol lows: Hansen Hardware company, Shir ley Brothers, Jscque Lenox, Ethelwyn B. Hoffman. Slusser's barber shop, Charlea A. Wing Agency, Kennell Ellis studio, Crystsl springs Pack lng company, Medford stationery store, Burelson'a, U. S. National bank. Peerless Market. First National bank, American laundry, Lawrence's Jewelry atore, Paatlme poolroom, Roxy theater, Craterlan theater, Bear Creek orchards. Adrlenne'a. Economy meat market, F. W. Woolworth com pany. Chet Lconard'a Super Service. Economy lumber company. Highway pool hall. Southern Pa cific, Economy Seed and Feed com pany. Band Box and Shoe Box, com merclal printing department Mar shall-Smlth-Leonard. Inc., M. N. Ho- gan company, Medford Electric, Inc., young's drug store. Medford lumber company, Lewis Super Service, State liquor atore, Office Stationery and Supply, Cam- ele Cleaners, Brown and White Agency, Medford service station Crater Metal and Engineering. Inc.. Rex Cafe, Morton Milling company. Riverside Market. Larry Schade, Porter lumber company, Medford Inveatment company. Flrat rederai Savings & Loan assoclstlon. Crater Fuel snd 8upply company, GUmore service station, People's Electric company. Farmers and Frultgrowera bank, Holloway'a Reliable grocery and Rlalto theater. "Signals Off" LANDS END. England. Oct. 26 (AP) The Dutch motorshlp Megara, a tanker today sent an SOS saying she was on fire after an explosion. but later radioed that the fire had been exttngulehed. Company OKtOOM End of N. Central Livestock Portland PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 26 (AP USDAl HOGS: 300: market slow, mostly steady; food -choice 180 to 215-lb. drlvelns. .: few plainer kinds, $9.104 9.18; carload lota quot able S9.50: few 325 to 365-lb. bu Wh ere, 17.2537.80; feeder pigs, 88.60 down. CATTLE: 50; salves. 115: market steady on plain klnda available; few plain ateers. 88.009 8.75: medium-good quotable, 87.50 a9.75: few common medium heifers, 88.00a) 8.50: low cut ter and cutter cows. 82.50tf3.50: common-medium. $3.754 5.35; fat dairy type cowa below 84,60; good beef cows. 85.50g 6.26: bulls. $5 00 -a 5.75: choice vealera scarce, quotable 89.00; few good kinds. 18.50: common-medium. 84.50 a7.35; load mixed grades unsold. SHEEP: 150; market uneven: fat lambs 50c to 81.00 lower for two days; yearlings 50c off; slaughter ewea steady; good-choice trucked In lambs. 87.50 8.00; common-medium. 86.00 7.00: few medium yearlings. $5.50; medium-good ewes. $3.004 3 50: culls. $1.00. Chicago CHICAGO. Oct. 26. (AP-USDA) HOGS: 31.000. Including 6.000 direct; market around 50c lower than Mon day'a average: top sparingly 89.45: bulk good and choice. ISO to 250 lbs., $9.00(19.30; few sales 260 to 300 pound. $8.75s9.00: most good pack ing sows, 87 85 a 8.25 lightweights up to $8.36. CATTLE: 7,000; calves, 1.500; steers very dull, steady to 35c lower; best fed sters, $18.00: bulk, $9.50j 14.00; heifers weak to 25c lower; beef cows 25c down: cutters steady to 25c low er: bulls 80c lower for week to date at $6.76 down: vealers 50c lower at $10.00 down. SHEEP: 8.000. Including 600 direct: fat and feeding lambs steady to eas ier: good to choice native lamba to packers. $9.80 9 9.68; slaughter ewes. $2.504.00. South San Francisco SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 26. (AP-USDA) Hogs 750. Including 570 direct; butchers 35 lower: top and bulk good to choice 200-230 IB. weights $9.25: other weights scarce: hslf load local butchers $9.10. CATTLE 100, Including 15 direct. holdovers 350: ateera load medium 946-995 lb. weights off beet-top $8.35 50, lightly sorted: few plain rough heavy ateers 87:80, good fed steers absent, quoted around $9.00-28; sev eral loads medium cows held above $8.38; low cutters snd cutters eligi ble around $3.00-4.00; bulls, medium gradea quoted to $5.00-78; best fed steers $9.25: lower gradea steady to 25 lower: range and short fed heif ers mostly $6.00-76: beef cows $5.00- 75. Calvea 20; Including 10 direct; choice vealers quoted up to 810.00. SHEEP 325; lambs active, atrong to 25 higher: one deck good 79 lb. wool ed lamba 68.75 aorted 10 per cent; deck medium 69 lb. medium pelt lamba $8.15; package good 91 lb. wooled yearlings $7.50; ewes absent, quoted $4.00 down: good medium pelt lamba $8.78-8.80: common to medium 70-71 lb. welgnts a7.ao-B.ou; moderately sorted. Portland Produce PORTLAND. Oct. 36. (IP) BUT TER: Print A grade. 