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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. 'WEDNESDAY. JULY 27. 1938. PAGE FIVE LOCAL and PERSONAL From Ashland Walter w. Brths. Ashland real estate salesman, trans acted business here yesterday. From Aahland J. D. Mara of Ash land ni Medford visitor this morn ing. t At Conference J. Asher Neff and children of 'Jacksonville star routs are "attending an Apostolic Faith camp and conference In Portland. Mr. Neff Is a city mall carrier. Returns Home Miss Mae Prater has resumed her work at the Jacque Lenox store after having spent sev eral weeks in Spokane, Wa?h., called there by the serious Illness of her mother. On Vacation Mr. and Mrs, Geoty.e A. Seely and family of 824 Beekman street left yesterday by motorcar for Portland where they will spend a ten -day vacation. Complete Trip T. Slater John ston of 30 Windsor road returned recently after having spsnt three months vacationing in Bermuda. He visited in New York and Southamp ton and other places of Interest be fore returning to Medfird. Minor Accident George Gltxen of 129. North Grape street and R. H. Fuld of Central Point drove cars Involved In a minor accident on Weet Main street between Grape and Plr streets yesterday afternoon, a city po lice report stated today. - Airport Arrival Among yester day's arrival at Medford municipal airport were F. W. Graham, Tacoma Wash., business man who was re turning home from San Francisco In his Waco plane, and H. L. Martin, from San Diego, Cal., to Walla Walla Wash.. In his Great Lakes plane. Here for Rites Mrs. H. M. Dasg of Seattle, Wash., arrived here this morning to attend the funeral of her grandfather, Andrew Clancy. The funeral services were held this after noon In the Conger chapel. Mrs. Dagg will remain here a few days before returning home. Vagrant Punished Thomas O. Jefferson, 45, a transient from Okla homa, was ordered by City Judge Alien D. Curry to leave town at on- or spend 10 days In Jail on a charge of vagrancy. Jefferson was arrested by city police last night after he tried to sell some tools In the resi dential district. Ernsts Leave Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Ernst of Ernie's Casino on the Rogue river left last week for Kansas City to visit Mr. Ernst's mother. Fol lowing a visit at Yellowstone na tional park, Niagara Falls and Indt- ana cities, the couple will return to the casino to be associated with Mr. and Mrs. George ChaJker, who re cently purchased the Ernst propertv, Many at Picnic Eighty persons attended the plcntc held Sunday at the McKee campground by Jack son county chapter and auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War. Several guests were present from the Josephine county chapter and auxiliary. The day was spent In swimming and other recre ational activities, a big basket dinner being a feature of the program, Eagle Picnic Eagles auxiliary will hold a pot luck supper at Jack son Hot Springs tomorrow evening at 6:30. Members whose birthdays are in June, July and August will be special guests and are not re quired to bring food. Other mem bers are to bring their own service and for transportation are to gather on the library lawn at 6 p. m. Speak at 20-80 , A. H. Banwell, program chairman of the Northwest Aviation Planning Council, and Thomas Culbertson. Jr., superintend ent of the Medford municipal air 'port, were speakers on aviation at the regular weekly dinner-meeting of the 30-30 club tn the Hotel Jackson last night. It was announced that next Tuesday would be ladles' night and that after the meeting members and their guests would Journey to Grants Pass to meet In Joint sesston with the club of that city. The .Grants Pass club Is arranging a spe cial program. President Neville Blden presided at the meeting here last ' night. Picnic Sunday Second annual Stanley, Wisconsin picnic will be held at Moore's park In Klamath Falls Sunday. AH former Stanley resi dents In and near Medford are in vited. Joint Picnic Neighbors of Woodr craft of Medford. Phoenix and Ash land will hold a Joint picnic In Llthla park ,-in Ashland. Sunday at 12:30. Members and families are Invited to attend the picnic. Coffee, cream and sugar will be furnished. Has Operation Word was reoelv- here today of the. emergency oper ation Monday of Jewell O'Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. O'Neal of. 626 Crater Lake avenue. Miss O'Neal was operated on In Klamath Falls when she became suddenly 111 while she was visiting her sister. Mrs. Robert Frederlckson. Mrs. O'Neal went Immediately to Klamath Falls to be with her daughter who was reported recovering satisfactorily today. New Stamp Here Available at Medford postof flee today was che new three-cent stamp commemorat ing the ratification of the United States constitution. The stamp was Issued In the east some time ago but the demand for It was so great that supplies for the Medford post office could not be obtained Imme diately. Other special commemora tive stamps now on sale here in clude the Martha Washington and army and navy series in the four cent denomination, the Swedish and Finnish, Arkansas, northwest terri tory and Oregon series in the three cent denomination and the presi dential series in the four, three, two and one-half-cent denominations. TO COMES WHILE TRYING LIFE NET (Continued trout rage One.) Role of Sleuth . Jack Mulhall and Blanche Me haffey, who