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PAGE ETfiHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY. MAY 23. 1938. SPEECH CONTEST BY STUDENTS IS Democratic Big-Wigs Haunted By Fear That Martin Support Will Go to Republican Choice WASHINGTON, May S3. (AP) If official t Democratic hfadquartr keep little list of place where they may have to help restore poat-prl-mry harmony, the chance are that the word Oregon ha been written Just beneath Pennsylvania. Oov. Charle Martin of Oratro. who , ought Democratic renomination, na Interested party worKer nere Be cause of Republican assertion that their candidate would gain some sup port from the Martin faction. National Chairman Jamea A. Farley ha given no public Indication o far that he might take hand In trying to reunite tho Oregon Democrat be fore the fall campaign begin. Farley Pledge Aid. parley telegrapned pledge of up port to Willis Maboney, Klamath Pall. Oregon's Democratic nominee for United State senator. , 1 want to see you win nd will do anything I oan for you from now until the poll close on election day, Farley' message said. It would not urprlse many politi cal student In the cpltl, how ever, If prominent member of the Hees and Martin group should con fer soon separately, of course with ' administration officials. ) Only three day after the Penn. sylvanla primary, It wa noted, John It, Lewis, the CIO leader, wa a White House luncheon guest, and Walter A. Jones, a Dromlnent Pittsburgh Demo crat, wa vnited In Washington hotel by presidential secretary. Jone. who had supported the de feated CIO 1 t e. thereafter an nounced he would upport the party nominees. Fsrlev had lolned Jone and Uewl in harkin? Thoma Kennedy, who io.t. the Gubernatorial nomination In Pennsylvania. On the other hand, he had supported Oov. ocorge n. sane for the senato against tne oiu can dtdate. Surprised by Hess. In the Oregon conteat. however, parley made It plln before the bal loting that he wa not taking lde. Friend aald afterward he had been surprised by the defeat of Oovemor Martin, whom secretary icnes na descrlbod a being "at heart no new dealer." Representative Walter M. Pierce (D.-Ore) said he wa well acquainted with both Bea and Martin and "both are strong." He added he would, support tho nominee. Tho Democratlo split In Oregon wss not . accompanied by a division between the CIO and the American Federation of Labor, auch oc curred In Pennylvanla. Both labor organizations upported Hess against Martin, who had crmoizea laoor poli cies of the Roosevelt admlnlatratlon Handling of labor problems, of ficial of both major pnrtlcs concede will be a prominent Issue In- the PennsylvanlK and Oregon elections, lewis tins not disclosed whether lie will aid the Democratic nominees 111 Pennsylvania. Ho said Saturday the primary had been a "stinging defeat" for the Democratic state or ganisation, even though Its slate de feated his candidate. 'Eliminating Pittsburgh nd Phila delphia from the picture," Lewi aald. "Kennedy carried the rest of the mate." There Is no state primary this week, but s half doeen will be held In June. (Contributed) Next Thursday the youth of Med ford will place a challenge before the people of Medford. They will uk this question: "What right does the present generation of adult hold that entitle them to piece us. the youth of this generation, under the bondage of liquor?" Student of Medford Junior high, hearing of a possibility for striking a blow at liquor, requested the locnl W.C.T.U. to sponsor a speech con test, the subject, "Prohibition." The local W.C.T.U. gladly accepted the sponsorship and through contact with state and national headquar ters, made It an official medal con teat. Six girl and five boy have been selected from all those compet ing, to enter the flnl medal con test before the people of Medford. The six girls will speak at the North Methodlat church Thursday at 2:30 p. m., the boys at the South Meth odist. Thursday at 7:30 p. m. There will be singing and lnter- mlsslonal mualo furnished' by Phoebe Swem and her accordion. The girl contestants are Joan Burk. Nova Jeanne Renfro, Jeane McCandll. Prances Klmmlch. Jeane Crlpp and Dorothy Troxeli. The boys are Harris Janes, Elmer Bashaw, Bob Hanlln. Bob Leonard and Eugene Hayes. All speaker have hsd previous ex perience and have been working the past two weeks with Don Darnellle. atjeech Instructor for Junior high. Judge will Include H. W. Oustln