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i PAOE TEN JFRDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TEDNESDAT, MAT 11. 1938. ! been until vital tun b CI ) p si el it st b ti ct w Jo to da ft ha tn ha tt I An tlr No ha. Ap IB! prl LOTTERY SYSTEM I War Department Works Out Plan for Conscription Men to Be Registered in Three Classifications. BAN FRANCISCO. May 11. (AP) Details of ft national lottery plan for conscripting citizens Into the armed force of the United States In war time, were worked out here today by U. 8. war department official and army off loon, Thirteen million men between 31 and 91 yeara of age would be sum moned In the first draft, military of ficials disclosed. Colonel V. J. O'Kellthcr and Major Lewis B. Hershey. both of the army general staff In Washington, headed group of army authorities and army reserve specialists who met here yes terday for a four-day conference. Their vWt wis to perfect In the ton western states the far-flung mechan ism of the select I w service plan for the next war. Independent Agency Major Hershey said the draft would be conducts by an Independent gov ernment agency, permitting the arm ed force to concern themselves en tirely with the enemy. "We had to look for our men In the lust war," he an Id. "But the pro gram has been changed. In the fut- ; ure, war will be fought by nn organ- I lacd nation, with the army looking to the civilian population for men, money and material." The major said the project called far the setting up of a selective serv Ice board headquarters In Washing ton with division offices In the state. and subdivisions in counties. A total of (1,000 draft board officers were con templated. Future conscripts, he said, would be divided Into four claa&Iftcatlaiut: Those ready to go. those with a reas onable reason for delay, those with dependents, and those unfit or ranked as office holders. When the men were registered. It was explained, each would be given a number. Identical In each of the 0.000 offices, to constitute a "clan Drawing To Determine Lottery procedure will be followed. with numbers being drawn from i drum In Washington to determine th, order of the draft. Army officials estimated a million men could be summoned to arms the first month. Thereafter, men would be colled at the rate of 330.000 the wontl month. 360,000 the thltd .Jtonth. and 30O.U0O the fourth month Military needs would determine the rote of conscription thereafter. War department officials have pro- , pared ft blanket bill to be presented . to congress to authorise such a con scription agency, a ne'v "Pftat wra have shown compulsory the n Trlc u necessary," declared Major jjja jj neraney. "li a our Job to see that the bwhcn Rnt! " tn nicd there, we will haw the technical details us nearly up-tcwlst as possible." The states represented at the con ference wrr California. Washington. Oregon. N.-raila. Idaho. Colorado. Montana. Wyoming. Utah, and Trias. Arizona sent no rrprese ntatlvr. WINDOW GLASS Wo eel) window (lasa and will ielace your orolten windows reasonably Trowbridge Cab inet Works Usv Mall Tribune Want Ada s Hi r.5t nfff ,. ft , ux J- h y iff iv ' JUNE WE0DINC of John Roosevelt, yountest son of thi 'resident, and Anne Lindsay Clark, seen battling a Boston breeie. nil! be held in tiny church in Nahant, Mass. She is the datifhtei of Mrs. F. Haven Clark, widow of a wealthy Boston banker. ASSERTS MAYO CHIEF WORCESTER. Mass.. May 1 1 ( AP) State laws which forbid persons with positive Washerman tests from marrying are 'doing an injxistlce to the individual and the community," Dr. Paul A. Lrary, head of the der mntology section of Mnyo hospital. Rochester. Minn,, believes. The Washerman test "has not proved adequate" he told the Wor cester district dental society last night. He declared some states have been 'too eealous" in attempting to stem the spread of syphilis. Many persons with a positive Waitsermati test j-ear after year." he said, "are no danger to their fam ily, their children, ncr ihe commu nity, w hernia many wlfh a persist ently negative reaction are menaces." He added "only the most careful medical study reveals these differ- en ccs and no law can be written, on I the bssla of present medical a newt- j edge, which would attain the gctil : sought." i He said that one-third of those contracting the disease are "cured 1 