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PAGE TEN MEDFOTO MAIL- TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 9, 1938. SHAKESPEARE FETE RECEIVES PRAISE OF TALENUdl Ivan Kahn of the Twentieth Century -Fox Corporation Is Agreeably Surprised I By General Excellence Festival Star In the audience at last night's performance of the Taming of the Shrew at the Elizabethan theater In Ashland waa Ivan Kahn. talent scout of Twentieth Century-Fox Film cor poration, who made a special trip from Hollywood to nee the Shake spearean production. This morning Mr. Kahn said he was very agreeably surprised by the whole production and he seemed par tlcularly Impressed by the sl of the audience. "Even In Los Angeles a Bhakespear- j ran production does not attract sol large an audience as there was at ! the play last night," he said. "The playing was superior to that of any similar Shakespearean troupe I have ever seen. I'd rank the play ers with professionals. Theater Appeal. "The open-air theater, with Its Elizabethan stage, appealed to me. It was really a remarkable experi ence to sit there In the Invigorating air and see so excellent a production. We have nothing to compsre with It in California. "The costumes should be singled out for special mention. They were j trujy excujiont. After the performance last night Mr. Kahn wont backs tn go and ad dronsed the cast. He told thorn that In the Shakespearean Festival they hsd something so genuinely worth while that It should be made a per manent Institution. To Increase In tercst In Shakespeare he suggested that one or two modern plays be included In the repertoire. Seeks Leading Players. As to any motion picture Interest in the players, Mr. Kahn was non committal. He said, however, that the film companies at present were Interested only In leading men . and women, having a super-abundance of character actors and flll-lns. Never theless. he asked to see some of the players without makeup and he noted the physical measurements of some of them. "We keep a record of actors who might be capable of playing leading mm roles." Mr. Kahn explained. ' Accompanied by his wife. Mr. Kahn returned south this morning. In a letter to Walter H. Leverett. business msnager of the festival as sociation, Warner Brothers said they would be unable to send a talent scout to Ashland, as all the scouts were at present engaged elsewhere Like Mr. Kahn, the company ssld It was interested only In lesding men and women. Photographs of the leading festlral players were re quested. 1 DETECTIVES TRAP LAST MEMBER OF Wllllnm Cottrell of 1'hoenlx lias been on outstanding player In this year's Oregon Rhakcsearean Festival at the Kllzahrthan theater In Ash laud. He Is seen as rolonhis In Hamlet, which opened the festival last Friday' and will be repented to night at 8:30. Charles Bird, Midwest Des ' perado Returned to Cell After Breaking Jail in Cleveland, 0., Last Year Earl's Salon Will Feature Opening In City Wednesday A new modernlstlcally designed beauty salon, which will ba known as Earl's Beauty Salon, located In rooms 314 and 215 Med ford Center building, will hold a formal opening tomorrow, according to Earl Heren- deen, owner and operator. Mr. rierenaeen, who for the past inree years nas been associated with Adrlenne's 8alon of Beauty, will i assisted by Rhea Hoover. Kathleen Miea and Alberta McVeigh, beau ttclans, all of whom have hsd years of experience In taking care of the beauty needs of southern Oregon women, he as Id. The public, la Invited to Inspect the new beauty salon In which sliver and black color schemes are carried out. The salon Is equipped with all new furniture and equipment In eluding Eugeue, Fredrlcs and Ther mlqne permanent wave machines and a ZkMoa Machlnelesa permanent. A new type hair, dryer has been In stalled, which drlea hair In one third less time .than ordinary dryers. Leather upholstered, chromium chairs are used ln all the booths. New, modernistic silk opaque curtain ar rnngements have been carried out on windows and In booths. TERRY FINED $25 FOR LICENSE LACK . Norman H. Terry of the Rogue Rlv er district, chsrged with practicing mining engineering without a cer tificate of registration entered plea of guilty and was fined SIS and costs In Justice court Monday. Terry, also charged with larceny by bailee of 500 as