principal of Jackson school. The students want everyone to feel welcome to come regardless of your views on the liquor question. They feel that the .speeches will Interest every good cltlien. They offer a wide variety of sneeches such as - inc sacrifice Spirit." "Story of tne Dimes." "T;ie Reform Wilt Oo On, Tommy." "Hands." "Death Laughs. and other, all filled with vital, grip ping fact. They feel ure of your reaction If you will only come ni llnd out Just what a terrible mens you havo placed around their homes and playgrounds. DEWILTON DEVOE , AGED 85 Home Economics Specialists Coming i. in '"'i iiii'j.iw.'g1 m. ppiypw P -1 vsvJ. s r v o J& atari member of the home economies extension staff of Oregon Ntatc rollege will arrive In Medford today to take part In the annual "program planning day." to be held at senior high school Tuesdnv. Shown above are Mr. Maud Morse, specialist In parent education; Miss Lucy Case, nutrition specialist, and Mr. Azalea Sager, specialist In clothing and home furnishings. CHAMBER SETS MEET COMMENCEMENT SET FOR THURSDAY EVE JACKSONVILLE. May 3S. (Spl.) Senior high school commencement ex ercises will be held In the KymiwMum Thursday night at 8 o'clock, with members of the graduating class glv Ing speachea dealing with the early history of Jacksonville. The program follows: Processional School Band Ralph Botts, director Invocation . Rev. E M. Mall try Selections Girls' Sextette Our Community Early History of Jacksonville . Merl Kendall History of Education In Jackson ville Hseel Kendsll The Industrie! of Our Community LaMonte Dowy Our Future Mary Branam Presentation of Honors and Award A. L. Beck, Superintendent Presentation of Diplomas Mrs. P. Flex, Board of Education Benediction ...Rev. E. M. Mallery Recessional School Board RESTAURANT IHAIN FOUNDER PASSES BERN ARDSVU.LE. N. J.. May 38. fAP4 William Chllds, whose adven ture tn vegetarianism cost him con trol of the national chsln of restau rants hearing his nsmt. Is desd at 73 He died at his home yrsterdsy after a five-months Illness. Child and his brother, the late Samuel S. Child, .started the rrntau rant chain tn 18H8 and built it Into a $37,000,000 system serving 50.000.000 meals a year. A vegetarian himself, C h 1 1 d s thought he foresaw a trend toward lighter meals and tried to anticipate It with meatless irwniti. The publR was npsthetlc, and declining profit led stockholders to oust Child m chairman In March, J02fl. after a long battle for proxies. Chtlds. who thought patrons should order "a nltv balanced ration of 85A calories, with plenty of vitamins sprinkled on top." conceded later that perhaps he had carried his calory.countiug too far. WINDOW oLAtf-we iei: window glass niid will tjju.ee joui iroken j windows reasonably, rroworuifa Cab in t Work Dewllton Delancy DeVoe. a resi dent of Medford for the past au vears. iiassed away at the home of his son. C. A, Devoe, uar west Main street, Sunday at 9:30 a. after a few weeks illness, Mr. DeVoc was bom In Wisconsin. July 8. 1B53 He spent his early life In Wiscon sin, and when about 21 years of age moved to different places in the east, always traveling by covered wagon. He lster met Miss Frances Perry and they were united In mar riage at Maynsrd. Towa. In 1873. They came to Southern Oregon In 1018. A fine man. well liked by all who knew him. Mr. DeVoe had been bed fast since the tragic death otf Mrs, DeVoo by fire. He leaves three sons, O. A. DeVoe, Medford: Hsrrlson W. DeVoe. Glen- wood. Wash., and Don W. DeVoe, Topeka, Kansas, also eight grand children. Private funeral services will be conducted from the Perl funeral home Wednesday at 10 a. nv, Pro fessor A. J. HHnby officiating. Inter ment will take place In the Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery beside his wife. HOLBERTON ' HONORED BY RESERVE OFFICERS EUGENE. May 33. (;pi The Ore gon department of the Reserve Offi cers Bsaoelstlon elected Captain H. R Laslett. Corvsllls. president at Its 17th annual convention here Saturday. District presidents included: Wil lamette. Captain Emmett C. Forsythe Salem; Umpqua. Csptaln lrry H Holberton. Medford. The Marlon-Polk chapter won the Msjor John Flynn trophy for chapter efficiency. QP0(g(3 Ik THE MODEM FUEL . - nlv fuel L re ' - 'not Roches ffuAe 3m , .ii T Plana to accelerate highway devel opment and to Increase touiift Irae! are to be adopted at a dinner-meeting In the Hotel Medford at 6:30 Wednesday, it was announced today