spontaneously" often without medi cal aid, through defense body mech anisms. Another third, he said, get jRogcr PF. Babsom "Th tound methods of financing which the Savings & Loan Asociationj were first to inaugurate, the almost negligible percentage of losses, taken together with the transactions of these associations throughout the United States, are results which commend their work to serious minded people. "The growth of the associations, indicating the desire of a steadily increasing body of our citijenry, through thrift and self-denial, to save, on the one hand, and on the other hand to invest their savings in the most pro ductive of all capital investments the home Is one of the most encouraging signs of the times." Jackson County Federal SAVINGS & LOAN Association 126 East Main s SAMPLE OF ART HERE ALBANY, May 11. (API If the story ho Is assorted to have told 1 State Police Sergeant Ernest Larlos Is true, John Milton Allen, M. has been playing a game of paper chase with officers In four states during the last tew months. Allen was bound over to ttio cir cuit court grand Jury hero yester day under 91000 bond on a charge of forgery, after confessing. Sergeant Uirlos said, to having left behind htm a trail of wor Ui less c h ecks starting in Arizona and leading through Nevada Idaho and Oregon to Albany, where Allen was arrested by state police Sunday. According to the officer, Allen told him he had cashed two or more spurious checks at Grants Pass. Medford. Ashland, Rcweburg and 2u sene. ns wvll as two at Albany. I Allen s companion. Mary Wilson, was arrested on a vagrancy charge and sentenced to 10 days In I the county Jail, bm local author!-1 tics are attempting to arrange for j her return to her home In Aruson.i. I only a mild reaction." The re mainder, he said, are "those suffer ing nil ;he horrible effects." T AI STAGE Winter Crop Will Total 754 Million Bushels Is Indica tion Subsoil Moisture Is Lacking in Plains WASHINGTON, May 11. (AP) The agriculture department reported today that conditions on May l In dicated the 1938 winter wheat crop would total 754.000.000 bushels second largest production xn record The department added, however, that weather conditions during the next 30 days might change pros pects. "Present surplus soil moisture conditions are favorable." the board said, "but extensive measurement lndtoate a lack of subsoil moisture over a considerable portion of the western great plains area and em phasize the dependence of the crop In these areas upon favorable weather conditions during the next 30 days. Rank Plant Growth 'The favorable season today .".as produced a rank plant development quite generally over the country Consequently, more moisture than usual win be necessary to mature the crop and the danger of loss from lodging la enhanced." A month ago 725,707,000 bushelt were Indicated. Production was 685. 103.000 bushels last year. Average production was 546.366,000 bushels during the 10 years 1937-36. Indicated yield Is 14.9 bushels an acre, compared with 14.6 last year and 14.5, tbe 10-year average. Winter wheat acreage sown last fall was 57.316.000. of Which 50.- 677,000 acres remain for harvest, with abandonment totaling 11.6 percent Acreage sown for the 1937 crop was 57,613.000, remaining for harvest 46- 946,000 acres, and abandonment 18.5 percent. The 1937-36 average sowings j were 45.644.000 acres, remaining for harvest 37.261,000 acres, and aban-1 donment 18.3 percent. Rye production of 51.755.000 bush el was Indicated from May 1 con ditions, compared with 49.449 000 bushels list year, and 36.454,000 bushels, the 10-year average. Indi cated yield Is 13.8 bushels an acre. compared with 12.9 last year. ud 1.3. the 10-year average. Hay Near Normal The condition cf hay on May 1 was 84 percent of a normal, com pared with 73 a year ago. and "9 the 10-year avenue. Pastures condition wai 82 percent of a normal, compared with 69 a year ago, and 75, the 10-ycar aver age. Stocks of hay on farms May 1 j MAY 6 First lime on sale World's Standard House Paint Goes further, lasts longer, looks better. Special, Callous $2.97 0narts92c Reg. Price Reg. Price White $3.75 White SU5 Colors $3.55 Colors $1.10 SEMI -LUSTRE TV s : i ish for kitchen and bathroom S 99 walls and woodwork. Cm Special (harts 93c Porch & Deck Paint Withstands roughest toughest weather. e :i 'K"" . n boDOM $3.19 