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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFCfflD. OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1938.
IS CUT BY SMOKE
OF FOREST FIRES
Forest fires not only destroy rl-
uabla natural resources but also sub
stantially reduoe the tourist business.
This was brought out today In re
ports from southern Oregon resorts
to nogue River national toreot neaa
quarters and from the Jackson Coun
ty a 1 amber of Commerce.
It Is not necessary that there be
dangerous fires to frighten the tour
ists away. Smoke from distant blazes
will do the same thing, the reporta
showed.
There have been no dangerous fires
In Jackson county so far this year
but for days Wie Rogue valley was
blackened with smoke from blazes In
Josephine county and northern Cal
ifornia. The air has not entirely
cleared yet.
Seeing; the smoke, tourists have
been shunning Jackson county and
other parts of southern Oregon, the
reports said. Resorts at Prospect and
Union Creek reported today Uiat
since smoke enveloped the valley their
tourist business had fallen off 60
per cent. A similar decline was shown
this week-end at campgrounds In the
Rogue River national forest.
While the smoke was at Its thickest
many tourists arriving here cancel
led trips to Crater bake national
park because they had heard the
visibility was poor.
pie chamber of commerce con
firmed the reports that tourist bus.
lness had declined 50 per cent since
the forest fires covered southern
Oregon In a blanket of amoke that
for days even shut out the sun.
In Comic Role
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Meteorological Report
ORGANIZED MEDICINE
Tom Kalrrhlld of Itavmond, Wash,
has roles In three of the four plays
to be presented In this year's Ore-
jon N hakes pea rean Festival at the
Kllxahethan theater, Ashland, August
S to 13. In this photograph he Is
Sir Andrew Aguecheek In "Twelfth
Night." A former student at the Cor-
nlh Mihool of drama In Heuttle, Falr
chlld has played with the C'ornhh
touring troupe. Twelfth Night will
be presented Wednesday, August JO
at 8:30.
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IN FEU HEARINGS
Attorney H. B. Duncan has been
named as guardian ad litem, for Earl
H. Fehl, former county juage. now
. i.m.t. tt the ntntn hosnltal at
Salem. The appointment Is to In
sure Fehl legal rcpresemauon in
hesrlng of demurrers In damage suits
filed by Fehl shortly after his re
turn, under the prison parole terms,
about a year ago.
Kehl filed damage suits against
the governor and county officials,
making sensational charges and seek
i.hi. aiimi Demurrers have been
Introduced setting forth the suits
are groundless, and wltnout cause
for action.
Bearing on the demurrer In the
suit of Pehl against County Clerk
Oeorge R. Carter, Deputy District At
torney George W. Nellson, and former
District Attorney George A. Codding
has been sot for Wcdncsdny, Sep
tember 7.
TEST FIRST BARRETTS
AS PICKING TIME
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There will bo no sessions of the
circuit court during August as It la
the vacation period for'circult Judge
H. D, Norton, Hie calendar, both
civil and criminal, Is well cleared
up. Judge Norton will spend his va
cation at his favorite hobby, work
ing In his garden and lawn, at
his home on South Oakdale. He may
take a few short trips,
First case scheduled for the re
opening of court, on September 6,
Is completion of testimony in the
suit of Tom L. Taylor, orchardist.
against the state agricultural de
partment, the county agent, and
fruit Inspector. Right of the defend- i
ants to remove allegedly blight-In
fested trees In orchards Is the Issue
Involved.
Testimony for the plaintiff waa
completed at the hearing started two
weeks ago. The court ordered a re
cess, when It developed the case
would require more time than ex
pec ted, and Interfere with the trial
of other cases on the calendar.
FOR GENERAL ELECTION
C OR V A 1X18, Aug. 1. (p) Seventy
delegates at the state Townsend club
convention here yesterday opposed
the endorsement of candidates for
the November general election.
The organization directed Its state
board to submit a questionnaire to
all major candidates regarding their
views on tie Townsend plan as de
scribed In house bill 4109 and approv
ed a Townsend measure for the state
ballot.
