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i PAv"T5 TWO MEDFOTID MATT, TRTRUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937. OF GOES TO LAST REST PROVOLT, Nov. 4. (8pl.) Al Jones, one of the last of picturesque old prospectors, passed away Tues day at his home near here. He had su fit red a stroke two years ago at the time of the death of his brother Lum, with whom he had prospected these hills for years. Since that time, however, he had been fairly active and tn good health. He celebrated his 81st birthday October 35. William Allison Jones was born In Newton county, Arkansas, October 2S. 1856, the son of Scab and Caldonla Jones, who had come to Arkansas from Alabama. He came to Oregon 87 years ago from Oklahoma and prospected with his brother Lum. They staked claims to large deposits of lime, black and whle marble, which they used In their stone cutting. Most of the tombstones In local cem eteries were carved by Lum nnd Al. He Is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Donte Messing, with whom he made his home; a son, Tom Jones, who will continue In the stone cutting trade of his father; a brother, Oeorge, of Grants Pass, and a granddaughter, Irene Jones, who lives here. Puneral services were held at the ' Bull & Hull funeral home, Wednesday morning In Grants Pass, with burial In Granite Hill cemetery. , CONFESSION CLEARS CHICAOO, Nor. 4. yp) Police Cript. Daniel Gilbert announced to day that a confession by Anthony Baplenza, who grew a mustache and sideburns and knocked out one of his teeth to disguise himself, brought a com pie to solution to the mysteri ous Grant Park slaying last August 92 of Herbert W. Lee. Gilbert said Saplcnza, 83, who was captured In Shroveport, La., while he stamped the Lord's prayer on souvenir pennies at a carnival booth, confessed he fired tho shot that killed Lee tn a moonlight holdup. Lee, formerly of Detroit, was walk ing with Lucille Buehler, blonde par ty girl, when attacked. I 17' i. j. r l ""11 I i irsi to rvememuer I 1 1' " 111 S M . I - ' , r I 6 :,: . B 0 i : ."Ml - - B I ,1 I I -m 1 iiiir - sl major c, c. Furnu la mown Hera baying the first forget-me-not In I I -YEAR-OLD GIRL OROVTLLE, Ctl., Mot. 4. ff An 'Mnlosdetl" rifle nnd a amall boy'e curiosity were blamed today for the death of four-year-old Janet Soun While Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bouea vrere dressing In an adjoining room to attend a party last night, seven-year-old Jackie Souza picked up a high-powered rifle and pulled the trigger. till sister fell, fatally wounded. The father said the weapon was "unloaded" and that his son must hive found a bullet and placed It In the gun. Mayor C, C. Furnaa la ihimn here onylnr the flrnt foreet-me-not In tllla year'a.camnalgn, from A. II. nanwell, commander of Jackson ronntv chapter of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War. Public sale of the flower will begin at 8 am. Friday and continue through Hat urday. Proceeds ore nwd In D. A. V. rehabilitation and humanitarian work among needy ex-service men and their families. SAMS VALLEY SCHOOL L IS FRIDAY SAMS VALLEY, Not. 4 (Spl.) A "genuine good time" Is promised those who attend the Ssms Valley school Hallowe'en carnival at o'clock Friday evening. According to an announcement from the school over 100 worth of prizes will be awarded Including a perma nent wave, dishes, Jewelry, silverware and other valuable objects. "Help out the student body by coming. Bring your friends,' says the announcement. FL CHALLENGE BLACK WASHINGTON, Nor. 4. (API- Three Florida companies challenged the. constitutionality of Justice Hugo h. Black's appointment In a petition filed today with the supreme court. The petition asked the tribunal to reconsider, with Justice Black, not participating, the court's recent ac tion in re I using to review Utloatlon Involving the right of the securities commission to seise telegrams. Filed by the Ryan Florida corpora tion of Tampa, the Income Royal tes company of St. Petersburg and Flor ida Tex Oil company of St. Peters burg, the petition said Black was in eligible to sit on the high bench be cause no vacancy had been created by the retirement of Justice Willis Vandvanter, and because he had been member of the senate which had Increased the "emoluments" of the Justices. POLICE CLEAN UP LONGSHOREMEN VOTE STRIKE ASSISTANCE SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4. (AP) Financial assistance hss been voted by San Francisco longshoremen for a fight egnlnst what they termed a lockout" of 7000 Pacific northwest C. I, O. Uimber and sawmill workers. John Schomakor, business agent for the San Francisco loool of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union, aflld the mem bers voted Monday to assess them selves each l a month for the dura tion of the dispute, involving O. I. O. and A. F. of L. workers and business Interest. MILWAUKEE W1r Nn A (in. Milwaukee police yesterday captured three men they said were the last of a sans which vnuri ntM!!.. In an attempted dairy plant burglary A fourth minman m a akn. death as police frustrated the bur glary and a firth was arrested. One at the trfrv M h ., a Tor m iir EMtrnit n.-.nam- .,, inree - names Michael Kohlmelr, atone and Sweeney tiffrf, hni jet wound in toe tbrtomnn The policeman killed by the gang wm rutroiman ueorge Raabe. 