37c lb. In parchment wrappers. 38c lb. In car tons: B grade. 38c lb. In parchment wrappers. -37c lb. In cartons. BUTTERFAT: (Portland delivery, buying price) A grade. 37j37'ic lb., country stations: A grade. 3.V3.V,c lb.: B grade, 3c lb. less: C grade, 6c less. EGGS Buying price by wholesal ers: Extras. 29c: standards. 26c: firsts. 22c: medium. 22c: medium flrs'ts. 20c; small extras, 14c; undergrade, 16c dosen. COUNTRY MEATS Selling price to retailers: Vealers. 1414Hc; ewes, 3 7o lb. Others unchanged. Cheese, live poultry and turkeys unchanged. Potatoes, onions, cantaloupes, wool hsy, steady and unchanged. Portland Wheat PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 28. (iP) Qreln: Wheat: Opto High Low CIom MftT - 91 -3i AW 41 Vj DfC 88 H .89 H M .89 Cash wheat: Big Bend bluest em. hw.. is pet., .93; 13 pet., .80: dark hard winter, 18 pet., 1.04; 12 pet.. 1.00; 11 pet., .93; soft whit and western white, .89; hard winter, .91; western red, .89, Oats No. a white. 34 00. Corn Argentine, nominal; mlllrun standard, 31.00. Today'! ear receipt: Wheat, 93; barley, 1; flour, 8; out, 1. Chicago Wheat CHICAGO. Oct. 28 IAP) Wheat: Open High Low close Ic. J8 .t J7 31 Mav - 991 .99 S J7V4 07S July . .93 H .92", an Francisco Flatter. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26. (AP- USDA) Butter, score, 82-88; 81-84. SACRAMENTO. Oct. 7.1IPy But terfat, first grade 40c; second grade 38 'ie. Closing time tot roo Lets to Cla. alfy Ads is 1:80 p. m. JasJV rWot prevent ' Mpttna f VY) many colds i coM quiefcef (jA, ISjaeeaBBBBBawaaeaBBBsaaUarUialae'isstosstA fiUj fan ' ill .asaaaaapsaaaaaaaasaaal "Stella Dallas" W a, W Twelve) years ago Belle Bennett (how many remember her now?) made one of the most sensstlonal screen successes In film history In the title role of "Stells Dallas." A role that calls for emotional depth and feeling such as few actresses possess, ' Stela Dallaa" has since re mained as the orlterlon of acting ability. Tomorrow at the Craterlan the atre, Barbara Stanwyck will be Drama of Air Brian Donlevy and Helen Wood have the love interest In "Crack Up." dramatic etory of three men plane-wrecked in mid-ocean and doomed to die. playing at the Roxy theatre today and tomorrow, peter Lorre and Ralph Morgan head the all atnr cast. TALKS, FLAG DIM OF NAVY DAY IN CITY Navy day will be observed through out the nation tomorrow, Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. Locally, three talks are scheduled as part of the genersl observence. Seth Bullls. division manager of the California Oregon Power company, will address a atudent assembly in the Medford senior high school sud itorlum at B:S8 a. m. Ernest M. West, navy recruiting offleer here, will address the Lions club at Its weekly luncheon-meeting In Valen tine's cafe. At 1-.1B p. m. Mr. Weat will give a talk over radio station KMED. In observance of the day tne Jackson County Chamber of Com merce today Issued an appeal for the display of the American nag at all stores and homes. Navy day placards have been placed In store windows throughout the city. Navy day la sponsored on Theo dora Roosevelt's birthday each year by the Navy League to center at tention on the work. alms, policies and tradltlona of the United States navy, and to pay homage to the natlon'a sea heroes. Flrat observance of the day took place In 1922 and Navy day haa been celebrated each year sine. then. Son of President Yields Two Teeth BOSTON. Oct. 26. (AP) John Roosevelt, youngest son of the pres ident, today waa reported In "very favorable condition" at the Massa chusetta General hospital where two of his wisdom teetn were remove In a minor operation yesterday. His mother, accompanied by ' fiancee. Miss Anne Llndssy Clark, of Boston and Nshsnt, visited Blm during the day. Mrs. Roosevelt ssld her son would return to his studies at Harvard "In two or three days." Be will graduate In June. Killer of His Own ' Child Given Life CLINTON. Ky , Oct. 