A committee composed of three
members from each congressional dis
trict -to direct organization work In
cluded; Will Ooldlng of Corvallls; C. W.
Banta of Ashland, J. W. Dunn of Eu
gene, C. D. Nlckelsen of Hood River.
John R, Stelnman of La Grande, Dr.
Leonard, Klamath Falls: Elbert East
man, Oeorge Hawkins end William
Sell wood, all of Portland.
Arthur Moore of Monmouth was
elected organization director. Head
quarters will be at Corvallls with
Mrs. Mae Fitch, Corvallls, as secre
tary. The convention favored formation
of a club in every voting precinct
and appointment of a representative
from eaci.1 legislative district.
GOV. EARLE FAILS
TO QUASH PROBE
Testing of Bartlett pears for ma
turity was started today by County
Horticulturist A. B. Cordy. Among
the first orcharding to appear with
samples for testing waa J. A. Perry
of the Jacksonville road district.
Pirst testing will be among earlier
orchards, and will not be general
before next week, It Is believed.
It Is expected picking will start
In the early orchards about August
10. and be underway In all by August
10.
Many packing plants of the valley
are scheduled to start Monday.
August 15.
52 BODIES RECOVERED
Fl
KINGSTON, Jamaica. Aug. 1
Jamaica's worst railroad wreck
probably will take a toll of at lee
00 lives.
Fifty-two bodies have been recov
ered from the wreckage near Bala
clava, 70 miles northwest of here,
since Saturday. Seventy of the In
jured were taken to hospitals.
All of the 300 passengers were na
tives. A lack or coordination by the two
locomotives pulling the train appar
ently caused the wreck. The lead n
glne, rounding a curve, slowed. The
second engine crashed Into the first,
which was derailed. The baggage car
and four coaches of the train piled
Into tt:e second engine and were
telescoped.
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TO
HARRTSnimn Pa Am 1 Am
J lid CM Pnnl N. flrhmafrni- halrl
day tho Pennsylvania legislature could
m ousciiu grana jury investiga
tion oi pontics, grart ond corruption
charges against Oov. Oeorge H.
Earle and 13 others high In state
uemocratic ranks.
Legislation in nnrmlt Hid irnnnrcil
aasemblv tn tnkn thn nrr.tntrt in
quiry away from a grand Jury and
pim-e it in me nanas or a legislative
uujiiiuiiire wns unMrn nntiimnv nnn
signed by the governor.
Judge Bchnerfer's opinion today
was on a uotltlon hv nist Attv rni
B. Shelley of Dauphin county (Har
rlsburg.) He Is in charge of the
Brand lurv innutrv hnwri ianitr
jh nccuwiioni growing out of Penn
syivaniaa spring primary campaign.
The 1llriir. nnmcH hv tti Pnm..vi
van la svinremn rnnri tsi ait in t..a
investigation, also ordered Shelley's
u vinculo locKea up ana prommted
all persons BUbDoenanri to nmwnr Ks-
fore the grand Jury from testifying
ociore a legislative committee.
MOISTIWlN
First battalion of the 0th field
artillery at Fort Lewis. Wash , will
encamp here overnight Friday. The
battalion Is on a march from Fort
Lewis to an unnamed army station
in California.
The battalion will camp for the
night at CCC headquarters detach
ment at the old county fairgrounds
south of the city. The unit Is sched
uled to arrive here about 4 p.m.
Food supplies for the battalion will
be bought here.
The battalion comprises 330 men
and officers, 59 vehicles and eight
howitzers. Capt. W N. White Is In
command.
Lumberman Hies
TACOMA. Aug. 1.-AV-Death late
Saturday claimed James T. Gregory.
81, Tacoma financier philanthropist
and president of the Vilas Lumber
company, principally an Oregon concern.
PORTLAND Ancr i(imi
llslon of two Washington automobiles
nv me somn ena or the interstate
bridge yesterday cost tho life of
Robert Vilas. Vancouver, Wash., and
injured four other oeraoim.
