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VAOE EIGHT FEDFOnD AfATL TRTBUXE. MEDFORD. OREGON". MONDAY, 'AUGUST 15, 1938. SHAKESPEARE FETE E ATTENDANCE SETS . E. KELLY 10:30 WEDNESDAY RECORD AT ELKS-TEMPLE It's a Long, Long Trail to Hankow Attwidsnca at the fourth annual Oregon Shakespearean festival totaled about 5.000, largest on record. It raa announced today by Walter H. uev. erette. business manager, following tha conclusion of tha series at the Elizabethan theater In Ashland Sat urday night. This compares with a total attond ance of about 3.500 laat year. Receipt also were approximately double those of a year ago and a tidy sum will be left over after all expenses are paid to start a permanent endow ment fund. Mr. Leverett aald. This Is the first year that there has been anything left above expenses, he added. After four yeara of successful pro ductions, the festival association will now take steps to mske msjor Im provements at the theater for the greater comfort of audiences and the more efficient production of the plays, Mr. Leverette related. To Bequest Project The Ashland city council will be asked this week to sponsor a WPA or PWA project for the theater Im provements, Mr. Leverette stated. The association, he ssld. ha these Im provements In mind: (1) A permanent and Improved Elizabethan atage with a basement for dressing rooms and wardrobea; (31 a top over part of the seating pace to safeguard against weather naa arda, to Improve the acoustic prop erties and to make possible the use of tho plsyhouse for other civic event throughout the year: (3) cul tivation of a garden around the con crete wall that encircles the theater; (4) Installation of 700 to BOO per manent and more comfortable ai-ata. Hamlet, added to the roportolre tor the first time this year, proved the greatest drawing card of the four playa presented In this year's series, a tabulation of attendance records showed. Largest audience of the series saw Hamlet laat Tuesday night and the second largest saw the same plsy Saturday night. Technical Staff Aids Back of the scenes, working as dili gently aa the actors though In leas spectacular rolea, was a staff of tech nicians and asalstsnts upon whom depended the success of the mechsn Ical phase of tha productions. The ataft Included Frances Schil ling, Dorothy Grossman and Lucille Lambert aa bookholders: Travis Wert, electrician; Maxlne Oearhart, ward robe mistress, with Msroella rtawe. Lola Brown. Louise OuBols and Jean Dubois ss assistants: Alda Lueobe, Lydla Smith and Margaret Mohler, In charge of properties: Don Hairhlll and Dick mitney, sound technicians: Marlon Ady, make-up: Dorothy Hrultt. souvenir programs: John nelaacher, musical director, and Har ry Priestly, fencing director. The costumes and properties were fiahloned In the theater workshop under the aupervlslon of Lola Bowmer who also designed the costumes. A large ahare of the credit for the success of tha festivals the past two years waa attributed to Lieut. Roy D. Crsft. Seeing the possibilities of making the annual festival a re gional If not a national attraction. Lieut. Craft assisted In organising the . permanent association and for the past two yeara has directed the publicity. Also commended by Mr, Leverette were the committees that handled the sale of sponsoring memberships. (Continued from Page One.) TO A. Z. Dean, salesman for C. X. Ostes Motor Co., Inc., local Pord dealer, waa -In Portland Thursday as a gueet of the Portland branch of the Ford Motor company. Mr. Dean was one ol twenty salesmen, victors In the July round-up sales contest in which sslesmen from every deal ershlp in the territory served by the Portland Pord branch were active participants. A feature of the contest was that each a 1 e a m a n established and pledged his own quota, and the victors were the five winners In each of the four population groups Into which the territory waa di vided for the contest. After a meeting at the Pord fac tory tn tho morning, golfers In the eroiip had a tournament at the Portland Golf club while the rest of the party went to Tlmberllne lodge for luncheon. At night a cabaret dinner waa held at a downtown hotel, after which the party at tended the baseball game between Portland and Sacramento. According to announcement made to his guest by J. J. Hague, mans err of the Portland branch, Pord sale in the Portland territory . In July were substsntlally ahead of June, whereas In past years the general experience of the automobile In dustry has been that June sales ex ceeded those In July. part time employment at It. In order to continue his atudlea along this line he worked In sawmills, rsllrosd construction crews and a variety ot hard labor Jobs. In his early 30'a he waa sent to the Western Union office In Chicago. where he began pinch hitting In the newspsper field. Many of the out. stsndlng sports event of the day, the World's fslr of 18B3. aa well aa the finest opera and drama were covered by Mr. Kelly, who developed a flair for writing that later took hlra Into newspaper work tn earnest. Won Athletic Fame Later he apent a year In New York operating the Atlantic Cable for the New York Steals Zeltung, German newspaper for which he acted aa