36. (API William J. Morse, shell-shocked world war veteran, waa convicted today of the butcher-knife slaying of his youngest child, snd sentenced to life Imprisonment by a Hlckmsn circuit court Jury. The commonwealth bad aaked tor the death penalty. Morse. Indicted for the butcher, knife slayin of his four children and the wounding of hla wife at thlr home near Columbus, Ky., Aug uat I, was tried on a charge of mur dering 11-montha-old Margaret His abeth. the youneeat child. Here Wednesday iff: , shown In the 1837 version of this fsmous plsy and already critics are hailing her aa the one to beat for the Academy Award for the finest acting of the year. Highly dramatic, this story of a mother'a sacrifice for the future happiness of her daughter, haa John Boles as Stephen Dallas; Anne Shirley as daughter Laurel; Alan Hale as the roistering Ed Mtlnn and Barbara O'Nell as Helen. Rialto's Roles John Wayne and Sheila Bromley head the cast of "Idol of Tne Crowds," thrilling story of icehortcey coming to the Rlalto theatre to morrow aa the added , feature with "Partners In Crime." Lynne Overman and Roseoe Kama, teamed again in "Partners in Crime," play a couple of town goois who try to reform local politics. AIR EXPRESS HEAD Air express has shown greater ex pansion In the past five years than any other form of express shipments. It was stated today by C. O. Chad wick, superintendent of th elr de velopments of the Railway Express Agency, Mr. Chad wick. In charge of air ex press developments for the whole country with headquarters In Chi cago, arrived from Portland this morning to transact business here. He was to leave tonight for San Francisco. Each month since 1933 air express vollme has registered a gain of 75 to 100 per cent over that of the cor responding month of the previous year. Mr. Chsdwlck stated. Every thing handled by rail express can now be transported by air express, he said. Business making large use of atr rxpreas include sdvertlalng, ladies' ready-to-wear, auto accessories, mo tion picture distribution, and florists. Mr. Chsdwlck related. Many flowers are air expressed from the west to the mld-wext and east and even sam ples of hops go from the west to the mlddle-weat snd east by plane, he declared. Use of brides threa Initials Is accepted commonly aa the correct marking for trousseau linen. DePauw University Is In Greencaatl. Ind-, forty ml west of Indianapolis, Today and Wed I A SINKING PLANE! A RAGING SEA! I men rl m. ed to die n mid- Added-. "Crime Doen't Pay" nTeltr News oeeanl .. j ySaSJ Brian DONLEVY IKTViV Ralph MORGAN fHfi&J Heles) WOOD film! i im r i TAZANG, KEY CITY E Severing Of Railway Makes Chinese Withdrawal From Chapel And Kiangwan Impossible On Route. Br 1.LOYD I.EHRBAS SHANGHAI. Oct. 38. (AP) Japa nese forces today occupied Tamng. Key Chinese defence position five ni ilea north of Shanghai, end fought their way to several points on the Shanghai-Nanking railroad. Severing the railway made Chinese withdrawal from Chapel and Kiang wan Impossible along that roite. Chnpel, on the northern border of the International settlement, and Kiangwan. north of Shanghai, have I been chief centers of Chinese resist ance. The Japanese advance followed the air and artillery bombardments which ploughed up acres of barbed wire en tanglements and leveled bitterly contested Tasang and other villages. Jnpanese were said to have occupied the Chengju radio station, on the western border of Chapel. Aftrr reaching their first objectives, the Japanese columns spread out in an effort to pull the strings of the bag where stubborn Chinese still de fended Chapel and Kiangwan. The Japanese nary spokesman an nounced that "the entire Japanese naval air force In the Shanghai area has been mobilised to assist the army by bombarding Intensively all Chinese posit lone facing the Impe rial army." Although Japanese authorlt les re fused to state the number of plane, participating, foreign military ob servers counted 49 In the air at one time and estimated 160 were engaged in the day-long bombardments. Despite the obvious threat that de fenders of Chapel and Kiangwan would be surrounded, the Chinese spokesman