play the respective rolea of a chief federal operative and his clever girl assistant In "Held for Ransom," playing as the companion feature with "City Streets" at th-3 Rial to theater for today and tomor row only. Grant Withers has the third leading role. Leo Carrlllo and Edith Fellows are 'starred in "City Streets." corted the body irom the West 47th street police station, said he was acting under instructions from an undertaking firm at Southampton, Long Island, where Warde lived. Police still listed the youth's" name as "Ward ," although he was cor rectly identified as John William Warde. an unemployed bank teller. He had 36 cents in his pocket at the time of his 300-foot leap, the most spectacular suicide Manhattan has witnessed In years. Mother Near Collapse The youth's mother, already In her Southampton home before news of her son's intention to commit sui cide became known, was reported near collapse. The mother had talked to him by long distance telephone before he plunged, begging him to return to her. He declined to talk with her. Gotham hotel officials said Warde 's sister, Mrs. Katherine Bull,. 32, check ed out of the hotel this morning, without Indicating her destination. She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs! Patrick A. Valentine, Wnrde's former employers, who had taken Warde on an outing to Chicago last week in an attempt to overcome his mood of deep melancholia. Today, the thousands who saw him Jump wondered what queer obstinacy and Indecision kept him waiting poised there with his back against : the side of the building, half- crouched, staring moodily down into the night-darkened chasm where the flash bulbs of cameramen flared like fireflies far below. Kept Morbid Watting In all that time he had kept thousands waiting In morbid sus pense, thousands who watched him from the street, from bus tops, from windows and the roofs of near by buildings a tiny bit of a man in white shirt, who drank incredible quantities of water through the long summer afternoon while po lice cajoled him. In vain attempts to dissuade him from thoughts of suicide. With the coming of night he had become a pale blur as darkness crept up the limestone walls of the Hotel Gotham, Fifth avenue and 55th street, a blur sometimes lost In the gloom, sometimes faintly picked out by the spark of a freshly lighted cigarette. Obscure In life. Warde, a 26-year- old unemployed bank teller of South ampton, Long Island, became per haps the biggest human focal point in the city for a day. The police tried new means of saving him hoisting up a cargo net they had borrowed from a ship and then John Warde made his decision. The pale blur detached itself from the gloom high above. A horrified gasp, then a scream from the crowd, and Warde plunged to hit death. Devices Fall. All the devices the police and fire departments could think of had failed. The appeals of his mother and his sister, the persuasive words of a priest and several psychiatrists had gone for nothing. The police and firemen and every body else who tried to dissuade Warde from Jumping didn't spare them wives. Police stood for hours on duty. Firemen watted with a safety net, which nobody expected to ssve Warde. Warde. the Southampton police records show, tried to end his life on July 11, 1637, by cutting his throat with a knife. He recovered and was sent to the state hospital at Central Isllp. Long Island. Released In .No vember, he was given employment by Valentine, travel agency head. A week ago last Monday Warde Jumped from a bridge at Hampton Bays. Long Island, and was rescued from the water by police. Started at Noon. It was about noon yesterday when Warde scrambled through the win dow of his room, edged along the 18-lnch shelf of stone and took stand midway between two windows at a point where he could lean against a rough curved projection Then began one of the most ner vous and protracted watches New York ever has known. The word Warde, apparently bent on suicide, was getting ready to plunge was flashed to police head quarters. Four radio squad cars sped to 55th street. A fire truck followed. Behind it came a .rescue squad wagon. A crowd quickly gathered. Side walks were Jammed on both aides of the street. Crowds ceased swarming tn Fifth avenue and stood motion less, waiting in dreadful anticipation. People appeared on roofs of near by buildings. Men and women stood against the brown gothlo walls of the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church, waiting. Many Hurry On High above the street Warde, toes on the edge of the ledge, looked down. Women glanced up and away, Many hurried on. tearful of the end they thought would come In a few minutes. The after dinner crowds began Appearing. Dusk slowly enveloped Warde. He spoke once or twic on a handset telephone given him by the police. His mdther called him from Southampton. He hung up Everybody in the street waa cer tain he wouldn't Jump. He'd lost his nerve, they said. Darkness brought fresh activity from the police. Reports of many plans to save Warde went the rounds. Then the big cargo net arrived and after a great deal of trouble started Its upward flight. It won't be long now." every- Dance at Townsend Hall Tonight and every Wednesdoy nlpht. These dances are run under strict, orderly management. Good music and the coolest hall In southern Ore gon. Gentlemen 35c; Ladles lnc TOMORROW AND FRIDAY