30 TWO other offlcein vr vniinHui The man killed by the police was Auw-ara a 1 Kins, . 01 cnteago. First Car Thrnugh ASTORIA. Ore., Nov. 4. (AP) The nrat car to pass through the 1300 foot Arch Cnpe tunnel on the Can- non Beach-Neahknhnle road carried Clatsop county officials on an In spection or the 1200.000 bore. The project Is part of the coast high way. LoRHer Killed OREOON CITY, Ore., Nov. 4-(APt Gone Straw, about as, of Kelso was lnatnntly killed yesterday when struck by a flying lead cable at the Easter and Western logging opera tlons near Molalla. Both arms and legs were broken nnd his chest crushed. McMINNVILLE. Ore., Nov. 4. (AP) Injuries suffered in an automobile accident Tuesday resulted In the death of Roy Leach, 27, of Dayton yesterdny. CHALK UP A WIHMERFrom 1 I '- 1 . -s rJ-sMu:iuir.in'ini;2 VMUUU IK OWCON .$1 -TTVrD ep iy Iff V Gfcab Otclvatcl p.lWi KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY ' ' TOUI WtDI 10 00 UOUOM NATioNAt wriuai N9VII 4WOMIIOM, HtW TOM MENrucKJ STRAICMT BUSY IS. ROOSEVELT WILL BE ABSENT WHEN CALL NEW YORK, Nov. 4. (P) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said today she was "very sorry" she would be away from the White House on a lecture tour when the prealdent entertains the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at luncheon or tett. Unfortunately I shall be away," aba said. "I am very sorry, but It ean't be. helped, because lecture tour arrangements must be made months In sdvanee." Mrs. Roosevelt will leave Washing ton tomorrow afternoon for Des Moines. la., to start the tour. She stopped In New York on her way from Hyde Park to see the first copies of her autobiography, "This Is My Story." . She attempted to buy, for the president, the first of the limited dlton copies. Presented It by the publishers, she wrote on the fly-leaf: "This copy No. I." "Eleanor Roosevelt." "Do you consider this your final autobiography?" Mrs. Roosevelt was asked. 'No." she laughed. "I hope, when time has elapsed, to write a sequel." vesl dropped 31 per cent; pork 4.5 per cent; and lamb 33 per cent. The retail pnoe of chickens was up 0J2 per cent. The bureau's Index of retail food costs on October 13 was 04 9 per cent of the 1933-'3t average. This Is 9.6 per cent above the Index level at the same time a year ago because meat prices are approximately 1ft per cent higher than then. In contrast with the general trend, San Francisco reported an increase of 0.0 per cent In food cpsts. WINDSORS' VISIT PUNCHBOARD RACKET punchboard racket was being worked In Nevada and would probably move soon to Oregon was given In a recent Portland police department bulletin. A man representing himself to be I a distributor for a punch board nan- I ufacturlng concern appeared at the ' nM.i. ...I.HDn anri laff nnM of tho boards which offered cash prizes, according to the report from the sheriffs office. A short time later two burly men appeared and after spending a short time In the camp ground ttore picked up the punch board and after a few chances punched out a number calling for a I FOOD PRICES DIP WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (AP) Re tail food prices declined 1.1 per cent In the period from September 14 to October 13, the bureau of labor sta tistics reported today. The bureau said the decline, at tributed largely to lower prices of meats, fruits and vegetables, was general throughout the country, low er average costs being reported from 44 of 01 cities surveyed. Meat prices have declined 3.3 per cent alnce September 14. Beef and NEW YORK, Nov. 4. (AP) The Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to the United States, ss viewed by Hannen Swaffer. outspoken British pundit, la "nothing but a publicity stunt. I traveled with the duke when he .was studying housing In Wales, and If he were here for fifty years he wouldn't know any more about It than he does now." said Swaffer, tn a shipboard Interview before his de parture aboard the Ounard White Star liner Queen Mary. The hawk-nosed English critic con tinued : "Edward Is one of the best hous ing authorities In the world already There's nothing anybody can tell him about it. That's the reason he gives for his visit, but It's what do you call It? oh, yes, the baloney. "He's simply bored, that's all, and wants to travel around a bit." FEWER CORPORATIONS LICENSED IN OREGON SALEM, Nov. 4. IPy The num ber of domestic corporations In Ore gon was 14.S33 on June 80, or 186 less than the previous year. A total of 411 corporations were dissolved by voluntary action, while 609 others were dissolved by the state for fail ure to pay fees. There were 1.339 out-of-state cor porations on June 30. Receipts of the corporation depart ment for the year ending June 30 were $346,493, highest since 1933. ROSEBURO. Ore.. Nov. 4. (AP) An expected lnvanslon of punch board racketeers from Nevada ma terialized vesterdav when a aouth Doualas camn around owner was tak-.l 60 prize, the sheriff reported. The en for 180. Sheriff Percy Webb re- I camp ground owner. It was stated, ported today. Warning that the I protested, but the attitude of the two "strong arm" men became threat. enlng and he produced the money. The operators were said to resem ble descriptions given In the recent police bulletin. The sheriff withheld the nam of the camp ground owner. 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