VIVV M Take adrantaae oi ths bargain prices oo m Mmtm SherwuvWilliams Paint and new low FHA term for immediate home painting. HUBBARD BROS., Inc. M&in and Riverside PnW Horn Decorator and Color Guid m JAJKlJU up-fc -irf-Hiutt ideas. Gt touts today. Meteorological Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Unsettled to night and Thursday with occasional rain, moderate temperature. Oregon: Unsettled tonight and Thursday: ahowera east and occas ional rain west portion; moderato temperature; Increasing southerly wind off coast. Local Data Temperature year ago today : highest 68; lowest 50. Total monthly preetpltatlon, U Inches; deficiency for the month. 17 Inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1937, 24.96 inches; excess for the season, 8.88 Inches. Relative humldtty at 5 p. m. yes terday, 35 percent: A ft. m. today, 75 percent. Tomorrow: sunrLae 4:53 a. m.; sun set. 7:31 p. m. Observations Taken at 5 HO Meridian Time, ft- mt CITY J T H S ? Boise . Boston Chicago Denver Eureka Helena Los Angeles.... Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno . 73 6 98 72 5 90 78 78 63 74 82 82 78 72 74 68 58 84 68 72 44 .00 Cloudy .00 Clear .00 P Cloudy .00 Cloudy 80 44 82 52 44 52 54 52 38 52 48 48 48 48 50 50 .00 Cloudy .00 Cloudy T Rain .10 Cloudy T P Cloudy .00 Clear .30 Cloudy .00 Clear .01 Cloudy Rose burg Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spokane Wash.. D. C Yakima u. .00 P Cloudy .00 P Cloudy .34 Rain .05 Rain .00 P Cloudy 12 Cloudy totaled 12.734.000 tons, or 15.3 per cent of last year's crop, compared with 6.047.000 tons and 8.6 percent In 1937, and B.427.000 and 11.5 per cent, the 10-yeer average.. Indicated production of winter wheat by important producing states Includes: Washington 31.200.000: Oregon 15.065.000: California 13.- 946.000. AGED MAN'S DEATH CONTINUES PUZZLE FUOENE. May 11. ( AP) Officers Investigating the death of John C. Baker, aged Grants Pass man found dead on the Pacific highway south of here late Sunday night, were sttU uncertain as to the manner in which he met death today, they said. At first thought the victim of a hit-run motorist. . medical examina tion revealing eight cuts on the man'3 head led officers to suspect possible foul play. Jo additional evldeuce either way had been found today. It was said. MAY 21 HOUSE PAINT White and Regular Colon neguiar voiorv $287 rer Qou In 5-Gal. Cans Reg. Price White $3.65 Colors $3.45 GALLON i i." mcz $3.7i wear and ouart 97. ' REG. PRICE S.l? Quart Phot 331 E FAVORS PROBE NAZIS IN1ERICA Dickstein Warns Another Riot Looms With Opening of Nazi Camp Next. Week . 31 Camps in U. S. WASHINGTON. May II. (AP) The house rule committee approved , resolution by Representative Dies (D.. Tei.) today for a congressional Investigation of "un-American prop aganda activities" In the United States. Chairman Dlckstcln (D.. N. T.), of the Immigration committee, said the Inquiry which would be conducted by seven house members, was necessary to prevent "riots and bloodshed." There Is going to be another riot next week." he said. "Tney are go ing to have a parade of 100.000 riazls opening up Camp Siegfried, Long Is land. Union Would Art "A group of legion members came to me yesterday and said they were ready to take the law in their own hand because they say these nizls can't gocae step and 'Hell. Hitler, and carry on with swastikas." Holding up a photostatic copy of what he said was a secret record of Fritz Kuhn. head of the German American bund. 'Dickstein said it showed the location ot 31 nazi camps In the United States that were paid for by foreign money. . "These nazi organizations cannot operate without money." he shouted at the committee hearing, "and that money Is coming In from Germany." He said nazi agents had sent a million war draft forms to men of German blood In Vr.e United States and that nazt3 and fascists in Amer ica had combined for "espionage ni the destruction of democracy." Worse Than Communism Communism Is not so dangerous as fascism and nazism at this point. Dickstein added, because the com munist party has only 33.000 mem bers and tbe bund has 480.000, In cluding youths. "I favor setting up on lnvestiga- . tlon that would run them out cf i : I S $ 1 f Qt J ANOTHER fel v , EAR AFTER YEAR, automotive trade-journals and researm agencies investigate the motor oil preferences of thousands of