the outgrown, of mining transaction, waived prelim inary hearing and was' ordered held to await grand Jury action. Bonds In the sum of asoo were fixed and fur nished. J. L. Heath of Rogue River, signed the complaint In both actions. According to the district attorneys office, the two men have been -aoclated In mining operations In the northern end of tl e county. MISSIONARY LECTURE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY R. L. Austin, of Antarlo, Calif., will lecture at the church of Ood Wednesday nnd Thursday evenings at 7:45 o'clock on home and for eign mlsslonsry work. His talk will be accompanied by atereoptlcon pic tures of scenes and Incidents ln the missionary Hold. The public Is Invited. There will be no admittance charge, but a free will offering for Mr. Austin will be accepted. VAN GORDON INFANT PASSES IN ASHLAND The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Luc! an Vnn Gordon of Phcenlx pass ed away Monday morning In Ashland at .the ago of two days. Interment was conducted yesterday ln the Phoenix cemetery. . ROSALIE LESLIE , Invites her clientele to Ethelwyn's Beauty Salon. BALTIMORE. Aug. 9. (AP) The prccarloua trail of freedom that Charles Bird, midwest desperado, had followed since breaking Jail with his bank-robbing gang ln Cleveland last year was dead-ended In a barred Jail cell today. Last of his notorious gang to be caught, the dark-hatred. 20-year-old convicted robber and his attractive 24-year-old wife, blonde Barbara Sle ber Bird, were trapped by detec tives last night snd held for a series of armed robberies here. Captain of Detectives John A. Cooney said Bird admitted his Iden tity and that of his wife after the officer had removed a piece of ad hesive tape from the man's arm and revealed the tattooed Initials "C.B." ' Later the bureau of Identification at police headquarters announced the couple has been Identified positively through checking their fingerprints In Cleveland. Confesses Seven Ifoltlupf. Acting Pollco Commissioner Ste phen Q. Kelson said Bird confessed to at leant seven robberies here. In cluding the National Brewery holdup In June, and admitted he had plan ned to hold up six Baltimore banks and business houses. Bird Insisted, detectives said, that although his wife drove his automo bile on his "Jobs" she "didn't know a thing about what I was doing." Their arrest ended a flight that had carried them to the west coast, to eastern seaboard points. Including Boston, Atlantic City, Newark and finally, Baltimore a city Bird sold he had been on thieves. " warned was "poison Captain Cooney said Bird told him he and his wife came here In May after a 91600 holdup in Boston. They were lorced to abandon their car, he said, and later bought a new car. That car. a big green sedan, led to their arrest. Philip Parks, a liquor truck driver held up August 3, gave detectives a description of the green sedan and the sleuths began tracing the model until they found where their quarry lived. On constant watch, the armed de tectlves. led by Lieutenants Louis Kllngenbcrg and Alan Crone and Sergeant Edward Ward, saw the sedan pull up in front of a North Avenue house last night. Auto Surrounded . They had so arranged their trap the couple had to park between two "planted" cars. A third squad car hemmed ln the green sedan and inree aetccuves with drawn guns surrounded the machine. They said that although both bird and his wife carried pistols, they surrendered without a struggle. They quoted Bird as saying to his wife: "What's the use. It looks like it's all over, babe." Captain Cooney sadl Bird told him a partner had been arrested In Philadelphia and sent to the Alca- traTS federal prison. He apparently was referring to James Widmer, 31, captured In Phila delphia October 15, driving a stolen car. Prank Bird, 30. another member of the gang, and brother of Charles was taken in Cleveland, October 29 with his wife. Sylvia. 