John Gillette. 36. Imvi Hriv.F
vi una amomoone, was lodged In
the Multnomah countv uu tn h
iinn wnnoui oau pending an In
tvsiiKniion,
Bonnie Slmms. IB. tmrviw
me most seriously Injured. Emanuel
Hospital attendants aih ,h Buf
fered the loss of her nose, upper
llD and nsrt nf hr hin aum.
a passenger m lunette's automobile.
SHIRLEY MUST STAY
IN BED THIRD DAY
BOSTON, Aug. 1. (41 Shlrlev
TVmple. nine-year-old film star, spent
her third day In bed at a Beaton ho
tel tMsy. recuperating from a slight
Illness which resulted In postpone
ment of a trip to Montreal planned
for today.
Shirley, physician. Dr. t.'o Madsen
who flew here from Santa Monica
Calif , said H e Illness "waa nM ser
ious at all." hut he ordered post
ponement of the Montreal trip.
SECOND COVER SPRAY
DUE ON PEARS, APPLES
The second cover unmv for control
of second bnvxl codling moth larvae
on all varieties of pears and apples
should be completed on August 8.
according to L. o. Oentner. ento
mologist. Southern Oregon Experi
ment Station and C. B, cordy, as
sistant county ment.
L' 3 pounds of lend amiinte, plus
1-4 to 1-3 pound i t dry upreader per
100 gallons of water.
Kill Millions nf llnppers
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. l.P)
More than nine million grasshoppers
have been destroyed In pita dug on
the upper Klamath marsh. County
Agent Charles A. Henderson, grass
hopper control program chief, esti
mated. 1
Utility Net Shrinks
PORTLAND. Aug. J. (fpy The six
percent revenue gain recorded by the
Pacific Power and Light company
during the year ended June 30 was
more tlian offset by Increased taxes
and heavier operating expenses. Paul
B. McKee, president, reported to
stock-holders Saturday. I
August 1, 1038
f oreeasts
Med ford and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Tuesday, little change In tem
perature. Oregon: Fair tonight and Tuesday,
cloudy or foggy on the coast, little
change in temperature, gentle
changeable wind pff the coast.
Loral Data
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest 81; lowest 44.
Total monthly precipitation, none;
excess for the mouth, none.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, 1037. 25.00 Inches; excess for
the season, 7.16 Inches.
Relative humidity at 6 p. m. yes
terday 18 per cent; 5 a. m, today 78
per cent.
Tomorrow: Sunrise 5:05 a. m., sun
set, 7:20 p. m.
I FACE GRAND
ANTI-TRUST
Shearer Heeds Fan Mail
Renounces Scarlett Role
Observations Taken at 5 a. m..
120 Meridian Time.
B 3
2
1TIT
Boise 94 54 Clear
Boston 90 70 T, Cloudy
Chicago 80 66 08 Clear
Denver . 98 66 Clear
Eureka 68 54 Cloudy
Helena 90 52 Clear
Los Angeles 02 04 Clear
MEDFORD 91 66 Clear
New York 88 70 .22 Cloudy
Omai:a . ...... 02 68 P. Cdy.
Phoenix 112 84 P. Cdy.
Portland 80 50 Clear
Reno 94 50 Clear
Rose burg 86 62 Clear
Salt Lake 100 62 Clear
San Francisco .... 88 58 Clear
Seattle 78 52 Cloudy
Spokane 84 56 Clear
Washington, D.C. 90 74 Clear j
Yakima 88 60 Clear
Entire HOSIERY stock
REDUCED
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann
Phone 542 We'll naul away youi
refuse City sanitary Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (AP) The
Justice department soon will begin
a grand Jury Investigation to deter
mine whether "organized medicine"
has violated anti-trust laws In opposing-
a co-operative health society.
The decision to conduct the In
quiry was announced last night by
Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney
general, who said the outcome would
have "far-reaching consequence on
one of our most pressing problems."
The Immediate issue was a situa
tion which arose In Washington after
2500 federal employes formed Group
Health Association, Inc. The organi
zation retained Its own physicians
to provide full medical care for mem
bers, who pay monthly fees.
Arnold said the American Medical
association, the medical society of
the District of Columbia and some
officials of both had tried to pre
vent operation of the association.