cor. respondent. During his New York and Chicago experience he won some fame as an athlete, playing profes- atonal basebsll snd basketbsll, and proving his akin aa an exhibition Ice skater. Studying law at nights over a per iod of seversl years, Mr. Kelly gradu ated from the Chicago school of taw He hung up hts shingle first In Csr- rlngton. North Dakota. ' In 1808 he volunteered for service In the Spanish-American war, enlist ing as a private. Because of his knowledge of telegraphy he was soon transferred to tho signal corps, whore his ability and courage under fire won him rapid promotion. At tne conclusion of the war he held a first lieutenant commission and was giver. the sliver star for distinguished serv ice. In Heroic Action Behind this decoration waa a series of feats that not only tested tho stsmlna of the recipient but that hnd captured headllnea In tho press ol the day. One Incident was the detailed Job of mending the csble serosa Manila bay. with two asslstsnts Lieut. Kel ly set out In a small boat braving sharks, typhoons. Intense hest and other haaarda to carry on this peri lous task which took two weeks to complete. Another episode, still recounted In srmy circles, was the story of how he climbed a telephone polo to mend a land line, after two others hid been shot down In the attempt. Bullets were flying all around. Lieut. Kelly, with red hair that provided a tempt ing target for nil of I hem. mended the line and escaped unharmed. Hla enlistment carried him through the Philippine Insurrection, sfter which he returned to the states snd opened a newspaper office In Black foot. Idaho. Ever a champion of caus es, his paper, the Bingham County Democrat, pleaded many esse for the underdog In that section. In 1003 he married Agnes Elnora Cantwcll. who taught school m Blsckfoot. Two of their four children. Edward Cantwell, and Ouy Frederick were born there. To Med ford In 1.107 They moved to Medford In 1007. where he opened a law jfflce with Holbrook Wlthlngham, now deceased. Mr. Kelly waa elected district attor ney In 1913. serving until 1918. In 1917 he enlisted for service In the World wsr. At the Monterey. Cal ifornia training camp, he spent but one month, when General Pershing sent word for him to go overseas. He waa given the commission of major no msae enter signal officer In the advanced section. Later he waa pro moted to lieutenant colonel and made chief signal officer of the 80th division which participated In the at. Mlhlel aud Argonne Forest dlivee For hla service In France Colons: Kelly received a personal citation from General Pershing, and later wss awarded the Distinguished Service medal and the Order ot the Purple Heart. On Vets Aid Commission After being honorably discharged from the army he entered the prac tice of law In Medford In 19J0. run ning for circuit Judge in 1933 on an Anti-Klan ticket. An ardent Democrat, when his party came Into power In 1933. Col onel Kelly waa made Jackson county attorney for the Home Owners Loan Corp.-ratlon. On the election of Gov ernor Martin, he waa made one of the members of the World War Veter ana state Aid commission. In addition to his widow, he leaves three sons and a daughter. Edvtard C Kelly. Portland, Robert I, Kelly, of Rceeburg. Guy Kelly, In California Mlsa Marjorle Kelly. Medford; ant; hts twin brother. Fred C. Kelly of Medford. (NV1TE PEACH GROWERS EQUALIZATION BOARD IN SESSION ALL WEEK Tha board of equalisation will heat pro trot all thlt week, and con etude 1U sessions TiifMwy. Aiuust 23. County Assessor J. B. Coif man report the protests aver about two pw day, no far. The board h composed of County Judge Karl B Day, County Clerk Oeonre R Carter and County Assessor Coleman. Free-1 or-A II UEATTLE. Aug. 15 Punn ni tor office u a major sport In Kin county. County Auditor Earl MUilMr said all recortU were broken .Satur day when 2.B00 utuididatr . net,, lnatlon had filed when t' '-..i ..r; election !idl!n invert. pst Mali Tritmat Wiat Ad. OF CONTROL FOR PESTS All stone fruit growers are Invited to attend a meeting demonstrating tne control of peach and prune root borers, snnouuees C. B. Cordy. as sistant county agent. Two meetings will b held on Tuesday. August 16. On of these win be at 10 a.m.. on the Homer Moore orchard. 1 ml lee south of Ashlsnd on the new highway. The other win be st the Williams and Belknap orchard, S miles north of Gold Htll at 1:13 p.m. The proper method of using the paradlchlorobeneene treatment will be demonstrated st both plsees. Fol lowing the demonstration, the con trol of peach leaf curl and fertiliser will he discussed. These problems are of vltsl Im portance In stone fruit culture and all growers are urged to attend. Portland Mork Hust PORTLAND. Aug. 15 ,$Tfc stork had a busy month l:i Port'and ,1ur:nt July, the busiest l.i -vt sine jutlsttcs hare been ke-.-t lr d ul. Wclnnr!. city health .