motorist. And year after year, the "number one" choice of western car-owners is PENNZOIL! EXPERTS ADVISE IT! Surveys of car-dealer's preferences, too, reveal outstanding Pennz oil leadership. Although 191 brands of oil are marketed in the west, three out of four car tha country." remarked Rpreaenta tlv Cox (D., Oa.). "Suppose I tel! you." Dlckateln as serted, "that 20 big Industries in this country have contributed money to the nail cause because they have Interests In Germany. It runs Into six figures. One gave S20.000." Chairman O'Connor (D., N. Y.i of the rulea committee said he had re ceived many letters from Kuhn say ing he would welcome an Investiga tion. A similar resolution, with more emphasis on tte nazls. was tab'.ed hv th house two years ago. Ules i raid his resolution would provide far investigation of all suoversive mu un-American Influences either for eign or domestic In origin. LIFE INSURANCE NEW YORK. May 11. (APt Clin ton Davidson, vice president of Fi duclary Counsel, Inc.. told a lunch eon of life insurance supervisors of New York City today that big lns'ir ance companies could make more money by placing institutional adver tising In newspapers rather than mag azines. He said: "Bv advertising in newspapers, the life insurance companies can fit their copy to the specific locality and to the pocket boots of the prospects liv ing In those communities. . . . "We believe that the life Insurance companies have already convinced the American people tin magazine adver tisements) that lire Insurance is a good thing to own. They need to be told in their dally newspapers Just how much life insurance will produce various amounts of income for life. . . . Start doing a selling Job uow on your directorates, they have plow ed the fields long enough with mag azine copy ifs time to plant the seed In newspapers." Orchestra Concert E. P. Thursday Night EAGLE POINT. May II. Combined orchestras of Eagle Point and Pros pect high schools will present a concert tn the Engle Point gymna sium at 8 p. m. Thursday, under direction of D. E. Millard. The ensemble will lnclxide about 50 school musicians, assuring a pleasing program. A small admission charge will go toward purchasing uniforms for the Eagle Point orchestra. WHAT MOTOR OIL LUBRICATES 6 EST AND LASTS LONGEST ? PENNZOIL dealers sell and recommend PENNZOIL! Be oil-wise. Accept no substitute for PENNZOIL. It's Pennsylvania's supreme qual ity. Sold by independent dealers everywhere. THURSDAY, FRIDAY The Young Men's and Young Ladles' rnthnllc clubs are suonsorln a eomiwlv drama In three acts Thursday and Friday evenings. May 13 and 13, In St. Mary's academy auditorium. . The play, "A Little Clodhopper," was writ ten by Walter Ben Hare. Preceding the main attraction there will ba a pantomime staged by the Young Men's club entitled "And the Lamp Went Out." Charactera for this hi larious entertainment are Charles Morrlsey. Lewell Dupray, John Wilk inson and Paul sakralda. Oene Mo naco will act as reader. Programs for the playa were dis tributed Sunday morning at church. Tho cast for "A Little Clodhopper" Includes Septimus Green, Gene Mo naco; Judy Elliot, the little clodhop u, vfnrv Morrlsev: Mrs. Chlezerson. I Baii. Catherine Porterfleld; Oeorga Chlggerson. ner spouca sua, ira a&ve; Charmlan Carter, an actress from the city, LaVonne Mills; Ocey Oump. a product of Spllntervllle, Missouri, Warren Lqffcr, and Miss Julletta Bean, Occy's sweetheart. Jenes Jen sen. Mary Morrlacy Is chairman of the program committee with Oeraldlne Wilkinson, Jeannctte McKeo, Virginia Harmon, Catherine Porterfleld, Nor bert Mlksche and Euseoe Dallalre as sisting. Patricia Wilkinson, Mary Orltsch and Mary Wilcox will usher for the two evenings. The technical staff Includes, direc tors, Rev, Augustine Meyer and Rev. Francis Black, with Oeraldlne Wilkin son assisting; sta,jo manager, Norbert Mlksche: property manager, jeannette km Thi. furniture waa obtained through the courtesy of Montgomery ward te company. GENERAL MARSHALL TO GENERAL STAFF DUTY WASHINGTON. May 11. (AP) The war department detailed Brigad ler General George C. Marshall, com mander of the 5th Infantry brigade, Vancouver Barracks. Washington, to the war department general staff to day. He will be assigned to duty In the office of the chtef of staff here. He will sail from San Francisco for New York, June 16. j T