declared that "for the time being" no withdrawal orders would be Issued. He sold now sup ply linen to the rear had been opened. I B13THS l Ad! '. Born to Mr. and Mra. o. B. Stock- . ilcfl well of Phoenix on October 33. at the Purucker maternity home, a girl tRC weighing 6 pounda and 10 ouncea. t-.f I" ak Mother and child are doing nlcoly. I" ssk f X TniltlDDflWI Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Grove. f i I U NI U It K U II I Jr., of Orchard Home drive, on Oc- j! tober J8, at the Purucker maternity t'.p Q . ' home, a girl weighing 6 pounds snd n I Stella Dallas . . . ih 13 ounces. Both mother and child j'J" vT'. liked a good Mm are progressing splendidly. j f ( ttW and admitted it .. . 'TacksorTDIes ' JJ 3jWvl? 8nd for thst thV london. oct. as.-m -Nicholas J fl , " 5 jl called her "cheap, Ijine Jackson, grand old man of Brit- r 4 F1 .Si,.''4i Vulgar, and not fit l,h sport, died today. He would have j- A t t- U be a mother" . . . been 87 years old on November 1. v ..aVt -.rs W : J . " r . . .. Known to the sporting world aa "Pa." 1 ,3 but ,h howe' Jackson founded the famous Corln- U"S4 ' ' M wor'd h meaning thlan Amateur Football club and the I v I vf of true mother -low London Football association, and aa- I ,- fJrX. I (. sacrifice I . . . . slsted In the formation of the Lawn f j I 3 &r 3 Tennis association counclL I l:4.1-0:45-l):U 2nr-c-l0e J" &-' f The Screwiest Comedy y "OpA''w f TEAM IN PICTURES! 0 U v' mB Overman and " Kama set out '" eatl J ' L to '"orm ee-i-"' Br V VI W5 Stl town hy com- . 1 e ' fWWf t milling every- Jk atafV 1 1 1 5n l rsur. "l nJr-r Vl f 'i'll V TU,", T,",,!" H -s; asr ; Oft ' asBSS(SBMBBiaBiaHasBBli V'-J -S-vt- I I HURRY I They End Ton! tell 1 ' ,tM0 'r "Over the Ooal" lmmmmmtmmmmwmmwmm l. 1 J,, JiH 1 EVERETT SPRINGER IS THROWN UNDER WHEEL BY IMPACT (Continued from page One.) Deputy Coroner Dodge said today that Springer was undoubtedly kill ed Instantly. The Chevrolet truck operated By Williams received a badly damaged front end. The White driven oy Springer received only minor denta. Springer had been employed by Jacobson and Jensen alnce the lat ter part of last July, company of ficials said. The men were engaged In hauling gravel from the north end of the new stretch of highway to the spot where it wna being spread on tfy road-bed. Springer had Just dumped hia load and was returning for another when the ac cident occurred. According to Deputy District At torney George Nellson. who talked with state police. Springer was ap parently In the wrong. Loaded trucks were supposed to use the left aide of the road traveling north, and empty trucks the , left side moving south, he said. Born In Talent Everett Nathan Springer was born In Talent December 8. 1006, and with his parents had lived in that vicinity all his life. He attended Ashland schools. He was unmarried. He leaves to mourn, hia parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Springer of 15 Gresham street, Ashland; five sis ters, Mrs. Ray Moore. Mrs. Esther Moore, Mrs. Mildred Zlmmerlee. and Julia and Elma Springer, all ot Ashland; and two brothers, Wil liam Springer of Ashland and hylo Springer of Bly, Ore. Use Mall Tribune want ads I Its Gr,c' , AccU'"-14' TO CHANGE NOV. 1 Two changes in airmail schedules effective November 1 wer announced today by Postmaster Prank Deftoum. Beginning November 1 the United Air Lines mall and passenger plan which now departs for the north from Medford municipal airport at 5:17 a. m. will leave at 6:60 a. m. The southbound plane now depart ing at 10:88 a. m. will leave at 3:H p. m. The other two of the four daily schedules will remain unchanged, the northbound plane continuing to leave at 13:50 p. m. and the south bound at 13:00 a. m. Airmail closes at Medford central postofftce 45 minutes before plane departure time. Rom bora Collide MENDOZA. Argentina, Oct. 30. (AP Two army filers were burned to death today when their warplanea collided In the ftlr during bombing practice. They were Lieut. Oaraycoa- che and Major Capella. Loads erf bombs on their ships exploded. Use Mall Tribune want ads. t u V Ittirl tW It Ik. C CftOWN Ovm OT.Ihftsfta Im 5 Aia MhMi cntf