-:: c-i, md Bsturdsy. There wr t birth V SoBSs .. AAHtGN& (A Aii sU rUittl !At6 ! JL f& n JcmmiiM-ttKmMsmtm j attacks maloI f&lsiiHU iS ffiCAPTURtD fSf I S VjO"1 ' I L2 juicl KM BLAST MATWKHtH I 'fiS J jSCfrSJSf0 I I TAKE BY JAPANESE AS BASE I fee. g wrray 9 irrMKitc9 (T fon Ptrw across uu oajj 3flr ."mF I ruiBa 4ATEWAV TOMOSIHeWXlAriGSI, S y I JS JULY MUTE fXM 0B1VE TO 8CEAK W lT I miSn FMKTWsj MIAmaIeS fit J TO NMKMAN4, CHINESE J PwC I Ji!kv I BLfOAO FOOTIFIEDTOl ESfci 0 10 20 3040 "50 1 X I PROTECT HANOiAwa ptjS?.,,. T 7 " 1qU , Although It's only 600 miles from Shanghai to Hankow by river, the Japanese have averaged only, a little more than m mile a day In the year they're been hammering their way toward Chiang Kai-Shek's capi tal and they're not there by a hundred miles yet. This map shows the Important stages of the advance, which was comparatively easy to Nanking. See how tough the going haa been since June. (A. P. Photo.) WILL BE VISITED All Hereford breeders and those In terested In Horeford cattle are cor dially Invited to attend a tour of tho valley and northern California, herds. beginning Tuesday. August 10 and ending In northern California on the evening of August 17. This Is the first annual tour to be held by Hereford breeders of this sect. tin. The Itinerary Is as follows: August 10 8:00 a. m. Henry Con gers, Rom Lane, west of Medford; 10 :30, Prank Prestons. Applegate: 1:00 p. m.s Flounce Rock ranch. Up per Rogue river. Lunch will be pro vided by Nfon Tucker; 3:00 p. m.. Charley .Bros., Brownsboro: 0:00 p. m Mauntcreist ranch, near Hilt, Cal ifornia. Supper will be provided by Mountcrest. and breakfast. Bring your blankets. August 177:30 a. m. -She live stock at Mountcrest; 11:00 a. m., Bert Hoys, Edge wood, California. Lunch will be provided by Bert Hoy; 1:30 p. m., Ray Harts. Montague, California. Oklahoma leads In tho production of zinc with New Jersey and Kansas next. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ada Is 1 :30 p. m. PLANS G. PASS STORE IN WINETROUT GARAGE GRANTS PASS, Aug. 15. (Spl.) Montgomery Ward it company com pleted negotiations last week with C. A. Wine trout for the leasing of bis property at the southeast corner of H and Fifth streets. The building, now occupied by Winetrout's Ford agency, will under go 925,000 remodeling operations, transforming It Into a modern, up-to-date, department store, Wtnetrout said Saturday. Temporarily, Wine trout will be lo cated In the Smith garage building , across H street after the first of September. Later he plans to have a stream-lined building with one of the most modern auper-service ar rangements In Oregon, Wine trout said. Terms of the Montgomery Ward & company lease were not made public, but It Is understood that the agree ment covers a long period of time. When remodeled, the building will consist of a main floor and a mes sanlne, equipped with the latest In store fixtures, display features and "daylight" lighting. A complete line of house furnishings will be offered, besides a complete hardware store, which will Include sporting goods, tires and auto accessories. Remodeling work will start soon and the store will be opened ' for business some time this fall. NINE KILLED IN PLUNGE SO. AMERICA AIRLINER RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. 15. (AP) Nine persons were killed when an Airliner fell into the Rio De Jan eiro harbor today shortly after tak ing off on a flight to northern Brazil. Phone 542. We'll haul away your refuse. City Sanitary Service. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. BIG APPLEOATE. Aug. 15. (Spl) Mary Hasklns Matney. formerly of southern Oregon . pa ssed away at Grenada, Cal.. Thursday, August 11. at tha age of 75 years. Mrs. Matney. whose death was caused by a par alytlc stroke, resides ith her daugh ter. Mrs. Nettle Kleaver. and had lived In northern California for the last 38 years. Mrs. Matney was born on the Ap plegate and spent her early life here. Jeff Matney and the following chil dren from a family of six survive: Mrs. Margaret (Nettie) Kleaver of Grenada. Mrs. Ina Macauley of Duns mulr, and Val (Jack) Matney of Salem. Also surviving are one sister. Mrs. Jcanette Finley of Alsea, Ore., three brothers, Newton and Valor! b Hft5klns of Applegate and William Ha&klns of Ashland, and eight grand children and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church at Fort Jones Sat urday, Reverend Goodenough officiat ing. Interment was in the Fort Jones cemetery. A Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1 :30 p. m. Martha Ellen Dunnlngton, 74, long Time resmeni oi .season county, passed away at her home- In Jackson ville at 7:00 a. m. Thursday. She was born In Missouri in 1804 and was married in Miller county of that state In 1881 to Somuel E. Dun nlngton who preceded her In death last month. Mrs. Dunnlngton was the last of a large family. She came to Jackson county so years ago and settled In the Apple, gate and later moved to Jackson vl lit where she has resided for the last V) years. She was a member of the East ern Star In Jacksonville. Five children survive. Gertrude, Tom and Clifford Dunnlngton of Jacksonville; Jchn of Klamath Fslli and Clint of Lone county. Funeral services will be neld at th Conger chapel at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday with Rev. D. E. Millard' officiating. Interment in Jacksonville cemetery. Two hundred and thirty bulls wert proved In New York dairy herd tm provement associations during tha year ending April 1. Use Mat) Tribune Want Ads. 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