Three Grand Stars! WW LORETTA YOUNG WARNER BAXTER VIRGINIA BRUCE ffli 1 "i " ...... I.AJT TIMES TONITE! Doors Open Tonight at 6:45 TWO LOVABLE CHARACTERS ---In A Heart -Thrilling Story of New York's "East Bide" . . where a little girl's happiness depended on a step-dad she loved .... I ffr MSI and THURS! m mVVf,' with GRANT WITHERS BLANCHE MAHAFFEY J I VJ y I and JACK MULHALL Ginger Rogers Coming In Romance pleas of guilty when arraigned. Sen tence will b passed upon tluio Friday. Too Late to Classify FOR BALE At a sacrifice price, the following list or furniture now stored at Samson atoiaga ware house, corner of Fourth and Front streets, Medford, Ore.. Saturday afternoon at a o'clock,- July 30. See Mr. Samson or hla manager. Mr. Mack: One Flemish oak buffet, one Flemish oak china closet, one Flemish oak serving table with drawer and shelf, one oak chiffonier with mirror. 1 low dresser with large French plate mirror, 1 large mahogany library table with 3 drawers, 1 email library table. 1 oak arm chair. 1 wooden folding table. 1 breakfast table. 1 Ironing board, 1 small center table, 1 coal heatlne stove with pipe and board. 1 flreless cooker chest, 1 footstool. J. F. Mundy. Romance marches right Into a summer camp when Ginger Rogors and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., meet In "Having a Wonderful Time." open ing a three -day run Sunday at the Craterlan theater. Ginger is shown as an overworked stenographer who, unwilling to wait any longer for her weak-kneed fiance to marry her. takes the money she has been saving for her trousseau and blows It In a vacation In tho mountains. There, under adverse circumstances, she meets Doug. Jr. Their Initial hostility blossoms Into a turbulent romance that results In some strong dramatic situations coupled with some highly hilarious comedy. body said. "They'll get that baby." They were still saying It when Warde Jumped, his body crashed against the glass of the Marquee, splattering pollcv and toppled over slowly Into the gutter. TRANWTTHIEF SENT J0PRIS0N George M. Garland, transient, charged with larceny from a build ing, was sentenced to serve three years tn state prion this morning by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, Gar land had a previous record of 'theft and .vagrancy, the district attorney told the court. Garland entered the East Side Pharmacy In this city and stole a movie camera and an electric shaver He also stole articles from another drugstore In this city and one In Ashland, the court waa Informed. W. O. Flackua of Ashland. Carl Martin, former Gold Hill resident, and Cecil F. Burgess of Jacksonville, all charged with spurious check opera tions for small sums, all entered MONEY TO LOAN on dwellings of late construction. Reasonable rates. BROWN & WHITE. WANTED 6-8 h.p. stationary en gine. Mint be bargain. Write P. O. Box 95, Talent, Ore. LOST Currency Wednesday morn ing. Reward. H. W. Pew liter. 123 South 0th St., Klamath Falls, Ore. LOST Between 1130 Nlantlc St, Medford, and Klamath Falls, lady's black purse containing large amount of currency. Insurance rate book with name Cressa V. Grubb. Gen erous reward. Rt. 3, Box 1005, Klamath Falls. Ore. HANDWRITING analyzed, amazingly revealing. Invaluable knowledge. Require name, sentence, birth date; 1.00 each. Pencraft. Box 1388, Santa Barbara. Calif. FOUND Small purse. Owner may have same bv Identifying and pay Ing for ad. Phone 1775-Y. FOR SALE 3-wheel trailer. Court St. 1311 FOR SALE 34-acre ranch In crop and partly equipped. 13 head of cattle. Selling on account of fit ness. J. A. Skeeters, Anderson Creek, Talent. MILK COWS FOR SALE See Prim to Clardl. Route 1. Box US, Medford. Ore., on Cherry Ave. WANTED EXPERIENCED SHOE SALESMAN See Mr. Burn side at Hadley's. 44 South Central. '37 DODOE Express, driven very llttk; guaranteed like new, at a real bar Rain price. You can save many ways by buying from PIERCE -ALLEN MOTOR CO. Dodge & Plymouth Distributors. FOR SALE 3 fresh young cows. Priced reasonable. Also new house, 13x34. W. F. Martin, Eagle Point Star Route, Medford. HOUSE FOR RENT Lamb's Stutlon, Midway road. WANTED Dead and worthless ani mals removed free of charge. Phone (reverse charges) Southern Oregon By-Products Co. FOR SALE New 8 -room house, close In: (3A0 down, balance like rent. 811 West Main. FOR RENT 8 -room modern home. 333 West Jackson. LOST Black Skye terrier. Namo "Duke." Child's pet. 303 Edwarda. FOR RENT Clean housekeeping room, also cabin suitable for three men. 338 So. Ivy. HOP PICKING starts about August 30th at Christie Hop Yarye, fl4 miles west of Grants Pass. Free tents, good campground. A VERY good piano to rent, 3 per month. B. J. Palmer, P. O. Box 903. LAURA GENTNER will appreciate It If anyone having Trade & Win votoe for her will phone 1037 or leave at 44 N. Orange St. 1000 FEET used i-n. pipe. Al'J Trading Post, Jacksonville Hwy. and Lozler Lane, FOR RENT Small furnished house. 334 Apple. FOR SALE OR TRADE Service sta tion, 8 -room house and bam, A acres with water; clover crop. Will subdivide. Signal Service Station, south of Talent. RED-JAP PLUMS Canning, jelly. Three cents pound. 130 Kenwood. Phone 740-L. f WHY ARE JO MANY NEW 1 I CARS LUBRICATED I I WITH flNNZOL ? J (BECAUSE S 01T0k CAR DEALERS SELL 1 AND RECOMMEND IT I n ator TEAS" v W Y. H p . . . .. ..g.i- ' Lyr1- Fm'. half siren- all woman! 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