by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The dinner-meeting la being -pou- sored by the tourist and roads and highways committees of the chamber of commerce. Representatives have been Invited to attend from the chambers In Ashland, Grants Pas, Roseburg and Yreka, Calif. At a noon luncheon In the Hotel Medford Wednesday a special cham ber of commerce committee will pre pare the agenda to be considered at the dinner meeting. On the special committee are Eu gene Thorndlke, chamber president. Glenn Jackson, vice president. Ben E. Harder. A. S. V. Carpenter. Karl L. Janouch, Olen Arnsplger, E. P. Leavltt and Judge Earl B. Day. Portland Dog Be.tt VICTORIA, B. a, May 23. (API- Carry the News of Dunvegan. owned by Walter Kendal of Portland. Ore., was adjudged winning dog of the Scottish terrier class -and the best terrier In an all-breed championship show held by the Vancouver Island Dog Fanciers association. TOLEDO. May 23. fP Dan John son, secretary of the Willamette Val ley Operators' association and general manager of a large mill here told 400 sawmill men at an I. E. U. meeting that the Industry was In the worst condition In 20 -years. He said that railroads had suspend ed buying, off-shore export busn?ss was at a standstill and that export mills were flooding the California mnrkpt. "Mills that have run steadily for the last 25 to 50 years are Idle and no one can predict an upgrado turn." he asserted. EXTENSION UNITS outline mm IN Extension Staff Members Coming for Annual Con ferenceProgram Opens 9:45 A. M. in Senior High Staff members of the home eco nomics extension staff of Oregon State college will arrive in Medford this afternoon to take part In the annua! "Program Planning day" to be held Tuesdsy at the Medford Senior high school. The program will start at 9:45 a. m. and will be of unusual Interest to the delegates this year. Delegates to the conference will Include one representative from each home ex tension unit end one representative from each study club. Feature of the morning program will be the talk by Mrs. Azalea Sager, state home dem onstration leader, on "New Develop ments in the State Program." Parent education, a major project In the county for the last two years, will again be given an Important port in next year's program. Mrs. Maud Morse, specialist tn parent edu cation, will discuss with the delegates "Living Together in the Family." The parent education project is carried through the leader training work. Miss Lucy Case, extension speclil- ist In nutrition, will explain to the group the projects in roods and nu trition which have been developed and could be carried out in the ; county. Mrs. Azalea Sager will explain to 1 the group other projects whic.i are available In clothlnf and textiles an-: home furnishings. Luncheon wilt be served at 12:15 at the Holland hotel. The meeting will adjourn at 3:30 p. m. AUSTRALIA FOREST CHIEF IS VISITOR William W. Gay. commissioner of forests for Australia with headquar ters in Melbourne, spent the week end making a study of sltvlcultural management on the Rogue River na tional forest. He Is making a study In the principal forests of the United States. After a trip to Crater Lake national park yesterday morning, Mr. Gay made a survey of logging operations near Chemult. He was accompanied by his wife. Karl L. Janouch, super, visor of the Rogue River national forest, and W. V. Benedict, senior forester of the TJ. fl. bureau of ento mology and plant quarantine atJ Oakland. Calif. The tour was mad'4 In Mr. Benedict's car. After the Inspection of the logclng operations. Mr. and Mrs. Gay were taken to Klamath Falls whence they left by train for Eugene. Today Mr. Gay was to continue his observations on the Willamette national forest. Carson Convinced Sprague Will Win SPOKANE. May 33. (AP) Mayor Joseph K. Carson. Jr., of Portland said here Saturday the nomination of Henry Hess as the Democratlo candidate for governor of Oregon would Insure the election of Charlea A. Sprague, of Salem, the Republi can nominee. "The defeat of Governor Martin by Hess should not be construed as a true indication of how the majority of people in Oregon reel," Carson said. Ose Mail Tribune Want Ada. Strength and Service For Your Bankin.tr J 4 . The full strength and serviceability of the big U. S. National assure you nf bunking satisfaction here. Oeorge T. Prey, Manager Dvvlght L. 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