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.
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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!
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LORETTA YOUNG
WARNER BAXTER
VIRGINIA BRUCE
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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
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mVVf,' with GRANT WITHERS
BLANCHE MAHAFFEY J I
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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.
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