21. Widmer and Frank Bird are now In Alcatraz. Weather Northern California: Pair tonight and Wednesday, but fog on coast night and morning; rising tempera ture ln Interior; gentle northwest wind off the coast BIG GUNS BLAS ENTIRE FRONT A (Continued from Page One.) Kogl, ten miles from here, waa blown up. A section hand was killed and number of others wounded when shell hit a first aid station. Japanese said there were no Japan ese casualties ln . the bombardments during recent days, but there were numerous casualties among Korean villagers. Oregon: Fair tonight and Wednes day, but occasional clouds or fog on coast, little change In temperature; moderate northwest , wind off the coast. MOSCOW, Aug. . ( AP ) Pun so Mlyakawa. first secretary of the Japanese embassy, visited the for elgn office today and talked with the chief of the far eastern section about the Siberian-Korean border clashes. It was understood the conversa tions were limited to discussion of the recent fight between Soviet Rus sian and Japanese troops at Bulfenho mentioned by Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvlnoff Sunday In his talk with Japanese Ambassador Mamoru Shlgemltau. Sulfenho Is 2S0 miles north ox Changkufeng, where most of . the clashes have taken place since the current series of Incidents started July 11. The fighting at Sulfenho, announced Sunday, was the first ln that section. Litvlnoff and Shlgemlteu had been expected to resume their talks to day, but late this afternoon they had not met. . Soviet newspapers continued silent on the border situation, . but - pub lished a large 1 volume of patriotic resolutions of workers' mass meetings pledging support to the government. The United States forest service now uses a newly Invented "danger meter" to warn forest rangers when conditions in forests become so dan gerous that fires are likely to occur. TOKYO, Aug. 9. (AP) The Jap anese war office declared today So viet Russian forces were constructing new defenses on the southwest shore of Posslet bay and were concentrat ing cavalry, artillery and tanks there. Posslet bay Is several miles east sinhlile Hr, LA OltANDK, Ore.. Aug. 0 (API A fire which burned over the 90 acre stubble and grass field of Rej Houlct on Cricket flat Monday waa halte.! before It entered tha adjoining field of ripened grain on the Andtla Oold. Ing ranch. The fire Is thought to have started from the tractor used In combining the Roulet gra'n which had Just been finished. Approslmatrty one quarter of thf natlon'a total population la enrolled In achoola and collcgea. fi!l 11 jt Jpl Ml Biifli m III STABILITY which won't break down "ZrftfiS ill I JSf under the heat, speed, or torturing pres- W Jl I 0$ ure of modern engines -that'i one of , JsW f Mjif ftjji the reasons for "RPM's" unsurpassed JSs &Zr i Sff! dependability. 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HUGE TUNA TAKE ASTORIA, Atig. 9. (AP) Approxi mately 350,000 pounds of albacore tuna were loaded Into refrigerator cars and cannery storage rooms yes terday as 50 troll boats delivered the greatest one-day flab take recorded here. The day's catch surpassed any de livery ever made at any northwest port, veteran fishermen declared. Most of the fifth were packed for shipment south. Many local canner ies, buying In moderate lots, lacfc freezing facilities to handle the of fering. The boats delivered an avtr age of 0000 pounds each during the day. Buyers acquired every possible bit of refrigeration space and sought des perately to broaden facilities Marin supply houses, swamped with sports men's demands for tuna gear, tried valiantly to care for commercial orders as well. To Celebrate "Juice" HERMISTON. Ore., Aug 9 (AP) With congressman Walter M. Plerca and Bonneville Administrator J, D. Ross elated as main speaker cele bration of the energizing of the Uma tilla Electric Cooperative association's re-flnanced project will be held her Wednesday. Although the Juice was turned Into the lines on July 16, no formal program was given at that time. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. Shop These Wednesday SPECIALS For Real Economy On Fine Quality Merchandise from Medfords Own Store Sensational HALF PRICE ta--rrl Chenille On Sale T y)uliiilL' Spread: Sampl es omorrow A Fortunate Purchase by our bedding buyer of 60 Beautiful Chenille Bed Spreads enables us to offer them to you at Just Half their regular price. These are all Salesmana Sam ples (some slightly soiled), but every one perfect ln quality and lovely ln color. The valuea are so outstanding on these spreads that we must Insist upon No Approvals, Exchange or Returns all sales final. Come early and pick out tha ones, you want.. 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