Those accused, be declared, had
! threatened expulsion from the dis
trict medical society of doctors who
accepted employment with . Group
Health Association or who consult
with Its physicians. Staff doctors !
of tho cooperative society, he added, I
had been excluded from Washington
hospitals.
Arnold said the Justice department
considers this a violation of the anti
trust laws.
,
Gov. Martin Raps
Fund Soliciting
SALEM, Aug. 1. (AP) Governor
Charles H. Martin leveled a verbal
salvo at the Multnomah county
Democratic central committee Sat
urday for sending out forms to cer
tain stato employes urging them to
contribute part of their salaries, os-
tenslvely for campaign funds.
I do not approve of this sort of
thing unless the contributions are
voluntary." he said.
NORMA HbAR&R
By Hubhard Keavy
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 1. (AP) The
public never will know how many
of Its letter writers became indignant
over the cast-
lng of Norma
Shearer aa Scar
lett O'Hara.
Tho number
waa a u f f lclent,
anyway, to cause
Mtaa Shearer to
tell producer
David Selsnlck,
as she formally
announced yes
terday, that she
thought herself
unsulted ba the i
leading lady of i
his "Gone With
The Wind." ,
In making and
breaking stars, Hollywood has learned
that fan mall must be taken Into !
account. It has been suggested the i
naming of Miss Shearer might have !
been a straw In the wind. If It was, j
it got results.
Between three and four million
letters a year are addressed to Holly
wooders. big and little. Miss Shearer
obviously took her cue from her mall.
She Indicated two weeks ago she
would consider pretty carefully be
fore agreeing to bring Margaret !
Mitchell's heroine to celluloid life
Yesterday she said she had received
"quite a few letters. Many of them i
were surprisingly Interesting." I
And so. the public having spoken,
tho nominating list for Hollywood's J
most discussed casting Is again open.
Your gue.ss as to who will replace
Norma In Selznlck's favor is as good !
as anyone's. Tallulah Bankhead may j
be in the running agam. Many still
like Kathnrine Hepburn and hundreds j
once voted for Margaret Sullavan. i
Miriam Hopkins is another whose '
name Is often linked -with Rhett
Butler's. Inelrientnllv. ninrlr rtahlo
still Is set for that role, although 1 1
the all-Important papers have yet to
be signed.
When the Selznlck studio heard of
Miss Shearer's statement. It didn't
bat an official eye. Apparently, her
action wasn't unexpected.
PORTLAND, Aug. l.-M-T) The Oregon-Washington
Evangelical Mission
ary society elected Mrs. G. L. Lovell.
Milwaukle. president, W. A. Gueffroy,
Salem, first vice-president, and Mrs.
Charles Whelchel, Albany, correspond
ing secretary.
You are Invited to have
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15 Navy Vessels
Depart Portland
PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (AP) Fifteen
heavy cruisers and destroyers pa
raded down the Willamette and Co
lumbia rivers today toward the sea
after 8000 sailors and marines hsd
filled the city for the annual fleet
week.
The U. S. Medusa, repair ship, re
mained to complete work on the
Vlncennes, a heavy cruiser. The hos
pital ship Relief will not depart
until main bearings on two large
electric generators are repaired.
Bakers Strike
PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (AP) The
Bakers' Union No. 114 and the Whole
sale Drivers' and Salesmen's Union
No. 490 called a strike at the David
son baking plant Saturday night after
two months of negotiation had failed
to produce a new union contract.
The plant suspended. It employed
160.
Now's The Time To Plant Your
SUMMER GARDEN
- si
For Fall and Winter Vegetables
Plant These Now: :
LETTUCE. RADISHES, TURNIP, RUTA.
BAGA, SPINACH. ONION (for fresh
green onions), BEETS, CARROTS.
VIG0R0
Miiket, a Hetter
Garden
OSS90I,
Fertilize
with
VIGORO
Trawler: "Which route would you pick from here?"
Service Man: (pointing on map) "Here's the quickest way.
This one's the most interesting. But first let me polish
your windshield and check your tires you'll enjoy the
scenery more . . . Thank you come again !"
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